Chapter 251: The Twilight Years of a Martyr
In the first year of Jingsui, on April 25, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty traveled.
On the third day of the fifth month, he arrived at Yecheng, the fief of Cao Cao, the king of Wei.
On May 5, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, with the momentum of the Son of Heaven, mobilized more than 50,000 cavalry from the Praetorian Guard, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Tiger Ben Battalion, and the Youyan Cavalry, and announced to the outside world that more than 200,000 people would enter the border Daijun of Youzhou and would go out to attack the Xianbei Kebineng Department entrenched outside the fortress.
After Cao Cao, the king of Wei, left, he also ordered Xiahou to personally control the palace of the king of Wei, the rear of the governor, and was responsible for monitoring the movements of the Son of Heaven.
The group went north, and the officials along the way organized the people to work for the army.
In mid-May, the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived in Daijun County.
At this time, the county also became the temporary palace.
Cao Cao's resting and dwelling, as well as convening his ministers to discuss military discussions, all came from here!
In the government.
At this moment, on the simple throne, in front of him is a simple case, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, who is over the age of sixties, is wearing a black and red royal robe, and the robe is engraved with Taoist dragon patterns on the chest and back.
A small dragon with flying eyebrows surrounded a golden dragon.
At a glance, it shows domineering!
Since Cao Cao's head disease was cured, his ambitions have become more and more inflated!
Once upon a time, in order to block the mouth of the world, in addition to forcing Xun Yu, a loyal minister of the Han family, and coercing the Son of Heaven to be crowned king, he did not transgress the rest of the etiquette.
But at present, Cao Cao already has the idea of establishing himself as the emperor and changing the dynasty.
Originally, he knew that his head disease was incurable and his life was short, so he also gave up the idea of destroying the Han family in his own generation.
But Hua Tuo's medical skills are really good enough to cure his head disease that has not been cured for decades, and his ambition is gradually expanding at this moment.
Not limited to princes and nobles, but the throne of the Son of Heaven.
Why did he decide to go north to conquer the outside of the Saiwai at this time?
In fact, there is also a political factor.
It must be known that last year, Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, and Guan Yu, the governor of Jingzhou, won great victories in Hanzhong and Xiangfan respectively and defeated the Cao army, which undoubtedly dealt a great blow to the morale of the entire Cao army.
That's not the limit!
Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, has always been under the banner of reviving the Han dynasty and destroying the national thieves.
Even the slogan of the Northern Expedition is "Han and thief do not stand together, and the royal industry is not partial." ”
With the continuous victories of the Shu army, the Cao army lost one after another, which had made the scholars under the rule of the Central Plains waver, and they began to be less optimistic about the rule of the Cao family, and vaguely had a wait-and-see mind.
Therefore, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, discussed with his confidants and ministers before he was sure that he wanted to conquer outside the north and achieve a great victory again.
On the one hand, it is to prove the strength of the Cao family to the world.
On the other hand, I also want to use a big victory to wash away the shame of the last year!
But now the world has been divided into three parts, showing the trend of three kingdoms.
The Shu army has just won a great victory, defeating the Cao-Wu coalition army, and the prestige of the soldiers is at a high level, which can be described as a strong army, a rich country and a strong people.
At this time, it is obviously not a wise move to invade the land of Jingshu!
With Cao Cao's shrewd temperament, how could he make such a low-level mistake?
As for Sun Wu, because the two sides had previously successfully reached a consensus to form an alliance in order to jointly deal with Guan Yu's legion.
At this time, Shu was already extremely strong, and Liu Bei's main strategic direction was also the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, reviving the Han Dynasty, if he was wantonly attacking Sun Wu, it would inevitably intensify the contradiction and push the Wu army to the opposite side.
If Shu and Wu unite again, then the situation of the Cao clan will be precarious!
After thinking about it, Cao Cao finally decided to divert his attention and pointed the finger at the Xianbei Kebineng Department outside the Great Wall entrenched in the area of Saiwaidai County.
Why is the sword pointing at Kebineng?
This is also due to the fact that two years ago, Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, cooperated with Tian Yu and broke Kebineng.
That's where the power lies!
In the middle of the sound, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, stared at the people standing on the left and right sides of the hall, without saying a word!
A moment later, it was Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, who took the lead in standing up and shouting: "Father Qi, the son is willing to lead the three thousand Youyan knights from his headquarters out of the fortress to meet Hu Kou." ”
"Two years ago, I led the crowd out to defeat Hu Ko."
"Therefore, Erchen also has a little understanding of the situation outside the Saiwai, and the Youyan Knight is also trained by Erchen himself, and his combat power is extremely strong."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but look serious suddenly, and said confidently: "Father, please also approve your son's invitation to fight against the enemy." ”
"The child promises, I must break the thieves and raise the prestige of my Great Wei State."
