The 516th Heavenly Destiny (2)

Although the power of the early fire gun was very limited, it did not live up to the attention of Wei Dongsheng and Liu Bei.

In the second year after Sima Yan won the country, perhaps because the Han lost the fortune of the country and underestimated Liu Bei, or because he wanted to take advantage of the situation to Burwei Kyushu, the Jin State gathered 500,000 soldiers to kill Jingzhou. Under the background of panic among the people of the Han Kingdom, a small number of officers from the Absolute Holy Gate led the new army of Huoqi in time to cooperate with Liu Bei's main force to quietly set traps, and defeated the 20,000 or 30,000 core elite infantry cavalry of the Jin State in three battles and three victories, and disintegrated the first southern expedition of the Jin State with difficulty. After the failure of the first southern expedition of the Jin Kingdom, Sima Yan urgently met with Sima Yi, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao and other elders, and after some discussion, changed the strategy of "quick battle and quick victory" to the national strategy of "waiting for the enemy to collapse and win with goodness".

With 267 as the demarcation point, the Jin State no longer exaggerated the atmosphere of war, but ordered Yanghu and other front-line generals to send wine and meat to the Han army and the Wu army, and broke the fighting spirit of ordinary Han soldiers and ordinary Wu soldiers under the pretense of public opinion on the general trend of the Mandate of Heaven. The Jin State braked quietly, the Wu State had limited strength, and the Han State was busy with internal disadvantages, and the three families lived in peace for twelve years.

It was not until 279 that the balance of the Three Kingdoms was suddenly broken.

From 190 to 279, the effective range of long-lived seeds has been limited to Xiaoxiao Lujiang County. Except for Wei Dongsheng, who had already been enlightened, many immortals took it for granted that the Heaven and Earth Treasure was a miracle exclusive to Lujiang County, and if people in the world wanted to prolong their lives, they must accept the punishment of permanent grounding in Lujiang County. It was not until February 279 that the inherent cognition of the immortals was suddenly shattered, and Jiangxia County of Jingzhou, which was adjacent to Lujiang County, changed dramatically overnight, and since then it has been permanently included in the effective range of the Immortal Seed.

How wonderful Lujiang County was before, how wonderful Jiangxia County is now.

Jiangxia County includes Jingling, Yundu, Shaxian, Exian, Yangxin, Xiapheasant, Chaisang and other counties, Chaisang County and Xunyang County face each other across the river, and the Yangtze River channel from Xunyang County to Jingzhou gateway is instantly opened. Jingzhou is Liu Bei's territory, and the effective range of immortal seeds has been extended to Jiangxia County, which seems to be Liu Bei's luck at first glance. In fact, as the time of resisting the Mandate of Heaven became longer and longer, the negative state surrounded by the immortals of the Han Kingdom was already very severe.

For example, the experience points increased or decreased, and the experience points obtained by killing the immortals of the Han Kingdom at the same level decreased to 8.4%, while the experience points obtained by other forces killing the immortals of the Han Kingdom increased to 11.6%. With this increase and decrease, the upgrade efficiency of the immortals of other forces is 138% times that of the immortals of the Han Kingdom, and the gap is very, very obvious.

The small Lujiang County is crowded with many patriarchal forces such as the Absolute Holy Gate, the Yibao Camp, the Relief Camp, the Tiger and Leopard Camp, the Wudang Camp, the Wuyang Camp, the Zhuhou Gate, and the Zhengxin Gate, which are mutually restrictive to each other, and no one wants to see a certain family dominant. Hunting Liu Bei is only a temporary benefit, if the Sima family is allowed to dominate Lujiang County after unifying Kyushu, it will be a nightmare that everyone does not want to see. As the prophecy of the return of the three families to Jin became clearer, Sun Quan had to recognize the reality and ignore the additional reward of obeying the mandate of heaven to conclude the Yangtze River Alliance with Liu Bei again.

However, Jiangxia County is not good.

Jiangxia County is too big.

This piece of fat, how can everyone allow Liu Bei to swallow it alone?

