The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 398
At this moment, Zhang Wu's prestige was unmatched by anyone. No matter the common people or aristocratic families, whether civil and military officials or military officers, they all supported Zhang Wu extremely.

To put it bluntly, even if Zhang Wu wants to proclaim himself emperor at this time, most of his subordinates will support him. Even if people from the original Liu Bei faction have opinions, they will not be able to stop Zhang Wu, but it will cause turmoil, cause some losses, and may delay the reunification The process of the great cause.

This is not a good time to proclaim the emperor, and Zhang Wu never thought of proclaiming the emperor before the unification of the world. Before Cao Cao is destroyed, the united front still needs to exist.

Therefore, Zhang Wu said: "Cao Cao used to fight against Dong Zhuo and save the emperor. He was still a capable minister of the great man, but later he gained power and became more ambitious. Far away, the heart of usurping the throne is clearly revealed. Not long ago, Cao thief had just killed Empress Fu, and there were all Wei officials in the court. I am afraid that the emperor is in danger! I have received great favor from the court. I am a Hanchen for one day, and I hope that all of you will work together to defeat Cao Cao and save the emperor!"

"We swear to follow the Marquis of Chu to the death, defeat Cao Cao, and save the Son of Heaven!"

Everyone present said in unison that Zhang Wu's words were to show everyone present that as long as the Han Dynasty still exists, he will not be self-reliant, so that everyone present can rest assured that defeating Cao Cao and saving the emperor will continue It is their own political slogan and goal.

As for what to do after defeating Cao Cao, if the Han Dynasty still exists and the emperor is still there, Zhang Wu will naturally support the emperor; if the Han Dynasty does not exist, then we have to say something else.I believe there will be a solution by then.

Why did Zhang Wu reiterate his political slogan again?The main reason is that he is already very powerful now, occupying half of the country, and even Cao Cao can't do anything about him. This kind of strength is enough to stand on his own.

At that time, Yuan Shu only dared to call himself emperor in Huainan. Later, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were far behind Zhang Wu.

To be honest, at this point, who has no idea?What's more, everything Zhang Wu has achieved is his own efforts. What did the emperor and the court give him?
Zhang Wu often said that he was greatly favored by the court, but in fact he was just talking. Then Cao Cao was regarded as being greatly favored by the court, otherwise how could he be promoted so quickly.But after Cao Cao got to where he is today, it is already difficult for him to ride a tiger. Since ancient times, powerful officials have either usurped the throne and stood on their own, or they have been exterminated.

Cao Cao is not a fool, of course he would not realize with conscience that he was willing to sue his old age and return home after handing over the power to the emperor. Even if he was willing, a large group of people under him would not be willing.

Moreover, when Cao Cao became the queen, Chen Qun once persuaded Cao Cao to become the emperor. Cao Cao said with a smile: "Gou is destined to be the king of Zhou Wen alone." The meaning of this sentence is obvious, that is, although I do not usurp the throne, My Cao family will definitely replace the Liu family as emperor.

Zhang Wu is now clearly telling everyone that he will not become a king on his own, let alone proclaim himself emperor. If he defeats Cao Cao and unifies the world in the future, if the Han Dynasty still exists, he will still be a courtier of the Han Dynasty.

In this way, people like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang can let go of their worries and concentrate on doing their own things, so as not to be in a dilemma.

And people like Xu Shu, Pang Tong, and Mi Heng don't want Zhang Wu to become king and emperor now, because there is no real benefit and it will bring internal turmoil.

Zhang Wu, as a crossing party, of course knew that the Great Han Dynasty, which survived in name only, was about to lose its name.According to the development process in history, Cao Cao did not usurp the throne when he was alive, but now there is a him who did not exist before, and it is not known whether Cao Cao will change.

Even though Cao Cao did not usurp the throne when he was alive, Zhang Wu is sure that Cao Pi will definitely usurp the throne after he succeeds. At that time, Zhang Wu will not only have an excuse to attack Cao Pi, but also solve his own problems.

Zhang Wu said: "Everyone, although we now occupy the four prefectures of Yi, Jing, Yang, and Jiao, we are still far behind Cao Cao in terms of strength. Cao Cao is certainly unable to send a large army across the Yangtze River, but we also do not have the strength to carry out the Northern Expedition." The most important thing at the moment is to develop strength and wait for the right time. As for the recent action plan, I think we should make a fuss about it.”

This strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west was actually decided by Zhang Wu after a long discussion with several military divisions.The specific implementation is to find the right time to create an illusion that a large army is gathering in the Jianye area on the east line, preparing to attack Huainan, and after attracting the main force of the Cao army, take action from the west line to capture Hanzhong by surprise.

In addition to the reasons mentioned above for fighting Hanzhong, there is another point that the current coach of Cao Jun in Hanzhong on the west front is Xia Houyuan, while the coach in Hefei on the east front is Cao Ren, and the coach in Wancheng on the south front is Xiahou Dun.

Although Xia Houyuan can be regarded as a famous general, but what he is best at is leading the cavalry to run for thousands of miles. At best, he can only be regarded as a fierce general, lacking resourcefulness and strategic vision. It is really inappropriate to be the commander of an army.

Cao Cao also knew Xia Houyuan's shortcomings, and once warned him: "When a general is timid, he should not only rely on courage. A general should use courage as the foundation, and act wisely; but if you know how to be brave, a man can't match his ears." Meaning It is to let Xia Houyuan not fight so hard and use his brain more when fighting, especially as the chief general of the first army, he should pay more attention to the overall situation.

But Xia Houyuan is not the material to be a commander. He has led the army for so many years and was nicknamed "General Baidi" by the soldiers. Baidi almost means an idiot. Even the soldiers know that Xia Houyuan is an idiot. Hand over the war to Xia Houyuan?

Of course, this may be because Cao Cao said so about Xia Houyuan in order to cover up his fault, because in order to firmly control the military power, Cao Cao usually let the clan generals be the commanders, such as Cao Ren who was stationed in Hefei to defend against Zhuge Liang, and stationed in Wancheng to guard against Guan Yu. Xiahou Dun.

Until the later period, the clan generals died one after another, and Cao Cao felt that no one in the clan could use him, so he gradually let the generals with foreign surnames take control of the military.

In addition to Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan and Cao Hong will be counted among the clan generals.In fact, Cao Hong, like Xia Houyuan, is a general who can only be a thug and has no ability to lead troops.

When Ma Chao raised his army, Cao Cao ordered Cao Hong and Xu Huang to guard Tongguan, and he also made Cao Hong the general. As a result, Cao Hong couldn't bear the insults of Ma Chao's soldiers, so he took the initiative to attack impulsively, and lost Tongguan.If the main general is Xu Huang, Tongguan will definitely not be lost.

After all the calculations, Cao Cao felt that it was better to use Xiahouyuan, because Xiahouyuan had guarded Chang'an for many years and was more familiar with the western front.The result was that Xia Houyuan was too far ahead of the battle, and there were few troops around him. As a result, he was beheaded by Huang Zhong's surprise attack, and the entire western front collapsed.

If the coach on the western front was Zhang Xi, or if Xu Huang, Yu Jin and other generals were sent to come, the result might be much better.But Cao Cao would not hand over the military power to a general with a foreign surname at this time, because Cao Cao, as a powerful minister, knew the importance of military power too well.

(End of this chapter)