Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 772

When Meng Da received the edict, he set off for Luoyang without any hesitation. Cao Pi was very pleased.At the same time, Meng Da also pointed out that although the terrain of Yizhou is dangerous, as long as Yizhou is strictly blocked, it will be difficult to achieve anything based on its land. Li Yan's punishment will further arouse the dissatisfaction of Yizhou gentry. Difficult to control.

Cao Pi was overjoyed, that is, Jin Mengda went to Jingzhou as the general of Zhennan, and together with Xia Houshang, he trained soldiers and horses to prepare for the southern expedition, and Cheng Wu succeeded Mengda as Shangyong prefect.

Before the Southern Expedition plan was implemented, Huainan fought again, crossing the sea in a hurry, but still did not arrive in Hefei in time.Zhang Liao's body was sent to Luoyang, whether Huainan could hold it or not was the second priority, and Cao Pi was extremely distressed by the loss of a wise and brave general.

Cao Pi's pressure is getting bigger and bigger, Zhou Cang is like a mountain, and he can't breathe. The half-moon attack from the north and the south, the two crescents are like a pair of big scissors cutting his own country.Jing Nan is becoming more and more important to him, maybe this will be the key to his elimination of the crisis.

Within a few days, Guo Huai made a statement, saying that Hefei had been lost, and he would never let the Han army go any further with his own defense of Shouchun. At the same time, Guo Huai raised his own concerns. The ancestral relationship of the Cao family is so important that nothing can be lost, and Lu Qian and Niu Jin are somewhat weak, so they strongly recommend Sima Yi to lead the army and coordinate the military affairs of Yuzhou.

There are two other memorials in Cao Pi's hand, from Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, and Cao Zhi, the king of Chenliu, both of whom challenged Cao Pi to fight.Cao Zhang resolutely asked himself to cut off the throne and went to battle to kill the enemy; Cao Zhi said that he had abstained from drinking and repented of his past mistakes, and served the country with his death.

Three copies of the above forms, a few thin pages, were heavy in Cao Pi's hands.Cao Cao's last words were still in his ears, but Cao Pi couldn't care less.There are Cao Zhen in the west, Cao Ren in the east, and Xia Houshang in the south. Only Yuzhou in the southeast makes him feel at ease. Against human opponents, Qiao County, the ancestral land, cannot be lost!

Cao Pi appointed Sima Yi as the general who conquered the east, and he took over the important affairs of Yuzhou, guarded Qiaojun, and looked for opportunities to recapture Huainan.Sima Yi invited Guo Jia's son Guo Yi to be Chang Shi, Zhong Yao's son Zhong Yu to join the army, Chen Qun's son Chen Tai to be a guerrilla general, and Wei Zi's son Wei Zhen to be the supervisor of the army.Wei Zi was the richest man in Chenliu at the time, who helped Cao Cao raise his army, and later attacked Dong Zhuo and died in Xingyang.Sima Yi took his 20-year-old eldest son Sima Shi and 17-year-old second son Sima Zhao, and led 2 people to Qiao County.

Hua Xin said to Liu Ye in private, "Zhongda didn't bring any clans with him this time, can you guess his intentions?"

Liu Ye laughed and said, "The Son of Heaven is wise and makes his own decisions."

"Hahaha, I knew His Majesty would definitely use his father again. If his father had already been appointed as a general, how could the war go so far!" The young Sima Zhao was very excited when he set off for the first time.

"Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense." Master Sima hurriedly stopped his brother who was outspoken.Sima Yi is more powerful than his father Sima Fang. Sima Fang has eight sons, but Sima Yi has nine. Of course, he is far worse than Cao Cao.Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were born to Zhang Chunhua, and the other seven were underage. The two had different temperaments. Sima Shi mostly followed Sima Yi, and his character was tough and talented; Sima Zhao was somewhat similar to Cao Cao, but more arrogant.

"That's the case, why do I need to say more." Sima Zhao still respected his brother very much.

"Hey, son, it's still unknown whether this expedition will be a blessing or a curse."

"Where did brother say that? Could it be that brother thinks that Yu Jin, Gan Ning and others can still be our opponents?"

"With Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang and others present, the Cao clan has all the military power, so His Majesty abandoned his father. Now he has to use me again as a last resort. I am not worried about Yu Jin and others. I am only worried that we will be too sharp in this battle. Hidden with all your bows." Master Sima shook his head and sighed softly.

"It's more than that." Sima Zhao opened his mouth and choked out such a sentence.

"Why do you think the father's recommendation for this expedition is not from the clan?" Master Sima cast a wink at Sima Zhao.Others couldn't figure it out, but Master Sima knew best that this was a strategy that killed two birds with one stone. It could not only accumulate merit for non-clan generals, improve their status, weaken the absolute monopoly of the Cao family, but also win hearts and build contacts for the Sima family.There is a lot of profound meaning in it, which can only be understood but not expressed in words.

"Father, where are we going now?" Sima Zhao hit his horse to catch up with Sima Yi.

"Attack Xiang County directly!" Since leading the army, he must first seize the initiative, Sima Yi made up his mind to abandon defense and attack, and Yu Jin was caught off guard. "Send an order to Chen Tai to speed up his march and pretend to attack Xiangxian County. If Niu Jinruo sees the forbidden return army, he will let him go and insert Zhuyi obliquely. You and I will set up an ambush on the way and capture him. Then let Guo Huai guard Shouchun firmly, and Gan Ning cannot be ordered to go north and wait. After I break the ban, I will go south and join forces with him to attack Gan Ning!"

Sima Yi went to Yuzhou, and Cao Pi was somewhat relieved.Cao Ren was in Dongjun, and under him were Xiahouba, Xiahouhui, Xiahouru, Linghuyu, Dai Ling, Chang Diao, and Wuqiujian, etc.; Cao Zhen was in Chang'an, with Jiang Wei, Xiahoumao, Cheng Wu, Fei Yao and others complemented each other and lost Wang Shuang and Han's father and son. Cao Zhen then unearthed Xu Zhi, Shi Bao, and Zhou Tai. use.

Cao Pi was worried about the number of generals in the Southern Expedition, and Cao Zhenxue sent carbon to send two people. Hu Zun and Hu Fen, father and son of An Ding, were well versed in military affairs. Guanzhong.Hu Zun also came with two thousand Xiliang iron cavalry, which really made Cao Pi overjoyed. Hu Zun did not have one son, but six, but Hu Fen was older, less than twenty, and the other five were young but Smart and clever.

Cao Zhang went to be the king of the city, demoted to be the marquis of the city, and returned to Cao Ren's control.Cao Zhi went to Chen Liuwang, demoted to Chen Liuhou, went to Chang'an, and joined the army for Cao Zhen.

To do all this well, in April [-], Cao Pi left the crown prince Cao Rui to supervise the country, Hua Xin, Liu Ye, Wu Zhi, and Jiang Ji were assistants, the governor of Hedong was Du Jisi Li Xiaowei, Man Chong, Guo Yan, and Yang Qiu , Wei Guan and others will guard the various fortresses, and lead [-] troops to the south of Xiangyang with Hu's father and son and Sima Wang.

Sima Wang has a strategy no less than Master Sima, and he is considered one of the most outstanding children of the Sima clan.It was originally the second son of Sima Fu, the eldest son of the Sima family, who was later adopted by the elder Sima Lang. When he was young, he studied with Sima Hui, a famous scholar in Jingzhou, but Sima Wang was only a schoolboy at that time. Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang had already left the mountain, so they did not meet up.

(End of this chapter)