Compared with the elation of the Han side, the land of Guanzhong and Heluo was lost one after another, and in this battle, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Zhang He and other generals died in battle, which was definitely a not light blow to Cao Rui, who had just succeeded to the throne, and his support in Guanzhong was not untimely, but the arrangement of the Han army was obviously more rigorous, not only the reinforcements were not sent to the Guanzhong battlefield, but also the Han army was completely defeated in the Heluo battlefield.

Who would have thought that this would happen in less than three months? The soldiers and horses stationed in Guanzhong and Luoyang plus reinforcements are not less than the number of troops dispatched by the other party this time, but the situation on the battlefield is one-sided, even if it is the Luoyang battlefield, with the advantage of numbers, and Cao Xiu, a general like Cao Xiu, have been defeated by the enemy with fewer victories and more victories, hundreds of thousands of troops, and finally come back, I am afraid that only Sima Yi's part, the Guanzhong battlefield retreated through Pubanjin and Luoyang escaped through Mengjin, after all, it is a minority, this is still Sima Yi saw that the situation was not good, and withdrew in advance.

When the situation stabilized, the Han army no longer attacked and turned to defense, Sima Yi returned to the court, but at this time the situation in the court also had some subtle changes, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Zhang He's loss, for the Wei State, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a bolt from the blue, not to mention the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, whether it was surrendered or killed in battle, the loss of so many people and horses, even if it was the great cause of the Cao Wei family, it was a little unbearable.

"Your Majesty!" Sima Yi was keenly aware that the atmosphere in the court was no longer as harmonious as before, and this subtle change was not obvious, but Sima Yi's heart was a little heavy.

The death of Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Zhang He is a huge loss to the Wei State, but for the Cao family, it is an immeasurable loss, the most direct thing is that the power in the hands of the Cao family has shrunk with the death of these people, and the relationship between the imperial power and the power of the family, if you take a step back, the other side will inevitably go further, but ......

Sima Yi looked at the Chen Palace of the Manchu Dynasty, and his heart became more and more dull, the current situation, if you want to resist the Han army, it is really not suitable for chaos within the Wei State, and it may not be useful to unite as one, let alone internal friction.

"The guilty minister Sima Yi sees Your Majesty!" Taking a deep breath, Sima Yi knelt directly in the center of the hall and bowed to Cao Rui.

After experiencing the Cao Pi era, Sima Yi's status in the court can now be faintly regarded as a model for scholars, especially after the two important ministers died on the battlefield, and Chen Qun is old, and now he doesn't pay much attention to the government, Sima Yi is not an exaggeration to say that he is the head of a hundred officials, and many times, Sima Yi's attitude can determine the attitude of a hundred officials.

"The general doesn't have to be like this, I know that the defeat of Luoyang is not Aiqing's crime, but the general trend." Cao Rui waved his hand, got up in person, came down to help Sima Yi up, and sighed: "Aiqing can come back, it is already a blessing for my Great Wei." ”

"Panic!" Sima Yi hurriedly bowed and said.

"Let's talk about it, now the Han Dynasty is menacing, and the three armies have been defeated." Cao Rui motioned for Sima Yi to enter the train, and then looked at the Manchu Dynasty and said: "I don't know about military affairs, but I also know that when my grandfather was alive, although he fought with the Han army with occasional small defeats, he was not so defeated, and even all along, the Han Dynasty has been victorious, why is it only ten years apart, but my Great Wei is defeated when I fight again?" ”

Back then, Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought, whether it was the battle of Hanzhong or Nanyang, although Cao Cao did not succeed, but it was not a big defeat, and now it is completely two concepts, and although there have been few hands with the Han over the years, but on the battlefield with Eastern Wu, even if he got the equipment of the Han army, he did not see how powerful the Wu army was, at most it was on par with Cao Wei, and even more often it was pressed and beaten by the Wei army.

"Your Majesty." Sima Yi bowed and said: "According to the minister's view, regardless of the generals of the two counties, in terms of weapons and armor alone, the weapons and armor of the Han army are far from being comparable to those of Eastern Wu. ”

"Take the catapult as an example, the Han army's catapult can project nearly two hundred steps, and our army's thunderbolt of the same level, but not even a hundred steps, the minister was lucky to capture a few Han army catapults, with the Han army equipment to attack, the Han army is not much stronger than our army, when Taizu vigorously promoted industry, now it seems that it is extremely necessary!"

"General!" Hearing this, Minister Jiang Feng frowned and said, "If you follow the example of the Great Han, what is the difference between our dynasty and the Great Han?" ”

"But if you don't follow suit, within ten years, after Liu Bei stabilizes Guanzhong and Heluo, and then send troops to the east, our army will not be able to resist at all, and at that time, there will really be no difference." Sima Yi glanced at Jiang Feng lightly and shook his head.

"Is it really that powerful?" Cao Rui frowned and looked at Sima Yidao.

"The minister has seized some Han army equipment this time, Your Majesty can check it, on the battlefield, our army will be defeated on these things, and now it is not that we want to follow the example of the Han Dynasty, but that our army's equipment is not improved, so we are complacent, I am afraid that in the near future, the world will be the recovery of the Han Dynasty, and there is no place for our army to stand!" Sima Yi said sincerely, this time he was on the front line, and he knew better than anyone else the sense of powerlessness above the invincible equipment.

