Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 256 Sweeping out the rebel General Meng Da (11)
Ma Di was stupefied for a while, before he said dryly: "Chen Dao sent information saying that after Mr. Jiang Wan went to explain and persuade, Li Lingjun temporarily gave up going from Shennong Mountain to meet Meng Da, but he has been Refusing customers behind closed doors, saying that he could not afford to be ill... I am afraid that only when the imperial court conferred the title of Bazhou Shepherd on him, and granted him the right to open a mansion and build teeth, he might suddenly recover from his illness and lead his troops to the north..."

Zhuge Liang listened, but remained silent.Li Yan, who was pretending to be sick in Yong'an Palace, should soon know the news of Xincheng's fall and Meng Da's death.This news will make his "heart disease" worse.Objectively speaking, Meng Da's removal should be regarded as a major setback for the Dongzhou faction.Li Yan no longer has the strength to dare to challenge his authority as Prime Minister!But it's not okay to "hang" aside and wait and see like him.This kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation leaves him as a feudal official in the Jiangzhou region. I don't know how many right and wrong will arise over time?It seems that after the end of the Northern Expedition, I should return to Shu and put an end to this matter...

He slowly gathered his thoughts, looked far away at the northern sky, and murmured: "Ma Di! In your opinion, how should we implement the current Northern Expedition strategy?"

"My lord prime minister, according to Su's opinion, the current situation of the battle is hidden, and you have no choice but to abandon your son to take advantage of the situation and counter the enemy!" Ma Di has always been good at planning, and when he heard Zhuge Liang's words, he clasped his fists and said, "to the north , you can appoint old general Zhao Yun to lead a powerful force to intercept Cao Zhen near Jigu; to the east, you can leave Deng Zhi to defend Hanzhong County to stop the enemy from Weixing County; Su and General Wei Yan headed west straight out of Mount Qi, outflanked the territory of Liangzhou in the puppet Wei Dynasty, and after capturing the three prefectures of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding, they followed the Wei River to the east toward Chencang with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, and seized them in one fell swoop! Chencang won, Then there is no need to worry about the affairs of Guanzhong!"

Zhuge Liang listened, and nodded again and again: It is really meaningless to continue to be in Hanzhong County now-Mengda's Xincheng County has been lost, and Sima Yi will send his troops from Weixing County to attack the east wing that threatens him at any time!If he gets an effective echo with Cao Zhen who rushed out of Xiegu Road and approached Jigu, he will be in a dilemma of being attacked on both sides!For the current plan, I can only do what Ma Di said: jump out of Hanzhong County, go westward across Qishan Mountain, outflank and outflank, expand the territory in the Longliang area, and then take Chencang along the Weishui River and go straight to Chang'an!Only in this way will he open up a first-line chance of victory!
With this in mind, he stared squarely at Ma Su for a while, before saying deeply: "Ma Canjun is worthy of being the 'brain tank' of our Shu army—good! My Northern Expeditionary Army will do everything according to your plan!"

Sima Yi's chariot slowly came to the side road outside Xuanwu Gate and stopped.At this moment, Dongfang has just revealed a faint gray belly - there is still more than half an hour before the morning palace meeting begins!

With the help of his servants, Sima Yi slowly stepped down from the chariot, but at a glance, he saw Zang Ba, the general in charge of Jinwu who was walking slowly in the guardrail of Xuanwu Gate.

Among Wei's military circles, Zang Ba could be regarded as a legendary figure.From the early years of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he assembled three thousand Qingxu Yellow Turbans and started his career. After he surrendered to Cao Cao in the sixth year of Jian'an, he went from the prefect of Jinan and the governor of Qingzhou to the important position of the right general. Unlike Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan and other military generals with clan background, and Confucian generals from aristocratic families such as Jia Kui, Man Chong, Pei Qian, etc., each has external help.All his successes are due to his hard work with one knife and one gun.Therefore, Sun Quan, the lord of Wu State, once praised Zang Ba in front of his subordinates as a general who was not inferior to Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other Wei State "Generals of the Tiger" in terms of tactics!
When Emperor Wei Wen led his troops to conquer Jiangdong in the early years of Huang Dynasty, everyone thought that Zang Ba would make new achievements in that Eastern Expedition, but what surprised them was that Zang Ba suddenly accompanied the capital in Xuchang. General Zhijinwu, who was transferred by an imperial edict to be in charge of court security, has since stayed away from the Huainan battlefield and gradually faded out of the military circle of Wei State.This made Sima Yi secretly grievance for Zang Ba for quite a long time - he knew some core insider reasons, and it was because Zang Ba's combat ability was too powerful. He had a feeling of suspicion of "a thorn in his back that had to be removed", and finally expelled him from the military power center at the risk of losing the results of the Eastern Expedition.This also verifies Sima Yi's fundamental views on the Cao Wei imperial family. On the issue of the ownership of military power, the Cao Wei imperial family absolutely regards it as a "Lei Chi forbidden area" and will never allow any outsiders to get involved-they will give you Jieyue today. , you just need to use your ability to serve them; once you lose the value of use, your military power will definitely be deprived!
It is quite normal for former important ministers who have lost power to be left out in the cold, and everyone is used to it, and not many people will make irresponsible remarks about it anymore, even if they say it, it will be in vain.The previous majestic right general and Xuzhou Muzangba now stands there like an old gatekeeper who spends his days leisurely and leisurely, only the armor is still showing to outsiders that he is getting better and better. The rare status of a general... This scene made Sima Yi secretly feel a little bitter: General Zang, who had no support from the family background and stood out from the lonely environment, ended up in such a fate, it is really embarrassing!

It wasn't until Sima Yi stood in front of General Zang that Zang Ba came out of his contemplation.He looked at Sima Yi, was startled for a moment, and then pointed his hand to the Xuanwu Gate with great enthusiasm: "Governor Sima came so early? If you don't want to wait outside to cool off, why don't you go inside to the jade steps of Tianjie Street?" Wait for the call!"

Sima Yi waved his hand lightly, looked at him squarely, with a clear expression of deep respect on his face: "Yi came to pay a special visit to General Zang! If you have a convenient time, I hope that Xiang Yi will not hesitate to teach you to Ping Wu Mie." Kou's strategy."

Zang Ba's whole body shook as if he had been electrocuted, squinted his eyes and looked at him deeply, and moved his lips for a long time before he said a word: "Oh...you are the first general in office to come here on purpose. Those who visit the old man."

Then, his expression slowly returned to calm, and he and Sima Yi walked slowly, casually.At this moment, the night has passed, and the morning star in the western sky has become the last silver light, and the morning glow as bright as a golden flame spreads all over the sky, so this last silver light produces a very warm beauty.

"If you have any questions, just ask!" Zang Ba slowly walked side by side with Sima Yi, his attitude and tone were as friendly and natural as treating a close friend who hit it off, "I have been waiting for so many years, and today I finally waited for you That's it - the old man was still wondering: Didn't the Great Wei Dynasty want to rule Jiangdong and unify the world? It's a coincidence, what a coincidence, you're here today.

"To be honest, I don't want to be buried in the coffin with the old man in such an obscurity with the strategy that I have painstakingly figured out all my life to defeat Wu and destroy the bandits!"

(End of this chapter)