Chapter 391: Borrowing Soldiers
"Sima Yi? Could it be Sima Zhongda in Sima Bada? Yuan Shang suddenly remembered, couldn't help but be surprised, and said hurriedly: "Why don't you invite this Sima Zhongda to come and meet." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Yuan Shang, as the son of the Yuan family, a wealthy family in Hebei Prefecture, has several families and surnames, how can he not know it well.
Hanoi County, although it belongs to Sizhou, is separated by a Yellow River in the south, but it is more closely connected with Jizhou and Bingzhou, and to a certain extent, it can be regarded as a merger.
The Sima clan is a Hanoi family, and there are eight of them, all of whom are talented and outstanding, and the world calls them Sima Bada.
Among them, among the eight masters, Sima Zhongda is the most outstanding.
When the Yuan family was still strong, Yuan Shao wanted to recruit Sima Yi to become a leader, but he was politely rejected by him for various reasons, but Yuan Shang did not expect that Sima Yi would come to take the initiative to see him at this time when the Yuan family was in decline.
With puzzlement and surprise in his heart, a moment later, a young scribe with a pair of eagle eyes calmly ascended to the head of Huguan City.
This young scribe must be Sima Zhongda.
Yuan Shang, Tian Feng and Feng Ji, the two strategists, are all famous people in the world, with a literati arrogance in their chests, and their eyes are extremely high.
But when the two of them saw Sima Yi for the first time, they couldn't help but be surprised by the calm attitude of this young man, and the calmness of his gestures, and his eyes were a little strange.
"Yi to meet the Duke of Jin." Sima Yi was long, neither humble nor arrogant, and his words revealed an innate self-confidence.
"It turned out to be the famous Sima Zhongda, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name." Yuan Shang laughed, looking appreciative.
In just a few words, Yuan Shang liked Sima Yi very much, and immediately asked Sima Yi to speak to the Chinese army's big tent together.
Stepping into the tent, the guest and the host sat down, and after a few greetings, Yuan Shangcai asked: "The father and the handsome man invited each other several times before, and Zhong Da didn't go to Yecheng to see him, but today I didn't expect Zhong Da to come to Huguan to take the initiative to see my father, which made my father really a little surprised." β
Sima Yi smiled faintly and arched his hand: "Back then, Yi refused to go out because he was shallow in his studies, and he was afraid that he would live up to Yuan Gong's expectations." Now that the Wei King Tao merchant soldiers entered Hanoi, my Sima family did not want to submit to him, only the tribe moved north to Bingzhou for refuge, and Yi Cai came to meet the Duke of Jin. β
Sima Yi also confessed that he did not take the initiative, but because he did not want to surrender to the pottery merchant, he had to come to him.
Yuan Shang was a little uncomfortable when he heard this, his face suddenly gloomy, and he said unhappily: "The pottery thief is powerful, it stands to reason that Zhong Da should have a better future when he goes to join him, but why should he avoid it?" β
"It's very simple, the pottery thief's employment strategy is unacceptable to Yi." Sima Yi seemed to have expected Yuan Shang to be dissatisfied, and replied without doubt.
Yuan Shang flicked his hand and motioned for him to continue.
Sima Yi said unhurriedly: "When Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, although he used a lot of poor talents, he did not exclude the famous people of my family, and now it is the turn of the pottery merchant to hold the Son of Heaven hostage, and the civil and military forces used under his command are all stealing the names of the ancients, but in fact, they are all low-status and unknown people, but the famous people of our family are disdained by him.
Yuan Shang's face looked much better now.
You must know that his Yuan family's employment policy is based on the big clan, and Sima Yi's words are dispelling Yuan Shang's suspicions.
As soon as his suspicions were relieved, Yuan Shang's face immediately turned from gloomy to sunny, and he praised Sima Yi a lot.
At this time, Sima Yi took advantage of the situation and asked: "Yi heard that the pottery thief led an army of 90,000 and was heading towards Hanoi, but why didn't the Duke of Jin go south first, enter Hanoi County, and give the pottery thief a head-on blow." β
"My father also wants to, but Zhongda, you also said that the pottery thief has an army of 90,000, and there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses under the command of this father, how to give the pottery thief a head-on attack?" Yuan Shang smiled helplessly.
