Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 492
At the beginning of June in the first year of Jianxing, Cao Wei moved his capital to Yecheng.

Just as Shen Chen expected, Cao Rui was not so crazy that he took the Mengjin Ferry from Hanoi County to Yecheng, but took a relatively safe route eastward through Hulao Pass to Suanzao, then went north to Yuanwu and Baima, and crossed the river from Liyang go back.

After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Luoyang was completely disabled. When Liu Xie returned to the east, Liu Biao sent people to repair it, and built a little palace in Luoyang, which was dilapidated and in ruins.

When Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Luoyang was designated as the capital by Cao Pi because of its special geography, and he officially began to build and rebuild.

After several years of repairs, Luoyang slowly regained its former appearance. After that, Cao Pi moved a large number of people and farmed around Luoyang, reclaimed the fields, absorbed refugees, and let Luoyang gather the people.

According to historical records, during the period between Cao Rui and Cao Fang in the late Three Kingdoms period, the population of Luoyang was about 30. Therefore, at this time, Luoyang gradually recovered some prosperity, and the population was as many as 20 to [-].

When Cao Ruidong moved back to Yecheng, Luoyang's recovery was not as good as one-third of its heyday, and even worse than Xiangyang in this era, but it was already a leading metropolis in the north, so the relocation work was still very troublesome.

Not only property and materials had to be moved, but also the population had to leave and return to Yecheng.Fortunately, Sumai matured in April and May of this year last year, and the harvest in the first half of the year can be taken away without any loss.

But even so, the mighty team of moving the capital still left at a very slow speed.On June [-]th, Cao Rui had just arrived at Baima Ferry and was about to cross the Yellow River.

At this moment, to the north of Baima, on the vast plain, the embankment is high and low with a slope. If you stand on the high slope and look far away, you will see that the west coast stretches for an unknown number of miles. At least 10,000+ people are walking along the river. Slowly head northeast.

Countless boats lined up at the ferry crossing. The people in front started boarding under the organization of the government, while the people behind continued to move towards the ferry. On a high slope to the south of the ferry, Cao Rui was overlooking the bank of the Yellow River.

Behind him are Emperor Luanjia and thousands of guards Cao Jun. According to the plan, at least one-third of them will cross today, and then in the next few days, everyone will cross the Yellow River back to Yecheng.

Cao Rui is here not only to inspect the entire work of crossing the river, but also to wait for the official documents and battle reports from various places to prevent the loss of key information when he crosses the river.

You must know that Cao Rui is not considered an incompetent and faint king. In history, he has also personally conquered twice. Although he failed twice because of Ma Di, Zhuge Liang withdrew his troops as soon as he arrived in Chang'an.Once, because of Sun Quan's incompetence, he helped him defeat Sun Quan before he arrived in Huainan.

But it is undeniable that Cao Rui, like his father and grandfather, is a wise king capable of great things.Now it has come to a very critical moment for Cao Wei, he must know the situation on the front line at any time in order to respond.

Even if his hole cards are almost empty, even if Cao Wei is extremely weak now, he can't do nothing, at least he must do something to save the situation.

Plotting the Han army on the western front is what he is most concerned about now.

"Is there no news about Wu Qiujian?"

Cao Rui asked.

Beside him is Xu Xuan from Shangshutai. Originally, the government affairs of the whole country were handled by Chen Qun, who was both Sikong and recorded Shangshu. Chen Qun would also handle such official documents.

But now Chen Qun has gone to Yecheng to arrange the new capital in advance, so he only has Wei Zhen, Dong Zhao and Xu Xuan by his side.

Xu Xuan replied: "Your Majesty, General Zhenbei's previous reply has already controlled the family members of Liu Bao, Liu Qubei and others. They are also willing to continue to contact the Han army and lead the Han army to Qinshui. Returned."

As one of Cao Rui's most trusted confidantes, Guan Qiujian was formerly General Diannong of Luoyang, in charge of the Luoyang garrison and troops stationed in the fields. Now he is sent to Bingzhou and appointed General Zhenbei.

Cao Rui's expression still remained unchanged. Now he is looking forward to and nervous about the news from the north. He is looking forward to the success of the plan. What is nervous is that the Han army is strong. If the plan fails, Bingzhou will be lost, which will take Luoyang I am afraid that the counties such as Hanoi, Hanoi, and Henan will not be able to hold on.

At that time, Sima Yi's main force will have to face the Han army's two-way attack on the west and center lines, and Xia Houyuan will have no way to support Sima Yi. Once Xia Houyuan's side moves, Guan Yu's side will also attack immediately. Lu Weijun, everything is off.

So Cao Rui's mood right now is very complicated. He can't afford to lose anymore, and if he keeps losing, he loses Guanzhong and Huainan, Huainan loses Hedong, and then Luoyang, Henan, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Hebei, and then there is nothing to lose.

