Chapter 24: The Messenger
In the big tent, Liu Yu still had to be explained, but Zhuge Liang waved his hand, interrupted Liu Yu's words, and said weakly:
"Dexing doesn't need to say much, I know that you are comforting me, I know it."
"There is still a lack of a lieutenant general in Boyo, so you go with Boyo, and the two of you must work together to take Yongcheng."
Liu Yu saw Zhuge Liang's resolute expression, and knew that it was useless to say more.
In this era, the Han people's perception of the plateau was that it was deserted, and living people could not survive on the plateau at all.
The people who can survive on the plateau are some wild people.
There are even some people who are paranoid that those who can climb the plateau are those who are protected by the plateau.
Otherwise, why don't these people get dizzy? Don't have a little symptom?
Therefore, they believe that the plateau has a spirit and cannot be violated by others.
Although Zhuge Liang didn't believe in the words of the plateau, he still believed that he could not survive on the plateau.
Liu Yu's views are destined to be rejected by most people.
After bidding farewell to Zhuge Liang, Liu Yu turned around and left the big tent.
And just before Liu Yu left, Zhuge Liang began to cough violently, and even coughed his hands full of blood in the end.
Zhuge Liang's body is getting heavier and heavier, and he knows that his limit is not far away, but at this time, Zhuge Liang can't let anyone know about it.
Now the war with Cao Wei has reached the most critical step, as long as we make persistent efforts, there is a great chance to gnaw Cao Wei's Longyou region.
Sima Yi was beaten by himself and shrank on the east bank of the Wugong Water, not daring to fight.
Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, was defeated, and the entire Yongzhou region was already in a moment of emptiness.
As long as Yongcheng and Chen Cang are captured next, then the advantage of their side can be expanded again.
At this time, unless Cao Rong led the Chinese army in person, otherwise such a stalemate continued, and Longyou would soon not be owned by Cao Wei.
But Cao Rong couldn't come, because before Zhuge Liang sent his troops, he had already contacted Sun Quan.
Sun Quan had already led 200,000 Wu troops at this time and was attacking Cao Wei's Hefei and other places.
In terms of threat, for Cao Wei, it was Sun Quan's 200,000-strong army that was more threatening.
In order to stop Sun Quan, Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming personally commanded an army of 200,000 troops, drove the expedition in person, and personally supervised the battle in Huainan.
Now the whole world is in chaos, and it is the time for Shu Han to take advantage of the chaos, and Zhuge Liang can't withdraw his troops back to the division at this time.
As for the results that Liu Yu said, Zhuge Liang felt that he could hold on for a while longer, as long as he could win Yongzhou, everything would be worth it.
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In the camp of the Wei army.
Since Sima Yi was defeated, he fled back to the Wei army camp in embarrassment, and he has been in the big tent, closed doors, and no one has been seen.
Even his favorite son asked to see him, but he refused, which made everyone in the camp extremely worried.
But such days did not last long, and soon the envoys sent by Cao Rong set off from Luoyang and hurried to the Wei army camp.
At this time, Sima Yi finally walked out of the big tent and led the generals to the gate of the camp to welcome the arrival of the messenger.
But to everyone's surprise, Sima Yi was not as miserable as everyone feared, but had a ruddy complexion and good health.
Sima Yi ignored the crowd, came to the outside of the camp, and after seeing the envoy, he knelt down on one knee and saluted Xin Bi, the envoy of Cao Wei who came from afar.
Xin Bi was the elder of Cao Wei's side, from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, he was always upright, strict in law enforcement, and quite prestigious in the court.
Now that Xin Bizhi is coming, after seeing the generals in the camp, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly spread out the holy decree and began to announce Cao Rong's will.
"I already know the reason for this war with the Shu army."
"The defeat in this battle is not the crime of the kings, but the fact that Zhuge Villager is too cunning."
"The generals fought bravely to kill the enemy, and the hard work was high, although I am in Huainan, I also know the courage of the kings."
"But now that the Shu thief and the Wu thief are attacking at the same time, I hope that all the kings will be patient for a while, and they will no longer be impulsive, delay the military aircraft, and delay national affairs."
