Mi Han

Chapter 396 Hao Zhaozhen Chen Zhuge Admonishes
After getting Jiang Wei's plan, Yang Fu went to look for Cao Zhen early the next morning.

As a fortress in Liangzhou, Chen Cang was already very strong in defense.

Later, Cao Zhen deduced that the Han army's northern expedition in Japan would most likely take Chencang as the first target, so he mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources to strengthen Chencang's city defense.

Cao Zhen's method of strengthening Chencang's city defense is also very simple, that is to learn from Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu's method, and build an outer city outside the city wall of Chencang.

Cao Zhen regards Mi Yang as his greatest opponent in his life, and he must have a very deep understanding of Mi Yang's past achievements.

The first battle Mi Yang fought was the Battle of Public Security, which is now considered the best example of defensive counterattack in the world.

For Mi Yang's battle of fame, Cao Zhen has studied it no less than ten times in the past.

After studying Cao Zhen many times, he learned that the reason why Mi Yang won the battle of Public Security was not only because of his proper command, but also because of the special city defense of Public Security City, so that Mi Yang had no worries.

Without this point, Mi Yang would definitely not have dared to divide his troops to attack the camp later.

Cao Zhen is a general who is good at learning. Since he knows that the special characteristics of the public security city defense can greatly benefit the defenders, then he has no reason not to learn this point.

So after pacifying Hexi, Cao Zhen put most of his energy on expanding the outer city of Chencang.

Cao Wei has a lot of talents, and they have no shortage of master architects.

In addition, Cao Wei's national strength is strong, so it may take a long time for Ji Han to complete the project, but under the supervision of Cao Zhen, the initial results have been achieved in less than half a year.

Standing outside Chencang City, Cao Zhen looked at the towering city wall with a rough outline in front of him, with a satisfied smile on his face.

This city wall, which can be called a natural moat, will be the key to him defeating the Han army in the future.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen turned to Hao Zhao, his confidant behind him, and said: "When the construction of the outer city of Chencang is completed, I will let you be the guard of Chencang.

Do you have the confidence that you will be alone in the future, and defend the great Wei against the vanguard of the bandit army? "

Hao Zhao, courtesy name Bodao, was from Taiyuan.

Hao Zhao joined the army when he was young, and was first appointed as the governor of the tribune. Later, he made many military exploits and was gradually promoted to a miscellaneous general.

In the first year of Zhangwu, a great rebellion broke out in Hexi. Hao Zhao, who led troops to guard Hexi at that time, defeated the rebels repeatedly and successfully stabilized the situation in some areas in Hexi.

If it were not for this premise, the whole territory of Hexi might have raised the flag of rebellion, and it would be even more difficult for Cao Zhen to put down the Hexi rebellion later.

Because of Hao Zhao's military exploits, Cao Zhen appreciated him a lot after Pingdi Hexi, and transferred him to his side for appointment.

After becoming the top leader in Guanzhong, Cao Zhen's subordinates can be said to be full of talents, but they treat Hao Zhao and Cao Zhen differently.

Cao Zhen entrusted Hao Zhao with the important task of guarding Chencang because of the different eyes in his heart.

After all, no matter how strong a city is, if there is a problem with the defenders, it will be useless.

Facing Cao Zhen's question, Hao Zhao showed a determined face. He was born in the North, and he would not pretend to decline.

Hao Zhao bowed to Cao Zhenyi and said, "As long as the minister is alive, Chen Cang will be alive every day."

What Hao Zhao said was very straightforward, but it revealed a kind of majesty in the presence of the city and the people.

Hearing Hao Zhao's majestic words, Cao Zhen couldn't help laughing.

"Why is that so?"

In Cao Zhen's view, there are a large amount of military equipment, food and grass hoarded in the old warehouse, and there are two strong city walls guarding it.

As long as Hao Zhao can perform normally, no matter how good Mi Yang is at attacking, it will not be difficult for Hao Zhao to defend Chencang, and Hao Zhao does not need to have a will to die.

It's just that there is no boss who doesn't like subordinates who take orders.

So Cao Zhen patted Hao Zhao's shoulder with a smile and said: "As long as you can keep the old warehouse in the future, I will recommend you to be a marquis."

For his favorite subordinates, Cao Zhen has always been generous with rewards.

With Cao Zhen's current status in the Great Wei, the effectiveness of his promise is no less than that of Wei Emperor Cao Pi.

After hearing Cao Zhen's promise to him, even Hao Zhao, who has always been resolute, showed a bit of joy on his face.

Being a marquis is the dream of any man in this world.

Seeing that Hao Zhao was successfully aroused by him, Cao Zhen originally wanted to ask Hao Zhao a few strategies for defending Chen Cang in the future, but at this moment, the personal guards came to Cao Zhen and reported to him:
"Yang Liangzhou asks to see you."

When Cao Zhen heard the news, he was a little surprised for a while.

Although Yang Fu is his confidant and beloved minister, if there is no important matter, Yang Fu will not take the initiative to ask to see him.

