On the same day, Emperor Wei Ming died. It was the first month of the third year of the beginning of the Jing dynasty (239). Cao Fang, the king of Qi, succeeded to the throne at the age of eight, and Sima Yinai and the general Cao Shuang accepted the edict to assist the young master. King Qi ascended the throne, Sima Yi served as a servant, a festival, a governor of Chinese and foreign armies, a record of Shangshu, and Cao Shuang each commanded 3,000 elite soldiers, and ruled the government together. Cao Shuang wanted to squeeze out Sima Yi, and wanted Shang Shujuan to pass him in advance, so that he could make a statement to the Son of Heaven and reappoint Sima Yi as the great Sima.

The courtiers thought that many of the great Sima had died in office in the past, which was unlucky, so they appointed Sima Yi as the Taifu, following the example of Xiao He, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty. With the prince Sima Shi as the free cavalry attendant, the three children are the liehous, and the four are the cavalry captains. Sima Yi Taoguang was obscure and vigorously refused to let his children become officials.

In the first month of the first year (240 years), Dongwei (today's Ben) came to pay tribute, and the Yanqi and Weisu countries, south of the weak water, and the famous king of Xianbei all sent envoys to offer. Emperor Cao Fang of Wei praised Sima Yi and added Sima Yi's fiefdom. At first, Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming liked to overhaul the palace, and the system was very extravagant and luxurious, and the people suffered a lot about it. When Sima Yi went out to Liaodong to return to the army, there were still more than 10,000 people who were conscripted for the repair of the palace, which were full of various rare treasures. During the reign of Emperor Cao Fang of Wei, after Sima Yi's performance, all the forced labor of overhauling the palace was dismissed. Wei used agriculture on the festival, and the national strength increased greatly, and all countries came to see him.

Retreat from the enemy to conquer Wu

In April of the second year of Zhengshi (241), Emperor Sun Quan of Wu divided his troops to attack Wei in four ways: Quan Cong led tens of thousands of troops out of Huainan, Zhuge Ke attacked Lu'an, Zhu Ran attacked Fancheng, and the general Zhuge Jin attacked Zhezhong.

In May, Wu General Quan Cong invaded Shaobei, Zhu Ran and Sun Lun besieged Fancheng, Zhuge Jin and Buqi invaded and plundered Qizhong, and Sima Yi invited himself to send troops to beg. The courtiers believed that the enemy soldiers should be allowed to break down from afar. Sima Yi thought otherwise. In June, Sima Yi led the army to reinforce him. He knew that the south was hot and humid, and the army should not last here, so he sent light cavalry to challenge first, but Zhu Ran did not dare to move. So, he recuperated and recuperated. Inspect the elite, recruit warriors, issue orders, and pose for siege. The Wu army was frightened and retreated overnight. At the mouth of Sanzhou (Jing, Henan, Yang, Sanzhou) for the Wei army to pursue, the Wu army was annihilated more than 10,000 people, and the ships and materials suffered a lot of losses. The Wu army that attacked Lu'an and Zhezhong also returned in vain. In July, Sima Yi was added to eat Yun and Linying, a total of four counties before and after, 10,000 households in Shiyi, and 11 children were all liehous. Sima Yi's meritorious deeds are becoming more and more magnificent, but he is more humble.

In the spring of the third year of Zhengshi (242), Emperor Wei posthumously called Sima Yi's father, Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang, as the Marquis of Wuyang. In March, Sima Yi went on to repair the Guangcao Canal, divert the river into Bian, dredge the large lakes in the southeast, and large-scale tuntian in Huaibei. Wu sent Zhuge Ketun to Wancheng, and the border people felt bitter.

Sima Yi wanted to lead his troops to attack it, and the courtiers thought that Zhuge Ke occupied the fortified city, had a wide range of grain and grain, and attacked alone, and the rescue troops would come. Sima Yi confirmed that Wu Jun was good at water warfare, not land warfare. The lake is shallow in winter, and the boat cannot walk, so the rescuers will abandon the boat and save each other on land, and it will be easy to break the enemy in a land battle.

