The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

Many years—not so many years—after all, Sima Yi may regret that he did not meet Zhuge Liang during the first Northern Expedition.

"I don't feel sorry for Gu, and who told you that Gu didn't meet Zhuge?"

Listen, listen, it's not going well, it's "lonely".Excuse me, when did you meet?

"Don't you understand God?"

Got it - although it sounds difficult.

"It's not difficult at all," Sima Yi shook the bamboo slips in his hand, "Speaking of which, I have to thank Mencius."

Meng Da, courtesy name Zijing, was born in Fufeng County.Later, in order to avoid the taboo of the name of the ancestor's uncle, the word Zidu was changed.

Perhaps Sima Yi's instinctive dislike of people like Meng Da came from the moment he heard Meng Da change his wording.No matter how much Liu Yuan and Liu Zijing are worthy of admiration in Liu Bei's heart, he has never avoided the name of uncle of the emperor. Besides, Liu Bei should be used to the word "Zijing". It's not that he has never met Lu Su. Why should Meng Da do this? Actively, or simply put, did you change the wording so flattering?

Cao Pi likes Meng Da because Meng Da satisfies his vanity of "winning without fighting". Sima Yi hates him, but he only said once in front of Cao Pi that "Da's words and deeds are clever and untrustworthy".

This time is enough.

After Cao Pi's death, Meng Da felt more and more uneasy.

After Cao Pi's death, Sima Yi's dissatisfaction became more and more open.

Cao Rui glanced at the pile of letters in hand, and then threw all of them in front of Sima Yi who was kneeling on the steps: "You already know?"

"Your Majesty is stupid. What is His Majesty referring to?"

Cao Rui sneered: "Don't pretend, Xincheng prefect Meng Da secretly communicated with the Shu army, don't you know? Huss, cavalry, general, army."

"The minister guards the capital and obeys the orders of the emperor. The changes in the four directions cannot escape His Majesty's eyes. His Majesty has his own punishment, and the minister's orders are enough to prohibit it, and there is no need to ask about it."

"Are you complaining that I won't let you lead troops to defend?"

"No. The minister has no such intention."

"Then you take your more than 1 people and go to Wancheng, and show Jing and Yu prefectures to me."

If Sima Zhao was here, he would be pleasantly surprised. Cao Rui finally let go and gave Sima's city.

But Sima Yi was not overjoyed: "The matter about Meng Da..."

"You can figure it out!" Cao Rui interrupted Sima Yi, "He is also the late emperor's favorite minister. If you want to accuse him of treason, you must first give a reason."

"After the death of the first emperor, General Xia Houshang and Taichang Huanjie, who were good friends with Da, are both dead now. Your majesty did not use Da, and there was a rift between ministers and him—I don't know if this is a reason?"

Cao Rui walked up to Sima Yi and looked at her: "Are you complaining about the fact that the late emperor killed a beautiful girl for Princess Qinghe so that the general who conquered the South died? Too often?"

"The minister said that the minister has no such intention."

"I also told you to take your 1 people and go to Wancheng! Give Jing and Yu prefectures to me!"

"Yes." Seeing that Cao Rui was angry, Sima Yi kowtowed to accept the order, and then she asked one more question, "Your Majesty, I have one last thing to do: how many letters did Zhuge Liang reply to Meng Da?"

"It is said that there are many, no fewer than five."

For Sima Yi, this bit of information was enough.

Zhuge Liang discussed Meng Da's affairs with everyone in the big tent.

Everyone thinks this is good news.

"In the past, Mencius was burdened by the strong Marquis Miao and had no choice but to vote for Wei. Now he has repented and is willing to go to Wei and return to Shu. He also intends to join forces with our army from north to south to attack Chang'an, which is of great benefit to our army."

Zhuge Liang did not participate in the discussion. What she spread out in front of her was the copy of Li Yan's letter to Meng Da: "Both Kong Ming and I are entrusted with deep worries and responsibilities, and we think of a good companion."

