After Chen Chao left, Sima Shi couldn't help but say, "Father, what should I do next?"

The current situation is difficult for the Sima family. On the one hand, it comes from Cao Shuang's siege and interception, and on the other hand, it comes from Yan State's vague grasping the handle of raising dead soldiers in Yin. Although he did not believe that Gongsun Xiuzhen could learn about the secret of raising dead soldiers in Yin, he did not dare to gamble.

Sima Shi really hesitated when he lost his family after a gamble.

Sima Yi was a little older than a few years ago. When he stood up, he obviously shook his body. Sima Zhao quickly held his father's armpit and asked with concern: "Father - are you okay? What are the discomforts in his body recently?"

"It's not in the way."

Sima Yi narrowed his eyes and sighed: "You two brothers, please inform us quickly and come and meet me."

Sima Shi was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Who is my father going to ask for a secret talk at home?"

"The current situation is almost the same."

Sima Yi smiled coldly, thinking of the years of endurance lurking, he proudly said: "Cao Shuang thought he had defeated me, but he didn't know that it was just that I didn't want to bother him and was tolerant everywhere, just to wait for him to offend all the gentry in the world."

Sima Zhao thought that his father was indeed hiding a powerful killer move, so he nodded: "No, my father avoided his edge and waited for the opportunity. This is a good thing. If he had fought against Cao Shuang from the beginning, he would have squeezed us out with his power. Now Cao Shuang has offended the entire gentry, and his father is the hope of the country, so they will definitely stand on the side of the Sima family."

Sima Yi looked at his son with praise and nodded, "Zhaoer has made great progress in recent years and is worthy of being the seed of my Sima family. Now the time is ripe, and the gentry have waved to us. Although Cao Shuang has the name of the minister of the regent and the support of his relatives, these are not worth worrying about. Gongsun Xiu's generation of heroes cannot be eliminated by Cao Shuang. He wanted to establish his authority in the world, but he chose the wrong opponent. Now Qingzhou has suffered consecutive losses, and he can find a way to lead all officials to impeach and force Cao Shuang to return to his army."

Speaking of this, he paused and said seriously: "Go and invite three people to inform Jiang Ji, Gao Rou, and Wang Guan, and let them go to the mansion to discuss at the third update tonight."

When Sima Shi heard the names of the three people he was asking for an appointment, he was so happy that he couldn't stop talking: "With these three people, plus his father, if they work together, Cao Shuang is not worth fearing."

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The expeditionary force led by Cao Shuang has arrived in Youzhou during the long march.

The 50,000 army he led was dozens of miles away, with its mighty power, and flags covering the sun. Everyone in the Wei people were shocked and hid them tightly.

In the central army's tent, Cao Shuang frowned and shook his head, saying, "This Xiahou Xuan is really unfavorable. I ordered him to supervise the battle in Qingzhou, and he was in such a state of trouble."

The military supervisor Huan Fan stroked his beard without saying a word, and then said for a while: "General, what happened in Qingzhou?"

Cao Shuang snorted coldly: "Xiahou Xuan not only lost the island chain, but now he has lost Ye County and Huang County."

When Huan Fan heard this, his beard stroked almost pulled off his beard and said in surprise: "This - is this happening? General, this is not good."

Cao Shuang looked up at him and frowned and said, "What's wrong with it? Although he lost several counties, fortunately Tian Yu's Qingzhou soldiers are still there, and there are 30,000 troops to deal with, so he should be able to capture them."

Huan Fan smiled bitterly, thinking that Cao Shuang really didn't know the key to using troops. He said in a deep voice: "General, you may have ignored the importance of these counties. Huang County is the place to station grain in Liaodong. When our army arrived in Liaodong, the grain and grass were transported from Huangxian to Liaodong. If we lost this place, we would have to take a detour to transport grain in the future."

Cao Shuang said indifferently: "That's okay. If Tian Yu can't take it back, he will be demoted again. I think he is a poor person and can be used by me. As for Huang County, if he can't take it back, he will just transfer the grain and change the route, wouldn't it be enough? This is not a big deal."

When Huan Fan heard him speak like this, he felt a little cold. Although it was a helpless move to change the food route, it would cost even more difficult transportation costs. Transporting grain itself was an extremely labor-intensive task. Now, not only did you have to change the way, but you were also likely to be cut off by the Yan army.

Cao Shuang ignored these things. In his opinion, the purpose of this trip was very simple. In the end, he could annex Yan State. As long as he destroyed Yan State, he would be one of the best heroes of Wei State. Destroying the enemy and destroying the country will always be the first contribution from ancient times to the present. At that time, establishing prestige in the army can also lower Sima Yi and others.

I have to say that if Gongsun Xiu came here in person with this idea, he would definitely have a headache, and he felt that he had met a first-class strong enemy. Facing an opponent who was beyond his size, this was not terrible. As long as he beat the opponent to the pain, he might retreat.

Cao Shuang doesn't think so. In his mind, it's basically a tactic of people. Even if you use people to pile up, it doesn't matter if you die in battle. I can continue to spend more troops.

"Don't worry so much, our army will soon arrive in Youzhou. Yan State is only one step away. As long as I lead my troops to arrive, the Yan bandits may turn against each other when they see our strong soldiers and horses. They may turn against each other and surrender with Lilly. Sima Yi was too stupid. He only had 40,000 troops to go back and forth in a year, and destroyed Liao in a hundred days, but in the end he was defeated."

Cao Shuang was quite disdainful and felt despised by Sima Yi.

Huan Fan shook his head and said, "General, this is not Sima Yi's boast about Haikou. The late emperor was the master of speculation, even more than Taizu. The Taifu did not dare to ask for more troops. One was worried that the late emperor would be suspicious. The second was that Wei had to deal with the two kingdoms of Shu and Wu, and did not dare to draw excessive troops. As for the destruction of Liao in a hundred days, our army set out from Luoyang and arrived in Liaodong for more than seven months. It was only three months for the real military use. If it was rainy and winter, the roads were muddy and the soldiers were frozen to death, we would have no choice but to attack Liao again the next year."

Cao Shuang didn't care and waved his hand: "What's the difficulty? Fighting in the cold winter is a big problem for our army and a big problem for the Yan thieves. Our Wei Kingdom is vast, so why should we be afraid of him as a small country? We are large and he is small. Although the Yan thieves have gained the advantage of the territory, they can defend Chengguan for a period of time, so they will be extended for a few more days."

Seeing that he was so stubborn, Huan Fan had to stop and say nothing.

It is true that if Cao Shuang's opinion is indeed an unsolvable plot.

Cao Shuang ordered people to bring a table of delicious food, and several other singers accompanied him to drink with Huan Fan. He was very happy. Huan Fan was worried that drinking would make a mistake, so he only drank a few drinks, and his face turned red. He claimed that he could not bear the power of drinking, so he bowed: "General, the senior official - the senior official can't drink it anymore."

Cao Shuang laughed and shook her head and said, "How come you have to drink so little, how can you do big things?"

At this moment, a thunder came from outside the sky, followed by a heavy rain that came as scheduled.

Cao Shuang said with a "Oh" and pointed to the outside with chopsticks, saying, "It's actually raining. The weather is getting more and more capricious. It took a few days to go to the expedition and march."

Huan Fan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the general was not so happy that he could march on rainy days. Otherwise, he would have really lost a lot of troops before he encountered the enemy's battle.
Chapter completed!