Not to mention that Sima Yi couldn't see the current situation clearly. In fact, even Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, even Qin Lang and Xiahou Ba didn't understand why the young emperor of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Fang, who was only six years old now, would appear in Chaoge.
How can a king of a country sneak into the encirclement of the enemy? This is not the way to conquer the enemy personally.
And this matter was indeed an accident. This was entirely due to the impromptu idea of Sun Zi and Liu Fang.
In fact, when Cao Shuang ordered to evacuate Yecheng three days later and go north to Youzhou, Sun Zi and Liu Fang were in a very confused state.
These two people originally persuaded Cao Rui to change his mind and helped Sima Yi obtain the status of auxiliary minister. Therefore, after Cao Shuang came to power, these two people completely distanced themselves from the center and became peripheral people.
This is not what the two of them want to see.
The reason why they persuaded Cao Rui to change the candidate for Tuogu was that on the one hand, it was indeed forced by the situation at that time. The candidates chosen by Cao Rui for Tuogu were all from the Cao family. If after Cao Rui's death, all the rights were concentrated in the hands of the Cao family, then the family would be The big clan's side is bound to be unstable, which will cause instability in the situation.
On the other hand, if all the Cao family is in power, it will not be good for Sun Zi and Liu Fang to control the central power.
Therefore, the two men did have selfish motives in doing this, but they were not uninterested. At least they were not completely siding with Sima Yi. They just needed Sima Yi as a target to attract firepower and maintain their position.
But neither of them expected that Sima Yi, an old fox, could not be manipulated by just anyone, and Cao Shuang, a man with little revenge or tolerance, was marginalized after Cao Shuang came to power.
Originally, these two people had no good solution. After Cao Shuang came to power, even Sima Yi was forced to stay in seclusion. What could they use to fight against Cao Shuang.
But later, with the Han army's Northern Expedition, Sima Yi came out of the army again, and the two also saw the possibility of being reused again.
At least, that's what Sun Zi really thought.
As for Liu Fang, he has a way out, but he is actually not that anxious.
If the Wei Dynasty can block or even repel the Shu Han's Northern Expedition, then Liu Fang can naturally use Sima Yi's power to return to the center of the Wei Dynasty and gain power.
If the Wei Dynasty could not stop the Shu Han's Northern Expedition and really came to the point of approaching the city with its troops, then with the confidential information Liu Fang had provided to the Shu Han before and his status as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, he would not suffer any loss.
In fact, Liu Fang had already begun to think that once Deng Ai's troops came to Ye City, he would act as an internal response and directly open the gates of Ye City to help Deng Ai defeat Wei in one battle.
With such merit, not to mention how high the status will be in the Shu Han court in the future, at least a prince will not be able to escape.
After all, Liu Fang's surname is Liu, so he has the qualifications to be crowned king.
But all of this began to be in danger of collapse as Cao Shuang ordered to move north.
If Cao Fang is really allowed to move north to Youzhou, the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition will not be fully successful at best, but Liu Fang's life may not be easy.
Youzhou is originally a bitter cold place, and the living conditions are not good. Most people are not willing to live there if they have nothing to do. Even the princes and nobles, their lives there are not as good as those of the wealthy families in the Central Plains.
Another one, when Cao Wei moved north to Youzhou, it was basically equivalent to a local separatist regime. At that time, it was basically who had the military power and who had the right to speak. It was obvious, whether it was Sun Zi or Liu Fang, in the hands of the two Without military power, their status must be even worse than it is now.
Under this situation, Sun Zi would be filled with sadness at most, but Liu Fang started to use his brain to find a way out for himself.
It happened that at this time, Liu Fang learned an important news - the emperor and the queen mother left Yecheng early and headed for Wei County under the protection of Cao Shuang's personal guards.
Liu Fang has been in charge of the central government for more than ten years, and he has a few confidants both within the court and the palace. It is not too difficult to know this.
In fact, Cao Shuang felt that he was doing things secretly, but in fact, there were many important officials in Cao Wei's court who learned about this matter at the first time.
For example, veterans of the three dynasties such as Chen Jiao and Gao Rou had heard of the rumors to some extent, but most of these people's thoughts were from the perspective of the Wei State and they considered whether Cao Shuang's actions were good or bad. But Liu Fang didn't think so. .
Since you, Cao Shuang, can kidnap the emperor and run away without being around to protect him, why can't I do this? !
Of course, Liu Fang's intention was not to guard the emperor and become the second Dong Cheng. What he wanted to do was to kidnap Luan Jia, the emperor of Wei, and give it to Zhuge Liang.
In Ji Han's three-pronged attack on Wei, Liu Fang actually didn't think much of Deng Ai on the northern route. Deng Ai was too junior and did not have enough say in the Ji Han court. If Liu Fang directly hijacked the emperor and surrendered to Deng Ai, If so, it will only elevate Deng Ai's status and will not be of much benefit to Liu Fang.
