In fact, there is no one else but Chen Tai who takes the blame in Cao Rui's heart.
The performance of the Yingchuan family in this battle of Yanzhou really made Cao Rui too angry. They surrendered so quickly. This in itself shows the choice made by the Yingchuan family - they no longer choose to side with the Wei Dynasty. .
If it weren't for the fact that there were many Yingchuan-born heroes in the court, and if it weren't for the fact that there were still many mid-level and low-level officials of Yingchuan origin in the current Wei Dynasty, Cao Rui would have wanted to launch a major purge to clear out the Yingchuan family in the Wei Dynasty. of influence.
Unfortunately, Cao Rui couldn't do this.
It was not just that there were too many officials from Yingchuan, but also that the power of the aristocratic families in the Wei Dynasty was too great.
If Cao Wei dares to purge the Yingchuan family for this reason today, then tomorrow Cao Wei can use the same reason to purge the Hedong family, or even the Hebei family. This is the real foundation of Cao Wei's country.
The timing of Cao Wei's founding of the country was actually not good. Cao Pi was too impatient. If he could have Cao Cao's talents and strategies and "concede" after he truly unified the world, he would be truly confident.
But Cao Pi couldn't wait for that day, and he didn't think he had the ability to rule the world. Therefore, in order to become emperor, Cao Pi made many deals and compromises with the aristocratic families in exchange for their support for the Cao family to succeed the Han Dynasty. Naturally, Cao Wei and The bonds between the aristocratic families were so deep that even Cao Rui could not imagine what the Wei court would become once it lost the support of the aristocratic families.
Therefore, it is not advisable for Cao Wei to clean up the Yingchuan family.
However, although Cao Rui cannot do this, it does not mean that Cao Rui has no other ways to achieve this goal. As an emperor, Cao Rui is still very qualified in terms of emperor's mental skills.
As for Chen Tai and Cao Rui, he could only say that the situation was helpless.
Cao Rui may not have any feelings for Chen Tai, but he still has great trust in Chen Qun. If he had a choice, Cao Rui wouldn't want Chen Tai to take the blame.
But there is nothing we can do. Sima Yi and Guo Huai are both back, but you, Chen Tai, have been captured by Shu thieves.
If Chen Tai can finally "escape" back to the Kingdom of Wei. No matter how Chen Tai comes back, as long as he can come back, then Cao Rui will not let Chen Tai take the blame, but will give him a more important position. he.
But if Chen Tai finally chooses to surrender to the Shu thieves, or chooses not to surrender or serve as an official, but just stays in Yingchuan and does not return, acting as a two-faced person. Then don't blame Cao Rui for being rude.
What Cao Rui is waiting for now is accurate news coming from Xizuo in the Central Plains area. Cao Rui must grasp the real information about Chen Tai.
Don't look back like Guo Huai. Cao Rui just put the pot in place, and Chen Tai came back. Then the pot would have leaked.
As for this matter, Cao Rui didn't have to wait too long. Within two months, Cao Rui received the information from Zhongyuan Xisaku.
The Shu thieves and puppet emperors held the annual Zhengdan Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony in Chang'an. It was rumored that someone saw Chen Tai at this grand ceremony, and he was ranked quite high in the queue.
The Zhengdan Ceremony is a very serious occasion. Ordinary ministers are not qualified to participate, but Chen Tai can appear on this occasion and ranks high. This is not an ordinary treatment for a demoted general.
Obviously, this is a sign that the Yingchuan family, headed by Chen Tai, has completely fallen to the Shu thieves. Only with the support of the Yingchuan family, it is possible for Chen Tai to gain a high position as soon as he surrenders.
In this case, it would be quite easy for Cao Rui to take the blame.
The Battle of Yanzhou failed entirely because Chen Taili had connections with foreign countries and lured Shu thieves into Yingchuan, which broke Sima Yi's plan to attack Luoyang, causing Sima Yi's failure to return to the army. In the meantime, he secretly colluded with Shu thieves, causing Cao Zhao's cavalry to be completely destroyed. After being destroyed, the Wei army in Yingchuan was besieged by the enemy's superior force, forcing Sima Yi to preserve his army and retreat to Hebei.
This is the battle report analysis report of the entire Yanzhou battle - the main responsibility belongs to Chen Tai.
As for Sima Yi, as the commander-in-chief, he used troops conservatively during the entire battle and did not think about making progress. Although he had contributed to the whole army, he was also responsible for the loss of territory. Show punishment.
All the punishments in the Yanzhou War have only officially come to an end at this time.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Rui issued an edict to change the year name to Jingchu to show the new atmosphere. This year is the first year of Jingchu.
After this operation, everyone basically understands that no matter who is right or wrong about this matter, it is completely over here. The emperor has changed the yuan. What other old scores do you want to settle? !
The Yingchuan heroes who originally wanted to plead for Chen Tai and the Hedong family who wanted to plead for Sima Yi suddenly shut their mouths.
In this way, Cao Wei temporarily stabilized the situation after the loss of Yanzhou. At least on the surface, Cao Rui stabilized the political situation.
But what happens in private, this requires Cao Rui to sort it out again. With Cao Rui's ability, it is not difficult to do this, it just takes time.
But Cao Rui didn't know whether the Shu thieves would give him this time.
After all, the Shu thieves had just captured Yanzhou and were in full swing. If they were to forcefully cross the river and attack Hebei, the current Wei Dynasty might not be able to withstand such a torment.
