There is one point, Sima Yi wronged Cao Shuang, and Cao Shuang did see the military intelligence report.

Cao Zhen's son, no matter how wasteful he is, the basic rules of the army are still known, and it is impossible for the military newspaper not to inform Cao Shuang of such a big movement of the Shu thief, and it is impossible for him not to pay attention to it.

But Cao Shuang really didn't take it too seriously.

According to Cao Shuang's thinking logic, Da Wei has made strategic preparations for counterattacking Luoyang for more than half a year, such a big move, the Shu thief must have been detected and sent back to Shu, so now the Shu thief has reacted, isn't it a normal thing? !

Therefore, according to Cao Shuang's judgment, the preparations that the Shu thieves are making now are to concentrate their forces in Luoyang and fight another defensive battle in Luoyang.

The Shu thief five years ago, isn't this the routine?!

Of course, Cao Shuang also knew that if the Shu thieves were prepared for defense, it would be difficult for Great Wei to counterattack Luoyang again.

Therefore, Cao Shuang felt that the most important thing to do now was to seize the time, complete the deployment of the Son of Heaven as soon as possible, and launch a counterattack before the Shu thief defenders arrived.

That's the right thing to do.

But Cao Shuang found that the military order passed by Sima Yi was to ask all departments to make defensive preparations, especially to transfer the Hebei Tuntian soldiers who were originally gathered in Dongjun to the south to strengthen the defense of Chenliu County, which Cao Shuang really couldn't understand.

There are already 40,000 troops on Chenliujun's side, so what's the practical point of transferring the soldiers from Dongjun over?!

Moreover, the soldiers of Dongjun were transferred to Chenliu County, and if they wanted to attack Luoyang in the future, they would have to transfer their troops from Chenliu County back to Henan County. In that case, why can't you directly march into Henan County from Dongjun?!

Therefore, Cao Shuang had to break into the account and stop Sima Yi's plan to transfer troops.

Sima Yi frowned in the face of Cao Shuang's questioning, but he still couldn't help but explain.

First of all, judging from the scale of the mobilization of the Shu thieves, not only Jingzhou and Heluo areas have mobilized, but also Guanzhong and even Qinzhou have mobilized troops, which is obviously not a simple defensive force transfer.

In this regard, Cao Shuang's rebuttal is - fuss.

In the last Luoyang defensive battle, didn't Zhuge Liang transfer troops from Jingzhou and Guanzhong, but this time there is just one more Qinzhou, what does it matter? !

Sima Yi, who was depressed, how many troops did Zhuge Liang defend in Luoyang last time, and how many troops do he have to defend now?!

The situation is different, the meaning of natural troop transfer is also different, last time Zhuge Liang didn't transfer troops to hold Luoyang at all, this time Luoyang and Hongnong together have more than 70,000 county soldiers, even in the face of 200,000 troops can be defended, why bother to transfer troops in advance?!

But this reason still can't be passed on Cao Shuang's side, because during the last Luoyang offensive and defensive battle, Zhuge Liang only had forty or fifty thousand people in his hands, which was more than 20,000 soldiers and horses less than now.

In Cao Shuang's opinion, in a place as big as Heluo, there is no difference between 20,000 less soldiers and 20,000 more soldiers and horses.

It's enough to choke Sima Yi's grievances.

This is the difference between generals who have been on the battlefield and those who have not. Cao Shuang didn't know that sometimes even five thousand more people could decide the outcome of a battle.

Well, this one is interpreted differently, and Sima Yi can only say the next one.

Secondly, the transfer of the soldiers of Dongjun to the south was to avoid the emptiness of the defense in the southern part of Yanzhou.

The current Wei army is too concentrated in the northwest of Yanzhou County, and it is true that this is conducive to sending troops to attack Luoyang, but the problem is that once the Shu thieves take the initiative to attack, the southern defense of Yanzhou is quite empty.

Yes, Chenliu County has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, but that is used to help defend Yingchuan County, once Yingchuan County is in danger, Chenliu County will inevitably send reinforcements, so that the troops in the south of Yanzhou will be even less.

When the time comes, whether it is the Shu thieves dividing their troops to advance or the Eastern Wu betraying the alliance, Yanzhou will inevitably fall into passivity, and it is better to transfer troops in advance to make up for the vacancy of troops, just in case.

Moreover, even if the Shu thieves were really preparing to fight the Luoyang defensive battle, the road from Chenliu County to Henan County was not particularly far, and this transfer was completely to take into account the offensive and defensive practices of Yanzhou.

But Cao Shuang still disagreed.

First, Cao Shuang once again emphasized that it was impossible for the Shu thieves to choose to take the initiative to attack at this time, and they must be preparing to defend Luoyang.

Second, Cao Shuang didn't believe that the Shu thieves could rashly divide their troops into Chenliu County without breaking through Yanzhou, and to support them to the death was just to harass them in southern Yanzhou like the last Luoyang defensive battle, so there was no need to worry at all.

As for Soochow, the two sides not only have an alliance, but also have hostages in their hands, how can they easily betray the alliance?!

Third, Cao Shuang once again emphasized to Sima Yi that the edict of the Son of Heaven was for Sima Yi to prepare for a counterattack on Luoyang, and so many county soldiers were allocated to Yanzhou and Heluo, and so many grain, grass and ordnance reserves were hoarded, not for Sima Yi to guard Yanzhou without moving.

