saw Sun Shangxiang's melancholy expression. Liu Yong felt a trace of sadness slightly.

"Mother, in fact, the child thinks that maybe the child doesn't have to be like this. The royal brother is not a murderer......"

"Silly boy, you don't understand." Sun Shangxiang shook his head helplessly: "This emperor's heart, how can ordinary people guess it." Child, in this imperial house, where is there any benevolence, righteousness and morality! Look at the brothers of the Cao family, and then look at your uncles...... Ay...... Silly boy, listen to me, as long as your imperial brother doesn't make a prince for a day, you have to continue to pretend. ”

"Queen Mother......" Liu Yong was just about to say something, but at this time, several palace people who had just been transferred out by Sun Shangxiang came back, and Liu Yong hurriedly stopped talking.

Mother and son looked at each other, smiled at each other, and never spoke again.

……

"Hey, my younger brother, I finally did a decent thing today." Adou sighed with a little relief, and then sighed: "I remember that Yong'er was also a smart and clever person when he was a child, how did he grow up and become so stubborn!" ”

"Your Majesty, Meng Shu is here and is waiting outside."

"Oh. Let him in. Adou said.

A moment later, Meng Shu walked in, and behind Meng Shu, there was a young man, who looked six or seven points similar to Meng Shu.

"Knock to your majesty." Meng Shu knelt down with the young man.

"Aiqing, get up," Adou looked at the young man, and then said, "Meng Aiqing, who is the young man next to you?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the minister's son Meng Qiu."

"Meng Qiu? Yes, that's good. Adou nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, but his heart was not as happy as his face showed.

Meng Qiu is the son of Meng Shu, but this Meng Qiu's ambition is not small, after Meng Shu's death, Meng Qiu raised the banner of rebellion and broke away from the rule of Shu. At that time, Shu was busy with the Northern Expedition, and the national strength was consumed, and it was no longer possible to go south like Zhuge Liang did.

"Meng Huo, recently Cao Rong of Wei State has made frequent changes, and may want a large army to attack Luoyang, I want to recruit 10,000 elite soldiers from your barbarians, what do you think?"

Meng Shu thought slightly, it was only 10,000 people, Adou's request was not too much, and 10,000 people would not hurt the vitality of the barbarians.

"The minister obeyed the order, and the minister immediately went to prepare in person. Pick the most elite soldiers. Meng replied immediately.

……

Yecheng.

Cao Rong sat in the main hall, his face tense, and he looked very majestic.

Below, Xu Shu stood calmly in Wenchen's position, looking at his nose and his nose at his heart. And behind Xu Shu, Zhong Xuan, Sima Yi and other cadres are also in the list.

Cao Rong glanced at the courtiers, only to see that Cao Zhen did not come, Cao Rong asked a little unhappily: "Where is the general?" Why didn't the general come? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the general is suffering from the cold, so he didn't come today."

"Oh, that's right." Cao Rong nodded, and then continued: "Since I ascended the throne, I have suffered many troubles, and I have lost many cities, but in recent years, I have tried my courage and worked hard, and now I am also regarded as having hundreds of thousands of armor under my command, so I am ready to send troops to regain the lost territory." ”

"I don't know if Your Majesty wants to go south. Or is it a westward crusade? Sima Yi was the first to come out and ask.

"The Sun family has been established in Jiangdong for the fourth generation, although Sun Deng is young and has not long ascended the throne, but there are a few courtiers to assist him, Zhuge Jin and 6 Xun, but they are not ordinary people. Moreover, there is a naval army in Jiangdong, if you want to capture Shouchun, you must first defeat the Jiangdong naval army. Water warfare is not what our army is good at, and this southern expedition is not easy. After Cao Rong finished speaking, he paused slightly, and then continued:

"So I am ready to go west to Luoyang and recapture Luoyang first!"

"I wonder which way Your Majesty is going to attack Luoyang?" Sima Yi then asked.

"If you attack from Hanoi on the back, you must first cross the Yellow River, and it is impossible for the Han army not to guard against this, if you attack halfway, our army will be defeated. Therefore, I am still preparing to attack from Xingyang. Cao Rong said.

"Your Majesty." A smile appeared on Sima Yi's face.

