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ishChapter 72 Ambition is clear

Ma Chao's rebellion has only been in a hurry for a few months, but it has already shrouded the prosperous Chang'an under the clouds, the people are panicked, and the market is depressed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info//Fast update//

However, there is one thing that makes the businessmen of Chang'an feel at ease, Ma Chao did not interfere in government affairs, at least there were no radical actions, the money and food they handed over to Ma Chao have been recorded, and Xu Shu promised to let Guo Jia compensate them in the future.

With a lot of money and food to squander, Ma Chao is very pragmatic and recruits troops on a large scale, and he doesn't use this money and food for pleasure.

Perhaps the conditions he offered were too generous for ordinary people to resist this temptation, and in just a few months, Ma Chao had nearly 50,000 recruits.

With 100,000 troops, Ma Chao no longer has to be afraid of Zhang Liao's counterattack or the threat of Yizhou, not to mention that Guo Jia is busy fighting with Sun Quan in Jingzhou, so he can't take care of Ma Chao at all.

Personally supervising the training of the new army, Ma Chao must bow down to everything in military affairs, giving people a feeling: he is a warlord!

Returning to the mansion from the barracks, Ma Chao was really not polite, his current mansion was Guo Jia's, and Guo Mansion was replaced with a name.

He had already received information from Jingzhou, the Taiping Army and the Jiangdong Army had entered a stalemate war, and the two armies were biting each other, and it was foreseeable that a life-and-death battle would break out soon.

After understanding, Ma Chao closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and then sent Pang De to invite Xu Shu.

Soon, Xu Shu appeared in front of Ma Chao with an expressionless face.

"Yuan Zhi, how long has it been since I invaded Chang'an?"

Ma Chao bowed his head, as if he was careless, but Xu Shu knew that there was a murderous motive hidden in Ma Chao's words.

"The general knows it, so why bother asking?"

Xu Shu replied lightly.

Ma Chao smiled, didn't make a fuss, didn't talk about it, then got straight to the point.

"Yuan Zhi, you once told me that Zhang Liao and Yan Yan only have one month's grain and grass, even if he has learned that I have captured Chang'an and cut back on food and clothing, then it is impossible for him to support it for more than two months, dare to ask, does Your Excellency know what is going on?"

Facing Ma Chao's questioning, Xu Shu didn't say a word, his expression was indifferent.

If it were not for the secret help of Chang'an merchants, the Taiping troops at Hangu Pass and Wuguan would definitely have no combat effectiveness, even if they did not starve to death.

Now, Xu Shu doesn't want to continue to be false and wronged with Ma Chao, so he can be regarded as resigned to fate.

Seeing that Xu Shu was silent, Ma Chao was not angry, stood up and walked out.

When passing by Xu Shu, Ma Chao paused and said leisurely in Xu Shu's ear: "Yuan Zhi, since you don't say it, then I'll ask Zhang Liao in person." ”

Xu Shu turned around suddenly, and Ma Chao had already stepped out of the door and turned around and disappeared from sight.

When the Taiping army was about to enter the pavilion in Jingzhou, Guanzhong was shocked again.

Ma Chao led 100,000 troops to march eastward, and forced Hangu Pass!

Hangu Pass is the most dangerous pass in the world, but the difficulty of attacking Hangu Pass from the east is completely different from attacking Hangu Pass from the west.

Hangu Pass is the eastern gate of Guanzhong, and enemies from home are obviously more difficult to deal with than enemies from outside.

Entering Tongguan, passing through the peach blossom stopper, Ma Chao took the soldiers and horses to Xin'an, which was less than 100 miles away from Hangu Pass, and stationed down.

Ma Chao led 100,000 troops, Zhang Jaw also had 100,000 troops to guard Luoyang, and Zhang Liao, who was sandwiched in the middle, only had 70,000 soldiers and horses.

Yecheng, Hebei

After Cao Pi called the emperor, his preferred capital city was actually Luoyang, but because of the severe situation of Sili, he retreated to Yecheng and chose Yecheng, which added the city of Qiaojun from the Cao family, Luoyang, Chang'an, Yecheng, Xuchang, and Qiaoxian, which became the world's famous "five capitals".

