Cao Zhen, who led the army to evacuate from Yixian, did not take long to lead the army to retreat all the way to Wuzhangyuan to join forces with Guo Huai.

Guo Huai, who was responsible for constructing the Wuzhang original defense line, couldn't help but be curious when he saw Cao Zhen leading his army to "converge" with him so quickly.

Under inquiry, Guo Huai learned the ins and outs of the matter.

After learning that Mi Yang ignored the danger in the rear and brazenly led the main force of the Han army to approach Yixian, Rao is Guo Huai, who has always been rich in military strategy, was also shocked by Mi Yang's operation.

But frightened to frightened, Guo Huai quickly judged the purpose of Cao Zhen leading the army to Wuzhangyuan to join forces with him based on the available information.

Perhaps there have been many rumors in the Wei army recently claiming that Cao Zhen, as a general of the Great Wei, is as fearful as a tiger, but Guo Huai naturally will not believe those rumors.

After all, if it is true that Cao Zhen was simply afraid of Mi Yang and hurriedly withdrew his troops as the rumors said, then Cao Zhen should have withdrawn all the way to Chang'an City.

The city defense of Chang'an City, which is like a moat, can give people the greatest sense of security.

And Cao Zhen did not do this, which shows that the purpose of Cao Zhen's emergency evacuation from Yixian County was mainly to lead troops to block the Han army led by Mi Yang in Wuzhangyuan.

After learning of Cao Zhen's purpose, Guo Huai reported to Cao Zhen the current defense details of Wuzhangyuan when Cao Zhen had just come to Wuzhangyuan.

Guo Huai led the army to Wuzhangyuan to set up defenses, and it was not half a month.

But Guo Huai is a rare good general in the world, and the terrain of Wuzhang Yuan is precipitous, so even if it is only half a month, Guo Huai still quickly builds a solid defense line in Wuzhang Plain.

Guo Huai's report made Cao Zhen, who was apprehensive along the way, rarely show some smiles.

When the country is in crisis, the preciousness of talents is more and more reflected.

Obviously, Guo Huai is a talent who can solve problems for the country when the country is in trouble.

Cao Zhen did not hesitate to praise Guo Huai in public.

Cao Zhen's praise made Guo Huai's heart feel happy, and let him take the initiative to tell Cao Zhen his opinion on Miyang's sudden attack.

"Although the enemy took it by surprise and broke Qizhai Xiayi County, it was too aggressive after all.

However, the strong wall refuses to defend to frustrate its edge, he has no ambition to advance, he has no way to retreat, and if he stops for a long time, he will run out of food, and if he has nothing to gain, he will go. Walk and chase it, wait for work with ease, and the way to victory. ”

In Guo Huai's opinion, Mi Yang's bold style of play really surprised many people, and made a good start for his next attack on Chang'an.

It's just that there are pros and cons to everything.

From the objective facts, Chen Cang is still in his own hands, and there are many elites in Chen Cang City.

This is a hidden danger that Mi Yang can bypass, but cannot be ignored.

Bypassing Chen Cang is an expedient measure after all.

Moreover, as long as the Wuzhang Plain can be held and Miyang is not allowed to connect to the mouth of the Xiegu Valley, then the more Miyang advances, the more the grain road of the Han army will be further extended.

If you want to compare it, the current grain road of the Han army is like a taut rope.

As soon as the pressure on the rope exceeds the limit of what it can withstand, the rope will be simply broken.

This was a fatal and unavoidable problem for the Han army.

On the surface, the current situation is unfavorable to oneself, but it does not mean that oneself is really helpless.

All you have to do now is to keep putting pressure on that rope, to brake quietly, and wait for the moment when that rope will break.

If you can complete this strategic concept, then you will not say that the expulsion of the enemy into the Kou will be some larger strategic goals, and it is not impossible to look forward to - for example, the main force of the Han army's Northern Expedition will be wiped out in Guanzhong.

