Chapter 498 The golden partner cheats Cao Zhen again
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 498 The golden partner cheats Cao Zhen again
In the early morning of the next month, two men in official robes stood behind the steep Jiange wall, watching the Dongfang group leave.
Of the two men, one has a gold seal with a purple ribbon, and the other has a bronze seal with a black ribbon, representing their respective official ranks.
The man with the bronze seal and the black ribbon is Yang Yi, the Prime Minister's Director-General, and who else is in front of him except Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty?
Yang Yi stared at Yu Fan and his party who were gradually moving away. He asked with some hesitation: "The Prime Minister thinks that Sun Quan will follow the advice of Yu Fan and Sun Huan and send troops to Huaimu Jun."
Even if Zhuge Liang followed Mi Yang's wishes last month and used two fatal moves on Yu Fan and Sun Huan to make them surrender, the military and political power in Jiangdong was still firmly in the hands of Sun Quan.
The fear of Yu Fan and Sun Huan does not mean that Sun Quan will be afraid.
If Sun Quan hadn't insisted on going to the mountain to watch the tiger fight, I'm afraid no one in the East could force Sun Quan to send troops that day.
In Zhuge Liang's opinion, Yang Yi's worries were unnecessary.
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Because he is the Lord of Jiangdong who is good at checks and balances and good at protecting himself."
Zhuge Liang's tone was quite determined.
The certainty in his heart stems from his misunderstanding of Sun Quan.
For Sun Quan, the fundamental reason why he wanted to recuperate and recuperate was to use Jiangdong's power to ensure his own interests.
Mi Yang's two killing moves, although there are various theories in name, but the actual information revealed is not the same:
Maybe the Han Dynasty will lose Liangzhou, but after the Han Dynasty loses Liangzhou, it will definitely fight against Jiangdong when it comes to the east. By then, among the three strongest people in Tiandong, who will perish first?
That deep meaning may be a bit rogue, but when it comes to dealing with a duplicitous villain like Sun Quan, sometimes rogue methods can have miraculous effects.
After Yu Fan and Sun Huan returned to Jiangdong, Sun Quan, who knew everything, was indifferent.
Even considering whether it was Mi Yang's plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife, Sun Quan would be happy to be the knife in Mi Yang's leg.
"Sun Quan is not only good at sending troops, as I expected, he will do his best to send out troops for the Northern Expedition when he comes to the east."
Yang Yi was even more surprised when he heard Zhuge Liang's judgment.
"What's the explanation?"
Yang Yi believed that it was still unknown whether Sun Quan would send troops for the Northern Expedition, and even if Sun Quan did send troops for the Northern Expedition, given his style, he would definitely send out old, weak and remnant troops to show off.
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but look a little disappointed when he saw that Yang Yi still couldn't understand why.
Being appointed by Zhuge Liang as his chief secretary shows that he valued Yang Yi's talent very much.
Perhaps Yang Yi is good at planning and managing politics, but he has many shortcomings in terms of national strategy and people's hearts.
That is really incomparable with Mi Yang.
When he thought of Mi Yang, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile.
Whether they had thought about the surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain before or whether Dangdong sang the double act together to intimidate Sun Quan, it can be fully proved that Mi Yang and him have a natural fit in many things.
For Zhuge Liang, this was a very happy thing.
Although the phoenix chick has passed away, there is still a red deer, and a close friend is always hard to find.
Zhuge Liang did not reveal his inner thoughts to Yang Yi, so he explained calmly:
"Because Sun Quan is greedy."
After saying that sentence, Zhuge Liang walked east of the city wall.
Yang Yi, who stayed at the city wall, carefully considered Zhuge Liang's words. After a long time, Yang Yi's face showed a knowing smile.
That's right, Sun Quan was an extremely greedy person.
For a greedy person, since he can choose the Northern Expedition, he will definitely do his best to gain the maximum benefits for himself on the Northern Expedition.
When Zhuge Liang's profound meaning became clear, Yang Yi couldn't help but look to the east.
The war in the northwest has not stopped, and there is about to be another attack on the southeast. Fighting from two sides, can Cao Wei stop it?
At the end of May in the fourth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty.
When the rainy season was about to come, Zhuge Liang finally completed all the preparations for the surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain outside Jiange.
That also heralds that a great tactic once performed by the Han army will soon appear again among the rolling mountains.
Before he ordered the army to set off, Zhuge Liang ordered tens of thousands of Han troops to leave the Jiange and set up camp a few miles away from Cao Hong's camp.
