Chapter 189 The Beginning of the Northern Expedition (1)
Updated: 2012-09-14
The war broke out and the troops emerged. The troops from Shu Han who had been silent for a long time launched almost at the same time, launching a battle for the Central Plains!
The Wei State had already noticed clues from the frequent actions of Shu Han. Sima Yan in Xuchang City gathered his ministers in the Duke of Jin to discuss strategies to resist the enemy! In the past three years, Sima Yan has been increasing his power and undermining the Cao family. Even his only responsibilities such as morning court and sacrificial sacrifice have begun to be challenged by Sima Yan.
At present, Shu Han launched a large-scale military campaign, and the Wei emperor Cao Huan summoned all his ministers but failed. However, the ministers gathered in Sima Yan's mansion to discuss matters. When the news reached the palace, Cao Huan was so angry that he trembled all over and his face turned pale, but he did not dare to speak or act rashly... Cao Mao was still "inducing himself to humiliate him", but Sima Yan is now a wolf waiting for the opportunity, waiting for Cao Huan to do something "unspecified" to replace him!
Cao Huan is not stupid, knowing that he can do nothing except tolerate. Such an emperor is inferior to the poor people, but Cao Huan still has to endure it. Tolerance is what ordinary people cannot tolerate it. This is the only thing he can do as the emperor of Wei and the only meaningful thing - only if he can tolerate it can make the surname Cao in thousands of miles of mountains and mountains - even if it is meaningless except for the false reputation and ridicule of the world - but this is Cao Huan, which may be the only thing that the last emperor of the Cao family can do.
"Shu Han launched an army to attack, and its momentum was very fierce. What are your beloved friends who have the strategy to defeat the enemy?" Sima Yan looked at the civil and military officials present, and said with the style of a king.
"I have reported to Duke Jin, after three years of rest and recuperation, the national strength has returned to its old appearance. The soldiers come and the generals are blocked, and the water comes and the soil is covered. Why not be afraid of it?" Pan Yue, as Sima Yan's throat in recent years, has been valued for his brilliant literary talent and gorgeous poetry. His official position has soared. Now, a few hypocritical words seem to be farting, but there are also those who hold their feet to agree.
I saw Pan Yue’s best friend Sun Chu, Sun Zi Jing, continued: “Mr. Pan is right, Jin Gong is Shenwu Shengming, our Great Wei is booming, and the little Shu Han dares to invade, but it is really overestimating his ability!”
Of course, Sima Yan knew that what Pan Yue and Sun Chu were just flattering words, but this was so relieved that even if it was of no benefit to the current situation, he would have to encourage him. So Sima Yan said very helpfully: "What the two dear friends said is not bad, but the Shu Han has a very heavy army and several routes are sent together, so it should not be underestimated."
Seeing Sima Yan say this, everyone hates Pan Yue and Sun Chu for a long time, but they can only keep it in their hearts. Yang Jun stepped forward and said, "Jiang Wei of Shu Han, Liu Yin led 70,000 troops to attack the Huzhu, and the tiger looked at Henei; Luo Xian sent 25,000 troops from Wei Xing to Wancheng, Zhao Tongfa 10,000 troops from Wuguan Shu army to cut off the connection between Wancheng and Xuchang, Yang Hu raised 80,000 troops to Xinye; Sun Xi led 30,000 troops to attack Jiangxia; Xiuze, Zhuge Zhan led 80,000 troops to attack Huai Shang, plus nearly 100,000 naval troops from all sides, a total of 400,000 people, with a huge momentum, and it also needs to resist the elite soldiers and generals!"
Yang Jun is also a ignorant soldier. When he saw Pan Yue and Sun Chu both showed his face, he always had to say a few words in recent times. He didn't know the strategy of fighting against enemies, but Yang Jun still knew who to send to such a battle. The so-called "either soldiers and strong generals need to resist" refers to those generals who can fight. Yang Jun first pointed out the words here, so that the opponent would not push the headless errands to him later.
"Yeah, that's true." Sima Yan didn't hear Yang Jun's implicit meaning, but felt that Yang Jun's nonsense was a bit "level" than Pan Yue and Sun Chu. No matter how he always knew the situation of Shu Han's dispatch.
Pan Yue, Sun Chu, Yang Jun, Wang Dun, and Wang Kai all formed a clan and hugged each other. Is it so lively when I say something, but after listening for a while, I have no plans to defend the enemy. In fact, Wang Dun and Wang Kai are also generals who know the military. They are only responsible for fighting Shu Han. They say how powerful the Wei State is, but in fact, everyone has no idea what the result of the confrontation between the two sides is. At this time, the vastness of the vastness is better than the defeat and being held accountable.
After listening for a while, Sima Yan's brows became more and more compact. Shu Han's invasion was not a joke. Wouldn't it be a mistake to waste it like this? So when Sima Yan was about to have an attack, he said with a sharp voice: "Master Yang Jun has made contributions to quelling the rebellion several times. Lord Yang Jue is resourceful. General Yang Ji is extremely brave. If he leads his troops with the three Yangs, he will definitely be able to resist Shu Han and win a great victory!"
