Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 361
Cao Xun heard it clearly from the side, and he was secretly happy: he was not willing to let Xia Houxuan stay in Luoyang to discipline himself as an elder brother, so he just took this opportunity to kick Xia Houxuan secretly, so that he would not come to him every day. Noisy around!So, he was full of approval: "Good! Good! Good! Brother Yan said very well. Brother, you can appoint Taichu as General Zhengxi! Let him go with you. He is your cousin, no matter what Being natural won't steal any of your limelight!"

Sima Yi sat on a tiger-skin bed on the training ground in the Dazhai of the Wei army outside Dongguan City, and watched carefully as the shogunate military planner Shi Bao commanded and trained Xu Yang's soldiers to set up the "iron shield formation".

Rows of battle shields were held high up on the ground, forming a thick and shiny "city wall", firmly protecting the front and rear of the army; The spear expands and contracts like silver snakes, ready to bite at any moment.Such an "iron shield formation" is indeed the most effective formation against Wu Kou cavalry and infantry!

Seeing Shi Bao's valiant and heroic posture waving the battle flag on the platform in front of the formation and directing the formation, Sima Yi couldn't help but smiled and stroked his beard and praised secretly: This Shi Bao is indeed a rare general talent!I had only taken him for a few days, and he figured out the tricks of marching and arraying himself, and immediately used it to learn and use it, and he did a really good job!It is really gratifying to be able to witness such a "major general" like him in his later years.If all the talents under my Sima family can be as smart and capable as him, why not worry about their success?
While he was thinking about it, he caught a glimpse of Zhuge Dan hurrying over with a roll of silk in his hand, with a somewhat excited expression on his face, and cast a wink at him from a distance.Sima Yi understood, and immediately got up and followed him behind the scenes.Seeing that there was no one around, Zhuge Dan unfolded the silk slip and said in a low voice to Sima Yi: "Master Tai Tuo, Ma Mao, who was previously sent by Dan in the puppet Wu territory, sent a secret letter, claiming that as soon as the Battle of Dongguan begins, When Sun Quan was in a stalemate with us, he gathered righteous soldiers in Jianye to respond, and cooperated with our army to attack Sun Quan!"

Sima Yi did not express his opinion immediately, but took the secret letter and looked at it carefully, and asked seriously: "Well... Zhuge Jun, you are a brilliant move! What has this Ma Maojun done in the puppet Wu Dynasty now? Official position? What role can it play? What kind of righteous men did he gather in secret? What is his plan to respond to us in the puppet Wu territory?"

"My lord Taifu, Ma Maojun was four or five years ago under the top-secret order of the governor of Man Chong, He Sheng, and pretended to be a pawn general and defected to the territory of the puppet Wu. Over the past few years, he worked hard and finally won Sun Quan. Now, in the puppet Wu Dynasty, he has achieved important positions such as Zhengxi General, Jianye Prefect, External Superintendent, Forbidden Army Infantry Captain, etc., hiding in Sun Quan's elbow and armpits. Over the years, he has made friends with the puppet Wu in the puppet Wu. Zhen, Wunan Du Yuqin, Yamen General Zhu Zhi and a group of righteous men. They agreed on the plan of "cooperating from the inside to the outside" that when Sun Quan and others came to Dongguan with an empty nest to defend, they asked Zhu Zhen to hold the festival He summoned the false Wu ministers in Jianye City to enter the palace to discuss matters, and then Ma Mao personally led Yu Qin, Zhu Zhi and other officers and men to launch a sudden attack in the palace. Put a knife in him! In this way, under the attack from the front and back, the Wu thief will surely collapse without a fight, and he will be defeated sooner or later!"

"Good! Good! Good! Public holiday (Zhuge Dan's character is "public holiday"), it is really hard for you and this Ma Maojun to plan cleverly over the years!" Sima Yi couldn't help nodding deeply when he heard this, "Ma Maojun and the others are actually like this Loyalty and righteousness, keeping the country in mind, my great Wei will be rewarded in the future! Well, please write to them on behalf of me, and ask them to take good care of themselves, stay hidden, and respond when the time comes. Rushed for success and missed the plan!"

