The civil and military officials are undoubtedly concerned about the candidates for the six major military regions and the military ministers, and the concerns of the two important departments.

Cao Ren in Liyang and Zhao Yun in Hefei respectively guarded a military district with the Chonghao in Zhenbei and the East, which was almost certain.

The candidate Cao Cao proposed in Jiangling was Huo Jun. To be honest, it was a little bit unqualified. Liu Bei simply proposed to let Cheng Yu be the general of Zhennan, but Cao Cao obviously did not agree with him.

He didn't want his right-hand man Cheng Yu to become a pure military general in this way, especially since he has no one who can be competent for the governor of Jingzhou. Cao Cao even said that he would send Guan Yu over and let Li Dian take over him.

Liu Bei naturally refused without hesitation. Guan Yu's position seems to be more important than General Zhennan, especially for Liu Bei, who is about to withdraw from Luoyang politics. For this reason, Liu Bei even proposed to let Yu Jin take over this position.

The two sides were anxious all the time, and Liu Xie didn't think about who to send, so he had to give up.

On Gao Liu's side, we can only let Jia Xu take over the general Zhenbei for the time being. This is actually a bit aggrieved for Jia Xu. When he has the right person to take over in the future, he will change him back. It is indeed not suitable to use others now.

Zhang Liao served as General Zhendong, and almost no one in the court opposed it, so... the only focus of the matter that could be discussed was naturally the only general of the Conquest of the West.

What is more embarrassing is that there is indeed such a general in Hanzhong who is in expedition to the West, but it is not Cao Chun who is expected to be, but Cao Pi, who is the eldest son of Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao didn't know whether this was under the emperor's plan, he really wanted to slap his big mouth hard now.

Who would have thought that this General of the East would become a real position!

Everyone knows that this war must be Cao Chun as the head coach. Cao Cao did help Cao Chun get a real position like the prefect of Hanzhong. Although Cao Pi's general of the East was nominally commanding Cao Chun, who didn't know that this was to accompany the prince to study and give him qualifications?

At present, the General of the East of the Conquest is about to become a real position and will manage a large military region. Cao Pi? He is worthy of it too?

All the civil and military officials of the court thought that Cao Pi was not worthy. Do you think the Han Dynasty was run by your family?

He was blocking this place, which delayed Cao Chun's promotion.

Regardless of whether Cao Chun could finally get the General of the East, the first thing the court had to discuss was to get the General of the West above Cao Pi and free up the position first, but it was once again in trouble.

Cao Cao's attitude this time can be said to be very tough. After all, Cao Pi, the general who conquered the West, was obtained by him for sacrifice to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. How could he let you get rid of it if you say it?

The reason for being high-sounding is also very simple: there is no suitable reason to replace Cao Pi, and there is no suitable position to place Cao Pi.

Is Cao Pi nominally the commander of the Western Route Army? He fought well in the west, so how could he just replace people like this? Changing the commander at the last battle is a taboo in the army. Moreover, at the level of the general in the West, if he can't come up with a strong reason, he will be beaten up, which is undoubtedly a serious act of undermining the administration.

In addition, there is really no place to place Cao Pi. If you become a civil servant, such a general is equivalent to a minister of the level of Jiuqing. Which of the officials at this level is not a single carrot and a pit? Even if there are so many honorary and idle positions to support idle people, they are already overcrowded.

So Cao Cao made a fuss and tried his best to retain Cao Pi's position as General of the East. He said that if it was really not possible, he would set up another position of General of Pingxi or General of Zhenxi to be the military region of Nanzheng.

Liu Xie was indeed helpless about this for a moment. After all, he was a nominal change of coaches. Even if he was the emperor, he had to play according to basic political rules. Even if he had the opportunity to act like a rogue occasionally, he would not be wasted on Cao Pi. So this matter was frozen and he was at a loss.

And when this news spread, even in war, it didn't take long to reach Yangping Pass.

"The emperor wants to dismiss my position as General of the East? Why? How could he do this? This... Then what are we doing here to fight and fight to death to Yangping Pass?"

Outside Yangping Pass, Cao Pi, who had just learned that his position as a general was not guaranteed, suddenly became angry.

"Why, why? Even Cao Zhang is qualified to be the prefect of Jiangxia, why can't I be the general of the Western Expedition? Our Cao family also took on the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry for this! His words are not true, okay, then we don't keep our words. I'm fine. I'll stop playing anymore. Come on, I'll send an order to Uncle Chun immediately, give up Yangping Pass, and retreat to Chang'an!"

