Soldiers come to the world

Zhong Yao bumped all the way to the south, and he was really tired. He had just scalded his feet and was about to go to bed. At this moment, an attendant hurried to the door and reported: "Report to the military advisor, Sima Gong, please see me!"

Zhong Yao was puzzled, what was Sima Yi doing looking for him so late?But he also thought that Zhuge Liang had just visited Sima Yi, there must be some reason for that, so he said: "Please wait in the living room, I will come right away."

Zhong Yao put on his shoes and socks, and put on a robe, and then slowly came to the living room. Sima Yi was sitting in the living room drinking tea. Seeing Zhong Yao coming in, he quickly got up and apologized, "Mr. Zhong is resting."

"It's okay, I can't sleep so early, Zhongda please sit down!"

The two sat down, Sima Yi took out a letter, and handed it to Zhong Yao with a smile, "This is a letter written by His Royal Highness the King of Han to Zhong Junshi."

Zhong Yao was taken aback, Liu Jing actually wrote a letter to himself, he took the letter, opened it and read it again, in the letter Liu Jing praised himself for governing the customs and restoring the people's livelihood in Chang'an, which laid a solid foundation for the Han Dynasty to move its capital to Chang'an. Zhong Yao smiled wryly, he did not manage Guan Guan to move the capital of the Han Kingdom, but in the end it was clearly a wedding dress for the Han Kingdom.

However, Liu Jing's words in the letter were very sincere. After seeing the back, Zhong Yao was also moved. He felt that Liu Jing was sincerely grateful to himself, but at the end of the letter, Zhong Yao was stunned. The vacancy has been waiting for him, hoping that he can go to the Han Dynasty to serve as the secretary and become the head of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Jing's last words disturbed Zhong Yao's heart. It wasn't that he was disgusted, but that he was a little unacceptable for a while, and he actually asked himself to do the book order. At this time, Sima Yi said sincerely from the side: "Wei Gong only needs one or two years at most. Now, it is a foregone conclusion that Cao Pi's ascendancy is now. Cao Cao acquiesced in launching the Seven Jian'an Cases, just because he didn't want Cao Wei's future affairs to cause chaos again. Go to prison, and Cao Pi's wolf ambition is very likely to abolish Han and establish Wei, and the public will be a Han minister, how can he watch the great Han perish. The King of Han has the ambition to revive the Great Han, and also has the strength to rebuild the Great Han. For the sake of the common people in the world, everyone should devote themselves to the great cause of the revival of the Han Dynasty."

After a long time, Zhong Yao let out a long sigh, "His Royal Highness regards me so much, which is beyond my expectation, and I am deeply moved, but I am now an envoy of Cao, and I am entrusted by the Duke of Wei, so let me abandon Wei at this time. Tou Han violates my principles of life and will make the world ridicule, I can only apologize."

Sima Yi laughed and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Han did not ask Zhong Gong to abandon Wei to Han at this time, but he just hoped that when his life was at a low ebb, he would think that there is still a bright place. In addition, His Highness the King of Han sincerely invited Zhong Junshi to detour after the end of his mission. Go to Chang'an to revisit the old place."

Zhong Yao reacted very quickly, and he immediately asked tentatively, "What Zhong Da means is, is His Highness the King of Han ready?"

Sima Yi nodded, "The King of Han is waiting in Chang'an. It is impossible for Duke Zhong to return the same way, but His Highness the King of Han will never force Duke Zhong. He just asked Duke Zhong to explain to Cao Cao. If Duke Zhong is not willing If I go to Chang'an, I will immediately send an order to Jingzhou to cancel the interception. Everything will be decided by Zhong Gong, and I will not hide it from Zhong Gong.

Only then did Zhong Yao know that the real purpose of Sima Yi's mission to Jiaozhou was for himself, not to intercept him halfway, but to let him continue to complete the mission. Although it was only one of the reasons, it was enough to move him. Liu Jing's sincerity made him unable to refuse , he pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "Since His Royal Highness the King of Han invited you so kindly, I would like to make a detour to Chang'an."

Sima Yi was overjoyed, "Then it's a deal, we will intercept Duke Zhong in Xiangyang, please divert him to Chang'an."

Sima Yi's mission to Jiaozhou was not to destroy the alliance between Liu Bei and Cao Cao. In fact, the alliance between Liu Bei and Cao Cao had no effect on Han's strategy. Cao Cao could neither transport supplies to Jiaozhou nor fight fiercely between the Han army and Jiaozhou army At that time, troops were sent from the north to respond to Jiaozhou. In the final analysis, Cao Cao was just using Liu Bei and Jiaozhou to contain the Han army.

Therefore, Sima Yi's mission to Jiaozhou had two purposes. One was to impress Zhong Yao with sincerity and ask him to divert to Chang'an. The other purpose was to confuse Jiaozhou and make Liu Bei think that the Han army was not in a hurry to attack Jiaozhou.

So he wanted to sign a border treaty with Jiaozhou, and early the next morning, Sima Yi personally visited the representatives of the Zhan and barbarian tribes stationed in Panyu.

The Zhans and the barbarians are the two largest tribes in Jiaozhi. They support the Shixie family and hate Liu Bei. When Liu Bei occupied Jiaozhi and destroyed the Shi family, although the Zhans and the barbarians resisted Liu Bei's recruitment, on the other hand they did not want to fight with Liu Bei. The armies fought, and as a compromise between the two sides, the two tribes also sent representatives to stay in Panyu, which was reluctant to recognize Liu Bei as the lord of Jiaozhou, while they remained independent, so that the two sides lived in peace.

