Wei Ni

Luoyang, Beimang Mountain Manor.

It's mid-spring and February, the snow is no longer falling in the capital, and the snow outside the city is slowly melting.

Emperor Cao Rui, who was busy with sacrifices, banquets for ministers, making regulations and other matters during the unveiling period of the new year, finally had some free time and once again invited his ministers to come to the manor to have fun and relax their mood.

However, what is different from the past is that Liu Fang, the Supervisor of the Central Book, Chen Jiao, the Assistant, and Jiang Ji, the General of the Army Guard, are also in the accompanying team.

That was in preparation for the upcoming attack by Shu soldiers.

Since the expedition against Xianbei last year, many important officials in the DPRK have predicted that the Shu soldiers who have been dormant for more than two years may attack this year. Moreover, according to the military information sent back by Sima Yi, the general and the governor of Yongliang, in the first month, he claimed that Shu troops were frequently coming and going in the southern section of Baoxie Valley, seemingly transporting grain and baggage, which was also confirmed from the side.

In this way, when the emperor Cao Rui goes out, he must bring someone with him who can consult the military strategy and know the situation of the treasury and the counties in Sizhou.

Xia Houxian, Qin Lang, Cao Shuang and Cao Zhao also accompanied him.

The military situation is like a fire.

Once Yongliang is in a hurry, as a general who can supervise the Luoyang Chinese Army to rush for reinforcements, naturally the sooner he is informed and set off, the better.

Well, although the weapons have not yet been raised, Cao Rui has already decided on the general rate of reinforcements.

Qin Lang was still the main one, while Xiahou Xian and Cao Zhao were the generals who went with him.

As for Cao Shuang, he is now a general guarding the emperor, so he cannot leave the capital.

It is worth mentioning that Cao Rui also recruited He Yan.

Although he was imprisoned due to the flashy case, it refers to being removed from office and no longer in use, rather than imprisoning his personal freedom. When Cao Rui hosted a banquet in the new year, many princes came to pay homage to him. When Cao Rui hosted a banquet, he invited He Yan, Wei Wu's pretender, to whom he had become quite close in recent times.

To seek pleasure is to seek happiness.

At this kind of banquet, the presence of the talented and pleasant-looking He Yanzai could make Cao Rui feel happier.

The wine is warm and beautiful, the silk and bamboo are pleasant to the ear, the clothes are fluttering, the laughter is full of laughter, and it is a joy.

Promote excellent performers and musicians to perform according to their abilities, and enjoy singing praises to the public, ministers and ministers.

The emperor Cao Rui, who was held in the moonlight by the stars, was in a good mood. He raised his cup frequently and drank a lot without realizing it. He also patted the table with one hand and sang in harmony, as if he was composing impromptu poems.

When He Yan, who had been paying attention to him silently, saw him, he stood up and walked into the banquet to dance with Ji Ji.

He Yan was also present, and Cao Zhao, who was also known as the wall man, was not to be outdone.

"Oh, it's beautiful!"

Cao Rui immediately praised him loudly.

But Shi Xing was disturbed, and with the two of them joining in, Cao Rui suddenly discovered that there was a concubine who was not particularly beautiful and became particularly charming. Light make-up, a high nose, heroic eyebrows, extremely androgynous beauty; a round waist, and a slender body shrouded in gauze. I have seen this concubine before, but why does she look so alluring today?

Cao Rui admired it silently, nodding and smiling from time to time.

He felt more and more that the drink he had just drank was starting to make his body feel hot, so he couldn't bear it any longer. He waved to the steward of the manor who was waiting not far away and whispered a few words in a low voice.

I didn’t forget to look up at the sky.

It's still early.

It's rare to come out for fun, so don't rush back home.

"reward."

Cao Rui, who was no longer in the mood to enjoy singing and dancing, stood up with a wave of his hand and called Qin Lang, Xia Houxian and others to move to the school grounds to compete in shooting, riding horses, etc. to stretch their muscles.

Cao Zhao, who was dancing during the banquet, quickly followed him.

