When Guo Huai heard Yang Fu's conditions, his first reaction was to agree to Yang Fu's request.

Even if Yang Fu hasn't specifically said what his request is.

The reason why Guo Huai had this reaction was that Yang Fu's conditions were too tempting for him.

The road connecting Hanzhong to Guanzhong was rugged and difficult, and under such circumstances, it was impossible for an army of 100,000 to join forces to attack Hanzhong all the way.

When Cao Cao led an army of 100,000 to attack Hanzhong, he also adopted a multi-pronged strategy.

Since there is such an excellent precedent, then Cao Zhen, as the military successor cultivated by Cao Cao, it is impossible for him to attack Hanzhong without dividing his troops.

Once the troops are divided, then in addition to the main force of the Wei army led by Cao Zhen along the way, the selection of the main generals of the other roads is very important.

And for those who were selected as the commanders of other armies, this is also their best chance to make a contribution.

Take Cao Xiu, one of the two military giants of the Cao Wei clan today, for example, twenty-three years ago in Jian'an, although Cao Xiu was the second generation of the clan valued by Cao Cao, his reputation was not significant.

But since that year, Cao Xiu's position has been promoted like a rocket, and today, Cao Xiu is Cao Wei's Yangzhou governor, responsible for guarding Cao Wei's eastern defense line.

And such a big change is not only because Cao Xiu has the identity of the clan, otherwise there are so many Cao Wei clans, why can he reach his current high position.

The key to this strong change is that in the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Cao Xiu, as the chief general of the other army appointed by Cao Cao during his southern expedition to Hanzhong, defeated Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, two famous generals, in Xiazhi.

This brought Cao Xiu great prestige, which was transformed into Cao Xiu's political capital.

The power of example is endless, with an example like Cao Xiu, which ambitious general in Cao Wei doesn't want to get the opportunity to be the chief general of another army?

Guo Huai's background and Guo Huai's talent are destined to be a person with great ambitions.

Although Cao Zhen had promised before that he would be responsible for leading the army to attack Wudu County, it was incomparable to leading the army to attack and directly becoming the commander of another army along the way.

So after hearing the conditions proposed by Yang Fu, Guo Huai was naturally tempted.

Guo Huai Zhengse said to Yang Fuyan: "If Yishan has troubles, he can say everything, and what Huai can do must be incumbent." ”

Yang Fu agreed without asking Guo Huai, and the smile on his face deepened.

Of course, Yang Fu will not make any excessive requests, otherwise he would not have come to befriend Guo Huai today, but to make enemies.

Yang Fu said to Guo Huai: "I have an old son named Jiang Wei, who is famous in Liangzhou and is known as "Youlin".

Although he was talented, he was trapped in his young age and had not established meritorious service, and he was never reused by the general.

What I want is that when Berji comes to the sun, I can take this son with me to train me, so that I can be worthy of the trust of my old friends. ”

When Yang Fu said his request, Guo Huai couldn't help laughing.

It turned out to be something like this.

Although what Yang Fu said was to let Guo Huai train Jiang Wei well, combined with Yang Fu's first half of the sentence, it was not difficult for Guo Huai to guess Yang Fu's true intention - he wanted to let himself take Jiang Wei with him and accumulate his resume for Jiang Wei.

For children of a family like Guo Huai, it is common to engage in private political transactions with people of the same status, or to promote each other's old times.

And this is not difficult to do with his current power.

Since it was simple and beneficial to himself, Guo Huai had no reason to refuse Yang Fu's request at all.

Guo Huai promised Yang Fu: "Yishan rest assured, since he is a talent in Liangzhou, he should naturally be vigorously promoted." ”

Guo Huai's answer let Yang Fu know, and Guo Huai already understood what he meant, which made Yang Fu feel at ease.

The reason why Yang Fu specially asked Guo Huai to seek benefits for Jiang Wei today was not only because Jiang Wei had a close relationship with him, but also because he knew that the proposer of the southern expedition was actually Jiang Wei.

Recently, the strategy of the southern expedition has brought Yang Fu a lot of prestige, and the family pays attention to repaying the peach and the water for a long time, so Yang Fu wants to seek a great future for Jiang Wei.

may be in Guo Huai's opinion, his request is not equal to the conditions he proposed, but Yang Fu himself knows that Cao Zhen has long planned to let Guo Huai serve as the chief general of other armies.

Otherwise, how could he be so anxiously waiting for Guo Huai's arrival.

In Yang Fu's heart, he just took out something that should have belonged to Guo Huai in advance in exchange for Guo Huai's help to him.

Anyway, this deal seems to both of them to be a mutually beneficial deal at this time, and whether the two of them will think so in the future is another matter.