Guo Huai's words made Cao Zhen's face get better and better.

When he was in Yixian, because of the urgency of the situation, Liu Ye did not deeply analyze the reasons for abandoning Yixian and retreating to Wuzhangyuan to Cao Zhen.

But on the way to retreat towards Wuzhangyuan, Liu Ye carefully analyzed the pros and cons of this matter for Cao Zhen in private.

Liu Ye's analysis is similar to Guo Huai's suggestions in front of him today.

The similarities of the two important ministers made Cao Zhen realize one thing - the current situation is not too bad for Wei Jun.

At least Wujoyuan hasn't been lost.

After realizing this, Cao Zhen's mood slowly improved.

Taking advantage of Cao Zhen's face turning clear, Guo Huai suggested to Cao Zhen again: "At that moment, our army should divide its troops and go to Weibei to station. ”

Cao Zhen, who was in a good mood, fell again after hearing Guo Huai's suggestion to divide his troops.

Division?

It's not that Cao Zhen sees any hidden dangers in Guo Huai's proposal to divide the troops, but mainly because of his conditioned reflex.

Not to mention the Battle of Liangzhou, which was cited by Cao Zhen as a lifelong shame, let's talk about the defeat of the Wei army after the Han army's Northern Expedition.

Previously, he and Cao Zhang divided their troops and stationed them in Shangqi and Jieting respectively, and then in the battle of Jieting, Cao Zhang was defeated.

A few days ago, he divided his troops back to the rear, which led to the lack of defense in Yixian County in the face of the attack of the main force of the Han army, so he had no choice but to abandon Yixian.

Under the influence of these two failures, Cao Zhen instinctively had an ominous premonition when he heard the word division of troops.

Of course, although he is reluctant in his heart, Cao Zhen will not say his true thoughts in public, otherwise he will really confirm his reputation as "fearful as a tiger"?

After Cao Zhen's false intentions, he said to Guo Huaiyan:

"The people are all gathered in Weinan, and this must be a place to fight."

Cao Zhen did not directly refute Guo Huai's suggestion, but the people in the account heard the refusal in Cao Zhen's words.

Since Weinan is a battleground for battle, then of course all forces must be concentrated to defend Wuzhang Plain.

It's just that Cao Zhen's refusal of Guo Huai's meaning was realized by the generals, but Cao Zhen's reason for rejecting Guo Huai made the generals look at each other.

Although the land in Weinan is more fertile than that in Weibei, there is no difference in "the people are all in Weinan".

The general's reason is really a bit far-fetched.

Guo Huai also knew that Cao Zhen's reason was a bit far-fetched, and he vaguely saw Cao Zhen's true thoughts from this reason.

Guo Huai, who was aware of Cao Zhen's true thoughts, would not be stupid enough to expose Cao Zhen in person, he just continued to persuade:

"Mi thieves with soldiers has always been changeable, now our army occupies a favorable position but does not take the first step to divide the troops to Weishui, if Mi Yang led the army to arrive, but divided the troops to attack Weishui, when Weibei is shaken, what is our army doing?

In order to prevent thieves from having the heart to spy on Weibei, our army should take precautions and send troops to build a camp in Weibei first.

If the thieves want to divide their troops to attack our Weibei at that time, our army can attack them halfway and win! ”

Guo Huai was resolute and strongly advised Cao Zhen to divide his troops and garrison Weibei in advance.

After saying the above reasons, Guo Huai continued to say in order to further get Cao Zhen to agree:

"Besides, as long as our army can hold Weibei, then our army's road to Longyou will not be cut off.

The main force of the thief army is now under the command of the thieves, and they are approaching Wuzhang Yuan step by step, and the defense of the thief army in Longyou is empty.

The emptiness of the enemy will give our army a chance to take advantage of it. ”

Guo Huai's words attracted Cao Zhen's attention.

