Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 755
In 242 AD, the 20th year of Jianxing, September.

The wilderness under the night is extremely quiet, the gusts of summer wind blowing the leaves make rustling sounds, accompanied by the chirping of insects.After an unknown amount of time, there was the sound of hurried footsteps.

Under the icy moonlight, a figure in a black robe appeared from the night, and the sound of cuckoo sounded in the wilderness.After a while, another black-robed man appeared from nowhere and appeared in the other party's line of sight.

"How about my wife and children?"

"Please don't worry, your wife and children, Da Wei, will treat you kindly. Your eldest son has already entered the palace as a doctor, and his future will be extraordinary!"

"Is there any Shuhan military situation?"

"Yes, you have asked a certain investigation to be completed, and the specific military situation is included in this letter."

"it is good!"

Sparse voices sounded, and the two had finished exchanging letters.

"The viper should be careful in the future, and must not expose it, and be caught by the Han people. Otherwise, not only will the emperor die in a foreign country, but the great Wei will also suffer losses."

"good!"

After the two passed on the military information, Viper sighed deeply and disappeared into the night.

The Viper's information was transmitted to Ye City again through Cao Wei's post station. When the messenger appeared in front of Sun Zi with the letter, he also told Cao Shuang and Sima Yi the information as before.

Cao Shuang was delighted when he got the information about Viper.Eight months ago, he, Sima Yi, Xia Houxuan and others got Viper's information about Shu Han's going to move the capital, and everyone had different opinions.

His confidants Deng Yang and Li Sheng strongly recommended Cao Shuang to conquer Shu Han when the Han Dynasty moved its capital, in order to let Cao Shuang strengthen his army.However, due to Sima Yi's objection, this proposal had to be postponed for the time being, depending on the specific situation.

To be honest, Cao Shuang was quite moved by Deng Yang and Li Sheng's suggestion.Since he took over the lone task of Cao Ruituo, he has been trapped by his lack of prestige.

In the early days of being in power, it was necessary to look at the faces of veteran ministers such as Sima Yi and Jiang Ji.Later, although he used a series of political means to remove the rights of Sima Yi, Jiang Ji and others, he raised them up.However, these veterans have served in the Wei Dynasty for a long time, and their contacts are all over the government and the public. Those who receive their favor are no longer a minority, and their rights are only reduced.

Moreover, these are just political means, and you need to be hardworking yourself to strike an iron. Every day Cao Shuang lacks military achievements, he lacks prestige every day, and those veterans can still point out.Unless he can make military achievements on the battlefield, he can straighten his back and hold on to the power thoroughly.

Therefore, when Deng Yang, Li Sheng and others proposed the idea of ​​letting themselves lead an army to conquer the great Han in order to make military exploits, it undoubtedly touched Cao Shuang's heart.

Now, after eight months, he received information from Viper again, and his first reaction was to call their confidantes to the General's Mansion to discuss this matter.

Seeing that the crowd had arrived, Cao Shuang coughed lightly, and said, "Everyone, you have a letter from a snake. It has been found out that Liu Chan intends to move the capital to Chang'an in the autumn and winter of next year. As for the number of soldiers in Jingzhou, he is also known. Commander Ping, the number is about 3. These [-] people are not elite soldiers of the bandits, more than half of them are soldiers from Jingzhou in our great Wei Dynasty, and only [-] people are brave soldiers from bandits."

After a pause, Cao Shuang released another bad news, saying: "But Wang Ping holds the festival and supervises the military of Jing and Xiangzhou, and his sergeants should be more than [-]. The military of Xiangzhou is led by the former general Deng Ai. Commander, there are more than [-] soldiers, stationed in the north of the great river. However, the [-] soldiers under Deng Ai's command are newly recruited soldiers, and they are stationed all year round, and they are probably not elite."

"Is the general's information false?" Xia Houxuan asked.

Cao Shuang hesitated for a while, then said: "Sun Zi's words about the military situation should be right, and what the Viper said is very credible."

Due to Cao Rui's death, many matters arranged by Cao Rui were basically handed over to his Liu Fang and Sun Zi, so Sun Zi was in charge of Viper information.

Deng Yang, who was sitting on the couch, couldn't bear it any longer. He cupped his hands and said, "General, this is a god-given opportunity! In autumn and winter, Liu Chan, the thief emperor, moved his capital to Chang'an. There are [-] soldiers in Xiangzhou. Moreover, Deng Ai needs at least two months from obtaining the battle report, gathering troops and horses to rushing to the Jingzhou battlefield. If our army can defeat Jingzhou's [-] soldiers within two months, Jingzhou will be restored. "

In terms of opportunity, it is indeed a very good opportunity as Deng Yang said.When Liu Chan moved his capital to Chang'an, a large number of soldiers and horses were needed to maintain law and order and assist in the relocation. Some Bashu soldiers even moved with their families.In this process, the soldiers in Bashu and Guanzhong were really difficult to mobilize, and even if they were mobilized, they could only mobilize part of the support.After the transfer of the capital is completed, a large number of soldiers can be mobilized to go south to support Jingzhou.

