Mi Han

Chapter 237 The Last Time Under the Night

Man Chong's resume is very beautiful. He has been appointed as the postal governor of the county. This kind of starting point is already higher than too many people in the world.

Later, when Cao Cao was the shepherd of Yanzhou, he enlisted Manchong as his job. Since then, Manchong officially began to shine in the officialdom as Cao Cao's vassal.

During his tenure as the county magistrate of Xudu, Manchong practiced the law according to his duties, was honest and upright, and was deeply loved by Cao Cao.

When Man Chong faced prisoners, whether they were relatives of Cao Hong, the clan of Cao Cao, or Yang Biao, a great scholar in the world, he treated them equally and was stern and impartial.

Even if Cao Hong pleaded for his relatives, or Xun Yu and Kong Rong pleaded for Yang Biao, he would ignore it.

Later, when Man Chong served as the prefect of Runan, he captured more than 20 barriers and designed to trap and kill more than ten leaders, and Runan was finally pacified.

All these pasts have made Man Chong develop a character that believes in power.

But Man Chong forgot one thing.

Although the reason why he was able to achieve various achievements at the beginning was inseparable from his own ability and character, there was another very important reason because Cao Cao was behind him at that time.

Cao Hong, Xun Yu, and Kong Rong were afraid of Cao Cao, not him.

The reason why the powerful clan in Runan did not attack him after the patriarch was killed was because Cao Cao used the elite Cao army as his backing.

If you want to rule by power, you cannot do without a solid foundation of strength.

But now in Wudang City, he doesn't have that solid foundation of strength.

Perhaps Man Chong thought that if all the private soldiers of the wealthy families in Wudang City were transferred to the city, even if the wealthy families were dissatisfied, they would not be able to cause any trouble after all.

But as a wealthy family that has been rooted in the local area for hundreds or even hundreds of years, they have a strong influence in the local area. With such a strong influence, it is not difficult for them to secretly do something.

For example, fornicating foreign enemies.

After the Han army besieged the city, because the west of Wudang City was the Han River, the Han army only surrounded the north, east, and south walls of Wudang City.

And because the north of Wudang City is the main attack direction of the Han army, correspondingly, Man Chong placed most of his elite soldiers in the north.

Under such circumstances, there are relatively few private soldiers of the Wudang Hao clan on the north wall, but there are more private soldiers of the Hao clan on the east and south walls of Wudang City.

Although Man Chong scattered and disrupted the private soldiers of the major wealthy families on all sides of the city walls after forcibly recruiting the private soldiers of the major powerful families, there were not many soldiers of the Yan clan in the southern city.

But this had a great effect in the past, and after Man Chong aroused the anger of the wealthy families in the city, it can be said that it had little effect.

Cao Wei adopted the wrong service system. Under the wrong service system, the Wei army to which Man Chong belonged came from the north, not Wudang natives.

This caused the Wei army on the city wall to not understand if the private soldiers of the rich families spoke their local dialects.

The language barrier created convenient conditions for the major families in the city to pass on messages and to the private soldiers of the families on the city wall.

When the townspeople delivered food to the city wall today, the private soldiers of the family who participated in the secret conversation that night on the city wall all received messages from the family.

After receiving the message from the family, the wealthy private soldiers exchanged glances without anyone noticing.

Perhaps the fighting power of the family's private soldiers is not as strong as that of the regular army, but the family's private soldiers with the blood of the clan as the hub have advantages that the regular army cannot match in some aspects.

What's more, Wudang County is still the place where they were born and raised, and it is their home field.

In the messages received by the private soldiers of other families, their patriarchs asked them to obey the orders of a Yanping clan son on the city wall.

And this Yanping clan son received an order to bring some words to the Han army outside the city.

There are not many Wei troops who are really subordinate to Manchong on the east wall, and there are private soldiers from other clans who are covering for the Yanping clan, so it is not difficult to do this.

Shortly after receiving the message, night fell.

When the dark sky gradually covered the entire city, the Yanping clan had already started to act.

Because the Han River is not far from the south of Wudang City, although there are Han troops outside Wudang South City, the order they received was that they only need to surround Wudang South City, and there is no need to attack.

Because the Han army did not launch an attack on Nancheng, the spirit of the Wei army on the city wall has been very relaxed in the past few days.

In the middle of the night, most of the Wei soldiers on the city wall had fallen into a deep sleep.

