Mi Han

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 was a romantic man all his life, not only took in many beautiful women, but also generously 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.

It's just that although the reason why Cao Zhen became Cao Cao's adopted son is very aboveboard, 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 character Zidan, and the seniority of his character is exactly the same as that of Cao Cao's four sons.

Even Cao Zhen lived and ate and lived with Cao Cao's four sons since he was a child, and he had the most friendly relationship with Cao Pi.

In ancient times, being able to be given a clan surname essentially meant that Cao Zhen had truly become a member of the Cao family, completely transcending the boundaries of an adopted son.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao treated Cao Zhen exactly the same 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 is a great talent enough to defend the great Wei Sheji after his death.

When Cao Pi ascended the throne as the Queen of Wei, he immediately appointed Cao Zhen as the general of Zhenxi, and the governor of Yongzhou and Liangzhou.

Later, Cao Pi appointed Zou Qi, the prefect of Anding, as the governor. Zhang Jin, a native of Zhangye County, hijacked the prefect to rebel in Jiuquan and led his army to prevent Zou Qi from taking office.

Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao into the army to quell Zhang Jin's rebellion.

Because of this exploit, Cao Zhen was granted the title of Marquis of Dongxiang by Cao Pi.

This incident happened during the Xiangfan battle 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 Xiangfan.

He immediately worshiped Cao Zhen as the general who conquered the west, and took the command of Chang'an to supervise the military forces in Guanzhong.

Cao Pi's prediction was not wrong. After the disastrous defeat of the Wei army in the Xiangfan battle spread throughout the world, many rebellions broke out in Cao Wei's interior.

Among them, the rebellion in Guanzhong and Hexi was the most serious.

Just a few months ago, Zhi Yuanduo, Lu Shui, Fengshang and other Hus formed a coalition army to create chaos in Hexi.

At that time, Cao Zhen had just returned to Chang'an, and at that time, Cao Wei's cavalry in Guanzhong was taken away by Zhang He, and the military strength in Guanzhong was quite weak.

So after that massive rebellion happened, all Cao Wei officials in Guanzhong dissuaded Cao Zhen from strengthening his walls and 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 society will be really threatened.

However, Cao Zhen resisted all opinions and insisted on a proactive strategy with the adverb of "Cao's clan should die for Cao".

Cao Zhen personally led the generals and led an army of [-] to fight against the Hu coalition forces, fought thousands of miles, and finally won a complete victory and completely put down the Hexi rebellion.

In this battle, the Wei army beheaded more than 110 ranks, captured [-] livestock, [-] million sheep, and [-] cattle, which completely demonstrated Cao Zhen's prestige.

When the battle report came to Luoyang, Cao Pi, who had been very depressed, was very happy when he heard 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, and the response seems to be in line with the festival. It is not like this before and after the battle."

This is the first time 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 imperial edict to promote Cao Zhen to the rank of general of the upper army, to supervise all military forces at home and abroad, and to continue to sit in Guanzhong under the guise of Jieyue.

Since then, Cao Zhen has become the highest military commander of Cao Wei.

The reason why Cao Pi was so ecstatic about Cao Zhen's battle report was that Cao Zhen's battle results were indeed very rich.

It is also because this battle has played out the prestige of the Wei army, which has a profound stabilizing effect on the current Cao Wei Sheji.

After this battle was won, the road between the Western Regions and Cao Wei was officially opened.

He can use this way to let the countries of the Western Regions send envoys to consecrate themselves and gradually restore the rule of the Chinese nation in the Western Regions, which is enough to greatly strengthen the legitimacy of Cao Wei in the world.

In addition, this big victory is the first hearty big victory since he succeeded to the throne.

This big victory is enough to make Wei Jun walk out of the shadow of repeated defeats, and it can also greatly shock the disobedient people in the local area.

Cao Pi's prediction was correct. When the Hexi victory spread throughout the world, the local turmoil in Cao Wei's interior calmed down a lot in an instant.

Wei Jun is still strong.

And these kinds of far-reaching influences are invisibly raising Cao Zhen's prestige in the world.

Before this great victory, although Cao Zhen was trusted by the two generations of monarchs Cao Cao and Cao Pi many times, he did not have a very dazzling record in essence to set off his status.

So when he was in charge of all the military forces in Guanzhong, the hearts of 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 Guanzhong states do not have much confidence in whether Cao Zhen can resist Mi Yang's attack in the future.

But it is different now.