"Although there are many pottery thieves, they are not invulnerable." Sima Yi smiled faintly, "Duke Jin can refuse to defend the wall on the one hand, and use cavalry to rob the pottery thief's grain road, turning the passive into the active, just waiting for the remaining four roads to break through, and when the pottery thief is forced to retreat, he can take the opportunity to break the pottery thief." β
"What Zhong Da said is easy, the cavalry under the command of the Duke of Jin is less than 1,000, what can he do to attack the grain of the pottery thief." Feng Ji couldn't get used to seeing Sima Yi being valued so much by Yuan Shang, so he lost no time in sarcastic.
A hint of discoloration flashed in Sima Yi's eyes, as if he had expected Feng Ji's answer, and said: "Yi is here to send tens of thousands of iron horsemen to the Duke of Jin." β
As soon as these words came out, not only Feng Ji, but also Tian Feng on the side was shocked, and his eyes suddenly showed surprise.
Yuan Shang was too surprised, he was worried about his lack of soldiers, Sima Yi suddenly said that he would send him tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they were all cavalry, which was simply a charcoal in the snow, how could he not be surprised.
After a moment of surprise, the excitement on Yuan Shang's face dissipated in a blink of an eye.
Although the Sima clan is a big clan in Hanoi and the family is huge, there may be thousands of private soldiers under his command, and tens of thousands is a bit exaggerated, not to mention tens of thousands of cavalry.
Looking at the world, even Cao Cao and Liu Bei would not be able to take out tens of thousands of cavalry at once, let alone him Sima Yi.
"I said Zhongda, you can't be joking with my father, right?" In Yuan Shang's tone, there was a faint hint of displeasure.
Sima Yi said: "The stakes are very high, how dare Yi joke." β
"Then where did Zhongda's tens of thousands of cavalry come from?" Yuan Shang asked suspiciously.
Sima Yi raised his hand and pointed to the southwest, and said slowly: "The Southern Xiongnu is under the command of Yu Fuluo, there are tens of thousands of Xiongnu elite horsemen, and a group of soldiers and horses close at hand, has the Duke of Jin forgotten?" β
Huvro?
Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized what Sima Yi meant.
Sima Yi is asking him to borrow troops from the Southern Huns!
In that year, the Southern Xiongnu civil strife, its single Luan Ti Yufu Luo was forced to surrender to the Han court, so the Han court was placed in the Pingyang area of Bingzhou, after the Han Dynasty civil strife, the heroes rose together, Yu Fuluo led the troops to the south, and took the opportunity to plunder Hedong.
A county in the east of the river, bordering the state in the north, and Hanoi County in the east by Keiguan, can be said to be close at hand.
When Yuan Shang fled Yecheng, it was also on the grounds of borrowing troops from the Southern Xiongnu that he was able to leave Yecheng smoothly and go to Jinyang to clean up and merge the state.
"Yu Fuluo is arrogant, when the Duke of Jin went to Jinyang, he also proposed to him to borrow troops, but he was arrogantly refused, Zhong Da, your strategy, is to make the Duke of Jin humiliated again." Feng Ji immediately sarcastic.
Sima Yi didn't think so, and only smiled lightly: "The Huns are entrenched in the east of the river, far away from the Hebei battlefield, they didn't feel the crisis at that time, and the Duke of Jin borrowed troops from Yu Fuluo, but he naturally refused." Now is different from the past, the pottery merchant's soldiers and horses have entered Hanoi, can invade Hedong at any time, threaten the interests of the Huns, as long as the Jin Gong sent a man who can speak to lobby Yu Fuluo for the benefits, and then promise a generous reward, I am afraid that he will not send troops to help. β
Sima Yi said that Yuan Shang's eyes lit up, his doubts were reduced, and all his doubts were swept away.
"There are at least 50,000 iron cavalry under Yu Fuluo's command, if such a male army can be summoned, let alone refusing to retreat the pottery thief, it is not impossible to turn defense into attack, recapture Jizhou in one fell swoop, and avenge Yuan Gong's hatred."
Between the crowd, the majestic tiger general, who had been silent, finally couldn't help but speak.
