Cao Zhen is not Cao Cao's biological son, he is just one of Cao Cao's many adopted sons.
Everyone knows that Cao Cao was a good wife when he was alive, especially the kind of wife who had given birth.
Therefore, Cao Cao, who had been a romantic man throughout his life, not only took in many beautiful women, he was also generous and adopted many adopted sons.
Of course, Cao Zhen became Cao Cao's adopted son not because of this reason, but because his biological father had saved Cao Cao's life.
However, although the reason why Cao Zhen became Cao Cao's adopted son was very upright, among Cao Cao's many adopted sons, only Cao Zhen was given the surname Cao by Cao Cao.
Moreover, Cao Cao gave Cao Zhen the nickname Zidan, and the seniority of his nickname is exactly the same as that of Cao Cao's four legitimate sons.
Even Cao Zhen had eaten and lived with Cao Cao's four legitimate sons since he was a child. Among them, he had the most friendly relationship with Cao Pi.
Being given a clan name in ancient times essentially meant that Cao Zhen had truly become a clan member of the Cao family, completely transcending the boundaries of an adopted son.
The most important thing is that Cao Cao gave Cao Zhen the same treatment as Cao Pi and other biological sons, which shows how much Cao Cao loves Cao Zhen.
Cao Cao loved Cao Zhen so much not only because Cao Zhen's biological father had saved his life, but also because Cao Cao saw that Cao Zhen was a talented person.
He was a great talent who could defend the Wei State after his death.
When Cao Pi ascended the throne as Queen of Wei, he immediately appointed Cao Zhen as the General of Zhenxi, and the commander-in-chief of the military forces in Yongzhou and Liangzhou.
Later, Cao Pi appointed Zou Qi, the governor of Anding, as the governor. Zhang Jin, a native of Zhangye County, kidnapped the governor and rebelled in Jiuquan, leading an army to prevent Zou Qi from taking office.
Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao to march to quell Zhang Jin's rebellion.
Because of this military exploit, Cao Zhen was granted the title of Marquis of Dongxiang by Cao Pi.
This incident occurred during the Battle of Xiangfan between the Han and Wei armies.
After Cao Pi left Wancheng and returned to Luoyang, Cao Pi worried that the Guanzhong area would be unstable due to the defeat of the Wei army in the battle of Xiangfan.
He immediately worshiped Cao Zhen as the General of the Western Conquest, and was in charge of Chang'an to oversee the military affairs in Guanzhong.
Cao Pi's prediction was correct. After the disastrous defeat of the Wei army in the battle of Xiangfan spread throughout the world, many rebellions broke out within Cao Wei.
Among them, the rebellion in Guanzhong and Hexi was the most serious.
Just a few months ago, Zhiyuanduo, Lu Shui, Fengshang and other barbarians formed a coalition to cause chaos in Hexi.
At that time, Cao Zhen had just returned to Chang'an, and at that time, Zhang He had taken away 10,000 of Cao Wei's cavalry in Guanzhong, so the military power in Guanzhong was quite weak.
Therefore, after the massive rebellion occurred, all Cao and Wei officials in Guanzhong discouraged Cao Zhen from clearing the country and fighting again in the future.
All Cao Wei officials are deeply afraid of another big defeat in Guanzhong. In that case, Cao Wei's state will be really threatened.
However, Cao Zhen resisted all opinions and insisted on the strategy of taking the initiative with the heroic adverb "The Cao family members should die for the Cao family."
Cao Zhen personally led the generals and 30,000 troops to attack the Zhuhu coalition and fought thousands of miles. In the end, he won a complete victory and completely put down the rebellion in Hexi.
In this battle, the Wei army beheaded more than 50,000 people and captured 100,000 livestock, 1.11 million sheep, and 80,000 cattle, which completely established Cao Zhen's prestige.
When the battle report reached Luoyang, Cao Pi, who was originally very depressed, was very happy after learning the news. He laughed and said to the ministers at the court meeting:
"My strategy is within the curtain, and the generals are fighting thousands of miles away. The response is as if it is in harmony with the rules. Fighting front and rear to defeat the captives, there is no such thing."
This is the first time that Cao Pi has been so happy in front of his ministers since he succeeded to the throne.
When he was happy, Cao Pi immediately issued an edict to promote Cao Zhen to the rank of General of the Army, with the title of Commander-in-Chief of all military affairs at home and abroad.
From then on, Cao Zhen became the highest military commander in Cao Wei.
The reason why Cao Pi was so happy about Cao Zhen's battle report was because Cao Zhen's victory was indeed very fruitful.
Also because this battle demonstrated the prestige of the Wei army, it had a profound stabilizing effect on the current Cao Wei state.
After this battle was won, the road between the Western Regions and Cao Wei was officially opened.
He could then use this method to get all the countries in the Western Regions to send envoys to serve as vassals, and gradually restore the rule of the Chinese nation in the Western Regions, which would greatly strengthen Cao Wei's legitimacy in the world.
In addition, this victory was his first hearty victory since he succeeded to the throne.
This great victory was enough to allow the Wei army to get out of the shadow of repeated defeats in previous battles, and it could also greatly deter local disobedient people.
