"What are your opinions about Sun Qing, Liu Qing, Jiang Qing, and you?" Cao Rui pointed the names of three important officials in one breath, eager to hear different opinions.

Sun Zitou said, "Your Majesty, I think the proposal of General Cavalry in the memorial was to plan the country, and the general's plan to directly attack Hanzhong is too dangerous. Your Majesty should observe it carefully."

"Tell me your reasons?" Cao Rui said.

Sun Zi bowed and continued, "Your Majesty, the general's strategy of directly attacking Hanzhong and the Shu army's decisive battle seems to be able to wipe out the Sichuan thieves once and for all, but I think the general has thought it a little simple.

If the Sichuan thieves did not invade a year ago, it might be successful. However, Liangzhou, Longyou, has been lost, and the Sichuan thieves are at a high level and occupy the advantage of the territory. Our army will attack Hanzhong. The Shu thieves west of Longshan will definitely attack Guan and interrupt our army's retreat. In this way, our army will be attacked from both sides and fall into danger. If one is not good, he may be defeated.

In addition, now that Chen Cang fell into the hands of Shu thieves in Meicheng, then there are no more Baoxie Road and Chen Cang Road. Our army can only attack Hanzhong in the south from Tangluo Road and Ziwu Road to advance. The Qinling Mountains are already difficult and dangerous. These two roads are even more dangerous and it is very easy for the Shu army to defend.

What's more, Zhuge Liang sent troops to invade the north based on Hanzhong. Hanzhong had already been under his control. Even if our army crossed the Qinling Mountains and arrived in Hanzhong, it would have to go through a hard battle. It is still unknown who will win and lose.

Therefore, I think the general's plan is too dangerous, so I beg Your Majesty to think twice and never make any moves. It is not too late to settle down with the Sichuan thieves after the country is strong."

Cao Zhen nodded slowly, then looked at Liu Ye and said, "Liu Qing has always been resourceful and has made a clear decision on military affairs. I wonder what you think?"

"Your Majesty, I still think that the most important thing in our Wei Dynasty is to break the Wushu Alliance first. If the two thieves alliance is not broken for a day, our dynasty will always be controlled by the other side, and will be attacked on both sides.

When Guan Yu was influential in China, Emperor Taizu Wu first sent someone to Sun Quanxiao to break the Wushu alliance with his interests, and finally defeated Guan Yu with the Eastern Wu, suppressing Liu Bei's rising momentum, thus laying the foundation for our Great Wei country in one fell swoop.

Therefore, I believe that it is not advisable to advance large-scale troops before the Wu-Shu alliance is broken. Otherwise, if you attack Shu, Wu will restrain it on the eastern front. If you attack Wu and Shu, you will respond on the western front. Even if our great Wei national strength is better than the sum of Wu-Shu, it will be difficult to support the battle on both sides. This year's series of defeats are ready-made examples, and I hope your majesty will think deeply." Liu Ye said.

Cao Rui nodded and said, "You are right. If the Wu and Shu alliance are not broken, our Great Wei will eventually lose sight of one thing and the other, and it will be difficult to achieve both. However, the Eastern Wu and Western Shu have reorganized the alliance for a short time, and there are no cracks in the two families. What method should we use to discord between the two thieves?"

"Your Majesty, Sun Quan has been aspiring to be usurpant for a long time. According to the school affairs, there have been many rumors of auspicious births in the Eastern Wu area recently. It can be seen that Sun Quan is preparing for usurpation and becoming emperor. I estimate that within half a year, there will be news of this thief's usurpation in Jiangdong.

Western Shu has always regarded himself as the orthodox Han Dynasty. Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang would not tolerate Sun Quan's usurpation. Then it would be the best time for me to disagree with the relationship between the two thieves.

Therefore, I would like to ask Your Majesty to endure for half a year and wait until the alliance between the two bandits of Wu and Shu breaks down before launching troops. At that time, the advancement will be twice the result with half the effort." Jiang Ji came out to report.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Ye continued, "Your Majesty, not only that, Sun Quan is a man who is generous on the outside and jealous on the inside, and is narrow-minded and jealous. When Liu Bei held Jingzhou in his hand, Sun Quan was extremely dissatisfied with the boundaries of the two families. Finally, he couldn't help but attack Guan Yu and seize Jingzhou.

