Chapter 285 Cao Wei's Northwest Strategic Adjustment, Sima Supervises Guanzhong

Sima Yi expressed his loyalty, and Cao Rui then spoke to comfort him. The two chatted with a smile, and the monarch and the minister were suitable.

But it is unknown what they had in mind.

After some courtesy, Cao Rui took Sima Yi's hand and returned to the palace, receiving Sima Yi with the highest standards.

If you don't know, you would think Sima Yi defeated Zhuge Liang and returned triumphantly.

After taking Sima Yi back to the palace, Cao Rui couldn't wait to ask.

"General Fujun's trip to Liangzhou, fighting with Western Shu, did you gain anything? My Wei's northwest defense has been so rotten, is there any good plan?"

Now Cao Rui couldn't help but be anxious, seeing that the northwest was getting smaller and smaller, what should he do?

Didn't my father say that Western Shu was just a small country? The only famous general Guan Yu was dead, so why did it become more and more powerful?

And that Ma Su and Zhuge Liang, how come they are still alive!

"Your Majesty, the northwest is afraid..." Faced with this question, Sima Yi could not help but fall silent and began to think about what words to use to explain.

Now the defense of the northwest of Cao Wei, in one word, is a mess!

Cao Zhen, the former governor of Guanzhong, did a good job in managing Guanzhong. If Sima Yi had taken over Guanzhong at that time, he would have dared to say that even if Zhuge Liang and Ma Su were gods, they would not be able to enter Guanzhong.

However, since Cao Zhen's four armies attacked Western Shu, they suffered a great defeat in Ziwu Valley and Wuzhangyuan in succession, and the originally prosperous Guanzhong was instantly broken.

Not only was the local area unstable, but the Guanzhong clans, which had never been valued by Cao Wei, began to have thoughts that they should not have.

After all, it doesn't matter who we follow. If you, the Great Wei, don't want us to make progress, can't we go to Shu Han?

In addition, Cao Zhen was seriously ill, but he was still hanging on. In the past six months, Guanzhong can be said to be a mess. Now that Cao Zhen is dead, Guanzhong is in even greater chaos, and the command system is almost out of coordination.

At this time, Guanzhong can only be said to be in chaos. If it weren't for the weak foundation of Shu Han, and the lack of military rations after the northern expedition to Liangzhou to continue the eastern expedition, I'm afraid that the Shu army would have already arrived at the gates of Chang'an.

So Sima Yi knew very well how difficult the task would be if Cao Rui asked him to supervise Guanzhong next. So after a moment of silence, Sima Yi said to Cao Rui with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, today, facing Xishu, we can no longer treat it as a big country looking down on a small country. Now, our Great Wei should regard it as an enemy of the same level and use the power of the whole country to fight it."

"What?" Cao Rui frowned immediately, and it was a little hard to believe for a while.

Is this a bit alarmist?

Even if Shu Han occupied all of Yongliang, it would only be the territory of three states at most. Even if our Great Wei lost several battles, the territory in our hands is not less than that of your Shu and Wu combined.

This requires that West Shu be considered an equal opponent, not even including Wu Lao Er?

"Your Majesty, the current soldiers of the Shu army are brave and vigorous. Its Prime Minister Zhuge Liang is a genius, and Ma Su is a famous general. It will be too late if we don't pay attention to him." Sima Yi smiled bitterly and began to constantly show Cao Rui how powerful West Shu was.

"Now West Shu has merged Yongliang, and the terrain of Longyou is connected to the mountains and rivers of West Shu. In the past, Guangwu used the best troops in the world to conquer the northwest Wei Xiao, and it took a full eight years to pacify it."

"Now West Shu has Yongliang and Liang, with more than 100,000 soldiers, which is a major concern for Wei. And Zhuge Liang is said to be personally supervising Yongliang and is fully mobilizing troops to continue eastward."

"If we don't prepare early, when the Shu army is fully prepared to march out of Guanzhong, the west of Tongguan will no longer belong to Wei!"

After Sima Yi's shocking words, Cao Rui realized that the situation had become so serious. At this time, Cao Rui was better than his father. He chose to believe that Sima Yi was not exaggerating.

"In this case, how should I deal with the northwest affairs?"

"Relocate the people to Guanzhong, and let me supervise the military affairs in Guanzhong, and settle and defend in the Chang'an area." Sima Yi said without hesitation and volunteered without any politeness.

"Although half of the geographical advantages of Guanzhong have been lost, there are still thousands of miles of fertile land, which is enough for farming and training troops. I ask for more than 100,000 farmers to move to Guanzhong, and lead the Guanzhong army to guard Guanzhong."

"In this way, with the advantages of Guandong behind us, farming and pacifying the people, Guanzhong will be built strong. If Western Shu invades, I will not fight, but just stand against it."

"The grain production in Yongliang is not enough to feed the army, and the Shu Road is difficult and it is difficult to transfer grain from Yizhou. When Western Shu cannot fight, it will inevitably fall into the dilemma of food shortage and have to withdraw its troops to protect itself."

"If this goes on for several years, I will be able to make the soldiers in Guanzhong equal to the Shu army, and the output of Guanzhong can support 100,000 people."

"If so, the northwest will be safe, and Western Shu will no longer have the opportunity to take advantage of it."

Sima Yi's report to Cao Rui was basically all about building Guanzhong and how to build Guanzhong. He basically had no hope of counterattacking Yongliang, and even thought that it would be a good thing to keep Guanzhong.

Sima Yi's core idea is that the opponent is now at his best, so we must not get too excited. We should just defend the tower and consolidate the front line, and wait until the two most powerful masters and apprentices on the opposite side are offline, and then we can talk about counterattack when we have a big economic advantage.

Cao Rui found it difficult to accept Sima Yi's proposal.

Eight mines against two mines, you want me to hold on and not play the turtle, I can't accept this either.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Cao Rui still made an extremely bold decision.

He chose to believe Sima Yi and adopted his proposal.

"Since the general of the army thinks it must be done, I will approve it!" Cao Rui gritted his teeth and finally spoke.

"I will inform Chen Sikong and order him to send more than 100,000 people to Guanzhong to cultivate land. Now that the general has passed away, the northwest is just short of a governor, so you will be in charge!"

Sima Yi was a little surprised and bowed to thank Cao Rui for his trust.

To be honest, he did make some alarmist remarks just now, just afraid that Cao Rui would give him the same "emperor does not listen" as Cao Pi did.

But the facts proved that he was overthinking, Cao Rui was more pragmatic than his face-saving father.

But just when Sima Yi was about to get up and leave, Cao Rui's words suddenly stopped him.

"By the way, I heard that the Shu general Ma Su once said something about you about Luoshui..."

"Your Majesty, this is Ma Su's slander." Sima Yi waved his hand and smiled as usual.

"Of course I know this is the enemy's slander!" Cao Rui also laughed and patted Sima Yi on the shoulder.

"My dear, you are to me just like Zhuge Liang is to the Lord of Shu. I can entrust you with the great cause."

"So my dear, don't let me down!"

"Your Majesty, I will serve you with my life!"

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