Sili Gyeonggi, inside the palace of Luoyang.

Cao Rong is here, on the fire, his cheeks are swollen.

What's this thing called!!

Of course, the news of the loss of Tongguan has not yet been transmitted to Luoyang, otherwise Cao Rong would not be a problem at this time.

And the reason why Cao Rong became angry was not only because of the unfavorable battle of Youfufeng and the emergency of Wancheng.

The battle of Youfufeng was unfavorable, Guo Huai was counterattacked by Shu thieves, and retreated to the fortress group to wait for reinforcements, although Cao Rong was very annoyed about this matter, but considering that Guo Huai was repelled by the Shu thieves with superior forces, and now he is still holding on, it is not good to blame Guo Huai too much.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and Cao Rong still has this concept.

Besides, Guo Huai is not without a way to retreat, as long as there are thousands of reinforcements who can meet his retreat and continue to retreat to Wuguan, with the narrow terrain of Wuguan Road, no matter how many Shu thieves have troops, it will not be so easy to conquer Wuguan.

Therefore, in Nanyang, in fact, the real problem is in Wancheng.

Originally, Wancheng's defense situation was also good, Sima Yi's ability was indeed outstanding, and he only used a few camps to support each other, and he blocked the attack of 40,000 Shu thieves on Wancheng.

Although there were a little twists and turns in the middle, Sima Yi was also suspected of dumping the pot and pitting his teammates, but at present, the problem is not big, but who knows that within ten days of this matter, the situation in Wancheng will take a sharp turn for the worse.

Guan Yu of Jingzhou personally led 50,000 soldiers to the north, with a total of 90,000 people besieging Wancheng.

Coupled with Sima Yi's judgment of the entire Central Plains battle situation, he was sent to Luoyang, and after Cao Yi read it, this internal fire came up, and it couldn't be eliminated.

During the time when Sima Yi reached the prediction and was sent to Luoyang, one more thing happened.

Cao Xiu, who was in Runan, gave Cao Ei a letter and told a story.

Zhou Yi, the guard of Dangtu County in Eastern Wu, secretly contacted Cao Xiu and wanted to raise the county to defect to Cao Wei, but under the influence of Zhou's surrender, the three counties of Yicheng, Ping'a, and Xia Cai around Dangtu County would be affected, and there would be loopholes in the defense.

Therefore, Cao Xiu played to Cao Rong, hoping that Cao Rong would allow him to send troops to meet Zhou Yi, and by the way, see if there was a chance to directly occupy the four counties and open the offensive channel to Shouchun.

Originally, Cao Rong didn't want to make trouble, after all, the focus of Dawei's attack at this time was in Guanzhong, not Huainan, and there was no need to take the initiative to provoke Eastern Wu when he was fighting fiercely with Shu thieves.

However, Cao Xiu also seemed to understand Cao Rong's thoughts, so he continued to add in the recital that the main purpose of this dispatch of troops was to meet Zhou Yi, whether he could occupy the four counties, and it was not important to obtain the passage to attack Shouchun, if Dongwu reacted violently and wanted to counterattack, he would lead the troops to retreat to Runan and defend on the spot.

Moreover, Cao Xiu was also in the middle of the play, and patted Cao Rong's ass a little.

In the early years, Emperor Taizuwu swept Liuhe and swept the Eight Wildernesses, even after experiencing the defeat of Chibi, and later regrouped and went south to compete with Sun Quan for the beard, there were still many officials who originally came out of Eastern Wu went north and defected to the Great Wei.

This is a symbol of the people's will and the orthodoxy of the world.

But since the Eastern Wu occupied Huainan and even marched into Qingxu, few officials of the Eastern Wu defected to the Great Wei, let alone a high-ranking official like Zhou Yi who once served as the Taishou of a county.

Therefore, from a certain point of view, Zhou Yi's investment is an event with very strong political significance, and this can be traced back to the era of Emperor Taizuwu.

Although Cao Xiu didn't say it explicitly, he personally knew why there were no Dongwu officials in the middle to defect to Great Wei Huainan and Qingxu, and they lost most of them, and they also defected to a fart.

