The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 116 Cao Zhen Takes Command
Cao Zhen is in command
In the fourth year of Wei Huangchu; in Luoyang's imperial palace, there were carved beams and painted buildings, Chaoge and Yexuan; a waiter in a hurry rushed towards Cao Pi's palace, and no one stopped him, because he held a stamp in his hand with six hundred li urgently. bamboo slips. "Your Majesty Yongzhou sent an urgent document from six hundred miles away." The waiter stepped into the gate of a palace, kneeling on the ground and panting.

The first person in the hall was sitting a man in a yellow dragon robe. He was reviewing the memorial with a stern face. Hearing the panting of the waiter, he seemed to frowned slightly; "Pass it up."He is also Cao Pi, the founding emperor of Wei State.

On the second day, in the court hall in Luoyang, Cao Pi sat high on the dragon chair belonging to his throne, watching the civil and military officials in the hall; but today's early court is much more civil and military than in the past. It seems that Cao Pi is going to announce It's like an appointment.

"Yesterday, I received an urgent document from Yongzhou for six hundred miles; Liu Bei personally led an army of one million to Baoxie Valley, and under the banner of 'recovering the Central Plains', the soldiers pointed directly at Yongzhou; what suggestions do you have?" Cao Pi Shen Sheng said.

As soon as the voice fell to the ground, the whole court began to be noisy,,,

"Your Majesty, Liu Bei must be an imaginary number. He only has one state, so how can he have millions of troops? I think that the total number of soldiers in the whole country in the middle of Shu will never exceed 15 soldiers and horses." Situ Huaxin thought. Said slowly.

At this time, the noise in the court hall subsided slightly, and all the officials joined Hua Xin; after all, Hua Xin revealed the source of the fear in the hearts of all the officials, which was the strength of Liu Bei's army.

The atmosphere eased at this time, and the officials quietly waited for Cao Pi's next instructions.

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the army to Yongzhou to stop Liu Bei's army. Please give me your permission." Before Cao Pi could speak, Cao Hong stood up at this moment and clasped his fists.

"If General Hussars leaves Luoyang, who should guard Luoyang? I'm not at ease! Let's choose someone else." Cao Pi said slowly; it seemed that he was improving Cao Hong, but in fact it was because Cao Pi didn't trust Cao Hong. Cao Hong is good at force, but he has a bad temper, and his opponent is Liu Bei, the hero of this era; another possibility is to make Cao Hong a general, but he is the most noble of the remaining generals in Wei, and he is still Uncle Cao Pi, no one can control it except Cao Pi, perhaps this is also a kind of sadness of generals.

As soon as Cao Hong said this, he was speechless, or he himself understood the reason, and silently retreated to the rank of generals, his eyes seemed dull, perhaps because he thought of the past when he fought with Cao Cao in the north and south.

"Your Majesty, General Zhang Jaw on the left and General Xu Huang on the right are the remaining five good generals left by Emperor Wu. I think they can lead the army to defeat the enemy." Minister Chen Qun stood up knowingly.

"I also have this intention. I ordered the left general to open his jaw, and sent Zhu Ling, Marquis of Gaotang, as the deputy general, and led [-] cavalry as the vanguard; worshiped Cao Zhen as the general, and the right general Xu Huang accompanied the army, and led [-] troops to Yongzhou." Cao Pi ordered in a deep voice. , It seemed to be very easy to say, but it surprised all the court officials.

Cao Zhen is also one of Cao Cao's sons, but he is just a adopted son, otherwise Cao Pi would not have mentioned it; his father was killed by the state and county when he was recruiting troops for Cao Cao. Because he admired Cao Zhen's bravery, he let him lead the tiger and leopard cavalry.It was only because the war in Yongzhou was five years earlier and Cao Zhen had not yet established his prestige that he was questioned.

In fact, in the state of Wei, the monarch usually went to war in person, just like Cao Cao seemed to have his shadow in every battle he fought, even if he was killed and his beard was cut off, but now Cao Wei just suffered a defeat in Soochow, But Soochow's morale is now booming, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan are still allies, so Cao Pi dare not leave the capital.

"Your Majesty, I think it's wrong. Cao Zhen is too young to be the leader of the army." Zhong Yao stood up.

"Your Majesty, the important affairs of the soldiers and the country, the place of life and death, the way of life and death, must not be ignored, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice." Hua Xin also stood up and persuaded.

"Your Majesty, I thought that Cao Zidan (Cao Zhen Zidan) had the style of a general and could be the commander-in-chief of the three armies; it's just that the old minister has an unfeeling request." Sikong Wang Lang stood up to support Cao Pi at this time and said.

When Cao Pi saw that someone supported him, he immediately regained his spirits; in fact, Cao Pi had no choice but to reuse Cao Zhen. Cao Cao entrusted Cao Pi when he was dying, not to hand over the power to Sima Yi, but to use the Cao clan; No two candidates, because Cao Pi had a deep relationship with Sima Yi before he ascended the throne.

"Wang Sikong's words are justified, just tell me," Cao Pi said softly.

Wang Lang cleared his throat, "Your Majesty, I would like to go out with the army to argue with Zhuge Kongming, to see if he has the rumored ability."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the court fixed their eyes on Wang Lang, but there was a hint of disdain in their eyes, and even Cao Pi, who had just praised Wang Lang, pulled his face off. "It's true that Zhuge Liang is also an unreachable Confucian scholar like you," Cao Pi said silently in his heart.

"Sikong's aspirations are commendable. It's a long journey from Luoyang to Yongliang, and it's hard to avoid the hardships of boats and vehicles. Sikong will stay in Luoyang to help me deal with government affairs." Cao Pi said comfortingly. After all, Wang Lang is also considered a senior official. Still have to leave a way out for him.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I am not afraid of the hardships of boats and vehicles, but only willing to help Your Majesty solve the border difficulties." Wang Lang said vigorously, and also cut off his way of retreating.

Cao Pi was obviously displeased; but he still couldn't show it too much, "Since Wang Sikong insists so much, then he will do as Sikong wishes."

"No..." Wang Lang responded and retreated to the ranks of civil servants, his face full of complacency.

Three days later, Cao Zhen was in high spirits in Luoyang's school grounds. This was his first time commanding an army of [-] soldiers, and it was also the first time he became a general. Behind him, he didn't complain about Cao Zhen's identity at all, but respected him very much.

The 13 army has been assembled, consisting of [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Among the cavalry, there are [-] tiger and leopard cavalry under the command of Cao Zhen himself; the forward [-] cavalry is ready, just waiting for Cao Zhen's order .

[In history, Zhuge Liang and Wei Jun fought six times in total, the first four were against Cao Zhen, and the last two were Sima Yi.Cao Zhen is Zhuge Liang's greatest opponent in his life, and he is also the only all-rounder of civil and military skills in the middle and late stages of the Cao Wei clan. Maybe Luo Guanzhong thinks how can a mortal like Cao Zhen deserve to fight against a god like Zhuge Liang? ——May everyone have a good mood every day! 】

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