Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 503 Cao Rui Puts on the Pain Mask Again
After Liu Xuan and the others left, the rest of the soldiers also left and went back to their respective camps. Only Deng Ai and Jiang Wei stayed behind.

The Han army on the western front did not have as many advisers as the southern and eastern fronts. Let alone Zhuge Liang on the southern front, he also had Ma Liang, Zhou Buyi, Cai Du, Huang Quan and other staff officers under him. The adviser group was extremely outstanding.

On the east front, Guan Yu currently has Lu Xun, Wang Fu, etc. under his banner, and even Li Yan is there. With these few people helping to plan military affairs, Guan Yu can rest easy.

Only Shen Chen, the Han army on the western front, did not have a single counsellor under his command, only a bunch of generals, and Shen Chen made his own decisions on marching and fighting.

However, Deng Ai and Jiang Wei are both generals and handsome talents. They are both civil and military. They have been under Shen Chen's command for many years. They are very good at Wentao and Wushu, so even if they don't have counselors, they can still make suggestions.

After everyone left, Deng Ai probed Shen Chen and said, "Master, are the Huns trustworthy? Even though they really wanted to join the Han at the beginning, their family members are still in Yecheng."

After thinking for a while, Shen Chen said: "It's credible, but you can't trust it completely. You still have to be prepared, and you can't rely all your hopes on the Huns."

"What is Master planning to do?"

Jiang Wei asked.

In formal occasions, they all refer to Shen Chen as his position, but in private, it is natural that Shi Jun is more intimate.

Shen Chen narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then called the two of them over to whisper a few words.

At the moment, the Han army has arranged a strategy.

At this time in 228 A.D., the first year of Han Jianxing, July of the first year of Wei Taihe, the situation in the world has gradually become clear.

Since Liu Bei obtained the prefectural capital before Liu Qi in Jingzhou in the south, took the land of Sichuan and Shu in the west, seized the danger of Jiangdong in the east, and went north to break through Liangzhou to occupy Guanzhong.

Now that the Han army was going north again, Shen Chen sent troops from Guanzhong, entered the east of the river to take Henan, and obtained the land of Luoyang, which seriously threatened Sima Yi's rear, and Sima Yi was forced to choose to withdraw his troops.

If he didn't withdraw his troops, he would wait to be flanked by Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang from north to south. It would be difficult to deal with any one of them, let alone deal with two at the same time.

Under such circumstances, Sima Yi gave up the entire land of Henan, and the Han army took advantage of the situation to advance northward.

Moreover, once Sima Yi withdrew, the situation on Xiahouyuan's side became very embarrassing. As a last resort, he had to evacuate from Shouchun and Runan County, go north from Xuzhou, to Yanzhou East County, and retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River.

When Guan Yu heard the news, he also started to march.Even Xiangyang had already heard the news of Luoyang's recovery, and the big Han celebrated with the whole country.

Liu Chan ordered Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Hu Ji, Zhang Yi, Gao Xiang, Ma Zhong, Dong Jue and more than a dozen generals to take their elite soldiers from Yizhou and Nanyang to the north to help.

The big man is not only the 30 soldiers on the front line.

As a matter of fact, as the Southern Han became more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, and the land was cleared and the population was liberated, the more people registered in the government, the more soldiers could be recruited.

In addition, Champa rice and retting technology, steel irrigation technology, and the widespread application of steel farm tools have greatly improved productivity, which is enough to feed so many people and support so many troops. The number of soldiers in the Han Dynasty is increasing day by day.

It's just that unlike the Northern Wei Dynasty, all the soldiers and horses were transferred to the south. Except for the 30 standing army on the front line, the rest of the troops in the Southern Han Dynasty were mostly local garrison troops, about [-] people.

Liu Chan ordered the reserve teams from all over the country to rush to help in one breath, just wanting to swallow all of Henan in one go, and then take advantage of the trend to go north, eliminate the northern Cao Wei within this year, and unify the world in one fell swoop.

These troops are about 5 people, and they marched northward and stationed in various parts of Henan.

For a time, hundreds of thousands of Han troops were aggressive, riding the wind and waves like a galloping fast boat, and soon occupied Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Sili, and most of Qingzhou, expanding their territory to the entire south of the Yellow River.

Cao Wei now only has complete Jizhou and Bingzhou, as well as the western part of Youzhou and a small area in the northwest of Qingzhou, and even Bingzhou is still under attack.

If the territory of the Han Dynasty is not counted in the Western Regions, it is about 350 million square kilometers, and the current territory of Cao Wei is Shanxi Province, Hebei Province and part of Shandong Province in later generations, with an area of ​​about 50 square kilometers, and the territory of Gongsun Yuan is thrown away. And leftovers, the big man owns four-fifths of the world.

Restoring the Han Dynasty and unifying the world is not far away.

