Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

After Wang Ling returned to Dangyin, he first reported to Sima Yi.

When Sima Yi learned that he could be rewarded with three third-rank positions and a real position as a servant of the Huangmen, he was very happy and praised Wang Ling a lot.

Now that the treatment of these surrendered generals has been discussed, the next step is to determine the place and time of surrender.

Zhuge Liang also said about this.

Three days later, on November 25th, the first year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang planned to open an altar on the bank of the Yellow River to worship the Yellow River, and made an oath by referring to the Yellow River.

Soon the news spread, Wei Jun was elated, and that night Sima Yi even called the generals to hold a banquet with singing and dancing, which was very lively.

At the banquet, only Wang Ling was worried, but he concealed it very well and did not let Sima Yi see his flaws. Twenty or thirty generals and generals from the army were present, each of them was drunk and drunk, happy for the future.

And Wang Ling was sitting with Guo Huai, Jia Kui and others, in a position below Sima Yi and closer to him. On the surface, he kept celebrating with Sima Yi and others, but in fact he was observing the entire venue.

Among the crowd, many soldiers were happy, some were slightly bitter, and some were silent and sat quietly in their seats, as if they were not integrated into the banquet at all.

Two of them caught Wang Ling's attention.

Tian Yu, pull a move?
Wang Ling thought about it.

Many people know that Tian Yu and Qianzhao are related to Liu Bei.

But they did not resolutely launch a rebellion when Cao Wei was in decline, and defected to the southern Han.

the reason is simple.

This is an era of loyalty and filial piety.

Qianzhao and Tian Yu are the courtiers of Cao Wei. If they abandon Cao Wei and go to the southern big man, they will definitely be looked down upon.

So they can't do it.

But there must be a torment in my heart. Apart from the relationship with Liu Bei, the most important thing is that now that Cao Wei is in decline, this broken ship can no longer stay, and it must change jobs.

It's just that although the big man accepted the surrender of the Wei army, they will be in an awkward situation. The rest of the people can say that it is only natural to surrender after defeat.But because of their relationship with Liu Bei, they didn't come to join him early, and they didn't come until Cao Wei's demise, which was even more contemptible.

Therefore, it is normal for the two to be depressed.

Seeing the two of them like this, Wang Ling had an idea in his mind. He glanced around, hesitating whether to recruit some more people.

The main reason is that this matter is related to everyone's interests, but now he is acting alone. If he succeeds, he may not necessarily get too many benefits. If he fails, he may lose his head. Why should he take risks when others take the benefits?
So after thinking about it again and again, after the banquet was over, Wang Ling had an idea in his mind. He pretended to be drunk and wandered out of the Dangyin County Government House, planning to go back to his camp alone.

Dangyin County looks empty at night. The closer to late winter, the colder the weather is, the sky is snowing heavily, and the streets are already covered with snowflakes.

At this time, there was no one patrolling. Except for the occasional generals returning from the banquet, only the guards standing guard inside and outside the mansion of Sima Yi of the county government were still sticking to their posts, guarding the mansion of the chariot generals in the snow.

Wang Ling didn't ride a horse. Although he pretended to be drunk, he actually drank a lot of wine. After he came out of the mansion, he called on some colleagues at the door.

After he came out, several personal guards came to lead the horse for him. He refused to walk on the streets of Dangyin City on foot. The speed was very slow. Wang Ling knew that someone would come to him.

After a while, there was the sound of horseshoes behind him. Wang Ling turned his head and looked at it, then stood aside and waited.

Several knights approached, someone got off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "General Wang."

Wang Ling saw that it was Guo Huai, so he smiled and said, "General Guo."

"Go back to the camp, let's go for a walk together?"

Guo Huai asked.

"Let's go."

Wang Ling gestured.

Then the two wore coir raincoats and walked in the wind and snow.

Guo Huai first chatted with him for a few words, and made a crunching sound as he stepped on the snow under his feet.

After leaving the city, on the way to the southeast of his own camp, there were not many people around, except for the personal guards, and the rest of the generals who had attended the banquet and were returning to the headquarters camp could be seen in the distance.

The wind and snow covered his voice, Guo Huai couldn't help but asked suddenly: "General Wang, I have something to ask."

"General Guo, please tell me."

Wang Ling knew what he was going to ask.

Sure enough, Guo Huai asked: "The governor only said that the Han army agreed to our surrender, and that Zhuge Liang was willing to sacrifice to the river by the river, and swore by the river that he would not harm us, but he didn't say how we would arrange it after the surrender. Does General Wang know?"

Wang Ling replied flatly, "Of course I know."

Guo Huai was overjoyed and said, "Please tell the general clearly."

