I am the Empress Dowager!

Chapter 272 General Sima Jun of the Western Conquest

"It's unjust. I've been wronged. The crime isn't punishable by death. The crime isn't punishable by death!"

"I am Sima Jun, the general of the Han Dynasty who conquered the west. You are no more than a mere official, but you have humiliated me like this.

You know your sin! "

"I am an old man from the Sima family in Wen County, Hanoi. My ancestor is Sima Yan, the king of Yin in the past. You must not be so rude to me!"

On the official road from Yongliang in the northwest to Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, an old man who looked quite embarrassed was roaring in a prison car.

From cursing to roaring, from roaring to struggling, and finally turning into mumbling, his embarrassment and helplessness are vividly displayed.

And this person was none other than Sima Jun, the general who conquered the West and was ordered by the imperial court to be escorted to the capital for trial.

At the same time, he was also one of the three commanders in the northwest during this battle.
At this time, how could Sima Jun still have the majesty of the Han general who conquered the west?

All he has left is endless shame.

As the general of the Han Dynasty conquering the West and a member of the Sima clan in Wen County, Hanoi, Sima Jun never dreamed that he would end up like this one day.

You must know that Sima Jun has also been conscientious, self-denying and diligent over the years.

Yes, he lost the battle in the second year of Yongchu, and he was an embarrassment to the big man.

But in that battle, General Deng Zhi personally led the troops, and then he was just Ren Shang's deputy general.

Yes, they were indeed defeated by Dian Ling, the leader of the Xian Ling Qiang, and there was no problem with more than [-] casualties.

But he has little to do with this matter!

In that battle, the general was the leader, with Ren Shang as the assistant. If the general did not want to take responsibility, it would be Ren Shang who would bear the responsibility for the defeat.

What does it have to do with him, Sima Jun?
The fact is indeed the case. The general Deng Zhi returned to the capital with full glory, and the deputy general Ren Shang bore all the blame.

Nothing happened to him, Sima Jun!

Originally, Sima Jun thought that this battle might be the same as before, and that he was just a false alarm.

After all, he has the best record in this corrupt northwest war situation.

The commander-in-chief, Ren Shang, led the elite of the three armies of the capital, as well as a total of 20 soldiers and horses drawn from various local counties.

As a result, all efforts in the northwest were in vain, and the amount of food and grass consumed every day was staggering!
Although Hou Ba, the captain of the Qiang Guard, had some merits, he was still too old to be able to walk away from the battlefield, which was quite a pity.

But Pang Shen, the successor to protect Qiang, not only lost troops and generals, but even dared to retreat.

This is a capital crime, a real capital crime!
But wasn't he okay in the end?
A few people sent him a letter to the court to plead for mercy, and then his guilt was reduced to a major and trivial matter.

What absurd thing is this?
But it was precisely because of this incident that Sima Jun felt more at ease with himself.

Although he was defeated, he won first and then lost. He was one of the few victories in this corrupt northwest battlefield.

He deserves credit!

And this failure had nothing to do with him. It was those people who ignored the general's orders and ignored their own orders, which ultimately led to such a result.

Therefore, even if the court really wanted to blame him, he wouldn't have much of a problem.

At least, that's what he thought until a few days ago!

Until he got the news, he was asked to leave for the capital immediately and return to the capital for trial.

At this moment, he felt something was a little wrong.

After discovering the problem, he immediately took out almost all his savings and asked the jailer who was guarding him to find his old subordinates.

Then think of ways to help yourself find out the news.But the final result was really unacceptable to Sima Jun.

The court wants to punish yourself severely!
Although he didn't say that he would die, nor did he say that he would bear all the responsibility for the crime.

But this matter is almost certain.

This moment made Sima Jun stunned, and he was already a little crazy the moment he got the news.

Sima Jun couldn't accept this fact, but no matter how much he shouted, he couldn't change it.

Looking at the indifferent eyes around him, Sima Jun finally couldn't help but close his eyes in pain.

In fact, during this period of "torture", he had already figured out a lot of things.

He didn't die before because he hadn't reached that position yet and hadn't attracted the attention of those people.

But this time, it seemed that he really had no way to escape.

In other words, Sima Jun lost because of his own incompetence, and it was his own fault that he lost to the Qiang and Hu on the battlefield.

But he died because he had no way to survive.

It was not until these two days that Sima Jun finally figured out that his origin, his past, and his experiences had all blocked his way of survival.

He is not a stupid guy, he is very aware of the current situation in the court.

To put it bluntly, in fact, it is the Queen Mother Deng Sui who is supporting the poor families in the court now to fight against the increasingly powerful aristocratic families of the Han Dynasty.

The two sides are already fighting in full swing.

And people like Pang Shen and Ren Shang all belong to the poor family.

At the same time, people such as Jingzhao Yin Banxiong, Zhonglang General Geng Zhong, etc. are all from aristocratic families.

Although there are still many problems and struggles within them, the overall situation is roughly the same with two lines of people.

However, the Sima family in Hanoi where Sima Jun lives is different.

The most important difference is none other than the ancestor of the Sima family in Hanoi, that is, the King of Yin, Sima Yan!

The existence of this person not only allowed the Sima family in Hanoi to pass on the inheritance, but also made the Han people feel aloof from the Sima family.

Because of his status and energy, it was really embarrassing.

The Sima family has always had extraordinary swordsmanship. As the descendants of Sima Kuaiyi, the master of swordsmanship at that time, the Sima family also has its own inheritance.

However, no matter how extraordinary a ranger's swordsmanship is, he can only be defeated by one person.

What the Sima family wants is a real enemy of ten thousand people!

Therefore, the ancestor of the Sima family, Sima Xian, joined the army, and relied on his personal bravery to become a partial general and general, all the way to becoming the King of Yin in the world!

He was given a large piece of land and became a vassal.

But it is very unfortunate that Sima Yan's King Yin was rewarded by Xiang Yu, and then Sima Yan surrendered to Emperor Taizu Gao after he lost his way.

But in the second year after the surrender, Xiang Yu led his troops and killed him under Pengcheng.

In other words, he was a descendant of the King of Yin, a real prince, and the children of the poor family did not want to see him.

And his ancestor, the so-called King of Yin, surrendered after less than a year in office, and was immediately killed. He left nothing to future generations, and was not yet a meritorious minister of Emperor Taizu Gao.

This big man’s aristocratic family doesn’t want to see him either!
(End of this chapter)