Wudu County.

This is a county belonging to the realm of Liangzhou, but this place is not only the land of Guanzhong, but also the road of the land of Bashu to the north of Guanzhong, which is the intersection of the three parties, as long as the Wudu is held, it is equivalent to the defense of Liangzhou and Guanzhong.

The Wei army has always attached great importance to Wudu.

They stationed two guards here, one of which is Zuo Weiwei, the main general is Sima Yi, the proud son of the Guanzhong family, most of the soldiers are from the Guanzhong soldiers, and the other guard is Zuo Huwei, one of the main forces of the four guards trained by Zhang Liao in the suburbs of Beijing, the main general Pang De.

However, when Cao Cao was in a coma, the situation in Luoyang was chaotic, and Pang Demi, the general of Zuohuwei, traveled in Xiliang to assist Yu Liangzhou in assassinating Shi Fu, and formed a Xiliang elite army to return to Guanzhong, camp in Chang'an, and suppress the overall situation in Guanzhong.

In order to balance Sima Yi, the imperial court naturally could not let Zuo Huwei be given commander by Sima Yi, so it sent Zhang Ren, the former general of Shu, to the south to lead Zuo Huwei.

The main force of the two guards is the core of Xiabiancheng, and the left and right are stationed, one side is facing Bashu, and the other side is facing Hanzhong, forming a two-way horn defense in Wudu County, laying down a solid defense line.

Under the debate West City.

Zuo Weiwei is the main camp.

In the golden autumn of October, the autumn wind was blowing, Sima Yi wore a robe, held a roll of the art of war, sat in the middle tent camp, read carefully, and watched very carefully, so he felt the coldness of the autumn equinox blowing in.

"It's almost winter!" After half a ring, he came back to his senses from the book of soldiers, his body trembled, and he couldn't help but look up, looking at the blue sky from a small window in the tent, and couldn't help but sigh.

"General, a secret letter from Luoyang!"

At this time, the deputy general Yang Xiu opened the curtain. Striding into the big tent, he handed over a letter with some caution: "This is an eight-hundred-mile expedited, and it was only sent to the barracks this morning, so I specially let you start it in person!" ”

"Who sent it?" Sima Yi put down the military book and asked.

"Master Sima!"

"Father? This period is enough time for them to toss, and now His Majesty has given way. It seems that they still have no dead heart! ”

Sima Yi's expression was not surprised, but the corners of his mouth raised a sneer.

He opened the letter, looked at the content on it, his eyes were slightly condensed, and his voice was a little indifferent: "The old man is a good hand, if they are really allowed to continue to toss like this, our Great Wei Dynasty may be doomed!" ”

"What's wrong with them?" Yang Xiu was a little puzzled.

"What else?"

Sima Yi thought for a while, put the letter in his hand on the candle and burned it out, before he said: "These old guys still want to seize power!" ”

"Isn't the seizure of power a good thing?"

Yang Xiu squinted slightly: "The situation in the Great Wei Dynasty now. The more power we have, the more we have the initiative! ”

"That's a good thing, but it also depends on time!"

Sima Yi shook his head: "Now the situation of the Great Wei Dynasty is already on the verge of collapse, we can only have a chance to fight to the death with Eastern Wu if we are united, Jia Xu's ghost pawns have been staring at me, if they are making trouble like this." It will definitely cause His Majesty's displeasure, and even make His Majesty remove our military power in a fit of rage. If it really comes to this point, it will be a bad thing for us and for the court! ”

He did not deny the political wisdom of the older generation such as Yang Biao and Sima Fang, who were old ministers of the former dynasty and had been up and down on the sea for many years, and their ability to fight in the court was very high. Moreover, they were born in a Confucian family, not only have a high prestige in Guanzhong, but also have a great reputation in the world.

If they do move, they will have a lot of influence.

But there is one thing, they are old after all. It is no longer suitable for this era, they can't see the current situation clearly, and even regard Cao Cao, a peerless hero, as the spirit emperor of the year, who can be at their mercy.

But can Cao Cao be compared to the Spirit Emperor?

