Wei Ni

Chapter 65
In the late spring and March, the great Sima Cao Zhen died.

The emperor Cao Rui recalled his merits, made Cao Shuang heir to the title, and made the other five sons Xi, Xun, Ze, Yan and Ai all princes.

Also took advantage of the trend to make adjustments to the Yongliang and Jingxiang theaters.

Because the Shu soldiers left Qishan at this time.

Instead, he promoted Xia Houru, the defender of Shu, to the general of Zhennan, and guarded Jingxiang in Jiajie.

However, Sima Yi, the general who had been guarding Jingxiang before, turned into the governor of Yongliang and led his ministries to resist.

And when discussing in the temple, there was a minister who claimed that he should first clear the land on Longyou, such as the wheat fields that had just been planted outside the city, so as to prevent the Shu soldiers from obtaining food and fodder when the war dragged on into autumn.

But the emperor Cao Rui did not take it.

The reason is that Cao Zhen used up too much grain and fodder when he conquered Shu, but this year many areas in Guanzhong are difficult to cultivate in the spring due to the severe drought.If the farmland on both sides of the Weishui River in Longyou were destroyed, the soldiers and horses of the Yongliang tribes might not be able to continue.

Furthermore, the war will not end in a month or two.

During this period, Li Shu in Guanzhong would inevitably be conscripted into corvee, and the government would delay the matter of allowing Li Shu to open ditches to divert river water to irrigate crops and mulberry, which made spring plowing and summer cultivation even worse.

Therefore, the emperor Cao Rui first ordered Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, to send troops to protect the fields east of Shangyu County, Tianshui County, Longyou.

The farmland there was suggested by Sima Fu in his early years, and [-] farmers were recruited from Jizhou to plant it.

Yes, this time the Luoyang Chinese Army was also sent here.

Just like the previous Cao Zhen's attack on Shu, Emperor Cao Rui once again took Qin Lang, Xia Houxian and Cao Zhao as generals, and Du Xiaoqi, Zhongjian and Zhongba came to Longyou.

It's just that, unlike the previous episode, Qin Lang and the others all recruited General Zhang Xi as a soldier.

Instead of directly listening to Sima Yi's dispatch.

If Sima Yi wanted to mobilize, he had to order Zhang Yun first to dispatch.

This small detail has attracted the advice of many ministers.

They all believed that this would lead to discord between the generals, which would not be conducive to the relationship between Sima Yi and Zhang Yun, and would be even more detrimental to the fighting of the Yongliang ministries against the invasion of Shu soldiers.

But Emperor Cao Rui asked the ministers to be calm and not to be impatient, and said with a faint smile: "Sima Gong and Zhang Qing must know my intentions."

Indeed, both Sima Yi and Zhang Yun understood the emperor's intentions——Cao Rui let Sima Yi be in the middle to dispatch, while Zhang He was the supervisor to make decisions on the front line.

And the emperor sent them a letter specially.

Attached to it is the argument between Cao Zhen and Xia Houhui on how to defend the Kingdom of Shu when they were in Tianyuanchi last year, and then added: "You can't win by yourself, but you can win by the enemy. Today both Yongliang and Wanluo are suffering from severe drought. There is no water for Li Shu to cultivate in spring, and when the two princes arrive in Shu, there is no need to compete with him for the momentary hegemony. If he enters, he will be right. He can strangle the city and occupy dangerous points, and Chen Bing will block the road, so that he cannot enter. When his food is exhausted, he will return and let him go. Don't chase. Shu is a small country, and a state has mobilized troops year after year. The military will not last long, and it will destroy itself, so there is no need to think about it."

This is the first time that Emperor Cao Rui has intervened on the front line.

And still pointed out a very clear strategic intention.

In the past, his only job was to decide whether to fight or not.

As for how to deploy troops, how to fight, whether to pursue, etc., those are all things that the governor decides on his own.

This also made Sima Yi invite Zhang He to discuss it immediately when he arrived in Tianshui County.

The two of them are also old acquaintances.

Because as early as before the first northern expedition of the Shu soldiers, Zhang He was stationed in Fangcheng at the junction of Yuzhou and Jingzhou, and often met Sima Yi who was out of Jingxiang.

However, meeting both of them this time was a bit awkward.

After all, although there was a very clear explanation for the way the Son of Heaven asked Qin Lang and others to assign soldiers to Zhang He, it was unavoidable that Zhang He was suspected of being wary of Sima Yi taking power.

But Sima Yi is persevering and humble in dealing with people and things.

After Zhang He arrived, the sophisticated man greeted him with a smile, and resolved the embarrassment of the two of them with one sentence, "Your Majesty knows that our military experience is not deep, and Yongliang's various ministries are especially good at fighting, so he asked Jun Yi to lead the front of Wei Zhi." , I also hope that Junyi will help you."

"The governor's words are serious."

Quickly gave a military salute, Zhang Xi also lowered his posture very much, "Your Majesty is the Minister of Gu Ming, and he is the governor appointed by His Majesty, how dare the last general make a mistake? If the governor sends something, the last general will go forward .”

