"Then Changwen (Chen Qunzi) Tell me, how should we deal with the Sichuan army?" Cao Cao asked slowly, without a hint of urgency in his tone, as if Cao Jun was not in any danger.

"This ......" Chen Qun is a politician who does not know how to play military, so how can he propose any countermeasures.

"What about you?" Cao Cao opened his eyes and swept over the other civilian and military generals.

"Fight with the Sichuan barbarians." Xiahou Yuan looked at the silence in the hall, and finally couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Do you agree with just fighting like this?" Cao Cao looked at the civil officials, of course the civil officials did not dare to learn from Xiahou Yuan, so they fought with the Sichuan army, and it was not their character to send them to death.

But at this time, they couldn't come up with any ideas, almost at the same time, so the eyes of the civil officials fell on Sima Yi, and they only hoped that he could come up with an idea.

"Zhongda, you are resourceful, now is the time of crisis for our army, what strategy do you have to hurry up?" Cao Cao stared at Sima Yi.

Originally, Sima Yi withstood all the gazes, his face did not change, and his face was lifeless as if he was a dead man, but Cao Cao's gaze fell, and Sima Yi frowned.

This is different from Cao Cao's previous feeling of tiger eyes, not a deterrent, but a strong oppressive force, just like ...... Obviously, Cao Cao was looking directly at him, but Sima Yi seemed to have a feeling of being peeped at, which made Sima Yi instinctively lift all his mental power and try to sober himself.

After being stunned for a long time in place, Sima Yi stood up, bowed to Cao Cao ninety degrees as usual, raised his head and said, "Lord, there is no other way now, only one word." Withdraw.

And the state faced the 100,000 Sichuan army in Xiahetao. Although there are Cao Zhang's 100,000 troops. Wu Jun's army division Zhou Ce and his subordinate generals Feng Ziyin brought out 10,000 troops, but this could not stop the Sichuan army's attack at all, and if they resisted hard, they could only be annihilated.

However, although there is no danger to defend in the state, the Taihang Mountains are extended, and there are dangerous roads and dangerous passes everywhere, if we withdraw the army of the state to the Taihang Mountain, the Sichuan army will be stronger. It is also difficult to fly. ”

"Mr. Chungda." Wu Zhen, a civil official of the clan, walked out of his original position and questioned: "Although Taihang Mountain is dangerous, as long as it goes out of Taihang Mountain, the cavalry can reach Yecheng in one day, is this too risky?"

Wu Zhen does not know how to fight as well as Mr. Zhongda, but he also knows a truth, there is no pass in the world that cannot be broken, even if a barrier is dangerous, it cannot be guaranteed not to be lost, how can we only deploy it less than two hundred miles away from Yecheng? ”

"yes. It's too dangerous. ”

"It's too dangerous."

As soon as Wu Zhen's voice fell, other civil officials also showed worriedness. They all recalled Xuchang, the mass graves that slaughtered the Shi clan after Xuchang was broken by the Sichuan army.

Recalling Xuchang and thinking that the Sichuan army was less than two hundred miles away, the civil officials shuddered, and those generals who had entered the Cao camp for more than a year were also shocked.

If Cao Jun can only guard the Taihang Mountains, will he still have a good night's sleep? Maybe one night when I was sleeping soundly, suddenly a family member came to report that the Sichuan cavalry had entered Yecheng.

This is not an unfounded worry, it is a fact that it is completely possible, as long as the Sichuan army breaks through the Taihang Mountain, it can be easily held.

"Is there a good way for Mr. Ji Zhong (Wu Zhizi)?" Sima Yi asked slowly, he and Wu Zhen were good friends, but there was no polite element in the question at this time.

In fact, even these clans sometimes don't know what Sima Yi is thinking.

Wu Zhen stood in place, he really didn't have a good way, like Wu Zhen, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, but no one came out to speak, Xun Yu Xun You and others didn't speak, Cao Cao's eyes closed slightly again.

Suddenly, a civil official came out and bowed to Cao Cao: "Lord, Weichen suggested moving the capital." ”

"Move the capital?" "Move the capital?"

When everyone heard the civil official's proposal, they first groaned, and then their eyes lit up, and many people immediately came out to echo it, Chen Qun said: "My lord, Lord Wang's words are reasonable, didn't Mr. Zhongda also say it just now?" We should now focus on retreating, and when we avoid the edge of the Sichuan army, we should temporarily move the capital. ”

"No." Xun Yu couldn't help but stand up anymore, and said with a slight anger: "Now that our Yanzhou exists in name only, the Sichuan army can do it at any time if it wants to go to Xuzhou, we have almost no place to stand south of the Yellow River, and now there is only one Hebei left, where can we move the capital to?" ”

What Xun Yu wants to say in his heart is that we have already moved the capital in Xuchang once, if we still move the capital, what is left? There is no people's heart, no army's heart, and even dignity is gone.

