Chapter 299: Can't and Don't Do
Wei Ba sat on horseback and yawned incessantly. I chatted too late with Xiahou Xuan and Zhang Shao last night, and Zuihou didn't go back to his tent to fall asleep. Although it was a bunk, the three big men were huddled together, and they still didn't sleep well. If he hadn't been in a hurry to see Lu Xun, he would definitely be making up for sleep in the tent now.
Lu Xun's army had already reached the south of Xiangyang, but he was unwilling to launch an attack on Xiangyang. Wei Ba was helpless, he understood the patience of Lu Xun, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, no wonder Liu Bei fought a lifetime, but Zuihou became Lu Xun's stepping stone.
This man is too tolerant. Compared with his patience, I am afraid that Sima Yi, who claims to be able to endure, can only bow to the wind. In order to be able to provoke this divine turtle, Wei Ba had to go out in person.
Last night, Xiahou Xuan analyzed the form of the three parties, and listed Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun and Sima Yi as the internal troubles of each of the three kingdoms, in order to explain the intention of the Wei emperor Bixia Cao Rui to rest his troops. Although he has bad intentions, he has to say that this conjecture is somewhat interesting.
The Cao family was born as a poor landlord, and Cao Cao's great achievements relied on two foundations: one was a martial artist dominated by the Qian Pei group, and the other was a civil official dominated by the Ruying group. When the two groups were of one heart and one mind, Cao Cao's career flourished, and when the two groups began to splitβmarked by Xun Yu's opposition to Cao Cao's claim to the throne and being forced to commit suicideβCao Wei's internal strife began. When the generals of the Qian Pei Group were still alive, Cao Wei's foundation was still solid, after all, the military power was in the hands of his own people. But now the situation has changed, and the great Sima Cao Xiu has just died. The general Cao Zhen is seriously ill again, and he may return to heaven at any time, and only Sima Yi is left among the three military commanders of the Wei State.
And Sima Yi is the representative of the big family, although he is not from Ruying, he has an inextricable relationship with Ruying. He had just promised his daughter to Xun Yu's grandson Xun Fei. Because of Xun Yu's death, the Yingchuan Xun family has been very estranged from the Cao family, and although Xun Yun's father Xun Yun married Cao Cao's daughter, he was very indifferent to the royal family. At this time, Sima Yi and the Xun family got married, which had a sense of vigilance.
Sima Yi Weishenme has been patrolling outside Dunse? It's not that he can't conquer Dunse, it's that he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to claim more military power. Cao Rui Weishenme was reluctant to give him military power. It's because once Sima Yi has made a great contribution. In the future, the trend of Sima Yi becoming the first heavy general in the army will be irreversible. In this case, Cao Rui certainly hopes that the three parties will truce, so that he will have time to cushion the pressure brought to him by Cao Xiu's death and Cao Zhen's illness, and it is best to let Cao Zhen recover from his illness. Don't die of illness like Cao Xiu.
Wei Ba was skeptical of what Xiahou Xuan said. But he believes that there must be a part of this that is Cao Rui's true thoughts. Cao Xiu is dead. If Cao Zhen dies again, the royal family will basically lose control of the military power, and it will inevitably fall into the hands of the family in the future. The Jiupin Zhongzheng system has gradually invaded the Cao Wei regime. Once the military power is out of control, the fate can be imagined.
But Wei Ba was not satisfied, the battle of Xiangyang could not be stopped here, and his goal had not been fully achieved.
According to Xiahou Xuan, Lu Xun is Sima Yi of Wu State, and Sun Quan also wants to use him and prevent him. But Wei Ba felt that there was still a certain difference in this. Sun Quan has been in power for more than 20 years, which is far from being comparable to Cao Rui, the successor to the throne who has just ascended the throne for three or four years. In the current form, Sun Quan's desire to fight for Xiangyang would definitely overpower his vigilance against Lu Xun.
Wei Ba semi-forcibly took Xiahou Xuan across the Han River and asked him to take Jiangling to Yong'an. The apparent reason is that it is closer, but the actual reason is that he wants Sun Quan to know about the existence of Xiahou Xuan and forces Sun Quan to make further moves. As for Xiahou Xuan's safety issue, he didn't think about it that much. The two countries are at war, and they don't kill the envoys, not to mention that now there are envoys between Wei and Wu, presumably Sun Quan will not jump over the wall in a hurry, kill Xiahou Xuan, and anger Cao Rui.
Xiahou Xuan didn't want to take this road, but he couldn't resist Wei Ba, so he could only bow down and obey orders.
Coming to Lu Xun's camp, Wei Ba took Xiahou Xuan into Lu Xun's big tent. Seeing Xiahou Xuan, Lu Xun was very surprised, and his eyes looked at Wei Ba with some doubts, probably in his eyes, Wei Ba was really an idiot doing this.
Wei Ba didn't care what Lu Xun thought of him. Since he was born as a member of Shu Han, he and Lu Xun are destined to be enemies. Lu Xun thinks it's better for him to be an idiot.
Wei Ba looked around and saw Sun Ji at a glance. First, because Sun Xi was sitting in a very special position, right next to Lu Xun, and secondly, Sun Shu was wearing the war knife produced by the Wei family's workshop, and Wei Ba was too familiar with it. This is quite an indicator that Fei Yi put on Sun Xi.
