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Chapter 203

Since Xia Houba surrendered to Shu, he was highly valued by the Shu master, and he was added as a general of chariots and cavalry.

The Lord of Shu personally said to him: "Your father was killed in Xingjianer, not by my ancestors."

He pointed to the Liu family and said, "This is Xiahou's nephew."

However, Xiahouba's sons in Luoyang were all playboys and were not implicated. Because of Xiahouyuan's meritorious service, he was spared from death and moved to Lelang County (now Pyongyang).

Xiahouhe, Xiahouji, Xiahoujun and other Xiahou clan members enjoy the title as before.

On the road from Tazhong to Qucheng, Jiang Wei, Xia Houba and others walked slowly.

"Where do you think our army should attack this time?" Jiang Wei respected Xia Houba a lot.

The two fought against each other many times in Yongliang, so they cherished each other.

All the generals in the middle of Shu disapproved of Xiahouba, but they were only close to Jiang Wei.

"The general is unparalleled in wisdom and bravery, and he has made a plan long ago. Ba is the general to charge forward." After entering Shu, although Xia Houba was treated favorably by Liu Chan, he was extremely low-key.

Jiang Wei said again: "I want to attack Xiping, what's the general opinion?"

Xia Houba also laughed, "The road to Xiping is difficult and dangerous, and it is difficult to advance and retreat. If Chen Tai and Guo Huai leave Longxi, they will cut off my heir."

Jiang Wei laughed twice, "Gongsu is the general of the north, how can you not teach me a thing or two?"

Xia Houba thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Xiping is too far away, Longxi is in ruins, and Tianshui is heavily defended. How about attacking Nan'an? Among the counties in Longyou, Nan'an is the richest. Deng Ai has lived in the fields for several years, and has a lot of money and people."

"Nan'an?" Jiang Wei thought about it carefully, "Do you know what Deng Ai's strategy is?"

"This man is good at farming and controlling water. As for military strategy, I have never heard of it, but it shouldn't be too bad to win the favor of old thief Sima." Xiahouba said truthfully.

Jiang Wei sighed, "The people in the Central Plains are at their peak, but the Central Plains are not as good as them. Now that Sima Yi has power, does he have the ambition to conquer?"

Jiang Wei repeatedly invaded Yongliang, but in fact he inherited Zhuge Wuhou's legacy of using offense as defense.

Marquis Wu made many northern expeditions, first meeting Cao Zhen and then Sima Yi.

At that time, Jiang Wei was in the army and often fought against Sima Yi.

Jiang Wei was quite afraid of Zhuge Wuhou's old enemy.

Xia Houba knew what he meant, "Sima Yi first gained power, set up a family, and did not care about foreign affairs. There are Zhong Shiji, although there are few people, if he manages the government, Wu and Shu will worry."

"Zhong Shiji was born as a scholar, what do you think of Yang Xingyun?"

While walking, I saw Yi Caizhi jumping up from the forest.

Jiang Wei drew his sword like lightning and threw it, hitting his head.

The soldiers happily picked it up, and Jiang Wei laughed.

Xia Houba can answer, or not answer.

However, Tianshui Qilin'er can't be fooled easily, and if he avoids it a little, it will cause estrangement. Xia Houba doesn't have many friends in Sichuan, and if he loses one, he will lose one.

"Yang Xing is a hero in the world, and his future is limitless."

Jiang Wei seemed very satisfied with the answer, and pulled off Caizhi's longest and most beautiful tail feather and handed it to Xia Houba, "This person is the old man of the Duke, can he be recruited?"

Xia Houba took the tail feather, "General Xie, Yang Zheng has a change of mind, I'm afraid he may not be willing to go south, but there is one person who may cause drastic changes in Yongliang recently."

"Who is it?" Jiang Wei's eyes were burning, like a wild wolf smelling blood.

"Wang Jinhu!"

On the way to Dazhong, Xia Houba met a man.

A man named Suzaku.

"Jincheng prefect Wang Jinhu? Isn't this Wang Ling's son?" Immediately, Jiang Wei's face was filled with joy, "So, Wang Ling will turn against Sima Yi?"

"If Wang Jinhu makes trouble, he will attack Nan'an first, and the general can take advantage of it."

Huainan, late at night.

Wang Ling's guest, Lao Lao, hurried back from Luoyang and brought back a letter.

One is a reply letter from Wang Guang, the eldest son of the Tunqi school lieutenant in Luoyang.