After negotiating this deal, Yang Fu and Guo Huai both had a tacit understanding and closed their eyes together.

Next is when Cao Zhen discusses the specific strategy of dividing the troops, in this kind of important council, the two of them will definitely not lose their minds for a while.

Yang Fu and Guo Huai didn't close their eyes for long, they had already come to the outside of the general's mansion in Chencang City under the drive of the chariot.

At the moment when the chariot stopped, Yang Fu and Guo Huai both subconsciously opened their eyes and looked up at the Great General's Mansion that would affect their fate for the rest of their lives.

After a brief silence, Yang Fu and Guo Huai helped each other to get out of the car and strode towards the general's mansion.

As Cao Zhen's cronies and ministers, his mansion Yang Fu is naturally very familiar.

Under the leadership of Yang Fu, Guo Huai went around many corridors and finally came to a magnificent meeting hall.

After Guo Huai untied the sword at his waist, Yang Fu continued to walk towards the main hall with Guo Huai.

When Guo Huai stood outside the door of the main hall, the scene in front of him made his breathing a little short.

I saw that at this moment, the seats in the spacious hall were already full.

The people on the seat were either dressed in pian robes or armor, but although everyone was not uniformly dressed, Guo Huai knew that the people who could gather in this hall today were all people who held real power in the three states of Guanzhong.

The summoning of so many officials in important positions in Guanzhong shows the importance that Cao Zhen attaches to this southern expedition.

Just when Guo Huai was slightly surprised, Cao Zhen, who was sitting on the main seat of the main hall, had already seen Guo Huai's figure.

Just now, he learned the news of Guo Huai's arrival under the report of Yang Fu's subordinates.

Otherwise, he would not have convened such a large council in time.

But the moment Cao Zhen saw Guo Huai, a smile still appeared on his face.

In order to show his polite and virtuous side, Cao Zhen personally stood up from his seat, and then quickly came to the outside of the main hall to hold Guo Huai's hand and take Guo Huai into the main hall.

Cao Zhen's performance showed the importance he attached to Guo Huai, and also made many Wei ministers in the palace re-examine Guo Huai as a person.

Guo Huai has not yet achieved all the good achievements in the war against the Han Dynasty in history, and his prestige is only more limited to foreign races, so the ministers in the palace did not have a deep understanding of Guo Huai in the past.

Guo Huai was personally taken into the hall by Cao Zhen, which undoubtedly flattered him.

Even if Guo Huai is now the assassin of Yongzhou, the status gap between him and Cao Zhen is still very large.

When Guo Huai reacted, he had been taken by Cao Zhen to his seat, and his seat was very close to Cao Zhen.

After letting Guo Huai sit down, Cao Zhen saw that Yang Fu had also taken a seat, so he strode back to his main seat, and then scanned the people in the hall with a pair of tiger eyes.

A moment later, Cao Zhen's strong voice sounded in the hall:

"With the trust of His Majesty, I will go on a southern expedition in the near future."

When Cao Zhen's words echoed in the main hall, many Wei Chen in the main hall had a slight look of shock on their faces.

Most of the people in the main hall had guessed Cao Zhen's intention to continuously mobilize military strength and grain to Chen Cang.

But speculation is always speculation, and when the speculation is confirmed, many Wei Chen still feel shocked in their hearts.

The Southern Expedition represents that they are about to fight against Mi Yang, the shadow of the famous tree, and the prestige of Mi Yang deserve the attention of anyone present.

Even Cao Zhen, who has 100,000 male soldiers, is no exception.

So after saying this, Cao Zhen's face showed a heavy look, and he continued:

"Hanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the thieves are quite good at fighting, so our army's southern expedition is bound not to be careless.

After Cao Zhen's words fell, if it was said that many Wei Chen's faces had changed, but now they became whispering.

In an instant, the entire hall was enveloped in a cacophony of discussions.

Everyone in the palace knew that although Cao Zhen said that he was going to launch the battle of the Southern Expedition, he dispatched 100,000 troops and so many troops, which was enough to prove that Cao Zhen's ambition was not only to take Hanzhong.

Cao Zhen probably thought that if the capture of Hanzhong was successful, he would take advantage of the great victory to further attack Yizhou.

What Cao Zhen wants to fight is actually a battle to destroy the country!

Since it is a battle to destroy the country, then the strategy of the southern expedition must not be sloppy, otherwise not to mention whether Mi Yang can be successfully defeated at that time, if something happens, there will be a big turmoil in Guanzhong.

Cao Zhen just sat on the main seat, watching the many Wei ministers below talking one after another.

While observing Wei Chen's progress below, Cao Zhen's eyes often looked at the two closest to him sitting below him.

The seats of these two people can be ranked before Yang Fu and Guo Huai, which means that the identities of the two of them are different.

