Some major events in history are often produced by the impetus of some small people, which is a kind of accident in the general view, but if you think carefully about the truth in it, you will also find that such an accident actually contains something inevitable. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info is like the accident caused by the plan that Yin Xian wanted to gain a foothold in the Tang army and offered to Jiang Wei, Ma Dai and others to disturb the enemy. Before they saw the final result, they themselves had never thought about the consequences of this strategy, and after the final result came out, they were surprised to find that they had done such a big thing.

A simple idea of meritorious service turned into the beginning of the great rout of Cao Wei Guanzhong, which was really unthinkable to everyone. The young emperor Cao Rui, who thought that he was wise and powerful, had absolute control over a certain piece of land in his hands, and could get the 100% support of his subordinates, and could make them sacrifice for themselves at will - this was originally a false idea, and the young man seemed to forget that the empire he inherited did not have much historical background, and his core was not in Guanzhong, but in Guandong, especially the Henan part of Guandong. The loose court, the countless imperial courts formed by the entanglement of family forces, how much role can they play in such a time of national crisis, in this accident, everyone has seen clearly: countless families have flattered the more powerful Tang army, which may have been a long time ago, but after the Tang army made public that the Wei army was delaying the Tang army's footsteps with human lives, and sacrificing the existence of those small families in exchange for the preservation of "their own" Guanzhong, this trend of flattery completely turned into a wave of surrender. They are not willing to be sacrificed in vain, although surrendering to Li Tang's side, it is very likely that their family property will be divided according to Li Tang's rules, thereby weakening their own strength, but such a weakening is not a big deal compared to the destruction of the entire family, in the case of "two harms, take the lesser", many people have made their own choices.

"Guanzhong is not the Guanzhong of Cao Wei, but the Guanzhong of the Han Dynasty. Although the Han Dynasty was usurped by Cao Wei, his son-in-law was still alive, and he inherited the Mandate of Heaven and established the Tang State and waved the Northern Expedition, which was really fortunate. …… Our fathers and elders in Guanzhong should remember the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, welcome the Tang army in, and chase Cao Wei and other thieves to rebel against the ministers, in order to obey the will of heaven. "I don't know when, such a saying circulated in Guanzhong. In all fairness, such a statement is really untenable: Li Sheng is the son-in-law of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Pi is still the uncle of the Han Dynasty, everyone is an ordinary relative, but there is no statement that anyone is closer than the other. In order to pull the relationship, this is not to fool people, what is it? Generally speaking, no one would believe this. But now it's different. In the case that everyone desperately wants to surrender Li Tang for their own interests, such a statement gives everyone a fair and righteous reason, and it is also a righteous reason, for this reason, they all ignore the fact that Cao Cao is the father-in-law of the former Han Emperor, Cao Pi is the brother-in-law of the Han Emperor, and they also ignore the existence that Cao Cao is also Li Sheng's father-in-law, and Cao Pi is also Li Sheng's brother-in-law. For a while, they forgot a lot and remembered a lot, but for Cao Wei, what they forgot was what was beneficial to themselves, and what they remembered was what was unfavorable to them, and in the face of Li Tang's strength, everything seemed so snobbish.

Linwei fell, Qingshui fell, Yumi also fell, and the Liangzhou army commanded by Ma Dai advanced like a bamboo in the case of the wind and the county all the way down, but half a month's work to put their troops under Yongcheng, directly threatening the back road of Chen Cang, which was defended by Wang Shuang. Along the way, in several counties, nearly 100 dock forts did not block Ma Dai's army by half a step, making him drive straight to this point, which made Wang Shuang feel scared while being anxious. Originally, it was enough for him to rely on Chen Cang to deal with Li Sheng's own army of 100,000 people, but at this moment, with the more than 200,000 horses behind Ma Dai behind him, didn't it make him even more depressed. Like almost all the Wei defenders, after receiving the news of the appearance of Ma Dai's army, Wang Shuang also had to face such a problem: "How to deal with the surprise attack of the Tang army's artillery." Ma Dai rushed into this place, and of course there was a reason why all the county towns had surrendered, but the power of artillery also played a great role in it. As far as the news Wang Shuang got here is concerned, the Tang army's artillery has been rumored to a divine level. Wang Shuang himself knew that there must be exaggerations in this, but Wang Shuang didn't know how far the other party exaggerated all this.

