"Han Ji Zhaowu Ji": "In three years, the middle ancestor came out of Wuguan...... Do not return the army. Cao Zhang, the king of Wei Rencheng, pursued him, and the generals were defeated by him...... The Imperial Governor led the rear army, engaged it, and shot Zhang. ”

and Fei Yao led his troops to Liushan, and when he saw the corpse of Cao Zhang, who had no head, he cried profusely.

Now that Cao Zhang is dead, Fei Yao and his subordinate Wei army have no intention of pursuing the Han army, so they hastily collect their troops and return, carrying the body of Cao Zhang, who had been decapitated, to report the battle situation to Sima Yi, who followed closely.

When Sima Yi learned that Cao Zhangzhong had died in ambush, the whole person was in a trance.

Cao Zhangke is an unusual general, since Cao Cao Dingding Central Plains, Cao Zhang appeared as a general, pacifying Wuhuan for Cao Cao, and repelling Kebineng. After that, Cao Zhang spent a long time in Guanzhong or the border to help Cao Cao stabilize the domestic situation.

Especially after the Battle of Xiangfan, there was a big defeat first, and then Cao Cao died of illness. Cao Wei's domestic political situation was unstable, and people's hearts fluctuated. As a result, Cao Zhang led 30,000 soldiers of the Wei army to Beiping Liaodong, which had relatively positive significance and helped Cao Mu regain his prestige, which was of great significance.

Now Cao Zhang's death due to pursuit, for the Wei army, and even the Wei State, it is by no means as simple as the death of a prince, and its impact on the military spirit and the Northern Wei Dynasty is far greater than the defeat and surrender of the forbidden war.

"Quick!"

Sima Yi cleaned up his mood and instructed his attendants: "Clean up the body of King Ren Cheng as soon as possible, and then use a first-class coffin to carry it and send it to Chang'an as soon as possible." ”

"No!"

and the attendants retreated, Fei Yao was panicked, bowed to Sima Yi, and said: "Fu Jun, the current king of the city has not been warned, Yao is a deputy general, there is a crime of poor guarding, I hope I ask Fu Jun to save me, the last general should be grateful,"

The most panicked person at the moment is Fei Yao, who is responsible for leading troops to reinforce Cao Zhang. Now Cao Zhang's army is alone, if Cao Pi wants to be held responsible, Fei Yao must be punished.

Sima Yi was Cao Pi's close minister, and Fei Yao had no choice but to seek his subordinates in order to exonerate himself.

Sima Yi picked up Fei Yao, sighed and said: "The general sticks to Lantian and Bailuyuan, and has to keep Chang'an stable, plus to repel Liu Bei, it is a great contribution to the country." The king of Rencheng was defeated and died, not the general's fault, but for His Royal Highness's greed for merit, so he was ambushed and defeated. ”

"It is expected that with Your Majesty's sage, you will be able to see everything clearly, how can you blame the general for this?"

Sima Yi has been with Cao Pi for too long, and he knows Cao Pi's personality very well. Although Cao Pi ascended to the throne, he was afraid of his brothers, and he did not mention Cao Zhi, who took the heir. As far as Cao Zhang is concerned, Cao Pi is jealous of Cao Zhang's martial strategy, and Cao Zhang actually supports Cao Zhi as the crown prince.

In order to curb all signs that hindered him from becoming emperor, Cao Pi removed Cao Zhang's military power and assigned Cao Zhifa to the feudal state.

Now Cao Zhang led his troops to repel Liu Bei, and if the Han army was severely damaged, his prestige would inevitably rise, and Cao Pi would become more and more jealous. At the moment, Cao Zhangzhong died in ambush, and Cao Pi was sad, but he might secretly rejoice. Under such a mentality, Cao Pi probably would not implicate Cao Zhang's death on Fei Yao.

Fei Yao hurriedly bowed a few times and pleaded: "Please also ask Fu Jun to say a word or two for Yao, Yaodang is grateful." ”

"That's it!"

Seeing that Fei Yao was so sincere, Sima Yi also deliberately accepted this favor, and said: "The general will return to the camp first, and record the details of the before and after battles on the scarf." And when a certain play, Shun He General scarf. Your words and I are mutually validated, and you should be able to convince Your Majesty. ”

"Thank you Fujun!" Fei Yao said.

After chatting a few words, Fei Yao retreated happily.

