Chen Qun recommended Sima Yi, which was half-public and half-selfish.

In terms of public intentions, Chen Qun believes that Sima Yi is the only candidate who can stabilize the situation of Si Li at present.

Whether it is Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, or Xiahou Shang, their abilities are not as good as Sima Yi.

Not about the gap in military capabilities, but about comprehensive capabilities.

The current Sili region is not a place that can be sustained solely by relying on military capabilities.

The Yingchuan family, the Hedong family, the Hongnong family, these families, relying on the political IQ of Cao Zhen and others, can they be appeased? !

In the last war, the Sili and Yanzhou areas were almost exhausted, the elite troops were exhausted, and they were forced to transfer Tuntian soldiers to fill the number.

Otherwise, once Cao Rong moved back to Yecheng, the Sili area would easily be full of smoke.

And there are too many factors that contribute to this possibility.

Some are the meticulous instigation of the Shu thieves who infiltrated Sili, some are the people who can't survive because of this war, and some are careerists in the Sili area who want to fish in troubled waters and fight for enough benefits for themselves It's really not that Chen Qun looks down on the three clan generals of the Cao family, they really can't do this meticulous work.

Therefore, Sima Yi, who was born in a Hedong family, has enough political acumen, and has outstanding military ability, is the most suitable candidate to stay in Luoyang at this time.

As for selfishness. As the leader of the family, Chen Qun certainly hopes to see a person from a family to stay in Luoyang.

Although the Yingchuan family from Chen Qun and the Hedong family from Sima Yi are actually not very good at dealing with each other, everyone is a Central Plains family, and in some places, they can cooperate with each other through the exchange of interests.

Again, the development of the Central Plains family in recent years has not been very smooth, and he Chen Qun is the only one who occupies a high position in the court, and the talents of the Hebei family have a tendency to come from behind and slowly occupy the court.

And Chen Qun is now in his sixties, and he must always train a new talker and interest leader for the Central Plains family in advance, so as to be responsible for fighting for the interests of the Central Plains family.

Looking at the children of the Central Plains family in the middle of the court now, only Sima Yi has this qualification and ability, even if Chen Qun is unhappy, he must stand on Sima Yi's side.

This is Chen Qun's public heart and selfishness in recommending Sima Yi, and Chen Qun does not feel that there is anything wrong with what he does, at least in his heart, Sima Yi is indeed the most suitable person to stay in Luoyang.

Chen Qun's proposal made Cao Rong fall into thought.

Cao Rong actually didn't think about letting Sima Yi stay behind, but when he thought of the importance of Luoyang as one of the two capitals, Cao Rong subconsciously hoped that the clan generals would come to guard it, so that Cao Rong could rest assured.

However, now that Chen Qun said this, Cao Rong thought about it seriously.

Sometimes, your own family may not be reliable. Thinking of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu's two riotous operations in this war, Cao Rong can't calm down until now.

It's really my own family, and I want to pit my own family.

As a result, Cao Rong also began to think about whether the strategy that Great Wei had always insisted on and reusing the generals of the clan was right or wrong.

When Emperor Taizuwu was in power, the generals of the clan were indeed outstanding, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun and others were all selected to lead the army for a while, although Xiahoudun led the troops to fight and pulled his hips a little, but in the rear of the town, it was still very good in sweeping away the worries of Emperor Taizuwu.

is Cao Hong, at least there is a momentum of martial arts fighting for his life.

In this case, using clan generals to control the generals is indeed a good way to effectively control the army under them.

But nowadays, things are really different.

In the clan, there are no too good generals to come up.

Cao Zhen's ability is the most outstanding person in the clan, but compared to Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others, it is still a little worse, and Cao Xiu is probably at the level of Cao Hong As for Xiahou Shang, it's really hard to say, maybe even Cao Hong's level is not necessarily there.

