contend

Chapter 321
No matter how headstrong Zhuge Ke is, he knows that life and death are at stake.

Sima Fu and Guan Qiujian led 20 people from the north, and Wen Qin led more than [-] elites to copy them.

The wounded and sick soldiers of the Wu army were abandoned on the road, or died in the gully, or were captured by the Wei army.

Wen Qin led his army to attack them, smashing the crowd and killing thousands of people.

The Wu people howled and mourned, but Zhuge Ke didn't pay any attention to it, and he was at ease, knowing that he had no face to see Jiangdong's elders, stationed troops in Jiangzhu, and then wanted to avoid Xunyang and set up land.

Jianye edicts came one after another, summoning him to return to the court, and Zhuge Ke led his troops back calmly.

After this battle, Zhuge Ke's reputation fell from the peak to the bottom, the soldiers felt hatred, and the common people felt resentment.

However, after Zhuge Ke returned to the court, he was unwilling to take the initiative to take responsibility for his mistakes, so he summoned Zhongshuling Sun He to reprimand him for issuing edicts indiscriminately.

Sun He, one of Zhuge Ke's few allies, kept silent, quit in fear, and resigned due to illness.

Afterwards, Zhuge Keweifu used it for himself, checked the list of generals and officials, dismissed them all, and re-appointed them, so as to plug the mouth of the government and the opposition.

Those who were originally loyal to Zhuge Ke were also excluded.

Within ten months, the order was issued again, and the soldiers were ready to attack Qingxu by sea.

Ke became more and more frustrated.

In the fifth year of Jiaping, the Northern Expedition of Wu and Shu together was huge, but it only lasted for half a year, and it ended hastily.

This was also the last time Wu Shu took the initiative to resist.

The combined strength of the three kingdoms' battles was nearly 50, which had already exceeded the scale of the Battle of Chibi.

In the decades since the end of the Han Dynasty, the strength of the Central Plains has been greatly restored.

Sitting in Luoyang, Sima Shi strategized, actively adopted everyone's opinions, and repelled the invasion of Wu and Shu, and his reputation in Wei State was second to none.

Neither of these two wars had any impact on Xiping.

But Yang Zheng felt that Jiang Wei sent troops this time only to support Zhuge Ke.

After a little setback, he retreated.

"As a powerful minister, Master Sima blamed himself. Zhuge Ke blamed others and made a judgment. After this defeat, Zhuge Ke's life will not be long. Zhuge Jin said in the early years that Ke would not rejuvenate our family and destroy our family. Also." Lu Zhi sighed.

"Zhuge Ke has superficial talent, but no serious strategy. His failure is his own fault." Wei Guan smiled lightly.

Yang Zheng had expected the outcome of the New City Battle.

Three thousand Wei troops blocked 20 Wu troops, which once again refreshed Yang Zheng's views on war in this era.

"Even if Zhuge Ke can capture Xincheng, his defeat is inevitable." Du Yu said.

The new city is difficult to fight, but Shouchun behind the new city is even more difficult to fight. It has been run by Cao Wei for decades, and there are more than 20 troops. Sima Fuwen is like a tortoise. It's okay to accept it if it's good, but it's such a wave, the Northern Expedition is the right step, but it's too impatient and frivolous. If you continue to fight, it is reasonable for Wu Jun to be defeated.

"Now that Master Sima is successful, he will definitely take a step forward." Yang Zheng is more worried about the future.

To some extent, what Sima Yi left behind was a mess. The Luoshui oath not only bankrupted the Sima family's credit, but also lowered the moral standards since the Han and Wei dynasties.

Many people who believed in Sima Yi and were afraid of Sima Yi were not necessarily afraid of Master Sima.

After the Battle of Dongxing and the Battle of Xincheng, Huainan was weakened beyond measure, and the prestige of Sima Division was in full swing.

Compared with Sima Yi, Sima Shi is more enterprising.

"Master Sima must try it out," Du Yu said in a deep voice.

Wei Guan bowed his head and remained silent.

Yang Zheng knew what Master Sima's next step would be.

Today's Cao Wei is only supported by Xia Houxuan's pillar...

