Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

There is snow in the sky.

The vast Taihang Mountains have gradually been covered with snow.

Most of the mountaintops are covered with a thin layer of white, only the lower part of the mountainside is still inlaid with yellow and brown.

The snow was not heavy, mixed with light rain, and the damp and sticky feeling in the air made the northern soldiers very uncomfortable.

Southern soldiers have long been used to it.

The rainy weather in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is much more severe than the occasional wet and cold weather in the north.

About ten miles south of Dangyin City, this place is located in the north of Qiyuan, probably in the north of Hebi City in later generations, and in the area of ​​Yigou Town in the south of Tangyin County, with mountains on the west and the Yellow River on the east.

From the foot of Montenegro to the banks of the Yellow River, there are camps stretching for dozens of miles, with towering walls and banners covering the sky and sun, and it seems that there is no end in sight at a glance.

The number of the Han army is too large. In addition to the 10,000+ army, there are also 10,000+ civilian husbands and auxiliary soldiers.

There are dozens of large and small camps criss-crossing. To the south of the Han army is Qishui. This river is the confluence of Zhanshui and Qishui.

Therefore, they are not short of water. There are tens of thousands of servants and auxiliary soldiers who go out to fetch water every day, and hundreds of tons of firewood and wood are stored. In a radius of more than ten kilometers, you can see densely packed Han army camps dotted around.

At this moment, hundreds of cavalry galloped out of the main camp of the Han army in the east. They all wore bamboo hats and coir raincoats.

Shen Chen arrived outside the Han army camp, got off his horse, and naturally someone came to lead the horse, Zhou Buyi and Ma Liang were already waiting at the door, when they saw him coming, they stepped forward and cupped their hands and said, "Great Governor."

"Well, where's the prime minister?"

"Waiting for the governor in the tent."

"it is good."

Shen Chen went straight into the camp.

He was not in the same camp as Zhuge Liang.

According to the previous deployment, he was in charge of attacking the southeast corner of Dangyin, and Zhuge Liang was in charge of attacking the southwest corner of Dangyin.

At the same time, Wu Yi will lead the troops from Baimadu River to Liyang. First, they can take Yecheng directly, and second, they can cut off Sima Yi's retreat.

Therefore, the Han army can be said to be extremely powerful, and it has launched a comprehensive encirclement and annihilation of the Wei army.

Just now Zhuge Liang sent someone over to ask Shen Chen to go and tell him that Sima Yi sent an envoy over, hoping to have friendly, in-depth and candid exchanges and negotiations.

Knowing this, Shen Chen quickly came to join Zhuge Liang, entered the tent, and only saw Zhuge Liang sitting inside.

Shen Chen took off the bamboo hat and coir raincoat, hung them on the shelf next to the tent, shook the mud stained on the shoes due to the wet soil, and then asked wonderingly: "Brother, where is the messenger?"

Zhuge Liang said: "The envoy has gone back."

"Going back, so soon?"

Shen Chen was surprised.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "It's just a small official. He was sent here to test and see if we are willing to negotiate peace with him."

"Sima Yi can't hold on, can he? That's right, the Generalissimo broke through Wei County, and now Yecheng is surrounded by at least [-] of our troops. Sima Yi has no choice but to surrender."

Shen Chen walked to a seat below Zhuge Liang and sat down, then said: "This old boy sent someone over to contact us first, to see our attitude?"

Zhuge Liangliang nodded: "Yes."

"What did the brother say?"

"Of course I agreed."

"accepted?"

Shen Chen was puzzled and said, "Brother intends to let Sima Yi go?"

"Of course not."

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "But the 10,000+ Wei army still has to surrender. Otherwise, if there is a real fight, although it can definitely be calmed down quickly, there will always be casualties."

This is indeed what makes Zhuge Liang more afraid.

The Han army trapped the Wei army, but as the saying goes, the rabbit bites people in a hurry. If the peace talks are not accepted, the Wei army will continue to fight. Even if these people are wiped out, they will definitely suffer a lot of harm.

So the best way is naturally to accept the opponent's surrender, disintegrate the opponent's military spirit, and then find an excuse to get rid of Sima Yi.

Shen Chen felt that this should be Zhuge Liang's idea, so he frowned and said: "Brother, don't you want to lure Wei Jun to surrender first, wait until Sima Yi surrenders, and then find an excuse to deal with him in the future?"

