Seeing that Cao Zhi had already made a decision on this matter in his heart, Yang Xiu naturally couldn't put forward his own opinions, so he had to give his hand and say: "The lord says it's okay, no matter where it is, Xiu will do his best to take it down for the lord!" ”

Cao Zhi saw that Yang Xiu was still answering so confidently, the smile on his face became stronger, and he walked to the map, pointed to a place and said to Yang Xiu: "Dezu doesn't have to be like this, since this battle is just to rub Liu Feng's sharp spirit, naturally he can't go out with all his strength, the real big battle is still behind, so in my opinion, this battle will be selected in Liangzhou." ”

"Liangzhou?"

Cao Zhi's choice undoubtedly made Yang Xiu a little incomprehensible in his heart, Liangzhou was the most frustrating one of the locations he said before, because of its remote location and sparsely populated, Liangzhou was never a pleasant location, Yang Xiu believed that even for Liu Feng, it was the same.

Obviously, Cao Zhi saw the shock in Yang Xiu's eyes, so he looked at Yang Xiu again and explained to him: "Dezu doesn't have to be like this, then Liangzhou is indeed his father was unwilling to fight with Liu Feng at the beginning, so he didn't send the elite to fight with him, if it weren't for this, Liu Feng would not have sat on the land of Liangzhou for so many years, but a few months ago, through exploration, I had already discovered the real reason why Liu Feng sought Liangzhou in the first place." ”

"Could it be that Liu Feng seized Liangzhou in the first place, not for Ma Mengqi?"

In the hearts of Yang Xiu and other Wei generals, Ma Chao had just defected to Liu Feng, and Liu Feng appointed him to attack Liangzhou with Zhao Yun, which was obviously to win over Ma Chao, in order to make Ma Chao, who grew up in Liangzhou, serve Liu Feng wholeheartedly, as for the rest, no one knew, and no one went to investigate the matter, the Ma clan had been slaughtered by Cao Cao except for Ma Chao, and all the forces in Longxi were scattered by Cao Cao, and Liangzhou lost its meaning in his heart, and after Liu Feng captured Liangzhou, did not further seek the intention of Yongzhou, so this Liangzhou, Wei did not want to recapture it over the years.

"Naturally, it is not for Ma Mengqi, only because Liu Feng recruited famous generals before, there were many strategies, so I waited for him to fall into such a trick, these years, Liu Feng developed a large number of cavalry in the suburbs of Chengdu, and the war horse resources in the Central Plains are in the hands of my Wei State, after several investigations, I learned that Ma Chao used his relationship with the people of Liangzhou, and used the land of Liangzhou as a horse farm in Yizhou. The land of Yizhou can no longer meet the requirements, Ma Chao secretly brought the foal back to Liangzhou for grazing, and then brought it back to Yizhou to be incorporated into his cavalry queue when he reached adulthood, so recapturing Liangzhou is equivalent to seizing the place where Liu Feng grazes his war horses, and the damage to Liu Feng's cavalry is still very large. ”

Cao Zhi's explanation made Yang Xiu suddenly realize that cavalry is a very scarce type of army in this era, even if it is the wealthy Wei State, it does not have the determination and financial resources to expand the number of tigers and leopards at will, but Liu Feng has developed a very strong cavalry team in Chengdu in the past few years, how can this make Cao Zhi not feel jealous.

"In this case, please send troops tomorrow, Xiu Zihui will lead the troops there, this time most of them can catch Liu Feng off guard, and if he can intercept the war horses he raised in the land of Liangzhou, he can even equip some of my Wei cavalry, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone."

As soon as I heard that Cao Zhi had set this first battle in Liangzhou, and listened to Cao Zhiyi's explanation, Liangzhou did give Liu Feng a lot of convenience for his development and growth, and it was undoubtedly a move with the least difficulty in the current situation but a considerable gain, once this was successful, it would probably not cost too many troops, but it would also make Liu Feng's cavalry development suffer a heavy blow, and Liangzhou was not the main battlefield, once it was captured by Cao Zhi, It is also very difficult for Liu Feng, who is not very abundant, to send heavy troops to rob again, and there is no doubt that this is a very low-risk battle.

"According to the previous detailed report, Liu Feng did not have any important generals in Liangzhou, and the defenders were only one or two thousand, so this time the troops were dispatched, Dezu led the army of 50,000, Xu Huang was the vanguard, and then sent five generals to accompany him, and set off in two days, what does Dezu think?"

Obviously, Cao Zhi has been planning for this battle for a while, and today Yang Xiu has really shown his painstaking study of Liu Feng's forces in the face of his own test, and is quite determined, facing Yang Xiu's attitude, Cao Zhi decided not to hesitate anymore, this battle will be handed over to Yang Xiu, if he leads an army of 50,000 and Xu Huang's assistant can not take Liangzhou, it can only show that Yang Xiu can only do it on paper.

"But according to the orders of the lord, Xiu Ding should take the land of Liangzhou!"

In this way, the two ended the negotiation, sent 50,000 troops, and attacked Liangzhou, which was not a very important matter in Cao Zhi's heart, since the war between himself and Liu Feng was inevitable, then he would test it first, so as to control the initiative in his own hands, which was Cao Zhi's thoughts at this time.

Two days later, after Cao Zhi gave Yang Xiu and Xu Huang a grand march at the gate of Yecheng, the two led their troops away, but the other generals did not know where they went.

After Cao Zhi sent the army out of the city gate, many officials all returned to their respective mansions, and Sima Yi also returned to his mansion as before, but saw Sima Fu sitting in his own hall waiting for him.

"What is the matter with the third brother's visit today?" Sima Fu was originally an official in Yecheng, but he was just a small lieutenant, and he couldn't board Cao Zhi's court, so he was very idle on weekdays.

"I heard that Yang Xiu had already led the troops to the battle, and the younger brother dared to ask, why didn't the second brother take advantage of Yang Xiu's departure to get closer to Cao Zhi, the previous time in the court, Cao Zhi probably didn't want to severely punish the second brother, with the wisdom of the second brother, he will definitely be able to return to the peak of Wei power."

Obviously, now with Sima Yi being demoted, the Sima family is not as good as in the past, Sima Yi's father Sima Fang is also sighing in the house every day, Sima Fu is a filial son, knowing that his father is depressed because of Sima Yi's demotion, so he came to persuade him, he knows that Sima Yi's current situation is mostly due to Yang Xiu, and it is Yang Xiu who led the troops to Yingchuan, so he took advantage of the gap when Yang Xiu led the troops to persuade his second brother, so that the Sima family can restore its former status.