There is no doubt about Hao Zhao's ability.
Historically, Hao Zhao relied on thousands of men to guard Chencang and repelled the second Northern Expedition launched by Zhuge Liang.
Although it is said that Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was only to coordinate the military operations in Soochow, and he did not intend to fight to the death, but don't forget that Zhuge Liang led tens of thousands of people to attack Chencang Road. At the same time, Zhuge Liang personally directed the battle, and all kinds of siege weapons were used. The battle lasted for two full months.
Hao Zhao, on the other hand, only had a thousand men. Although he had the geographical advantage, with such a huge disparity in troops, being able to defend Chencang under Zhuge Liang's attack was in itself a reflection of his ability.
In this time and space, Hao Zhao was unlucky and did not catch up with the Chencang defense battle. In this time and space, Hao Zhao was still serving under Su Ze, the captain appointed by Cao Wei to protect the Qiang.
But even so, Hao Zhao made Zhao Yun suffer a lot when he attacked Liangzhou.
If the Han army had not accomplished the goal of cutting off Long during the Northern Expedition, Liangzhou would have lost foreign aid, causing Su Ze to have no intention of fighting. In addition, the local warlords in Liangzhou counterattacked and attacked from both sides, and Su Ze had no choice but to surrender. Liangzhou would still have no choice but to surrender. It's really not that easy to defeat.
Hao Zhao was also recommended to Liu Bei by Zhao Yun for his excellent city defense ability, and became the defender of Shanggui City, a very important frontline checkpoint at that time.
But now, the Second Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty has reached Guanzhong. Although Shanggui City is located at the junction of Qinzhou and Yongzhou, it is also an important position. However, Hao Zhao, with such great ability, continues to be placed as a guard in a hinterland city. , somewhat of an inferiority complex.
Originally, Zhang Xi had the intention to transfer Hao Zhao to Chang'an to serve him, but due to Hao Zhao's qualifications and position within Liu Bei's group, Zhang Xi could not reuse Hao Zhao in the same way that Liu Yin and Hu Zun did.
Liu Yin and Hu Zun both had their respective big aristocratic families as their backers, but Hao Zhao didn't even come from a poor family, he was just a big-headed soldier who grew up from the bottom.
But, people's abilities are there. This time, there is only one candidate missing from the five-way support team, and Zhang Yi happened to make the recommendation, so Zhang Xi took advantage of the situation and transferred Hao Zhao to serve as the first team support team.
No one would object to the fact that General Yamen, the defender of a city, has the responsibility of being a support envoy along the way, right? !
In this way, Zhang Xi urgently transferred Hao Zhao to Chang'an and completed the division arrangement of the five-way reception envoy.
After Hao Zhao arrived in Chang'an, under Zhang Xi's arrangement, the five-way support envoys divided their respective defense zones in the Zuofengyi area and agreed on their respective scope of responsibilities.
After confirming these things, the five supporting troops set off to their respective defense areas, where they set up defenses and trained their soldiers.
At this time, the snow in Guanzhong began to slowly melt.
Zhang Xi's main concern is still not to prevent Cao Wei's invasion.
The snow has begun to melt, and resettlement work for disaster victims in various places must begin immediately. Otherwise, spring plowing will be delayed and this year's harvest will be affected again.
Zhang Xi personally arranged the return of tens of thousands of people who fled to Chang'an.
Chen Zhi and Jiang Wan were neither in Chang'an at this time. They followed Zhang Xi's order, and one went to Zuo Fengyi and the other to You Fufeng to inspect the local area and urge local officials to carry out post-disaster resettlement and spring farming development. work.
By the way, some people should also settle accounts that should be settled.
Nowadays, Yongzhou's top priority is still to protect people's livelihood. As for strategy, Zhang Xi still adopts a relatively conservative defensive strategy. If Cao Wei does not move, Yongzhou soldiers will try not to move.
At this time, Cao Wei was also hesitant.
Cao Pi, who was in Chang'an, had already received information about the severe snowstorm in Yongzhou.
Although he would not gloat about his misfortune, Cao Pi still had the idea of "killing you while you are sick".
Yongzhou has just experienced a heavy snowstorm. Yongzhou must be very weak now and needs time to recover.
According to the strategy proposed by Sima Yi, Yongzhou cannot be allowed to relax and become the granary and eastward base for Shu thieves. Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of Yongzhou's inability to escape and harass Yongzhou as much as possible to prevent Yongzhou from resuming production.
Another point is that after the snow disaster in Yongzhou, unless the Shu thieves really ignore the people and provide disaster relief, all kinds of materials, money and food in Yongzhou will inevitably be consumed on a large scale. To ensure the resettlement of the people, it is impossible to take into account the defense of Yongzhou. To ensure the defense of Yongzhou , it will inevitably delay the rescue and resettlement of the people.
If you don't send troops at this time, you will really have your brain kicked.
Therefore, when the snow in the Central Plains area was gone and the snow in Yongzhou area was still melting, but there was no delay in sending troops, Cao Pi thought about whether to directly launch Sima Yi's strategy and let Guo Huai of Wuguan and Wang Chang of Tongguan send troops. Harassing the Yongzhou area.
But for this matter, Liu Ye was persuaded to go back again.
Liu Ye doesn't object to Cao Pi sending troops. The key is that you have to take your time.
The snow disaster will not stop just in front of Tongguan and Wuguan. It will not affect the Sili area at all. It also snows in the Hedong area.