Cao Rong imagined for a moment, if he was Emperor Taizu Wu, would he let Cao Hong stay in such an important place as Luoyang?!

As soon as he thought of this, Cao Rong suddenly became enlightened.

Although my family believes in it, sometimes it is really unreliable.

Perhaps, it's time for a change.

But. With the appointment of Sima Yi, Cao Rong also had a concern.

Sima Yi is from a Hedong family, if he is made to be in charge of Sili, is it possible for the Hedong family to be dominant in the Sili area? !

And when he moved back to Yecheng, his control over Luoyang and Yanzhou was bound to be beyond his reach, in this case, how to balance the Hedong family? !

Removing the issue of interest groups, Cao Rong is also a little uncertain about Sima Yi now.

It's not that he doubts Sima Yi's ability, at this point, Cao Yi still believes that Sima Yi has the ability to stabilize the hearts of the Si Lijun and the people in the current situation, and at the same time, it is also possible to block the next attack of the Shu thief or the Wu thief. What Cao Rong is really thinking about is Sima Yi, is it really credible? !

Sima Yi is a person, Cao Rong really doesn't know much about it, but he only knows that he is one of the ministers left to him by the first emperor.

And Sima Yi has been sitting in Wancheng all these years, and he doesn't want Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Chen Qun and others to often appear in front of Cao Ei, so that Cao Ei can have an intuitive impression and judgment. Among the four ministers, Cao Rong is the least aware of Sima Yi and the most suspicious.

In addition, Cao Rong suddenly remembered the rumors of the boiling "Sima Shilong" that had spread in the Sili area before.

The Sima family already has a good reputation in Hedong, if Sima Yi is allowed to stay in Luoyang again, will Sima Yi collude with the Hedong family, so as to give birth to some thoughts that should not be there? !

It's not that he was worried that Sima Yi would rebel, Cao Rong was mainly afraid that Sima Yi and the Hedong family would unite together and fool the court.

Not to mention anything else, the Dingkou tax in the Sili area accounted for a large proportion of the imperial court income of the Great Wei Dynasty, and Cao Rong could not tolerate someone making a fuss in it.

After thinking about it, Cao Ei finally made a decision.

Bai Sima Yi was the general of the expedition to the west, and he was also the captain of the division, the false festival, the governor of Yu and the two states of the division, and was named the Marquis of Anping.

Worship the guard captain Xin Bi as the general military division, pretend to control the three armies, and stay in Luoyang.

Yes, Cao Rong eventually left Sima Yi to guard Luoyang, and the governor of Yuzhou and all military and political affairs.

But Cao Rong did not forget to put a tight spell on Sima Yi, he left the guard captain Xinbi, who also held the festival, and made it clear that Xinbi had the right to control the army.

Cao Rong thought about it, and finally decided that as long as he firmly grasped the military power, even if Sima Yi really merged with the Hedong family, Xin Bi would be able to respond in time, so as not to cause too serious damage to the interests of the imperial court.

Another one, Xin Bi is not only an old minister of the Three Dynasties, but also a member of the Yingchuan family.

You Sima Yi is from a Hedong family, then I will find you a "mother-in-law" Xin Bi who is from a Yingchuan family and has stronger prestige and qualifications than you, and checks and balances each other to prevent your family from becoming dominant.

And Chen Qun has no opinion on Cao Ei's arrangement.

Xin Bi is from the Yingchuan family, and he is in the same group as the Yingchuan Chen family.

Internally, Xin Bi will contain Sima Yi to prevent Sima Yi from colluding with the Hedong family and infringing on the interests of the Yingchuan family.

Well, such an arrangement can only be said to be wise to the Son of Heaven!!

In this way, the affairs of Luoyang have been arranged, and next, it is time to think about how to clean up the mess in the east.

Cao Xiu couldn't let him continue to stay in Runan, and if he stayed any longer, the entire Yuzhou would be gone.

