As the saying goes, if one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven. There are also rewards for meritorious deeds, and the descendants of the shadows are sprouted.

As a lord, Gao Yuan, his subordinates are all following him to the future, and he naturally can't break this convention, because it will greatly discourage the enthusiasm of his subordinates.

In front of everyone, he greatly affirmed Sima Yi's merits. Sima Yi was able to stand firmly on the side of Gao Yuan in front of Cao Cao's discord and under the persuasion of the whole family, which has proved his loyalty.

"I'm proud to have a subordinate like Zhongda." This is what Gao Yuan said himself.

While Sima Yi was grateful, he was also very blamed, and went out of class to bow and said: "Lord, his subordinates are guilty." ”

Gao Yuan said to Xu Shu: "Although the matter of Brother Zhongda's brother is very important, fortunately, it has not caused serious consequences, so it will be dealt with lightly!" He was sent to his hometown, planted land, and underwent labor reform. ”

Xu Shu was delighted, in this way, the Gaoyuan forces were more united, he hurriedly got up, and said loudly: "My subordinates know." ”

After all, this is Sima Yi's younger brother, Sima Yi has been unable to sleep at night for a while, and when he closes his eyes, it is the scene when he was a child, his younger brother played with him like a fart. At this time, Sima Yi's eyes were red, and he bowed deeply.

However, Gao Yuan hadn't finished speaking, he said very solemnly and sincerely: "Mr. Sima also has merit with me, but everyone has their own ambitions, if the old gentleman and his children and grandchildren are unwilling to be here, they can leave at will, and I will definitely not stop them." ”

"But!" Gao Yuan's voice changed, and he said majestically: "See you next time, I will never tolerate mercy." ”

Everyone knows that Sima's family can be said to be treasonous and an unforgivable crime. However, being able to get such leniency comes from Sima Yi's loyalty. It was Sima Yi's loyalty that was exchanged for the lord's feedback.

Sima Yi knows this deeply. His gratitude could no longer be expressed in words, he held back the tears in his eyes, and once again bowed deeply: "The minister is willing to serve the Lord in this life, and never give up!" ”

At night, Gao Yuanjun temporarily put aside military affairs. Government affairs held a grand dinner to celebrate this hard-won victory.

Gao Yuan drank with Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Xu Shu, Sima Yi, Zhou Cang, Xu Huang, and Yu Ban.

In all wars, their kings and ministers repeatedly defeated strong enemies and continued to grow and develop. Thinking of the former hostile fence, everyone sighed, and everyone was drunk.

It was late at night, and Sima Yi returned home.

As soon as I entered the house gate, I saw that the lights were bright. There was no sleep in any of the rooms. If the master doesn't sleep, the subordinates naturally don't dare to sleep.

Sima Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, and came to the hall. Sure enough, Daddy and all the brothers were there.

I saw that in the hall, Sima Fang was sitting in the middle, with five sons, two on one side and three on the other. Everyone joined hands with each other, and the righteousness was awe-inspiring. Looks like death is at home. The people around them stood still with bated breath, not daring to move.

Sima Fang saw Sima Yi come in. The crutch was stunned, and he said strangely: "Master Sima, didn't you bring the troops here?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but look out, in their opinion, Gao Yuan returned to the city, and he would definitely open the knife.

Sima Yi knew that something like this would happen. So he didn't drink too much, and when he saw his father talking so heavily, as a filial son, he immediately knelt down and bowed, "Father is above." Listen to my son. ”

Afterwards, Sima Yi relayed Gao Yuan's words.

There is nothing to do in the Sima family, so whoever wants to go to Cao Cao can go.

This shocked the Sima family.

Sima Yi finally said: "The lord has said many times that his father has made great contributions, and the sixth brother has broken the law, and the lord has punished him to go back to his hometown to farm, reform through labor, and reflect on his sins." ”

It turned out to be such a good result, unexpected.

At the beginning, Sima Fang put on a battle of seeing death as home, because he and his sons believed that they were in a catastrophe, and after their thoughts were stiffened, the stubbornness of the literati made them subconsciously fight against Gao Yuan.

Now that there is nothing left, this rigid thought is suddenly pierced, and the literati's gratitude is repaid, gushing out.

Sima Fang stood up tremblingly with a crutch, his eyes were red, he looked at his sons one by one, and said tremblingly: "We...... What is this thing we do? The sixth man has committed a crime and must be punished, which is also good for him. General Gao treated us so kindly, and what did we all do. I read the books of the sages in vain, and I read them in vain. ”

He pointed to his sons one by one and said, "I'm old and confused, are you also confused?" For these things we do, we will definitely be spurned by the people of the world, even if we go to Cao Mengde, how can we live? As far as Cao Mengde's heart is concerned, he will definitely not reuse us who betray the Lord. ”

"It's ......." The five sons looked at each other and bowed together, "Daddy, it's the children's fault." ”

Old Sima Fang burst into tears, he had already realized his mistake, and he was ashamed that he had not been able to withstand the test, and he cocked his crutches and said, "Tomorrow, all follow me and go to the General's Mansion to apologize!" ”

Sima Yi's heart finally relaxed.

"Father, what about the eldest brother?" The third Sima Fu said.

Sima Fang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly looked at Sima Yi, and Sima Yi immediately said: "Father, don't worry, although Cao Mengderen is not as good as my master, he is also a person with strict rules. This matter, each for his own master, he will never embarrass the eldest brother. ”

Sima Fang completely put his mind at ease, and in the coming day, he took the whole family to Gao Yuan to apologize.

