The Sichuan army's plan to pursue Cao Cao failed, and Liu Zhang ordered the Sichuan army to set up camp in Yingshui, and returned to Xuchang with Liu Xie's corpse.

Sima Yi tied the Son of Heaven to the horse in full view of everyone, and when Cao Jun escaped from Xuchang, Liu Xie sat stiffly on the horse and was urged by the sergeant, many people also saw it, and as soon as the news of the Sichuan army was released, many people believed it, even including some clans.

If it weren't for Liu Zhang's new policy, these clans might have turned to support Liu Zhang because of this matter, even if the clan now has only one choice to support Cao Cao, they are also a little dissatisfied.

The news quickly spread through Yingshui, and Sima Fu hurriedly found Sima Yi, and Sima Yi, who had been indifferent at this time, couldn't help frowning.

Sima Yi didn't expect Sima Chang to be caught up by the Sichuan army, but he didn't expect Liu Xie to die at all, Sima Yi saw that Liu Xie was not of much help to Liu Zhang, and coercing the Son of Heaven to make the princes not suitable for him Liu Zhang, so he relieved himself to let Liu Xie out, the purpose was to let Zhao Yunma super divide his troops.

Sima Yi didn't believe that Sima Chang killed the emperor violently, most of them were killed by the Sichuan army himself, but when Sima Yi thought of this, he felt a chill in his back.

He seems to have underestimated Liu Zhang's courage, of course Sima Yi didn't believe that Liu Zhang was a good man and a woman, and he really supported Liu Xie as the emperor, and he was willing to be a minister.

But using Liu Xie as a puppet, Sima Yi still feels that there is a 90% possibility, this is not only a question of whether it is good or not, killing the monarch, that requires a lot of courage.

Sima Yi lay in front of the coffee table like a ball of meat, and said leisurely: "Why didn't I expect it, you even dare to offend the world without blinking." What is it to kill a son of heaven? ”

"Second brother. What did you say? Sima Fu didn't hear clearly. hurriedly said: "Second brother, now that the Sichuan army is blaming our Sima family for the crime of killing the king, that is a great disadvantage, and the second brother should quickly find a way to clarify." ”

The family of the Han Dynasty is the vested interest group of the Han Dynasty, and the vested interest group plus the meritorious heroes of the ancestors make the family basically still loyal to the monarch, and have deep feelings for the Han Court, Sima Fu is not a stupid person. He knew that the charge of killing the monarch was planted, which was very detrimental to his Sima family.

"Clarification? People splash you with a pot of, and when you wash it up, it's not stinking and clear. Sima Yi reprimanded Sima Fu and knocked his forehead.

"Now I run to say that it wasn't Sima Chang who killed it, it was killed by the Sichuan army, the first Liu Zhang is the emperor's uncle, he has the edict of the Son of Heaven in his hand, and there is a queen in his hand, can we talk about them?

What's more, when we came out of Xuchang. How to treat Liu Xie, but he sees it in his eyes. Your second brother and I tied Liu Xie to the horse, tens of thousands of people in the Sichuan army saw it, and the people along the way also saw it, this pot of can't be cleaned. ”

"What then?"

"Transfer the dirty water of the Sichuan army to others."

"Who?"

"Who else, Cao Cao."

"Huh?" Sima Fu looked at Sima Yi in disbelief, now the Sima family is going to take refuge in Cao Cao, and transfer it to Cao Cao, isn't this still splashed on himself?

"You go and spread it to the soldiers first, just say that this time to resist the Sichuan army and use the Son of Heaven to divide the troops, Guo Jia explained before leaving, and I, Sima Yi, just acted on orders.

Then I gave a handwritten copy to the major families, and they all said this, you remember, no matter who it is, including the head of my Sima family, asked why the Son of Heaven stayed, it was Guo Jia who was afraid that we would not be able to keep Yingshui, so he left the trick, understand? ”

Until now, Guo Jia is still Cao Cao's top strategist, and the military is basically through Guo Jia, and Xun Yu controls the overall situation.

Of course, Sima Yi didn't dare to directly spread the rumor that Cao Cao took the initiative to leave the Son of Heaven, but it was Guo Jia who did this, who would think that there was no Cao Cao's instructions?

This can kill two birds with one stone, Sima Yi's biggest enemy at present is not Liu Zhang, it is Xun Yu and Guo Jia, directly framed Guo Jia, plus Guo Jia has presided over the military, the defeat from Guanzhong to Xuchang, and the impeachment of the civil officials of the clan, Guo Jia should fall, right?

And Xun Yu, Sima Yi knew that Xun's uncle and nephew were great loyalists, and they blamed Guo Jia, as long as their play was true enough, they first deceived the Cao army soldiers, and then deceived all the families, and the so-called blame of the Sichuan army is side evidence.

That Xun Yu Xunyou will also think that it is Guo Jia, but with their intelligence, they can immediately think of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's disrespect for Liu Xie again and again since Guanzhong can also deepen their doubts.