Cao Pi's prediction was correct. When the news of the Hexi victory spread throughout the world, a lot of the local turmoil within Cao Wei was instantly calmed down.
The Wei army is still strong.
And these far-reaching influences invisibly increased Cao Zhen's prestige in the world.
Before this great victory, although Cao Zhen had been trusted by Cao Cao and Cao Pi many times, he actually had no very dazzling achievements to highlight his status.
Therefore, when he was in charge of the military affairs in Guanzhong, the people in Guanzhong were not very stable.
After all, the Guanzhong states are adjacent to Liangzhou, and Liangzhou has a great enemy Mi Yang.
Based on Mi Yang's past record, the states in Guanzhong actually don't have much confidence in whether Cao Zhen can withstand Mi Yang's attack in the future.
But it's different now.
With this great victory in hand, many people in the Cao Wei government and the public began to place high hopes on Cao Zhen, hoping that he would become the patron saint of Cao Wei to resist Mi Yang's attacks in the future.
After all, many important officials of Cao Wei knew that before Cao Cao died, he had met Mi Yang.
On that day, he took Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang there. Cao Cao's intention was self-evident. Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang were the candidates in his mind to stay and fight against Mi Yang in the future.
Now Xia Houshang still doesn’t mention it.
Therefore, everyone in the Cao Wei government and the public placed their high hopes on Cao Zhen.
Of course Cao Zhen knew the high hopes of both the government and the public.
Even without the high hopes of those people, Cao Zhen regarded Mi Yang as his life and death enemy.
This hostility originated from the meeting of the two dragons on that day, and as Mi Yang won repeated battles against Wei, Cao Zhen's inner hostility towards Mi Yang became more and more intense.
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This was Cao Cao's warning to Cao Zhen before he died. Cao Zhen never forgot this warning.
Because of the strong hostility and importance in his heart, after Cao Zhen learned that Mi Yang had become the shepherd of Liangzhou, he spent a lot of money to plant spies in Liangzhou to inquire about Mi Yang's every move.
With this kind of careful preparation in advance, Cao Zhen learned about the incident in Liangzhou almost before anyone else.
Of course, Cao Zhen was able to learn about the changes in Liangzhou so quickly because he was now in Chencang City, not far from Liangzhou.
The phrase "Build the plank road openly and attack Chencang secretly" represents a classic battle example and also foreshadows the beginning of a great dynasty.
The military immortal Han Xin used this tactic to successfully lead the Han army out of Hanzhong and officially launched the crusade against the overlord of Western Chu.
Regarding this, it is impossible for Cao Zhen, who is familiar with military literature, not to know.
Therefore, although the terrain of Chencang Road had changed a lot due to a major earthquake, he still regarded Chencang as a stronghold to defend against the Han army in the future.
With the attention in his heart, Cao Zhen immediately summoned a group of civil servants and generals to Chencang City shortly after pacifying the Hexi Rebellion.
He ordered a large number of manpower from Guanzhong to be deployed to repair Chencang's city defenses.
When Cao Zhen, who was inspecting Chencang City Defense, learned that urgent information had been sent to Liangzhou, he quickly put down the Chencang Defense Map in his hand and took the urgent information from the spy as quickly as possible.
At this moment, Cao Zhen thought that Mi Yang's army was about to attack Guanzhong.
Although Taiwei Jia Xu once analyzed that after the Xiangfan battle, the Han army should rest and recuperate for several years to accumulate strength.
But Mi Yang has always been known for being good at making surprise attacks, so if he suddenly launched a surprise attack on Guanzhong, Cao Zhen would have expected it.
After all, we know from previous intelligence that in the past six months, Mi Yang has been streamlining his troops in Nanzheng and training his troops. His behavior is very much a sign of a big fight.
However, after reading the contents of the unfolded intelligence, the contents of the intelligence were far beyond Cao Zhen's expectations.
Mi Yang sent troops well, but the direction of his troops was not Guanzhong, but the powerful locals in Liangzhou.
After realizing how much turmoil this would bring to Liangzhou, Cao Zhen immediately ordered to summon all the civil and military ministers currently in Chencang.
After being summoned by Cao Zhen, many officials from Guanzhong who were busy with their own affairs immediately came to the meeting hall in Chencang City.
After seeing that all the ministers had arrived, Cao Zhen passed the information in his hand to his right-hand man one by one.
The first person to see this information was not Xia Houmao, whose status in Guanzhong was currently only lower than that of Cao Zhen, but a scribe with a handsome face.
This scribe Yang Fu, whose courtesy name was Yishan, was from Jixian County, Tianshui.
Yang Fu's family is a famous family in Liangzhou, so he was able to work in Liangzhou when he was young.
Later, he was gradually promoted to Liangzhou Biejia due to his political achievements.
If that were the case, Cao Zhen wouldn't think so highly of him.
The most important thing Cao Wei lacked was celebrities.
What really caught Cao Zhen's attention about Yang Fu was that when Ma Chao swept across Liangzhou, it was Yang Fu who played a big role in it, which led to Ma Chao's final defeat.
The most important thing is that when Cao Zhen advocated sending troops, almost all the ministers in Guanzhong opposed his move.
