Cao Zhang was stunned for a moment, and asked casually: "Which king is in the middle of the service?" ”

Without waiting for the guard to answer, Cao Zhang was immediately overjoyed, he had already reacted, it was Wang Cang, he hurriedly said: "Quickly invite him to see me!" ”

Wang Cang was one of the seven sons of Jian'an, and the only high-ranking official in the case of the seven sons of Jian'an who was not beheaded, but he was also removed from his post as a servant and demoted to a commoner.

Wang Cang was also tortured by Yang Tian in the case of Jian'an's Seven Sons, and he recuperated at home for several months before he could walk on the ground, but it was also this political struggle that completely shattered his confidence in Cao Wei, and he was determined to return to the Han Kingdom.

Wang Cang walked into the front of the big tent, Cao Zhang personally greeted him, although Cao Zhang is a martial artist, but like his father and brother, he admires the talented and elegant people very much, especially the seven sons of Jian'an, Cao Pi launched the Jian'an Seven Sons case, eradicating Cao Zhi's power, which caused Cao Zhang's anger, and he also turned his face with his brother for this.

Cao Zhang invited Wang Cang into the big tent, the two sat down to say a few words, Cao Zhang smiled and asked, "Why did the prince teach me?" ”

Wang Cang sighed slightly and said: "The prince is stubborn, vicious and vicious, and does not sympathize with his subordinates, I have been disheartened with him, seeing that the Cao Wei Jiangshan that Wei Gongrong defeated for half his life will be destroyed in his hands, I am anxious in my heart, so I came to persuade Gongzi to say a word." ”

Cao Zhang immediately bowed to the ground, "I am willing to listen to the teachings of the public!" ”

Wang Cang nodded and said: "In the past, Duke Wei transferred the Youzhou army into Yedu, and once clearly said that the Youzhou army was the army of Gongwei Yedu, which is actually in line with Duke Wei's expectations for Gongzi, how could Duke Wei not know that the Han army was powerful, and would rather use Cao's fake son as the main general, but always put Gongzi and Youzhou Army in Hebei, and did not use it, so why does Gongzi know why?" ”

Cao Zhang's face became very strict, Wang Cang was right, Cao Zhen was just a fake, his martial arts and knowledge were inferior to himself, but he was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, Cao Xiu was a son of a partial branch, and he could also serve as the governor of Qingzhou, but as a son-in-law, he lived far away in Hebei, trapped in Youzhou, and has not been reused, which is really unreasonable, and has always confused and dissatisfied him.

He usually thought about this more than once, but most of them complained about his father, and today's Wang Cang's words made him realize, and he hurriedly said: "I seem to understand a little, but I can't see it thoroughly, please speak clearly." ”

"Gongzi is the son of Duke Wei, Duke Wei can not be reused, just like the cornerstone of the house, to be built under the house, even if the house does not collapse through wind and rain, but the cornerstone is still there, you can start a new house, Gongzi is the cornerstone of Cao Wei's Sheji, of course, it must be placed in the northernmost part of Youzhou, even if Cao Wei is broken by the Han army, Gongzi can also lead the army of Youzhou to sweep south, rebuild Cao Wei Sheji, this is the deep meaning of Wei Gong, Gongzi may understand?"

Cao Zhang let out a long sigh, "Sir, Cao Zhangxiang hates to hear this!" ”

Cao Zhang was indeed very emotional, for so many years, he had been resentful of his father for being unfair to him, until today, Wang Cang's words made him wake up like a dream, it turned out that his father had such a deep meaning.

He asked Wang Cang again: "In my opinion, what should I do now?" ”

"What to do, Childe should decide for himself, but I only advise Childe, don't let down Duke Wei's hard work for Childe."

Cao Zhang nodded silently, he knew what he had to do, he had to take back the 30,000 Youzhou troops in Qingzhou, that was his army, Qingzhou let Cao Xiu defend it, what did he Cao Zhang do?

Cao Zhang wanted to ask Wang Cang to stay and assist him, but Wang Cang politely refused Cao Zhang's invitation on the grounds of being ill, and then left.