"The treatment of the great governor is good. He is granted the title of Minister of the Yellow Gate, Marquis of Liedu Ting, General Guide, and Guard Army. He is granted ten thousand mu of land and eight hundred households in the city of food."

There was a bit of envy in Wang Ling's words, although in the former Cao Wei court, for Sima Yi, who was already a chariot general and Marquis of Wuyang, they certainly could not be regarded as high-ranking officials and rich salary.

But now his status is different. From a high-ranking official of Cao Wei to a general, it is very good to have such treatment, and to be able to support his descendants.

In contrast, their treatment is far worse. Not only are there very few rewards, but they also have no ability to shade their descendants. If the descendants do not study hard and fail to enter the imperial examination, the entire family may decline.

"The governor is a chariot general, so it is only reasonable to be treated like this."

Guo Huai was very happy when he heard this, and asked: "If the governor can get three rank-[-] subordinates, wouldn't we also be able to get a rank-[-]?"

"Ah."

Wang Ling squinted at him, and said with a chuckle, "You think too much. Do you know how many honorable officials, dismissed officials, and knights can there be even if you are a big man? Even Zhuge Liang is only a third-rank official. Although Shen Chen has a first-rank honorary officer of the Shangzhu Kingdom, he has no official position. It would be nice for our group of generals to have a fifth- or sixth-rank rank, and they are still thinking about a fourth-rank one?"

Guo Huai suddenly felt icy cold all over, tremblingly said: "Isn't that so?"

"Yes, none of us can shade our descendants."

Wang Ling looked at him, the guards around him were far away, and with the heavy wind and snow, no one could hear what they were saying clearly.

Guo Huai was overshadowed, and said bitterly: "The land slaves and disciples of this clan will be counted out, and the land will also be turned over to the state treasury. We don't have the right to shade our descendants, isn't that clan?"

At the end of the Han Dynasty when family interests were paramount, this was tantamount to killing the children of their aristocratic families.

Wang Ling smiled and said, "Do you know why we can't shadow our descendants? Not only can the governor, but also allow three of his descendants to enter the official position directly from the seventh rank at one time?"

"Why?"

Guo Huai asked.

"Because Zhuge Liang said that our 12 horses and soldiers of the three armies are all under the control of Sima Yi. He has the greatest power, and if he agrees to surrender, he will naturally make the greatest contribution. All the credit has been taken by him. How much credit can we have?"

Wang Ling said lightly.

Call the governor by name?
Guo Huai frowned.

Then he opened his eyes wide and looked at Wang Ling in disbelief.

Wang Ling was also looking at him.

Guo Huai asked tentatively: "If Du Sima Yi is dead, then?"

Wang Ling nodded slightly.

Guo Huai understood immediately, and said, "I'm weak, what's the general's plan?"

Wang Ling looked around, and at this moment, a horse came slowly behind him, and he said, "Shh, shut up."

The sound of horseshoes stepping on the bluestone slab came from far to near. After a while, Jia Kui's figure appeared in front of them. Seeing Guo Huai and Wang Ling standing together, Jia Kui laughed and said, "General Guo is here too."

"So it's General Jia."

The two arched their hands.

Now in Cao Jun's camp, apart from Sima Yi, the three of them have the highest status.

Among them, Wang Ling has now replaced Xia Houshang as General Zhengnan, Guo Huai is General Zhennan, and Jia Kui is General Annan.

In history, except for Wang Ling who was the general of Zhengdong, Guo Huai and Jia Kui were actually miscellaneous generals at this point in time, and they were not promoted to Sizhen or Siping Si'an.

But now there is no way, Cao Wei has repeatedly fought and lost, and suffered heavy casualties in four campaigns, four towns, four towns, four flats, and four security. Naturally, they have been slowly promoted to this position as the chief died.

At this moment, the three of them gathered together without speaking.

Jia Kui glanced at Guo Huai, hesitated for a moment, and asked what he wanted to ask.

Wang Ling and Guo Huai looked at each other, then said what they said before.

After hearing these words, Jia Kui showed a shocked expression on his face.

Then he became suspicious and hesitated.

"What does the general think?"

Guo Huai held down the hilt of his sword.

They didn't actually discuss killing Sima Yi before, they just got the news that if Sima Yi died, they would be able to upgrade.

But now that Jia Kui already knew the situation, if he told Sima Yi, Sima Yi would definitely be vigilant.

Jia Kui looked around and saw that the guards around him were far away. He gritted his teeth and said, "I think it's possible that the governor-general is old now, and it's very cold and suddenly died of illness."

His age is actually a few years older than Sima Yi, and he is 55 now, but he said that Sima Yi, who just turned 50 this year, is already old, and his attitude is self-evident.

