"Longyou, Longyou...... It's Longyou! Cao Pi angrily threw out a few pieces of cloth in his hand, "He Liu Bei is so generous!" ”

Regarding Liu Bei's northern expedition when he attacked Wu, Cao Pi was not completely unprepared.

After all, after he ascended the throne, in addition to hunting and "taking care" of Tongquetai's father's concubines, he also did some things.

In terms of border defense, he inherited Cao Cao's idea of relying on the key defense of key locations and cities, continued to develop Tuntian, and used the proceeds of Tuntian to recruit soldiers to make up for the battle losses.

Because of this, when he was able to attack Wu on a large scale, he still retained a certain scale of local state and county soldiers and the central army left behind, and among the foreign troops, Zhang He's Guanzhong defenders did not move.

It's just that after the death of the "Rescue Brigade Captain Yuanzi", the casualties of the Kansai soldiers were relatively large, and the lack of soldiers and barren land in Yongliang made it difficult to effectively replenish them in a short period of time.

This is not conducive to defense for Cao Wei, but in Cao Pi's view, it is also a chicken rib for Shu Han.

"Look at it, look at it! Shu Han only has the land of Jingyi Erzhou, and does not take the land of Guanzhong to support the people, but takes the land of Yongliang for self-consumption, how stupid! Ridiculous! Cao Pi scolded as he walked around.

That demeanor is like a chess master, who was considered a rookie to win a game with an incredible "stupid move", and directly broke the defense.

Sima Yi on the side bent down to pick up the military intelligence reports, and quickly glanced at them, to the effect that Liu Bei's army was coming~ Wudu was lost~ Qishan Fort and Shangqi were surrounded~

Although I, Guo Huai, swear to serve the country to the death and gather the soldiers, I will definitely live and die with Shangqi!

But not everyone is as loyal to His Majesty and Dawei as I am, except for Shangqi and Qishan Fort, the five counties of Longyou and the three counties surrendered before the battle, and some of them didn't even see the shadow of the Shu army and sent people to surrender tables~

Sima Yi's condor-like eyes flashed, but they immediately returned to calm, and the two chuckles revealed a kind of ease and indifference.

It seems that all that is at stake now is an insignificant piece of projectile wilderness.

"Hehe, what Your Majesty said is extremely true, it is really difficult to call it a clever move to attack Longyou. Our army only needs to firmly hold the gate of Guanzhong, garrison heavy troops, and force Liu Bei to have to garrison the army in Longyou......"

Sima Yi sneered as he spoke, and said disdainfully: "Yilongyou alone can't support the army for a long time, and Hanzhong is not as good as before, it is all wasteland, Liu Beiyuan transports grain from Yizhou, trekking through mountains and rivers, and the loss is huge, how can it last?" ”

Cao Pi's angry expression, which had broken the defense, immediately eased down, nodded and said, "Yes, what Zhong Da said is very much in line with my intentions. ”

Did Sima Yi really think so in his heart?

Of course not.

He thought of the other party's strategic intentions as soon as he saw the letter, and since Longyou cut off Cao Wei's territory, he seized one of Cao Wei's important horse farms and made up for a huge shortcoming.

Moreover, Cao Wei's attack on Longyou from Guanzhong was from a low place to a high place, and it was more difficult than Longyou to the east.

Although Liangzhou nominally belonged to Cao Wei, in fact it was occupied by several forces, and when Cao Wei was not stable, he could only use their contradictions to make them attack each other, rather than rebelling.

But now in the face of Shu Han's broken dragon, its shortcomings are also immediately highlighted - Liangzhou, as an important frontier in the northwest, has a good military strength, but it is impossible to form a joint force at all, but it is very likely to be a cold bystander.

Once Shu Han figured out the situation in Liangzhou, there was even a risk of breaking it.

If Guanzhong can't continue to maintain high pressure on Longyou, let Shu Han divide his energy to govern Liangzhou, and even reopen Zhang Qian's trade routes...... It is bound to further enhance the strength of Shu Han.

