Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 486 In recognition of meritorious service
Move the capital to Yecheng!

At that moment, Cao Rui had only this thought.

Because Luoyang is too dangerous now.

After Hedong changed hands, the Han army didn't need to attack Bingzhou, 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. Without Hedong County, Tongguan became the Maginot Line of Defense.

Shen Chen's army didn't need to attack Tongguan at all. From the Yuban Ancient Road in Zhongtiao Mountain to Dayang County, across the river was Shan County, which was later known as Sanmenxia City in Henan Province.

It is only more than 100 kilometers from Shan County to Luoyang, and there are no geographical conditions that can be defended throughout the journey. The Han army can approach the city within a few days.

But now Cao Wei has less than [-] troops in Luoyang.

Even if about 1 people from Tongguan were transferred back to defend, the total force would be only [-].

Once the Han army reaches Luoyang, the Great Wei Empire will be destroyed in an instant.

Compared with the loss of military morale and public opinion brought about by moving the capital, how can the loss of being directly beaten to the imperial capital to subjugate the country be greater?
So Cao Rui's eyes were dull, and the only thing in his head was the idea of ​​moving the capital.

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

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

But after thinking about it carefully, he could only let out a long sigh and keep silent.

Because everyone knows that if the capital is not moved, Shen Chen's Han army in Guanzhong will probably arrive at Luoyang City after a while.

After Cao Rui finished speaking, he looked around and saw that the people below were all silent. He said sadly, "Is this the end? I don't want to move the capital either, but is it the only way to move the capital?"

"Oh, but after moving the capital, if Shen Chen attacks Bingzhou again, Yecheng will also be in danger."

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

"Then we can only send the new army over."

Cao Rui sighed.

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

But they didn't have any other troops. If they didn't send the new army to defend, it would be too late when Shen Chen hit Bingzhou or Luoyang city.

Everyone in the crowd looked distressed. Cao Wei's current situation is getting worse and there are signs of subjugation, which also makes them very worried.

Especially Chen Qun, with extremely complicated expressions on his face.

When Liu Bei went to Xuzhou, he stayed in the Xiaopei area because of the chaos in the world. Tao Qianbiao Liu Bei was the governor of Yuzhou and stationed troops in Xiaopei. Chen Qun was enlisted by Liu Bei to be the governor of Yuzhou.

Later, when Liu Bei went, Chen Qun left Liu Bei and followed his father Chen Ji to seek refuge in Xuzhou. As a result, Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Bu, and Chen Qun and his son followed Lu Bu. It was not until Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu that he followed Cao Cao again.

If he had followed Liu Bei like Mi Zhu at the beginning, then as Yuan Cong who followed in Xuzhou, perhaps in the southern court, his status might be second to none. It is not as worrying as it is now that Cao Wei in the north will be defeated and shattered.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.

Cao Wei here learned that Shen Chen had defeated Cao Zhen, that Hedong had been lost, and the court was shaken. The emperor Cao Rui decided to move his capital to Yecheng, and sent Wu Qiujian as the commander-in-chief to lead the new army who had just trained for more than a month to Bingzhou, and let Tongguan The defenders retreated to Luoyang, and more than 2 people who had escaped from Puban were stationed in Shangdang.

In this way, Luoyang has about [-] troops, and Bingzhou still has tens of thousands of people. If Shen Chen continues to attack, he will travel long distances, work hard on expeditions, and need to prepare food and grass. Maybe he can be stopped outside the Kanto.

As for Shen Chen, it was a different scene.

After beheading Cao Zhen and defeating Xu Huang, Shen Chen's army entered Hedong County and arrived at Anyi County, the governor of Hedong on April 25.

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

Dongyuan and Duan are later generations of Shanxi Yuanqu County and Qinshui County. People in these two places should know that Yuanqu County is located in Wangwu Mountain, and there is a road directly connected to Jiyuan City, Henan Province.This road was called Hebao Expressway in later generations, and Jiguan Road in Han Dynasty.