That is to say, Meng Da has the willingness to surrender, and behind Meng Da, there is a vague figure, which is Li Yan.

"Prime Minister, get ready to meet General Meng!" Someone suggested.

However, Ma Di thought it was inappropriate: "Rebellion matters should be carefully kept secret and arranged with great concentration; once leaked, it should be done quickly to avoid any changes. Now that the matter has been leaked, our army is far away from the top, and it is difficult to coordinate for a while. It is better to order urgently." Meng Da raised his troops and came to me, Cao Wei was caught off guard, and things can be done."

Zhuge Liang looked at Wang Ping. Wang Ping was the general who surrendered during the Battle of Hanzhong. He usually keeps a low profile and doesn't like to talk: "What do you think? Is Meng Da credible?"

Wang Ping said slowly but clearly: "I object."

"Is it opposed to accepting Meng Da, or is it opposed to Meng Da's quick return of troops to Han?"

"I'm against it. I'm absolutely against taking Meng Da back to Ji Han."

After Wang Ping finished this sentence, he refused to say any more, didn't give any explanation, and sat down silently as before.

All the generals were surprised by Wang Ping's statement and whispered to each other.Ma Di looked at Jiang Wei, who was like Wang Ping, who was a surrendered general and remained silent, and his anger rose again. One of the things he was most dissatisfied with was that Jiang Wei sat too far in front!

Why are you so close to the prime minister!

"The prime minister might as well ask Jiang Boyue? Boyue must have a good opinion."

Jiang Wei didn't speak, and kept silent perfectly.

Zhuge Liang didn't want to see the scene of everyone targeting Jiang Wei again, so she stopped Ma Di: "Just as you said, urge Meng Da to raise troops immediately...send someone to feign surrender to Cao Wei, spread the matter, and force Meng Da to act quickly. I will write another letter to Meng Da and explain the truth to him.”

"Too many letters." Jiang Wei suddenly said below.

"What did you say?" Ma Di was waiting to find Jiang Wei's fault, and of course he would not miss any chance.

"It's nothing, I was talking nonsense."

"Youchang, you go and arrange the false surrender immediately." Zhuge Liang once again nip the possible conflict in the bud.

Ma Su glanced at Jiang Wei, and thought of letting Jiang Wei feign surrender, but he looked at Zhuge Liang——Zhuge Liang's warning eyes clearly declared the bankruptcy of this idea.

After the discussion was over, everyone dispersed, Jiang Wei hesitated, but turned around and came back.

"Is Boyue okay?" Zhuge Liang looked at Jiang Wei who came to the case, and asked gently.

"Prime Minister... Uh, sir, do you have any enmity with Mencius?" Jiang Wei turned his face away when he saw the glaring white cloth bandage.

Zhuge Liang looked at Jiang Wei: "No."

"Then why must he be put to death?"

"How could it be? My arrangement is for his own good." Zhuge Liang's words were still gentle.

Jiang Wei nodded: "I thought so too. But this morning I received two military newspapers, one from Shang Shuling Li Yan, and the other from Luoyang. After reading it, I changed my mind. "

Zhuge Liang picked up the lupine fan: "Go on."

"I'm in Tianshui, and I heard about Meng Dasu, the prefect of Xincheng. This man is capricious, has no faith, and is a villain. He is not trustworthy and cannot be reused. Shang Shuling and he used to be under Liu Zhang's tent, and they have old friends. , recruiting him seems to be expected, but the prime minister... Mr. Shang Shu ordered to guard Yong'an, manage grain and fodder, etc. How could he stretch his arms so long and manage to come to the front? He said that he had repeatedly recruited Meng Da, but these we I don’t even know! Why didn’t he inform Mr. Cheng in advance! "

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "You can ask Zheng Fang directly about these questions in the future. I don't see any relationship between this and Meng Da's death."

