Mi Han

Chapter 155
As Liu Bei and Cao Cao each drank the wine they respected each other, it represented that the "Han River Treaty" proposed by Cao Cao came into effect.

Perhaps this provision temporarily divides the borders of the two families, and the agreement of the two families to strike together has not been put into writing, let alone stamped with the king's seal of either party.

But both Liu Bei and Cao Cao knew that what could determine whether the "Han River Treaty" was valid was not the words and vague reputation, but the situation.

As Cao Cao said in the current situation, if the fight continues, the last two will only lose both sides.

And as long as the situation remains unchanged, the "Han River Agreement" will naturally remain valid.

But if the situation changes, it won't be far when the two fight again.

After reaching the "Han River Treaty" with Liu Bei, Cao Cao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his face remained calm.

He felt that the rainstorm was coming, and he also felt a little unwell, so he already had the intention of leaving.

A smile appeared on Cao Cao's face, and he said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, today you and I are cooking wine and discussing ambitions, and it may become a good story in the future."

"But unfortunately, neither you nor I can convince the other party today."

"You and I are like a bronze mirror, each reflecting the other side of each other."

"It's just that it's interesting. In life, friends are rare, and opponents are also rare. With you, the whole life will not be so boring."

"Whether your ambitions are right or wrong, I will leave it to future generations to judge."

"Today the rain is approaching, and I will return to the north. When I leave, I will say goodbye to you as an old friend for the last time."

"I'll take a step first."

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao got up from the bow of the boat and bowed to Liu Bei.

Cao Cao's worship reminded Liu Bei of Cao Sikong, who was determined to help the Han Dynasty, bowed to him and welcomed him by the Weishui River.

Time flies, how did Cao Sikong, who was full of passion back then, become Cao Cao, the thief of the country today?

Liu Bei stood up and bowed back to Cao Cao, just like Liu Xuzhou thanked Cao Sikong for welcoming him back then.

After the two kings bowed to each other, the two cloud dragons in the sky seemed to feel something, and they disappeared into the sky together.

It seems to be reflecting the final outcome of the two kings, after all, there is no winner.

After Liu Bei returned to worship, Cao Cao immediately turned around and stepped into the cabin, ordering Xia Houshang to go back to the north bank.

At this time Cao Zhen followed Cao Cao back to the cabin, Cao Cao looked at him and asked, "Does that Mi Yang remember?"

Cao Zhen nodded solemnly.

Cao Cao looked at the already dark world with his hands behind his back, and he told Cao Zhen:
"Remember him, he will become your enemy in this life in the future."

There is another talent in the world, but it is a pity that he, Cao Mengde, will never have the chance to compete with this talent again in this life.

After Cao Cao left first, Liu Bei ordered Guan Ping to go punting, leaving Mi Yang by his side.

Liu Bei ordered Mi Yang to sit in front of him, and Mi Yang sat down as ordered.

Liu Bei looked at Mi Yang, whom he had trained, and Liu Bei asked, "Do you know why Cao Cao brought only his nephew out to meet him today?"

Facing Liu Bei's question, Mi Yang thought for a while and replied: "Is Cao Cao implying that he has successors to the Cao family?"

Mi Yang's answer made Liu Bei smile.

"You are very smart. You have lived up to Gu's expectations of you."

"It's just that you're not right about one thing.

Cao Cao's move was intended to tell Gu that in order to calm down today's troubled times, the strength of one generation is not enough, and the relay of future generations is needed. "

"Although Gu has always wanted to put down this troubled world with his own hands, Gu is already sixty this year."

"In the sixtieth year, I don't know how many more years I can fight."

"Among the ministers whom Gu values ​​highly is Kong Ming, who is already forty this year."

"And the prince is only fourteen."

"The years are passing by, and there is no way to keep them. The future of the big man may fall on the shoulders of your next generation."

