Everyone will make different choices at different stages. It is not incomprehensible that Xinpi, who could abandon the Yuan family and join Cao Cao, now wants to be loyal to the Wei Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, Xinbi received great favor from the great Wei Dynasty. Starting from Cao Cao, Xinbi has been reused by Cao Wei. Until Cao Rui's dynasty, he was the official of the Three Dukes. After receiving so many favors, it is impossible for Xinbi to Those who have no sense of belonging to Wei Dynasty.
To be honest, most of the Xin family live in Hebei, and they have many marriage relationships with Hebei aristocratic families.
Xinpi cannot surrender. Once he surrenders, his family will inevitably be harmed. In order to clear up the relationship with Xinpi, the Hebei family's children and even grandchildren will be implicated. From now on, the Xin family will be in the Great Wei Dynasty. The future is basically dead.
Of course, if he did not surrender, Xinpi could have followed Sima Yi and retreated to Hulao Pass. This was not because Xinpi was in trouble, but simply because Xinpi couldn't overcome the hurdle mentally.
Instead of retreating to Hulao Pass and accepting the fact that he lost the battle and lost ground, Xinpi might as well choose to live or die with Luoyang.
Anyway, he is already seventy, and he will not live for long. It is better to use his death in battle to set an example for the ministers of Wei. By then, whether he can be famous in the world, the emperor will definitely treat him well. Family in Hebei.
Even if the Han Dynasty is really prosperous in the future, he must maintain three respects for himself, the enemy minister who is loyal to the country. Nowadays, no king will dislike his ministers who are loyal to the country.
Why not exchange a dying body for the peace and wealth of your family?
Xin Pi made his own decision, and although Sima Yi respected Xin Pi's decision, Sima Yi also had Sima Yi's consideration to let Sima Yi wait in Luoyang for reinforcements that were impossible to come. Sima Yi would never do it.
Out of respect, Sima Yi actually allocated 3,000 soldiers and horses to Xin Pi, reorganized the remaining 7,000 soldiers and horses, and was ready to break out at any time.
Incidentally, he also issued military orders to his two sons to retreat to Hanoi County, so as to prevent the two foolish sons from foolishly sticking to Mengjin Ferry and not knowing how to protect themselves.
In this era, there are of course loyal ministers who are generous in their righteousness, but most of the children of aristocratic families must first consider the safety and survival of their own family.
Just like this, in the evening on January 24, the eighth year of Jianxing, when the Han army returned to camp after a day of siege, the east gate of Luoyang suddenly opened. Sima Yi led his troops out of the east gate and went straight to Hulao Pass. And go.
The Han army arranged a containment force at the east gate, but the number of troops was not large, only about a thousand people.
In addition, he was withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp. Deng Ai, who was holding the east gate in check, did not take more precautions. By the time Deng Ai realized that Sima Yi was breaking through from the east gate, it was already too late to lead his troops to pursue him.
Sima Yi's timing of his breakout was very good. It was when the Han army returned to camp and relaxed their guard, and it was close to evening, and it would be night soon.
Once night falls and vision is limited, it becomes impossible to follow the traces on the ground to track the enemy.
Deng Ai led his troops in pursuit and had to retreat after nightfall.
At this time, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi had no time to take care of Sima Yi who came out of the east gate. Sima Yi ran away and Luoyang was now extremely empty of defenses.
Early the next morning, before the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Zhuge Liang and others took the initiative to attack the city, the gates of Luoyang City were opened.
As soon as the aristocratic families in Luoyang City heard that Sima Yi had voluntarily abandoned Luoyang, they immediately acted keenly. There was no need to collude. Everyone brought their own private soldiers to the south gate of Luoyang, and met Xinpi who was guarding here. , and three thousand Wei troops.
Of course Xinpi knew what these guys wanted to do, but he hadn't left yet, and he still had to defend the city. How could he allow these guys to play "shaking food in a pot with pulp"? If he wanted to open the city gate, he had to open the city gate from his own Break through the corpse.
Then Xinpi was arrested by a group of people from aristocratic families and private soldiers, who tied him up and opened the south gate of Luoyang City.
Xinpi was about to cry without tears. He didn't expect that he and his three thousand soldiers could not fight against the private soldiers led by the aristocratic families in the city.
Weird, it can only be blamed on Xin Pi's partial understanding of military affairs. In addition, he is accustomed to the perspective of the superiors and does not understand the thoughts of the soldiers at the bottom.
Sima Yi has fled with his 7,000 troops. Do you think the 3,000 soldiers you left behind have much fighting spirit left? !
It's not like they actively wanted to stay.
At this time, as long as there is a sober person in the family, Sima Yi has escaped, the east gate is still open, and the Shu army has not launched an attack yet. As long as the Wei soldiers are a little smarter, they will know what to do. .
Xinpi actually foolishly believed that these three thousand soldiers would stay and fight with him. It was really not unfair to be caught.
In the "Tao Shi Hu Jie" of the Luoyang aristocratic family, Zhuge Liang finally led his army to conquer Luoyang and entered Luoyang City with a smile on his face.
After entering the city, the first thing was of course to go out and settle the people, and everything was as before.
The second thing is to "exchange views" with the wealthy families in Luoyang and maintain apparent harmony with each other.
As for Xinpi, this is the third thing.