"Mr. Shang Shuling didn't approve of this Northern Expedition?"

The feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand stopped: "Don't talk nonsense. Where is the military newspaper in Luoyang?"

"Sima Yi has left to guard Wancheng, Your Majesty... Cao Rui is on guard."

Zhuge Liang's feather fan lightly patted Jiang Wei's shoulder: "Bo Yue, let's change the customary address first."

Sima Yi looked at Guo Mo who had come to pretend to surrender, and was out of breath from laughing.

"Thank you. I wanted to stay with you for a few more days so that you could see the result before leaving. Unfortunately, my food and grass are limited, and I can't afford to have one more mouth. Go back and tell your prime minister for me, and tell her to rest assured. I didn't believe your false surrender, I will write a letter to Taishou Meng to comfort him, telling him that everything is a divorce scheme by the Shu Han, and I will never believe that the Shu Han does not trust the Taishou Meng."

After Guo Mo left, Sima Yi asked Master Sima to write to Meng Da: "Ziyuan, you know how to write."

"Father, I know! I just scolded 'Zhuge Liang is shameless, we won't be fooled by using such a crude plan of divorce', right?" Sima Zhao raised his hand to answer.

"No, you have to be heartbroken, you don't want to believe it, but you have to believe it..." Sima Yi smiled slyly.

"Yes, don't worry, Commander-in-Chief." Sima Shi wrote a letter before going to the case.

Sima Zhao felt ashamed: "Father...then I'll write a report to Cao...to His Majesty. Since Meng Da is determined to rebel, then I will arrest him after His Majesty's approval."

"Son, Dad himself said 'everything is a divorce scheme of the Shu Han', so how can there be any evidence to believe that Meng Da is going against him?"

"What does that father mean... leave Meng Da alone?" Sima Zhao was startled, why did he come all this way!

"Did I say that?" Sima Yi laughed at his second son's honesty, and asked Hu Zun to send the report back, "How is Meng Da doing?"

"I didn't make any defensive preparations. The main thing at the moment is to prevent him from suddenly abandoning the city and joining the Shu army."

Sima Yi was very happy: "Very well, the army maintains its marching speed, and goes straight to Shangyong to attack the city!"

Sima Zhao was almost stunned: "Father! There is no order from the emperor...Your Majesty, he..."

Sima Yi looked up at the top of the tent: "I don't know. That's it."

Meng Da received Sima Yi's letter, and he laughed and showed it to his nephew Deng Xian: "Everyone says Sima Yi is amazing! Look at his begging for mercy in this letter! He is afraid that I will return to Shu!"

Deng Xian took the letter: "So, Sima Yi has seen uncle's intentions?"

"So what if you see it? He's just trying to suppress the matter. This proves that if I rebel, there's nothing he can do!"

"Your Majesty ordered Sima Yi to lead tens of thousands of people out of Wancheng, uncle must guard against it."

Meng Daman didn't care: "Wancheng is here, and it takes about ten days to march in a hurry. It is farther away from Luoyang. Even if the horse informs, it will take a month to go back and forth. Sima Yi is now suspected by His Majesty. How dare he send troops to Shangyong without notifying the emperor? Isn’t it self-inflicted death? Don’t worry about him! We just concentrate on preparations and take care of everything, and then dedicate the city to Shu!”

Meng Da thought too well, but Deng Xian was not as reassuring as his uncle, and was worried every day. Until eight days later, Sima's army appeared under Shangyong City. The fence is not yet systematic.

Sima Yi squinted his eyes and looked at Shangyong City at the foot of the city: "The food and grass we brought is less than half of Shangyong's reserves, but the number of people is four times that of Shangyong's elite defenders. I will give you half a month at most, and put Shangyong's troops on the market." Open the city of Yong, otherwise, you will go down the river to catch fish to eat!"

"Father! Do you have any plans this time?" Sima Zhao asked against the wind and sand outside Shangyong.

