In the past, Fei hoped that someone could help secretly investigate Jiang Wei and look for evidence related to her late father's assassination, but now she no longer needs to find ways to do so.
Because many people are also looking for evidence of Jiang Wei's crimes! There are many people in the Han court who are dissatisfied with Jiang Wei. It is natural to take this opportunity to dig out Jiang Wei's old accounts.
However, everyone has not found any real evidence yet, so they can only criticize Jiang Wei through speculation. For example, Jiang Wei had noticed in advance that Guo Xun had ulterior motives, but secretly let Guo Xun go.
Such speculation has no evidence to support it, but it is not completely useless. The key depends on whether the emperor believes it or not, and whether he wants to put Jiang Wei to death!
Jiang Wei is now too famous. Not only did he become famous for attacking Guo Huai, the governor of Yongliang the year before, but even if he lost Hanzhong this time, it also made the whole country talk about it. A bad reputation is also a famous one. People who are too famous always have a lot of people paying attention.
His fate cannot be hidden at all, it is known to everyone in the market.
Therefore, people in Chengdu probably know the situation. At least Jiang Wei has not been arrested yet. He is only being guarded in his own house and can even see guests.
???????????????However, compared to before, fewer people now take the initiative to visit Jiang Wei, but Master Sima is still a regular visitor.
Of course, Master Sima was not loyal because he admired Jiang Wei, but because no one else except Jiang Wei was willing to protect him. He had to beware of Xiahou Ba waiting for an opportunity to retaliate!
Who is willing to speak for him, a desperate general?
Master Sima advised: "I ask the general to write a letter to apologize again, and the words should be sincere."
Jiang Wei didn't care much about his own affairs. He looked a lot depressed, but he didn't show any signs of complete despair. He seemed to be still thinking of some solution.
This is what Master Sima admired most about Jiang Wei, who was very persistent and persistent.
Seeing Jiang Wei's silence, Sima Shi added: "The general obeyed the imperial edict in Guancheng, quickly led his troops to Jiange, and handed over the military power, which is enough to prove the general's loyalty to the court. At the beginning, Chen Shizhong also sent someone to see the general and promised that as long as the general
Following the imperial edict, he will speak out and impartially for the general in the court. There is no need to judge heroes based on success or failure. Although the general was defeated, it was only because of the huge gap in national power between the two sides. A general with both loyalty and courage like the general is still second to none in the Han Dynasty."
At this time, Jiang Wei finally said: "If Wu State could invest its troops in time, the difference in strength would not be so big. It's a pity that the leader of Wu State has a reputation for being good at planning, but he is still unreliable."
Master Sima nodded and said: "Last autumn, when I first discovered that Qin Liang's army was heading south, I sent an envoy to Soochow to inform Shi Bao of the military situation. When Shi Bao was an official in Soochow, he would definitely write to the Emperor of Wu in time. The people of Wu are
I know there is a big battle in the west."
Jiang Wei said: "The Han Dynasty court also sent envoys to give them opportunities, but they can't seize them!"
He then said with a thoughtful look, "I am reminded of the Battle of Yiling that year. Emperor Zhaolie sent his main force eastward and marched directly into Jingzhou. Soochow had no choice but to resist with all the strength of the country.
At that time, if Cao Wei sent troops to attack from the east and west, how could Wu resist it? With such a good opportunity, Cao Ziheng (Cao Pi) refused to send troops. Waiting for our army to be defeated, and later Cao Wei attacked Jiangling and other places, what results could be achieved? "
Sima Shi pondered: "At that time, the leader of Wu Kingdom seemed to be sending envoys to the north to please Cao Wei. He wanted to submit to Cao Wei."
Jiang Wei sighed: "The people of Wu are like this. When they are defending, their monarchs and ministers are very resourceful. When they are asked to attack, they just drag their feet. Until now, there is no fight on the eastern front!"
Master Sima said: "I received Shi Bao's letter not long ago, probably because the kings and ministers of Wu State did not believe that Hanzhong could be captured by Cao Wei. After all, Cao Wei's several attacks on Hanzhong failed. Later, I heard Wang Ling's message
Upon hearing the news of the death, the Wu people hurriedly prepared for war in Dongguan, but because of the cold winter and the shallow water, they did not launch an attack immediately. As the general said, they delayed until now."
Talking about Shi Bao in Soochow, Jiang Wei suddenly took the initiative and said: "Zi Yuan helped me with suggestions and advice many times and made great achievements. To this day, I should have let Zi Yuandong go to the Kingdom of Wu, so you can ask your old friend Shi Bao to help me."
Bao responded."
Master Sima calmly said: "I have sent a secret envoy to Dongwu to see Shi Zhongrong. However, if General Jiang wants to arrange for me to go to Dongwu, is there any inconvenience?"
Jiang Weidao: "The most important thing is that I can still use Ziyuan."
Master Sima was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but carefully observe Jiang Wei's eyes. At this time, Jiang Wei stood up and said: "I will write a memorial and apologize.
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...Sima Shi's secret envoy arrived in Jianye and saw Shi Bao. At this time, the news that Hanzhong, Wudu, and Yinping counties on the other side of the Han Dynasty had been lost finally reached the Wu court. Sun Quan and other monarchs and ministers were all shocked! Recently
On various occasions in Jianye City, people were talking about the Battle of Hanzhong launched by Qin Liang.
Although there was hostility between Wei and Wu, there were still caravans coming and going, but the news was still relatively slow to spread.