After realizing this, Cao Zhen left Hao Zhao to continue supervising the construction of the Chencang City Wall, while he himself came to Yang Fu under the leadership of his personal guards.

Seeing Cao Zhen coming, Yang Fu immediately bowed to Cao Zhen, and after the bow, Yang Fu said to Cao Zhen:
"I have something important to ask the general to make a decision."

Hearing what Yang Fu said, Cao Zhen knowingly dispersed the idlers around him.

After only himself and Cao Zhen were left in the field, Yang Fu told Cao Zhen about Jiang Wei's strategy.

It's just that when discussing the strategy, Yang Fu didn't say that the strategy came from Jiang Wei's hands.

This is because Yang Fu knows Cao Zhen very well.

Cao Zhen, who was brought up by Cao Cao, is the same as Cao Cao, and he looks down on the celebrities who are not worthy of their names in the world.

In this regard, Cao Zhen is very similar to Cao Rui.

Obviously Jiang Wei currently belongs to this category.

As the king of auspiciousness in the hearts of the ancients, Qilin is the head of the five spirits, and its status in the hearts of the world is higher than that of dragons.

Even a hero like Mi Yang is only praised as a deer by the world. How can Jiang Wei be praised as a "Young Lin"?
Although Yang Fu knew that Jiang Wei's strategy was excellent, in Yang Fu's heart, he was worried that Cao Zhen would hesitate about this strategy because of his preferences, which would be self-defeating.

This kind of thing is very common among the high-ranking people in the past. No matter how good the high-ranking people are, they are still human beings, and human beings will inevitably be affected by their personal likes and dislikes.

In order not to let this worry come true, what Yang Fu wanted was to present this strategy to Cao Zhen in his own name.

If this strategy succeeds in the end, then he will tell Jiang Wei's credit at that time, which will be the best of both worlds.

And as expected by Yang Fu, after Cao Zhen listened to Yang Fu's plan, a look of joy appeared on his face immediately.

Cao Zhen felt that Yang Fu's strategy was very feasible.

Cao Zhen had this view, on the one hand because of his own knowledge, and on the other hand because this strategy was offered by Yang Fu.

Due to Yang Fu's achievements in the past, the strategies he offered were already easy to be trusted.

After listening to Yang Fu's strategy, Cao Zhen excitedly paced up and down in front of Yang Fu with his fists.

He is thinking about how to turn this strategy into practical steps.

To achieve this, there is one person who cannot be avoided, and that person is Cao Pi.

After all, this strategy involves the diplomatic level between countries, and only Cao Pi has the decision-making power at this level.

So what Cao Zhen wants to think about now is how to persuade Cao Pi to accept this strategy.

It is reasonable to say that with Cao Zhen's current status in Wei, it is not difficult to achieve this, but Cao Zhen knows that this strategy runs counter to the current strategy of Wei.

The current situation in the world is still dominated by Cao Wei's family, but Ji Han is not the separatist regime that was regarded as a joke by all Cao Wei's ministers in history.

Although there are still disparaging names such as "Shu Xiaoguo Er" circulating in the Cao Wei court, but after several consecutive defeats, such disparaging titles are not as confident as in history.

It can even be said that there is a status quo of "fearing Shu like a tiger" in Cao Wei's ruling and opposition parties.

And this status quo is mostly caused by Mi Yang.

"Yang knows the variables and predicts the situation of the war. Everything is not as good as the plan. Ever since the Wei Emperor, he has been afraid of it."

This is a kind of psychological consensus on Mi Yang in Cao Wei's ruling and opposition parties today.

It can make Cao Wei, who regards himself as the Zhengshuo of China, have this kind of consensus, which shows how deep the psychological shadow Mi Yang has caused Cao Wei in the past.

Because of this psychological consensus, Cao Wei's current strategy is to "take defense as offense."

Perhaps at the beginning this strategy was only supported by a few people such as Jia Xu, but after the painful lessons of the past few defeats, this strategy has now become the opinion of most of Cao Wei's courtiers.

Cao Zhen would not be afraid of Mi Yang, he was so afraid that he dared not attack.

It's just that Cao Zhen knows that once he rashly proposes a plan to take the initiative to march south, he will definitely be stopped by many ministers in the ruling and opposition parties.

Especially when he knew that he was going to take the initiative to attack Hanzhong where Mi Yang was located, Cao Zhen could almost foresee how much resistance this strategy would encounter.

Didn't the two famous generals Lu Meng and Cao Ren die when they attacked Mi Yang?

So he had to think of a safe way.

After thinking hard, Cao Zhen finally came up with an idea, that is, he would go back to Luoyang in person to advise Cao Pi on the benefits of this strategy.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen turned his head and said to Yang Fu: "Yishan, I am going back to Luoyang alone.

Before Gu returns to Luoyang, Gu will issue a military order to let you temporarily preside over the military affairs of Liangzhou. I hope you will not disappoint Gu. "

Hearing Cao Zhen's order, Yang Fu immediately bowed his hands and promised Cao Zhen: "I will fulfill my mission."

