Mi Han

Guo Huai, courtesy name Boji, was born in Taiyuan, Bingzhou.

Guo Huai was born in the Guo family in Taiyuan, and his family background is very prominent.

Since his great-grandfather, almost every generation of the elders in his clan has served as a high-ranking official of two thousand stones, and this kind of family background has surpassed most people in the world.

During the Jian'an period, Guo Huai was elected as Xiaolian because of his family background.

In the beginning, Guo Huai held civilian positions. Later, due to frequent wars in the world, Guo Huai, who was good at military strategy, entered the army.

In the 20th year of Jian'an, Guo Huai became Xiahouyuan's Sima under the arrangement of Cao Cao.

At the beginning of the Battle of Hanzhong, Guo Huai did not follow Xia Houyuan because of his illness. Later, Xia Houyuan was beheaded by Huang Zhong in the Battle of Dingjun Mountain.

At that time, it was Guo Huaiqiang who supported the sick body and the warlord Du Xi gathered up the scattered soldiers, calmed people's hearts, and took the lead in electing Zhang He as the general of the army.

If it weren't for Guo Huai's decisive decision, Hanzhong might already be in Liu Bei's pocket.

Later, during the defense of Hanzhong, Guo Huai made many achievements. After the Wei army was defeated in the Battle of Hanzhong, Guo Huai was ordered to guard Liangzhou with Zhang Yun.

During the period when Guo Huai led troops to guard Liangzhou, he defeated the strong with the weak many times, and quelled the local alien rebellion.

In addition, Guo Huai cared a lot about the life of the local aliens, so the Qiang and Hu in Liangzhou called Guo Huai a god.

Of course, Guo Huai became a famous general in history because of his contribution to resisting Ji Han's Northern Expedition.

"The Barrier against Shu" is the best explanation of Guo Huai's achievements in history.

Although Guo Huai is not a direct descendant like Wang Shuang, Cao Zhen still attaches great importance to Guo Huai's arrival because of his current prestige in Liangzhou.

Summoned by Cao Zhen, Guo Huai soon came to Cao Zhen.

Guo Huai bowed to Cao Zhen in front of him, and then said: "I have escorted 15 shi of military rations to Chencang."

Hearing that Guo Huai had indeed transported 15 shi of military rations for himself as he had written in the letter before, Cao Zhen's face showed joy.

Guo Huai is not an official like the prefect of the governor, and it is reasonable to say that the matter of raising military rations is not within his scope of authority.

However, in the past few months, no matter how much Cao Zhen deliberately suppressed the news, many people in Guanzhong have already learned about the great things Cao Zhen is doing now.

After learning about this incident, Guo Huai took the initiative to write to Cao Zhen, talking about his way to raise part of the grain and grass for Cao Zhen's southern expedition.

After receiving Guo Huai's letter, Cao Zhenxin felt strange, but Guo Huai had such a kind intention, and he could not refuse, so he wrote back and agreed to Guo Huai's request.

However, the matter of military rations was not within Guo Huai's authority after all, so Cao Zhen didn't pay much attention to this matter at first.

Unexpectedly, in just one month, Guo Huai actually raised 15 shi of military rations for him, which made Cao Zhenxin suddenly full of curiosity.

"How did Boji do it?"

15 shi of military rations is not much, but it is not a small amount either.

Facing Cao Zhen's question, Guo Huai replied 15: "I have little hope among the Qiang and Di. The [-] shi army rations were donated by the Qiang and Di tribes."

After hearing how Guo Huai raised the 15 shi for military rations, Cao Zhenxin couldn't help but secretly marvel.

The people of Qiang and Di lived in the frontier for generations, and their life has always been difficult. This is one of the reasons why they often plundered the frontier in the past.

In this case, food is like life to the people of Qiang and Di.

However, Guo Huai was able to use his own prestige to make the people of Qiang and Di obediently hand over their stored food to support the Great Wei's great cause of the Southern Expedition. From this point, we can see how deep Guo Huai's reputation in Liangzhou is.

Perhaps it is not much better than Ma Chao back then.

After realizing this, Cao Zhen smiled and asked Guo Huai to sit down.

Then Cao Zhen asked Guo Huai, "What can Boji teach me when he comes here?"

Cao Zhen revealed Guo Huai's true thoughts in one word.

Cao Zhen was able to sit in the current position of being under one man and above ten thousand in Great Wei. His status and military achievements are partly the reason, but his own political wisdom is definitely not low.

Xia Houmao was solely responsible for raising rations for the Southern Expedition Army. If Guo Huai just wanted to raise food and grass for the Southern Expedition Army, then the person he should have written to before should be Xia Houmai.

Furthermore, as Guo Huai, after raising 15 shi of military rations, he didn't need to personally escort them to Chencang.

It's unnatural, but Guo Huai did this, which shows that his purpose is not that simple.