As long as Xun Yu Xunyu's loyalty to Cao Cao is shaken, it will be very simple to clean up.

"Third brother, within two months, my brother fell ill because of the death of the Son of Heaven 1, and you are here to help Xu Huang deal with military affairs."

Ignoring Sima Fu's eyes, Sima Yi continued: "The most important thing now is to stabilize the Yingshui defense line, it is already an ironclad thing for us to hold on to the forbidden soldiers and horses to go south, but even if all our forces are combined, as long as the Sichuan army attacks with all its might, there will still be more victories and fewer defeats."

But the Sichuan army will not necessarily set off a big war again, the first point is that the Sichuan army has been fighting for too long, the grain and grass have definitely bottomed out, and they have just occupied Xuchang, and they have received a lot of surrendered troops, how can there be people who can't digest the buns, the battle line is too long, and it will not be good for them.

There is also uncertainty about the direction of the attack of the Sichuan army, either Jiangdong or us, if our defense here is strong enough, they may not necessarily attack us here.

If the Sichuan army really starts a big war again, it will inevitably overdraft the grain and grass in Jingyi Erzhou, the construction of Guanzhong, and the stability of Xuchang will run aground, then the Sichuan army will be a bloated fat man, and we are not afraid of him. ”

Sima Yi smiled when he said this: "The Sichuan army's occupation of Xuchang seems to be of great significance, occupying the imperial capital, but the land of Yuzhou is connected to the Heluo Plain, and a horse is flat in Sichuan, such a place is in a tug-of-war with us, asking for hardships."

If the Sichuan army really overdrafts its internal affairs, ignores the development of Guanzhong and Xuchang, and forcibly attacks, as long as we hold on for half a year, they still have to retreat. ”

Sima Yi is best at defense, firmly believing that as long as he guards his territory, no matter what the war is, he will not suffer, and the Sichuan army occupies Xuchang, which is a point on the flat river. There are too many directions to be attacked. will be pinned down too many troops. Even if there are more troops than Cao's army, they may not be able to form an absolute advantage.

So Sima Yi is not much afraid of guarding the front line of Yingshui,

"Of course, I still don't want the Sichuan army to start a big war, what we need more now is to mobilize the resources of the major clans, recruit new soldiers, train new soldiers, and store grain and grass. Also, holding the power of Cao Jun in our hands.

Third brother, take advantage of my brother's serious illness, send me to Chenliu, the time is ripe, and I, Sima Yi, should officially serve Cao Cao. ”

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Xuchang, Liu Zhang led the army back, and also said that the pursuit mission failed, and the Sichuan army camped on the west bank of Yingshui and called Wei Yan. Discuss next steps.

"Wei Yan, if Ben Hou wants to wield Yanzhou now. What do you think? ”

"The last general is willing to join the army." Wei Yan said angrily.

"I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about what difficulties are we going to have? Do you think it's appropriate to march now? ”

Wei Yan frowned and thought about it, and his expression became solemn: "Lord, with all due respect, if we succeed in breaking through Yingshui, there will not be much pressure to enter Yanzhou, but now Xu Huang has led 40,000 soldiers and horses in Shouchun, and 30,000 recruits in Yanzhou are stationed, and everyone in those clans has donated money and food.

Cao Cao was originally exhausted of grain and grass, and the treasury withered, but now it has become an explosion of wealth, and we don't have much grain and grass, if Guanzhong wants to recover again, the investment will be very large, and we have no food to fight.

If we want to attack, the only way is to increase taxes, not to mention the increase in taxes to arouse public resentment, even if the taxes are raised, Cao Cao's northern army will also come down, Cao Cao will be forbidden to stay in the north to resist Wuhuan and the Yuan brothers, and the army under his command is very strong.

At that time, we must face a decisive battle, a decisive battle between our levy of taxes and the outbreak of wealth, not to mention the instability of our rear, the family of Xuchang will rebel at any time, and the geography of Yuzhou is also very unfavorable to us. ”

"It's the clan again." Liu Zhang slammed his fist on the table, his face flashed with anger, Yingshui was because of those frantic clans, and used the threat of the relatives of the family to block the cavalry of the Sichuan army.

It's okay for the clan to give money and food, and even if Liu Zhang knows that they can only do this, he still feels angry, after all, it is his own army that is in the way, just because he missed a very good opportunity to defeat Cao Cao.

Liu Zhang's original plan was to drive Cao Cao north of the Yellow River.

Now the Sichuan army wants to attack, not only to fight against the outbreak of wealth with the full support of the Shi clan, but also to prevent the Shi clan in Xuchang, where there is the shadow of the Shi clan, Liu Zhang is inexplicably irritable.

"With so many difficulties, you just asked for your life?" Liu Zhang looked at Wei Yandao.

Wei Yan smiled: "In a war, how can there be no risk-taking, a war will be decided." ”

Liu Zhang thought for a while, and he was naturally the same as Wei Yan, hoping that once and for all, a big war would be set off in Yanzhou and Cao Cao would be driven to the northern region.

