Cao Hong's situation, in fact, will not be good if he tells the truth to Cao Pi, and no one can say who will win in the affairs between the military formations.

If it had been replaced by Cao Cao, Cao Hong would have probably presented a report to explain the situation.

But. This is Cao Pi.

Everyone is an elder, watching Cao Cao's sons grow up, what kind of person is Cao Pi, can Cao Hong not know? !

Not to mention that Cao Hong also offended Cao Pi. It's hard to say what's right or wrong, in short, the relationship between the two people is quite poor.

If Cao Pi would still call Cao Ren "uncle" for face, for Cao Hong, Cao Pi would never call him "uncle" in private.

The relationship between the two is extremely poor, and now, although Cao Hong has a legitimate reason, if Cao Pi has to treat him for the crime of delaying the fighter, it seems to be in the past.

Anyway, Cao Hong felt that with Cao Pi's cautious eyes, there was a high probability that he would do this, and Cao Hong simply didn't give any retribution, so he thought about solving Zhao Yun and the others first, and after the flanks were worry-free, he would hand over the credit for repelling Zhao Yun and the others along with the previous battle report.

You have the credit in hand, even if you want to settle the account after the autumn, you have to look at the face of the merit, raise your hand, right?!

This is Cao Hong's plan, for this reason, he wrote a letter to Cao Ren and asked Cao Ren to help him cover up in front of Cao Pi.

Cao Ren really didn't want to do this, but this was his own brother.

Moreover, Cao Ren and Cao Hong are actually the same, somewhat putting themselves in the position of Cao Pi's elders, rather than sincerely treating Cao Pi as the king of Wei. There is only one King of Wei in their hearts, and that is Cao Cao.

So Cao Renzhen didn't realize that there was anything wrong with doing this.

Help Cao Hong cover up as much as possible, as long as Cao Pi doesn't mention it, it should be nothing, and Cao Pi occasionally mentions it, saying that Shu Kou is cunning, afraid of its recurrence, the metropolitan governor is pursuing with all his might, and after exterminating Shu Kou at the Bao Slope Crossing, he will go west to support Guo Huai.

But. Now that Guo Huai has retreated to Shangqi, Cao Hong is still fighting with Zhao Yun at the Baochuan crossing, how can this matter be fooled.

So Cao Ren could only report it truthfully.

After Cao Pi heard this, his face was extremely gloomy, he interrupted the military discussion, waved everyone away, took out a report, and handed it to Cao Ren.

Cao Ren took it and saw that it was a report sent by Zhang Ji, who was left behind in Chang'an.

In the first half of the report, there is actually nothing to say, that is, to report the current situation in Guanzhong and the situation in Chang'an, after all, Cao Pi wants to recruit in person, and the garrison is Chang'an, and it is normal for Zhang Ji to report these to Cao Pi.

But in the second half, when Zhang reported on Chang'an's grain and grass stocks, he said that Chang'an's grain and grass stocks could probably supply 150,000 Chinese troops for nine months.

One thing to say, this is already a lot, enough for Cao Pi to start a big war in Chang'an.

But the problem is that at the beginning of the year, when Cao Cao had not died, Cao Hong had given Cao Cao a letter to Cao Cao, when Cao Cao was seriously ill and could not be a director, Cao Pi read it to Cao Cao, and after reading it, Cao Cao also specially told Cao Pi that he must pay attention to the grain and grass reserves in the direction of Chang'an, and there must be no shortage.

At that time, Cao Hong reported that Chang'an's grain and grass reserves could be used by 200,000 troops for one year.

On paper, there's nothing wrong with it.

The weight of grain and grass consumed by an army of 200,000 in three months can basically correspond to the amount of grain and grass consumed by an army of 50,000 in a year, but there are some things that you can't think about.

This year, the grain harvest in the entire Yongzhou area, taxes in various places, and a batch of grain and grass allocated by Yecheng in advance because of this war. Where have they gone?!

Looking back, if you think about Cao Hong's personality and his greatest hobby, don't you think there is a big problem here?!

What about this matter, if it was put aside when Cao Cao was there before, it would not be a big deal, after all, Cao Hong was quite measured, at least he did not delay the national affairs, although he was greedy, but the basic guarantee was still for you.

Even if he sues Cao Cao, Cao Cao will most likely reprimand Cao Hong for a while, and then continue to pay it back, and the money will not find someone to come back Although Cao Hong is greedy, he is really good at something, and he is willing to die.

But the problem now is that the king of Wei is no longer Cao Cao, and has become Cao Pi, who is very incompatible with Cao Hong.

Coupled with the previous series of subtle factors, Cao Ren didn't know what to say.

When you are an elder brother, what can you do, you can only bow to the ground and don't say a word.

can't say, if you say it, you admit it, so that Cao Pi has more reason to rectify Cao Hong, but he can't not say anything, otherwise Cao Pi will only be more angry, even if he escapes this time, what if he can't escape next time? !

Cao Pi suddenly felt much more comfortable.

To be honest, Cao Pi did look at Cao Hong unpleasantly for a long time, but it wasn't because he didn't lend money to himself. Uh-huh, not really.

The main reason is Cao Hong's style of acting, the way he reaches out everywhere to embezzle and is complacent, it is very easy to corrupt the officialdom and smear the face of the old Cao family.

One more. Although it has been almost a year since he succeeded to the throne of Wei, Cao Pi has always felt that a group of people of the older generation have never regarded themselves as the king of Wei, especially the people within the Cao clan.

