A few days after Ren Xiang left Yangping Pass, the news that tens of thousands of Wei troops marched toward Yangping Pass to press the border was reported to Wu Yi by a scout.

Since it was learned through scouts, the news could not be hidden, and of course Wu Yi did not want to hide it.

Soon the news was like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, causing huge ripples in Yangping Pass.

Previously, when the news of hundreds of thousands of Wei troops marching south spread, Mi Yang also held a meeting in Nanzheng.

During that discussion, both Mi Yang and his generals believed that the Wei army would not spend a lot of effort to attack Yangping Pass.

This judgment cannot be wrong. Cao Zhen did have such intention at the beginning.

It's just that things on the battlefield were changing rapidly, which led to the current situation.

However, compared to Mi Yang, Wu Yi and others' plans, when most of the guards and soldiers in Yangping Pass learned the news, because of Mi Yang's previous judgment, their first reaction was

Shocked.

No one had ever doubted Mi Yang's personal judgment before.

No matter how strong the elite soldiers are, they are still human. When things go beyond their expectations, especially when such things represent great danger, it is human nature to feel panicked.

Fortunately, thanks to strict military discipline, this panic was more of a stir in the heart and did not translate into dangerous concrete actions.

As the commander-in-chief of Yangping Pass, Wu Yi quickly noticed the unstable morale of the troops in Yangping Pass.

After learning about this situation, Wu Yi privately begged Mi Yang to come forward to calm the morale of the troops in the pass.

After all, although there has been no change in the Yangping Pass defenders, Wu Yi knows that unstable military morale has always been a taboo for military strategists.

And Wu Yi also knew that with Mi Yang's prestige, as long as he could show up in front of the sergeants, the current unstable military morale would soon be calmed down.

There is no doubt about this.

Mi Yang was naturally aware of Wu Yi's concerns, but Mi Yang did not agree to Wu Yi's request.

He rejected Wu Yi with the words "the time has not come yet".

Mi Yang's refusal was based on his own considerations. Seeing that Mi Yang was unwilling to explain, Wu Yi did not dare to give any more advice, but only asked Mi Yang what he should do next.

Upon hearing Wu Yi's inquiry, Mi Yang said naturally: "Although Cao Hong has been lured here by you, he also brought tens of thousands of elite Wei troops."

"At present, our army's total strength within the pass is only eight thousand, and we have to remove some of the garrison troops that cannot be transferred. The only field troops our army can use are the five thousand troops brought by Wen Chang.

Five thousand versus tens of thousands, if we were to fight openly and openly, our army would definitely not be Cao Hong's opponent.

If you want to defeat Cao Hong and the tens of thousands of Wei troops, you can only use the dangerous terrain of Yangping Pass to ambush, and you can achieve miraculous results.

Yangping Pass has never been short of such dangerous terrain.

You can send a messenger out of the city to contact Cao Hong and agree with him on a date for a joint uprising.

On that day, you lead two thousand elite troops out of the city and pretend to join him, and I will ask Wen Chang to ambush three thousand troops in the surrounding mountains.

After Cao Hong lowers his guard and follows you into the ambush circle, you can suddenly raise your troops to sneak attack on his central army. Chief Wen will also lead his ambush troops to rush down from the heights to meet you at the right time.

The Wei army's formation will definitely be in a panic if they calculate it mentally or not, and the terrain is favorable to our army. It is not difficult to defeat Cao Hong in a big way."

At this point, Mi Yang not only stated the specific tactics in his mind, but also stated his plan for this battle.

Just as Liu Ye expected, Mi Yang's goal was not to completely annihilate Cao Hong's army. Without enough troops, the idea of ​​​​wiping out Cao Hong's army was unrealistic.

The reason why Mi Yang wanted to lure Cao Hong to lead his army was essentially to defeat Cao Hong and boost the morale of the army in Liangzhou.

Even though he was in Yangping Pass, with Si Wencao's presence, Mi Yang's intelligence channel was not blocked.

During this period of time, Mi Yang often received battle reports about the loss of the city.

Although those cities were not important, Mi Yang could see that this was the Wei army's plan to turn against the guests.

It has to be said that Wei Jun's strategy of turning against the guests was effective.

Even though none of the fortresses in Hanzhong have been lost yet, as more and more cities are lost, the Wei army's encirclement of Hanzhong is slowly taking shape.

The most important thing is that after this news gradually spread, the people's hearts in Liangzhou were also quietly changing.

People seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

After knowing all the information that was detrimental to her own side, how could Mi Yang not feel worried privately?

Just to appease people, he never showed a worried look on his face.

And a great victory over the Wei army was enough to reverse the current situation, which was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Han army.