As a result, Wang Shuang, who even felt that his troops were a little insufficient to deal with the frontal enemy attack, hesitated slightly, and did not quickly send troops and horses to directly meet the Ma Dai army behind him. He didn't know that Ma Dai had to abandon the artillery and other heavy equipment because of the continuous rush. This gave Ma Dai an extra day. During this day, Ma Dai's army surrounded Yongxian and waited for some artillery to be transferred from the rear. Finally, when Wang Shuang of Chen Cang couldn't react, he launched an attack on Yongxian.

Yongxian, who had not made any defensive preparations at all and had never strengthened the city wall, could not stop Ma Dai's attack for half a day. As soon as the cannon sounded, Yongxian County was broken, and the county commander and county lieutenant died in the chaos, just like Ma Dai broke through Xixian, and a large number of grain and grass materials originally prepared for Chen Cang belonged to Ma Dai.

The seizure of materials is really a very bad thing for Wang Shuang, but compared to the cutting off of the back road, the matter of materials is not very important. Although they are all problems caused by the destruction of Yongxian, the degree of stakes is not the same. For this reason, Wang Shuang specially wrote a letter asking for help and sent someone to Cao Zhen, the governor of Dadu, asking him to send a large army to rescue as soon as possible.

“…… Chen Cang had only 30,000 soldiers, and the enemy was nearly ten times larger than ours, and the rear road was cut off...... Although the grain and grass can be paid for a year, but people can't cope with it for so long, if the governor doesn't send troops again, he is afraid that Chencang County will turn into ashes, and tens of thousands of troops will die because of this, and there is no possibility of survival......" Looking at this letter that was obviously written sincerely, Cao Zhen's eyes couldn't help but be a little moist, if he was allowed to choose by himself, he would definitely choose to rescue Wang Shuang "impulsively". After all, he and Guo Huai are generally rare generals in Guanzhong, thousands of troops are easy to break, and one general is hard to find, Cao Zhen is not willing to lose them. However, he must not attack without authorization, and must sit back and wait for Li Sheng's army to attack the strict order under Chang'an City, but he can't move a step. Of course, with his identity, he can do his own thing regardless of such strict orders, but the consequence of doing so is that he will be included in a copy by Zhong Xuan, who also belongs to the same city. "This ...... Is it worth it? Cao Zhen pondered this, and was a little hesitant in his heart. As one of the most important ministers of the three dynasties in the Wei State, although Zhong Xuan has always been in the local area, his status in the emperor's heart seems to be much higher than his own. This time, he made the plan for the battle in Guanzhong, and the emperor did not give himself full power to implement the plan, so that he could assist him wholeheartedly. To put it simply, you have to follow this plan exactly and execute it correctly.

“…… Hey, I still can't move after all. Thinking of this, Cao Zhen sighed. After all, he had no way to send reinforcements, so he had to write a letter and send it to Chen Cang to tell him the reason for this. Although he himself knew that what he called was so pale in the eyes of Wang Shuang, the front-line generals.

"Forget it, let's not think about it that much. Instead of thinking about so many things that I don't have at the beginning, it is better to use the time brought to me by Wang Shuang's sacrifice to carefully do how to keep Chang'an. Cao Zhen thought comfortingly. After sending the letter, he was very sure of Wang Shuang's death in battle—perhaps he thought that only Wang Shuang's death would be the best outcome for him, and if Wang Shuang was still alive after Chen Cang's loss, then he would be a little overwhelmed.