Therefore, this time Cao Pi is to give Cao Hong and Cao Ren, the two elders of the Cao clan, a dismount, and they continue to hold the shelf of the elders.

But. That's all.

After all, now that the big war is imminent, Longyou has eroded like that, even if Cao Pi wants to clean up Cao Hong, it is impossible to pick on this juncture.

Although Cao Pi is a little small-minded and almost fought a war, he still has a little political brains in employing people with idealism.

Taking advantage of Cao Hong's matter, he knocked Cao Ren, and then Cao Pi changed his smiling face, personally helped Cao Ren up, and said, "Uncle, please get up, what does this matter have to do with uncle. Gu also knows the temperament of Cao Dudu, and he has no intention of pursuing it, but now the situation is complex and changeable, and this Yongliang Dudu still needs a lot of hard work from his uncle. ”

Cao Ren paused slightly. This removed Cao Hong's position as governor?!

Okay, if you withdraw it, you can withdraw it, but what does it mean for me to be the governor of Yongliang?!

Isn't that still a change of soup and not a change of medicine?!

But it's right to think about it.

Cao Hong now has 50,000 soldiers and horses outside, and he has been removed from the position of governor of Yongliang, if he can't arrange a convincing person to succeed him, with Cao Hong's character, it is really possible to return to Chang'an and pick a son to do nothing.

Anyway, even if he did this, could Cao Pi still kill him?!

But if it is his own brother who succeeds him, Cao Hong naturally does not dare to say anything, and he has to continue to lead the troops to fight on the front line, and at the same time, Cao Pi can also replace the governor of Yongliang this time, take Cao Hong to open the knife, and establish his prestige in the army.

By the way, take revenge!

Well, the last one is Cao Ren's belly slander, but Cao Ren feels that with Cao Pi's careful eyes, it is really possible.

But the matter has come to this, what can I say, I quickly thanked the king of Wei, received the appointment, and went back to the camp to write a letter to my younger brother to explain the situation, and at the same time asked him to quickly get Zhao Yun and Chen Dao.

I don't understand, Zhao Yun, but a brave general, Chen Zhi is even a bodyguard leader, you Cao Hong has been fighting for so many years, and the army still has an absolute advantage, why has it been so long, and you can't even handle these two?!

After doing all this, Cao Pi did not immediately go west to Chang'an, after all, he had already arrived in Luoyang, and Chang'an was very close, so he was not in a hurry.

In addition to Liu Bei's main army in the west, Guan Yu, who was attacking Nanyang, was also a troublesome existence.

Guan Yu in the south, although it has been proven to be a partial division, Cao Pi knows the prestige of this famous general in the world who made the former king "love but can't".

"Megatron Huaxia" is not blown out, it is really played.

Therefore, Cao Pi was still not very relieved, and specially learned about the battle situation in Nanyang.

Judging by the battle report, it seems that there is not much of a problem.

Although Guan Yu launched the Northern Expedition in early October, he stationed all the way to Xinye, using Xinye as the forward base to launch an attack on the counties of Nanyang, which seemed to be huge.

But in fact, it was just Zhang Liao shrinking his forces, sticking to Wancheng, and deliberately giving up the territory that he had deliberately conceded Now the two armies have formed a stalemate in the area of Dengxian County, about 80 miles outside Wancheng, and no one has a better way to break the situation.

As for Xu Du, Sima Yi's recital showed that everything was calm.

With Zhang Liao and Sima Yi in the way, as long as you are careful and don't give Guan Yu a chance, there should be no problem.

Even if there is any problem, don't worry too much, after all, Cao Pi has already arrived in Luoyang, even if he enters Chang'an in the future, it will be very fast to support these two places, and there will not be too many problems.

As for breaking the enemy. This can wait for now, after all, Liu Bei in the west is now the enemy, if the main force is involved in Guan Yu, that is what Liu Bei is most willing to see.

So Cao Pi just sent a letter to Zhang Liao and Sima Yi, asking them to hold on to the city and try not to fight Guan Yu head-on.

Anyway, no matter how great Guan Yu's ability is, he can't bypass the two places of Nanyang and Xudu and break into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Zhang Liao naturally replied that he received the order, but Sima Yi wrote back to Cao Pi, telling Cao Pi to pay attention to the defense of Runan.

If Guan Yu sent people to attack Runan directly from Xiangyang, he would not be able to take into account the direction of Runan with only the 20,000 troops he had at hand, and he must let Runan Taishou strengthen his vigilance.

And Cao Pi frowned and thought about it for a long time, and finally found Jiang Ji to ask, only to learn that Runan is not too guarded now.

Cao Pi also wondered, why didn't he keep it too much?!

Then Jiang Ji told Cao Pi that it was not that there was no Runan Taishou, but that Runan Taishou was not in Runan County.

Runan Taishou is still full of favor, but Manzhong is helping Cao Pi to watch the rear in Yecheng at this time, monitoring the Han Emperor, and Cao Pi has not relieved the appointment of the full favor Runan Taishou, so naturally there is no way to reappoint a Runan Taishou.

Therefore, the current Runan has not been in charge for almost half a year.

Cao Pi suddenly realized that it was okay, he didn't defend it too much, and there was no county to be there, just let the county strengthen the county's defense.

Jiang Ji immediately received the order to draft the document and prepare to send it to Runan.

At this time, in the direction of Runan, there was already an army of no more than 3,000 people, rushing towards Runan at high speed.

A total of three chapters are owed

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