If Liu Bei is willing to compromise, naturally everything will be fine, and everyone will sit up and divide Jiangxia County. But Jiangxia County is the eastern gateway of Jingzhou, and its geographical location is extremely important. In the past, when Liu Biao was running Jingzhou, the two brothers Sun Ce and Sun Quan wasted many years of critical time in order to destroy Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu. Once Liu Bei compromised here in Jiangxia County, Jingzhou would suddenly be a fish on the chopping block. The old incident of Lu Meng crossing the river in white clothes to attack and kill Guan Yu is vivid, how dare Liu Bei really believe in Sun Quan's credibility? As far as Liu Bei's goal of Wang Tu's hegemony is concerned, the change in Jiangxia County is a disaster, not a wealth.

Sima Yi immediately took the opportunity to convene a meeting of the Righteous Path Alliance, ignoring Liu Bei's protests to discuss the changes in Jiangxia County.

In front of interests, everyone was moved, and Liu Bei saw that the situation could not be reversed, so he simply left the table angrily. Unfortunately, Liu Bei's absence allowed Sima Yi to calmly persuade Sun Quan to reach a consensus, and Wu acquiesced in the Jin state's general attack on the Han state from the battlefield on the western front.

In October 279, 230,000 Jin troops launched a general offensive from the directions of Didao, Qishan, Xiegu, and Meridian Valley. To everyone's surprise, the Shu dangerous fortress seemed to have become an ornament at this time, and wherever the Jin soldiers went, many grassroots Han generals rushed to surrender, and they were shocked to unite with the Jin soldiers to encircle and suppress a few loyal ministers. Even Liu Bei's urgent reinforcements from Yizhou were caught by the Jin soldiers because of the betrayal of the Yizhou soldiers. In just three months, Yizhou became the territory of the Jin Kingdom.

At the same time, the Jingzhou battlefield is also in danger.

Weapons are of course very important, but they are only tools after all, and they require human initiative to work. The gap between the early firecrackers and the conventional cold weapons cannot ignore the fighting will of the front-line soldiers, and if the front-line soldiers do not have the fighting mind, no matter how good the firearms are, they are a pile of scrap metal.

Jingzhou, Jiangxia County.

Located in the northeast corner of Jiangxia County, Yamen was a military fortress near the Han River to contain the Jin army from Xiangyang to Jingzhou. At this moment, the clouds of Yamen were gloomy, and the wounded soldiers who had retreated from the front line were dull-eyed, and their morale was extremely low. Liu Bei stood lonely on the arrow tower and looked at the north, muttering to himself: "This is the destiny of heaven." ”

Wei Dongsheng also lamented the power of the Mandate of Heaven mechanism, but he didn't want Liu Bei to be discouraged: "Brother Xuande wants to admit defeat? ”

Liu Bei did not answer.

After a long time, Liu Bei said in a self-deprecating tone: "Yesterday I comforted the wounded soldiers, does the master of the door know how he answered me?" ”

Wei Dongsheng followed Liu Bei's tone and asked, "How did he answer?" ”

Liu Bei: "The great-grandfather of the wounded soldier was a fierce soldier who followed me into Shu, his grandfather joined the army, and his father also joined the army. But yesterday, he knelt down and kowtowed to me at the risk of killing his head, and persuaded me: 'Your Majesty has descended the Jin Kingdom.'"

Liu Bei sneered: "It is impossible to be perfect enough to be praised by everyone, but I Liu Bei asked myself without malice, why am I angry and resentful?" Every year, I take natural and man-made disasters seriously and do my best to reduce disaster losses. If Sima's family is very dedicated to disaster relief, I Liu Bei's efforts in disaster relief must be twenty points. But my twenty percent efforts, instead of winning the understanding of the people, became a sinner because I refused to surrender to the traitor Sima Yi. ”

"When I was down-and-out in the past, whether I was defeated in Xuzhou or living in Jingzhou, how could my Liu Bei's reputation be so ugly that ghosts and gods hated it? Just because he refused to surrender to the traitor Sima Yi, disaster became my Liu Bei's sin, and man-made disasters also became my Liu Bei's sin. They blamed well, 'The disasters were all caused by you Liu Bei, what is the use of your Liu Bei trying to rescue disasters'? ”

"Chilling!"

"Does the master of the door know that even Kong Ming (Zhuge Liang) persuaded me to surrender."

"Huh."

