Dead.

Sima Zhao sat in the study and couldn't help but look up and sigh.

Since his brother died of illness, all the pressure and heavy responsibilities have fallen on Sima Zhao.

Everything is different.

He thought that he had the chance to win, but now he realized that the ministers who were obedient to him in the past turned their faces just as quickly.

Even Hu Zun, the confidant of the Sima family who followed his father all the way out, is constantly pulling with him at the moment.

Originally, Sima Zhao had high hopes for him, thinking that he would definitely be on his side.

It's just that after Hu Fen met him, the situation was not as he imagined.

Hu Zun said that he wanted to stand on his side, but there are many conditions.

People want Hu Fen to take his place.

People asked Sima Zhao to negotiate with the ministers, and not to do anything to make foreign enemies happy.

Sima Zhao knew that these were definitely not the last two conditions for this old horseman.

Once he bows his head, he will have more and more conditions in the future.

Besides, his second condition, is this supporting himself? Let yourself take the initiative to compromise with the ministers, which is also called support?

Hu Zun's performance made Sima Zhao extremely disappointed, and Sima Zhao had another person to rely on, Wang Chang who was far away in Jingzhou.

Wang Chang was both civil and military, and once defeated the state of Wu, and even married Sima Zhao.

Sima Zhao felt that this person could be trusted.

However, this person's performance is still very disappointing.

He didn't mark the price as clearly as Hu Zun's martial artist, but at the same time, he didn't make his position clear.

When the people sent by Sima Zhao arrived in Jingzhou, Wang Chang was lying on the bed to meet the envoy.

Wang Chang said that his physical condition was very bad.

He said that he would definitely support Sima Zhao, but because of his health, he could not send troops.

When Sima Zhao got the reply, everyone was stunned.

One is to stand on the other side's side to support themselves, and the other is to lie on the bed to support themselves??

Sima Zhao originally wanted to send someone to contact Zhuge Dan, but the performance of the first two generals made Sima Zhao give up this idea directly.

Even the two generals who are close to him are like this, how good can Zhuge Dan be?

As for Chen Tai and Sima Wang in the northwest, Sima Zhao didn't bother them, those people still had peace of mind to resist Jiang Wei's invasion, if they were pulled into the water, Yongliang would have a big problem.

The two major reinforcements that Sima Zhao thought of were gone.

This made Sima Zhao a little lucky, but fortunately, he followed Yang Zong's advice in time and took away the military power of He Zeng and Chen Ben.

Otherwise, in terms of the performance of the foreign generals, these two may not be on their side.

Sima Zhao sighed again.

Now that he is on a new path, he can't see through the ending.

Before Sima Shi died, he had instructed Sima Zhao a lot of things.

He asked Sima Zhao to bow to the emperor and take the initiative to become the emperor's right-hand man, first work together to solve the problems of the ministers, retain his own power as much as possible, and then put his hope on Sima You and the rest of the young talents.

Perhaps in Sima Shi's view, his clan has a very large population, and there will be many talented people in the future, and he will continue to exist as the first family, and sooner or later he will hope to fulfill the long-cherished wish of several generations.

It's just that Sima Zhao didn't choose the path left by his brother.

He really couldn't bow his head to the young emperor, and he also thought that if the emperor took the initiative to come, he would definitely agree to join forces and go according to his brother's idea.

However, the emperor did not send anyone to find him, and the only few times he wanted to use himself to do things.

Sima Zhao was very unconvinced.

He never felt that it was Cao Chao and the ministers who defeated him and his brother.

My brother was defeated by disease, not by these worms.

Especially that Cao Chao, what is he? If we hadn't nodded in the first place, would he have been able to sit in the emperor's position?

A person who can be pinched to death at will, but he still has to bow his head by himself?

Wish for the moon!

Sima Zhao may want to prove himself to his brother, or he is simply unwilling to send someone under the fence, in short, he is going according to his own ideas.

As for Sima Zhao's thoughts, in fact, his younger brothers don't quite understand.

Leave Luoyang first, let the ministers fight with the emperor, and then return to Luoyang with an absolute superiority of troops to calm the chaos in the temple in one fell swoop.

Now, there is only one step left before his success.

As long as he can enter Luoyang this time, all his plans will come true.

I must let my brother see that I don't have to bow to the little emperor to survive!

Sima Zhao suddenly looked at the door and shouted, "Go and let Yang Gong come to see me!" ”

After a while, the pro-soldier walked in helplessly and said, "General, Yang Gongfu is drinking and drinking, and he is not sober at the moment."

Sima Zhao suddenly frowned.

He is really disgusted with the hobby of these people under his command, Sima Zhao has never touched this kind of thing, Yang Zong began to drink at this critical time, although Sima Zhao was displeased, but he didn't say anything.

