Guo Huai was a minister of Wei Wen Cao Pi's latent residence. He was transferred to the military post and followed Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Since then, he has stayed in the border counties of Wei for nearly twenty years.
It can be said that he is the person in Wei who is most familiar with military affairs in the northwest.
But it was precisely this that made Sima Yi feel that he had been away from the temple for too long.
When Jiude was making plans, he forgot to consider the power disputes in the temple and the fact that he had only been the governor of Yongliang for a few months.
When Cao Cao founded the Wei Dynasty, he used Qiao Pei to lead the army, and Yingchuan scholars to make plans and control the center. Until he defeated Yuan Shaoxiong and conquered the north, he was able to declare himself a duke, king, divided the country and founded the country. This power structure did not change.
For example, Yu Jin, Zhang Liao and others, who were praised as "the best generals of the time, the five sons are the first", have long been under the control of Qiao Peixiahou and Cao family; and among the candidates who can participate in the central decision-making, Yingchuan scholars also account for half.
Later, when Cao Pi came to the throne, he began to be kind to the scholars of Ji Bingzhou after experiencing the heart palpitations of "Wei seizing the direct descendants", allowing them to gradually move into the center of power; he also deposed Cao Hong, who had an old grudge, and returned home.
Now that Cao Rui is on the throne, almost all the early Yingchuan scholars and Qiao Pei heroes have withered away. Not only has Sun Zi of Taiyuan been left to guard the Zhongshu Order, but even the commanders of the town and border areas have begun to be appointed to non-Xiahou or Cao clan.
But precisely because of this, Sima Yi was more cautious.
The land of Yongliang has always been the most turbulent area in Wei State, and it is also the area with the most elite soldiers and horses.
For the governors who serve in this area, any slight disturbance will arouse Cao Rui's vigilance.
It wasn't Cao Rui who suspected Sima Yi of having different intentions, but the emperor's scheming.
After all, he was not from the Cao Wei clan, so he naturally could not have Cao Rui's absolute trust.
For example, in terms of "win or lose is a common thing for military strategists", Cao Xiu of the Battle of Shiting can do it, and so can Cao Zhen who started the Battle of Ziwu Valley. But if it were him who had such a record, he would definitely bear the loss. The crime of humiliating the country.
Therefore, he rejected Guo Huai's plan.
Once a local war starts, no one can say whether it will lead to a war that will overwhelm the country.
After Sima Yi was transferred to Yongliang to take office, he made a detailed analysis of the beginning and end of every war since Bashu sent troops, and also came to a conclusion: He went against Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, and acted according to his plans in everything.
This time when Wei Yan's military governor was sent to Liangzhou, how could it be that there was no backup left?
Or it could be said that Zhuge Liang saw that the main forces of the Wei State were in Guanzhong and felt that the situation was unstoppable, so he deliberately sent his troops to Liangzhou to lure the Wei State out of the city to fight. As Sun Tzu said in "The Art of War", "So it is possible to Show that you can't use it, show that you don't use it, show that it's far from being close, show that it's close by being far away."
At this time, the main force of the Wei State in Guanzhong was defeated and rested, and the old and new governors were replaced, so they were naturally unable to fight with all their strength.
After much thought, Sima Yi still felt that if he followed Guo Huai's plan, the benefits would be incomparable to the hidden worries.
Moreover, before he came to Yongliang under the imperial edict, he also rushed to Luoyang to conspire with Cao Rui.
It also deduces Cao Zhen’s legacy plan more completely.
Before Cao Zhen died, he suggested that Cao Rui use Liangzhou as a bait, so that Shu could fall into the quagmire of war and Wei's main force in Guanzhong would have time to rest and retake Longyou with the time difference of "one decline and the other increase".
Cao Rui is already implementing this.
Therefore, Sima Yi took advantage of the situation and perfected the rough details - he wanted to take advantage of Shu's invasion of Liangzhou to oust all the powerful people in Liangzhou who had always been arrogant and rebellious!
It's also easy to implement.
It means taking what you want and giving it first.
