Before Jiang Ji and Liu Ye crossed the Yellow River, they heard the news that Long Fei was preparing to attack Hulao Pass. When they heard this, they were shocked! They immediately decided to split up. Liu Ye rushed to Xiangyang to meet Cao Jie. Jiang Ji immediately
Rush to Hulao Pass, hoping to talk to Long Fei before the war begins.
Stepping into Hulao Pass, Jiang Ji was a little puzzled by the scene inside. It was clear that Long Fei's army was right in front of him, but the situation inside the pass did not seem to be tense at all. The soldiers were wandering feebly on the streets, and the weapons in their hands were either resisting or dragging.
His eyes were full of exhaustion and despair. Jiang Ji stopped his horse and called a soldier: "Where is General Yu?" The soldier looked up at Jiang Ji, shook his head, and turned away.
Looking at the backs of those soldiers, Jiang Ji said sadly to the people beside him: "How can these soldiers fight? They are also called elites, not even as good as those county soldiers who retreated across the Yellow River!"
Yu Jin, Li Dian, Le Jin, and Sima Yi were all in the office. All four of them had sad faces, and Sima Yi was telling how he would stop the Long Army's plan. According to Sima Yi's vision, Hulao Pass was something that Long Fei must capture.
Place. The terrain of Hulao Pass is superior, easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as all the troops are pulled to Hulao Pass, no matter how the Dragon Army attacks, as long as the wall is not broken, the Dragon Army will never be able to enter.
However, Li Dian thought that his troops were now exhausted and had no fighting spirit. Even if he could barely block the Dragon Army, it would not be delayed for long. He took advantage of Pan Zhang's navy to block the Yellow River, so he immediately retreated to Hebei and relied on the Yellow River.
Defense line deployment, this is the strategy to resist the Dragon Army. Le Jin naturally sides with Li Dian, and the three of them can't argue about whether to defend or not. Yu Jin on the side remains silent.
"No need to argue, no need to quarrel! Your Majesty already has a clever plan!" Jiang Ji strode into the Yamen, cupped his hands in front of Yu Jingong, squinted at Sima Yi next to him, and ignored him.
Le Jin hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what's your clever plan?"
Jiang Ji kept silent, glanced at Sima Yi again, and said to the ban: "General, Your Majesty ordered me to talk to Long Fei. Tomorrow the general can send someone to take me out of the city. As long as Long Fei's request is met, Long Fei will surely do it."
withdraw troops."
"Hahaha..." Sima Yi laughed loudly: "It's a joke, Long Fei has great ambitions, and I'm afraid the whole world can't satisfy his appetite. I dare to ask Mr. Jiang, what is your Majesty going to exchange for Long Fei?"
"Hmph!" Jiang Ji snorted coldly and glared at Sima Yi: "You don't need to worry about this. Your Majesty has what Long Fei needs."
Jiang Ji asked Yu Jin to drive out all the irrelevant people, and only Jiang Ji and Yu Jin were left in the room. Jiang Ji looked around, lowered his voice and asked Yu Jin: "General, how long do you think this Hulao Pass can be held?
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Yu Jin was stunned and looked up at Jiang Ji's face. He felt that he was not being deceived. He took a deep breath, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The soldiers have no fighting spirit, let alone Hulao Pass, I'm afraid..."
Jiang Ji nodded: "Your Majesty also guessed the same. Before leaving, Your Majesty specifically asked me to tell the general that the general's task is to do everything possible to stop the Dragon Army for two months. In just two months, we can defeat the soldiers from all over Henan."
The horse has withdrawn to Hebei, Your Majesty is preparing to fight Long Fei in Hebei!"
"Hebei? Even the land of Hebei cannot stop Long Fei!" Yu Jin obviously did not understand Cao Cao's intention of doing this: "If Hebei is broken again, where should we go?"
Jiang Ji smiled slightly: "General, please don't worry about this. Your Majesty has your own arrangements. The general only needs to do what your Majesty wants."
"Okay!" Yu Jin nodded: "Wei Chen accepts the order!"
On the second day, Yu Jin sent several soldiers to lower Jiang Ji and his two followers from the west wall in baskets. Without war horses, the three of them had to go on foot. Fortunately, the camp of Long Fei's army was far away from Hu.
The prison was not very far away. Seeing that he was about to arrive at Long Fei's camp, Jiang Ji quickly asked the messenger next to him to raise the flag. The beautiful flag was fluttering in the wind, and before it had even fluttered twice, more than a dozen people came out from the side of the road.
A soldier shouted and surrounded the three of them.
"Don't do anything. We are envoys from the State of Wei, and we have been ordered to come before your Majesty!" Jiang Ji quickly explained.
A tall soldier glanced at Jiang Ji and sneered: "Our boss said, Your Majesty said that the whole world belongs to our Tianlong Empire. Where did the Wei Kingdom come from? Who can tell me?
He can't be Cao Cao's spy!"
When another one heard this, he shouted loudly: "Spies, that's good. We caught three spies. According to the regulations, it costs dozens of dollars. Today's drink money is enough!" The rest of the people followed and started to cheer. Jiang Ji was frightened.
The two attendants huddled behind Jiang Ji and shivered.
Jiang Ji quickly said: "No, no, no, we are really not spies, we are Cao Cao. Cao Cao sent me to meet with your Majesty. This is Cao Cao's token. Please take a look at it!" Jiang Ji hurriedly took out the token from his arms.
