The mighty Yang City, the great Wei Dynasty is panicked!

Luoyang, the capital of the Great Wei Emperor, after experiencing one chaos after another, it still stands above Luoshui, towering under the mountain, with a complex population, prosperity and wealth.

Dingwu Palace.

This is the original Shangyang Palace was burned by Sun Quan, the Great Wei Dynasty re-established a brand new palace city, built before the ruins of Shangyang Palace, across both sides of Luoshui, not very rich, but also majestic.

The most distinctive feature of this palace city is the golden dragon battle flag that represents the symbol of the Great Wu Dynasty in front of the palace.

Flying over the imperial city of Great Wei was a battle flag of Soochow.

This is a disgrace for the entire Great Wei Dynasty.

This shame has been maintained for several years, and it has been flying above the palace city of Dingwu without changing the wind and rain, so that all civil and military officials can see it, and the entire Luoyang City can be watched, and it is telling every Wei person that they must firmly remember this shame.

"Wen Ruo, when do you say I can cut down this flag!"

On this day, the autumn day is picturesque, the sky is high and refreshing, Cao Cao is wearing a black dragon brocade robe, wearing a fish on his head, carrying his hands behind his back, standing on top of the palace city, looking at the unusually dazzling flag.

Countless times, he dreamed of cutting down this battle flag himself.

It's just that when I wake up every day and walk out of the palace, I still see this battle flag.

"If Your Majesty wants to cut it down, you can do it at any time, but it depends on whether Your Majesty's heart can let it go!" Xun Yu, the prime minister of the Wei Dynasty, stood behind him respectfully and said calmly.

"Hehe, I can't let it go!"

Cao Cao sneered: "Don't destroy Great Wu, don't lower this flag, this is a determination of mine, I'm afraid that if there is no battle flag to remind me all the time." I may lose my resolve to fight Soochow! ”

Soochow is getting stronger and stronger.

Cao Wei is getting weaker and weaker.

Although he Cao Mengde is a generation of heroes, but now facing a general trend of strong enemies and weak ones, he will inevitably feel a little frustrated in his heart, and he will unconsciously think that he is inferior to Sun Zhongmou.

It's just that as Cao Wei's spirit, he has to maintain eternal self-confidence, and these frustrations have never appeared in front of anyone.

"Your Majesty. Please forgive the outspokenness of our subordinates, if our Wei army wants to destroy the Great Wu Dynasty, this is already almost impossible, for the current situation, our best result is to confront the East and West of Eastern Wu, and divide the world into two! ”

Xun Yu said suddenly.

It's not that he has no self-confidence, he just surrendered to reality, and now the reality is that the strength of Eastern Wu makes Cao Wei unable to see hope.

"Two worlds?"

Cao Cao squinted his eyes slightly when he heard this. The tongue licked the corners of his mouth, and his eyes became cold: "Wen Ruo, this is something that will never be possible, there can only be one overlord in the Central Plains, not Sun Zhong who seeks to die, even if I Cao Mengde dies!" ”

"Why?"

Xun Yu gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, we can take a step back!" ”

"You can't retreat a single step, and one mountain doesn't hide two tigers. This is the law of heaven! ”

"Your Majesty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States after the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Isn't it also a forest of princes? Xun Yu said bitterly: "It's not that Weichen doesn't want to fight a decisive battle, it's just that Weichen can't see the hope of seizing the world!" ”

"It's different!"

Cao Cao said calmly: "Let me tell you this, if it is three wolves in one mountain, they can coexist, but if it is two tigers in one mountain, one will die." It's the balance of the world! ”

If this side of the world is a three-way confrontation, it can still maintain a balanced situation, because no one dares to go all out to fight the other side, but if it is only the confrontation between the two Koreas, then it will inevitably be a unified situation. Even if he wants to retreat, the Wu army will one day attack Guanzhong.

This is very clear in his heart.

"But Your Majesty, now that the general trend of Eastern Wu has been decided, our Wei army has suffered heavy casualties, even if countless young men are forcibly recruited to the battlefield, they may not be able to win, and if you want to fight a decisive battle against the Wu army, the chances of winning are too small!"

Xun Yu said helplessly.

In the eastern part of the country, when Yuzhou and Yanzhou were still in their hands, they still had the confidence to fight a decisive battle with Eastern Wu.

