The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1048

Now Sima Yan's headache has become a chronic illness. Every time he thinks about something, he has a splitting headache. Sometimes Sima Yan is so painful that he wants to knock his head open to see what's going on inside. .

The Yellow River defense line has been deployed step by step. The most troublesome thing for Sima Yan is that he doesn't know which ferry Liu Yin will attack from. If the troops are evenly distributed, it will appear weak at all. The point is, once you make a mistake, the consequences are unimaginable.

Finding out the movement of the Shu army and understanding the intentions of the Shu army is the top priority of the entire Yellow River defense line. Only after grasping the real goal of the Shu army can the Jin army be targeted and prevent problems before they happen.

In order to achieve this goal, the Jin army sent a large number of scouts to sneak across the Yellow River to conduct a large-scale reconnaissance of the Shu army.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, the Shu army has captured the scouts of the Jin army many times, but judging by the situation of the Jin army, the number of scouts sent to spy on the army will not be reduced at all. Any information about the Shu army is the same The scouts are eager to get it.However, due to the obstruction of the Yellow River, communication on the river is inconvenient, and information transmission has become the most troublesome thing.

In this regard, Sima Yan seemed a little helpless. The scout soldiers sent across the river could only observe from a distance at most, and roughly judged from the direction of the Shu army's actions that the Shu army might cross the river from that ferry, but in reality it was like this The information obtained was not accurate. If the Shu army had set up suspicious formations, it would be very easy to mislead these scouts and pass back information that was just the opposite.

So Sima Yan summoned his confidants Yang Jun, Qiao and others above the inner hall to discuss the matter and discuss countermeasures.

He Qiao took the lead in saying: "Your Majesty, Ni Shu has now taken the land of Hebei, and Chen Bing is on the Yellow River. If the minister's expectations are correct, Ni Shu will cross the river and attack in the near future. Although our army is on guard, but the Yellow River It has a long history, and there are many ferry crossings, if we don't know exactly where the Shu army is crossing the river, our army will definitely be very passive."

Sima Yan nodded and said: "What Aiqing said is exactly what I'm worried about. Now the situation is so pressing that we must have a perfect plan. I don't know if Aiqing has a plan?"

He Qiao said: "I have a plan, I don't know if it will work or not?"

"It's okay to talk to Aiqing."

"Your Majesty, the situation is difficult now, and there are many surrenders. Your Majesty can send your confidants to feign surrender to Liu Yin. As long as you can sneak into the Shu army camp, you can grasp the movement of the Shu army. Why don't you know where the Shu army will cross the river?"

Sima Yan frowned and said: "Liu Yin is very treacherous, if he sends someone to feign surrender, it may not be easy."

He Qiao smiled slightly and said, "If His Majesty sends someone directly, the chance of success is naturally very small, but if His Majesty beheads his closest relatives and then sends him across the river to throw him into Shu, why doesn't Liu Yin believe it?"

Sima Yan shook his head and said: "If I kill his closest relatives, I'm afraid they have already been deeply attached to me, and how can they serve me? What's more, those who pretend to surrender must also have some reputation in the court. I am afraid that Liu Yin will not be able to reuse him."

He Qiao cupped his hands and said: "My younger brother He Yu is currently serving as Cao Shangshu in the army. He is wise and courageous, and he is familiar with strategy. He is worthy of this position."

"Send He Yu to go, doesn't that mean they want to kill you? This can't be done, can't be done?" Sima Yan shook his head repeatedly when he heard this.

He Qiao smiled and said: "Your Majesty is worrying too much. I don't want to seek my own death. In the early morning of tomorrow, I deliberately wrote a letter to anger Your Majesty. Your Majesty can issue an order to behead me in the downtown. The death row prisoner whose name roughly matches the height and appearance of the minister came and beheaded in the street to show the public. In this way, everyone in the world thought that the minister had been killed by His Majesty. The minister only wanted to temporarily hide his identity in the city, and let his younger brother flee overnight with others, and crossed the river to look north. As for defecting to Liu Yin, with his status as a minister, Liu Yin will not ignore his younger brother and must be reused, so how can His Majesty not know the internal information of the Shu army."

Sima Yan said: "A good plan, a good plan, it's just a hard work with Aiqing. After the 'fake death', Aiqing will not be able to show her face in Luoyang City. I am afraid that it will be the day when Aiqing will see the light of day again."

"Being loyal to His Majesty, I have no regrets even if I die, let alone a fake death. If I can defeat the enemy, that would be the best." He Qiao expressed his loyalty to Sima Yan.

Sima Yan was still puzzled, and said: "Even if the trick here is extremely real, how can Liu Yin know that he is still on the north bank of the Yellow River? If Liu Yin doesn't know this situation, wouldn't Ai Qing waste all her efforts?"

He Qiao laughed and said: "Your Majesty is too worried. Now that our army scouts are traveling to the north and south of the Yellow River, there are a large number of them. How do you know that Liu Yin will not send the Shu army to sneak into Luoyang? Don't worry, Your Majesty. This trick of surrender is a swindle. The design is seamless and it will work."

So the two monarchs and ministers discussed many details overnight, and even the death row prisoner who will be beheaded to show the public instead of He Qiao has been selected, but his appearance is somewhat similar to that of He Qiao. recognized.

In the early morning of the next day, all the civil and military officials were gathered in the court hall. At this time, He Qiao took the lead in attacking Sima Yan and wrote a letter asking Sima Yan to abdicate.He Qiao said in the letter that now that the war is rampant, the people of the world are in dire straits, the power of Jin is gone, and it will be futile to resist any more. It is better to surrender early, so as to avoid the destruction of everything.

Sima Yan was naturally "Long Yan furious": "Bold and Qiao, I have always been kind to you, but you have such a vicious plan. When I was most in danger, you blatantly seduced people's hearts, betrayed the master for glory, came here, and willed you!" He Qiao pushed out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded for public display."

When the imperial guards pushed He Qiao out, He Qiao continued to admonish Sima Yan bitterly: "Your Majesty, I hope His Majesty will accept your words from the bottom of my heart, otherwise it will be too late to regret in the future."

The officials above the main hall looked at each other in blank dismay. No one expected that He Qiao would say such words. Although some of He Qiao's words seemed sharp, thinking about it carefully, it might not be the case. The national power is declining and besieged on all sides. It is true that it is no longer capable of resisting the attack of the Shu Kingdom, so it is better to surrender earlier if the people are miserable.

If he surrendered early, the Kingdom of Shu would definitely not treat Sima Yan badly. Even if the emperor couldn't do it, he would at least be a duke and a marquis, and he could continue to enjoy wealth forever. Why not do it.If you resist desperately and Luoyang is captured by the Shu army, the consequences will definitely be very different.

But the truth is the truth after all, no one dares to say this in front of the court, He Qiao has the courage to talk to Sima Yan like this, it will not bring him a murderous disaster.

(End of this chapter)