Chapter 534: Zhang He and Cao Zhang take turns

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The old and deafening voice came from Jia Xu's mouth, and then continued to resound in the hall.

For Jia Xu to be so excited, it seems that the current situation is indeed not good for Cao Wei.

When the word "street pavilion" was repeated in Jia Xu's mouth, the eyes of all the officials in the palace focused on a small point on the map behind Cao Rui.

That little dot is where the place name is Street Pavilion.

Cao Rui saw that Jia Xu was too excited. He was afraid that Jia Xu, who was already weak, would lose his breath due to being too excited, so he stood up and stroked Jia Xu's back to help him breathe.

But Jia Xu declined Cao Rui's kindness.

At this moment, no matter how steady he is, he can no longer keep a low profile.

Jia Xu stood up tremblingly, then looked at Wang Ling with a pair of cloudy eyes and said:

"Your policy is not in line with the current situation."

Jia Xu opened his mouth to express his disapproval of Wang Ling's plan.

Although Jia Xu's eyes were cloudy, there was something sharp hidden in Jia Xu's cloudy eyes.

When facing Jia Xu's eyes like this, even Sima Yi would be frightened, let alone Wang Ling?

Under Jia Xu's gaze, Wang Ling no longer regarded the man in front of him as a notorious villain. Instead, he remembered the reasons why Jia Xu was notorious.

Li Guo's Rebellion, Wancheng's attack and killing, erasure of letters, and establishment of heirs...

Each of these entries represents Jia Xu’s past clever strategies that were presented to the world.

And behind every clever strategy, there is buried the blood of countless people, and even Jia Xu single-handedly buried the hope of the Han Dynasty's rebirth.

Vicious and precise, this is the most fair evaluation of Jia Xu in the hearts of the ministers of Cao and Wei.

Now when such a person stared at him, Wang Ling still felt a chill in his heart, even if Jia Xu didn't show any malice.

Under the unspeakable emotion, Wang Ling subconsciously bowed to Jia Xu and said, "If the captain has any kind words, I would like to hear them in detail."

Regardless of how much Wang Ling, who was born into a noble family, privately looked down on Jia Xu in the past, Jia Xu's achievements for the Wei Dynasty and his current status in the Wei Dynasty are far above Wang Ling.

This is why Wang Ling dared to be disrespectful to Jia Xu on the surface.

After hearing Wang Ling's words, Jia Xu immediately expressed his thoughts:

"As Yan Yun just said, we must first gather a large army to defeat Mi Yang's troops, and then go to rescue Longyou. If our army does this, it will fulfill the wishes of the rebel army.

Mi Yang is extremely intelligent. Although he does not have many troops at the moment, when our army sent troops to attack that time, how could he have more troops?

But how has our army ever won?"

When Jia Xu said these words, not only Wang Ling was speechless, but also all the officials in the palace could not even think of refuting Jia Xu's words.

Facts speak louder than words.

After seeing that all the officials in the palace were speechless, Jia Xu continued:

"Back then, when our army had high morale and a large number of troops, we were unable to defeat Mi Yang quickly. How much more so now that Mi Yang is famous in Guanzhong and relies on elite troops to occupy important roads?

Even if Mi Yang saw that our army was in great strength and temporarily retreated from the entrance of the Xie Valley, with the existence of the Baoxie Road, Mi Yang could lead his troops out of the entrance of the Xie Valley at any time.

Will our army still move north by then?"

"The reason why Mi Yang was willing to serve as a suspect was, firstly, to attack the east and west to make Longyou empty, and secondly, to make our army extremely wary of him and focus all our attention on him, thus buying time for Liu Bei."

Jia Xu's words made all the officials in the palace look at each other in confusion.

They hadn't thought of this before.

When most of the Wei officials in the palace heard that Mi Yang was outside Chang'an, their subconscious reaction was to get rid of Mi Yang quickly.

But they never thought that this was exactly what Mi Yang wanted them to do.

It is very difficult to attack Chang'an with an army of ten thousand.

But if we just rely on the geographical advantage to hold the camp, it will be easy to do within a period of time.

After Mi Yang's intention was revealed, Jia Xu came to the map with a wooden stick, pointed to the street pavilion on the map with his hand and said:

"Since the bandit army has used its main force to attack Longyou, it is inevitable that the bandit army will want to annex the entire Liangzhou.

Because the key to Liangzhou lies in Longyou.

But the key to Longyou right now lies in the street pavilion!"

Speaking of this, Jia Xu's tone became more and more serious.

"Jieting is located under the Longshan Mountains. Although the terrain is not steep, it is not an easy place to attack.

If our army wants to rescue Longyou, it has no choice but to send troops from Chang'an and pass through Chencang before entering Longyou.

