Chapter 362: The wind of the world, treacherous ministers or loyal ministers?
Cao Hong and others attacked Wu Lan stationed in Xiabian, and Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei to cut off Cao Hong's army's retreat. In response, Cao Hong attacked Wu Lan fiercely, defeated it, and beheaded its general Ren Kui and others.
Liu Bei led the main force to Yangping Pass, where the two sides faced off for more than a year. In the 23rd year of Emperor Xian's reign (218), facing the intense fighting in Hanzhong, Cao Cao trained his army and planned to conquer Liu Bei personally, and arrived in Chang'an in September.
In the 24th year of Emperor Xian's reign (219), Liu Bei received reinforcements from the rear and used superior force to seize Dingjun Mountain, a strategic military location south of Yangping Pass, occupying a geographical advantage.
During this period, Cao Jun general Xiahou Yuan sent troops to Dingjun Mountain, but was ultimately defeated and died.
In the 24th year of Emperor Xian's reign (219), Cao Cao personally led his army to Hanzhong. Liu Bei concentrated his troops to guard the dangerous strongholds and never had a large-scale confrontation with Cao's army.
The terrain in Hanzhong is rugged and the transportation of grain and food is difficult. Compared with Liu Bei's army, the problem of Cao Cao's army's lack of food and grass is more serious.
While Liu Bei's army was holding on, it also waited for an opportunity to sneak attack on Cao's army's food road. In this battle, Cao Cao lost a lot of food and soldiers, and his morale dropped sharply. In May of Xia, Cao Cao led his army back to Chang'an.
At this time, the general trend of the world obviously did not blow to Emperor Wu, but continued to blow to the "benevolent and righteous" Uncle Liu who claimed to be the orthodox heir of the Han Dynasty.
But this was also the year when Liu Xuande's power was at its peak, but it was limited to this. It also confirmed that Zhouyi's prosperity and decline were both prosperous and prosperous.
Prosperity will inevitably lead to decline. This is true in Xia, this is true in Shang, so is Zhou, and so is Qin and Han. Almost no dynasty, no country, no one can avoid it.
In the 24th year of Emperor Xian's reign (219), Liu Bei's general Guan Yu led his troops from Jingzhou to attack Cao Cao's Xiangcheng and Fancheng. Cao Cao sent general Yu Jin to lead his army to Fancheng to fight.
In August of that year, Liu Bei's general Guan Yu took advantage of the flooding to defeat Jin, captured him, and besieged Fancheng.
At this time, there were only a few thousand Cao troops in Fan City, and the city was still flooded. Cao Cao's subordinate Cao Ren led the army to defend here.
In October, Cao Cao led his army to Luoyang to command operations and rescue Fancheng.
At this time, Sun Quan wanted to take the opportunity to seize Jingzhou, so he made an appointment with Cao Cao to attack Guan Yu together.
Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to sneak attack Jiangling, while Cao General Xu Huang led most of the reinforcements to attack Guan Yu from the front. Guan Yu was attacked on both sides and was defeated and killed. Liu Bei's newly established advantage collapsed.
This heyday was so short-lived. Liu Xuande's success came too late and short-lived compared to Emperor Wu's. But this is the reality. Who made him fall in love with these two sworn brothers? But without these two sworn brothers, he
Nor can such a foundation be established.
Bai Lingjun smiled sweetly and replied: "Although Emperor Wu's great achievements are included, my husband's contribution is also considerable. Without the lives of my husband and all the soldiers, how could we put down the rebellion and completely recover Jingzhou and Jiangbei?"
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Cao Shuang continued: "Hey, even so, there are still many people in the court who think that your husband and I are a powerful official of the Wei Dynasty, and a Cao thief like Emperor Wu in the past."
Jian Jia said softly: "In time, the courtiers will know that your husband is loyal to the Wei Dynasty. By then, they will surely know that your husband is the true loyal minister of the Wei Dynasty."
Cao Shuang smiled bitterly and said: "Jianjia, you still don't understand the dangers of the human heart. No matter whether your husband does well or not, there will always be people in the court who do not receive the benefits.
They will all think that your husband and I are treacherous ministers of the Wei Dynasty. In order to gain power, those people will do all kinds of things, just like Li Feng before. They still have to be as tough as Emperor Wu.
, just don’t be surprised if you are flattered or humiliated.”