He Yan, on the other hand, returned to the table with some resentment and poured himself a drink, occasionally glancing at Cao Zhao's back.

He suddenly felt that Cao Zhao was a bit annoying.

He was imprisoned with great difficulty, and has recently been favored by the emperor. Why are you, Cao Changsi, so ignorant?

Also not accompanying them were Liu Fang, Chen Jiao and Jiang Ji.

They are not young anymore.

In the morning, I spent a lot of energy when I accompanied the emperor to the East Hall to perform the official duties. Now, after drinking and eating wine and meat, I am drowsy, and I don't have so much physical strength and energy to play with the emperor.

So they left the table and found a quiet pavilion to take a nap.

What's interesting is that they didn't exchange a word when they left the table, and each of them found a pavilion.

There is a distinct flavor between them.

Jiang Ji and Liu Fang are easy to understand.

After all, in his early years, Jiang Ji had gone to court and claimed that Liu Fang and Sun Zi, who were claimed to be "full-time", had too much power and were not conducive to the stability of the country. They had long lost their friendship in private.

However, Chen Jiaodu had resigned from the post of minister for a long time and had no conflict with them. Such indifference is really puzzling.

After half an hour.

Emperor Cao Rui, who had sweated a lot, returned to the banquet.

Just as I was thinking about having a few more drinks with everyone and then returning from the banquet, I saw Sun Zi, the Secretary of the Imperial Guard who had stayed in Luoyang City, walking in a hurry. He was the first to arrive and said, "Your Majesty, the Huainan watch has arrived. "

Ni Shu has not yet sent out troops, but Wu, the thief, comes first? !
It's just that at the end of last year, wasn't the thief Wu Sunquan defeated by Manqing and returned? Why did he come back only a month later! ? When Cao Rui heard this, he was immediately surprised.

While waving away the crowd of musicians and other idle villagers, he also said to Sun Zizi who was paying homage, "Sun Qing, you don't need to be polite, why should you report anything in Huainan?"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Our army has achieved great victory!"

Sun Zi stood up and said loudly with a smile on his face, "General Zhengdong sent troops to Guangling County and razed all the cities and Wubao of the thieves Wu, and killed or captured all the garrison troops, and shot them all." Thief General Sun Shao!"

After saying this, he quickly presented the memorial in his hand to Cao Rui.

Huh?
After Manqing retreated from the enemy, he actually sent troops to Guangling?
The unexpected military situation made Cao Rui overjoyed and he couldn't wait to take the watch and read it carefully.

It was just waiting to be seen. When the above list was circulated to everyone, he laughed and said loudly, "The most important weapon to control Wu and the country's Qiancheng, Manchu Qing is well-deserved! Childhood is brave and brave, and he can kill the traitor generals, and he has lived up to my high expectations!"

Xia Houhui?
Hearing this, Qin Lang and Xia Houxian looked at each other sideways in a tacit understanding.

Only Liu Fang had to read and read the above table, and Chen Jiao and Jiang Ji had to be passed around in turn before it was their turn.

Therefore, when they knew the cause of the matter, Liu Fang, Jiang Ji and others had already held up a lamp to congratulate the emperor and the country, and took advantage of the situation to discuss whether the thief Wu would send troops again this year after his setback.

Regarding this kind of topic, they can only listen in and have no part in interjecting.

However, this kind of impromptu group thinking will not be conclusive.

After all, they all know that the nature and behavior of Jiangdong's monarchs and ministers cannot be inferred based on common sense.

After the group discussed for a while, Chen Jiao, the servant, suddenly sighed and changed the topic, "In the past, when Emperor Wu came to the river to attack Wu, he often wished he had used Chen Yuanlong's plan and ordered Feng Bo to support his minions. "Sigh. If Chen Yuanlong Jiuyou knew about this battle in Guangling, he would be relieved!"

It also caused everyone to fall into silence.

Chen Jiao's emotion is an old incident between Emperor Wu Cao Cao and Chen Deng.

