Move the capital to Yecheng!

At that moment, Cao Rong only had this thought.

Because Luoyang is too dangerous now.

After Hedong changed hands, the Han army did not need to attack and merge with the state, just come directly from Zhongtiao Mountain.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Hangu Pass had lost its defensive significance, Tongguan was east of Huayin, and without Hedong County, Tongguan became a Maginot Line.

Shen Chen's army did not need to attack Tongguan at all, from the Yuban Ancient Road in Zhongtiao Mountain to Dayang County, across the river was Shaanxi County, which was Sanmenxia City in Henan Province in later generations.

Shaanxi County is only more than 100 kilometers from Luoyang, and there is no geographical advantage to defend the whole process, so the Han army can come to the city within a few days.

And now Cao Wei's troops in Luoyang are less than 10,000.

Even if about 10,000 people in Tongguan are transferred back to defend, the total strength is only 20,000.

Once the Han army reached Luoyang, the Great Wei Empire would fall in an instant.

Compared with the loss of military morale and public opinion brought by the relocation of the capital, how can there be a big loss of being directly beaten to the imperial capital and the country?

So Cao Rong's eyes were glazed, and he only had the idea of moving the capital in his head.

It's not that he wants to move the capital, but if he doesn't move the capital, before Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu kill him, Shen Chen will destroy him.

Hearing Cao Ei's idea of moving the capital again, Chen Qun instinctively wanted to persuade that Cao Wei's court was in Luoyang, and they could enjoy certain political dividends as a Yingchuan family.

But after thinking about it carefully, I could only sigh and keep silent.

Because everyone knows that if the capital is not moved, I am afraid that after a while, Shen Chen's Han army in Guanzhong will go to Luoyang City.

After Cao Rong said this, he looked around, and saw that the people below were silent, and said sadly for a while: "Has it come to this?" I don't want to move the capital, but I have to move the capital? ”

"Alas, but after the capital is moved, if Shen Chen attacks Bingzhou again, Yecheng will also face danger."

Dong Zhao sighed: "Moving the capital can only solve the temporary sorrow, and only by repelling the southern army can the disaster be completely quelled." Your Majesty, we must keep the enemy out of Luoyang and Bingzhou. ”

"I had to send a new army over."

Cao Rong sighed.

Now the new army has not been fully trained, and it can be regarded as a rabble.

But they don't have any other army, if they don't send the new army over to defend, when Shen Chen hits Bingzhou or Luoyang City, then it's too late.

Everyone has a sad face, Cao Wei is now in a bad situation, and there is a sign of the death of the country, which also makes their group of people worried.

Especially Chen Qun, the expression on his face was extremely complicated.

When Liu Bei went to Xuzhou, he avoided trouble in Xiaopei because of the chaos in the world, Tao Qian showed Liu Bei as the assassin of Yuzhou, and the soldiers of Xiaopei, Chen Qun was recruited by Liu Bei as the assassin of Yuzhou, and once persuaded Liu Bei not to go to Xuzhou.

Later, Liu Bei went, Chen Qun left Liu Bei and followed his father Chen Ji to Xuzhou for refuge, but Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Bu, and Chen Qun's father and son followed Lu Bu, and it was not until Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu that he followed Cao Cao again.

If he had been like Mi Zhu and had followed Liu Bei without abandoning, then as a Yuan Cong who followed in Xuzhou, perhaps in the southern court, his status might be unparalleled, and Zhuge Liang's position as prime minister would probably have to belong to him, and he would not be as worried about Cao Wei in the north as he is now.

It's a pity that there are no ifs in this world.

Cao Wei learned that Shen Chen had broken Cao Zhen, Hedong had been lost, and the court was shaken, and the Son of Heaven Cao Rong decided to move the capital to Yecheng, and sent Biqiu Jian as the commander to lead the new army that had just been trained for more than a month to Bingzhou, and let the defenders of Tongguan retreat to Luoyang, so that more than 20,000 people who had fled back from Puban were stationed in Shangdang.

In this way, Luoyang has about 20,000 troops, and there are still tens of thousands of people in Bingzhou, if Shen Chen continues to attack, he will travel a long distance, work on an expedition, and also need to prepare grain and grass, maybe he can stop him from the Guandong.

Shen Chen's side was a different story.

After killing Cao Zhen and defeating Xu Huang, Shen Chen's army was stationed in Hedong County, and on April 25, he went to Anyi County, the seat of Hedong Governance.

Subsequently, Shen Chen's troops were divided into Linfen, Wenxi and other counties, and began to march to Dongyuan County, Duanshi County and other places.