In September of the fourth year of Zhengshi (243), Sima Yi led the army to march, and the emperor drove out of Jinyang Gate. When the army arrived in Shucheng, Zhuge Ke really burned and accumulated, abandoned the city and left. Sima Yi also inspected the Tuntian District in Huaibei and promoted Deng Ai, a son of a peasant family, to preside over Tuntian.

Auxiliary disputes

In the spring of the fifth year (244), the general Cao Shuang wanted to establish a prestige, but he did not listen to the persuasion of the Taifu Sima Yi, and advocated the destruction of Shu, and the Wei Emperor Cao Fang followed. As a result, Wang Ping, the former supervisor of Shu and the general of Zhenbei, was defeated, the Wei army was blocked from the boom, and the rear was not able to supply military food, a large number of cattle, horses, mules and donkeys died, and Shu Fu County and Fei Yi [yī] reinforcements also arrived one after another. Seeing that he could not win, Cao Shuang was forced to follow Sima Yi's advice and led his army back in May. Intercepted by the Shu army, the Wei army fought hard, and had to retreat, scattered, and suffered many casualties.

In August of the sixth year of Zhengshi (245), Cao Shuang abandoned the middle base and the backbone battalion, and handed over the two battalions to his younger brother Cao Xi to lead. In the first month of the first seven years (246 years), the Wu soldiers invaded the city, and more than 10,000 families crossed the river in the north to avoid the Wu soldiers. Cao Shuang disagreed, saying: "Now you can't build a city and defend the land in the south, but let the people stay in the north, which is not a long-term plan." ”

Sima Yi said: "Where it is safe, it is stable, and where it is dangerous, it is dangerous, and this is true for people and things." Therefore, it is said in the book of war that 'success or failure lies in form, and safety lies in potential'. The situation is the key to controlling everyone, and we cannot but be cautious. Suppose that the Wu thieves defend Shuishui with 20,000 people, 30,000 people confront our southern armies, and 10,000 people storm Qizhong, how can we go to the rescue? ”

Cao Shuang did not obey and drove the order back to the south. Wu soldiers really broke through the city, and tens of thousands of people were lost. Cao Shuang's behavior not only violated the duty of a minister who took care of his life, but also caused the national strength of Wei to decline, and many people with lofty ideals were quite uneasy and hoped that Taifu would uphold justice. Sun Li, the assassin of Bingzhou, went to complain to Sima Yi, and Sima Yi comforted him and said: "Stop, I can't bear it." ”

In April of the eighth year of Zhengshi (247), Mrs. Zhang's Xu. Cao Shuang used the strategy of his henchmen He Yan, Deng Yang, and Ding Mi to move the Empress Dowager Guo to Yongning Palace. In May, Sima Yi pretended to be sick and did not ask about political affairs.

In March of the ninth year of Zhengshi (248), Huangmen Zhang Dang put ten talented people in the inner court, such as quartz

One person gave it to Cao Shuang, and Cao Shuang and He Yan took the opportunity to collude with Zhang Dang to seek danger for Sheji. Cao Shuang and his comrades were also worried that Sima Yi was faking illness.

In the winter of the same year, Yin Lisheng of Henan Province wanted to go to Jingzhou to serve as the assassin and went to visit him. Sima Yi pretended to be seriously ill, and after Li Sheng came out, he said to Cao Shuang: "Sima Yi is like a corpse, bedridden, only residual qi, the form and spirit have been separated, and there is no need to worry." Later, he said, "It is sad that the Taifu cannot recover." So Cao Shuang and the others were not wary of Sima Yi. And Sima Yi pretended to be sick on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly arranged, preparing to eliminate Cao Shuang's forces.

Sima Yi in the King Continent

Sima's eyes were closed, and his eyelids were throbbing. In the sleepless moments, vague images began to flood into his mind: the death of his father, the little girl of Gangjun, and other scenes that he had no idea of the meaning: in very ancient times, some humans and demons were raised from the bottom of a tower to the top, and they were executed by the archers of the gods...... That's ——? He was told that those people were the ancestors of the Demon Dao family.

His tears could not be contained.

Zhuge , a classmate who was concentrating on copying something, was awakened by his whispers and walked to his side.