"Oh?"

Zhuge Liang said with a half-smile, "How does Xiaoqing feel?"

"not too good."

Shen Chen shook his head: "Sima Yi is a cautious person. After surrendering, he will definitely not be caught by others. This is the first thing. The second is that my brother will lose faith by doing so. It may make those aristocratic families and generals who surrendered feel chilled and internally unstable."

Sima Yi is an old tortoise comparable to Jia Xu. The big man accepted his surrender. In order to show his tolerance and comfort to the surrendered general, he will definitely give high-ranking officials generous salaries. Even if he has no real power, he will at least support these people.

And if you want to find a reason to kill Sima Yi, it will definitely not be easy. This guy is likely to shrink back like in history, so that no one will find a reason to attack.

There is also the question of faith.

Now is not the era of the collapse of faith in the five chaotic Chinese. During the Han Dynasty, filial piety and faith were very important. As the saying goes, a promise is a thousand gold. Before Sima Yi Luoshui made an oath, people valued credit very much. Even a brutal person like Cao Cao would basically keep his promise as long as he made it.

As long as Sima Yi is not stupid, he will definitely ask Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen for a promise when negotiating peace talks, not to mention that Liu Chan himself is in Luoyang, so it shouldn't be a problem to ask Liu Chan to surrender and exchange the edict of the emperor who will not kill Sima Yi.

If Zhuge Liang wanted to kill Sima Yi again in the future, firstly, it would be difficult to find an excuse, unless he committed a serious crime of treason, he would not be able to move him.The second is that there is no way to kill by force. Once killed by force, it will cause the collapse of Luoshui's faith.

So to sum up, once he accepts the surrender and promises to Sima Yi that he will not kill him and the Sima family, then for the sake of faith, this guy may indeed die well in the future.

However, Zhuge Liang glanced at him and said with a smile: "If you kill him, will you really lose your faith?"

Shen Chen said: "Brother, you don't know how afraid people like Sima Yi are of death, right? If I'm not wrong, he will definitely ask Brother and His Majesty to make a promise. Once the promise is made, can he still be killed later?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly and said: "Xiaoqing's worry is correct, but I didn't think about doing this in the first place, so Xiaoqing is too worried about this."

"what?"

Shen Chen wondered: "Since you're not going to do this, why did your brother agree to negotiate peace with him? Do you want to delay time and continue to waste time with Cao Jun?"

Zhuge Liang said: "I have promised Your Majesty that within this year, Hebei will be wiped out. Now it is mid-November, and there is still one and a half months until the end of the year. I don't want to break my promise in front of Your Majesty."

"That is?"

Shen Chen was very puzzled.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing.

The two were chatting when Ma Liang came in outside and said, "Prime Minister, Chief Governor, Sima Yi's envoy is here."

"Let him in."

Zhuge Liang said.

Sima Yi also sent an envoy before.

But the person who said he was an envoy was actually a communicator, to see if the Han army was willing to communicate.

If the Han army has no intention of accepting them, then it is naturally not easy to make further contact.

Now that Zhuge Liang has agreed to the other party's request for talks, the second step is naturally to send a real envoy to negotiate terms with the Han army.

Soon the tent was opened again, and an old man in his fifties or sixties walked in, patted the wind and dust off his body, then looked solemnly into the hall, and saw two middle-aged men sitting on the main seat and below.

Knowing that the other party was the rightful master, he stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Wang Ling has met the prime minister and the governor."

"Your envoy, please sit down."

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

Wang Ling came over and sat down.

Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen looked at each other, and then Shen Chen said in a deep voice, "I don't know what's the matter with your envoy's arrival?"

Wang Ling smiled and said, "Why does the governor ask questions knowingly?"

Shen Chen cupped his hands in the southwest direction of Luoyang, then turned his head and said, "Now Sanxing is unstoppable. Your Majesty is waiting for our success in Luoyang. If you are willing to submit, it is a good thing. Sima Yi sent you here, presumably to negotiate terms."

Wang Ling said: "The governor is really a hero in the world, no wonder he was too old then."

He originally wanted to talk about Emperor Taizu, but suddenly remembered that Cao Cao and Shen Chen had hatred for slaughtering the clansmen, so he froze all of a sudden, his mind raced twice, and then he changed his words and said, "My wife often praises the superintendent's martial arts."