Dongyuan and Duanshi are the later Yuanqu County and Qinshui County in Shanxi, and people in these two places should know that Yuanqu County is located in the middle of Wangwu Mountain, and there is a road directly connecting Jiyuan City, Henan. This road was called Hebao Expressway in later generations and Jiguan Road in the Han Dynasty.

And Qinshui County is connected to the east of the river and the state, later generations called this place Qinshui Ancient Road, there is Linghou high-speed connection here, in ancient times it was called the ancient road or Wuling ancient road, can directly to the state Yang'a and Gaodu County.

It can be said that by occupying these two counties and two ancient roads, Shen Chen's army can directly go out of Hedong, take and merge states to the east to threaten Hebei, and take Hanoi County to the southeast, and Luoyang is across the river.

So this is also why Cao Rong moved the capital in a hurry.

At this moment, Shen Chen was in Anyi County, in the hall of the county government's mansion, and Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Shan Yi, Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao and other subordinates were divided into more than ten people.

Shen Chen sat on the main seat, looked at the official document in his hand, put it down and said with a smile after reading it: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty and Cheng expressed a high degree of affirmation for the victory of this battle, praised our spirit of daring to win the battle and being able to win the battle, and congratulated us on our victory. ”

Zhao Yun rolled his eyes on the side, most of the governors have been speaking more and more strangely recently, but his status is too high for others to say anything, so he had to say: "Did the prime minister say what we should do next?" ”

"Yes."

Shen Chen put down the official document in his hand.

"What is it?"

"Let's rest in Hedong first, and prepare to attack Luoyang and Bingzhou after a while."

"Refresh?"

Zhao Yun couldn't help but say: "Dadu Governor, we have captured Hedong, and our morale is booming, should we take advantage of the victory to pursue it?" ”

Shen Chen shook his head: "Let's rest and recuperate first, Cao Zhen is also a famous general in the world, although our army won, it can be regarded as a miserable victory, and there are many casualties among the soldiers, so it is better to gain a firm foothold in Hedong first and advance slowly." ”

Zhuge Liang meant this on his side, Xu Shu and Pang Tong on the court side also had this idea, and Shen Chen approved their proposal.

There are two main points.

First, the supply of grain and grass is more difficult, Guanzhong and Hedong County have basically become a wasteland at the end of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong needless to say, was Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others took turns to calamity, to Jian'an year basically the population did not exist one hundred.

The same is true of Hedong County, what is the Baibo Army, the Black Mountain Army, and the Yellow Dragon Army take turns to fight, as well as the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei people also have Kou Luo, so that this place has directly become a hell on earth, and there is no human population for thousands of miles in the fertile field.

The absence of a population means that there is no way to replenish food and grass on the spot.

Shen Chen's northern attack on Guanzhong, the grain and grass were all provided from the Bashu Han, and after the capture of Chang'an, it was also provided by Nanyang, and it was not until this year that the people who migrated to Chang'an paid a little.

Although there are people in Hedong County now, Cao Cao once moved the only population of Liangzhou and Guanzhong to Hedong to provide grain and grass for the Cao army on the front line, but the Han army has just occupied Hedong, and it is definitely not possible to let the people supply food immediately, otherwise the people's hearts will be lost, at least until next year.

Therefore, most of the grain and grass mainly have to be transported from Nanyang and Bashu Hanzhong, thousands of miles away, the grain road is more difficult, or wait until the follow-up grain and grass arrive, stored in Hedong, before we can continue to march.

The second point is that the Han army also needs to rest.

This time, he took Hedong with a brilliant record, killing, wounding, missing and capturing more than 70,000 Cao troops, and only more than 20,000 people fled back, causing the elite of Cao's army on the western front to lose seven or eight out of ten.

But the Han army also has a lot of losses, Cao Zhen as the second generation of the Cao family outstanding, Xu Huang is also one of the five good generals, even if Shen Chen wins, the Han army casualties are about 30,000 people, damaged siege equipment, weapons and equipment, heavy bows and crossbows are countless.

The Han army is not iron-clad, it also needs to rest, and it needs to adjust its state. It was also necessary to rebuild the equipment and wait for the weapons and equipment in the rear to be delivered, so that they could continue to attack the city and march against Bingzhou and Hanoi.

Therefore, based on these two reasons, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang both thought that at least for now, they still needed to take a rest first, even if doing so might give Cao Wei a chance to breathe, but there was no way to do it.

However, the Southern Han Imperial Court estimates that even if Shen Chen does not continue to attack, Cao Wei will not have much respite, because Zhuge Liang has already gone north, and then Guan Yu will also start the attack on Xuzhou, Henan and other places in the second half of the year, so that everyone will take turns to fight, and the blows to Cao Wei will come one after another, where will there be time for it to adjust?

So Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang are not very worried about this, as long as they are stationed in Hedong County for a period of time, wait until Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu continue to put pressure, and after he rests, he can continue to start with Bingzhou and Henan.

Perhaps in the near future, Shen Chen will join Zhuge Liang Guan Yu in Hanoi County or Henan County and other places to besiege Luoyang and return the Han to the old capital!

After the action was determined, it was temporarily stopped, and after it came to an end, Shen Chen continued: "When the war is over, I will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and I will report to the court. This hero who is second to none is, naturally"

Deng Ai raised his head and looked around proudly, especially Wu Dang, his eyes seemed to say, Senior Brother, you said that I left my post without permission to punish me, and now you have to confess to me!

"Naturally, it's me."

Shen Chen patted his chest and said, "As the coach, I naturally deserve this credit. ”

Deng Ai suddenly wilted like a deflated ball.

Think about it too.

Although he made a surprise attack on Jiucheng, it can be said that Xu Huang was able to be surrounded, and Cao Zhen was forced to go north to rescue, all because he burned Xu Huang's grain and grass.

If it weren't for him burning the grain and grass, then Xu Huang could rely on Puban, Xie County, and Jiucheng as horns for each other, and in the case of having enough grain in stock, Xu Huang had more than 30,000 people at that time, and there was no problem in guarding it for a year or two.

As long as Xu Huang can hold on, it is impossible for Cao Zhen to go north to save him. Then Shen Chen is at most Zhu Ling, who has the least number of troops and is not fully prepared, and it is difficult to destroy Xu Huang and Cao Zhenbu.

But no matter what, Deng Ai can only be regarded as a key player in the turning point of this campaign. And Shen Chen is not only the commander of the campaign, but also the formulator of the campaign.

If he hadn't formulated tactics and let Deng Ai take a detour, he wouldn't have been able to burn down the city. If it weren't for his more than 10,000 men and horses in Leishou Mountain to resist Cao Zhen's 60,000 army, and finally defeated Cao Zhen's army and beheaded Cao Zhen, the battle would not have been won.

Therefore, Shen Chen's first contribution is a matter of course.

It's just that Deng Ai is still a little lost.

After all, it was he who burned Xu Huang's grain and grass and cut off his retreat, so he naturally still had a little longing in his heart.

“.”

The hall was silent.

Jiang Wei opened his mouth to say something, but still didn't say anything.

If other generals were like this, he would definitely have to fight on the basis of reason, but firstly, Shen Chen's first merit was undoubted, and secondly, he was their division commander, so he naturally did not dare to say so.

The main thing is that Shen Chen is the main general of the first army, even if he doesn't do anything, generally speaking, most of the credit will be placed on his head.

But under normal circumstances, the main general will generally make a merit book by himself, and commend the meritorious personnel according to the ranking, and the lord will not commend himself, and then the court will rank the main general first according to the merit book he performed.

If that master does play well, the first place will be well deserved. If the performance of the main general is not as good as that of the second-class meritor, then everyone will default to the second-class merit as the first meritorious.

This is also a kind of unspoken rule of ancient warfare.

Now that Shen Chen did not exclude himself from the credit book as before, it was indeed surprising.

Seeing that everyone below had different expressions, Shen Chen smiled and said, "Do you think that I can't afford to be the first meritorious?" ”

"This is natural, and the Metropolitan Governor has undoubtedly made the first contribution."

Zhao Yun said.

This is something that is not controversial.

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Okay, I won't tease you, the imperial court has indeed named me the first credit, but I am already a very popular minister, and I have a good official residence, so what's the use of taking credit?" Therefore, I have resigned, and the court asked me to arrange the merit book by myself, where is Deng Ai? ”

Deng Ai was still in a relatively low mood at first, but now when he suddenly heard this, he was overjoyed, and quickly stood up and said, "Governor, the last general." ”

Shen Chen looked at him and said seriously: "Shizai, in fact, I am still hesitant to list you as the first meritorious, you really played an excellent role this time and played an extremely crucial role." If you hadn't burned Xu Huang's grain and grass, so that Cao Jun couldn't hold on to Hedong for a long time, we wouldn't have been able to defeat them so quickly, and you deserved your first credit. ”

Deng Ai's face suddenly overflowed with a smug expression.

"But you are arrogant and paranoid, and I heard that you are in your own army, and you do not listen to the opposition of others, and often punish those who dare to disobey you."

Shen Chen changed his words, looked at him solemnly and said, "This time too, your senior brother asked you to investigate, but you acted without permission. Under normal circumstances, even if you have such an idea, you should go back and discuss with them, Sangquan is only thirty miles away from Dong Ting, and a trip back will not delay your surprise attack, and you can even avoid the Huns who went to get grain and grass to ensure the success of the surprise attack, but you are stubborn and self-serving, this is where you make mistakes. ”

A word made Deng Ai extremely ashamed.

