My husband Zhuge Kongming

What Sima Yi wanted to ask was not just Cao Pi's ambition, but in what capacity Cao Pi wanted to do these things.

If Cao Cao loses this battle, he hopes that the Cao family in Cao Pi's generation will give up fighting with Liu Bei. This is the best for the world.

It is impossible to persuade Cao Cao.

How could Cao Cao be persuaded at his age?

But Cao Pi is different. Cao Pi is still young, and his ears will be softer than Cao Cao after all.

He thought about it for the past two days and felt that Cao Cao still lost more than he won in the fight with Liu Bei. Both Xiahou Dun before and Cao Cao himself lost.

And if he wants to save the Sima family and his wife and children, the south must be his escape route.

But what happens after that? Will you die for Cao Cao? If so, what will your children do in the future?

In his opinion, Cao Cao's failure was inevitable.

Even if he had just said that Cao Cao's winning rate was 50%, he was actually just saying it to sound nice. Based on the opponent's methods and layout, Cao Cao's true winning rate might only be 30%.

Without him, the war is about people and logistics. Although the North has a manpower advantage, this manpower advantage is really vulnerable to the South's armor advantage.

Now Cao Cao is plundering aristocratic families in the north and has lost the support of the people.

Not everyone who was assigned to the land thought Cao Cao was good. Furthermore, the people were ignorant and would do some extreme things for immediate benefits.

It is only a piece of cake to raise some "country warriors" with the wealth of a wealthy family.

If the north is full of wars and smoke, how can Cao Cao have any chance of winning?

It's not that Cao Cao couldn't think of these things, but there was no way to eradicate them.

How many of his civil servants and generals came from humble backgrounds?

No one has a family behind him.

If he kills all the noble families in order to prevent them from rebelling against him, Cao Cao will soon be in a position where no one can help him. By then, there will be no need for Liu Bei to call, and Cao Cao himself will be defeated.

Therefore, he did not dare to gamble, and neither did Cao Cao.

It would be better to find another way and plan a safer path for myself after the war.

Cao Pi was stunned, what is his identity? After thinking for a long time, he answered, "The position of prime minister."

Sima Yi chuckled, "Does Zihuan believe it himself?"

Cao Pi was silent for a while, exhaled and said, "Zhongda knows me."

Sima Yi was happy. Cao Pi's ambition was really not small. He wanted to sit in that position just because the current one was too weak. It would be a good idea for his Cao family to replace him.

Of course, the premise of that matter is that the Cao family wins the next battle.

If they fail to win, it would be a good outcome for Cao to surrender, at least they will be able to live a stable and wealthy life.

With Liu Bei's temperament, it is unlikely that he would treat the other party harshly, and Sima Yi, as Cao Cao, no, as a Hanchen, would naturally have more development and solutions.

"Does Zihuan know that this idea is disrespectful?"

Cao Pi also laughed, "Will Zhongda report it?"

Sima Yi shook his head, "That won't happen."

Cao Pi's eyes lit up, "Zhongda, are you willing to help me?"

Sima Yi nodded, and then asked, "But what if the prime minister loses? What will happen to Zihuan?"

"Ah?" Cao Pi opened his mouth wide. This idea had never appeared in his mind, but now that he thought about it carefully, it was not impossible.

"A soldier should not worry about victory but defeat first." Sima Yi asked again, "What will happen to Zihuan if he loses?"

Cao Pi looked calm, "Stick to the defensive line and wait for the future."

"Will Liu Bei give the Prime Minister this opportunity?" Sima Yi sighed and asked again.

Cao Pi frowned, yes, if his father were defeated, Liu Bei would definitely pursue the victory, and Sun Quan would also take advantage of it.

Failure is the most serious crisis for the Cao family.

"Zhongda teaches me!" Sima Yi shook his head, "If he loses, there is nothing he can do to turn things around."

He couldn't even stop the Northland family from rebelling.

Cold sweat broke out on Cao Pi's forehead. The consequences of failure were something the Cao family could not bear.

During this period of time, no one has mentioned this consequence, but it does not mean that no one has thought about it.

But if he loses, what can Cao Pi do?

Sima Yi sighed, "Zihuan knows that most ministers may have thought about changing their families."

Cao Pi's face suddenly turned pale, "How is that possible? Father treats them well!"

"How does it compare to life? In the past, wasn't Yuan Shao generous to his officials?" Sima Yi gave an example.

Cao Pi was stunned, and then his eyes widened, "They dare?"

Sima Yi just sighed, then stood up, "Yi suddenly felt a little sleepy, please leave first."

"Zhongda!" Cao Pi came back to his senses, looked at Sima Yi's back, and shouted, "What about Zhongda? If he loses, will he change his family?"

Sima Yi turned around and bowed respectfully to Cao Pi, "Before defeat, Yi will do his best to assist the prime minister in winning this battle."

This is what he has insisted on after studying for so many years. He can arrange a retreat for his family, and he can also think of a retreat for himself.

But now he is Cao Cao's adviser after all, so he should fulfill his duty and try every means to help Cao Cao win this battle.

But if he loses, it is impossible to keep integrity for Cao Cao, and Cao Cao is not worthy of him.

After all, he was forced to become an official by Cao Cao, who didn't care at all about Sima Fang's recommendation.

For a moment, Cao Pi didn't know what to say.

Sima Yi is slightly older than him, and the two have a close personal relationship. He has always regarded Sima Yi as a close friend, or even a brother.

He knew that Sima Yi would say these words to him precisely because of his close friendship with him.

The other party said this to him simply because he wanted him to think more about his options.

Before that, Sima Yi was indeed seriously planning for the Cao family, for example, Sima Yi's advice to him just now.

"Seriously, do you want to go to that point?"

Sima Yi put down his hand and shook his head, "If the Prime Minister is lucky enough, he won't either."

Cao Pi said again, full of urgency, "Is there no remedy?"

"Unless that female monarch suddenly breaks up with Liu Bei." Sima Yi shook his head.

Cao Pimo.

How could he do it?

Guo Jia didn’t even do it when he was here!

"The plan for now is just to do everything possible." After Sima Yi finished speaking, he opened the curtain of the military tent and walked out.

Feeling the warm sun outside, Sima Yi felt relieved. If there was no war, he wouldn't have to think so much and work so hard.

When he was washing his face this morning, he saw the white hair on his temples in the copper basin, so he decided to use this opportunity to say these words to Cao Pi.

There are some things that always need to be said.

It's not that he doesn't want to work hard, it's that he can't turn the situation around.

As a friend, he naturally hopes that Cao Pi can survive and live a stable life.

But as a scholar, he hopes for peace in the world.

Anyone can sit in that position, as long as the world is peaceful!

He, Sima Yi, is not one of those old stubborn men!

Chapter two.