The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 503 Cao Ren Takes Command
Xu Shu agreed to You Chu's request. Anyway, it was only a month, and the Chu army could afford to wait. As long as Longxi County was captured, Liangzhou would basically be in the hands of Chu State.

In history, during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, You Chu also told Zhuge Liang the same way. Zhuge Liang also felt that under such a good situation, the five counties of Longyou would definitely not be able to fly out of his palm, so he agreed to You Chu's request, but The final result was not as good as Zhuge Liang wanted.

At this time, the situation is similar to that of Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expedition in history. Not long after the Chu army was dispatched, the entire Longyou, except for Longxi County, was already in the hands of the Chu army. The main reason was that Wei’s rule in Liangzhou was not very strong. .It has only been eight years since Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao and brought Liangzhou under his rule. Liangzhou is vast in size and sparsely populated, and the Qiang and Hu people live here.The Han Dynasty had ruled Liangzhou for 400 years, but didn't they have to send troops frequently to suppress the rebellion, how firmly could the Wei State control Liangzhou in just these eight years?

Cao Wei also gathered more than 30 troops in Guanzhong to resist the invasion of the Chu army and prepare for the upcoming decisive battle in Guanzhong.But Liangzhou fell too quickly. The Wei army had lost many elite soldiers over the years, so it took a lot of time to mobilize troops from the border and various states and counties. By the time the Wei army reacted, the entire Longyou had basically been lost.

Cao Pi also knew that the state of Wei had come to an autumn of life and death. Once Liangzhou was lost, not only would the Chu army gain momentum, but Guanzhong would no longer be safe. Not dominant, under the harassment of the Chu army and navy, the rule of Xuzhou and Qingzhou was extremely unstable.

In order to deal with Zhang Wu, Cao Pi ordered Zang Ba to guard Xuzhou, Zhang Liao to guard Yuzhou, Cao Hong to guard Nanyang, transferred the general Cao Ren to Chang'an to lead the army, and Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen also went to Guanzhong together.

Jia Xu was seriously ill, and Taiwei Sima Yi, Liu Ye, Dong Zhao, Wang Lang and others went to Chang'an to make suggestions.

Now in terms of the comparison of top talents between the two sides, Wei State is far inferior to Chu State.Two of the five good generals had already died, and Zhang Liao had to stay on the eastern front to deal with Gan Ning and Ding Feng. Of the five great advisers, only Cheng Yu was left in good health, and only Sima Yi was considered a top military adviser.

After Cao Ren got the news, he immediately sent reinforcements to rescue Longyou, but at this time Weishui Avenue and Chencang Road had been blocked, so he had to go to Liangzhou through Anding County.Although there are roads leading to Liangzhou in other places, they are all small roads and cannot allow the army to pass, because the north of Guanzhong is the Loess Plateau, and the Helan Mountains and Liupan Mountains separate Gansu Province from Shaanxi Province.

Why did Zhang Wu personally lead the troops to Anding?It was to block the Wei army in Guanzhong so that they could not come to rescue Longyou.In history, Zhuge Liang almost took all of Longyou in the first Northern Expedition, leaving only one Longxi County unoccupied. As a result, Zhang Jai led his troops to defeat Ma Su at Jieting and regained the lost ground.

Jieting is in Anding County, Zhang Wu wants to guard here himself to see who can defeat him.

Cao Ren was also very uncomfortable. To be honest, anyone who faced Zhang Wu on the battlefield would be very uncomfortable. This guy is not only invincible in force, but also very cautious.

Cao Ren was not only defeated by Zhang Wu many times before, but was also captured alive. He had been guarding the Eastern Front for so many years and had the intention of avoiding Zhang Wu. Although Gan Ning was also more difficult to deal with, compared with Zhang Wu, Gan Ning was considered A very good opponent.

But now the talents of Wei State are withering so badly. After Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun and others died one after another, only Cao Ren can be the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops.The others were either lacking in ability, insufficient prestige, or Cao Pi was worried. These hundreds of thousands of troops were all the elite of Wei State, and Cao Pi could only let the clan generals command them.