"What is the objection of the Secretaries?" Cao Pi nodded, and then looked at the ministers, in fact, the construction and agriculture were the national policies set by Cao Cao that year, but later Cao Pi succeeded to the throne and made a certain compromise in order to implement the Jiupin Official Law, Cao Cao's will did not continue to be implemented, and when Cao Pi died, the matter was brought up again, but the ministers were strongly opposed at that time.

It has only been a long time since Cao Rui ascended the throne, but as the leader of the scholar clan, Sima Yi was the first to start supporting Cao Cao's approach, hoping that the imperial court could vigorously develop industry, which was also in line with Cao Rui's meaning.

"Your Majesty, don't mention this matter for the time being, now that the Han Dynasty is rising, and Sun Quan has repeatedly violated our borders in the Huainan area, if this continues, our army may not be able to fight on both sides. Jiang Ji bowed and said.

"The Sun-Liu alliance has been in force for nearly twenty years." Cao Rui frowned and said, "How can it be easily broken?" ”

"Back then, the Sun-Liu alliance was just forced by the situation, Taizu was powerful, and Sun Liu was weak, so he had to unite to fight Taizu." Jiang Ji said in a deep voice: "However, time has changed, and now Liu Bei's power is gradually expanding, sitting on the land of Jing, Shu, Sanfu, and Xiliang, and there is a tiger prison natural danger, its momentum is not weaker than our army, and between Sun and Liu, it is far from being so close, in the early years, Sun Quan sent people to attack Jiangling with the intention of taking advantage of Guan Yu's attack on Xiangyang, stealing Jingzhou, but Liu Yi was defeated, and lost Jiangxia, although the two families have reconciled since then, but the filth has been born, this time Sun Quan and Liu Bei were joined forces to attack, but after hearing that Liu Bei attacked Guanzhong, then Sun Quan retreated to Hefei, It can be seen that the alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei is not stable. ”

"How does Jigong want to break this friendship?" Cao Rui asked.

"Show weakness to Eastern Wu, ask Sun Quan for peace, say that our army has been severely damaged by Liu Bei, I hope that Eastern Wu can suspend the battle with our army, and at the same time support Sun Quan to be the emperor!" Jiang Ji smiled.

Because of Liu Bei's strength, Sun Quan has never been called the emperor in order to maintain friendship, and now he is still standing in the world with the title of King Wu, but it is impossible to say that there is no such thought, Sun Quan has not tested Liu Bei in this regard over the years, but Liu Bei does not want a third emperor in the world, and he does not pay attention to Sun Quan's open and secret signs.

Cao Rui thought about it and nodded, after all, Liu Bei had been the emperor for six years, and no matter how many emperors there were, it was not unacceptable, he looked at Jiang Ji and said, "In this way, you can break the Sun-Liu Alliance?" ”

"Yes, for now, although neither side has ever said it, but Liu Qiang and Sun are weak, and Dongwu is a little in awe of the Han Dynasty, otherwise Sun Quan will not always be the emperor, if Sun Quan is called the emperor, the friendship between the two sides is not strong, and there will be cracks, plus if I show weakness to Sun Quan, it will also make Sun Quan perceive Liu Bei's strength, and even the weak to resist the strong was the foundation of the Sun-Liu alliance back then, but now Liu Bei is strong, but our army is weaker than others, which will naturally make Sun Quan feel in crisis."

Cao Rui nodded, looked at Sima Yi and smiled, "What does the general think?" ”

Sima Yi thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that what Shangshu said is extremely true, the Han Dynasty is strong at the moment, if our army continues to divide the troops into two fronts, if there is another battle, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat the Han army, and it is not weak to secretly form an alliance with Sun Quan to resolve the crisis in the south and make every effort to prepare for the Han army." ”

It is one thing to prosper industry, but the external situation also has to be worked on, at least Sun Quan, an ally, has to be pulled to his side.

"Then ......" Cai Rui thought for a while, nodded and said: "According to the words of the two, I will order someone to go to Soochow to talk to Sun Quan about this matter, and Jiang Gong will handle this matter." ”

"Minister, take the order!" Jiang Ji bowed solemnly.

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For the situation of Cao Wei, Liu Yi did not pay too much attention, the current diplomatic affairs are certainly not in his own responsibility, the plan to rebuild the second capital has been implemented in early September, but Guanzhong here, for the time being, only a few brick and tile factories, cement factories, and a few logging sites Liu Yi also built, but the woods in this plain area are less than the mountainous areas, Liu Yi's logging yards are mostly built in the Qinling Mountains, in order to avoid various environmental problems due to excessive logging, in terms of logging, Liu Yi is still very measured, so he cut down and planted, In short, forest resources in Guanzhong are the object of protection, especially along the Yellow River, not only can not be cut, but also have to be increased.

It's just that not many people can understand the meaning of this.

The laying of the track and road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong has mobilized 40,000 people to repair roads and build bridges, the road here is the most difficult to repair, even if Liu Yi hired ten master craftsmen to lead the team to rush the work, the repair progress is not fast, it is expected to take two months, some compact, it is impossible to complete it ahead of schedule, but the demolition work of Chang'an and Luoyang has begun, Liu Yi first went to Luoyang, and built a walled city for the people to live temporarily, which is also the place where Liu Bei later inspected and temporarily lived.

Just when the Wei State was busy getting closer to Eastern Wu, the second large-scale construction of the Han Dynasty began.