Before leaving, Cao Liang had a long talk with Deng Ai all night. Cao Liang asked Deng Ai, how would you respond if the Shu army invaded?

Deng Ai replied, "The soldiers come and the generals come and the water comes and the soil covers the earth."

Cao Liang smiled and said, "The superior troops attack the plan, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, the second is to attack the troops, and the inferior to the enemy. For opponents like Jiang Wei, it is best to be good at using all favorable conditions. It is possible to defeat the enemy without fighting."

Deng Ai was puzzled, and Cao Liang told him patiently: "Although Jiang Wei is in charge of the military power of Shu, in the final analysis, he is still a minister and a minister, so he has to obey the monarch. The Shu lord Liu Chan himself is a mediocre lord, with weak ears and slandered ministers around him. These people are the key to checking and balancing Jiang Wei. They want Jiang Wei to defeat the war, so that there is a possibility of restraining Jiang Wei. Otherwise, the greater the contribution of Jiang Wei, their lives in the court will be more and more sad. Therefore, if you want to defeat Jiang Wei, not only by force, but by Huang Hao, one person, is better than thousands of powerful soldiers!"

If we talk about war alone, Deng Ai is indeed a good player, with courage, good strategy, and invincible courage. Even if he is a famous general in ancient and modern times, Deng Ai will not be much inferior. However, Deng Ai also has his shortcomings, that is, his political and emotional intelligence are low.

Because of this, although Deng Ai in history achieved the first achievement of destroying Shu, he ended up dead and destruction. The reason why he ended like this was because his political EQ was too low and he did not understand the principle that water was full and the moon was full and the moon was full and that he ended up in a tragedy.

Before leaving, Cao Liang talked to Deng Ai to tell him that fighting does not necessarily require swords and guns. The tricks outside the battlefield are even more useful than elite soldiers.

Although Jiang Wei is powerful, he may not be able to support him in Shu, especially the eunuch Huang Hao, who was favored by the later ruler Liu Chan and was extremely greedy. Deng Ai could use Huang Hao to restrain Jiang Wei. As long as Huang Hao makes some small moves behind his back, all Jiang Wei's efforts will be vain.

After Cao Liang led his army to leave Guanlong, Deng Ai had to fight Jiang Wei alone. Since the Yueqi Camp and Xiandeng Camp of the Left Army went to Liangzhou, the only troops that could be mobilized in Deng Ai were the Zuowei Camp, the Shanzhen Camp and the Ruiqi Camp. In terms of troops, Deng Ai and Jiang Wei had a comparable number of troops and had no advantage.

Moreover, the Longxi County captured by the Shu army has always been known for its dangerous terrain. Longxi County is mountainous and has a relatively advantage for the Shu army, which is good at mountain combat. The inability of the Wei army's cavalry to be carried out really seriously restricted Deng Ai's counterattack plan.

Therefore, Deng Ai's strategy in Longxi is basically based on defense. As long as he drags the Shu army into a tug-of-war and protracted war, the Wei army, which has the advantage of logistics supply, will win the final victory.

This strategy was tried and tested in Sima Yi's era. Deng Ai used this method to drag Jiang Wei to death, which was also the best strategy for the Wei army to respond to the enemy at present.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wei was unwilling to give up. Deng Ai did not go to war, so he started to engage in military farming and prepared to fight a protracted war. The Shu army had poor combat capabilities on the plains, so Jiang Wei worked in cavalry, hoping to win the cavalry battle with the Wei army.

As for Jiang Wei who was determined to make trouble, Deng Ai sneered at the same time, he thought of Cao Liang's plan to defeat the enemy. So Deng Ai sent someone to carry heavy gifts and sneak into Shu Kingdom and went to Chengdu to meet Huang Hao.

As the inner supporter, the envoy sent by Deng Ai arrived in Chengdu very smoothly and successfully met Huang Hao.

When Liu Bei died and Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, he was only seventeen years old. Liu Chan was completely an ignorant young man. Anyway, Zhuge Liang took care of all military and national affairs. He was a completely dismissive manager, so he was very relaxed.

However, even as the emperor, Liu Chan could not do anything. He could only stay in the palace honestly. After a long time, he would naturally feel bored. Huang Hao, the little eunuch in the palace, had approached Liu Chan from this time.

Huang Hao was born in poverty, and of course all the eunuchs were born in a humble manner. I have never heard of any children from wealthy families who were castrated and went to the palace to serve the emperor. Throughout history, eunuchs and eunuchs had no position, they were looked down upon.

Huang Hao entered the palace as a child. By chance, he was able to serve Liu Chan, and from then on, he started his cheating life.

Huang Hao was very smart. When he was a child, he read books for a few days. He was eloquent and sweet, which made Liu Chan very happy and gradually gained Liu Chan's attention.

However, when Zhuge Liang was alive, he was very strict with Liu Chan's teachings. Zhuge Liang often declined how the two emperors of Liu Chandao, Huan and Ling were not close to villains or to stay away from wise ministers. If Your Majesty wants to be a wise ruler, he must stay away from villains and to stay away from wise ministers. Emperor Ling valued the Ten Constant Attendants, which led to the fall of the Later Han Dynasty. This is a lesson from the past and cannot be repeated.

At that time, Liu Chan did not dare to rebel against Zhuge Liang's words at all. Although Huang Hao was deeply loved by Liu Chan, he never got the opportunity to be promoted, so he could only endure it silently.

After Zhuge Liang, there was Jiang Wan, and after Jiang Wan, there were Fei Yi. Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were both important officials of Shu. They were not guilty of personal ethics and were strict with themselves. Moreover, they were not good at conquering and focused on internal affairs. Although they did not have the deterrence of Zhuge Liang to Liu Chan, they also advised Liu Chan to respect virtuous ministers and stay away from villains, and not to get close to eunuchs. Therefore, during the period of more than 20 people, Huang Hao never waited for the day to make a comeback.

Later, Fei Yi passed away and Dong Yun became the prime minister. Dong Yun was even more upright. At that time, Huang Hao had already relied on Liu Chan's favor and looked up. Dong Yun always advised Liu Chan with a harsh look and blamed Huang Hao many times. Huang Hao was very afraid of Dong Yun and never dared to do evil. On the day of Dong Yun's lifetime, Huang Hao's official position was never as good as Huang's Chief.

It was not until Dong Yun's death and Chen Ji took over as the chief minister that Huang Hao got the opportunity to become a success. He became the chief servant of the Central Secretariat and the commander of the chariot, and his power grew increasingly.

Jiang Wei, who was determined to pursue the Northern Expedition, was very concerned about the affairs of the harem. Huang Hao, who had no checks and balances, focused on the government affairs, and many ministers surrendered to Huang Hao, and the entire Shu Kingdom court fell into a mess.

Maybe it was because of his poor background. After Huang Hao took power, he was particularly greedy for money, accepted bribes, greedy for public funds, and engaged in private fraud. He often accepted gifts on the grounds of cheating. The officials who gave more gifts had much greater chances of promotion. Those who did not give gifts or were shabby would be demoted. Luo Xian refused to rely on him, so he was demoted to Badong as the prefect.
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