Before, there was only Yizhou in Western Shu, and the territory of Eastern Wu was much larger than that of Western Shu. Sun Quan could still re-establish a marriage agreement with Zhuge Liang, but now Western Shu has seized Longyou, Liangzhou and other places, and the number of households has increased significantly. With Sun Quan's nature, he must be jealous of this and may be jealous of it.

Therefore, we can make a fuss in this regard, or let the Eastern Wu do a detailed work spread rumors, or send a slander to Wuchang to secretly see Sun Quan's arguments, and this two-pronged approach will definitely provoke the relationship between Wu and Shu."

"Good, this plan is great." Cao Rui was so happy that he couldn't help but applaud.

At this time, he was completely convinced by Liu Ye and Jiang Ji, and decided to endure it for a while, and sent troops to the south after breaking the Wu-Shu Alliance.

Seeing that Cao Rui seemed to have completely abandoned his suggestions, Liu Fang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what the General's report is not completely unreasonable. If the court completely rejected the General's proposal, it may cause the generals in Guanxi to have doubts. Please ask Your Majesty to investigate in detail."

He was not wrong. The strategy of gathering a large army to attack Hanzhong was not Cao Zhen alone. Generals such as Zhang He and Fei Yao also intended to take the initiative to attack, and suffered the shame of losing twice.

Moreover, Cao Xiu, the Grand Marshal of Wei, was ashamed of the defeat of Shiting in the hands of the Eastern Wu. In his mood, he finally passed away not long ago due to a carbuncle on his back. Therefore, when it comes to the number one figure among the current royal generals, he should naturally refer to Cao Zhen first.

Cao Rui relied on Cao Zhen accordingly and became even more important. Although he was the emperor, it was indeed difficult to reject all Cao Zhen's suggestions, because this would hurt the face of the confidant officials.

"Well, what the general said is indeed somewhat reasonable, but..." Cao Rui didn't say it anymore.

In fact, he was already inclined to the plan of Liu Ye and others, and planned to break the Wushu Alliance first and then launch an army to conquer, but it was difficult to refute Cao Zhen's face, so he pondered and was very embarrassed.

Liu Ye saw that Cao Rui was in a dilemma at this time, and immediately stood up and rescued: "Your Majesty, the general's opinion that the general mentioned in his memorial that he could not allow Western Shu to accumulate national strength with peace of mind is actually quite reasonable, and Your Majesty can adopt it."

"Didn't you advocate a temporary truce and alienate Wu and Shu? Why did you turn to support the general?" Cao Rui was quite surprised when he heard this.

Liu Ye smiled and said, "I am not supporting the general's strategy of launching troops to attack Hanzhong in the south, but also thinking that we cannot give Western Shu too much breathing opportunity.

Although they have won consecutive victories this year, their national strength is weak after all, and the years of military use will definitely consume national strength. Therefore, we must try our best to restrain Zhuge Liang's energy and not allow him to have enough time to recuperate.

Therefore, I think that Your Majesty can ask the General and the others to find an opportunity to recover the three cities of Wugong after the spring next year. This will not damage the national strength, but also restrain some of the troops of the Sichuan bandits, so that their soldiers cannot disarm their armor and their horses cannot release their saddles, so as to achieve the purpose of disrupting their internal affairs."

"Well, this plan is feasible. I wonder what you all think?" Cao Rui said.

Hua Xin, Chen Qun and others agreed and bowed to respond: "I will discuss it."

"Okay, that's it."

The difficulty was solved, Cao Rui finally felt better, so he smiled at Sun Zi, and Liu Fang said, "Sun Qing, Liu Qing and Ru will quickly reply to the General and the General of the Cavalry according to the results of today's court discussion, so that they can act according to the will.

In addition, we will draw an edict to Sima Qing's family, so that he will lead his infantry and cavalry back to Jingzhou's headquarters ten days later, and then come to Luoyang to see me."

"Abide by Your Majesty's Holy Will." Sun and Liu responded in unison.

Cao Rui said again: "Since Sun Quan has made an act of usurpation recently, breaking the Wushu alliance is an urgent matter. Therefore, he sent an order to the school office to send more people to the Eastern Wu to inquire. I must know Sun Quan's every move clearly."
Chapter completed!