As for Guo Huai's purpose, it is not difficult to guess with Cao Zhen's wisdom. It is nothing more than wanting to take the opportunity to show his talent and join the Southern Expedition.

Cao Zhen knew Guo Huai's purpose well and was happy to see it succeed, so Cao Zhen asked Guo Huai such a sentence.

Seeing that Cao Zhen saw through his thoughts, Guo Huai felt calm.

He bowed to Cao Zhen and asked, "Is the general going to divide his troops to march south?"

Guo Huai's question made Cao Zhenxin think highly of him again.

Only a few important ministers participated in the discussions in the Luoyang Palace that day, and Cao Pi issued a gag order afterwards.

Therefore, many people in the Cao and Wei Dynasties have guessed that the imperial court is about to make a large-scale southern expedition, but few people know the specific strategy of the imperial court's southern expedition in the future.

But now, without knowing this, Guo Huai was able to explain his strategy for the Southern Expedition in one sentence, which is enough to reflect Guo Huai's military strategy.

Now that Guo Huai has already guessed this point, Cao Zhen did not continue to hide it, he nodded and said: "Of course."

Seeing that his guess was correct, Guo Huai immediately recommended himself to Cao Zhen: "There are many fortresses in Hanzhong, and the strategy of the general's southern expedition can be said to be at the right time.

I just don't know if the general plans to march from Wudu County? "

Hearing Guo Huai's question, Cao Zhen was a little surprised.

"Wudu?"

He said these two words hesitantly.

Wudu County Cao really understands, after all, the battle of Cao Xiu's fame was the battle of Wudu.

But Cao Zhen never put Wudu in his attack plan before.

It is true that Wudu County is adjacent to Hanzhong County. From the map, it is a barrier on the flank of Hanzhong County. If the Wei army can take Wudu County, it may threaten the heart of Hanzhong.

But the problem is that after Cao Cao's defeat in the decisive battle in Hanzhong, most of the Han people in Wudu County were relocated to Liangzhou. At present, the proportion of Qiang and Di people in Wudu County is very high.

Under such circumstances, if a large army is rashly divided into Wudu County, disaster or fortune will be unpredictable.

But now when Guo Huai mentioned Wudu County in front of him, Cao Zhenxin's thoughts quietly changed.

It is feasible to divide the army along the way, enter Wudu from Liangzhou, and then attack the flanks of Hanzhong County.

Before Cao Zhen was only concerned about the Qiangdi people in Wudu County, he never considered this route, but isn't Guo Huai in front of him now?

With Guo Huai's prestige among the Qiang and Di people, Cao Zhen's previous concerns seemed to be nothing.

And Cao Zhen also understood why Guo Huai specifically mentioned Wudu County.

Cao Zhen looked at Guo Huai with scrutiny, and then Cao Zhen asked Guo Huai, "If Gu orders Boji to lead the army to attack Wudu, will Boji have the confidence to expand the territory for our Great Wei?"

Due to the large number of Qiang Di people in Wudu County and the very dangerous cultural environment, Wudu County is currently neither under the rule of the Han Dynasty nor under the rule of Cao Wei.

Seeing that Cao Zhen understood the profound meaning he expressed, Guo Huai was overjoyed immediately.

He immediately got up and said to Cao Zhen, "Fulfill what you want."

Cao Zhen was quite satisfied with Guo Huai's response, so he promised Guo Huai: "Boji will go back to the station to train the soldiers first, and when our army marches south, I will give you orders."

After receiving Cao Zhen's promise, Guo Huai retired contentedly.

And after Guo Huai left, Cao Zhen felt very happy.

The four words "Military Heart" naturally appeared in his mind, and no general would not be happy with these four words.

Because the availability of military spirit often means that the future can be expected.

In a comfortable mood, Cao Zhen ordered someone to summon Yang Fu.

Cao really wanted to ask Yang Fu how the assembly of the Perak car was going.

This is a big killer prepared for the Han army when he came to Japan to march south.

How long can Yangpingguan last under the attack of a big killer like a thunderbolt car?

Cao Wei's preparations for the Southern Expedition have gradually come to an end, and perhaps a great battle that will shock the world will start in the land of Hanzhong soon.

However, there are two flowers blooming at each end, and there is one on each side. At present, most of the eyes of interested people in the world are still focused on the land of Nanzhong.

Some time ago, Zhuge Liang urgently summoned Deng Ai to lead the army to go south to join. Under Zhuge Liang's urgent order, Deng Ai led the army to join Zhuge Liang's army outside Qiongdu County day and night.

After learning the news of the arrival of Deng Ai's army, Zhuge Liang immediately asked Deng Ai to be summoned into his main account.

So Deng Ai, who was busy in the world, came to Zhuge Liang again before he had time to rest.

After seeing Zhuge Liang, Deng Ai respectfully returned the arrow in his hand to Zhuge Liang, which meant that his mission as the general of the first army had ended.

