Sun Quan knew that his aunt Sun Ying had married Xu Zhen in her early years, but she was poisoned to death while trying Xu Zhen's elixir, so Xu Zhen always felt sorry for Sun Ying.
Sun Quan also understood the Xu family rules and could not use family power to help a political power. However, this time Xu Zhen brought dozens of alchemists, which had seriously violated the family rules. What awaited him was probably execution.
But Sun Quan still said: "Uncle, I understand your difficulties, but you know, the only ones I can trust now are brothers Sun Ben and Sun Fu. They are a bit brave, but how can they lead the army, and how can they fight against that Lu Xun.
Nowadays, all the aristocratic families look down on Lu Xun. It is only because Lu Xun comes from the four great families and the four great families cannot find a better candidate that they let Lu Xun temporarily act as the governor.
But I know that Lu Xun is a very powerful person, and he is definitely not a scholar on the surface. Without a good marshal, we will fall short."
"You will have a good candidate." Xu Zhen said calmly.
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In the royal palace of Yecheng, Cao Cao placed four letters of inscription in front of him and remained silent. Hundreds of civil and military ministers gathered in the silence.
"Oh my God, my God, Liu Zhang is dead, do you believe it?"
After a long time, Cao Cao raised his head and looked at his ministers. Now Cao Cao's ministers were completely different from a year ago. The civil servants had not changed much, but most of the generals had changed.
The original troops of Cao's army, except for the 200,000 Northern Army, and the remaining 500,000 troops, were almost completely wiped out in the battle with the Sichuan Army. Even the remaining generals became mere commanders.
And in this year, various aristocratic families established Sima Army, Zhuge Army, Chen Family Army, and Wang Family Army. The marshals of each family's army became important generals of Cao's army and occupied the court.
In the past, the old generals of Cao's army, except for Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other old men, the second and third rate generals were almost extinct in the court.
"Liu Zhang, if you do any injustice, you will be punished."
"If you disobey the people's will, you will be punished."
"This is a violation of God's wrath."
All the civil servants said this one after another, all looking happy.
Now the strength of Cao Jun's family can be said to be unprecedentedly strong. In the past, Cao Cao's strategy of deliberately suppressing the family's use of poor families completely collapsed.
Now Cao's army has expanded to nearly 600,000 men, and it has been fully expanded to 400,000 men in more than half a year. It has sufficient food and grass.
But this is just the surface scenery.
It can be said that the aristocratic families paid a heavy price for the power of Cao Jun. Now the strength of each aristocratic family has almost reached the stage.
After the nest was overturned, the eggs were intact. In order to prevent the Sichuan army from advancing eastward and dominating the world, the family no longer acted as secretive as before, and all available human and financial resources were used.
Now, apart from the strength in the court, each family has been reduced to an empty shell, and many families' industries have been completely abandoned. Even if they defeat the Sichuan army and revitalize the family, they will not be comparable to before.
And all this was given by the Sichuan Army and Liu Zhang. All the descendants of the family hated Liu Zhang to pieces, and were afraid of Liu Zhang to the point of chilling their livers and gallbladders.
Now that Liu Zhang is dead, the family is finally relieved and at the same time very happy. This is much more comfortable than winning a great battle.
Even after hearing about Liu Zhang's death, some aristocratic families have been shaken and want to take back the family's power. The strength is displayed in the court, but according to the family's hundreds of years of experience, the power in the court is only short-lived, and the most important thing is the family heritage.
"Liu Zhang's son Liu Xun, I heard, is cowardly and incompetent. He is only eleven years old. My lord, now is the time to attack the Sichuan army. Xia Houyuan is willing to be the vanguard."
Xiahou Yuan came out and asked Cao Cao loudly for orders. Xiahou Dun was killed by the Sichuan army. Chang'an itself was defeated by the Sichuan general. Xiahou Yuan had been waiting for the day of revenge.
"Vanguard? How many soldiers and horses does General Miaocai have? Do you want the lord to allocate all the troops and horses? How can these soldiers be the vanguard if they don't know the generals?" Zhen Fang, the general of the Zhen family army, said to Xia Houyuan with a smile.
"you……"
Xia Houyuan was furious, but he had no words to answer. Generally, when a general goes on an expedition, he has his own troops and horses. These are not only his own soldiers, but also a familiar army. With this army as the core, the general can better command the entire army.
However, Xia Houyuan's troops and horses were all lost from the Battle of Guanzhong to the Battle of Yingshui, and almost none of them were left. These clans could use money and food to expand so many troops in half a year, but Xia Houyuan did not.
The direct descendants of the Xiahou family and the Cao family had already given up most of their family property for the decisive battle before the Battle of Guanzhong. In addition, the civil servants and military generals of the family deliberately ignored the veteran generals. After the money and grain passed through Sima Yi, they basically could not reach the hands of those veteran generals.
, Xia Houyuan was unable to produce a single army in half a year.
"Okay, Miaocai, General Zhenfang is right." Cao Cao said loudly: "This expedition is of great importance, so every detail must be considered thoroughly. The vanguard army must not be in a situation where the generals do not know the soldiers and the soldiers do not know the generals.
Before deciding on our army's expedition, let's take a look at the overall situation of the world. In addition to the briefing on Liu Zhang's death, I also have three letters here. One is from Jiangdong Lusu. The Jiangdong Army decided to go out in full force this time to conquer the Sichuan Army in the west and contain the Sichuan Army's southern army.
