Wang Ping listened to the conversation between Jiang Wei and Ma Yi, and gradually understood the current situation, covered in cold sweat, as if standing on the tip of a knife, he now understands that if there are few mistakes, then he will fall to the bottom, and accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to fall to pieces, is this the imperial power technique? It's really scary!

Ma Yi finally chose to send troops to rescue Ma Shuang, and he not only sent a support army, but the whole army.

At night, fifty miles north of Nanpi, the military tent of the Wei State.

Sima Yi lit a candle and looked at the person opposite with a smile: "A small candle actually emits such a light, you Chu people are really smart?" You can make this thing. ”

"Sir, don't you think I look like this candle now."

"It's not like a candle that burns itself to illuminate others, but you burn yourself to burn others."

"Really?"

The candle flame stabilized, and the face of the person in the dark night was revealed, and it was Ma Shuang.

"According to the report from the spies, Ma Yi's whole army was dispatched to save you, how do you think he will save you?" Sima Yi said with a smile.

"I guess he's going to use that famous art of war."

"Did Wei save Zhao?" Sima Yi asked.

"Since Mr. has already said it, then Mr. has already thought that he will lead the army to attack Nanpi and lead you back to defend." Ma Shuang said.

"Jiang Wei and Wang Ping are just two people, Zhuge Liang didn't come, the two of them, General Cao Zhen alone is enough to resist. And I'll continue to besiege you here, and if they hadn't put Nanpi in danger, wouldn't you have been more dangerous? ”

"It seems like this."

"But from this point of view, your layout is not too rigorous, forcing Ma Yi to send troops, he really sent troops, and he will not put himself in danger, and you have also explained to your father and civil and military officials, and what should you do?"

Ma Shuang smiled and said, "Yes! My smart brother is not easy to deal with, so I need you even more! If I become the emperor, you will be the prime minister. ”

"It's this sentence again, you're so smart, it won't be too comfortable to be your prime minister! If I do take refuge in you, it is not a betrayal of my Lord, and the betrayer will not end well. ”

"I have already thought about this for Mr., the emperor Cao Rui, whom you are truly loyal to, has died, and you are not the confidant of the new emperor Cao Zhang, he is suspicious of you, and your defection to my Chu State is not a betrayal."

"Isn't it a betrayal?"

"Sleeping with a woman for a long time, with the same position, will definitely get tired, change a bed, change a woman, change a position will be better."

"Haha! If I capture you and hand you over to Your Majesty, then Cao Zhang will definitely regard me as a confidant. ”

"Confidant? Cao Wei can't support it for long, if you kill me, it means that your Sima clan will be put into the sea of fire, and when Cao Wei is extinguished, with the character of my father, I will definitely behead you all over the house, and the chickens and dogs will not be left. ”

Sima Yi laughed, and laughed: "So, you are threatening me?" ”

"There's no threat, I just want my husband to be my prime minister."

"The situation on your side is not good!"

"If the situation is good, what's the use of a talented man like Sir? Jiang Wei is Ma Yi's die-hard loyalist, and Jiang Wei's master is Zhuge Liang, and he is also your old rival, don't you want to learn from him again? ”

Sima Yi smiled, slowly stood up, and then knelt at Ma Shuang's feet and said, "Meet the lord." ”

Ma Shuang hurriedly helped him up and said, "Get sir, I'm sure I'll win." ”

Ma Yi and Jiang Wei led an army of 80,000 to attack Nanpi day and night, Wang Ping led 20,000 Wudang Fei troops to rescue Ma Shuang under the instruction of Ma Yi, but encountered Sima Yi's ambush, 20,000 troops were trapped, almost all of them were killed, and Wang Ping died in battle.

When the news reached Yecheng, Zhuge Liang hurriedly told Ma Hong and asked Ma Hong for orders to personally lead troops to rescue Ma Shuang. Ma Hong shook his head and said three words: Wait.

"Surround the corpse to send reinforcements, senior brother, this is what you have used, Sima Yi just wants to surround His Highness, and wants to eliminate the reinforcements little by little, if it continues, these 200,000 troops will be swallowed up sooner or later!" Zhuge Liang said bitterly.

"It's not bad for these 200,000, I have soldiers."

One sentence made Zhuge Liang feel cold, he looked at Ma Hong's eyes, his eyes were full of coldness, is this still his senior brother? Has he really become an emperor? In the world, the lives of soldiers, even the lives of their own sons, are not important? Just to choose the most suitable king?

After Wang Ping was killed, Ma Yi was shocked, stopped the attack on Yecheng, and summoned Jiang Wei to discuss countermeasures.

"The elite of the 20,000 elites, the Wudang Flying Army was swallowed up like this, even Wang Ping was killed in battle, and Nanpi couldn't attack it, do you want to continue to rescue?"

Jiang Wei shook his head and said: "No need, everything that should be done has been done, Wang Ping will not die in vain, you can use Wang Ping's death to tell the world, Your Highness, you have done your best, if you continue, you will also die." ”

"So what's next?" Ma Yi asked.

"Don't do anything, just stay there."

"Do you want to stay there?"

"Although Your Highness is smart, but when it comes to fighting, Your Highness, you are not as good as your brother, nor as good as your ministers, Wei Guojiu has been at war with my Chu State for a long time, and has experienced a great defeat, even if the soldiers are enough, but the supplies may not be able to keep up for a long time, in fact, now we don't have to fight anymore, and the soldiers of Wei will be starved to death by themselves sooner or later, if they keep forcing the war, they will fight hard, and they will fight hard with those who don't want to die, it is not the right choice."

"If you don't save Brother Wang, just wait, is it appropriate?"

"Ma Shuang dares to fall into the encirclement, maybe there is a countermeasure, he can ensure that he does not die, otherwise how dare he do this, and Sima Yi will definitely not easily destroy Ma Shuang in order to lure us into the bait, he is also waiting for Ma Shuang to run out of grain and grass."

"You're right, it's not that I don't save it now, but I don't have the ability to save it, just wait, if my father still doesn't save it, it's my father's business."

"Your Highness is right, we can pretend to rescue, tentatively attack a few times, send more than a thousand soldiers each time, and we can also probe the enemy's situation, what Ma Shuang is like now. Leave this rescue to Your Majesty! And I have now come to the conclusion that Sima Yi has not destroyed Ma Shuang for a long time, which shows that he does not want to destroy, but does not dare to destroy, once it is destroyed, with Cao Zhang's character, Ma Shuang will definitely be killed, and then Sima Yi will definitely offend my Chu State, and his Sima clan will definitely suffer, so he will not be destroyed, even if he is destroyed, he will secretly give Ma Shuang a way to live. ”

Ma Yi was silent for a long time, and said secretly: "Maybe Brother Wang has thought of this a long time ago, so he fought hard!" ”

Jiang Wei didn't speak.

Thirty days later, hearing that Sima Yi had begun to attack Ma Shuang, who had run out of food, Ma Shuang ordered the soldiers to slaughter the war horses to satisfy their hunger, occupy the water source, and fight Sima Yi with their backs to the hills.

Ma Hong ordered Zhuge Liang to lead an army of 300,000 to march into Nanpi, Sima Yi heard the news, Cao Zhang saw that Nanpi was difficult to hold, and under the advice of Sima Yi and Cao Zhen, he gave up Nanpi and continued to retreat.