Cao Cao was so ruthless that he could even kill his own son, what kind of person could he not kill.

These old guys can't see Cao Cao's ruthlessness clearly, and sooner or later the entire family will be affected.

Sima Yi thought about it, wrote a letter, and then Huo Qi only came and handed it to Yang Xiu: "Send this letter back to Luoyang as soon as possible!" ”

There are only four words in the letter, and there is nothing to fight!

He believed the old ones would understand what he meant.

"Yes!"

After Yang Xiu walked out of the camp with the letter, he handed it to a henchman, instructed him to send it back to Luoyang quickly, and then returned to the camp again: "Zhongda, will my father and the head of the Sima family listen to you?" ”

"I don't know!"

Sima Yi sighed: "The honor of the Guanzhong family for hundreds of years, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to let go!" ”

"That's right, but Zhongda, I think they did it right, now that the Wei army has been defeated, do we still have hope for Shangdong Wu? If it's a lose-lose game, the more power we control, the more we can survive in the future."

Yang Xiu also lost a certain amount of confidence in the Great Wei Dynasty at this moment.

"Dezu, have you lost confidence in the imperial court after the battle in the Kanto region?"

"Sort of!" Yang Xiu nodded calmly.

"It's understandable that you have lost confidence in the imperial court, but do you remember the Chu-Han rivalry four hundred years ago?" Sima Yi's expression was calm and he asked rhetorically.

"The dispute between Chu and Han?"

Yang Xiu's eyes lit up: "What Zhongda means is that today's situation is a repetition of the Chu-Han War four hundred years ago, and our Great Wei is now the ancestor of the Han Dynasty who was forced into Hanzhong, and the Eastern Wu, who dominated the world, was the ...... Xichu! ”

"That's right!"

Sima Yi's eyes still bloomed with a touch of confidence: "As long as the Great Wei Dynasty is still in the middle of the country, we still have hope, just like the indomitable ancestor back then, sooner or later he will have the opportunity to kill a great country!" ”

"What my brother said is not wrong, after the Hongmen banquet of the Han Dynasty, the Han Gaozu had no choice but to compromise, and was forced to lead the army into the land of Hanzhong, and he had to cut off the plank road and trap himself in Bashu, at that time everyone thought that he had lost the qualification to compete for the world, but in the end he destroyed the Western Chu in the middle of the day, and killed a great Han world!"

Yang Xiu sighed: "This is the ending that no one expected after going to the princes to destroy the tyrannical Qin four hundred years ago, but Han Gaozu did it, and the elder brother used this battle." I want to tell me that as long as the war has not come to an end, in fact, no one knows what the result is, and temporary gains and losses do not explain the final success or failure, and our Guanzhong family has now pressed the treasure in the Great Wei Dynasty, and we will fight to the death with the Wu army to the end! ”

He's a smart guy. From Sima Yi's words, it can already be inferred.

Although Cao Wei is now at a disadvantage, he has not yet reached the predicament of Han Gaozu back then, at least he is still concerned with the land of neutralization and Liangzhou, and he may not lose.

"Dezu, take 10,000 steps back, what do you think would be the effect if I led my troops and horses to attack the Wei Dynasty now, and then surrendered to Eastern Wu?"

Sima Yi's eyes narrowed, and he asked again.

"It's hard to guess the outcome. But my gut tells me that it's not a good choice! ”

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly: "The Jiangdong family that welcomed the Jiangdong Army into Jiangdong back then, is not the destruction of the door now, the remnants of the remnants, even if we surrender, can we maintain the inheritance of the family?" ”

The Great Wu Dynasty has always been very uninterested in the family, especially Sun Quan, the Emperor of Eastern Wu, who has always stood on the opposite side of the family. Even if they surrender, who can guarantee that Soochow will not cross the river and tear down the bridge.

"That's right. Since even if we surrender, it is unclear whether we live or die, we might as well fight to the death, even if one day, we are defeated, we can at least have a name in history! ”

Sima Yi's eyes were deep, and he said calmly: "I went out of the mountain back then. After taking refuge in Cao Wei, after meeting His Majesty for the first time, I was thinking in my heart, as long as he is alive, I will never betray. Because I understand a truth, people believe in themselves, as long as they choose, they must stick to the end, those half-hearted people will not be taken seriously, and there will never be success! ”

"It's because my mentality is not as tough as my brother!"

