Text Chapter 479: The Decision to Send Troops

Liu Qi naturally knew that Zhuge Jin was a loyal minister, and he also knew that what Zhuge Jin said was reasonable, but he had to show his determination to the ministers, because he actually did it for another purpose, and the political significance was far greater than the military significance. ～，

In addition, now that the two major groups of the Cao Wei regime are split, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, who now hold the supreme military leadership, may not have a chance to win a partial victory without the help of top military advisors such as Sima Yi.

It's just a pity that Zhuge Jin is loyal, but he didn't see his intentions, so he objected to his decision.

Liu Qi's face sank like water, he sat on the throne without saying a word, his eyes were like wanting to breathe fire, he looked at Zhuge Jin fixedly, and wanted to knock the other party, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while, so he had to set his eyes on Jia Xu in the front row under the throne.

"Jia Qing, I don't know what you think?" Liu Qi saw that Jia Xu became more and more low-key after he became emperor, as long as he didn't ask, he would not speak, so he couldn't help but secretly shake his head and smile bitterly. This person has some similarities with his uncle-in-law, although he is in a high position, no one has ever befriended an official, and he is always alone and wise.

Although such a character is easy to be isolated among the ministers, but because these two people are high and powerful, and they have a close relationship with Liu Qi, all the civil and military forces in the DPRK and China dare not slack off, so now when they hear that Jia Xu wants to express their opinions, the ministers, including Zhuge Jin, who had been admonished before, are faintly full of expectations.

I saw Jia Xu slowly coming out of class, arching his hand at Liu Qi, and then said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that we can launch the Northern Expedition, but this time we can't attack comprehensively, but by surprise and unpreparedness." to be able to win by surprise. ”

Seeing that Jia Xu's words coincided with his true thoughts, Liu Qi couldn't help but nodded, and then said: "It's September now, and the river has not yet been frozen, so I decided to immediately drive a personal expedition and gather the main force of our army. Including Zhao Yun, the assassin of Yanzhou, Xu Huang, the general of Pingdong, Le Jin, the general of Pingxi, Meng Huo, the general of the auxiliary state, Sha Moke, the general of the auxiliary Han, Liu Shi, the general of the chariot and cavalry, Zhang Tong, the commander of the guard, and 100,000 soldiers under the command of the eighth captain, formed a white horse and entered Liyang, and at the same time appointed the great Sima Huang Zhong, the general Wei Yan and the Wei general Zhou Yudu to lead the troops and horses to threaten Yanmen, Pingyuan and Hanoi respectively, as a countermeasure, this time we gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, and we were determined to attack the Cao Wei puppet regime and seize Liyang. As a springboard for the recovery of my big man, I don't know why Zhu Qing thinks so? ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he nodded first and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this strategy is decent, but it also makes it, because whether it is Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, they both used Liyang as a base to occupy Hebei and occupied Liyang. Undoubtedly, a nail was wedged into Hebei. ”

After Jia Xu finished speaking, he saw Shangshu's right servant shoot Pang Tong and took the lead in the class and said: "What Taiwei Jia said is reasonable. The minister seconded. ”

Later, Kuai Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Lu Su, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, echoed and expressed their agreement.

Zhuge Jin was going to oppose it, but seeing that the most cunning and wise Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Kuai Yue and others all agreed, he knew that there must be a reason, so he had no choice but to stop opposing it.

Liu Qi saw that Zhuge Jin and the ministers who were originally going to oppose all chose to remain silent, and immediately relieved his heart. So an order was issued, because the generals of the military had already received Liu Qi's secret order, and secretly prepared to allocate grain and grass and train soldiers, so after the order to send troops was issued, the army of Zhulu moved quickly. It was only a few days' work, and the rectification was completed immediately, and then they swore to each other, and marched at the same time, and they arrived at the battle site in only half a month's effort, and the main force led by Liu Qi came to Baimajin, and it seemed that it was possible to cross the river at any time.

Hearing that Liu Qi personally led more than 100,000 troops to capture Liyang, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu naturally did not dare to slack off, they immediately sent 50,000 troops, and laid a tight defense in the important places along the river in Liyang, and a lot of stones had already been piled up in the shallows, and a dam was built along the river, and the embankment was completely designed in accordance with the shape of the city wall, and there were battlements on it, as long as the Han army dared to attack it, they would immediately use crossbow arrows to fight back at the battlements.

Now after years of research and development, the Wei army has also mastered the production method of repeating crossbows, although their repeaters can not be like the Han army can fire fifty crossbow arrows in a row, but ten in a row is no problem, if tens of thousands of troops fire this kind of crossbow at the same time, even if Liu Qi's army is more numerous, no matter how strong the defense is, it will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, Cao Xiu believed that as long as they defended closely and did not let anyone get within one hundred and fifty steps, no matter how strong Liu Qi's gunpowder was, it would definitely not pose a threat to his side.

However, Cao Xiu knew that since Liu Qi knew that the situation was unfavorable and dared to lead the army to attack Liyang, he must have something to rely on, so he still did not dare to slack off, and sent spies to pay close attention to the movements of Liu Qi's army, while thinking hard about how to break the enemy.