"Among the next generation, you have the highest talent, the most outstanding military achievements, and the closest relationship with the prince."

"The prince is young, but you can assist the prince for a long time."

"Even if the world can be pacified in Gu's generation, it is difficult to conquer the world, and it is even more difficult to defend the world."

"Zisheng, are you willing to inherit Gu's ambition and bring true peace to all people in this world?"

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he looked at Mi Yang with clear eyes, expecting his answer.

Facing Liu Bei's attention, Mi Yang was moved in his heart, maybe Liu Bei met Cao Cao today and felt something to say these words.

Maybe Liu Bei is planning for a rainy day.

But in any case, Liu Bei's respect and expectations for him are deep.

Mi Yang bowed to Liu Bei, and solemnly promised: "I will die to fulfill the ambition of the king!"

Mi Yang's generous response made Liu Bei laugh out loud. Cao Cao has successors, so why isn't he Liu Bei?
While Liu Bei was talking with Mi Yang, Guan Ping had already returned to the south bank on the back of the boat.

When the boat came to a complete stop, Mi Yang helped Liu Bei get up and set foot on the shore together.

After Liu Bei and others went ashore, Guan Yu and others who had been guarding the shore for a long time surrounded them one after another.

Seeing that all the ministers were there, Liu Bei remained calm, and ordered the ministers to return to the tent to discuss matters.

After Liu Bei and the ministers returned to the commander's tent, Liu Bei informed the ministers of the "Han River Treaty" he had just talked about with Cao Cao.

After hearing this, all the ministers in the tent had different expressions.

But they all agreed with the joint strike of the two families, including Guan Yu.

Yizhou has been seriously injured since the Battle of Hanzhong. If Liu Bei hadn't insisted on rescuing Guan Yu, Yizhou would not have mobilized troops for at least a year.

Not to mention Jingzhou, after several wars, the national strength and people's livelihood have been severely damaged.

If Guan Yu hadn't defeated Xu Huang and harvested a large amount of food and grass last year, I am afraid that the tens of thousands of troops would have run out of food now.

And now it has slowly entered the spring, and the time for spring plowing is approaching. One year's spring plowing is related to one year's grain harvest, and there is no delay at all.

It's just that although it is necessary to retreat, the specific method of retreat cannot be sloppy.

After all, Cao Cao has always been deceitful, so he can't completely listen to his one-sided words.

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei first, and ordered him to lead his troops back to the three eastern counties, and temporarily supervise the important affairs of the three counties.

Previously, in order to stabilize the three eastern counties, Zhang Fei brought the local powerful Shen brothers along with him. After all, this was an expedient measure.

The loss of two prefects in the three eastern counties is not conducive to the development of local people's livelihood after all.

After Liu Bei issued the order, Zhang Fei immediately went to work to take the order.

But before Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei specifically told Zhang Fei again: "Your punishment is too bad, and you are whipping the athletes every day, and the order is around. This is the way to bring disaster."

"Don't do it again!"

Liu Bei is good at knowing people. He knows that although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are famous generals for a while, both of them have flaws in their personalities.

Guan Yu treats soldiers well and is proud of scholar-bureaucrats, Zhang Fei loves and respects gentlemen but not villains.

Although most of the troubles in Jingzhou this time were due to Sun Quan, Guan Yu's character was also an inducement.

So now before facing Zhang Fei, Liu Bei specially instructed him.

Faced with Liu Bei's admonition, Zhang Fei was moved, and then bowed to Liu Bei and left.

I don't know how many times Liu Bei told Zhang Fei similar advice, but Zhang Fei never changed it.

Regarding this point, Liu Bei was quite helpless.

After arranging the affairs of the three eastern counties, Liu Bei did not give any more orders.

After all, the [-] Wei troops on the opposite side hadn't withdrawn, so it was impossible for him to withdraw too many soldiers and horses to leave.

At this time, Ma Liang went out to worship and said to Liu Bei: "If the two sides stop fighting, what should we do with the Wei army captured by our army?"