After seeing this scene, under the cover of other wealthy private soldiers, the Yanping clan tied a rope on his body, and then quickly fell to the bottom of the city wall with the joint efforts of everyone in the city.

Because of the cover of the night, the actions of the Yanping clan were not noticed by the Wei army on the city wall.

After safely landing on the ground, with the help of the hazy moonlight in the sky, the Yanping clan quickly ran towards the Han army barracks ahead.

As a respected son of Yanping, of course he does not suffer from night blindness.

As native Wudang people, the Yanping family members are extremely familiar with the terrain outside Wudang City.

After the Yanping family ran a certain distance towards the Han army camp, he was quickly spotted by the Han army's scouts.

Under the scolding of the Han army scouts, the Yanping family fell obediently to the ground to show that he had no intention of threatening.

This move by the Yanping family successfully saved his life.

After the scouts of the Han army found the son of the Yanping clan, they saw that he was lying on the ground without resistance, so the two scouts of the Han army immediately stepped forward to capture the son of the Yanping clan.

And when the scouts of the Han army learned of his intentions from the Yanping clan, they immediately took the Yanping clan to the northern camp where Mi Yang was.

Not long after, the Yanping clan was taken to the northern camp of the Han army by the scouts of the Han army.

Mi Yang, who had already fallen asleep, woke up from his sleep immediately when he learned that someone in the big family in the city wanted to surrender, and then he ordered Ding Feng to go to call the generals to discuss matters.

Under Mi Yang's summoning, most of the generals of the Han army who had already fallen asleep were awakened one after another, and then they came to Mi Yang's big tent with sleepiness.

Mi Yang saw that all the generals had arrived, so he told the generals about the arrival of the Yanping clan son and his purpose.

When the generals heard that some wealthy families in the city were going to help them capture Wudang, they seemed to have been given hormones, and their sleepy heads instantly woke up.

Seeing that there was no one else in the big tent, Zhang Bao came out first to pay respects to Mi Yang and said, "General, if this is true, this is a good opportunity to capture Wudang City."

Because of the previous lessons, Zhang Bao also learned to assume when speaking.

After listening to Zhang Bao's suggestion, Mi Yang nodded in agreement.

Although the Han army's siege operations are proceeding in an orderly manner, it will take some time for the mounds to be built.

But if there is an insider in the city who should be able to open the city gate for him, then Mi Yang can take Wudang County at a faster speed with less loss.

This is very beneficial to Mi Yang.

Under the threat of powerful external military forces, or if the defenders of the city are unpopular, it is not uncommon for the defenders to have internal problems.

For example, during the Battle of Puyang, Cao Cao led his army to besiege Puyang City, and the army was able to enter the city because of the help of Tian, ​​the surname of Puyang.

Although that battle ended in Cao Cao's defeat, Cao Cao was cheated by the Qingzhou Army with poor military discipline at that time, and a good opportunity was wasted in vain.

But things are different now.

Compared with the Wei army in the city, the Han army is far above them in terms of numbers and elite level.

So if once the Han army can enter the city, it will be an easy task for Wudang City to be taken by the Han army.

After Zhang Bao spoke, Feng Xi came out and said to Mi Yang: "General, Wudang Yan's sudden surrender, I'm afraid something might be wrong."

Feng Xi's words made Mi Yang's face look pensive.

What Feng Xi is worried about is that this is a trick set by Man Chong to lure the enemy.

Didn't Mi Yang use this trick to entrap Jiangdong's army?

Only then did Mi Yang personally interrogate the Yanping Clan son, and facing Mi Yang's interrogation, the Yanping Clan son told him without reservation about the situation in the city.

For example, Man Chong forcibly recruited private soldiers from wealthy families and prepared to build high-rise buildings.

Faced with Mi Yang's interrogation, there was no doubt in Yanping's reaction and words, but in the final analysis, Yanping's words were just his one-sided words.

Mi Yang will not be credulous.

Mi Yang glanced at the generals present, and he saw that they all had contemplative expressions on their faces.

It seems that they also have this matter in their hearts, and they can't make a conclusion for a while.

If the defection of the Wudang wealthy family is true, but they choose not to believe it, they will undoubtedly miss an excellent opportunity to seize the city.

But if the defection of the Wudang wealthy family is Man Chong's tactic to lure the enemy, once they believe it, the consequences will be very serious.

After a silence, all the generals looked at Mi Yang.

Since everyone's opinions are not unified, what the Han army should do next depends on the decision of the chief general, Mi Yang.

