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The imperial court asked Guan Yu to return to Beijing to assist the young lord, and Xu Shu was changed to guard Jingzhou, and both supervised the military of Jingyi and Erzhou, and the imperial court gave Xu Shu more power than Guan Yu, who was a general before. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jingzhou is Guan Yu's "nest" that has been operated for more than ten years, there are more than 100,000 troops and generals at all levels loyal to him, if he is transferred to the capital, it sounds good in name, what is the auxiliary minister, but his influence in the capital army is far less than Jingzhou.

Obviously, this is another "bad idea" that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's auxiliary ministers came up with.

"General, this edict can't be accepted, once you are transferred to Chang'an, you will definitely not be able to play with the cunning ministers like Zhuge Liang, and when the time comes, you should regret it."

Peng Yi anxiously persuaded Guan Yu, now his future and ambition are closely related to Guan Yu, if Guan Yu's power declines, it means that he has been planning hard for so many years, but in the end, it is empty.

Of course, Guan Yu didn't want to accept this edict, but he also had his own difficulties that he had to deal with.

Jingzhou was attacked, the main force of Xiangyang was destroyed, and he was trapped on the north bank of the Han River for several months without being able to cross, and all these setbacks have now greatly damaged his prestige Guan Yu. On the contrary, it was Fang Shao's extermination of Wei Qigong that made his prestige rise rapidly, and even Guan Yu had to admit that Fang Shao's influence in the army at this moment had actually surpassed himself.

That is to say, through the rise of Fang Shao, the literati of the imperial court have gained the right to overshadow themselves in the army.

Moreover, after the battle of Jingzhou, his Jingzhou army suffered heavy losses, and most of Jingzhou was occupied by the Wu people, and the grain and grass supply of the Jingzhou army could no longer be independent, and most of them had to rely on the allocation of the imperial court.

All kinds of unfavorable situations have actually made Guan Yu lose the huge influence when he was fighting for the new emperor, and it is precisely because of this that the court's civil servants dare to take the opportunity to use this means to transfer him out of Jingzhou, which he has worked so hard to manage.

"Hmph, those civil servants are really going to fall into the ground, it seems that I have to go back to Beijing this time." Guan Yu's tone was a little helpless for the first time.

Peng Yi didn't expect Guan Yu to be soft, so he couldn't help but be taken aback, and said hurriedly: "General, this is clearly Kong Ming's desire to cut the general's military power, and the general knows that it is a plan, how can he be willing to enter the net." ”

Guan Yu glared at him, and said with a blushing face: "Do you think that Ben Jiang doesn't know their tricks, but they are fighting under the banner of His Majesty, do you think Ben Jiang still has the strength to resist the decree now?" ”

Guan Yu asked Peng Yi stupidly, who are Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, aren't they better than him Peng Yi, do you not know that your own means will be recognized, knowing this, you dare to use this means, there is no other reason, but you have the certainty that it will be successful.

At this time, Peng Yi was silent, just lowered his head and looked gloomy, he now understood that Guan Yu was indeed helpless.

Guan Yu had to obey the holy order, but he would not easily give up control of Jingzhou, before leaving, he put his eldest son Guan Ping in the position of Xiangyang Taishou, and his brother Zhang Liao in the position of Jiangling Taishou, and made the two of them serve as the deputy commanders of the Jingzhou Army.

Guan Yu knew that Xu Shu was on Kong Ming's side, and now even if Xu Shu was appointed as the Zhenjiang of Jingzhou, he guarded the vital places with his cronies and divided his military power, and believed that he could still maintain his control over Jingzhou.

Due to Guan Yu's transfer, Jingzhou did not carry out a counteroffensive against Wu, but stuck to the Nanyang margin of Nanjun, recuperated the soldiers, restored the damage caused by the invasion of Wu, and seized the time to restore the naval army.

Although all the naval warships in Xiangyang were destroyed, due to Xu Shu's impromptu decision, nearly 500 warships from Lukou and Jiangling were retreated into Yizhou in time, and a valuable number of warships were preserved for the Han army, so that they would not have no sails to launch and let the Wu people cross the Yangtze River.

Although Wu withdrew its troops, it still left nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, as well as nearly 700 warships, to garrison strategic points such as Xiakou, Lukou, and Baqiu, which were out of control of the Yangtze River and its important tributaries, to ensure the results of this battle.

When the army of more than 100,000 people of Wu State, under the leadership of Lü Meng, entered Huai from the river and went north to meet Cao Zhen, who surrendered to Xuzhou, most of Fang Shao's soldiers and horses had crossed the Yellow River and captured the Central Plains of Wei with lightning speed.

In Luoyang, the city of Luoyang was broken, Cao Ren was killed in battle, the last troops of Wei in the Central Plains were all wiped out, and several Han armies quickly captured Sizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou and other places in the Central Plains.

The Wu people were not vegetarians either, and when the main army rushed to Xuzhou, the armies of the land bordering Wei were also ordered to march north and seize and carve up the southern part of the Central Plains with the Han army.

