Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 268 Zhuge Liang’s Attack (7)
After noon, Sima Yi and Sima Shi came out of Luoyang City. They rode their horses for more than ten zhang, but they couldn't help looking back.After all, it is going to the western border to fight against the Shu bandits, and the good and bad things on the battlefield are unpredictable. Every general who charges into battle today may not necessarily see the sun tomorrow.Although Sima Yi has experienced many battles, he is no exception.He looked at Luoyang, with a touch of reluctance and inexplicable melancholy in his eyes.Luoyang, this majestic and majestic capital, was covered with a layer of golden light by the setting sun, silently responding to the gaze of the great general who once struggled in it.At the foot of the city, Sima Yi saw the emperor Cao Rui who had climbed the tower and watched him go, saw the civil and military officials crowding behind him, and saw his second son Sima Zhao standing deeply in the lonely corner of the tower. stared at him.They all looked so solemn and serious, and they saw him off with the most silent attitude.

At the end, he could vaguely see Cao Rui's serious face, and he waved at him violently with his lips pursed and tears in his eyes!During this waving, he seemed to silently wave all his entrustments, all expectations, and all support to Sima Yi who was looking back at the city.

Sima Yi felt all this clearly, he didn't care whether the people on the top of the city saw it or not, he just nodded heavily towards them from a distance, then reined in the reins, let the horse gallop forward, and took Luoyang stayed in the depths of my memory.

The fast horse galloped for a long time before Sima Yi turned around. The majestic capital Luoyang had shrunk to a small black dot on the horizon.He stood on his horse, with a look of deep thought on his face.

"Father..." Sima Shi stopped his horse beside him, couldn't help calling out, and stopped talking.Hearing the sound, Sima Yi turned his head to look at his hesitant expression, and said, "If you have any doubts, just ask!"

"Boy, I heard that the emperor gave you another secret decree before you left Beijing." Sima Shi said seriously, "May I ask if this is true, father?"

"Nonsense!" Sima Yi's expression darkened.

"Father, don't lie to me anymore. The emperor's secret decree requires you to stay in Chang'an with 5 horses for him to dispatch at any time. If this is the case, how can we fight with the remaining 5 horses against the Shu bandits' [-] horses?" Master?"

Sima Yi's face was solemn, and he just stroked his beard while sitting on the horse's back without saying a word.

"Also, my boy has heard a lot of rumors in the capital recently, saying that the relationship between the emperor and Queen Mother Guo is getting worse and worse. Two days ago, the emperor punished Guo Jin, the youngest brother of Queen Mother Guo and the servant of the Huangmen, for the crime of embezzlement. Confiscated his home, dismissed him from office, and demoted him to a commoner. Originally, as Guo Jin, a relative of the emperor, he should not have been punished so severely for those petty crimes..." Master Sima thought Thinkingly said, "In my view, the emperor is so merciless to Guo's children, and the Queen Mother Guo will definitely wait for an opportunity to counterattack. At this time of turbulent and upheaval in the capital, I am afraid that it is best for my father not to go to war, but to stay in the army." Luoyang will wait and see what happens..."

"Idiot!" Sima Yi scowled, his tone was as sharp as a sword, and he reprimanded mercilessly, "Nowadays, the enemy outside the gate of the western border is at stake, and the country is at stake. How can a father stay in the capital and wait for a rabbit to fight for power? I believe that the emperor sent me out of Beijing to crusade at this moment, just to maintain all his expectations on my father, and let my father stand in front of him to block the invasion of the Shu invaders. Only in this way, he can free up his hands to quell the change of Xiao Qiang."

Speaking of this, Sima Yi paused again, and said slowly: "No matter how conflicts there are between the emperor and Queen Mother Guo in the palace, as a father and as a minister who takes care of his fate, we can only work together with the emperor. Externally, how can we have two minds? Empress Dowager Guo has no morals and incompetence, and is greedy for power and money. How can a father join her? Besides, her Guo family is by no means the enemy of the current emperor, and she is bound to perish in an instant! If the Sima Clan does not help the Emperor in times of crisis and make new achievements, he will definitely not get his full support in the court in the future. For the prosperity of the Sima family, and for the long-term stability of the Great Wei State, public and private, As a father, you can only stand on the side of the emperor!"

