Chapter 44 Wei Ji's plan

Over the past few years, Cao Wei passed through the four wars of Weinan, Hedong, Northern Frontier, and Luoyang. His vitality was damaged. The famous officials and generals left by Cao Cao were all old and sick, and they died almost without leaving anything. Cao Zhang and Xiahou Shang were all dead in their prime, and there were few generals who could be brought to the stage. Speaking of which, in history, General Cao Rui's power was also helpless to hand over the power of Sima Yi. However, the current situation of Cao Wei's national crisis was still caused by the division of troops. At present, Cao Wei's army was mainly composed of four parts, and the most powerful ones were Cao Zhen's Central Army and the New Fifth Battalion in Jizhou. The Central Army and the New Fifth Battalion had the strongest combat power and the most crowded. At present, the enemy was almost the national strength of Ji Han; secondly, the 100,000 troops under Cao Xiu, the general of the South, opposed Sun Quan; again,

It was Sima Yi who retreated and was in the remnant of Wancheng. Although there were only tens of thousands of troops, the elite troops who fought with Ji Han several times were strong. With the leadership of Sima Yi, the commander-in-chief, it should not be underestimated. Finally, there were about 50,000 or 60,000 generals of Qingzhou. There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the remaining prefectures, counties and states. These troops each had their own commands and were not easy to move or could not move lightly. Therefore, although Cao Wei was strong, it was still difficult to occupy an active position. This was one of the reasons why Cao Rui was anxious to reconcile with the Eastern Wu several times. However, the Eastern Wu always hesitated between the Han and Wei countries and refused to make a clear attitude. After winning Jingzhou, he had always coveted Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Cao Wei's troops in the south not only did not relieve themselves, but did not dare to move at all.

At this time, as Cao Rui arranged the imperial carriage to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors and left Jizhou, the army and horses in various places did not have to cross the Yellow River to save Yecheng for the time being. Although the pressure in Jizhou has not been reduced, in Cao Rui's view, if the whole country comes to rescue him because of Jizhou, even if Jizhou is saved, he will lose the southern states. The loss will be even greater. Although Jizhou is dangerous, if all the military troops and military households in Jizhou are urgently requisitioned according to Cao Zhen's request, it can immediately form an army of 200,000, which is enough to resist Ji Han's offensive. Cao Rui nodded in agreement with his proposal, but Cao Zhen was incompetent in front of the army. The Minister of Shangshu Ling Wei Ji was fully responsible for it.

After Cao Rui led all Zong Shi and most of the officials to leave Yecheng, Wei Ji immediately summoned Liu Jing, Shi Tao, Hua Biao and others to discuss the collection of military military affairs. Liu Jing was the son of Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou governor, and was appointed as the General of Zhenbei. He was the governor of the military affairs of Hebei and was a feudal marquis. However, Liu Jing's excellence was not in martial arts. In terms of military affairs, under his governance, the rapid development of agriculture in Jizhou, which provided a strong guarantee for the development of Cao Wei. Shi Tao was also the Diannong School Captain. He was also the person in charge of agricultural affairs in Jizhou. Hua Biao, Hua Xin, the son of Shangshu, and the Marquis of Anle Township. He was the Secretary of the Five Military Affairs of Wei Ji, and he was also the official in charge of military affairs in the military affairs.

In Cao Wei, every minister was not simple. At present, these few people did not have a fuel-saving lamp. But Wei Ji was only worried about Shi Tao. Although he had not been exposed for many years, he had only reached two thousand stones. But it was not easy to talk about people from all over the world with Ji Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang? Now that the chief censor Xu Shu resigned and retired, Meng Jian died in Liangzhou, and he was the only one left in the court. Wei Ji didn't know how Shi Tao was, but if he wanted to attack the military farming soldiers, his own methods would not deceive him. After thinking about it, Wei Ji still didn't want to test Shi Tao's intentions, and he was unwilling to take this risk. Compared with the adventure of dealing with Shi Tao, he would rather kick him away.

There are different battlefields in the court. People with high wisdom cannot win. Although Shi Tao is talented, he is the easiest to deal with. His identity is the breakthrough point. One is that he is a good friend of Zhuge Liang, and the other is that he has a close relationship with the Sima family. Such a person can be dealt with as long as he starts from his own life.

Wei Ji came up without saying nonsense, so he asked Shi Tao to gather his troops in the army within ten days and come to Yecheng. After rectification, he went to the front line. Shi Tao naturally didn't know what Wei Ji was thinking. He only thought that Shangshu Ling, who was a calligrapher, was not familiar with political affairs. He immediately explained patiently that he wanted to go back to mobilize people and arrange for the aftermath to raise military supplies. He would have to waste time on the road, and he would definitely not be able to do it within ten days. However, after saying a few words, Wei Kai was furious and slapped the table: "Shi Tao, how could you not do it? I think you were deliberately delaying. I understand, you and Zhuge Liang are old friends. When you see the Western thieves attacking, you are overjoyed and want to surrender to the enemy, right?"

As a subordinate of Wei Ji, Hua Biao naturally helped Wei Ji speak. Although he was smart, he mistakenly thought that Wei Ji wanted to use Shi Tao to establish his authority to threaten Liu Jing. He also shouted angrily: "The military situation is like fire and the situation is urgent. The ministers left behind in Yecheng are dedicated to serving the country and working day and night. The Qiu Bas under your command will not be able to do it if you walk a few more steps?! Do you still have the king's laws in your eyes? Do you still have the Great Wei Kingdom?"

