[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

In the spring of the 20th year of Jian'an, Cao Pi led [-] troops and went north to help Cao Zhang pacify Liaodong.

Cao Pi originally wanted Sima Yi to go with him. With Sima Yi's talent, it was easy to make military exploits.It's a pity that Cao Cao always suspected that Sima Yi had ulterior motives, so Cao Pi only led Cheng Yu and a few advisers there.

Cao Pi was helpless and angry about this, but Sima Yi smiled noncommittally.

He finally repeated all the strategies he wanted to plan, and then stood quietly behind Cao Pi, watching Cao Pi's back slowly go away, as if waiting.

Now that Cao Pi is gone, Sima Yi does not need to accompany others to study every morning, so he returns to his job as a servant.This position is very leisurely, and he himself is happy with it, it is rare to be free.

If he is really bored, he will also go around the county.Today's Ye County is completely new compared to four years ago.Even though Sima Yi watched all day long, he was amazed at Cao Zhi's idea in his heart.

Even if he is the prefect of Ye County, I'm afraid he won't be able to do this in such a short period of time.

Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi.

When the young man met for the first time, he left a very bad impression on him, but in the next ten years or so, he subverted this extremely difficult first impression little by little.

It's incredible.

Sima Yi frowned secretly as he looked at the increasingly prosperous counties.

In the struggle between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, Cao Pi has a richer background and seems to have a slightly better chance of winning.But in the end who will win the deer, we need to look at Cao Cao again.During this period, if Cao Zhi is just a person with outstanding literary talents and talents but no fighting spirit, or a person who is ambitious but has little real talent and learning, it will be very easy to handle.

It's a pity that Cao Zhi is neither. For Cao Pi, it is really tricky.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi slightly raised the corners of his lips.

——The more difficult things are, the more interesting they are, right?

As he was thinking like this, a strange but familiar voice came from beside him: "Mr. Sima."

It was Cao Zhi.

Sima Yi looked back and saw that the young man under the sun became more and more clear-eyed, and he bowed and saluted without the slightest pause.Unsurprisingly, Cao Zhi also cupped his hands and smiled lightly: "Mr. Sima."

Today's Cao Zhi is Weijun Zuo Duwei, with a higher official position than Sima Yi, and the camps of the two are even more opposite.As far as they are concerned, even if Cao Zhi sneered and looked straight past him, it was nothing more than that.

But Cao Zhi obviously didn't.

He seems to still maintain the mentality of his youth, giving enough respect and admiration to the learned and elegant gentry officials.Even if facing Sima Yi now with the word "hehe" in his heart, his face is impeccable and respectful.

He even said softly: "What are you doing, sir? Why are you standing here?"

Sima Yi also smiled and said: "Spring is beautiful, and the scenery in the county is much better than winter."

Cao Zhi chuckled: "It's rare to meet Mr. Mr. If you are interested, let's have a drink together."

"Fourth son, please."

Cao Zhi then found a tavern.

The name of this tavern is "Don't Get Drunk, Don't Return". The name on the plaque is messy and scribbled, arrogant and cozy, as if written by a drunkard.In fact, this is exactly the case - these words were written by Cao Zhi when he was drunk.

As it should be, the ostensible owner of this tavern is none other than Cao Zhi's martial arts master, Wang Qi.

When Cao Zhi arrived, Wang Qi hugged the wine jar and leaned against the table in the corner to take a nap, while the shopkeeper at the side watched the tavern conscientiously.Cao Zhi watched too much, so he only smiled slightly, and then led Sima Yi to the private room on the second floor.

The second floor was originally prepared for noble officials, with the theme of the four seasons, each of the four private rooms is different.Therefore, compared with other pubs, it is very elegant.Even if you listen carefully, you can hear the music of silk and bamboo orchestras endlessly.

Sima Yi looked around and laughed

Cao Zhi raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

Sima Yi offered him a toast.Laugh without saying a word.

