"Taifu Sima Yi."

"What?" Xiahou Xuan was so surprised that he almost didn't drop his chin to the ground, others may not know, but Xiahou Xuan, who is Cao Shuang's cousin and confidant, knows too well, who Sima Yi is, that is Cao Shuang's number one political enemy in the court, Cao Shuang wants to get rid of him quickly, and he has long been planning how to get rid of Sima Yi.

Last year, with the death of his sister Xiahou Hui, Cao Shuang forced Sima Yi to give up the military power of the second battalion of the backbone base, which was regarded as a heavy blow to Sima Yi, but now he wants to give Sima Yi the military power of the southern army, which means that Cao Shuang spit it out with interest, doesn't this seem like Cao Shuang's style of doing things?

Xiahou Xuan really couldn't figure it out, maybe he could understand it if he resent someone else, but if he sent Sima Yi to come, which one did Cao Shuang think? Xiahou Xuan even suspected that something was wrong with his ears, which was obviously impossible.

"General, give Sima Yi the power to fight, you must not, Sima Yi is a wolf with ambitions, often harboring bad intentions, and is definitely not a pure minister of my Great Wei, please think twice before acting." Xiahou Xuan saw that everyone present was Cao Shuang's confidants and cronies, so he didn't have to worry about anything else and spoke bluntly.

Cao Shuang himself was shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Xiahou Xuan said that he didn't know that giving Sima Yi military power now is tantamount to returning to the mountain, and the efforts he made before are likely to be in vain, but now that the enemy is current, Cao Shuang counted his fingers, and did not count a leading future who was both loyal to himself and capable of resisting the enemy.

This can't help but make Cao Shuang depressed, but depressed to depressed, the matter of retreating from the enemy has to be carried out quickly, the urgent documents in front of him are like snowflakes, the military situation is urgent, Cao Shuang, who is the first and auxiliary minister of the general, can no longer turn a blind eye.

If you talk about the real ability, maybe Cao Shuang can't do it, but in a high position, he still knows that he has to seek his position, and he must seek his own government in his position, compared to himself and Sima Yi's shield, Wu Guo is his real enemy.

This is a plan to "drive the tiger and devour the wolf", and the person who offered the strategy was Ding Mi.

Ding Mi saw that Cao Shuang was at a loss, so he made a suggestion to Cao Shuang and suggested that Sima Yi be used to command the army of the south and quell the attack of Wu.

In the past few years, the generals of the Wei State have withered, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhenxia, and Hou Shang of the clan have died of illness one after another, and Man Chong, Jia Kui and others, who can fight well, have also passed away one after another.

If someone else made this suggestion, Cao Shuang would probably be furious and even drag the person who made the suggestion out and behead him, which clearly shows that he wants to reuse Sima Yi, is this worth it?

But the person who made this suggestion was his confidant Ding Mi, Cao Shuang had to think about it, because he knew that Ding Mi was a flexible person with a lot of tricks, and since Ding Mi wanted to offer this clever plan, he must have been prepared for it.

Ding Mi knew that Cao Shuang had no one to send, and Xiahou Xuan, the only one who could be regarded as a leading general, was just a battlefield chick, with Xiahou Xuan's ability, if he dealt with ordinary enemy generals and a few enemy troops, he might be competent, but this time Wu Guo made a big move, and the puppet emperor Sun Quan personally conquered, so that Xiahou Xuan, a person who had never led troops at all, fought such a key battle, which was indeed reluctant.

If Xiahou Xuan suffers defeat, the consequences must be extremely serious, many ministers in the court are extremely dissatisfied with Cao Shuang's move to appoint Xiahou Xuan as the main general, if Xiahou Xuan is defeated, it will undoubtedly fall into the mouth of many people, and Cao Shuang, who is not a lady, will inevitably bear a lot of pressure.

After all, I am afraid that only Sima Yi has this qualification, so Ding Mi recommended Sima Yi.

Seeing Cao Shuang's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Ding Mi immediately said to Xiahou Xuan: "General Xiahou's words are wrong, now that the enemy is current, the general does not need Sima Yi, who can retreat from the enemy?" Is General Xiahou so sure? ”

Xiahou Xuan was speechless, if he was asked to deal with Quan Cong, it would be difficult mode at best, but if he was asked to deal with Sun Quan, it would be equivalent to opening the hell mode, and the opponent with a difficult level might be able to give it a try, but the opponent at the hell level Xiahou Xuan may not even have the courage to try.

Ding Mi stroked a few strands of sparse beard under his chin, and said with a slight smile: "What General Xiahou is worried about is that once Sima Yi is put in charge of the army, it will be easy to form a big tail. In fact, General Xiahou thought a lot, this is a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, the wolf is ferocious, and the tiger cannot be captured, so he thinks that if he wants to defeat Sun Quan, it must be Sima Yi. ”

Xiahou Xuan said suspiciously: "Even if you let Sima Yi take charge of the troops, how can you know whether he is attentive or not, you must know that Sima Yi is extremely treacherous, this time it must be a joke of the general." ”

Ding Mi smiled and said: "General Xiahou is too worried, if Sima Yi dares to be careless and deliberately loses the battle, it will be a great opportunity for the general to take advantage of the situation to get rid of political enemies, and this point is enough to cure Sima Yi's capital crime." ”

Xiahou Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he wanted to get rid of Sima Yi, which was a good way, he could pretend to be the hand of Dongwu, if Sima Yi unfortunately lost the battle, even if he didn't die in the hands of the Dongwu people, he could also let Cao Shuang find an excuse to punish him for capital crimes.

However, if you want to use this opportunity to get rid of Sima Yi, the difficulty is too great, you must know that Sima Yi has made outstanding achievements and has the reputation of a victorious general, whether it is against Eastern Wu or Western Shu, he has not tasted defeat, don't look at Sun Quan to attack with the whole country's troops, but for Sima Yi, it is regarded as nothing at all.

"If Sima Yi wins, won't that boost his prestige again, wouldn't it be even more difficult to deal with him in the future?" Xiahou Xuan still had some doubts.

Ding Mi was full of confidence, and said with a smile: "The army of the southern expedition was originally a temporary patchwork army, if the victory is returned to the dynasty in the future, the soldiers and horses of each battalion and each department will still have to return to the headquarters of the battalion, Sima Yi is just a bare-bones governor, and when all the southern expeditions are dispersed, its military power will collapse by itself, why worry about being difficult to deal with?" ”

Xiahou Xuan secretly weighed it, don't say it, Ding Mi's "bad idea" seems to have a lot of merit.

First of all, Sima Yi had to win, Cao Shuang handed over the soldiers and horses to Sima Yi, and then watched from the side, waiting for Sima Yi to make a mistake, and then he could make up for it ruthlessly.

Secondly, even if Sima Yi is lucky to win, it is unrealistic to retain this military power for a long time, compared to the fact that each battalion and each unit has its own system, and after the victory returns to the dynasty, it is also each father to his own father, and each mother to his own mother, in the end, Sima Yi only has a bare pole title, what use can it be?

So Cao Shuang thought about it for a long time, but still accepted Ding Mi's suggestion.