Yang Fu knew that the reason why Cao Zhen wanted to rush back to Luoyang was probably because of the strategy he offered today.

So Cao really won't leave Guanzhong for too long.

It's just that with Mi Yang around, even if he leaves soon, Cao Zhen will inevitably feel worried about Liangzhou.

Cao Zhen continued to instruct Yang Fu: "You should keep the matter of leaving Liangzhou a secret.

It's just that you can't hide this matter from Mi Yang for a long time, so you must remember that no matter what happens before Gu comes back, don't take the initiative to attack.

Especially in the four areas of Guanzhong, it is necessary to send heavy troops to defend, and we must not take it lightly. "

When Cao Zhen said these words, his face was full of solemnity.

In Cao Zhen's view, it is necessary for him to return to Luoyang temporarily, but the safety of Liangzhou after he leaves cannot be ignored.

But as long as Yang Fu can hold out, then under his carefully arranged defense line, Liang Jun will not get much benefit from it.

In particular, Liangzhou is still implementing reforms, and it is unlikely that it will take the initiative to launch an offensive.

Cao Zhen ordered again, making Yang Fu's expression more solemn than Cao Zhen's.

Cao Zhen let him temporarily preside over the overall situation of Liangzhou, which is a kind of trust in him.

But if something happens to Liangzhou while he is guarding Liangzhou, then his future will basically be ruined.

So Yang Fu had to be cautious about what Cao Zhen ordered.

Yang Fu paid homage to Cao Zhen again: "Don't worry, General, I will not be negligent."

Seeing Yang Fu make two guarantees in a row, Cao Zhen finally settled down.

With Yang Fu's intelligence, as long as he doesn't disobey his general order, it is safe to think about coming to Liangzhou.

In fact, currently in Guanzhong, Cao Zhen is the top leader, and the second leader is not Yang Fu, but Xia Houmao, the Anxi general who guards Chang'an.

According to common sense, after Cao Zhen left, Liangzhou's defense should be taken over by Xia Houmao.

It's just that Cao Zhen knows his brother-in-law very well, and this brother-in-law knows nothing about military strategy.

Under such circumstances, how dare Cao Zhen hand over Liangzhou to him.

However, although Xia Houmao has no military knowledge, he is a good hand in managing life.

Recently, the autumn harvest in Guanzhong, the manpower and material resources for the construction of the outer city of Chencang were all raised by Xia Houmao.

Under Xia Houmao's financing, Cao Zhen never had to worry about logistics.

If it weren't for this, Xia Houmao would have been sent back to Luoyang by Cao Zhen.

Seeing that Liangzhou's defense was properly arranged, Cao Zhen summoned his personal guards.

It is urgent to return to Luoyang.

Mi Yang still doesn't know that Cao Wei is brewing a big conspiracy about him.

He was touring Liangzhou, and soon after, he received a letter from Zhuge Liang.

It has to be said that since Zhuge Liang knew the content of Mi Yang's New Deal, the contact with Mi Yang has become extremely frequent.

Among those contacts, some are purely emotional with Mi Yang.

Zhuge Liang in history was such a person. He would often write letters to greet those who were close to him, even if they were in the enemy camp.

The content of some letters has been passed down to later generations to be known by later generations, and from the content of those letters, we can know that Zhuge Liang is also a chatty person in private.

For example, he often wrote to Zhuge Jin, telling him about his troubles in raising children, and reminding Zhuge Jin to take care of Zhuge Ke and not let him let himself go too much.
Such Zhuge Liang is very flesh and blood.

And the reason why Zhuge Liang often writes to Mi Yang recently is because of a promise he made to Mi Yang at the beginning.

"As long as Mi Yang can satisfy him in politics, then Mi Yang will become his first disciple."

Perhaps Mi Yang's new policy is being implemented and has not yet shown its corresponding advantages, but it is obvious that Mi Yang's new policy embodies the concept of "putting the people first", which is very poignant to Zhuge Liang.

As long as the Tao is correct, it doesn't hurt if the corresponding technique deviates.

It can be said that at this moment, Zhuge Liang already regarded Mi Yang as the disciple who inherited his mantle in his heart.

Since he is a disciple, Zhuge Liang will not be stingy with his care and love for Mi Yang.

Of course, both Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang had special identities, so a large part of the letters they exchanged were about business affairs.

For example, the letterhead Mi Yang received today was Zhuge Liang's previous reply to his suggestion to divide his troops and go south to Chengdu.

In this reply letter, Zhuge Liang first affirmed Mi Yang's loyalty and filial piety, but he also specifically reminded Mi Yang in the letter:
The pacification of Nanzhong is very important, but the defense of Hanzhong should not be careless.

In particular, the two fortresses of Yinping and Yang'anguan must be defended with heavy troops to prevent enemy sneak attacks.

After seeing Zhuge Liang's reminder, Mi Yang sighed in his heart.

If Zhuge Liang was still there when Deng Ai and Zhong Hui marched south in history, or if his arrangement had not been destroyed, how could Ji Han perish!
　Around 2 o'clock, there will be another chapter.

　　
　
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