Chapter 523

Liu Ye as a member of the Han family, still had a certain reputation at that time, so Liu Ye was quickly reused under Cao Cao, and later followed Cao Cao to Shouchun, when there was a thief Chen Ce gathered tens of thousands of people in Lujiang, and guarded according to the danger, occupying the mountain as the king, Cao Cao naturally could not let it go, but at the beginning, Cao Cao did not think that this group of bandits was so troublesome, so he sent a few generals to try to eliminate this group of bandits, after all, most of the bandits in this period were fleeing people, Whether it is equipment or personnel training, it is not good, so Cao Cao is a little underestimated by the enemy, and in the end, this suppression of bandits naturally ended in failure. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info。。

So, Cao Cao summoned his subordinates to ask his subordinates how to do it and whether they should directly send a large army to conquer, and most of Cao Cao's subordinates thought that the current bandits were in danger and difficult to overcome, and they were insignificant to the overall situation of the world, so they could be left to their own devices, and Cao Cao should not lead the army to the expedition; However, Liu Ye thought that this defeat was actually due to the lack of qualifications of the generals, too much contempt for the combat effectiveness of the bandits, and the undecided world made the bandits feel that they could cause trouble, so they still dared to fight against Cao Cao, and now the situation has been roughly stable, so they should first offer a reward to persuade them to surrender, and then use military strength to advance, then the bandits will be defeated by themselves.

So Cao Cao agreed with Liu Ye's idea, and sent his fierce generals in front and the army behind, and finally pacified Chen Ce as Liu Ye predicted, so Cao Cao after this battle summoned Liu Ye as Cao Peng.

However, Liu Ye is a relative of the Han family after all, so Cao Cao basically did not bring Liu Ye when he led the troops, but let Liu Ye be responsible for the affairs related to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in the capital of Cao Wei, and then in the twentieth year of Jian'an (that is, in 215 AD), Cao Cao led the troops to conquer Zhang Lu, who was guarding Hanzhong, because Cao Cao's advisers were all sitting on one side at that time, so he appointed Liu Ye as the main book with the army.

At that time, Zhang Lu sent his younger brother Zhang Wei to lead the troops to stick to the cottage, so when Cao Cao attacked the various villages on Yangping Mountain, it was difficult to conquer for a while because the mountain was steep and difficult to climb; Moreover, Cao Cao's soldiers suffered many casualties, and because of the steep terrain of Shudi, there was a great shortage of food, so Cao Cao planned to withdraw the army, and ordered Xiahoudun and Xu Chu to order the troops stationed on the mountain to retreat.

At this time, because some troops got lost in the night, they broke into Zhang Wei's other camp by mistake, and the soldiers in the camp were scattered, Liu Ye, who was in the rear of the army at the time, saw this situation, and thought that he could take the opportunity to win, so he persuaded Xiahoudun and others not to retreat, and as the main general, Xiahoudun saw this situation, and also believed Liu Ye's judgment, so he immediately sent someone back to tell Cao Cao, Cao Cao then led the army to attack Zhang Wei directly, and the panicked Zhang Wei could only retreat without the enemy, Zhang Lu also chose to surrender soon after, and Cao Cao was able to obtain Hanzhong without any effort.

At this time, Liu Ye began to persuade Cao Cao to take advantage of the situation to pursue and directly attack Liu Bei's newly occupied Shu land, thinking that the Cao army after capturing Hanzhong was in full swing, and it would also make the Shu land that had just experienced the war panic again, so as long as they attacked Shu, the aborigines of Shu would definitely be attached to the wind, and the pressure of the attack would definitely be much smaller; Otherwise, if Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others are allowed to stabilize people's hearts and defend the dangers, then Yizhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, will be even more difficult to conquer in the future, but Cao Cao at this time did not listen, and as a result, after seven days, there were people who surrendered from Shu, bringing the news that people in Shu are now panicking.

Cao Cao also knew at this time that he had missed a good opportunity, so he asked Liu Ye again if he could attack Shu now, Liu Xin felt that Liu Ye might also be to take revenge on Cao Cao, so this time Liu Ye said that Yizhou had settled down, and Liu Bei began to implement special measures, so Cao Cao naturally could not attack Yizhou now, and this time Cao Cao naturally chose to believe Liu Ye, so Cao Cao finally decided to return to the dynasty directly, and Liu Ye was also appointed as the chief of the march, and the intelligence staff of the leading army.

In the first year of the early Huang Dynasty (that is, in 120 AD), Cao Pi officially inherited Cao Cao's position and served as the leader of Cao Wei's forces, but at this time Cao Cao left Cao Pi with few assistants, so Liu Ye, who was Cao Wei's old minister, was also promoted to serve at this time, and was given the title of Marquis of Guannei.