Qinshui County is connected to Hedong and Bingzhou. Later generations called it the Qinshui Ancient Road, which was connected by the Linghou Expressway. In ancient times, it was called the Yinlu Ancient Road or the Wuling Ancient Road, which can directly reach Bingzhou Yang'a and Gaodu counties.

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

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

At the moment Shen Chen is in Anyi County, in the hall of the county government's mansion, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Shan Yi, Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao and other ministries below are about ten names.

Shen Chen sat high on the main seat, looked at the official document in his hand, put it down and said with a smile after reading it: "Everyone, Your Majesty and the Prime Minister expressed their high affirmation for the victory of this battle, and praised our spirit of daring to win and being able to win the battle. Congratulations on the victory."

Zhao Yun rolled his eyes at the side, the governor's speech has become more and more weird recently, but he has a high status and it's hard for others to say anything, so he had to say: "Then did the prime minister say what we should do next?"

"Have."

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 in a while."

"Take a rest?"

Zhao Yun couldn't help but said: "Governor, we captured Hedong and our morale is high, shouldn't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"

Shen Chen shook his head: "Let's take a rest first. Cao Zhen is considered a famous general in the world. Although our army won, it was a disastrous victory. There were many casualties. We should first gain a firm foothold in Hedong and move forward slowly."

That's what Zhuge Liang meant, Xu Shu and Pang Tong also had the same idea at the imperial court, and Shen Chen approved their proposal.

There are mainly two points.

One is that it is difficult to supply food and grass. Guanzhong and Hedong County basically became a barren land by the end of Han Dynasty. There is no one in a hundred people.

The same is true of Hedong County. The Baibo Army, the Black Mountain Army, and the Huanglong Army took turns to fight, and the Southern Huns and Xianbei people also invaded, making this place a hell on earth, and there are no people in the fertile fields.

Without a population, it means that there is no way to supplement food and grass on the spot.

When Shen Chen attacked Guanzhong in the north, the food and grass were all provided from the Bashu Han. After capturing Chang'an, they were also provided by Nanyang. It was not until this year that the people who migrated to Chang'an paid a little bit.

Although there are people in Hedong County now, Cao Cao once moved the only population in Liangzhou and Guanzhong to Hedong to provide food and grass for the Cao army on the front line, but the Han army has just occupied Hedong, so the people must not be allowed to provide food immediately, otherwise the people's hearts will be lost. At least until next year.

Therefore, the bulk of the grain and grass still had to be transported from Nanyang and Bashu Hanzhong, which was a long distance, and the grain road was relatively difficult. It was still necessary to wait until the follow-up grain and grass arrived and stored in Hedong before they could continue to march.

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

Taking Hedong this time, the record is brilliant, killing and injuring more than 2 missing and captive Cao Jun, and only more than [-] people fled back, which caused the loss of seven or eight out of ten of Cao Jun's elite west front.

However, the Han army also suffered considerable losses. Cao Zhen was an outstanding member of the second generation of the Cao family, and Xu Huang was also one of the five good generals. Even if Shen Chen won, the Han army suffered about 3 casualties, including damaged siege equipment and weapons. There are countless equipment, supplies, bows and crossbows.

The Han army is not made of iron, and it also needs to rest and adjust its state.It is even more necessary to rebuild the equipment and wait for the weapons and equipment from the rear to be delivered, so that they can continue to attack the city and advance to Bingzhou and Hanoi.

Therefore, based on these two reasons, both Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang believed that at least for the time being, it was still necessary to take a break. Even if doing so might give Cao Wei a chance to breathe, there was nothing he could do about it.

However, the Southern Great Han Dynasty estimated that even if Shen Chen did not continue to attack, Cao Wei would not have much chance to breathe, because Zhuge Liang had already gone north, and then Guan Yu would also launch an attack on Xuzhou, Henan and other places in the second half of the year, so that everyone would take turns to fight, and the blows against Cao Wei would follow. And, where's the time for it to adjust?

