Cao Pi's plan, although somewhat taken for granted, is not without the possibility of success.

After all, Zhang Liao is also a famous general, when he was in Xiaoyaojin, with 800 troops, he could assault the Chinese army guarded by tens of thousands of Sun Quan, and Sun Quan had to defend himself, if it wasn't for Zhou Yu leading the troops to arrive in time, Sun 100,000 might have been explained in Xiaoyaojin, how could there be such a troublesome situation today.

And now, Cao Pi doesn't ask Zhang Liao to replicate the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, and he also knows that Sun 100,000's level of soldiers can't be compared with a famous general like Guan Yu, but Zhang Liao doesn't have 30,000 soldiers in his hands.

30,000 against 50,000, with Zhang Liao's ability, it is not impossible to defeat Guan Yu.

Although Guan Yu is indeed a famous general in the world, Guan Yu has not lost a battle, and Emperor Taizu Wu also captured Guan Yu alive.

Cao Pi thinks very well, but there is a saying that "plans can't catch up with changes".

Cao Pi was still fantasizing just now, as long as Zhang Liao defeated Guan Yu, he would be able to send troops to reinforce Pengcheng, and by the way, when he would take Jiangdong Xiao'er. Chang'an Cao Zhen sent a battle report, and Chen Cangdao was lost.

Cao Pi was stunned.

Cao Pi is not a person who does not understand military affairs, and Cao Cao is still very good at cultivating his sons.

Whether it's Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, or Cao Zhi, in fact, they have all led soldiers and gone to the battlefield at Cao Cao's request. Cao Pi followed Cao Cao to attack Yecheng, Hebei, and by the way, he learned from his father, and liked to mention a daughter-in-law of someone else's family as his wife; Cao Zhang also led troops to quell the second rebellion of Wuhuan, which shocked Liaodong; Although Cao Zhi had less experience in leading troops, Cao Cao also tried to let him lead the army to the battle, but Cao Zhi drank and misbehaved, which completely disappointed Cao Cao, not only depriving him of military power, but also completely losing the qualification to compete for Cao Cao's heir.

Therefore, Cao Pi, the successor carefully cultivated by Cao Cao, is not ignorant of military affairs.

The entire battle situation in Guanzhong is always in Cao Pi's mind, and Cao Pi is also clear about the importance of Chen Cangdao. As soon as the Chencang Road was broken, the Shu army could enter Guanzhong in a big way, and the first to be affected was the grain land of the Cao army in Weishui, Meixian.

Now the defenders of Meixian County are only 2,000 people, and Cao Pi will not be stupid enough to pin the hope of holding on to Meixian County, pinning the hope on the Shu army, I don't know that this is the grain land of the Weishui Wei army, since Liu Bei occupied the Baochuan crossing, the military layout of the entire Guanzhong has been difficult to hide from the careful investigation of the Shu army.

Cao Pi didn't even have time to think about how Chen Cangdao was lost, he immediately sent an edict to Cao Zhen, asking Cao Zhen to quickly send troops to support Meixian.

Although Cao Pi believes that with Cao Zhen's ability, he will not have to wait until his edict arrives to make arrangements, but there are some things that he does not say, and the nature is different.

But when Cao Pi's edict was issued, less than two days later, Cao Pi received a war report from Chang'an, Cao Zhen left a full favor to guard Chang'an, and personally led 15,000 Chang'an defenders to rescue Meixian, but before he could go halfway, he received the news that Meixian was lost.

Now Cao Pi's eyes can go dark.

Why is Xiahou Nan this waste, why was he blind in the first place, and thought of letting this bastard go to the front line to mix up military exploits?!

But now, things have been like this, no matter how anxious Cao Pi is, there is nothing he can do. How to deal with Chang'an is the most important thing.

As for this response plan, Cao Zhen also mentioned a battle plan in his battle report to Cao Pi - to recapture Meixian.

Cao Zhen is still very general, after he learned that Meixian was lost, he did not panic, and did not choose to retreat to Chang'an all of a sudden, but immediately sent scouts to seek the real reason for the loss of Meixian.

When he learned that the Shu army had only raided Meixian with thousands of vanguard troops, and Meixian was broken due to lack of preparation, he suddenly moved his mind.

Although Cao Zhen was also very unhappy that Wang Sheng was unreliable, he was actually broken through the city by thousands of people, but now he has 15,000 people in his hands, if he takes advantage of the fact that the Shu army has an unstable foothold in Meixian County, and also launches a surprise attack, it may not be impossible to recapture Meixian.

Therefore, Cao Zhen still led the army to continue the march in the direction of Meixian, and within two days of walking, he met the messenger sent by Guo Huai.

Guo Huai elaborated on his plan in the letter, and this plan coincided with Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen directly asked the messenger to go back and tell Guo Huai to act according to Guo Huai's plan.

At the same time, in order to inform the full pet guarding in Chang'an to make logistical preparations, and also to give Cao Pi an explanation, Cao Zhen sent a battle report to Cao Pi, in which he elaborated on the plan he and Guo Huai jointly formulated.

This plan made Cao Pi feel a little more at ease, but after all, he still felt bottomless.

For this reason, Cao Pi urgently summoned Liu Ye, told him about the current situation in Guanzhong, and asked Liu Ye what his opinion was on Guo Huai and Cao Zhen's joint plan? !

Liu Ye was also unlucky.

In fact, Liu Ye is better at the field of affairs, not at the military level, but in government affairs.

But Cao Pi can't help it, there are really not enough people now.