No matter how Yang Zheng and Xia Houzhi tried to persuade him, Xia Houxuan was unmoved, not even willing to send a bloodline.

It's fine for him to die generously, and he also sent the three clans up together.

Lu Zhi coughed, "The sun is in trouble, the moon is full and the moon is bad. Who can know all the affairs of the world? Don't get involved in the affairs of the Central Plains. If you manage Xiping well, it will be a foundation."

The truth is that.

The problem is that even with this level of relationship with Xia Houxuan, the Sima family is also Yang Zheng's nominal father-killing enemy.

"The autumn harvest is just around the corner. As expected, this year will be another bumper harvest!" Du Yu finally told the good news that can inspire people's hearts.

Xiping has two good harvests in three years, so Yang Zheng will not worry about going hungry for the next few years.

While Yang Zheng was discussing the development of Xiping with the three of them, Meng Guan said softly outside the hall: "General, come from Luoyang!"

Yang Zheng thought it was another emissary who came to persuade him to do something.

Lu Zhi, Du Yu, and Wei Guan bid farewell to each other.

Only then did Meng Guan bring people in.

"Dou Muxie pays homage to the master!" When he saw Yang Zheng, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"what happened?"

"The emperor secretly summoned Xiahou Gong, Xiahou's mansion was on fire, Xu Rishu was worried that Xiahou's public security would be in danger, so he went to investigate, and met Sima Shi's dead man, the two fought fiercely, Sima Shi led troops into the mansion, Xu Rishu took the initiative to drag Sima Master, his subordinates, and Bi Shui took advantage of the chaos to rob Duke Xiahou's eldest grandson from the mansion. Afterwards, the whole city was put under martial law and searched from house to house, causing heavy casualties..."

"How many of you... escaped?"

Luoyang has become a dragon's pool and a tiger's den.

Since the establishment of 28 Constellations, Luoyang has suffered the most casualties in the city.

"11 people were arrested, 31 people committed suicide because they did not want to be caught, 29 people died in a fierce battle, and 17 people killed themselves out of the city..."

Luoyang's fine work network was almost pulled out...

Yang Zheng sighed in his heart, Master Sima is an expert at this.

And Luoyang is his base camp, and the strength is not directly proportional.

But if you want to blame this matter, you can blame Xia Houxuan, who left rashly without notifying him, so that it hurt the meticulous work.

"Every family who died in battle or was arrested will be rewarded with [-] yuan, [-] horses of silk, and [-] stones of food. The family members and children will be raised by the military government."

"General Xie, this is the secret letter from Duke Xia that my brothers risked their lives to retrieve." Dou Muxie took out a piece of silk.

It was stained with a lot of meticulous blood.

Yang Zheng took it, and there was Xia Houxuan's upright handwriting on it, just like his people, "Xingyun, my son-in-law, everyone has his own ambitions, so there is no need to persuade. Great Wei's current calamity is due to the loss of people's hearts, not the destiny. Yun, I am willing to die with my life to uphold the justice of the world. If things are done, I will die without regrets. If things fail, I will leave my name in history, and I will have no complaints or regrets..."

"So stupid!" Yang Zheng angrily threw the silk on the ground.

This was the only time in the past few years that Yang Zheng lost his temper in front of his subordinates.

There are many ways to revive Cao Wei, but Xia Houxuan chose the most stupid way, hitting Sima Shi's knife with his head.

Martyr yourself to uphold the justice of the world...

In order to seize power, Sima Yi did everything possible, with an old face pulled down, pointing at Luoshui and farting...

There is no justice in this world.

Xia Houxuan was hopeless.

After coming to this world for so long, Yang Zheng finally figured out a truth, it's not that God wants someone to die, but that most people want to die by themselves, or die by themselves.

This is true of Cao Shuang, so is Zhuge Ke, and so is Xia Houxuan.

Even if others want to die, you can't hold back.

Xia Houba didn't want to die, so he ran away with a bucket, isn't he living well now?

Dou Muxie stared blankly at Yang Zheng.

Yang Zheng rubbed his forehead, sighed and said, "You have worked hard for so many years. Now that you are back, you will stay in Xiping. First, you will be appointed as Zhechong's prefect, and you will work hard for two years before being promoted."

(End of this chapter)