Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 610 Sima Yi misses the chicken suit
Seeing that Bai Tu was unable to make any progress, Liu Bei had no choice but to change his perspective, hoping that Bai Tu would allow Fa Zheng and continue to send troops to Guanzhong. At the same time, he was anxious to trust his second and third brothers to avoid being provoked by traitors...

This was what Liu Bei initially wanted to persuade Fa Zheng to do. However, in Liu Bei's plan, if Fa Zheng was persuaded, because after all, he was "using troops without an imperial edict", there would definitely be a layer between him and Bai Tu.

In this way, Liu Bei has the opportunity to find opportunities, whether it is to create opportunities for himself to leave, or to take advantage of the situation to induce Fa Zheng to stand on his own, there is a lot to do - after all, the foundation of Fa Zheng is in Guanzhong!

However, now Chu State actually has this kind of "artifact" that can be connected out of thin air from thousands of miles away. Even if Fazheng sends troops, Baitu will approve it. This "seam" is a bit too small...

This time Bai Tu agreed, but he used the excuse of "missing him very much" and emphasized that Liu Bei must return to Jinling in person. As for how to contact Fazheng, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?
It doesn't matter, there is a good report!
Although Liu Bei had no choice but to agree.

After Zhang Yan returned Li Kuan's family, he felt relieved when he saw Fazheng immediately withdrawing his troops from Ziwu Valley.

However, on the contrary, when Sima Yi learned that Fazheng had withdrawn his troops from Ziwu Valley, he said to his respected lord: "My lord, if you have nothing to do, go out first. I want to be alone."

That's right, Sima Yi realized immediately that Fazheng was so quick to not take the opportunity to attack Ziwu Valley, and he didn't even want such a good opportunity to exert pressure. The most likely reason was that Liu Bei had already convinced the Chu State!
Otherwise, even if the Chu State wanted to attack Xichuan, Longyou, or Qingxu, it would not let go of this opportunity to blackmail them.

It seems that Chu State will definitely use Liu Bei's name to contact the Qi army of Longyou and Qingxu...

Therefore, now is not the time to relax. If Fazheng continues to send troops to Ziwu Valley, Sima Yi can rest assured. At least that will mean that Liu Bei has not reached an agreement with the Chu State, and he still has a chance to convince the Chu State.

But this kind of thing obviously doesn't need to be explained to Zhang Yan.

"The 'Book of Fate', the first of the ten volumes of the Book of Heaven... It's a pity, it's just a little bit short." Sima Yi muttered regretfully.

Yes, Sima Yi also knew about the "Ten Volumes of the Book of Heaven" and was very convinced that the leader's life book was in Zhuge Liang's hands!
Even... Sima Yi knew the holder of the Heavenly Book that had already been released.

Because Sima Yi also has his own heavenly book, and it is "Jiaoguiren" in the ninth volume of the ten heavenly books!
Sima Yi's original plan was to control Liu Bei and then control the Qi army. As long as Zhuge Liang didn't rebel, he could barely, tentatively, probably... be in the same camp as him.

Based on "Volume [-]: Friendship with Noble Men", Sima Yi has his own unique strategy, which not only makes him easy to be trusted, but also...when he is in the same camp or has contacts, he has the opportunity to "inherit" other people's heavenly books. .

So originally Sima Yi didn't want to join Zhang Yan, his first goal was Cao Cao, and his second goal was Baitu!

If you take refuge with Cao Cao, you might have the chance to inherit "Book of Heaven, Volume [-]: Luck"; if you take refuge with Bai Tu, you might have the chance to inherit Lu Su's "Volume [-], Feng Shui", Jia Xu's "Volume [-], Accumulation of Yin De", and Pang Tong's " Volume [-]: Reading", Zhou Yu's "Volume [-]: Appearance", Hua Tuo's "Volume [-]: Health Preservation"...

The reason why Baitu's side is obviously much more luxurious, but Cao Cao is still ranked first, is because the Chu State is too strong, and Sima Yi is worried that he will not have a chance, and secondly... the holder of the Book of Heaven in the Chu State is not If you are young, you are an old man who has become a spirit, or else you are good at maintaining your health!

Sima Yi was worried that he would have no chance of inheriting, and "Volume [-]: Luck" was actually very good.

In fact, sometimes Sima Yi also thought that it would be great if Hua Tuo and Jia Xu could be on Cao Cao's side, and Cao Cao could kill Hua Tuo and not let him live too long...

At that time, if you have "Volume [-]: Luck", you can steal your luck, if you have "Volume [-]: Accumulating Yin De", you can "reverse practice" like Jia Xu, and it will be easier to get inspiration for tricks, and if you have "Volume [-]: Health Preservation", you can extend your life. , it’s simply a “chicken-eating set”!
It's a pity that there is no such good thing.

Originally, Sima Yi wanted to take a step back and get the "Volume: Fate" first, but unfortunately it seems that the chance is not good now.

In contrast, Zhang Yan, as the protagonist, only has the advantage of being "obedient"...

However, after taking control of Zheng State, Sima Yi still felt that there was no chance. Now he had no chance to control Qi State, so he wanted to take Zhang Yan to defect to Wei State, and then... Xu Xutu!
Although there are no holders of the Book of Heaven in Wei State, at least its foundation is much stronger than that of Zheng State. If it integrates with Guanzhong and the Central Plains, it will not be completely unable to fight back against Chu State.

Apart from the level of heavenly books, Sima Yi's grasp of the psychology of the nobles is also very good.

So just like that, Sima Yi tried to contact Wei Guo, while Liu Bei returned to Jinling while passing by the city... No, for Chu State, it should be said that when passing by the "city", he would contact Fa Zheng once to confirm the Fa Zheng. The situation is in contact with the Longyou Qi army.

However, just when Liu Bei came to Wudang on Wangjing Road along the Han River, he learned of the bad news!
Although Fazheng sent people to Chencang at night to inform Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang that Liu Bei was still alive and had "surrendered to Chu", it was still a step too late.

Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang are preparing to march eastward to Chang'an...

Although Zhuge Liang had objections to this, he understood that Guan Yu could not persuade him at this time, so he might as well try his best to assist him.

If that's the case, it doesn't really matter. Even if he raised his troops in a hurry, could Sima Yi defeat Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang in a few days?
The worst case scenario is to notify Chencang's guards and then convey it to Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang.

But seriously, another thing happened at this time...

Liu Ji, who was guarding Chencang, suddenly switched sides. After Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang advanced eastward, he mutinied in Chencang, blocking the retreat of the Qi army and cutting off support and military supplies!

The reason for Liu Ji's sudden defection made Fazheng and Liu Bei helpless. Before leaving, Guan Yu went to Liu Ji for a "heart-to-heart talk" behind Zhuge Liang's back, that is, to warn him not to have any evil thoughts. His elder brother had a son. Yes, you cockroach, stop daydreaming...

Because he didn't know about this, Zhuge Liang didn't expect that Guan Yu's emotional intelligence would be so offline!
If it were Zhuge Liang, even if he was not optimistic about the son's succession to the lord's position, he would not bring it up now. If he had to bring it up now, he would definitely give up his military power immediately, or even "once and for all."

What kind of operation is this kind of operation that makes people give up and at the same time hand over the task of guarding the back road to the other party?
The only good news now is that the person Fazheng sent to Longyou was Deng Zhi, not just any Tie Hanhan, so Deng Zhi didn't tell Liu Ji that Liu Bei was still alive after he found out that something was wrong in Chencang. Instead, he quickly sent the message back...

(End of this chapter)