Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 288 The Controversy Between Shu and Wei (7)
"What? I'm afraid of Zhuge Liang?" Hearing Sima Shi's words, a deep smile slowly appeared on Sima Yi's face.They don't know that I, Sima Yi, had confronted Zhuge Liang more than 20 years ago.However, it is not on the battlefield full of swords and swords, but in the midst of strategizing.At that time, the Chibi War had just ended, and Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Opposition" strategy attracted the attention of Wei's counselors because of its successful implementation.Sima Yi was still relatively young at the time. He was an official in the Prime Minister's Mansion Army Sima, in charge of Prime Minister Cao Cao's military logistics work, and had just joined Cao Cao's think tank.He has always been fond of planning big events, how could he miss the opportunity to carefully study the strategy of "Longzhong Dui"?After careful consideration, he realized that "East and Sun Quan, North reject Cao Wei" is the core content of this strategy.If you want to break the "Longzhong Pair", you must first destroy the Wu-Shu alliance.Zhuge Liang made a big fuss by grasping the word "he", and we can also work hard on the word "li"!Sima Yi thought, in troubled times, people's hearts are changeable, if it is beneficial, they will unite, and if it is harmful, they will leave. Strong dissatisfaction with the Shu people... as long as you seize the opportunity, you can break it in one fell swoop.But these strategies, although he thought about them thoroughly, kept them hidden, and patiently waited for the right opportunity to throw them out with a blockbuster!
Opportunities favor the prepared mind.Ten years later, in October of the 24th year of Jian'an, Shu general Guan Yu led his army from Jingzhou and marched northward to the Central Plains.Cao Cao couldn't hold on, so he called a group of ministers to discuss about moving the capital to avoid Guan Yu's spirit.Seeing the faces of colleagues who had spoken out in front of Cao Cao frightened by the powerful offensive of the Shu army, Sima Yi knew that his chance to stand out had come.He calmed down, stood up from the chaotic crowd of hundreds of officials, and said to Cao Cao: "The capital is the foundation of the country and should not be moved indiscriminately. The prime minister's calmness can calm people's hearts. As for Guan Yu's attack I have a plan to defeat the enemy!"

Hua Xin, Jia Xu and other ministers were very surprised when they first saw Sima Yi coming out of the crowd, and when they heard him say that he had a clever plan to defeat the enemy, they all looked at each other in disbelief.Of course, there are many people who have ridiculed Sima Yi's extraordinary actions.

Cao Cao said coldly, "Tell me and listen."

The field fell silent.Sima Yi looked calm and talked eloquently: "From the outside, Liu Bei and Sun Quan seem to be united and there is no gap to take advantage of, but in fact they are not united internally. As far as I know, Liu Bei forcibly occupied Jingzhou in Soochow, and Sun Quan has always been worried about this. This time, Guan Yu marched northward rashly, flaunting his power and showing off his power. How could Sun Quan be happy? In my opinion, it is better to send envoys to Soochow immediately to persuade Sun Quan to attack Guan Yu from behind, and our army will launch a counterattack from the front. At that time Guan Yu has been attacked from the front and back, and he will surely perish, so how can he endanger Xudu again?"

Cao Cao was overjoyed and followed his plan.Sure enough, within two months, Wu general Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes, took Jingzhou back in one fell swoop, beheaded Guan Yu and his son, and solved Cao Wei's urgent need.And Sima Yi was also appreciated by Cao Cao because of the success of this plan, and became an important counselor around Cao Cao, so he went straight to the sky.This was Sima Yi's first confrontation with Zhuge Liang from the strategic level.His strategy not only completely disintegrated Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" strategy, but also drove a wedge into the alliance between Wu and Shu, making it impossible for them to cooperate sincerely ever since.Naturally, the discord between Wu and Shu gave Cao Wei the opportunity to divide and conquer.Sima Yi thought at the time, as long as I can control the military power one day, the demise of Wu Shu will only be a matter of who comes first.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi sneered in his heart. More than 20 years ago, Zhuge Liang was defeated by me strategically; more than 20 years later, he was still defeated by me tactically.There is no doubt that Zhuge Liang is not my confidant, and I am not afraid of it.Under the current situation, the one who can really endanger him is the Wei Shi who stood behind him and gave him full support!Are you ready to compete head-on with Wei Shi now?Not yet!My foundation in the Guanzhong army is not stable, and I have not yet started to eliminate dissidents and establish my absolute authority to dominate Guanzhong—all of this will take time!Sima Yi turned his back to the sky, and sighed in his heart: There are priorities, and now I can only let go of the foreign invaders and quell the internal troubles for the time being, and wait for the opportunity to destroy Shu Tun Wu and show off my heroism after I have completely eradicated all the obstacles that restrained me in the court. Tu Wei slightly!
He turned around slowly, looked at Master Sima quietly, and suddenly asked: "Oh, by the way, did you send the letter that Father gave you yesterday?"

