Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 334

After Cao Cao withdrew his troops in winter, he returned to Xuchang with a great victory in the pass.

Cao Cao's confidants immediately began to plan for Cao Cao's advancement.Xi Lu and Lu Cui were not the liaison officials and wanted to write to the emperor to confer Cao Cao the title of King of Wei.

The reason for their letter is very simple. Han Sui, Ma Chao and others are all powerful in Xiliang, and Cao Cao's defeat of them is a great achievement.Meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and Cao Cao should be crowned king of Wei as a matter of course.

However, many people disagreed. They had already agreed that Cao Cao was named Duke because of Xun Yu's death.Now that Cao Cao is making progress, many courtiers loyal to the Han Dynasty disagree.

In the first month, the imperial physician ordered Ji Ben, his sons Ji Miao, Jim Mu, Shaofu Geng Ji, Si Zhi Wei Huang and others to attack the camp of Prime Minister Chang Shi Wang Bi, and shot Wang Bi in the shoulder.However, this rebellion was put down by Wang Bi and Diannong Zhonglang general Yan Kuang.

Cao Cao spent the Chinese New Year in Yecheng, so he was not in Xuchang.However, Xi Ji, Lu Cui and others took advantage of this to clean up a group of courtiers who were loyal to the Han Dynasty.

After the operation of Xi Ji and others, the emperor issued the edict to canonize Cao Cao as the king of Wei.

Cao Cao accepted the edict, and it was completed in March.There are [-] households in the city, all of whom are on the lords and princes. They don’t call themselves ministers when they perform affairs, and they don’t worship when they receive edicts. system, the capital of Yecheng.The princes are all princes.

Daijun Wuwan Chan Yu Pufulu and Nan Xiongnu Chan Yu Huchuquan all came to court with their famous kings. Cao Cao left Huchuquan behind and sent him to oversee his country.There are five divisions, each with a noble person as its commander, and the Han Sima oversees it.

After detaining Huchuquan, I wanted to go south to Xuchang.However, just in time for Hejian Tian Yin and Su Bo to rebel, Cao Cao was delayed in Jizhou for another two months. After destroying Tian Yin and Sub Bo, Cao Cao came to Xuchang.

After arriving in Xuchang, before Cao Cao rested, he received news from Chang'an that Ma Chao joined forces with Liang Xing, Xingguo Di Wang Agui, and Baixiang Di Wang to attack Huaili.

Ma Chao got Li Hongzhang's food and grass in March, and immediately contacted several Qiangdi kings with him to attack Chencang and Mei County.Ma Chao gathered an army of [-], more than half of which were cavalry.

Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun were stationed in Chang'an, because they had to guard against three sides, Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun could only defend the Chang'an area with all their strength.There is Nanyang in the east, Hanzhong in the south, and Liangzhou in the west. If the two defend the entire Guanzhong, their strength is simply not enough.

Ma Chao took advantage of this and occupied Chencang and Xi County first.Chencang and Xixian are both battlegrounds for military strategists. Chencang is an important place to guard Chencang Road, and Xixian is an important place to guard Baoxie Road. As long as these two places are occupied, the two plank roads in Hanzhong can be defended.

After Ma Chao captured Chencang and Mei County, he continued to attack Chang'an. He attacked Chencang and Mei County mainly to open up grain routes, because he still needed the grain supplied by Li Hongzhang.If it is transported from Anding, the detour is too big, and it is far inferior to transporting it directly from Shangbi.

Zhuge Liang was also discussing with Li Hongzhang in Jixian how to conquer Guanzhong. He was still a little worried about using Ma Chao to conquer Guanzhong.

"Your Majesty, Ma Mengqi is a very unruly man. After he takes over Guanzhong, he may act again."

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Although Ma Chao is an unruly man, he is still upright. He is deeply favored by us now. After he fails again, he can only rely on the lord. At that time, the lord can take back this unruly person. With the lord's Patience can definitely make Ma Chao surrender."

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, "I'm still afraid that Cao Mengde won't be able to expel him."

"I'm afraid Kong Ming thought Cao Cao too simply."

It's not that Zhuge Liang thought Cao Cao was simple, but that Ma Chao became stronger with the support of Li Hongzhang.Because he didn't know the extent of Li Hongzhang's support for Ma Chao, because as long as there was food, Ma Chao could continue to recruit soldiers and confront Cao Cao again and again.Even if Cao Cao is powerful, he can't withstand such torture year after year.And I don’t know how long it will take before Ma Chao gives up the idea of ​​​​being the leader. If Li Hongzhang wants Aoying, it will take time.

"I'm just afraid that as time goes by, Cao Cao will gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong."

"Kong Ming, don't worry. Now Han Sui has the intention of being a Yugong. Li Shanchang has successfully entered Han Sui's family now. After three or five years, the lord will transfer Li Shanchang away, and Li Shanchang will take the Han family with him." Now Xue Rengui has gone to attack Anding County and Beidi County, and the whole Liangzhou is ours except for the area of ​​Fuhan. And now the Qiang people under us have basically surrendered, and those who are unwilling have been suppressed. Ma Chao took it away."

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he was relieved.Submitting to the Qiang people is equivalent to cutting off Ma Chao's source of troops, and it is impossible for him to make a comeback.

When Cao Cao received the news from Chang'an, he immediately knew that the situation was serious, so he raised his troops and rushed to Chang'an.When he arrived in Luoyang, Cao Cao received news again that Ma Chao had captured martial arts and was attacking Huaili.After Cao Cao heard this, he immediately accelerated his march, but when he arrived at Huayin, he received the news that Ma Chao had broken through Huaili and was attacking Chang'an.

Fortunately, both Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun were good generals, and they fought with Ma Chao near Chang'an.And successfully resisted Ma Chao and dragged Ma Chao back.

Ma Chao could be said to be unstoppable at the beginning. He captured Chencang in mid-April, Yi County in early May, Wugong in mid-May, and Huaili in late May.Xia Houyuan and Zhang He seemed to be frightened. They did not send troops to rescue them at all. Instead, they waited for work near Chang'an.

After Ma Chao attacked Chang'an, he found that Chang'an was difficult to attack.Xia Houyuan was stationed at Baqiao, at odds with Chang'an City.Moreover, both Baqiao and Chang'an had a large number of soldiers, both around [-].Ma Chao asked Pang De to lead [-] troops to stop Xiahou Yuan, and he himself led the troops to attack Chang'an.

But Xia Houyuan was extremely brave, and he was always able to break through Pound's block and interrupt his siege.

After persisting for more than ten days, Cao Cao arrived in Chang'an.The arrival of Cao Cao raised the morale of the soldiers in Chang'an. Cao Cao had a high prestige in the army. Now that Cao Cao has become the king of Wei, the soldiers are very excited.

Ma Chao saw Cao Cao coming and immediately began to retreat.Chang'an originally had [-] soldiers, but Cao Cao brought [-] more troops. He had more troops than him, so he could only retreat to Huaili to protect himself.Cao Cao led his army to attack Huaili and continued the attack for a month. Huaili was in danger and could be breached at any time.

Although Ma Chao's soldiers are brave, their military discipline is not strict, their morale is prone to fluctuations, and they are prone to collapse when they are at a disadvantage.In addition, there are too many generals in the coalition forces. Some want to fight, while others want to surrender, and the combat effectiveness is further reduced.

　Thank you ShouWang~ for the reward

　　
　
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