Chapter 945: If you don't slip, it will be too late
Jinyang City, Royal Palace...
The candlelight was dim, and the whole palace exuded a kind of depressed mood.
Sima Yi rested his forehead on his hands, closed his eyes and sat on the cold dragon couch. He remained motionless, just like a lifeless statue.
The sound of footsteps sounded. Zhang Chunhua held Sima Shi with his left hand and Sima Zhao with his right hand. Mother and son walked into the hall uneasily.
"His Majesty."
"Father."
Zhang Chunhua pulled his sons to kneel down and performed the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.
Sima Yi opened his eyes, raised his head slightly, and said feebly: "Get up."
The three of them, mother and son, just stood up and looked at Sima Yi's solemn expression, as if he had something on his mind and seemed to be making some kind of important decision.
"Your Majesty, what are your instructions for summoning my concubine, Shi'er and others this late at night?" Zhang Chunhua asked cautiously.
Sima Yi took a long breath and said silently: "I have sent an envoy to Chu camp to ask Yan Liang to surrender."
As soon as these words came out, the mother and son were immediately in an uproar.
"Father, that Yan Liang is a devil and a thief. Isn't our Jin Dynasty the right way? How can the right way surrender to the evil way?" Master Sima screamed excitedly.
Zhang Chunhua was also shocked and said: "Your Majesty, Yan Liang was cruel and unkind. Many princes who surrendered to him were brutally killed by him. Now that we are not at the end of our rope, how can we surrender to Yan Liang so easily?"
The mother and son were in a state of agitation. Whether out of fear or resentment, they obviously did not agree with asking Yan Liang to surrender.
Looking at the excited mother and son, Sima Yi, who had always looked gloomy, suddenly burst into laughter.
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Chunhua suddenly looked confused and looked at his laughing husband in confusion.
After a while, Sima Yi stopped laughing and said with a sinister sneer: "Sima comes from a famous family. I represent the will of God and the people. Do you really think that I will surrender to that cruel man Yan Liang?"
His rhetorical question made the mother and son stunned.
After a long while, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed across Zhang Chunhua's face, and he hurriedly said: "Did your Majesty use a trick of false surrender to deliberately confuse the handsome thief?"
Sima Yi stroked his beard slightly and smiled without saying a word, which was obviously his acquiescence.
"It turns out that Your Majesty has an ingenious plan. He really scared me to death." Zhang Chunhua stroked his plump breasts and let out a long breath.
After a pause, Zhang Chunhua's beautiful eyebrows darkened, "Although Your Majesty has a clever plan to feign surrender, the Yan bandits are really powerful. With our current military strength, even if we try to take advantage of them and launch a night attack, we may not be able to do anything serious."
What a harvest.”
Zhang Chunhua was smart. As soon as she knew that Sima Yi had resorted to a false surrender plan, she thought that Sima Yi wanted to use the surrender as a cover to attack the Chu camp at night.
"Who said I was going to attack the enemy camp at night?" A sly smile appeared on Sima Yi's lips.
Zhang Chunhua's figure was shaken, and his face was a little dazed.
However, Sima Yi stroked his beard and said calmly: "Of course I know that the enemy's thieves are powerful. Of course I am not using this false surrender strategy to attack the enemy camp at night."
"Then...then what is your Majesty's purpose?" Zhang Chunhua asked blankly, his eyebrows deeply furrowed.
"I told the city not to leave and retreat to northern Shanxi."
Zhang Chun's figure trembled, and his beautiful appearance suddenly changed, but he understood what Sima Yi meant.
His emperor husband could no longer withstand the siege of 300,000 Chu troops. He did not dare to hold on any longer and planned to abandon the city and flee.
"Your Majesty, Jinyang is the mother-in-law, and it is also the heart of my great Jin Dynasty. If you abandon it like this, I'm afraid..."
"Then tell me, besides telling Cheng not to leave, do I have any other options?"
Sima Yi frowned and asked sternly, making Zhang Chunhua tremble. His lips trembled slightly, not knowing how to respond.
Zhang Chunhua is also very smart. With her knowledge, she can certainly see the current situation clearly.
Jingxing Pass has been opened, the Chu army's food routes are clear, and there is no problem with logistical supplies. With the strength of the Chu State, even if it surrounds Jinyang for a year and a half like Li Yang did in the past, there will be no problem.
Not to mention a year and a half, a few months later, when Yan Liang once again held the gunpowder artifact, Jinyang City was afraid that it would fall in an instant.
The fall of Jinyang is an irreversible established fact.
Zhang Chunhua became depressed, his expression obviously showed that he no longer objected, but was full of worry.
"But if we abandon Jinyang, where can we go?" Zhang Chunhua asked blankly.
Sima Yi raised his hand and pointed to the north: "I plan to lead my army to avoid Yanmen. I will rely on the Xianbei people in the north and the natural dangers of Yanmen in the south. I will not be able to do anything to the Yan thieves."