But now, I'm afraid I don't have that confidence.

"Han Gaozu was forced into Hanzhong by Xiang Yu back then, with few soldiers, little food, no support from the people, and he had to cut off his own way, but in the end, who would have thought that he would turn defeat into victory, dominate the world, and establish the supreme Han Dynasty!"

Cao Cao's eyes burst into a fierce light: "Wen Ruo, now my Great Wei is still concerned with the middle as the foundation, and the cold is the dependence, I have not been defeated, you are so frustrated, have you lost your confidence in me?" ”

"Weichen has the grace of His Majesty, so he has today's situation, and he is willing to live and die with His Majesty, and live and die together!"

Xun Yu's face was very firm in response to Cao Cao's questioning.

However, he had a proposal: "It's just Your Majesty, at present, our Wei army is not suitable for a head-on battle with Eastern Wu, so a certain proposal is to fight in a roundabout way!" ”

"What is a roundabout battle?" Cao Cao came to be interested.

"Bashu!"

Xun Yu's eyes lit up, with a touch of astonishing brilliance, and he said carefully: "If we can seize the land of Bashu from Eastern Wu, the Great Wei Dynasty can dominate the entire west, cultivate and recuperate for several years, and still have the ability to fight a decisive battle against the Wu army!" ”

"Bashu? But Bashu has two major legions garrisoned by the Wu army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and I want to swallow it in one bite, even if I dispatch the troops in Guanzhong, it will be difficult to do it, and your idea is a little whimsical! ”

Cao Cao smiled bitterly.

Capturing Bashu is a good strategy, Bashu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then connect Guanzhong, with the financial support of China, it is a good place to cultivate and recuperate.

It's not easy to just snatch food from the mouth of Soochow.

"Weichen has a strategy, if His Majesty is willing to take a shocking risk and gamble, we may not have this opportunity!" Xun Yu said.

"Tell me what you're thinking!"

"Your Majesty, we have 100,000 elites in Wudu, and there are 50,000 Western Liangqiang troops in Chang'an, and there are already as many as 150,000 soldiers and horses here, even if we don't understand the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Front, if we can dispatch the Hezhou army to the south and fight by surprise, we may be able to cripple their two legions and capture Bashu!" Xun Yu said word by word.

"What? Dispatch and state troops to the south? Cao Cao frowned: "Send Ma Chao south, let's not talk about whether you can annihilate the two legions of the Wu army and seize the land of Bashu, just talk about the result." And the state will definitely be lost! ”

"Secret troop transport!" Xun Yu said.

"That's not good, the army is moving, it's hard to hide the eyes of the Dongwu spies." Cao Cao shook his head: "I can't hide it for a few days!" ”

"Your Majesty, there is a time difference, a difference of ten days, and a good result can be achieved. In exchange for Bashu with a merger state, plus the destruction of the two armies of Eastern Wu, what do you think of this business? Xun Yu asked.

"Hehe, this question of yours scares me, I need to think about it!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was silent for a long time, and after a long silence, he raised his head and looked at the vast blue sky. He said in a deep voice: "But within this year, it is no longer suitable for our Wei army to fight, even if we want to fight, it will take two years, and we have not breathed a sigh of relief!" ”

"Your Majesty said yes!"

Xun Yu nodded, as the prime minister of the Great Wei, he naturally knew that the finances of the Wei Dynasty had collapsed, if it weren't for the fact that he had blackmailed the Guanzhong family a large sum before. I'm afraid I can't stand it.

Therefore, the Wei Dynasty could not afford to fight any battles at all.

But people are not as good as heaven, they don't want to fight. It doesn't mean that Wu Jun doesn't want to fight......

Following.

A letter sent from Wudu County was sent in an urgent manner for 800 miles, breaking many of Cao Cao's plans, he looked at it, his face was pale, and he immediately ordered to summon the civil and military ministers of the court to come and discuss.

"What?"

"Wudu actually fought?"

"Not long after the Battle of Kwantung ended, the Wu army was in a hurry to open the battlefield from the west, are they crazy!"

"In the previous battle, our Wei army's sons and daughters had already suffered too many casualties. Now we can't afford to fight a tough battle! ”

"The bully has reached the door, don't you beat it?"