However, the consequences of defeat are very serious, additional taxes, the people's hearts will be lost, the defense of the land of Yuzhou is not good for the Sichuan army, there are too many troops to contain, and if the Xuchang clan rebels at a critical moment, the Sichuan army is likely to be crushed for thousands of miles.

At the beginning, Zhou Budo said that the more heyday the moment, the easier it is to make mistakes, and mistakes are often fatal.

After a thousand miles of collapse, he returned to Guanzhong, there was not enough food, and Guanzhong could not restore prosperity, and the consequences were very serious.

And Liu Zhang now knows that the opponent he is facing is Sima Yi, the old fox of the Three Kingdoms, according to history, what this guy is best at is dragging, dragging people to death is not worth his life, he must know the dilemma of the Sichuan army, and he will definitely drag the war.

For the Sichuan army, which is not well defended, it is really unaffordable.

Whether to advance or retreat, Liu Zhang was a little undecided, and at this moment, a soldier came in: "Report, Wen Yu Jianye, the chief of the naval army, sent an urgent report." ”

"What? Wei Wen? Isn't he in the Chibi generation? ”

Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment, the Sichuan army and the Jiangdong army in the Chibi generation and the Jiangdong army in the Wulin generation were stumbling, trying to defeat Lü Meng and cut off the Yangtze River, including the Sichuan army, but they all thought that Wei Wen was there.

How did you get to Jianye? Liu Zhang took the military report, and after reading it, he was speechless in shock at first, and then a wave of joy surged into his heart, Dongwu, you are finished now.

"Wei Yan, immediately order Yueying to return to Xuchang to discuss the next step of the Sichuan army's march."

"Yes."

Wei Wen attacked Jianye and arrested a large number of children of the four families in Jiangdong, and the 40,000 army had threatened the heart of Jiangdong, so Liu Zhang didn't believe that Zhou Yu and Lu Su could take Jingzhou.

Liu Zhang's happy expression slowly precipitated, he thought of a person, Fu Shou, from a personal point of view, Liu Zhang definitely didn't want to do anything to Fu Shou, but even if it wasn't from a personal relationship, Liu Zhang also hoped that Fu Shou would live.

Fu Shou is the queen, after the death of the emperor, she came to nominally regent the Sichuan army, and the Sichuan army occupied the righteousness, although it could not attract celebrities to attack, at least the division was famous, and the generals could be hard when they were alone.

And if Fu Shou can confess to himself, then Sima Yi will be convicted of framing the emperor.

Liu Zhang thought about walking to the back hall.

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In a small courtyard in Xuchang, a group of children of the clan gathered together in inconspicuous coarse cloth clothes, and now Xuchang is strictly guarded by soldiers of the Sichuan army, and Wei Yan, the guard of Xuchang Town, is wide-eyed and picky, as long as these children of the clan are caught in pigtails, they are guilty of killing their heads.

The children of the Shi clan who used to walk sideways on the street are now like maggots in the gutter, and they no longer dare to gather together openly, and they still pretend to donate food to the Sichuan army, so they pretend to enter the courtyard as family members.

Outside, the die-hard family members were on guard, and a group of people inside were talking quietly.

"Wei Yan, what's too much, the Cui family has five generations, two generations of three dukes, and one generation of Shangqing, and he actually let Old Man Cui drill under his crotch, how is this different from barbarians?" A child of the clan was indignant.

"Even barbarians aren't so barbaric." Another chimed in.

"Alright, alright." An old man interrupted the words of the two, it was Fu Gong, the head of the Fu family, who was once the secretary, because the Fu family had been prominent for generations and had a high status in Xuchang.

"Old man Cui has been humiliated, and I am also very angry, but now is not to discuss the matter of old man Cui, the Sichuan army occupies Xuchang and strictly controls our entry and exit, threatening dozens of families in Xuchang, we must have countermeasures, otherwise it will not be as simple as being humiliated."

"What can Fu Lao do?" The rest of the people all looked at Fu Gong together.

Fu Gong sighed: "As far as I know, now that Sima Yi has blocked the Sichuan army in Yingshui, and arranged the Yingshui defense line with Xu Huang, unless Liu Zhang wants to fight a decisive battle, the Sichuan army will not be able to pass."

At the beginning, I really should have listened to Sima Yi's words and immediately withdrew from Xuchang, even if I lost some money, I wouldn't be trapped in the city, and Guo Jia's poor family was blamed for causing us today's disaster.

Since Sima Yi can only hold Yingshui at most, that is to say, it is impossible for us to be rescued by Cao Jun, and with our strength alone, even if we all rebel together, we will only have the fate of destruction.

The only thing we can do is to leave Xuchang and go to the place controlled by Cao Cao, all of our family's properties are not only Xuchang, even if we lose our property, we can make a comeback after we go back, and we will fully support Sima Yi in the future. (To be continued......)

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