Although Wang Cang's words are also a little reasonable, maybe Cao Cao really has a little bit of this idea, but this is by no means the fundamental reason, the fundamental reason is that Cao Cao does not want Cao Zhang's power to be great, just like putting Cao Zhi in Xu Du, so that in order to let Cao Pishun inherit the position of Duke of Wei, Cao Cao can only sacrifice the other two sons for the continuation of Cao Wei's great cause.

Of course, Cao Zhang would not admit that his father wanted to suppress him, so after Wang Cang said those reasonable words, Cao Zhang regarded it as his father's good intentions, and he Cao Zhang was the cornerstone of Cao Wei and the last hope to save Cao Wei from peril.

As soon as Wang Cang left, Cao Zhang immediately wrote a letter by himself, ordering his henchmen to rush to Qingzhou and hand over the letter to the deputy general.

In any case, he would never hand over his Qingzhou army to his eldest brother Cao Pi, if he couldn't make up his mind for a while, but Wang Cang's words made him wake up and gave him a reason to base his troops in Youzhou.

That was his father's deliberate arrangement, in order to make him the cornerstone of Cao Wei, the Youzhou Army was the key to him becoming the cornerstone of Cao Wei, how could he give it to others.

After the end of the Central Plains War, the battle for Qingzhou, which was supposed to start immediately, did not break out as scheduled, and there was a confrontation situation in which the Han army occupied Le'an County, and the two Cao armies were stationed in Qi County and Jinan County respectively.

Both sides are unwilling to start a war lightly, the delicate political situation in Yedu affects the war situation in Qingzhou, for Cao Pi or Cao Zhi, the army is the most valuable resource, the most valuable resources to be used to the blade, the battle for territory is no longer very important, the most important thing is to fight for the great cause left by his father.

Cao Xiu is a supporter of Cao Pi, and the 30,000 troops under his command are undoubtedly Cao Pi's last hope.

Cao Xiu's army was stationed in Zouping County, in the north of Jinan County, close to Le'an County, in the big tent, Cao Xiu paced back and forth with his hands, looking preoccupied, at this time, his staff Liu Jun walked into the big tent and said with a smile: "Is there anything the governor looking for me?" ”

"Sir, please take a seat!"

Cao Xiu hurriedly asked Liu Jun to sit down, he took out the secret letter that Cao Pi gave him, and handed it to Liu Jun, "This is the letter from the prince to me, sir, please take a look!" ”

Liu Jun took the letter and read it, the content of the letter was very simple, that is, Cao Xiu immediately led the army to King Qin, which made Liu Jun's brows furrow, "Doesn't the prince consider the gains and losses of Qingzhou?" ”

Cao Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "This is my contradiction, if I lead the army to Yedu, what will Qingzhou do?" To be honest, I don't expect Zhang Liao to be able to hold Qingzhou, his army is Cao Zhang's Youzhou army, whether he can really control it is still a question, even if he controls the army and defeats the Han army, what will Qingzhou do? ”

In the final analysis, Qingzhou is his Cao Xiu's territory, he doesn't want to give up Qingzhou to Zhang Liao, Liu Jun understands Cao Xiu's true intentions, he pondered for a moment and said: "But Cao Zhang and Xiahou Xuan's army has far gained the upper hand in Yedu, and the prince ordered the governor to lead the army to Yedu, indicating that the shape of Yedu is already very critical, otherwise he will not ignore the risk of Qingzhou, it is better to divide the army into two roads, all the way to Qingzhou, all the way to Yedu, what does the governor think?" ”

"No!" Cao Xiu shook his head, "The army can't be separated, it's easy to be broken by the Han army, I mean, either go to Yedu or stay in Qingzhou, the key is, what can I get?" ”

Liu Jun suddenly understood what Cao Xiu meant, Cao Pi did not say anything, of course Cao Xiu refused to lead the army westward, Liu Jun thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, the governor might as well use the excuse of resisting the Han army to take a look at the attitude of the prince." ”

Cao Xiu nodded, Liu Jun's words were on his heart, if he didn't give him a big general to compensate, how could he give up Qingzhou and go to Yedu.

