Is the land of Hebei important? Of course it is important!

Emperor Guangwu took over the land of Hebei. Before the world was in chaos, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fell in love with Hebei at a glance. He said, "I occupied He in the south, blocked Yan Dai in the north, and joined the people of Rong and Di, and fought for the world in the south, so how could I help?" At that time, Cao Cao actually wanted Hebei, but Yuan Shao asked him this way, could he compete with his elder brother for territory? So he had to say, "I am responsible for the intelligence of the world and use the Tao to control it, and everything is impossible." The words were beautiful, but not the truth. Later, as soon as he destroyed Yuan Shao, he moved his base to Yecheng, where Yuan Shao had run for many years, and never moved his nest again.

Jizhou is a Xiongzhou in the world, with Taihang in the west, Yanshan in the north, the sea in the east, and the river in the south. It has abundant people and strong strength, so it is of course an ideal place for separatism.

But is this enough? Of course not enough!

Hebei is strong, but strategically, it is very unfavorable. If it is an enterprising regime, based on Hebei's strength, it can be expanded in four ways, but if a declining regime is trapped in Hebei, it will be attacked from all sides, and sooner or later it will be a defeat.

What's more, it involves moving the capital. Today, Chang'an has been lost, Luoyang, Xuchang and Qiao County are all in Henan, and only Yecheng is left in the Great Wei Dynasty. Wouldn't it be lost all face? At that time, not only land will be lost, but also people's hearts will be lost. Originally, he was the strongest among the Three Kingdoms, but now he retreated to Hebei and is satisfied with separatist rule. Who else would believe that the Great Wei is orthodox?

The worst strategy is absolutely not feasible, and Cao Rui dare not do such a gamble.

Cao Rui hesitated between the top and the middle strategy. The problem is not the other. But Xiangyang, Fancheng is too important. There is a prerequisite for Sima Yi's strategy to succeed, that is, after Shu Han obtained Xiangyang, Sun Quan would change his mind because Shu Han threatened his survival. This is indeed possible. It was because of this reason that Sun Quan attacked Guan Yu. Once the Wei army retreated, the pressure faced by Sun Quan and Li Yan became smaller, and the conflict between them would become larger, and it would be impossible to turn to kill each other.

The question is, will this situation definitely happen? If it does not happen, wouldn’t Xiangyang and Fancheng be lost in vain? Xiangyang and Fancheng be lost. How could Wancheng be defended just? The situation will soon turn into a bad bet.

Zhongce is the most secure, but this is a great test for the national strength of Wei. The army has been in a stalemate for a long time. It requires a large amount of food and grass to be consumed. Spring is coming soon. If spring cannot be plowed in time, there will inevitably be famine in autumn. What makes Cao Rui even more trouble is that if he is trapped in Nanyang for a long time, if the war in the Jianghuai River is unfavorable and the retreat is cut off, what should he do? Hebei is not a peaceful place, it is one of the most concentrated places for aristocratic families. If it loses direct control, God knows what those people can do. If Hebei is in chaos, the world will be in chaos.

Cao Rui did not immediately answer Sima Yi, he wanted to weigh it carefully. Sima Yi was not surprised and said goodbye calmly. When he returned to his camp, Sima Zhao immediately came up and asked impatiently: "Father, how about it?"

Sima Yi glanced at Sima Shi sitting in the tent, took off his helmet and handed it to Sima Zhao, sat in front of the desk, and then asked, "Ziyuan, guess."

Sima Shi thought for a while: "In my opinion, Your Majesty will definitely not take the best plan, and he will not bet with the heavens. Between the best plan and the middle plan, I think he will take the best plan."

"Oh? Why?"

"If it is the best strategy, the biggest possibility is to lose Xiangyang, Fancheng, or even Nanyang. But if it is the middle strategy, he will face Wei Ba directly." Sima Shi laughed: "It will not be of any benefit to him if he defeated Wei Ba, but if he loses Wei Ba and lost Wancheng, his face will be ruined. Moreover, the stalemate of the war has reached now, and the world's wealth will be exhausted. Aren't he worried about changes in Hebei? What if Lu Xun and Zhao Tong rushed into Yingchuan and occupied Kunyang? So, I think he will take the best strategy and hand over the war in Nanyang to my father and son, and he escaped and returned to Luoyang by himself."

Sima Yi smiled and said nothing. Sima Shi asked back: "What do you think my father?"

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Sima Shi nodded, Sima Zhao looked at his father and brother, and wanted to ask but was embarrassed to ask.

As Sima Yi expected, Cao Rui finally consulted Liu Ye and others. Some of these people started from the perspective of political struggle and suggested that Cao Rui return to Luoyang, stabilize the court, and temporarily hand over Nanyang to Sima Yi or others. Some from the perspective of military perspective, suggested that Cao Rui defend Fancheng to the death and persist, and Wu and Shu were exhausted. If he persisted for a while, there might be a turning point.

Different statements.

In the end, it was Liu Ye who made Cao Rui decide.

Liu Ye asked Cao Rui: What if Li Yan gave up after taking Fancheng and stopped moving forward, and instead focused on managing Jingxiang and recuperate? Sun Quan attacked Guan Yu that year, on the one hand, of course, because Jingxiang was important. Guan Yu won Jingzhou, which was not good for Eastern Wu, but on the other hand, it was because Guan Yu was too arrogant and did not know how to establish a good relationship with Sun Quan.

