Xiahou Shang finally got the specific details of the Battle of Tongguan through meticulous work and reconnaissance, and at the same time, he was also relieved.

One thing to say, this time Xiahou Shang was indeed a little bit out of his mind because of such a big thing as the loss of Tongguan, or rather, it was because the news was too important, causing him to lose his former calm.

But if Xiahou can still calm down a little and figure out what is going on with the loss of Tongguan, he will not rush into the palace so urgently to ask the Son of Heaven to move.

Now it's okay, when Xiahou Shang took the information he got and went to see Cao Rong again, he knelt on the ground again.

It's not a plea, it's really a bit shameless.

But after Cao Rong read the information sent by Xiahou Shang, he was even more angry!!

"Three thousand Shu thieves attacked Tongguan, and Cao Tai actually abandoned the pass and fled?!" Cao Rong said in a tone of disbelief, but a little smiling, "Where is this person?!" Why don't you quickly cut it down and use the right military law?! ”

Cao Rong is really popular, and it doesn't matter if Cao Tai is his uncle or not.

When the first emperor fought the battle of Guanzhong, he met a pit man Xiahou Nan, and when he fought the battle of Guanzhong, he met a pit man, Cao Tai's old Cao family and the old Xiahou family, do you really think that the emperor of Great Wei will not behead his own people? !

Cao Rong felt that if he was like the first emperor again, he would take shelter from the relatives and generals, and if he couldn't do anything, then this Great Wei Jiangshan would be defeated by these people sooner or later.

Therefore, Cao Rong did not leave any affection at all, and directly said the words of "beheading it with the correct military law".

But no one answered.

Xiahou is not easy to accept, the Xiahou family and the Cao family have a generational in-law relationship, the two families are basically equivalent to one family, if Cao Rong wants to cut Cao Tai today, he can also cut any unlucky egg of the Xiahou family tomorrow.

As for Chen Qun, who was invited by Cao Rong to discuss matters, Liu Ye had an attitude of not caring about himself.

Your old Cao family's own affairs, just decide for yourself, and our foreign ministers will not interfere.

Even, Chen Qun did not pick up Cao Ei's stubble, and said directly to Cao Ei, "Now that Tongguan has been lost, the Son of Heaven must not take it lightly and need to deal with it carefully, beware of Shu thieves entering the Central Plains." ”

Compared with whether Cao Tai died or not, Chen Qun was more concerned about whether the Central Plains region would suffer from war because of this.

Don't look at Chen Qun when he was in Xuzhou, he also worked under Liu Bei's account, and even now, Chen Qun has a very high evaluation of Liu Bei.

But if Shu Han really led the army into the Central Plains and led to the war in the Central Plains, Chen Qun would be the first to refuse.

The reason is very simple, Chen Qun is from Yingchuan, and the foundation of their family is in Yingchuan, especially after Cao Cao recovered Xuzhou, Chen Qun's family moved back to Yingchuan from Xuzhou.

When Chen Qun gave up Liu Bei and chose Cao Cao, in fact, the reason was the same as Chen Deng's father and son giving up Liu Bei, they are both big families, and the first consideration must be the interests of their own family.

Just like Chen Deng admired Liu Bei very much, when Liu Bei broke away from Xu Du and returned to Xuzhou, Chen Deng immediately helped Liu Bei to get rid of the car.

But as soon as Cao Cao's army came, Chen Deng saw that Liu Bei could not recover the overall situation, so he did not flee with Liu Bei, but turned around and took refuge in Cao Cao.

In the same way, Chen Qun and Liu Bei have a good relationship, but if the Shu thieves want to burn the war into the Central Plains, then he Chen Qun will definitely stand up and defend the Central Plains. At least defend Yingchuan.

Not for the Great Wei, but for the interests of the Yingchuan Chen family in the Central Plains.

Therefore, after figuring out the actual situation of the loss of Tongguan now, Chen Qun immediately suggested to Cao Rong that he choose a general and lead the troops to Tongguan.

First, it can block the route of Shu thieves to Hongnong, and even Luoyang's invasion, and second, it can also cooperate with the general Cao Zhen to attack Tongguan on both sides and recapture Tongguan as soon as possible.