In the following days, Cao Zhen has been very busy, while he inquired about Chen Cang, he began to take charge of various matters in Chang'an instead of Zhong Xuan. This is also a helpless thing, who let Zhong Xuan, who was already seventy or eighty, get sick at this time? As a result, the official road between Chang'an and Luoyang became busy, and while a large amount of information about Li Tang was transmitted to Luoyang, all kinds of news about Zhong Xuan's body were inevitably mixed in, so that people who were always worried about the west had to frown tightly.

"It's really a storm." The young emperor has been much more depressed recently, and even the Yingge Yan Dance in the harem can't relieve his inner boredom a little. Although there was a vague saying in the imperial court that "all bad news came from the west, and all good news came from the north", the emperor did not think so. "What's the good news? Zhang Jaw, Xu Huang, and Hao Zhao used 200,000 troops to entangle with the Tang army in Hebei, maintaining an undefeated result, is this good news? The enemy is still in his own territory, so let's say okay, don't you even want your own Hebei? The emperor was indignant about this: "Isn't it true that the two old guys, Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang, always say how strong they are, how strong they are?" Why can't you even deal with one Zhao Yun? As for Hao Zhao's stupidity, what about saying that he is one of the three shows of our Great Wei? Fart! What kind of three shows is this! Although the words were not spoken, the Emperor could not help but speak in his own heart—as a monarch, he also knew that these things could not come out of his own mouth.

However, the belly slander as much as possible, the depression as much as the depression, these things must always be hidden in one's stomach. No matter how annoyed he was in his heart, Cao Rui knew that he couldn't show such annoyance, and he still had to pretend to be as calm and calm as possible in front of the ministers to deal with the various reports and proposals of his subordinates.

“…… Is Yuan Chang already seriously ill and can't be a director? Then let Cao Zhen be directly in charge of Chang'an's affairs. He has all the supplies he needs for me, and if anything goes wrong, I'll ask you!" After receiving Cao Zhen's battle report, Cao Rui made such a decision. This is also a matter of no choice, who made Cao Zhen the closest to Zhong Xuan, and the person he trusted the most?

The matter was thus determined, and Cao Zhen received full command of the Battle of Guanzhong and received absolute support from the imperial court. Since the battle in the north has completely fallen into a stalemate, it is unlikely that there will be much change in the short term, so the entire Wei State has shifted its focus to the west. For Cao Zhen's requirements, they asked people to give people and cannons to artillery, and there was only one requirement for all, that is, to completely defeat Li Shengjun's northern invasion. "Once victory is achieved in the west, the enemy will be completely alone in the north and will have to be forced to retreat. That's the best we can do right now. The court of Wei deliberated for a long time and finally came to such a conclusion, but it was also acceptable to the emperor. In the nearly half year since he started the war with Li Sheng, he has deeply realized the strength of the enemy. Although he somewhat understood where the enemy's strength was, he could only be beaten passively when the opponent did not give him enough time to catch up. This is really an uncomfortable thing, so he has secretly made up his mind that once he has overcome this difficulty, he will definitely learn all kinds of things from Li Sheng's side and completely change his country.

"If you don't change, it's not enough to gain a foothold in this world." Cao Rui felt this urgency urgently.

At the same time that the defense of Chang'an was carried out in the handover of Cao Zhen and Zhong Xuan, Li Sheng and Ma Dai also completed the rendezvous of the army and launched a general attack on Chencang. More than 1,000 artillery pieces roared in unison, bombarding Chen Cang for a whole day, completely smashing the walls of Chen Cang and shattering the resistance of Chen Cang's people. Chen Cang fell. But Wang Shuang did not die, he was captured by Pang De and sent to Li Sheng very secretly.

"Surrender. As a capable general, you shouldn't be buried here for a dynasty that is about to collapse. Li Sheng persuaded Wang Shuang. If there is anyone who is the best at learning among the Wei generals he has encountered, Wang Shuang is definitely one. In the confrontation with each other, Li Sheng has really learned his skills, and he also admires him, so he naturally doesn't want him to seek death.