In fact, in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, the generals of the Cao and Xiahou clans were basically all dead, and the remaining three and four generations could not hold on to the situation. Wei's military power would inevitably fall into the hands of generals with foreign surnames.Because this is not an era of peace. The three countries have been fighting for decades. As long as there is a war, the winner will be determined. Whoever loses will die and the country will be subjugated.

Of course the emperor doesn’t want to lose, and neither do ordinary generals and soldiers. Whoever can win the battle will win the support of the soldiers. If your clan general is not good enough, you must step aside and let capable people lead the army.

Why can Sima Yi control the military power?Because other people are not Zhuge Liang's opponents, although Sima Yi can't beat Zhuge Liang, he can defend and even defend and counterattack, so Guo Huai, Jiang Ji, Chen Qun, Jia Kui and other talents support Sima Yi.

Cao Shuang also knew how powerful Sima Yi was. In order to hold the power alone, he listened to the strategy of his confidant Ding Mi and asked the little emperor Cao Fang to promote Sima Yi to be the Grand Tutor. post.The Cao Shuang brothers completely controlled the Forbidden Army of the capital, and Sima Yi was forced to pretend to be sick to protect himself.

Ding Mi is from Peiguo, and the two brothers Ding Yi and Dingzhen who helped Cao Zhi fight for the throne are also from Peiguo. After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, Dingyi and Dingzhen were exterminated, and Sima Yi was Cao Pi's confidant, in order to help Cao Pi seize the throne But it took a lot of effort.This Ding Mi may be Ding Yi's distant relative, and he began to take revenge on Sima Yi with the help of Cao Shuang's power.

But Cao Shuang and Ding Mi are not ruthless enough. Since you are worried about Sima Yi, just find an opportunity to kill him. Anyway, the military power is in your hands. It is not easy to kill anyone. How many times did Cao Cao kill? Celebrities, who would dare to oppose him.

Sima Yi was a man who followed Cao Cao to fight in the east and west. When he put down Meng Da and Gongsun Yuan's rebellion, he was decisive. What's more, Sima Yi had been in Yongliang for a long time, and even Zhuge Liang couldn't do anything about him.Cao Shuang and his group actually think that Sima Yi is old and sick and is no longer a threat. Do you dare to underestimate the enemy with such a person?
If Cao Shuang was a ruthless person and directly killed Sima Yi, perhaps the Wei State would perish, because Cao Shuang was too rampant later, not only embezzled state-owned assets wantonly, lived in extravagance, food, carriages and clothes were similar to those of the emperor. He also took away the concubine left behind by Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui privately as his concubine!

This is simply treason!

Such a person has only two paths in the end, one path is to usurp the throne and stand on his own feet; the other path is to be exterminated by the nine clans.

If Cao Shuang kills Sima Yi, in the end, either Cao Shuang kills the emperor and ascends the throne himself, or the emperor finds an opportunity to kill Cao Shuang and take control of power himself.

No matter what, serious civil strife will occur in Wei State, and the national power will decline greatly. Perhaps Shu State and Wu State will have a chance.

But Sima Yi finally survived to the end and launched the Gaopingling coup, killing the Cao Shuang brothers' cronies.Sima Yi was ruthless. He pointed at Luoshui and swore he would not kill Cao Shuang. Then he turned around and slaughtered Cao Shuang, his confidant Ding Mi and others.

Heng Fan, the chief minister of the Wei State and known as the "brain tank", commented on the Cao Shuang brothers: "Cao Zidan, a great hero, did not expect to give birth to you group of idiots like pigs and cows!"

Cao Shuang is still relatively top among the three generations of Cao, and even at this level, he was first defeated by the general Fei Yi of the Shu Han, and then died at the hands of Sima Yi because of his kindness. The other three generations of Cao and Xiahou are even more waste.

It's a pity that Sima Yi, who won the last victory in history, met Zhang Wu, a time traveler, in this world. Before Sima Yi can slowly get through his qualifications and take power, this troubled world is coming to an end!
A well-developed traveler is destined to be the protagonist of this era.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of this opportunity to travel?
(End of this chapter)