And after Zhuge Liang took back the command arrow in Deng Ai's hand, one thing appeared in his mind.

A few days ago, he learned that Ma Di was scolded by Deng Ai in public.

Even because the punishment of the Thirty Army Sticks was too severe, after Ma Di was sentenced, Deng Ai stayed in Jiangyuan County to recuperate.

According to Ma Su's injury, it would be difficult for him to participate in the next battle.

Ma Di was one of his direct subordinates known to all Han people. According to the political rules of the Han Dynasty, the relationship of direct subordinates was sometimes similar to that of clan members.

It's just that Zhuge Liang didn't intend to blame Deng Ai after learning about this incident.

He knew why Deng Ai blamed Ma Di in public. From the overall situation, what Deng Ai did was not wrong.

But obviously, after this incident spread, the enmity between Deng Ai and Xiangyang Ma clan was completely settled, and even because of Xiangyang Ma clan's status in Jingzhou, more Jingzhou gentry would be dissatisfied with Deng Ai in the future.

It seemed that the worries in his heart were becoming reality little by little.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang wanted to call Deng Ai, so he asked about an incident that had been widely circulated in the army recently.

"I heard that not long ago, Zisheng sent someone from Liangzhou to send you "Jianghou Zhoubo's Family"?"

Seeing Zhuge Liang mentioning this matter, Deng Ai's face showed a proud look.

"Report to the Prime Minister, there is indeed such a thing."

Deng Ai received it a few days ago.

The reason why Deng Ai showed pride was because he felt that Mi Yang specially ordered someone to give him "The Family of Jianghou Zhoubo" to praise his achievements.

Both Zhou Bo and Zhou Yafu were famous generals who protected the country of the Han Dynasty. Mi Yang sent him the column recording the deeds of the two, wasn't he comparing him to these two famous generals?

Deng Ai respected Mi Yang very much, and Deng Ai was very happy to be praised by Mi Yang.

When you are happy, you will inevitably show off to your colleagues. It is not difficult and this matter will not be so widely circulated in the army.

Zhuge Liang looked at the proud look on Deng Ai's face, and he realized that Deng Ai didn't understand the purpose of Mi Yang sending the biographies of Zhou Bo and Zhou Yafu.

"Jianghou and Tiaohou are both the humerus of a great man. They made great contributions to Hanzi, but they didn't cultivate the way of self-protection, so they were robbed in their later years. It's embarrassing!"

Zhuge Liang's tone was quite peaceful when he said this sentence, but when this sentence fell into Deng Ai's ears, it caused his face to change drastically.

His political EQ is low, but that doesn't mean he can't understand people.

Only now did he understand Mi Yang's real intention, which was not to praise but to warn.

After understanding Mi Yang's real intentions, Deng Ai was in a state of confusion and didn't know how to answer Zhuge Liang for a while.

Zhuge Liang didn't make things difficult for Deng Ai either, he asked Deng Ai to step down, and he thought about Mi Yang's intentions and his reminder today.

That's all he can do. Whether he can change his character depends on Deng Ai himself.

Even if he hadn't seen that Deng Ai was a rare talent, Zhuge Liang might not have raised his voice.

After Deng Ai withdrew, Zhuge Liang began to think about the current battle situation.

A few days ago, he led the army to the outside of Qiongdu County.

As the seat of Yuexi County, Qiongdu is also the stronghold of Yi King Gaoding. As long as he can lead his army to take Qiongdu County, the rebellion in Yuexi County will not be a concern.

It's just that he has the intention of "gathering the crowd to wipe them out", so he has only organized the army to talk about martial arts during this period of time, and has not launched an attack on Qiongdu County.

Zhuge Liang's waiting is meaningful. In the past few days, there have been reports that Zhu Bao from Zangcang County and Yong Kai from Yizhou County are dispatching troops. They will lead the army to Qiongdu soon. outside.

Of course, not everyone in the Han army is not worried about this information.

What those people are worried about is that if they just wait blindly until the enemy's three armies are united, then their strength will definitely be higher than that of the Han army.

At that time, let alone the field battle, if the enemy army is determined to stick to Qiongdu, the Han army will not be able to hold on.

According to Yang Yi's calculations, the current military rations of the Han army are only enough for the Han army for half a year at most.

If the Han army cannot completely quell the Nanzhong Rebellion within half a year, then from a strategic perspective, the Han army's Southern Expedition will end in failure.

But Zhuge Liang naturally knew this.

Since he has the plan of "gathering and annihilating them", it means that he already has a way to achieve this strategic goal in his mind.

That method is also the strategy of "dividing and transforming" suggested by Mi Yang before.

Do you really think that he let Meng Huo go earlier because he acted on the word of benevolence and righteousness?
Soldiers never tire of deceit, since ancient times.

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