Nanyang County, Wudang County.

As time passed, Cao Ren successively received a lot of news from Hanxing County.

At the beginning, Cao Ren's scouts captured several Shen soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the Hanshui military village.

Under the interrogation of those Shen soldiers, Cao Ren learned the news that Mi Yang led his army to raid the Hanshui military village.

But when he learned the news at that time, he sent someone to carefully investigate the situation in Hanshui Water Village.

According to the report of the scouts sent out, there were several times more flags and soap drums in the Hanshui military village than before.

Moreover, in the mountains and forests of Shuizhai, there seem to be signs of a large number of hidden troops.

The most important thing is that in the upstream Hanshui military village, Mi Yang's banners are planted all over the place, and it is suspected that Mi Yang has personally led the army to reach the Hanshui military village.

After learning the news, Cao Ren attached great importance to it in his heart.

Not long ago, Cao Pi worshiped Cao Ren as the general of the chariot cavalry, commanded the military of Jing, Yang, and Yizhou, entered the title of Chen Hou, increased the number of towns by 2,000, and the total number of households was 3,500.

After being appointed as the general of the chariot cavalry, Cao Ren led his army from Fancheng back to Wancheng.

Soon after Cao Ren returned to Wancheng, he learned that Mi Yang had been appointed by Liu Bei as the Taishou of Hanxing County.

Until now, Cao Ren still remembers that Cao Cao fainted at the "Ling Han Terrace" during the New Year's Day banquet, and the culprit who caused Cao Cao's fainting was Mi Yang.

In addition, before Cao Cao fainted, he had reminded Cao Ren to be careful of Mi Yang, and Cao Ren, who had always been obedient to Cao Cao's words, had always kept Cao Cao's warning in his heart.

When he learned that Mi Yang had become the Taishou of Hanxing, Cao Ren sent General Yangwu Manzhong to lead an army to garrison Wudang County in the lower reaches of the Han River.

If Mi Yang wanted to attack Nanyang County from Xicheng down the Han River, then Wudang County would be the first important place for Mi Yang to attack.

And once Wudang County is captured by Miyang, Miyang's army can run rampant in the hinterland of Nanyang.

But not long after making this arrangement, Cao Ren's scouts captured the clan soldiers sent by Shen Yi near Wudang County, and the scouts searched for Shen Yi's handwritten letter from them.

After Manzhong got Shen Yi's handwritten letter to Cao Ren, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to send Shen Yi's handwritten letter to Cao Ren in Wancheng.

Because Shen Yi used to exchange letters with Cao Ren, Cao Ren knew Shen Yi's handwriting.

When Cao Ren got Shen Yi's handwritten letter, Cao Ren learned two important news in that Shen Yi's handwritten letter.

One is that Shen Yi intends to return to the imperial court, and the other is that he is not Mi Yang in the Hanshui Military Village.

After knowing these two points, Cao Ren personally led his army from Wancheng to Wudang County.

After the army arrived in Wudang County, Cao Ren summoned Man Zhong and said to him: "There is a change in Xicheng, I want to lead the army to attack it, what does Bo Ning want?"

Full of pets, the word Boning, Shanyang Changyi people.

Man Zhong once served as the superintendent of the post, and later acted as the county magistrate of Gaoping, and once tortured the prisoner to death, so he resigned and returned home.

In the third year of Chuping, Man Chong was recruited by Cao Cao to serve as the county magistrate of Xu County, in charge of justice, and during his tenure, he was known for his strict law enforcement.

Later, Man Chong transferred to Runan Taishou and began to participate in the military, and participated in the Battle of Chibi.

When the battle of Xiangfan occurred last year, Man Chong assisted Cao Ren to defend the city, and when someone persuaded Cao Ren to abandon the city and flee, it was Man Chong who cut off the white horse to motivate the army and persuade Cao Ren to hold on, so that Fan Cheng was not taken by Guan Yu.

Looking at the performance of full favors, it can be called the eight words of successive Chinese and foreign countries, both civil and military.

Because of the experience of guarding Fancheng together, Cao Ren trusted Man Chong very much.

