If you want to say who is most wronged this year, it definitely belongs to Cao Rui, and even Sun Quan has to stand aside.

Since hearing that Shu Han planned to attack Wu, there was a great controversy in the Cao Wei court over whether to attack Wu or Shu. In the end, it was Cao Rui who made the final decision to fight Wu with Shu Han.

For this reason, he also sent people to inform Sima Yi and Cao Zhen to restrain them during this period.

Cao Rui's plan at the beginning was that the two of us would happily brush a wave of Sun 100,000 together. Even if we can't kill him, we can both get some benefits.

As a result, Cao Rui thought very well, but halfway through the battle, Shu Han suddenly made a truce with Dongwu to stab him in the waist. Because of Cao Rui's all-out deployment of Wu, Jingxiang once had a loophole for Shu Han to take advantage of.

As a result, now the entire Nanyang County is in chaos, and the Shu army is attacking from the two fronts of Dangyang and Shangyong, and it looks like it is about to be killed. And the reinforcements from the front line have not yet rushed back, and the vanguard army was blocked by the Shu army when it arrived in Xiangyang.

Although the Wei army was on the way to retreat, they easily killed Sun Quan, who had defeated Sun Quan who had tried to pursue in vain. But to no avail, the loosening of the Nanyang front was already a foregone conclusion.

How important is Nanyang?

This place is the transportation hub of Cao Wei Guanzhong, Sili, Huainan, and the Central Plains. Once this place is captured by the Shu army, all from Wuguan to Luoyang will be reduced to the front line.

At that time, I am afraid that Cao Rui will have to think about moving the capital like his grandfather.

This is a major event, and it has already involved Cao Wei's national fortunes.

Even if Shu Han snatched Longyou before, it was only a border defense problem for Cao Wei. So Cao Rui just sent Cao Zhen to supervise Guanzhong and Sima Yi to supervise Liangzhou.

But Nanyang is no longer an ordinary border problem. The entire Cao Wei must attach great importance to this, otherwise it will have a great impact on the temple society.

Thinking of this, Cao Rui only felt that his blood pressure was high, and even his brain was a little panicked.

In this battle, Ma Yan's name also officially entered Cao Rui's sight, making the Great Wei Emperor remember him.

There is no way, it is too eye-catching, even Cao Rui's good friend Biqiu Jian was defeated. The reason why the entire Nanyang front line was loosened was that Ma Yan's credit accounted for at least seventy percent.

"Now that the Shu army has attacked Nanxiang, the Shu generals have sent their troops to Xinye, and Fancheng is in a hurry...... Do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy? It seems that the headache has become a genetic disease of the old Cao family, and Cao Rui also feels that his head is starting to hurt. He let out a long sigh and asked the civil and military officials of Cao Wei below.

However, civil and military officials, if you look at me, I will see you, no one dares to speak forward. After a strange silence, it was the old minister Chen Qun who stood up and gave Cao Rui advice.

"Your Majesty! Judging from today's situation, Nanyang is in danger. If Nanyang is lost, then Yuzhou and Guanzhong are not at peace. ”

"Now we should send a large army to conquer it, and transfer Wu soldiers and horses to save it. I'm afraid that the matter of cutting down Wu can only be put on hold for the time being. ”

Chen Qun's attitude is clear, Nanyang is the top priority, and there must be no mistakes. As for the attack on Wu, you can wait until you repel the Shu army before making plans.

What's more, although there are frequent reports of good news about the Wu army, such as the Wei army breaking Sun Quan in Wuchang, Cao Xiu has already broken through the wet dock...... But with Lu Xun's main force coming back, it is not so easy to continue to expand the results.

It's better to stop here and withdraw to keep Nanyang as the top!

Chen Qun's attitude also represents the thoughts of most officials, between Soochow and Nanyang, most people will choose Nanyang.