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Not only that, Sun Quan also persuaded Shi Xie of Jiaozhou. Shi Xie had been forced by Liu Zhang's power for a long time and did not dare to resist. But this time he heard that Liu Zhang was dead and decided to attack Dianzhou with all his strength and go straight to Yizhou, where the Sichuan army originated.
Also, let me tell you, during this year, we made a secret deal with Jiangdong Lu Su and Zhang Hong. You don’t know about this deal yet, and it is not convenient for me to make it public now, but it will definitely let you and others
Liu Xun's children were shocked."
"What deal?"
"What kind of deal?"
Except for Sima Yi who bowed his head and Xun Yu, Xun You and others showed no expressions, other civil servants were talking a lot.
"Hehe." Cao Cao smiled and picked up the second letter: "This is the letter sent to us by Zhe Lanying, the leader of the Di people in the northern and western grasslands. It has been said above that when we send troops, Zhe Lanying will send his troops.
Go south and attack Liu Zhang in Xiliang and Yongzhou, and then go straight to Chang'an."
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, the ministers were in an uproar. After Zhe Lanying defeated Zhou Buyi, he had an army of 100,000, all of which were cavalry. Such a huge force was no less than that of the Xiliang Army. If they could cross the Great Wall, then
The Sichuan army could not resist without 200,000 troops.
The north is holding down 200,000 people, and the south is holding down at least 100,000 people. In addition to the troops and horses held by Dianzhou, and the political instability after Liu Zhang's death, troops and horses need to be left behind. Then there are still troops and horses left that can deal with Cao's army.
How many?
However, everyone did not believe that the Di people would send out all their troops. Everyone knew that the main opponents of the Di people were Xianbei, Kebineng, Budugen, Suli and Xieguini on the four eastern routes.
If all the troops are mobilized, will the Di people no longer want to stay in their old nest?
It is possible to dispatch 30,000 to 50,000 people, but even if all of them were dispatched, neither the civil or military officials would believe it.
"Don't be surprised, this news is definitely not false." Cao Cao said with a smile: "Perhaps everyone knows that the leader of the Di people, Zhe Lanying, was at odds with Liu Zhang because his fiancé Beigong Zhi died at the hands of the Sichuan army.
But most of you don’t know that the leader of the Di people, Zhe Lanying, is Cao Cao’s third daughter, Cao Xian, who escaped from Chang’an to the desert.”
"ah."
This time, it was even more shocking than when the Di people dispatched a hundred thousand troops just now. Not many people knew that Zhe Lanying was Cao Cao's daughter, and no one publicized it. Those who knew about it knew that Cao Xian was Cao Cao's trump card.
But it doesn't matter now. Even if the Sichuan army knew that Zhe Lanying was Cao Cao's daughter, they could only send troops to the Great Wall to resist the Di army. This was exactly Cao Cao's purpose.
Cao Cao only needs the Di people to contain the Sichuan army and make Chang'an's troops weaker. If the Di people are allowed to attack Yongliang unexpectedly, Cao Cao is not sure whether he can control those Di people or if Cao Cao's army can occupy the territory and feel more at ease.
If Zhe Lanying was Cao Cao's daughter, it would be normal for a hundred thousand troops to be dispatched at this most critical moment to determine the ownership of the Central Plains and her father's hegemony.
As long as you help your father unify the Han Dynasty, what if all the grassland territories fall?
Cao Cao smiled and said: "With my daughter, Jiangdong, and Jiaozhou Shixie, I can be sure that the Sichuan army facing our army does not exceed 300,000 people, and it is an army of 300,000 people whose lord is dead and whose hearts are floating. Do you have confidence?
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"Must win."
"Must win."
The generals shouted.
Cao Cao laughed loudly and held up another letter: "We are already sure of victory. What if we add a fourth line of reinforcements? This letter represents 50,000 cavalry. Don't underestimate this number. If it is directly
A stab in the heart, an army of 50,000 is enough to defeat the Sichuan army with one blow."
Fifty thousand cavalry in the heart? Everyone in the civil and military circles started to speculate. Cao Cao said don’t underestimate this number, which means that fifty thousand is very small, but everyone in the civil and military knows that fifty thousand is a lot. It can be said to be less for infantry, but it is definitely more for cavalry.
A powerful force.
But according to Cao Cao's wishes, if he puts it at the heart of the Sichuan army, he can definitely win with one blow.
"Well, the above situation shows that what we are going to face is the Sichuan Army with 300,000 people's hearts floating around. And we don't necessarily need to defeat these 300,000 people. We just need to wait for the sharp knife of 50,000 cavalry to stab into the heart of the Sichuan Army.
The Sichuan army will be wiped out.
If Chang'an is captured and the 300,000-strong army is destroyed, Liu Xun is still a young boy with a yellow mouth. No matter how strong the Sichuan army is, it will fall apart. Our army has occupied Chang'an and is proud of the world. The one who can unify the Han Dynasty must be our army. The one who can help the Han Dynasty must be me.
Cao Cao." Cao Cao stood up, high-spirited.
"My lord is so heroic and powerful that the king's army will surely win." All the civil and military officials bowed down together.
"Now, who wants to be the vanguard?" Cao Cao looked at the generals and scanned their faces.
However, none of the generals stood up. Xun Yu, the leader, frowned deeply. If it was Cao Cao's army in the past, after hearing Cao Cao's analysis of the battle situation, he would have rushed out to ask for orders. How could it be like this?
Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Yu Jin and others all wanted to ask for help, but their army was the same as Xia Houyuan's. Their headquarters was long gone. Xia Houyuan couldn't go, and they certainly couldn't go. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster.