Just when the Five Route Han Army successively received Liu Wei's holy decree and prepared to cross the river to attack Cao Wei, Cao Cao also convened his subordinates in the Yecheng Imperial Palace to discuss countermeasures.
In order to avoid the advance of the Han army, Cao Cao accepted Fan Zeng's proposal and prepared to move the capital from Yecheng.
Jia Xu suggested moving the capital to Julu, on the grounds that Julu was located in the center of Jizhou, so he issued an order to command all legions to fight together.
Moreover, Julu is still more than 500 miles away from the front line of the Yellow River, and more than 300 miles away from Yecheng, so the strategic depth can be guaranteed, and it should be safe in a short time.
Fan Zeng suggested moving the capital to Jinyang, the reason being that there was Huguan Fortress in the south of Jinyang, and Taihang Tianwei in the west, and the strength of Xu Huang's corps was far inferior to that of Li Jing's corps and Zhuge Liang's corps, so the security of Jinyang was much higher than that of Julu, but it was not as convenient as Julu in terms of convenience and speed in issuing orders.
Fan Li and Cheng Yu supported Fan Zeng's proposal, while Liu Fu and Cao Di, who fled back from Xuzhou, supported Jia Xu's proposal.
Cao Cao's migraine has started to occur again recently, he covered his head and glanced at the civil and military forces, and said in a deep voice: "What the two Aiqing said makes sense, Jinyang has a strong pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the location is biased, which is not conducive to scheduling the overall situation."
Although Julu is located in the center of Jizhou, the order is issued quickly and quickly, but it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and if the Han army is directly approaching the city, the government and the opposition will be shaken. ” All the civil and military officers lowered their heads together and listened attentively, waiting for Cao Cao's choice, the hall was silent, and it was silent as if the sound of a heartbeat could be heard.
Cao Cao cleared his throat and accentuated his voice: "After thinking about it, I decided to move the imperial court to Jinyang.
Of course, although the center of the imperial court has moved, I can't go, I want to learn from Liu Biantianzi's spirit of resisting the enemy outside the country, stay and continue to sit in Yecheng, take charge of the overall situation, and compete with the Han army. ” Cao Cao's decision perfectly resolved the differences between Jia Xu and Fan Zeng, and all the civil and military officers bowed down to express their loyalty while unanimously agreeing: "If Your Majesty does not leave, the ministers will not leave, and swear to live and die with Your Majesty."
Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be rash, I will not stay when you should go, and I will not let you go." ” After some discussion, Cao Cao made a final decision, and Fan Zeng, Liu Fu, Ren Jun and others led the civil and military ministers to embrace the crown prince Cao Zhi and the concubines Keri to leave Yecheng and move the capital to Jinyang.
Cao Cao led Fan Li, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Cao Zhang, Shi Jianjiao, Du Wei and other fierce generals to lead 140,000 horses to wait for Han Xin's arrival, and then decide the next strategy.
Because just yesterday evening, Cao Cao received a letter from Han Xin's envoy, saying that Han Xin had taken the initiative to abandon the Leling position and was leading 100,000 horses to move to Yecheng, and asked Cao Cao to order troops and horses to wait for his arrival.
Millions of Han troops pressed the border, and Cao Cao and his civil and military forces also understood that Cao Wei had reached the point of life and death, so they had to rely on the 150,000 Tang army led by Han Xin and Li Mu to hope for survival and turn danger into disaster.
After Cao Cao's order was issued, the people in Yecheng shouted that the horses were neighing, the chickens were flying and the dogs were jumping, and there was a noisy sound.
Yecheng was greatly damaged after being conquered by Li Jing last year, and its strength has long ceased to exist, most of the grain in the granary, the gold and silver treasures in the treasury, and the armor and weapons in the treasury have migrated to Jinyang, even if Yecheng is lost and recovered, Cao Cao did not move these materials back, but has been staying in Jinyang, Bingzhou.
In order to fight against the Han army, Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to lead Sima Yi, Sima Cuo, Cao Shen, Ju Wuba, Zhao Pu, Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Zhen and others to lead 100,000 horses to garrison Hanoi to resist the threat of Xu Huang and Xu Da to Yecheng.
Later, he sent Yang Su to lead Jing Bu, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and others to garrison Liyang with 80,000 troops, and confront Zhuge Liang's army on the other side of the Yellow River across the river to defend the gateway of Yecheng.
The security of Bingzhou Cao Cao was handed over to the clansman Cao Bin, and he was ordered to lead Manzhong, Wang Ling, Zhu Ling and others to lead 40,000 soldiers and horses to guard Huguan, defend Shangdang and Taiyuan, and beware of Xu Huang's army from invading Bingzhou.
The above soldiers and horses, a total of 360,000 people, of which 110,000 are the new troops recruited from Jizhou and Jizhou in the past six months.
Knowing that the Cao Wei court decided to move the capital to Jinyang, some scholars loyal to Cao Cao were afraid that the Han army would settle accounts after breaking the city, so they followed Fan Zeng and Cao Zhi on a journey to the west and the state, and at noon they went out of the west gate of Yecheng and went straight to the direction of Taihang Mountain.
Cao Cao personally took Fan Li, Jia Xu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and other civil and military personnel to the west gate of Yecheng, and boarded the city wall to see the mighty team marching west, sighing one by one, full of emotion.
As soon as Fan Zeng and the others left, there was a scout Kuaima to report: "Your Majesty, Qiang King Cheriji accepted His Majesty's gift, gathered 70,000 Qiang soldiers, and ordered Marshal Yueji to be the vanguard. ” Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered Mao Jue and Guo Yi to go to Shangdang to greet Cheriji, and entertain the Qiang people with good wine and meat, so that they could work for Wei and deal with the imminent outbreak of the Han and Wei wars.
For Cao Wei, who was overstretched and understaffed, Cherrigi's 70,000 Qiang soldiers were simply a relief in disguise.
The camp of the Cao army is set up outside the west gate of Yecheng, on the verge of the Zhanghe River, it is convenient to get water, the antlers are all over the place, and the flags are displayed in the camp.
At this moment, tens of thousands of new troops are training on the school field under the command of Cao Zhang, Shi Jianjiao, Du Wei and other military generals.
"Oh, who is this big man, and he is so majestic, why don't I know it" Cao Cao stared at this big man, frowning and asking the civil and military forces around him.
Dian Wei took a step forward and reported: "Back to Your Majesty, this person is a warrior personally recruited by Weichen a few days ago, a person from Jizhou Julujun, surnamed E, with excellent arms and skill, and is not under Weichen, so Weichen promoted him to be a captain." ” Cao Cao couldn't help but be full of interest when he heard this, and stroked his beard and said: "I often praise you for being the evil of the ancients, but I didn't expect that now our army has another warrior named Elai."
Since you praise him so much, you must be outstanding, and you yourself go down and summon him to the city wall to see me, and if there is real material, I will not hesitate to reward him."
"Obey the Order" Dian Wei agreed, rushed down the city wall, turned over and went out of the city gate and went straight to the school field to find the evil, and then took him into the city to meet Cao Cao. t1706231537: