The next morning, Liu Chan followed Liu Bei's instructions yesterday and issued the two edicts in his name.
Sure enough, when Liu Chan's two edicts were issued, they were like cool ice cubes, cooling down the restless hearts in Chengdu.
Anyone with insight can see that these two arrangements cannot reverse the situation, but as long as the situation can be improved, or as long as Liu Chan can take corresponding actions, even if his actions have little effect, the degree of encouragement to people's hearts will be will have a positive impact.
This was a chaotic time full of passion, not the peaceful Song Dynasty where the birds sang and danced in later generations.
What the world is afraid of is that the country has ministers who dare to fight, but no king who dares to fight.
After receiving Liu Chan's edict, Shangshu Ling Ma Liang showed a smile on his face, and then implemented the contents of the two edicts at an extremely fast speed.
Although Zhuge Liang personally marched south, considering Liu Bei's condition and Liu Chan's ability, he still left a complete support team for Liu Chan before leaving.
Ma Liang is the temporary leader of this supporting team.
Ma Liang himself was very capable, and it was not like he had never seen strong winds and waves, but after reading "Fighting Shu", he inevitably felt worried about Hanzhong in his heart.
Even Ma Liang is like this, let alone other ministers?
Just because of his sensitive identity, he has covered up his worries very well in the past few days.
Ma Liangzhong's worries stemmed from the strong military power displayed by Cao Wei on the one hand, and his distrust of Liu Chan's personal abilities on the other.
Based on Ma Liang's understanding of Liu Chan, these two arrangements were definitely not his idea, and Ma Liang could also understand Liu Bei's intention of continuing to hide behind the scenes.
But can the prince really grow up?
What Liu Chan did in the palace yesterday was already spread throughout the government and the public early this morning.
It can be said that if these two arrangements had not been sent out in time, someone in Chengdu would have started to contact Cao Wei privately.
Being able to play both sides is not just a skill of the Yizhou family, it is a natural skill for any family.
Thinking of this, Ma Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Although Liu Chan's two edicts can stabilize the people's hearts in Chengdu to a certain extent, they are only a temporary measure after all.
Besides, would Sun Quan really not send troops to Jingzhou at this time?
Can General Zuo really win this difficult war under such unfavorable conditions?
As soon as the war begins, many worrying things will naturally come to mind.
And these uncertainties will lead the great man who has just reestablished the country in the future.
Is it an abyss or a broader future?
I hope that the champion can be worthy of his title and fight again to turn the tide.
Just like the police did back then.
This is not only Ma Liang's inner expectation, but also the inner expectation of all people in the world today who are interested in the Han Dynasty.
Champion, the next step is up to you!
While Liu Bei taught Liu Chan to temporarily appease the people of Yizhou with two edicts, Ma Chao, who led the army from Nanzheng, had already arrived outside Yinping County.
Yinping is located to the north of Jianmen Pass.
Yinping is the seat of Yinping County, but after Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang and Fazheng jointly inspected the terrain in Hanzhong.
After investigation, the two of them unanimously discovered that Yinping is a very important place to Hanzhong.
There is no other reason than that there is a dangerous trail of hundreds of miles behind Yinping.
If Yinping is occupied by the enemy, as long as the enemy general is good at using surprise soldiers, then he is likely to lead his army all the way south along this trail.
After walking this trail, the main force of the enemy army can go straight to Jiangyou Pass.
Jiangyou Pass is a pass north of Chengdu, only a few hundred miles away from Chengdu.
If the enemy's main force suddenly attacks, Yizhou's people will inevitably be in turmoil. In this case, Jiangyou Pass cannot be defended.
Once Jiangyou Pass falls into the hands of the enemy, not to mention whether Chengdu is in danger, as long as the number of enemy troops is large enough, they can easily block the passage of the Han army's northward support.
By that time, the 20,000 Liangzhou Army will really become a turtle in the urn.
Precisely because Yinping has such important strategic significance, not only Zhuge Liang and Fazheng valued this place, but also after Mi Yang became the shepherd of Liangzhou, he also sent large armies to Yinping many times to clean up local banditry.
Yinping County is the same as Wudu County. They both belong to Liangzhou in the political division of the Han Dynasty. The areas of the two counties are connected, and most importantly, there are many foreign tribes in Yinping County.
But unlike his temporary disregard for Wudu County, Mi Yang has always valued Yinping.
He can temporarily ignore other parts of Yinping County because of national strength, but he must keep Yinping County in his hands.
When Ma Chao led two thousand Liangzhou troops to arrive outside Yinping County, Zhang Ni, who had received the news in advance, personally went out of the city to welcome Ma Chao's army into the city.
After learning that the Wei army was about to march south, Mi Yang sent Zhang Ni and three thousand troops to garrison in Yinping to prepare for danger.
In the past six months, Zhang Yi has mainly led the army to repair the city defenses in Yinping.
Since Ma Chao is to be made the commander-in-chief of the Han army in Yinping, Mi Yang will definitely send someone to notify Zhang Yi in advance.
Zhang Yi didn't feel too bad about letting Ma Chao become his general.
Although he looked down on Ma Chao, he would definitely obey Mi Yang's orders unconditionally.
After Ma Chao was brought into Yinping City by Zhang Yi, the first thing he did was to inspect the city defense of Yinping.
After the inspection, Ma Chao couldn't be said to be satisfied.
Several years after the Han army captured Yinping in the Battle of Hanzhong, no matter who the governor of Hanzhong was, he had specially sent people to repair Yinping Pass.
It's just that if you want to build a city's defenses into an impregnable city, it's useless to rely on time alone. The most important thing is to have the support of strong national power.
Obviously, Hanzhong does not have such national power.
After the failure of the Hanzhong War, Cao Cao moved most of the population of Hanzhong to Hanzhong. Cao Cao had a very strategic vision, and his move caused a huge blow to Hanzhong's national power.
Otherwise, with the wealth of Hanzhong when Zhang Lu was in power, Mi Yang would not have been able to raise an army of 30,000 people, and he would have felt that it was almost impossible to open the pot.
And in addition, there are too many cities in Hanzhong that need to be repaired, which makes Wei Yan and Mi Yang unable to repair Yinping's city defenses to perfection.
Ma Chao also knew the above reasons, so he did not blame Zhang Yi.
Moreover, what Ma Chao wanted from the beginning was not to defend the city obediently.
After inspecting the city defenses, Ma Chao asked Zhang Ni: "Where are the Western Route Army who rebelled against Wei?"
Yinping Wudu County is not far away, and if the Wei army wants to attack Yinping, it must first capture Wudu County. Therefore, Zhang Yi should be the first among the Han Dynasty to know the movements of the Wei Army's west route army.
When Ma Chao asked about this, Zhang Ni immediately replied:
"The three thousand vanguards of the rebel army will arrive in Wudu County within a few days."
Hearing Zhang Yi say this, Ma Chao's eyebrows stretched.
"Who is the enemy's vanguard general?" Ma Chao continued to ask.
Zhang Yi recalled it for a while and then replied: "My name is Jiang Wei."
Jiang Wei?
Ma Chao recalled it carefully in his mind. He had never heard of such a general in the Wei army.
That being the case.
"I am determined to lead three thousand troops into Wudu County to stop the enemy's vanguard. I will leave the important task of defending the city to you."
Ma Chao's tone was quite indifferent, but when his words fell into Zhang Yi's ears, his expression changed drastically.
"No, General Hussar!"
Today is just one chapter, I will be busiest at the end of the month.
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Chapter 2 will be updated tomorrow.
I will carefully consider this big plot, please wait and see.
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