Luoyang, Cao Pi is in a good mood, but there is also a kind of sadness like hurting.

Liu Bei's death, the atmosphere in the Wei court was delicate, and there was a feeling of regret that could not be expressed.

As Liu Bei's protégé, Shang Shuling Chen Qun asked for leave to recuperate on the day he heard the news and stayed at home behind closed doors.

Liu Ye and Fu Xun also took leave to recuperate after Chen Qun, and Cao Pi himself lived alone for two days to adapt to the news.

Liu Bei is gone, it really should be celebrated...... Just celebrate quietly, and fulfill the etiquette.

Cao Pi decided to send people to Jiangdu to mourn, and discussed with Dong Zhao, Jiang Ji, Xin Bi, and Pei Qian, saying: "The young lord of the Southern Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and I want to send an envoy to repair it, and temporarily suspend the army." ”

The four of them looked at each other and made eye contact, and Dong Zhao proposed: "Your Majesty, this Spring and Autumn Festival is also righteous." The minister thought that at this time when the lord and the country were suspicious, I sent troops to the Central Plains, and I could share the world with the enemy country. Your Majesty is also in the prime of life, the ministers are subdued, and the people are attached, so you can sit back and relax. The enemy country is a stalk, and there are Ma Chao and the like, and it is difficult to last. ”

This is to take advantage of the new emperor's accession to the throne and Tian Xin's development of Lingnan, with his own cavalry advantage, completely wipe out the last bit of vitality in the Central Plains.

As long as the momentum of recuperation in the four states of Kwantung is defeated, even if the Han army goes on a northern expedition in the future, it is very likely that 150,000 troops will go out, but 140,000 people will be busy with heavy transportation work.

At that point, the circulation channels of war horses will be completely blocked, and even if the Southern Han Dynasty does not have civil strife, it will fall into a state of long-term weakness and poverty.

Cao Pi didn't comment first, looked at it, and saw that Jiang Ji agreed.

Facing Cao Pi's gaze, Jiang Ji spoke: "Your Majesty, Guan Yu and Tian Xin are both strong people. I sent an envoy to mourn, and the Han lord was newly in charge of national affairs, and he was worried that he had nowhere to stand his authority. The minister thought that it was enough to mourn, and there was no need to negotiate an armistice. However, after March, the climate is cool, and it is appropriate to send troops to the Central Plains to punish the rebels. ”

Xin Bi straightened his back, sat there as if he had suddenly raised his head, and said, "No." Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the country's troubles are in Xianbei and Wuhuan, and the country's immediate benefits are also in Xianbei and Wuhuan, not in the Central Plains. ”

Seeing Cao Pi looking over and looking interested, Xin Bi continued: "Since the last years of Jian'an, the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes have made an alliance, intending to ban the horse trade, hoping to weaken our army's combat strength. Emperor Wu immediately made a decision, so that King Qin Lie attacked Wuhuan in the north, and lowered the Xianbei name King Kebineng. After the war, horses were able to pay tribute. Until now, Xianbei and Wuhuan have rebelled, and it is not appropriate to tolerate them. ”

Cao Pi bowed slightly, and Xin Bi's remarks were similar to those of Sima Yi and Wu Zhen.

Fighting the Central Plains will not be self-reliant, but will only weaken the Han State's control over the Central Plains, and your own side will also suffer battle losses.

Although Liu Bei is gone, the cohesion of the Han army will be reduced, Tian Xin is in Lingnan, and Guan Yu is in the capital, but the Han army is not easy to fight, and it must go all out to minimize the risk.

In this case, the military power of the frontiers will be reduced; If the drought continues, it will trigger the Xianbei tribes to join forces.

The military strength of the border areas is insufficient, so the biggest result is to resist the invasion of Xianbei, rather than like the Southern Xiongnu and Hexi battles, which can achieve huge benefits through war.

We must concentrate on doing things and confront the Han army, and any luck is a flaw.

There are also many contradictions between the Xianbei tribes, since they can merge with each other, why can't the Great Wei annex and absorb some tribes?

According to Sima Yi's assumption, the most perfect state in the future should be to recruit more Xianbei righteous knights, so that these righteous soldiers can fight hard with the Han army.

As long as the Great Wei Central Army and the Border Army maintain a strong position, the Xianbei tribe does not dare not fight hard.

Therefore, in Sima Yi's planning, going to the Central Plains now can certainly break the Central Plains' recuperation plan; However, it is also impossible for the side to increase its mobilization capacity for war.

It is better to leave the Central Plains first, let it rest, and after having some savings, then rely on the advantage of the cavalry to launch an attack.

In this way, the savings of the Central Plains will become their own supplies.

There is no need to achieve much success, as long as it is done so ruthlessly, the people of the Central Plains will definitely not be willing to gather again to resume production in the future.

At that time, the Central Plains would be a plate of scattered sand, and the people were not willing to cultivate and develop production.

The Central Plains was reduced to scattered sand, and the Han army wanted to go north...... The Central Plains region could not obtain supplies, and even if the troops came to Luoyang, they would not be able to fight and confront each other for a long time.

As long as you hold the beautiful place of Guanzhong, sooner or later, you will be able to kill the Han room.

Therefore, there was no need to launch an offensive in the Central Plains, and it was necessary to continue to maintain a substantial truce with the Han Empire.

Cao Pi bowed slightly to Xin Bi, and his eyes fell on the last attendant, Pei Qian: "Wenxing, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, send an envoy to mourn, and the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period."

Pei Qian also began with this sentence, and his position was different from Dong Zhao: "Now the two countries urgently need to rest, and the state can send an envoy to mourn." Regardless of state affairs, it will not damage the national body. ”

Ceremonial envoys do not undertake the task of negotiation or consultation.

Cao Pi once again weighed the gains and losses, and now the Great Wei cannot lose a battle, and must win in order to stabilize the situation.

The Han army is the same, if it loses again, the country will be further separated and divided, so that a sharp antagonistic relationship will be formed.

It's not a good idea to start a war.

Only when you have a 60% chance of victory, you can take the initiative to start a war; The Han army is estimated to be the same, and it will not start a war easily.

Since the war cannot be fought, it is necessary to carry out the strategy of Sima Yi and Wu Zhen, encroach on and absorb the population of the nomadic tribes, increase the national strength, reduce border troubles, and put them into the battlefield when a full-scale war breaks out in the future.

Three years, another three years, Hebei's newborn population will be able to serve on a large scale, which is at least 100,000 soldiers.

Since the ninth year of Jian'an, Yecheng was broken, and Hebei began to rest and regain from the eleventh year of Jian'an, counting the population who moved to Hebei one after another.

During these nearly 20 years of recuperation, Hebei's war potential has become increasingly strong.

Almost all the states in the world have been broken, as long as Tian Xin doesn't come, who can break through their own impregnable defense line in Guanzhong?

The backbone of the people of the four states of Kwantung has been wiped out in the forty-year war, and it is not a matter of concern that these four states can be passed on by the Han army and the Wei army.

When it is their turn to counterattack strategically, the Han army has the Yangtze River and the natural danger, and their own attack on Jingzhou, just like the Han army in tackling key problems, as long as it succeeds, the situation in the world can be greatly changed, and from then on, the strong and the weak will be divided, the stronger the stronger, and the weaker the weaker, until they perished.

After his mind settled, Cao Pi no longer thought about the lost Central Plains, so he asked: "Yuan Yaoqing is a protégé of the Han Dynasty, can any of the sons in his family be suitable as envoys?" ”

Yuan Lian Ziyaoqing, a native of Fule in Chen County, due to changes in the Central Plains, followed Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, and was captured by Lu Bu when he was under Yuan Shu, and served by Lu Bu's side.

Lü Bu once ordered Yuan Chuan to write a crusade against Liu Bei, but if Yuan Chuan didn't write, Lü Bu pulled out his knife and threatened, writing that he would live, and if he didn't write, he would die.

Yuan Jian asked Lu Bu rhetorically, if he was captured by others in the future and coerced him to write an essay against Lu Bu, would he write it or not?

Lu Bu is also a reasonable person, so he is no longer embarrassed by Yuan Lian.

After defeating Lu Bu, Cao Cao kept Yuan Jian by his side and listened to it, which was very important; Yuan Ba's cousin, Yuan Ba, is now the Great Si Nong of the Great Wei and is in charge of the country's finances.

Cao Pi asked, to choose one of Yuan Lian's four sons to mourn...... At the same time, it also has the intention of exploring Tian Xin's academic inheritance.

Yuan Lian and Cai Yong are cousins, in other words, Yuan Lian's four sons are cousins and brothers from Cai Zhaoji.

Tian Xin once personally admitted that one of the teachers was surnamed Yuan, and the Yuan clan of Runan and the Yuan clan of Chenjun were very large, and there were people working in Dongguan and Lantai, so it was difficult to confirm which one it was.