Zhuge Liang made a series of northern expeditions, although he recaptured Wudu and Yinping counties, but it also angered the Cao Wei group, among which the Yongzhou generals led by Cao Zhen were ready to take revenge on Zhuge Liang and crusade against Hanzhong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Cao Zhen's attack policy was greatly hindered in the Luoyang court for various reasons, and he almost died, and Cao Zhen finally forcibly launched a crusade against Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang, and Shu Han.

【Cao Zhen's Mental Advantage】

After Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Cao Rui used the general Cao Zhen to guard Yongliang against Zhuge Liang, so in the early stage of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, his actual opponent was Cao Zhen, unlike the record in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the two did not directly confront, and the upper hand was undoubtedly not Zhuge Liang, but the general Cao Zhen.

And before Cao Zhen launched the Southern Expedition, he had a great advantage over Zhuge Liang. First of all, during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Cao Zhen not only personally led the troops to repel Zhao Yun and others, but also sent Zhang He to defeat Ma Tan at Jieting, thus forcing Zhuge Liang to retreat; During the Second Northern Expedition, Cao Zhen not only had expected that Zhuge Liang would come to capture Chencang, but also sent Hao Zhao and others to defend here to make preparations.

That is to say, although Cao Zhen and Zhuge Liang did not directly fight each other, the two indirect battles ended with Cao Zhen's complete victory, so during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei, was not afraid of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han.

Although Zhuge Liang's third Northern Expedition was successful, Cao Zhen is not to blame for this, after all, Wudu and Yinping counties themselves are close to Shu Han, which is difficult to defend, and there is no barrier in Hanzhong, Cao Cao had to lose these two counties to Liu Bei, not to mention Cao Zhen.

However, can Cao Zhen, as Cao Wei's general, stop here, he is not afraid of Zhuge Liang, why should he tolerate Zhuge Liang? Therefore, Cao Zhen wanted to crusade against Zhuge Liang, seize Hanzhong, and even capture Shu and eliminate Shu Han.

Hanzhong is the gateway of Shu Han, and it is also the connection of Chang'an to contact Wudu and Yinping County, as long as Hanzhong is captured, it is difficult for Shu Han to defend Wudu, Yinping two counties, Cao Wei's control over these places will also be greatly enhanced, not to mention that Hanzhong is still the gateway of Yizhou, if this place is in the hands of Cao Wei, then the Wei army will be attacked, retreated and defended, and will completely control the initiative in the war against Shu.

Therefore, Cao Zhen's reason for crusading against Zhuge Liang is actually very simple, that is, because Zhuge Liang won the third Northern Expedition, and Zhuge Liang lost troops in the first two Northern Expeditions, and was indirectly abused by Cao Zhen, so Uncle Cao Zhen was generous and didn't look for his stubble, the problem is that Zhuge Liang actually succeeded for the third time, isn't this a slap in the face of Cao Zhen stationed in the west?

Can this be endured? I can't bear it! So Cao Zhen's answer was: "Fuck ~ fuck!" ”

【Difficult Dispatch】

Historically, Cao Zhen's military campaign against Hanzhong was very unsmooth, it can be said that it was not smooth from beginning to end, and after Cao Zhen proposed this matter, there were twists and turns, which attracted extensive discussions within the imperial court, among which several people led by Sikong Chen Qun repeatedly obstructed Cao Zhen's plan to send troops, making this military operation almost die early.

In the fourth year of Taihe (230), Cao Zhen entered the court, succeeded Cao Xiu, moved to the great Sima, gave the sword to the palace, and did not enter the court, and at the same time the hussar general Sima Yi was promoted to the general. Cao Zhen believed that Shu Han often sent troops to harass the border, and should immediately fight back, divide troops to attack in several ways, and destroy Shu in one fell swoop.

Emperor Cao Rui of the Ming Dynasty may have been ready to agree at first, but later became known to Sikong Chen Qun. Chen Qun believes that when Cao Cao went to Yangping to attack Zhang Lu, he had already collected more beans and wheat to increase the military rations, but Zhang Lu did not go down and the military rations were still lacking. Now there is no other reason, and the slope of the valley is dangerous, it is difficult to advance and retreat, and the transfer of grain and grass will inevitably be intercepted, but if you want to keep the troops to defend the important land, you will strain the soldiers, these are all things that must be considered. Cao Rong complied with Chen Qun's proposal, and Cao Zhen's plan was rejected.

However, Cao Zhen was not reconciled, didn't Chen Qun say that it would not work to send troops from Xiegu, so he would send troops from Meridian Valley instead. However, Meridian Valley was not easy to go, so Chen Qun once again stated the various unfavorable factors of sending troops, and talked about his views on military scheduling and other aspects if he really sent troops. Cao Rui did not directly veto Cao Zhen's proposal this time, but directly handed over Chen Qun's advice to Cao Zhen for reference and asked him to think about it, but Cao Zhen immediately dispatched according to this edict and directly cooked the raw rice into cooked rice.

In history, the reason why Cao Zhen sent troops to attack Shu Han was hindered by the imperial court was that on the one hand, Hanzhong was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the terrain was precipitous, and there was a Shu Han army garrison, Zhuge Liang personally sat in the town, which was difficult to overcome, on the other hand, I personally think that it has little to do with party struggle, the reason why Chen Qun prevented Cao Zhen from sending troops is from a realistic point of view, and more importantly, Chen Qun may be afraid that Cao Zhen will become the second Cao Xiu, after all, Cao Xiu's experience is not far away.

The timing of Cao Zhen's choice to send troops to fight against Zhuge Liang is actually more sensitive, just two years after the defeat of Shiting, the ministers of Luoyang have not been able to completely come out of the shadow of Cao Xiu's death, and Cao Xiu is a big Sima, Cao Zhen is also a big Sima, Cao Xiu is a few ways to attack Wu, Cao Zhen is a few ways to attack Shu, which has to be reminiscent of a lot.

But for Cao Zhen, he actually didn't put Zhuge Liang too seriously, he has this self-confidence, and he also has the ability to support his beliefs, Cao Zhen's status not only comes from his surname, but also from his own ability. Cao Zhen has already emerged when he was under Cao Cao, and he made great achievements in the Cao Pi period, Cao Rui in the early stage Cao Weinan used Cao Xiu to fight against Sun Wu, and Cao Zhen in the west against Zhuge Liang, in the face of Zhuge Liang's several attacks, Cao Zhen's performance was basically impeccable.

So in the face of Zhuge Liang's several attacks, Cao Zhen had to react, and he wanted to retaliate not only against Zhuge Liang alone, but also for the entire Shu Han.

In the face of Chen Qun's obstacles in the imperial court, Emperor Cao Rui of the Ming Dynasty was ambiguous, Cao Zhen probably didn't care, although Chen Qun's status was high, he was just a civil servant, and he didn't have much experience in leading troops to fight, and although Cao Rui was the son of heaven, he was still young and inexperienced.

Cao Zhen, as one of the four ministers entrusted by Cao Pi, the second person of the Cao Wei group after Cao Xiu's death, the supreme commander in military affairs, ranked above 10,000 people under one person. He has absolute self-confidence and enough ability, he believes that he is not the second Cao Xiu, and believes that he can defeat Zhuge Liang and even eliminate Shu Han, so Cao Zhen wants to send troops to attack Shu, and even ignore Cao Rui's attitude to send troops to attack Shu.

Because he is Cao Wei's great Sima Cao Zhen, he is fearless!