Yecheng.

"Yang Gong, this piece of meat is very fat, I can't bear to eat more"

Sima Zhao put the piece of meat in front of Yang Zong with a smile on his face, looking very respectful.

Yang Zong looked much more prosperous than when he was in Yuancheng, looking at the steaming piece of meat in front of him, Yang Zong was speechless.

Yang Zong's embarrassment at the moment is indescribable.

At the beginning, he followed Cao Shuang, but Cao Shuang never listened to his advice, resulting in the final defeat to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi pardoned him for his crimes, and was later demoted to a local official by Sima Shi and stayed by Cao Chao's side.

Later, Cao Chao became the emperor, and he was left by Sima Zhao's side.

Sima Zhao was also benevolent to him, and did not pursue any responsibility, even when Cao Chao was the most fierce, he did not doubt whether he colluded with Cao Chao.

After Yang Zong returned to Sima Zhao, he drank alcohol all day long and did not offer advice, and Sima Zhao did not blame him, he was still a good student, as usual.

Yang Zong looked at Sima Zhao helplessly, and said: "Don't be like this, general, the minister really doesn't dare to accept such kindness from you." ”

Sima Zhao said gently: "Yang Gong, I know that you have been an official by His Majesty's side in the past, and you are a kind person, I don't want to embarrass you, so I have never summoned you to participate in these things." ”

"But now, things are a little different."

Sima Zhao frowned and said solemnly: "Maybe you don't know that the ministers took advantage of my departure from Luoyang to attack Your Majesty, and the people I sent to inquire about the situation will never return." ”

"The people in the city may not have contacted me for a long time."

"Du Yuankai has already left here, saying that he wants to personally persuade the ministers not to cause turmoil, and now, you are the only one by my side who can give advice."

"What?"

Yang Zong was shocked, "The ministers did it to His Majesty? ”

Sima Zhao explained: "You don't know, these traitors in the court want to hold the queen hostage and make chaos in the world, and the queen mother is close to Your Majesty, which makes the ministers extremely unhappy, and the henchmen around Your Majesty continue to crusade against the ministers, this time I led the troops to crusade against the traitors, and I don't want to be their opportunity." ”

Sima Zhao looked a little depressed, "I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have left Luoyang in the first place." ”

"If Your Majesty is wrong, it is my fault!"

Yang Zong frowned, he knew that even if Sima Zhao didn't tell the truth completely, he would not come to deceive himself when it came to such a major matter as the emperor.

"Has it come to this?"

Sima Zhao hurriedly informed Yang Zong of the situation analyzed by Du Pre, in the case of lagging news, even Du Pre could not correctly predict what was happening in Luoyang, combined with useful knowledge, all they could guess was that the emperor confronted the ministers, the ministers controlled the outside of the city, and the emperor controlled the palace.

After listening to these analyses, Yang Zong also recognized it in his heart.

Sima Zhao said again: "Yang Gong, how to solve the current situation? ”

Yang Zong didn't pretend to be crazy and stupid at the moment, his whole temperament became different, and he said solemnly: "General, this matter can't be delayed. ”

"To deal with the ministers, you can't delay, the longer the time drags on, the more dangerous it will be, you must take advantage of the fact that they have not yet stood firm, and act in time."

"If they occupy Luoyang, they will definitely issue an edict to the foreign generals and force us to be captured."

"I thought I could control the army in Hebei first."

Yang Zong is different from Du Pre, when Du Pre is thinking of a solution, he prefers to solve it through political means, while Yang Zong, who has experienced many wars, will choose a more brutal way.

And this method is the way that Sima Zhao appreciates the most.

After all, the extremely brutal method of killing the emperor on the street only happened in the hands of Sima Zhao.

When Sima Zhao heard the army, he immediately became interested, "What does Yang Gong think to do?" ”

"He Zeng and Chen Ben, although they are ostensibly following your orders, but in fact, they are both from big clans, and they are too deeply implicated in the courtiers, and their generals are even more so."

"The general wants to take these two men off their posts while the courtiers have not contacted them."

"Huh??"

Sima Zhao showed an expression with the same style as An Shi, if Cao Chao was here, he would definitely exclaim, worthy of An Shi's father.

Sima Zhao couldn't say that he didn't have courage, but when he heard Yang Zong's words, he was still taken aback.

"Yang Gong, how can this be done by dismissing Zhengbei and Zhenbei at the same time? This will cause more trouble, no way, no way! ”

Sima Zhao's eyes were full of horror, and people like him felt that Yang Zong's idea was too radical.

Yang Zong said solemnly: "General, how critical is the situation now?" The ministers all dared to make a move with His Majesty, but the general didn't dare to do it with the generals?! ”

Sima Zhao hesitated a little, and he said again: "But how can he have a friendship with me, and Chen Ben has never been rude, if you attack them, then what other general is willing to follow me?" ”

"Even if you don't do it, which generals are willing to follow you?"

