The last three kingdoms

Chapter 693
When Yan Rui left Xiangyang, he almost galloped on horseback. He wished he could grow wings and fly to Luoyang at once. When Xiangyang fell, Yan Rui had already rushed to Xinye. far behind him.

The county magistrate of Xinye County was Yan Rui's old acquaintance. After hearing the news, he was shocked. He immediately replaced Yan Rui with a new fast horse, and sent several entourages to escort Yan Rui all the way to Beijing.

Regardless of fatigue and physical strength, Yan Rui ran day and night, and finally arrived in Luoyang five days later.

The first courtier who saw Yan Rui was Jia Chong, who happened to be on duty at the Shangshutai. Hearing the urgent report from Jingzhou, Jia Chong immediately ordered the people below to bring Yan Rui in. After asking for details, Jia Chong Chong rushed straight to the palace at the first time and reported the news to Sima Yan.

After hearing the news, Sima Yan fell down on the imperial seat, dumbfounded.

What Sima Yan was most worried about and most afraid of finally happened.Zhong Hui has always been a hidden worry in his heart. When he knew that Zhong Hui supported himself and wanted to stand on his own feet, Sima Yan took decisive measures to force Zhong Hui to withdraw from Yizhou. The most obvious and effective method was of course to cut off Zhong Hui's army. With the supply of food and grass, the army will be in chaos if there is no food. Zhonghui's army has no food. Naturally, it is impossible to gain a foothold in Yizhou. It is inevitable to withdraw the army to Jingzhou.

In order to prevent Zhong Hui from jumping over the wall in a hurry, Sima Yan secretly ordered Sima Liang and Wei Guan to cooperate closely and use the method of overhead Zhong Hui to take down the control of the army. According to the information fed back from Jingzhou, everything was expected and controlled by Sima Yan Under the circumstances, the progress was quite smooth. The imperial edict for Zhonghui and Wei Guan to enter the capital had already been delivered to the Xiangyang army. If there were no accidents, Zhong Hui and Wei Guan would leave Xiangyang within a few days and come to Luoyang , then Sima Yan's confidant's major trouble was completely eliminated.

But at this juncture, something happened in Xiangyang, and Zhong Hui not only turned against him, but also killed Fufeng King Sima Liang and the supervisor Wei Guan, and took Xiangyang, completely defeating Sima Yan's overall plan.

The fall of Xiangyang dealt a heavy blow to Sima Yan, and its significance was no less than that of the fall of Guanzhong. Moreover, when the southern and western fronts were at the same time tight, Zhonghui's rebellion was even more of a draw from the bottom. Sima Yan, who was struggling, was To add insult to injury.

"As expected, Zhong Hui has turned his back on him. What the queen mother said really hit the mark." Sima Yan said with a dull expression.

When Zhong Hui led his troops to the expedition, Wang Yuanji once advised Sima Zhao: "Zhong Hui forgets righteousness when he sees profit, and is prone to troubles. If he is favored, he will cause chaos. Don't be big." Sima Zhao is confident that everything is under his control, so Instead of following Wang Yuanji's advice, he insisted on sending Zhong Hui to lead the army to crusade against Shu.

Zhong Hui has great power in his hands. On the one hand, he excluded dissidents and deprived Zhuge Xu of his military power. Deng Ai's Yinping defeat was also inseparably related to him. It was through these methods that Zhong Hui gradually gained power in Yizhou. Success, the heart of independence and self-reliance is clearly revealed.The death of Sima Zhao made Zhong Hui even more fearless. When Sima Yan wanted to deal with Zhong Hui, he found that it was becoming a situation that could not be lost.

Sima Yan didn't dare to force him to be tough, he could only use a combination of toughness and softness, focusing on softness, and wantonly appointed officials and titles to Zhonghui to eliminate his guard, and at the same time secretly stepped up efforts to weaken his military power The method seems to be done, but the news from Xiangyang at this moment makes Sima Yan feel as if he has been hit by a sap.

"Your Majesty, Zhong Hui's rebellion against Xiangyang is a matter of great importance. We should send troops to attack immediately. If we sit idly by, I'm afraid the situation will become more and more difficult to deal with." Jia Chong's worries are not unreasonable. Zhong Hui's rebellion may be just At the beginning, when the Jin Dynasty was first established, those old and young loyal to Cao Wei hibernated without a suitable opportunity. If Zhonghui’s rebellion could not be subdued in a short time, those forces loyal to the previous dynasty or those who tried to fish in troubled waters were dormant everywhere. It is very likely that they will be ready to move, and when the time comes, the situation will get out of hand.

Sima Yan naturally understood the importance of this matter. Since the Sima Clan came to power, there have been three rebellions in Huainan, and each time the Sima Clan suppressed the rebellion with lightning speed, and always suppressed the rebellion forces to the minimum. There is no nationwide impact.

Internal rebellion is far more harmful than foreign invasion, so the Sima family will always spare no effort to deal with internal strife, but when suppressing the Huainan rebellion, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao both had the strength and ability during their administration. Now that Sima Yan is in the midst of internal and external troubles, whether he still has such ability is debatable.

Zhong Hui has more than [-] soldiers, accounting for one-fifth of the total strength of Jin. On the surface, it seems that Zhong Hui's strength is not strong enough. The total strength of the Jin army is four times that of him, which is enough to form a crushing trend. However, the Jin State is now facing enemies on both sides, and its military strength is already tight. It is conceivable that it will be difficult to deploy another army to suppress Zhonghui.

But no matter how tight Sima Yan is, he can't sit idly by and ignore Zhonghui's rebellion. Shu's invasion and Wu's invasion can be put on hold for a while, but the internal rebellion cannot be tolerated. Sima Yan has already planned where to transfer The soldiers and horses went to suppress the rebellion.

At this moment, a deacon eunuch rushed up to the hall in a panic and reported: "Qizou His Majesty, Bingzhou sent envoys to say that something serious happened in Bingzhou."

"What?" Sima Yan stood up abruptly, his face suddenly pale.

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Shangdang, "Shiming" said: "The party is the highest on the mountain, so it is called Shangdang." Shangdang County is the southernmost county in Bingzhou. The terrain is high and steep. Jizhou is adjacent to each other, with Taiyue Mountain in the west and Hedong County in the west, and Hanoi County in the south with Zhongtiao Mountain in the south.

During the Warring States period, the famous Battle of Changping broke out here. The Qin general Bai Qi killed 40 Zhao soldiers, completely destroying Zhao's armed forces, and also laid a solid foundation for Qin to destroy the six kingdoms to rule the world.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao took the opportunity to advance northward after defeating Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu. Pacifying the North opened a door.

In such a strategically important place, Liu Yuan has been the prefect here for two years.

(End of this chapter)