Yes, Cao really sent troops without authorization.

Even after Cao Zhen led the troops out of Tongguan, he wrote to Cao Rong again, informing the emperor of Great Wei that he had sent troops to counterattack the behavior of attacking the fortifications.

To tell the truth, when Cao Rong received this sparse performance, he was really angry and anxious!!

How dare he send troops to the expedition without an edict!!!

Cao Rong has only been on the throne for three years, and it was a time when he was not credible, and now Cao Zhen, as a clan general, actually did this kind of thing that can be called "rebellion", if Cao Rong is not angry, then there is really a problem.

But Cao Ei's political IQ is really not low, and in some ways, he is even a little higher than his father. He knew that at this time, pursuing Cao Zhen's rebellious actions would really force Cao Zhen to rebel.

Cao Zhen's surname is Cao, and this surname has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the clan generals will inevitably be born to protect the Great Wei court, and when the Great Wei court is gone, the glory and wealth of these clan generals will also be affected.

But the disadvantage is that the clan generals and the imperial court will not necessarily protect the heirs of Emperor Wu, the son of heaven, and it is not necessary for Cao Rong to be the son of heaven.

Especially Cao Zhen, a special clan general who has gone through two dynasties, has military power, and has the status of an auxiliary minister, Cao Rong really didn't dare to directly issue an edict to ask for guilt.

In addition, Cao Zhen has been in the army for more than 20 years, and his prestige in the army is very high, and in the court, Cao Zhen's cronies and henchmen are also many, and if he really wants to force Cao Zhen to rebel, the court is turbulent, and it will not be of any benefit to Cao Rong.

Even Cao Ei's henchman Qin Lang persuaded Cao Wei that he needed to start from the overall situation and reconsider this matter.

Especially Qin Lang reminded Cao Rong. Strictly speaking, Cao Zhen can't be completely regarded as sending troops without edicts.

As early as the spring of the third year of Taihe, when the court decided on the grand strategy of counterattacking the fortification, Cao Yi worshipped Cao Zhen as a great general and gave him the right to fake the festival, allowing Cao Allah to hold the entire counteroffensive strategy.

Cao Zhen is a general, and he has the right to mobilize the world's soldiers and horses, and with the right to fake festivals, he can choose to send troops whenever he chooses, and he does not need to play the imperial court in particular.

Cao Rong's decision to punish Cao Zhen on the grounds that he sent troops without an edict is reasonable from a reasonable point of view, but from a legal point of view, it is untenable.

And the most terrible thing is that at that time, in order to show his trust in Cao Zhen, and also to win the hearts of the old ministers in the court, Cao Rong was still in the court meeting, and said to Cao Zhen something similar to "The matter of the northwest is decided by the general", which was heard by both the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Cao Zhen really wants to talk about this, saying things like "the fighter plane must not be lost", Cao Rong can only symbolically punish Cao Zhen at most, and it is impossible to do too much.

As soon as Qin Lang reminded him, Cao Rong remembered that there was still such a thing. The bowels of regret are almost green.

Seeing that Cao Ei had slowly dissipated his anger and turned from anger to regret, Qin Lang continued to persuade Cao Ei tactfully.

Cao Zhen's troops have already been dispatched, not to mention that he can't chase them back, even if he can chase them back, it's not easy to chase them. It will affect the morale of the military.

It's better to think of a way, how to deal with it, ensure the logistics of Cao Zhen's army, and don't let Cao Zhen's army encounter any mistakes.

And this proposal finally reminded Cao Rong.

Cao Zhen sent the sparse music before, Cao Rong has already seen it, and he doesn't want to reply to Cao Zhen, but he needs to combine the situation, ask the important ministers of the central court, and then reply to Cao Zhen after making a decision. Who knew that Cao Zhen was so uncontrollable that he actually made the move of sending troops without authorization.

