Chapter 140 is not overthinking

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou didn't expect Sima Yi to look like an ordinary letter, but there are so many possibilities, Sima Yi is really profound, of course, it is not excluded that Liu Hou and others think too much, maybe people really don't mean that complicated, but what if they really have any conspiracy?

Sima Yi has to be guarded against. In the end, Liu Hou decided to summarize all the possibilities in a permutation and combination:

"Sima Yi's letter has several possibilities, one is that Xianbei really has Koubian Beidi, Sima Yi really wants to go north to deal with the Xianbei people, and has no intention of setting an ambush to attack us;

Second, Xianbei really has Koubian Beidi, and Sima Yi used the guise of going north to deal with the Xianbei people, and actually set up an ambush to lure us north, taking the opportunity to ambush us;

Third, the Xianbei people did not have Koubian, which was completely an excuse fabricated by Sima Yi out of thin air, and actually wanted to lure us north and ambush us again;

Fourth, the Xianbei people did not have Koubian, and Sima Yi did not want to ambush us, but wanted to use this method to deceive us into retreating, so as to achieve the effect of surrendering the army without a fight. ”

Liu Hou said as he wrote these possibilities on a large piece of white paper with a brush#, and the three stinkers also walked up to him and watched the four possibilities written by Liu Hou.

"If it is the first possibility, we can retreat back to Jingzhou and give them the opportunity to fight the alien race, so that not only will we have no loss, but we can also gain a good reputation;

If it is the second possibility, then we can stay still or withdraw our troops, as long as we do not go north to take advantage of the opportunity, we will not have losses;

If it is the third possibility, we can also deal with it by standing still or withdrawing our troops, so that we have nothing to lose; However, if it is the fourth possibility, if we withdraw from the army, we will be laughed at by the world as idiots, or even laughed at for a thousand years, so we must not be careful. ”

As he spoke, Liu Hou wrote down the coping methods and consequences of various situations behind the four situations he had just written.

"Actually, the third situation can be turned into the fourth situation at any time, if Sima Yi's original intention was to lure us north, so as to ambush us, seeing that we are not fooled, it is very likely that we will not succeed in another plan and take the opportunity to discredit us." Guo Youzhi added.

"So, we have to figure out the situation before we can make a decision on the next move. It is difficult to find out whether Sima Yi has set up an ambush circle in the north for us to take the bait.

Although our scouts have almost completely suppressed the Wei scouts, if they set up an ambush in Wei, it will still be difficult for us to detect the problem in time. Since Sima Yi dared to do this, there must be a way to hide from the detection of our scouts.

So it's hard to reconnoiter whether they have an ambush. In that case, we can only start from the point of whether Xianbei is really in the court. After all, the Xianbei 100,000 army plundered such a big thing as the Northland, and it was not so easy to fake. Liu Houdao.

"Judging from the above summary and classification, our first two situations are easy to deal with, as long as we don't go north, we have no loss, if it is the latter two cases, we will have trouble whether we go north or not. Therefore, the first thing we have to determine is whether Xianbei is really Koubian.

If Xianbei is really Koubian, we will retreat to Jingzhou, which will not only win a good reputation, but also find an excuse for us to break the dilemma. Deng Zhi said.

"What if Xianbei didn't have Koubian? What should I do? Whether it is to go north or retreat to the south, it is a mistake, what should we do? Liu Hou asked.

"Then we'll stay where we are, stay in Wheat City, and then find a way to teach them a lesson." Bu Qi also said.

"Okay, then let's decide, let's step up contact with the people from the 'CIA' and let them find out if the Xianbei Koubian incident is true."

"It's not good, the minister still thinks of a possibility." Deng Zhi suddenly jumped up and said.

"What is possible?" Liu Hou raised his eyebrows, and had a bad premonition, he hurriedly asked. Not only him, Bu Qi and Guo Youzhi also turned their heads to look at Deng Zhi, waiting for his next step.

"Just now Zhi heard His Majesty say, 'Xianbei went south to Koubian for such a big thing, it is impossible to fake', and suddenly a thought popped up, you say, will Sima Yi collude with Kebineng, let Kebineng pretend to be Koubian, and then he will also pretend to go north to Jingbian.

If we take advantage of the chaos to attack Wei in the north, he will lead his troops to kill us and catch us off guard, and he may even go south with Kebi to deal with us. Deng Zhi said a little anxiously.

When everyone heard this, they broke out in a cold sweat, this possibility is not possible, but too possible, it is too normal for someone as insidious as Sima Yi to come up with such a poisonous plan. Kebineng had just been named the king of Shunyi by Cao Pi, and if the Wei court sent him some money and grain, it would not be difficult to invite him to play a play. No wonder the front line was so calm during this time, Sima Yi has been cowering in Xiangyang without moving, and it is very likely that he is planning this matter.

Liu Hou and the others thought of the scene of 100,000 Xianbei cavalry and 200,000 Wei troops besieging them, and the tide of people desperately rushing over, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, even if they had firearms troops and rattan armor soldiers, but whether they could block so many troops, the impact of so many cavalry was really hard to say, and even if they could block it, their losses would definitely not be small.