Cao Zhen hurriedly asked Guo Huai: "Could it be that Cheng Qing wants to lead troops to go retrograde and attack the back of the thief on a detour?" ”

When Cao Zhen inquired about Guo Huai, his face showed joy.

He was delighted by Guo Huai's boldness.

It's a pity that Cao Zhen is going to be disappointed.

Faced with Cao Zhen's sudden inquiry, Guo Huai choked suddenly.

Is he as bold as a man?

In order to dispel Cao Zhen's misunderstanding of him, Guo Huai immediately replied:

"Not really.

Although the enemy's army is empty in Longyou, there are thousands of thieves and soldiers in Anding County, even if I have the heart to sacrifice my life for the country, but the few soldiers are not enough to make meritorious contributions, but there is a worry of losing the teacher and humiliating the country.

If there are more soldiers, our army's defense in Wuzhangyuan will be empty again, and it will give thieves an opportunity to take advantage of.

The minister believes that if the thieves cross the Weidengyuan and join the troops in the north mountain to isolate the Longdao, then it will be difficult for our army to exert influence on the Longyou.

But as long as our army can occupy the northern plains, then the communication between our army and Longyou will not be severed.

When winter comes, the minister can send henchmen to collude with the alien races in Longyou, so that they can attack the Han army's grain route, so that the thief army can not take care of each other, and then what is the difficulty for our army to repel the thief army? ”

Guo Huai's words made Cao Zhen ponder.

Although Guo Huai lacked the courage to go deep alone, he was a little disappointed.

But what Guo Huai said later still moved Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen knew Guo Huai's prestige in Longyou, although the Han army had occupied Longyou at the moment, but this was only last month.

Even if the time goes to winter, the time for the Han army to occupy Longyou will not exceed half a year.

Half a year is certainly not enough for the Han army to gain a firm foothold in Longyou, but Guo Huai's prestige in Longyou has been more than ten years, which is incomparable to Mi Yang.

This is also the biggest reason why Guo Huai is confident that he can provoke the Longyou Qiang people to rebel.

While Cao Zhen was pondering, Liu Ye on the side saw that Cao Zhen was still hesitating, and hurriedly came out and said to Cao Zhen:

"What Guo Yongzhou said is reasonable, and the general has no need to doubt."

Liu Ye's support made Cao Zhen no longer hesitate.

Cao Zhen finally looked at Guo Huaiyan and said: "Gu will give Qing 10,000 soldiers to go to Weibei to station, and I hope Qing will not let Gu down." ”

Cao Zhen's permission made Guo Huai overjoyed.

He hurriedly bowed down to Cao Zhen and said, "The minister will die!" ”

After deciding on the tactics of dividing troops into Weibei, Cao Zhen felt a little tired, and he asked Liu Ye to write a recital to present the current military situation to Luoyang.

After arranging this matter, Cao Zhen ordered the generals to go down and rest.

A fierce war is coming, and now is the time to recharge.

Liu Yewen's talent was extraordinary, he quickly wrote a recital, and ordered the messenger to send it to Luoyang quickly.

The messenger knew that this was an urgent military situation, so he did not dare to delay on the way, but within a few days, the messenger delivered Cao Zhen's performance to Cao Rong's hands.

Seeing Cao Rong behind the performance, green tendons naturally appeared on his forehead.

There has been no military intelligence from the front line during this time, and Cao Rong, who adheres to the idea that no bad news is good news, has rarely calmed down during this time.

But who knows that his clan dear generals on the front line will either not send bad news, but send a big one as soon as they send it?

The street pavilion was lost, and tens of thousands of Luoyang Chinese troops were destroyed.

Abandoning the defense, 100,000 enemy troops drove all the way to Wuzhang Plain.

These two news, only one of Cao Rong felt that it would speed up his heartbeat, let alone two at once?

Cao Rong angrily directly smashed the cup of jade cup in front of him.

This cup of jade is a small country in the Western Regions to pay tribute to the Great Wei, after the battle of Hexi Cao Zhen won a great victory, the Western Regions countries will all worship Cao Wei as Zhengshuo, pay tribute endlessly.

