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Chapter 16 Reputation
When I met Cao Shuang this time, although I didn't get anything substantive, I also found out his temper.

As long as you follow him and flatter you, it's not difficult to get along with him.

Yang Zheng remembered that after the defeat in the war against Shu, the power was still in Cao Shuang's hands.

Sima Yi was pushed out of court.

If Cao Shuang had been a little more cautious, Sima Yi might not have a chance, and Sima Yi would not have many years left to live.

Yang Zheng has already boarded the boat. This troubled world is like a torrent, if you don't enter, you will perish.

Which one of the people who was pushed off the boat was not killed?
I have been the trilogy of the Cao family for three generations, how easy is it to get off the boat?
Only with more power can one have the ability to control one's own destiny.

If he could change the course of history a little bit, he would do a great service to China, and he would not be in vain to come to this era.

Thinking of the Eight Kings' Rebellion, the Yongjia Rebellion, and the Wuhu Chaohua decades later, when the land of China fell into darkness, Yang Zheng felt depressed for a while.

It's a pity that I am weak, powerless, and unable to do much.

After resting in martial arts for a few days, Cao Shuang was just about to leave his camp and return to Luoyang, but unexpectedly Fei Yi gathered a heavy army in Shenling.

On the green hills in the south, the banners waved, and there were many figures.

From time to time, a small group of Shu troops went down the mountain and entered the interior to plunder.

People, food, goods, everything that could be moved was moved away, and everything that could not be moved was burned, and even the fields were trampled.

Many places in Jingzhao and Fufeng were plundered, and the people fled to Chang'an with the old and the young.

Cao Shuang was still in shock, bewitched by Deng Yang, and fled to Chang'an.

Guo Huai repeatedly advised Fei Yi that he was just bluffing and unable to attack Guanzhong.

But at this time Cao Shuang was frightened and fled northward.

Moreover, the small town of martial arts is not as prosperous as Chang'an, so it cannot support him as a great general.

Only Chang'an's beautiful wine can soothe his "injured" heart.

Yang Zheng originally thought that he would take him away, but he didn't expect Cao Shuang to leave without saying a word, taking two thousand Chinese troops.

Even his old cousin Xia Houxuan was left alone.

Yang Zheng was speechless for a while, thinking to himself that Deng Yang should be a hindrance.

How can Cao Shuang hang out with this kind of person all day long?
The Shu army's actions became more and more serious, and there were often scouts cruising outside the Wugong City, and thousands of men and horses were showing off their power under the city at every turn.

When the sky fell, there was a tall one to hold it up.

It was not Yang Zheng's turn to worry about military affairs.

No need to curry favor with Cao Shuang, Yang Zheng was happy. Under Chun Niang's care, coupled with his strong body, he recovered from his injury very quickly.

Every day, he competed with Linghu Sheng, Zhang Te, Zhou Yu and others in martial arts, discussed the art of war, and drank and had fun.

Cao Wei upholds the majesty of the Han Dynasty and has great martial arts. Overall, he is positive.

Especially at the bottom, they have the ambition to make contributions.

Among the four, Yang Zheng's swordsmanship was the worst, but when it came to discussing the art of war, he was very logical.

In his previous life, Yang Zheng was a famous keyboard strategist on the Internet. When encountering different opinions, he would spray his saliva along the network cable to each other's face.

Of course, most of the time, the phone number is fake and so is the address.

After all, with 800 years of knowledge, any classic battle in history or abroad can be talked about for three days and three nights.

Linghu Sheng also knows the art of war, but he is dogmatic, and he is always on the fence, and there is something in the middle, which makes Zhang Te and Zhou Yu, who come from humble backgrounds, confused.

Far less vivid than Yang Zheng.

The army has always worshiped the strong, broke out from Luogu, and beat the Yongliang army, so Yang Zheng gained some reputation in the army.

Yang Zheng made friends deliberately, and had a good relationship with the middle base and the backbone.

One day, Yang Zheng was practicing swords with everyone, but he heard thunderous shouts outside the city.

Couldn't help being curious, I went up to the city wall to watch.

I saw thousands of Shu troops blocking the south, and the formation was not neat. The Shu troops looked loose and stretched their hips.

Not at all as aggressive as he was in Luogu before.

"This must be a tactic to lure the enemy." Linghu Sheng asserted.

This trick to lure the enemy is really obvious.

"Although it is a tactic to lure the enemy, if our army does not fight back, the morale will be even more depressed." Yang Zheng thought about it.

Morale is an ebb and flow.

The Wei army is not weaker than the Shu army, and even has an inside advantage.

But if this is the case for a long time, it is inevitable that the morale of the army will be weakened.

Suddenly the sound of war drums sounded from the tower.

Yang Zheng looked towards the south gate and saw an army rushing out of the city.

Huo Ran is the leader of the army.

But at this moment, his subordinates looked worse than the other side. Everyone looked listless. Their armor was torn and stained with blood, and many soldiers were injured.

Even Pang Hui looked tired.It seems that even the injury is not healed.

Not at all the bravery of the previous days.

It's like being driven out of town.

It seems that Pang Hui's life in the new camp is also difficult and he is excluded.

But this is normal. Without a backing, no mountain is easy to mix.

It is not that simple to change the court.

Pang Hui's status was very similar to that of his father, Pang De. He had a great reputation and a high position, but he had no real power and was excluded from the court.

As soon as the two armies clashed, the Shu army fought and retreated.

Pang Hui was eager to make meritorious service, so he naturally led his troops to chase him down.

As soon as I reached the foot of the mountain, red armor gushed out of the forest like a mountain torrent.

In the blink of an eye, 2000 people in Panghui were surrounded.

Since the ambush appeared, this is the opportunity to attack.

But the strange thing is that there is no wind in the city, even the gates are closed, only the rumble of war drums.

About half an hour later, Pang Hui broke through the siege with more than a hundred remnants covered in blood.

Extremely embarrassing, and extremely miserable.

The Shu army cheered arrogantly under the city, attracting a rain of arrows, and retreated.

After a while, there were messengers calling the officers around to discuss matters.

Linghusheng said in a low voice: "Pang Hui will definitely be punished!"

"Pang Hui is a lieutenant-general, a prince of the country, Guo Huai dares to blame him?" Yang Zheng couldn't believe it.

"It is precisely because of Pang Hui's reputation that Guo Huai will take advantage of Pang Hui to suppress the Chinese army!"

Yang Zheng was silent for a while.

Although the court was not responsible for the war against Shu, how could the hearts of the people not know it?
In the defeat of Jieting back then, with the fame and power of Zhuge Wuhou in the Kingdom of Shu, he still shed tears and beheaded Ma Su, taking the blame and demoting himself to the third level, but Cao Shuang didn't even have the courage to take the initiative, and he didn't even have the courage to say a word, which was very disappointing.

General Zhengxi and governor of Yongliang Xia Houxuan also lost the morale of the army.

The power naturally fell to Guo Huai, the former general and governor of Yongzhou.

I heard that a few days ago, an envoy from the court arrived, not only did not punish Guo Huai for leading the army to withdraw first, but also rewarded gold, silver, silk and holidays.

It means that Guo Huai has the power to kill middle and lower level officials.

The status is only under Xia Houxuan.

But today's Xia Houxuan's prestige in Yongliang has fallen below that of Guo Huai.

"General, go quickly, the military order must not be delayed." Linghu Sheng reminded.

Yang Zheng hurried down the city wall.

(End of this chapter)