Master Sima saw that his father avoided talking about the war in Guanzhong, but asked about the letter he wrote to his third uncle Sima Fu who was far away in Chang'an yesterday. Uncle’s letter? Shi’er sent someone to deliver it yesterday afternoon! But Shi’er was a little puzzled, why did my father specifically ask the messenger to deliver the letter not to take a secret and remote path, but to take an official route that attracts attention? No? That is easy to be discovered and caught by the Shu army!"

Sima Yi laughed and said, "As a father, I want him to be discovered and captured by the Shu army! Master! Do you think this letter is really addressed to your third uncle! As a father, this letter is actually written Show it to Zhuge Liang."

"Written to Zhuge Liang?" Master Sima was very curious when he heard it, "What is written in the father's letter? Can you tell me a little bit?"

"I can't say for the time being, you can seriously guess it yourself!" Sima Yi said inscrutablely, while walking slowly down the observation tower, "According to my father, within five days, Zhuge Liang's [-] Yu Dajun will retreat across the board, let's come down first and make preparations for how to deal with it correctly!"

The good news of the wooden doorway
At dusk, it has always been the most noisy time in Shangyuyuan.The Shu army stationed here used to get half an hour of free time at this time of the day: the soldiers took a walk, practiced exercises, worked, read, and chatted. , It really is "the kite flies and the fish leaps, everyone has their own fun".

However, the dusk in Shangyuyuan was unusually quiet today.A series of large-scale Shu army teams are moving in an orderly manner to the south outside Shangyuyuan.It turned out that Zhuge Liang had started to prepare for the retreat four days ago, but he decided to withdraw the whole army from Shangyuyuan today.

Sitting on the horse, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Shangyu Yuan behind him, with a bit of chagrin and sadness in his eyes.Shangyuyuan, this rich and vast "open-air granary", was coated with a layer of golden light by the setting sun, standing silently, watching the teams of Shu soldiers leave sadly.And on the observation deck of the Wei Army high in Xiaolong Mountain, Zhuge Liang saw the figures there were vaguely visible, but he couldn't see their faces clearly.But he knew that Sima Yi must be standing among those figures, watching him and the Shu army leave.

He guessed right, Sima Yi was standing on the watchtower, looking down at the huge and long Shu army troops going away from his field of vision row by row, and he never said a word.Since hearing the news that the Shu army was about to retreat yesterday, Sima Yi sent Deng Ai and Wei Ping to lead a team of elite soldiers to guard the main road near the exit of Shangguyuan to closely monitor the movements of the Shu army.Now, the news was confirmed, and Zhuge Liang finally left, but Sima Yi was not at all happy, and the expression on his face became more and more serious.The generals of the Wei Army watched from the sidelines, each thinking about his own concerns.Starting tonight, they must face the fact that Wei's most formidable enemy has finally retreated, but they are about to enter the Sima Yi era of the Guanzhong army.During the war, unanimous awareness of the outside world dominated; and after the war, those things that were previously covered up, precipitated and ignored will inevitably surface.Among them, some people will have to pay the due price for some of their previous words and deeds, and naturally some people will also get their due rewards for their previous words and deeds.

In the silence, Sima Yi suddenly said a word: "Listen!"

So all the generals listened attentively.After a while, Sima Yi asked again: "Did you hear that?"

Fei Yao, Niu Jin, Guo Huai and others looked at each other blankly, not knowing how to answer.They had tried their best to listen, but they could only hear the silence of approaching night, without any special sounds.In the silence and confusion, only Zhang Yun said, "I heard it."

Hearing this, Sima Yi turned his head to look at Zhang He, with an indescribable look of astonishment and appreciation in his eyes, and said, "What did General Zhang hear?"

Zhang He said seriously: "This subordinate heard what a general should hear."

Sima Yi nodded with a complicated expression, and said, "General Zhang knows me well." Then, he thought for a moment, and said, "Look!"

So the generals will be farsighted again.After a while, Sima Yi asked again: "Have you seen it?"

The generals once again looked at each other blankly, their eyes were blank. They had tried their best to observe, but they only saw an empty field without any special sight.In the deeper silence, amidst the confusion, only Zhang Yun said again: "This subordinate saw it."

Sima Yi stared at him deeply again and said, "What did General Zhang see?"

Zhang He said sternly again: "This subordinate has seen what a general should see."

Sima Yi nodded slowly, clapped his palms twice, smiled deeply, and said, "Well said!"

The conversation between the two of them caused the generals to fall into a sea of ​​clouds and mist, not knowing what kind of riddle the two generals were trying to guess.Fortunately, they quickly gave the answer.Sima Yi nodded slightly to Zhang He, and Zhang He was not polite. He stood in front of the stage, pointed at the Shu army going away, and sighed: "Look, gentlemen——Zhuge Liang's one hundred thousand troops retreated overnight. The mountains move silently and silently; a ten-mile battalion is pulled out overnight, which is as invisible as the undercurrent of a great river. From this, it can be seen that his military skills have reached the state of "quiet as a mountain but moving as water", isn't it daunting ?”

(End of this chapter)