"If you want to kill, you will kill, if you want me to surrender, I will never agree. I am a courtier, and I should have my own loyalty. I don't think Your Excellency would wish there was one more traitor in this world. The clothes on Wang Shuang's body have been changed, and the whole person doesn't look embarrassed, and in the face of Li Sheng's question, he is neither complaining nor irritable, but it seems very natural, but he can hear it for many years, and he insists on it indifferently.

"Hey...... Since you say so......" Li Sheng also seemed helpless, he really wanted to persuade Wang Shuang, but this matter was not feasible at the moment. There was no way, Li Sheng could only order someone to temporarily escort him down: "I won't kill you, but you can't leave here either." As for whether you are willing to surrender or not, that's your business, I just want you not to take your own life, live well, and see me put an end to this troubled world. ”

"I will, although I hope that this world will be unified by our Great Wei, but it seems impossible for now. But that's fine, if you can really unify this world, it will prove that you are stronger than Great Wei, and it is definitely a more fortunate thing for the people of the whole world to have a stronger person to protect them. Wang Shuang saw the sincerity from Li Sheng, the lines on his face slowed down slightly, and he smiled faintly. His smile cut off everything that separated Li Sheng from himself.

"Haha, you're not going to deny what you know now. I promise......! Li Sheng laughed. At this moment, the army under his command has been completely gathered, although there are still some run-in problems between each other that need to be solved, but that is only a matter of a few days. Li Sheng planned to rest for a few days in Yongxian County, and then march east again, pressing towards Chang'an step by step: "If Cao Zhen doesn't attack, then the end of this battle will be carried out in Chang'an." However, to be honest, I don't want to ruin Chang'an like this. Li Sheng thought so, but felt a little headache - Chang'an, in his mind, always wanted to exist as his own capital, and he didn't want to destroy his capital like this. Because, when the time comes, it will always be a troublesome thing to rebuild.

"What to do? It seems that Cao Zhen is still planning to be a turtle. Although we can definitely break that turtle shell easily, as the turtle shell that will soon become our own, I don't want it to disappear like this, so I hope you can help us come up with a way to solve this problem. Chang'an, as our future capital, is best not to be destroyed too much in such a battle. Because of this thought in his heart, Li Sheng gathered his subordinates, made such a request directly to them, and asked them for their opinions: "Do you have any thoughts on this matter?" ”

"We can make an appointment with them to fight with them in the northern plains." The military advisor Xu Shu pondered for a moment and put forward such an opinion to Li Sheng.

"About the battle of the Northern Plains? They are not stupid, how can you say that you want to make an appointment to fight? Ma Dai first denied such an opinion, obviously there was something wrong with it, and even his general could see it: "Beiyuan is still some distance from Chang'an." Cao Zhen shouldn't have rushed to come, right? ”

"No, he's not a fool, so he doesn't want him to be what we want him to be. However, I have heard that he is a man of uprightness and is a little angry, and I think we can do something about this to provoke him out of Chang'an City. Xu Shu said with a smile.

"Provoke him out of Chang'an? How exciting? Li Sheng asked puzzled.

"That's ......" Xu Shu pretended to be mysteriously close to Li Sheng, and whispered his thoughts in his ear.

"This ...... Wouldn't it be too much of a loss? Li Sheng hesitated.

"It doesn't matter, the other party is an enemy anyway." Xu Shu spread out his hand and put on a posture that was not a big deal.

"That'...... All right! Li Sheng pondered slightly, and finally agreed, "I'll leave the matter to you." The whole army is in formation in the northern plains! ”

"No!" Everyone received the order with a bang, they didn't know what their Majesty and the military advisor said, but as long as His Majesty gave the order, they would completely carry it out. Because they all know that His Majesty must have his own reasons for doing so.

In this way, the army set off again after resting in Yongcheng for five days, and arrived in the north of the Northern Plains to live. At that moment, they lined up in formation, held the camp, stretched the camp tent of the 400,000 army for more than ten miles, showed the majestic momentum of their army, and waited for the arrival of the army in Chang'an.