As for who lost these two places during his reign, everyone knows it, but it is not clear.

Cao Rong suddenly became in a wonderful mood.

Cao Rong naturally didn't dare to compare with his grandfather, after all, that person's merits were indeed too great, as the actual founder of the Great Wei, no matter how great the descendants of later generations were, they would not be compared with Emperor Taizu Wu.

But Cao Ei's father, Cao Ei felt that it was not without a chance to surpass him.

On the one hand, in addition to making a Zen concession and laying the legal foundation for the Great Wei, whether it is internal affairs or external wars, he is actually quite stretched, and Cao Rong only needs to win one or two decisive victories, he is fully qualified to surpass his father's Chen Yu in this regard.

On the other hand, Cao Rong's relationship with his father is not good, he has never forgotten how his biological mother died, not to mention that now in the harem, there is a Empress Dowager Guo who is pressing on his head.

Therefore, when Cao Xiu said this, Cao Ei immediately became interested, after all, the political significance of Zhou Yi's vote, Cao Ei is still very clear.

Again, if it is as Cao Xiu said in the recital, then Cao Xiu has no intention of making a big move, the purpose is only to respond to Zhou Yi and ensure Zhou Yi's safety, in this case, Cao Xiu should not use too large a force.

In this kind of small fights on the border, Cao Xiu actually has the right to decide, and Cao Ei will still give this right to the local town guard generals and guards.

After all, it is still an era of war, and if the local town guards do not have any autonomy and everything must be reported to the imperial court, when the imperial court makes a decision, the daylily may be cold.

In this case, Cao Xiu will still write to the court and ask for Cao Ei's decision. This made Cao Rong feel very satisfied.

Of course, Cao Rong also knew that Cao Xiu's performance was mainly due to the important political significance of Zhou Yi's descent, but to a certain extent, it can also be seen as Cao Xiu's respect for himself.

And from this point of development, Cao Rong almost involuntarily thought of his other uncle, Cao Zhen, who was a general and a minister of life.

Countering such a big thing in the attack, he relied on the right to fake the festival in his hand, and said that he would launch it, and only then came to seek his own recognition. Although Cao Rong pinched his nose and admitted it, it didn't mean that he didn't have any opinion on this matter.

Looking at Cao Xiu in turn, just such a small war, he can make his own decisions, and he actually took the initiative to ask for his permission. Now Cao Rong suddenly felt that Cao Xiu was actually quite good.

Perhaps, this clan uncle was indeed arrogant and disobedient in his early years, but it seems that he has grown a lot in his long-term experience in Runan over the years, and he has begun to calm down.

And one of the most obvious pieces of evidence is that Cao Xiu proposed in the recital that in order to avoid the violent reaction of the Eastern Wu and the possibility of besieging Runan, Cao Xiu hoped that the Son of Heaven would send an edict to Jia Kui in Pengcheng to let him garrison the border between Runan and Xuzhou to attract the attention of the Eastern Wu army, but not to start the incident lightly.

Listen, listen, this is what Lao Cheng said about the country. From this point of view, Cao Xiu also knew that a rash war with Eastern Wu would not be beneficial to Great Wei!

Moreover, Cao Xiu and Jia Kui do not agree, this is something that the whole world knows, and now Cao Xiu actually took the initiative to seek cooperation with Jia Kui for the sake of state affairs. Doesn't this explain Cao Xiu's growth over the years?!

Since his uncle has grown a lot, and at the same time he has taken over the matter of Zhou Yi, the political significance is greater than the military significance, and it is only a small-scale battle in itself, Cao Rong thought about it for a while and decided to give his uncle more or less face.

Of course, here Cao Ei may not have taken the opportunity to reactivate Cao Xiu to balance Cao Zhen's meaning. Cao Zhen still felt very disgusted about Cao Zhen's dispatch of troops on the False Festival, and he would definitely find a way to restrict Cao Zhen's rights afterwards.

If Cao Xiu can smoothly return to Zhou Yi, then Cao Ei will have an excuse to transfer Cao Xiu back to the central court for reuse, and the military power of the Cao clan will not all be in the hands of Cao Zhen alone.