Bang!

Just after Cao Pi finished yelling, as the military advisor of the army on this trip, Cao Pi's teacher Guan Ning whipped up without saying a word in front of the guards in the camp without saying a word.

"you……"

Bang!

Another big mouth.

"You actually fought"

Bang!

"Dare you hit me?"

Bang!

Guan Ning was a man who was over eight feet tall and tall, with a tall figure and powerful figure. Well... the ancient great scholars had very high martial arts value, and they slapped Cao Pi several times, but they really confused Cao Pi.

"Are you awake?"

As he said that, Guan Ning acted and raised the slap in his hand.

"Wake up, wake up, I, I was angry and confused just now, so I talk nonsense, definitely not my true thoughts."

Guan Ning then put down his hand and said, "It's better not. Duke Wei and the emperor have no advantage in fighting each other. The reason why the emperor is still tolerant of Duke Wei is that he is grateful to him for his great contribution to protecting the country and saving the world. Second, because the wars in all directions are not over, and the people are still suffering from war. The emperor tolerating Duke Wei is the most important thing, and it is also because Duke Wei, like him, also puts national affairs first. Do you understand? The emperor can tolerate fighting for power and profit, but delaying national affairs. Do you really think that the emperor is afraid of you father and son?!"

"Yes, yes, yes, students know that they are wrong, they really know that they are wrong, and students will never dare to have such a confused thought again, but... but what should we do now? I... I won't be really dismissed."

Guan Ning sighed and said, "National affairs are the most important. Now it is not the time to consider these things. Whether you can be a general depends on how Duke Wei and the Emperor play. No matter how hard you try, you are destined to be a careless thing. The prince should put his mind on this battle before him. Hanzhong is steep and can block Bashu and Liangzhou in the south, connect to Guanzhong in the east, and have dense populations and abundant resources. This is actually a key place for military strategists to fight for. Thanks to Zhang Lu's surrender. As long as the prince guards Yangping Pass with his heart, at least the court will have several years of hard work left. The peace in the world can come sooner, and the people in the world can also be settled sooner."

Cao Pi thought about it and suddenly asked, "If I can not only defend Yangping Pass, but also turn the defense into an offensive and repel the coalition forces of Lu Bu and Han Sui... this should be considered a great achievement."

"Repel? Forget it, if you really can repel it, of course."

Since it is the spring plowing period, the court really has no troops to send them. Anyway, there are tiger and leopard cavalry and Yangping Pass. The court made up its mind to rely on the elite of tiger and leopard cavalry and the natural danger of Yangping Pass. As long as it is entrustment for a few months, a group of reinforcements will naturally arrive after the spring plowing is over. If Han Sui and Lu Bu can attack Yangping Pass for half a year and do not retreat until the autumn harvest, then the court will not consider reinforcements, but how to annex Yizhou or Liangzhou.

To put it bluntly, the time difference is the hard and cold northwest, especially the main basic structure of Han Sui, the Liangzhou warlord, is still the Qiang and Dihu people west of Jincheng. They are almost nomadic life, not farming civilization, and spring plowing is not of great significance to them, at least not much compared to the court, so they want to fight this time difference to win Hanzhong. In the Yizhou area, due to climate reasons, the spring plowing time is actually longer than the court with the Central Plains as the core. In other words, they will fight a battle, no matter if they win, they will go home and then go home.

This is also a very significant advantage for the southern regime when dealing with the northern regime.

Therefore, the gap in the military strength of the two sides under Yangping Pass is really big. Lu Bu mobilized 30,000 people, Han Sui mobilized 50,000 people, totaling 80,000 troops, while Cao Chun and Cao Pi brought less than 20,000 reinforcements, including more than 3,000 tiger and leopard cavalry. After Zhang Lu surrendered, things in Hanzhong were temporarily managed by Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei.

Zhang Lu has always treated the people of Hanzhong with kindness and kindness. Now it is spring farming again. Zhang Lu never recruits troops to fight bravely during spring farming. Now that Hanzhong has returned to the court, it is too late to show kindness to the court. It is impossible to treat them worse than Zhang Lu, right?

Therefore, in this battle, the court naturally did not recruit soldiers from Hanzhong, but allowed the people to farm with peace of mind. Zhang Wei's hands were only a little over 10,000 regular escort soldiers.