"The prince is really extraordinary." Wei Ba showed his signature smile: "Although you are in the midst of so many generals, you still stand out from the crowd, like the sword of Xinyi, dazzling and dazzling." β
Sun was a little embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "There is a military specialization in front of me, and I dare to praise it as a fallacy for this." β
Wei Ba haha smiled: "Deserve it." General Lu also said the same thing about me at the beginning, and now I will pass it on to you, but I am just following in the footsteps of General Lu. However, the sword of Xinjin has not drunk blood, and it is a little less murderous after all. The prince will have a chance in the future, but he still has to go into battle to fight and show his true heroic qualities. The heroism of the rebellious general may be repeated in the prince many years later. β
Sun Wei's face was swollen and red, and he didn't even dare to say it.
Sun Ce is good at fighting and is the pride of the Sun family, and no young man in the Sun family does not regard him as an idol. Sun Ce's own son Sun Shao has not been able to come out, and there is no chance to fight in the future, the crown prince Sun Deng has a weak personality and is the crown prince, and the opportunity to fight is also very limited, and Sun Xi is obviously the best candidate to inherit Sun Ce's name. Sun Xi has always thought so, and Wei Ba's words really scratched Sun Wei's itch.
Wei Ba turned his face and said to Lu Xun: "General Fuguo, although you are said to be a good soldier and the son-in-law of the rebellious general, but at this point, you can't inherit the legacy of the rebellious general, so you have to leave the opportunity to a young handsome man like the prince." β
Lu Lan, who was standing behind Lu Xun, changed his face. Lu Xun is only eight years younger than Sun Ce, and marrying Sun Ce's daughter as his wife is also a helpless way, Wei Ba said that Lu Xun was Sun Ce's son-in-law in front of so many people, and said that he couldn't fight a decisive battle like Sun Ce, which was tantamount to humiliating him in person. It's just unbearable.
Lu Xun smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Nature is like this, you can't force it." People should make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and should not be forced to do it. The rebellious general instructed the king before his death, which was also the intention. Prince, you must have heard what the king said, right? β
Sun Yu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded a little embarrassedly.
Wei Ba nodded secretly, Lu Xun's turtle shell is really thick enough, and it can't be broken at all. He was not in a hurry, and then said: "General Lu, when we made the alliance, you were worried that Prime Minister Zhuge would not be able to agree to my plan, but now that the prime minister has agreed to my plan, you have been unable to move forward for a long time, I don't know what your intentions are?" Could it be that you want to betray the alliance? β
Lu Xun frowned: "The theory of betraying the alliance, where to start?" Not to mention that I came day and night, let's just say that in the battle of Hanshui to seize the bridge, our army's naval division also contributed a lot. But you attack our army without distinguishing between us and the enemy, and you are suspected of betraying the alliance. What's more, now that the envoy of Wei is in front of you, you have not even covered up the act of colluding with Wei, who betrayed the alliance, do you need to say? β
Before Lu Xun's words fell, Zhu Ran stood up uncontrollably and shouted: "Wei Ba, I am kind enough to help you break the enemy, but what is your intention in attacking our army?" If you don't give an explanation today, you can't stop. β
There was a sudden shouting and scolding in the big tent, and Pan Zhang was even more furious, and half of the war knife was drawn, and there was a big disagreement, so he pounced on Jiashi who was desperate with Wei Ba. Although Xiahou Xuan, who was standing aside to accompany him, tried his best to maintain his demeanor, his face still changed slightly.
Wei Ba shrugged his shoulders and sneered: "General Zhu, do you really not know the content of the covenant, or are you pretending to be confused?" β
Zhu Ran sneered: "What are you pretending to be confused? Don't you want to be fooled too much, Lao Tzu is not so easy to deceive. If you don't make things clear today, I will never let you go. β
Wei Ba turned his head disapprenously: "General Lu, please explain to General Zhu whose task it is to attack the pontoon bridge." Am I helping you, or are you helping me? β
Lu Xun was speechless for a while. It is clearly written in the covenant that it is the responsibility of the Wu army to control the Han River, but when attacking the pontoon bridge, the main force is the Shu army's water division, and Zhu Ran tried his best, at best it was only an assist.
"General Lu is embarrassed to say? Then I'll tell you. Wei Ba sank his face, turned around, pointed at Zhu Ran's nose, and shouted: "At the beginning, the two sides agreed that our army would attack Fancheng, and your army would cut off the Han River and turn Xiangyang into a lonely city, so that General Lu could pull out this nail." You are all battle-hardened generals, and you should be able to see that this is our army's selfless assistance to your army's action, and this is where our sincerity lies. At the beginning, General Lu couldn't believe that we had such sincerity, thinking that Prime Minister Zhuge would not agree. But as it turned out, we did, and at great cost, we fulfilled our promise, besieging Fancheng and keeping the Wei army out of Dunse. Not only that, but we have overfulfilled the tasks that were supposed to be done by you. β
He sneered and looked around, his words becoming more scathing. "Your army is known as the first in the world, so we handed over Hanshui to your army. I didn't expect zuihou to ask us to do it ourselves. I don't know if this is because your military sailors and apprentices have their own appearance, or if you are unwilling to contribute and perfunctory. If it's the former, then we can only blame ourselves for being blinded and mistaken by rumors, and if it's the latter, then I'm very curious, what qualifications do you have to make irresponsible remarks in front of me. β
He looked at Zhu Ran's face and shouted: "General Zhu, please give me an answer: can't or not?!" β
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