Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 139 Sima Hui tricks the sailors (2)
But obviously, Cao Cao never summoned him to discuss how to annotate "Sun Tzu's Art of War".Sure enough, it didn't take long for Cao Cao to get straight to the point: "Wenhe, Changsha County has surrendered without a fight, and Xiakou City's last barrier in Jingzhou has been removed... Also, today Yizhou The child Liu Zhang also sent a "respect table" and Shu brocade tribute to the truth with a low eyebrow, which implied a sincere donation. Next, this Liu Xuande should also be afraid of difficulties, and surrender with his arms tied? "

Jia Xu looked at the naval ships made up of mixed northern infantry who were still shuttled back and forth on the lake in the distance, groaning and did not answer.

Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu's appearance, pondered for a while, and asked slowly: "The truth is that we have decided to divide our troops into two groups, attacking Xiakou City from the north to the south from the Han River and the Yangtze River. What else does Wenhe have at this time?" Suggestion?"

When Jia Xu heard this, he thought about it for a while, and couldn't help frowning, and was about to answer.Suddenly a wave hit the surface of Yunmengze Lake, with a "wow", the hull of the boat swayed for a while, and the tables on the platform were shaken to move a few feet.

Several personal guards rushed forward to help Cao Cao——Cao Cao staggered and quickly stood up, and stopped them with a wave of his hand: "Go and help Military Master Jia Xu!"

Jia Xu had already fallen down and sat on the board of the boat, looking at Cao Cao and laughing loudly: "The boat wants to be calm but the waves don't stop, the mind has to be still and the body will not fall - how difficult it is!"

Cao Cao bowed and stretched out his hand to help him: "Junshi Jia suffered this bump just now, are you seasick? Can you take it?"

Seeing Cao Cao reaching out to help him, Jia Xu didn't dare to do anything wrong, but he couldn't accept Cao Cao's hand. He stood up and jumped up, his face full of emotion: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your concern! Above the Yangtze River, there are really strong winds and waves. The ship is very high, and the ship is pitching and shaking very badly. Although Jia is not seasick, his footing is still a little unstable. If an enemy ship comes head-on, he may be a little difficult to parry for a while. Jia has been used to military life since he was a child. I'm afraid that other northern boys are not much better than Jia..."

When Cao Cao heard what Jia Xu said, he immediately understood what he meant.Recently, the reorganization and integration of the Jiangling navy has not been completely completed, and the northern soldiers who joined the navy are not good at sailing. How could he jump into actual combat right away... His face froze slightly, and his voice suddenly became hard: "Alas... What Junshi Jia said is indeed true. The ship's hull is bumpy, the Beibing soldiers are seasick, and they are not familiar with water warfare, etc. Truth is also well aware of it. But now I don’t care much about it. The key to using troops lies in the horoscope of "vigorous and resolute, quick battle". Truth does not want any unexpected changes to occur suddenly in the midst of the excellent internal and external situation in front of me. Come."

Jia Xu looked at Cao Cao in astonishment, not understanding why he suddenly became so irritable.In fact, he didn't know that last night, Cao Cao received a secret report from Cao Pi who rode six hundred miles fast - Zhao Yan, Emperor Xian Liu Xie's inner court attendant and counselor, actually used a "bamboo sword" to assassinate him!This news made Cao Cao furious. It seems that the loyalists of the Han Dynasty who were dormant in the dark at the rear of Xudu finally couldn't hold back. They took advantage of the time when they were resting and resting in Jiangling City and jumped out to plot chaos. up!This also reminded myself - Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang must be wiped out as soon as possible, so as to completely cut off the hope of the hidden enemy in Xudu in the rear. This important event cannot be delayed for a day!

