Since the emperor said this, the important officials waited patiently.
The inside and outside of the Tongque Garden was silent, and everything was silent. Only in the copper stove around the fishing platform, crackling occasionally broke out, and a few sparks flew up and landed on Cao Pi's fur, burning the white fluff a little blackened, and then slowly extinguished it.
The hot soup was warmed on the copper stove, and Sima Yi diligently beat two cups and handed them to Cao Zhen and Zhang He.
Cao Zhang stood up impatiently and strode to the edge of the fishing platform.
The water surface below the fishing platform has already formed thin ice, the reeds densely covered by the lake have died, the large forest is left with branches, and the view is very wide. The winter sun shines through the treetops and reflects white light on the thin ice.
Cao Zhang looked around and said in a deep voice: "This place has not changed."
He turned around, looked at Cao Pi, and sneered: "I thought, Zihuan, you should have become the emperor, and you should have built a palace, at least a few towers."
Cao Pi wrapped the fur tightly and said expressionlessly: "I don't have that leisure time. That was what Zi Jianhui did, so he never had a chance again."
Cao Zhang raised his head and laughed twice.
In the distance, several guards in the forest subconsciously looked here, pressed the handle of the knife, making the armor make a loud and soft sound, and then they return to their straight and solemn appearance.
The footsteps sounded in the forest, and a general walked slowly. His footsteps were not particularly powerful, but the warriors present clearly felt the determination that he was about to go to the battlefield.
Zhang Liao is here.
"Wen Yuan, please sit down." The emperor said politely: "I heard that you are in poor health, but this war is of great importance, so I have to bother Wen Yuan."
Zhang Liao performed rituals as rituals: "It is Zhang Liao's wish to die for the country."
"Okay! OK! Since that's the case, let's talk about the serious matter." Cao Pi turned around and looked around: "We have been dormant for a long time and prepared for a long time. Now, the time for the attack on Liu Bei has come."
Cao Zhen was drinking soup and almost choked for a moment. He tried his best to adjust his breathing and took several breaths of heavy breaths.
Zhang He, who was in charge of his leadership, was also shocked and did not expect that the emperor's target was Liu Bei.
"At this time, attack Liu Bei?"
"Didn't it be..." Cao Zhen's thoughts turned sharply and thought of the reason: "The confrontation between Sun Quan and us is simply a show! The emperor had known that Sun Quan wanted to seize Liaodong!"
Cao Zhen and Zhang He looked at each other. Both of them were old generals, and they instantly recovered from the shock. After the shock, the two of them were even more shocked.
Looking at Zhang Liao sitting opposite him, although his face was still, the hot soup in the cup in his hand also rippled.
Cao Pi looked at the expressions of his ministers with satisfaction.
On that day, my father often told him that a master of his own will control his subordinates, and that his own family will be unpredictable. Those who know do not know, and those who do not have, must always make a fuss to attack the west, and the virtual and the real are difficult to measure. Only in this way can the ministers always be difficult to guess the king's heart and not dare to deceive the king and not betray the emperor.
That's a bit difficult.
But it's great today. At least Cao Zhen and the others were really scared, and it's worth my efforts for a long time.
"Zhongda."
"exist."
Valley/span> "Tell me about the causes and consequences of the whole pile planning."
"yes."
On that day, Cao Cao returned to Nanyang after the failure of the Jingxiang war, and died of illness on the boat.
Before his death, he told Cao Zhang that Liu Xuande's hero is now full of wings and just waiting to soar into the sky. From then on, no one in the world can defeat such an opponent. Even Cao Mengde, like you young men, even if you are tied together, they cannot withstand Liu Bei's attack.
Even if you can barely maintain the situation, Liu Bei's tide of revival of the Han Dynasty to crush Cao Wei will be like destroying the dead.
Fortunately, Liu Bei was not completely flawed.
His vision is too long, and it has been like this for decades. Cao Cao knew very well. Even when Liu Bei was in a downturn, he would think about his farthest goal, and even more so when he was about to win.