Before Cao Ren asked Man Pet questions, he had already told Man Pet all the information he knew so far.

And after Man Zhong learned that Cao Ren had the intention of conquering Hanxing County, he thought about it for a while and replied:

"The west city is bordered by the Han River in the east, and the high mountains in the south, Mi Yang sent troops to besiege it, and it should be based on the Han River, so he first seized the water village and cut off the Han River.

Mi Yang is good at fighting, and there is Han water as a basis, if the general sends officers and soldiers to save it, he should first break the water village, and then the siege of Xicheng can be solved.

Ranguan

The army is in the lower reaches, the Mi army is in the upper reaches, it is very easy for Mi Yang to retreat, and it is very difficult for the officers and soldiers to send troops to save it.

The general should stick to Wudang County, Wudang County is worry-free, then Nanyang will be safe, and I hope that the general will think about it."

After listening to Manzhong's words, Cao Ren's face was hesitant, listening to Manzhong's meaning, he did not approve of sending troops to Hanxing County.

However, Cao Ren continued: "Even since Shenyi asked for help, and Wangshui Village was well defended, Mi Yang did not pull out Xicheng.

If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to move inside and outside to repel Miyang's department and move for a long time, Xicheng Shenyi will be defeated.

As soon as Shenyi was defeated in Xicheng, Miyang would garrison Xicheng, live in Hanshui and peep into Nanyang, and he was known for his wisdom, and he was not a long-term plan to protect Nanyang."

The truth that Man Pet said, Cao Ren will not understand it for many years when he led the troops.

But as he said, now that Xicheng Shenyi is resisting the Miyang army, it is an excellent opportunity to repel the Miyang army and take Xicheng.

As long as Xicheng is captured, it can not only ensure the safety of the upper reaches of the Han River, but also take the opportunity to recapture Hanxing County, which can really be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Coupled with Cao Ren's jealousy of Mi Yang, Cao Ren felt that he couldn't let Mi Yang do whatever he wanted in Hanxing County.

Otherwise, once Mi Yang is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Hanxing County, then Mi Yang in Hanxing County will be like a sharp sword, hanging over his head, which makes Cao Ren how to endure it.

Since he has already brought troops to Wudang County, he must not return in vain.

Under this mentality, Cao Ren asked Man Chong to quickly straighten out the grain and grass and prepare the ships, and he was ready to attack Miyang against the water in the near future.

Although Cao Pi had secretly ordered Cao Ren to guard Nanyang County and not act rashly, Cao Ren had the right to arbitrarily act on the spot.

But before the full pet could prepare the ship, a new news reached Cao Ren's hands.

Xicheng was breached by Mi Yang.

At that time, Cao Ren was gathering the generals to discuss the strategy of entering the army, but the strategy had not yet been discussed, and Xicheng had been broken by Mi Yang.

After learning that Mi Yang was a one-day breaker, Cao Ren sighed to the generals, "How beneficial the antlers are."

A great opportunity in Cao Ren's eyes just disappeared.

After expressing his feelings, Cao Ren had already canceled the news of the attack on Hanxing County.

It is not easy for the downstream to attack the upstream.

Before, Cao Ren had this idea because of the internal instability of Hanxing County, but now the turmoil in Xicheng in Hanxing County has been quelled by Mi Yang, and at such a time, it is no longer suitable to attack Hanxing County.

In desperation, Cao Ren could only return in vain.

After Cao Ren led his troops back to Wancheng, he learned that Cao Pi's king would arrive in Wancheng shortly after.

After getting the news, Cao Ren could only temporarily put away the feeling of losing the opportunity, and he began to arrange everything to welcome Cao Pi Wangjia.

...

In June of the first year of Han Yankang, the king of Wei, Cao Pi, drove into the county of Nanyang County, the county border of Wancheng.

And after Cao Ren got the news in advance, he took a group of officials in Wancheng early to greet Cao Pi's arrival outside the city gate.

He didn't let Cao Ren's ministers wait too long, and soon after, on the horizon outside the north gate of Wancheng, there was a steady and terrifying sound of footsteps.

