In December of the fourth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty.
At the end of this month, it is the arrival of the Chinese Spring Festival.
Originally, during this time period, every household in Guanzhong, as long as they were not too poor, would start running around for the upcoming New Year.
The men go out to nearby counties to buy new year goods, while the women take their treadmills at home to make new clothes for the coming year.
But this year's Guanzhong is very different from previous years.
The difference is that this year's Guanzhong lacks the lively and noisy atmosphere of previous years.
There was almost no pedestrian visible on the spacious official roads.
And the doors and windows of every house are closed tightly even during the day, as if they are afraid of the arrival of the "Nian Beast".
These two phenomena have plunged Guanzhong into a strange tranquility this year.
Every household will be suspicious or afraid if it is too quiet, let alone the land of Guanzhong with millions of lives and an area covering thousands of miles?
Therefore, a strong atmosphere of uneasiness permeated the hearts of all the Wei troops in Guanzhong.
They knew why Guanzhong became like this, all because of the "Nian beast" named Mi.
When I was a child, I often heard from my elders that during the Chinese New Year, there would be Nian beasts coming out to cause trouble.
But the elders never said that the Nian beast would actually be an elk!
Miscellaneous thoughts kept popping up in the minds of every Wei soldier gathered in Chang'an City.
And as they got closer to the entrance of the Xie Valley under the general's order, the chaotic and uneasy emotions in their hearts became more intense.
There is no other, because the "Nian Beast" currently lives in the Han army camp outside the Xie Valley.
The Nian beast is the representative of the evil beast that has been instilled in the hearts of the Chinese people since childhood.
In this world where the mind has not yet been fully enlightened, many people are still afraid of the Nian beast, even after they have grown up.
But when this deep-seated fear in his heart met with Mi Yang's reputation for annihilating more than 100,000 Wei troops, the two inevitably fermented together under the influence of opportunity.
This directly caused many Wei soldiers to have expressions on their faces as if they were going to die.
But it's not that they want to go, it's the general's strict order.
Wei's military laws are cruel. If they violate the military laws, not only they will die, but their family members will also die.
Under severe inner uneasiness and panic, batches of Wei troops were sent to the camp outside the entrance of Xiegu.
This is what has been happening in recent days.
After Mi Yang learned about this, he chose a sunny day and led thousands of Han troops directly out of the camp, thinking to personally observe the current situation in the Wei camp.
But Mi Yang still underestimated the influence he was currently under in Guanzhong.
When a scout from the Wei army's camp discovered a young general wearing Mingguang armor walking out of the Han army's camp, he was so frightened that he hurried back to the camp and reported this important military information to Sun Li.
Since Sun Li successfully "deceived" Mi Yang with his clever trick before, Cao Zhen was quite satisfied with Sun Li.
Satisfied, even though generals from all walks of life were leading the Wei army to gather in the Wei army camp outside the entrance of Xiegu, Cao Zhen still handed over the throne of Wei camp commander to Sun Li.
After receiving Cao Zhen's attention, Sun Li was grateful and secretly vowed to live up to Cao Zhen's trust.
So after getting the news, Sun Li took it very seriously and stood up from his seat!
He finally showed up.
Even if the scouts said that Mi Yang only led thousands of Han troops out of the camp, how could Sun Li fall into the trap so easily?
Looking at Mi Yang's march in the past, there are many similarities with the late Fazheng - he is good at using tricks.
And all the tricks in the world are just two words: false and true.
Mi Yang must have wanted to lead thousands of Han troops out of the camp to show the enemy's weakness, and then let a large number of Han troops in the Han camp rush out when he attacked rashly.
At that moment, the Wei army was completely gone.
Feeling that Sun Li, who had seen through Mi Yang's trick, would certainly not let himself make such a mistake, he ordered the entire army camp to be closed and put into combat readiness.
But don't go into battle without permission, let alone pay attention to the approaching Han army.
This is undoubtedly the most appropriate.
Mi Yang led thousands of Han troops to stop not far from the Wei army camp.
Originally, if I wanted to observe the situation of the enemy camp more clearly, the closer the better.
But Mi Yang has an army of 10,000 in his hands, so of course he will not put himself in danger.
So he stopped at a safer distance.
But in this way, the distance is not close enough, and it is certainly not easy to detect the specific situation of the Wei army camp.
But, of course, Mi Yang can't be troubled by such a trivial matter.
Mi Yang summoned a junior colonel and said to him: "After you go outside the Wei army's camp, shout inside:
Hou Yang, the general of the Han Dynasty and the Mu champion of Liangzhou, asked the commander of the camp to see him. "
After hearing Mi Yang's order, the principal was stunned.
