Chapter 139: Sima Yi's Letter

Sima Yi's letter was not long, but what he said was very incredible. In the letter, he said that the 100,000 cavalry of the Xianbei Kebineng Department plundered the Koubian. This is nothing surprising in the first place, after all, those ethnic minorities in the north are not able to survive every year when they don't go to the Han border to plunder.

Sima Yi also said in the letter that he asked the emperor of Shu to temporarily stop the battle and retreat, so that he could lead his troops north, repel the Xianbei Koubian cavalry, and then come back to hunt in Xiangyang with the emperor of Shu.

Of course, he also said a bunch of big truths, saying that both Wei and Shu are the people of China, and everyone is of the same species (Han people), and now the compatriots in the north are in trouble, and the two countries should temporarily put aside their prejudices, put aside disputes, and jointly deal with foreign enemies.

Liu Hou was very surprised when he heard it, he really didn't expect that this Sima Yi was still a Han nationalist, and he was quite national, his statement was quite appetizing to Liu Hou, and he almost agreed to Sima Yi's request to withdraw immediately.

He thought about it later, and it was better to find three stinkers to discuss such a big matter as retiring from the army. However, after Bu Qi, Guo Youzhi and Deng Zhi circulated the letter, they all had different opinions.

First of all, Guo Yuzhi came out to speak: "Your Majesty, Sima Yi has always been cunning, and it is unknown whether the matter of the Xianbei army is true. Kebi Neng is a small Xianbei (that is, a small and simple Xianbei tribe) Lord (leader), since Cao Apu (Cao Cao's nickname) to the north, Kebi Neng Tong Guò Yan Rou to Cao Wei Nagong vassal.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an (213), the Wuhuan tribe of Daijun rebelled, and Kebineng entered the northern land of Kou with Wuhuan. Cao Cao sent his son Cao Zhang to lead his elite troops to defeat him, and Kebi was able to re-surrender. In the first year of Emperor Wen of Wei (220), Kebineng sent an envoy to sacrifice horses and was named the king of Fuyi.

It stands to reason that it is unlikely that Kebi can be Koubian at this time, but these barbarians are capricious and often surrender and rebel, and rebel and surrender. When the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, they were docile and dormant, and when the Central Plains Dynasty was weak, they rebelled.

Or, if the weather is not good, a large number of livestock freeze to death, and they can't get enough food, then they will definitely raid the border in order to survive, so it is really difficult to judge whether Kebineng really entered the northern land of Koubei this time.

However, once it is true, we must not retreat, but should take the opportunity to move our army north, and take advantage of the time when its army is fully engaged in dealing with the Xianbei cavalry, and capture the Central Plains. This is a God-given opportunity, and maybe he can take advantage of the chaos to destroy the Wei court in one fell swoop. ”

As soon as Liu Hou heard it, he knew that this guy was a person who had no national righteousness, and it was no wonder that people in this era had not yet awakened to nationalism and nationalism, who would have such strange thoughts? At this time, all ethnic minorities were the objects of being borrowed, used, and driven by the powerful powers, even Zhuge Liang was no exception.

When Zhuge Liang faced each other in Longzhong, he proposed to Liu Bei that "Zhurong in the west and Yiyue in the south". Its actual meaning is that Zhuge Liang used the Huairou policy of "harmony" and "care" to achieve the goal of maximizing the efforts of ethnic minorities for the Shu Han regime and providing food and wages.

After Zhuge Liang's first defeat of Wei, "more than 1,000 families in Baxi County returned to Hanzhong"; The third expedition to Wei and the two counties of Wudu and Yinping were obtained. "Liang Biography" contains the main edict after the reign, saying that Liang "descended to Jishi and Qiang, and revived the two counties". The clan Qiang and the two counties are mentioned together, indicating that there are not a few clan Qiang people in the two counties.

If these are all conquests of ethnic minorities, it is beneficial and harmless to the Han people, but the following thing is worth discussing: "Liang Chuan" notes "Jiang Jin Chunqiu" said: "Liang encircles Qishan, recruits Xianbei Ke than Neng, and can wait until Beidi Shicheng to respond to Liang." ”

In other words, when Zhuge Liang besieged Qishan, he colluded with Kebineng and asked him to send troops to contain Wei. In order to achieve his strategic goals, Zhuge Liang did not consider the life or death of the Han people in the northern part of the Wei State at all. You must know that once a nomadic like Xianbei sends troops, they will inevitably plunder.

How many Han people will die because of this, how many Han people's property will be robbed, how many Han people will be looted to work as slaves, and how many Han women will be humiliated. Perhaps, from the perspective of the people at that time, this does not matter, because these border people are not the people of their own country, they are all people of the enemy country, and their slaughter and plundering by foreign races can also weaken the strength of the enemy country, why not?

However, if you stand a little higher and look at it from the perspective of the entire Han people, leading other races or helping other races to rob the Han people are suspected of being traitors. Of course, it may be a bit heavy to say that he is a traitor, but at least this kind of behavior is not in line with the nationalist values of later generations in any case, at least Liu Hou does not agree with this practice.