At this moment, Cao Zhen of Chang'an was furious at the objects sent by Li Shengzhi's envoy.

"Does Li Sheng'er dare to underestimate me? Tell him that I will go west and hunt with him, and that I will see which of the two of us is fit to wear that garment. Cao Zhen grabbed Li Shengjun's envoy by the collar in annoyance and yelled viciously in his ear. As the military advisor Xu Shu expected, he Cao Zhen couldn't afford such humiliation at all. He agreed to Li Sheng's request for a battle in one breath, and almost at the same time as he blasted Li Shengjun's envoy out of Chang'an City, he gave the order for the whole army to attack -- at this moment, he had nearly 500,000 troops under his command, including the local people's army, and nearly 300 artillery pieces, and it seemed that his strength could also compete with Li Sheng.

Cao Zhen was not completely impulsive, he also made such a plan after seeing that he had such strength. Although such an attack would weaken his advantages in some aspects, making it impossible for him to rely on the fortified city of Chang'an to resist Li Sheng's attack, Cao Zhen didn't care about this, and he couldn't care about these radical tactics that were very bad in the face of Xu Shu, he couldn't do it like some characters. After all, Xu Shu's radical method is too bad, although he only sent a set of women's clothes to Cao Zhen, but the meaning is already very obvious: "If you Cao Zhen don't dare to fight me, then you go home and be a woman!" "Such a bitter analogy, how can Cao Zhen, a military general, stand it? Naturally, he was provoked.

So, Cao Zhen led the army to the west, just on the battlefield selected by Li Sheng in the Northern Plains, facing Li Sheng east and west. This time, Cao Zhen may have felt that the troops in his hands were not as elite as Li Sheng's, but he sent all the soldiers and horses in his hands, and made an idea of using the number of people to make up for the poor quality. Although such thoughts are often sick, Cao Zhen, who is in the middle of the battle and is a little dizzy by the aftermath of the humiliation, can't care so much. In fact, he didn't have the idea of worrying about what to do, but after thinking about it for a long time, he found that no matter how worried he was, it would have no effect in the face of the opponent's strength, either he would attack with all his strength, or he would defend with all his might, otherwise as long as he had any half and half thoughts, what he did was likely to become an opportunity for Li Sheng's side to break through. Cao Zhen was unwilling to do this, and was dissatisfied with the helplessness of the defense, so he naturally made such a decision to attack with all his might. He's going to break the boat.

At this moment, it is almost winter, and the bleak autumn wind blows the green grass on the earth into the same color as loess, which makes people involuntarily feel a trace of sadness. The weather in late autumn is very dry and pleasant, but it is a season of fun and pleasure, but in such a season, the general trend of Guanzhong and even the whole world will be determined by this great battle, 400,000 Tang army against 500,000 Wei army, this is indeed an unprecedented decisive battle. If we exclude battles such as Guandu and Chibi, which have a very unequal ratio of forces, it seems that the battle that can be compared to such a battle in history is the battle that decided the war between the two countries hundreds of years ago.

"Now many people compare this battle to the previous battle of Changping." Looking at Weishui, which seemed very calm in the south, Li Sheng lightly raised the conversation.

"That's not bad! At least we coped with a good sign. Xu Shu, who was following Li Sheng, replied with a smile. While the outsiders regarded this battle as the "second in Changping", they also divided the Tang into two sides as Qin and Zhao, and the Tang built by Li Sheng was regarded as Qin, while the Wei where Cao Zhen was located was regarded as Zhao. Regardless of why the outside world made such a distinction, in terms of Qin's actual victor in the Battle of Changping, everyone also seemed to think that Li Sheng's Tang would have the upper hand in this battle - this is what Xu Shu said about the good omen.