Under the reflection of that sound of footsteps, tens of thousands of energetic Wei troops appeared from the north.

Then, among the tens of thousands of Wei guards, accompanied by hundreds of large and small officials, a magnificent king driving six horses began to appear in the eyes of Cao Ren and Nanyang's subordinate officials.

When he saw the appearance of the king's car, which symbolized supreme power, Cao Ren hurriedly led a group of Nanyang officials and bowed down to the Wei king's chariot.

Soon after, Cao Pi's king drove outside the city of Wancheng.

When Wang Jia drove ten steps in front of Cao Ren and the other ministers, Wang Jia slowly stopped.

After the car stopped, the attendant on the king's car respectfully lifted the curtain on the king's car for Cao Pi, so that Cao Pi could see the scene in front of the king's car.

When the confessor lifted the curtain on the king's car, Cao Pi saw the Nanyang size saluting him

Official, look at the figure of one person standing at the head, it is Cao Ren, the first general of the Cao clan of the Wei State today.

Seeing Cao Ren's respectful appearance to him, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Pi's mouth in Wang Jiazhong.

Cao Ren was the first person to hold military power when Cao Cao was alive, and among the Wei generals, Cao Ren's prestige can be said to be very deep.

Now he is such a high-ranking and powerful clan general, and he is so respectful to himself, which makes Cao Pi have no hesitation in his heart about that idea.

Cao Pi, who was wearing a crown, looked at Cao Ren, who bowed down to him, and said softly, "The general and the princes don't need to be polite."

When Cao Pi's voice reached the ears of Cao Ren and the others in front of the city gate, Cao Ren and his subordinates had just finished their salute.

It's just that in the face of Cao Pi's king, these Nanyang officials still bent their bodies slightly, and they didn't dare to look directly at Cao Pi's true face.

The reason why these Nanyang officials had this reaction was because of the majesty of King Wei on the one hand, and Cao Pi's methods on the other.

After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne in March this year, on the one hand, he vigorously promoted his cronies to important positions in the court and the central government, and on the other hand, he began to eliminate dissidents.

In the same month that Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he appointed Cao Ren as the general of the chariot cavalry at the local level, commanding the military of Jing, Yang, and Yizhou, and he appointed Xiahoudun as the general, wanting him to succeed Cao Zhang to take over the military power in Guanzhong.

But it is a pity that Cao Pi died in the next month when he appointed Xiahoudun as a general.

So not long ago, Cao Pi appointed Xiahou Nan, the son of Xiahou Dan, as the general of Anxi and the Jiejie, replacing Cao Zhangdu to supervise the military in Guanzhong and garrison Chang'an.

Thinking about it, Xiahou Nan was already on his way to Chang'an.

Cao Pi's move was to quickly collect the military power of the major borders into the clan.

In the central government, Cao Pi appointed Jia Xu as the chief lieutenant, Hua Xin as the prime minister, and Wang Lang as the imperial historian.

These three people were all ministers who firmly supported Cao Pi to become the crown prince, and the reuse of these three people was conducive to Cao Pi's rapid control of the government.

If Cao Pi only made the above personnel adjustments, it can only be said that he has superb skills in checks and balances.

But not long ago, Cao Pi took advantage of the change of the Yuan Yankang to put some ministers who opposed him to death under the pretext of "disrespecting the Han family and attempting to rebel".

This is enough to reflect Cao Pi's decisiveness and ruthlessness.

Under Cao Pi's measures, Cao Pi has truly achieved a monopoly on power.

And his above actions also made all the courtiers aware of the methods of the new king.

In this case, all the ministers did not dare to despise Cao Pi.

Even a prestigious general like Cao Ren is extremely respectful to Cao Pi.

In front of Cao Cao, maybe he dared not to pay much attention to the courtesy of monarchs and ministers, but in front of Cao Pi, he didn't dare.

It's just that Cao Pi knows that the world of the Cao family in the future needs to be guarded by a great future like Cao Ren, so he attaches great importance to Cao Ren.

Cao Pi sat on the king's chariot and said to Cao Renyan, "The general of the chariot comes up and sits with Gu."

