Three Kingdoms: The blind box draws Da Qiao at the beginning

Chapter 338 Sima Yi’s plan to destroy Zhao

When Sima Fang heard what Zhuge Liang said, his brows suddenly tightened.

This second brother-in-law of King Wu seems not to be someone to be trifled with.

Lu Yi looked at Sima Fang, smiled, and said to a guard beside him: "Take a few people to Sima Gong's house and invite Sima Yi over. After a few days of being alone, he will return to Wu County. When the time comes, take him with you. Let’s go back together.”

Looking at Sima Fang, Lu Yi asked: "Sima Gong, is that okay?"

Sima Fang hurriedly said: "It is his honor for Quanzi to serve the King of Wu!"

Lu Yi nodded with satisfaction.

After taking everyone to patrol the city wall again, Lu Yi returned to the government office to rest.

At dusk, Xu Shu, Taishi Ci, and Pang Tong came back.

Zhang Sheng's head was brought back.

Zhang Sheng's 10,000 soldiers surrendered except for 3,000 who were annihilated.

Lu Yi was very satisfied with this action.

This time the high officials were wiped out and Bingzhou was captured, leaving only Jizhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou, and Jiaozhou.

As for Jiaozhou, he is not worried at all.

Jiaozhou is sparsely populated and surrounded by Jiangdong and Yizhou.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Zhu Zhi won't have any problem taking them.

There are only three places left: Jizhou, Youzhou and Yanzhou.

Lu Yi appointed Tai Shici as Sili Xiaowei, taking over Zhong Yao's original position.

Xu Shu, on the other hand, asked him to reorganize his army and prepare to return to Wu County.

The next day, Lu Yi held a banquet at Pingyang City Government Office to entertain Ma Chao, Taishi Ci, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Xun, Sun Yan, Wang Yan, Sima Fang, and the nobles from Hedong County.

At this banquet, Ma Chao seemed particularly excited.

Although he had followed Deng Zhi to Wu County and sought refuge with Lu Yi.

However, he was still trembling in his heart, worried that he would not be reused.

After all, he had lost Liangzhou and Hanzhong before and had no place to stand.

Moreover, he also did stupid things and killed his father and two younger brothers because of his greed for power.

In this era where filial piety governs the world, he himself could not imagine the possibility that Lu Yi would reuse him.

But he didn't expect that Lu Yi exceeded his expectations and accepted his sister Ma Yunlu, and asked him to lead troops back to Liangzhou and serve as Liangzhou's shepherd.

Although his younger brother Ma Dai and his former right-hand man Pound were transferred away.

However, he can accept this restriction.

He himself did not believe in the appointment without any restrictions.

Lu Yi gave Ma Chao some words of encouragement and revealed to him that when the time comes in the future, he will send troops to assist him in expanding westward and defeat foreign enemies such as the Qiang people, giving him the opportunity to become a larger official.

Ma Chao was so excited that he toasted several glasses of wine.

Although he reconciled with his sister Ma Yunlu, he also realized the foolish things he had done.

However, for him, he still hopes to gain greater power.

I originally thought that Liangzhou Mu had reached his limit.

Unexpectedly, there is still an opportunity to expand outward.

This is not too good!

Lu Yi invited Tai Shi Ci and asked him and Ma Chao to cooperate with each other.

Likewise, Lu Yi made a promise to Tai Shi Ci in private.

As one of the earliest ministers in Jiangdong, Taishi Ci would naturally receive special care from him.

In the future, Taishi Ci will not only be able to enter Nantianmen and become one of the thirty-six heroes, but will also get the opportunity to expand outward.

Taishi Ci's eyes were filled with suppressed light.

Although outsiders always think that he is like Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi, willing to be an official under Sun Ce and Lu Yi.

But in fact, he has always had a calm heart.

That is to dominate!

When Sun Ce was assassinated and Jiangdong fell into temporary chaos, he had thought about taking Xu Shu and a group of generals to occupy Danyang, and then occupy Qingzhou like Zang Ba.