After losing half of Runan County, Pengchengguo has been surrounded by the Eastern Wu Army on three sides, leaving Yanzhou with a way to retreat, and whether it is necessary to continue to hold on is also a matter that needs to be seriously considered.

And from another point of view, now that Great Wei has just experienced a big defeat, the troops are insufficient, and it is taboo to continue to distribute troops so scattered, so Cao Rong has the intention to shrink the defensive line.

The significance of Pengchengguo's existence is that when it counterattacks Qingxu or Huainan in the future, there is a point of dispatch Pengchengguo connecting Xiapi and Langya counties, and it happens to be north of Shouchun, and the geographical location is still very important.

But now, all three sides have been occupied by the Eastern Wu Army, not to mention, most of Runan County, which could have played a role in containing and responding, has also been lost by Cao Xiu. If it goes on like this, it is not a question of whether Peng Chengguo can hold it, but what to do in the future if Dongwu breaks through the barrier of Runan County and directly enters Yanzhou.

At present, the focus of the Eastern Wu side is not only to defend Runan, but also to consider the defense of Yanzhou.

Therefore, Cao Rong wanted to let Yanzhou Assassin Shi Jia Kui, who was stationed in Pengchengguo, withdraw his troops and let him retreat to Yanzhou to redeploy his defenses.

Well, there really aren't many people who have raised objections.

Although this matter is somewhat aggrieved, but from the reality of the situation, continuing to be stationed in Pengchengguo, Jia Kui may fall into the siege of the Eastern Wu Army at any time.

At this time, Yanzhou no longer had enough troops to provide the necessary support to Peng Chengguo, and the county soldiers had almost let Cao Xiu give Lang.

Withdrawing from Pengchengguo, although he lost the hope of counterattacking Qingxu for a while, from the perspective of keeping Yanzhou and defending Luoyang, it must be done.

In this way, Cao Rong issued an edict asking Jia Kui of Pengcheng to arrange the withdrawal of troops as soon as possible and retreat to Shanyang County with Jiang Ji for defense.

As for Yuzhou, Yingchuan County continued to be guarded by Wang Ling, the Taishou.

At least in this war, Wang Ling did not have any mistakes in dealing with it except for lending troops to Cao Xiu because of his personal relationship, and Cao Rong finally thought about it and decided to offset the merits and demerits, and continued to let Wang Ling stay in Yingchuan.

On the Runan side, Cao Ei directly issued an order to let Cao Xiu come to Luoyang to meet the Son of Heaven. In other words, Cao Ei directly deprived Cao Xiu of his military power.

This time, Cao Xiu didn't hesitate to go, after all, the situation was different.

Back then, Cao Xiu dared to confront Cao Pi's edict because the personal relationship between Cao Xiu and Cao Pi was still very good, and he knew that even if he was awkward, as long as there was a reasonable reason, Cao Pi would not do anything to him.

In the end, it was a family of the same generation.

But for Cao Rong, Cao Xiu doesn't have this confidence, what kind of temper this eldest nephew is, Cao Xiu doesn't have any spectrum in his heart, and he didn't have that friendship in the past, and now he is even more separated.

If Cao Rong is really ruthless, just because everyone is surnamed Cao, he can't avoid the sin of Cao taking a vacation to pass on the king's life, and finally losing the city and land.

Therefore, Cao Xiu still obediently came to Luoyang on order, but the defense of Runan still needs to be done by arranging people.

At this time, the newly appointed general of Zhengxi, Sima Yi, the governor of the department and the affairs of the second state of Henan, finally put forward his first suggestion after taking office.

He recommended Jianwei's general Guo Huai to go to Runan to defend the town, and proudly said, "Guo Boji is enough to be Lu Xunye!" ”

When Cao Rong heard this, he readily agreed, and immediately appointed Guo Huai as the Taishou of Runan, and immediately went to Shangcai to take up his post to prevent the invasion of Eastern Wu.

(End of chapter)