After saying that, he added another sentence, "The end general served in Yongliang in his early years, and he is quite familiar with the generals and leaders of all ministries. If there is something sent by the governor or something he doesn't understand, the end general will know everything and talk about it."

"good!"

Immediately, Sima Yi clapped his hands in praise, and finally let go of his hanging heart.

Because he didn't want to compete with the Shu soldiers at all, and he didn't care at all about the emperor sending the Luoyang Central Army to Zhang Yun.

Just think about it.

As soon as he came to Yongliang to serve, he was not familiar with soldiers at all, and he was even less familiar with the tactics of Shu soldiers.

The so-called "know the enemy and know yourself and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles", he didn't even have time to figure out the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and ourselves, so how dare he fight to the death with the soldiers of Shu?

Military struggle is no joke.

It is not only related to the life and death of the country, but also related to his wealth, life and future.

With his temperament, he naturally couldn't make a comment that he was "not good at fighting" by the history secretary.

Now Zhang Yun, who was ordered by the emperor, claimed that he was willing to suppress the arrogant soldiers of various ministries in Yongliang for him, so that he could have time to familiarize himself with military affairs and slowly take charge of the entire army. What is he dissatisfied with!
The most important thing is that Emperor Cao Rui secretly divided power between the two of them, making him invincible in the temple~
Let me ask, if Zhang He's former army decides the battle, if he wins, can he be the one who is in the middle and dispatches it without credit?
And if he loses, with Zhang Xi standing on the front line, his guilt will be much smaller
That's why Sima Yi really didn't mind what the emperor Cao Rui did.

On the contrary, he was quite grateful.

Not only has the responsibilities been clearly defined, but also the strategic intentions have been clarified, so that his appointment in the face of danger this time has also become a great opportunity to establish authority among the ministries of Yongliang.

As for the separation of powers by the Son of Heaven, Zhang He will become his hindrance in the future~
No worries.

As early as when Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, besieged Chencang City, Emperor Cao Rui sent Wuwei and Huben to serve as Zhang He's personal guards when he sent Zhang He to supervise the Luoyang North and South Army to rescue.

With such a favor, it is not difficult to see the emperor Cao Rui's favor for Zhang He.

Therefore, no matter what happened today, he would not be able to avoid Zhang He as long as he served as the governor of Yongliang for one day.

So, why worry about it for a while?

Let's get through this war first, and have time to discuss it slowly in the future.

With this in mind, after Sima Yi praised him, he pulled Zhang Xi to discuss how to deploy defenses and dispatch various ministries.

However, Cao Rui, the emperor in Luoyang, did not expect that the dispatch he made based on Cao Zhen's last words would cause Sima Yi and Zhang He to secretly quarrel.

In other words, even if he knew it, he wouldn't take it to heart.

In his opinion, as long as the undefeated Yushu is achieved and his current strategic intention of "making Shu tired" is achieved, it doesn't matter how the subordinates get along with each other.

Now he is busy with big fish, busy begging for rain for the spring plowing in various states and counties without water.

And he has already deeply engraved Cao Zhen's dying sentence "the decline of the clan's prestige may not be a bad thing for Sheji" deeply in his heart.I am also actively preparing, suppressing my emotions and waiting slowly, waiting for some jumping clowns who may bring hidden dangers to the community to appear, and give a fatal blow with the force of thunder.

Naturally, for the country and society, art is only a means, and Tao is the foundation.

He also did not forget to train the generals of the clan.

But after bestowing the titles on Cao Zhen's sons, he also took advantage of the opportunity to recall the achievements of the princes of Xia and Cao who founded the foundation with Emperor Wu Cao Cao in the past.

And when he was still in Dayu, he specially summoned the later general Cao Hong to attend.

Cao Hong is now the only remaining general of the clan.

It's just that Cao Pi, the former Emperor Wen, wanted to execute him because of some bad things. Later, Mrs. Bian intervened to save his life, but he was still deposed as a citizen and all his family assets were confiscated.After Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, in order to appease people, his title was restored, his family money was returned, and he was transferred to the rear general.

And at this time, he is already very old and his time is running out, so he can only be used as a display.

Cao Rui just wanted him to be a display.

Let other distant clans and Yuanxun Qiao Pei understand his heart in the future.

Xia Houru has been reused, and Cao Hong has been favored. You, who share weal and woe with Wei, should also think of the long grace of Emperor Wu in the past, think about the difficulties of Wei today, and be determined to become the mainstay of the country.

Summer and April, Huainan Shouchun.

Xia Houhui, who had just learned that he had conferred the title of Marquis of Guannei, was stationed on the gentle slope at the east foot of Bagong Mountain in Ma, overlooking the Huai River winding eastward to Xuzhou.On the flat south bank of the Huai River, the fifty cavalry led by Chen Ding were galloping with spears and performing martial arts.

After several months of practice, they, who were already proficient in horse bows and horses, no longer needed to train along with the cavalry tune.

