After Huang Quan's matter was settled, Cao Pi summoned Jia Xu and asked: "Now that I am preparing to unify the world, should I attack Shu first or attack Wu first?" Jia Xu thought about the defeat of Shu and his disciple Yu Yi. It takes time to establish one's own power. It is definitely not good to attack Shu. I originally wanted to suggest attacking Soochow, but thinking that Soochow was captured, Shu would have no guarantee, so he said: "Liu Bei is a man of great talent and great strategy." In addition, Zhuge Liang is able to govern the country, Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty is able to appoint talents and identify the true and false, and Lu Xun is also stationed in important places. It is difficult to plan across the rivers and lakes. I don’t think there is any one among us ministers and generals. They are Liu Bei and Sun Quan's opponents! Even if your Majesty attacks in person, I'm afraid you won't be able to fully grasp the initiative. You can only slowly wait for opportunities until major changes occur in the two countries."
Cao Pi was a little unhappy after hearing this and said: "I have sent three armies to attack Soochow. How can there be no reason not to win?"
Shangshu Liu Ye came out to advise: "Lu Xun has defeated Shu's 700,000-strong army. Now is the time when their military morale is in order. In addition, they are blocked by rivers and lakes and cannot attack. In addition, Lu Xun is a resourceful man, and I am afraid he has already prepared for it." .”
Unexpectedly, he came out to dissuade. Cao Pi was a little confused and asked: "You advised me to attack Wu before, and now you come out to dissuade me. What's the reason?"
He replied: "It's because the current situation is different. Soochow has been defeated by Shu many times before, and its power has been affected. It can be attacked. But now that Lu Xun has led Soochow to a great victory, and it is full of vigor, it cannot be attacked."
Cao Pi was a little helpless, but the decision had been made, so he said: "I have decided, you don't want to persuade me anymore." So he led the Imperial Forest Army to personally pick up the three groups of people sent out.
The situation when Tan Ma came back was that Soochow had made preparations and asked Lu Fan to lead troops and horses to resist Cao Xiu, Zhuge Jin to lead troops to resist Cao Zhen, and Zhu Heng to lead troops to resist Cao Ren. After Liu Ye knew this situation, he continued to advise. Said: "It seems that Soochow has already made preparations, and we can't go."
Cao Pi didn't care so much and insisted on going. He ignored the advice and left with his troops.
Wu general Zhu Huan was only twenty-seven years old. He was a very strategic man. Sun Quan liked him very much and entrusted him with the important task of supervising the army in Ruxu. Later, when he heard that Cao Ren was leading troops to attack Xianxi, Zhu Heng sent his troops to The horses were all transferred there to defend, leaving only 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city. Later, it was reported that Cao Ren sent general Chang Diao, Zhuge Qian, and Wang Shuang to attack Ruxu City with 50,000 soldiers and horses. Everyone was very frightened. Zhu Heng held down his sword and said: "Winning or losing depends on how to use the troops and horses, not the number of troops. The Art of War says that if there are twice as many guest troops as the main troops, the main troops can still win. Now Cao Ren leads troops and horses from a long distance." Come here, the troops and horses are all tired. I will defend the high city with you. To the south is the Yangtze River and to the north are the dangerous mountains and rivers. I am waiting for work. This is a situation of complete victory. Even if Cao Pi comes in person, I will not Feeling scared, let alone Cao Ren now?" So he ordered the sergeants to cease their activities and enter a state of silence, making it appear that they were undefended.
Chang Diao, the vanguard of Wei general Chang Diao, led his elite troops to attack Ruxu City. He was very happy when he saw undefended soldiers and horses above the city. With the sword raised, Zhu Heng came out on horseback and attacked Chang Diao directly. The two fought for less than three rounds before he was killed by Zhu Heng's sword. The Wu army took advantage of the situation and charged for a while. The Wei army was defeated and many people were killed or wounded. Zhu Heng won the victory and captured the opponent's equipment and horses.
Cao Ren arrived with his troops and horses, but was killed by the Wu army from Xianxi on the way. Cao Ren also failed. He went back to see the Lord of Wei and explained the situation and the details of the failure. Cao Pi was very surprised and was discussing the next step. Suddenly a soldier came to report the attack plan, saying: "Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang attacked Jiangling. The troops ambushed by Lu Xun attacked from the inside, and the troops ambushed by Zhuge Jin attacked from the outside, but they also failed."
Fortunately, not long after, a soldier came back to report, saying: "Cao Xiu was killed by Lu Fan's troops and retreated."
When Cao Pi heard that all three armies were defeated by the Wu army, he sighed: "I didn't listen to the advice of Jia Xu and Liu Ye, which led to the failure!"
It was summer at that time, and the epidemic was rampant. The horse infantry in the north could not adapt to the weather in the south. Six or seven out of ten died, so he took the troops back to Luoyang. On the way, Cao Pi asked about Sima Yi's situation and learned that he was still there. Fancheng defended and ordered Sima Yi to continue the defense. However, this failure caused the relationship between Wei and Wu to decline a lot.
It is said that Yu Yi got the news that Huang Rui'er was getting married, so he quickly ordered his troops to return, and walked alone towards Chengdu. Due to his special status, everyone at the pass wanted to entertain Yu Yi well, and then there was someone Relying on politics and seeking some future development in the future, Yuyi was eager to return and ran all the way. He declined many entertainments. The prefect along the way just felt strange. You must know that the news of Liu Bei and Soochow's decisive battle had already spread in Sichuan, and some people were ready to take action. Everyone has their own little thoughts, but Zhuge Liang works hard to stabilize the situation.
Yu Yi ran all the way, exhausted several horses along the way, and finally arrived in Chengdu a few days later. The first thing he did when entering Chengdu was to find Kong Ming.
At that time, Kong Ming had just discussed the follow-up matters. When he returned home, he saw Yu Yi. He was very surprised and asked, "You flew to Chengdu, right?"
After all, he had not rested for many days. Yu Yi's expression was not good and he looked very anxious and said: "Tell me where Huang Ruier is, I want to find her!"
At this moment, a woman came out from behind the screen, it was Kong Ming's wife Huang Yueying, and said: "Huang Ruier doesn't want to see you, you'd better go back!"
Kong Ming said: "You can't be rude. How can you talk to the King of Jingzhou?"
Yu Yi sighed and said: "It's okay, it's all my fault. I know it's too late, but please allow me to see Huang Ruier one last time, because I have something to say!"
Seeing Yu Yi's sad expression, Kong Ming couldn't bear it and advised: "The King of Jingzhou marries Miss Su's family. That is also His Majesty's intention. In fact, he doesn't like Su Xianxian. It's just because of a temporary promise that he can rush back to Chengdu like this." , to prove the importance of Huang Rui'er in his heart, just tell him where Rui'er is going."
Huang Yueying was a little sentimental, remembering Rui'er's helpless expression before leaving, and her helplessness when marrying a rich man. In fact, everything was just to forget Yu Yi, and marrying the son of a wealthy businessman in Chengdu was also to make Yu Yi angry, so she said: "Tomorrow We’re about to get married, it’s the Wu family in the south of Chengdu.”
After hearing this, Yu Yi bowed to Huang Yueying, thanked her, and turned around to leave.
