Chapter 180 Cao Rui’s anger
If we want to say who has been wronged the most this year, it must be Cao Rui. Even Sun Quan has to step aside.
Since hearing that the Shu Han planned to attack Wu, Cao Wei Chaotang had a big dispute on whether to attack Wu or Shu. In the end, it was Cao Rui who made the final decision to defeat Wu with the Shu Han.
For this reason, he also specially sent people to notify Sima Yi and Cao Zhen, asking them to restrain themselves during this period.
Cao Rui's initial plan was for us to have fun playing Sun Shiwan together. Even if we can't kill him, both of us can get some benefits.
As a result, Cao Rui had a good idea, but in the middle of the battle, the Shu Han suddenly stopped fighting with Soochow and came to stab him in the waist. Because of Cao Rui's plan to attack Wu with all his strength, there was a loophole in Jingxiang that allowed the Shu Han to take advantage of it.
As a result, the entire Nanyang County is now in chaos. The Shu army attacks from Dangyang and Shangyong and is about to break out. Before the reinforcements from the front line rushed back, the vanguard army was blocked by the Shu army when they arrived at Xiangyang.
Although the Wei army was on the way to retreat, they killed Sun Quan who turned around and defeated Sun Quan who tried to pursue him. But this is all to no avail. The loosening of the Nanyang front has become a foregone conclusion.
How important is Nanyang?
This place is the transportation hub of Guanzhong, Sili, Huainan and the Central Plains of Cao Wei. Once this place is captured by the Shu army, everything from Wuguan to Luoyang will become the front line.
By then, I'm afraid Cao Rui will have to consider moving the capital like his grandfather.
This is a major event and has already involved the national destiny of Cao Wei.
Even if the Shu Han robbed Longyou before, it was just a border defense issue for Cao Wei. So Cao Rui just sent Cao Zhen to oversee Guanzhong and Sima Yi to oversee Liangzhou.
But Nanyang is no longer an ordinary border defense issue. The entire Cao Wei Dynasty must pay great attention to this, otherwise it will have a great impact on the temples and the country.
Thinking of this, Cao Rui felt that his blood pressure was high, and his head was even a little nervous.
During this battle, Ma Di's name officially entered Cao Rui's sight, making the Wei emperor remember him.
There was no way, it was so eye-catching that even Cao Rui's good friend Guanqiu Jian was defeated. Ma Di was responsible for at least 70% of the reason why the entire Nanyang front line was loosened.
"Now the Shu army has conquered Nanxiang, and the Shu generals have sent troops to Xinye. Fancheng is in urgent need...Do you have any strategies to retreat from the enemy?" It seemed that headaches had become a hereditary disease in the old Cao family, and Cao Rui also felt that his head was starting to hurt. . He sighed deeply and asked the civil and military officials of Cao Wei below.
But among the civil and military officials, look at me and look at you, none of them dare to step forward to speak. After a strange silence, veteran Chen Qun stood up and gave Cao Rui some advice.
"Your Majesty! Judging from the current situation, Nanyang is in danger. If Nanyang is lost, Yuzhou and Guanzhong will not be at peace."
"Now we should mobilize a large army to conquer it, and mobilize soldiers and horses to attack Wu to rescue it. I am afraid that the issue of conquering Wu can only be put on hold for the time being."
Chen Qun's attitude is clear, Nanyang is the top priority and must not be missed. As for the attack on Wu, we can wait until we defeat the Shu army before making plans.
What's more, although there are frequent reports of success in defeating Wu's army, such as Wei's army defeating Sun Quan in Wuchang and Cao Xiu's victory over Ruxuwu... But with Lu Xun's main force returning to support, it is no longer so easy to continue to expand the results.
It’s better to stop here and withdraw to save Nanyang!
Chen Qun's attitude also represents the thoughts of most officials. Between Soochow and Nanyang, most people will choose Nanyang.
