Mi Han

Chapter 730: Bowang as Bait, Dongwu as Aid

Chapter 730: Bowang as Bait, Dongwu as Aid

Because he had come up with a solution, Tian Yu began to think about meeting Cao Rui.

Tian Yu is currently the commander of the Guards of Wuhuan. Although on the surface his position is not high, the commander of the Guards of Wuhuan is different from ordinary commanders. In terms of status, Tian Yu's status is no lower than that of the Governor of Youzhou.

With such an identity, it would not be difficult for Tian Yu to meet Cao Rui.

But surprisingly, when the thought came to his mind, Tian Yu showed a bitter smile on his face.

The servant beside him had followed Tian Yu for many years and understood Tian Yu's thoughts very well.

After noticing his husband's expression, he knew why Tian Yu was troubled.

"Master, forget it."

The servant sighed deeply and advised like this.

The reason why the servant advised Tian Yu in this way was naturally not because he wanted Tian Yu to lose the opportunity to achieve success.

This is because the servants knew that ever since Tian Yu joined Cao Cao, Cao Cao had been hot and cold towards him.

Is the reason why Cao Cao treated Tian Yu like this because Tian Yu’s personality was not likable enough?

Or is it that Tian Yu’s ability is not enough to attract Cao Cao’s attention?

Neither of these two points.

In terms of reputation, Tian Yu was recognized as a filial son in his early years, and he got along very well with his colleagues.

When it comes to ability, there is one thing that must be mentioned.

Cao Zhang had accomplished one great feat during his lifetime - he led a long expedition to Dai County and defeated tens of thousands of soldiers from the Wuhuan and Xianbei.

For this great achievement, Cao Zhang received countless praises during his lifetime.

But what few people know is that the reason why Cao Zhang won at that time was basically due to Tian Yu's secret planning.

From the fact that Cao Cao specially appointed Tian Yu as Cao Zhang's deputy general, we can see that Cao Cao had long seen that Tian Yu had extraordinary talents.

But if it were not for the above two points, then why would Cao Cao, who always loved talents, be so hot and cold towards Tian Yu?

The reason is that when Tian Yu was a teenager, he admired Liu Bei's style and took the initiative to serve Liu Bei.

But later, due to the fierce war, Tian Yu had to leave Liu Bei temporarily in order to protect his mother.

When Tian Yu left, Liu Bei cried so sadly.

Liu Bei's behavior is enough to show how much he values ​​Tian Yu.

Over the past few decades, there were probably only a handful of talented people who were valued by both Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Unfortunately, no matter how talented Tian Yu was, Cao Cao would be wary of Tian Yu after hearing about the past between Tian Yu and Liu Bei and their mutual respect.

After Cao Cao's death, this fear not only did not disappear from Cao Pi, but became more and more intense.

Cao Pi's ability was not as good as Cao Cao's, so the more outstanding Tian Yu was, the more worried he would be.

If it weren't for Cao Pi's deliberate suppression for several years, how could Tian Yu be just a captain of the Ichigo Karasuma Army based on his past outstanding military achievements?

After years of suppression, Tian Yu should have cooled down his desire to achieve success.

But Tian Yu really couldn't do it.

Facing the servant's dissuasion, Tian Yu thought for a while and said:

"I heard that Your Majesty has the spirit of a martial emperor, I should give it a try."

Tian Yu’s idea was very simple. If Cao Rui was really like Cao Cao, then when the country was in danger, Cao Rui would do everything he could to employ talents.

Without such confidence and courage, Cao Rui would not deserve the praise of "having the style of Emperor Wu".

After making up his mind, Tian Yu picked up the brush on the table, bowed his head and quickly wrote a memorial.

After writing the memorial, Tian Yu did not let his servants send it to the Secretariat.

"You will personally deliver my memorial to Chen Sikong's residence."

What Tian Yu wanted was to ask Chen Qun to help him.

Tian Yu could not determine whether Chen Qun would help him, but Tian Yu knew that if his memorial was sent directly to the Secretariat, it would most likely fall on deaf ears.

Therefore, no matter how low his hopes were, he had to give it a try.

After the servant took Tian Yu's memorial, he hurried out of the inn and headed towards the Sikong Mansion.

As one of the three generations of elders in the Wei Dynasty, Chen Qun's mansion was very famous in Yecheng.

It didn't take much effort for Tian Yu's servant to find Chen Qun's mansion.

Tian Yu's servant immediately informed Chen's residence of his identity and handed the memorial in his hand to the doorman of Chen's residence.

As the saying goes, he was a seventh-rank official in the prime minister's mansion and as Chen Qun's doorman, he naturally had good eyesight.

The captain of the Hu Wuhuan Army was a real frontier general, so the gatekeeper of the Chen Mansion did not dare to neglect him. After welcoming Tian Yu's servants into the mansion and settling them down, he found Chen Qun who had just returned home with Tian Yu's memorial.

Chen Qun had just returned home from dealing with a huge amount of memorials and was in a very bad mood. When he heard that someone was trying to take a shortcut and hand him a memorial directly, he instinctively felt unhappy.