This schoolboy is a younger brother of Mi Yang. He was quite clever in the past, otherwise he would not be taken around by Mi Yang.
He knew why his clan brother led the army, so at this moment, an incredible guess emerged in his mind.
But it was impossible for him to disobey Mi Yang's order.
So he could only pat his horse and rush towards the Wei army camp.
Under the galloping horses, Xiao Xiao arrived outside the Wei army's camp not far away.
When Wei Jun who was guarding the camp saw a Han army major approaching, he was suspicious and wanted to ring the alarm bell, but thinking of the order Sun Li had just issued, Wei Jun did not take any action for the time being.
Unexpectedly, after Xiao Xiao drove the horses to a stop, he immediately shouted Mi Yang's instructions loudly.
After shouting several times to ensure that Wei Jun in the camp heard it, the small school hurriedly clapped his horse and returned to Mi Yang's side.
After the small school left, the Wei troops in the camp looked at each other in shock.
Nian Beast wants to meet his commander?
Why is this?
But even though he had this doubt in his mind, Wei Jun, who felt that this was not a trivial matter, quickly reported the matter to Sun Li's ears.
Sun Li originally thought of taking a nap, but after hearing the news, he jumped up from the couch.
I'm afraid this Mi Yang is sick.
He had already seen through his plan to lure the enemy, so why did he come to provoke him?
The most important thing is to provoke them by name!
After knowing what Mi Yang meant, Sun Li's brows inevitably wrinkled.
To be honest, Mi Yang was quite polite when she invited him to meet.
This made Sun Li very happy.
Sun Li was also a scholar, and scholars were the most particular about propriety.
But this was not enough for Sun Li to agree to Mi Yang's invitation to meet.
Sun Li was worried about what tricks Mi Yang was thinking of.
But if he still stayed behind closed doors despite Mi Yang's invitation, wouldn't he become the second Cao Zhen?
That's so unbecoming!
More importantly, Sun Li was worried that this might be Mi Yang's test.
Test whether the current Wei army is as numerous as shown before.
After realizing this, Sun Li's hesitation was quickly dispelled.
See you soon!
Anyway, most of the Wei army has been assembled now, and it is time to officially show its strength in front of Mi Yang.
With this thought, urgent military orders were quickly issued from Sun Li's mouth, and quickly spread throughout the entire Wei army camp.
Under Sun Li's urgent order, the entire Wei army camp quickly moved into action.
The high-pitched and vigorous drum sound resounded throughout the entire Wei army camp like waves of animal-driving alarm bells, and even reached Mi Yang's ears outside the Wei army camp.
Mi Yang fought with the Wei army several times and was familiar with some of the drum sounds of the Wei army.
He recognized that this was the drum sound that the Wei army would sound every time there was a war.
Mi Yang glanced at the primary school student who had been back for a while, with a bit of doubt in his eyes.
Maybe this guy told me the wrong thing.
Did you spread the invitation to meet and turn it into an invitation to fight?
Otherwise, what was going on with Wei Jun's all-out behavior?
Just when Mi Yang was confused, several gates of the Wei army's camp were opened.
From the open gates, rows of Wei troops were walking out in order.
And walking at the forefront of the Wei army was Sun Li, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army.
Seeing the seemingly endless stream of Wei troops filing out of the gate, Mi Yang had already expected this scene, but she still secretly sighed in her heart: It really can't happen.
Since they were already in a state of war readiness, a group of Wei troops gathered quickly.
Soon after, more than 20,000 Wei troops marched out of the Wei camp and formed a defensive formation to face Mi Yang.
After finishing all this, Sun Li just rode towards Mi Yang.
Seeing Sun Li taking the initiative to drive his horse towards him, Mi Yang glanced at Sun Li's thick arms, and he silently asked Ding Feng to follow him on the horse.
It was just that he was born too late, otherwise Mi Yang would have had to find Dian Wei Xu Chu as his bodyguard.
After all, the world was very malicious towards him.
The three horses were walking towards each other, and soon they were approaching each other.
After taking a few steps away from each other, Sun Li and Mi Yang both reined in the reins.
Looking at Mi Yang, who was only a few steps away from him, Sun Li had a complicated expression in his eyes.
This was not the first time he had seen Mi Yang.
During the Battle of Xiangfan, he had fought against Mi Yang on the battlefield.
But only a few years had passed since the Battle of Xiangfan, and Mi Yang's prestige in the world had reached another peak.
I'm afraid that if Wei Wu is resurrected, his prestige in the hearts of the world will be nothing more than this.