The person who spoke was none other than Lu Bu.
At the beginning, on the bank of the Yishui River, LΓΌ Bu and Yuan Shao were blocked by Xiang Yu, and LΓΌ Bu failed to save Yuan Shao from the siege in a battle, so he had to flee to Jinyang alone and defected to Yuan Shang, wanting to borrow Yuan Shang's hand to kill the pottery merchant to avenge Yuan Shao.
Hearing Lu Bu's words, Yuan Shang's eyes moved, and his excitement became even stronger.
Fifty thousand iron horsemen.
Don't say that it is to deal with potters, even if it is enough to sweep the world, such a powerful force, how can it not make Yuan Shang moved.
Just when he just wanted to nod, Tian Feng said: "Although the Hun iron cavalry is strong, but it is not my race in the end, its heart will be different, I am afraid that it will lead them into Hanoi and go deep into Jizhou, and it will lead wolves into the house in the future, and there will be endless troubles in the future." β
When the words fell, Sima Yi said: "Mr. Yuan Hao is too worried, although the Xiongnu are of a different race, but when they surrendered to the imperial court, they were already regarded as my courtiers, and let them deal with the pottery merchants, who are chaotic ministers and thieves, and they can be regarded as doing their duty as courtiers." Moreover, although the Huns were ferocious, they had no grand ambitions, they were just trying to make money, and they were not expected to become any hidden dangers. β
Sima Yi said something freely, and Tian Feng was speechless, although he felt that there was something wrong, but he had no words to refute it.
Yuan Shang did not hesitate any longer, immediately waved his hand, and said resolutely: "Needless to say, dealing with the big traitor of the pottery thief is the first thing at the moment, so according to Zhongda's plan, quickly go to Hedong with a lot of money, and invite Yu Fuluo to lead the Hun iron cavalry to Jiguan to rendezvous and help my father fight against the pottery thief." β
Yuan Shang finally put down his burden and decided to borrow the soldiers of the Xiongnu to help in the war, and some people secretly breathed a sigh of relief and were pleased, but some people secretly frowned, but they did not dare to object.
Yuan Shang also knew that the Huns were greedy, and it was easy to invite the gods to send them, but in order to deal with the potters, he couldn't take care of much, as long as he could borrow the 50,000 Hun iron horsemen.
The decision has been made, Yuan Shang is long breathe a sigh of relief, looked in the direction of Hanoi with a cold gaze, and sneered in his mouth: "Tao thief, it is not so easy for you to completely destroy me Yuan Shao, I Yuan Shang is not as easy to deal with as my father and brother, and when I borrow 50,000 Hun iron horses, it is the day when I avenge the Yuan family and retake Jizhou, hehe......"
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Hanoi County, Van District.
The 90,000 elite cavalry of the Wei army has penetrated deep into the hinterland of the river, intending to divert to the north, enter Shangdang County, and take Huguan directly.
The potter, dressed in Xuanjia, rode his horse slowly in the tide of the sea of soldiers, and his eagle eyes glanced at Wen County in front of him from a distance, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he remembered something.
"This king remembers, this Wen County seems to be the hometown of the Sima clan, so quickly send someone to recruit Sima Yi to serve in front of the army." The potter whipped and ordered.
Sima Yi, a peerless talent comparable to Zhuge Liang, single-handedly guarded the western border of Wei State, blocked the road of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and made great contributions to the Wei State, but he was ambitious, and also usurped the foundation of the Wei family for the Sima family, and helped smooth the way.
Such a powerful and extremely terrifying character, the potter didn't think about it, once he encountered it, how could he not react.
As the saying goes, the times create heroes, Sima Yi at this time may not be ambitious, such a great talent, naturally summoned to his command first, for my use.
Jing Ke immediately sent a team of guards to Wen County to recruit Sima Yi, and the pottery merchant set up a royal tent on the spot and prepared a banquet, intending to recruit this Sima Yi.
A few hours later, Jing Ke entered the king's tent with a solemn face, and arched his hand: "King Wei, the people sent out to report that Sima Yi left Wen County a few days ago and went north to Shangdang County, and it is very likely that the whole family went to Yuan Shang." β
The potter's face changed, and anger flashed in his eagle eyes.