"Fight, you must fight, fight back fiercely, and give Wu Jun a good look. Only Yang Wei and my Great Wei can sweep away the shadow left by the Battle of Kwantung in the hearts of our soldiers! ”

After the ministers of civil and military affairs heard the news, they discussed it word by word.

"Your Majesty, could it be just a small battle?"

Zhang Liao raised his head, his eyes were a little gloomy, he looked at Cao Cao's face, and said inquiringly.

He was a little incredulous that Soochow actually started a war again at this time.

Could it be that after a tragic Battle of Kwantung, the Wu army still has residual strength.

In that case, he must improve his evaluation of Wu Jun.

"The Wu army is going north at this time, it is nothing more than to catch us off guard, they have two legions of troops in Bashu, at least more than 100,000 elites, it is already fighting, it seems that it is not a small battle!"

Cao Cao sat on the throne, his whole face was completely gloomy, and he said coldly: "This Sun Zhongmou doesn't give us the slightest time for Dawei to breathe, he wants to consume me!" ”

Cao Wei's national strength is not as good as that of Eastern Wu, and he knows this in his heart.

Sun Zhongmou can afford it, but he can't afford it.

"Your Majesty, a certain family asks for war!"

Zhang Liao took a step forward, knelt down, and shouted: "Whether our Great Wei can afford to fight this battle or not, since he has already been on the battlefield, we must meet the battle, thwart their spirit, and revive the heart of our Great Wei army!" ”

"What do you think of the General's words?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he pondered for half a minute, then glanced around and asked.

"Your Majesty, I think it's best to see clearly the battle situation and make a decision!" Xun Yu hurriedly stood up and said: "The Wu army suddenly went north, I'm afraid the purpose is not simple, not just want to take Wudu, whether their goal is Chang'an, or just to take Wudu, this is very important!" ”

"Your Majesty, the Great Wu Dynasty is a wolf's ambition, and it is necessary to send reinforcements to defend Chang'an, once Chang'an has a mistake, Guanzhong will inevitably be in chaos!"

Sikong Yang Biao arched his hand and said.

"What Yang Sikong said is very true, the gains and losses of Wudu are not important, only by keeping Guanzhong can we keep our Great Wei!"

"I don't think the purpose of the Wei army is necessarily Guanzhong!" Zhong Xuan squinted at these Guanzhong ministers and spoke.

"Sima Yi's letter said that the goal of the Wu army going north this time is likely to be to capture Liangzhou!"

Cao Cao's gaze swept over, looking at the faces of the ministers, and he didn't pay too much attention to the confrontation between Guanzhong and Yingchuan ministers, he calmed down his mood, and after calming down, he asked, "What do you think of Sima Yi's statement?" ”

"Your Majesty, Sima Yi's judgment is very likely!"

Zhang Liao thought for a moment and said, "I believe that Wu Jun is not iron-clad. The reason why they still have the strength to fight with us is because the Bashu Legion and the War Elephant Legion did not enter the Kwantung War, and they were a new force. In the past two years, I heard that the development of the land of Bashu is good, so they have soldiers, money and food, so they naturally can't wait to open up a battlefield from the west, take us by surprise, consume the experience of our imperial court, and not let us recuperate, but they will definitely not be able to enter the pass with the strength of these two legions alone, then they have only one goal. Take down Xiliang! ”

"After taking Xiliang, you can attack Guanzhong back and forth!"

"The most important thing is that even if they are allowed to seize Xiliang, we will not recover either our national strength or our troops, so we can only knock out the blood teeth and swallow it ourselves, and we dare not fight a decisive battle without authorization!"

The ministers also agreed with Zhang Liao's statement and added a few words.

That is to say. Their goal is Xiliang! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes were cold. The corners of his mouth raised a playful smile: "Are they so confident that they can win Xiliang?" We have 100,000 elites in Wudu. ”

"Your Majesty, if the two legions of the Wu army go north, it is really possible to take Xiliang!"

"Although our Wei army has two main forces in Wudu, in comparison, our troops are insufficient, weapons and equipment. And the combat effectiveness is not as good, it may not be able to stop! ”

The generals looked at each other and spoke.

During the war with Soochow over the years, they realized several big problems.

Soochow's iron-smelting technology was above them, so the weapons were cut down. Some of them are inferior.

