The following year was spring.

Eastern Wu sent an envoy to Shuzhong, inviting troops to attack Wei, and was proud, saying: "Lu Xun, the governor of Wu, broke Cao Xiu in Shiting, seized countless chariots, horses, and military equipment, and Cao Wei's vitality was greatly injured, and it was the time to attack Wei. ”

Liu Chan, the queen of the post, was overjoyed.

Let people hold the book to Hanzhong and report to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang also knew that the time for the Northern Expedition was coming, so he gave an order, and the vigorous Second Northern Expedition began.

The Northern Expeditionary Army still followed the old road, went out of Hanzhong, crossed the winding mountain path, and once again came to the three-way intersection.

Last time, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu sent an envoy to wait here, sending a hundred altars of fine wine to cheer for the Shu army.

Yesterday's experience is still vivid.

Cao Jun didn't dare to be careless, so he asked people to take the map and pretend to look at the map, but in fact, he already had a plan in his heart.

From the beginning of Hanzhong, there were only two routes for the Northern Expedition.

The first is to go west out of Qishan and attack the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding.

The second is to pass through the Baoxie Valley, go out of Sanguan in the north, take Chencang, Meicheng, Wugong, and finally capture Chang'an.

If the timeline is correct.

After Sima Yi was dismissed, Cao Zhen, the governor of Cao Wei, returned to command and was preparing for war in the Longxi camp at the moment.

And the one guarding Chen Cang on Xiegu Road is Hao Zhao, a fierce general recommended by Sima Yi, who is the best at defending the city, and may not be able to take it in a short time.

If Chen Cang is not down, the grain road will not be passed, and it will be difficult for the army to move an inch.

out of Qishan, against Cao Zhen;

If you take the slope valley road, you will meet Hao Zhao.

How to choose?

Don't even think about it.

Persimmon is naturally picked soft pinch.

Except for the softest persimmon Shecao Zhen, who else?

Cao Jun was in command for the first time this time, and he urgently needed a victory to stabilize the situation and calm people's hearts.

While looking at the map, he secretly observed the generals of the army.

Jiang Wei, the new member of the army, saw that Cao Jun was silent, and reminded him: "The deputy governor can divide the army into two roads, all the way out of Qishan, capture Longyou, and all the way to the Xiegu Road, which can disperse the attraction of Cao Wei's army." ”

"Two roads, one virtual and one real, and the virtual and the real can be converted to each other, and let's see how Cao Wei responds first."

Cao Jun secretly praised, "Jiang Wei, second people!" ”

Just as he was about to fall asleep, someone brought him a pillow.

Cao Jun deliberately asked: "Who can lead the troops out of Qishan to capture Longyou, and who will take the Xiegu Road?" ”

Wei Yan, who was silent along the way, couldn't help it this time.

His face was facing the sky, and a pair of nostrils were facing Cao Jun, as if he was still not convinced by him.

He reluctantly raised his hands forward, and said proudly: "The prime minister's last Northern Expedition was when the troops went out of Qishan...... Well, if the deputy governor has doubts, he can send someone to Hanzhong to ask the prime minister, or he can let me lead the vanguard army to capture Chencang, and I will definitely be able to take it within ten days. ”

Cao Jun was happy in his heart, and when he saw that Yu'er finally took the bait, he pretended to think about it for a while, and agreed: "Since General Wei is confident that he will take Chen Cang, I will allocate 50,000 elite soldiers and 10 deputy generals. ”

Seeing that Cao Jun agreed, Wei Yan seemed to be intending to provoke him, and continued to make a request: "This general still needs a hand, if there is no help from this general, he has no confidence to take Chen Cang within ten days." ”

"Oh, who?"

Wei Yan pointed to Ma Dai, "Please also ask General Ma to help me." ”

The generals were all shocked.

How to appoint vanguard deputy generals in the Shu army is mostly exquisite.

Generally, it is served by General Pi, General Bi and General Yamen, and the highest is only a miscellaneous general.

