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Chapter 17 Li Wei
There are many generals gathered in the hall, and there are many unknown faces.

Xia Houxuan still sat on the head, closed his eyes and meditated, like a statue of a god.

Guo Huai was in full armor, standing in the hall with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Pang Hui was covered in blood, half kneeling on the ground, with his head bowed.

After a while, the generals of various armies arrived one after another, gathering 500 people, and even lower-level officers were called.

The Yongliang army and the Chinese army are separated to the left and right, with a clear distinction between Wei and Wei.

However, the momentum of the two sides is not the same.

The soldiers of Yongliang were excited and full of energy. Yang Zheng also saw an acquaintance, Du Zhan, standing behind the general of Yongliang. Seeing him refreshed, he seemed to be doing well.

As for the Chinese army, they were all downcast.

Since Cao Shuang came to power, the Cao brothers have been in charge of the battalions, with Cao Xi as the leader of the army, Cao Xun as the general of the military guard, and Cao Yan as the regular servant of the scattered cavalry.

But they are all mediocre people like him.

The military has always worshiped the strong. The Cao brothers have not made any achievements in the country, society or the world.

Like every dynasty, the central army of the forbidden army is getting weaker and weaker, while the frontier and outer troops are getting stronger and stronger.

Today, apart from Pang Hui, the Chinese army doesn't even have a single person who can do it.

And the only person, Pang Hui, was also thinking about changing his family.

"The general ordered you to drive away the Shu army, so why chase after the defeated army?" Guo Huai's voice interrupted Yang Zheng's thinking.

Pang Hui lowered his head, "The last general was eager to do meritorious service for a while, and he was caught in an ambush. Please forgive me, general!"

"If you are lightly spared today, why will you order the army in the future? Since you dare to disobey the military order, you should know that the military law is ruthless." Guo Huailang said.

Xia Houxuan, who was at the top, kept his eyes closed and said nothing.

And no one from the generals of the Chinese army spoke up for him.

Yang Zheng sighed in his heart, this is the price of job-hopping.

Guo Huai seemed to be waiting for someone to plead for him. After waiting for a while, no one spoke, and his face immediately turned cold, "Come here, General Pang Hui will be beaten with forty army sticks!"

Two sergeants came in with sticks, and they were about to execute in front of four or five hundred people in the army.

"After Pang Hui was loyal to the country, he made great achievements. He did his best in the battle of Luogu. Today, there is a small defeat, and the previous achievements are not compromised. I hope the general will forgive him for the sake of his father's death for the country." Xia Houxuan at a critical moment. He opened his eyes, but his tone was extremely low.

It seems that Guo Huai is the governor of Yongliang.

Today's incident, on the surface, was to punish Pang Hui, but in fact it was a confrontation between Guo Huai and Xia Houxuan.

One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

But Xia Houxuan had already lost his fighting spirit.

In other words, he had already lost, and he didn't have the strength to compete with Guo Huai at all.

After today, the generals of the Chinese army no longer have the right to speak in Yongliang.

"Since the governor has something to say, I will forgive you today." Guo Huai said magnanimously, but he did not press every step of the way.

"Thank you, General." Pang Hui knelt down to Guo Huai, his head hit the ground heavily.

Xia Houxuan closed his eyes again.

Looking at Pang Hui's tragic scene on the ground, Yang Zheng felt more vigilant.

Reminiscent of the battle to exterminate Shu more than ten years later, Xu Yi, the son of Xu Zhu, Zhong Hui would kill if he said so.

In fact, no one can be trusted, only the power is safest in your own hands.

Guo Huai's majestic and steady eyes swept over the crowd, "Your Majesty has orders!"

The hall was suddenly silent, and everyone half-kneeled in front of Guo Huai.

Even Xia Houxuan had to salute.

"The defeat in the war against Shu was not due to the lack of strength of the army, but the blessing of the heavens. The army was brave and made great achievements. I am still in the deep palace, and I often think of it. All meritorious persons will be rewarded..." Guo Huai's thick voice read it, which made people feel a sense of the mighty grace of the emperor.

At this time, the emperor was only six years old, and it is thought that this edict was passed through the hands of Shang Shutai.