Chen Qun was about to say no, but the voice of a young man next to him made him change his mind.

"Tian Yu?

His performance is worth seeing.”

The person who said this was Chen Qun's beloved son Chen Tai.

Although many people were unaware of Tian Yu's contribution in the battle of Dai County due to Cao Cao's manipulation, this matter could not be concealed from Chen Tai, who had been in the aristocratic circle since childhood.

It is precisely because he knows this that Chen Tai is now curious about Tian Yu’s report.

Seeing that his beloved son wanted to see it, Chen Qun signaled the doorman to bring Tian Yu's memorial.

After Chen Tai took over Tian Yu's memorial, he quickly began to read it.

After reading Tian Yu's memorial, Chen Tai showed a look of surprise on his face.

Chen Tai hurriedly came to Chen Qun with Tian Yu's memorial in his hand, bowed to Chen Qun and said:

"Father, I think Captain Tian's plan is feasible."

After hearing Chen Tai's words, Chen Qun let out a light exclamation.

Although Chen Tai is young, Chen Qun knows that Chen Tai is quite knowledgeable and whenever he encountered difficulties in the past, Chen Tai could always give him pertinent suggestions.

So Chen Qun took Tian Yu's memorial from Chen Tai and read it carefully.

After reading

Okay, Chen Qun, who is not good at military strategy, cannot make any evaluation.

But Chen Qun chose to believe Chen Tai.

"Since Xuanbo said so, then I will help Tian Yu once."

After saying this, Chen Qun pondered for a while, then sighed softly:

"I hope this is also a chance to help Da Wei."

Early the next morning, Chen Qun hurried to the palace with Tian Yu's memorial to ask for an audience with Cao Rui.

Cao Rui was feeling depressed.

Looking at the mountain of memorials before him, it can be said that since the imperial edict seeking advice was issued, many people have indeed enthusiastically offered suggestions.

But although the quantity has increased, the quality is really worrying.

What made Cao Rui most angry was that some ministers actually suggested that he send envoys to ask for peace with Mi Yang and even offered conditions for a marriage.

More than one minister suggested this!

Not to mention whether Mi Yang would agree or not, if he did so, not only would his reputation plummet, but the Wei-Wu alliance would probably collapse in an instant.

It's unbelievable that those ministers could come up with such a strategy of drinking poison to quench thirst.

Just when Cao Rui was tortured by a large number of irritating reports, he learned that Chen Qun was seeking a meeting outside.

Cao Rui didn't think Chen Qun would have any good suggestions, but Chen Qun was an old minister and he couldn't avoid seeing him.

After a short wait, Chen Qun came to Cao Rui at his call.

Seeing Chen Qun standing in front of him, Cao Rui said weakly:

"Does Sikong have anything important to do?"

Cao Rui's depressed look made Chen Qun realize that it seemed that Cao Rui had not yet found a satisfactory strategy.

After realizing this, Chen Qun bowed and said to Cao Rui:

"Tian Yu, the commander of the Wuhuan Guard, is concerned about state affairs and has a plan to offer."

Like Chen Tai, Cao Rui's first reaction after hearing Tian Yu's name was surprise.

Although Cao Rui had just ascended the throne, he was not unfamiliar with Tian Yu's name.

When Cao Cao was alive, he praised Tian Yu's abilities to Cao Rui.

Thinking of the past, Cao Rui immediately became interested: "Present it quickly!"

A moment later, Tian Yu's memorial came into Cao Rui's hands.

Cao Rui couldn't wait to unfold it and read it.

After reading it, Cao Rui not only felt his eyes brightened.

Cao Rui may not have the military talent of Cao Cao, but in terms of vision, Cao Rui can indeed be called a wise ruler.

The content of Tian Yu's plan gave Cao Rui the first impression that it was feasible.

Realizing this, Cao Rui quickly asked:

"Where is Tian Yu now?"

If you want to understand Tian Yu's strategy more comprehensively, the best way is to call him in person.

Perhaps it was because he had eaten too much bran, and the sudden arrival of fine food made Cao Rui seem quite excited.

Before Chen Qun could answer, he gave the order: "No matter where he is, order him to come before me immediately."

After receiving Cao Rui's order, Chen Qun smiled, took the order and slowly walked out of the hall.

On the second day, Tian Yu, who was at the post station, received an imperial edict summoning him from Cao Rui.

When Tian Yu received the imperial edict, he was surprised and excited.

He didn't expect that his desperate attempt would actually work.

As if she thought that her chance to make achievements had come, Tian Yu, after finishing her makeup, immediately followed the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict to the palace.

After Cao Rui anxiously waited for Tian Yu for two hours, he finally saw Tian Yu in person.

When he first met Tian Yu, Cao Rui showed enthusiasm like "Zhou Gong spitting out food to feed his guests".

Cao Rui personally stood up and led Tian Yuyuan to his seat.

Tian Yu was flattered by Cao Rui's enthusiasm.