Eastern Wu is rich and rich, and the equipment on the battle armor is also above them.

"Okay, let's get here beforehand, you guys retreat first!"

Cao Cao's mind was buzzing, and he suddenly became a little irritable: "Wen Ruo, now that the military capital has been fighting, and the soldiers are suddenly forced to fight, logistics must be a big problem, Chang'an may not be able to support it, you want to find a way to support their logistics!" ”

"No!"

Xun Yu nodded.

Everyone received the order and rushed out.

"Wen Yuan stays!" Cao Cao suddenly spoke.

"Yes!"

Zhang Liao stayed.

"Wenyuan, Sima Yi has another proposal, I didn't tell them before, now I want to hear about you, Sima Yi wants to lead the army to retreat to Xiliang, use the land of Liangzhou, and fight a protracted battle with the Wu army, what do you think?"

There were only two people in the hall, and Cao Cao didn't have to hide it, he looked at Zhang Liao and asked.

"Your Majesty, Sima Yi's proposal is very much in response to the current battle situation, I agree!"

Zhang Liao thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and then said analytically: "Wudu County is estimated to be unable to stop the Wu army's footsteps to the north, one thing they are not wrong, even if our soldiers and horses are the main elite, they are not as good as the Wu army in terms of combat effectiveness, if they can keep the main force and retreat to Xiliang, we can use the passes in all aspects of the Xiliang land to maneuver, drag the main force of the Wu army to death in Xiliang, if there is a chance, maybe we can annihilate these two legions!" ”

"You say that, I remembered that Wen Ruo gave me a proposal yesterday, he said that let Ma Chao lead the Bingzhou army to the south, take advantage of the time difference, raid Bashu, destroy the two major armies of Eastern Wu, and seize the land of Bashu, then even if the state is lost, it is worth it, what do you think?"

Cao Cao thought for a moment and asked again.

"Send Ma Chao south? This is a big problem, dispatch and state army to the south, hit the Wu army by surprise, eat the two legions of the Wu army, seize the land of Bashu, and train Bashu and Guanzhong as one, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and fight undefeated, this is a good strategy, but Your Majesty, this strategy is also very dangerous and risky! ”

When Zhang Liao heard this, his face changed slightly, he thought about it deeply, and there was a wry smile on his face: "Your Majesty, do you know that if we have a problem in this battle, or lose directly, it will not only lose Liangzhou, I am afraid that even the annexation will be lost, and there will be no merger; Liang is relied on, Guanzhong is like an island, it will be surrounded by the Wu army, and our Great Wei will really be trapped and fighting! ”

"I'm also worried, so I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I can't make up my mind, but the Wu army suddenly went north, and this battle may not be an opportunity!"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and his gaze became a little determined, as sharp as a cold blade: "Although I know that whether it is Xun Yu or you Zhang Liao, they are loyal to me. You will fight to the death with me if you succeed or fail, but since the defeat in the Kwantung War, you have been a little disappointed in the Great Wei Dynasty in your hearts, and I also know in my heart that in terms of the situation, the Great Wei has lost. If we want to turn defeat into victory, we can't take the dangerous road, it will not work at all, if we continue to consume it like this, what awaits us Dawei is the situation of being besieged! ”

"Your Majesty, this matter is too high, the last general thinks it's better to think about it!"

Zhang Liao looked at Cao Cao's face and thought for a moment. said: "But there is one thing, Your Majesty can go and promise Sima Yi first, that is, let him and Zhang Ren lead the army to retreat to Xiliang, and drag the Wu army into Xiliang to fight, so as not to have variables in the battle of Wudu!" ”

"And then?"

"Then let them drag the battle, we will not support for the time being, after all, at present, our imperial court simply does not have the financial resources to maintain a big war, this is our shortcoming. If they can hold out in the land of Liangzhou until the beginning of spring next year, maybe we can really dispatch the army of the state to the south. Combined with the forces of Chang'an, they swallowed the two legions of the Wu army in one go. There was a hint of brilliance in Zhang Liao's eyes.

"Good!"

Cao Cao nodded, and the resolution came down: "I ordered, let them retreat to Liangzhou first, after all, compared to Wudu, I care more about the main soldiers of their two guards." This is the only remaining elite of my Great Wei, but there is a problem, although Sima Yi and Zhang Ren are both good, they may not be able to surrender to each other, and it is difficult to unify the military orders. I want to send someone to oversee the army and reconcile them, who do you think I will send? ”

"How is the prince?"