When Sima Yi went to visit the representatives of the Zhan and barbarian tribes stationed in Panyu, Liu Bei also formally received Zhong Yao in the Palace of the King of Yue.

Zhong Yao was still bathing and changing clothes, preparing for the official meeting, while Liu Bei took advantage of this gap to meet with Zhuge Liang again to learn about Zhuge Liang's meeting with Sima Yi last night.

Liu Bei scoffed at Liu Jing's so-called goodwill, these are official words, just listen to it, don't take it seriously, he is more concerned about some practical interests, such as pig iron trade and so on.

Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei: "Although Sima Yi expressed it very euphemistically and found many reasons, I understand what he means. He is actually telling us that Han Guo will not sell us pig iron again."

Liu Bei's face was extremely ugly, and he snorted heavily for a while, "What else did he say?"

"He also warned us not to seek Jian'an County. He came to Jiaozhou this time to determine the border between the two countries with us."

"It's shameless. Jian'an County has always been under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. It was forcibly occupied by Jiangdong, and the imperial court never recognized it. Now that he has annexed Jiaozhou, is Jian'an County going to be annexed by him?"

Jian'an County, which is now Fujian Province, has a vast territory, covering almost the entire Fujian Province. Due to the sparse population, Jian'an County has no Jiangdong garrison. Liu Bei sent troops to explore Jian'an County several times, and then withdrew. An envoy was also sent to negotiate the matter.

Just when Liu Bei decided to send troops to occupy Jian'an County, news of Jiangdong's demise came, which meant that Jian'an County had already belonged to the Han Dynasty, which made Liu Bei dare not act rashly.

At this time, Liu Bei was angry and remorseful. At the beginning of the year, Jiangdong had offered to sell Jian'an County to Jiangdong with 20 shi and 1 taels of gold, but Liu Bei felt that there was no need to pay so much food and gold, and he could reconcile with Jiangdong. Unexpectedly, the bargaining took too long, which made them lose their only chance to get Jian'an County.

Now that Sima Yi came and directly warned them not to seek Jian'an County, how could Liu Bei calm down, Liu Bei paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, unable to hide his annoyance and anger.

Zhuge Liang also thought about this all night, he thought more deeply than Liu Bei, "My lord, please listen to my minister, Sima Yi's envoy to Jiaozhou is definitely not for Jian'an County. If Liu Jing is really for Jian'an County, he will directly send troops to Jian'an The county is the best warning. The minister thinks that Sima Yi is just trying to paralyze us, making us think that Han is going to fight us for the border, and that the Han army will not attack us, so we take it lightly. This is the real purpose of Sima Yi's mission to Jiaozhou. .”

Zhuge Liang's words were like pouring cold water on Liu Bei's head, which made him suddenly sober. He was indeed a little confused. He forgot the threat of the Han army attacking Jiaozhou, but cared about the ownership of Jian'an County.

"The military division is right, I'm really a little confused."

As soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, a guard reported outside the door, "Speak to Uncle Emperor, Cheng Lin has something important to report."

Lin Juncheng is called Lin Zhan, a group of locals promoted by Liu Bei in Jiaozhou. Lin Zhan is the eldest son of the Lin family in Nanhai County. He is only in his thirties and was appointed by Liu Bei as Nanhai County Cheng. He is responsible for accompanying Sima Yi this time. It was also to monitor Sima Yi. If he had something urgent to report, it must be related to Sima Yi. Liu Bei immediately ordered: "Let him in!"

After a while, Lin Zhan, the prefect of the county, walked in quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Zhou Mu!"

"What's the matter with Sima Yi?" Liu Bei asked.

"Reporting to Zhou Mu, Sima Yi went to visit people from the Zhan and Barbarian tribes early this morning."

"What?" Liu Bei was taken aback. Sima Yi actually went to visit the Zhans and barbarians. What does this mean?

Zhuge Liang next to him asked calmly, "What did they talk about and how long did they talk about?"

"I don't know what we talked about. They were talking in secret, and each talked for about half an hour."

Just as Lin Zhan finished speaking, another report from the guard came from outside: "Qi Emperor Uncle, the Zhan and Barbarian people have hurried out of the city and returned to their tribe."

"asshole!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and scolded: "Is Liu Jing trying to make enemies for me?"

Zhuge Liang gave Lin Zhan a wink and told him to back down first, and then Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei: "My lord, this just proves that my deduction is correct. Liu Jing is trying to confuse us, make us enemies, and make us think that Liu Bei Jing wants to support the Zhans and the barbarians to contain us, all of this is a trick, so that we are not prepared for war, and then the war will suddenly come."

Zhuge Liang's explanation this time did not convince Liu Bei. Liu Bei frowned and said, "The military commander should have thought of this. It is not easy to attack Jiaozhou. It is easy for the army to be trapped in Jiaozhou. I believe Liu Jing also understands this. If I were Liu Jing, I will make enemies in Jiaozhou. I used to be a scholar family, but now there is no scholar family. The Zhan and barbarians who are dissatisfied with us are the best candidates. If there are enemies inside, we will not dare to go north easily. Liu Jing will Without worrying about the future, you can attack Cao Cao with all your strength, this is a good strategy."

Seeing that Liu Bei was shaken, Zhuge Liang said anxiously, "My lord underestimated Liu Jing too much, he would never put his fate in other people's hands."

Before Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Liu Bei waved his hand, "This matter is very important, let's not jump to conclusions, let me think it over."