All the ministers believed that as the commander of the first army, Meng Da, although he received the order to enter the edge of the Hanzhong region, stopped and did not respond to Cao Zhen in time. He was responsible for Cao Zhen's failure and was punished as he deserved.

In fact, Meng Da’s role as a side teacher was to restrain Wei Yan.

Judging from the development of the military situation, Wei Yan was on high alert at the border and did not attack Cao Zhen with Zhao Zilong because of Meng Da's cessation of the attack. Meng Da had basically completed the mission.

If Xiahou Shang, Zhang He and other generals led their troops to fight, they would naturally have made no mistakes.

However, as a surrendered general, Meng Da rebelled against Wei State and had no achievements. However, he was appointed by Cao Pi as the rank of the scattered cavalry general, Jianwu, and was granted the title of Marquis of Pingyang Ting, and led the prefect of Shangyong, and became a chief official of the Wei State.

Although Meng Da was famous in Shu, he did not perform very well after following Liu Bei and was not considered a top talent.

He was able to serve as the prefect in Liu Bei because he had a close relationship with Fa Zheng, Li Yan and others.

After he joined Cao Pi, his status was still above famous generals Zhang He, Xu Huang and others who had been through many battles and made many achievements.

Many people in the court were dissatisfied with the fact that Meng Da could enjoy such a high position, especially the officials of the Kuai family who depended on Cao Cao from Jingzhou, because they suspected that Meng was the real murderer of Kuai Qi who was killed by Da, and were always looking for opportunities to retaliate.

This time Meng Da's march was slow and obviously did not cooperate with Cao Zhen's attack. They joined forces and impeached Meng Da, saying that he had secretly communicated with Liu Bei and deliberately neglected the morale of the army.

But Cao Pi relied on Meng Da so much after careful consideration.

He wanted to set a model, hoping that more Xichuan families would surrender and achieve the goal of defeating others without fighting, so he would naturally not punish Meng Da at will.

Moreover, Meng Da has achieved considerable results. There are many small families who are dissatisfied with the Liu Bei Group. Their families smuggled to Shangyong and defected to Meng Da. Of course, there are also sands that Zhuge Liang mixed up.

Meng Da’s greatest achievement was to instigate the Hanjia prefect Huang Yuan, who was also incompatible with Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

If Huang Yuan succeeded in rebelling and the Wei army could occupy Han Jia, then the Wei State would be able to penetrate deep into Xichuan.

Only more than 300 miles away from Chengdu, the Shu Han Dynasty became without danger and was sooner or later destroyed by the Wei Kingdom.

But unfortunately, because Meng Da was eager to achieve merit, he did not reveal his secrets with Cao Pi in advance, which led to the lack of preparations in Wei and did not send troops to respond in time.

Huang Yuan was also half-hearted and was swaying between Wei and Wu, waiting to be sold at a price.

Although Huang Yuan chose the good opportunity for Zhuge Liang to leave Chengdu and go to Baidi City to visit his illness, he still underestimated Zhuge Liang's ability.

Zhuge Liang had already arranged the matter in Chengdu and handed over the full power to Yang Hong, the prefect of Shu County.

Meng Da and Huang Yuan both underestimated Yang Hong, who had always been low-key, and he had long expected Huang Yuan's rebellion.

After Yang Hong learned that Huang Yuan had launched a mutiny, he immediately asked Liu Chan to send troops to attack.

After careful design, Chen Yun and Zheng Chuo finally captured Huang Yuan alive.

Because Huang Yuan's rebellion was not successful, it could not be used as a contribution to Meng Da, but Cao Pi was still very satisfied with Meng Da's performance.

This time, Meng Da was sent to Hanzhong, and of course he was not allowed to act as cannon fodder.

Meng Da's army is a county soldier in Xichuan. Although it has been reorganized several times, its combat effectiveness is not strong. Compared with the elite Wei Yan troops guarding Hanzhong, it is not on the same level.