At that time, it was just in time for Guan Yu to defeat Maicheng and was killed by Ma Zhong of Eastern Wu, so Cao Pi asked the courtiers if Liu Bei would avenge Guan Yu who was killed by Sun Quan's attack on Jingzhou, most people thought that Liu Bei's current strength was weak, and it was very troublesome to attack Eastern Wu from Yizhou, especially in terms of grain and grass; Moreover, Guan Yu, as Liu Bei's brother-in-law and the first general of Shu Han, will definitely cause turmoil in Shu Han after his death now, so Liu Bei will not have the ability to start this war at all.

But Liu Ye saw it clearly this time, thinking that Liu Bei would definitely borrow troops to regain his prestige and raise the already low morale of Shu Han, and Liu Ye also understood that Liu Bei had always played the card of benevolence and righteousness, and Guan Yu had always been loyal to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei and Guan Yu were like brothers, no matter what, Liu Bei would definitely avenge Guan Yu.

In the end, Liu Bei really led the army to attack Sun Quan in the second year (that is, 221 AD), and launched the Battle of Yiling, Sun Quan at that time could only be forced to be helpless, and raised the strength of the whole country to deal with the menacing Liu Bei, and in order to prevent Cao Wei from taking advantage of the fire to rob, so Sun Quan called Cao Wei a vassal, and many courtiers thought that they should celebrate at this time, after all, they could make Sun Quan surrender, so Cao Wei's time to dominate the world was a little faster, but Liu Ye still saw through everything this time, knowing that Sun Quan did not have the heart to surrender, This time, it was only forced to claim the domain, and the so-called title of Fan did not mean that Liu Ye had surrendered to Cao Wei, but it was equivalent to the situation of the major princes during the Zhou Dynasty, but it was only nominally ruled by Cao Wei, in fact, Eastern Wu was still the Eastern Wu, so Liu Ye suggested that Cao Pi take advantage of the void to lead the troops to destroy Eastern Wu to prevent future troubles.

But there must be a father must have a son, Cao Pi is really the same as his father, at first he felt that Dongwu could no longer have a disobedient heart, so he did not agree with Liu Ye's idea, as a result, after Dongwu defeated Shu Han in the battle of Yiling, he gradually saw Sun Quan's disobedience, so Cao Pi planned to take advantage of the fact that Dongwu had just fought a big war, and planned to crusade against Dongwu, but Liu Ye thought that Dongwu was now defeating Shu Han, the whole country was united, and the morale was positive, and there was a Yangtze River to defend, Cao Wei could not attack in such a hurry, As a result, he responded to another sentence, "The son of the weasel, one generation is not as good as the next", Cao Pi, who was already a bit arrogant and self-righteous, has just become the leader of Cao Wei's forces, and is in need of a royal expedition to enhance his prestige in Cao Wei's forces, so this time Cao Pi did not listen to Liu Ye's opinion, and in the fifth year of the early Huang Dynasty (that is, in 224 AD), Cao Pi personally led the army to Sikou in Guangling, and ordered the Cao Wei army in Jingzhou and Yangzhou to advance together and directly attack Eastern Wu.

At that time, many people thought that Sun Quan would personally lead the army to resist, but Liu Ye saw through everything, knowing that although Cao Pi was arrogant, Cao Pi was not a fool, and would not learn the lessons of his father in the Battle of Chibi, after all, the side fighting across the river was at an absolute disadvantage, so Cao Pi just wanted to force Sun Quan to confront him, and just fight a few games to brush up on his reputation, and Sun Quan also knew Cao Pi's thoughts, so Sun Quan would only lead the army to press the border in Jiangbei, and then he would definitely wait for the attack. will not personally lead the army to meet the attack, and in the end, Sun Quan did not come to fight with Cao Wei's army, and Cao Pi had no choice but to retreat.

And Liu Xin also knows that Liu Ye not only has a hand when looking at the situation in the world, but Liu Ye is also very good at knowing people.

At that time, there was a person named Wei Wei, who was very famous in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and officials below the prime minister were willing to make friends with him sincerely, so Wei Wei's reputation was quite high in Cao Wei's forces, Cao Pi attached great importance to Wei Wei, and in the first year of Yan'an, Liu Bei's general Meng Da led the crowd to surrender, so Cao Pi attached great importance to Meng Da, and appointed Meng Da as the new city guard, plus scattered cavalry attendants, so Cao Pi also got a good reputation, and people at that time called Cao Pi "the amount of happiness and perseverance".

Although Cao Pi attached great importance to Wei Wei and Meng Da, Liu Ye decided that these two would definitely rebel when he saw them, and finally Wei Wei rebelled in Yecheng in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (that is, in 219 AD); Meng Da, on the other hand, corresponded with Zhuge Liang in the first year of Taihe (that is, in 227 AD), and his intention to rebel failed.

