Wu Street is located behind Qishan Mountain, and importantly, it is not far from Yangping Pass.

Yangping Pass, anyone who wants to capture Hanzhong cannot ignore the importance of this pass to Hanzhong.

When Cao Cao led his army to attack Hanzhong, Zhang Wei, Zhang Lu's younger brother, led tens of thousands of troops to fortify inside and outside Yangping Pass.

Zhang Wei's talents are naturally not comparable to Cao Cao's, and the Hanzhong soldiers are not necessarily as elite as the Wei army.

But Zhang Wei relied on Yangping Pass to block Cao Cao's army in the mountains.

It can be said that if it had not been for that accident, Wei Jun would not have been able to capture Yangping Pass.

Even in the Battle of Hanzhong where Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao, no matter how brave the Han army was, they failed to capture the heavily defended Yangping Pass in the end.

From these two incidents, we can see that Yangping Pass is extremely dangerous.

Cao Hong participated in both Hanzhong battles.

Among the famous generals of Cao Wei who exist today, Cao Hong may be one of those who has the deepest understanding of the dangers of Yangping Pass.

Because of this understanding, Cao Hong did not want to lead his army to attack Yangping Pass unless it was absolutely necessary.

In the initial strategy of the Central Route Army, Cao Zhen did not assign Cao Hong the task of capturing Yangping Pass.

However, Cao Hong is old and still has ambitions in his heart.

If there is a chance to capture Yangping Pass, then Cao Hong will definitely give it a try.

In Cao Hong's view, there was an excellent opportunity before him.

Wu Yi and Mi Yang don't get along!

Throughout the ages, are there many examples in the world of people abandoning the dark side and turning to the bright side because they don’t get along with the coach?

In particular, Cao Hong also knew that Wu Yi was not from Yizhou, but came from a noble family in the Central Plains.

At present, the Central Plains is under the control of Cao Wei.

Everyone is homesick. If you try to persuade him from both the perspective of benefits and homesickness, there is no guarantee that Wu Yi will not be tempted.

Thinking of this, Cao Hong felt a little hot in his heart.

Cao Hong is a decisive person. Once he has an idea in his mind, he immediately takes action.

A letter was quickly written in Cao Hong's pen, and then Cao Hong summoned someone.

This person's name is Ren Xiang, and he is Cao Hong's brother-in-law.

The reason why Cao Hong summoned Ren Xiang was that Ren Xiang was from Chenliu in Yanzhou and was from the same hometown as Wu Yi.

Since we are planning to send a lobbyist, what would be more appropriate than sending a fellow countryman?

After Ren Xiang was summoned by Cao Hong, he quickly learned about his mission from Cao Hong.

After learning that he was about to become a lobbyist and go to Yangpingguan to persuade Cao Hong to surrender to Wu Yi, Ren Xiang was eager to give it a try.

Wu Yi's family is quite famous in Chenliu, and he and Ren Xiang's family had some friendship in the past.

Moreover, Wu Yi came from a well-known family. If he wanted to fight the two armies, he would attach great importance to this principle of not killing.

With these two points in mind, Ren Xiang felt that his life safety was guaranteed.

Since his life is not in danger, but it is still possible to achieve great achievements, does Ren Xiang still have any reason to hesitate?

After taking the letter from Cao Hong and putting it into his arms, Ren Xiang immediately bowed to Cao Hong and then quickly left Cao Hong's tent.

When Ren Xiang came out of Cao Hong's tent, his whereabouts happened to be seen by Yang Fu, who came to Cao Hong to discuss military matters.

Ren Xiang was Cao Hong's brother-in-law and now a lieutenant general in Cao Wei's army. Yang Fu naturally knew Ren Xiang.

When Yang Fu saw Ren Xiang coming out of Cao Hong's tent with an excited and mysterious look on his face, he inevitably felt a little suspicious.

But Yang Fu didn't care too much.

The reason why he came to look for Cao Hong was because he had something important to discuss.

Because he had important things in mind, Yang Fu quickly entered Cao Hong's tent.

When Cao Hong saw that Yang Fu had entered his tent without permission, he was instinctively unhappy.

Cao Hong and Yang Fu had had a feud for a long time.

After winning the battle of Xiabian that year, Cao Hong was very happy. He held a banquet in the army and asked singing girls to wear thin clothes and play drums. Everyone present laughed.

