Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 237
Meng Da read it carefully, and saw that the handwriting was strong and vigorous, and it was written by Li Yan himself.There were slight fluctuations on his face, and he wandered back and forth a few times with his head lowered in thought.Finally, with a certainty in his mind, he stopped, pulled a blank piece of paper from the desk, held the pen in his hand, and was about to write with a brush——before the tip of the pen fell off the paper, he suddenly raised his wrist and stopped.After pondering for a moment, Meng Da put down the pen, carefully folded the white paper, and put it into a sheepskin pouch.Holding the sheepskin bag in both hands, he handed it to Gao Chong, looked at him and smiled deeply: "Since brother Li Yan sent me the 'Jinzhong Letter' with far-reaching meaning, I will also return it to you." A 'white paper letter' from him—he, my brother, everything is understood in a heartbeat, without words, it is self-understood, and without words, it is self-explanatory, why do we need pen and ink as a matchmaker?"

Gao Chong took the sheepskin pouch with a blank sheet of paper in it, was startled for a moment, and then laughed out loud: "General Meng's actions are worthy of 'an antelope hanging horns, no trace to be found'—I am extremely admirable when I go down!"

Meng Da could hear the hint of irony in his words, but he cheekily dismissed it, waved his hand, and said calmly: "Gao Jun, just send this 'white paper letter' to Lord Li Yan, and he will be with you." I have been acquainted with you for many years, so I will understand the implication of 'everything is in silence'." Then, he instructed Deng Xian: "Nephew, Mr. Gao is traveling a long way, and you will see him off. Go down to rest, be careful and considerate, don't lose the slightest bit of etiquette..."

After Deng Xian led Gao Chong back, Meng Da just turned around and asked Li Fu, "Master Li, you already know all about what happened tonight, but what do you think about it?"

Li Fu sighed deeply: "My lord, is he determined to go this time? In the past six or seven years, our life in Xincheng County has been peaceful..."

"Anwen? Anwen will be the 'watchdog' for their Cao family for the rest of their lives?" Meng Da interrupted him roughly, his face flushed, "I am really not reconciled! That kid Cao Rui To let Sima Yi, Pei Qian and the others ride on the head of this seat to do their best..."

As soon as Li Fu heard this, he knew that he was ready to be stubborn to the end, and it was not good to touch his anger again, so he changed the subject and said: "My lord, if you have decided to go, why did you send Li Yan a letter?" What about the 'white paper letter'? This will make Li Yan and the others doubt your sincerity, my lord..."

"Let's not worry about Li Yanhuai's doubts. At least he is very urgent to go south to join him, right? Since he wants me, I will take the initiative! Then why am I afraid of him?" Meng Meng Da winked and said, looking like a rascal, "Li Fu, you don't understand: the more he cares about us, the more we want to 'trick' their appetites! Especially at this critical moment of bargaining, the more we You have to think highly of yourself, the more you have to elevate yourself, the more you have to lead them by the nose, and you can be regarded as 'the best of the best'!"

Hearing this, Meng Xing couldn't help clapping his hands and said in admiration: "Father is in a position of importance, so how could he easily submit to Li Yan? If the Shu Han court doesn't offer some serious conditions, we will never give up on ourselves..."

However, Meng Da didn't seem to have heard his words clearly. He looked towards the north and murmured, "Abandon yourself? Yes, we can't give up on ourselves... To be honest, the Wei family is boundless. Zhuge Liang, Li Yan, how many times better are they going to Yizhou? Where is this seat's "promised land"? The Central Plains China is such a paradise! I would like to sneak down here and observe it quietly : If Sima Zhongda is not suitable for his post, if he is defeated by Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin of the Eastern Wu in the near future, maybe this seat will usher in a wonderful turning point in his official career. The post of Mushou in Jingzhou , at that time, if it is no longer in the hands of this seat, who can it fall to?"

Li Fu listened to his words like grass on the wall swaying from side to side, changing back and forth, sighed secretly in his heart, and was about to speak to persuade him, but he saw Deng Xiantu opened a crack in the door and poked his head in, his expression became pale Extremely nervous: "My lord uncle, my nephew has just received a report - Liang Ji, who joined the army in the Zhennan Governor's Mansion, and Niu Heng, who was in charge of the soldier Cao, claimed outside the gate of the mansion that he was ordered to come and ask for his respect!"

"Order? Whose order?" Meng Da was surprised.

"They claim to have come here on the orders of Sima Yi, the new governor of Zhennan!"

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Under the dark night, the candles at the four corners of the conference hall of Xiangyang Mufu were burning brightly, as bright as day.

Sima Yi wore a tiger-headed golden helmet and a bronze black armor. His face was as heavy as iron, his eyebrows were raised like knives, and he sat majesticly behind the desk. There seemed to be a fierce and fierce aura like arrows and arrows as he raised his eyes. Coming, forcing the subordinates on both sides in front of his case to breathe hard!
Jingzhou Mu Peiqian leaned forward and stood at the top of his right hand, looking at Sima Yi's armor from the side up and down, and was secretly surprised: the Sima Yi he saw in the Changle Hall of the Luoyang Palace on weekdays were all in wide robes and sleeves , E Guanbo's graceful and solemn appearance, but he did not expect that after wearing a suit of armor, he would look as mighty as a tiger, as vigorous as a scorpion, as energetic and as brilliant as a brute!This Sima Yi, who was born in a famous family, merged with the image of the scorching armor and sharp-edged owl general in an instant, from the outside to the inside, from the virtual to the real, as if he was born to be a soldier and a king. The "talent of Han Xin" on the battlefield was just hidden by the gentle and gentle Confucianism before!
Among the civil servants and military generals on the field, not only Pei Qian had such thoughts in his heart, but also Niu Jin, the prefect of Xiangyang, Xia Houru, captain of Xiaoqi school, Cao Zhao, captain of Tunqi school, etc. also felt the same way.Sima Yi gave them the impression that he was like a general who had left the battlefield for a short time and now returned to the battle with a sense of majesty and ferocity in his every move!