After Du Yu left, the advisors he could rely on at present were Yang Zong.

Let's wait until he's sober to talk about it.

He groaned and said, "Then let Cheng Yan in." ”

After a while, Cheng Yan appeared in front of Sima Zhao.

Cheng Qi looked a little tired, and his face was full of sleepiness.

Seeing his appearance, Sima Zhao was really a little distressed.

"Chengjun, come, sit, sit, this time, but I've suffered you!"

"Let you run back and forth!"

Sima Zhao is not very worried about the generals under his command at present, mainly because he brought out four battalions from the Chinese army, two of which are biased towards the big families, and the army in Hebei is not Sima Zhao's own people.

Therefore, Yin Damu, who was born as a family slave, and Cheng Yan, who has followed his brother for many years, have become more reliable candidates in his heart.

And the most important thing such as going out to investigate the enemy's situation was also entrusted to Cheng Yan to be responsible.

Sima Zhao saw Cheng Yan's tired face, and trusted him even more in his heart, he did this scout's work very carefully.

Cheng Qi sat tiredly in front of Sima Zhao.

He took out a lot of documents and put them on the table, "General, these are the situations I have investigated, the deployment of the Chinese army in various places, and the routes we can attack."

Sima Zhao hurriedly picked up the paperwork, his eyes full of surprise.

He checked it carefully, but Cheng Yan secretly complained in his heart.

It's not too tiring to reconnoiter and find out the enemy's situation.

After all, this is Cheng Yan's own job, he is a military general who really came out from the bottom, he can't be said to be from the common people, but it can be regarded as a counterattack from a cold family, following Sima Shi for many years, making a lot of contributions and revitalizing the family.

What makes him feel tired is that he has to write the enemy situation.

He can't tell Sima Zhao the real enemy situation, he can't say that the enemy's elite cavalry is ready to move, ready to join forces inside and outside, and several battalions of the other side are around us, ready to carry out a decapitation operation, right?

If you can't tell the truth, then you have to write some lies.

He began to write about the enemy's situation.

The distribution of enemies in each city, the number of enemies, and the situation on each road

This made Cheng Yan exhausted and miserable.

I'm a general!!

The content of this battle report handed in by Cheng Yan was very limited, and it was trying to discredit the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army as much as possible, and described their defense line as useless.

But in fact, there are also many questions, if you ask them carefully, you may not be able to answer them.

Fortunately, Sima Zhao's level in military affairs is not much higher.

He has not experienced the three rebellions of Huainan at the moment, and his military experience is blank.

From the document handed in by Cheng Yan, all he saw was what he wanted to see, the opponent's strength was weak, the defense was improper, and his chances of winning were extremely high.

Looking at these things, Sima Zhao's mood suddenly improved a lot.

He couldn't help but laugh.

"It seems that the ministers still haven't been able to fully control the Chinese army, their strength is insufficient!"

"Then the Chinese army has my people, there are the emperor's people, and the ministers have won the Chinese army, how much strength can they retain?"

"It's almost impossible for them to defend in all directions with this little force."

Cheng Yan was silent.

Until now, the general doesn't even understand what happened in Luoyang, can such a person really win the final victory?

Cheng Qian was once again glad that he didn't choose the wrong person.

Cheng Yan was promoted by Sima Shi, and he was still loyal to the Sima family, but Sima Zhao's behavior completely angered the general.

Sima Zhao placed his younger brother by the emperor's side and instructed him to make a move at the right time.

Isn't this a clear intention to use yourself as a knife?

After doing such a thing, can the two brothers still have a way to live? Can their clan still survive?

Cheng Yan jumped like thunder, I was born and died for your family, so hard, you still want me to die?

Under this dissatisfaction, Cheng Yi asked his younger brother to take the initiative to contact the emperor, and since then, he has also found a new path, he has seen the emperor's power rise with his own eyes, and his evaluation of the emperor and Sima Zhao in his heart is also completely different.

At this moment, Sima Zhao's proud appearance made Cheng Yan despise him a little.

This person is impatient and arrogant, far inferior to a general!

Sima Zhaobing didn't care about Cheng Yan's expression, his face was full of smiles, he was already fantasizing about the beautiful picture of the ministers bowing down to him after he entered Luoyang.

What Hu Zun, what Wang Chang, when he completely masters the temple, do you dare to treat me like this?

There is also the little emperor in the court, I am afraid that he has already been imprisoned by the ministers at this moment, and when we meet this time, I want to see if you bow your head or not.

Obviously, you can solve the problem by taking the initiative to find me, but you have to be strong, but now you have to see what fate you have ended.

When he catches him, he can't let this fight die too happily, and let him suffer too!!