In fact, Cao Zhi and Sima Yi have nothing to talk about, after all, they have neither acquaintance nor familiarity.Most of the time, the two toasted each other. After drinking for three rounds, Cao Zhifang complimented: "Actually, when I first met Mr. Ten years ago, I heard a little about Mr.'s talents. Since then, I have admired Mr. It's a pity that I haven't had any chance to get along with my husband."

Sima Yi laughed.

He was used to keeping a low profile during the years when he was called into the court by Cao Cao, and his smile was covered with a faint humility, which made people feel quite comfortable: "Young Master, you are joking. If you are talking about talent and learning, how can I be half as good as Young Master Si? Especially that day when the Fourth Young Master gave a performance on the stage, which amazed everyone! Heh... It's a pity that the Fourth Young Master used to have a banquet, so I didn't have the chance to attend."

Cao Zhi's smile deepened: "Next time, sir must be invited to participate."

Sima Yi didn't hesitate to give in: "Then, let's make a deal like this."

Cao Zhi said: "In front of my father, it's just a trick. It's the strategy that the second brother said in front of my father, which opened Zhi's eyes."

There was surprise in Sima Yi's eyes: "What's the strategy?"

Cao Zhi paused.He smiled slowly and apologetically, resting his forehead on one hand and said: "Cao Zhi can't bear the strength of alcohol, so he talked nonsense, sir, don't blame him."

Sima Yi said kindly, "How could it be? I'm also drunk."

After speaking, they looked at each other with a smile and continued to drink.

After another cup, the two of them chatted together about some unnecessary and interesting things, Sima Yi suddenly said: "I have a doubt, and I want to ask the Fourth Young Master for advice."

"I don't dare to ask for advice, please tell me, sir."

Sima Yi shook his wine glass and said: "It is often said that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. But for some reason, some close friends always have endless things to say when they are together; To be a confidant, or to be a confidant who speaks endlessly?"

Cao Zhi paused.

He raised his head, his eyes seemed to be filled with a trace of drunkenness: "Maybe it's because...the wine is too small to drink with a bosom friend, and there are too many words if you don't speculate."

In his whole life, he had never lost his composure in front of outsiders.All his expressions, either gentle or smiling, are just like masks.

Even saying these words is undeniably gentle.

Sima Yi's eyes lit up, and he even applauded in admiration: "It's good to say, 'A thousand cups of wine is less than a bosom friend, and it's more than a word if you don't speculate'!"

"Heh, sir also think this sentence of mine?"

Sima Yi said sincerely, "It's shocking to hear it today."

Cao Zhi curled his lips and narrowed his eyes, and said nothing more.

When most people still focus on this battle, in fact, the attention of Cao Cao and others has turned to the open and secret struggle between Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

In the 19th year of Jian'an, shortly after Cao Cao's attack on Sun Quan failed and returned to Ye County, Liu Bei ordered Pang Xi to persuade Liu Zhang's eldest son, Liu Xun, to surrender.

In the past, Cao Cao pretended to attack Yizhou, and Liu Zhang led Liu Bei into Xichuan.Later, Liu Zhang understood Liu Bei's ambition, and ordered the Xichuan army to join forces with Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei Yu Jiameng.It's just that his subordinates had been divided into two factions at that time, loyal to him or secretly betraying him, resulting in Xichuan eventually falling into Liu Bei's hands.

However, even if Liu Bei got Xichuan, the loss would be immeasurable.What's more, after Liu Zhang hanged himself, his eldest son Liu Xun followed the emperor's will to lead Yizhou Mu, and the garrison in Luocheng confronted Liu Bei far away, which led to civil strife in Xichuan.

Generals from all over the Southwest either led troops to rise up, or led their troops to seek refuge with Sun Quan and Cao Cao.When Zhuge Liang finally gathered the power of Xichuan, quelled the turmoil of various ministries, defeated Liu Xun three times, and finally pacified most of Yizhou.

It's just a superficial peace. For Liu Bei, no matter whether it is military power, food, financial resources...in fact, there is no expansion.

As far as Liu Bei was concerned, what was needed was a long buffer period before he ordered Pang Xi to persuade Liu Xun to surrender.