"Sixty years ago, there were less than fifty of the total number of strange heroes, and each one was unimaginably precious. Whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, they are reluctant to give the treasure to the lord at will, only I Liu Bei looks down on the blood and kinship, and Ning Ken Chan'er (Liu Chan) may suddenly die of misfortune, but also pour out the treasure to continue the life of the civil and military ministers, hoping that one day in the future can recover the Han family. Who would have thought that defeating Xuzhou would not be able to wilt our strong heart, and defeating Jingzhou would not be able to weaken our strong heart, and the strange destiny that could not be fathomed would scare off a group of civil and military ministers such as Kong Ming and Zilong. ”

Wei Dongsheng was silent.

Liu Bei's embarrassment over the years, Wei Dongsheng saw it in his eyes.

Since the loss of the protection of the Mandate of Heaven, the hearts of the Han people have become more and more chaotic. Whenever there are natural and man-made disasters, no matter whether these natural disasters and man-made disasters are caused by Liu Bei or not, everyone subconsciously pushes it on Liu Bei. Because Liu Bei refused to admit defeat, the sky would send down natural and man-made disasters to punish him; Because Liu Bei refused to admit defeat, the monsters would attack the township; Because Liu Bei refused to admit defeat, there would be so many unnecessary killings in the world.

The terrible nature of the Mandate of Heaven mechanism lies not in the negative state of percentage reduction, but in the fickleness of the human heart. If the people of the world feel that the Han Kingdom has no national fortune, how can Liu Bei persuade Shinong to continue to follow him? In terms of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers alone, it is extremely difficult for the Jin soldiers to conquer Yizhou in March, but with a group of gentry who are willing to obey the mandate of heaven, Yizhou will change the world in an instant.

Providence.

Popularity.

Despite the difficulties, Wei Dongsheng was unwilling to succumb to them.

Since Liu Bei gradually lost the courage to confront the Mandate of Heaven mechanism, he might as well attack his shield with his spear, and temporarily use the Mandate of Heaven warning to fool Liu Bei to continue to fight against the Mandate of Heaven.

As mentioned earlier, the limit of a level 5 immortal can predict 18 years of luck, and the limit of a level 6 immortal can predict 26 years of luck. The Millennium Killing World had unlocked the level 8 cap on time in 271, but due to various reasons, Wei Dongsheng had been slow to accumulate experience in recent years, and he was still a level 6 immortal.

Based on the prediction of the fortune of the next 26 years based on 279 years, you can only see 305 years at most.

However, this is enough.

In the real world, the Western Jin Dynasty was in extreme decline, and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings violently exhausted all its vitality. In 301, Zhao Diao, the assassin of Yizhou, was afraid of the Jia Nanfeng case with Jia's in-laws, and underestimated the decline of the Jin family for a long time, and was shocked to have the ambition of separating Bashu. However, Zhao Diao had great ambitions but no corresponding ability, and immediately died and the lights went out, indirectly raising Li Teh and others of the Luoyang Di clan. In 304, Li Xiong was proclaimed king, and the name was "Cheng", which was known as Cheng and Cheng Han in history, and it was the first country in the troubled times that unveiled the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms.

Reflected in the Mandate of Heaven mechanism, the luck is shown as the separation of the Yizhou plate from the Central Empire. It's just that because of the lack of experience, when the national fortunes of the Jin Kingdom obviously continue to exist for a long time, the immortal group is very confused about the result. For the time being, everyone can't judge the details of Cheng Han's national fortunes, and can only hesitate to guess: "Maybe this is a sign of a rebellion?" ”

The reason why Sun Quan agreed with the Jin Dynasty's onslaught on Yizhou on the western battlefield was also because they were puzzled by the separation trend of Yizhou, which was symbolized by the fate of the Cheng Han Dynasty. If the Mandate of Heaven is true, the Jin State may fall into a quagmire in advance when it gets Yizhou, which will greatly reduce the pressure on Sun Wu's side.

Wei Dongsheng then used the opportunity of becoming a Han Dynasty to deceive Liu Bei: "The general trend of the world, if you divide for a long time, you will be together, and you will be divided for a long time." It is the destiny of heaven for the three families to return to Jin, but just like Han and Wu have their own times, Jin also has its own fate. For the time being, it is difficult for Jin to reproduce the miracle of the two Han Dynasty and four hundred years, and the separation of Yizhou's luck and fortune after 25 years may be the node of the Sima family's decline from prosperity. Think about it, in another 25 years, Yizhou will be able to survive the shackles of the mandate of heaven, will Brother Xuande no longer insist on insisting? ”