As soon as Xiahou Xuan arrived in Tianshui, he proposed to deprive Guo Huai of his military power, which made Guo Huai feel very shocked.

So Guo Huai asked, "Has Your Majesty ever deprived this official of his official position?" ”

Xiahou Xuan said coldly: "Although Your Majesty did not deprive you of the official position of Yongzhou Assassin, he was already very disappointed in what you had done, otherwise he would not have sent the governor of Bendu to Yongzhou to preside over the overall situation, you should do it yourself." ”

As soon as Guo Huai heard that Emperor Cao Rong had not deprived him of his official position, it could be seen that the emperor still trusted him, so he had a little confidence and asked: "Then Your Majesty has been strict and wants to deprive this official of his military power?" ”

Xiahou Xuan said: "Your Majesty has entered the Governor as the General of Pingxi and supervised the soldiers and horses of Yongliang, isn't this obvious?" Do you have to let His Majesty deprive you of your military power? Since the governor is responsible for supervising the soldiers and horses of Yongliang, naturally all the soldiers and horses of Yongliang must be under the command of the governor. ”

Guo Huai was a little disappointed when he heard this, he never understood what the intention of Emperor Cao Rong was in this arrangement? Since he was not dismissed from his official position as the assassin of Yongzhou, why did he send a Xiahou Xuan to supervise Yongliang's soldiers and horses.

"Do you have any questions?" Xiahou Xuan asked in a deep voice.

Guo Huai originally wanted to resist, but thinking that His Majesty's trip did indeed show that Xiahou Xuan's trip was to supervise Yongliang's soldiers and horses, and he should indeed be controlled by Xiahou Xuan, so he arched his hand and said:

"The lower officials are willing to obey the holy decree and are willing to wait for the dispatch of the governor of Xiahou."

Xiahou Xuan saw that Guo Huai finally relented, so he said: "You hand over the military power, and the soldiers under your command are under the direct command of the governor." From now on, you only need to take care of the civil affairs and do a good job in the logistics of the army. ”

When Guo Huai heard this, he endured his anger and nodded in agreement.

Xiahou Xuan was very proud, and immediately set up the Yongliang Governor's Mansion of the Great Wei Dynasty in the Yongzhou Thorn History Mansion in Tianshui City, and asked Guo Huai to move to the county government next to him to work.

Guo Huai had no choice but to do so, and in the process of moving out of the mansion, many officials of the Yongzhou Assassin's Mansion did not understand this, and felt that Xiahou Xuan was deliberately making things difficult for Guo Huai, and was deeply upset for Guo Huai.

After forcing Guo Huai out of the Yongzhou Assassin's Mansion, Xiahou Xuan hurriedly summoned Deng Ai, the most important general in the city except Guo Huai.

After seeing Deng Ai, Xiahou Xuan first announced to Deng Ai that Emperor Cao Rong had appointed him as the general of Pingxi and supervised the soldiers and horses of Yongliang, and then said to Deng Ai:

"Shizai, I heard that you are a general recommended by Sima Taiwei!"

On the way to come, Deng Ai had already heard about what happened to Guo Huai, and guessed in his heart that Xiahou Xuan would also seize his military power, after all, Xiahou Xuan and Sima Shi were not on good terms, and almost everyone in Luoyang knew about it at this time.

Sima Shi's first wife, Xiahou Hui, was Xiahou Shang's daughter and Xiahou Xuan's sister. Originally, the marriage between Sima Shi and Xiahou Hui was that the Sima family climbed the Xiahou family, and this political marriage was of great significance to the Sima family.

At that time, Sima Yi had not yet mastered military power, and although he was a big celebrity around Cao Pi, he could only be regarded as an important minister at most. Cao Wei still followed the tradition that the "Zhuxiahou Cao" group firmly controlled the military power, the family was responsible for handling government affairs, and the functions and powers of the two sides were clearly separated.

Therefore, Sima Yi has always been in charge of government affairs by Cao Pi's side, and has no opportunity to be involved in military affairs. The marriage with Xiahou Shang broke this balance, which was conducive to his involvement in the military world with the influence of the Xiahou family in the future.

Not long after Sima Shi and Xiahou Hui got married, Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi died, and Sima Yi became one of the four "ministers who took care of their lives".