Sima Yi is worried about far more than that, but while he understands strategy, he understands people's hearts and Cao Pi better.

Saying this at this time is like pointing at Cao Pi's nose and scolding: You are a faint monarch who is so happy and willful, the courtiers asked you to kill Wu and you didn't do it, and you also made someone a king!

Saying that cutting down Wu will make other people who want to return to Great Wei suspicious and have a bad impact...... If you buy skins, there are only three of you left in the world! Three!

When he was the most depressed, he didn't submit to your father, but now he can submit to you? Do you want to show him?

As a result, now that the strength of the Wu army has slowed down, Liu Ye persuaded you not to beat you and didn't listen, what happened to the result, Longyou was lost, right?

…… If he Sima Yi could chat like this, he wouldn't know how many times the Yi three clans would have been, and how could he be mixed into Cao Pi's close ministers.

The top priority at the moment is to stabilize His Majesty's mentality first, and the mentality will not collapse, so that he can listen to persuasion.

Sure enough, after Cao Pi calmed down, he took the initiative to ask Sima Yi: "Zhong Da thinks that if the Chinese army is transferred to it, and then Zhang He is transferred to the elite, can he recapture Longyou?" ”

As soon as Sima Yi heard it, he knew that Cao Pi felt faceless.

The first battle after ascending to the throne came with great fanfare, but now a battle has not been won, and a city has been withdrawn without taking it...... His Majesty the Great Wei Emperor was a little embarrassed.

Sima Yi arched his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the gods and saints, the generations of Jiangdong rely on the Yangtze River to be safe, how can they open up the territory and expand the territory in the face of Your Majesty?" Its internal thoughts are in their minds, and there will be chaos for a long time, and His Majesty will wait for its changes and then take Jiangdong, which will be like exploring the bag and taking things. ”

The depression in Cao Pi's heart suddenly subsided a lot, and the more he looked at Sima Yi, the more he looked like a talent who could achieve great things!

"Hehe, in my opinion, what should I do at this time?"

Sima Yi said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, Jiangdong is not to worry, but Liu Bei has to take precautions. If it takes Longyou, it will threaten Guanzhong, and in addition to supporting Longyou according to His Majesty's policy, our army should also temporarily retreat to prevent another disaster in the Central Plains. ”

At the beginning, Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan on a large scale, and later flooded the Seventh Army, which caused many bandits and court officials to rebel.

Now that Liu Bei is attacking Longyou, three counties have surrendered before he can fight, and if he really lets him take Guanzhong, it will inevitably cause even greater riots.

Qingxu's problem has not been completely solved, and when the time comes, those lawless ruffians will take the opportunity to do something......

He shuddered to think about it.

Although Cao Pi has a lot of faults, he is not a fool, so he can naturally hear the meaning of Sima Yi's words.

At this time, he had been pacified and regained his senses, and he also felt that he should seek stability, and if there was a war on multiple fronts, there would be chaos inside...... I'm afraid that he will be without his mother in only one year.

But...... It's a shame, unwilling!

Looking at Liu Ye's face after going back this time, I feel a lot of bad feelings.

"Report ——!"

Just when Cao Pi was entangled, there was suddenly a military intelligence outside the tent.

The two of them thought that there had been a change in the battle in Longyou, and they wondered why two military information had been delivered in one day, so they hurriedly opened it to see, but it was the battle report from Cao Xiu's side.

Zang Ba led more than 10,000 Qingxu soldiers and generals, raided by light boat, broke through Jingkou, killed thousands of people in Jiangdong, burned large and small warships, and countless soldiers!

Not only that, but many generals such as Yin Lu under his command were killed and wounded, and nearly half of the Qingxu elite were killed or wounded!

Cao Xiu perfectly achieved the result that Cao Pi wanted to see the most, not only weakening Zang Ba and other Qingxu forces, but also recovering a little face by breaking through Jingkou, which was a double happiness.

Cao Pi, who was in a better mood, waved his hand: "Hehe, okay, then according to Zhongda's words, I will let go of Jiangdong Sun Quan for the time being." Turn in and head west! ”

(End of chapter)