In terms of military affairs, Cao Ei is not as good as Cao Pi, let alone compared with Cao Cao, in the eyes of Sima Yi, Cao Ei is more like a real literati, and he may be able to deal with political affairs, but he basically knows nothing in military affairs. And now, Cao Rong can be so organized, which makes Sima Yi feel a little gratified.

Unconsciously, Sima Yi glanced at Xu Shu in front of him. Xu Shu was still standing there expressionlessly, and Sima Yi suddenly had a hint of realization in his heart, all of this was probably taught by Xu Shu.

For Xu Shu, Sima Yi has never had too deep a friendship. Or maybe Xu Shu didn't want to have any friendship with other ministers at all. It's always been a one-man style.

Sima Yi deeply felt that Cao Rong's trust in Xu Shu was like Cao Pi's trust in himself back then, but there was a slight difference, Cao Pi to Sima Yi was a kind of trust between friends, and there was still a kind of judgment of his own in this trust, and Cao Rong was more like a father to Xu Shu, that kind of trust was a trust that was completely open, and there would be no slightest doubt, let alone the slightest hesitation.

When Sima Yi spoke to Cao Pi at the beginning, Cao Pi would judge according to his own thoughts, but now Cao Ei is different, what Xu Shu said, Cao Ei believed it without any judgment, and then did it.

Thinking of this, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on Sima Yi's head, Xu Shu's wisdom is definitely not under Sima Yi, such a person, if he has two hearts. With his ability and Cao Ei's pitiful experience, Xu Shu could completely play with the entire Wei State in the palm of his hand.

"Fortunately, this Xu Shu has no ambitions...... Sima Yi sighed secretly in his heart.

……

In the autumn of the eighth year of Jian'an, Emperor Cao Rong of Wei ordered the general Cao Zhen to lead 300,000 troops to attack Chang'an. At the same time, Taiwei Sima Yi was sent to Shouchun to resist the possible attack of Eastern Wu.

……

"Minister Guo Huai, knock to see Your Majesty."

"Get up." Adou waved his hand casually, and then said, "Guo Aiqing." I have called you this time because I have something to ask you. ”

"The minister must know everything and say everything."

"I know that your father, Guo Yi, was the Taishou of Yanmen back then, and his official reputation was very good. Tell me more about it. ”

"Yes." Guo Huai cleared his throat and said: "Guo Quan, the grandfather of the minister, was the great Sinon, when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he abolished the matter, and also killed the assassin Shi Ding Yuan in the state, at that time, the ancestor happened to be the great Sinon, and the ancestor saw Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, so he knew that Luoyang would suffer a great disaster, so he begged Dong Zhuo, hoping to transfer his father out of Luoyang, and at that time Dong Zhuo fell his father to Yanmen as the Taishou. ”

"Well, I remember that you are also from Bingzhou!"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is from Taiyuan." Guo Huai replied immediately.

"Then you should be familiar with this merger?"

"North of Taiyuan to Yanmen, the minister is very familiar with it, and the minister is not too familiar with the party in the south."

"Oh. That's right. Adou stopped his pen, thought about it slightly, and then said: "Guo Huai, you said that if I cross the Yellow River with light horses, attack Taiyuan from Hexi, and then go south to Shangdang, Pingyang, Hanoi and other counties, how sure are I that I will succeed?" ”

Guo Huai's brows furrowed slightly, and then he said: "Your Majesty, this attack on Taiyuan from Hexi, capture Jinyang, and even Yanmen is not very difficult, but only this Shangdang is difficult to attack." ”

"Why?" Adou immediately asked.

"Your Majesty, do you know the origin of the name of this party?"

"I don't know this, you're from Bingzhou, tell me about it!"

"Your Majesty, the Party, so also. The highest one in the mountain is for the party! And the east and southeast of Shangdang is the Taihang Mountains, the southwest is Wangwu, Zhongtiao two mountains, the west is Taiyue Mountain, the north is Yunshan, Bafuling, the ground is high and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is precisely because the terrain of Shangdang is extremely high, there is the meaning of the party with the sky, Gu'er is called Shangdang. As long as the party is occupied, it is equivalent to occupying most of the state. In the past, when my father guarded Yanmen, it happened that Zhang Yang occupied the state, and Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army at that time, claiming to have a million soldiers, also captured Jinyang, but several times attacked the party, all of which lost soldiers. The minister still remembered that when the minister was young, Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain once colluded with the Xiongnu to attack Shangdang with Yu Fuluo, but he still did not capture it. ”

"So it's not easy to fight on the party?"

