"I want to go." Cao Ren heard Sima Yi recommend himself and immediately asked for help.

"Go aside." Cao Cao scolded Cao Ren and glanced at Sima Yi in surprise, he really didn't want to go to the expedition now, he had his own reasons, but how did Sima Yi see it? Has he seen his reasons?

Cao Cao's pupils contracted, and he said with a smile: "Zhong Da's suggestion is very good, but Cao Ren, although he has a little talent, he is a little reckless and greedy for merit, so this time Zhang Liao will lead the army." ”

In Cao Cao's heart, Cao Ren is handsome, although his character still needs to be honed, but he can lead the army, and he is a family general, which is very suitable.

But taking Chang'an this time is related to the lifeline of the rise and fall of Cao Jun, and it is related to who belongs to the Han world, and at this time Cao Cao did not dare to use the greedy Cao Ren to take risks.

"I ......" Cao Ren's face was full of unconvinced.

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Sima Yi returned to the mansion, and Sima Fu immediately greeted him: "Second brother, I heard that today the king wants to appoint you as the commander of the Chinese army, but you refused, why?" ”

"Good things don't go out, bad things go thousands of miles, it's really not quiet." Sima Yi shook his hand and entered the house.

"Second brother, what kind of evil thing is this, this is the first time since our army was reorganized, it is almost a sure victory, why did the second brother shirk the commander of the Chinese army?

As long as the second brother is the commander of the Chinese army, after defeating the Sichuan army, not only will he have a higher prestige in the army, but won't the power of those clans be controlled in his hands? My Sima family is like the sun. ”

"As the sun is shining? I think it's a bird. Sima Yi said slowly.

"What do you mean?" Sima Fu was stunned.

"Third brother." Sima Yi slapped the table and said in great disappointment: "How many times have I told you, how many times have I told you." Cao Cao was alive. We want to converge. Convergence.

Why are you the same as Sima Hui's megalomaniac, thinking about winning the world all day long, do you think Cao Cao is so easy to get along with?

Liu Zhang, Cao Cao, are all unborn heroes, your brother and I, under the command of any of them, dare not be careless.

Now that it's hard to survive a Liu Zhang, do you want me to plant it in Cao Cao's hands?

Cao Cao crisscrossed the Central Plains. swept Hebei, and suffered a big loss at the hands of Liu Zhang in his life, only fifty years old, do you think he is old and confused? Do you think he can't see that the court is now in charge of the family power?

When Cao Cao didn't know that this expedition was the first expedition after the reorganization of the new army, whoever became the commander would be able to obtain a very high status in the army in the future?

Why did he name your brother to be this coach? Don't you know the status of our Sima family in the major families? ”

"Brother, you mean?" Sima Fu exclaimed.

"Temptation." Sima Yi asserted: "This is a test of our Sima family, a test of my Sima Yi, if I really dare to take the position of coach, Cao Cao will definitely have a way to deal with your brother." Deal with our Sima family.

Now these families say that they are publicly recommending me Sima Yi to be the spokesperson and fight for the interests of the family in front of Cao Cao. Cao Cao can't be allowed to suppress the clan, but in fact they are all a group of selfish white-eyed wolves.

If Cao Cao finds some excuse, only against your brother, only against my Sima family, now those people are sure that they will win the Sichuan army, and after defeating the Sichuan army, they will get a more share of the cake without the Sima family, do you think they will help us? If they don't fall into the ground, I, Sima Yi, will be grateful to his ancestors. ”

"Second brother is saying that if he takes over the position of coach, Cao Cao will find a way to deal with us? What about the expedition to the Sichuan army? Although Liu Zhang is dead, but the big-footed insect is dead but not stiff, the Sichuan army is not easy to deal with, does he Cao Cao want to dig his own grave? "Sima Fu doesn't understand the authenticity.

"Then you give Cao Cao an idea, what should he do?" Sima Yi looked at Sima Fu, Sima Fu was stunned, there was nothing to say, Sima Yi patted Sima Fu on the shoulder.

"Third brother, look at people, look at people's hearts, look at temperament, Cao Cao is the overlord, he uses hegemony, and the use of the world clan is a last resort, in today's conquest of the Sichuan army, if it is a weak master, or a little modest, with a little softness, what will he do?

It must be to put everything aside and win the Sichuan army first.

But Cao Cao won't think so, Cao Cao is a proud man in his life, for him, it is difficult to control the world, and the failure of the expedition to the Sichuan army is the same result, or even worse, Cao Cao is a hero like him, and he would definitely rather lose to a hero like Liu Zhang than be killed by insiders.