Deng Zhi, who was previously Zhao Yun's deputy general, is a miscellaneous general.

Ma Daigui is the general of Pingbei in the Shu army, a real general in the army, if he is made a pioneer deputy general, it is really a bit unruly.

But this is a special situation.

Cao Jun was in command for the first time, and Wei Yan and Ma Dai were on par with him, but their seniority in the army was obviously older than him.

If there are two veterans around him, it is also very bad to sing against himself from time to time.

So to be able to separate the two of them at once, Cao Jun is willing.

Wei Yan also has his own considerations.

Now the strength of the Shu army is quite lacking, and the general who can make him into the eye is Ma Dai alone.

Asking Ma Dai over by himself can not only weaken the strength of Cao Jun's side, but also enhance his own strength, and the two sides are faintly competing, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Although before the expedition, he was appeased by Zhuge Liang.

But Wei Yanke had no intention of bowing to Cao Jun, the new deputy governor.

Neither party has any objection, it depends on the opinion of the other party, Ma Dai.

Ma Dai saw that everyone was looking at him together, and he was suddenly a little embarrassed.

After thinking about it, he couldn't bear to lose Wei Yan's face in public, so he had to respond: "If the deputy governor agrees, I have no opinion." ”

Suddenly, the Northern Expedition army was divided into two routes.

Wei Yan and Ma Dai led 50,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard and attacked Chencang by the Xiegu Road, while Cao Jun led the remaining generals and personally led 250,000 troops out of Qishan to attack Cao Wei's old camp in Longxi.

Along the way, Wei Yan was still chattering, "Then Cao Jun is a yellow-mouthed child, how can He De lead an army alone?" We took down Chen Cang in one go, and went to present the good news to the prime minister, and then we will see how he behaves. ”

Ma Dai was worried on the side, and kindly reminded: "The wall of Chencang is high and the city is thick, if the Wei army has been prepared, I am afraid it will be difficult to take it." ”

Wei Yan patted Ma Dai on the shoulder, laughed, and comforted: "Brother Deshan (Ma Daizi), thank you for giving face to my brother just now, I really don't hide it, I promised me that if there is any mistake in this Northern Expedition, it will naturally be counted on his head Cao Jun, I'm afraid that this deputy governor will not be able to do it for long." ”

Ma Dai didn't expect to hear such a secret story, and immediately asked in surprise: "Wen Chang, how did you talk to the prime minister?" ”

Wei Yan smiled smugly, intending to share this secret with Ma Dai.

"The prime minister said that as long as I fully cooperate with this Northern Expedition, and wait for the slightest mistake of the Cao army, he will appoint me as the deputy governor to take over the whole army, and see how long the deputy governor of the Cao army can last."

Ma Dai was puzzled for a while, and tried to digest this shocking news in his heart.

Although he is not optimistic about Cao Jun in command, he knows Wei Yan's style very well, and this person is definitely not Sima Yi's opponent.

Suddenly, the prospect of the Northern Expedition cast a dark cloud over his heart.

A few days later, the Northern Expedition led by Cao Jun swept down the three cities of Cao Wei and collected the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an and Anding.

Since Zhuge Liang led the Northern Expedition, these three counties have changed hands between Shu Han and Cao Wei, and the officials sent by Cao Wei have run away in advance before the arrival of the army, leaving a city of ordinary people, which is not surprising to this situation.

Cao Jun led the army to calm the people and quickly stabilized the three counties.

Later, he camped on the edge of Weishui, and formed a north-south trend with Cao Zhen's Longxi camp.

In the big tent, Cao Jun was discussing with Jiang Wei.

The latter still had a look of surprise on his face.

"Is the deputy governor a plan to let the last general surrender?"

