The history of the Wei State is extremely short, and many people say that the Cao family has worked hard for several generations, and in the end they still made wedding clothes for the Sima family. Many people sighed for it. However, Xiahou Xuan obviously has a powerful army, and he can completely drive Sima Yi away and recapture the Cao family's country, why not kill it?
In fact, the relationship between the Xiahou family and the Cao family is still very close. Xiahou Xuan, the son of the Venerable Xiahou, is the same generation as Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming, and is a cousin to Cao Shuang. The Xiahou family, at that time, was a royal family and had a lot of power. Later, Cao Rong died of illness, and Cao Fang inherited his place. Cao Shuang was promoted to general, while Xiahou Xuan was entrusted with the important task of taking charge of all the guards in the Luoyang Imperial City. After that, he was promoted to the Marquis of Zhenxi and the Marquis of Yongliang, leading 100,000 troops. It can be seen how much the Xiahou family believed in the Cao family at that time.
At that time, the Cao family had already understood Sima Yi's thoughts. Even if you don't know his intention to usurp the throne, you can see his thirst for power. At that time, Cao Fang was still young, and the affairs of the court were handed over to Sima Yi and Cao Shuang. However, Cao Shuang did not have any foundation or influence in the court of Wei. But Sima Yi started his own plan early and began to form his own army. At the critical moment, as long as he speaks, someone will definitely agree. At this point, Cao Shuang can't compare with it at all.
And the most important point is that Cao Shuang and Xiahou Xuan started a war with Shu. So he gathered 100,000 people and went straight to Shu Han and Hanzhong. It's just that this road is too difficult to walk, and the battle line is too far, and Wang Ping has long been fully prepared, so he will suffer heavy losses here. The same was true of Jiang Wei, the general of Shu, who went around to the rear of Wei and launched an attack from the rear. Moreover, because the mountain roads were difficult to travel, and the supplies transported could not be transported here in time, they could not hold out for long without enough food and grass, and they were defeated. Cao Shuang, Xiahou Xuan and others finally returned to Wei, but they were also greatly damaged.
Therefore, the ministers have a lot of complaints about Xiahou Xuan and Cao Shuang. In this way, not only will it lose people's hearts, but it will also give Sima Yi the opportunity to usurp the throne. After Sima Yi seized power, why didn't Xiahou Xuan lead a large army to help the king and save him, why is this?
As mentioned earlier, Xiahou Xuan's prestige in the Yongliang army has disappeared, and Sima Yi took the opportunity to take over Yongliang's military power. Zhuge Liang attacked several times, but was repelled by Sima Yi. Sima Yi also said that he could not go out of the city casually, so that the troops suffered little losses and retained their combat effectiveness. The soldiers are very realistic, one respects people and only thinks about saving their own lives, and the other only attacks, and does not care about the life or death of the soldiers. This is clear to everyone.
What's more, he is also accompanied by Sima Yi's confidant Guo Huai. When Guo Huai was in Yongzhou, he was already a prince. Later, he took refuge in Sima Yi and led the army to resist Zhuge Liang's attacks, and because of his resourcefulness, he established great achievements in the war many times. This is also the reason why Sima Yi values him so much, and he has quite prestige in the army. Many people choose to follow Guo Huai instead of following Xiahou Xuan, who is just a person who is lower than Guo Huaiguan. If he took refuge in Guo Huai, he took refuge in Sima Yi, even if Xiahou Xuan had the heart, there was no way.
Xiahou Xuan didn't fight back, also for Cao Shuang's sake. When Cao Shuang first started, he shouted that he wanted to fight with Sima Yi. The most important thing is that Cao Fang is still pinched in his hands. He could follow Cao Cao's example and order Wei's army to protect him, and get rid of Sima Yi by the way. But who would have thought that Cao Shuang would be so good at talking. The ** people in the court have convinced him to surrender.
Sima Yi would not allow anyone to challenge his authority, so after he was submitted, he killed him and wiped out all three of his families. Xiahou Xuan is in the court, and he no longer has the biggest backer, and he has no power to fight back at all.