It's not that Zhuge Liang didn't want to persuade Xin Pi to surrender, but that Xin Pi would rather die than surrender. After knowing Xin Pi's intentions, Zhuge Liang beheaded him to save his integrity.
This is an opportunity for Xinpi to become famous all over the world and go down in history, so no one thinks that Zhuge Liang did something wrong.
Even if Zhuge Liang lets Xinpi go back, Xinpi will still have to bear the crime of losing Luoyang, being defeated and captured. At that time, Xinpi will no longer be a loyal minister guarding the Wei Dynasty, but a sinner who lost the city and the land.
Sometimes, killing is also to fulfill a person.
The news of Xinpi's murder reached Yecheng. Cao Rui immediately scolded Sima Yi for being incompetent and the Shu thieves were cunning. Then he ordered to treat the Xin clan favorably and directly promoted Xinpi's eldest son Xin Chang to Jizhou Mu and his son-in-law Yangdan to Taichang Qing. .
By the way, Yang Dan's wife is Xin Xianying, Xin Pi's daughter, and his second brother is Yang Dan who just asked his son to become a disciple of Zhang Xi.
Cao Rui's move was not only to appease the Xin family, but also meant to continue to win over the Yang family.
The people of the Xin clan had resentment towards the Shu Han, but few of them resented Zhuge Liang for ordering the death of Xin Pi. On the contrary, they were quite dissatisfied with Sima Yi for abandoning Luoyang.
This is determined by the values of this era. The victory or defeat on the battlefield depends only on the battlefield. Death is just because your skills are inferior to others, let alone others helping you to go down in history.
Of course, Zhuge Liang did not know these things at this time. He was still busy in Luoyang City, wrangling with a group of Luoyang aristocratic families. At the same time, he ordered Wei Yan and others to seize Mengjin Ferry as soon as possible, and then withdraw their troops to join Luoyang.
No way, now Zhuge Liang also needs enough troops to defend Luoyang. On the third day after capturing Luoyang, Zhang Xi already led 20,000 troops southward. Now Zhuge Liang only has 15,000 troops to defend Luoyang.
That's why Wei Yan and others were asked to resolve the Mengjindu war as soon as possible and come to Luoyang to coordinate the defense.
As for Zhang Xi, Zhang Xi took the initiative and led the troops south.
On the one hand, Zhang Xi didn't want to see the faces of the Luoyang aristocratic families, nor did he want to deal with these people.
Zhang Xi really wasn't in the mood to argue with these guys.
On the other hand, Zhang Xi still had to lead his troops back to aid Jingzhou. Something really happened in Jingzhou, the province.
At this time, Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang had not received the latest battle report from Wang Ji, and they did not know that the Soochow Army was struggling in Jiangling County. They did not even know that Zhou Yu had returned to Jianye to recuperate due to illness.
At this time, Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang thought that Zhou Yu personally led the troops to attack Jingzhou, so they did not dare to be careless. After capturing Luoyang, they decided to quickly return to the army to rescue Jingzhou.
However, before returning to rescue Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang suggested that Zhang Xi take a detour from the north of Yingchuan County when leading his troops south.
Zhang Xi actually understands the truth.
As soon as Luoyang arrived, Yingchuan County lost its significance in supporting Luoyang. Chen Tai and Jia Kui, who were guarding Yingchuan County, would definitely not dare to stay in Xiangcheng any longer once they learned that Zhang Xi led his troops in the north of Yingchuan County. of.
Zhang Xi has appeared in the northern part of Yingchuan County, which means at least two problems. First, Luoyang has been lost, otherwise Zhang Xi would not have the time to wander to the northern part of Yingchuan County. Second, if they continue to stay in Xiangcheng, Xuchang will be in danger.
Once Zhang Xi is allowed to occupy Xuchang, it will be equivalent to cutting off Xiangcheng's retreat, trapping Chen Tai and Jia Kui in the southwest of Yingchuan County, with no place to run.
It doesn't matter if Chen Tai can't run away. Based on the personal relationship between Chen Qun and Liu Bei, even if Chen Tai is caught by the Shu thieves, he still has to treat him with kind words. Even if Chen Tai is unwilling to surrender, the Shu thieves will only It might be a gift sent out of the country, but I don't dare to do anything to Chen Tai.
But if Jia Kui can't do it, if the dignified governor of Yanzhou is arrested in Yingchuan County, the entire Yanzhou will be in turmoil.
At that time, even if Hulao Pass blocks Yanzhou and the Shu thieves cannot get through, how do you know that Zhuge Jin in Xuzhou and Lu Xun in Huainan will not take advantage of the situation to attack Yanzhou? !
Another thing, from the standpoint of Chen Tai and Jia Kui, how could they not know the truth about Xuchang? !
In order to threaten the food and grass supply line of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Shu thieves, Chen Tai transferred all the remaining county soldiers from Yingchuan County to Xiangcheng. Today, Xuchang is guarded by less than a thousand people.
If Zhang Xi really wanted to attack Xuchang before the two of them did, he would probably lose Xuchang with just one attack.
And Xuchang cannot be defended. Once Xuchang falls, the entire Yingchuan cannot be saved. And by that time, not to mention Guo Huai, who has just returned to Runan, even Yanzhou will be forced to open its doors.
Therefore, the two men immediately withdrew their troops from Xiangcheng and surrendered to Xuchang.
(End of chapter)
