The news that Luoyang was lost and Sima Yi retreated to the Tiger Prison Pass reached Yecheng, and Cao Rong had about half a cup of tea and no response.

Completely confused.

Cao Rong really couldn't accept the frustration of Luoyang's loss.

This is even greater than the frustration of Cao Pi's loss of Guanzhong at the beginning.

After all, the core of Cao Wei's rule is in the Central Plains, and in Hebei, Guanzhong has only been recovered for less than ten years.

But Luoyang. That's the core of the Central Plains.

Originally, Cao Wei relied on the Central Plains and Hebei to move forward, but now, he was forced to cut off one leg. How do you let Cao Ei accept this fact.

Don't say anything, just lose one Luoyang, Hedong, Hanoi, Yingchuan, and even the eastern half of Henan are still in Cao Wei's hands, which makes no sense at all.

The importance of Luoyang lies in the fact that it is not only a city, but also has a very important political meaning.

As soon as Luoyang is lost, there will be turmoil in the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, whether it is Hedong, Hebei, or Yingchuan, once the hearts of the people are scattered, it is only a matter of time before these places are lost.

When Cao Ei finally accepted the fact that Luoyang was lost, the first thing Cao Ei thought of was to issue an edict to transfer all the county soldiers from the northern counties of Jizhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou to Yecheng to assemble.

He wants to take back Luoyang in person!!

It's a pity that this edict was not finally issued. As soon as Chen Qun, who was in charge of handling the edict, saw Cao Rong making such an edict, he immediately entered the palace to ask to see Cao Rong and tell him about the pros and cons.

Yes, the Son of Heaven's thoughts, he Chen Qun knew very well, and in the same way, he didn't understand Cao Ei's intention to do this.

Luoyang is related to the gains and losses of the entire Central Plains, and it is related to half of the Great Wei Dynasty, and it is normal for Cao Ei to want to recapture it.

But the problem is that the current situation does not allow Cao Ei to do this.

It is not impossible to transfer troops from the four states to Yecheng, but how many soldiers from the four states can be transferred is a problem.

The county soldiers of Jizhou, all let Cao Zhen lead them to conquer Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong, and now although the war has been pacified for a while, Cao Zhenguang said that he won a big victory and quelled the rebellion, and how much he lost, Cao Zhen was vague. Do you know how many Jizhou soldiers are still there who can fight continuously?!

The county soldiers in Youzhou lost nearly half of them when Gongsun Yuan rebelled in Liaodong, and now that little force has to stay in Youzhou, watch Liaodong, and prevent Liaodong careerists from rebelling after Cao Zhen returns to the army, and they can't be easily transferred.

Qingzhou's county soldiers are also responsible for defending the place, after all, Dongwu has occupied Beihai County in the south of Qingzhou, and the ability of Dongwu warships is the first in the world, and it really wants to send soldiers from the northern counties of Qingzhou to Yecheng, but it caused Dongwu to cross the sea and enter the north of Qingzhou, all according to Qingzhou, which is also a problem that outweighs the loss.

As for the county soldiers of the annexed state. Now the alien race in the north is also honest, and they can't make too big waves for a while, and it is not impossible to transfer troops from Bingzhou.

However, the Son of Heaven drove his own expedition and wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Shu thieves in Luoyang, so he couldn't just bring such a few soldiers and go to the battle in such a hurry.

Although Chen Qun is only a civilian official, Chen Qun still knows the truth that "the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first".

It is already February, and it is the season of spring ploughing, and the dispatch of so many troops and soldiers to the south to fight will inevitably affect the spring ploughing in the north.

After spring ploughing, it is also the era of green and yellow in the traditional sense, and a family may face famine at this time and cannot survive, and for a country's finances, this is also the time when it is necessary to use the old capital.

Not to mention anything else, it is necessary to prepare the grain and grass for the southern expedition, and the consumption of money and grain is enough to give Chen Qun a headache.

In these years, even Cao Wei's grain reserves are not too much, and it is not impossible to fight a war, but the problem is that after the war, no matter whether he wins or loses, the court will have to tighten his belt to live.

Well, taking a step back, even if the grain reserves are enough to support the southern expedition of the army, how many soldiers and horses need to be sent, who to appoint as generals, how to plan the offensive route, and how to attract the main force of the Shu thieves for a decisive battle. These need to be formulated in advance.

It's not that you can recapture Luoyang by driving the emperor and running to Luoyang City with his soldiers and horses to attack the city.

Again, the risk of the royal driving expedition is too great.

In case there is a mistake, then Dawei may really have to pay for the national fortune, and it is better to avoid it.

War is not a child's play, let alone a child's play, and it is definitely not something that Cao Rong can decide with an edict under his anger.

As an old minister of the Three Dynasties, the minister of Tuogu, and the secretary of the Prime Minister Shangshutai, Chen Qun must persuade Cao Rong to take back his fate.

If you want to fight, you can, but you can't be as hasty as you are now, which is not beneficial to the country.

I have to say that Chen Qun's persuasion is mature and old-fashioned. directly said to Cao Rong speechless.

Cao Rong is not the kind of mediocre and irascible lord in the end, he is actually very sober-minded, but just now under the anger, he didn't have time to think so much Now he was persuaded by Chen Qun, and he slowly calmed down, and finally realized that it is not a good idea to engage in the imperial driving expedition now.

However, you can't just sit back and watch the Shu thieves occupy Luoyang, once the Shu thieves gain a firm foothold in Luoyang, the hearts of the Central Plains people will turn their backs, but it's really hard to say.

This problem, in fact, Chen Qun also knows that what Cao Rong said is reasonable, not to mention anything else, now in Yingchuan County, the "people's hearts" are already quite unstable.