If someone else educated him like this in public, with Deng Aina's character, he would definitely be angry.

But he has been worshipping under Shen Chen since he was a child, for more than 20 years, and he has long regarded Shen Chen as his father and brother, and more importantly, with the atmosphere of respecting teachers and superiors in the late Han Dynasty, if he dares to refute Shen Chen, then his reputation will be stinky, and he will even be convicted.

So whether it was in terms of reason, clean-up or legality, he didn't dare to refute it, so he could only reluctantly say: "Yes, Ai Ai Ai knows it's wrong." ”

He was embarrassed and indignant, and in a hurry, the old stuttering problem that had been changed was committed again.

Seeing Deng Ai like this, Shen Chen couldn't bear to continue to be harsh, so he said: "Shizai, now this is not an outsider, I teach you as a teacher, I hope you can listen to persuasion and change your arrogant and rude temperament." You are all the most outstanding disciples of the teacher, and I hope that you can inherit the school system, if you continue like this, how can you trust the school system to you with confidence? ”

"Shijun. Ai, ashamed of the teacher's teachings. ”

Deng Ai knelt down and bowed down, afraid that Shijun would be angry, and the shame on his face was even more obvious, and he was already in tears.

Shen Chen sighed: "But I also blame me for this matter, I thought that you were senior brothers and would consult with each other to act, so I didn't force you to obey Chengyi's orders, and I will take this as a warning in the future." ”

Deng Ai hurriedly said: "Thousands of mistakes, they are all Ai's fault, and they have nothing to do with Shijun." ”

"Okay, admit your mistake to Senior Brother and thank Boyo."

Shen Chen said: "If it weren't for Senior Brother to help you intercede, if it weren't for Boyo arriving in time, even if you didn't die in Jiucheng, I would have to deprive you of this merit." ”

"Senior Brother Xie, Xie Boyo."

Deng Ai hurriedly got up and bowed to Wu Dang and Jiang Wei.

Seeing that his attitude was more sincere, Shen Chen tapped his chin and said, "Well, you are the first contributor to this battle, I hope you will guard against arrogance and rashness in the future, get rid of this arrogant and paranoid problem, and you must no longer act recklessly." ”

"Yes."

Deng Ai saluted Shen Chen again.

In fact, this time Shen Chen was also more entangled.

Deng Ai has indeed made great contributions, and there is no doubt that he has made the first contribution except for himself.

The problem is that this kid acted without authorization, just like Li Yunlong in the TV series "Bright Sword".

Li Yunlong's troops have a radio station that can report to their superiors for instructions, but he does not want to, and he just wants to go his own way.

Although the end result was good, it was a classic battlefield disobedience and disorganization, which is taboo in the military.

So although he often won battles, he was often punished.

The same is true for Deng Ai.

Unauthorized actions are unorganized and undisciplined.

It's just that although Deng Ai made mistakes, Shen Chen also has a certain responsibility.

The positions between their brothers and sisters are almost the same, they are all miscellaneous generals, and there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates.

Although Shen Chen's sect also emphasizes the orderliness of the young and the old, it also emphasizes that there is no distinction between respect and inferiority, and that brothers and sisters should love each other and be equal to each other.

Therefore, although Wu Dang is a senior brother, he cannot force the junior disciples below.

If Shen Chen had thought more carefully, established his prestige for Wu Dang's platform, and gave him relatively large power, perhaps Deng Ai's unauthorized actions would not have happened.

In this way, even if they encounter problems, they can discuss with each other, after all, Deng Ai has already obtained information, and Shen Chen has also emphasized that Wu Dang should properly listen to Deng Ai and Jiang Wei's opinions, and the matter of burning down the city will not change.

But on the whole, the result is good, Deng Ai has made such a great contribution, but it is indeed a bit unreasonable to withdraw his qualification for the first merit because of a trivial matter in the eyes of many people.

Therefore, Shen Chen still gave him the first credit, but hoped that Deng Ai could change his proud and complacent personality in the future, which was also for his good.

If the first merit is determined, it is the second merit.

The second merit is naturally Pound.

Pang De broke through the Pi clan and killed Zhu Ling, which further put Xu Huang in an embarrassment, and also changed the situation on the Hedong battlefield, which contributed a lot.

Then Zhao Yun, Ma Dai, Jiang Wei, Wu Dang, Wu Tao, Huo Yang, Shan Yi, etc. all have the credit for arranging.

It's just that most of the generals in the army are not here, so Shen Chen plans to report the credit first and wait for the reward from the imperial court.

And just when he was commending his merits, another thing came to the door.

(End of chapter)