When Cao Hong learned the news from the scouts, he couldn't believe the information he got for a while.
After Cao Hong summoned the generals, he angrily slapped the military newspaper in his leg on the desk in front of him, and then roared:
"How could Yizhou's tens of thousands of troops come from just one year ago?"
Is there a reason why Cao Hong lost his temper?
According to the military information he had received before, Zhuge Liang brought more than ten thousand soldiers with him during his southern expedition. Even if Zhuge Liang successfully pacified Nanzhong, doesn't Zhuge Liang need to divide his troops and stay in Nanzhong?
Okay, even if Zhuge Liang had reached that point, in less than a year, where did Zhuge Liang draw tens of thousands of troops and just call them directly in front of him?
Yang Fu was walking at the head of the east column. Looking at Cao Hong who was losing his temper, he didn't know the answer in his heart.
Ji Han and Cao Wei were mortal enemies. As early as Cao Cao's time, Cao Cao spent a lot of energy exploring the reality of Yizhou.
After inquiring into the truth, Cao Cao once informed Cao Zhen, who was guarding Guanzhong, in a secret letter about the level of Yizhou's national power.
According to the information obtained, if Yizhou had not raised an army to overthrow the country, the total military strength would have been around 80,000 at most.
During the Battle of Hanzhong, the total force mobilized by Liu Bei was around that number.
It is not the largest military force that Yizhou can unleash, it is conventional military force, because Yizhou's national strength cannot support the logistics expenditure of so many armies.
Although Liu Bei won the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Yan was almost exhausted in that battle. Liu Zhang and his son had accumulated more than ten years of national strength reserves. Otherwise, when Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army later, Yizhou would not have remained silent.
Apart from the influence of national strength, the reason why Yizhou rarely devoted all its troops was that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's policies to govern Shu were to ensure that the war could be fought without affecting the people's livelihood as much as possible.
Is this different from Cao Wei's national policy? Ji Han emphasized sustainable development.
Of course, it is precisely because of that national policy that the people's hearts in Yizhou belong to Liu Bei.
Last year, Yizhou gave people the impression that its military strength was out of control, so the main reason for the decision was to deny it for two reasons.
But as a year passed, Ji Han's treasury regained savings, and as the Han army ended the dangerous two-front fighting situation, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had the confidence to make a desperate move just like they did in the Battle of Hanzhong.
Yang Fu stood up and told Cao Hong and the generals present what he had in mind.
After making those inferences, Yang Fu also came to a conclusion:
"Tens of thousands of bandit troops are approaching, and although it looks majestic, Yizhou has the national power of a state, so how can it sustain the supply of food, grass and military supplies for tens of thousands of troops for a long time?
This is why the enemy jumps over the wall in a hurry.
There is no need for his army to panic, just ask his army to guard the camp tightly and not allow the rebel army to take advantage of it. Even though the enemy army is large, it will collapse within a few months."
Yang Fu's judgment instantly aroused the approval of all the generals present.
Even Cao Hong felt that what Yang Fu said made sense after hearing it.
In fact, long before he officially sent out troops for the southern expedition, Cao Zhen had also considered whether the Han army would gather in Qinnan and devote all its strength to support the northern border.
Cao Zhen also made the wrong move - procrastination and competing with the Han army for national strength.
A year ago, if the Han army wanted to use Yizhou's troops to fight against the Wei army, the huge logistical pressure would probably cause the Han army to collapse within three months.
Now, even if the Han army had the foresight to pacify Nanzhong first and accumulate national strength for a year before choosing that option, the inherent disadvantage of the Han army has not changed.
It's nothing more than turning three months into six months or seven months.
If that's the case, what's there to panic about?
After appeasing everyone's military morale, Yang Fu suggested to Cao Hong:
"General Hussar can write to the general to inform him that tens of thousands of reinforcements from Yizhou have been dragged outside Yangping Pass by other troops. I hope that the general will not worry."
Yang Fu's suggestion touched Cao Hong's heart again. He had just been severely reprimanded by Cao Pi and Cao Zhen in a series of letters because of his defeat by Liu Feng. Now it was time for him to take away his merits.
Soon after, a hundred-mile convoy was dispatched from Cao Hong's military camp.
Where are the Yizhou reinforcements?
They had a "strange confrontation" with his army outside Yangping Pass.
General, please rest assured.
I'll work overtime tomorrow night and start with a short chapter.
Mingyue 2 big chapter is here.
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