After Cao Liang was promoted to the general of Pingbei, he had the power to open the government and could recruit his own staff officials.

In fact, Cao Liang already has his own candidate in his heart, Pei Xiu can join the army, Fu Xuan can be the master, as for the most important long history among the staff, Cao Liang also has a favorite candidate, but whether it can be realistic or not, Cao Shuang needs to nod.

Cao Liang said to Cao Shuang: "General, under the command of the last general, there is still a lack of a strategist, and the last general has a reluctant request, I don't know if the general can allow it?" ”

Cao Shuang smiled and said: "It seems that Ziming still wants to dig a corner of a certain wall, okay, you come and listen, who do you like?" ”

Cao Liang said: "He is the general's fellow countryman, the former Yanzhou assassin Shi Huanfan." ”

Cao Shuang smiled: "You're talking about Huan Yuanze, hehe, this person is famous for his recklessness and perverse temperament, when it comes to your command, can you control it?" ”

For Huan Fan, Cao Shuang still knows a lot, he was born in Pei County, and Cao Shuang is a fellow villager, Jian'an was born in the last years, served as the left supervisor of Yulin, and has served as the leader of the army, Shangshu, the general of the conquest, the general of Dongzhong Lang, the governor of Qingxu, the history of Yanzhou and other positions, in the sea of eunuchs, ups and downs for decades, the main reason is that he has a short temper, a strange personality, arrogant talents, and it is difficult to tolerate people's elegance.

When he was the governor of Qingxu, he had a dispute with Zheng Qi, the assassin of Xuzhou, because of the ownership of the house, and killed Zheng Qi with the scepter in his hand, and was reported to the imperial court by Zheng Qi, and Huan Fan was demoted to the Yanzhou assassin because of this.

Huan Fan was probably demoted, when he was in Yanzhou, he was depressed, and later the imperial court planned to move him to Jizhou Mu, but because Lu Zhao, who was the general of Zhenbei at that time, was later than him, and his ability to learn was not as good as him, Huan Fan was angry, so he complained in front of his wife: "I would rather kneel to the three princes in the middle of the court than to be under Lu Zizhan." ”

Huan's wife Zhong Changshi said: "When the husband served as the governor of Qingzhou and Xuzhou in the east, he was convicted of wanting to kill the assassin of Xuzhou without authorization, and people said that the husband you will not be the boss, and now you are ashamed to be under Lu Zhao, and this is not a subordinate again." ”

As soon as Huan Fan heard his wife's words and poked at his vital point, he became angry, picked up the ring knife and stabbed his wife's stomach with the knife ring. Nakacho happened to be pregnant at the time, but she suffered a miscarriage and died soon after.

After that, Huan Fan simply resigned due to illness and went home to rest, which was several years.

The reason why Cao Liang has Huan Fan as a strategist is precisely because he likes Huan Fan's talent, how can a person who even Sima Yi thinks is a think tank, be a general?

Cao Liangke clearly remembered that during the change of Gao Pingling, Huan Fan escaped from Luoyang and went to Gao Pingling to find Cao Shuang. Jiang Ji said: "Although Huan Fan is resourceful, Cao Shuang loves the stack bean, and he must not use Huan Fan's strategy." ”

The later result was as Jiang Ji expected, Huan Fan gave Cao Shuang advice, asked Cao Shuang to protect the Son of Heaven to go to Xudu, and then ordered the soldiers and horses to be Qinwang from all over the country, and showed the seal of Dasi Nong, saying that with this seal, the grain and food were worry-free.

But the Cao Shuang brothers did not take Huan Fan's suggestion, but surrendered to Sima Yi, so angry that Huan Fan vomited blood and scolded: "Cao Zidan I was a hero, but the son he gave birth to was as stupid as a pig, and Lao Tzu was going to be exterminated with you!" ”

Cao Liang sometimes wondered, what would happen if Cao Shuang used Huan Fan's strategy?

There is no doubt that the course of history will be rewritten, after all, Cao Shuang had the emperor in his hands at that time, and he could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to issue an edict to send troops from all directions to fight Sima Yi. And Sima Yi's rebellion is not popular, among the government and the opposition, there are quite a lot of forces opposing Sima Yi, as long as Cao Shuang can stabilize his position, it is really not necessary who will have the last laugh.

But history does not make assumptions, Huan Fan is known as the first strategist in the post-Three Kingdoms era, but unfortunately he followed the wrong person, and finally ended up with the destruction of all three clans.

Therefore, when Cao Liang was considering the candidate for the strategist, he really thought of Huan Fan, although Huan Fan had a strange temper and was arrogant, but the real talented person, that is not a stinky problem, Cao Liang really was not afraid.

However, what worries Cao Liang the most is that although he is now promoted very quickly and has become the general of Pingbei, he is still a little worse than the Qingxu Governor and Yanzhou Assassin Shi that Huan Fan previously served.

What's more, Cao Liang not only uses Huan Fan as a strategist, but he can only give Huan Fan a position with a long history, and Huan Fan may not be willing to obey the order because he is unwilling to submit to others.

Now that Huan Fan is at home, if Cao Liang has time, he really wants to learn from Liu Bei Sangu Thatched House, and he may be able to impress him with his sincerity.

But it's a pity that time is pressing now, and Cao Liang himself doesn't have time to go back to Luoyang, let alone visit the thatched house, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to see Huan Fan, so Cao Liang can only ask Cao Shuang to come forward and recruit Huan Fan.

As for whether Huan Fan should be killed, Cao Liang is really not sure, after all, this is the lord who even resigned from Jizhou, even if Cao Shuang personally ordered it, there is a great probability that he will be refused.

Cao Shuang said: "Originally, I intended to use him as the Great Si Nong, but since Ziming wants to use him as a strategist, let him go with Ziming on the expedition." However, the position of Changshi is too humble, and with Huan Fan's temperament, he must not be called, so let him be the military advisor and sacrifice wine, supervise the army, and rank 2,000 stones, or perhaps. ”

Cao Shuang played a word game here, whether it was a long history or a military advisor, they were all here to be a strategist, there was no difference in their positions, but in name, the military advisor sacrificed wine and the middle supervisor army were much taller than long history.

"Only, obey the orders of the general." Cao Liang couldn't help but secretly admire, this Cao Shuang's emotional intelligence seems to be really high, knowing that Huan Fan has a good face, he actually came up with such a way, nominally promoted Huan Fan's position, and even the title of the Central Supervision Army is still above his Pingbei general, but in fact, Huan Fan is still an errand for strategists.

It's a pity that his IQ is not online, and he always has to drop the chain at a critical time, this battle of Hanzhong, if Cao Shuang's decision-making can be more decisive and wiser in employing people, it will inevitably be a new situation, even if he can't destroy Shu, at least he can swallow Hanzhong, and for Cao Wei, it will definitely be a victory.

Why don't you lose your troops and lose your generals now, and make yourself disgraced.

The defeat of Hanzhong will inevitably make Cao Shuang's reputation plummet, the people's hearts will be lost, and he will go farther and farther on this road of no return, how long Cao Shuang can live does not depend on himself, but on when Sima Yi will act.