Cao Jun nodded and said: "Yes, you are a new general, you have been working for Cao Wei before, and you have a natural tendency to surrender. ”

Jiang Wei still looked puzzled, and asked puzzledly: "Then the Eastern Wu Poyang Taishou Zhou Yi just made a deception to Cao Xiu, causing Cao Wei to lose his troops and lose his generals, and Cao Xiu was also defeated and died. ”

Cao Jun smiled playfully: "It is precisely because of the fraud plan of Dongwu that this time will be successful, soldiers, with the right match, with the odd victory, even you think that our side will not make a fraud plan, so Cao can really think of it?" ”

Jiang Wei still had doubts in his heart, and when he saw Cao Jun's determined face, he had to reluctantly agree.

"I'll try it at the end."

However, it was said that after Cao Zhen arrived at the camp in Longxi, he immediately raised his tent and showed confidence in the face of the full tent Wei General.

"Oh, before the governor of Pontus set off, he had found someone to calculate a hexagram, and the hexagram said that the governor of Pontus was running when he came, and the fortune was at the head, and sure enough, I didn't expect to receive this good news just after coming to the front line."

The good news that Cao Zhen pointed out was naturally that Zhuge Liang did not go out with the army.

He sat behind the desk, and his neatly repaired figure eight trembled, indescribably proud.

"According to the Tanmalai report, this Northern Expedition of the Shu Army is led by a Shu general named Cao Jun, have you ever heard of this Shu general?"

Cao Zhen didn't wait for others to react, and laughed a few times, and quipped: "That Cao surname is the surname of the Great Wei State, this Shu general may be the same clan as the governor of Bendu eight hundred years ago, this is difficult to do, let the governor of Bendu be embarrassed!" ”

Cao Zhen clapped his hands, and saw that all the generals in the tent were attracted by his words, and he was full of spirit for a while, and the depression that he had been compared to by Sima Yi before was also swept away.

"If you kill him after the defeat of the army, it will inevitably hurt the friendship of the same clan, if you don't kill him, and you can't explain it to Your Majesty, oh, you say...... How does Pontus choose? ”

"What's so hard about that?"

After Cao Zhen re-appointed as the governor of the capital, Wang Shuang, the Wei general promoted by Cao Zhen, was particularly active.

Cao Zhen, who was the head of the king's two directions, arched his hand and suggested: "When the last general captures that Cao Jun, first ask him whether he will surrender or not, if he does not surrender, it will not be too late to kill him, and it will be regarded as the friendship of the same clan of the Grand Governor." ”

"It's still General Wang's thoughtfulness!"

Cao Zhen was especially afraid of Zhuge Liang, seeing that it was not Zhuge Liang who led the army this time, he was determined in his heart, and felt that the merit was within reach.

He saw that Xu Huang, the only veteran in the tent, opened his eyes slightly, and stood to the side in a deep voice, which was incompatible with the joy of the other generals.

Thinking that the other party did not agree with his point of view, he immediately asked: "General Xu Huang, can you listen to what you said just now?" You also know this Shu general called Cao Jun, and you can tell me how to deal with it. ”

Xu Huang has been a general for decades, and he has already understood the truth of being a man.

Although he didn't think that Cao Jun was easy to dismiss, but this Cao Zhen's new official took office, he was high-spirited, and he was Cao Wei's nobleman, so naturally he couldn't confront him in person, at most he could only make a suggestion euphemistically.

Xu Huang took two steps forward unhurriedly and replied: "Although the Shu general is not as cunning as Zhuge Liang, he has a brave force that is not afraid of death, and it is also very difficult. ”

"Haha!"

As soon as Xu Huang's words fell, Cao Zhen burst out laughing.

"I almost forgot, it is said that the old general fought with this Shu general in the street pavilion, attacked for four days with 10,000 elite soldiers, and was run away by the Shu general, but this time I don't blame the general, it is all that Sima Yi's improper command, after all, it is wise to eat a trench, and the old general should be so cautious."

Cao Zhen is nominally explaining for him, but in fact he is sarcastic.

It is even more sarcastic that he is the general of the defeated army.

If it was more than ten years ago, how could you bear this breath?

Even if Cao Cao is in person, he will also push back.

But at this moment, Xu Huang had already washed away the lead and faded away the flashiness, so he just sighed, retreated to the team without saying a word, and continued to close his eyes and pretend to sleep.