But when he said this, he seemed to be pretentious, and he was not convincing to these officials of the world who were dignified on the surface but actually snobbish on the inside, and they might even be scolded as shrews.

Chen Qun saluted Xun Yu and said respectfully: "Lord Xun, no matter what, we can't put the capital in danger, maybe moving the capital out of Yecheng, we will lose some of the people's hearts and minds, but that is a last resort." It's better than when Yecheng is breached in one day and we are destroyed, right? Let alone. ”

Chen Qun glanced at the full hall of civil and military: "I believe that even if our army moves the capital, the hearts of the army and the people will still be as solid as a rock, and they will never be shaken." ”

Chen Qun's meaning is clear to everyone, all the clans are firmly standing with Cao Jun, and even the family soldiers have endured being co-opted, what can a move to the capital? The clan will still rally around Cao Cao.

After Chen Qun finished speaking, he immediately echoed it.

"Where does Changwen plan to move the capital?" Xun You asked.

"Sindu." Chen Qun replied: "Xindu County, Anping County, was originally the seat of Yecheng, and it was the second largest city in Jizhou after Yecheng. ”

"The minister agrees with Lord Chen's proposal." Wu Zhen stood up and said.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

A large group of civil officials stood up, Cao Cao looked at everyone, it seemed that only Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and a few people disagreed, and there were bloody veterans such as Zhang Liaoxia and Hou Yuan who disagreed, and the others were already in the second column.

"Do you think so?" Cao Cao asked.

"I'll wait for all."

"It's inconvenient to go against everyone's request, since that's the case......"

"The minister objected."

Before Cao Cao could finish speaking, Sima Yi shouted loudly. Chen Qun, Wu Zhen and others were all surprised. Unexpectedly, Xun Yu and Xun Yu did not object. On the contrary, Sima Yi was against it.

Sima Yi is the representative of all the families, and now all the civil officials of the family are going to move the capital, why is Sima Yi opposed?

"Lord Chen." Sima Yi turned his head to look at Chen Qun and said unceremoniously: "The reason why Chen Daren moved the capital is nothing more than that Xindu is far away from Taihang Mountain, and Yecheng may be broken at any time. Can the letter be kept? ”

"This ......" Chen Qun stammered: "I said, I don't know much about military affairs, but I believe in the danger of a giant deer......"

"Giant deer, that can also be called dangerous?" Sima Yi suddenly laughed, "If you don't understand the military, don't talk nonsense, if Yecheng is broken, Julu will be a flat river for the Sichuan army, and Xindu will only support it for two or three days at most, how can it be safe?" ”

Chen Qun's face was pale, and what made him angry was not only Sima Yi's attitude, but also Sima Yi was obviously a representative of the world. But with this attitude to himself.

Sima Yi ignored Chen Qun and said to Cao Cao: "My lord." The words of moving the capital must not be adopted, although Yecheng is dangerous, it also has the advantage of danger, it is precisely because all the adults and generals know that they have no way to retreat, they can only hold Taihang Mountain.

As long as Taihang Mountain is broken, the family will be ruined.

As the so-called king guards the gate, only with this kind of psychology can the soldiers in the front fight to the death, the generals will be extremely careful, the civil officials in the rear can be conscientious, and the grain and grass can reach the front line more fully.

If the capital is moved to Xindu, the soldiers and generals do not have such a strong sense of crisis, Taihang Mountain will be broken through, and once Taihang Mountain is broken, let alone Xindu, the whole Hebei will not be able to be saved.

Therefore, Sima Yi resolutely opposed the relocation of the capital, and asked the lord to order General Cao Zhang to retreat to Taihang Mountain, and the 100,000 army held the Taihang Mountain.

And Yecheng is so close to Taihang Mountain, it is also convenient to support the front line at any time, and the grain and grass are delivered in time.

Weichen suggested that Taihang Mountain be guarded by echelons, and the three echelons should be defended, the first layer would be broken, the second layer would be defended, and the first layer would be counterattacked at the same time, so that it could be held for a long time. ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and said to the other Wenwu: "Do you still have any opinions?" ”

The civil officials were silent, and although Chen Qun and the others were angry with Sima Yi in their hearts, they had no reason to refute it.

"Other than that." Sima Yi continued: "There is another important one, now the foundation of the Xianbei people and the Wuhuan people has been destroyed, the back road has been cut off by the army of the Di people, there is no way to return home, the grain and grass are cut off, and they are in a desperate situation.

The lord must support the Wuhuan army of the Xianbei army, otherwise the Sichuan army will attack from Bingzhou to the north and from the grassland to the south, and we will not have any defense, only by supporting the Xianbei army and the Wuhuan army, based on their army of more than 100,000 people, can we stick to the northern line. ”

"What does Zhongda mean by feeding the alien race with our grain and grass?" Cao Cao asked.