In the middle to late first month of the first month, rumors began to spread in Stone City, where the business was most prosperous. However, in order for private news to attract the attention of the court, sometimes it needed to be reported at various levels. Only officials like Shi Bao received the exact news and passed the matter to the court.
The fastest is the fastest. After Shi Bao fled to Wu, the person he defected to was General Zhuge Ke; but now Zhuge Ke was still in Dongguan, so Shi Bao sent someone to Dongguan to report the matter to Zhuge Ke urgently.
A letter was sent to the court.
The Wu army was stationed at Dongguan at this time. There had been rumors of the Northern Expedition earlier, but it had not been launched yet!
The art of war pays attention to the right time, place and people. Not long ago, the great general of the Wei State Wang Lingxi died, but it was winter at that time, and the right time and place were really not good. The Wu army was good at using waterways, but winter was not conducive to naval movement.
But the most important thing is that when problems arise within the State of Wei, the problems within the Wu State's court are also not small!
In the battle for the crown prince in the past few years, many ministers took sides and fought frequently, holding each other back. Now the fierce confrontation between the two sides has come to an end, but they seem to be just waiting for the next opportunity. The differences between the courtiers are also
Not easy to bridge.
In this case, if he rushes to gather a large number of troops to launch an attack, Sun Quan will have to worry that some strange and unreasonable problems will occur on the front line! After all, Sun Quan himself was rushed outside Hefei by hundreds of cavalry from Cao Wei's army.
The messy past events are still vivid in my mind.
According to Wu State's system, in order to gather enough heavy troops, troops must be gathered from various noble families. In addition, it is an active attack that has nothing to do with life and death. Just think about it, you know what everyone will put first during this period.
Sun Quan stood on the high platform in the main hall, listening to the civil and military discussions of the whole dynasty, but he himself paced above and did not make any comments for a long time. There were various voices below, "I didn't expect that Qin Liang could capture Hanzhong!"
"Yes, Cao Wei's general Wang Ling died last winter. I thought Qin Liang would withdraw his troops back to Luoyang, but I didn't expect him to defeat Jiang Wei so quickly." "Jiang Wei is a famous general in the world, but he suffered such a defeat in a defensive battle.
, lost troops and territory at the hands of Cao Wei’s young generals.”
Recently, Sun Quan kept hearing people around him mention Qin Liang. He suddenly realized that the heroes competing with him seemed to have changed again. And most of the people he knew well before were no longer alive.
The person who spoke next seemed to be Ma Mao, the foreign governor. Because the accent could be heard, Ma Mao had defected to Wu for many years, but he later moved south from the north bank of the river, so his accent was still a little different.
Ma Mao's voice said: "Qin Liang is not very old, but he has been famous for a long time. Sima Yi and Guanqiu Jian were both defeated by him and are already famous all over the world. However, Qin Liang's most famous achievements before were mostly in the civil war between Cao and Wei. We still have some misunderstandings about it.”
Then someone said: "Now that the war in the west is over, Cao Wei's central army has freed up its forces, I think the chance to attack Hefei no longer exists.??????????????? ?The general of Cao Wei, Qin Liang, cannot be underestimated, we must be on guard."
When Sun Quan heard this, he immediately looked sideways and followed the voice. Sure enough, some ministers were always looking for opportunities to dissuade the Northern Expedition!
Therefore, the person Sun Quan sent to Dongguan earlier was Zhuge Ke.
Zhuge Ke was a rare enterprising person in the country, and his desire to capture Hefei coincided with that of Sun Quan. Moreover, the prince and the people on both sides of King Lu were not very hostile to Zhuge Ke.
This person was quite dexterous. On the one hand, he maintained a good relationship with Sun Jun and others in the clan, and on the other hand, he supported the prince in his opinions. The most important thing was that he did not offend people on both sides, which was really not easy.
Perhaps it was because of the two-level relationship between Sun Jun and King Lu that the prince's people did not take too much aim at Zhuge Ke.
Among them, Sun Jun is related by marriage to the princess Sun Luban's family, and they are of course supporters of King Lu. Moreover, Sun Quan also knows that there are uninvolved rumors between Sun Jun and Sun Luban, but Sun Quan has no choice but to pretend that there are no rumors. After hearing this, he didn't even blame Sun Jun, and sympathized with Quan Cong, because Sun Quan knew his daughter's temperament very well, and she had been arrogant since she was a child. Fortunately, Sun Luban was a princess and had no worries about getting married.
Sun Quan also noticed Ma Mao, a man who also had such dexterity. This general from Cao Wei could also ride on two boats without capsizing.
Sun Quan knew that Ma Mao had a good relationship with Sun Jun. He heard that Ma Mao had also given advice to Sun Luban. Last year, when Sun Quan summoned the ministers, he spoke out for Mrs. Pan (Pan Shu)... and Sun Luban and Pan There is a gap between the ladies.
Ma Mao seemed to be more conservative in etiquette, so Ma Mao had a high opinion of Mrs. Pan. He said that Mrs. Pan was not involved in politics, and she did not expose it when she spoke ill of Mrs. Wang. She just wanted to be favored by His Majesty, and was not as sinister in character as others said. One sentence won Sun Quan's heart, and Mrs. Pan also trusted Ma Mao.
While Sun Quan was thinking about the complicated relationships in the court, he turned and looked outside the palace.
It was early spring in Jianye, and it had been raining continuously for several days. There was a heavy mist outside, and the pavilions and pavilions in the palace and the watchtowers in the city were all shrouded in mist and rain.