The only thing that is lacking is that they cooperate with each other in actual combat.

Xia Houhui's mind was thinking about how to find an opportunity to let them fight a small fight first.

It's just that this idea is difficult to achieve.

Since being punished and admonished by Man Chong last time, he didn't dare to challenge the military law with his head, and once again led troops to Hengjiangpu to trouble Wu Bing.

While Huainan area was guarded by Zhang Liao, many thieves hiding in the mountains were either eliminated, or forced to accept the recruitment of the government, from enlisting in the army or being registered as a citizen.

There are still some on the other side of the mountain.

He also noticed.

Originally, he was thinking about taking the scouts to Shu County for daily inspections to see if there was a chance to find bandits for practice, but he was dissuaded by Jiang Ban.

Because Jiang Ban's family was persecuted by Yuan Shu's soldiers before, and they hid in the Yunshan Mountain to survive.

Naturally, it also has something to do with the thieves over there.

"General, they are not thieves, but a group of survivors who can no longer trust the government."

That's what Jiang Ban said.

He also claimed that the group of Li Shu who were hiding in the Dabie Mountains had never gone out to plunder, and it was due to the relationship between Yuan Shu’s excessive expropriation and Emperor Wu Cao Cao’s migration order in the early years. linger with the hunt.

With the misery of the Liran people, I begged Xiahou Huimo to put swords on them.

He also dispelled Xia Houhui's thoughts.

In any case, he is not a cruel person after all.

However, since then he has assigned Jiang Ban to be in charge of the daily investigations in Lujiang County.

Let Jiang Ban try to contact those survivors to see if there are any young people who can't bear the loneliness in the mountains and are willing to join the army; if they meet those who don't believe in the government, they can also come to act as his private part.

He also promised that he would take the post specially bestowed by the emperor, and go to the temple to ask the government to grant the land to be resettled.

This move can be regarded as allowing Jiang Ban to give back to the survivors for his father's generation.

Because Wenqin, the prefect of Lujiang, was very impatient with the fact that the thief Wu hadn't come in recent years, so bored, he often sent scouts into Shanshan to spy, intending to capture some Li Shu for military exploits.

In this way, instead of letting Wenqin kill innocent people indiscriminately, it is better to let himself be able to appease the survivors.

It's just that sometimes people don't turn back without bumping into the south wall.

Jiang Ban conveyed his intention, and persuaded him earnestly, but those adherents just didn't believe it.

Thinking that Mount Xun is dangerous, even when Zhang Liao used to fight against Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, he only cleared the bandits in Tianzhu Mountain, and did not search for the survivors in other places in Mount Xun. Ze went to find them.

As everyone knows, Wen Qin has claimed more than once in the case that there are thieves and bandits haunting the people in Yanshan.

That's right, in order to make Xing Bing's bandits famous, Wen Qin has already fabricated the facts and classified them as bandits.

And for the government, the survivors hidden in the mountains are not "people".

No matter what Wenqin did, it was understandable.

"Let's just let them go. It's good for Gongjun to come to Hefei for inspection these days."

In this regard, Xia Houhui decided in this way.

Let Jiang Ban avoid entanglements, wait for those survivors to be taught by Wen Qin, and then think of his own good.

And now his mind is no longer on those survivors.

Since the Shu Kingdom sent troops to Longyou, Man Chong canceled the rotation of the soldiers and strictly ordered all the ministries to stand by in order to prevent the invasion of Sun Quan's troops from the east of the Yangtze River.

The Shu-Wu alliance fights against each other.

At the time when Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, sent his troops out of Qishan in a large scale, with Jiangdong Sun Quan's speculative mentality, he would definitely not let go of the opportunity for the Luoyang Chinese Army to rush to Yongliang.

Moreover, Sun Quan mobilized troops from Jingnan and Jiaozhou to fight against the Wuxi barbarians in Wuling County.

The soldiers and horses in Wudi were hardly mobilized, and they still had the strength to invade Huainan with Xingda soldiers.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Man Chong ordered strict vigilance.

In fact, Sun Quan really had the idea of ​​mobilizing troops.

It's just that, as in the past, he still wanted to wait until the war between Shu and Wei became anxious, and Wei's attention was on Yongliang, before mobilizing troops.When convening important ministers to discuss, they repeatedly considered tactics on the grounds that there was still plenty of time to raise troops before the time of abundant rains at the turn of summer and autumn.

After such a delay, it will be mid-autumn and August.

They didn't finally come to a conclusion until Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, returned to Hanzhong after his strike and the war between Wei and Shu came to an end.

And the tactics are also very speechless.

Still send people to surrender.

But for some reason, Wang Ling believed it!

This also gave Xia Houhui, who had been looking forward to the battle, finally ushered in a chance.

　The first order is 600, which is 200 more than the previous book, thank you everyone.However, writing a book is not enough for food and clothing, and the old tea needs to focus on real work, so I can't make more changes. Please forgive me.Thanks.

　　
　
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