Among these two, one of them is Liu Ye, a servant of the Great Wei, who was specially sent to the front line by Cao Pi not long ago to assist Cao Zhen.

Cao Pi also knew that Liu Yejun was extraordinary, and the reason why he didn't reuse Liu Ye in the past was just because he was afraid of Liu Ye's background.

But if Liu Ye is asked to play the role of a staff officer, then it is undoubtedly very suitable.

With Liu Ye's strategy and Cao Zhen's good fighting, the chances of winning the Wei army's southern expedition this time inadvertently increased.

As for the identity of the other person, it is even more extraordinary.

He was Cao Hong, the hussar general of the present-day Great Wei.

Cao Hong was Cao Cao's younger brother, and he had already followed Cao Cao when Cao Cao raised an army against Dong Zhuo in the first year of the First Peace Dynasty.

It can be said that Cao Hong's qualifications in the Wei army are very profound, not to mention that Cao Hong once had a life-saving grace for Cao Cao.

Of course, Cao Hong was able to become the general of the Great Wei Wei, not only because of his relationship with Cao Cao, but also because even among the earliest Cao Wei fathers, Cao Hong's exploits were quite dazzling.

Conquering Xuzhou, Pinglu Bu, and courting Liu Biao, in this battle that changed the situation in the world, Cao Hong's performance was very good.

But what really made Cao Hong famous was his brilliant performance in the Battle of Guandu.

During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao accepted Xu You's strategy and led the elite soldiers to attack Wuchao, leaving Cao Hong and Xun You to guard the camp.

After Yuan Shao learned that Guandu was in trouble, he sent Zhang He and Gao Ran to lead the main force of Yuan's army to storm Cao's camp.

Zhang He and Gao Ran were both famous generals, and the combat effectiveness of the Yuan army was also very strong, not to mention that the number of the Yuan army at that time was several times that of the Cao army.

However, under unfavorable circumstances in many aspects, Cao Hong was stunned to defend Cao Ying, so that Zhang He could not feel a glimmer of hope under many fierce attacks, so he moved the idea of surrendering.

It can be said that Cao Cao was able to win the battle of Guandu in the end, and Cao Hong's contribution in it is definitely not low, and it can also be seen from this incident that Cao Hong is a veteran general with military strategy.

Because of Cao Hong's exploits in previous years, after Cao Pi was just proclaimed emperor in the first year of the early Huang Dynasty, he immediately worshiped Cao Hong as a general of Wei, and later became a hussar general.

In the Wei Chenghan system, the hussar general is a military position only below the general, which can be described as a high power.

But it is a pity that because Cao Hong had a holiday with Cao Pi in previous years, Cao Pi has always taken refrigerated treatment for Cao Hong after he succeeded to the throne.

If this were not the case, in last year's Xiangfan War, the main general of the Wei army would not have been Zhang Liao.

Cao Hong can appear here today because Cao Zhen recommended Cao Hong to Cao Pi, otherwise with Cao Pi's character, he would definitely not let Cao Hong have a chance to regain military power.

Cao Zhen's gaze stayed for a while when he saw Cao Hong.

In fact, not only Cao Pi and Cao Hong have a bad relationship, but even the relationship between Cao Zhen and Cao Hong is quite tense.

But Cao Zhen can be valued by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao is considered to be the pillar of Cao Wei in the future, so his mind is not narrow-minded.

In Cao Zhen's view, how can personal grievances involve national affairs?

Now among the Cao clan, Cao Xiu, who is as famous as him, is guarding Jiangdong in the east, and there is no way to help him.

And the older generation of Cao's famous generals are almost dead again, in this case, reusing Cao Hong is a thing that Cao Zhen thinks is very necessary.

The military power of the Great Wei should still be in the hands of the clan as much as possible.

After staring at Cao Hong for a while, Cao Zhen looked away at Yang Fu.

After Cao Zhen's gaze came, Yang Fu immediately understood, and he stood up in the noisy hall and went to the main hall.

His demeanor proves that he has something to say to Cao Zhen.

And when Yang Fu walked into the main hall, the discussion in the hall was quickly calming down.

Everyone knows that Yang Fu is Cao Zhen's confidant, and now he comes out to speak, it is likely that it is Cao Zhen's instructions.

After the silence in the hall was restored, Yang Fu looked at Cao Zhen, who was sitting at the top, and said the strategy for the southern expedition that he had already drafted in his heart:

"The minister thinks that our army is divided into three routes, and Hanzhong is divided into three sections with unparalleled military strength, and one by one is broken."

When Yang Fu's words came out, Liu Ye unconsciously touched his nose.

It was a ploy he came up with.

(End of chapter)