Only Yang Fu saw this and severely reprimanded Cao Hong, saying: "The difference between men and women is a major issue for the country. How can there be a naked woman sitting in the public square? Although it is Jie, the chaos of Zhou is not worse than this."

In his words, Yang Fu compared Cao Hong to a tyrannical person like Jie and Zhou.

Being reprimanded like this in public, it is surprising that Cao Hong's character could not be angry.

If Cao Xiu hadn't been there to persuade him, Cao Hong would not have invited Yang Fu, who had left the table angrily, to sit down again.

Because of this unpleasant past incident, Yang Fu certainly knew that Cao Hong had a grudge against him.

But since he is Cao Hong's army protector today, he must fulfill his duty of protecting the army.

After Yang Fu saw Cao Hong, he bowed to him and asked: "Now that our army has captured Wu Street, I wonder when the general will lead the army north to capture Qishan?"

Cao Hong used flexible tactics to capture Wu Street, but he failed to capture Qishan in the end.

There is an elite Liangzhou army in Qishan. If the Liangzhou army cannot be eliminated, the Wei army will not have security behind it.

Under such circumstances, how can we continue going south?

Yang Fu's question made Cao Hong ponder.

Even Yang Fu could see the problem, it was impossible for him not to see it.

If it had been before, he would have really considered the issue of Qishan.

But now that he has a new breakthrough direction in his mind, he doesn't care so much about Qishan.

Between Qishan and Yangpingguan, who is more important and who is less important?

This is almost obvious.

And because he was still unsure whether Wu Yi would accept his persuasion to surrender, Cao Hong didn't want to tell Yang Fu his plan yet.

After pondering for a long time, Cao Hong replied: "Our army has been marching hard for many days and is quite tired.

Instead of fighting, I would rather let the army rest in Wu Street for a few days and then lead the army north to seize Qishan Mountain."

Cao Hong's answer did not satisfy Yang Fu.

As the saying goes, soldiers are valuable and quick, and the Central Route Army has rarely made a good start. It is the time to go north to seize Qishan Mountain in one go.

Once they capture Qishan, the Central Route Army will have no worries about advancing or retreating in Hanzhong. This is a major matter related to the life and death of an army, so how can it be delayed.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yang Fu was about to persuade Cao Hong again, but Cao Hong was a little impatient at this time.

He waved his hand to signal Yang Fu to retreat.

Cao Hong's impatient attitude made Yang Fu choke for a moment.

He is a good guard, but the power of the guard is not unlimited. At least in wartime, he does not have the power to directly command the army.

Cao Hong, now the commander-in-chief of an army, refused to listen to his advice, so there was nothing Yang Fu could do.

Unless Yang Fu can make a decisive decision to protect the army and relieve Cao Hong from the post of general.

But this is a power that will only be used as a last resort. At present, Cao Hong has merits but no faults. What reason does Yang Fu use to depose Cao Hong on behalf of the emperor?

And after deposing Cao Hong, who should command the Central Army?

Yang Fu believed that he did not have the ability to command a large army alone.

Under these concerns and in the face of Cao Hong's impatience, Yang Fu could only sigh and leave sadly.

After Yang Fu left, Cao Hong took out the map in the tent and carefully studied the enemies he was currently facing under the candlelight.

Although Cao Hong acted a little careless about the direction of the next attack in front of Yang Fu just now.

But Cao Hong was not an incompetent person, and he really wanted to fight this battle for the Wei Dynasty, so when there was no one around, Cao Hong would often analyze his next move.

It is true that Cao Hong has expectations for Wu Yi in Yangpingguan, but as a veteran, Cao Hong cannot put all his eggs in one basket.

Cao Hong's calloused fingers kept scratching on the rough map. When his fingers moved away from Yangping Pass, they gradually moved to Qishan Mountain.

Just as Yang Fu worried, if Qishan is not captured, Cao Hong will feel like a lump in his throat.

Looking at the name of the guard marked at Qishan on the map, Cao Hong felt very strange.

Lithos?

Where did this Han general come from?

Qishan is such an important place, why didn't Mi Yang let Ding Feng guard it?

Cao Hong said that he couldn't see through Mi Yang's thoughts.

But just as Cao Hong couldn't figure out why Mi Yang let Wu Yi, who had a rift with him, guard Yangping Pass, since he couldn't figure it out, there was no need to think about it anymore.

Aren't the mistakes made by the enemy the best nourishment for him to achieve success?

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To be continued...