As for the big man, don't tell me, someone actually suggested that we should take advantage of the victory and pursue it.
It was none other than Zhongshu Ling Li Yan.
But this matter, it’s useless if Li Yan talks about it, he’s not Zhuge Liang! ! !
Moreover, given Li Yan's character as an old fox, he took the initiative to mention the Northern Expedition. He may not really insist on going north immediately, but more just to show his sense of presence.
Rather than continuing the Northern Expedition, Li Yan cared more about his right to speak in the court.
Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, is not as clever as Li Yan. As prime minister, he has a lot of things to do.
In the fifth year of Yanxi, after the Zhengdan Dynasty in Chang'an ended, Zhuge Liang summoned Zhang Xi, Wei Yan and others to temporarily stay in Chang'an to discuss military planning issues after the Battle of Yanzhou.
Regarding government affairs, Zhuge Liang had made appropriate arrangements before the Zhengdan Dynasty.
Most are appointments to civilian officials.
Now Zhuge Liang has begun to consciously separate local military and political affairs. The local governor only manages government affairs, while local military affairs are generally controlled by the local garrison general. This can prevent the local governor from taking control of military and political affairs and becoming powerful with the power of aristocratic families. out of control.
Especially for newly pacified states and counties like Yanzhou, doing this can avoid the possibility of another rebellion to the greatest extent.
Therefore, in addition to Zhuge Liang appointing Xu Shu as the governor of Yanzhou to control the overall situation, the remaining states and counties were basically composed of a prefect civil servant and a guard military attache.
Out of the need to appease the local area, the civil servants appointed by Zhuge Liang in Yanzhou prefectures and counties were basically officials from Yingchuan County or Yanzhou local aristocratic families. As for the guarding generals, Zhuge Liang still needed to seriously discuss with Zhang Xi and others.
In fact, the main object of discussion is Zhang Xi, plus Wei Yan.
Who made these two people the current representatives of the Han military?
Among the four permanent generals of the Han Dynasty, for some special reasons, Liu Chan has no intention of appointing any more chariot generals and generals for the time being. Although Zhao Yun, the general of the Wei, has retreated to the second line due to old age, this position will definitely accompany him for life. It may be easy to change, so among the four permanent generals, Zhang Xi is the only hussar general.
It can be said that Zhang Xi is actually the number one person in the Han military today.
Except for Zhang Xi, among the remaining generals of the Four Expeditions and Four Towns, only Wei Yan, the general of the Western Expedition, can be compared with Zhang Xi in terms of ability and qualifications. The two of them naturally became representatives of the military and had to discuss with Zhuge Liang. Candidates for generals in various places.
After all, the late emperor had agreed when he entrusted him with the task that Zhuge Liang could control military and political power, but in terms of military affairs, he needed the endorsement of the military.
This is not Liu Bei's will, but a tacit understanding between the four ministers who care about life.
Now, although Zhang Fei is gone and Zhao Yun has retreated to the second line, Zhang Xi is still there, and he must do this.
But, guarding the generals is actually not important. Today's big men, at least among the new generation of generals, still have quite a lot of talents, and they may not all have the ability to command an army. But when guarding a county, many of them are a bit big. It feels like a useless thing.
Therefore, according to the back-and-forth discussion between Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi, and Wei Yan, it was finally decided that Zhang Yi would guard Yingchuan County, Jiang Wei would guard Chenliu County, Hu Fen would guard Jiyin County, Wenqin would guard Taishan County, and Deng Ai would guard Dongjun.
These five counties were the Han's biggest gain in this battle of Yanzhou.
As for the remaining Three Kingdoms and One County in Yanzhou, the situation is more complicated.
As for the Chen State, because Zhu Ju of the Eastern Wu Dynasty sent troops from Runan to attack the Chen State, Liao Hua had few soldiers and could only temporarily retreat to the north of the Chen State and save one-third of Chen State's land.
As for Qiaojun, Sun Shao went north, and Zhuge Qian was completely unable to resist. Sun Shao finally defeated him and completely drove him out of Qiaojun. He retreated to Liang State to join Guanqiu Jian.
Regarding Shanyang County, Hu Zun's move north was slow, and he was restrained by Lu Xun. He was unable to take care of Shanyang County next to Jiyin County, which was easily occupied by Zhuge Dan.
Guan Qiujian of Liang State arrived in Liang State in time after Hu Zun went north, and just blocked Lu Xun's exit from Dangshan Mountain. He used 10,000 people to fight against Lu Xun's 20,000 soldiers, and barely stabilized the defense line.
In addition, Hu Zun suspended his march north after entering Dingtao, and Lu Xun did not dare to go too deep, slowing down the pace of the attack. Now, the Liang Kingdom, Han and Wu each took half.
As for the situation, this is the situation now. Regarding military strategy, what needs serious discussion now is not whether to cross the Yellow River immediately, but how to clean up the mess in southern Yanzhou.
Should he acquiesce to the status quo, stop the troops and stabilize the place, or should he take advantage of the remaining strength to drive southward the soldiers of Soochow and occupy Yanzhou.
This is what needs to be discussed at this meeting.
And following the topic of this meeting, there is actually a more critical issue - next, whether to move north or east.
After all, just as Sima Yi expected, it would be more difficult for the Han army to cross the river to attack Cao Wei in Hebei than to march eastward to attack Xuzhou in Soochow, and the Soochow side was still weaker.
(End of chapter)