"Any major event should be done according to one's own feelings. Cao Shuang lost the people because of his arrogance and extravagance, Uncle He Ping died of vanity, and although Ding, Bi, Huan, and Deng had high expectations, they all competed in the world... Although Sima Yi's love is difficult to measure, the matter There is no rebellion, but promote the use of talents, broad trees to win oneself, revise the government orders of the previous dynasty, and meet the wishes of the hearts of the people. The reason why Shuang is evil, you don’t have to change, the bandits are slack all the time, take compassion for the people first, father and son brothers , and hold the military to the war, it is not easy to perish."

At that time, Wang Ling was nearly eighty years old, and Wang Guangyi was nearly sixty years old. They were very talented and praised by the people of the time.

Sima Yi once asked Jiang Ji how Wang Ling and his son were doing.

Jiang Ji said: Wang Ling is both civil and military, unparalleled in the world.

It is also said that Wang Guang has great ambitions, better than his father.

Sima Yi smiled and said nothing, and when he left, Jiang Ji said to the left and right: The Wang family will be destroyed because of my words.

Wang Guang is also Wang Ling's most valued son.

It's just that this son disagrees with him.

Wang Ling was deeply worried.

At this time, Wang Yu, who belonged to Wang Yu, asked to see him.

Wang Ling was a little tired after reading the letter. He was old and went to bed earlier.

But Wang Yu is his confidant and a descendant of his family.

"Captain, something is wrong. Someone secretly reported to me that Sima Zhao has already noticed about Mr. Sanlang's stay in Yongliang!"

"What?" All of Wang Ling's sleepiness and boredom disappeared.

Fear followed.

"Why is Zhong Yuan so careless and ruining my big business!" But Wang Ling is Wang Ling after all, after being frightened, he regained consciousness, "Who will secretly report to you?"

"This person's name is Zuo Qing, and he is a merchant in Guanzhong."

"Where is this person? Kill him immediately!"

Naturally, Wang Yu would not take the death of a merchant to heart, "Captain, since the matter is leaked, it is better to plan early, and the speed of the army is so precious!"

Wang Ling summoned his second son Wang Feixiao to discuss.

Wang Ling has four sons, Wang Guang, Wang Feixiao, Wang Jinhu, and Wang Mingshan, all of whom are talented and successful in martial arts and have extraordinary courage.

"Sima Yi destroyed Cao Shuang within five days. If my father hesitates today, he will be defeated by Sima Yi. My son is willing to be the vanguard! If Luoyang is unprepared, then go forward lightly. If Luoyang is prepared and things are not harmonious, then take the lead." Xu thought it was his foundation to call righteous men from all over the world to help the country!" Wang Feixiao said with emotion.

Wang Ling's old eyes flickered several times, but he couldn't make a decision.

Wang Feixiao knelt in front of Wang Ling, "If father hesitates, my family will be wiped out! General Yin Jian is not far away!"

Wang Ling trembled all over.

At his age, what he cares most about is not himself, but the continuation of the family.

Wang Ling's old eyes finally became resolute, "That's right, we must continue to suffer from the chaos. Tomorrow, we will gather all the troops to take Xuchang first, help the king of Chu, and sing righteousness together!"

Wang Feixiao was taken aback for a moment, what he said was that Qingfeng would go straight to Luoyang, and if things went wrong, he would turn to Xuchang.

As for Zuo Qing, he disappeared without a trace that night.

It was as if there had never been such a person in the world.

……

Yang Zheng finally returned to Xiping safely.

This trip to the north has yielded a lot, and has enhanced mutual trust with Chen Tai.

I also know that Xiahouba is living a good life.

In the next few years, as long as Xia Houxuan was fine in Luoyang, he would be safe in Xiping.

In this world, we can only take one step at a time.

I'm afraid the Sima family is also walking on eggshells.

Although the Huainan rebellion ended in failure, it didn't mean it was useless, at least it could add more chaos to the Sima family.

The chess pieces of Shu, Chang'an, and Huainan have already been played.

Yang Zheng remembered that this mutiny failed, one of the reasons was that Linghuyu died of illness suddenly, Wang Ling lost a big arm and was alone and helpless.

Linghu Yu's subordinates tipped off Sima Yi, making Sima Yi ready.

But now, Yang Zheng wants to fan the flames for them, so that Wang Ling and Linghuyu will raise their troops in advance.

Wang Jinhu wanted to use Yang Zheng, so why didn't Yang Zheng want to use him?

With Wang Jinhu in Yongliang, he is not afraid that Wang Ling will not make a move.

Although the chess pieces are played, no one knows the final direction.

Yang Zheng deeply agrees with Lu Zhi's words, whether it is Sima Yi or Wang Ling, there is no difference in essence.

Cao Wei's core is already riddled with holes.

There is no Sima family, there are Wang family, Jia family, Zhong family...

The gentry are more loyal to interests.

Wei lost its deer, and the gentry chased it together.

(End of this chapter)