But before Tian Yu could thank him, Cao Rui couldn't wait to ask after Tian Yu sat down:

"You said that we should turn our passive situation into active one. Is this really feasible?"

When Cao Rui asked about his strategy, Tian Yu's face showed confidence.

"Your Majesty, do you have a map?"

After hearing Tian Yu's request, Cao Rui asked the eunuch to bring a map of the Yuzhou area.

When the map was placed between Cao Rui and Tian Yu, the emperor and his minister, Tian Yu pointed directly at Bowang on the map and said:

"Your Majesty, the fall of Bowang will pose a great threat to Xuchang.

But this is exactly the cunningness of the thief.

He intends to use Bowang to contain our army's actions."

“Your Majesty, please see that Bowang is located between Wancheng and Xuchang. When others see the bandits taking Bowang, they will subconsciously think that the first step our army should take is to defend it.

But little do people know that the ones they should really defend against are the bandits.

Judging from the terrain, Bowang is sandwiched between Wancheng and Xuchang. Even if the bandit Mi wanted to attack Xuchang, wouldn't he be worried about his food supply?

Well, even if the Mi bandits can reproduce the Dingjun Mountain trick and use the mountain road as a food supply route, Xuchang has nearly 10,000 elite soldiers, and the city defense is second to none in the world.

In order to capture Xuchang, the bandits must mobilize all the military forces of Jingzhou to have a chance of success.

But in that case, Jingzhou's defense would certainly be left empty.

The Grand Marshal of Wancheng still has tens of thousands of elite troops. Once Mi Yang disregards everything and transfers all the troops of Jingzhou to Bowang, the Grand Marshal can take advantage of the opportunity to attack Yiyang.

Even if our army fails to capture Yiyang, it will certainly frighten the enemy and force them to retreat.

Bowang is not only the hub for the bandits to contain our army, but it can also be used as bait to lure the bandits deeper into our territory."

In Tian Yu's opinion, perhaps it was because his previous adventures were successful that Mi Yang gradually ignored the actual situation and became obsessed with this.

Is it possible for a general to always take risks?

Tian Yu decided to teach Mi Yang a lesson.

Tian Yu was plotting a plan, and Cao Rui's face lit up when he heard it.

But Cao Rui still had a question in his mind.

“What if Mi Yang did not attack Xuchang, but instead asked the rebels in Bowang and Yiyang to join forces and attack Wancheng together?

If this happens, Wancheng will be in danger."

Cao Rui asked the question that worried him most.

Tian Yu already had a plan in mind for this problem.

"Your Majesty, don't forget that our dynasty has Dongwu as an ally!"

After Tian Yu said this, Cao Rui woke up as if from a dream.

Wonderful, wonderful!

How could he have forgotten this?

"When our dynasty formed an alliance with Eastern Wu, we were on guard against the danger of losing our teeth and wanted to help each other.

Your Majesty can immediately send an envoy to Jianye to explain to Sun Quan the interests involved in the loss of Bowang.

If the rebels occupied Yuzhou, then Huainan of the Eastern Wu would also be exposed to the rebel army.

With Sun Quan's intelligence, he would certainly not sit idly by and do nothing about this matter.

As long as the Wu army can cross the Yangtze River, they can launch a surprise attack on the heart of Jingzhou.

The enemy army will be caught in a pincer attack from both our army and the Wu army.

By then, not to mention repelling the enemy army and retaining Yuzhou, it would not be impossible to recover the lost territory and avenge the previous humiliation in one fell swoop."

According to later generations, Tian Yu's words were just empty promises to Cao Rui.

But I have to admit that the pie drawn by Tian Yu looks really delicious.

Cao Rui had his own judgment, and he thought Tian Yu's strategy was quite feasible.

After listening to Tian Yu's plan, Cao Rui leaned over and touched Tian Yu's back and said:

"It is you, Tian Qing, who helped me save the country today!"

Cao Rui's admiration for Tian Yu was profound.

Tian Yu was overjoyed when he heard Cao Rui's praise.

While Cao Rui was showing great favor to him, Tian Yu stood up, bowed to Cao Rui and asked:

“I have been in the Northern Frontier for nearly ten years, and there has not been a day that I have not thought about serving the country.

The country is in trouble now, and I hope Your Majesty will allow me to lead the army south to repel the bandits."

After making this request, Tian Yu knelt down directly in front of Cao Rui and bowed his head deeply.

Tian Yu was waiting, and Cao Rui announced his future fate.

Should he continue to endure the wind and snow in the northern border, or should he seize the opportunity and truly display his talents.

Cao Rui took a long time to think.

The longer the time went on, the more uneasy Tian Yu became.

What Tian Yu didn't know was that while Cao Rui was thinking, he was looking at him with a scrutinizing look.

But Tian Yu's waiting was effective.

After a long time, the fate of Tian Yu's second half of life came to a decision.

"I will grant your wish.

I wish to be Duke Xiao of Qin, and I hope you can be my Lord Shang."

After hearing Cao Rui's words, Tian Yu burst into tears of gratitude.

"I thank your majesty!"

(End of this chapter)