Liu Jing looked at Wei Ji and Hua Biao, and then Shi Tao. He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

Shi Tao looked at the three people in front of him. Although he didn't understand why they pointed the finger at him, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken. The nobles couldn't tolerate them bullying him. He stood up suddenly and said, "Several lords, if you don't believe in Shi Tao, why should you summon Shi Tao? If you believe in Shi Tao, why should you force each other? I am in Wei, and naturally my heart is towards the Great Wei. Since the masters don't believe it, Shi Tao is willing to hand over the seal." After that, he took off the seal from his neck.

Liu Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Why should Captain Shi do this?"

But Wei Ji had already reached out to take the seal and ribbon: "It's not that I don't believe you. When this is extraordinary, my Great Wei Kingdom will not be able to take this risk. After this battle, if the captain is loyal, I will come to the door to apologize in person and return the seal and ribbon."

Liu Jing was about to say something, Shi Tao waved his sleeves and turned around and strode away.

After taking the seal and forcing Shi Tao to leave, Wei Ji smiled and said, "General Liu, at the moment of extraordinary times, an extraordinary thing must be done. I will get over the genitals for a while, and I hope the general will forgive me."

At this time, Liu Jing had to sigh: "Although he was old friends with the Western thief Zhuge Liang and others, this person is loyal and talented. He has always been to take care of the farming matters. Once he leaves, I am afraid it will be even more difficult for me."

Wei Ji said: "I am not afraid of him being talented, but only fear of him being talented. At this time, a person with virtue but not talent is much more important than a person with talent but not virtue. Moreover, I, the Great Wei, have a lot of talents, how could I lose my footing because of the lack of Shi Tao? Come, let's discuss the detailed affairs of military farming..."

The general of the cavalry, Qin Lang, supervised the cavalry in the new fifth camp, and guerrillas returned from Youzhou to remove the siege of Yecheng. Qin Lang was the son of Qin Yilu, the nickname Ahsu. Because his mother Du was accepted by Cao Cao, he became Cao Cao's adopted son and was very popular with Cao Cao. During Cao Cao, Cao Pi was in power and traveled everywhere and gained his knowledge. Emperor Ming Cao Rui was an official when he was in power, and he drove in and out of every car. Lang often followed him. Qin Lang once led troops to resist border gangs and had military achievements. Emperor Ming Cao Rui was suspicious by nature and liked his subordinates to report small reports. He often killed those who made small mistakes. Qin Lang did not give advice or even compete with the wise men. He even went to the favor of Emperor Ming.

When he saw his elders, he gave him several rewards to build a luxurious house for him. Officials from all directions believed that although Qin Lang had a mediocre talent, he was a favorite minister of the emperor, so he gave him more bribes; "Wei Lue" attributed him to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". This time, Qin Lang led the new fifth camp to the north. Because he fought in Youzhou, he mainly dispatched the cavalry camp and the guerrilla camp, which were originally the tiger and leopard cavalry. At present, the cavalry captain was Cao Tai, so the son of Cao Ren, the guerrilla captain Cao Fu, was the son of Cao Hong who died in the battle in the new battle. Cao Fu heard that his father died in battle and was heartbroken, so he fainted in Youzhou. After waking up, he decided to take revenge and lead the army south.

At this time, Cao Chun, who had first led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, had passed away for eighteen years. The two Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were also renamed Xiaoqi and Guerrilla respectively, but their powerful combat power was still there, and their long-distance raiding ability was only seen in the world. The three led their troops south, passed Zhongshan Kingdom, Changshan Kingdom, and entered Zhao Kingdom. At this time, Ma Dai, Pang Hui, and Deng Ai were waiting for the battle.

The Ma Pang family was originally a family friend, and his father had a lifetime of friendship. At this time, the young generals divided into three groups, and the two of them took the initiative to ask together. Deng Ai had only been surrendering to Ji Han for more than a year, and he had a stuttering problem when he spoke. Neither Ma Dai nor Pang Hui took him seriously. Deng Ai saw it and smiled slightly. For more than a year in Ji Han, he had been studying in the military academy. The military academy became systematic, systematic books, battle examples, and practical experience of several generals gave him great inspiration, making him feel that his advancement was going thousands of miles a day and a leaps and bounds. The more he studied, the more he admired Kong Ming and others, so he sincerely surrendered. This time he went out of Bingzhou to enter Jizhou, Deng Ailuo used a small plan, and Zhao State was able to help but look at him with admiration and admire Wudi.

Because the cavalry and guerrilla armies were too fast, their movements were as erratic as the wind, and their combat power was strong, ordinary people could not stop them at all. However, the Zhao State was new and it was difficult for the people to rely on, and they were afraid that Cao's army would pass around the city, so they could only guard the dangerous road outside the city. Deng Ai discussed with Ma Dai and Pang and decided to set up ambush on the main road outside the city. They built thirteen camps in a row to block Cao's army. They arranged according to Deng Ai, digging traps, laying spikes, and setting up horse-rejecting horses, making the road as tight as an iron barrel.
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