Guo Huai put down the hilt of his sword, Wang Ling smiled, and said, "It's getting late, why don't you two go to my camp?"

"go!"

Jia Kui and Guo Huai agreed without hesitation.

Now that we are all in the same boat, we really need to discuss a countermeasure.

When the three of them arrived at the camp, Jia Kui and Guo Huai were about to say something, but Wang Ling stopped them and sent his guards to invite people out.

About half an hour later, it was already midnight, and a few more people came over with puzzled expressions on their faces.

Jia Kui and Guo Huai frowned.

Doing big things must be kept secret. Will there be any problems if there are too many people?
But thinking about it carefully, Wang Ling is more cautious in doing things, maybe there is a reason for him.

After a few people came in, Tian Yu looked at Wang Ling and asked, "General, I don't know what's the purpose of calling the last general to wait for others?"

Wang Ling let them sit down first, and then said to several people: "Everyone, I asked you to come here, I have something important to discuss."

"Please tell the general clearly."

Hand in hand.

Wang Ling pondered for a moment, and then talked about the reward Zhuge Liang gave them.

After learning that they had surrendered, they would only be in idle positions of the fifth or sixth rank at most, and there was a high probability that they would not have the title of honorary officer or loose official. The following people were immediately blown up.

"Why did you just send us away like this? Just take away the clan's population and land, and don't even give them official positions?"

"Originally, I hoped to have a scattered official position, a descendant of the family, this"

"Then don't we lose all benefits?"

Several generals talked a lot.

In addition to calling Shangtian Yu and Qianzhao, Wang Ling also called several other generals he thought he could win over.

There were about six or seven people, including Guo Huai and Jia Kui, there were about ten people.

At this moment, when everyone in the camp heard the truth, they were a little sober even from the wine, and they all blushed, feeling very excited.

They all have clans. If this goes on, won't their clan be killed?
Seeing that everyone was filled with righteous indignation, Wang Ling felt that the time had come, so he sighed and said, "Oh, what can we do? Prime Minister Zhuge has already said that the commander-in-chief of the three armies is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Only when he chooses to submit to us can he submit. The credit belongs to him alone, so how much credit can we have for him to be in a high position? It would be nice to have a spare time."

A general was furious and said, "How can it be said that it is all due to Governor Sima? If we don't agree, will all our troops add up and fight? He just agreed on our behalf, and all the credit goes to him?"

"How can this be done?"

Wang Ling shrugged.

Tian Yu's heart suddenly moved.

He is a smart man. When he followed Gongsun Zan in history, he once persuaded Gongsun Zan, but it was a pity that Gongsun Zan refused to listen.

Now that Wang Ling was acting abnormally, he specially summoned these generals over, didn't he?

Thinking of this, Tian Yu tentatively asked: "General Wang, if according to the general's wishes, if there is no governor, wouldn't the credit be divided equally among all of you?"

"It's natural."

Wang Ling saw that Tian Yu was very good, so he pretended to say casually: "If there is no great governor, each of us will at least have a rank or higher rank of scattered officials or titles."

In an instant, the entire tent fell silent.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and suddenly felt that they understood what was in each other's eyes.

A strange red light flashed in someone's eyes, and he gestured with his right hand in a chopping gesture, and said in a low voice, "Could it be that the general wants it?"

Wang Ling quickly put aside the relationship and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense. If today's incident gets to the ears of the governor, we will still die?"

A general looked around viciously, and said, "You all have clansmen. Think about it, how can Sima Yi be in a high position, have three shackles, and so many lands and food towns? They are all traded for us. You don't think about yourself, your clan and future generations?"

"That's right, even if you tell Sima Yi, what benefits can he give you? Could it be that he leads everyone to fight with the Han army, and let the Han army wipe out us, plus the clan is wiped out? If we get rid of Sima Yi, not only will we be rewarded, but we will also be able to support our descendants!"

"Go ahead!"

"Count me in, if anyone wants to tell the truth, ask me if my knife is bad!"

"Don't try, only a fool will tell the truth."

Several generals spoke one after another.

indeed.

At this point only a fool would tell.

You get nothing by snitching.

On the contrary, if everyone benefits except Sima Yi, why do you want to harm others and benefit yourself?

Seeing that everyone expressed their opinions, even Qianzhao and Tian Yu agreed, Wang Ling sighed and said, "Since everyone is like this, that's the only way to go, but Sima Yi lives alone in the county government. The county government has a personal guard, and the city has his troops. What do you think, how can we go in and successfully plot to get rid of him?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Yes.

Want to kill is want to kill, but how to kill?