From the bottom of his heart, Cao Rui was not willing to send troops to Hanzhong. Not only Cao Rui, but many of the ministers had this idea. Only Sima Yi strongly supported: "Your Majesty, we are united with Shu Han, and now Li Hui's purpose in attacking Hanzhong is to cut off our connection with Shu Han, if it is achieved, it will be broken separately, and we will no longer have the power to return to heaven!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Taifu Zhongxuan hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, now Li Hui is powerful, and he has long had the intention of annexing us, and now Li Hui is attacking Hanzhong, if we send troops to give Li Hui the pretext to attack, Your Majesty, please think twice!" ”

Great Sima Cao Zhen also said: "Yes, Li Hui has several troops stranded around my Great Wei, eyeing us, if he leaves a handle, he will definitely invite the disaster of destroying the country!" ”

"Your Majesty think twice!" Those who did not approve of sending troops fell to their knees and dissuaded Cao Rui.

Cao Rui waved his hand, made everyone quiet, and turned his head to look at Chen Qun: "Chen Aiqing, the first emperor has been alive for a long time, Aiqing is a master of learning, I want to hear Aiqing's opinion!" ”

Chen Qun looked at everyone and knelt down to salute: "Your Majesty, if you want Weichen to say, then Weichen only has two words: 'send troops'!" ”

"Chen Qun! You are talking nonsense, and you are in trouble! Wang Lang immediately scolded.

"Pull him out for me!" Cao Rui shouted loudly. Several samurai set up Wang Lang and dragged him out of the 'door', but Wang Lang still cursed. Wang Lang was pulled out of the hall, and the noise immediately fell silent. Cao Rui asked, "Aiqing thinks we should send troops into Hanzhong?" ”

Chen Qun said: "As General Sima said, since the two countries of Wei and Shu have been united, I can't break my promise, and our allies will help if they are in trouble, if Hanzhong is occupied, we will cut off our connection with Shu Han, and we will face the danger of being broken by each other, this is one of them!" ”

Cao Rui nodded: "What about the second?" ”

"The second is Hanzhong!" Chen Qun continued: "Since the first emperor came to Chang'an from Xuchang, he no longer thinks about the method of the Great Wei in the city every moment, this Hanzhong is a granary, if His Majesty occupies the two granaries of Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and has Shu Han as his wings, he can follow the example of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the previous dynasty, and compete with Li Hui in the Central Plains!" ”

Cao Rui was enthusiastically boiled by Chen Qun's words. The young face glowed with a 'stirring' light. Sima Yi immediately said: "Your Majesty! We can garrison outside Yangping Pass, just wait for Li Hui and the Shu Han army to fight and lose, then we can take the opportunity to take Hanzhong! ”

"Good!" Cao Rui slapped heavily on the small table in front of him: "What the two Aiqing said is reasonable, Feng Sima Yi is the governor of the capital, Cao Xiu is the deputy governor, and Chen Qun is the supervisor of the army, and 150,000 troops will be sent immediately!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Sima Yi, Cao Xiu, and Chen Qun knelt down and kowtowed in thanks.

Cao Wei's army had just arrived at Yangping Pass, and war reports from all over the country were sent to Chang'an one after another. First of all, Tongguan came, and Zhang Ren, the general under Li Hui, led 50,000 troops from Luoyang to pass through the city. Immediately after Qingni Pass, Shangjun, Shuofang, and Zhangye, all directions reported that Li Hui's men were sloppy and preparing to attack, and the number of people was all above 50,000, and the total number was no less than 300,000.