Sima Yi returned to the big tent and wrote down the story of the battle in detail, highlighting Cao Zhang's insistence on pursuing after Liu Bei's withdrawal. However, in order to leave a good image for Cao Zhang, Sima Yi mostly described the results of Cao Zhang's defeat of the Han army in the battle report.

After several tosses, Sima Yi and Fei Yao wrote a recital with Cao Pi, depicting the battle of repelling Liu Bei as a great victory. Among them, Cao Zhangzhong died in ambush, in addition to Cao Zhang's own greed, Sima Yi and Fei Yao said that they had neglected to take care of them, and asked for demotion and demotion.

The victory in the two's recital is not false, and the Southern Han suffered a lot of losses in this withdrawal. Cao Zhang's pursuit was too fierce, and he was reluctant to pursue day and night for several days, and Huang Quan's wave really defeated the enemy, and the Han army suffered no less than five or six thousand casualties.

If you count the successive battles with the Wei army since Liu Bei entered Wuguan, as well as the continuous attack on Bailuyuan, the Han army did not lose no less than 10,000 people who were seriously wounded.

In the past, 40,000 people entered Wuguan, and counting the 10,000 people who were transferred later, the number of troops returning to China was less than 40,000.

Don't look at the number of casualties, but in fact this is the disadvantage of the attacking side. The attacker often has to fight deep into the enemy's territory, and the attack must be launched through difficult dangers, and the casualties paid in order to defeat the enemy are often not low.

In particular, if the attacker is unfortunate enough to suffer a defeat, the number of losses far exceeds such a number, which can be said to be a nerve-wracking injury.

Fortunately, the many Northern Expeditions launched by the Southern Han Dynasty can be said to have never been defeated, even if there were no big victories, but there were many small victories. There has never been a series of Northern Expeditions, and there has been no result.

In this Northern Expedition, although Liu Bei was not allowed to Guanzhong, he indirectly helped Ma Chao to divide Longyou and weaken Cao Wei's strength in Guanxi; Attract Cao Wei's army, so that Huo Jun can calmly fight in Xu Huai. Even if Lu Xun's strategy was advanced normally, the second county of Longnan could also be occupied by the Southern Han.

In short, it was the Northern Expedition, and in terms of the loss of soldiers and horses, the Han army suffered a lot of losses. However, in terms of the overall strategic situation, the results of Liu Bei's Northern Expedition are definitely not small.

——

It is equivalent to the frustration of the Wei army, and the Han army is happy about it.

In the early morning, in order to highlight Huang Quan's merit in killing Cao Zhang, Liu Bei deliberately went out of the camp to greet Huang Quan.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no trace of Huang Quan, Liu Bei asked, "Where is General Zhenbei now?" ”

Tai Shiheng shook his head and said, "Since the scout was sent to report last night, there has been no specific news about Huang Zhenbei. Jinheng has ordered the scouts to go out of the camp to investigate, and there will be news back later. ”

After Huang Quan killed Cao Zhang, he sent someone to inform Liu Bei. However, due to the fear that the Wei army would still be pursuing, he deliberately stayed to watch one or two, and saw that the Wei army gathered Cao Zhang's body and retreated, and did not see the Wei army chasing this morning, so he dared to lead the army back to the camp.

"Your Majesty, it's better to return to the camp and rest for the time being, and Huangzhen will go north, and send someone to inform Your Majesty."

"No hurry!"

Liu Bei slowed down his temperament and said, "In terms of material and foot, Gongheng is about to arrive at the camp. ”

At this time, the scout rode to the camp, walked to Liu Bei, and said, "Your Majesty, the north of Huangzhen is only two miles away from the camp!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei's face showed joy, said that he was civil and military, and said with a smile: "My general will return to the camp, and the princes will greet me with me." ”

"No!"

In order to welcome Huang Quan, he saw that Liu Bei's camp door was wide open, and the pro-army Bai Yu soldiers acted as a guard of honor, the flag fluttered in the wind, the halberd hand was prestigious, and the drummer beat the golden drum and played a song.

Liu Bei led Fei Guan, Chen Zhi and more than a dozen civil and military officers to go out to greet Huang Quan and Zhu Huan.