On July [-]th, Cao Wei's new capital, Yecheng, the original Wei Wangfu, and the current Cao Wei Palace, Cao Rui's bedroom in the backyard, smelled the smell of medicine, and there was a deathly silence.

The eunuchs and maids who served did not dare to breathe, and stood solemnly with their heads down, filling the whole bedroom with a depressing atmosphere.

Cao Rui, the emperor of Cao Wei, retreated to Wude County on the other side by boat during the Battle of Huting, and was ambushed by the Han army at the ferry of Wude County. Although Hu Zun, a loyal minister and general, "sacrificed himself" to block arrows for His Majesty, a sharp arrow tore through He shot Hu Zun's body, passed through his body, and shot Cao Rui in the chest.

Under the desperate protection of his attendants, Cao Rui evacuated by boat and floated all the way on the Yellow River to Baima Ferry. After fleeing back to Yecheng in embarrassment, he fell into a coma due to his injuries. For a period of time, the entire internal affairs of Cao Wei fell into chaos.

Fortunately, Sikong and Chen Qun recorded affairs of ministers, managed state affairs, appeased the hearts of the army and the people, and immediately sent people to contact Sima Yi and Xia Houyuan, which barely maintained the chaotic government affairs.

Cao Rui finally woke up a few days ago, and the first thing he did after waking up was to ask about the situation in Henan and Bingzhou.

They are not very clear about the situation over there. Now Cao Wei is in chaos, and the Han army is aggressively attacking, causing the news to be blocked. Sima Yi has submitted dozens of memorials in a row, but he seems to be out of his mind. Sometimes he said he would stick to it. Henan to the end, and sometimes said that he wanted to withdraw troops to Henan Yin, his intentions are very puzzling.

And recently all kinds of news in Yecheng are flying all over the sky. It is said that Xia Houshang was beheaded by Shen Chen, and Sima Yi was defeated by Zhuge Liang.It is also said that the Han army has crossed the Yellow River and is about to hit the capital of Cao Wei.The people in the whole city and the dignitaries of the aristocratic families are extremely panicked, and uneasiness is spreading.

The officials on Cao Rui's side were also worried that he was injured now, and if he heard the bad news, it would affect the injury, so they only dared to report good news and not bad news.Today it is said that Xia Houshang drove Shen Chen away, and tomorrow it is said that Guanqiu Jian won a complete victory, anyway, whatever sounds good.

This made Cao Rui feel a little more at ease. He recuperated his body for a few days, and walked a few steps in the backyard today. He was bare-chested, and the wound on his chest was tied with a bandage. Medicine was applied inside, and the scar had begun to heal.

It's just that the doctor said that the lungs may be injured, so for the past two days, his face was pale and he coughed continuously, his lips were almost bloodless, his whole body became weaker and haggard a lot.

"Your Majesty has strong bones and will recover soon."

The eunuch next to him helped him walk in the garden, with a flattering smile on his face, he picked up nice words and served him carefully.

Cao Rui nodded slightly, raised his head to look at the hot weather, walked a few steps and sweated a little, then felt tired, went to the gazebo on one side, sat down by the back lake, and rested his feet.

In fact, you can't go this way to heal your wounds. As the saying goes, if you hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days, you have to lie on the bed for a hundred days, let alone hurt your internal organs.

So the imperial physician's order actually advised Cao Rui to take good care of his body in the bedroom, not exposed to the wind or exposed to the sun, just lie down like this.

It's just that Cao Rui had to come out and take a few steps.

There have been a lot of gossip and gossip in the court and among the people recently. Some people say that he is about to die. Once he dies, the great Wei country will definitely be in jeopardy. Suddenly, the city is full of storms, and the people of the aristocratic family are all panicked.

When Cao Rui learned about these things, he had to go out and walk around, and let people spread the news, so that such rumors could be calmed down a little bit, so as to reassure everyone.

He felt very tired at the moment, sat cross-legged on the mat, took the towel handed by the eunuch, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then slowly asked: "How is the situation in the south now? Has Sima Yi not submitted the official document yet? "

"His Majesty."

The eunuch replied cautiously: "There may be a war over there now, and the situation is chaotic, so there are messy news, but most of them are fake news, and the official official document has not come yet."

"Well, go and call Sikong and You Pushe over."

Cao Rui looked very worried.

Originally, he wanted to defend Luoyang and fight a beautiful counterattack in Bingzhou, but in the end Luoyang was lost, causing Sima Yi to be in an embarrassing situation, but he didn't know what was going on with Sima Yi now.

The key is that the army in Sima Yi's hands is Cao Wei's last elite soldiers. If something happens to him, Cao Wei will really be doomed.

So Cao Rui is very worried now, very worried, and wants to know about Sima Yi's situation.

After a while, Chen Qun and Wei Zhen came over and bowed their hands to Cao Rui.