So Shen Chen, Zhuge Liang, and the others are not very worried about this. They only need to stay in Hedong County for a period of time, wait until Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu continue to put pressure on them, and after he has rested, he can continue to attack Bingzhou and Henan.

Maybe in the near future, Shen Chen will join forces with Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu in Hanoi County or Henan County, and surround Luoyang together, so that the big man can return to the old capital!
After the decision was made, the actions were temporarily stopped, and after a paragraph, Shen Chen continued: "When the war is over, the meritorious service must be rewarded, and I will submit a memorial to the court. This second-to-none meritorious official is naturally"

Deng Ai raised his chest and looked around complacently, especially Wu Dang. His eyes seemed to say, senior brother, you said that I left my post without authorization and you wanted to punish me, but now you want to confess me!
"Of course it's me."

Shen Chen patted his chest and said, "As the coach, I will naturally take the credit for this."

Deng Ai suddenly languished like a deflated ball.

Think about it too.

Although he attacked Jiucheng by surprise, 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 food and grass.

If he hadn't burned the food and grass, then Xu Huang could rely on Puban, Xie County, and Jiucheng as the horns of each other. With enough food in stock, Xu Huang had more than [-] people at that time, and it would be no problem to guard for a year or two.

As long as Xu Huang can hold on, it is impossible for Cao Zhen to go north to rescue him.So at best, Shen Chen defeated Zhu Ling, who had the least troops and was not fully prepared. It would be as difficult as climbing the sky to eliminate Xu Huang and Cao Zhen's troops.

But no matter what, Deng Ai can only be regarded as a key role at the turning point of this battle.And Shen Chen is not only the commander of the battle, but also the planner of the battle.

If Deng Ai hadn't formulated a tactic to make a detour, he wouldn't have been able to set fire to Jiucheng.If it hadn't been for him to resist Cao Zhen's 1 army with more than [-] horses in Leishou Mountain, and finally defeated Cao's army and defeated Cao Zhen, the battle would not have been victorious.

Therefore, it was only natural for Shen Chen to take the lead.

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

After all, he was the one who burned Xu Huang's food and grass and cut off his retreat, so naturally he still had some longing in his heart.

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Everyone in the hall was silent.

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

If other generals were like this, he would have to argue with reason, but Shen Chen undoubtedly made the first contribution, and secondly, he was their teacher, so naturally he dared not say so.

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

But under normal circumstances, the chief general will generally make a credit book by himself, and commend the creditors according to their rankings.

If the main player does perform well, this No.1 will be well deserved.If the main player's performance is not as good as that of the second player, then everyone will default to the second player as the first player.

This can be regarded as some kind of unspoken rule of ancient warfare.

It is indeed surprising that Shen Chen did not exclude himself from the credit list as in the past.

Seeing the different expressions of the people below, Shen Chen smiled and said: "Don't you all think that I can't afford this first achievement?"

"It's natural, and the governor's first contribution is undoubtedly."

Zhao Yun said.

This is something that is not controversial.

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, the imperial court has confirmed that I am the leader of the meritorious service, but I am already an extremely human minister, and I am a first-rank official, so what is the use of merit? Therefore, I have already declined, and the imperial court asked me to arrange it myself. Where is Deng Ai when the merits are recorded on the list?"

Deng Ai was still in a low mood at the beginning, but when he heard this sentence suddenly, he was overjoyed and stood up quickly and said, "Great Governor, the last general is here."

Shen Chen looked at him and said earnestly: "Shizai, I am actually hesitant to list you as the first meritorious service. You did perform well this time and played a very important role. If you hadn't burned Xu Huang's food and grass, Cao Jun would not be able to If you stick to Hedong for a long time, we won't be able to defeat them so quickly, and you deserve your first contribution."

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

"But you are arrogant and paranoid. I heard that you are in your own army, you don't listen to other people's objections, and you often punish those who dare to disobey you."

