"My lord, Jiang Zitong is a veteran of the four dynasties and has always been loyal to the Wei Dynasty. However, Huang Gongheng has only been demoted as a general. My lord asked Huang Gongheng to go and persuade Jiang Zitong. Is this feasible?"
After traveling to Huang Mansion, Sima Yi and his son got back into the car. Master Sima asked with some worry.
Sima Yi sat down peacefully and sighed:
"If it were the late emperor's time, it would be impossible; but now, there is probably no more suitable candidate than Huang Gongheng in Luoyang City."
Master Sima didn’t quite understand:
"Sir, why is this?"
"Now let alone the Wei Dynasty, even the two kingdoms of Shu and Wu already know that Luoyang and Xuchang of the Wei Dynasty were ruled side by side."
Sima Yi did not have any taboos in front of his son:
"Throughout the Wei dynasty, some people wanted to go to Xuchang and some to Luoyang. As you said, Jiang Zitong is a veteran of the four dynasties. Which side do you think he will go to?"
Master Sima was suddenly startled, and after a while he said calmly:
"Probably, it should be Xuchang, right?"
"Why?"
"Because the emperor is in Xuchang?"
When Sima Yi heard this, he smiled, whether it was a sneer or a sneer. He shook his head slightly:
"Is the Great Wei the emperor's great Wei?"
After he said this, he laughed again, this time, it was a real sneer:
"Emperor Wu conquered the world, Emperor Wen established the world. If there are no advisers and strong generals to help, how can it be accomplished?"
"Even the late emperor Gao Shengping (i.e. Gao Tanglong) used the words of the sages to admonish him: The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world."
"The empire of the Wei Dynasty was conquered by Emperor Wu under the leadership of veterans like us. Cao Zhaobo (also known as Cao Shuang) indulged his pro-party members, monopolized power and disrupted the government, and lightly changed the laws."
Sima Yi stretched out a finger and pointed it outward, with a slightly angry look on his face:
"When we old ministers followed Emperor Wu to conquer the country, they were still in the womb of women!"
"What now? Most of the ministers serving around the emperor are close to Cao Zhaobo."
"They are enjoying the power we have built, yet they are above us. Besides causing chaos in government, what else will they do?"
Having said this, Sima Yi's eyes flashed coldly and he slowed down his tone:
"I don't believe that veterans of the Four Dynasties like Jiang Zitong can see through what they do."
Hearing this, Master Sima suddenly trembled and subconsciously sat up straight.
In the blink of an eye, he seemed to have grasped a key point:
"Haier heard that last month Cao Zhaobo ordered Man Boning (ie Man Chong) to remove his armor and return to the court, and be promoted to Taiwei."
"He also replaced Man Boning with Wang Yanyun (i.e. Wang Ling) as the General of the Eastern Expedition, Jiajie, and Military Commander of Yangzhou."
Who in the whole court does not know that Man Boning and Wang Yanyun are at odds?
Anyone who is not blind can see that Cao Zhaobo's move is basically to sideline Man Boning and win over Wang Yanyun.
Sima Yi nodded in approval:
"That's right, and according to the news that Zining (ie Sima Zhao) sent back from Xuchang, Jiang Zitong also sent a memorial to Xuchang a few days ago. Do you know what it said?"
"The child doesn't know."
"Chiang Zitong said that only those who can help the world carefully compile and modify the national laws and regulations can they be passed down to future generations. How can mediocre people change them?"
"If not, it will not only be ineffective in governing the country, but will also harm the people. I hope that the civil servants and military generals will all abide by their duties, and the country will be peaceful and prosperous."
As Sima Yi talked, he laughed to himself:
"Chiang Zitong's words are just pointing at the Taichung Three Dogs and his ilk, saying that they are mediocre people who are changing the law indiscriminately."
"Zi Yuan, tell me, even if Jiang Zitong is really attracted to Xuchang, what kind of Xuchang does he have in his heart?"
Maybe Jiang Zitong really loves Xuchang, but the Xuchang he wants is definitely not the current Xuchang.
Master Sima looked happy, then a little worried:
"But even so, it will be difficult for Jiang Zitong to join our Sima... Luoyang!"
"Huh, that's wrong!" Sima Yi waved his hand and said, "I don't need him to be facing Luoyang. I just need Cao Zhaobo to think that he is facing Luoyang."
"Cao Zhaobo is really a dolphin-like person. Sun Deda (ie Sun Li) just spoke out and remonstrated with him, so he promoted him and demoted him secretly, and asked Sun Deda to go to Jizhou to be the governor."
"Now that Jiang Zitong has written such a memorial, he is no more than pointing his finger at Cao Zhaobo and scolding him for his ignorance of people. I'm afraid he will be very angry in his heart."
"At this time, if Jiang Zitong really listens to my advice and sends troops to Gaodu, what do you think Cao Zhaobo will think?"
Master Sima still didn't understand: "But what if Jiang Zitong is unwilling to listen to your opinions?"
"He won't be unwilling." Sima Yi said word by word, "Because he is a veteran of the four dynasties of the Wei Dynasty!"
How many people can be called veterans of the Four Dynasties now?