For example, if the Wei State holds its troops first and waits for both Ni Shu and Liangzhou to suffer losses, or the powerful people in Liangzhou are defeated by Ni Shu, he will then lead the main force in Guanzhong to march to Longyou to block Shu Zhuge Liang's army, and send Guo Huai and others to lead the army into the Hexi Corridor.
I would like to ask, how can Wei Yan, who rebelled against Shu and was exhausted from many battles, be able to compete with Wei's idleness and waiting for work?
Even if Wei Yan's soldiers died, Guo Huai and other troops could not advance even an inch, and they were still trapped for a while.
Just based on the manpower and material resources lost in transporting grain and fodder from Longyou to Jincheng County against Shu, we can deduce that Wei Yan cannot last long.
If Wei Yan dares to collect grain from the local area, he will be defeated even faster!
In a newly acquired land where the hearts of the people are not attached, it is a taboo to collect military supplies from the common people who have just experienced the war. Even the common people in the rich and prosperous land of the Central Plains will rise up to resist, let alone the mixed barbarians and Han people, the bitter cold and barren land The land of Hexi.
At that time, when the Wei State regains the land of Liangzhou, it can depose or kill those powerful people on charges of "defeating the situation at a disadvantage, turning their backs on Wei and defecting to Shu", etc., and rebuild the dignity of the court and the order of scholars and common people.
Naturally, after Sima Yi remonstrated, he also made it clear to Cao Rui that there were risks in this move.
This is based on the example of Liu Bei entering Shu to fight with Prime Minister Zhuge Liang in Nanzhong, and the officials and people in the counties and counties were not in peace for a long time. He could win people's hearts by speaking against Shu, but he was worried that Wei Yan would suddenly become peaceful after taking over the land west of Hexi, which would make Wei Guo self-defeating.
As an emperor, Cao Rui would naturally not refuse when he had the opportunity to take back his power.
His previous suggestion of "people on one side governing the other side" was just a compromise with the current situation and a helpless move.
Moreover, Cao Rui is no stranger to this method of taking back authority.
During the Wei Dynasty, Cao Cao, because his power was still weak and could not reach Liangzhou, so he used the convenience of controlling the emperor of the Han Dynasty to let Wei Duan and Wei Kang and his son occupy Liangzhou successively; but later after defeating Yuan Shao and claiming power in Hebei, in order to regain power, he Ma Chao led Long troops to besiege Wei Kang in Ji County for eight months. Xia Houyuan, who was guarding Chang'an, refused to listen and did not move his troops.
He waited until Wei Kang was killed, and Xia Houyuan, the commander-in-chief, came with a large army. He refused to surrender and marched to the right.
Therefore, after hearing this, Cao Rui agreed to Sima Yi's words without thinking and let him do what he said.
Based on the considerations of the temple and himself, Sima Yi naturally did not want to cause trouble.
However, Guo Huai's generous invitation to fight made him a little more worried.
Different from the two battlefields in Jingyu and Huainan, the Wei State has now taken a defensive stance. Not only did Cao Rui feel resentful about the loss of Longyou, but even the generals guarding Yongliang tended to be on the offensive.
Because of this, the people here have been fierce and warlike since ancient times.
If he had remained silent, other generals like Guo Huai would have come forward to ask for battle.
In any case, he took over the post of governor of Yongliang for too short a time, and his prestige was not yet established, so it was difficult to convince these veteran generals guarding the border areas.
Therefore, he was also worried that after repeatedly refusing to lead the generals to ask for war, he would be criticized by them as "war-afraid".
After all, there are many scoundrels in the army.
For example, Guo Huai, who came from a famous family and had a lot of talent and learning, was able to reject him with reason, so that he would not have other thoughts.
But how can other generals be appeased?
Alas, it may be difficult to establish your own prestige in the future!
Quietly let out a long sigh.
Sima Yi, who was sitting in front of him, stood up from his desk with a trace of worry and went back to bed.
If prestige is not established, it will be difficult to obey the generals; if the generals are not obeyed, there will be no such thing as an arm and a finger in future wars.