"He Zeng, although he is close to you, but he is tactful, never willing to disclose his position, has always seen the wind and the rudder, left and right, if he learns that the general trend has gone, he will definitely jump to the side of the ministers immediately, and be your enemy."

"As for Chen Ben, don't think that he is at odds with his younger brother Chen Qian, you can use it for yourself."

"There are many big clans, and there are many brothers who are not in harmony, and the general should know in his heart whether they are really at odds or whether they seem to be at odds."

"But the general now leads the four most elite battalions of the Chinese army, if you can add the Hebei army, then no matter who you face, you will not be in a weak position, and the ministers will not be able to resist the general with the Chinese army."

"No matter what kind of conspiracy it is, it is far less real than the army in hand."

Hearing Yang Zong's words, Sima Zhao was suddenly shaken.

After all, he was Sima Shi's younger brother, and there was still no lack of courage he should have, he gritted his teeth and asked, "If you want to attack them, what reason do you have to make?" ”

"It will definitely not work to make a move for no reason."

Yang Zong stroked his beard and said with a chuckle: "General, how can he ever be at odds with Chen Ben." ”

"These two people can't suppress the generals under their command, the two sides are fighting, you, as General Wei, naturally want to temporarily dismiss the two people, let them reflect in the mansion, and then during this period of time, well, general, are there any rebels around here?"

"There is one over there in Hanoi, they attacked the Yang family before, but they were unsuccessful, so they plundered several powerful people around them"

"Well, when they were reflecting, there was a rebellion suddenly, and General Wei led his troops to the battle, and it was all logical."

Yang Zong said his plan.

Sima Zhao glanced at him, compared to these strategists in the new era, these old guys' strategies are usually very rough, and they are very bold, they will never engage in small fights, they will make a big deal, but the details are too poor.

However, Yang Zong's proposal was inexplicably in line with Sima Zhao's taste.

Sima Zhao immediately narrowed his eyes.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you."

The next day, a lieutenant under He Zeng and a team under Chen Ben met, and the two sides quarreled over the trophy, and then a big fight ensued, causing more than a dozen casualties.

When this incident spread, it immediately caused an uproar in Hebei.

Chen Ben appeared angrily in front of Sima Zhao that day.

"General!!"

Chen Ben gritted his teeth, his eyes full of anger.

Sima Zhao frowned, and his face was also very ugly.

"General Chen, why did your people fight with General Zhengbei's people?"

Chen Ben almost broke the defense, he gritted his teeth and said: "General, according to your orders, I sent people to escort prisoners of war, and He Zeng's men actually dared to rob them!" He also killed my men!! ”

"How deceiving people is this! I will not spare him! ”

Sima Zhao didn't speak, and at this time, another person appeared in front of Sima Zhao in a hurry.

The person who came was He Zeng.

He Zeng walked in and was about to say something, when he looked up and saw Chen Ben with an angry face, he looked even angrier than Chen Ben.

"Chen Ben! I didn't pursue the big thing you delayed me before, and now you dare to send people to attack and kill my people, and snatch and capture! You are not the Son of Man! ”

"What? I'm robbing you? You shameless old thief!! ”

The two immediately quarreled, and they were about to make a move in front of Sima Zhao, but Sima Zhao couldn't bear it anymore and punched the case in front of him.

"Don't you think that cannibalism under your command is not enough, and you can't fight to the death in front of me?!"

Sima Zhao was so angry, the two of them didn't dare to say more.

He Zeng lowered his head, slightly weak-hearted, and Chen Ben had a straight face, very angry.

"General He, as the general of the expedition to the north, why would the captain under your command do such a thing?!"

"General, this is Chen Ben's hand that moved first"

"You don't want to talk nonsense!!"

"Dare to confront me?!"

"Shut up!"

Sima Zhao interrupted them again, and said very unhappily: "I already know about this matter, the two of you are not in harmony, this has caused a fight under your command, it is now an eventful time, how can you allow the army to be chaotic to such a point?!" ”

"From today on, both of you will go back to the house for me to reflect, and when you understand your mistakes and are willing to make peace, then come out to lead the army!"

"Get me out!!"

Sima Zhao waved his hand, and immediately a soldier rushed behind the two, both of them looked a little unconvinced, but they still walked out of here with their heads down.

Sima Zhao was relieved when he saw the two leaving, and hurriedly asked people to gather his subordinates.

And the two of them walked all the way out of Sima Zhao's mansion, and the carriage of the two of them, one left and one right, stopped here.

The two men came to their respective carriages and immediately looked at each other.

At this moment, there was no anger or hostility in the eyes of the two.

It's just some bitterness, the pain of sympathy.