Not to mention the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi, which are closer to Luoyang. If there is no Yellow River to block it, I am afraid that the "people's hearts" there will be even more chaotic than Yingchuan County.

Therefore, Chen Qun suggested to Cao Rong that it was still necessary for the Jizhou county soldiers led by Cao Zhen to continue to go south to support the Tiger Prison Pass and create enough pressure on the Shu thieves in Luoyang.

At the same time, the state and county soldiers have to be mobilized, and the problem is not very big, so it is better to transfer the state and county soldiers to the south to support and defend the east of the river.

At least, first maintain the front and calm the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, and then consider how to explode troops, how to plan the route of march, and how to recapture Luoyang.

Cao Rong calmed down, and after thinking about it seriously, he decided to follow Chen Qun's strategy.

But there is a small problem in this and the state assassin Shi Bi Rail is not good at military affairs, let him lead the troops to support Hedong County and preside over the defense of Hedong County, not to mention Cao Ei, even Chen Qun is not very relieved.

The current Great Wei can't afford someone to lead the troops to make a blind wave, Bi Rail, this person can handle government affairs well, and he still has to send a trustworthy person to lead the troops to fight.

But now, within the Great Wei court, are there still trustworthy generals who can lead troops to battle? !

This trustworthiness not only refers to loyalty to Great Wei, but also the ability to let Cao Ei rest assured that he will be able to hand over the military power to him.

In this case, Chen Qun proposed the first proposed candidate to Cao Rong - Runan Taishou and Guo Huai.

If you really want to talk about the current Great Wei Dynasty, there are only three people who have the ability to command the three armies and can break their wrists with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi and others, probably only Sima Yi, Guo Huai, and Cao Zhen.

Sima Yi is now newly defeated, he has just lost Luoyang, and he is guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, and it is obviously unrealistic for you to let him control the soldiers of the state and county, and remotely command the defense of Hedong.

Besides, Cao Rong is not happy. Now Cao Rong felt upset when he heard Sima Yi's name, how much hope he had for him at the beginning, how much disappointment he was now.

Not to mention Cao Zhen, after this quick quelling of Gongsun Yuan's rebellion, Cao Rong has trust in the ability of this clan uncle, and he is relieved to leave it to him.

But the problem is, let's not say that Cao Zhen didn't come back, even if he returned to Yecheng, he still needed to lead his troops south to support Hujiao Pass and preside over the defense of Yanzhou, and he couldn't get out.

Then, only Guo Huai can call it.

As for the three counties of Runan in Guo Huai's hands. Compared with the entire Central Plains, the gains and losses of those three counties are insignificant.

It's a big deal, transfer all the defenders of the three counties to Xuchang, or let Chen Tai take care of the defense of the three counties.

Anyway, in Chen Qun's opinion, the biggest threat at this time is the Shu thief, and the Dongwu side is not the object that cannot be could, and these three counties, even if they are lost, it should be the price of cooperation.

Therefore, Chen Qunxiang recommended Guo Huai to Cao Rong, transferred Guo Huai to the north, and led the soldiers of Bingzhou County to guard Hedong.

This is actually the most suitable candidate, Guo Huai's ability, even if Zhuge Liang encountered it, he also had a headache for a long time, but alas, Cao Rong didn't think so.

This Guo Huai has the ability, but the achievements of these years really make people unconfident.

Moreover, according to the general consensus of the ministers of the court, Guo Huai's ability is not stronger than Sima Yi, and even Sima Yi's reputation is much greater than Guo Huai's. There is no way, Guo Huai has always lost battles over the years, on the contrary, Sima Yi has indeed performed better, and even if the ministers in the DPRK and China want to brag for Guo Huai, they can't brag about it.

All in all, although Cao Ei also knew that Guo Huai's ability was already good in today's court, the problem was that Guo Huai's record against the Shu thieves really made Cao Ei dare not hand over the Bingzhou army to him. What if he doesn't give the waves again?!

Chen Qun saw that Cao Rong was still hesitant about Guo Huai, the most suitable candidate, and immediately knew that the Son of Heaven did not want to use Guo Huai.

Then recommend the second person.

Therefore, the second son of Xiahou Yuan, the general of the expedition to the west, Xiahou Ba, was recommended by Chen Qun.

On the one hand, Xiahou Ba can also be regarded as a clan general, and he has a natural advantage in terms of trust.

On the other hand, Xiahou Ba is indeed the person with the strongest military strategy among the sons of Xiahou Yuan.

Of course, the reason why Chen Qun recommended Xiahou Ba also has a lot to do with Xiahou He's performance in this Luoyang offensive and defensive battle.

Xiahou He finally withdrew to Hanoi County with the Sima brothers, and his performance in this battle, Sima Shi not only recorded it truthfully, but also beautified it a little, and sent it to Sima Yi, and finally Sima Yi sent it to Yecheng along with his own report on the crime.

Sima Shi and Sima Yi deliberately beautified Xiahou He's performance and role, but in fact, there was no way, who let their father and son not keep Luoyang.

Sima Yi knew with his heels that if he lost Luoyang this time, the Son of Heaven would definitely be held accountable, and at this time, selling a favor to Xiahou He also hoped that Xiahou Yuan would be able to receive this favor at a critical time and help him exonerate himself in front of the Son of Heaven. This father and son have such a mind.

But Chen Qun didn't think about it so much, after he saw the battle report, he found that the entire Luoyang Campaign, although Xiahou He could not play a big role, but at least he was loyal to the country, and at the same time knew the seventh son of Xiahou Yuan, who had never been famous, Xiahou He, who had always been famous for his good military strategy, should not be so bad, right? !

Since the Son of Heaven doesn't trust generals with foreign surnames, it's always okay to recommend a clan general this time, right?!

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