Although Li Yan was a little arrogant, he did not have a direct conflict with Sun Quan. On the contrary, Wei Ba was surrounded by him to help him plan. Wei Ba had just fought with Sun Quan, and in a blink of an eye, he asked Zhao Tong to marry Sun Luban. If he was not sure about establishing a good relationship with Sun Quan, would he risk entering Nanxiang? Aren’t he afraid that Sun Quan would cut off his retreat?

Don’t forget that Zhao Tong is now with Lu Xun. This time Wu and Shu jointly sent troops in a substantial sense. No matter how Li Yan and Wei Ba did this, it is a fact. If Guan Yu would do this back then, would he have the consequences? It would be a bit unreliable to pin his hopes on the evil between Wu and Shu. It would be better to use defense instead of attacking and waiting for a turnaround.

Cao Rui accepted Liu Ye's suggestion and left Sima Yi to defend Fancheng and return to Wancheng himself. However, he added 10,000 people to Sima Yi, including three thousand Yuyang Tuqi.

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Two thousand riders were galloping on the river beach, and the horse's hooves kicked the dry dust. They rolled up a dragon of earth, soared into the sky, and ran from a distance.

"Divide!" Tang Qianyu sat upright on the war horse, shouted lightly, and ordered the flag soldiers to wave the colorful flags. The Mercedes' cavalry quickly divided into two teams, as if a torrent encountered a huge rock, divided into two strands, and rushed to both sides smoothly. The knights deflected their bodies on the war horse, moving skillfully and freely. They cooperated with tacit understanding.

"Union!" Tang Qianyu ordered again. The cavalry gathered again, forming a swathe and getting closer.

"Stop!" Tang Qianyu raised his hand and gently held it. The sound of the war drum changed. It slowly slowed down. The cavalry slowly tied the reins. The war horses gradually accelerated. They stopped their steps in front of the War Horse Ridge. The knights raised their hands and saluted Wei Ba and others on the ridge.

Wei Ba smiled and nodded repeatedly: "No, not bad, Qianyu, your cavalry skills have not fallen behind."

"Oh, these people can only see. If they really want to fight, they will not be so relaxed." Tang Qianyu said regretfully: "It's a pity that the cavalry trained by the Old General Zhao himself were all left in Duyang by Ma Dai. I'm going to return the Ma family army. It's true that he is not even as capable as Miss Ma."

"Which horse girl?"

"Which other girl Ma can be it, Ma Wenshan." Guan Feng continued the conversation and glanced at Wei Ba.

Wei Ba looked at her blankly: "I know Ma Wenshan is good at riding, but can she practice troops? How to ride a horse and use cavalry are two different things."

"It's okay, but it's definitely not as good as Ma Dai, after all, there's no practical experience." Guan Feng gave Wei Ba a look, asking him to pay attention to Tang Qianyu's emotions. In fact, Wei Ba also saw that the people from Guanzhong all complained about Zhuge Liang. It's not that Zhuge Liang was not good, but that their positions were different. Especially in the battle of Duyang, thousands of elite cavalry were lost in Ma Dai's hands, which was a heavy lesson that many people could not forget.

"Soldiers are trained and fought. It's too early to go into battle now, but it shouldn't be a problem for being a scout, sending messages, and intercepting food channels, right?"

"Of course." Tang Qianyu raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "Two-thirds of these people are Wei family members. They dismounted and were the strongest infantrymen. Although they dare not say they are the strongest cavalrymen when they got on the horse, they are not worse than ordinary knights."

"Then I have a idea." Wei Ba nodded with satisfaction. After getting more than 2,000 war horses from Guo Li, he immediately began to form his own cavalry. Wei Wu brought two thousand divisions from Guanzhong, many of which were learned cavalry tactics with Zhao Yun when he was with Tang Qianyu, and now all of them are added to these cavalry.

Wei Ba picked one-third of the knights of his hometown in Guanzhong and Longyou from the surrendered Wei army. Everyone knew that Wei was attacked on three sides this time, and Longyou probably could not be saved, so these knights did not have much resistance to joining Wei Ba's cavalry to fight for Wei Ba. If it weren't for Guo Li's uncle, Guo Li himself might have surrendered, and Xiping suffered considerable losses in the rebellion that year. With his tacit consent and condonation, the knights who were originally from Xiping joined Wei Ba's team.

In this way, Wei Ba established a cavalry of 2,000 people, with Tang Qianyu as the cavalry. In the past few days, Wei Ba was preparing for the war in Wuguan while watching the cavalry training, and his life was fulfilling.

Ding Feng ran over from a distance and handed Wei Ba two military newspapers. Wei Ba took the military newspaper and read it, frowned, and his smile disappeared: "Cao Rui has returned to Wancheng."

When Guan Feng and Tang Qianyu heard this, they asked at the same time: "Then are we missing the opportunity to attack Wancheng?"

Wei Ba nodded and shook his head again.

.(To be continued...)

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Introduction:

The essence of cultivating demons is that those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!

What if someone resists? Then step on one foot! What if one foot doesn’t work? Then step on a few more! What if you step on a few more, it won’t work?

Then it will make fraud, cheat, burn, flood, ice thorns, divide the tendons and bones, extract the soul and refine the soul, crush the bones and raise the ashes...

o(=^w^=)o I had a good time, and her life as a demon cultivator was so comfortable until she met Lord Xiaomuding...

This is a guy who cannot be steamed or cooked, beaten, flat, fried or fried!

One day, she will definitely let this guy crawl at her feet.

Who made this world a single only admirer? I call me a devil in the world!
Chapter completed!