After hearing this, Jiang Wei said: "Today, I also received news in the video that there was a rebellion in Longxi. Prime Minister, you asked me to go back to defend. When I just led my troops out of the city, news of an ambush came from the front line. I felt The Prime Minister's personal safety is more important than the rebellion in Longxi, so he led his troops to respond, and happened to encounter the Prime Minister breaking through. This is God's blessing for me, Shu Han!" In this battle, Shu Han was defeated at Hangu Pass and lost 200,000 yuan. Soldiers and horses, Yu Yi was almost captured alive, which shocked Yu Yi's confidence. He arranged for Jiang Wei to guard Chang'an and returned to Wancheng with his soldiers and horses.
When they entered Wancheng, intelligence came from the east, saying that Sun Quan sent an army to prepare to raid Jingzhou. However, they encountered a hundred thousand troops and gave up the idea. Yu Yi sighed secretly and said: "Now we have occupied Fancheng and Wancheng. , Chang'an and other places, and the counties in Longxi are also in the bag. I should have taken advantage of the situation to attack the Central Plains, but unfortunately I didn't expect it to be lurking all the time. It seems that our opponent in the open is Sima Yi, and our opponent in the secret will always be it!"
Everyone didn't understand who Yu Yi was talking about, and it was hard to ask, so they could only disperse.
Soon after, Yu Yi fell ill and wrote a letter to Liu Chan, describing the failure this time. Naturally, he would not tell about the evil force, blaming everything on errors of judgment, and asked Liu Chan to Demotion.
In the past, Kong Ming appointed Ma Su, which led to the loss of the street pavilion. He beheaded Ma Su and asked for demotion. At that time, Yu Yi agreed to Kong Ming's request. Now the current prime minister Yu Yi also applied for demotion. As a man with military power in hand, Prime Minister, Liu Chan was at a loss for a while, so he summoned his close ministers to discuss. As Liu Chan's side, Jiang Wan was the one he trusted the most, but Jiang Wan was actually Yu Yi's spy who placed Liu Chan's side.
Liu Chan asked: "Now that the Prime Minister has been defeated, he has submitted a petition and requested to be demoted. What should I do?"
Others suggested: "The Prime Minister actually asked for demotion. We can use this opportunity to meet his request and at the same time look for opportunities to regain military power. He has always been restrained. This is not a good approach."
Jiang Wan said: "No!"
Although there are always people around Liu Chan to instigate him, Liu Chan has given up that idea. You must know that since the founding of Xishu, there have been many rebellions, large and small, and each time they ended in failure. You must know that Yu Yi had many reasons to kill him, but none of them , and also voluntarily gave up the throne and became prime minister, but if there is too much wind in his ears, it will definitely have an impact, and Liu Chan is a person without independent opinions. When he heard Jiang Wan's objection, he asked why.
He replied: "Although the Prime Minister was defeated, our territory in Western Shu has expanded. Now Longxi and Wancheng are under our jurisdiction. Moreover, Soochow and Wei are afraid of the Prime Minister's reputation and do not dare to invade Western Shu easily. If Your Majesty demotes the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister loses confidence, then Western Shu will be in danger; if the Prime Minister is forced to have no choice but to defect to Wei, then Western Shu will be destroyed!"
Liu Chan didn't realize how important Yu Yi was, so he nodded immediately and asked, "The Prime Minister has submitted a letter of demotion, how should I reply?"
Jiang Wan smiled and said: "This is easy. Just say that the Prime Minister has made great contributions. Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. Encourage the Prime Minister to make meritorious deeds and strive for greater victory."
Liu Chan was very happy after hearing this and immediately complied with the request. When the meeting dispersed, he directly ordered that all the ministers who proposed independence to him would be killed without leaving any one behind.
Liu Chan's reply and the news reached Yu Yi's ears. Yu Yi smiled slightly and said, "Jiang Wan is indeed a man with a solution."
This incident in Soochow made Yu Yi realize the importance of Chen Bing's border. He did not get angry at Soochow because of this. He just sent an envoy with some gifts and joked about Soochow's preparations to send troops. At the same time, he also carried out With the show of force, a three-legged situation already existed, but the strongest one was no longer Wei, but Xi Shu.
Yu Yi couldn't figure out what bad ideas the evil forces were still brewing, and he didn't dare to march rashly. He had to redouble his efforts, resume production, manage the newly recovered land first, appease the local people, and then attack the Central Plains later when there was an opportunity.
It turned out that the evil force Cao Rui, after communicating with Sima Yi, confused Cao Shuang and asked him to send troops to ambush at the corresponding location. Although Chang'an was lost, he won the battle and blocked further attacks from Xi Shu. This was also a great achievement for Cao Shuang. His prestige further increased, so more people in the court fawned over him, and the young emperor also trusted him very much.
As for Sima Yi, when the opportunity came, he also started to take action. He quickly sent Taiwei Jiang Ji and Shangshu Ling Sima Fu to write a letter together and let Huangmen go out of the city and come to the young emperor to report the situation. At the same time, Sima Yi Take the entire weapons depot with your army.
The news quickly spread to Cao Shuang's home. His wife Liu quickly came to the hall, summoned the officials guarding the warehouse and asked, "Now that the lord is outside, what was Sima Yi doing when he raised his troops?"
Pan Ju, the general guarding the city gate, said: "There may be some misunderstanding. Madam, don't be surprised. I'm going to ask about the situation." So he led a dozen archers up the city wall to check the situation, and saw Sima Yi coming to the house with his soldiers and horses. , Pan Ju thought that Sima Yi was rebelling, so he asked the archers to shoot arrows, but Sima Yi could not pass.
Sun Qian, the general, stood behind him and stopped him: "The Taifu is here for national affairs. There must be a misunderstanding. Don't let go of the arrow." After stopping him three times, Pan Ju did not let go of the arrow. Sima Zhao then escorted Sima Yi through. , led troops and horses to station troops in Luoyang and defended the pontoon bridge.
Besides, Cao Shuang's subordinate Sima Luzhi observed the changes in the city and went to discuss with Xin Chang, who joined the army: "Now that Sima Yi has rebelled, what should we do?"
He replied: "You can take your troops to report to the emperor."
Lu Zhi followed this suggestion, so Xin Chang entered the back hall. When he saw his sister Xin Xianying coming, he asked, "Why are you so flustered?"
He replied: "The Emperor and Cao Shuang are hunting outside, but the Tutor has closed the city gate with his soldiers and horses. He must be preparing to rebel!"
Xianying said: "Sima Yi did not do this to rebel, but to prepare to kill General Cao Shuang."
Xian Chang said in surprise: "I don't know what will happen to this matter?"
He replied: "General Cao Shuang is no match for Sima Yi and will definitely fail."
Xian Chang said: "Now that Lu Sima asked me to go there with him, should I go?"
He replied: "That is your duty, the loyalty that people must follow. The difficulty for mortals lies in this place. If you give up your duty with a whip, you will encounter unknown things." So he followed the suggestion and went to Lu Zhi with Lu Zhi. With a dozen cavalry, he opened the city gate and went out. Someone reported to Sima Yi. Sima Yi was afraid that Huan Fan would also leave, so he quickly sent someone to summon him to his side.
After Huan Fan learned about it, he discussed it with his sons. The son suggested: "The emperor is outside, why don't we go from the south."