What Wang Ling said was too often referring to Heqia. Heqia was one of the more famous celebrities in the world when the yellow scarf Dong Zhuo was in chaos in the early years and went south to Jingzhou to join Liu Biao.

Later, Shen Chen fought against the Confucian scholars, and debated with famous scholars such as Heqia, Wang Jun, Yingrong, Kuixi, Li Yan, etc. Before the Yidai Zhao came, these famous scholars cited scriptures and classics, and fought with Shen Chen in a dark and dark battle. They were much stronger than their disciples.

Fortunately, the Yidai Zhao arrived at a critical moment, revealing Cao Cao's true colors of imprisoning the emperor and killing the empress, princes and ministers, which made many celebrities feel ashamed.

Among them, Heqia didn't have any opinion on Cao Cao because of the Yidai Zhao. After the Battle of Guandu, he went north to attach himself to Cao Cao, and was appointed by Cao Cao as the subordinate of Sikong.

However, he still admires Shen Chen. Although the two sides have different positions, he is also very interested in Shen Chen's theory, and often praises Shen Chen for being very powerful.

Hearing Wang Ling's words, Shen Chen smiled lightly and said, "Your envoy wants to talk about Cao Cao, the old thief is dead, but it doesn't matter."

Wang Ling smiled and said nothing.

Zhuge Liang said: "Sima Yi often writes letters to me. He is a man of the world. I know he must have a request. Since I sent you here, tell me what he wants?"

Wang Ling cupped his hands and said: "The Governor of Sima is willing to bring 12 troops to surrender to the Prime Minister. He hopes that many generals, including him, will keep their family land and population.

"Pfft."

Shen Chen suddenly laughed out loud, turned his head and said to Zhuge Liang: "Sima Yi thinks beautifully, even I don't have the post of dismissal, he still wants it?"

Wang Ling was a little embarrassed, and then said: "Whether the family or the status of the Sima Dudu in the Great Wei, he is at the top of the ninth rank. The corresponding should be the first rank of the big man. After defecting to the big man, the rank should not be too low. It should be very reasonable to drop to the second rank."

Shen Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't compare Cao Wei's nine-rank Zhongzheng with our imperial examinations. Do you know how many scattered officials, honored officials, and county lords there are in the entire Han Dynasty? Even the prime minister and I are just township lords. I don't even have scattered officials. The prime minister's scattered officials and honored officials are all only third-rank officials. Can Sima Yi want to climb on top of us?"

The scattered officials and titles of the Han Dynasty will not be hereditary, but the salary is high, the benefits are good, the treatment is strong, and they will have a family for future generations.When the big man suppressed the family, this was probably the last way to maintain the prosperity of the family, so many officials in the south flocked to these three officials who seemed to have no real power.

But so far, only a few officials with real power have received such rewards, and more are honorary officials who have relatively high status but no real power. It is almost impossible for ordinary officials to get three or four ranks and above.

Therefore, when Sima Yi opened his mouth, he had to be above the second grade, which was no different from a lion's big mouth.

Wang Ling hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Sima Dudu would not dare to climb on the head of the prime minister and Dadu Dudu. If you want to come to loose officials and honored officials who are above the second rank, you probably can't do it. If this is the case, can the big man accommodate a little or two in the population and land of the major families?"

Shen Chen refused without hesitation: "This is even more impossible. All the families in the south have handed over their land and population, and they have paid a price of blood and tears for this. It is easy for the families in the north to keep their population and land, so they will exterminate the family!"

These words carried a murderous intent. Land reform was the national policy of the Han Dynasty. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang wanted to reform the land system. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu also wanted to reform the land system, but they all failed.

Now only Ji Han is successful, and it was a victory that was finally exchanged after a lot of killing and blood. How could it be changed for this?
If Sima Yi insisted on this condition, then both Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang would choose the last solution - kill them all!
Hearing Shen Chen's words, Wang Ling smiled slyly: "Governor, I'm waiting to vote sincerely, but Governor Sima brought 12 troops and tens of thousands of civilian auxiliary soldiers to ask the Governor to surrender. Since you can't give titles, scattered officials, and honored officers, and you can't keep the population and land, what's the use of surrendering? The overseas Chinese who surrendered to Jin can serve as soldiers, and the Governor Sima who voted for Han, can't even compare with the overseas Chinese?"

Some words are quite reasonable.

Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and understood that this was probably Sima Yi's strategy.

This move is very clever.