Cao Cao really knows Liu Bei, an old opponent, very well.

If he hangs up one day, this old opponent will not take the opportunity to send troops, but Cao Cao will look down on Liu Bei's use of troops.

Now Liu Beijun has occupied Hanzhong and Xiangyang, and basically solved the problem of his neighbor Sun Quan.

Cao Cao was worried that Liu Bei would directly threaten Nanyang or even Luoyang with Guan Yu's troops,

Liu Bei used Ma Chao as a general to send troops to Yongliang, and he led the army to enter Guanzhong.

In this way, the Wei army must fight on two or even three roads at the same time,

The logistics of the Wei army can withstand it, but with the Wei army's usual style of conscription, uh......

Cao Cao could even make up for Guan Yu's dispatch of troops, and all kinds of thieves copied Lu Hun Sun Wolf, and each went to Guan Yu's side to receive a general's seal letter, and then happily greeted Wang Shi.

In order to help his unconscious son break the situation, Cao Cao, who was dying, did not give priority to summoning his most trusted Xiahoudun.

Instead, he summoned Jia Xu and forced him to make a plan for himself to delay Liu Beijun's march.

At that time, Cao Cao had the intention that Jia Xu couldn't come up with an idea, and he would take Jia Xu away if he didn't have an idea that satisfied him.

Jia Xu had no choice but to change his previous style and plan for Cao Cao to attack the three eastern counties.

When Cao Cao heard this plan, he almost didn't recite it in one breath.

Okay, you Jia Wenhe, the three eastern counties are surrounded by mountains, and next to it is Xiangyang.

If Guan Yu heard that the three eastern counties were attacked, he directly led the army to the north and cut off the return route of Cao Wei's main force, wouldn't the Cao army immediately burp and the whole army was blocked by Guan Yu in the mountains and beaten violently?

Besides, those three counties are actually of little value, they are not easy to attack, and they are not easy to defend.

Even if there is an internal response in the city, Liu Bei lost the three counties carelessly,

Can it be done later?

These three counties are surrounded by mountains, and there is only one Hanshui (called Chushui in the upper reaches) for convenient transportation.

But Liu Bei is in the upper reaches of the Han River, and Guan Yu is in the downstream, and the Wei army has built a boat today, and it will be dragged away by Guan Yu tomorrow, which is almost a sure thing.

Cao Cao, who was dying, once suspected that Jia Xu deliberately came up with an idea to take him away.

almost announced that he would choose Jia Xu to accompany the funeral.

But a little calm, he seemed to understand what Jia Xu meant.

is worthy of Jia Wenhe, as soon as he makes a move, he is a big deal.

Although there are some risks, this battle can at least buy some time for Zihuan,

Sometime......

What happens in the future depends on Zihuan's luck.

Jia Xu's idea was highly praised by Cao Cao when he was dying,

He wrote in his suicide note and sent Xiahou Shang to Cao Pi, telling Cao Pi to obey Jia Xu's orders.

After arranging all this, this hero was willing to slowly close his eyes.

Cao Cao's coffin arrived in Yecheng, and Cao Pi, who had completed the sacrifice, was dressed in filial piety clothes and had tears in his eyes, and took Cao Cao's last order from Xiahou Shang's hands.

Looking at the crooked handwriting on it, Cao Pi was stunned for a while, and then overjoyed.

"Okay, good, Jia Wenhe is really a talent in the community,

Lone didn't misread this person! ”

Cao Pi stood up excitedly and excitedly asked Xiahou Shang on the map hanging on the wall:

"Boren, in your opinion, what is Jia Wenhe's plan?"

As a loyal promoter of the attack on the three eastern counties in history, Xiahou Shang, who was the same age as Cao Pi, was thinking about Jia Xu's strategy for using troops along the way.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this strategy was feasible.

is worthy of King Wei, uh, should be the last person summoned by King Wu before his death,

Jia Wenhe's plan is really powerful.