Therefore, this time it is considered desperate, using the rebellion of the Huns to countermeasures, and it is not extravagant to hope to wipe out the Shen Chen army on the western front. It is only necessary to repel them and send them back to Guanzhong, so that Cao Jun can have a respite and wait a little longer. In three to five years, if the new army can be trained, the situation will be much better.

"Ugh."

Cao Rui let out a long sigh, and looked at the bank of the Yellow River with his hands behind his back.

It was midsummer, the waves of the Yellow River were rolling, and the green grass slopes on the south bank were blown by the wind. The dense crowd slowly passed the river bank, poured into the ferry, and headed for Liyang Ferry in the north by boat.

The blazing sun was shining on the earth, and the breeze was blowing, making the hem of Cao Rui's clothes rustle.He faced the rising sun in the east and looked towards the north, neither happy nor sad.

Suddenly a rider came galloping down the hillside, and hurried to the foot of the hill. After verifying his identity, the knight came behind Cao Rui with sweat on his face, and knelt down on one knee to report to him: "Report, Your Majesty, and the state is urgent. Shen Chen's main force Tens of thousands of troops marched towards the Duan family and headed for Qinshui."

"Are you sure it's Shen Chen's main force?"

"Yes, not only the flag is a "Shen" flag, but also the number of troops stretches for more than ten miles, at least [-] to [-] people."

"it is good!"

Cao Rui suddenly turned his head to look at the crowd, and said with joy on his face, "Shen Chen was fooled."

Dong Zhao and Wei Zhen quickly cupped their hands and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

The knight said again: "But they have a partial division, marching from Zhongtiao Mountain East Yuan County, our scouts at Jiguan are investigating, and they are flying a "Pang" flag. It should be the enemy general Pang De, with more than [-] troops."

"Not something that was expected."

Cao Rui nodded slightly, he and his advisers could guess about Shen Chen's feigned attack on Luoyang.

It is impossible for the opponent to pretend to attack Luoyang indiscriminately.

Just like the classic idiom of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, in fact, the Qi army did not encircle Wei's beam at all, but only sent a small group of troops to do a feint attack to lure the Wei army back.

This time, Cao Rui and his advisers also thought so. They felt that if Shen Chen wanted to attack Bingzhou or Luoyang by force, he would be strongly blocked by Wu Qiujian.

Although he may not be able to lose, since there are Huns who should guarantee victory, he will definitely not choose a strategy that may not break Bingzhou or Jiguan to capture Luoyang.

So if they were changed to Shen Chen's position, they would definitely choose to unite with the Huns to cooperate internally and externally, and first win the geographically important Bingzhou.

After all, to attack Luoyang, you need to face the strict defense of the Wei army, and to attack Bingzhou, you will have the Huns to help you. The chances of winning against the Cao army are very high.

And now that Cao Wei has moved his capital to Yecheng, Luoyang's role is not that great.

On the contrary, Bingzhou has more strategic significance. Once Bingzhou is obtained, not to mention Luoyang, the whole of Hebei will be threatened by the Han army, so Shen Chen cannot be so stupid that he does not want to get Bingzhou.

But since it is necessary to unite with the Huns to acquire the state, then the strategic intention must not be so obvious.Therefore, there is a high probability that Shen Chen will divide his troops to raid Jiguan Road and Shan County, pretending to form a siege of Luoyang, and attract Cao's army back for help.

Cao Rui and his advisers have thought of this, so now that they know that a partial division has appeared in Luoyang, they naturally don't think there is anything wrong.

The only thing that makes people feel a little strange is, didn't the Han army launch an attack from Shan County?
Logically speaking, if you really want to pretend to attack Luoyang and do a full set of drama, you must attack from two directions at the same time, and there is no way that there will be no movement on the Weihan Ancient Road.

of course.

It is also possible that the information has not been delivered yet.

The movement of the Han army is relatively close to Bingzhou and Jiguan, and the scouts of the Wei army can capture the opponent's actions at the first time.

On the Xiaohan Ancient Road, due to the complete withdrawal of the Wei army from Tongguan, there are currently only a few hundred Wei army guards in Xin'an and Mianchi, and it is normal for the news to be delayed.

Thinking of this, Cao Rui said in a deep voice: "Tell Zhong Gong that he must be careful. Even if it is an ambush against the Han army, he must be cautious. Especially the Huns, they must be careful. It would be bad if the Han army turned against us instead."

"only!"

The cavalry messenger went back immediately.

After he left, Cao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, looked around and said: "Now Zhong Gong only needs to be able to keep a close eye on the Huns so that they will not dare to rebel again, then everything will be safe. Morning will not be so lucky."

Wei Zhen said: "Now Shen Chen doesn't even know that the Huns are rebelling. When he comes to Bingzhou excitedly, thinking that he can join forces with the Huns to attack us, but is ambushed, he doesn't know how he will feel."