Faced with Cao Pi's request, Cao Ren was a little stunned on the spot for a while.

But Cao Ren saw that Cao Pi had no intention of changing his mind, so he could only come to Cao Pi's king under the gaze of tens of thousands of pairs of envious eyes.

In the eyes of tens of thousands of people under the king's command, what a grace it is to drive with the king!

But what they didn't know was that if Cao Ren could choose, then he would rather not have this kind of favor.

After Cao Ren won the king's car, he sat respectfully on the edge of the king's car, and did not dare to get too close to Cao Pi.

Faced with Cao Ren's somewhat restrained appearance, Cao Pi just smiled and didn't care too much.

Cao Pi then issued a royal decree and let the king drive into Wancheng.

But Cao Pi did not go to the Taishou Mansion in Wancheng, and he ordered the king to drive to the south gate of Wancheng.

As soon as Cao Pi's order was issued, this huge and mighty royal team began to march again.

When the huge procession drove into Wancheng, Cao Pi did not hear anyone's voice

signs.

It stands to reason that Wancheng, as the seat of Nanyang County, the largest county in the world, is densely populated, so it shouldn't be like this.

This was not the result of Cao Ren's early clearance.

Cao Pi's king drove all the way from the north gate to the south gate, across the entire Wancheng, and Cao Pi's move was something that Cao Ren had not expected in advance, and he could not clear the scene in advance.

The reason for this phenomenon is that Wancheng just experienced a city massacre last year!

Cao Pi knew about it, but he didn't care.

If you can deter the Quartet, why not slaughter one or two cities.

Cao Pi is now concerned about his great cause of becoming emperor.

As the king was marching, Cao Pi took out a few letters from the eucalyptus and handed them to Cao Ren to watch.

After Cao Ren took the report and read it, a happy color appeared on his face.

These letters are about the recent events that have taken place in the Wei State.

One of them was that after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, the kings of Hui, Fuyu Shan Yu, Yanqi, and Khotan all sent envoys to dedicate.

Another thing is that Cao Pi appointed Su Ze to quell the rebellions of Wuwei, Jiuquan and Zhangye.

The rebellions of Wuwei, Jiuquan and Zhangye occurred earlier than in the original history because of Liu Bei's strong power in this life, but the result was doomed.

In addition to these two things, there are other things such as the submission of traitors everywhere and the attachment of foreign races.

Although these things are different, they all embody Cao Pi's "cultural and martial arts".

Cao Ren knew what Cao Pi's purpose was in showing him these things.

In addition to carrying the civil and military ministers in Yecheng, Cao Pi's southern tour also brought 30,000 troops.

The purpose of Cao Pi's southern tour with an army of 30,000 was nothing more than to use his troops to deter various places and declare his force.

His purpose in doing this is self-evident.

Cao Pi looked at Cao Ren and said, "Zidan's soldiers and horses should have entered the Xudu Palace by now."

After Cao Pi said this, the joy on Cao Ren's face was even greater.

He bowed to Cao Pi and said metaphorically: "The destiny of heaven returns, and the king is Zhou Wu alive."

Cao Pi did not respond after listening to Cao Ren's words.

He was playing with a military newspaper, which Cao Ren had reported to him a few days ago.

He had already read the contents of the military newspaper.

The name mentioned in this military newspaper made Cao Pi instinctively feel disgusted.

The dream of the elk breaking the groove, Cao Cao once mentioned to him.

The East China Sea Mi clan was originally the East China Sea Elk clan.

After a long time, Cao Pi's king finally drove to the south gate of Wancheng.

After arriving at the destination, Cao Piping withdrew all his entourage, and he slowly took Cao Ren to the city gate.

After going up to the city wall, Cao Pi looked to the south, and as far as his eyes could see, there were places that his royal decree could not reach.

After looking at it for a while, Cao Pi withdrew his gaze from the southwest and southeast directions, and then he looked at Hanxing County, which was not far away.

At this time, Cao Cao's advice sounded faintly in Cao Pi's mind.

Hanxing Taishou?

Lone will kill your big man first, see how you prosper Han!