The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 83

In 262 AD (the fifth year of Jingyao in the Shu Han Dynasty, the third year of Jingyuan in Cao Wei Dynasty, and the fifth year in Yong'an of the Eastern Wu Dynasty), the first month.After recuperating for four and a half years, Jiang Wei, the general of the Shu Han, sent troops to the Northern Expedition again.

This Northern Expedition, on the one hand, was due to the materials accumulated by the Shu Han for four years, and on the other hand, due to the factors of the traversers, the national power of the Shu Han has been strengthened to a certain extent compared with the historical standard.Therefore, Jiang Wei dispatched a full [-] troops this time.

During this Northern Expedition, Jiang Wei set off from Tazhong in Yinping County, bypassed Cao Wei's Qishan camp, and went straight to Taoyang.Deng Ai led the main force of the Yongzhou army to fight Jiang Wei at Hou He, and was invincible.So Deng Ai led the Wei army to retreat into Taoyang City, and took it in according to the city.

In the past, the Shu Han fought against Cao Wei, no matter how badly Cao Wei was beaten in the field, he always had the ultimate move: the turtle flow-the Shu Han country is small and weak, and cannot withstand long-term consumption.At the same time, the road to Shu was difficult, and it was extremely inconvenient to transfer grain.Therefore, if the field battle cannot be won, Cao Wei's generals only need to find a fortified city to hide in, and the rest can sit back and watch Zhuge Liang or Jiang Weiliang retreat.

But this time is different. Jiang Wei has been recuperating for four years for this Northern Expedition. In the past four years, in addition to requiring the Shu Han court to work hard to transfer food to the northern line, Jiang Wei also started farming in this place in Dazhong. help.So this time Jiang Wei himself was ready to fight a war of attrition.Therefore, Deng Ai was besieged in Taoyang City for three full months this time and could not move. If he continued to sit still like this, Deng Ai would be the one who ran out of food first.And once Taoyang is broken, Longxi is just around the corner...

But...in October of this year, in the Shu Han court in the rear CD, there was a turbulent wave against Jiang Wei.

General Wei, Shangshu Pushe, and Shenshangshushi Zhuge Zhan started, Shangshu Ling Fan Jian, Shangshu Pushe Pang Hong, General You Yan Yu, Doctor Guanglu Qiao Zhou... At the same time, he wrote to Emperor Liu Chan to impeach General Jiang Wei for many years The Northern Expedition wasted national power.Request His Majesty the Emperor to remove General Jiang Wei and Inspector of Liangzhou, and replace him with Inspector of Yizhou, so that he will stay in CD in the future.

This wave came too suddenly and with too much momentum—no matter the Jingzhou faction, Yizhou faction, or Dongzhou faction, almost all members participated.Liu Chan was astonished to discover that the Northern Expedition year after year in Shu Han had reached a level of collective revulsion and abhorrence.

Even Huang Hao couldn't stand such a huge pressure.And he also doesn't like Jiang Wei, who has always ignored him.So at this time, Huang Hao abandoned his promise to Chen Yu back then, and jumped out and stepped on Jiang Wei: Your Majesty, Jiang Wei has already betrayed his relatives, why bother to protect him?It's better to follow the wishes of the courtiers.As for who will resist the puppet Wei after Jiang Wei?Isn't there Yan Yu, the right general?Wouldn't it be good if we remove the word "right"?

Finally, Liu Chan couldn't stand the unanimous anti-war voice of the whole country.In the end, an imperial edict was issued to let Jiang Wei withdraw his troops.

A person who has struggled for a goal for decades is about to succeed.At this time, he was suddenly attacked by his teammates behind him, which led to a near failure.Of course Jiang Wei's mood can be imagined.

Jiang Wei, who returned to the CD, went to see Liu Chan aggressively, and very irrationally asked Liu Chan to kill Huang Hao to set the record straight—Your Majesty, I am very angry now.You have to give me an explanation!How about this, didn't Huang Hao want his dog, Yan Yu, to replace me?Please do Huang Hao!Let everyone stop thinking about this.

Huang Hao is such a good dog, why is Liu Chan willing to kill him?However, the emperor of the Liu family generally would not confront his courtiers face to face, so he just said lightly: How capable is an eunuch to disrupt the court?General, you think too much.

This is the emperor's statement: I will not deal with anyone who opposes you. What is my attitude towards you, do you understand?

Jiang Wei is not a political idiot, of course he understands.So he also made his own reaction: I will not hand over military power.Since you don't want to see me so much, then I will go to Dazhong in Yinping County and continue to farm!