Although Meng Da is known as a versatile talent in civil and military affairs, he is actually a type of person who cannot achieve martial arts.

Not to mention fighting generals in front of the formation, even if they are capable of using troops, Meng Da is far from being a rival of Wei Yan who is extremely brave.

Cao Pi was also afraid that Meng Da would be defeated by Wei Yan and would lose his army's aura. Before Meng Da sent troops, he had a secret letter to explain that Meng Da did not need to go to war with Wei Yan, as long as he made an offensive posture and attracted Wei Yan's army.

Therefore, after receiving the letter written by Zhuge Liang in the name of Li Yan, Meng Da, who had just entered the Weiyan Defense Zone, ordered the stop to move forward without hesitation.

Meng Da and Wei Yan didn't work for a long time, but they knew that Wei Yan was brave and good at fighting!

He didn't think that the county soldiers under his command could defeat Wei Yan, who was both wise and brave. He wanted to find a reason to stop the attack, so he gave Li Yan face without hesitation and ordered the army to stop advancing.

Meng Da received Cao Pi's secret order, but this was not a reason for him to shirk responsibility. He stopped. After all, he neglected the morale of the army and found a bad reason for being sick, and did not deliberately conceal it.

In the world, there are no airtight walls.

During several reorganizations of Mengda's army, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He and others sent many middle-level officers, including many people deployed by various forces. Therefore, Mengda's pretending to be sick quickly spread.

Although it is just a rumor, it is enough for the ministers to use it to impeach Meng Da.

Of course, Cao Pi understood the inside story, but some things cannot be mentioned on the table.

Although Cao Pi was the emperor, he was limited by the system, so it was not easy to get rid of Meng Da's crimes.

Cao Pi could only temporarily suppress the impeachment of Meng Da by his subordinates and seek solutions, and could not ignore it.

He called Sima Yi and the two discussed the solution privately.

Sima Yi really found a solution, which was to put the pot on Sun Quan.

Speaking of which, Sun Quan was not unfair. He promised Cao Pi to send troops to Xichuan, but asked Lu Xun to pretend to dispatch troops in Yidu, but did not attack Kui Pass, but wandered around Fangling, which was possible to attack Shangyong.

Cao Pi was originally dissatisfied with Lu Xun's failure to send troops to attack Shu Han, thinking that Sun Quan was fooling him.

Through Sima Yi's analysis, Cao Pi increasingly felt that Lu Xun was really going to attack Shangyong.

So, Cao Pi told Meng Da the reason through Sima Yi and asked him to write a letter to defend himself.

According to Sima Yi's design, Meng Da wrote a letter and suggested that he had received news that Lu Xun might have to attack Shangyong before pretending to be ill.

Cao Pi believed in the court that Meng Da had sufficient reasons and could be exempted from punishment.

But Cao Pi expressed great indignation towards the untrustworthy Wu Kingdom and believed that he could not just forget it.

The officials in the court were afraid that Cao Pi would send troops to attack Wu again, and that the people would be in trouble, so they all helped to relieve themselves. The minister Xinpi came out to report:

"Although Sun Quan had a bad intention, it was reasonable for Lu Xun to find a way to enter Sichuan from Fangling. He did not enter Shangyong territory. After all, there was no evidence. If you had to fight Sun Quan based on guessing words alone, you would be ridiculed by Shu Han. It would be better to use other methods to give Sun Quan some colors."

Xinpi was an old minister of Yuan Shao. When Cao Cao was appointed as Sikong, he summoned Xinpi, but he did not accept the order.

After Yuan Shao's failure, Xinpi surrendered to Cao Cao, but was not valued.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne of King Wei, Xin Pi contacted all the ministers to write to Cao Pi, urging him to become emperor in the Han Dynasty, and gained the title of Guannei Hou and served as the chief minister, which was the same as Ma Liang's position in Liu Bei's group.
Chapter completed!