Pang Xi was Liu Xun's father-in-law.When Liu Xun first saw Pang Xi, he was still smiling, and ordered his servants to prepare a banquet for him.When they heard about Pang Xi's intentions, they hesitated for a long time-after all, Yizhou was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Cao Cao was threatened by Sun Quan to attack the north, which was really powerless for them.He still saw his intentions from left to right, and persuaded him: "When Pang Xi was the prefect of Brazil, he was jealous of the former master because of his arrogance and self-respect, and he wanted to rebel against the former master, but Cheng Ji stopped him later. Liu Bei entered Pang Xi surrendered to Liu Bei in the Shu Dynasty, and he was one of the heroes who assisted Liu Bei in usurping power! Now the lord is Liu Bei's confidant, once the lord surrenders to him, there is no guarantee that he will not be jealous and killed!"

Liu Xun took it for granted.

Liu Xun refused to surrender, so Liu Bei could only continue to fight.Fortunately, Liu Xun's losses were heavier than his, and the fighting spirit in the army gradually lost, so the two sides lived in peace for the time being.

The entanglement of the situation in Xichuan made Liu Bei feel very distressed.Just to prevent Cao Cao from mobilizing troops to attack, he publicized that the situation is good and Yizhou is under control.

No one knows whether this remark fooled Cao Cao.After all, Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhang to go north to attack Liaodong before, but now he can't attack for a long time.But Sun Quan really thought that Liu Bei had settled in Yizhou, so when the spring blossomed in the 20th year of Jian'an, he ordered Zhuge Jin to go to Xichuan and asked Liu Bei to return the counties of Jingzhou.

Liu Bei was furious!

However, as long as people know how warm and cold the drinking water is, he can't blame Sun Quan for being untimely, so he said to Zhuge Jin kindly: "Now there is Liu Xun in Xichuan, and Zhang Lu is watching from outside. When Xichuan is calmed down, I will give all of Jingzhou as a gift. Yu Wu!"

Sun Quan was even more displeased when he heard about it.Lu Su wanted to use Xichuan's situation to persuade him, but Sun Quan cut off his words with a wave of his hand, saying: "Liu Bei is playing tricks and delaying the time on purpose."

Therefore, chief officials were set up in Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang, all of whom were expelled by Guan Yu.

Sun Quan was furious, and ordered Lü Meng to oversee the army, together with Xian Yudan, Xu Zhong, and Sun Gui, to lead 1 soldiers and attack the three counties.Another [-] troops led by Lu Su were stationed in Baqiu to defend Guan Yu.

Soon, Liu Bei went to Gongan and ordered Guan Yu to lead [-] troops to Yiyang. At this time, all the guards of the three counties had surrendered to Lu Meng.Then Lu Meng retreated to defend, and united with Lu Su to fight Guan Yu in Yiyang.

At this time, Liu Xun joined forces with Zhang Lu to attack Chengdu for the fourth time.Fearing that he would lose Yizhou, Liu Bei sent envoys to sue for peace, and divided Jingzhou, Changsha, Jiangxia, and the east of Guiyang under Sun Quan, while the rest belonged to Liu Bei, and Sun Quan agreed.

The first three battles between Liu Xun and Liu Bei did not gain any benefits, but the army suffered heavy casualties.Now seeing Liu Bei going to the Public Security Bureau, he thought it was an opportunity and asked Hanzhong Zhang Lu to send troops to attack Chengdu.

Zhang Luying.

At the moment Zhuge Liang and Fazheng are guarding Chengdu, and there are no more than [-] troops in the city.However, the final result is that these two men and [-] soldiers can withstand Zhang Lu and Liu Xun's [-] soldiers!

In history, there are not a few battles in which fewer people win more battles. People all over the world still remember the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi.But whether it is the burning of grain and grass in Guandu, or the burning of warships in Chibi, at least the momentum is earth-shattering.When it came to this battle, no one would have guessed that the two factors that determine the outcome are actually a small stumbling block, and the other... Liu Xun's battle flag was inexplicably broken.

Shocked the world!

Knowing this result, Guo Jia only sighed, and said helplessly for a while: "Oh, it really is not worth dying."