After listening to Mi Yang's tactics, Wu Yi nodded. Mi Yang's tactics were very appropriate.

But it’s also quite satisfactory.

This made Wu Yi feel a little disappointed.

Mi Yang's fame relies on cunning plots. Wu Yi originally thought that Mi Yang would arrange some cunning plots to shock the world during this war, but it turned out not to be the case.

Perhaps Wu Yi felt this way because his expectations for Mi Yang were too high.

Wu Yi secretly dispelled this small thought in his heart, and then stood up and headed outside the tent to arrange everything.

Not long after Wu Yi left, Mi Yang's confidant Wang Hong walked in with an anxious look on his face.

Seeing Wang Hong entering with an anxious expression, Mi Yang had a bad intuition in her heart.

Wang Hong was considered his earliest private minister. After establishing Si Wen Cao, Mi Yang made Wang Hong the long history of Si Wen Cao.

Wang Hong's abilities are average, but his loyalty is unspeakable.

He ignored the people Mi Yang installed in Si Wen Cao.

Under Wang Hong's understanding and with the help of those good assistants, Wang Hong also managed Si Wen Cao in an orderly manner.

Since Wang Hong is currently the intelligence chief of Liangzhou, Mi Yang usually takes Wang Hong with him wherever he goes. This is why Mi Yang can always grasp first-hand information.

In the past, reports of battles in which cities and territory were lost were collected by Wang Hong and sent to Mi Yang personally.

So when Wang Hong came in with another piece of information in his hand and an anxious look on his face, Mi Yang's first reaction was - which city was lost again?

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Mi Yang quickly waved to Wang Hong to present the information in his hand.

When Mi Yang unfolded the information in his hand and looked at it, the worry in his heart could no longer be suppressed and appeared directly on his face.

Even in that worried look, there was a bit of surprise.

There are experts in the Wei army!

But Mi Yang soon regained his composure, and he ordered Wang Hong in a low tone: "Summon Wu Yi, Fa Miao, Lu Yi, and Wei Yan quickly."

Although Mi Yang didn't show any urgency, Wang Hong didn't dare to delay at all. After bowing to Mi Yang, he quickly walked out of the tent.

Under Wang Hong's call, Wu Yi was the first to return to the tent. He had not gone very far just now.

Wu Yi didn't understand why Mi Yang suddenly called him back, but after he entered the tent, Mi Yang just asked him to sit down without saying anything else.

So Wu Yi could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart.

After a while, Fa Miao and the other three came to the big tent one after another.

When Wu Yi and four others arrived, they couldn't help but look at each other.

In order to prevent the news that he was at Yangping Pass from leaking out, Mi Yang rarely took the initiative to summon the four of them at the same time.

Mi Yang's abnormal behavior today made them instantly realize that Mi Yang must have something important to discuss with them.

Sure enough, when the four of them were seated, Mi Yang informed Wu Yi and the others of the news he had just received.

Mi Yang received the news that Fei Yao and Cao Zhen were quickly leading their troops to Yangping Pass.

When Wu Yi and the other four learned the news, they were not as calm as Mi Yang, and their faces showed great surprise.

All four of them knew the reason why Cao Hong suddenly led his army to Yangping Pass.

But what about Cao Zhen and Fei Yao?

Didn't they regard Yangping Pass as the main target of attack from the beginning? Why did they suddenly stop attacking other cities and lead their troops to Yangping Pass instead?

This unexpected news deeply puzzled Wu Yi and the others, and also made them very worried.

On the surface, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen seemed to have planned ahead and marched towards Yangping Pass together.

This idea made Wu Yi and the others have a guess in their minds - could it be that Cao Hong had seen through their plan, so he deliberately used it and invited Cao Zhen to send troops to attack Yangping Pass together?

Wei Yan has an impatient personality, and he quickly told Mi Yang his suspicions.

After listening to Wei Yan's guess, Mi Yang thought for a while and then shook his head.

To be honest, that was what he had guessed at first.

But there is one fact that allows Mi Yang to rule out this speculation.

The fact is that transportation in this world is extremely backward.

Cao Hong's Middle Route Army and Cao Zhen's East Route Army were blocked by Yangping Pass. If they wanted to communicate, they had to send messengers across the rolling mountains.

In the rolling mountains, Cao Wei had no use for the best horses, so he could only walk on foot.

In addition, the rainy season has just passed, and many roads on the Hanzhong Mountain Road are muddy and difficult to navigate. If the army can gather collective strength to eliminate this difficulty, how many people can be believed to be at most?

Under these unfavorable objective conditions, there was a delay of at least ten days in information communication between Cao Hong and Cao Zhen.
To be continued...