Chapter 628: Hao Zhao joins! Zhang Yan: I'm going to cry, an unsolvable situation!

Shangdang Prefect's Mansion.

As the temporary office for our Chancellor Gu, the Shangdang Prefect's Mansion was made to shine.

And at this moment.

Standing below Gu Yi was a young man with a scholarly appearance, yet whose brow revealed a sense of steadiness.

This person was named Hao Zhao.

He was from Jinyang, Bingzhou.

Perhaps right now, the young Hao Zhao was not famous.

But in original history, Hao Zhao was an excellent and outstanding general admired by both the Wei and Shu states.

When Zhuge Liang made his second sortie from Qishan, Hao Zhao, acting on the orders of Grand General Cao Zhen, led two thousand soldiers to garrison the Chen Cang fortress.

Facing a Shu Han main force several times his own size, Hao Zhao defended Chen Cang for over two months.

Under his defense, the Chen Cang fortress remained as solid as a rock.

And this directly led to the failure of Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition.

After all.

For Zhuge Liang.

Every Northern Expedition, due to terrain and topography, made transporting grain from Shu extremely difficult.

This forced him to always value speed, making it impossible to conduct protracted warfare.

Hao Zhao delaying Zhuge Liang for two months at Chen Cang directly cut off the hope of the Shu army advancing into Yongzhou at the root.

But within the Shu army, including Zhuge Liang himself, the evaluation of Hao Zhao was extremely high.

Zhuge Liang even sighed, if such a talent had been born in Shu, how wonderful that would be!

Unfortunately, Heaven does not grant people their wishes.

Not long after Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition retreated, Hao Zhao fell ill at his post.

Otherwise, perhaps the later General Who Pacifies the West of Cao Wei would have been Hao Zhao and not Guo Huai.

It is worth mentioning here.

The generals stationed in the western regions under the Cao Wei regime were also divided into two factions.

They were the Cao Zhen faction and the Sima Yi faction.

The Cao Zhen faction refers to Cao Wei imperial clan generals, or those standing on the side of Cao Wei imperial clan generals.

For example, Xia Houba, Hao Zhao, Wang Shuang, Lu Zhi, and others.

The Sima Yi faction refers to talents from aristocratic families, or the little brothers under the name of aristocratic families.

For example, Guo Huai, Chen Tai, Deng Ai, Wang Jing, and others.

After Cao Zhen passed away, his son Cao Shuang gradually took over the political legacy Cao Zhen left behind.

Xia Houba, Lu Zhi, and others among the Cao Wei western front generals stood in Cao Shuang's camp.

While Hao Zhao, Wang Shuang, and others had already departed before Cao Zhen passed away.

This was a loss for the Cao Wei regime.

As everyone knows.

The enemy faced by the Cao Wei western front theater was precisely the Shu Han regime.

The Shu Han regime can actually be divided into three periods.

They are the Zhuge Liang period, the Jiang Wan and Fei Yi period, and the Jiang Wei period.

The national strength of Shu Han was undoubtedly strongest during the Zhuge Liang period.

To counter Zhuge Liang, the supreme leader of the Cao Wei western front was first held by Cao Zhen.

After Cao Zhen passed away, it was taken over by Sima Yi.

But during the Jiang Wan and Fei Yi period.

The supreme leader of the Cao Wei western front became Guo Huai.

And by the Jiang Wei period (the true Jiang Wei period starts after Fei Yi was assassinated), the supreme leadership of the Cao Wei western front fell into the hands of Deng Ai.

Guo Huai and Deng Ai were undoubtedly Sima Yi's lackeys.

The Guo family behind Guo Huai had even been hanging out with the Sima family for generations.

And the main reason Guo Huai was able to rise to prominence was because he received the recommendation of the Sima family.

For example, Sima Yi's eldest brother, the Inspector of Yanzhou, Sima Lang, had recommended Guo Huai several times.

The Sima family was not just Sima Yi alone.

Sima Yi became a high-ranking official during the Cao Pi era.

But Sima Yi's eldest brother Sima Lang was different.

During the Cao Cao era, Sima Lang had already reached the official rank of Inspector of Yanzhou.

Yanzhou was Cao Cao's base camp.

Sima Lang being appointed as Inspector of Yanzhou was enough to show Cao Cao's high regard and trust in him.

But Sima Lang had already passed away due to an epidemic in the twenty-second year of Jian'an.

Otherwise.

I'm afraid the main task of the Sima family usurping the Cao Wei regime might have been completed by Sima Lang, and not Sima Yi.

Similarly.

If Cao Zhen and Hao Zhao had not passed away.

During the Shu Han Jiang Wan and Fei Yi period.

The person who would have taken over from Cao Zhen as the top leader of the Cao Wei western front would likely have been Hao Zhao, whom he had personally promoted and who had performed great meritorious service at Chen Cang.

And not Sima Yi's die-hard little brother Guo Huai.

From this, it can also be seen that Hao Zhao's ability was indeed not weak.

Especially his defensive ability, which was enough to rank in the top five, or even top three, of the late Han and Three Kingdoms period!

Now.

Hao Zhao had taken the initiative to come and join Gu Yi, so Gu Yi naturally would not miss such a young and excellent talent.

Happily accepting Hao Zhao, Gu Yi had him temporarily act as the Military Sima.

After he performed meritorious service, he would then be rewarded.

After dealing with Hao Zhao's matter, Fa Zheng suddenly walked in from outside and reported to Gu Yi:

"Chancellor, Zhang Yan has come."

"By his side, he also has Ta Dun tied up."

Hearing this.

Even with Gu Yi's composure, he couldn't help but feel that the plot's direction was a bit strange.

He had originally thought that Zhang Yan and Ta Dun had likely died under the scouring of the Yellow River water.

But he didn't expect these two guys to have such great lives, actually still being alive.

However, regarding Zhang Yan tying up Ta Dun.

Gu Yi soon had a guess in his heart.

Although Ta Dun was known as the Wuhuan person who understood the Han people best. ===== CHAPTER 629 =====