Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 870 The Conspiracy of the Sima Clan (1)

Over the years, the Wei army has had few victories, Xia Houshang was defeated by the ban, high-spirited, and wanted to fight again, but news of Cao Pi's death came from Luoyang.

Cao Zhen's strategy of sending east to defend and west to attack, and then using Jingbei as a breakthrough aroused Xia Houshang's ambition. Although he was a little reluctant to transfer Sima Wang to Tianshui, he had to reluctantly part with Cao Wei's plan.Therefore, Lu Yu was appointed as the prefect of Weixing County, and Xia Houru and Li Dian led [-] troops to guard here; he, his son Xia Houxuan, and his nephew Xia Hou also led [-] troops to guard Shangyong, training troops every day, just waiting for Sima Yi to attack Liangzhou. Then cooperate with Guo Huai again to win Jingbei.

Whether it was Cao Rui, Cao Zhen, or Xia Houshang, they had no idea that Sima Yi was going around to recruit his clansmen to gather in Tianshui, but they had other plans!

In Tianshui, the eight brothers of the Sima family, except for the elder Sima Lang who died of illness, the fourth elder Sima Kui who stayed in Luoyang, the third elder Sima Fu, the prefect of Runan, the fifth elder Sima Xun, the sixth Sima Jin, the seventh Sima Tong, and the elder who had no official position. The eighth Sima Min arrived one after another; the eldest son of the next generation, the eldest grandson Sima, left in Luoyang, and there were nine elders, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, and Sima Wang.

On the second day of July, Sima Yi convened a family meeting, first analyzed the current situation, and finally came to the conclusion that the great Han was powerful, and Cao Wei's time would not last long.

The seventh Sima Tong and the eighth Sima Min were young and unaware of current affairs, and they didn't take it seriously. It was common to change dynasties. At worst, they would defect to the new lord and still retain their wealth. Why worry about it.The youngest Sima Fu has been in the government and the opposition for a long time. He said that the Han system is different from the past. He suppressed and even slaughtered the gentry a lot. Speaking of the end of the Han army's capture of the descendants of Hanoi, it was inevitable to gnash their teeth and scold Zhou Cang.

Sima Jin said: "Brother called us here, he must have made up his mind, you might as well say it directly, so as not to waste a lot of words."

"I am a hussar, commanding the soldiers of Yongliang. I want to lead the army and lead the people to the Western Regions. I can protect my people and make my Sima clan prosperous. What do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, the brothers began to argue with one another.It is nothing more than two factions: one faction thinks that the Western Regions are remote, bitter and cold, and far away from their hometown.The other faction believes that being king in the Western Regions is far better than staying here as a slave, and that one day they may fight back to their hometown of Hanoi.

Sima Fu has profound knowledge, and he would like to popularize the knowledge for everyone: "Hanshu" says that there are mountains in the west of the Xiongnu, south of Wusun, north and south, and a river in the center.The original state was fifty, and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty appointed Zheng Ji as the first governor of the Western Regions. After nearly 36 years, only Yiwulu, Pulei, Cheshi, Shanshan, Qiuci, Khotan, Xiaowan, There are more than ten countries such as Jingjue and Qiemo.According to the "Hanshu" records, Emperor Guangwu served 300 guardians, especially Banchao, so the countries in the Western Regions were very close to the Han people.The vastness of the Western Regions is not all deserts and Gobi, there are mostly oases, fertile soil, rich products and salt ponds available.

Since it is not a poor place, the focus of the competition is whether it can go to the Western Regions?Can it gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions?

"Zi Yuan, tell me." Sima Yi handed over the right to speak to his eldest son, Sima Shi, in order to improve Sima Shi's status.Master Sima coughed lightly and spoke eloquently.

Tuoba Liwei became king in Kucha Tagancheng.After Dunhuang prefect Zhang Gong went to Tuoba Liwei, although he was used by Liwei, he was an outsider and was quite suspicious. After Sima Shi sent someone to contact him, Zhang Gong was ecstatic and told the truth about the Western Regions.

Liwei seems to have become the overlord of the Western Regions, with unlimited scenery, but in fact, it is full of dangers inside and outside:

Internally: First, Liwei itself is full of ambitions, so it will inevitably start to be arrogant. The various ministries caused dissatisfaction among the various ministries; the third is that the various ministries were unwilling to inherit the Han system, thinking that this was forgetting their ancestors and rebelling against their ancestors, which would lead to the demise of the Tuoba tribe. The one who was looking for Desert Khan was not that the three became tigers, and Liwei began to alienate Desert Khan; fourthly, Desert Khan fell out of favor, which caused the princes to spy on the crown prince, and formed cliques to fight for power and profit, but Liwei only kept it secret .

External: First, after Pigu's rebellion and attachment to Liwei, it was difficult to integrate with Liwei's old department. There were often frictions. , Pushing the system of prefectures and counties caused dissatisfaction among the countries in the original Western Regions. After the monarch became a county guard, he concealed his wealth and military strength. The leader owns everything in the headquarters, and only needs to offer it to the king. This action caused strong dissatisfaction among the people of the tribe, and even angered the leaders of the tribes; Disputes often arise over territory.

Based on the above information, Master Sima came to the conclusion that the Western Regions were full of contradictions and extremely unstable: Liwei and Desert Khan were the only visionaries in the Xianbei tribe. Unfortunately, Liwei became arrogant and self-willed, and was often deceived by his subordinates; It is too big to be accepted by the clansmen; the countries in the Western Regions are self-styled and only seek immediate benefits, so even though there are hundreds of thousands of people who control the strings, it is not a concern. You only need to provoke a little, and the interior will be chaotic. In addition, Zhang Gong is the internal response. , available in the Western Regions.In Yongzhou, the total strength can reach 5000, of which 2 were brought from Yanzhou, about 8 were brought from Chenggongying in Longyou, [-] were from Leqi and Xu Zhi in Beidi, and [-] were from Kuaijun in Tianshui. Inspector Zhang has [-] people in Chang'an, of which Sima Yi can mobilize about [-], that is to say, he can lead [-] people to conquer the Western Regions; the generals who can be dispatched, Sima's needless to say, success can be lured, Pang Hui, Le Wei can be fooled, Xu Zhi has a head but no brains, and Lu Qian, Lu Fan and his son, and General Zhou Tai can be used. These seven people are enough, and Kuai Junzheng can stay in Tianshui.

Sima Zhao interjected: "Although Xu Zhi has a head and no brains, he is Cao's true confidant in the end, and he should be eliminated as soon as possible."

Sima Yi shook his head slightly: "This man is brave, I am still useful."

After such an analysis, it seems that the trip to the Western Regions is promising.The family meeting lasted all day and night, finalized the steps, and began to break down tasks and implement them to people.

The next day, Sima Xun, Sima Jin, Sima Tong, Sima Min and others lobbied that if they could raise troops to help each other, they would be allowed to return to the country.

Sima Fu went to see Zhang Gong to discuss how to create civil strife.

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao took the general's order and summoned Chengying, Pang Hui, Le Wei, Xu Zhi, and Kuai Jun to Tianshui to discuss matters; they ordered Lu Qian to go to Chang'an to ask Zhang Ji to transport grain and grass, only to say that he was sending troops to Liangzhou.

Sima Wang rectified his army and horses, ready to go out.

(End of this chapter)