Cao Cao rested in Yecheng for a few days, and gathered the strategists again to discuss the three most critical issues at present: first, Guanzhong is still in chaos - recently there is news that Liu Xiongming and Lu He actually gathered together to attack Chang'an again, and the new Yongzhou assassin Yan Xiang went out of the city to fight, suffered a big defeat, and was forced to retreat back into the city; Cao Bao couldn't be rescued, so he had to temporarily stay on the beach to watch the wind.

It was Xun Wenbao who couldn't help but feel a little dark, looking forward to Yan Xiang's wrong step - who told Cao Cao that you don't need Su Ze, which I recommended, instead of listening to Xun Wenruo's words and reusing Yan Xiang? Moreover, Xun Yu had previously said that he would deprive himself of his military rights, and he had almost forgotten about it, but he was exposed by Xu Yu again, if it was said that Xun had no guilt in his heart, it was impossible at all.

However, although Yan Wen is not familiar with him, he has met a few times, and Shixun just wants him to make a big mistake, but he doesn't want him to be in a different place like in his original history. Besides, now that Yan Xiang has retreated to Chang'an, Chang'an is the state of Yongzhou, if it is lost, I am afraid that the situation in Guanzhong will be completely erosive, and it will be difficult to stabilize in the short term, and the danger to the Cao family will be very great. Therefore, Cao Cao gathered the crowd to discuss this matter, and he first proposed: My father-in-law has few soldiers and horses, and he has two knives to fight, so it is better to appoint another general to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

Now that he has won Jizhou and made peace with Yuan Shaoyan, it is not difficult to send 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Guanzhong. But the question is, who is the best leader?

Yeshun didn't ask for help. One is that what Guanzhong needs now is a military general to quell the chaos, not a Wenchen to pacify, and this matter has nothing to do with him; Second, whether to transfer back Cao Bao is still inconclusive, and the son-in-law and father-in-law can't be placed in the same important place. Suspicion must be avoided.

But he didn't think much about it. Finally stepped out of the ranks. Xiang Cao Cao said: "Chang'an is besieged, if you are a soldier from Yecheng, the road is long, I am afraid that it will be difficult to save the fire from far water." Sima Zhongda can lead the Hedong soldiers first, and then transfer the party Cao Zixiao and Le Wenqian to rescue. ”

Cao Ren's war zone was in Shangdang, and Xiahou Dan's war zone was in Taiyuan, but since Gao Gan and Guo Yuan gave up merging states and aided Hebei in the east. There were few enemies in front of him, so the attack was slowed down. Cao Ren and Le Jin worked hard to consolidate Shangdang County, while Xiahoudun sent Sima Yi, Wang Rou, Guo Yi and other troops back to the county, and sent Xiahoulan and others north to Dingxiang. So at this time, Sima Yi and Hedong soldiers had already returned to Anyi, and it was relatively close to save Chang'an in the west.

Shi Xun emphasized that Sima Yi had followed him to pacify Guanzhong back then, and he had a good understanding of Yongzhou's humanities and geography, and in the previous battle to expel Gao Gan, it can also be seen that Zhong Da was not a pure scribe. There are also generals and soldiers, and they should be reused. Although Sima Yi did not start as his own protégé. But he also slipped out of Hanoi and recommended it to Cao Cao, if he was divided into camps, he could barely be regarded as a party, how could he not help and show his strength?

Cao Cao pondered for a while, and solicited everyone's opinions, and finally decided to send Sima Yi to lead the Hedong army to rescue Chang'an, and Le Jin led 3,000 elite soldiers from the party to follow. Because Cao Bao's reputation was higher than Sima Yi's, he was afraid that he would be constrained militarily, so he ordered Cao Bao to retreat to Taolinsai - as long as you don't let the rebels in the pass invade Sili, it will be considered a great achievement - front-line military, before Le Jin arrives, Sima Yi has arbitrary and full power, and after Le Jin arrives, Sima Yi must be restrained by Le Jin.

The second issue that needs to be discussed is that based on the intelligence obtained from various aspects, the signs that Sun Ce crossed the river to attack Guangling or Lujiang are becoming more and more obvious. Of course, Cao Cao solved the Hebei problem so quickly, which was something that the "little overlord" did not expect at all, and when the main force of Cao's army returned to Xudu, Sun Ce could no longer do anything. It's just that when the time comes, should you send an additional army of soldiers and horses to the south and take the opportunity to bite Sun Ce?

