I have to say that Zhang Xi's deterrent power is far greater than he thinks.

Zhang Xi has always thought that he is within the Dahan Group, and if he dies, he is the top position in the second echelon, and it is important to say that it is important, and it is not important to say that it is not important.

Thesis, he is not as versatile as Zhuge Liang, he can grasp politics, economy, and military affairs, and he is not as wise as Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, who can decide the victory or defeat of an entire large-scale battle.

In terms of martial arts, his ability to command troops is not as good as Guan Yu, his experience is not as good as Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, not to mention Wu Yong, he can't even beat his own daughter-in-law.

Zhang Xi has always felt that he can have a position in the second echelon of the Han Dynasty, or because he defected to Liu Bei relatively early.

But in the eyes of Cao Wei and Dongwu, it is not like this at all.

Needless to say, Zhou Yu is Zhang Xi's "spokesperson" in Jiangdong, and Zhang Xi's threat in Zhou Yu's eyes is not under Zhuge Liang at all, resulting in Zhang Xi being in the cognition of Dongwu monarchs, but he is equivalent to Zhuge Liang, and Guan Yu's existence is not comparable to Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei.

As for Cao Wei's side, the feeling is even deeper.

Cao Wei's generals, the older generation of Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Zhang He, Guo Huai and Cao Zhen of the Mesozoic Era, all lost directly or indirectly to Zhang Xi, and even Zhang He can be said to have died directly in the battle with Zhang Xi.

Therefore, Cao Wei can question that Zhuge Liang is just a scholar, and Zhang Fei is just a puppet, but when it comes to Zhang Xi, he must be the first person in the northwest of Shu thieves.

The evaluation is second only to Guan Yu in Jingzhou.

If such a No. 1 person makes such a troop arrangement that violates military common sense, if you want to say that he is not trying to do something, who will believe it.

The key is what Zhang Xi wants to do, which is the key to Cao Pi's convening of everyone to discuss today.

In this matter, Liu Ye and Jiang Ji did not speak in a hurry, but looked at Cao Zhen.

There are four people present, just you, General Cao, have crossed paths with Zhang Xi, and have fought in Chang'an, if you don't speak first, who will come first?!

But Cao Zhen is also depressed. Who has fought against Zhang Xi?

The first time he fought in the northwest was under Uncle Cao Hong, against Zhang Fei and Ma Chao.

The second time he fought in the northwest, most of the time he was guarding Chang'an, and later he went to war, first facing Wei Yan, and secondly, being besieged and beaten by Liu Bei's army. I really haven't fought directly with that Zhang Yuanchang.

There are indirect fights. But it was a confrontation at the strategic level, and it wasn't just Zhang Xi.

But it was useless for Cao Zhen to think so, even Cao Pi looked at Cao Zhen.

After all, in the original defense of Guanzhong, Cao Zhen was the commander-in-chief, Zhang Xi was the vanguard of the Shu thieves, and later he led a partial division to march to the right to support the wind, even if you Cao Zhen did not fight Zhang Xi head-on, but he must know Zhang Xi better than everyone present.

Cao Zhen also had no choice but to work hard to analyze. What kind of person is this Zhang Xi?

"Zhang Xi is a person from Yingshang, from a poor family." Cao Zhen hesitated and said.

But the problem is, no one wants to hear about it. Zhang Xi is a native of Yingchuan, who can not know today?!

Today's Yingchuan Zhang family, there are only a dozen old slave housekeepers left to guard the ancestral hall that have already migrated, and most of the clansmen have either migrated to Jingzhou or gone to Shudi, even if you want to threaten other people's families, you can't do it now.

Besides, the dignified Great Wei can't do this kind of indiscriminate thing, if this spreads, let alone the cold family, even the big families will be dissatisfied with the Great Wei.

After all, there are not a few families who bet separately in recent years.

Cao Zhen also knows that everyone doesn't want to listen to these things on the surface, but the problem is that he Cao Zhen really doesn't know much about private information.

There is really no way, Cao Zhen doesn't want to be embarrassed in front of the Son of Heaven, so he can only take out some of what he has heard, as well as his imagination and judgment of Zhang Xi.

"It is said that this person is erudite and well-informed, when he studied in Yingchuan in his early years, he was deeply valued by the great Confucian Xun Shuang, and taught him to him, and became friends with Xu Shu and others who studied in the same year, so the military and government are well known, full of wisdom, and the deep Shu thief Liu Bei is trustworthy."

That's right, it's.

It is estimated that Xun Shuang himself didn't know about this, when Yingchuan gave a lecture, there were many Yingchuan students who came to listen to the lecture, and Xun Shuang probably hadn't even seen Zhang Xi's face.

But on the contrary, what Cao Zhen said, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, and even Cao Pi all believed it.

Except for the Yingchuan Xun clan who cultivated two Xun Lingjun, who has the ability to cultivate such a civil and military all-round talent and amazing talent?!

is not only Zhang Xi, but Xu Shu, who is now in Jingzhou, is also considered by the world to be from the Yingchuan Xun family, and he is also a figure who made Great Wei suffer a lot.

Seeing that the three bigwigs all nodded in approval, Cao Zhen was immediately encouraged and continued to make up half-truths.

"Zhang Xi is a person who is good at strategy, understands machine changes, and is more cautious in using soldiers. In the past, in the first battle of Ji County, he defeated the Liangzhou soldiers and forced Guo Boji to retreat to Shangqi; The Battle of Jieting, the first war broke the old general Zhang's thousand-mile attack, the second battle broke the siege of Uncle Cao's uncle, and the third war broke through Luoyang"

The more Cao Pi listened, the more he felt uncomfortable.