In Liu Hou's somewhat resentful thoughts, no matter how the three kingdoms fought back and forth, it was an internal matter of the Han people, and it belonged to the struggle between brothers for family property. But this kind of thing has nothing to do with outsiders, if outsiders want to interfere, then brothers should unite and unite with the outside world, and beat outsiders down first.

This may not be consistent with some people's thinking that "if you go outside, you must first settle inside", but this is what Liu Hou really thinks. Guo Youzhi's idea belongs to the limitations of the times, and Liu Hou will not blame him for anything, but his analysis of the characteristics of these nomads who rebel and rebel is very incisive, and we must pay attention to this issue when formulating policies against nomads in the future.

"Whether Xianbei is really Koubian or not, we can find out through the channel of guò 'CIA', and we only need to wait for a while. As for taking the opportunity of Xianbei Koubian to attack Cao Wei, he still needs to think about it carefully, and he can't make a rash decision. Liu Houdao.

"Your Majesty is wise." Bu Qi said, "Qiu thinks that Xianbei's entry into the Kou is eighty percent true, but Sima Yi has always been cunning, maybe Sima Yi wants to use this matter to make a fuss and lead us in." We need to be careful not to lure us north under the pretense of Xianbei's invasion of the Invaders, and then set up an ambush to attack us. ”

"Oh? Is this possible? Liu Hou asked.

"Yes, after all, according to the ideas of ordinary people, the entry of 100,000 troops from Xianbei into the north of Kou will inevitably involve a large number of troops of Wei, and at this time, the strength of Wei on the southern front will definitely be reduced. Who doesn't want to take advantage of the emptiness of Wei's domestic forces to attack Xu Capital in one fell swoop?

This temptation is too great, and I am afraid that even if some people have doubts about it, they will not be able to withstand this temptation, and they can't help but crash into it.

Sima Yi is a traitor, but he is also a wise man, he must have calculated the reaction after we knew about the Xianbei Koubian incident, so he deliberately wrote to inform us, otherwise, there would be such a big mess in the Wei State, and it would be too late for them to conceal it, and they would take the initiative to tell each other, so Qiu thought that there must be a conspiracy. "Bu Qi Dao.

"Well, it is indeed necessary to guard against it, but between one advance and one retreat, the result is diametrically opposite, how to choose?" Liu Houdao.

Seeing that Liu Hou was beginning to be distressed, Deng Zhi finally spoke: "Actually, there is no need to be distressed. The minister thinks that no matter whether Xianbei Koubian is true or not, we just have to retreat. Some time ago, weren't we worrying about how to attack Wei and how to eat part of their troops?

Didn't the minister say at that time, and now we are in a dilemma? Now it's different, and we have an opportunity to break this dilemma. ”

"Oh? Deng Aiqing: What does this mean? Liu Hou asked.

"Your Majesty, we couldn't march north before, because the enemy had too many troops, and they were in a state of encirclement waiting for us to drill at any time. Now that Master Bu has analyzed it like this, it seems that Sima Yi's intention to lure the enemy is more obvious, and it will be more dangerous for us to march. Then we will not be able to march north.

But we can't march north, but we can retreat. Before, we had no excuse to withdraw from the army, because if we hastily withdrew the army, it would not only hit morale, but also weaken the momentum of His Majesty and our big man, but now it is different, we have an excuse.

It was because of drowsiness that someone sent a pillow, Sima Yi just sent us a big pillow, and we just followed the meaning of his letter, and also withdrew from the army on the grounds of national righteousness. In this way, not only will the prestige of His Majesty and Shu be undamaged, but it may also be because of this incident that His Majesty has become the Ming Jun who has been recited through the ages.

The people of the world will also be sincerely convinced because of His Majesty's deep understanding of righteousness, and His Majesty can just take advantage of this to win the hearts of the people of the world, and wherever the king goes in the future, the people will definitely submit one after another. Deng Zhi couldn't help but dance as he spoke.

Liu Hou touched his nose and thought, what kind of bullshit has been recited through the ages, if Xianbei really entered the Kou, it would be possible to really get a good reputation, but once this is Sima Yi's deception, Xianbei actually did not enter the Kou, and we stupidly retreated, I will definitely become the Dasha who has been recited through the ages13. It is estimated that this battle will also become a classic example, and future generations will remember that Sima Yi used a letter and a lie to make himself retreat.

Maybe there will be a lot of jokes made up, such as "Sima Yizhi retreats stupid 13 Adou", such as "Silly 13 emperors are teased", and what "Diaosi's counterattack - see how Sima Yi scared off the rich and handsome emperor".

Maybe he will be selected as one of the "top ten 'most' commanders in history", of course, he will be the stupidest and most naïve "most", maybe this matter will be compiled into an idiom and become a common phrase used by people every day.

Not to mention that this matter is likely to be adapted into various storytelling, dramas, TV series and even movies. Then his reputation will definitely stink on the street in the future, and he may be more Adou than the original Adou in history.

Thinking about Liu Hou, I felt shuddering, I didn't expect Sima Yi to have such a simple letter, there were so many possibilities, the complexity of this matter was far beyond expectations, Liu Hou just wanted to hastily agree to Sima Yi's request, fortunately he found three stinkers to consult, otherwise he would be sold by Sima Yi and help others count the money, the more Liu Hou thought about it, the more afraid he became, and finally came up with a cold sweat.