"Hahahahahaha."

Thinking of this moment, Cao Rui immediately cleared all the haze in his heart.

Shen Chen has been attacking Cao for many years, and the blow to Cao Wei's forces is really too great, and he has become an old enemy.

Each of the three generations of their grandparents had to fight against Shen Chen. Starting from Cao Cao, it was not very smooth. Until Cao Pi and his generation, they almost never won.

If Shen Chen could be defeated, or even eliminated, it would be immeasurable to boost the morale of Cao Wei's forces.

So when he thought that he could win this time, he couldn't help being much happier.The worries of the past few days have also been relieved, and my mood is much better than before.

But Dong Zhao next to him poured a bowl of cold water and said: "Your Majesty, Shen Chen is full of tricks. I am afraid that even if he enters Bingzhou, he will not act according to the original deployment. What should I do?"

"I believe Zhong Gong will find a way."

Cao Rui looked around several people and said: "Our plan is to send the Han army to Gaodu County and let the Huns outside the city, and then they pretend to rebel, and the Han army and the Huns encircle Gaodu. If you rebel again and attack the Han army, you should cooperate inside and outside to defeat the Han army. I don't believe that Shen Chen will look at Bingzhou, which is at his fingertips, and refuse to enter."

"Shen Chen is cunning, but we have no other choice, we can only hope that everything goes well."

Wei Zhen sighed.

"Ah."

Cao Rui nodded.

At this moment, suddenly a knight galloped over and reported to Cao Ruihui: "Report, Your Majesty, when the officials boarded the ship, they found that Huchuquan was missing."

"what?"

Cao Rui frowned and said, "What's going on, didn't you see it?"

The knight said: "It's too chaotic during the migration, and our troops must maintain order. It's hard to keep watching."

The migration of 10,000+ people, even with the support of the Wei army, will inevitably cause an extremely chaotic situation.

Therefore, it is impossible for Cao Rui to send people to watch Huchuquan all the time, not to mention that there are dozens of clansmen around Huchuquan as family members, unless the Wei army does not maintain order at all, and they all stare at Huchuquan alone. Otherwise, it would be impossible to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day.

In the final analysis, the Wei army was retreating steadily on the battlefield, resulting in a serious shortage of troops. Otherwise, if Cao Wei's foundation was still there, there would be at least tens of thousands of central army protection during the migration, and it would be impossible for Huchuquan to escape.

Knowing that Huchuquan was missing, Cao Rui said angrily: "This beast really has a different intention, immediately send people to Yanjin and Mengjin Ferry, once caught, kill immediately!"

"only!"

The knight left immediately.

After he left, Cao Rui said angrily, "The Huns really can't be trusted."

Only Dong Zhao said suspiciously: "Your Majesty, I don't understand."

"What's the puzzle?"

"Since the Huns have been known by us about their plan to defect, if Hu Chuquan is a smart person, he should obediently join us. Why did he run away?"

"It's not easy."

Cao Rui sneered and said: "Liu Bao, Liu Qubei and others conspired to surrender to the Han. They didn't care about Hu Chuquan's life or death. He probably knew that his power among the Huns had been emptied. I'm afraid he was discouraged by Liu Bao and others. If you dare to have extravagant hopes and are afraid of being liquidated by me, then escape."

"Then you shouldn't run away."

Dong Zhao said: "If Hu Chuquan has no real power, he should not think about going back to the tribe, but should follow His Majesty closely and beg His Majesty to punish Liu Bao, Liu Qubei and others so as to regain his power. What about leaving?"

Wei Zhen was reminded, her eyes widened immediately, and she said, "This shows that Hu Chuquan didn't want to stay in Dawei from the very beginning, he just wanted to be a man from the very beginning!"

"But now Liu Bao and Liu go to humble them. If he votes for the Han, what about their families and clansmen?"

Cao Rui scratched his head and said, "Have you ignored these Huchuquan?"

Dong Zhao frowned and said, "Liu Bao and Liu Qubei don't care about Huchuquan's life or death. It's even possible that Huchuquan was the mastermind behind Touhan. Our people will only intercept the news that they are going to surrender."

"If Hu Chuquan is the mastermind behind the scenes, and their family members have been captured, don't they care about life and death at all?"

Cao Rui also frowned in confusion.

But Wei Zhen said: "The Huns are barbarians, father and son kill each other, brothers turn against each other, how can there be any family affection? Besides, Shen Chen doesn't necessarily care about the life and death of the Huns. If Hu Chuquan wants to go to the puppet, he must Will send the message out, that."

Cao Rui suddenly came to his senses, and shouted: "We must not let Hu Chuquan go back, I will go after him myself!"

After finishing speaking, he got on his horse and said to the left and right guards, "Let's go!"

At present, thousands of Wei cavalry are heading west.

(End of this chapter)