After defeating Jiangdong twice in Kuangqi City in the past, Chen Deng also suggested that Cao Cao send more troops to Guangling County to garrison and practice martial arts, echoing the trend in Huainan, and preparing for future attacks on Jiangdong.

Unfortunately, Cao Cao did not adopt this strategy.

Because the Battle of Guandu broke out at that time, it was a time when Cao Cao's life and death was at stake.

In the confrontation between the north and the south of Dahe, it is still unclear who will win. Of course, he does not have the energy to take care of Jiangdong, nor does he have the extra troops to send to Guangling for management. Moreover, from a strategic geographical point of view, even if he defeated Yuan Shao and swallowed Hebei, Cao Cao would be the first to transfer his troops to conquer Guanzhong, Jingzhou and other places, and Jiangdong would be very far behind.

Therefore, Cao Cao transferred Chen Deng to serve as the governor of Dongjun, temporarily abandoning the third-line battlefields of Guangling and Jiangdong.

He was thinking of transferring Chen Deng away to eliminate the war between the Chen family in Huaipu and the Sun family in Jiangdong.

This approach was very correct at the time.

Because for the Sun family in Jiangdong, the most important thing was to attack Liu Biao to avenge his father and occupy Jingzhou's entire territory and the natural dangers of the river. If the Chen family hadn't used Guangling as a base to covet Jiangdong several times, the Sun family would never have used troops against Guangling.

It's just that everything has advantages and disadvantages.

Just ten years after making the decision, Cao Cao had no advantage at all when marching from Jianghuai to Jiangdong.

Moreover, he did not follow Jiang Ji's advice and forcibly relocated the people from the Jianghuai River, causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee into Jiangdong. He often sent troops to the river but returned without success. This also led to the slogan "Not listening to Chen Deng's words caused Jiangdong to become powerful." "Remorseful words.

Now Chen Jiao's sudden feeling was actually a subtle admonishment to Cao Rui - since Manchongdu had razed all Jiangdong's operations in Guangling County, and there was no war in the Central Plains and the North, should it be resumed? Is Chen Deng following his old plan?

Cao Rui drank a lot of wine today, but he was not drunk.

Therefore, he also knew what Chen Jiao meant.

So he fell into silence, carefully thinking about the possibility of sending troops to restore Guangling County in order to plot Jiangdong.

Jiang Ji was also silent.

It’s not that he doesn’t have opinions, it’s that he doesn’t need to speak.

Even more so because Emperor Cao Rui knew that he would strongly agree with Chen Jiao's suggestion.

As a Jianghuai native, he and Chen Jiao, a Guangling native, both looked forward to Wei's early victory over Jiangdong so that Sangzi could live a peaceful life.

But Liu Fang did not remain silent.

Before Cao Rui could make up his mind, he interrupted Cao Rui's thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, Shu soldiers will be out this year. If you are a traitor to Wu, you are a thief! If you rebel against Shu, you will be a thief." Enemy!"

These words made Cao Rui make an instant decision.

Yes!

Jiangdong did not have the qualifications and strength to compete with Wei for destiny.

But Bashu is qualified!
The Bashu regime established by Liu Bei, a Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty, had an impact on the Wei State's destiny to succeed the Han Dynasty.

Once the Shu soldiers are allowed to occupy Guanzhong and enter Chang'an, the prestige accumulated by the Han Dynasty for four hundred years will crush Wei's theory of inheriting the destiny of heaven! It will plant a seed of "the Han Dynasty will never stop" in the hearts of the common people in the world, and will usher in a period of chaos for the Wei State.

Resisting the Shu soldiers is the top priority.

Revive the old plan and manage Guangling to prepare for the attack on Jiangdong
Just take your time.

At least, not before repelling the Shu soldiers.

"Yes, I know."

After nodding to Liu Fang, Emperor Cao Rui looked at Chen Jiao and said in a consoling voice, "Things have their priorities. I also know what you mean. When the time is right, I will do it." (End of this chapter)