Or simply put it, they are all a group of Taoist priests holding weapons and not much armor. Zhang Wei and Cao Chun added only more than 30,000 people. These more than 30,000 people were really enough to defend based on Yangpingguan’s natural danger, but it would be a bit difficult to attack and defeat the enemy. After all, Han Sui and Lu Bu are both heroes of a generation, and no one was given for nothing.

Cao Chun had no idea of ​​turning defense into offense at all.

Originally, Cao Pi had nothing in his mind.

But he has it now.

I just think I am young, I just think I have no qualifications, I just can't believe in myself, and I actually want to get rid of me.

Who is born to fight?

I have been following my father since I was a child. After all, I can be regarded as a general family. Even Cao Zhang can be the prefect of Jiangxia and bring a soldier (in fact, Cao Zhang is only named, and the real person who leads the army is Cheng Yu). Why don’t I know the soldiers?

If I can really defeat the more with less and defeat the strong with weak, and fight a beautiful battle under this Yangping Pass?

So for several days, Cao Pi was extremely proactive and insisted on patrolling the mountainside every day, exploring the dynamics of the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain, and striving to find the so-called opportunity to take advantage of.

What if.

It has been said that for so long, the morale of the enemy should be a little unrestrained.

In fact, this is true. Cao Pi's judgment is correct. Lu Bu and Han Sui both came to get the bargain. But when he heard that Zhang Lu surrendered, he was eager to take the opportunity to steal a wave. He did not really make a decision to start a decisive battle with the court, and preparations were also very hasty.

More importantly, they are not Liu Zhang, they have never dealt with Zhang Lu, and they all know that Yangping Pass is dangerous, but they do not have a clear concept of how dangerous it is.

Only when you really fight will you know what it means to be a guard, and you can’t get rid of thousands of men.

This Luneng seized the turbulent country in the Three Kingdoms and became a hero of a generation. It was not just a simple religious fool and his coquettish mother. He was also capable. At least he built Yangpingguan very well.

The pass is several feet high, and there are all kinds of equipment and projects for defense, which is already very difficult to fight. However, Zhang Lu also built a continuous tower of arrows on the mountain on the north side of Yangping Pass and a place to hide troops that can be built.

Simply put, this terrain is a gate built in the narrowest place between two continuous mountains. There are heavy troops guarding the hillsides on both sides of the gate. This not only effectively prevents the enemy from going up the mountain to bypass the pass, but also condescendingly attacks the enemy's camps and sends elite teams to harass the enemy's camps.

It is always difficult to fight from the foot of the mountain, and the area on the mountain is too large. Zhang Luxiu's Tibetan barracks are numerous, deep and strong. If you are really attacked by the enemy, you can play hide-and-seek with them in the mountains. The defenders on the mountain have Yangping Pass to replenish food and grass, but there are no attacking troops.

After more than a month of fighting, the coalition forces could not go up the mountain or the pass, and Yangping Pass had completely become a useless piece for them, which was really a bit untie.

Cao Pi, the task he received was to station on the mountain to harass and restrain the enemy. On the contrary, Cao Chun and Zhang Wei guarded the safer Yangping Pass. After all, it was easier to make military achievements on the mountain. If Cao Pi really hid in Yangping Pass and didn't come out, it would give people the feeling that Cao Pi was really fighting for the soy sauce as a general of the East.

However, when Cao Pi became active, his frequency of dispatch became significantly more obvious. In the past, when the coalition forces did not attack the city, the Han army came down to harass each other every three or two days, and the purpose was not to cause much damage, but mainly to damp morale and destroy siege equipment.

Now, Cao Pi wishes he could go down the mountain eight times a day!

The more he fought, Cao Pi felt that he was fighting smoothly, and he felt that the morale of the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain was getting lower and lower day by day, and he became more and more certain that these enemy troops should be able to be beaten away by himself.

So one night, after Cao Pi personally led his troops to harass the coalition forces at the foot of the mountain and won a great victory, he was very keen to find that it seemed that the stove in the enemy camp was wrong today!

He was fighting a small camp, but why did he feel that the number of stoves in this small camp is obviously more?

Otherwise, what if Cao Pi knew about the soldiers, he slapped his forehead and thought quickly: This is a plan to reduce the stove!
Chapter completed!