"Report—" A battalion patrol captain hurried to the entrance of the hall, knelt down on his knees, and clasped his fists to report, "Report to Governor Sima, Dangyang County Chancellor Xiao Yi, and Maicheng County Gong Cao Wenfeng, who abandoned themselves last night. He fled from the crowd and tried to go back to Xiangyang to hide. This morning, he was captured by our army's patrolling sentry in the southern suburbs of the mountain forest, and has now been captured back to the city. Please ask the commander-in-chief to send him down!"

When Xia Houru heard it, he roared angrily, stretched out his hand to hold the scabbard, and said bitterly: "Why do these people who are greedy for life and funerals come to the hall to ask for instructions? Send an order to behead them both quickly. Show the public to be righteous!"

Niu Jin stood aside and scolded angrily: "These fools have no courage! Then Lu Xun is still halfway up the river, and he is still far away from their Dangyang and Maicheng. These fools are actually afraid of What a coward! Commander! Let Niu go down and chop off the heads of their dogs to honor the flag!"

Everyone turned their attention to Sima Yi, who stood by the case.In their imagination, Sima Yi would be furious and punish Xiao Yi and Wen Feng severely!However, at this moment, the majestic Sima Yi frowned, stretched out his hand to stroke his beard and pondered for a moment, then suddenly waved his right palm, and said in a soft voice: "Slow down! Battalion patrol officer, please pass on the instructions of the governor. Order to go out and declare to the whole county: In this difficult and dangerous situation, if there are people who hide and save themselves and come out when the time comes, they can leave the city. Don't die for the defenders of the city. The governor will never pursue it; Everyone can still return to Wei Qiushi, the governor will not blame the past, and gentlemen don't need to mind. Xiao Yi and Wen Feng, let's save their lives for the time being, and they will be punished later!"

"No!" Although the battalion captain replied in this way, his face was still blank, so he had to drop his hands and back out slowly.

Facing the surprised and suspicious gazes cast by the civil servants and generals, Sima Yi did not evade, but responded calmly——his eyes were desolate, deep and far away, which made all the subordinates murmur and be unable to say more!yes!Some hard facts are clearly laid out in front of everyone: Since General Xia Houshang, the former governor of the south of the town, died of a sudden illness in Wancheng at the beginning of this year, the people of Jingzhou have been in turmoil and panic every day. Xiao Yi and Wen Feng are nothing but Too bad luck and was caught by the city patrolling sentry!There are too many other county and county officials who abandoned their officials and fled but were not caught!How can this be forbidden by killing him two or three people with severe punishment at this moment?Instead of making everyone feel insecure and jumpy, it is better to show benevolence and be lenient, which may have a certain effect on appease the hearts of the people in the whole state.Thinking of this, the corner of Sima Yi's mouth curled up into a bitter smile: More than ten days ago, in the early morning of Wei Wendi's death and the second afternoon of the new emperor Cao Rui's succession to the throne, he hastily held a piece of paper to worship him as the town The appointment edict of the governor of the South University rushed to Xiangyang City non-stop to clean up the difficult and dangerous situation that Jingzhou is facing at the moment of "attack from east and west, and enemies from both sides"!For more than ten days in a row, the governor has forgotten to eat and sleep, dispatch troops and generals, and think day and night, until now he has not been able to breathe a sigh of relief!Jingzhou——Could it really become a "bush of thorns" where I will be smashed into the yellow sand when I first grasped the military talisman?
He shook his head slowly, gritted his teeth tightly, and tried to drive away all the distracting thoughts in his heart—he picked up a long and thin copper ruler, and pointed to the cypress hanging on the cypress wall behind him. The silk map of Jingzhou's military terrain carefully analyzed the situation of the battle: "Masters, according to the reports from the scouts from all sides of our army: this time the Wu bandits came to attack, and the troops were divided into two groups. The Qianshui Division, from the bank of Dongting Lake in Changsha County, went up the river and came to attack our Jiangling; all the way, the [-]-step cavalry led by Zhuge Jin set off from Xiakou City and came west along the south bank of the Han River, intending to attack our Great Wei Mianyang City. Then, they joined forces from east and west in Dangyang County, and went north to attack Xiangyang!

"In this situation, the governor has been thinking hard for several days, and finally came up with such a countermeasure: Facing the two lines of enemy forces, our army must use two lines to fight separately-but in the deployment of the two lines of troops, there should be some countermeasures. There is light and heavy, there is false and real! First, let’s look at the deployment of the enemy’s troops: Lu Xun’s troops are few and sharp. To win a tie, Mianyang City may be lost due to insufficient reinforcements; Zhuge Jin's army is large and slow, and the whole army inevitably has the idea of ​​relying on more to win, so it is easy to become an army. The "virtual soldiers" who have opportunities to take advantage of - we should just start with him, first use Mianyang City as a "scented bait" to hoist their arrogance, and then secretly gather the elite main force of our Jingzhou camp, Also give him a "division of soldiers into two routes": one will advance eastward from the north bank of the Han River, and the other will sail down the Han River in a boat to the east, roundabout outflanking their "old nest" Xiakou City!

(End of this chapter)