Cao Rui waved them to sit down, and after the two sat down, he looked at them seriously and said, "I'm already much better, how long are you going to hide from me?"

Chen Qun and Wei Zhen looked at each other, not sure if Cao Rui really knew, or if he was cheating them.

But at this juncture, it was hard to hide any more, so Chen Qun had no choice but to tell the truth: "Your Majesty, after Luoyang is lost, the general of chariots will be unstable. He will be flanked by Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang, and he will be forced to retreat back to Hanoi."

Back to Hanoi?

Cao Rui froze for a moment, then gritted his teeth, and clenched his right hand into a fist, the blue veins on it were clearly visible.

Once Sima Yi retreated, Xia Houyuan had to follow suit.

The whole of Henan will be handed over to others.

You must know that although Cao Rui's basic base is in Hebei, and the center of gravity of the population is also in Hebei, after all these years in Henan, he has slowly recovered some vitality.

For example, Yanzhou, central and northern Yuzhou, and Xuzhou were not affected by the war and had a population of several million.

With so much land and population, it was sent out at once.

That is to say, Cao Wei has a population of more than 1000 million, which may be reduced by at least two-fifths. If Bingzhou is taken away again, counting the population of Youzhou, it will be more than 600 million, and the background will be gone.

So when Cao Rui heard the news at the first time, he felt that his chest was constricted, and his heart felt as if someone had tightly grasped his heart, making him breathless.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, and the white gauze on his chest gradually turned red, making Cao Rui feel as if his eyes were darkened and fainted.

But he made it through.

He gritted his teeth, and asked with fury and red eyes: "Sima Yi retreated just like that?"

Chen Qun smiled bitterly and said: "If you don't retreat, you can't. In the battle at Hu Ting, General Zhengnan also died. Zhuge Liang is attacking the camp of General Cheqi. Shen Chen has already crossed the river and went straight to Gaodu from Taihang Xing. If the general does not come back to help, he will be trapped to death in Yingchuan, and Bingzhou will not be able to survive."

"Cough cough cough cough."

Hearing another piece of bad news, Cao Rui coughed violently, and the eunuch next to him hurriedly patted his back carefully.

But Cao Rui pushed him away, and said with a grim face: "Isn't the Huns in Bingzhou going to help us? If the Huns went to feign surrender to Shen Chen and act as internal support by his side, wouldn't it be possible that Guanqiu Jian could not win?"

"But General Cheqi said in the form that Shen Chen was scheming and might not be fooled. Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is safest to go north to help first."

Chen Qun hesitated for a while and said: "The most important thing is that General Cheqi found that his cavalry had disappeared during the battle with Zhuge Liang, which means that the enemy's cavalry may have gone to Bingzhou. The Huns feigned surrender, I am afraid they will also."

Did Zhuge Liang send his cavalry north to Bingzhou?
Cao Rui calmed down a little. He knew the strength of the cavalry of the Han army. Not only were they well-trained and well-equipped, but the most important thing was that the 5000-man heavy-armored army was the world's first-class tiger and wolf division. Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are probably not their opponents.

If all these people had gone to Bingzhou, as Chen Qun said, even with the help of the Huns, Guanqiu Jian might not be able to hold on. There is nothing wrong with being cautious at this critical moment.

"Whirring whirring."

Cao Rui gasped for breath for a moment, and then asked again: "How is the Hussar General?"

"It's back too."

"Then there are no more soldiers and horses in the whole of Henan now?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"They just abandoned my Henan?"

"His Majesty."

Chen Qun said bitterly: "If you don't give up, how can you survive for a long time? Shen Chen only needs to cut off the food road for the chariot generals, and the Han army with 10 people will surround the chariot generals. It may become the battle of Changping."

"My Henan, I am ashamed of my ancestors!"

Cao Rui was extremely sad.

After the loss of Henan, Cao Wei's population and war potential dropped a lot.

And the southern big man is changing one after another.

If before Shen Chen captured Hedong, they and the Han army barely had a [-]-[-] split, then now, it is basically zero or ten.

Although Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu also occupied Hebei and swallowed the world, the problem was that it was a scene of separatism among the princes of the world. The local princes fought against each other, and their forces did not form a unity.

The great Han in the south formed a whole, and the country's politics was clear and bright, and talents came out in large numbers.The interior is also very stable, and there is no possibility of civil strife.

With his current land of only two or three prefectures, he wants to resist the land of ten prefectures of the great Han in the south. There is no natural danger environment like Bashu and Jiangdong. It is possible to get a chance to breathe.

So when Cao Rui thought of this, all thoughts were lost and he was in great pain.

　It’s not that I don’t work hard on the update, it’s indeed the end, and everyone can see that it’s basically only tens of thousands of words, so I’m thinking about how to write it better, it’s over next month, and I’m trying to have a beginning and an end

　　
　
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