It was Xun who glanced at Guo Jia and said in his heart, why don't you do it yet? Could it be that history will change because of this, and the "little overlord" was able to escape the catastrophe and no longer be stabbed to death at a young age? However, as Sun Ce said to Sun Quan on his deathbed in the original history: "The people of Jiangdong will decide between the two formations and compete with the world, and they are not as good as me; Be virtuous and capable, do your best, in order to protect Jiangdong, I am not as good as Qing. "The two brothers of the Sun family have their own strengths, although Sun Ce is brave and good at fighting, but he oppressed the Jiangdong clan too hard, the means were too cruel, and he was greatly resisted, if he didn't die, maybe the internal chaos would start first, Gu Yong, 6 Xun and other children of the family had the opportunity to be the internal response of the Cao family......

Is it better to let Sun Ce die, or not to let him die? That's a dilemma...... Forget it, let Guo Fengxiao and Chen Yuanlong plan it, I won't get involved in this matter.

The construction of the ministers is to say that the battle in Hebei, although the time is not long, but the soldiers are also tired, and it is not appropriate to make a big move. Moreover, the Lusu naval army has not succeeded, and it is difficult to cross the river to attack, and the southern front is still conservative, and it is better to wait for the naval army to succeed, and then attack Sun Ce. Cao Cao Ken.

The third thing is that Qingzhou has been decided, and the state has not yet been fully obtained, especially the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei and other Hu tribes scattered in Wuyuan, Shuofang, Xihe counties, and even moved into the north of Taiyuan, if it cannot be determined, I am afraid that in the future, Yuan and Cao will start a war again, and it will be difficult to put pressure on Youzhou from the western front. What's even more worrying is that if the Yuan clan escapes into Huzhong after the defeat, he is afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future.

Chen Feng in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and Lu Fang in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty all had a precedent of colluding with the Huns and leading Hu into the customs.

It was Xun Jian yì who said: "The minister, please divide the state into a merger." "Separate the areas close to Hebei and You, where the Han people flourished, and the areas that bordered the Yellow River and where the Hu horses were crisscrossing, and then we could unify the command of the affairs of the Hu tribes—either to suppress or to appease, depending on the situation.

Regarding the matter of dividing the state, he had already discussed it with Cao Cao, and it had been tried in the two prefectures of Qingdao and Hebei and Sili, so the discussion was immediately unanimously agreed. It is about to merge the west of the state, the north of the five plains, Yunzhong, Shuofang, Xihe and Shangjun to be separated, and Shuozhou will be set up. The four western counties (Yanmen, Dingxiang, Taiyuan, and Shangdang) temporarily appointed Xiahoudun as the assassin of the history, and the service period was flat.

So, who will be the Shuozhou Thorn History? Immediately, several eyes shot towards Shixun together. It was Xun Xin who said that there was no way, among the colleagues here, I was the only one who had really dealt with the Southern Huns, so who else was I? Anyway, he couldn't escape, so he simply stood up and said: "Xun is willing to subdue the Southern Xiongnu for the Lord - the Hedong Army has retreated." The only thing left in Shuozhou today is the pawn of the West River. Thousands, though. I'm afraid it won't work. If you want to subdue the Huns, you should force them with force, and then guide them with profit, if there is no strong army, you will not be able to do it in vain. "You can't let me go to Shuozhou to take office, right?

Chen Qun said with a smile next to him: "Hongfu guarded Hedong before, and he also went to work naked, and he was able to play with Hu Chuquan in the palm of his hand." Today, it is possible to make the kitchen spring to be in the United States. What soldiers are still needed? ”

It was Xun who glanced at him, secretly jealous - are we very acquainted? Are you kidding or are you serious? Do you want to put me to death? He immediately retorted: "How can you generalize about things that are not the same?" Xi Xun guarded the east of the river, because there were no soldiers in the capital, but he had to take risks, and the situation was that Huchuquan occupied the Han land, and the foundation was shallow, so it was taken advantage of by me. Now I want to be beautiful, and the Hun court has been in the same place for a hundred years, and it is deeply rooted. How can you move lightly? If the potential of Hu Chuquan can suppress Meiji, he will abandon Pingyang and return to Wang Tingye. Why cramp Han soil? ”