Yes, now Cao Ei has also changed his thinking, and is no longer entangled in Cao Zhen's not sending troops without an edict, but defining Cao Zhen's behavior as sending troops without authorization, so that he can proceed to the next step.

Cao Zhen immediately issued an edict and urgently ordered Liu Ye, Dong Zhao, and Chen Jiao to enter the palace and discuss the matter secretly.

The reason why these three people were summoned was because these three people were all old ministers during the period of Emperor Wu, and now they are all in high positions, so it is impossible and unnecessary to have too much involvement with Cao Zhen.

These three people can give Cao Ei the most suitable advice.

And these three people were summoned by Cao Rong, and after learning about Cao Zhen's "unauthorized dispatch of troops", their hearts were like mirrors.

The Son of Heaven has already characterized Cao Zhen's behavior, so it is not for the three of them to help think about how to deal with Cao Zhen, but to let a few people help with ideas on how to deal with the aftermath.

Chen Jiao, who was the oldest in qualification, opened his mouth and said, "The minister thinks that what the general did was not in accordance with the etiquette system, and he should be severely punished. However, now that the general is leading the troops, he must not be distracted, and he will wait for the general to return to the court, and then deal with it. ”

The meaning of Chen Jiao's words is already obvious.

Things are already like this, and the soldiers have already been sent, so if you can't call it back, let Cao Zhen fight first, and then settle the account when you come back after the fight.

If you win, you will be punished with a small punishment and a big commandment, and you will gradually take back the military power in Cao Zhen's hands in the future, and give Cao Zhen a decent and rich old age.

Lost the fight. How to punish and how to punish, don't have too many scruples.

Even with Chen Jiao's personality and temper, if he sent troops without authorization and lost, he hurriedly found a crooked neck tree and hanged himself, where would he have the face to come back? !

As soon as Chen Jiao's words came out, it basically set the tone of this secret discussion, Liu Ye and Dong Zhao also agreed, for the time being, let Cao Zhen lead the troops to fight first, and the imperial court would do a good job in logistics support, and everything would be said when Cao Zhen came back after the fight.

However, Liu Ye and Dong Zhao also have their own different views on this guarantee work.

Conventional logistical support, such as the supply of grain and grass for military supplies, and the provision of detailed intelligence, must all revolve around the expeditionary army, after all, it is their own army, and no one wants their own army to lose a war because of insufficient food and grass or intelligence problems.

However, Cao Zhen, a person and his command and decision-making level, can't just let him play freely.

Judging from Cao Zhen's behavior of sending troops without authorization, and Cao Zhen's attitude towards Sima Yi, it is difficult to say whether Cao Zhen will carry out the original plan in this counter-attack.

Sending troops without authorization shows that Cao Zhen's mentality is now chaotic, and some are in a hurry to lead the troops to fight with such a mentality, which is a taboo for soldiers, and Cao Zhen cannot be allowed to use this mentality to fight against Shu thieves.

Especially Zhang Xi, the Yongzhou assassin of the Shu thief, is a cautious and cautious person, and is good at change, in the face of this kind of person, first of all, we must ensure that we can't be anxious and can't make mistakes, otherwise, we will send them to the door to beat others.

Cao Zhen's current mentality is that he will definitely not be able to fight that Zhang Yuanchang, and there must be someone who can balance Cao Zhen and restrain the reins of Cao Zhen's restless mentality.

And Cao Zhen's attitude towards Sima Yi, as can be seen from his letter to Cao Yi, is very dissatisfied with Sima Yi, which also leads to whether Cao Zhen will enter the army according to the strategy discussed before, and there will be a question mark.

Nothing else, although the actual strategy in the counter-attack was discussed by everyone, among which Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, Liu Ye, Xiahou Shang and others all participated, but the overall framework was proposed by Sima Yi alone.

In other words, the actual implementation plan in this counter-attack was proposed by Sima Yi and improved with the help of others. It is said that the battle plan proposed by Sima Yi is also said in the past.