As for Zhang Xi and Wei Yan on the east road, their qualifications are sufficient, but Liu Fang does not have much interaction with these two people, and he is afraid that these two people will take advantage of their status to hide their achievements and only say that they intercepted Cao Wei. The emperor and the queen mother probably didn't even have a place to cry.
In this case, the best choice is to go west to Chaoge and give Zhuge Liang a gift.
Another thing is that Liu Fang has no military power and only has a few hundred private soldiers. If he directly exposes his identity and kidnaps the emperor and the queen mother, I am afraid that he will not be able to go far before he is surrounded by Cao Shuang, Sima Yi, and even Xiahou Ba. At that time, his life will definitely be in danger. Whether Cao Wei is destroyed or not has nothing to do with him.
Therefore, Liu Fang had to think of a way to make his act of kidnapping the Emperor and the Queen Mother more reasonable. He had to rely on Sun Zi's help.
Liu Fang first found Sun Zi and analyzed with Sun Zi the prospect that the two would inevitably lose their power after the emperor arrived in Youzhou, tempting Sun Zi to be tempted.
After that, Liu Fang used the excuse that Cao Shuang was correcting the imperial edict and that Sima Yi was hiding evil intentions and could not be trusted. He persuaded Sun Zi to use private soldiers with him to catch up with the emperor Luan Jia. Then he launched a mutiny and killed Cao Shuang's personal guards. He persuaded the Queen Mother to switch sides. Chao Ge.
As for the Queen Mother, Liu Fang actually didn't put much thought into it. He just gave the Queen Mother an example - in the past, Emperor Taizu Wu welcomed the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty and moved the capital to Xuchang.
The rest is left to the Queen Mother Guo to imagine.
In fact, when Cao Fang and the Queen Mother fled Yecheng, the situation was very similar to that when Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty fled Chang'an. They had to take refuge with a general with a foreign surname, and there were not many troops available under the clan generals.
How could Guo, the daughter-in-law of the old Cao family, not know what the old Cao family relied on, let alone that it had only been more than thirty years ago.
The more Guo thought about it, the more he felt that going to Wei County to seek refuge with Sima Yi was not such a good idea.
Although Cao Shuang said that Cao Xun had taken control of the military power in Wei County, what was the actual situation? Guo didn't know what if Cao Xun did not have the military power, or what if Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were colluding? !
On the contrary, it was Sun Zi and Liu Fang who suggested that it would be a better idea to go to Chaoge and join Xiahou Ba and others. Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang are both clan generals of the Wei Dynasty, and they have obviously more troops. It is also more beneficial to protect the emperor.
Furthermore, now that Cao Shuang's personal guards have been killed by Sun Zi and Liu Fang's private soldiers, even if Guo doesn't agree with the two people's opinions, what else can she, a weak woman, do with a six-year-old child? ? !
It's better to just listen to Sun Zi and Liu Fang's advice and go to Chaoge.
Once they arrived at Chaoge, with the support of Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang, they could completely control Sun Zi and Liu Fang with their military power. The power of life and death would return to the clan again, and there would be no need to worry about repeating the disaster of the Later Han Dynasty.
In this way, Guo decided to accept the suggestions of Sun Zi and Liu Fang, half-heartedly, and changed his route to Chaoge.
And this change of route directly made all the great men in the Northern Expedition dumbfounded, and they couldn't understand what this operation was.
Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang didn't understand. Their side was originally the most dangerous place with the greatest defensive pressure. Why did the Queen Mother and the Emperor come to join in the fun when they had nothing to do? !
Are you afraid that the Shu thieves' attack is not strong enough? !
But now that they have come, can Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang still sit back and watch the emperor outside the city, and refuse to accept it behind closed doors? !
Xiahou Ba personally led his troops out of the city and led the emperor to Chaoge.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were also dumbfounded. This was really God's will for the great Han Dynasty to prosper. How could such a good thing happen to them? !
Now that the emperors of Cao Wei have arrived at Chaoge and personally come to give the two men a decisive victory in a battle, how can Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong let them go so easily given their abilities? !
The only person who truly regretted it was Guo. It was only after she arrived at Chaoge and met Qin Lang and Xiahou Ba that she realized what a stupid thing she had done.
This really can't be blamed on Guo. After all, she is just a harem woman, and she is not from a wealthy family in the Central Plains. She only has these visions. She doesn't understand the strategic situation at all, and she doesn't know how to go to Chaoge to seek refuge with Qin Lang and Xiahou Ba. It's about crashing into the enemy's encirclement.
However, the matter has come to this, and it is useless for Guo to regret. Even if Guo wants to anger Sun Zi and Liu Fang, there is no chance now. Sun Zi is still in Chaoge City, but Liu Fang is Has disappeared.
(End of chapter)