Let me tell you the truth, although your second brother doesn't know what Cao Cao is going to do, but he also knows what his plans are, first, it is impossible for this Western Expeditionary Army to use someone from the Great World Clan as the commander, and second, after this Western Expedition defeats the Sichuan Army, Cao Cao will first control the World Clan Army, instead of taking advantage of the victory to pursue.

In the past wars, Cao Cao and Liu Zhang's generations were all pro-conscriptions, this time in such a critical war, Cao Cao did not move, is he not worried about the army of the world?

Cao Cao didn't use Cao Ren as the commander this time, not because Cao Ren was not greedy for merit, in fact, the Sixth Route Army invaded Sichuan, unless God stood on Liu Xun's side, otherwise the Sichuan army would be defeated, Huang Yueying had no available people in the Western Regions, Cao Ren was casually with a Cheng Yu, Xun You, that was foolproof.

And Cao Ren became the commander, and the new army was inserted by the Cao family's forces, which was a great opportunity.

Why didn't Cao Cao do this?

That's a step back, Cao Cao also knows that this western expedition is the key, and he also knows that Cao's army as a whole is weaker than the Sichuan army, this is the only chance to defeat the Sichuan army and turn things around, and he also attaches importance to it.

You don't need Cao Ren, it's just that you're afraid of angering the clan, and the clan has worked hard to build an army with money, food, and people, oh, you send a Cao Ren to take care of it, and suddenly become the Cao family's army, who would want to?

When the time comes, the military orders will definitely be uneven, the army will be discouraged, they will not listen to orders, and they will protect themselves, so what kind of war will they fight? Not to mention 500,000, even 5 million will be given to the Sichuan army in vain when it arrives in Guanzhong.

So Cao Cao didn't use Cao Ren, he couldn't use the Cao family's lineage, and he couldn't use the family, so of course he chose Zhang Liao, your second brother recommended Cao Ren and Zhang Liao, that was to see if Cao Cao could play chess, if he really chose Cao Ren, the end of the Cao family would be counted.

You said that if your second brother becomes this coach, isn't he as confused as Cao Cao appointed Cao Ren? ”

"Second brother, Cao Cao is amazing. I think you're so much better than him. Sima Fu said with a smile.

"Third brother. You remembered it for me. As long as Cao Cao is alive, we must not be careless, don't be dizzy by Sima Hui's old guy all day long. ”

"Second brother, I remember, but what should we do now? Watching the Sichuan army defeat? ”

"Mix up loyalty." Sima Yi sighed: "This time, we will not follow the expedition, but work hard to provide logistical support, and tell the people of the Sima family that no matter how other families want to play tricks." Our Sima family will do a good job of supplying. ”

"And how much do we lose?"

Sima Yi snorted disdainfully, "Suffer, I don't know who suffers, Cao Cao is not so easy to get along with, we still have a long way to go, and we have to boil good soup."

As you just said, the Sichuan army, the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, and our worst enemy. It is still the Sichuan army, although it is said that this time the Sixth Route Army besieged the Sichuan army. There is almost no possibility of defeat, but the third brother, you have to think clearly about the consequences of defeat.

We are defeated, Liu Xun is to take our six-way army to stand strong, the position will be as stable as gold, when Huang Yueying and France are assisting, the six good generals, the five tiger generals, Liu Zhang's people left, which one is good to match, that is our nightmare. ”

"Second brother, are you too worried? The six-way army attacked, Shi Xie, Sun Quan, we, and Neiying, as well as the 50,000 cavalry that Cao Cao said, and the 100,000 army of Zhelanying, these six armies attacked together, and the Sichuan army was lacking in skills, unless Liu Xun could scatter beans into soldiers, how could we be defeated? ”

"I can't think of a reason for our defeat, but don't you think that third brother, this is the most terrible place?" Sima Yi said.

"Second brother, what do you mean?" Sima Fu was stunned.

"Let me ask you, who is Liu Zhang?"

"Immortal."

"Who is Fazheng?"

"The world's first-class mastermind."

"Who is Huang Yueying?"

"The unpredictable enchantress."

Sima Yi looked at Sima Fu and said, "It turns out that you all know, so why do you think that these people will leave such a good opportunity for us?" According to the intelligence, Liu Zhang's illness is not a day or two, but a few years, we only knew that Liu Zhang was sick, and we didn't know that he would die, but we only thought that it was the same as Cao Cao, a head disease.

But we don't know that Liu Zhang is terminally ill, will the top of the Sichuan army not know? Now that they know that Liu Zhang will die, will they leave such a good chance? The Sixth Route Army, my God, if Liu Zhang, Huang Yueying, and Fa Zheng didn't expect it at all, then their reputation would be in vain.