After the implementation of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, Cao Pi successfully stabilized the interior, and it can even be said that he was more united than when Cao Cao ruled, but Cao Pi was short-sighted and only saw the present, and did not think deeply about the future changes in the situation.

The interior is stable, and then Cao Pi has to focus on the outside. i

named Sun Quan as the king of Wu, and Sun Quan expressed his gratitude.

and also named Ma Chao as the king of Guanzhong, but did not get any response.

Ma Chao turned against Guo Jia, and he didn't want to hug Cao Pi's thigh, this King of Guanzhong who was sealed by Cao Pi, Ma Chao is not uncommon at all, whether there is a prince or not, Ma Chao is now the one who dominates everything in Guanzhong.

After Cui Yan Mao Jue and others resigned and returned to the field, there are many people around Cao Pi who can give advice, such as Xun Yu and the old minister Cheng Yu, but these two people are not only old, one is in his fifties, and the other is nearly seventy years old, plus these two are Cao Cao's right-hand men, and they are Cao Pi's predecessors, in the face of these two people, even if they are Cao Pi who is sitting on the throne, they must be treated respectfully, so Cao Pi prefers the younger Sima Yi.

Cao Pi, who had been paying attention to the battle situation in Jingzhou, called Sima Yi and directly asked Sima Yi to see the information of Jingzhou and Guanzhong.

Sima Yi has always given people the impression of being quiet and pragmatic and conscientious, he first read the information of the battle of Guosun in Jingzhou, and immediately frowned.

"Hundreds of miles of camp, the Taiping army will definitely be defeated!"

Sima Yi blurted out without hesitation.

After listening to Sima Yi's analysis, Cao Pi asked rhetorically.

"If Jiangdong wins a big victory, won't Jiangdong directly attack Yizhou?"

This speculation makes sense, because the Taiping army is using all its strength to crusade against Jiangdong this time, and once defeated, the worst outcome is the annihilation of the whole army, and then Yizhou is empty and can be slaughtered.

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "After Jiangdong wins, he will never wave his army westward to seize the opportunity to seize Yizhou." Sun Quan bowed to His Majesty because of the situation, and he was actually on guard against His Majesty. ”

Cao Pi suddenly realized, after Jiangdong's victory in Jingzhou, how could he continue to fight Yizhou, north of the Yangtze River, but there are still Fancheng Cao Ren and Xu Huang, Sun Quan really went to fight Yizhou, isn't he afraid that Cao Wei will take the opportunity to go south?

"In that case, then Sun Quan wants to hold Jingzhou?"

Cao Pi's inference was affirmed by Sima Yi.

In this way, Cao Pi regretted it.

"A godsend, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Cao Pi sighed, if Sun Quan dared to enter Yizhou, then maybe he could subvert Guo Jia's rule in one fell swoop, which was definitely Cao Pi's dream, of course, it was best for Sun Quan to finish fighting Yizhou, and when they had not come back to their senses, it would be best for Cao Pi to fully capture Sun Quan's territory.

After all, in the territories of Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Sanzhou, Sun Quan simply did not have enough troops to defend, which was the same as the defeat of Gongsun Zan back then, so even if Sun Quan won the war with Guo Jia, he would not enter Yizhou, and it was advisable to stick to Jingzhou and develop steadily.

"Your Majesty does not have to be disappointed, as long as Sun Quan wins, he can order Cao Ren and Xu Huang to take the opportunity to capture Shangyong and Xincheng, and divide Jingzhou with Hanshui as the boundary and Sun Quan, so that our army will not only capture the strategic points in Hanzhong, but also reap the benefits."

Sima Yi didn't want Cao Pi to be a monarch who focused on momentary gains and losses.

As long as the Taiping army is defeated in Jingzhou, Xincheng and the Wu brothers of Shangyong will inevitably lead the army back to Yizhou, and then it will be the opportunity for Cao Wei to take the opportunity to expand.