"Bang!" Liu Hou slapped the table and gritted his teeth: "Hmph! If Sima Yi dared to do such a thing, I would definitely not be able to spare him. ”

"Your Majesty is angry, even if Sima Yi really uses such a trick, for us, it is only similar to the second situation, as long as we don't go north, we won't fall for his tricks. This so-called constant should respond to all changes, and even if he has a thousand tricks, he will not be able to help us. Deng Zhi saw that Liu Hou was angry, and hurriedly comforted.

"I'm not angry because of this, I'm angry because: if Sima Yi really did this, then the 100,000 Xianbei cavalry went south, and with their ferocious nature, they would inevitably fake and do it, and take the opportunity to loot and slaughter the Han people in the north.

Even if it is the Han people of Wei Realm, they are also the people of our Han Dynasty, and every time I think of our Han people being mutilated by foreign races, my heart is like a knife. If Sima Yi really led a foreign race to kill the Han people, it would be simply madness, and I would definitely break him into pieces in the future. ”

"Your Majesty!"

"His Majesty loves the people like a son, which is the luck of the Han Dynasty and the luck of the people of the world."

"God bless the Great Han, descend this Ming Jun to the world, and I am expected to prosper in the Han Dynasty."

As soon as Liu Hou's words fell, the three stinkers vigorously praised Liu Houlai, perhaps they were not touting, but sincerely praising Liu Hou. In this troubled era, there has never been a shortage of heroic figures, and there are many so-called heroes who are decisive in killing, but there are too few lords who really have compassion for the people.

And the little emperor in front of him is obviously one of them, at a young age, he cares so much about the life and death of the people and is also the people of the enemy country, just because they have the identity of a Han person, which is indeed rare and commendable.

The three stinkers are all well-read poets, and in addition to the Golden House and the Great Beauty, they will of course also teach some ideas of benevolence and love for the people. Since Dong Zhongshu deposed the hundred schools of thought and exalted Confucianism alone, the most learned by scholars in the world is the Confucian classics. The core of Confucianism is: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and piety.

And benevolence is in the first place, which shows its importance in Confucianism. Confucianism requires that every scholar have the essence of "benevolence", of course, for these scholars who "read the books of sages and sages and give goods to the emperor's family", they most hope to meet a benevolent lord who can assist him in "governing the country and leveling the world".

Now seeing Liu Hou's sympathy and indignation for the suffering people, intentionally or unintentionally, they are of course excited again, how much this is in line with the Confucian idea of "benevolence", how lucky and happy they are to meet such a lord and serve such a lord.

However, this sentiment of the three of them is incomprehensible to people like Liu Hou who have not received a formal Confucian education.

"Well, the most important thing now is to discuss how to deal with this possibility." Although Liu Hou also likes to hear others praise himself, he is always vigilant against this kind of thing, afraid that if he is not careful, he will become the kind of faint gentleman who will do unwise things when he is patted on the back. So he hurriedly brought the topic back and asked the three stinkers to hurry up and think of a solution.

"Since this situation is similar to the second situation, we should deal with it in the same way as in the second case." Step up yì road.

"Well, it's okay to deal with it according to the second situation, but I'm worried that the 100,000 Xianbei cavalry will cause too much trouble to the people of the Northland, and I don't know if the three Aiqing have any good ways to alleviate the harm caused by the 100,000 Xianbei cavalry?"

As soon as Liu Hou said this, the three strategists, you look at me, I look at you, and they all feel that this matter is too difficult. 100,000 cavalry is not 100,000 pigs, they will run around, and it will be difficult to deal with. Even if there is a firearms unit, but you can't catch up with others, and the gun # cannon can't take anyone else.

Well, the key is not whether one's own troops can win the battle against others, or whether they can destroy the cavalry, but whether their own troops are enough to win others.

The Xianbei people are in trouble on the northern frontier of Wei, and the Shu army is in Maicheng south of Xiangyang, which is not only thousands of miles away in the middle, but also a hostile country as big as Wei, and the encirclement and interception of millions of troops of Wei, how can their own troops reach the Xianbei people?

Even if you have the heart to fight the Xianbei people, but you can't even see the faces of the Xianbei people, how can you fight? Is it really possible to fly a sword and kill an enemy thousands of miles away?

Since you can't reach it, what's the use of being in a hurry? The three of them felt that the little emperor's request was too unreasonable and unreasonable.

"This ...... Your Majesty, we're too far apart, and even if we want to do something, we can't do anything. Guo Youzhi said tactfully.

"I don't want to lead troops up to fight the Xianbei people, nor do I want to completely wipe them out so that they can't be a disaster for the Han people, but to see if I can take some action to let the Xianbei people withdraw as soon as possible, retreat to their grassland, and stop harassing us Han people again." Liu Hou saw that the three of them might have misunderstood what they meant, so he explained his intentions.

"Oh, if you want the Xianbei people to retreat as much as possible, it's easy to do, we just need to retreat to Jingzhou. Once we withdraw our troops, all of Sima Yi's arrangements will be null and void. At that time, the Xianbei people would have no use value, and if they had no use value, they would become a scourge, and Wei would definitely be more anxious than us to drive them away. "Bu Qi Dao.