"According to what is said, our army's current defense is already impregnable, Liu Qi's army no matter how hard it works, it is impossible to break through the defense of Liyang, now it is winter, the river will soon freeze, the situation will be even more unfavorable to him, even I know that this is a taboo for soldiers, Liu Qi has been fighting for many years, and there are wise men like Jia Xu, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu around him, it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake, but why does he want to garrison troops on the other side? This man has always liked to win by surprise, and today I think there must be a conspiracy. ”

Cao Xiu thought of this, and remembered the previous examples of Liu Qi smuggling through Yinping and attacking Meridian Valley, so he secretly guessed whether Liu Qi had found a "Yinping Road" or "Meridian Valley" to attack Hebei?

The more Cao Xiu thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and he couldn't help but secretly break out in a cold sweat, and immediately ordered his henchmen to ask the people in person or go to the people to ask the people if there was a trail through Liyang City here, and solemnly told him that he would never give up any country road, no matter how difficult and complicated the road was, he would know it well, and specially send sergeants to arm it.

Seeing Cao Xiu being so cautious, Cao Chun couldn't help but smile and said, "Why should the virtuous nephew be so careful? Thinking about these wild and uninhabited paths, even if they are the people nearby, many people don't know, how can Liu Qi know? Even if you know? Liu Qi's army of nearly 100,000 people, how could he pass by such a path? I see, you are frightened by Liu Qi. ”

Cao Xiu said with a straight face: "Uncle, don't you know, Liu Qi has always liked to use dangerous tactics the most, whether it was the smuggling of Yinping when our army attacked Hanzhong before, or the soldiers used to deal with Liu Bei out of the Meridian Valley, they are all the same tactics, and Liyang chokes my Hebei gateway, and Liu Qi is the royal driver, so it can be seen how firm is the determination to seize Liyang?" The little nephew was afraid that he would be in their evil deeds if he was not careful, so he was cautious and tightly armed, for fear that something would go wrong, this was the first battle after the death of the first emperor, we must fight cautiously, if we win, we can say anything, if we are not defeated, not only will our prestige be greatly damaged, but Sima Yi, the old fox, will definitely not let go of this opportunity to make a comeback. ”

Cao Chun saw that Cao Xiu was planning for himself everywhere, and he couldn't bear to brush off the other party's kindness anymore, so he sighed softly: "What you said is not it?" That is the case, then there is Lao Xian's nephew, I have issued a military order here, no one in the army is allowed to go out to fight without authorization, and those who violate the order must be killed, presumably in this way, no matter how powerful Liu Qi is, in the end he can only retreat obediently, I have already decided, even if Liu Qi retreats, I will not pursue, lest I fall for his tricks again, we only need to succeed in making Liu Qi retreat, we can completely win this round, so that Sima Yi will completely lose his military power from now on. ”

Cao Xiu said in surprise when he heard this: "Uncle can have this idea, it is really the blessing of the Wei family, presumably in this way, even if Liu Qi is a million troops, our army can still repel their attack, hehe, in fact, Liu Shizhong has analyzed to us before, Sima Yi's move is just to retreat as advance, want to see our jokes, wait until we are defeated and then take the opportunity to come back, as long as we defend carefully, we will definitely let it have no chance to come back, Emperor Wu's warning of the three horses trough back then, and Sima Yi's wolf Gu Zhixiang, can all show that this person is ambitious, if he is allowed to grasp the power, I really don't know where our uncle and nephew will be buried in the future? ”

"Hehe, although you are a little worried, what you said is not unreasonable, what is Sima Yi? What virtue does he have to dare to touch the power of our Wei family? When our uncle and nephew and Emperor Wu fought in the world, we didn't know where he was hiding to avoid trouble? If he hadn't relied on the favor of the previous emperor, how could he have today's status? But I didn't expect such a kid to dare to fight for power with us, if I, Cao Chun, can I still be considered a person if I can swallow this breath? ”

Cao Chun's eyes were full of disdain, and he said to Cao Xiu.

But he didn't know that when Cao Xiu heard this, a deep sadness appeared in his heart, he originally thought that Cao Chun was fighting with Sima Yi in order to keep the foundation of the Cao family, but he didn't expect that it was just to fight for power and profit, and at the same time to earn face for himself, if this is really the case, once Sima Yi gives in to him in the future, will he give up his hostile attitude towards Sima Yi because of this? When the time comes, Sima Yi will envelop Cao Chun with humble remarks, can he, the "thousand-mile horse" of the Cao family, withstand the internal and external pressure of Sima Yi and Liu Qi?

Cao Chun didn't know when he would not be able to hold on, but as a descendant of the Cao family, and at the same time he was placed high hopes on Cao Cao and Cao Pi's father and son, he also knew deeply that no matter how difficult the situation was in the future, as long as he still had a breath of air, he would have to persevere, if he didn't do well, I am afraid that today's Shanyang Gong will have the same fate as the future Emperor Cao Wei. (To be continued.) )