At this moment, Cao Zhang was angry, but he couldn't help but shout bluntly, completely ignoring the unworthy Han family in his eyes.
It can be said that in his eyes, this world was personally defeated by his father, and it should be the Great Wei, not the Great Han.
"Shaft, what nonsense?"
It's just that at this moment, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, listened to it, but he couldn't help but turn pale for a moment, and then scolded sharply: "What Great Wei? ”
"The throne of Lone is given by the Son of Heaven, and Lone is also the King of Wei of the Han Dynasty, do you want to rebel?"
As soon as the words fell, Cao Cao's tone was extremely harsh, and he drank coldly.
Seeing this, Cao Zhang was shocked, and hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
With that, he changed the subject and returned his gaze to the main adviser on the side.
Staring at it for a while, he couldn't help but say slowly: "Zhongde, how do you think our army should march north in this battle?" ”
"According to the intelligence, since the defeat of Zhang'er two years ago, Kebineng has been vigorously fighting and reorganizing armaments in the past two years, and his strength has also been greatly improved.
"About dozens of small and medium-sized tribes have been swallowed up by it."
The voice fell.
At this time, Cao Cao, the king of Rao is Wei, couldn't help but look solemn, and said in a deep voice: "Now, there are more than 100,000 people in the Kebineng department. ”
"And although I falsely claim to be 200,000 lions, the actual strength is only more than 50,000 people, and the disparity between the two sides is too great, how do you think we should deal with it?"
A seat fell.
The words were passed down slowly, and Cheng Yu, an old man who was already over seventy years old, was wearing a windbreaker, his forehead had already turned gray, and the hair on his sideburns was also gray.
"King Wei, in the opinion of the old minister, due to the huge disparity in strength between our army and the Xianbei Division, we should try to avoid field battles with the Hu people in the Sai Sai."
"Thieves are rich in horses, and they have practiced riding since childhood, which is equivalent to 100,000 string control men are 100,000 knights."
"With such strength, it is difficult for our army to compete with all-out field warfare."
After that, a fifty-year-old man with a serious face who was wearing a dark iron-colored armor and a body of seven feet and five inches in length couldn't help but stand up and laugh a few times, and then snorted coldly: "Hmph! ”
"Then what does Mr. Zhongde mean by that?"
"As a last resort, avoid field battles?"
"Then what else is our army fighting?"
Speaking of this, his tone changed, and he became even more cold, and said sharply: "This northern expedition was originally provoked by my Great Wei to stimulate the morale of the soldiers of the whole army in order to achieve a great victory. ”
"But if our army doesn't take the initiative to attack, how can we achieve a great victory?"
As soon as he said a word, the old man of the Pentecostal generals couldn't help but have a serious face and said loudly.
Hearing this, Cao Cao on the throne couldn't help frowning, and reprimanded softly: "Zilian, you are not allowed to be rude to Zhongde!" ”
After the words fell, Cao Hong glanced at Cao Cao a few times before bowing his hand to Cheng Yu to apologize.
Immediately, Cheng Yu also returned the salute, but after discovering the doubts on Cao Cao's face, he also continued to explain: "King Wei, the original intention of the old minister is not to passively avoid war, but to avoid field battles as much as possible. ”
"As for the specific implementation method, the main force of our army can enter the front line of Macheng and rely on the Great Wall defense line to fortify the border city."
"Immediately afterwards, he ordered the second prince to send knights out of the fortress, and went deep into the outside of the fortress to lure the Kebineng department to come and invade the border, and then wait for Xianbei to raise troops outside the Great Wall and take an offensive against our army."
"Our army can defend the imperial city on the one hand, and on the other hand, we can also wait for Hu Renqi's old city to go down, and then take the opportunity to gather the main force to kill in one fell swoop, storm the main tent of Xianbei, and capture the leader Kebineng alive."
The voice fell.
Cheng Yu also deliberately explained: "Since the second son broke Kebineng two years ago, Kebineng is bound to be annoyed and angry, and he will definitely regard this time as a shame for his life!" ”
"Now that his tribe has brought more than 100,000 armor, if the second prince is willing to lead the crowd out of the plug and lure, the Xianbei people will inevitably be killed!"
"At that time, our army only needs to be able to plan how to destroy the Hu people."
A word settled.
Cheng Yu then stopped talking, waiting for Cao Cao, the king of Wei, to think about it slowly.
However, in the process of Cao Cao's pondering, another strong man in a green shirt with a body of eight feet long, a powerful body, and a resolute face couldn't help but stand up slowly, and said in a loud voice: "King Wei, there will be a strategy in the end, maybe it can make Kebi able to suffer the enemy on his back and back, so that our army can profit from it." ”
"What's the solution?"