Shu Chen

Chapter 242
The big river is swaying and the white waves are sparkling, leading the greenery on both sides of the river to the north.

Standing on the fortress of Yuyin City, you can see a flock of pure white sheep walking leisurely on the grassland with green and continuous sky, reflecting the sky with white clouds.

Summer and May are the seasons when everything is prosperous.

For the Han army in Longyou, it was also a time of great vitality for the Northern Expedition.

According to the news from Luoyang, in the first ten days of April, Wei Grand Sima Cao Zhen, who had been supervising the military affairs in Yongliang, the most powerful opponent of the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty, died of illness.

Although Wei has always been at a disadvantage in the tug-of-war between Yongliang and Liang in recent years, no one denies Cao Zhen's ability to rule.

For example, Sima Yi, the great general of Wei who succeeded to control the military affairs of Yongliang and Liangzhou, did not have the ability to let the soldiers of Yongliang and Liangzhou die.

At least not for a short time.

As he was born in a prominent family, he would not have the story of eating and sleeping with soldiers, or because of the natural conflict between the Kanto aristocratic family and the Kansai frontier man, he could not get the heart of the general.

Perhaps, Cao Zhen has already realized this.

Before getting the emperor Cao Rui's order to lead the troops back to Anding County, he knew that his life was not long and that the successor governor Yongliang was none other than Sima, so he made the last deployment of the troops.

For example, Hu Zun, the former general under Sima Yi, was transferred to Jingzhao to guard and clean up the mess of Zhang Mu's rebellion, so that Sima Yi could have a stable rear against Bashu.

For example, Guo Huai, who was originally guarding Jincheng County, turned back to guard the stable Gaoping City.

This is to cherish talents.

Cao Zhen had always been different from Guo Huai's talents. He knew that Wei would not be able to attack Longyou again in a short period of time, and he would not be able to send troops to stop Bashu from marching into Hexi. Since Jincheng County had already become a desperate situation, he did not want him to be trapped in a desperate situation.

It is also a rainy day.

Among the many generals in Yongliang, Guo Huai was not only a minister of Wei Wendi Cao Piqian's residence, but also one of the few generals who had dual identities as a sideman and a Kanto family.Under the rivers and lakes, he can be supported by the people on the frontier; above the temple, he can also be praised by the princes of Luoyang Gungun.

No matter who comes to Jieshuai Yongliang, as long as Guo Huai is with him to help, half of the power transition will be smooth.

As for Fei Yao, Xia Houba, Zhang Xiong and the others, they just continued to perform their duties.

After Sima Yi transfers to take office, he will use it according to his personal strengths.

As for Xia Houru, after Cao Zhen returned to Luoyang, when the emperor Cao Rui came to the mansion to see his illness, please transfer him to Jingzhou to supervise the military affairs.

With just one sentence, Cao Rui agreed without having to discuss it in the temple.

Nai said:

"Your Majesty, Qiao Pei's old governor is almost gone!"

Qiao Pei supervised the military affairs, and Yingchuan planned and governed.

This is the political structure of Wei State formed by Wei Wu Cao Cao's whipping the world for more than [-] years.

Relying on the Cao family and Xiahou family, which have produced a large number of talents, during the period of Wei Wu and Wei Wen, the Jie Shuai at the border of Wei Guozhen were all born in these two families.Even Zhang Liao, who had made great military exploits in the past, was restrained by Cao Ren and Cao Xiu successively when guarding Hefei.

But now, General Qiao Pei, who can be relied on as the mainstay and is closely related to Wei, has completely withered.

In terms of ability to guard one side of the generals, only Xia Houru can be used today.

Based on this, how could Cao Rui refuse Cao Zhen's invitation?
On the contrary, he still loves the house and Wu, and claimed before Cao Zhen's sick bed that he would transfer Xia Houxuan, the son of Xia Houshang, to the local test supervisor.

Xia Houxuan is Cao Zhen's nephew and the brother-in-law of Sima Shi, the son of Sima Yi.

With such a status, Cao Rui doesn't mind suppressing his displeasure and giving him a chance to practice.

Therefore, when Sima Yi received the edict to transfer to Yongliang, the governor of Guanzhong, he also learned that Xia Houxuan had become Sima in his army, and that Guanqiu Jian had been transferred to the court Xu Miao to serve as the governor of Yongzhou.

It made him feel a little constrained.

Xia Houxuan was second, for the sake of his in-laws, just tolerate his disposition of being a celebrity.

But Wu Qiujian is different.

As a minister of Cao Rui's hidden residence, his late father Guan Qiuxing led the army in the Northwest for many years. His reputation and achievements are second only to the famous minister Su Ze, and he is quite famous among the armies of Yongliang.

At certain times, if Guanqiu Jian is obedient to others, he has nothing to do.

Think about it, there is nothing wrong with it.

The soldiers and horses of the various ministries of Yongliang are the elite guards of Luoyang next to the Wei State, and their military strength accounts for almost half of the country's soldiers.The combined forces of Huainan and Jingzhou in the other two war zones cannot match each other.Cao Rui dared to entrust these soldiers and horses to his supervision, so how could he not make some precautionary arrangements in advance.

However, when Sima Yi took office, he was not dissatisfied.

Cao Zhen withdrew his troops and returned to Guanzhong because he was unable to continue his conquest because of the lack of supplies such as food and fodder.

Furthermore, Cao Zhen bought him several years of time, allowing him to calmly and steadily deal with the advance of Bashu.

Wei Guo gave up the Hexi Corridor and Jincheng County.

To be precise, it was because Cao Zhen was out of reach that Cao Zhen took the risk and regarded Liangzhou as an abandoned son.

Abandoned in a game of time with the Han army.

Before his death, in Cao Rui's private record for the last time, he suggested that Wei Guo did not need to send troops to Longyou again when the Han army attacked Liangzhou.

Instead, choose to accumulate energy.

Strive to have the strength of tens of thousands of troops to go out of Longyou again before the Han army conquers Liangzhou.

At that time, the Han army, which has a long front and few troops, will be scattered because of being caught in the quagmire of the Liangzhou war, and will be unable to deal with the Wei army's attack again.

Of course, this suggestion is a double-edged sword.

If the Han army can quickly pacify Liangzhou, then Wei Guo will be handing over Liangzhou.

But Cao Rui didn't hesitate.

Or rather, he has no other choice.

Above the Luoyang temple, the voice of abandoning Liangzhou, and when Cao Zhen retreated and returned, the discussion was raging again, and it had reached the point where even he, the emperor, could not contain it.If it weren't for the fact that Cao Zhen's disease had not been cured by medicine and stone, there might be voices criticizing the defeat of the army because of the labor force.

This policy is not so much a matter of taking advantage of the situation as it is a helpless move.

Cao Rui can only hope that Wei Ping, the governor of Hexi Corridor and Jincheng County, will try his best to buy as much time as possible for Wei Guo to accumulate energy.

Wei Ping took the initiative to ask for orders to stick to the Jedi.

"The minister first lost Xiaoguan, and then died in Yinsai. A hundred deaths are not a crime. His Majesty Lai is magnanimous, and the chief minister will not be punished. He still entrusts the minister to supervise the army. The minister has nothing to repay. I only wish to die. one."

This is the letter he asked Cao Zhen to bring to Luoyang.

It is said that he even prepared a suicide note and passed it on to his family in Luoyang and his family in Jingzhou.

The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the toughness knows the honest minister, and it is nothing more than this.

But sometimes, personal loyalty and belief are vulnerable in front of many pragmatic and profit-seeking people.

The hearts of the people in the Hexi Corridor have been shaken.

(End of this chapter)