I'm asking you to talk about Zhang Xi's characteristics and personality traits, and see if you can find any flaws in them to prove the reason for the changes in Guanzhong today. I didn't ask you to help that Zhang Xi count his achievements.

What's even worse is that this record is still a record against the generals of the Great Wei, you don't have a face, I still have a face.

Cao Zhen looked at Cao Pi's face, and the troops suddenly came to their senses, and quickly shut up, but they didn't continue to tell Zhang Xi's achievements in the Second Northern Expedition.

But there is one thing, Cao Zhen still stubbornly mentioned it.

According to Shuzhong's detailed report, in the last battle of Guanzhong, it was this Zhang Xili who took the lead in the strategy of "striking east and west", and sent the army out of the valley, and sent Wei Yan to lead the troops out of Chencang Road and attack Meixian, so that the situation in Guanzhong of our Great Wei Dynasty was eroded. This man's strategy is extraordinary. ”

Really, if Pang Tong was at the scene, he would probably jump his feet angrily Your family should really be replaced, that is obviously my strategy, that Zhang Yuanchang is at most beating the side drum and helping to persuade Zhuge Liang.

But no matter what, this matter, after Cao Zhen's mouth said this, it became Zhang Xi's strategy. Cao Wei Junchen was all shocked, and his face was solemn.

The battle of Guanzhong was lost, and it was impossible for Cao Wei not to review the battle of Guanzhong afterwards, and he did not have a low evaluation of the Shu thief's strategy of "striking the east and attacking the west", or "being famous in the valley and darkness in Chencang".

Because of Han Xin's Zhuyu in front, the success rate of the strategy of "Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang" is too low, and the forces occupying Guanzhong will not be unguarded against those roads that enter Guanzhong from Hanzhong.

But the Shu thief can really follow the example of his predecessors and break through Chen Cangdao, this difficulty is not ordinary.

Although the culprit in this matter is Xiahou Nan, after interrogating Xiahou Nan, Cao Pi can easily learn that the infiltration of Chen Cangdao by Shu thieves is not a day or two.

From the moment of smuggling Shu brocade and bribing the defenders of Chencang Road, the Shu thieves have begun to lay out the strategy of "dark Chencang". This is nearly a year earlier than the Shu thieves attacked Guanzhong.

The long time that this plan has been laid out and the strategic vision is long-term, even after Jia Xu heard it, he also felt amazing.

To be honest, even if the guard of Chen Cangdao was not Xiahou Nan at that time, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold Chen Cangdao, the only key is that Chen Cangdao can drag on for a few days, and whether it can give Chang'an and Meixian an early warning in time.

Of course, Xiahou Nan has been defending his record for half a day, and he will definitely be held accountable. Although Cao Pi looked at the face of the late general Xiahou Tang and his eldest sister, he did not kill Xiahou Nan, but he also pushed Xiahou Nan to the end and let him return to Yecheng to be a rich man for a lifetime.

And now, through Cao Zhen's mouth, Chen Cang's plan has been put on Zhang Xi's head, which suddenly made Cao Pi and his ministers mistakenly think that Zhang Xi is a long-term and thoughtful person.

Such a person will definitely not make a strategy of dividing his troops to defend knowing that his troops are insufficient.

There must be reasons for this, and it is even possible that Zhang Xi has taken advantage of the Yongzhou snow disaster as a cover to start laying out the next battle plan.

And thinking about it along this line of thought, the more Liu Ye and Jiang Ji thought about it, the more they felt that something was wrong.

Since Zhang Xi has such a long-term vision and strategy, will he reproduce the original Chen Cang's strategy again in Yongzhou? !

You must know that from Guanzhong to the hinterland of the Central Plains, there are not only two roads to go, Wuguan and Tongguan.

There are mountains blocking Wuguan, there is only one Wuguan Road to enter and exit, but there is no need to worry too much, as long as the Shu thief enters Wuguan Road, with Guo Huai's ability, it is not a problem to retreat from the enemy and defend it.

But in terms of Tongguan, it is not so simple.

Yes, to attack the Central Plains from Guanzhong, the safest passage is to conquer Tongguan and Hangu Pass, so that if you enter the Central Plains, you will take the avenue, and the supply of grain and grass will be guaranteed, which is the preferred strategy for serious soldiers.

But if this Zhang Yuanchang does not play cards according to the routine, it is not impossible for him to continue to play and attack the west, bypassing Tongguan and marching into the Central Plains from other directions.

For example, Pubanjin was here when Emperor Taizu Wu crossed the river and made a detour behind Tongguan, which made the Tongguan defense line of the Malaysia-Korean coalition army useless, and had to lead the army to confront Emperor Taizu Wu against Zuo Fengyi, and the two sides fought in the field, and was finally broken by Emperor Taizu Wu.

Now, if it is the other way around, Zhang Xi chooses to contain the Tongguan guards head-on, find a suitable ferry along the Yellow River, cross the Yellow River with a small force, enter Hedong, pass through the Hedong area, and go straight to Hangu Pass, which is another fatal matter.

Even if Zhang Xi did not attack Hanguguan and did not threaten Luoyang, just attacking the land east of the river was something that Cao Pi could not accept.

In the land east of the river, there are many family gate valves, once the interests of these gate valve families are damaged and transferred to Cao Pi's side, it can set off a lot of turmoil.

At that time, I'm afraid that even if Cao Pi doesn't want to fight a big war, he will have to be forced to fight.

And today's Cao Wei is really not the time when he has the capital to start a big war.

As soon as they thought of this, Liu Ye and Jiang Ji, the cold sweat behind them came down - who is tired and who is tired.

(End of chapter)