After listening to Sima Yi's words, Sima Zhao relieved himself and said solemnly: "Father, rest assured, the child will definitely hold Xuchang and wait for the order of the imperial court to evacuate!" ”

Sima Yi nodded: "Well, you just need to remember to be cautious, you don't have to go out of the city to fight!" It's late at night, and my father is going to rest, so go down first. ”

"Leave the child!"

In the early morning of the next day, Sima Yi marched to Yuzhou with 30,000 soldiers and horses and prepared grain and grass.

Xuchang is located in Yingchuan County, Yingchuan County is actually subordinate to Yuzhou, and the place where Sima Yi is going this time is Runan County in Yuzhou.

At the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was 50 or 60 million, Nanyang County was the largest county in the world, with a population of 2 million, and Runan County was the second largest county in the world, with a population of more than 1 million.

These two counties are located on the same latitude, the temperature is moderate, and the counties are mostly plain, with fertile soil and abundant water sources, so the population of these two counties is the first and second in the world respectively.

If it weren't for the fact that the land area of Runan County was only half the size of Nanyang County, it is estimated that the name of the largest county in the world in Nanyang would have to be ceded to Runan.

It's just that Yuzhou has lost a lot of population in recent years, and there is no longer the prosperity of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, the heritage of Runan County is still there, because of the fertile land and abundant water resources, most of the population of Yuzhou is concentrated in Runan County.

The seat of Runan County is located in Pingyu County, which is not far from the Huaishui branch.

Sima Yi led his troops to the southeast and marched along the river, but arrived at Pingyu County in five days.

Under the Pingyu City, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Manzhong personally went out of the city to greet Sima Yi, looked at Sima Yi who came with troops in front, and greeted him: "Zhongda, you can be regarded as here!" ”

Sima Yi turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand at Man Chong: "I've seen the history of full thorns!" ”

Sima Yigui is the governor of one party, holding heavy troops, but in front of full favor, he is still respectful and respectful, and he is the gift of his juniors.

This full of favor is very high, the Eastern Han Dynasty served as the county governor post, known for the strict rule of law, to later Cao Cao got Yanzhou, the conquest of the full favor for the engagement, after moving the capital to Xuchang, and appointed Xuchang County Order.

During the Battle of Chibi, Man Chong was transferred from a civilian official to a military general, followed Cao Cao on the expedition, and later was in charge of the military and political affairs of the governor of Yuzhou.

The old man who followed Cao Cao to fight the world back then was basically dead, and Man Chong was one of the few who survived, and Sima Yi was very in awe of him.

Man Zhong is now nearly seventy years old, but his body is very tough, and he lived to 242 years in history, which can be regarded as a birthday star in the Three Kingdoms era.

Man Pet stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please: "Come, Zhongda, you have a tired journey, go into the city to rest first!" ”

"Full of thorns, please!"

The two came to the city together, and Sima Yi met the soldiers in charge of patrolling at the city gate.

The soldiers' armor, knives and guns are all of the highest quality, the clothes and armor are bright and new, and the weapons are very sharp.

It's just that the soldiers are not so good.

A patrol team of ten people, most of them were fourteen or fifteen years old boys who had not yet shed their childishness, or gray-haired veterans in their forties and fifties, and only one was young and strong, and they were still lame when they walked.

As we all know, the age of a soldier is generally between 18 and 35 years old, and below this age is a young soldier, and beyond this age, he is an old soldier, and the combat effectiveness of a soldier cannot be raised.

Seeing this, Sima Yi's face froze, and he asked Man Chong: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?" Is it all like this? ”

Man Pet sighed and said: "Over the years, all the young people who can be drawn from Yuzhou have been emptied, and there is only one male in each family now, and some even have no men. I searched all over Yuzhou, and only then did I get together 8,000 people, and all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. ”

Seeing that Man Zhong was a little discouraged, Sima Yi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, the young and strong elite have their usage, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and there are also the old, weak, sick and disabled uses, and these people can also come in handy." ”

"That's good!" Man Zhong nodded and asked Sima Yi to enter the city.

After eating, Sima Yi told Man Zhong about Cao Rui's order to move north.

After listening to Sima Yi's words, he was full of flattery: "What do you say, Your Majesty wants to give up the land south of the Yellow River and migrate to Hebei?" ”

After Sima Yi learned of the fall of Jiangxia, he sent someone to inform Man Chong and asked him to gather soldiers and horses in Runan and hoard grain and grass. Man Zhong only said that Sima Yi was coming to help him defend Yuzhou, but he didn't want to bring this news.

Man Pet sat in his seat, his face was pale, and he didn't say a word.

He was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and he watched Cao Cao establish the Great Wei bit by bit and prosper step by step. Yanzhou, Yuzhou is what he watched become stronger, and now these territories are actually going to be given to the Han, which is like watching the child himself be born and giving it to others.

The mood of the full pet can be imagined how bad it is.

Sima Yi saw that Man Zhong was so sad, and persuaded him: "Man Thorn History, you don't have to be like this, Zhuge Liang has already taken Jiangxia, if he forcibly guards Yuzhou, he will only bury his soldiers and horses in vain, it is better to shrink the front, give up the land south of the Yellow River, and retreat to Hebei, there will still be a chance to counterattack in the future!" ”

Man Chong hurriedly said: "Aren't you here, Zhuge Liang only has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, and we have more than 30,000 people, guarding the city, and we can't stop him!" Please write to Your Majesty and let him take back his fate! ”

Sima Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Although Pingyu City is tall and strong, it is still a rammed earth city after all, if the Shu army attacks with return artillery, we can't resist it at all."

Although our army is not much different from Zhuge Liang's soldiers and horses, its combat effectiveness is much worse, and there are many fierce generals in the Shu army, and there are cavalry, even if it is me, I dare not say that I can remain undefeated.

If my army is destroyed, even if I want to retreat to Hebei at that time, I am afraid that it will be difficult. ”

After listening to Sima Yi's words, Man Zhong understood that there was no room for negotiation about the northward move, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I followed the footsteps of Emperor Taizu step by step, watching him conquer Zhang Xiu three times, ask Lu Bu, destroy Yuan Shu, fight Yuan Shao, and watch Emperor Taizu establish Great Wei." I can't imagine that now, my Great Wei has fallen to such a state......"

Sima Yi said to Man Chong: "Man Thorn History, I know you are in a bad mood now, but Zhuge Liang is about to lead his troops to kill, and the people of Yuzhou are mostly in Runan, and I also ask you to move them to the north, these people can't be left to Shu."

If you directly tell the people that they are afraid that they will not want to move to Hebei, you can tell the people that in the future, Yuzhou will be in flames, let them go to Yanzhou to live first, and the imperial court will prepare a large number of fields in Yanzhou, and after arriving in Yanzhou, they will try to move the people to Hebei. And I'm holding Zhuge Liang here! ”

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