He said respectfully:

"Liu Bei has won big victories before, he must be frivolous, and when he sees the three eastern counties attacked, he will definitely raise troops to kill, this plan is really good."

Cao Pi was overjoyed: "Okay, let's use Jia Wenhe's plan to enter the three counties!" ”

This was Cao Pi's first battle after his accession to the throne, and it was also the most important battle, and naturally there was no room for loss.

In order to make the march smooth, he entrusted this battle to his friend Xiahou Shang and asked him to lead the army to attack.

Xiahou Shang patted his chest and assured that there was no problem, as long as Cao Pi supported in time after attacking the three eastern counties, he would definitely be able to achieve a big victory.

He has not been idle in the past few days, and has already taken advantage of Meng Da's dissatisfaction with Liu Feng to make some articles.

Now Liu Feng is dissatisfied with Liu Chan everywhere in Shudi, and he will rebel at any time; Meng Da was dissatisfied with Liu Feng and was ready to rebel at any time; Shen Yi is dissatisfied with Meng Da and is ready to rebel at any time.

Liu Feng's current position is very embarrassing, Meng Da's situation is also more embarrassing, the Wei army has sent people to take advantage of Meng Daxiao, as long as Meng Da and Shen Yi surrender, it will be easy to capture the three eastern counties.

After that, it will be up to Jia Wenhe's plan to go smoothly.

"Zihuan, the one who commands all the way, you can choose?" Xiahou Shang asked casually.

Xiahou Shang and Cao Pi are not brothers but like brothers, and the two of them usually talk more casually.

Now that Cao Pi is the king of Wei, Xiahou Shang is also called at will in front of him, and he doesn't pay too much attention to his own use.

Cao Pi didn't care about these subtleties either, he smiled and said:

"Who does Boren want?"

Xiahou Shang hesitated for a moment and said:

"I am willing to lead the army and lead Xu Huang to attack the three counties, but ...... But then Guan Yu came to help......"

Xiahou Shang actually prepared three candidates before.

Cao Ren, Cao Zhang, Zang Ba.

Needless to say, Cao Ren is a veteran, reliable.

But Cao Ren's record against Guan Yu is really very touching,

Xiahou Shang was worried that Cao Ren would repeat the mistakes of the past, not only could he not beat Guan Yu, but also blindly commanded, pit himself and Xu Huang to death.

The second candidate, and the one that Xiahou Shang thinks is the best, is Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang fought bravely, won the hearts of the army, and was good at horse warfare.

There are many plains to the north after the Han River, and in this open land, Guan Yu's infantry-based troops may not be able to defeat Cao Zhang, who is brave and good at fighting.

But here's the problem......

Cao Zhang actually asked Cao Cao where the silk was, and there were rumors that Cao Zhang took in the envoys of Shu who came to mourn, and secretly planned with them to deal with Cao Pi.

If it is true, Cao Zhang must not lead the army to directly vote for Guan Yu, it will be a big joke.

As for Zang Ba......

Cao Pi was worried about causing a large-scale mutiny, so he could only send people to try to appease these soldiers, for fear of causing chaos.

Zang Ba said that he didn't know, it was completely the personal behavior of the soldiers, and there was no one to direct him at all.

Hehe, I really treat everyone as a three-year-old.

Thinking about it, Cao Pi has just taken the throne, and he really can't think of any good candidates.

Zhang Liao is an alternative, but now that Sun Quan and Cao Wei have completely turned their faces, they may raid Hefei at any time, so they can only put Zhang Liao there first and continue to use it as a door bolt.

Cao Zhen is not bad, but Liu Bei may attack Yongliang, and he and Zhang He are still on guard there.

Others......

"I can't think of a certain truth, I don't know who Zihuan wants?"

Cao Pi sneered and said:

"I intend to take General Fenwei Chang Diao as a general, and rebel against General Wen Zuozhi, I don't know what to do with Bo Ren?"

Chang carving?