This time, Cao Pi drove the expedition in person, in fact, there were not a few strategists who were good at military affairs around him. Although Cao Pi left Jia Xu, an old fox, in Yecheng to take care of his family, he still took Man Chong, Jiang Ji, and Liu Ye with him to consult the military strategy at any time.

But the war has changed too quickly in the past few months, and everywhere is in an emergency, Cao Pi has no choice but to send Jiang Ji to Pengcheng and Manchu to Chang'an, and those who stay with Cao Pi are only Sun Zi and Liu Fang, who are unlucky.

Cao Pi is not old and confused, when he encounters this kind of military strategy that is related to the success or failure of Guanzhong, he doesn't ask Liu Ye, do he still have to ask Sun Zi, Liu Fang?!

Although Liu Ye feels that he is better at government affairs, Liu Ye's suggestions on military affairs several times are often very to the point and to the point, which even Cao Cao has praised, and Cao Pi certainly will not treat Liu Ye as a pure government official.

Liu Ye had no choice but to study Guo Huai and Cao Zhen's plan carefully for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion - the key to the success or failure of the plan to recapture Meixian County was whether Biqiu Jian could delay the advance speed of the main force of the Shu army.

If Biqiu Jian can slow down the march of this army and create time for Guo Huai to lead the army to the city of Meixian, then the five or six thousand Shu troops in Meixian County will definitely not be able to stop the two-sided attack of Cao Zhendu Governor and Guo Huai's assassination.

But if Biqiu Jian can't slow down the advance of this Shu army and let Meixian have reinforcements, Guo Huai and Cao Zhendu can't recapture Meixian in a short time. The battle situation in the entire Guanzhong is likely to collapse rapidly.

This is a risky move, go well, live the whole game, and there is still hope for perseverance in Guanzhong.

If you don't go well, you will lose all the games, and Chang'an may not be guaranteed.

Liu Ye told Cao Pi all his opinions, but Liu Ye would not give Cao Pi any advice or influence any of Cao Pi's decisions.

This matter is too big, it is related to the entire Guanzhong, and only Cao Pi can make this decision.

And Cao Pi is also quite embarrassed.

Liu Ye's analysis, Cao Pi understood, and also knew that only he could make such a decision.

If he chooses to be conservative, then he should immediately send a message to Cao Zhen, abort Cao Zhen and Guo Huai's plan, and let Cao Zhen find a way to contact Guo Huai, reformulate the retreat plan, abandon the Weishui front, shrink the troops, and defend Chang'an with all his might.

And if you choose to be more radical, then you should support Cao Zhen and Guo Huai's plan, as long as Meixian is recaptured, the defensive line from Weishui to Qishan is still there, relying on this defensive hold to drag down the logistics of the Shu army, and in the end it is you who will win, and you don't have to worry about Chang'an facing the threat of soldiers.

The pros and cons are already clear, and now Cao Pi needs to make a choice.

And Cao Pi. To be honest, Cao Pi prefers to choose a conservative approach.

For Cao Pi, his expectation is, of course, to block Liu Bei's Northern Expedition and hold Guanzhong.

After all, Liu Bei is old, and the future is not yet known, once Liu Bei has an accident, with the current foundation of Xishu, as long as Liu Bei dies, it may cause what kind of turmoil, and even if the internal regime of Xishu is stable and excessive, at least in the next three or five years, Xishu will not have enough energy to launch a large-scale war.

Cao Pi is only in his thirties this year, and he feels that he will definitely be able to survive Liu Bei, and he can afford to wait.

At that time, if Cao Pi is in charge, he can use Guanzhong as a springboard to mobilize a large army and counterattack Yongliang.

This is Cao Pi's most ideal state.

But the current situation has reached a point where it is difficult for Cao Pi to maintain this ideal state. Therefore, Cao Pi's inner bottom line is actually to be able to keep Chang'an.

As long as Chang'an is still in his own hands and Liu Bei is not given the opportunity to peek into the Central Plains, then when there are changes in the future, Cao Pi will at least have hope of regaining Guanzhong.

It's just that in this way, even if Guanzhong is recaptured, when Shu Han eases his breath and goes on another northern expedition, the Wei army is still in a strategic passive state in Guanzhong.

Looking at it this way, Cao Zhen and Guo Huai's plan can do their best to protect Guanzhong and strive for the best plan for a strategic counteroffensive in the future.

Therefore, Cao Pi was really hesitant.

Is it to choose aggressive risk-taking in the future strategy, or to choose a temporary retreat in order to keep the bottom line. Cao Pi finally chose the former.

Take a chance.

There are actually two reasons why Cao Pi chose this way.

One is that Cao Pi believes that even if he chooses a conservative plan, Guo Huai's army will retreat to the southwest of Weishui in the northwest of Weishui, which is also very risky, if the retreat plan is not thorough, or Cao Zhen, Zhang He and others do not respond in time, resulting in Guo Huai's army being chased and killed by the Shu army, and if it is not done well, it will also lose its troops, so that the strength of defending Chang'an will be greatly weakened.

It's not that he, Cao Pi, wants to defend Chang'an, so he will definitely be able to defend it.

The second one is somewhat selfish about Cao Pi.

Cao Pi knew that he was indeed inferior to his father, but there were some things that he knew in his heart was one thing, and hearing it from other people's mouths was another.

There are always people who say that their courage is slightly inferior to that of Emperor Wu. Now Cao Pi also wants to take a risk and prove himself.

After all, he is the founder who really created the Great Wei Dynasty.

I'm a late-stage patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder.,I can't see a singular chapter as the last update of the day.,But if you only change one chapter and you're afraid of being scolded, it's still three more today.,I'll go back to two more in the future.

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