Lu Xun led the army to take Baekje after half a year, and the lord of Baekje sent the princess to Yangyang, and King Qiushou was the sixth king of Baekje, he was a descendant of King Wenzuo, the founder of Baekje, and the eldest son of King Xiaogu, the fifth king of Baekje. Baekje during the reign of King Qiu Shou was still a city-state in the form of a tribal alliance, not a kingdom in the true sense of the word, so such a state could not be supported for long under the attack of the well-equipped Chu army and the militia of the four counties of the Japanese archipelago. After the destruction of the Baekje State, the news reached the Wei State, and Cao Rui learned that the Chu State had conquered many foreign countries, so he immediately summoned Sima Yi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhen to discuss the matter.

"Tell me all about it! If Lu Xun's army is allowed to continue to attack the Korean Peninsula, he will definitely cross the Korean Peninsula and destroy Goguryeo, and then they will flank our Wei State from the north and the south, so what will happen to our Wei State? Cao Rui said.

"King Wei, it will fall into an even more unfavorable situation." Sima Yi said.

"So Sima Yi, what do you think?" Cao Rui said.

Sima Yi said: "We can fund Goguryeo and let it resist Lu Xun in the north." ”

This is an inevitable answer, without Sima Yi saying it, Cao Rui will also do it, so there is no change in his facial expression.

Sima Yi continued: "Does King Wei still remember Wuhuan? ”

Cao Rui nodded and said: "Grandfather went north to conquer Wuhuan, Guo Fengxiao sacrificed his life for the country in this battle, and Zhang Liaozhen slashed and became famous in this battle. ”

Sima Yi nodded and said, "Wuhuan is weak now, and under the control of my Wei State, we can help him, and then send him to assist Goguryeo to resist Lu Xun together." ”

"Aliens are difficult to domesticate, and if they are given benefits, will they take a bite?" Cao Zhi said.

Cao Zhen smiled and said: "They are wolves, but wolves also like to bite animals that are easy to bite, and we are werewolves, if we can't even tame the black Huan, how can we stop the army of Chu?" ”

"That makes sense, who is going to do this, do you have the right person?" Cao Rui looked at Cao Zhen when he said this, and there was no meaning in his eyes.

"I heard that Brother Sima's two sons are very intelligent, both civil and military, I think if this task is handed over to Brother Sima's sons, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

Cao Zhen said with a smile.

Sima Yi's face remained unchanged, but he sighed in his heart: "It seems that whoever proposes it will have to do it, this is really not an easy thing." ”

"I don't know what Brother Sima thinks?" Cao Zhen said with a smile.

In front of the king, he did not call himself an official position, but called himself a brother, Cao Zhen's meaning Sima Yi understood, although in private he and Cao Zhen also had some friendship, but under Cao Rui's instructions, Cao Zhen still did not hesitate at all, no matter what, Cao Wei's relatives are always more close than him, a person with a foreign surname, no matter how high he climbs.

"General Cao praised it falsely, the two unsuccessful sons of my family are not as good as Brother Cao said, if they can serve the country, I think they must be very willing." Sima Yi said.

"Good! Then Sima Yi decided that your eldest son and second son would serve as envoys to Goguryeo and Wuhuan respectively. ”

"No!" Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, the minister still has one more thing. ”

"What?"

Sima Yi knelt on the ground and said, "Something important!" ”

"Sima Yi, this is not above the court, there is no need to be so polite!" Cao Rui said.

"Because what the minister wants to say is an important matter, he must kneel." Sima Yi said.

"Say it! What's the matter? ”

"Your Majesty is invited to be the emperor."

Cao Rui was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's indeed time to be the emperor." ”

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Cao Rui proclaimed himself emperor in Yecheng, posthumously crowned his grandfather Cao Cao as Emperor Wu of Wei, and posthumously crowned his father Cao Pi as Emperor Wen of Wei.

In the winter of the second year of the Apocalypse, the Chu army, under the leadership of Lu Xun, wiped out all the countries on the Korean Peninsula except Goguryeo.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, Ma Hong personally conquered the Wei State.

With Hu Du as the road, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Hao Zhao as the generals, they advanced north from the direction of Luoyang, with 150,000 infantry, 30,000 Xiliang cavalry, and 3,000 heavy cavalry.

Ma Hong personally led the second road army, Ma Shuang and Ma Yi went out with the army, leaving the prime minister Pang Tong as the prime minister, with Zhou Budo as the military advisor, Zhang He and Wei Yan with the headquarters to assist. He led 250,000 infantry, including 50,000 heavy infantry and 50,000 cavalry, to advance north from Xuchang.

The third road was led by Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, and Wang Ping, who led 150,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 20,000 Wudang Fei Army, and 20,000 blood soldiers to attack Jizhou Yecheng in Qingzhou.

The fourth road took Zhu Ran as the commander, Ding Feng, Zhang Cheng and other Wu generals as generals, led 100,000 sailors, marched north by boat, landed from Beihai, and attacked Wei.

In this battle, the state of Chu sent a total of nearly 800,000 soldiers and horses, known as a million troops, and marched towards the capital of Wei.

Wei State, Yecheng, and Cao Rui convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"I really didn't expect that the national strength of Chu would recover so quickly, in just four years, I was able to send troops to capture the Japanese Islands and take most of the Korean Peninsula, and now I have raised a million troops to attack me in three ways. Ladies and gentlemen, what are your countermeasures? ”

Cao Zhen immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead 100,000 troops to reject Zhuge Liang." ”

"Okay, this third route is guarded by you, uncle, and I am at ease."

Cao Xiu also stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead 100,000 troops to reject Ma Hong." ”

Before Cao Rui could speak, he heard a voice: "No! ”

The general Xiahou Yuan stood up and said loudly: "Cao Xiu, you are definitely not Ma Hong's opponent, I want to fight against Ma Hong when Emperor Wu was there, I didn't know whether I won or lost, dare to ask you how Cao Xiu used troops to compete with Emperor Wu?" Dare to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to reject Ma Hong, not to mention that Ma Hong has famous generals like Zhang He and Wei Yan by his side, you can't resist the two of them, plus Ma Hong's main force of 300,000, how can you resist? ”

Xiahou Yuan was Cao Xiu's elder, and he reprimanded Cao Xiu on top of this court, and Cao Xiu, who was reprimanded, was red-faced and couldn't answer.

Seeing that Cao Xiu couldn't speak, Xiahou Yuan continued: "Your ability to talk big is just like when Fan Xu said in the court that he wanted 100,000 soldiers to break the Huns. ”

Xiahou Yuan is a figure of Cao Rui's grandfather's generation, and now he is old and wrinkled. Cao Rui sighed and said, "The old general thinks there should be someone to defend against Ma Hong." ”

Xiahou Yuan was silent for a long time and said, "The old man is willing." ”

Cao Rui sighed, got up from his seat and went to Xiahou Yuan's side to take Xiahou Yuan's hand and said, "Old general, but you are old, how can you still do it." ”

Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said: "Today, the generals who can barely deal with Ma Hong, there are few of us in the Wei State, Cao Zhen has to deal with Zhuge Liang, and the rest are only the old man, the old general Yu and Sima Yi, but if it is really compared, although the old man can't win against Ma Hong, he can still resist him." ”