It's a pity that such a beautiful person is his country's biggest enemy.
Maybe people in the world think that General Cao Wei only hates Mi Yang, but this is actually wrong.
Under the current ideological concepts, these three emotions of fear, hatred, and admiration are not actually opposite.
When Cao Cao was alive, even Liu Bei personally praised his talents.
When Ma Chao died in history, when he mentioned his great enemy Cao Cao, he used the honorific title Meng De.
These are interesting times.
Due to the status gap between the two, Sun Li took the initiative to salute Mi Yang and said, "Sir, you invite me to meet you. What do you do for me?"
Sun Li originally wanted to call Mi Yang the general, but luckily he changed his tune in time.
Facing Sun Li's inquiry, Mi Yang asked without hesitation: "Who are you?"
Mi Yang's unthinking tone meant that it was natural for him to ask.
Because he really didn't know the name of the person in front of him.
There were so many generals in Wei, how could Mi Yang have the chance to know them all.
After listening to Mi Yang's words, Sun Li's breathing became rapid.
But he soon regained his composure.
Indeed, it was normal for Mi Yang not to know that he was at the moment.
Sun Li told Mi Yang his name and origin as usual.
After learning that the person in front of him was Sun Li, Mi Yang couldn't help but take a high look at the Wei general in front of him.
Although Sun Li is not a famous general, he can still be regarded as a good general.
Thinking of this, Mi Yang answered Sun Li's question in a gentle tone:
"May I ask Mr. Sun, how many troops are there in your camp right now?"
Mi Yang's attitude was quite friendly, but when his words fell into Sun Li's ears, Sun Li almost became angry.
How dare you ask!
How can a general from one side run up to the other side's general and directly inquire about the military situation?
And the question was about this vital information.
Everyone said Mi Yang was arrogant. He didn't believe it before, but now he no longer questions it.
Sun Li's face darkened instantly.
He said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate me or Wei too much."
When Sun Li said this, he wanted to shout loudly, but for some reason, his voice became lower and lower.
Until it fell into Mi Yang's ears, Mi Yang still heard some grievances.
this.
Isn’t it said that most of the celebrities and generals during the Three Kingdoms period had the style of the ancients?
He came directly to ask Sun Li about his military situation today. If Sun Li could tell the truth calmly, it might become a good story in the history books in the future.
It seems that Sun Li is not like the ancients.
Not sincere at all.
So Mi Yang also lost the mood to continue talking with Sun Li.
He looked behind Sun Li.
The originally neat formation of the Wei army seemed quite chaotic at this moment.
Many people rushed forward to see what Mi Yang looked like.
This is normal. Although Wei Jun is afraid of Mi Yang, everyone is curious, and who is not curious about the "Nian Beast"?
In addition, there are many barbarians in the current Wei army formation, and their military discipline is naturally incomparable with that of the official Wei army.
Therefore, the initiative of many Hu people and the half-hearted push and submission of many Han people resulted in the scene in front of Mi Yang where "Han and Hu competed for views, and were confused."
After this scene happened, Sun Li felt ashamed, but Mi Yang found it extremely interesting.
Mi Yang, who was in a good mood at the moment, suddenly raised his whip and shouted to the more than 20,000 Wei troops with a loud smile:
"You want to observe the evil beasts in the year! They are also like humans. They don't have eight heads and six arms, but they have wise ears!"
When Mi Yang's shouts reached the formation of 20,000 Wei troops, they instantly triggered waves of exclamations.
It turned out to be Mi Yang who was wearing bright light armor. When the sun shone on him, he instantly became radiant.
This scene, coupled with Mi Yang's words, created a hugely contrasting image in the minds of more than 20,000 Wei soldiers.
Under this image, who would believe Mi Yang if he said he was a human being?
After Mi Yang shouted those words, he laughed and returned to his camp.
Today's goal has been achieved after seeing the number of Wei troops and the Hu people among them.
Mi Yang had never expected that Sun Li would show up in full force. He originally just wanted to lure out the elite of the Wei army so that he could observe their composition.
Otherwise, do you really think that Mi Yang just wanted to learn about important military information by asking Sun Li?
But Sun Li's all-out move undoubtedly made Mi Yang's goal more perfect.
Hu Jun?
At present, except for the elite Hu army in Liangzhou and Cao Wei, where else can there be in Guanzhong?
And they all transferred Hu Jun from Liangzhou to Guanzhong, so you are not vain from Liangzhou?
Your Majesty, you are ready to go on an expedition.
I had to work overtime temporarily, which caused the first chapter to be late. It's not a big problem, there will still be two chapters.
Chapter 2 was posted early in the morning.
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