Shen Chen changed the subject, looked at him seriously and said, "This time too, your elder brother asked you to investigate, but you acted without authorization. Under normal circumstances, even if you have such thoughts, you should go back and discuss with them, Sang Quan is only thirty miles away from Dong Ting, and going back will not delay your surprise attack, and you can even avoid the Huns who went to fetch food and grass, ensuring the success of the surprise attack, but you are self-willed, this is where you made a mistake."

The words made Deng Ai extremely ashamed.

If someone else educated him like this in public, with Deng Ai's character, he must have been angry.

But he has worshiped Shen Chen's family since he was a child, and has been worshiping Shen Chen for more than 20 years. He has long regarded Shen Chen as his father and brother. More importantly, with the atmosphere of Han Mo respecting his teacher, if he dares to refute Shen Chen, his reputation will be rotten , and even be convicted.

So no matter from the point of view of reason, clearing up or jurisprudence, he didn't dare to refute, so he could only submissively say: "Yes, Ai Ai Ai knew it was wrong."

He was ashamed and indignant, and in a hurry, the old problem of stuttering, which he had already got rid of, relapsed again.

Seeing Deng Ai like this, Shen Chen couldn't bear to continue to criticize him, so he said: "Shi Zai, there are no outsiders here, I teach you as a teacher, I hope you can listen to the 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 the teacher entrust the school system to you with confidence?"

"Master Ai, I am ashamed of my teaching."

Deng Ai bowed down on his knees, fearing that the master would be angry in his heart, the shame on his face became more obvious, and tears were streaming down his face.

Shen Chen sighed: "But I'm also to blame for this matter. I thought you were brothers and would discuss things with each other, so I didn't force you to obey Chengyi's order. I will take it as a warning in the future."

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

"Okay, admit your mistake to senior brother, and thank Boyue."

Shen Chen said: "If it wasn't for senior brother to intercede for you, if Bo Yue hadn't arrived in time, even if you didn't die in Jiucheng, I would have to deprive you of your merit."

"Thank you senior brother, Xie Boyue."

Deng Ai hurriedly stood up and saluted Wu Dang and Jiang Wei.

Seeing that his attitude was more sincere, Shen Chen nodded his chin lightly and said: "Well, you are the first in this battle, I hope you will guard against arrogance and impetuosity in the future, and get rid of this arrogance and paranoia, and you must not act recklessly again."

"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 is the first one besides 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 to report to their superiors, but he doesn't want to go his own way.

Although the final result was good, this was typical battlefield disobedience and lack of organization and discipline, which is a taboo in the army.

So although he often wins battles, he is often punished.

The same is true of Deng Ai.

Unorganized and undisciplined actions.

It's just that although Deng Ai made a mistake, Shen Chen is also responsible.

The ranks of their brothers are similar, they are all miscellaneous generals, there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates.

Although Shen Chen's school also emphasizes the order of seniority, it also emphasizes that there is no distinction between seniority and juniority, and that brothers and sisters should be friendly and equal to each other.

As a result, although Wu Dang is a big brother, he cannot force orders to the juniors below.

If Shen Chen had been more thoughtful at the beginning, established his prestige for Wu Dang's platform, and given him more power, maybe Deng Ai's unauthorized action would not have happened.

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

But generally speaking, the result is good. Deng Aili has made such a great contribution, but it is really unreasonable to revoke his qualification for the first contribution because of a trivial matter in the eyes of many people.

So Shen Chen still gives him the first credit, but hopes that Deng Ai can change his proud and complacent character in the future, which is also for his own good.

Once the first work is determined, it is the second work.

The second meritorious service is naturally Pound.

Pang De defeated Pi's family, killed Zhu Ling, put Xu Huang in a further predicament, and also changed the situation on the Hedong battlefield. His credit is not small.

Then Zhao Yun, Ma Dai, Jiang Wei, Wu Dang, Wu Tao, Huo Yang, Shan Yi, etc. all have credits.

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

And just as he was commending his meritorious service, another incident came to his door.

(End of this chapter)