Yang Jun and others were boasting themselves, but when they heard this, they immediately sweated coldly on their foreheads and felt wet in their hearts. Gu Pan looked to see that the infantry captain Ruan Ji was the old-fashioned minister in the court. When Sima Yan was the first to become Duke of Jin, he saw that Pan Yue and others were active in the court, so they all resigned and returned home. Ruan Ji was older than anyone else, but he stayed in the court.
Pan Yue, Yang Jun and others had a discussion on how to crack down on this "remaining old man in the court". Unexpectedly, Ruan Ji heard that there was good wine hidden in the infantry lieutenant's mansion, so he wrote a letter to demoted himself to the infantry lieutenant. He was fascinated all day long and ignored the world. Everyone had the ability to forget this old guy, but he didn't know that the words "sucked cold" scared everyone almost torn apart!
"Why did Ruan Infantry say this?" Yang Jun said with an angry look on his face.
"Huh? Lord Yang has made achievements in recent years, and is willing to share the burden with the country?" Sima Yan remembered that Yang Jun and the three brothers were promoted repeatedly for their contributions in recent years. They thought they were not without talent. Now it is the time for the country to employ people. If Ruan Ji had not made such a shocking statement, he would still be confused.
"Ah...this..." Yang Jun saw that Sima Yan meant this, and he didn't say anything at the moment.
Seeing this, Pan Yue's eyes dripped and said, "Since the Shu army invaded on the Huai River, Yang Jun and others could be in charge of the Huai River to resist. Ruan Infantry is a talented man, so he can be allowed to supervise the military rations and be the successor of the three armies. In this way, the Shu army in the Huai River is not afraid of!"
Yang Jun and Pan Yue were in a nest of snakes and rats. Seeing this, they knew that Sima Yan had spoken, so he must not refuse this matter. He thought that there were countless powerful generals on the Huai River. Even if he went there, he would just hide far behind like the previous time. If he was defeated, he would take responsibility, but if he defeated, it was his own credit. And Ruan Ji was the best to supervise military rations. He found a mistake and made an excuse to make him unable to survive or die! If he wanted to fight here, Yang Jun seemed to take on a great responsibility, and said very seriously: "My ministers and brothers are willing to go through fire and water for Duke Jin!"
Sima Yan was overjoyed to see this and said, "It's so good. Uncle Sima Yichang will be supervised by the war in Hebei. Uncle Sima Gan will be defended by Hulao. The affairs in the south will be handed over to Du Yuankai, and the affairs in the Huai Shang will be handed over to Yang Wenchang's brothers. I can rest assured!"
The plan was completed, Sima Yan went to rest on his own, Pan Yue summoned Yang Jun, Yang Jue and Yang Ji to conspire to deal with Ruan Ji. Ruan Ji swayed out of the mansion of Duke Jin with a pot of wine. Seeing the traffic on the street and the flowers in the city, he could only sigh in his heart. There are indeed people with both wisdom and courage on the frontier, but there were no good generals and counselors in the court to discuss matters. Such an important matter of Shu Han's launching troops was finally dealt with so hasty. This battle is probably not optimistic...
As long as the ministers present did not speak, and let Pan Yue and other clowns speak out loud, they would know that the dissatisfaction and attitude of the Central Plains family towards the Sima family and the Cao Wei regime. At this time, they were not a righteous man, but a drunkard who had been away from the world for a long time. How can people not sigh and feel?
Outside Xuchang Gate, a middle-aged scholar looked up at the word "Xuchang" with a vigorous pen on the city wall, and was also full of emotion. If you are familiar, you must have realized that this was Zhang Hua, who was exiled and demoted at that time. Since he was demoted, Zhang Hua devoted himself to writing books and traveled all over the Central Plains. He wrote the book "Bowuzhi", which was widely circulated and famous. However, Zhang Hua was a demoted minister and had no conscript in the court. Why did he return to Xuchang?
When I stepped into Xuchang City, I still remember Xuchang City. However, the wind of the city had reached its peak! Without pillars in the court, Shu Han stopped, and three years left Cao Wei to breathe, but the corrupt officials and high-ranking families in the court had already reached out to make money for the land, accumulating slaves and land.
The trend of climbing wealth was prevalent for a while. It was said that it was to restore national strength, but it was to increase wealth to these powerful families. Zhang Hua traveled across the Central Plains, and wherever he went, people's livelihood was declining and land was abandoned. It was even worse than war. Zhang Hua was heartbroken!
Pei Xiu and other old friends once advised Zhang Hua to recognize him. The fact that the court's friendship has become and manpower cannot be saved. At this time, the only way to cultivate oneself and avoid the world is to cultivate oneself. But Zhang Hua deeply felt that he was wrongly listening to Pei Xiu's words back then and failed to expose Pan Yue and others before Sima Zhao's illness, which led to the current chaos in the country and the people were in poverty. Therefore, he decided to go to Beijing to give advice!
Chapter completed!