This time, there was no one around Cao Rui who advocated conquering Wu. After Cao Rui hesitated, the three of us could only agree to the proposal. Then Cao Rui issued an edict to mobilize the Central Army from Luoyang south to assist Nanyang.
At the same time, Cao Xiu on the eastern front also stopped continuing to attack Wu. He divided his troops to garrison Ruxuwu and then returned to Nanyang to aid Nanyang. As for the situation of attacking Wu, Cao Wei could only put it on hold for the time being.
After making a series of decisions, Cao Rui sighed and gave his evaluation of Shu Han.
"Although Shu is a small country, it has famous generals such as Su, Yun, and Yan outside, and famous people inside. It is really difficult to defeat it. I should have listened to Taiwei Jia's words a long time ago."
"In future confrontations with Shuwu, let's try to focus on defense!"
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Ma Su didn't know at the moment that Cao Rui, who was far away in Luoyang, compared him with Zhao Yun and Wei Yan. If he knew, Ma Su would definitely float to the sky.
But Ma Su didn't have time to care about this at the moment, he was very busy.
Since he was stationed outside Xinye City, Ma Su has not rested for a day. Although he was unable to capture Xinye City, Ma Di continued to attack from all sides to encircle the enemy for reinforcements.
Basically every Wei army who came to support Xinye was beaten by Ma Di. Those who were more stubborn, such as Wei Jun who came from the direction of Fancheng, were whipped by Ma Su more than once.
However, as the reinforcements began to learn more, they began to converge from a long distance away. Thousands of reinforcements gradually gathered into more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Ma Su could not rush forward.
However, in view of Ma Su's reputation, all the Wei army's troops chose to unite and only dared to rescue Xinye with a combined force of 30,000. Ma Su had nothing to do about it. After all, he had suffered huge losses and could not fight another battle of hundreds to thirty thousand.
But at this moment, the Prime Minister's order was also delivered, informing... No, it should be that Ma Su was tied up and evacuated.
At this moment, the Shu Han has taken advantage of all the advantages in Nanyang. It is the moment to maximize the benefits. If they wait any longer, the main force of Cao Wei will rush back and it will be difficult for their Shu army to leave.
Therefore, now is the best time to end the war. How long will it take to withdraw from the Communist Party at this time?
However, in order to prevent Ma Su from refusing to retreat, Zhuge Liang specially sent Zhang Yi to capture Ma Su.
Zhang Yi led hundreds of personal guards and the prime minister's order, and went straight into Ma Di's camp on a dark and windy night.
It turned out that he was not very lucky because Ma Su was still awake. Zhang Yi had no choice but to follow the Prime Minister's order and force his way into the camp, almost holding him hostage, and captured Ma Su.
"I guess, Bo Gong, what are you doing?" Ma Su was startled by Zhang Yi and quickly backed away.
"Ahem...General Youchang, this is the Prime Minister's order, I'm sorry for being rude." Zhang Yi also looked embarrassed, and could only helplessly spread his hands in the face of Ma Su's inquiry.
"The Prime Minister was afraid that you might have something on your mind, so he sent someone to inform you to retreat."
Do you call this a notification?
Ma Su's mouth twitched a few times, looking at Zhang Yi's fully armed attitude of wanting to kidnap him away.
It’s not that I, Ma Youchang, am so virtuous and capable. I need the Prime Minister to send a former military governor to tie me up!
But think about it, Wei Jun was afraid of Ma Di, and in fact Zhuge Liang was also afraid. He was really afraid that Ma Su would have some inappropriate thoughts, such as taking his few people to eat Cao Wei's regular army (well, Ma Su did have this idea)
No matter what, you Ma Su must come back to me! The prime minister was already prepared. If Zhang Yi returned without success, he would personally lead an army to capture Ma Su.
Ma Su is the only new generation general in Shu Han who can take charge of his own role. He really can't have any surprises!
In the end, Ma Su accepted the Prime Minister's order and reluctantly led his troops to withdraw from the Xinye area.