After calming down, considering that it is not appropriate to continue to stimulate the "royalists" of the Han Dynasty who were lurking behind Xudu, Cao Cao circled one of the several countermeasures published by Cao Pi with a brush: "For Zhao Yan, "If you are guilty of this crime, you will be punished. , Steal the beam and change the post, so as to avoid side effects."According to the "eyeliner" secret report, didn't Zhao Yan once lecture on "Warring States Policy" to Emperor Xian Liu Xiekai?He was charged with "disturbing the audience with fallacies and heresies" and he was cut off from the market.In this way, those loyal relatives of the Han Dynasty will temporarily have no "excuse" to fan the flames and cause chaos.

Suppressing these distracting thoughts in his mind, Cao Cao raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the sun that was about to set in the western sky. Seeing it slowly shrinking and falling like a ball of red flames, he said leisurely: "For Quick battle and quick success, this time the eastward expedition to Xiakou City, besides Mao Jie and Sima Yi, other than Mao Jie and Sima Yi in the military headquarters under Zhen Xiang's command, please drive Wen He to accompany him on the journey!"

"Where's Master Xun?" Jia Xu's heart tightened suddenly, he hesitated for a while, and then asked directly.

"Both he and Yang Xiu are staying in Jiangling." Cao Cao turned around abruptly and said loudly, "Wenhe—this time an army of more than [-] troops is marching eastward against Liu Bei, everything depends on you!"

Jia Xu slowly bent her knees, and hot flashes immediately appeared in her eyes: "Xu will definitely do my best, and I will never hesitate to die!"

Cao Cao's principle of employing talents and talents has always been "do not doubt people when they are employed, and do not use people who are suspicious".Since Zhao Yan was a disciple of the Xun family in Yingchuan, he didn't dare to trust the Xun family members too much before he found out the truth of the matter, even Xun You, whom he had always relied on as his confidant and think tank.The purpose of keeping Xun You and Yang Xiu behind is to prevent them from playing any negative role in my side.

The "quack quack quack" of wild ducks broke the silence in the arena.Cao Cao's gaze turned to the gray-blue sky in the east again: "Before this expedition to Xiakou City, the truth is, I should write a letter to that boy Sun Quan in the east of the Jiang... Thinking about the words and sentences, the draft of this letter is like this - "The Prime Minister has recently accepted the holy order and punished crimes with words. The flag is pointed south, and Liu Cong has tied his hands; the people of Jingxiang, look forward to submitting. Now I personally lead the army 80 Ten thousand, more than a thousand generals, want to hunt with Sun Qulu in Jiangxia, and together they will defeat the traitor Liu Bei and defend Wang Gang. His name will go down in history. Fortunately, don't wait and see, and we will hear back soon.'”

Mr. Shui Jing actually cheated his death!

On the fifth day after Cao Cao's threatening letter was sent, Cao Jun's "eyeliner" in Chaisang City, Jiangdong sent back a message that seemed to be both unexpected and expected.

At the last moment of Zhuge Liang's inextricable battle with the Jiangdong scholars in the "war" and "peace" debate, Zhang Zhao, the chief representative of the Jiangdong peace faction, suddenly came forward and publicly voted for Zhuge Liang. Support Lian Liu against Cao—then, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the Jiangdong main combat faction quickly gained the upper hand in the Chaisang County shogunate.

During the banquet, Qin Song, Gu Yong, Bu Zhi and other celebrities from the main peace faction couldn't help asking Zhang Zhao in amazement: "Why did Mr. Zhang change his mind suddenly and not be firm in his determination?"

Zhang Zhao answered calmly, "I and other Jiangdong scholars are all devoted to the Han court. Who would be willing to be the slave of Cao's family, the ugly eunuch in Pei County?"

"Cao Cao is the Prime Minister of the Great Han Dynasty. He is famous in Liuhe, and he has awe-inspiring power. He once welcomed His Majesty into Xudu with the merit of Emperor An. Why did Zhang Gong say that about him?"