It's just that it wasn't as big or as long as the one in Yongzhou.
Liu Ye didn't understand what the Little Ice Age was, but he knew that this year's Sili area was much colder than in previous years. Although it would not be as large-scale disaster as Yongzhou, the lives of the people of Sili this year would not be the same. Better off.
At this time, it is better not to use weapons without permission.
Another thing is that Sima Yi's strategy is to exhaust Shu, not to attack Shu. The Hu people in the north have already attacked Liangzhou, but Jiangdong in the south is still standing still.
If we send troops to attack Guanzhong now and draw all the reinforcements from the Shu thieves to Guanzhong, we will be making wedding clothes for the people of Soochow.
Don't look back. We couldn't conquer Guanzhong, but instead helped Soochow occupy Jingzhou. That would be stealing chicken but losing rice.
It's better to wait until Soochow takes action, and the Shu thieves are attacked on both sides. At that time, we can send troops again. Even if we can't counterattack Guanzhong, we can still get a piece of meat in Guanzhong.
This is the best situation for Wei.
I have to say that what Liu Ye said did make sense. In addition, Jiang Ji, who had just returned from Soochow as an envoy, also agreed with Liu Ye's statement. Cao Pi was indeed a little shaken.
And coincidentally, at this time, Wang Chang of Tongguan sent a report to Cao Pi of Luoyang, saying that the 10,000 elite northern troops of the Shu thieves suddenly broke into pieces and were distributed throughout Zuofengyi, with the purpose of unknown.
Wang Chang didn't know what the Shu thieves were doing by suddenly distributing their elites across Zuofengyi, but considering that the Shu thieves guarding Chang'an was Zhang Xi, who had always been cautious in using troops, such a strange military strategy was obviously not suitable. It fits Zhang Xi’s combat style.
Either Zhang Xi is mentally retarded and gives blind orders on his own, or the Shu thieves have other plans.
Obviously, Wang Chang is not stupid, so he doesn't believe that Zhang Xi will give directions blindly. It must be that the Shu thieves have some big plans in the spring, and Zhang Xi is planning in advance.
As for the entire Zuofengyi area, facing Tongguan, although Wang Chang couldn't figure out what Zhang Xi was going to do, one thing Wang Chang was sure of was that the Shu thieves were most likely coming for Tongguan.
Except for Tongguan, there is no other place in the entire Zuofengyi area worthy of attack by Shu thieves.
Wang Chang couldn't figure out what Zhang Xi's strategy was, but Wang Chang definitely didn't dare to be careless. While stepping up the defense of Tongguan, he quickly reported to the court and asked the court for a decision.
After receiving the report from Wang Chang, Cao Pi was also involved in a lawsuit.
It is impossible for Cao Pi to think that Zhang Xi is stupid. With so few troops stationed in Guanzhong, he dared to violate the taboo of military strategists by dividing his troops. This must be a trick of Shu thieves.
But the question is, what on earth do the Shu thieves want to do? !
Cao Pi did not dare to be careless and immediately summoned Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, Cao Zhen, and Xia Houshang to discuss the military situation.
Actually, Cao Pi originally wanted to ask Jia Xu, an old fox, to come over and ask for advice on this matter, but it was too cold last winter. Not to mention the Yongzhou snow disaster, the Central Plains area was also very cold.
After all, Jia Xu is getting older, and his health is not as good as before. Since falling ill in winter, his condition has been recurring, and he doesn't know if he can survive until spring.
Furthermore, since Cao Pi adopted Sima Yi's strategy and went south to contact Soochow to form an alliance to attack the Shu Han, Jia Xu has been staying at home. Cao Pi actually knew in his heart that Jia Xu, an old fox, was still dissatisfied.
At first, regardless of his old age, Jia Xu rushed to Luoyang and offered Cao Pi a plan to "get out of the way." One of them was that he could not give in to Soochow.
Who made Sun Quan say that when Jia Xu was a Taiwei, Sun Quan said he was immoral, but that Jia Xu was an "immoral person"? When he was a Taiwei, there was no one in the Wei Dynasty. The old fox was holding a grudge.
It was a bit of a personal grudge, and Cao Pi had been losing since he came to the throne. He lost Liangzhou and Yongzhou, and he really needed a victory to inspire people. Personal grudges were mixed with national events, so Jia Xu suggested that he wait until he could get rid of the Guanzhong war. , turned around and killed the rats from Jiangdong, and regained the lost Qingxu two states.
Firstly, it would relieve his anger, and secondly, it would be convenient for Cao Pi to establish his own prestige. Compared with the difficult Shu thieves, the gang of boatmen in Jiangdong who only know how to operate a boat are definitely much easier to deal with.
But who knew that after Cao Pi withdrew from Guanzhong, he turned around and negotiated peace with Sun Quan.
When the old man saw this posture, he immediately fell silent. Even if Jia Xu was in good health now, Cao Pi probably wouldn't be able to come up with any plans if he invited him.
Therefore, Cao Pi also knew in his heart that it would be better not to invite Jia Xu, so as to avoid the failure of the plan and make both the emperor and his ministers look bad.
After summoning the four people, Cao Pi's attitude was obvious - think about it, what are the Shu thieves doing? !
After reading Wang Chang's report, Liu Ye and the other four fell into deep thought.
What the hell does this Zhang Yuanchang want to do? !
(End of chapter)