How many people are not in high and powerful positions?
In the hearts of these veterans, the Great Wei is not only the Great Wei of the Cao family, but also their Great Wei.
Cao Shuang, Ding Mi and his like are just arrogances who have never even seen the military formation. How can they understand what these veterans of the Wei Dynasty are loyal to?
When Master Sima heard this, he suddenly realized:
This is simply a conspiracy.
The conspiracy coupled with the opponent's arrogance and stupidity.
He thought for a while and finally asked the last question:
"Then why did your Excellency let Huang Gongheng go?"
Sima Yi looked at Master Sima with some meaning:
"Because this way I can show my public heart!"
Looking at the entire city of Luoyang, the person who is least qualified to express his position, and at the same time the most promising person who will least make people doubt his position, is Huang Gongheng.
Master Sima finally understood it completely and couldn't help but admire his master deeply.
In mid-July of the 15th year of Jianxing's reign, Wei Yanjiu, the general of Zhendong of the Han Kingdom, attacked Shangdang County and was unable to control Huguan. He was so angry that he put on armor, risked his own arrows and led his troops to attack the city.
The morale of the Han army was greatly boosted.
In addition, the former governor of the merging state, Shi Li Xun, was a party member and personally came from Jinyang to persuade him to surrender.
The generals of the Wei army were besieged internally and externally. Seeing that reinforcements were not coming and there was no hope of defending the city, they had no choice but to leave the city and surrender.
At the same time, Jiang Ji, the general in Hanoi of Wei State, learned of the fall of Shangdang and immediately sent Taihang Xingxing to guard Gaodu City.
At this point, the entire Bingzhou, except for the city of Gaodu, was still in the hands of the Wei army, and the rest fell into the hands of the Han.
Feng Junhou, who had been making great efforts in Hedong, received the news of Shangdang a few days later than Jiang Ji.
After learning about the news in Hanoi, Feng Junhou fisted his fist and said with a big smile:
"The Wei thief's reaction was as expected by General Guan."
The so-called increase of troops to Hedong is just to transfer back the Bingzhou Hu cavalry from Guanzhong.
Because these Huqi are part of the source of miners in Feng Junhou's plan.
There are basically three types of miners in Xinghanhui's mines.
One is the labor miner, which needs no further elaboration.
The second type is the labor miners, who are sinners assigned by the government to work to atone for their sins.
The mine also pays a certain amount of labor fees to the government every year.
The last one is to hire miners, which is the mainstream of miners.
These miners are the most primitive proletarians who have signed a contract and exchanged their labor for a living in the mine.
Although a certain society is famous for its labor trade, in fact, only less than 30% of the workers in the mine are miners.
Hired miners account for at least 60%.
Therefore, as the war subsided, it was naturally impossible for Feng Junhou to let Bingzhou Huqi stay in Guanzhong.
Hu Qi, who was guarding the pass, gathered in Hedong, which was just a matter of convenience.
His next plan is to send these Huqi back to Bingzhou together and prepare them to start mining.
"The general is just borrowing the reputation of the prince."
In this battle, General Guan led his cavalry in a furious advance. His speed was as fast as the wind, and he became famous in Hebei Province. For his meritorious service, he was named the General of the Eastern Conquest by the imperial court.
Now everyone is rumored that Feng Junhou has four generals named "Feng Linhuo" under his command.
General Guan ranked first - of course, some people said it was Zhao Sanqian.
As for the facts, that's a matter of opinion.
The heroic Guan Zhengdong had already become a famous general after the battle in Guanzhong.
At this time, she was calm and confident, clicking on the location of Gaodu on the map:
"With the current reputation of the monarch, even if Sima Yi is in Hanoi, he would not dare to go through Taihangxing and Gaodu to support the Shangdang."
Although Feng Junhou is often cut off by others, it does not mean that he will not cut off other people's plans.
After all, both the uncles and nephews of the Zhang family during the First World War in Jincheng and the Sima Taifu during the First World War in Guanzhong all had a deep understanding of this.
In the eyes of Wei Guo, this man was like a poisonous snake, every move would kill someone.
Everyone in the world says that he is "cruel and ruthless", and this is not an exaggeration.
Compared with the Liangzhou Army, the Bingzhou Huqi can only be regarded as stragglers.
However, the main force of the Liangzhou Army could not stand it and kept stationed in the east of the Hedong River and never left.
Not to mention the aura bonus of Feng Guiwang.
How dare Wei dare to bet that the Hedong army, with the Liangzhou Army as the main force, would not have other intentions?
That's why General Guan was so confident that even if Sima Yi came in person, he would not dare to go to Taihangxing to support Shangdang.
Because in that case, it would be tantamount to exposing the flank of the reinforcements to Hedong.
Then Wei Thief's remaining choices can be easily guessed:
The most they can do is to hold Taihangxing and prevent the Han army from further threatening Hanoi from Shangdang.
This is called using force to overwhelm others, leaving the opponent with no choice.
Feng Junhou looked at the map and smacked his lips:
"It's a pity that Zhiguan Road is still in the hands of the Wei thieves. Otherwise, wouldn't the situation at this time be a replica of the Changping War between Qin and Zhao?"