"The prince wants to sit in Luoyang, is it okay ******?" Cao Cao asked rhetorically.

"King Peng?" Zhang Liao was a little surprised, he looked at Cao Cao suspiciously, but Cao Cao's calm face couldn't see anything......

"Hmm!"

Cao Cao nodded, and there was a gleam in his eyes: "Although this son is young, he has a very good demeanor, and his martial arts are good, suitable for battlefield conquest, I want to give him a chance to practice!" ”

"Yes, but you need someone to help, who does Your Majesty think will help?"

"Now in our Wei army, the first-line generals are all in Bingzhou and Hujiao Pass, defending the main force of Eastern Wu, and I can't draw out capable people!" Cao Cao sighed.

"The last general will recommend one!"

"Who!"

"Zhang Lu!"

"Why?"

"The last general found that this person is still a little half-hearted about my Great Wei Dynasty, staying in Luoyang, although he can keep an eye on him, but it is difficult to accept this heart, if he leads his troops to fight to the death with the Wu army, he will definitely be cut off!"

"What if he suddenly turns against him?"

"Sima Yi and Zhang Ren won't give him this chance!" Zhang Liao said confidently.

"Good!"

Cao Cao nodded, with a hint of hope in his eyes: "Let Zhang Lu assist Cao Zhang to go south and supervise the army in this battle, I don't want them to win the battle, I just hope that Sima Yi and Zhang Ren can hold them back, and drag it until the beginning of spring next year, after the spring harvest, I can clean them up!" ”

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Wudu County, the city of the lower debate.

After a big battle in Jinyuetan, the territory of Wudu was much quieter, and the Wu army suddenly withdrew, and even the Wu army on Jinyuetan gradually withdrew from Wudu.

"Withdrawn? Could it be that the thunder is loud and the rain is small? ”

Sima Yi was a little puzzled.

"It's a little weird!"

Zhang Ren's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was also a trace of doubt in his heart: "They made such a big move before, they were transferring troops and transporting grain, it was impossible to just fight a battle, and then accept it when they saw it!" ”

"But our scouts have been searching in the whole area for the past five or six days, and they have not found any trace of the Wu army, and Hanzhong and Bashu seem to have withdrawn!" Yang Xiudao.

"There is something bad in the heart of a certain family!" Sima Yi said.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Report to the general, the Baimaqiang tribe sent someone to report that outside their tribe, they found signs of a large-scale Wu army, and asked our army to send reinforcements!"

"What?"

Sima Yi and Zhang Ren took the case, and their expressions were extremely surprised: "How can there be Wu Jun here?" ”

"Two generals, don't forget, the Cizhi River in the place where the Baimaqiang tribe is located is also a road that can go directly to Longxi!" Yang Xiu sighed and spoke.

"Passing through the White Horse Qiang tribe?"

Sima Yi squinted slightly: "Do they want to give up the near and far, leave the flat avenue and not walk, take the rugged road in the mountains, and gnaw the hard bone of the Baimaqiang tribe, what does Wu Jun think?" ”

"No matter what they think, there is a very important problem that we need to face today!"

Zhang Ren calmed down and said: "Liangzhou is empty, the main force of soldiers and horses have been dispatched into Bingzhou and Guanzhong, once the Wu army breaks through the Baimaqiang tribe, then their forces can drive straight into Liangzhou and take Liangzhou, the decision we have to make now is whether to support the Baimaqiang tribe or defend to the death?" ”

"The Qiang people are already allies of our Great Wei, and if the tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers and horses in Chang'an know that we have given up the Baima Qiang tribe, I am afraid that it will cause a big mess!" Sima Yi was also a little depressed.

"But what if this is Wu Jun's strategy to lure the enemy?"

Yang Xiu thought about it and asked a question.

"It's not impossible!"

Zhang Ren and Sima Yi glanced at each other and said, "Attacking the east and attacking the west, this is a strategy used by the Wu army!" ”

"But we don't have much time to think right now!"

Sima Yi gritted his teeth and said. (To be continued.) )

PS: 6,000 words in a big change, two more in one!