With this great victory, many people in Cao Wei's court and the public began to place high hopes on Cao Zhen, hoping that he would become the patron saint of Cao Wei who resisted Mi Yang's attacks in the future.

After all, many important ministers of Cao Wei knew that before Cao Cao died, he had met Mi Yang specially.

On that day, he took Cao Zhen and Xia Houshang to go. Cao Cao's intention is self-evident. Cao Zhen and Xia Houshang are the candidates in his heart to stay and fight against Mi Yang in the future.

Now Xia Houshang still doesn't mention it.

Therefore, Cao Wei's ruling and opposition parties now place their high hopes on Cao Zhen.

Of course Cao Zhen knew the high expectations of the ruling and opposition parties.

And even without the high hopes of those people, Cao Zhen still regarded Mi Yang as his life and death enemy in his heart.

This kind of hostility originated from the meeting of the two dragons that day, and as Mi Yang won many battles against Wei, Cao Zhen became more and more hostile towards Mi Yang in his heart.

"You must guard against him for the rest of your life."

This was Cao Cao's warning to Cao Zhen before he died, and 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 find out Mi Yang's every move.

With this kind of careful preparation in advance, Cao Zhen almost knew about the incident in Liangzhou earlier than anyone else.

Of course, Cao Zhen was able to learn about the changes in Liangzhou so quickly because he is now in Chencang City, not far from Liangzhou.

The phrase "cleaning plank roads brightly, and keeping Chen Cang darkly" represents a classic example of battle, and also heralds the beginning of a great dynasty.

Back then, Han Xin, the soldier fairy, used this tactic to successfully lead the Han army out of Hanzhong, and officially sounded the clarion call to crusade against the overlord of Western Chu.

It is impossible for Cao Zhen, who is familiar with military books, not to know this point.

Therefore, even though the terrain of Chencang Road had changed a lot due to a major earthquake, he still regarded Chencang as a stronghold for future defense against the Han army in his heart.

With the attention in his heart, Cao Zhen immediately summoned a group of civil servants and generals to Chencang City shortly after he put down the Hexi Rebellion.

He ordered to mobilize a large amount of manpower in Guanzhong to repair Chencang's city defense.

When Cao Zhen, who was inspecting the city defense of Chencang, learned that there was an urgent message from Liangzhou, he quickly put down the defense map of Chencang in his hand, and took the emergency message from the spies as quickly as possible.

At this moment, Cao Zhen thought that Mi Yang's army was going to attack Guanzhong.

Although Taiwei Jia Xu once analyzed that after the Xiangfan War, the Han army should have recuperated for several years to accumulate strength.

But Mi Yang has always been known for being good at sending out surprise troops, so if he suddenly launched a surprise attack on Guanzhong, Cao Zhen would have expected it.

After all, it is known from the previous information that Mi Yang has been streamlining soldiers in Nanzheng for the past six months, teaching soldiers and training martial arts, and his behavior seems to be a sign of a big fight.

But after reading the contents of the intelligence, the contents of the intelligence were far beyond Cao Zhen's expectations.

It's good that Mi Yang sent troops, but the direction of his troops was not Guanzhong, but the powerful places 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.

Called by Cao Zhen, many Guanzhong officials who were busy with their own affairs immediately came to the meeting hall in Chencang City.

After seeing that all the officials had arrived, Cao Zhen passed on the information in his hands to his right and left arm one by one.

The first person to see this information was not Xia Houmao, who is currently only under Cao Zhen in Guanzhong, but a scribe with a handsome face.

This scribe, Yang Fu, whose name is Yishan, is from Ji County, Tianshui.

Yang Fu's family is a well-known prominent family in Liangzhou, so he was able to work in Liangzhou when he was young.

Later, due to his political achievements, he was gradually promoted to Liangzhou Biejia.

If that's the case alone, Cao Zhen wouldn't value him so much.

What Cao Wei lacks most is celebrities.

What Yang Fu really caught Cao Zhen's attention was that when Ma Chao swept Liangzhou back then, it was Yang Fu who contributed a lot to Ma Chao's defeat in the end.

The most important thing is that when Cao Zhenli advocated sending troops, almost all the ministers in Guanzhong opposed his move.

At that time, Yang Fu was one of the few courtiers who supported him, and the reason why Cao Zhen was able to fight for thousands of miles was that Yang Fu relieved him of the logistical pressure.

Every example 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 magic needle in Cao Pi's heart, as long as Cao Zhen makes a request, he will not refuse.

So just a month ago, Cao Pi's edict arrived, worshiping Yang Fu as the guard of Guanzhong, the governor of Liangzhou, and became the de facto second in command of Cao Wei in Guanzhong.