Because the Han army had the power of cavalry, and in the three states of Siyuyan, the Han army seized most of the prefectures and counties, and the dense water network in the Qingxu area, coupled with the surrender of Cao Zhen, made the Wu people lead troops north without encountering any resistance, not only occupied Xuzhou, but also took advantage of the advantage of the waterway fast forward, and seized the southerly land of Lu County, Peiguo, Qian County, Runan, Taishan, Langxiguo, Chengyang and many other counties bordering Xuzhou.

According to Fang Shao's prior strategy, when the army crossed the river to the south and led the army to the southeast, it was expected that the Wu people would withdraw from the siege of Jingzhou, and he planned to lead the army to destroy Cao Zhen and capture Xuzhou first, and then consider whether to start a war with the Wu people.

However, Cao Zhen's surrender to Wu was beyond Fang Shao's expectations, and the Wu people easily gained a foothold in Xuzhou, and used it as a base to expand north and west, so that Fang Shao had to abandon the strategy of seizing Xuzhou, and ordered all armies to stop at the border of Wu and not to engage in armed conflict with the Wu people.

It was not that Fang Shao was afraid of the Wu people, but that the supply line of the Han army had been stretched too long, and the Han army was exhausted after nearly half a year of hard fighting.

Fang Shao wisely chose to accept it when he saw it, and the armies stopped advancing south one after another, and soon after, the edict of Chang'an was also sent to the front line, Zhuge Liang and Fang Shao's opinions were the same, and they were also unwilling to start a war with the Wu people at this time.

Therefore, after receiving the edict of the imperial court, Fang Shao left Wei Yan to lead an army of 50,000 to sit in Qingyan to guard against the northward advance of the Wu people, and ordered Deng Ai, Wang Jun, and Wang Ping to lead an army of 30,000 to divide the towns into strategic places such as Xudu, Chenliu, and Yecheng.

At the same time, after Zhang Fei's army captured Luoyang, he quickly led the army eastward, and formed a confrontation with the Wu army in Runan, Qiaojun and other places.

When the spring began, the entire Wei State had basically been divided between Han and Wu, and the Wei State was destroyed.

The situation in the whole of China was that Wu occupied all of the three prefectures of Jiaoyang and Xu, Jingzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and the southern part of Yanzhou, and the Han State occupied all of the seven prefectures of Yiyongliang and Youji, and Jingzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and the northern part of Yanzhou. In addition, Liaodong was still entrenched in the secession power of the Gongsun clan, and there were several foreign regimes outside the northern border, all of which were nominally under the rule of the Han state.

Overall, after the destruction of Wei, the territory and national strength of the Han State increased dramatically, and it became the strongest country in the world, but due to the fatigue of the long-term war, the new states were not yet able to be pacified, so they were not able to destroy Wu. As for the state of Wu, although in this war, with the least losses, gained a huge gain, but because he was not accustomed to land warfare, although the border advanced a lot to the north, he did not dare to rashly invade the Han state again.

In the year of the destruction of Wei, Han and Wu reached a tacit understanding, a tacit understanding of not invading each other.

After half a year of military career, Fang Shao finally returned to Chang'an, he returned to Chang'an City with great glory, the first merit of destroying Wei, so that he was welcomed like a hero, in the government and the opposition, in the hearts of the people, Fang Shao's reputation has been like Zhongtian.

Because of the merit of destroying Wei, Fang Shao was promoted to the Marquis of Jinyang County, and he ate 10,000 households.

After the grand celebration banquet presided over by the young emperor, Fang Shao and Pang Tong gathered in Kong Ming's mansion.

It is difficult to manage that the differences between Zhuge Liang, Fang Shao and Pang Tong have gradually surfaced, but as the leaders of the Jingxiang people, when the entire group has not yet split, these three leaders still sit together again.

Pang Tong naturally praised Fang Shao, although Fang Shao knew that this was a bit insincere, but he could only pretend to be a lie to deal with it.

After a polite conversation, the conversation turned to the main topic.

"Now that Cao Ying has been captured, and the Cao clan has lost all of them, how to deal with them, what do you think?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"Cao Ying's self-reliance on the Han Dynasty is unforgivable, and it is not too much to punish his nine clans. However, this Cao Ying is still popular in the Central Plains, and has done a lot of good things to benefit the people, if he is beheaded, I am afraid that it will make the people of the Central Plains uneasy. How to deal with him is indeed not an easy task. ”

Pang Tong analyzed it, and said at the end: "Zhongzheng, I knew this earlier, you simply killed him on the battlefield at the beginning, and you saved yourself the trouble now." ”

Fang Shao and Cao Ying have no grudges, and what they do is just out of their own interests, in fact, Fang Shao still has some admiration for Cao Ying in his heart, and as far as he is concerned, he doesn't want to kill Cao Ying.

However, Pang Tong used the topic to play like this, obviously wanting to weaken Fang Shao's great credit for capturing Cao Ying, since Pang Tong said so, it was exactly what Fang Shao wanted.

As soon as his mind turned, Fang Shao had an interesting idea, so he smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this matter, I have my own strategy for dealing with Cao Ying." ”

"Zhongzheng, what is your opinion?" Zhuge Liang asked with a smile.

Fang Shao coughed, and a wicked smile appeared on his face: "Actually, it's very simple, Cao Ying can not be killed, but he must also be punished, in my opinion, it is better to send Cao Ying and the Cao family to all of them, and let them guard the tomb for the first emperor." ”

(To be continued)