After finishing speaking, Sima Yi raised his long whip and galloped his horse, leaving Sima Shi who was slowly thinking about his words behind him, and drove away in a hurry.

Disappointment always falls from the sky when you are complacent: it comes so suddenly, and it comes so quietly; it comes so abruptly, and it comes so bluntly.General Zhang Xi, who was privately receiving congratulations from his colleagues in the Chang'an City Mansion, was stunned by the emperor's edict regarding Sima Yi's appointment as the commander-in-chief of Guanzhong, and almost vomited blood on the spot.

Didn't Taiwei Hua and Chen Sikong send secret letters a few days ago, saying that their promotion to the commander-in-chief of Guanzhong is a foregone conclusion?Why did the emperor's will change?Zhang He muttered indignantly in his heart, and at the same time waved to those colleagues who were congratulating him in unison just now, but now they all looked like dead fish, and sent them out of the door in extreme embarrassment .Although Zhang Xi still had a stiff smile on his face, everyone could hear his heart dripping with blood.So, all the guests left in a very knowledgeable and resentful manner, leaving only Zhang Yun alone at the door of his house like a banner that was hit by a strong wind and rain.

Zhang He waited until all the visitors were gone and no one was looking around, then his face suddenly sank, he slammed the door, rushed into the backyard of the mansion, raised his head to the sky and yelled, and at the same time drew his sword out of its sheath, and swung it around!His sword dance is a unique way to vent the oppression in his chest.Every time when he was suddenly frustrated and his mind was agitated, he relied on dancing the sword to calm his mind and get rid of distracting thoughts.Today, he danced the sword in his hand like a round of white light. It took more than half an hour, but he still couldn't calm down the vigorous resentment in his chest!Lao Tzu's status and prestige in the Guanzhong army today are all earned by 30 years of non-stop fighting on the battlefield with swords and swords, and desperately working hard. It seems that I will be alone, like Han Xin. ——But he never wanted this so-called hussar general Sima Yi, who had only been in the army for four years, to suddenly break out halfway and snatch the post of coach in this pass!How can you let him swallow this sullen breath?

Just as Zhang Yun was in a tizzy, a servant in the mansion flew in with a letter in his hand, and knelt down in front of him to report: "General, Captain Hua of the capital, and Chen Sikong sent you off on a fast ride of [-] miles. Here is a secret letter, please read it, General!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw that the ground in front of his eyes was "washed" brightly, and before he recovered, he loosened his hand suddenly, and Zhang Yun picked up the letter with the tip of his sword and grabbed it in his hand.Zhang He stood quietly for a moment, holding the letter in his hand, and coldly ordered: "Very good. You go down first!" The servant understood, immediately responded and retreated.

Zhang He waited for him to go far away, then put his sword back into its sheath, and gently opened the letter, but saw that it read: Hua Xin, Chen Qun, to General Zhang He personally:

Sorry, sorry, the old couple tried their best to help General Zhang He be promoted to the head coach of Guanzhong but failed, my God?Fate?The matter has come to this point, Wanwang General Zhang lowered his heart and restrained his ambitions, kept a low profile, and strived for extension.Sima Yi is a man who is tolerant of others and taboos at home. The city is extremely deep and full of tricks. General Zhang must be on his guard!Now, in the Guanzhong army, everything depends on General Zhang to check and balance Sima Yi.Be careful not to make mistakes.The two old men will continue to deal with General Zhang in the court, and try their best to help General Zhang eventually replace Sima Yi.

After reading it, Zhang He felt his depression disappear.It seems that the two adults, Hua Taiwei and Chen Sikong, have not given up their efforts to be promoted to the coach of Guanzhong.He couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, sighed leisurely, and had no choice but to bear with it for the time being, and then took the opportunity to move.

(End of this chapter)