Cao Zhen's trust in Yang Fu is obvious to all. He actually doesn't care much about the reaction of other ministers after reading this information, but he is particularly concerned about Yang Fu's opinion on this matter.

After Yang Fu read the contents of the information, a look of astonishment first appeared on his face.

He didn't expect Mi Yang to come up with this trick suddenly.

But following that, a serious look appeared on his face.

However, contrary to Yang Fu, Wang Shuang, Hao Zhao, Fei Yao and other generals who were present were all happy after reading the contents of the intelligence.

Among the generals present, Wang Shuang's character is the most popular.

Wang Shuang, Ziquan, he and Yang Fu were both born in Liangzhou prominent families.

But different from Yang Fu, Wang Shuang loved swords and horses since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was nine feet long, with a hunchback and a tiger back, and he didn't look like a kid from a noble family at all.

When Cao Zhen suppressed the Hexi rebellion a few months ago, he recruited talents in Liangzhou, and Wang Shuang joined Cao Zhen's army at that time.

After Wang Shuang joined Cao Zhen's army, he was good at a pair of meteor hammers. Because of his bravery, he made many military exploits. Even Cha Yu, one of the leaders of the Hu tribe in Hexi, was beheaded by him himself.

Because of such military exploits, Wang Shuang gradually gained Cao Zhen's attention.

Wang Shuang, who is only thirty years old now, is already a partial general.

After reading the contents of the information, the straightforward Wang Shuang immediately stood up and said to Cao Zhen who was sitting at the top:
"The thief dared to mess up Liangzhou. Now that Liangzhou is unstable, it is a good time for our army to attack Liangzhou!"

Wang Shuang's voice was like a bell, and because his voice was too loud, his suggestion reverberated in the chamber.

And listening to the echoes, the faces of all the generals present showed expressions of approval.

Although Wang Shuang appears to be a big-hearted and rough man, he was born in a noble family after all, so he still has basic knowledge.

Everyone in the world knows that attacking local tyrants will definitely cause a lot of civil strife.

And if the enemy has civil strife, it 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 the granaries in Guanzhong is abundant, which meets the necessary conditions for the Wei army's expedition.

Also, due to the complete victory in the First Battle of Hexi, the morale of the Wei army in Guanzhong is very high.

Under the favorable conditions in these three aspects, it is normal for Wang Shuanghui to take the initiative to suggest that Cao Zhen conquer Liangzhou.

It's just that even if the confidant and love general came out to make a suggestion, Cao Zhen just smiled and asked Wang Shuang to sit down first.

Then he turned his gaze to Yang Fu.

He has been waiting for the advice of this think tank.

Seeing Cao Zhen looking at him, Yang Fu had already thought about everything at this time, so he got up and bowed to Cao Zhenyi:

"Every warrior must know the right time, place and people.

Although the harmony of people today lies in our army, the right time and place all depend on Liang Jun.

Therefore, our army cannot go out to fight without authorization. "

Hearing Yang Fu's words to prevent him from dispatching troops, Cao Zhen had a little surprise on his face.

You must know that Yang Fu would always advise himself to take the initiative to attack when the rebel army was powerful. The current situation is favorable to the Wei army, so why did he become "main peace" again?
Cao Zhen signaled Yang Fu to continue with his eyes.

After receiving the hint, Yang Fu went on to say:

"Now Guanzhong and Hanzhong are in September, which is the rainy season.

If our army wants to enter Hanzhong from Guanzhong, it is nothing more than one of the four routes in Guanzhong.

And the roads among the four roads will be muddy and difficult to walk in the rainy season. At that time, it will definitely slow down our army's marching speed, and slow soldiers will be in danger. "

After saying this, Yang Fu continued to say to Cao Zhenyan:
"The above mentioned is the right time, but in terms of geographical location, if the general wants to capture Hanzhong, he must first capture Yangping Pass.

The terrain at 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, which 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 chaos in Liangzhou, it will involve a lot of energy, but given the importance of Yangping Pass, it is impossible for him not to place heavy troops at Yangping Pass.

The danger is heavy and the enemy is heavy, how can Hanzhong be so easy to take?
In addition, Mi Yang was well-known for his skills and was extremely supported by his soldiers. People on the western border respected him.

If your army does not make thorough preparations after dispatching troops, once the army is trapped outside Yangping Pass and cannot advance or retreat, then the counties of Liangzhou may no longer be owned by the state. "