After all, the most elite mobile corps of the Shu Han has been in Jiang Wei's hands for more than ten years, and the generals from top to bottom are all staunch Northern Expeditionists.Therefore, the Shu Han government could not push Jiang Wei too much at this time, so the politicians used soft knives and successively transferred Liu Yin, general Fu Jian, Jiang Shu and others under Jiang Wei's command to serve in Hanzhong.In the plan of the CD politicians, the next step is to gradually rotate the officers of the mobile corps one by one—the middle and low-level officers have all been changed. Can you, a commander, still effectively control the troops?
Unfortunately, Sima Zhao made a move at this time.

One day in the first month of AD 263, Sima Zhao, the general of Cao Wei, woke up early in the morning.

The maid quickly handed him toothpaste, toothbrush and wash bucket.Sima Zhao began to brush his teeth with ease.

But!All of a sudden, he only felt his chest tighten, and his whole heart seemed to be tightly bound by a rope.He panted heavily, hoping to make this feeling of death pass as soon as possible, but his body didn't obey the order of his brain.Gradually, he only felt dizzy and weak, and then, his struggle finally became useless, his eyes widened, and he passed out in an instant.

After staying for quite a while, when he opened his eyes leisurely again, what he saw were the worried but calm eyes of his original wife Wang Yuanji.

"Son, what's wrong with you? This is the third time in the past six months."

Sima Zhao sat up with Wang Yuanji's support, his eyes rolled around, not only Wang Yuanji, but also his eldest son Sima Yan in the room.There is no one else.

"It's okay, it's just that the end of life is coming. There's nothing to make a fuss about."

When Wang Yuanji heard Sima Zhao's words, she nodded calmly, but the 27-year-old Sima Yan suddenly panicked to the extreme: "Father!"

Sima Zhao stretched out a finger, stopped Sima Yan's words, and said to Wang Yuanji, "Where is Taofu, go and call him over."

The so-called Tao Fu refers to Sima You, the second son of Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji.He is only 15 years old this year and has not yet been crowned.The character of this child is completely different from that of his resolute and decisive elder brother-knowledgeable, gentle, intelligent, studious, and approachable.He has been loved by the elders of the Sima family since he was a child.

"My child pays respects to uncle, aunt and brother."

That's right, Sima You refers to Sima Zhao as his uncle - Sima Zhao's eldest brother, Sima Shi, has no children.So Sima You was adopted by Master Sima.Once the adoption procedures are completed, Sima You can only call Master Sima Father and Sima Zhao Uncle.

It is precisely because of this that Sima Yan does not yet have a title, but Sima You, who is 12 years younger than him, has the title of Marquis of the County-Marquis of Wuyang.This is Sima Yi's title, which was inherited by Master Sima and later passed on to Sima You.

"Okay, everyone is here. What Father Wei wants to say is that this is the third time that the chest tightness and sudden fainting happened just now since July last year. Not only that, what Father Wei said recently During the days, I often have a splitting headache and suffer unspeakably. All in all, my time as a father in this world is running out..."

"Father!" "Uncle!"

"Don't talk, listen to me." Sima Zhao stopped the words of the two sons again and continued: "My Sima family has no turning back since your grandfather killed Cao Shuang. Either succeed in replacing Wei, or be full of family Copying and beheading. Apart from the two, there is no third way to go. To replace Wei, one must have military merits that can be achieved. And this military merit must be achieved by destroying Wu or Shu. Only then can it serve as the basis for our Duke Jin of the Sima family to be crowned king, and only then can we stop the mouth of the world."

"However, Eastern Wu has the danger of a great river, and Western Shu has heavy dangers. For decades, Cao Zhen, Cao Shuang, and your grandfathers, including your father, have all stumbled in front of Western Shu. Wu was also hit hard in front of him... As a father, I originally wanted to wait a few more years to see if I could win a small battle and get the Duke first. Then I continued to build good relations with other aristocratic families, hoping that it would be logical As long as the king is in his hands, the rest of the matter will be easy to deal with. It's a pity...it's a pity that my father's life is not long, and I can't wait that long. My Sima family has controlled the power of the Wei Kingdom for two generations and three generations. People, we can no longer let this kind of powerful officials control the government until the third generation... The longer the time, the greater the possibility of failure in the end. Therefore, we can only take some risks and go to defeat Shu or Wu. "

"If this army can destroy one of Shu or Wu, it is a matter of course to confer the title of duke and king. If you return after a big defeat... Think about Cao Shuang's defeat by the prince in the battle of Xingshi back then. What happened in the court..."

What else can I do?Cao Shuang, who lost the war, lost all his prestige. Soon after, there was a coup in Gaopingling, and Cao Shuang was wiped out of the three clans.Thinking of this, both Sima Yan and Sima You couldn't help shaking.

"As a father, I will do my best to finish what you should do before you are alive. Try not to let your hands be stained with blood. But if this time the conquest of Shu or Wu fails, or during the conquest As a father, he died of illness first... you..." At this point, Sima Zhao's eyes became sharper: "At that time, the Sima family will only rely on you two for protection! At that time, you will only have to open your eyes. Kill the ring!"

(End of this chapter)