Chapter 37: The End of the Road (4)
Brother Sima laughed at Brother Xiahou's innocence, and said in his heart: "Rebellion!" What kind of crime is that? The crime of exterminating the nine clans, even if you don't participate, you can't escape the involvement. But the two brothers not only participated, but also showed considerable activity in the matter. How could Cao Ying leave such a scourge?
The Sima brothers were more than half a point worse than the Xiahou brothers in martial arts, and under the siege of the cavalry, the four fought in less than twenty rounds before Xiahou Ba took Sima Zhao. And Sima Shi has some strength, but he is also beaten, and he is pressed and beaten by Xiahou Wei everywhere. At this time, seeing Sima Chao being captured, he was even more panicked, and was stabbed under the horse by Xiahou Wei.
After the Xiahou brothers tied up the two, they were escorted by 100 cavalrymen to Puzhou to fight Cao Ying, and the two Jiang Yu Cao Ying disposed of. Xiahou Wei and Xiahou Ba led the remaining thousands of generals and soldiers to search for Shouyang Mountain in two ways. Because of the loss of Sima Yi's traces. The Xiahou brothers had to follow the clues all the way to find it, only to know that Sima Yi fled in this direction, but the specific location was unknown.
When Cao Ying of Puzhou received Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, he made a careful observation of the two, and Sima Shi had the style of a general. But Sima Zhao made Cao Ying feel in danger.
Cao Ying ordered the two to be put on death row, and when Jia Xu asked Cao Ying how to deal with the two, it was the same result as he guessed. It's just that he originally planned to intercede for the two, but as soon as he heard Cao Ying's answer, he immediately dispelled this idea.
"Cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" Cao Ying's tone was very calm when he said this, obviously not for the moment, and his eyes were extremely firm. Not to mention that there is no persuasion to change the mind. Jia Xu didn't speak again.
The next day came the news that the Sima brothers sincerely repented and knew that they had committed a great crime of rebellion. He hanged himself in prison.
After Sima Yi and the others transferred out of Shouyang Mountain, they made sure that no one was following them, so they decided to venture to Tongguan to find out the news. As soon as the two disguised themselves as woodcutters entered Tongguan, they saw a group of people crowded at the foot of the city tower to watch the notice.
Sima Yi stepped forward to take a look, only to know that his two sons had been killed by Cao Ying, and Guo Huai beside him wanted to comfort Sima Yi to mourn, which showed his calm attitude and peaceful breath, and he didn't seem to feel distressed at all.
When Guo Huai asked about the pain of Sima Yi's loss of his son, Sima Yi actually replied with something that made Guo Huai extremely surprised: "When they marched and fought with me, they should have expected this fate. Sooner or later, it will have to be returned. It's just that they came earlier. Although Sima Yi did not express his grief, he could still feel the strong aura of grief from his words. It's just that Sima Yi knows the current situation very well, and he can't avenge them now, and he is still being hunted down by the Xiahou brothers, what can he do at this moment? The only thing he can do is to save his surname in order to avenge his two sons when he says that he will make a comeback.
Guo Huai saw Sima Yi's thoughts, and said to himself: "Sure enough, I didn't see the wrong person, Sima Yi is by no means simple." It has all the conditions for the achievement of a thousand years of hegemony. Endure what you can't bear! Although he is now in a situation of being hunted down, thinking of this, Guo Huai still has no regrets about following Sima Yi. On the contrary, they believe that they will definitely be able to make a comeback.
Sima Yi raised his head and poured all the remaining wine in the jug into his mouth, a ruined temple, two men. Guo Huai looked at Sima Yi's back, always giving people a feeling of incomprehension.
At this time, it was obvious from his movements that Sima Yi's unconcealed sadness was faintly emanating.
Two days later, Cao Ying and others had already arrived at Feng Yi and other places, while Zhou Yu's army broke through Cao Yang, and the army was approaching Hongnong, and it was impossible to catch up with Cao Ying. Fortunately, Cao Ying's previous plan was revealed, and there were not many Cao soldiers in the south of the Yellow River. This allowed Zhou Yu and the others to take advantage of the opportunity to march so quickly.
At this time, Sima Yi was thinking about how to cross the Yellow River, and suddenly heard that Tongguan had become lively recently, and after inquiring, he learned that the men and horses of the Xiahou brothers had chased Tongguan.
Tongguan Taishou ordered the fox bear to be good at internal politics, and when he heard that the Xiahou brothers were chasing the traitor Sima Yi to this point, he stepped forward to stammer, the Xiahou brothers were young and vigorous, and they may be brave enough to kill the enemy, but when they meet such a political master, they can only listen to the sound of the sycophants.
Ling Fox Bear's sycophant can be described as a must, the two flute-headed greens, and he agreed to several of his requests, saying good things in front of Cao Ying.
And Sima Yi, who has been hiding in Tongguan, after learning the news, Sima Yi seemed extremely calm, according to Guo Huai's understanding, at least he should be angry when he heard the name of the Xiahou brothers. But Sima Yi did not show the slightest anger at all. And what I have been talking about the most with Guo Huai is how to escape to Chenliu without the Xiahou brothers finding out.
The Xiahou brothers pursued all the way to this point, and it can be said that they had done a carpet search, determined the direction of Sima Yi, and had deployed heavy troops along the Yellow River. At this time, Sima Yi was like a lost dog. Even if he successfully escaped to Chenliu, he had to avoid Zhang Lang. However, in the face of Cao Ying, he is more willing to face Zhang Lang, firstly, because Cao Ying's chassis is constantly shrinking, and Zhang Lang is constantly expanding, and it is only a matter of time before Zhang Lang's current power and the general trend of the world tend to annex Wei and Shu. Therefore, why don't you go to Zhang Lang in advance, and when he is inseparable from the other two, he will take advantage of the situation.
After Guo Huai listened to Sima Yi's plan, he admired this person more and more.
That night, the two prepared to leave Tongguan and flee in the direction of Tiger Pass, trying to retreat from the area of Tiger Pass to Chenliu. When leaving, Sima Yi looked back at the ruined temple where he had been hiding for several days. Here he left his sad memories and plans for the future.
Because after reaching Chenliu, he must no longer be able to use his own name, that is to say, he needs to change his name and surname, maybe this is nothing for modern people, but for the ancient people who thought feudal, changing their name and surname is a major event in life, and it is regarded as a great unfilial crime to their parents.
Sima Yi knelt down in front of the temple and said, "Father, mother, please forgive Zhongda for being unfilial." There are not many words, but Guo Huai can know the meaning. Doing this is no easy feat.
After kneeling down, Sima Yi led Guo Huai to prepare to move in the direction of Chen Liu, but unexpectedly, when he walked to the gate of Tongguan: "Stop, where did you come from?" Where are you going so late? ”
The gate of Tongguan has been closed, and Sima Yi has been prepared for this, so he stuffed the silver taels in the rough baggage to the soldiers guarding the city and smiled: "My family lives in a small village ten miles outside the city, because my old mother is seriously ill. I'm here to ask Lang Zhong to come home to see her. With that, he pointed to Guo Huai beside him.
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