This is just the routine operation of a mature emperor, and it is not a big deal.

Therefore, Cao Rong issued an edict appointing Cao Xiu as the general of the expedition to the east, responsible for receiving the affairs of Zhou Yi's coming to the court, and at the same time issued an edict to Jia Kui of Pengcheng, asking him to garrison the border of Pengcheng, deter Eastern Wu, and respond to Cao Xiu's action.

In the end, Cao Rong was worried about the contradiction between Jia Kui and Cao Xiu, which would cause the two to not be able to cooperate well, so he issued an edict to Jiang Ji and asked him to serve as a liaison envoy and be responsible for coordinating the operations between the two sides.

Of course, Cao Rong did not forget to emphasize to Cao Xiu that this operation must be controlled within the smallest scale, and it must not provoke Eastern Wu too much and add too much pressure to the defense of the eastern border of Great Wei.

About three days after these edicts were issued, Sima Yi's urgent documents in Wancheng, as well as Sima Yi's strategic speculation that Wu Shu might unite again and attack the Great Wei on both sides, were sent to Luoyang.

After Cao Rong read it, he was in a hurry, as if he was something, and immediately sent an envoy from the palace to the east, hoping to recover the messenger.

If it was really as Sima Yi predicted, if Eastern Wu intended to send troops to Huainan and attack Runan or Pengcheng, Cao Xiu would go to meet Zhou Yi this time, and it was very likely that he would directly face the army of Eastern Wu.

At that time, this will not be a skirmish, and the entire eastern territory, even Yanzhou, may be involved in this big war.

This is what Cao Rong does not want to see.

As for Cao Zhen in Guanzhong, Cao Rong is not too worried in this regard.

Wang Lang is in Cao Zhen's army, and if Cao Zhen learns that the right Fufeng attack failed, and the Shu thieves will attack Wancheng with all their might, he will definitely not stay in the pass for a long time, and will definitely choose to withdraw his troops from Tongguan, and then divide his troops to support Wancheng.

Which is more important, Guanzhong or the Central Plains, if Cao Zhen still can't tell the difference, then Cao Rong can really relieve Cao Zhen of his military power on the spot and escort him back to Luoyang.

Therefore, for the Guanzhong side, Cao Rong just sent a messenger to send an edict to let Cao Zhen return to the army.

But there is no news from Cao Zhen's side, but the palace envoy he sent to Runan has returned.

In fact, the envoy did not arrive in Runan, but when he had just entered Yanzhou, he had already received the news that Cao Xiu had already sent troops.

Moreover, not only did Cao Xiu send troops, but Cao Xiu also transferred most of the county soldiers from Chenliu County in Yanzhou to participate in the war, and even Chen Liutaishou Gao Tanglong was transferred to the counselor's military aircraft, which is not a secret in Yanzhou.

The most terrible thing is that judging from the time of sending troops, Cao Xiu did not wait for the arrival of the edict of the Son of Heaven to send troops at all, he sent troops in advance. Naturally, he, the messenger who went to recover the edict, no longer has any meaning of existence.

Therefore, the envoy returned to Luoyang directly from Chenliu and informed the Son of Heaven of the current situation.

Cao Ei's anger, can he not come up!!

My own clan uncles, one by one, why do you have to do it against yourself?!

Cao Zhen's fake festival sent troops, after all, he nominally has this right, but you, Cao Xiu, will send a letter to yourself and go through the process, but in the end, you still sent troops without authorization, right?!

One or two, do you still take yourself as the son of Wei in your eyes?!

Can Cao Rong not be angry, can he not be angry.

And that's not all, the hottest thing hasn't come yet, but it will come eventually.

Just when Cao Rong was on fire for several days, and his cheeks hurt and he couldn't eat, Xiahou Shang suddenly broke into the Luoyang Palace and asked the Son of Heaven to move back to Yecheng.

Cao Rong is so angry, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu's two relatives and uncles are unreliable, and you Xiahou Shang are also going to intervene, right?!

Intending to hold the king hostage, what do you Xiahou still want to do?!!!

(End of chapter)