Mi Yang's fingers kept tapping on the table, which was what he would do when he was deep in thought.

There is not much time for Mi Yang to think, because the Yanping clan will return to the city wall tonight.

After an unknown amount of time, Mi Yang finally made a decision.

He asked people to bring in the Yanping clan who was outside the tent, and the Yanping clan showed a panic in front of Mi Yang.

When Mi Yang finished his decision, the expression of panic on the face of the Yanping family members became more and more intense.

He looked at Mi Yang with pleading eyes, but Mi Yang didn't give him time to react.

"If you want to put your heart into it, then prove it with actions."

After speaking, without waiting for the Yanping clan to react, Mi Yang asked people to take the Yanping clan away.

When the Yanping clan was taken out of the big tent by the soldiers, Zhang Bao looked at Mi Yang with doubts and asked:
"General, will the patriarch of the Yan clan really follow the general's orders?"

Faced with Zhang Bao's doubts, Mi Yang said with a smile on his face: "Whether he knows it or not, it will not cause any loss to our army, right?"

Zhang Bao also had a smile on his face after listening to Mi Yang's words.

Just now Mi Yang asked the Yanping family to convey: Let Yanping find the opportunity to capture Manchong.

The meaning of Yanping originally conveyed by the Yanping clan is: at the right time, open a city gate to welcome the Han army into the city.

The final result of the smooth implementation of the two measures was that the Han army took Wudang County.

But compared to Yanping's idea, Mi Yang's decision can save the Han army from taking any risks.

And this decision can also judge whether Yanping is sincerely working.

If Yanping is sincerely serving Mi Yang, then it means that what the Yanping family said just now is true.

Under such circumstances, Yanping's determination to serve Mi Yang should be very firm, so Yanping will follow Mi Yang's request.

And if Yanping pretended to serve under Man Chong's behest, he would not be able to meet Mi Yang's request, and Man Chong's trick of luring the enemy would be defeated.

As for whether it is possible for Yanping to catch Man Chong?

If Yanping's behavior was supported by some other wealthy families, as Yanping's son said, then it is possible for him to do this.

Even if the actions of Yanping and the wealthy families who supported him failed, it would be beneficial to the Han army outside the city.

Because there will definitely be a major civil strife in Wudang County at that time, this is also a good opportunity for the Han army outside the city to capture Wudang.

The reason why it is difficult for the generals in the account to make a choice is nothing more than because Yanping will hand over the choice to the Han army, so no matter how the Han army chooses, they will bear risks.

But now Mi Yang leaves the choice to Yanping, so the situation will be different.

Then everything depends on how Yanping does it.

When the Yanping clan was brought back to Wudang South City by the Han army, he sneaked back under the city wall in the dark.

The rope that brought him down was still there.

Seeing this, the Yanping clan quickly tied the rope around his body, and then he pulled the rope several times in a row.

The clansmen who had been waiting for the return of the Yanping clan immediately pulled him up the city wall slowly.

After seeing that the Yanping clan returned to the city wall safe and sound, all the people present were happy.

Although they didn't know what the Yanping clan's intentions were when they left the city, what they did was treasonous.

When the Yanping clan left, they were always restless.

Now that the Yanping family members have returned, a big stone in their hearts has fallen instantly.

But compared to the joy on the faces of the clansmen, the faces of the Yanping clan were sad.

On the second day, when the folk husband delivered the meal, the Yanping clan son smoothly informed a clan elder of the news that Mi Yang had asked him to pass on.

In the end, the news reached Yanping's ears smoothly.

When Yanping knew what Mi Yang wanted him to do, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

But it didn't take long for the thoughtful look on Yanping's face to disappear.

Now that you are ready to do the decapitation business, are you afraid of going further?

Soon after, Yanping attracted a group of patriarchs who made an oath with him that night.

A few days later, Man Chong, who was on the north wall of Wudang inspecting the progress of the construction of the tall building, had a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

Compared with his expectation, this progress seemed too slow.

It seems that those wealthy families didn't take what he said that day into their hearts at all, otherwise the progress would not be slow.

Man Chong felt that it was necessary for him to beat those wealthy families again.

With this in mind, Man Chong once again issued an order to summon the patriarchs of the wealthy families in the city.

What Man Chong didn't know was that this was his third order and also his last in Wudang City.

　Just one chapter today.

　　Sleep for a while, continue to get up and sort out the data.

　　Goodnight everybody.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)