After thinking about it, he added another sentence: "Shuofang, Wuyuan, Xianbei and vertical, know that it is not the help of the Huns?" He turned to face Cao Cao: "If you can take one member, 5,000 soldiers, the minister can take the beauty of the lord and obey the Huns." However, Xianbei is by no means civilized, barbaric and fierce, how it will be controlled, and it will be discussed later. "I still have a little confidence in the Duannan Huns, and if I deal with Xianbei, then I will say otherwise, but I don't dare to guarantee all of them.

So in the end, Cao Cao decided to send Zhang He, and go to the party to take 5,000 elites under Cao Ren's command and advance into the West River. He was appointed as the assassin of Shuozhou, and first made every effort to solve the Xiongnu problem.

The Cao family's current deployment in the counties of the old state is: the former Dahonglu Li Qi is the county guard of Shangdang, Wang Rou is the county guard of Taiyuan, Guo Yi is the county guard of Yanmen, Zheng Hun is the county guard of Xihe, in addition, the Taishou of Shangjun is Hu Yu, and the Taishou of Dingxiang is Wang Ze, and the other three counties are either purely controlled by the Hu people and have not been guarded, or they are signed by the Yuan family, and they have all fled at the opportunity.

Now although Shi Xun is nominally guarding Mushuo Prefecture, in fact, he only has half of Xihe County under Zheng Hun's control, and the county soldiers are less than he imagined, less than 1,500 people. He planned to expel Hu Yu first, control Shangjun, and then push north to deal with the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yuting set up in Meiji County.

Fortunately, Cao Cao allocated 5,000 elites to him, as well as a second-in-command Zhang He Zhang Junyi, who was good at horse riding warfare, plus the Huchuquan Department temporarily stationed in Xihe, the soldiers were barely enough. However, if you want to firmly control the Hu Chu Quan, you have to spend endless effort to do it.

That is, to say goodbye to Cao Cao in Yecheng, Shi Xun took his own 400 parts, as well as Zhuge Liang, Guo Huai, Qin Yi, Dong Meng, and Zhang He, and first went to Shangdang through Fukou. He tried his best to get closer to Zhang He along the way, and also promised: "After arriving in Shuozhou, the civil affairs will take care of themselves, and the military will rely on General Zhang, and Xun will not dare to hinder him." Zhang He was quite happy, as a general, he knew that he would not be able to take charge alone in the short term, so he was able to meet a commander who was not very in charge of military affairs, and was able to let go of his hands and feet, without stumbling, it would be quite satisfying.

That is, when the eldest son met with Cao Ren - Le Jin had already led the troops to the west to save Guanzhong - Cao Zixiao set up a banquet to entertain him, and he stayed comfortably for three days. He was not in a hurry to go to Xihe County first, because it would take time to wait for Xu Du's appointment edict, and besides, the most crucial step in his plan had not yet been achieved, so he didn't have to wear the stars and the moon.

After leaving Shangdang, the group went north to Taiyuan County to govern Jinyang. At this time, the edict of the imperial court also caught up, so Shi Xun ordered Zhang He to carry the edict, first Xihe, take care of him and settle down near the Huchuquan department, and train the troops every day to show off his power - "If you can make the Huns afraid, then Jun Yi can get merit." ”

Shi Xun himself stayed in Taiyuan for the time being, and also called Guo Huai to go north to Yanmen, to meet his father Guo Yi, and said that when you come back, it will not be too late for us to leave. Then he took Zhuge Liang to tour around - it's a pity that there is no Jin Ancestral Hall, no Twin Pagoda Temple, no Tianlong Mountain Grottoes, and the Dou Dafu Temple is not the form of the later generations, and it can barely be seen. So after three days of playing, he lost interest and returned to the city to lie down.

Of course, in mid-autumn, there are strange mountains and strange gorges outside Jinyang City, and the grass and trees are still verdant, which is a good place for autumn travel. It's just that this dignified servant is known as a literary scholar and a poet, but in fact, he is at the root...... And not that kind of elegant bones...... (To be continued!)

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