If it were Cao Cao, after defeating the main force of the enemy, he would do his best to pursue the victory, completely smash the enemy, and eliminate future troubles at once. Other great things will be discussed later in the future. In this process, it is worth paying any price. But Liu Bei would not do this.
The bigger his career, the more he cherishes his feathers. He not only wanted to maintain his reputation for benevolence, but also wanted to rebuild the tradition of the Han family's benevolence and virtue and rest with the people in the process of pacifying the world; establish the pattern and prestige of the Han court; and promote the rules that were different from those of the previous Han and later Han, but were able to be adopted by Ji Han for a long time... This is what Liu Bei and even Zhuge Liang valued the most. They felt that the meaning of these things was far beyond the victory on the battlefield.
So after this decisive victory, Liu Bei will most likely slow down slightly, not rush to expand, but temporarily turn his attention to the inside.
Liu Bei had to devote his energy to those self-proclaimed century-old plans, but Cao Wei did not need them. The Cao regime was always practical, first defeating the enemy, otherwise everything would be done.
So this period of time was something that Cao Wei could use.
Liu Bei and his civil and military officials could be busy laying the foundation for the new Han Dynasty and working on those fragmented government affairs. The civil and military officials of the Cao family only needed to sharpen their minions and create or wait for an opportunity to smash the enemy on the battlefield...
"Zhongda, this is too far to say. Where can we get the opportunity now?" Cao Zhen couldn't help asking.
Sima Yi showed his white teeth and smiled: "I really have a chance!"
He raised his voice and said, "Since last year, in order to appease many powerful families in their jurisdiction and solve their financial problems, the Han court in Chengdu began to consciously promote the powerful families to invest their strength into the border and outside the territory. During the process, their troops in Jiaozhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou and even Guanzhong will be dispatched accordingly to serve as support. In order to ensure that they are not affected by us in the process, they reached an agreement with Sun Quan, asking Sun Quan to instigate rebellions in Liaodong and other places to attract our attention..."
"As a result, Sun Quan, the cunning fox, took Liaodong by himself and met us directly." Cao Zhen sneered.
"That's okay. After all, our army needs to fight against Sun's family to be able to hide it." Sima Yi nodded: "At this time, Liu Bei's view, the main force of our army is divided into two parts, partly in Liaodong and partly in Jiangdong. So they can safely advance their plans and extend their hands to the South China Sea, South Central and even Hexi, and far away places in the Western Regions."
“So what?”
"Zi Dan should remember that last spring, Liu Bei sent his subordinates to the Western Regions and returned successfully in late winter. Then, the general Zhang Fei, the chariot and cavalry, made 25,000 soldiers, traveled through the desert and Gobi, and was in power in the Western Regions. He subdued four counties and four thousand miles away, collected 150,000 household registrations, and sent envoys to Chengdu with jade, spices, night pearls, and dragon horses of the Western Regions."
"Yes." Cao Zhen sighed. In that battle, the Han army was almost in bloody war in the four counties of Hexi. Zhang Ji, Su Ze, Zhang Gong, Hu Zun and others surrendered one after another. However, they had been isolated from the Cao regime for two years, and the Cao family really had no reason to accuse them.
After receiving the assistance of Zhang Ji, Su Ze, Zhang Gong, Hu Zun and others, Zhang Fei led the Han army to continue advancing and went directly into the Western Regions. The Han army divided into two routes, north and south, one went to Yinwu, and went straight to Weili City on the Qinhai. Here, the Wuji School Wei Mansion in the Western Regions was established, and the people were stationed in military farming, and the countries such as Cheshi, Gaochang, and Wusun were gathered. The other route crossed the desert and entered Haitou City near Puchanghai, and the Western Regions Changshi Mansion was established here, which also irrigated and stored water and placed in military farming.
These are all grand events promoted by the Han Dynasty court in Chengdu. They are not hiding from anyone and are easy to find out.
"But what does these... have to do with Zhongda's chances?" Cao Zhen was still puzzled.
Chapter completed!