If something happens in Jiangdong or Jingzhou in the future, he will immediately lead Danyang's elite troops to kill them!

But later, Lu Yi acted vigorously and resolutely, suppressed the Sun family and a group of Jiangdong generals, and took over the position of Lord of Jiangdong without giving him a chance.

After that, Lu Yi reused him even more, which made him feel embarrassed to violate his conscience.

Now that Lu Yi is the king, he will definitely dominate the world and become the supreme emperor.

He thought that no matter what, he would get the chance to become king.

After all, would princes, generals, and ministers rather be kind?

A man born in troubled times should carry a seven-foot sword and make immortal achievements!

It is impossible to advance to the level of Emperor, but it is still possible to dominate.

If you can't become the king and hegemon within the Wu Kingdom, then expanding outward and becoming the king and hegemon outside is not too much, right?

Taishi Ci hurriedly raised his wine cup and offered several glasses of wine to Lu Yi.

Afterwards, Lu Yi appointed Wei Yan as the governor of Hedong County and Huo Jun as the governor of Hanoi County at the banquet, asking them to cooperate with Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici and others to be ready to attack Zhao at any time.

Since Wei Yan and Huo Jun took refuge with Lu Yi in Jingzhou, they have been eager for the opportunity to make contributions.

During the Jingzhou period, they were highly used by Liu Biao, the former Jingzhou pastor.

But in Wu State, there are many talented people in Wu State. Although they have the intention to make achievements, they are also afraid to show off too much.

Afraid of being jointly suppressed by others.

King Wu Lu Yi didn't say anything.

Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Lu Su, Xu Shu, Tai Shi Ci, Zhu Zhi, Huang Zhong and others suppressed them so that they did not dare to act rashly.

Especially during this period, when they were getting along with Zhuge Liang, the second brother-in-law of the King of Wu, and Lu Xun, the younger brother of the King of Wu, they always felt that they were seen through by these two people, which made people's hair stand on end.

Now, they are overjoyed to be able to obtain the position of county governor.

Wei Yan and Huo Jun immediately stepped forward and toasted to Lu Yi.

On the morning of the third day after the banquet, Xu Shu had organized his army and was preparing to evacuate Pingyang and rush back to Wuxian together with Lu Yi and others.

But they saw the guards who were going to pick up Sima Yi in Hanoi County, surrounded by a tall young man walking over.

Beside Lu Yi, Sima Fang hurriedly said to Lu Yi: "King Wu, the dog is here!"

Lu Yi nodded.

Is this young man Sima Yi?

He looks quite talented.

If that incident hadn't happened in history, he would really have looked down upon Sima Yi.

When Sima Yi saw Sima Fang, he hurriedly came up, saluted Lu Yi and said, "Sima Yi in Hanoi, pay your respects to the King of Wu!" Lu Yi signaled Sima Yi to get up.

After calling Zhuge Liang forward, Lu Yi said to Sima Yi: "Zhongda, right?"

Sima Yi responded: "Yes."

Lu Yi said: "This is Zhuge Liang, my second brother-in-law, whose name is Kongming. He is now serving as the servant of the minister. From now on, you will serve under him and assist him."

Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang looked at each other.

Zhuge Liang looked at Sima Yi with a smile while fanning his feather fan.

Sima Yi: "."

This man was about the same age as himself and had an extraordinary appearance.

But why, seeing his smile, makes me feel scared in my heart?

Never felt this way before!

Sima Fang's general Sima Yi looked at Zhuge Liang longingly, and hurriedly scolded him in a low voice: "Zhongda, you're rude!"

Sima Yi finally came back to his senses and trembled.

Smiling at Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi saluted and said, "Sima Yi has met Mr. Zhuge, and I would like to ask Mr. Zhuge for more advice!"

Zhuge Liang hummed and said, "We will learn from each other and promote each other from now on."

Seeing that Sima Yi and Lu Xun had met each other, Lu Yi asked Sima Yi: "Zhongda, you are from Hanoi County. You must know everything about Zhao State, right?"