After hearing that Cao Pi had died, Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, raised an army to the Northern Expedition. Cao Rui, who had just ascended the throne, sent Sima Yi to lead his troops to resist, and Sima Yi successfully repelled Sun Quan and won the first battle. In the battle with Sun Quan, Sima Yi showed outstanding military talent and laid a solid foundation for his involvement in the military circles.

Cao Rui appointed Sima Yi to garrison Wancheng, and supervised the military of Jing and Henan, and handed over the southern defense line that was previously in charge of Xiahou Shang to him, and also opened the magic box of the family's military power.

Soon, Sima Yi quelled Meng Da's rebellion with a surprise army, and later transferred to the Western Front, where he fought against Zhuge Liang of Shu Han with Cao Zhen, and shined in the Northern Expedition against Zhuge Liang. With the successive deaths of Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and other core figures of the "Zhuxia Hou Cao" group, Sima Yi, who had been in the military circles for many years, became the most powerful figure in Cao Wei's army.

Later, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, and Sima Yi was in the sky. At this point, in addition to Sima Yi's outstanding personal ability, his political marriage with Xiahou Shang also played a very important role.

It stands to reason that at this time, Sima Yi and Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming were in the "honeymoon period", and their eldest son Sima Shi should maintain the political marriage with Xiahou Hui.

But in this year, Xiahou Hui died inexplicably, and the cause of death was very strange, he died of drunkenness.

Xiahou Xuan was extremely dissatisfied with this, thinking that his sister basically didn't drink, how could she die of drunkenness, even if she died of drunkenness, it must have been Sima Shi who drank poisoned wine for Xiahou Hui. So Xiahou Xuan asked the emperor to send someone to investigate this thoroughly.

But this eucalyptus didn't find out why, and the final conclusion was still that he died of drunkenness. This made Xiahou Xuan extremely dissatisfied, and swore to the sky that Sima Shi must pay for his blood debts. It can be regarded as a blood feud with Sima Shi.

And Deng Ai has already laid a deep imprint on Sima Yi's party, and he will definitely be held by Xiahou Xuanlian, so on the way here, Deng Ai already had a plan in his heart.

So Deng Ai replied loudly: "Why did Lord Du Du say this, I, Deng Shizai, am the imperial court official of the Great Wei, I eat the Yulu of the Great Wei, and I am the general of the Great Wei, what does it have to do with who recommended it?" ”

Xiahou Xuan snorted coldly.

"Hmph, unruly and domineering, do you think that in Yongzhou, Captain Sima can still protect you?"

Deng Ai was also very tough and responded: "The lower official stated the truth, why is he unruly? The lower officials have great respect for the Governor, and I hope that the Governor will not embarrass the Governor. ”

Xiahou Xuan laughed coldly: "Hmph! The governor of Pontus has a lot of grace, don't care about you generally, obediently hand over the military power of Nan'an, and in the future, the governor of Pontus will recover Nan'an, and maybe you can be reinstated. ”

Deng Ai was very unhappy, and said loudly: "Governor Qiyu, the soldiers brought out by the subordinate officials are all personally granted military power by His Majesty, unless Your Majesty wants to take away my military power, otherwise I, Deng Shizai, will never hand over the military power." ”

Xiahou Xuan was suddenly so angry that he pointed at Deng Ai and said: "Deng Ai, you are a cattle herder, Hugh is going to be rampant in front of the governor, and the governor advises you not to toast and eat and drink." ”

Deng Ai said: "Coming from a humble background, it's not a shame, you can bend and stretch, and you can be a husband." The governor wants to take away my military power, please forgive the subordinate for not agreeing! ”

Xiahou Xuan's face suddenly flushed with anger, "You...... Do you want to rebel? ”

Deng Ai Zhengse said: "I, Deng Shizai, am loyal to the Great Wei, and his loyalty can be shown to the sun and the moon. ”

Xiahou Xuan saw that Deng Ai was soft and hard and didn't eat, so he slapped the table and yelled:

"Someone!"

Suddenly, a large group of Yulin guards poured into the Governor's Mansion.

Xiahou Xuan pointed at Deng Ai and said, "Quick, quickly take Deng Ai!" ”