He handed the card to him and said, "What a good thing it is for you to come here! Cao Cao has promised to hand over the murderer who wants to kill your Majesty. That's why I'm here."
The dozen or so dragon troops didn't even laugh. The leader looked at Jiang Ji: "Seriously?"
"It's absolutely true! Cao Cao has promised to hand over Sima Yi, the murderer of your majesty, to your disposal. Now Sima Yi is at Hulao Pass. Cao Cao has sent people to arrest him. He is just waiting for you to come and pick him up!"
Jiang Ji's words finally persuaded the dozen soldiers. They saw that Jiang Ji was a scribe with a personal attendant at his side, so they were not bound. When Jiang Ji was brought to Long Fei, he looked disgraced.
We were all acquaintances, so we chatted politely for a while and then went straight to the topic.
Jiang Ji spoke very well and conveyed all Cao Cao's intentions. Before Long Fei could speak, Li Ru chuckled and said, "We already know the purpose of your visit, but before we see the real murderer, what should we do?"
I believe you?"
Jiang Jidao: "Please rest assured about this. As long as your Majesty agrees to withdraw, we will immediately tie Sima Yi in front of your Majesty, and at the same time withdraw all soldiers and horses from Henan Province to ensure that your Majesty can occupy it smoothly. This can be considered a gift from our Majesty!"
The four states in Henan are the land of the Central Plains, and they are all good places. They are no worse than the Jingzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou, and Yongzhou occupied by His Majesty, and are even better than any other country."
"Your envoy's words are a bit deceptive!" Xu Shu immediately said seriously: "Yuzhou is our place originally. My general Li Yan has already occupied Runan, and Yingchuan and other places in Yanzhou have also been captured by us.
And Xuzhou has been controlled by Zang Ba all the year round. Cao Cao wants to make it, but Zang Ba won't. Only Qingzhou is still intact, but it is close to the East China Sea and is a barren land. What's the use of it?"
Jiang Jidao: "Sir, you are wrong! Although Yuzhou and Yanzhou are partially occupied by you, they are not completely occupied. We have soldiers and horses on many important roads, and Qingzhou is under our complete control. Xuzhou is close to Yangzhou, and Sun Quan has been eyeing it for a long time.
, if it is occupied by the general, I believe they will retreat in the face of difficulties. Your Majesty has obtained these places and has full control over Sun Quan. Sun Quan will never be able to escape from your Majesty's hands. Such a good thing is to kill two birds with one stone. Where can the general go?
Only my Majesty can do such good things with the general."
"A good thing?" Guo Jia smiled: "I'm afraid that Cao Cao has no way to save the day and the four states of Henan are no longer under control. That's why he came up with this strategy. Our army will cross the Yellow River just around the corner. If we capture Ye City, Cao Cao will be defeated. Why raise a tiger?"
To cause trouble."
Jiang Ji smiled and said: "Your Majesty is my Majesty's son-in-law, so you are pressing forward step by step, so you are not afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
Long Fei looked at Jiang Ji: "Sir, your sharp tongue is really powerful. In this case, I will trust you once!"
"Your Majesty!" Li Ru and Xu Shu tried to persuade them. Long Fei waved his hand to signal the two of them not to talk. He continued: "As long as you can bring Sima Yi to me, I promise not to join the army again!"
"It's a deal!" Jiang Ji quickly took over. As soon as Long Fei nodded, Jiang Ji turned around and left.
Looking at Jiang Ji's back, Xu Shu hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, is this too hasty? If Cao Cao really sends Sima Yi to us, will he really want to retreat?"
Long Fei glanced at Guo Jia and chuckled: "If Cao Cao can really send Sima Yi here, why not retreat?"
Sima Yi was driven out of the Yamen by Yu Jin, and Li Dian and Yu Jin left. Sima Yi looked back at the Yamen gate, and his two sons beside him also looked behind him. The Sima family never lacks sons, and Sima Yi
There are eight brothers in this generation, known as Sima Bada. Sima Yi also has two sons. The eldest son, Sima Shi, is tall and has a particularly conspicuous black mole on his left cheek.
Sima Shi is quite like his sixth uncle Sima Tong in his work. He is brave and decisive, and likes to use force to solve problems. The second eldest brother, Sima Zhao, is completely opposite to his eldest brother. He is very similar to Sima Yi. They are both vicious characters. They are both happy and angry.
Showy and resourceful, these two sons can be regarded as Sima Yi's right-hand men. Since Sima Yi's five younger brothers died one after another in Xiangyang, Sima Yi kept his two sons by his side as his helpers.
"Father, I think the situation is not good!" Sima Zhao said: "If Long Fei drives Cao into despair, he will definitely send us out to ask Long Fei to let him go!"
Sima Yi smiled slightly: "My father had expected this move a long time ago. Jiang Ji's arrival just illustrates this. If my father's guess is correct, Cao Cao has decided to send us to Long Fei to buy himself time to withdraw from Henan.
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"Old man! I will immediately lead people into Yecheng and cut Cao Cao into thousands of pieces!" Sima Zhao immediately yelled: "Hebei is ours. If we don't want it, Cao Cao can't get his hands on it!"
"Brother, keep your voice down! This is still a government office!" Sima Zhao said quickly.
"What are you afraid of? With our strength here, Xiao Yujin doesn't take it seriously at all!"
Sima Yi nodded: "My son is right! The matter is urgent. You immediately gather people to control Hulao Pass as soon as possible. As for Jin, Li Dian, and Le Jin, please don't disturb them for now. Keeping them will be of great use to our father."