"Huang Bin, general of a hundred men, goalkeeper of Jinya, ten catties of reward, fifty catties of silver!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!"

"The trilogy general, Yan Biao, will join the Sima of the other department, and the reward will be [-] catties and [-] catties of silver!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, General!"

……

People from the Yongliang family were rewarded one by one.

Resentment could not help rising in the eyes of the Chinese soldiers.

In this attack on Shu, the loss of the Chinese army was still higher than that of the Yongliang army.

Guo Huai led 1 people from his headquarters to withdraw from the battlefield ahead of time, and instead became the biggest hero.

The court's decree did not go through Xia Houxuan's hands, but was handed over to Guo Huai, the profound meaning of which is self-evident.

But Yang Zheng was a little puzzled, isn't the court controlled by Cao Shuang?
How could there be such an edict?

The memory of the original owner flashed in my mind, and I suddenly understood something.

In the court of the Wei State, on the surface, the sons of the Cao family of the princes of the Xia Dynasty are in high positions, but many real power departments are in the hands of veterans of the aristocratic family.

Sima Yi is the representative of the veterans of the aristocratic family.

Cao Shuang, He Yan, Ding Mi, and Deng Yang seemed to be in good shape and powerful, but they were actually floating on the water without any foundation.

The really big fish all sink to the bottom.

With Cao Rui's intelligence, how could he fail to see Cao Shuang's incompetence?

The essence of politics is compromise.

Even the emperor Cao Rui had to compromise with the veterans of the aristocratic family and asked Sima Yi to appease them.

How could Cao Shuang not compromise with them?
Cao Shuang's defeat not only lost the hearts of the people, but more importantly, it caused Cao Wei to lose Yongliang and Guanzhong!
Historically, after the change of Gaoping Mausoleum, Xia Houxuan nominally held [-] people in Guanzhong, with Xiahouba as his assistant, but the result was that the Yongliang army did not move at all, Xiahouba fled to the Shu Han, and Xiahouxuan sat waiting to die.

Yang Zheng couldn't help feeling a little shocked.

Some things are seen as outsiders no matter how much they are read in history books, but it is only when they are on the scene that they can deeply feel the turmoil.

"Yang Zheng, general of a hundred people, enters the ranks! The reward is five catties and 30 taels of silver!"

Just as Yang Zheng was thinking, he read Guo Huai's name from his mouth.

Yang Zheng was shocked, and quickly knelt down in front of Guo Huai, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, and thank you, General!"

Why is he included in the rewards?

Yang Zheng couldn't believe it. Was it Cao Shuang's nomination?

Cao Shuang and Deng Yang drank and had fun every day, they didn't care about themselves, they left all military affairs to Xia Houxuan and Guo Huai.

Guo Huai would definitely not promote himself, could it be Xia Houxuan?
After Yang Zheng thanked him, he returned to the queue.

There were envious and jealous eyes all around.

There were five people in the entire Chinese army who were rewarded, and the other four were all above the rank of captain and belonged to high-ranking officers. Only one of them was a low-level hundred-man general.

It is impossible for no one to promote.

Although the trilogy general is only one level higher than the hundred generals, he has already entered the ranks of mid-level officers, leading 500 to [-] people.

I don't know how much better than a hundred people.

Yang Zheng felt a burst of relief in his heart, that it was not in vain for him to sacrifice his life on the battlefield.

Guo Huai first used Pang Hui to establish his prestige to suppress Xia Houxuan, and then relied on rewards to push his prestige to the peak.

He is indeed a veteran who has been on the battlefield for thirty years.

After today, he is the No.1 in Yongliang!
The momentum in the city changed. After Guo Huai took over the military power, he immediately reorganized the whole army and reorganized it.

Even the battalions of the Chinese army were obedient, and no one dared to disobey their orders.

Since then, the Wei army has frequently come out to intercept the Shu army that has penetrated into Guanzhong.

Those who are ineffective in combat will be engaged in military law.

Heads hung on the city wall one after another, the three armies were in awe, and the morale returned.

The Shu army in the Qinling Mountains seemed to sense the change in the momentum of the Wei army, and they did not dare to provoke again, and retreated to the Shenling Mountains to confront each other.

The vigorous battle against Shu was also over.

(End of this chapter)