The location of the Battle of Changping was the area from Gaodu County to Shangdang Changzi County. It was also the current border area between the Han and Wei Dynasties in Shangdang.
However, in the Battle of Changping, Qin Ke entered Shangdang from Hedong, entered Hanoi from Zhiguan Road, and threatened Henan from Tongguan.
But the Han Dynasty is now blocked to the west of Zhiguan Road.
The power of a pincer offensive is greatly reduced if one pincer is missing.
When General Guan heard what Feng Junhou said, he smiled slightly:
"Why are the kings so greedy? The former Qin Dynasty went from being weak to strong, and then to swallowing up the world in six lifetimes."
"I, Ji Han, have only been seventeen years since the founding of our country by the late Emperor. I have been able to defeat many powerful enemies, sit in the middle of Guanzhong, and dominate the world."
"If seventeen more years had passed, the three resurgences of the Han Dynasty would have been completed!"
When Feng Junhou heard what General Guan said, his heart moved when he looked at her looking forward to her, and his face actually became a little silly and happy.
Protecting the smile of the one you love, what the Sa family has done over the years has been worth it.
Thinking about it again, it turns out that it has been seventeen years since I came here...
"Xi Jun, cough, what General Guan said is that I am a little impatient. As General Guan said, since the Han Dynasty has already conquered the world, it means that the time is for me and not for thieves. Everything can be done slowly. "
"Then according to what General Guan sees, after General Zhendong captures Shangdang, what will the thieves do next besides holding on to Gaodu City?"
"Nothing can be done." General Guan shook his head, "If Xuchang and Luoyang work together, the next step for the thieves will definitely be to find a way to recapture Shangdang."
"But from the battle of Shangdang, we can already confirm that Sima Yi in Luoyang and the Wei thieves and puppet emperors in Xuchang are most likely not of the same mind."
The Wei thieves had at least 150,000 troops in Hanoi and Henan.
But watching the Shangdang being defeated and unable to send reinforcements is enough to explain many problems.
Feng Junhou glanced at General Guan and hesitated to speak.
Zhang Xiaosi didn’t say that, right?
I remember she was saying that if the Shangdang incident was as expected, then it would be certain that Sima Yi and Cao Shuang, the two leaders of Wei's thieves, were at odds with each other, right?
Just think about it, General Guan has always been very bad at such political intrigues.
Besides, Feng Junhou really wanted to emphasize Zhang Xiaosi's original words to Tiger Girl. Maybe Tiger Girl or Feng Junhou was partial, and he couldn't bear to take it for granted.
Forget it, the two kings are fighting, and the ghost king is avoiding Yi.
As soon as he thought about this, Feng Junhou stopped trying to explain to the tiger girl.
"However, although the upper party is lower down, this place is a key point and a general must be sent to guard it."
Guan Hunu didn't know what Feng Junhou was thinking, but she still tried her best to remind Feng Junhou.
Feng Junhou shook his head:
"Why bother? Wei Wenchang defeated Shangdang, so let him guard it there."
"Back then, he was able to hold Hanzhong and join the party. It's a piece of cake."
Shangdang is surrounded by mountains, with Hanoi in the south and Yecheng in the east. The terrain is difficult.
Now that we've defeated him, let's guard him well. It's just right for Wei Yan, an old man, to stay there. What's he going to do when he comes back?
Just looking at him makes me upset.
Feng Junhou is not a prime minister, so he thinks he doesn't have the courage.
Anyway, as long as we can wait until the emperor moves the capital to Chang'an, it will be the emperor's business how to arrange the old man.
"Bo Yue, tell me, if General Wei is guarding Shangdang, what do you think the Wei thief will do next?"
Jiang Wei, the general who conquered the west, is now the chief general guarding Hedong.
In the past few months, I don’t know how many times I have conducted deductions with the staff of the Liangzhou Army.
Liangzhou Qilin'er, who was originally keen on military affairs, was a little confused at this time:
"Your Majesty, I originally thought that if the Shangdang war could not be brought down at once, it would most likely remain unsolved for a long time until the thieves came to their senses."
"And the most unlikely thing is that there are hundreds of thousands of thieves in Hanoi and Henan, standing still and watching the Shangdang be lost."
"Now the most impossible thing has become a reality, which is a bit unexpected for the general."
Hearing this, Feng Junhou couldn't help laughing:
"War is an extension of politics. It is reasonable for Bo Yue to lose his judgment because he did not know about the disputes between the Wei traitors and the court."
"From Bo Yue's perspective, how might Wei Thief respond to the current situation?"
Jiang Wei pondered for a while and finally shook his head:
"As General Guan said, the Wei thieves are at a disadvantage and have no geographical advantage, let alone being unable to work together. I'm afraid they have no other choice but to defend the pass individually."
"well!"
When Feng Junhou heard this, he nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face.
Since the two generals he values most have the same views, there is no problem.
"Now that the superior party has resigned, I will continue to patrol Bingzhou in the near future. Boyue, you must guard this land east of the river and make sure there is no loss."
"Don't worry, Lord, I will defend Hedong to the death!"