"It's a good sign, but you have to be able to win." Li Sheng replied casually, but his eyes did not leave the other side of the river for a moment. He has an indescribable feeling about the land in Henan, although he himself understands that such a feeling is purely a delusion in his heart, but in fact he cannot control the existence of this delusion. Because the land on the opposite side has such a name: "Gojogahara." "Hey...... That kind of desolation seems to never happen to me. Li Sheng let out a long sigh, then withdrew his gaze and saw his feet. They were walking along the river, so you didn't have any footprints, but as they trampled along the way, clear shallow pits formed under their feet. It's brand new, and it seems to be a sign that their path is brand new. “…… What are you going to do tomorrow's battle? Li Sheng asked Xu Shu like this.

"How to do it is up to you, Your Majesty, to choose for yourself, not for me!" Xu Shu responded with a smile, he looked at Li Sheng's puzzled appearance, and further explained: "If Your Majesty seeks stability, there is a way to seek stability." If His Majesty asks for speed, there is a way to ask for speed. ”

"Oh? How do you say that? How about stability? What about speed? Li Sheng asked Xu Shu with a smile, and he asked him to explain the matter in detail.

"If you want stability, then Your Majesty doesn't need to think about any strategies or anything like that, you just need to concentrate on the enemy in front of you, and fight step by step. If you want to be fast, your majesty can let one group of men and horses pretend to be a large army and engage the enemy here, while the other way of men and horses will go straight to Chang'an from the small road. Although Chang'an is a big city, it also needs men and horses to defend it. I think that at this moment, Cao Zhen has already brought out all the Wei troops in Chang'an, and at this moment, Chang'an must be extremely empty, and it can be defeated by me. Chang'an, Cao Zhen's front line here will inevitably panic, and then His Majesty will be able to take advantage of the situation to attack him, and the battle in this pass can be decided. Xu Shu simply listed the two strategies in front of Li Sheng. From the size of the strategy he said, it was clear that he was more inclined to the quick one.

"Oh? Attacking the enemy's emptiness in a roundabout way? Li Sheng's eyes lit up, and he quickly understood the intention of Xu Shu's tactics: "In this way, it is indeed very likely that our army will capture Guanzhong in the shortest possible time." If this is successful, it can indeed be regarded as a good strategy; But if we fail, I'm afraid that the results of our entire Northern Expedition will be wasted. Li Sheng groaned, looking like he wanted to oppose such a radical plan. After all, they have reached this point, and the advantages they have gained are very obvious, and it seems that there is no need to take such a big risk for the sake of speed.

“…… Failed? It seems that His Majesty is not interested in adventurous strategies. Xu Shu looked at Li Sheng's contemplative appearance and thought so in his heart, he pressed his chest lightly with his hand, but he felt that he seemed to be a little sorry for the trust of someone - this was not his own plan, but a suggestion that someone asked him to make to Li Sheng. From the beginning of the war to the present, the man has been nesting in that place without moving, seeing that the battle on his side is fierce, but he also has some itching in his heart, so he wrote a letter to Xu Shu, asking him to put forward such an opinion to Li Sheng.

"The results are disproportionate to the risks. Yuan Zhi, if this is a deal, I'm afraid you're going to lose a lot. Li Sheng said to Xu Shu with a smile. He obviously negated Xu Shu's suggestion by saying this.

"This ......" Xu Shu still wanted to argue about something, but saw Li Sheng waving his hand kissingly, so that he didn't have to say any more: "Although the benefits of this plan are too small and the risks are too great, it is not without merit. If we don't focus on Guanzhong in this way, then there may be a lot to be done. Saying that, Li Sheng took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xu Shu: "This is a letter sent by Shiyuan from Jingzhou, which clearly proposes another battle plan, which I think is very similar to what you said." It's just that he is not targeting a single Chang'an, but the whole world, and his hand is very big. I think you can take a look, synthesize it, and summarize the most suitable plan for us. After all, my guts are too small, and I really don't have the guts to do exactly what I do. ”

"Ah...... It turns out that Shiyuan also sent a letter to Your Majesty? Xu Shu was a little stunned by this. You must know that the strategy he just said was actually taught by Pang Tong.