Yang Xiu said in a deep voice: "Since my brother wants to fight to the death, I will also rebel against my brother and fight to the death!" ”

"Hehe, I can't say that you are wrong, maybe I am just a stupid insistence, one thing is actually not wrong, the defeat of the Great Wei Dynasty has already lost eighty percent, and now what can struggle is just an equal division of the world!"

Sima Yi stood up, his hands behind his back, his eyes looked at the sky, his eyes were gloomy, and he sighed a little: "Sun Zhongmou is not the overlord of Western Chu after all, after the Great War in the Kwantung region, if he can attack Guanzhong impatiently, with the intention of dominating the world, we may still have the possibility of defeating him in a game, but in that case, he can stabilize his momentum and consume our Wei army soldiers and horses step by step, this fang is really difficult to deal with!" ”

Although he could comfort himself that he had not lost this battle, he had to admit that in the situation, Great Wei had fallen far below Eastern Wu.

Miracles are miracles, but they are not so easy to create.

Today's Great Wei Dynasty, the land of Hebei has been lost, the Kwantung region is gone, the foundation of the dynasty has lost more than half, and three-quarters of the entire Central Plains has fallen under the battle banner of Eastern Wu, and he has no hope.

"Zhong Da, you said that if we can seize the land of Bashu, is it possible to turn defeat into victory, at least we can divide the east and west of Dongwu and divide the world into two!"

Yang Xiu thought about it, and suddenly said a little whimsically.

"If you want to capture Bashu, how easy is it!"

When Sima Yi heard this, he squinted slightly, his brows furrowed, and there was a sharp glint in his eyes: "There are two main armies of Eastern Wu in the land of Bashu, and the strength is still above us, just to guard against us, don't say that we are going south, maybe they are thinking about ...... at this time."

Speaking of this, Sima Yi's voice paused, as if he thought of something, and his face changed drastically.

"What's wrong?" Yang Xiu was a little strange.

"We seem to have overlooked something deadly!"

Sima Yi said quietly.

After the battle of Kwantung came back, he kept subconsciously telling himself that if the Wu army stabilized the situation in the east, it had no intention of fighting aggressively, and there should be a period of peace between the two dynasties.

So he subconsciously let his guard down.

However, in the current situation in the Central Plains, the east does not mean the west, the east is peaceful, and the west does not mean that there will be no war.

The Bashu Legion and the War Elephant Legion of the Wu Army did not participate in the Kwantung War, they have always been recuperating, at this time, when they least expected it, would they suddenly fall out of the nest...... Assault on the top.

If they attack Wudu with the main force at this time, then they will face great trouble.

"Dezu, has there been anything unusual in Baima Pass recently?"

Sima Yi's face was straight, his eyes looked at Yang Xiu, and he asked in a deep voice.

"No, our spies report that everything is normal with Wu Jun!" Yang Xiu shook his head: "If you want to say that it is abnormal, it seems that there are a little more grain transport teams in Baima Guancheng, but they will replenish grain and grass every once in a while, which is normal, but this time they have not replenished much!" ”

"It's not normal!"

Sima Yi's face suddenly became ugly: "It's October, and it's not winter yet, if the Wu army is to replenish logistics on a large scale, there is only one purpose, they are preparing for war!" ”

"Preparing for war?"

Yang Xiu was taken aback: "Now?" No way! ”

"There are many things that only you can't think of, nothing is impossible!"

Sima Yi strode out of the position, walked to the terrain sand table on the left side of the middle camp, and looked at the sand table where the forces of the two sides were facing each other: "Dezu, you immediately send scouts to probe our sentry posts in Lu'an Mountain, Dahuangling, and Baishui River, if the Wu army wants to go north, it must pull out our sentry posts, as long as there is a problem with the sentry posts, then it is certain that the Wu army intends to go north to Wudu!" (To be continued.) )