This time, there were no longer anyone around Cao Rui who advocated cutting Wu, and Cao Rui could only agree to this proposal after hesitating. Subsequently, Cao Rui issued an edict and transferred the central army of Luoyang to the south to aid Nanyang.

At the same time, Cao Xiu on the eastern front also stopped continuing to attack Wu, and divided his troops to garrison Weixuwu and then led the main force back to Nanyang. As for the situation of the war against Wu, Cao Wei can only put it aside for the time being.

After making a series of decisions, Cao Rui let out a long sigh and gave his evaluation of Shu Han.

"Although Shu is a small country, there are famous generals outside, clouds, and Yan, and there are famous and bright inside, which is really difficult to break, I should have listened to the words of Taiwei Jia a long time ago."

"In the confrontation with Shu Wu in the future, let's try to focus on defense!"

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Ma Jian didn't know at the moment that Cao Rui, who was far away in Luoyang, had compared him to Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, if he knew, Ma Jian would definitely float to the sky.

But at the moment, Ma Jian didn't have time to care about this, he was very busy.

Since he was stationed outside the city of Tun Xinye, Ma Jian has not rested for a day. Although he couldn't defeat Xinye City, Ma Tan continued to attack from all sides, encircling and sending reinforcements.

Basically, every Wei army that came to support Xinye was beaten by Ma Tan. For example, the Wei army from the direction of Fancheng was drawn by Ma Tan more than once.

However, as the reinforcements began to learn better, they began to converge from afar. Thousands of reinforcements gradually converged into more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Ma Jian couldn't rush anymore.

However, in view of Ma Tan's prestige, all the departments of the Wei army chose to combine all of them and join forces of 30,000 before they dared to rescue Xinye. Ma Jian couldn't do anything about this, after all, the losses of the troops were huge, and he couldn't fight another battle of hundreds and 30,000.

But at this moment, the prime minister's order was also delivered, informing ...... No, it should be evacuated with Ma Jian tied.

At this moment, all the advantages of Shu Han in Nanyang have been taken, and it is the moment to maximize the benefits. If they wait any longer, Cao Wei's main force will rush back, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for their Shu army to leave.

Therefore, this is the best time to end the war, and we will not withdraw from the Communist Party at this time.

However, in order to prevent Ma Jian from disobeying his orders, Zhuge Liang specially sent Zhang Yi to arrest Ma Yan.

Zhang Yi took hundreds of guards with the prime minister's warrant, and went straight to Ma Yan's camp on a dark and windy night.

It turned out that the luck was not very good, because Ma Tan had not slept yet. There was no way, Zhang Yi could only use the prime minister's order to force himself into the camp and catch Ma Jian almost as if he was holding him hostage.

"I'm testing, Bogong, what are you doing here?" Ma Tan was taken aback by Zhang Yi and hurriedly retreated.

"Ahem...... General Youchang, this is the Prime Minister's order, forgive me for being rude. Zhang Yi was also embarrassed, and he could only helplessly spread his hands in the face of Ma Yan's inquiry.

"The prime minister was afraid that you would not be able to think of something, so he sent someone to inform you of your retreat."

Anyway, it's called a notification?

The corners of Ma Yan's mouth twitched a few times, looking at Zhang Yi's attitude of being fully armed and eager to kidnap him.

It's not that I'm a young horse, how can I be, I need the prime minister to send a former military governor to tie it up!

But think about it, Wei Jun is afraid of Ma Yan, in fact, Zhuge Liang is also afraid. He was really afraid that Ma Jian would have some ideas that he shouldn't have, such as taking his little people to snort Cao Wei's regular army (well, Ma Jian did have this idea)

Anyway, you have to give me back! The prime minister is ready, if Zhang Yi returns in vain, he will personally lead the army to capture Ma Yan.

The new generation of generals who can take charge of Shu Han alone is only one of them, and he really can't have any accidents!

In the end, Ma Jian still took the prime minister's order, and helplessly led the troops to withdraw from the Xinye area.

(End of chapter)