Moreover, although Xiangzhou has an army of [-], it will also take time to temporarily respond to many cumbersome processes such as assembly-rushing-support.That is to say, before Xiangzhou and Guanzhong arrived for rescue, there were only [-] troops led by Wang Ping on the Jingzhou battlefield.

Therefore, if Cao Wei can take advantage of this time gap to successfully break through Jingzhou's defense line and defeat Wang Ping's troops, it will not be far to regain Jingzhou.

Cao Shuang suppressed the eagerness in his heart and asked, "What do you think Taichu?"

Xia Houxuan pondered for a while, and said: "If our Great Wei can regain Jingzhou, Xiangzhou is hanging outside the territory, and we can link up with Dongwu in the south and attack Xiangzhou together. At that time, the thieves will retreat to the west of Tongguan. In the future, our Great Wei can rely on the terrain of Bingzhou to block the west. Thieves, stop him from going east."

Compared with people like Deng Yang who bewitched Cao Shuang to go out for fame and fortune, Xia Houxuan actually considered Cao Wei in a down-to-earth manner, and his vision was very long-term.The Great Han conquered Jingzhou, which opened the door for the Great Han to enter the Central Plains, and also took advantage of the geographical advantage of Yizhou down the river to conquer Xiangzhou, turning Soochow into a dog of the Great Han.

If Cao Wei can conquer Jingzhou, he can cooperate with Soochow to send troops to the Han's Xiangzhou, so that Soochow can get rid of the control of the big Han, and can also weaken the national power of the big Han. Caught in a fierce battle.

At the same time, when Cao Wei sent troops to Guanzhong from the east of the river, the great Han would be deeply mired in the battlefield of one north and one south, unless the great Han was willing to give up his territory.After all, Bingzhou has the function of deterring the land of Hebei, so why not have the function of deterring Guanzhong.

Therefore, Xia Houxuan believes that this attack on Jingzhou can be said to be an important move related to the revival of Cao Wei.

Cao Shuang saw that Xia Houxuan agreed, he clenched his fist secretly, and said, "In this case, we will send troops to attack Jing when Liu Chan moves his capital."

As he spoke, Cao Shuang's expression turned hesitant, and he said, "Guo Huai, who stayed behind in Luoyang, and Tian Yu, governor of Yuzhou, are close to Sima Yi, Sun Zi and other senior ministers. If we want to dispatch them to the expedition, I'm afraid we won't."

Guo Huai followed Sima Yi to resist the Shu Han for many years, and he rebelled many times because of Sima Yi.Tian Yu and Sun Zi are in-laws, and they will also favor Sima Yi and others.Therefore, for this expedition, Cao Shuang had to ask them to agree, so that he could work together to go out. Otherwise, if the local generals would not agree, and the senior officials in the DPRK and China would not agree, it would be difficult for Cao Shuang to force the dispatch of troops.

He Yan rolled his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "General, this battle is a major event for the country, and we still need to appoint General Zhengxi to coordinate the military situation in Sili and Yuzhou. In the country, only Xiahou Zhonghu can be appointed, so the general can be appointed." Xiahou Zhonghu was changed to General Zhengxi. However, after Xiahou Zhonghu left, there was no one in the Zhonghu Army. It is better for Sima Shi to take up the post of Zhonghu Army. Moreover, Yan Su heard that Sima Zhao, the second son of Taifu, was quite talented in civil and military affairs. It is for the national war, you can order him to be the guard of the Shu army, assist Xiahou Zhonghu, and lead him to go out with the army."

"How?"

Hearing this, Cao Shuang had a good taste, and couldn't help but applaud, saying: "Uncle Ping's (He Yan)'s strategy is the best one. Sima Yi has nothing to say this time, and he will definitely agree with us."

"Don't dare!" He Yan showed pride, but his words were still modest.

Although He Yan doesn't know anything about soldiers, he is quite proficient in playing tricks in politics.Through his design arrangement, the political interests of the Sima family and Cao Shuang were balanced.Xia Houxuan gave up the position of the Central Guard and handed it over to Sima Shi, and he changed to General Zhengxi, commanding the army that Sima Yi had rooted for many years.At the same time, Sima Zhao was appointed as the guard of the conquest of Shu, as Xia Houxuan's deputy.

Under the balance of interests, Sima Yi also benefits. It is unlikely that he will conflict with Cao Shuang, and he will maintain a tacit attitude towards Cao Shuang's expedition.

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"Han Ji·Jiang Fei Dong Liao Lu Biography": Standing up and leading the secretary and supervisor, Zhongzu Suwen, the secretary Lang, was loyal and righteous, opposed and sighed: "I am in danger, and there is one who can serve me right and left. " Lifen said: "At that time, there were also ministers!" Zhongzu knew Li's nature, smiled and said nothing.

At the beginning, he was appointed as the prefect of Changsha, and he sent Lu Meng to attack the three southern counties, so he escaped.

(End of this chapter)