"Gu Ke has heard about your talent."

"Are there any orphans to teach today?"

When Sima Fang heard Lu Yi ask this, a smile appeared on his face.

He had already prepared for these.

The Sima family is rooted in Hanoi County, and has disciples and former officials all over Hebei.

As long as it's information about Hebei, there's nothing they don't know.

Previously, King Zhao Yuan Shao wanted to invite him and his sons to serve as officials, but he dared to refuse directly.

Now, if King Wu wants to ask Zhao Guo's countermeasures, he can easily find it.

Sima Fang nodded to Sima Yi, signaling him to speak boldly.

Sima Fang knew very well that he liked to hide his clumsiness this time.

However, now that the world must belong to King Wu, there is no point in hiding it any longer.

Sima Yi received Sima Fang's signal and then said to Lu Yi: "I heard that Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan has left Yecheng and is preparing to rush to Yanzhou Chenliu with his soldiers to serve as Yanzhou shepherd."

"And Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, left his family in Yecheng and has rushed to Youzhou to continue his duties as the shepherd of Youzhou."

"However, it is said that these are all due to the pressure of Wu State."

"Shen Pei, Feng Ji and others all agree that the power of the Wu Kingdom is too great now, and Yuan Shao and his three sons need to unite to have a chance to fight against the Wu Kingdom."

"Although the three sons of Yuan Shao are unwilling to accept it, they can only accept their opinions."

"For now, they have decided to shelve their disputes and fight their enemies together."

"The position of King Zhao is vacant."

"Three brothers each occupy a state."

"Among them, Yuan Shang, the youngest son of Yuan Shao, controls Jizhou."

"Although the family members of Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan and second son Yuan Xi went to work respectively, they were controlled in Yecheng and could contain any possibility of rebellion at any time."

"It looks like everything has been sorted out."

"But there are a lot of opportunities here."

Everyone looked at Sima Yi.

Lu Yi also nodded.

He has not received this information yet.

Moreover, even if it is obtained, it is probably not so detailed.

The Sima family is indeed deeply rooted in Hanoi County.

This is something to guard against.

Lu Yi said to Sima Yi: "Continue."

Sima Yi said: "I got the news that in order to monitor Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, Minister Zhao sent Feng Ji to follow Yuan Tan to Yanzhou, and Guo Yuan to follow Yuan Xi to Youzhou."

"And what if, Feng Ji and Guo Yuan died on the way."

"At that time, what will Yuan Tan think? What will Yuan Xi think? What will Yuan Shang think in Yecheng? What will all the civil and military officials of Zhao State think?"

"Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will definitely be panicked."

"Feng Ji and Guo Tu are under the supervision of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs."

"Whether they killed these two people or not, people died while following them."

"You can't argue with anyone."

"The civil and military officials will definitely think that they are deliberately rushing to the fiefdom without caring about their families, and then proclaim themselves kings."

"At this time, even without Yuan Shang from Yecheng taking action, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will start an uprising."

"If the King of Wu is willing to promise Yuan Tan or Yuan Xi fiefdom and official position at this time, and also promises to provide a certain amount of troops to help them capture Jizhou."

"What will they do?"

"If the King of Wu promises again, as long as they capture Jizhou, they can become the King of Zhao."

"What will they do?"

"Of course, King Wu does not need to actually send troops to them. He only needs to organize his troops and make preparations for sending troops to assist them."

"In addition, our Sima family can use people from Jizhou to spread the word about the promise made by King Wu to brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi."

"By then, even if Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi are in danger, they will not have the intention to rebel."

"But how can Yuan Shang in Ye City be so relieved?"

"In order to temporarily reassure Yuan Shang, the King of Wu can withdraw his troops and launch an all-out attack on Jiaozhou, making Yuan Shang think that he has a chance to pacify his two brothers before Wu takes Jiaozhou."

"Then, the fragile balance that Zhao Guo has just settled will be broken in an instant."

"When they are fighting hard and both sides are hurt, we will go out again."

“It will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.”

(End of this chapter)