"Four times the number of people, what kind of strategy is needed! Destroy the city to suppress the rebellion, and all rebels don't have to stay alive!"

Shangyong City didn't survive fifteen days, and seeing that it could no longer be guarded, Deng Xian opened the city gate and surrendered.He wanted to live, but he never expected that Sima Shi would be the first to cut off his head when he entered the city.

Then, Meng Da died in the rebellion.

This mutiny, which was regarded as a joke, took only [-] days for Sima Yi to complete the thorough counter-insurgency work.

As for the dead, they were either rebels or martyrs. Anyway, they died and would not defend themselves.

Sima Yi finally waited for Cao Rui's order. Cao Rui severely reprimanded her for her self-assertion. Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, who were so severe that they knelt down to accept the order, both sweated for their father and listened to the last sentence tremblingly. If it is qualitative, I am afraid that the sentence is something like "no emperor, deceiving the emperor, giving death".

But okay.

Cao Rui didn't say this sentence, what he said was "Thinking of the country, the officials ask for forgiveness, and the merits and demerits are equalized."

Both Sima Shi and Sima Zhao let out a long breath.

"Father, you have calculated that His Majesty will not really convict you." Sima Shi always respected and admired his father very much, and he believed in everything his father did unconditionally.

"I didn't count."

What Sima Shi got was an unexpected answer: "Then...if His Majesty really convicts..."

"Then surrender, I'm not prepared. This is a bet. I bet on him, and I won the bet in the end."

Sima Zhao expressed his admiration for his father's good luck, but Sima Shi remained silent for a long time.

"Father, you said that only we are your sons."

"I said, you three are my sons."

Sima Zhao witnessed the elder brother's face turning black: "Father... that kid Cao Rui..."

"Your mother is pregnant again, and the doctor said this time it's a son, and you're going to have more brothers." Sima Yi said very easily.

My God, Sima Yi is 50 years old, Zhang Chunhua is 40 years old, and their daughter-in-law Xia Houhui has given birth to a child... Regarding the question of Lao Muzhushengzhu, Sima Zhao is worried about whether he should admire his father more or his mother more.

Sima Shi decided to change the subject: "Father, is this a fluke? If Zhuge Liang sends someone to meet Meng Da..."

"No, I know this old friend best. This is a big gift from her."

"Sir, is this really from Sima Yi?" Jiang Wei looked at the bloody cloth bag in disbelief.

"Of course. I know this old friend best. This is a great gift from her."

Zhuge Liang opened the attached letter: "Well, let me take Mengda's head to pay homage to the late emperor."

"Prime Minister...that's what he planned in the first place?" Ma Di felt like he was being tricked.

"What's the use of Mengda? Shangyong has nothing to do with our marching route."

"But in this way, Sima Yi won the city and established his prestige. Apart from rebellion, he is the big winner."

"We are considered a small victory. But it is better than everyone losing together." Zhuge Liang glanced at Jiang Wei, and the latter also glanced at her with a tacit understanding. Jiang Wei had already told Zhuge Liang: No matter how you deduce, it is Sima Yi has the greatest chance of winning.

"What's going to happen next?" Ma Di asked.

Zhuge Liang looked at the map. In fact, the plan had already been made.

Sima Yi also looked at the map, someone's plan is not difficult to guess.

I know this old friend best.

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The author has something to say:

The central idea of ​​this section is: Meng Da's death was planned by Zhuge Liang and carried out with the cooperation of Sima Yi.

Meng Da must die, Zhuge Liang hated him very much, when he defected, he wrote a letter to Liu Bei, who remembers?

Zhuang Miaohou is Guan Yu, who still remembers the posthumous title of General Five Tigers?

Under the author's arrangement, Li Yan is not a positive role.

In fact, Cao Rui shouldn't be soft-hearted... But it's not easy to say something like love and hate...

Sima Gan's tx is ready to go online.

The author has a hunch...the next chapter will be the big test...