Knowing that Liu Zhang would die, Huang Yueying must have made arrangements for the situation after Liu Zhang's death, but what about now? Huang Yueying went to the Western Regions, but she didn't return to Chang'an with the funeral, Fa Zheng'an stayed in Jingzhou with peace of mind, and Liu Xun was left with a Zhou Budo who was talking on paper.

Third brother, don't you think this is too strange? ”

Sima Fu gasped: "Oh my God, second brother, it's not you who said, I really can't think of this layer, yes, Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying shouldn't be so stupid, if the Sixth Route Army is defeated, then what should we do?" The Sichuan army dominates the world, and the family is really finished. Second brother, what is your perfect plan? ”

Sima Fu was born in the Sima family, of course, he still puts the interests of the family first, but he thought that the Sichuan army would be defeated this time, so he made some small calculations, maybe now in Yecheng, no one is more sober than Sima Yi, I am afraid that except for the two Sima brothers, no third person realizes that the Six Roads Army may be defeated.

Once Sima Fu thought of this, his heart was cold, any conflict of interests, it was all based on victory, if he was defeated, it would be a disaster of extermination, and he would fight for the interests of a fart.

"There is no strategy, where is the perfect strategy, what conspiracies and tricks, in the face of absolute strength are all false, after all, now the enemy is strong and I am weak, the Sixth Route Army is already our greatest strength, we can't come up with a better plan.

I look at this war, the number of five or five, even if Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying are prepared, we are fifty percent sure that we can win. ”

"Fifty percent?" Sima Fu exclaimed, ninety percent sure that he felt scared, this was only fifty percent.

"Fifty percent is about the same." Sima Yi suddenly smiled and said: "Tell you, in fact, we still have a way out, I told you earlier, to deal with your enemy, you must first understand your enemy, this is true of dealing with Cao Cao, and the same is true of being hostile to Liu Zhang and Liu Xun."

If Liu Zhang is alive, we have no way out, we can only fight the Sichuan army to the end with one heart, but Liu Xun is different from Liu Zhang, the last time in Chang'an, Liu Xun did not kill all the families left in Chang'an, but only killed the main members of the family, and directly dealt with the Sichuan army.

And there was no whole clan to kill.

What does this mean? At that time, Liu Zhang was still alive, and Liu Xun did this, which shows that Liu Xun has kindness in his bones.

Don't worry, I dare to assert that even if Liu Xun defeats Cao Cao, as long as we make our own judgment in time, our Sima family can still be saved. ”

"Oh brother, you're really a god." Sima Fu exclaimed.

"It's not a god, it's not easy to live in troubled times, I'm not as arrogant as Sima Hui, there are too many capable people in this world, one wrong step, all the plates are lost, alas, I'm a little hungry, I'm going to drink two cups today." Sima Yi shouted at the family outside the door.

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Xun Yu Xun Yu returned to the mansion and stepped into the courtyard door, Xun Yu said to Xun Yu: "Uncle, is it appropriate for us to be like this?" After all, now is also a critical period for Cao Jun, and we have assisted the lord for more than ten years, so it's not good to be so silent? ”

In this half a year, the formation of the army of the Shi clan was in full swing, and the grain and grass of the Cao army were rapidly accumulated, but Cao Cao's original team of strategists, Guo Jia said that he was sick at home, and other civil officials of the poor family and some civil officials of the declining family were squeezed by the newly promoted family officials.

was originally dissatisfied with the matter of the Son of Heaven and Cao Cao's claim to be the king, and he rarely spoke for most of the year, and even many of Xun Yu's internal power was slowly transferred to Sima Yi and other clans.

Xun Yu sighed: "It's okay to be silent, it's okay not to be silent, Gongda, I don't want to be a master of betraying the Han, do you understand?" More than ten years of assistance, even if I don't betray the friendship of the lord. ”

Xun Yu didn't enter the house, so he sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, Xun You sat down on the side, asked the little maid to bring a tea set, and Xun Yu poured tea for Xun Yu.

"Uncle, I know, you are silent because Liu Zhang is dead, this time the Cao army is in a good situation, and it will soon be able to turn things around, so you are silent, if it is now the Sichuan army pressing the border, and the Cao army is dying, you will definitely come up with an idea."

"So what?" Xun Yu's face was a little lonely, and he looked at the simple courtyard wall and said: "At the beginning, we followed the lord, although the lord's soldiers were only a few thousand, we were also high-spirited.

But what is it like now, the battle with the Sichuan army Yingshui, and then the confrontation with Yingshui, the most injured is our Yingchuan family, the family property has been greatly lost in the war, and even the Yingchuan Academy has been destroyed.

Later, the Sichuan army retreated, and the Cao army also retreated, and the entire west of Yingshui, including the land of Heluo, became a buffer zone and a borderless land. (To be continued......)