But now the main force of the rebel army is in Tianshui County. If our army enters Longyou from Tianshui County via Chencang, the grain road will be easily attacked by Liu Bei's army.

Therefore, if our army wants to successfully dispatch reinforcements into Longyou, it must rush from Chang'an to Chencang, and then turn from Chencang and cross the Longshan Mountain Road into Longyou Middle.

To achieve this goal, the street pavilion must not allow any mistakes.”

"As long as our army can seize the street pavilion first, then the rebel army will not be able to block our army's access to Longyou. In addition, the two counties of Longyou know that reinforcements are coming, which will further arouse their determination to defend the city.

Until then, our army will have enough time to continuously mobilize military and material resources to fight the decisive battle with the bandits at Longyou.

If our army is wasted and the rebels send a general to guard the street pavilion in advance, not only will our reinforcements be unable to enter Longyou, but within a few months, the two counties of Longyou will also be captured by the rebels.

The most urgent task for our army at the moment is to prevent the rebels from completely blocking Longyou.

Otherwise, by that time, our army's power in Liangzhou will be gone."

Jia Xu finally ended his speech in an extremely solemn tone.

And just after Jia Xu's speech ended, all the Wei ministers in the palace looked at the street pavilions on the map, with expressions of contemplation on their faces.

Wei Chen who can come to participate in the parliament may not necessarily be proficient in military strategy, but he still has basic judgment.

Jia Xu made his words so clear, and with the clear terrain drawn on the map, many Wei officials began to accept Jia Xu's strategy.

After all, Jia Xu has a bad reputation, but no one has ever denied his wisdom.

However, Wang Ling, who knew military strategy, inevitably had a question in his mind.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Ling bowed to Jia Xu and asked: "What if the bandit army takes over the street pavilion first?"

When Wang Ling asked this question, Jia Xu's eyes inevitably flashed with worry.

This is indeed what worries him the most.

Although he could accurately see that the street pavilion was the key to reversing the entire Longyou battlefield, he could see it. Could it be that Liu Bei couldn't see it?

Even if Liu Bei neglected this point, Mi Yang would definitely remind Liu Bei of the vitality of the street pavilion before the war.

And the most important thing is that no matter what kind of good plan he said today, his good plan is essentially just a way to make up for the situation.

Because when the Han army was attacking in the east and west, the Han army had already taken the initiative in the entire Longyou battlefield.

This means that it is very likely that the Han army will arrive at Jieting one step ahead to set up defenses.

Based on the current battlefield situation, this is very unfavorable to the Wei army.

When Wang Ling said that this was likely to become a reality, all the officials in the palace looked shocked.

They originally thought that the situation on the battlefield might be reversed, but now that they think about it carefully, it seems that the Han army still has the advantage.

Faced with Wang Ling's question, Jia Xu didn't know how to answer it for a while.

After all, he is just a counselor. Making suggestions is what he is good at, but making the final decision is not what he should do.

Fortunately, at this time, there was a wise young master standing behind Jia Xu.

After Cao Rui heard Wang Ling's question and saw that Wang Ling's question caused many ministers in the palace to change their expressions, he stood up directly, crossed Jia Xu's old and rickety body, and came to the front of the ministers.

“When the country is in crisis, who cares if the enemy seizes the street pavilion first?

It would be best if our army could seize the street pavilion first, otherwise."

Having said this, Cao Rui paused slightly.

But soon a bold decision came from his mouth:

"Then fight! Gather all the power of our country and take back the street pavilion no matter what!"

After saying this, Cao Rui could not help but feel that the officials had objections, and he directly issued an edict:

"The plan is to add Zhang He, the general from the left, as the general to conquer the west, and order him to lead his troops to the aid of Jieting!"

Send another person to Huainan and Hebei to issue conscription documents, asking the generals at all levels in the two places to lead their troops to support Chang'an!"

Zhang He was originally under the command of Cao Zhen and was responsible for guarding the land west of Hexi.

But after the Battle of Xiangfan, Cao Pi transferred him to Wancheng. Along with Zhang He, tens of thousands of elite Guanzhong cavalry were transferred to Wancheng.

Cao Rui knew about this, and he also knew that if he wanted to be prepared to attack Jieting, he must send a general there.

Apart from the clan members of Cao and Wei, among those with foreign surnames who can be called generals, Zhang He is the only one at the moment.

The edict issued by Cao Rui revealed his determination to seize the street pavilion and protect Longyou.

But what the officials in the palace didn't expect was that Cao Rui's determination was far more than that.

"Send someone to Rencheng to urgently summon the King of Rencheng to the capital!"

After hearing Cao Rui's edict, all the officials in the palace looked up at Cao Rui in surprise.

The King of Rencheng mentioned by Cao Rui refers to Cao Zhang.