When the two were discussing, a soldier hurriedly came to the tent door to report: "Governor Qiqi, there is an urgent report from Le'an County!" ”

Cao Xiu was startled and hurriedly said, "Where is the messenger, let him in!" ”

In a moment, a Cao Jun scout walked quickly into the big tent and knelt down on one knee to salute, "See the Governor!" ”

"Tell me, what's going on in Le'an County?"

"Back to the governor, the Han army has evacuated Le'an County, and according to various clues, the Han army should go north to Bohai County."

Cao Xiu and Liu Jun looked at each other, at this critical moment, the Han army actually went north to Hebei, Cao Xiu was a little embarrassed, he could have used the excuse of resisting the Han army and not going to Yedu, but now the Han army is going north, but he can't find a reason.

Liu Jun pondered for a moment and said: "The Han army is going north, and Zhang Liao's army will also have changes, so the governor might as well wait a little longer and see the changes in Zhang Liao's army before making a decision." ”

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The sudden northward advance of the Han army undoubtedly disrupted the originally balanced situation in Qingzhou, and the two Cao armies stationed in Qingzhou were faced with a dilemma, Cao Xiu's army was reluctant to go to Yedu, while Zhang Liao's 30,000 troops were in danger of getting out of control.

The 30,000 troops commanded by Zhang Liao were Cao Zhang's Youzhou army, and in order to seize Cao Zhang's military power, Cao Pi ordered Zhang Liao to lead 30,000 Youzhou troops to the Central Plains on the grounds of supporting Xuzhou, far away from Cao Zhang's control.

But the Youzhou Army is an elite army built by Cao Zhang for nearly ten years, and in just a few months, even a famous general like Zhang Liao is difficult to rectify and integrate them, and Cao Zhang's influence on the Youzhou Army has penetrated into every soldier in the army.

Zhang Liao's army was stationed in the Qingzhou army camp in Linzi County, Qi County, and the 30,000 troops consisted of 90 military marquis, 30 tooth generals and 3 lieutenant generals, and the main general Zhang Liao and the deputy general Xin commanded the whole army.

But so far, Zhang Liao's orders have been conveyed to the deputy general Xin, and then because the letter was conveyed to the whole army, the reason is very simple, before Zhang Liao commanded the Youzhou army, Yu Xin was the chief general of this army, loyal to Cao Zhang.

As the internal strife in Yedu gradually intensified, Zhang Liao's orders became more and more completely difficult to convey, or even if they were conveyed, time would be delayed a lot, the most obvious example was that Zhang Liao wanted to divide his troops into two routes, and sent Yu Xin to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Beihai County, and he led 20,000 troops to garrison Qi County, so that Yu Xin could be taken away, and Zhang Liao could integrate 20,000 troops.

But although the order was conveyed, Yu Xin refused to carry it out, which caused tension between Zhang Liao and Yu Xin, the two did not meet at all, and all the generals and military marquis resolutely obeyed Yu Xin's order, which was also an order issued by Cao Zhang, and the general Xin had become Cao Zhang's spokesperson in the army.

On the contrary, Zhang Liao has been hollowed out, he is the chief general in name, but in fact his orders cannot be conveyed at all, his life is still threatened from time to time, Zhang Liao only has 500 personal soldiers around him, and they strictly protect Zhang Liao's safety.

In the big tent, Zhang Liao stood alone in front of the sand table, watching the northward route of the Han army on the sand table for a long time, the Han army withdrew to Bohai County, but Zhang Liao could guess that the Han army did not actually withdraw, but temporarily withdrew, waiting for the outbreak of internal strife within the Cao army.

Zhang Liao sighed, he already understood Liu Jing's intentions, Liu Jing's soldiers occupied Qingzhou without blood, but unfortunately Cao's army fell into infighting.

At this moment, a pro-soldier rushed into the account and said nervously: "General, something is wrong!" ”

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