This has always been a thing that Cao Pi is proud of, and it is also a symbol of Cao Wei being regarded by the world as a symbol of Chinese Zhengshuo.

But Cao Rong knew that this symbol, like the jade cup in front of him at this time, had become fragmented.

The loss of Liangzhou meant that Cao Wei would no longer be able to exert influence in the Western Regions in the future.

In the future, if the countries of the Western Regions want to pay tribute, it is estimated that they will also pay tribute to the Han who is gradually recovering.

As soon as he thought of this, Cao Ei's heart was as uncomfortable as a burning flame.

Thanks to Cao Rong in this life, he has not experienced the pain of losing his mother, and his mentality is not too extreme.

Otherwise, with his current mood, I am afraid that the attendants in the palace will be worried about their lives.

It's just that Cao Ei's mind is different from ordinary people, and after burning for a while, Cao Ei still forced himself to calm down.

He immediately ordered his chamberlain to summon Situ Huaxin to come.

It didn't take long for Hua Xin, who was nursing at home, to be summoned to Cao Ei's side.

After Hua Xin arrived in the main hall, he found that he was the only minister in the main hall, which inevitably made him a little puzzled.

Although Hua Xin is Cao Wei's Situ at the moment, he is ranked among the three princes.

But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Situ became an official position with a false name but no real power.

Hua Xin is well aware of this, so he has always stayed at home to recuperate unless he has a major court meeting.

In the past, when discussing important state affairs, it did not mean that they would not be summoned, but that there would not be a situation where they only summoned themselves.

But the current scene is obviously contrary to the past conventions, which inevitably makes Hua Xin feel vigilant.

He instinctively felt that today would not be an easy day for him.

Hua Xin's prediction was not wrong, after Hua Xin arrived and took his seat, Cao Rong quickly handed over the watch sent by Cao Zhen to Hua Xin's hands.

After reading the contents of the recital, Hua Xin's face couldn't help but change greatly.

In order not to cause turmoil in the hearts of the people in Luoyang, Cao Rong has always strictly forbidden the military information on the front line to circulate in Luoyang City.

In addition, Hua Xin didn't care much about the military, so he didn't know much about the military situation on the front line before.

Even if Hua Xin had guessed in his heart before that the military situation on the front line was unfavorable to the Wei army, how could he have thought that the military situation on the front line in Guanzhong was already dangerous?

Subconsciously, Hua Xin wanted to get up and ask Cao Rong to convene the ministers to discuss.

But before Hua Xin could get up, Cao Rong waved his hand to stop Hua Xin's actions, and then Cao Rong stared at Hua Xin and told Hua Xin the intention of summoning him:

"I want to worship you as an envoy, and I will go to envoy Sun Quan."

Cao Ei's words made the alarm bell in Hua Xin's heart pause, and what Cao Ei said next made Hua Xin sweat even more shocked:

"Lone wants you to convey one thing to Sun Quan on behalf of Lone, ask one thing.

The thing conveyed is: Lone is willing to ask to marry his eldest daughter as a concubine, and the two families have been married to Qin and Jin since then.

When Gu Lairi ascended the throne, his eldest daughter was the mother of the Great Wei.

And the question is: does he want to be a hypocrite for the rest of his life, or does he also want to become the Ninety-Five! ”

Today's first chapter, second chapter early morning.

Today, I suddenly received the news of the death of the July boss, and I am very sad about his passing. I still remember when I was reading, I occasionally saw the book I am King in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I was deeply attracted by the writing of this book, and perhaps at that time, the seed of writing history was planted in my heart.

July has always been a historical writer that I like very much, and it has always been the direction of my struggle, but unfortunately, sadly, alas.

I hope that the family of the July boss can mourn, and I also hope that the works left by the July boss can live forever in the world and not be forgotten.

Sincere wishes from a small fan.

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