It is true that Zhang He is the first general among Cao Wei's foreign surnames, but Cao Wei's generals always put their clan first.

That is to say, in recent years, the famous generals of the Cao Wei clan have gradually withered away, giving a number of generals with different surnames an opportunity to become active.

And among the existing famous generals of the Cao Wei clan, who has the highest prestige?

Previously, Cao Zhen was the well-deserved number one among the clan members of Cao Wei.

But after Cao Zhen's defeat, this fact has quietly changed.

In the eyes of the world now, Cao Zhang is the number one general of the Cao Wei clan.

Even before Cao Zhen's defeat, Cao Zhang's prestige was only slightly inferior to Cao Zhen's.

Not to mention, in fact, according to Cao Cao's arrangements before his death, Cao Zhang was the top leader in the Guanzhong area!

When the situation is unfavorable, the stability of people's hearts is particularly important.

Although Cao Zhang has been living idle in Rencheng in recent years, he is just living idle and is not dead.

Not to mention other places, Cao Zhang is very prestigious in Guanzhong alone.

And currently he is the only one among the famous generals of Cao Wei clan who has not been defeated by Mi Yang.

All the ministers knew that Cao Rui wanted to summon Cao Zhang to Luoyang urgently, probably to let Cao Zhang serve on the battlefield in Guanzhong, and this was also for the purpose of stabilizing people's hearts.

But they also know why Cao Zhang was refrigerated by Cao Pi!

Isn't it because Cao Zhang's prestige in Guanzhong was so great that Cao Pi felt threatened?

So they never expected that at this time, Cao Rui would boldly use Cao Zhang to stabilize the situation.

Does your Majesty know that the prince did this?

While the officials looked at Cao Rui with surprised eyes, Cao Rui did not change his mind due to the surprised and doubtful looks of the officials.

His father was afraid of his uncle, but he didn't.

Because from the moment he became the crown prince of Cao Wei, he firmly believed that he could firmly control everyone in Cao Wei.

Whether it is the wily Jia Xu or the outstanding military power Cao Zhang, they are just tools for him to complete his imperial hegemony.

Since it is a tool, why should we fear it?

Cao Rui's confidence comes from his own intelligence and from Cao Cao's teachings to him.

As Cao Rui's calm and confident temperament exuded, the officials in the palace looked at Cao Rui in a daze.

They seemed to see a familiar figure in Cao Rui.

That familiar figure gradually calmed down the panic in the hearts of the ministers.

Facing the gazes of the ministers, Cao Rui finally said:

"Liu Bei could have relied on the mountains to defend, but now he takes the initiative to attack. Moreover, he is greedy for the three counties and only knows how to attack and not retreat. He will definitely be defeated."

After saying these prophetic words, Cao Rui left the Chaoyang Palace.

Looking at Cao Rui's leaving figure, Jia Xu's ravaged face revealed a slight smile.

If Cao Pi were in charge of the court today, how would he react after learning this bad news?

He was furious, then hurriedly sought advice from his ministers, and finally got stuck in many strategies, unable to make a decisive decision.

But none of these emotions appeared in Cao Rui.

Cao Rui just vented his anger at the beginning, and then quickly and calmly responded to the difficult battle.

It is human nature to be angry, but being able to learn to control one's anger is an excellent quality of an emperor.

It is obvious that Cao Rui has this quality.

And how old is Cao Rui this year?

After thinking of Cao Rui's age, Jia Xu thought of Mi Yang's age.

Mi Yang is very young, and Cao Rui is equally young. They will definitely be each other's best opponents in the future.

In addition, there is a wily Sun Quan...

Will Sun Quan always surrender to Liu Bei?

Perhaps Sun Quan will be afraid of Liu Bei, but what if Liu Bei dies?

Thinking of this, Jia Xu, who had already guessed in his mind, couldn't help coughing violently.

The river has been flowing eastward for many years, and the blood of many heroes has been spilled in it, but it has never been able to wash away the desires in the hearts of the world.

As long as desire persists, how can the world be reunited so easily?

Back then, he personally buried the great man's hope for rebirth in Guanzhong.

Now, also in Guanzhong, there is a young man who wants to use his own efforts to rebuild the dilapidated Han Dynasty.

But can he do it?

Perhaps this is the reason why God allowed him to live to this day.

Let him see with his own eyes whether he will become a sinner through the ages, or a founding hero who adapts to the times!

...

After Cao Rui dismissed the court meeting, the three edicts issued by Cao Rui at the court meeting were quickly turned into documents and sent to various places.

At the same time, Liu Bei, who was stationed in Tianshui County with his army, also held a meeting in high spirits.

This meeting is discussing who should be sent to guard the street pavilion. If you like Mi Han, please bookmark it: (www.sodu777.net) Mi Han Search Novel Network has the fastest update speed on the entire Internet.


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