One thing to say, although Chen Qun's plan is somewhat selfish, it is very much in line with Cao Ei's intentions.

Cao Rong didn't want to leave Luoyang, and after learning that there were only 3,000 thieves in Tongguan, his first reaction was to retake Tongguan.

As for the "selection of generals" mentioned by Chen Qun, Cao Rong also had a candidate for the first time.

It's none other than the current leader of the forbidden army, the general of the Chinese army, Xiahou Shang.

Although Xiahou Shang seemed to be embarrassed in the matter of the loss of Tongguan before, it was like being brain-dead, but the level of Xiahou Shang's governance of the forbidden army over the years, Cao Rong still looked at it in his eyes and was very satisfied.

In the previous matter, Cao Rong thought that Xiahou Shang was too concerned about his own safety and was in a hurry, so he lost his judgment.

Now, Cao Rong doesn't mind giving Xiahou Shang another chance to lead 10,000 forbidden troops to take the initiative to attack Tongguan and defend Luoyang.

Can. Xiahou did not dare to obey the edict.

The reason is very simple - now, there are only 10,000 forbidden troops left to guard Luoyang and protect Cao Ei's safety.

If Xiahou Shang is taken away, then who will guarantee the safety of the Son of Heaven?!

Cao Ei's approach also frightened Chen Qun.

Although I suggested to retake Tongguan, I didn't ask the Son of Heaven to transfer all the troops away, I mean, we can draw troops from other directions to Luoyang, and then send troops to counterattack Tongguan.

Then Cao Rong asked Chen Qun rhetorically, where to transfer troops?!

Chen Qun was also stunned, thinking carefully about the current situation in the Central Plains, he hesitated for a long time, and said a place - Yanzhou.

There's no way, Wancheng is 30,000 people resisting the siege of 90,000 people, and it's already very difficult to say if you don't give reinforcements, you can't still transfer troops from Wancheng, right?!

Xuchang?!

That's even more impossible, Xuchang is in Yingchuan County, if the defenders of Yingchuan County are transferred, then why did he Chen Qun suggest that the Son of Heaven counterattack Tongguan? !

The remaining county soldiers in Hongnong, Hedong, Luoyang, Hanoi and other places were all taken by Cao Zhen to counterattack the attack, and now they are all trapped west of Tongguan and can't come back at all.

Then only Yanzhou is left in the east.

Chen Qun meant that it would be good to transfer 20,000 soldiers from the nearest Chenliu County to Luoyang, and then let Xiahou Shang take 20,000 Chen Liujun soldiers to counterattack Tongguan.

It's just a bit far.

From Chen Liu's transfer of troops to Luoyang, from the edict to the gathering of troops, the preparation of logistics, and finally the march to Luoyang, it will take at least ten days to go back and forth, and the time to Tongguan will be even longer.

Chen Qun also knows that in today's situation, the counterattack on Tongguan will definitely be a race against time. It is better for the Son of Heaven to let his last Praetorian Guards go to counterattack Luoyang.

Then Cao Rong told Chen Qun angrily that Chen Liubing did not have 20,000 troops at all now, and 10,000 people would die if they were killed, and they had to be stationed in various counties, and they would not be able to assemble for a while.

Don't ask, it's bad to ask Cao Rong, none of his two uncles is a fuel-efficient lamp.

Chen Qun was also speechless, how could there be such a bad thing in the middle. Cao Wenlie is inevitably too bold, right?!

One thing to say, the relationship between Chen Qun and Cao Xiu is actually quite good.

It's not good to say bad things about Cao Xiu in front of the Son of Heaven, so Chen Qun naturally can only shut up and stop mentioning the transfer of troops from other places.

And Cao Rong once again ordered Xiahou Shang to lead the Praetorian Guards on the expedition.

Moreover, Cao Rong also said, "Qing and the others all fought to the death to repel the Shu thieves, even if there was no one around to protect them, they could still sit in Luoyang." If Qing and the others are broken by thieves, even if I have tens of thousands of guards around me, I am still in danger. Go and go, don't think about me. ”

I have to say that Cao Rong is really courageous, and in this way, he forced Xiahou Shang to receive the edict to sort out the forbidden army and prepare for Tongguan.

At this point, it was supposed to come to an end, but Liu Ye, who had not spoken, suddenly interjected.