Xiahou Shang was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile:

"This person ...... I don't know much about this person, Zihuan has asked others? ”

Cao Pi rolled his eyes and said unhappily:

"Liu Ziyang can know everything, you and my brother, why do you want to spit out?"

"Uh, what did Liu Ziyang say?"

Cao Pi said a little depressedly:

Liu Ziyang said that Chang Diao was greedy and despicable, and he was useless.

Hmph, I also said that Liu Ziyang is a moral gentleman, and it turns out that he is just a person who prefers and disparages courtiers at will by hearsay. ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he immediately understood.

Cao Pi intended to let Chang Diao lead the army to implement Jia Xu's strategy, but Liu Ye should have firmly obstructed it, which made Cao Pi quite dissatisfied in his heart.

That's why I asked Xiahou Shang to seek approval.

Of course, Xiahou Shang had heard the story of Chang Diao.

This person has a mixed reputation, and the strengths and weaknesses are very obvious.

The shortcomings are naturally that Chang Diao has a bad temper, often bullies, and is greedy, and he has no outstanding achievements in leading troops to fight.

What are the advantages......

The advantages have to be talked about well.

Chang Diao this person can be called brave and loyal.

Twice captured, twice escaped from Guan Yu's men.

He was loyal to Cao Ren, and became Cao Ren's sworn brother because of his love and righteousness, and now he is also a dead party member of the Cao family.

And he hated Guan Yu's father and son to the core, and he scolded Guan Ping every day for not being a thing, and he couldn't wait to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.

When Cao Cao was seriously ill before, he was reluctant to withdraw his troops when he repeated the battle of Hanzhong, and Chang Diao risked being blamed by Cao Cao to withdraw his troops without authorization.

Even Zhang Liao praised Chang Diao for being brave and brave, taking into account the overall situation, and being a warrior.

This time, Cao Pi was promoted to the king of Wei, and Changdiao was named the general of Fenwei.

Chang Diao was grateful, and said that he would fight desperately in the future, not to kill Guan Yu's father and son, and to swear not to be a man!

Can such a warrior be dispensed with?

Can you not use it?

Xiahou Shang hesitated for a long time, but still felt that the advantages of Chang Diao outweighed the disadvantages.

He said seriously:

"Chang Juying is loyal and brave and good at fighting, and he hates Guan Yu to the core, so he can naturally take on a big responsibility.

Zihuan's eclectic employment is a good story. ”

For several days, Cao Pi asked about the appointment of Chang Diao, and most of them either said that they were not familiar with Chang Diao, or they made it clear that they could not.

Only Xiahou Shang expressed his support, which made Cao Pi, who had always been conceited, very happy.

You see, it's really interesting enough for Boren.

He smiled happily:

"Okay, then it's all up to Beren."

Xiahou Shang smiled weakly, and said in his heart that this battle should also be risky.

If you win, you will go down in history,

If you lose......

Hey, I still don't want to do this.

Compared with the victory or defeat on the battlefield, Xiahou Shang was more worried about Cao Wei's internal problems.

"Zihuan, I think you should appease Ziwen well......"

This is what Xiahou Shang dared to say.

Cao Pi glared at him fiercely and sneered:

"Cao Zhang's wolf ambition, if I don't kill him, it's already a great favor, do you still have to respectfully ask him to help me?"

Xiahou Shang said bitterly:

"Since ancient times, when the clan is strong, the court is strong, Zihuan has great ambitions, and Ziwen is good at commanding troops.

If so......"

"Needless to say!"

This matter touched Cao Pi's scales, and he didn't want to talk more about Xiahou Shang.

Xiahou was still helpless, so he could only say respectfully:

"It's a minister's ...... to talk a lot"

Cao Pi also felt that his tone just now made Xiahou Shang a little frustrated,

He adjusted his mood and smiled:

"Tomorrow, the envoy of Shu will come to Yecheng to mourn,

Bo Ran received the two of them for me, so be sure to find out the details of the two of them and ask them what they said to Ziwen and Zijian! ”