As soon as Ma Liang said this, Liu Bei also had a look of embarrassment on his face.

According to common sense, if the captured soldiers are young and strong, they can be disrupted and incorporated into one's own army. If they are old or weak, they can be moved to sparsely populated areas to reclaim wasteland.

But this method can be like this for Wu Jun, but it can't be done for some Wei Jun.

Because there is an innovative invention in the content of Cao Wei's military system, that is the "wrong service system."

In the early years of Jian'an, in order to prevent soldiers from betraying and strengthen control over military power, Cao Cao adopted a policy of staggered military service in newly conquered areas and border areas.

Dingfu is not conscripted locally, but dispatched from far away; the same is true for military service, soldiers must be separated from their homes.

That is the so-called "personal servitude and household residence on one side", which was sometimes called "wrong servitude".It aims to prevent the whole family from fleeing and rebelling.

This move is very unreasonable, but it has prevented the soldiers from defecting.

Historically, when Xia Houba surrendered to Ji Han, in his capacity, he did not take many soldiers to follow him.

Another example is Guanqiu Jianshi in the "Three Rebellions in Huainan". During the Shouchun rebellion, most soldiers did not want to rebel with him.

Furthermore, Zhong Hui later wanted to establish himself in Shuzhong under Jiang Wei's instigation.Unexpectedly, Zhong Hui was killed by his subordinates before he succeeded.

There are many similar examples, but from these three typical examples, it can be seen that because of the talents of these three people, they were unable to encourage the soldiers under their command to advance and retreat with them.

Of course, any historical event is caused by various reasons, but from the above three examples, it can also fully reflect the role of the slavery system.

What's more, around the 16th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao imposed heavier punishments on defecting soldiers.

For example, from the previous test of only the wives of the soldiers, it has become the killing of the parents, brothers, and wives of the rebels.

Twenty years after Jian'an, Cao Cao even planned to increase the punishment, "A soldier in the army, if he sees a person fleeing, he will punish the general and himself", implicating the entire army of defecting soldiers.

Under such high-pressure punishment measures, it is difficult for the tens of thousands of Wei troops who surrendered to take back for their own use.

I am afraid that as soon as they are released, these people will all run back to the north because they are worried about their families.

This is also the reason why Mi Yang didn't need the Wei army to surrender even if he recruited barbarians.

Even if they are lured by great profits, most of the soldiers of the Wei army must be thinking about returning to the north in the face of the safety of their families.

Even if the Wei Jun surrendered soldiers were released at the beginning, if Yu Jin took advantage of Wei Jun's surrender mentality to fight back, then Mi Yang would be second in Zhonghui.

This is also the reason why Liu Bei looked embarrassed.

Because of the long-term hostility with Cao Cao, all the officials in the tent are very familiar with Cao Wei's wrong service system.

When Ma Liang asked how to deal with the prisoners of the Wei army, everyone knew that Ma Liang was worried about the wrongful service system.

It is impossible to let go in vain. Isn't that strengthening the strength of Wei Jun?

But if you can't take it back for your own use, it's not a solution to keep them closed.

There is a good way to address this concern.

That is, it is better to kill the wrong than to let it go, to kill all those Wei Jun who are in the family and native place in Hebei, and the ones left are naturally usable.

But no one will mention this method. After all, with Liu Bei's character, it is impossible to do such a cruel thing.

Just when all the officials in the tent were in a dilemma, Mi Yang thought of a good way.

Mi Yang said to Liu Bei, "I remember that Cao Cao also captured many Jingzhou people and went to farm near Ruying."

"The king's concern now is nothing more than the surrender of the Wei army and the safety of his relatives. He cannot serve our army wholeheartedly, and fled back to the north later."

"But at the same time, the many people Cao Cao took away from our Jingzhou back then, of course they will also feel homesick."