"Yes!" Zhuge Dan replied loudly.

Sima Yi's thoughts changed sharply, and he wanted to explain some specific matters to Zhuge Dan in detail, but he heard Liang Ji, who joined the army, shout from the stands in front of the curtain: "My lord Taifu, the imperial envoy Huang Menling Zhang is now here to announce the decree! Please Accept the order!"

"Imperial ministers here to announce the decree?" Zhuge Dan was taken aback, "What happened so suddenly?"

"Zhang Dang?" Sima Yi was secretly surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly turned back to the stands with Zhuge Dan, and led all the soldiers under his command to kneel down to receive the order.

Zhang Dang regained his former demeanor, unfolded the imperial edict expressionlessly and read:

The imperial edict said, the Shu bandits tried to force Liang to be fierce, and they tried eagerly, and they have already invaded the territory of Liangzhou in our great Wei Dynasty.In order to publicize the power of our heavenly dynasty, General Cao Shuang was specially ordered to be the governor of Yongliang, and Xia Houxuan was the general to conquer the west.

At the same time, I ask Grand Master Sima Yi to take the overall situation of the country as the most important thing, suspend the battle of Huainan, and return to the rear of the capital as soon as possible, so as to relieve my worries.

This!

After hearing the imperial edict, Sima Yi's heart was shaken, and his face changed slightly, but it was not easy to evade it openly at this moment, so he had to accept the edict for the time being.

After sending Zhang Dang away, Sima Yi immediately summoned Liang Ji, Zhuge Dan, Deng Ai, Shi Bao and others to discuss relevant matters in the secret room of the military tent.

Deng Ai was straightforward, and he began to preach as soon as he entered the stage: "According to Deng's opinion, the invasion of the Shu bandits is certainly worrying, but it is not the best policy for the imperial court to fight back with troops! The imperial court should not issue an order to let the governors of Yongzhou, Guo Huai and Liang Xia Houba, governor of the state, strictly guarded the frontier fortresses, blocked the Shu bandits from outside the country, and greatly frustrated their fighting spirit! Like General Cao, he mobilized his troops to disturb the crowd, and went to conquer with all his might, which is too aggressive! "

"Zhong Rong, what's your opinion?" Sima Yi turned his attention to Shi Bao again.

Shi Bao's face was full of worries: "I would like to report to Taifu, the imperial court does not want us to start the battle of Dongguan here! Originally, the imperial court's foreign policy should be 'to defend Shu, to attack and tie the war. Wu, attack from the east and defend from the west, use two prongs, don’t disturb each other’—but General Cao wants to fight the Shu bandits in the western border, isn’t this obviously trying to drag down our Huainan battle, which ends in a hasty and anticlimactic manner?”

"That's it! That's it!" Zhuge Dan couldn't help but sighed, "We've made all the preparations to capture the Huainan Dongguan Pass, but now we're about to stop abruptly... Then wouldn't all our hard work and dedication be wasted?" Is it in vain? Ma Mao and the others finally waited for this wonderful opportunity to cooperate with the inside and outside, and attack from both sides..."

Sima Yi was silent, and after a while, he replied solemnly: "Let's do it! I understand all the opinions of the gentlemen. Go back and rest for now. After all, the sacred order is hard to violate! I have to come down and think about it carefully." That's right!"

Seeing Sima Yi's gloomy expression, Deng Ai, Shi Bao, and Zhuge Dan couldn't say much at this moment, so they all retreated sadly.

Sima Yi sat alone in the tent and was meditating, when Liang Ji hurriedly led Niu Heng in from the outside.Niu Heng didn't have time to exchange greetings, and immediately told Sima Yi all about Cao Shuang's party's intention to use the opportunity of conquering Shu and destroying the bandits to compete with the Sima family for power.

