After hearing this, Cao Zhen's face lit up with anger: "In the past, he said that the only way to attack the Shu people is when they are weak. If the army doesn't come, when will the Shu people defeat themselves?"

"Now he says Ziwu Valley is not feasible. I think he just has selfish motives and doesn't want to conquer Shu!"

The year before last, Zhao Yun went through Xiegu. Later, when he was defeated, he burned the pavilion road to stop his pursuit. It is not clear whether it has been repaired now.

If it is not repaired and the army reaches halfway, it will have to turn back. Wouldn't it be a joke?

Even if it is repaired, once you get out of the Xie Valley, you will reach Nanzheng, where Zhuge Liang will definitely have heavy troops.

If the army is blocked and cannot leave the valley for a long time, then Sima Yi, who is going up the Han River, and the partial troops who are walking through the Ziwu Valley, will enter Hanzhong earlier than him.

At that time, leading the army by himself was in vain, but it only gave Sima Yi an advantage.

Although His Majesty did not hold the people responsible for the defeat in the Longyou Battle, Cao Zhen knew that he could not absolve himself of the blame.

But at that time, Sima Yi led the army to march 1,200 miles on the 8th to kill Mengda and put down the rebellion.

Comparing the two, Cao Zhen felt even more uneasy.

You know, the general is higher than the hussar general!

So this time, he naturally didn't want to let Sima Yi be more beautiful than before.

As for the second old road mentioned by Wang Chong, it's not like Cao Zhen has never walked it before. How did Wei Zhen get defeated and die? He knows it better than anyone else.

That was not the first time that he had gone the old way. In the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Zhen, as a partial general, had gone the old way and fought against the Shu general Wu Lan in Xia Bian.

Entering Hanzhong from the old route, you must pass through Yang'an Pass.

First, Cao Cao led the tiger generals and elite troops, but they could only retreat in front of such a powerful pass.

Later, Cao Zhen himself lost troops and generals on the old road.

What's more, how could Zhuge Liang be compared to Zhang Lu?

So he ruled out the old theory immediately.

Seeing Cao Zhen's hesitant expression, Guo Mo hesitated for a moment and then said carefully:

"General, what General Wang said actually has two points of truth. Among the four roads in Hanzhong, it is true that Xiegu and the old road are the easiest to walk..."

When Cao Zhen heard what Guo Mo said, he stood up and walked to Guo Mo, with a look of intimacy on his face:

"I know that you and he are both from Shu. It's understandable that you want to say something for your fellow countrymen."

"Just the fact that he doesn't agree to conquer Shu is enough to show that he still cares about Shu. You are different from him. I know your loyalty."

When Xia Houba led his elite troops to attack Yuezhi City on a snowy night, it was thanks to the wool.

Although the people of Shu did not refuse to sell woolen materials to the Wei Dynasty, the price was extremely expensive. It was said that it was several times higher than when it was sold to the state of Wu.

Let’s recall that the Shu people had planned to empty out the food in Guanzhong, which made the hundreds of thousands of troops mobilized from the ground unable to move.

Cao Zhen couldn't help but cursed in his heart: This Shu man is not only evil-hearted, but also the most treacherous!

The more he thought like this, the kinder he looked at Guo Mo.

In the past two years since Guo Mo was transferred to Guanzhong, he was able to find a way to get cheap woolen materials from the Shu people and supplied the Guanzhong army with a lot of things to keep out the cold.

For this alone, he has merit.

In addition, Guo Mo usually behaved in a low-key manner. Compared with Wang Chong who wanted to stop the invasion of Shu, Cao Zhen felt more disgusted with Wang Chong.

A look of sincerity and fear immediately appeared on Guo Mo's face: "I thank the general for his trust, little man!"
Chapter completed!