"It is the nature of the people to settle down and relocate; the flesh and blood are attached to each other, and human affection also wishes."

"Because of homesickness and family, those people will not be at peace if they want to come to Ruying and other counties."

"Since that's the case, why don't your majesty discuss with the envoys and Cao Cao that our army can surrender part of the Wei army in exchange for the people who were moved from Jingzhou back then."

"In this way, the matter of the Wei army's surrender can be easily resolved, and the population of Jingzhou can also be replenished."

In ancient China, people had a very strong sense of rurality. Only when there was no way out in the local area due to serious natural and man-made disasters, people would be forced to leave their homes and separate their families.

Otherwise, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, people will still stay in their homeland.

Nostalgia for hometown is the common emotion of all people, and it is also the psychological appeal of human nature.

In the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao planned to forcibly relocate the people in Huainan in order to guard against Sun Quan. Jiang Ji persuaded Cao Cao because of this.

But Cao Cao refused to listen, and still decided to forcibly relocate the people in Jianghuai. As a result, more than [-] people in Jianghuai fled to the territory of Soochow due to fright.

With this experience, Cao Cao would not refuse this proposal, after all, this proposal is a good thing for both parties.

Liu Bei was overjoyed after hearing Mi Yang's suggestion.

"Zicheng's strategy is the best."

After adopting Mi Yang's suggestion, Liu Bei immediately ordered Ma Liang to go on his behalf to discuss the matter with Cao Cao.

What Mi Yang didn't expect was that his action not only solved Liu Bei's problem, but also recruited a great talent for him.

When Cao Cao returned to the north bank, he also immediately summoned all his ministers to tell Liu Bei about the "Han River Treaty".

After hearing this, all the ministers of Cao Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

After Sun Quan's defeat, they had long wanted to retreat.

After informing the ministers of the matter, Cao Cao immediately issued two orders.

One is to order someone to immediately go to Guanzhong to send an order to Zhang He to retreat.

The second is that he ordered Cao Ren to arrange a retreat.

Just after these two orders were issued, Jiang Ji, the chief minister of the prime minister, went out to ask Cao Cao what to do with the tens of thousands of Wei troops captured by Jingzhou.

Jiang Ji's question made Cao Cao feel relieved for a while.

Of course he wanted to come back those tens of thousands of troops, but would Liu Bei let them back easily?

When Cao Cao was in a dilemma, Sima Yi, who had just returned from the police station, said to Cao Cao, "Your Majesty, you can exchange population with Liu Bei."

Then Sima Yi expressed his opinions one by one, which was almost the same as what Mi Yang said in front of Liu Bei.

After Cao Cao listened to Sima Yi's suggestion, he looked hesitant as if he was thinking.

When Cao Cao hesitated, Jiang Ji also supported Sima Yi's suggestion.

"Your Majesty, don't forget the matter of relocating the people in Huainan back then."

Under Jiang Ji's reminder, Cao Cao finally made up his mind to adopt Sima Yi's suggestion.

But at this moment, someone outside the tent reported that it was Liu Bei's envoy asking to see him.

Cao Cao ordered someone to bring Liu Bei's envoy Ma Liang in. After Ma Liang came in, he conveyed Liu Bei's intentions to Cao Cao.

But to Ma Liang's surprise, after listening to Cao Cao and all of Cao Wei's courtiers, strange expressions appeared on their faces.

In the end, it was Cao Cao who asked Ma Liang, "Can you tell me who gave this suggestion to your Lord?"

Although Ma Liang didn't know why Cao Cao paid attention to this, there was nothing to hide.

Ma Liang bowed slightly to Cao Cao and said, "It was presented by Mi Yang, the general of our army."

After Ma Liang said this, Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi with interesting eyes, and said in his mouth with a special meaning:

"Why is Zhongda so late today?"

And after Sima Yi heard that Mi Yang thought the same as him, a strange emotion flashed in his heart.

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