"No, it's reinforcements." Sima Yi replied.

"No." Xun Yu immediately stepped out and said: "If this is the case, we are nourishing the foreign army, how is this different from a traitor?" ”

"That's right, take our grain to feed those foreigners, I, Xiahou Yuan, am the first to refuse." Xiahou Yuan said loudly, Tian Yu, Zhang Liao and the others were silent, but they obviously had the same idea as Xiahou Yuan.

"How can this be considered a traitor." Chen Qun heard Sima Yi's meaning at this time, and then he knew that the Sichuan army could not only break through from Taihang Mountain, but also from the north, and suddenly the sense of crisis rose, and he didn't have time to complain about Sima Yi, so he stood up and said loudly: "In the battle of Xiahetao, didn't we also invite foreign races to send troops?"

It was expedient to ask for help at the beginning and now to give those aliens a little food, and the Sichuan barbarians are very harmful, killing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of civilians at every turn, how is it compared to the aliens?

Liu Zhang and Chuanman are more troubled than aliens.

What's more, Liu Zhang himself uses foreign races, and there are tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers under his command, and they are all forwards at any time, didn't Liu Zhang give them food? Two of the five tiger generals are of different races, what can be said about this?

We are now giving those aliens some food, just to use our strength to fight against the more brutal Sichuan army, and when our army is strong, we can also fight into the grassland. ”

All the civil officials nodded their heads.

Xun Yu said: "Lord Chen, this is completely different, Liu Zhang has absolute control over the alien race, and we are now united, we may mobilize Xianbei Wuhuan at will?"

The battle of Xiahetao did invite foreign races to fight, but this time we are taking food to nourish it, how much food do we need to consume for hundreds of thousands of foreign troops? How much more food do we still have to consume?

Over the past few years, our army has been defeated, constantly expanding its armaments and warfare, and the food consumption is very heavy; although there are donations from families, they cannot make ends meet, and the harsh taxes on the heads of the common people are already heavy enough, and if the taxes are increased again, I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising.

This unprovoked end of the supply to the aliens, the overstretched food consumption is secondary, we use so much food to the aliens, what do the common people think?

The traitors don't have the final say, it's the people who have the final say, we ask foreign races to help in the war, and we don't use food, so we can be regarded as borrowing strength, but now that we do this, the people will poke us in the back. ”

Xun Yu is in charge of the internal service, and since a large number of donations from the family have been sent to the army through Sima Yi, Xun Yu has only been in charge of collecting taxes from the common people, and he is well aware of the current situation of the people under the jurisdiction of Cao Jun.

Hebei was supposed to be the richest area in the Han Dynasty, but after the Cao Yuan War, a large number of taxes were levied to launch the Battle of Guanzhong before it was recovered, and then it has been under heavy taxes, and the people of Hebei have lived the most difficult life in hundreds of years.

If the world is like Hebei, it will be fine.

On the other hand, in the Sichuan military area, Liu Zhang continued to introduce policies to encourage and improve farming, but he did not raise taxes for six years, and sometimes he even preferred not to go to the army rather than increase grain.

Before the Battle of Guanzhong, how much of the grain of the Sichuan army was bought from Jiangdong and the Hebei clan in the Central Plains?

There is also a part of the Sichuan army's food, which is also the surplus grain that the Sichuan army bought from the people with money.

In the past, in order to heal the wounds of the rebellion in Jingyi Erzhou, since the Battle of Guanzhong, Jingyi Erzhou has fully recovered, but even so, Liu Zhang did not raise taxes.

It was precisely because there was not enough food that Liu Zhang gave up snowballing domination of the world after the Battle of Guanzhong, but retreated to Guanzhong to recuperate.

And this time, because the Sichuan army also did not have enough food, it only dispatched 100,000 troops to enter the Xiahetao, otherwise with the strength of the Sichuan army, it would have launched a full-scale attack on Hebei long ago.

It's not that the Sichuan army can't raise enough food, but it takes into account the people's livelihood in the war, which is the accumulation of thick and thin.

Xun Yu was only loyal to Cao Cao, so he never said that if it continued like this, even if the Cao army had the support of the clan, it would not be able to consume the Sichuan army in terms of logistics, and it would be defeated sooner or later.

Look at the lives of the people of the Sichuan army, and then look at Hebei, one side is prosperous from the ruins, and the other side is from the prosperity of the people.

Moreover, Xun Yu was dissatisfied with the last battle of Xiahetao and asked foreign races to help in the battle, which was not only a shame, but also a sign of the complete decline of the Cao army, and the trapped beasts were still fighting. (To be continued......)