Zhang Zhao took out one of Cao Cao's most proud poems "Duan Ge Xing" on the spot to demonstrate: "'The mountains never tire of being high, and the water never tires of being deep. The Duke of Zhou vomits his nourishment, and the world returns to his heart." In this poem, the "Duke of Zhou" is exactly what Cao Cao secretly said. "Mountains never tire of being high, water never tires of being deep" is actually Cao Cao's ambitious and insatiable inner self-exposure, implying that he "never tires of being high and powerful"; 'The whole world belongs to Cao's hands' that's all - every word and every word reveals Cao Cao's unruly ambitions. Therefore, those of us in Jiangdong who want to sincerely support the Han must first regard Cao Cao as the number one traitor of the Han!"

In this way, Zhang Zhao's words "finalized" the debate between "war" and "harmony" in the Chai Sangsun family—the big clans in Jiangdong decided to work together to support the Sun Liu alliance to fight against Cao Cao.

Moreover, what made Cao Cao most angry was that the cunning and unpredictable Sun Quan immediately recruited Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, to command [-] sailors to rush along with Lu Su and Zhuge Liang without giving him any positive response to this threatening letter. Go westward, meet Liu Bei and Liu Qi in Xiakou City, and then come straight from the Yangtze River to Jiangling, and "fight undeclared" against your own side!

It really is "the most fierce dog does not bark but bites".Cao Cao's patience also reached its limit, and he immediately responded forcefully. The whole army immediately mobilized and gathered in full gear. On October [-]th, they went down the river and attacked Liu Sun's allied army head-on on the Yangtze River!

In a side pavilion above the Jiangling City Tower, Sima Yi was leaning over several desks by candlelight and slowly sorting out the military affairs books of the Southern Expedition.Tomorrow the army was about to march eastward. Cao Cao specially gave the soldiers and subordinates a one-night leave. From the first quarter of the unitary hour, he asked them to come back early to rest, recover their spirits, and set off with the army.

However, seeing that they are about to march eastward to Xiakou City with the army, and these more than [-] troops are about to confront Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Su. Although I firmly believe that Zhuge Liang, Lu Su, and Zhou Yu are capable of protecting themselves against the enemy, after all, they are fighting an enemy of more than [-] with a force of [-]!The strength of the two sides is indeed too great!What's more, Cao Cao himself is also an invincible soldier in the Central Plains, and his men are even more talented.Facing such an opponent, can they sustain it?Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, although I have heard that he has commanded several small and large battles and achieved a lot of victories, but that was all in the Jiangdong area. A "big tiger" really came down the mountain to eat. Do Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Su still have enough confidence to laugh?
"Second Young Master, my elder brother is here." Niu Jin, who was guarding the door of the side pavilion, suddenly called inside.

"Good! Good! Good! Invite him in!" Sima Yi was expecting Niu Heng to send him the exact news from Jiangdong, and when he heard this, he was so happy that he got up and greeted him quickly.

I saw Niu Heng stepping into the room, bowed to him still seriously, and said solemnly: "Second Young Master, Heng has brought a very important person here today to meet you in person. Please forgive me."

"Who?" Sima Yi asked hesitantly, but he thought in his heart, could it be that Zhuge Liang or Lu Su came here in disguise again?
As soon as he finished speaking, a long and distant voice rang in from outside the pavilion door:

"The shadow of the crane is deeply covered by the cold clouds, and I am alone on the Miaomiao Star Picking Platform. The rustling autumn wind blows the light curtain, and the mountains and rain are coming from a distance!"

The voice of this chant sounds clear and intense, with profound meaning, and the lingering sound is lingering and lingering endlessly.But Sima Yi's complexion gradually changed, becoming more and more surprised and confused, and his eyes couldn't help opening wider and wider.This... this voice is so familiar!It was as bleak as his father's voice, and as dignified as his elder brother's... more like the voice he had heard a long, long time ago.Why...why does this voice still appear?No...no...impossible!
(End of this chapter)