Arriving in Xicheng, Cao Shuang finally settled down, but thinking back on this trip to Shu, Cao Shuang still had palpitations and was shocked.

The whole process is still quite dangerous and abnormal, especially after Jiang Wei occupied the watershed and cut off Fu Luo Road, Cao Shuang seemed to be in a desperate situation and almost died, but fortunately, Cao Liang stepped forward and led the army to capture the Golden Siege and opened a passage from the East Road, so Cao Shuang was able to escape from Hanzhong.

The process of this expedition to Shu did leave Cao Shuang with unforgettable memories, it turned out that there were risks in the war, and the expedition must be cautious, and if there is such a thing in the future, it is better to be cautious, such a high-risk business, Cao Shuang is noble and lowly will not do it.

In Luoyang, he is already a very human minister, under one person, above ten thousand people, and even under one person, the young Cao Fang is a fart, Cao Shuang is the speaker of the entire Luoyang court, glory and wealth, a beautiful wife and concubine, a good future Cao Shuang has not had time to enjoy, if this time is really hung up in Hanzhong, it is a lifelong regret, Cao Shuang is afraid when he thinks about it.

So Cao Shuang made up his mind and hurried back to Luoyang, estimating that he would not be ready to take another half step in Luoyang in the second half of his life.

With Cao Shuang's meaning, he was ready to go east from the three eastern counties and go straight to Luoyang through Nanyang, which was also the shortest route back to Luoyang.

But Xiahou Xuan had a different opinion, this time to attack Shu, the Wei army of 150,000 went out, and now the Wei army that has returned to Xicheng, only 70,000 or 80,000, that is, nearly half of the Wei army died in the war, such heavy casualties can be called the largest loss of war since the founding of Cao Wei.

Although the loss of seventy or eighty thousand people is not a shaking foundation for the Wei State, it is inevitable to break the muscles and bones, especially this expedition, which called most of Yongliang's army, which led to serious problems in Yongliang's defense system, if the Shu army takes advantage of the victory to counterattack, the Wei army will be difficult to resist.

Moreover, the Wei army should not be stationed in the three eastern counties for too long, and it must return to Guanzhong as soon as possible, and if Cao Shuang returns to Beijing from Nanyang, he will inevitably mobilize some troops to escort him, and the defense of Guanzhong will bring some bad consequences.

Xiahou Xuan, as the governor of Yongliang and the general of Zhengxi, naturally persuaded Cao Shuang not to rush back to Luoyang, but to return to Hanzhong from Wuguan Road first, and wait for the situation in Guanzhong to settle down, and then return to Luoyang not too late.

Moreover, the new defeat of the Wei army, the military spirit of Guanzhong will inevitably be unstable, if Cao Shuang, as a general, abandons Guanzhong and leaves, it will further reduce the military spirit of Guanzhong, and the situation is worrying.

But if Cao Shuang can appear in Chang'an, even if he doesn't have to do anything, he can stabilize the morale of the army, even if the Shu army really has to invade the territory, as Cao Shuang's general, he will definitely be able to improve the morale of the Wei army and keep the enemy out of the country.

But as soon as Cao Shuang heard that he wanted him to return to Chang'an, his face changed, his head shook like a bulging wave, and he said that he wouldn't do anything, the reason is very simple, he just escaped from the war-torn land in Hanzhong, and soon Guanzhong will become a war-torn place again, Cao Shuang doesn't want to join in the fun.

Cao Liang persuaded: "The general doesn't have to worry, although the Shu State has won a great victory in Xingshi, but its general Fei Yi is cautious, and he has more than enough defense and is not brave enough, so he definitely does not dare to raise troops to invade the territory, so the last general thinks that although Shu is victorious, he may not dare to attack Guanzhong." ”

Cao Shuang said suspiciously: "What Ziming said, is it exact?" ”

Cao Liang smiled slightly and said: "Shu is a small country with poor people and limited military strength, if it weren't for Zhuge Liang's kind of ambitious and courageous people, he would definitely not dare to raise troops to invade the country, as soon as Zhuge Liang died, the main battle faction of Shu State, and only Jiang Wei and other Liao Liao were left." But at this time, the ruling Sima Jiang Wan and the general Fei Yi thought that their talents were inferior to Zhuge Liang, so they had no idea of invading the border of our Great Wei for a long time, not to mention that Zhuge Liang attacked year after year, and the national strength of Shu had long been hollowed out. ”

Cao Shuang listened to Cao Liang's words, nodded and agreed to the trip to Guanzhong.

What Cao Liang said was naturally not imaginary, but a conclusion based on historical facts, after the Shu army rose to victory in history, it did not have the idea of taking advantage of the victory, and it can be regarded as a missed opportunity.

In fact, at this time, if Shu sent troops to attack Wei, the probability of success was quite large, after all, Wei's new defeat not only suffered a big loss of troops, but also quite low morale, this opportunity was not had by Zhuge Liang in the five expeditions to the Central Plains.

Cao Liang has no doubt that at this moment, there must be a fierce debate within the Shu army around whether to cut down Wei or not, the main battle faction headed by Jiang Wei must be ambitious and aim for the Northern Expedition, but the main peace faction led by Fei Yi is fiercely opposed and does not want to expand the war.

This internal tussle within Shu is bound to be won by Fei Yi, because Fei Yi is a general and the first person in Shu to hold military power, and Jiang Wei is just a general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, and his status is much worse than others.

The Wei army quickly set off and returned to Guanzhong via Wuguan Road.

Wuguan Road is second only to Hanguan Road in the Central Plains to Guanzhong, Qin and Han dynasties here is a place where soldiers must fight, Qin has been sent heavy troops to garrison, beware of the invasion of the six countries.

At the end of Qin, Liu Bang entered Guanzhong through Wuguan and destroyed the Qin State.

However, at this moment, Wuguan is located in the hinterland of Wei State, and it is already insignificant in the strategic sense, so there are many deserted cities, and the Wei army passes through Wuguan, Shangluo, and Lantian all the way, and soon arrives in Chang'an.

Along the way, Cao Shuang was still a little nervous, although Cao Liang swore that the Shu army would definitely not have any action, but after all, it was just Cao Liang's words, in case the Shu army changed its mind, suddenly crossed Qin Yan, and launched an attack on Guanzhong, wouldn't the situation be bad.

Cao Shuang experienced the defeat of Xingshi, and fell into the sequelae of the war, as soon as he heard the news of the war, his head hurt, if he arrived in Guanzhong, he found that there was a war again, Cao Shuang didn't know how he would deal with himself.

Fortunately, after returning to Chang'an, Cao Shuang found that it was as calm as ever, and there was no news of the Shu army's attack from all over the country.

As the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, the palace group here is relatively intact, not like Luoyang, which was burned by Dong Zhuo, until the founding of Cao Wei, Cao Pi rebuilt the Luoyang City, in fact, Cao Wei's Luoyang City and the Luoyang City of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in addition to the same city site, the palace inside has long been unrecognizable.