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true. The geographical location of Shangdang is very important, as long as Shangdang is established, whether it is Jinyang in the north, Huguan in the west, or Hanoi and Hedong counties in the south, it can be easily included. ”

"Yes, I know. You go down first......"

Guo Huai hesitated for a moment, and then said tentatively: "If Your Majesty wants to attack the party, the minister has a plan. ”

"Oh? What's the plan, say it quickly. ”

"Your Majesty must have heard it back then, my big man has three iron horses!"

"Well, I've heard that Liu Yan's Youzhou Iron Cavalry, Ding Yuan's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry and Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou Iron Cavalry were also thanks to these three forces to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion."

"What Your Majesty said is true, but the characteristics of these three cavalry are completely different."

"Well, let's hear it."

"Youzhou Iron Cavalry, most of them are good at shooting, in the past, the archery skills of Youzhou Iron Cavalry, although not as good as the Xiongnu Xianbei, but compared to the Karasuma people, it is not much worse."

Adou nodded thoughtfully, for Youzhou Iron Cavalry is good at shooting, Adou has heard of it from Zhao Yun's mouth. In the past, when Zhao Yun was under the command of Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Chan had a group of "white horses from righteousness", and the first criterion for the selection of "white horses from righteousness" was that the bow horse was skillful, not how powerful the martial arts were and how strong the body was. And in the Gongsun Chan army, archery is also very popular, so whether it is Gongsun Chan or the generals under Gongsun Chan, the archery skills are very good.

I only heard Guo Huai continue: "This Liangzhou iron horse, good at charging, Liangzhou horses are already tall, powerful, explosive, fighting on the plains, Liangzhou iron cavalry is the first." ”

For the Liangzhou cavalry, Adou also understands it, after all, there is a Ma Qiu here, and Liangzhou is also under his own rule, with the Shanggaoqiao saddle and bilateral horse pedals, plus a riding spear, the impact of the Liangzhou cavalry is the first in the world, but the archery skills of the Liangzhou cavalry are really not flattering, so the Ma family army under the command of the horse still uses throwing guns more often.

"What about the Iron Riders?" Adou asked curiously.

"The archery skills of the Bingzhou cavalry are not as good as the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, and the charge is not as good as the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, and the biggest feature of the Bingzhou cavalry is that it is ruthless!"

"Ruthless?"

"Yes, it's ruthless! And the state is the land of ancient Zhao, Zhao land more generous, Yan land more sad people, because close to the Xiongnu, and the people of the state are often harassed by the Huns, compared to the Huns, our horses and the state people are not as fast as they run, the arrow is not as accurate as the Huns, but we and the state people occupy a 'ruthless' word, and the state soldiers fight, is to fight for their lives, and it is precisely because of this that they can stop the Huns. ”

"Oh." For this, Adou doesn't have much right to speak, but the combat effectiveness of the people of Bingzhou, Adou is indeed very appreciative, in the early and middle Warring States period, the strongest cavalry is indeed Zhao State.

"Aiqing, what does this have to do with what you said about attacking the party?"

"Your Majesty, the relationship is on the word 'ruthless', but anyone who is fierce is an impulsive person nine times out of ten. Therefore, if Your Majesty wants to capture Zhaodi, it is better to show the enemy weakness first, to be arrogant, and then lure the enemy out and surround and annihilate him. ”

"Yes, great idea!" A smile suddenly rose on Adou's face, this Guo Huai is very good at grasping the weaknesses of human nature.

As Guo Huai said, most of those people with fierce personalities are very impulsive in doing things, and once people are impulsive, they will make some wrong judgments. Think about those Jiangyang thieves who kill people without blinking, and most of them are people who are very impulsive, and they will fight if they disagree, and such people will be easy to hunt down. The ones that are difficult to catch are those who are very rational and not easy to be impulsive, such people do things calmly, are not easy to make mistakes, and are difficult to deal with.