For Gao Yuan, an internal crisis was also resolved invisibly. The ministers saw that they were convinced by their lofty benevolence, and believed that after this incident, they would be more united internally.

Not to mention that Sima Fang hugged Gao Yuan's leg and cried bitterly, that is, on this day, Cao Cao secretly returned to Xudu with a black face. In fact, there are no soldiers and horses who can follow him back.

Cao Sikong has been defeated again!

When the news came out, the government and the opposition were shaken. Emperor Xian of Han wanted to summon the royalist faction to discuss this new rise of Gaoyuan, but the entire Imperial Forest Army was Cao Cao's henchmen, so he had to study it himself. He felt that Gao Yuan might be an opportunity for the world to change, and it might be very beneficial to him.

On the other hand, after Cao Cao returned to Xudu, he had to convene a military meeting of all the dignitaries. Because he has lost his troops again, this military deployment needs to be reformulated.

After Guo Jia's analysis, Gao Yuan has not undergone a certain amount of development at all since he occupied the three counties of Hanoi, and although his military strength has skyrocketed, his background is insufficient. If Gao Yuan vigorously counterattacks, there will be a tendency for logistics to collapse. Moreover, Yuan Shao was outside the Huguan defense line, eyeing Bingzhou. Therefore, Gao Yuan will not leave his current territory to attack for the time being.

"He will definitely focus on the internal development for a period of time, so that he can sit and watch the Central Plains War, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity!" Guo Jia hit the nail on the head.

Guo Jia's words have been recognized by everyone, and Cao Cao is no exception.

Now the Central Plains is facing each other, and the battle between Liu Bei and Yuan Shao has never stopped, and now, Yuan Shao's army of more than 100,000 people is besieging Pi and Xiaopei.

Cao Cao, who couldn't dig the wall, was defeated again, and his fear of heights broke out, so he felt: "Don't worry about Gao Mengyan anymore!" ”

He then said to his ministers: "The responsibility for the defeat lies with me, at this moment, when the outside is against a strong enemy, concentrate on internal development, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity." ”

Cao Cao owns most of Henan, a part of Shaanxi, Guanzhong, Guanxi, and Guandong, all of which are rich places. Calm down, vigorously develop, and take defense as the offense, which is the best policy.

The strategists felt that this was the only way to do it for now, and that was the only way to make a plan for the future.

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, and said: "In Gao Mengyan's place, the loss of soldiers is nearly 100,000!" ”

Only then did they realize that they had lost so many soldiers before and after. Xun Yu couldn't help but say the truth, "We are all blinded by Gao Yuan's weakness but occupying the whole of Shanxi, we only think that he will collapse at the first touch, but we didn't expect that he will get the huge support of Shanxi people." If there is no loss of generals, he may be able to join forces with Liu Bei and drive Yuan Shao back to the north of the Yellow River. ”

Everyone is blind to the issue of Gao Yuan, and only thinks that the territory occupied by Gao Yuan, who has few soldiers, is a piece of fat, who knows that there is a steel needle inside, and whoever bites it is a mouthful of blood.

Cao Cao secretly scolded again for being despicable and shameless, and said in his heart that maybe Gao Mengyan deliberately looked weak, just to seduce people to go under the knife. Thinking of this, there was a sudden outburst of fear of heights, and finally said: "Although Bingzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not so easy for Gao Mengyan to get out of Bingzhou. Since Yuan Benchu was just guarding him, so are we, and when we have a showdown with Yuan Shao, it is not too late to turn back and clean up Gao Mengyan. ”

As a result, Cao Cao strengthened the line of Luoyang, the garrison on the bank of the Yellow River, and strictly prevented Gao Yuan from crossing the river. began to concentrate on local construction, and from time to time small forces attacked Yuan Shao to help Liu Bei continue to hold on.

The news of Cao Cao's defeat reached Gunzhou, which was on the front line of the Yuan army.

Yuan Shao, who was in Puyang to command the war in the Central Plains, was overjoyed when he found out, and he immediately summoned his subordinates and said his thoughts, "Cao Mengde suffered a big loss from Gao Mengyan, losing 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the cavalry was once again wiped out. He does not have any mobile forces to speak of now, and it is the best time for our army to attack Guandu. ”

The generals deeply agreed with this, but the military advisor had other thoughts, and said: "Lord, General Yan and Tian's military division are already in the final stage of the operation in Xuzhou, and now it is better to attack Cao Cao than to attack Xuzhou, after defeating Xuzhou." The lord sits on the land of five states, and Cao Mengde is attacked on both sides of Gunzhou and Xuzhou, and enters the capital of Xu to rescue His Majesty! ”

After there were no intriguing strategists around him, Yuan Shao became more and more shrewd, he listened to the advice of Fu Zhu, and transferred his eldest son Yuan Tan from Qingzhou to guard Guandu. He led the generals Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Zhao Zhao, Jiang Yiqu, Lu Weihuang, Liang Xi and others to dispatch 100,000 troops to kill and rush to Xiapi.

In this way, the 200,000-strong army attacked Liu Bei, and the momentum was so great that it had already swept the Central Plains.

Cao Cao was also intimidated by Yuan Shao's armed forces, and regretted attacking Gao Yuan even more, and even lost his troops and generals, and was very passive in the Central Plains. However, when he attacked at that time, he didn't expect that he would be so tragically defeated. (To be continued......)

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