At that time, Yang Fu was one of the few ministers who supported him, and the reason why Cao Zhen was able to fight thousands of miles in the first place was because Yang Fu relieved him of the logistical pressure.
Every case is enough to prove that Yang Fu is a rare talent.
Because of this, after Cao Zhen became the top leader in Guanzhong, he strongly recommended Yang Fu to Cao Pi.
Now Cao Zhen is the anchor of Cao Pi's heart. As long as Cao Zhen makes a request, he will agree to it.
So just a month ago, Cao Pi's edict arrived, appointing Yang Fu as the guardian of Guanzhong and the governor of Liangzhou, becoming the de facto second-in-command in Guanzhong on the part of Cao Wei.
Cao Zhen's trust in Yang Fu is obvious to all. He actually doesn't care much about the reactions of other ministers after reading this information, but he is particularly concerned about Yang Fu's views on this matter.
After reading the contents of the intelligence, Yang Fu first had a look of surprise on his face.
He didn't expect that Mi Yang would suddenly make this move.
But then, a solemn look appeared on his face.
But on the contrary to Yang Fu, the faces of the generals Wang Shuang, Hao Zhao, Fei Yao and others present showed joy after reading the contents of the intelligence.
Among the generals present, Wang Shuang has the most fiery personality.
Wang Shuang, whose courtesy name was Ziquan, and Yang Fu were both from prominent families in Liangzhou.
But unlike Yang Fu, Wang Shuang loved swords and horses since he was a child. When he grew up, he was nine feet tall, with a strong waist and a heavy back. He did not look like a child from a noble family at all.
When Cao Zhen suppressed the Hexi rebellion a few months ago, he recruited talents in Liangzhou. It was then that Wang Shuang joined Cao Zhen's army.
After Wang Shuang joined Cao Zhen's army, he was good at a pair of meteor hammers. Because of his bravery, he repeatedly made military exploits. He even beheaded Cha Yu, one of the leaders of the Hu tribe in Hexi.
Because of such military exploits, Wang Shuang gradually gained the respect of Cao Zhen.
Now Wang Shuang, who is only thirty years old, is already a partial general.
After Wang Shuang, who had a straightforward personality, read the contents of the intelligence, he immediately stood up and spoke to Cao Zhen who was sitting at the top:
"The bandits actually dare to cause chaos in Liangzhou. Now that Liangzhou is internally unstable, it is a good time for our army to attack Liangzhou!"
Wang Shuang's voice was as loud as a bell, and because his voice was too loud, his suggestions reverberated throughout the meeting hall.
And listening to the echoes, the faces of the generals present showed expressions of approval.
Although Wang Shuang appears to be a rich man, he comes from a noble family after all and still has some basic knowledge.
Everyone in the world knows that attacking local powerful people will definitely cause considerable civil strife.
And the enemy is in civil strife, which is indeed an excellent opportunity to attack.
In addition, the autumn harvest in Guanzhong is gradually coming to an end, and the grain storage in various granaries in Guanzhong is abundant, which meets the necessary conditions for the Wei army's expedition.
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Under the favorable conditions in these three aspects, it is normal for Wang Shuanghui to take the initiative to suggest Cao Zhen to conquer Liangzhou.
But even if a close confidant came out to offer advice, Cao Zhen just smiled and asked Wang Shuang to sit down first.
Then he looked at Yang Fu.
He has been waiting for this wise man's advice.
Seeing Cao Zhen looking at him, Yang Fu had already thought about everything, so he stood up and bowed to Cao Zhen:
"Anyone who fights must know that the right time, place and people are right.
Although the people and the people now depend on our army, the weather, time and location all depend on Liang Jun.
Therefore, our army cannot go to war without permission."
Hearing that Yang Fu actually stopped him from sending troops, Cao Zhen showed a little surprise on his face.
You must know that when the rebels were strong, Yang Fu would always suggest that he take the initiative to attack. The current situation is favorable to the Wei army. How come he has become "peaceful" again?
Cao Zhen motioned to Yang Fu with his eyes to continue.
After getting the signal, Yang Fu continued:
"It is September in Guanzhong and Hanzhong, which is the rainy season.
If our army wants to march from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, it can only take one of the four roads in Guanzhong.
And the roads among the four roads will become muddy and difficult to travel in the rainy season, which will inevitably slow down our army's march. If we are slow, we will be in danger."
After saying this, Yang Fu continued to say to Cao Zhen:
"The above is based on the weather, but in terms of geographical advantages, if the general wants to capture Hanzhong, he must first attack Yangping Pass.
The terrain of Yangping Pass is difficult, which is not conducive to the deployment of the army.
When Taizu and Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, they were blocked by Yangping Pass. This shows that Yangping Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack."
"Mi Yang is a famous general in the world. Even if there is internal chaos in Liangzhou, it will involve a lot of his energy. However, given the importance of Yangping Pass, it is impossible for him not to place heavy troops at Yangping Pass.
How could Hanzhong be so easy to defeat with so many dangerous enemies?
In addition, Mi Yang was known for his skill and the support of his sergeants, so people on the western border were in awe of him.
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