Suddenly, Adou remembered a classic battle - the Battle of Changping.

In the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo may be more brave than Lian, but he is young and vigorous, not stable enough, and as a result, he was impulsive, and then was lured by Bai Qi to go deeper, and finally cut off the 400,000 army of Zhao State.

"Guo Aiqing, good strategy. Just do as you say, but this detailed plan, you go back and write a note, and submit it to me first. ”

"Obey."

At this moment, Zhang Wei walked in from outside, still holding a letter in his hand.

The epistle is sealed with wax, and in the place where the wax is sealed, there is a special mark, and in the middle of the seal is the word "hate".

Seeing this mark and the word "hatred", Adou knew that this was a letter from Xu Shu to himself. Adou immediately said, "Guo Huai, you go down first." ”

"The minister retired." Guo Huai immediately got up and walked out.

After Guo Huai left, Adou hurriedly opened the letter.

Adou read the letter at a glance and ten lines, and then let out a sigh of relief.

"Teacher, teacher, you have a big plan! This gift is amazing, half of the country! Generous...... But I'll eat it! Adou licked his lips, and then said, "Zhang Wei, gather the ministers immediately!" ”

……

Tongguan.

A group of light horses rode out of Tongguan and headed east.

The light cavalry did not have many people, but the equipment was very elite, and the soldiers also looked energetic.

A big flag fluttered in the air, and on the flag, the five big characters of "Zhenbei General King" were particularly conspicuous.

When passers-by saw the cavalry coming, they immediately consciously moved out of the way, and a caravan also pulled over to the side of the road.

A few of the horsemen glanced at the caravan, looked at the banner of the caravan, nodded at the caravan leader, and galloped over.

"Big brother, that general nodded at you, do you know him?" A person next to him immediately came up and said.

"Hmph, how do I know him, he didn't nod at me, but at our flag." The leader of the caravan pointed to the caravan's banner, and on the banner was the word "Mi", which was a unique symbol of the Mijia caravan.

"Big brother, who is this Zhenbei general?"

"You haven't heard of General Zhenbei? General Zhenbei is General Wang Pingwang. ”

"Oh, that General Wang Ping looks like he's going to Luoyang!"

"Yes, the Cao army is about to prepare to attack Luoyang, I think Your Majesty specially transferred General Wang Ping." The leader of the caravan said, his eyes revealing a hint of memory, and then he spoke: "General Wang Ping is General Wei Yan's old partner, and he followed General Wei Yan back then, guarding Hanzhong together, and General Wang Ping went to Luoyang, General Wei Yan must have been like a tiger. ”

While the leader of the caravan said this, he did not notice at all that in the caravan, a coachman showed a very attentive look, and then the coachman quietly got out of the car, avoided everyone's attention, and walked towards the small mountain forest next to him.

After a while, the light horse walked over, and the caravan leader also waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's keep walking, rush to Luoyang as soon as possible, and after this trip to Luoyang, this battle may start." ”

"Head, wait a minute, Lao Wang is gone." A voice shouted.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The coachman, surnamed Wang, came out of the forest with his trousers in his hand, and it seemed that it was convenient to go.

"Alright, everyone, continue on the road."

……

Half an hour later, a man dressed as a foot merchant also walked into the forest.

The merchant went into the woods and searched for a long time before he found an old tree. Half of the bark of the old tree had fallen off, but the place where the bark had fallen off looked very wet, as if the bark had just been peeled off.

And the merchant bent down, and from under the stone next to the old tree, he found a piece of white brocade, and there were words on it.

"It seems that Wang Ping has gone to Luoyang, I have to report back to General Cao as soon as possible."

……

On the field, Wang Ping led a group of cavalry and was rushing towards Luoyang.

Wang Ping deliberately slowed down three degrees, and then quietly walked next to a person dressed as a soldier.

"Your Majesty, are you tired, do you want to rest?" Wang Ping asked cautiously.

"No need, let's rush to Luoyang first, I went to Luoyang this time to act in secret, I can't be exposed, get to Luoyang as soon as possible, so as not to delay on the road and cause variables." Adou, dressed as a personal soldier, spoke.