Cao Rui hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss. Zhong Miao cried bitterly: "Sima Yi and Chen Qun have mistaken the country!" ……”

Wang Lang even said: "Your Majesty should quickly order the withdrawal of troops, and at the same time send people to Changshan to negotiate peace with Li Hui, not insist on going your own way and ignore my Great Wei Jiangshan!" ”

"Confused! Now that the army has been stationed in Yangpingguan, the withdrawal of troops at this time has no effect! Hua Yun bowed his hand to Cao Rui: "Your Majesty, since Li Hui has come, we must send troops to resist and meet Li Hui!" You can send General Wenpin to garrison the north, defend the Great Wall, prevent Zhang He and Wei Yan from continuing to go south, and then lead General Sima Cao to eat the ice gold city to block Zhang He, and you can send the little general Xiahou Ba to garrison Tongguan and block Li Hui with the local defenders! ”

Zhong Xuan sneered: "How sure are you?" Li Hui's army is invincible in the world, just rely on us to pay an extra 300,000 soldiers, you must know, Li Hui is only 300,000 horses in Wu, and now our army of 100,000 is pinned down at Yangping Pass, even if it is fought, I am afraid there are no soldiers available! ”

"Da Sima? How many more troops do we have available? How much grain and grass are left? Cao Rui asked.

Cao Zhen hurriedly said: "My Wei State has a total of 500,000 soldiers of all kinds, including 150,000 county soldiers, 50,000 southern counties, 50,000 northern troops, 20,000 imperial forest troops, 50,000 cavalry, 80,000 archers, 100,000 foot soldiers, 350,000 foot soldiers who can fight, 100,000 people who can take away 100,000, 100,000 people stationed in Beidi County with Wenpin, 50,000 people stationed in Tianshui with Xiahou Hui, and the remaining less than 100,000, the grain and grass are sufficient, enough to last for half a year!" ”

"100,000 people, even if you add Wenpin, Xiahou Hui is only 250,000! ......" Cao Rui stopped talking. And they did not dare to say more.

After a long time, Cao Rui let out a long sigh: "Who can go to Changshan?" Hua Aiqing, I think you can only go this time! ”

Hua Yun was helpless, and kowtowed to the order: "The minister obeys the order!" However, Your Majesty should know that Li Hui is a marketman, and he will never give up if there is no benefit, I don't know what Your Majesty's bottom line is? ”

"What does Aiqing think Li Hui wants?" Cao Rui asked rhetorically.

Hua Yun shook her head. Zhong Xuan said suddenly: "Wechen heard that Li Hui's adviser Pang Tong and Sima Yi have a feud, and Sima Yi once 'teased' Li Hui, otherwise ......"

"This ......!" Cao Rui was a little embarrassed. Sima Lang hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty Mingjian! Our brothers have been loyal and never slack off since following Your Majesty, and we hope that Your Majesty will have mercy! My second brother and I have to repay Your Majesty even if we are cattle and horses! ”

Cao Rui nodded: "Aiqing, get up, I know that your brother is the center of me, and I am by no means the kind of person who is unkind!" ”

When Sima Lang returned to the mansion, he immediately wrote a letter and sent his third brother Sima Fu to Yangping Pass in person. Without waiting for Cao Rui's retreat tricks to arrive, Sima Yi suddenly ordered the army to enter Yangping Pass, and ordered Sima Fu to lead his troops to garrison Yangping Pass and not let anyone enter Hanzhong. Cao Rui was furious when he heard this: "Sima Yi is really not a loyal general, he should have expected it a long time ago!" ”

Cao Zhen said: "Your Majesty don't worry, although Sima Yi controls the army, the grain and grass are still in our hands, as long as we cut off the grain and grass, Sima Yi will be defeated if he doesn't fight!" ”

"It's a pity that my 100,000 army was lost in vain!" Cao Rui sighed: "Hua Aiqing, you leave for Changshan immediately, no matter what Li Hui asks, I can agree, I just ask the two families to stop the army and make peace!" ”

Li Hui was quite surprised to learn that Cao Wei's army did not retreat but advanced, and hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the situation of the Wei army, and after learning that the governor of the capital was Sima Yi, he nodded: "No wonder!" Sima Yi seems to be very ambitious, and he actually wants to swallow Hanzhong alone, but unfortunately his teeth and appetite are not good! ”

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