The importance of etiquette on Liu Bei's day, in addition to Huang Quan's great merit, in fact, Liu Bei has the intention of reusing Huang Quan. Over the years, many generals have died in battle or died of illness, including Lu Su, Gan Ning, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Deng Fang, and Shiren.

The general who sat on one side died, and Liu Bei had to be filled. In recent years, there are not many generals who can enter Liu Bei's eyes, among which Huang Quan, Lu Meng, and Shi Ran are the leaders, followed by Wei Yan, Zhu Huan, and Wang Ping.

The king regards his ministers as his siblings, and the ministers regard him as his heart. Now wait for Huang Quan to pay heavy respects, so that Huang Quan can serve the Han.

After a while, I saw that Huang Quan was riding a horse, and Fu, Feng, Zhu and other generals were separated, and the sergeants under his account were all honored.

Thirty or forty steps away from the camp, Huang Quan didn't dare to hold it up, dismounted and marched forward, bowed his hand, and said: "Zhenbei General Quan has not disgraced his mission, Prince Cao Zhang was beheaded, and the thieves have withdrawn from the army. ”

As he spoke, Huang Quan asked Cao Zhang's head to be presented.

Liu Bei opened the wooden box and saw Cao Zhang's head with yellow whiskers, which was placed in the box, with a hideous expression and a fierce face, which showed how aggrieved he was.

Although there was a slight surprise in his heart, Liu Bei, who had killed a lot of people, quickly recovered, and said with a sneer: "If Cao Cao knew that his yellow-bearded beloved son had died, I don't know what he would do?" ”

"Your Majesty, what should we do with this head?" Left and right asked.

Zhu Huan suggested: "Your Majesty might as well pass on the first border county to raise the prestige of my great man!" ”

Liu Bei pondered for a while, vetoed and said: "Although Cao Zhang is an enemy, he has no cruelty to live in the world, so he can be buried on the spot." ”

Passing on the first border county, Liu Bei is indeed interested. But remembering that he had seen Cao Zhang, he still had an intersection with his father Cao Cao. is treated so cruelly now, Liu Bei can't bear it.

"No!"

Liu Bei held Huang Quan's arm and said to everyone: "Huang Xu Xiaoer, strong martial arts, repeatedly defeated our army. Today, the brave name, the army rushed, and the death of the teacher is all the work of the emperor! ”

Huang Quan didn't dare to be greedy for merit, and said: "Arraying to lure the enemy, the achievements of Generals Feng and Fu Er, setting up an ambush and beheading the generals, is for General Zhu's merit." ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei patted the back of Huang Quan's hand and said with a smile: "Gongheng is strategic, he is ordered in danger, and he is the master of the plan!" ”

"Come, read the edict!"

"No!"

Killing Cao Zhang and defeating the Wei army was a great victory. Liu Bei should canonize Huang Quan, Zhu Huan, Feng Xi, Fu Wei and other generals who have made meritorious contributions.

Before Huang Quan entered the Zhenbei general in vain, and now Liu Bei only moved him to the acting right general. The former right general was hired and moved to the left general. Today, the Southern Han Dynasty Quartet generals, except for the former general who died of Huang Zhong due to illness, Mi Fang is still the rear general.

However, Liu Bei already planned that if Lu Xun could take the second county of Longnan this time, and ensure that Longyou would not fall into the hands of Wei, he would move him to the former general.

Zhu Huan, who killed Cao Zhang, was moved to the general of Zhengnan because of his merits, and he was the Marquis of Pavilion.

At the beginning, Liu Bei went down to Jiangdong and wanted to use his eldest daughter to win over the Wu people, Zhu Huan, who was also from Wu County, was selected together with Lu Xun, but because Huo Jun recommended Lu Xun, Zhu Huan was eliminated.

After the elimination, because Liu Bei focused on cultivating Lu Xun, the gap between Zhu Huan and Lu Xun became bigger and bigger. Fortunately, Zhu Huan gradually emerged with outstanding talents, and Liu Bei was especially important.

Feng Xi and Fu Wei had failed to retreat from the enemy before, and the two and the rest of the generals were only rewarded with a little money and food.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The crowd shouted.

"Hehe~"

Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to touch his short beard, but only then did he realize that his beard had been cut off, so he smiled and said: "I have set up a banquet in the tent, and all the gentlemen will follow me into the tent." Tonight should be full of fun, not drunk and not home! ”

"No!"

(End of chapter)