When Niu Heng had finished talking about the matter, Liang Ji suddenly interjected and asked, "Master Taifu, do you know who leaked the matter of raising food and preparing weapons to attack Dongguan this time?"

"Who else is there besides him?" Sima Yi seemed to have learned something, "It turns out that I just had doubts about him, but now I am sure."

"Could it be that Mr. Tai Tuo deliberately brought up this matter to test him?" Niu Heng and Liang Ji were both surprised.

"That's right. In fact, it's not a special secret to raise food and prepare weapons to sneak into Dongguan. Cao Shuang and the others will find out sooner or later." Sima Yi said slowly, "This seat is deliberately using such a small A lot of incidents came to test him, but I didn't expect him to reveal the truth... Sigh! I was almost deceived by him!"

"So, Liang, why not find a chance to get rid of him to avoid future troubles?" Liang Ji asked tentatively.

"Hey... Mr. Yu is also a rare talent! I really can't bear to get rid of him like this! You send someone to find out the details of his relationship with Cao's mansion first, and then report back. Cao Shuang, Deng Yang and the others don't cherish talents too much, they actually let him do fine work, it's really underestimating his value..." Sima Yi ordered solemnly, "From now on, keep him in my Sima's house. Except for the core maintenance of the government, it is enough to let him not touch our margins. Talents, it is easy to kill, but difficult to cultivate!"

Of course, there was a deeper intention in his heart that he didn't point out: since he already knew that Yu Song was a spy sent by the Cao Mansion, there was nothing to be afraid of, and there was no need to deliberately expose his identity again!Even if he killed Yu Song in a fit of anger, his successor would come back into the mansion after all!It's better to keep him in the open and calmly, so as to paralyze Cao Shuang and the others, so that he can in turn use him to send false information and false news to confuse others!This is the sublime state of using fine workmanship.

Niu Heng continued to report to Sima Yi: "While Cao Shuang personally took command of the army to lead the expedition, he also specially asked His Majesty to transfer the second son to be his supervisor Zhonglang, who is responsible for the supply of food, grass and military equipment..."

"Zhao'er was also transferred to his subordinate?" Sima Yi was slightly startled, "He still wants to keep Zhao'er by his side as a hostage?"

"My lord, in order to win over the people in Guanzhong, before leaving the army, Cao Shuang appointed Guo Huai as Chariot General, Hu Zun as Left General, and Wei Ping as Right General, and promoted them all to one rank...while Lu Zhi He was transferred to the shogunate and served as the military commander, and he seems to be very close to him..."

"It seems that the internal troubles have not yet settled, and my plan to destroy Wu and Shu will not be implemented smoothly!" Sima Yi smiled coldly, with a icy coldness in his eyes, "Hehehe! Cao Zhaobo actually wanted to sneak around Get involved in the Guanzhong site that I have been running for many years! He is dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period! Liang Ji, get your pen—this seat is going to write a letter to Guo Huai, Hu Zun, and Wei Ping, and take a look at them Do you listen to Cao Zhaobo or I, Sima Yi!"

In March of the fifth year of Zhengshi, Cao Shuang entered Chang'an and attacked the Kingdom of Shu in two ways: on the west, Xiahouba led [-] elite troops, and from Tianshui County went straight to the Qishan camp of the Kingdom of Shu; on the east, Cao Shuang and Xiahouxuan jointly Leading [-] soldiers and horses, with Guo Huai and Hu Zun as the vanguard generals, they took the Xiegu Road to Hanzhong County in the Kingdom of Shu.

Unexpectedly, the Shu army was prepared.Jiang Wei set up a battle formation in the Qishan camp, which firmly resisted the attack of Xia Houba and others; Wang Ping also set up an ambush at the dangerous place on the Xiegu Road, which made the Wei army only able to parry and have no power to fight back.However, Guo Huai and Hu Zun were determined to protect their own strength and did not love to fight. They would retreat when encountering the enemy, which made Cao Shuang and Xia Houxuan caught off guard.

(End of this chapter)