Sima Yi then looked at the intelligence in Guanzhong, and after learning that Ma Chao was going to fight Zhang Liao, Sima Yi was overjoyed and said to Cao Pi: "Your Majesty, the real God-given opportunity is here." ”

Cao Pi glanced at the Guanzhong intelligence that Sima Yi was holding, and asked thoughtfully, "Is Ma Chao at war with Zhang Liao?" Ma Chaosheng also stuck to Hangu Pass, Ma Chao was defeated, Zhang Liao is still the same as always, how can this be regarded as a godsend? ”

Cao Pi was not excited, in his mind, the variable in the pass should be Zhang Liao leaving Hangu Pass to fight Chang'an, but the result was the opposite, Ma Chao sent troops from Chang'an to fight Zhang Liao, the Xiongguan of Hangu Pass, if Ma Chao wins, he sent troops to defend it, and Zhang Liao is in charge, what is the difference?

To hold the Hangu Pass, what is needed is troops, with the help of geographical advantages, as long as it is not a wine bag and rice bag, it will not be easily thrown away.

Sima Yi arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "As soon as the war in the west of Hangu Pass begins, the defense of the eastern part of the country will naturally be relaxed, if the dust of the war settles and the winner redeploys the defense, the best opportunity will be missed, our army should take advantage of the situation when Zhang Liao and Ma Chao are fighting fiercely, as long as the Guancheng is occupied, Guanzhong is His Majesty's." ”

When Cao Pi heard this, he suddenly felt reasonable, and he asked again: "What about the Yan Yan of Wuguan?" ”

Sima Yi said disapprerovingly: "Yan Yan only has 30,000 soldiers and horses, when he learned that Zhang Liao and Ma Chao started a war and our army joined the battle, he must have been anxious, waved his army to the north, entered Tongguan and attacked Ma Chao from behind to rescue Zhang Liao, and at that time, Wancheng Cao Zhenke led the army to attack Wuguan and smashed Chang'an!" ”

Cao Pi stood up and paced back and forth, weighing the pros and cons.

There's nothing wrong with giving it a try.

In Luoyang, there is an army of 100,000 led by Zhang Jaw, and when Zhang Liao and Ma Chao started a war, they attacked Hangu Pass, and they can succeed in the entire Guanzhong and Northwest in their pockets.

Having just ascended the throne as emperor, Cao Pi needs to win battles to inspire people, and he needs to let everyone see his military achievements, and he dare not say that he can surpass Cao Cao, at least he must have good ability in this regard.

So, Cao Pi agreed to Sima Yi's strategy.

When Cao Pi planned to personally write the military order to Luoyang's Zhang Jaw, Sima Yi's face turned pale, and he solemnly surrendered his hand and asked for his life: "Your Majesty, this battle affects the situation in the world, if you can win, then the subjugation of the mountains and rivers is just around the corner, and the lower official earnestly asks Your Majesty to agree, and the lower official will personally go to Luoyang to fight with General Zhang to unite the army." ”

Cao Pi's expression was stunned, he didn't expect Sima Yi, who was born as a civilian official, to want to lead the troops to fight, this is nothing surprising, civil and military are not separated, Sima Yi's military talent is recognized from Cao Pi to Cheng Yu Xunyou and others.

And what he said is true, as long as Guanzhong and Liangzhou can be taken, the situation of Cao Wei's overstretched troops will be reversed immediately, and Si Li will no longer have to hoard heavy troops, and he will be very calm when he moves south.

This battle can be won, and Cao Pi, the emperor, dreams of dominating the country, and he is eighty percent sure.

After pondering for a while, Cao Pi agreed to let Sima Yi go to Luoyang to supervise the battle.

got what he wanted, Sima Yi was ordered to retreat, and the moment he turned his back to Cao Pi, Sima Yi smiled.

If you want to win the hearts of the people and revive the Sima family, where to start? Maybe it's Shilin, but Sima Yi deeply understands that the lifeblood of any hero is the army! What he wants is to establish prestige in the army!

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