With Cao Zhen's impatient mentality now, coupled with his disgusting attitude towards Sima Yi, it is not impossible for him to change the strategic plan temporarily if he doesn't want to use the original plan proposed by Sima Yi.

That's a big no-no.

Let's not mention that the previous preparations may be in vain because of this, let's just say that Cao Zhenzhen is not that everyone present underestimated Cao Zhen, mainly because everyone present thought that if Cao Zhen relied on his own ability and strategy alone, he was really not the opponent of Zhang Yuanchang.

It's very depressing though. It is not for nothing that the Cao Wei court can deal with Zhang Xi, but it is certainly not Cao Zhen.

Therefore, Liu Ye and Dong Zhao both suggested that Cao Rong send a suitable person to Cao Zhen's camp, on the one hand, to stabilize Cao Zhen's mentality, and on the other hand, to urge Cao Zhen to implement a counteroffensive strategy according to the original plan.

And this candidate. Not easy to find.

First of all, it is necessary to be able to suppress Cao Zhen to a certain extent.

Such a person must be an old minister, or even preferably an old minister during the period of Emperor Wu.

Cao Zhen, although he is a little proud of his peers, still respects his ministers.

Secondly, this old minister must know the importance and proportion, and he cannot be the kind of person with an upright personality, and he needs to have enough skills to persuade Cao Zhen to accept his opinions, nor can he be the kind of person who relies on the old and sells the old, relying on his seniority to command indiscriminately and disrupt the army's battle formation.

Third, it is best for this old minister to have a good personal relationship with Cao Zhen, which is easy to be accepted by Cao Zhen.

After such a calculation, as soon as the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were screened, there was only one person left who met the requirements.

The new Great Wei Situ, Wang Lang, Wang Jingxing.

Wang Lang was an old minister in the Cao Cao period, and he was a great Confucian in the world and had an outstanding reputation.

Wang Lang is also very knowledgeable about current affairs and understands people's hearts, and his popularity in the Great Wei court has always been good, and his relationship with the major families and the Cao clan is very good.

Wang Lang's son, Wang Su, is still a good friend with Cao Zhen, and the two have a very personal relationship.

And the most important thing is that Wang Lang has extremely high literary attainments, but he is not familiar with military affairs, and he will never point fingers in areas that he is not good at.

Several conditions are met, and it is simply the most suitable person to persuade Cao Zhen.

The only thing that makes people, including Cao Rong, uneasy, is that Wang Lang is seventy-six years old this year.

It's a bit of a stretch to let a seventy-six-year-old man go on the expedition. Not very humane ha!

Cao Rong didn't want the old man to experience the hardships of the army at this age, and he wanted to find someone else, but he couldn't find a suitable candidate.

Helpless, Cao Rong could only announce that Wang Lang would enter the palace, explain the current situation to him, and let Wang Lang make his own decision.

If he is willing to go, Cao Ei will send him, and if he is not willing to go, Cao Ei will not force him.

After all, he is really too old, and Cao Rong is not so mad.

It can be said that Cao Rong's inquiry about Wang Lang's opinion was sincere.

But in the face of Cao Rong's inquiry, Wang Lang couldn't help but think about it.

After Cao Rong succeeded to the throne, he immediately promoted Wang Lang to Situ. This is one of the three princes, and the people are extremely powerful.

Cao Rong has the grace of knowing Wang Lang.

And now, as the Son of Heaven, Cao Rong has difficulties that need to be solved by his courtiers, and Wang Lang, as a Wei minister, can he say anything to refuse?!

If you refuse, although the Son of Heaven clearly says that he will not force it, who knows what he thinks in his heart.

If you accept it, even if this old bone dies in the king's affairs, the future of future generations is guaranteed.

The old man has lived seventy-six times now, and how many more years can he live?!

With such a good thing from heaven, Wang Lang will have a ghost if he can refuse!!

(End of chapter)