Therefore, in the first year of Taihe, when Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming succeeded to the throne, he once again enshrined Liu Ye as the Marquis of Dongting, and the food was 300 households, and in the following year, the Gongsun family in Liaodong had civil strife, Gongsun Yuan coerced his uncle Gongsun Gong to give way and set himself up as the Taishou of Liaodong, so Liu Ye said to Cao Rui, thinking that the Gongsun family had occupied Liaodong for a long time, and he was far away from the Tiangao Emperor, although the Gongsun family had already taken refuge in Cao Wei, but in fact, the relationship between the Gongsun family and Cao Wei was as difficult to restrain as the Hu family. will even launch a rebellion at any time, so Liu Ye suggested that Cao Rui should take advantage of Gongsun Yuan's unstable foothold, send troops to fight unexpectedly, and set up a reward to lure Gongsun Yuan's opponents to come to help, which may not necessarily be able to perfectly solve the problem of Liaodong secession, but unfortunately it is still according to the tradition of the Cao family, and in the end, Liu Ye's opinion was not accepted by Cao Rui, and Gongsun Yuan officially rebelled against Wei in the first year of Jingchu (also in 237 AD).

However, I don't know if the three generations of leaders of Cao Wei's forces liked to ignore Liu Ye's opinions at the beginning, and deliberately lowered Liu Ye's status in Cao Wei's forces, after all, Liu Ye at this time was already a relative of the Han family of the previous dynasty, so he would naturally be feared.

So Liu Ye in the later period began to become exquisite, so he got Cao Rui's favor and closeness, but Liu Ye also had a bad habit, that is, he talked about people when he saw people, and he talked nonsense when he saw ghosts, once Cao Rui was planning to attack Shu Han, and the ministers in the court said no, but Liu Ye said to Cao Rui in private, and then he said no to the courtiers when he went out, because Liu Ye is also a master of art and bold, and when he said it, he seemed to be sincere, so Cao Rui and the ministers did not suspect Liu Ye.

But people walk by the river, how can there be no wet shoes, Yang Ji, the leader of the Central Army at that time, was also Cao Rui's favored minister, and he respected Liu Ye very much as an old minister of the Three Dynasties, but this person was the minister who was most opposed to Cao Rui's attack on Shu, so Liu Ye was when he met with Yang Ji. also often told him the reason why he could not attack Shu Han, and Yang Ji thought that Liu Ye would definitely support his idea.

As a result, later, Yang Ji and Ming Cao Rui discussed the attack on Shu Han again, Yang Ji earnestly admonished against Cao Rui's attack on Shu Han, and as a result, Cao Rui accused him of being only a Confucian and did not understand the military, so Yang Ji could only move out of Liu Ye, who had always opposed the attack on Shu and was also a heavy minister of Cao Wei, to advise Cao Rui, but Cao Rui's side kept hearing Liu Ye say that he could attack Shu Han, so Cao Rui came to confront Yang Ji, but Liu Ye did not say a word when he was summoned.

At this time, Liu Xin also had to admire Liu Ye's ability to see people and talk nonsense, and after the confrontation, Liu Ye went to see Cao Rui again in private, Liu Ye accused Cao Rui at the beginning that he should not tell others about the plan to kill Shu at will, and said that he suspected that Shu Han had learned that Cao Rui was going to raise troops to attack, and as a result, Cao Rui was fooled, Cao Rui thanked Liu Ye for this, and then Liu Ye went to see Yang Ji again, and he also accused Yang Ji of not understanding the world and being too straightforward to the monarch. It should have been expressed tactfully, so Yang Ji was also very grateful to Liu Ye, but at this time, some people saw Liu Ye so skillfully flattering what the two parties did, and couldn't help but be very disgusted, so he reported to Cao Rui, and suggested that when Emperor Ming summoned Liu Ye, he specially asked Liu Ye with an opinion contrary to his original intention, if Liu Ye agreed every time, it means that Liu Ye has been figuring out what he wanted, and then Cao Rui tried it, and the result was so, so Cao Rui began to alienate Liu Ye, Liu Ye, as a smart person, naturally knows the truth of the matter, Liu Xin does not dare to judge whether it is true or false, Liu Ye went crazy after this time, in the sixth year of Taihe (that is, 232 AD) due to illness changed to Taizhong doctor, soon served as Dahonglu, and then two years later served as Taizhong doctor, but these two positions are idle, but at this time, the elderly Liu Ye died of illness and was posthumously named Jinghou, and he spent his life in this way, after all, as a Han family clansman, turned out to be the old minister of the Cao Wei Dynasty who replaced the Han Dynasty, so Liu Xin didn't know how to describe Liu Ye.