"Your Majesty, please transfer the troops of Jizhou into the Central Plains in case of emergency!" Liu Ye said.

As soon as Liu Ye said this, Cao Rong didn't react, and Chen Qun wanted to frown.

What does this old boy mean, what kind of trouble are you going to make when you let those Hebei Yankees bring troops to Luoyang? !

Liu Ziyang, who has never stood in line, chose the Hebei Yankees, and is coming to grab land with our Yingchuan people? !

I really don't blame Chen Qun for thinking so, the main reason is that the relationship between the Yingchuan faction and the Hebei faction in the DPRK and China over the years is really not very harmonious.

Originally, there were a lot of contradictions between each other, and the competition for the right to speak in the imperial court never stopped, and now Liu Ye let the Jizhou soldiers enter the Central Plains, which is a difficult thing for the Central Plains family represented by the Yingchuan faction.

In fact, this is a bad atmosphere that has been handed down since the Eastern Han Dynasty, obviously everyone is a courtier, but there is a very serious infighting and regional prejudice.

The Central Plains and Hebei are a little better, everyone recognizes each other as a family of poetry and books. If you change to Liangzhou Wufu or the southeast turtle, try it?!

Therefore, Liu Ye made such a suggestion, Chen Qun did not wait for Liu Ye to explain the reason for doing so, and immediately stood up and said objectively, "Jizhou is too far away from Luoyang, and it is difficult to solve the fire in the far water." And the soldiers are in danger and danger, and the soldiers of the whole country are mobilized with the troops of one place, which consumes the people's strength, and the Son of Heaven thinks twice. ”

Chen Qun can be regarded as giving face to the Son of Heaven, and it can be regarded as giving face to the big families in Hebei, otherwise, Chen Qun should say "I am afraid of the recurrence of the Dong Thief Rebellion".

Back then, wasn't the general He Jin who didn't listen to the dissuasion of Emperor Taizuwu, and had to transfer soldiers from other counties into Beijing, which resulted in Dong Zhuo's rebellion. But if he said this, Chen Qun was too offended, and his political IQ was too low.

Therefore, Chen Qun said it more tactfully, and it is quite appropriate to describe it as "danger and danger".

As soon as he said this, Cao Rong also hesitated a little, and he still felt that what Liu Ye said was quite reasonable.

In fact, what Liu Ye meant, Cao Rong also understood, the transfer of Jizhou troops to Luoyang was to prevent the recurrence of this kind of situation when it is necessary to use troops, and there are no available troops at hand, which is just in case.

Not to mention anything else, the war on the Wancheng side is very tight, if Sima Yi really can't bear the request for reinforcements, if Luoyang can't send reinforcements, he can only let Wang Ling of Xuchang weaken the defense of Yingchuan County and lead troops to support.

At this time, if the Shu thieves have the spare strength to sneak attack Xuchang, it is also possible to cause the situation that the Central Plains portal is wide open.

But if there are Jizhou soldiers at hand who can be called, it will not be a big problem.

But as soon as Chen Qun said this, Cao Rong really thought of the lesson from the past - Dong Zhuo's rebellion.

The complete collapse of the Han Dynasty, although it began with the Yellow Turban Uprising, but the real formation was the rebellion of Dong Zhuo and the rebellion of Li Dao Guo Yan, which were all the evil consequences of foreign troops entering Beijing and controlling the emperor.

Although Cao Rong consciously did not feel that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and his ilk, Hebei was also a place that had been run by the Cao family for three generations, and there was no secession force in Yiyantang.

But now that Xiahou Shang has taken away his last guards, and Cao Rong has no soldiers and horses around him, if the generals of Jizhou County who led the troops into Luoyang have any personal ambitions, then the matter is also very troublesome.

Therefore, Cao Rong hesitated again and again, and finally followed Chen Qun's suggestion and rejected Liu Ye's suggestion.

And Liu Ye didn't say anything about this, sighed silently, and retreated.

Liu Ye can't help it, he has done his duty, but. As a descendant of the clan of the previous dynasty, with the death of Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen who trusted him one after another, Liu Ye's life became more and more sad.

After all, the Shu Han in the west is also a Han in the eyes of some people!!

(End of chapter)