"I hope that all the kings will remember that from today onwards, you will not be allowed to go out of the camp to meet the enemy, stick to the barriers, defend the land and the people, protect my Great Wei Jiangshan, and do not slack off."
"When the Shu army is defeated in the future, the meritorious people will be rewarded..."
To everyone's surprise, they thought that they would be punished by the emperor for this defeat.
Unexpectedly, the emperor not only did not punish, but also did not even reprimand, and everyone couldn't help but be grateful to the emperor Cao Rong.
can be sympathetic to his soldiers and take care of leading the generals, although Cao Rong is weak, but he understands people's hearts, and this alone can sit firmly in the Great Wei Dynasty.
After the decree was read, Sima Yi slowly got up and welcomed the Xinbi chariot into the camp.
Xin Bi did not have a frame, and after reading the holy decree, he got down from the frame and stood side by side with Sima Yi.
Then after entering the camp, Xin Bi said to Sima Yi:
"The affairs of the camp, please bother the governor, I just came by order, as long as the kings no longer disobey the holy will and go out of the camp to fight, I will not ask."
"But if there is anyone who dares to speak out to fight in the camp, then don't blame the old man, don't be emotional!"
I have to say that Xinbi has a gentleman's style, and knows how to advance and retreat, and at the same time strictly enforces the law.
Xin Bi knew that he was not familiar with military affairs, so he would not interfere in Sima Yi's military discussions, he just didn't let people out of the camp.
After that, Xin Bi stayed in the tent arranged for him by Sima Yi and read the book with peace of mind.
It's as if it's in your own home, which makes the generals wonder what they see.
Seeing Xin Bi's attitude, Sima Yi's heart was also slightly settled, and he began to raise his tent to gather generals.
"Knock knock."
This was the first military meeting after Sima Yi's defeat, and the generals of the Wei army had recovered from the blow of defeat at this time.
In addition, under Cao Ei's holy decree, there was not too much harsh criticism of the generals, which made the morale of the Wei army begin to slowly recover.
Sima Yi knelt on the main seat expressionlessly, and the other Wei generals looked at Sima Yi one by one.
After sitting in Yongliang for so many years, Sima Yi has long become the backbone of the Yongliang army.
As long as Sima Yi did not fall, then the Yongliang army would recover quickly.
Even in the face of Zhuge Liang, who was against the sky, the Yongliang army under Sima Yi was not afraid.
Sima Yi's wolf-like eyes slowly glanced around the tent, and said:
"The defeat a few days ago was my fault, and I have already pleaded guilty to the emperor."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar below.
No wonder the emperor didn't blame them, it turned out that the governor of the capital carried everything alone.
At this moment, everyone's minds changed and changed, whispering to each other.
Sima Yi stretched out his hand and pressed it, and the tent instantly fell silent.
"The emperor's grace is immense, he didn't punish us, and we have to swear to repay the emperor's grace."
"Now Zhuge Liang occupies the north and south of the Wei River, and has a geographical advantage, but the Shu army is short of food, if it persists, the Shu army will inevitably retreat because of the lack of food."
"Next, everyone is not allowed to ask for battle, and more scouts are sent to investigate the enemy's situation, and it will not take a month for the Shu army to retreat."
Sima Yi said at the end, an inexplicable glint flashed in his eyes.
When the generals saw that what Sima Yi said was categorical, some of the second monks were puzzled and didn't understand why Sima Yi said so firmly.
But no one dares to disobey the order of the governor now, so he has to say yes.
Then Sima Yi continued to order, saying:
"Sun Li, Yangsui is an important place leading to Chang'an, you lead an army of 10,000 to support Guo Tingshi, and you must not let the Shu army break through Yangsui."
"No!"
Sun Li took the order and left.
Then Sima Yi arranged for everyone to take turns on duty, and then asked all the generals to retreat.
Sima Shi hadn't seen Sima Yi for a few days, and he was a little worried, and after the generals left, he returned to the big tent again.
"The father may have to return to court."
As soon as Sima Shi entered, he heard Sima Yi's sigh and was suddenly startled.
Thinking that it was the last big defeat that caused Sima Yi to be punished, Sima Shi said to Sima Yi with a grim face:
"Father, it's better not to do one, and not to stop."