You, Sima Yi, have this kung fu of transferring troops back and forth, so it is better to think about how to complete the armament as soon as possible, and then send troops to attack Luoyang.

Why is this product for Sima Yiqi so bad that oil and salt don't come in?!

Really, the current Sima Yi is very nostalgic for the time when Xiahouba was a protector for him, although Xiahouba didn't have much experience in battle formations, he could really listen to his own explanations and come up with his own judgment.

This Cao Shuang will only talk about things with the edict of the Son of Heaven, which is really difficult for Sima Yi.

The matter of transferring troops, because of the opposition of the guards, can only be over.

It's not that Sima Yi can't adhere to principles, but this kind of thing, even if he fights a lawsuit in front of the emperor of Great Wei, Sima Yi can't win. The duty of the protector is to assist the commander in handling military affairs, and at the same time, he also controls the commander at critical moments.

Obviously, Cao Shuang didn't take the first responsibility seriously at all, so he stared at the second responsibility.

And the subsequent development of events made Cao Shuang even more proud, and Sima Yi was worried.

Cao Shuang was proud of the fact that in the period from the next until the end of the year, Luoyang did not make any major moves, and the number of troops remained at about 70,000 people.

It seems to confirm Cao Shuang's judgment that the purpose of the Shu thieves is not to strike first, but to fight the Luoyang defensive battle like last time.

But Sima Yi is more worried the more he looks at it. With Zhuge Liang's ability, if he only wants to fight the defensive battle of Luoyang, he can directly increase the number of troops in the Luoyang area by 30,000, and gather 100,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to defend Luoyang, and there is no need for such a large-scale mobilization.

But now, the Wei army is still coming to the news, saying that the Shu thieves are in Jingzhou, Guanzhong, and they are concentrating their forces. It can't be because the Shu thieves have too much food and are full, right?!

For this reason, Sima Yi had to take the initiative to play to the imperial court, repeatedly explaining the situation to the Son of Heaven, hoping that the imperial court would be alert and make strategic changes.

But. Sima Yi's sparse performance was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news.

It's not that Cao Ei didn't see Sima Yi's recital, or that Cao Ei suddenly became confused and faint, on the contrary, in fact, Cao Ei paid great attention to Sima Yi's sparse performance.

Cao Rong actually agreed with Sima Yi's judgment, such a large-scale mobilization of Shu thieves was definitely not as simple as fighting a Luoyang defensive battle.

However, Cao Ei feels that he actually has two choices now.

One is to follow Sima Yi's suggestion, redeploy the troops, and move from offensive preparations to defensive preparations to block the possible attacks of the Shu thieves.

It's just that this approach is too passive.

Over the years, Cao Wei has basically had such a set of coping ideas, and then what awaits Cao Wei is the risk of losing Guanzhong and Heluo, and now even Yanzhou is facing risks.

Continuing to do this, Cao Yi really didn't think that Sima Yi had the ability to hold Heluo and Yanzhou.

Therefore, Cao Rong felt that it was possible to take a second way to deal with it - to launch an offensive against Luoyang in advance.

Although it is not ready for a full-scale attack on Luoyang now, it is still possible to launch a wave of offensives.

The active attack on Luoyang will inevitably interrupt the mobilization preparations of the Shu thieves, so that the Shu thieves will passively switch from strategic offense to strategic defense. Maybe in this way, it can destroy the Shu thief's preparations for this attack.

This is what Cao Ei thinks now.

However, Cao Rong also knew that this matter was very important, and he couldn't make a decision by himself, so he had to gather his kobold military advisors to discuss this matter together.

Since Chen Qun and Cao Zhen passed away due to illness one after another, Cao Rong took back a lot of decision-making power and achieved unprecedented centralization.

But Cao Rong is still a sober-minded lord in the end, and he knows that although he has enough decision-making power now, he can not make the most accurate decisions on everything, so he still needs his courtiers to give him enough advice.

And under such a power structure, Chen Jiao and Man Chong replaced the original positions of Chen Qun and Cao Zhen and entered the decision-making level, but they only had the right to make suggestions, but not enough decision-making power.

Similarly, the status of Sun Zi and Liu Fang has also been greatly improved.

These two people used to be in the Great Wei court, only responsible for government affairs, and they did not have the right to intervene in military affairs, but now, because of Cao Ei's power and needs, they have the right to participate in military affairs.

This power structure means that as long as someone can firm up Cao Ei's ideas, then Cao Ei can completely decide all military and political affairs according to his own needs.

But obviously, Sun Zi and Liu Fang, the source of their rights is Cao Ei, and these two people will never oppose any ideas and decisions put forward by Cao Ei, and will only find ways to find reasonable reasons to support Cao Ei's ideas.

And Chen Jiao and Man Pet are two people. The full favor of this time and space is not the full favor in history, he did not get the opportunity to brush up on Sun Quan's experience, although he has some opinions on military affairs, but his prestige is not enough.

And Chen Jiao. He has been in the second line all the year round, and he was only pulled up by virtue of his qualifications when the capable people in front of him died, and his right to speak is not as good as full of favor.

So, this thing, to this point. Actually, there's nothing to discuss.

In the end, Cao Rong decided to let Sima Yi launch a strategy of attacking Luoyang in advance, and immediately sent troops to counterattack Luoyang after the beginning of spring.

(End of chapter)