On the surface, Sima Yi acted confident and full of self-confidence, but Zhang Chunhua could tell that the seemingly confident Sima Yi had a little bit of confidence.
Zhang Chunhua also knew that although Yanmen and other northern counties were dangerous, they were remote and remote areas, and the Xianbei people were busy with civil strife and could not care about the Jin Dynasty who came to help them.
Let the city stay and retreat to Yanmen. The best outcome for the Jin country is to just live in a corner. If it wants to compete for supremacy in the world, it will have little chance.
However, facing such a powerful opponent as the Chu State, being able to keep that one-third of an acre is already considered a luxury, and any attempt to compete for the world is simply wishful thinking.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chunhua had nothing to say and could only use silence to agree with Sima Yi's decision.
She knew that her husband had no choice but to do so.
Seeing that he had convinced his wife, Sima Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then told their mother and son to quickly pack up Xinruan and prepare to escape from the city at any time.
Zhang Chunhua did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly retreated with his two frightened children.
Watching his wife and children leave, Sima Yi suddenly fell down on the dragon throne. The confidence he had kept up on his face completely collapsed, and all that was left was a sense of loss.
"Tie Yan, you forced me into this. Sooner or later, I will ask you to repay this hatred twice as much..." Sima Yi gritted his teeth and swore angrily.
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Outside Jinyang City, Chu Camp.
In the imperial tent, all the generals were lined up with solemn expressions, and a fierce murderous intention surged like fire in the tent.
All the generals knew that something big was going to happen when the Emperor gathered with them today. They even felt that a battle to determine their surname was about to happen.
"Yesterday, Sima Yi sent someone to ask for my surrender." Yan Liang looked around at the people and said calmly.
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden commotion in the big tent.
Some are excited, some are surprised, and some are suspicious.
Before anyone could speak, Yan Liang said loudly: "I have seen through Sima Yi's trick. This thief is obviously pretending to surrender, but in fact he wants to take the opportunity to escape. I have called you here to arrange for you to surround and kill Sima Yi."
Dog thief!"
The order was passed, the crowd was excited, and there was a commotion in the big tent.
All the generals looked at Yan Liang in amazement, impressed by Yan Liang's burning eyes and impressed by his ability to see through Sima Yi's annihilation plan.
The generals' blood was surging, and their fighting spirit was as fierce as fire. They all wanted to take the lead at this critical moment to destroy Jin and make immortal achievements.
"Generals, listen to your orders!" Yan Liang shouted sternly.
All the generals were in high spirits and bowed to obey orders.
Yan Liang then issued an arrow and ordered Huang Zhong, Zhang Ren, Xu Huang, Zhang Xiu, Zhu Huan, Yan Yan and other generals to lead 10,000 troops each. However, when they saw the Jin army opening the city and fleeing, all ten groups attacked.
Surrounded and killed Sima Yi who had escaped.
Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun's western army have not yet arrived, and Yan Liang has only more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command. If he attacks Jinyang from all sides, his troops will easily be scattered. Let Sima Yi concentrate 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses to take the opportunity to break through and fight out of the encirclement.
Therefore, Yan Liang did not issue an order to besiege the city, but left a way out so that when Sima Yi fled, he could gather all his troops to intercept and kill him.
The decree was passed down, and the generals returned to camp with enthusiasm, each commanding their own troops and horses, ready to attack at any time.
As soon as Yan Liang's order was issued, Sima Yi sent an envoy again in the evening, claiming that he was willing to accept Yan Liang's new conditions in order to surrender to Chu.
It turned out that Yan Liang was trying to pull off a trick and made Sima Yi mistakenly think that he had fallen into his scheme, so he pretended to bargain with Sima Yi.
Sima Yi wanted to demote himself to the throne and become a local emperor. Yan Liang said that since the Han Dynasty, anyone who claimed the title of king was regarded as disobedient. Yan Liang unified the world and wanted to surpass the Qin and Han Dynasties. Of course, he would not allow anyone with a different surname to be crowned king or Duke.
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Therefore, Yan Liang wanted Sima Yi to be a marquis, and he agreed to his request to surrender.
Yan Liang negotiated terms with Sima Yi so seriously. In the eyes of uninformed people, he looked like he really planned to accept Sima Yi's request for surrender.
The envoy brought Yan Liang's conditions back to Jinyang City. When Sima Yi and Jia Kui heard this, they were very happy, thinking that Yan Liang had fallen into their trap of surrender.
Otherwise, how could Yan Liang bargain with them?
Seeing that Yan Liang had fallen into the trap, Sima Yi immediately ordered the soldiers and horses in the city to secretly assemble. When it was late in the evening, he sent an envoy out of the city to the Chu camp, claiming that he was willing to accept the conditions proposed by Yan Liang. He said that he would send someone to present a surrender letter tomorrow.
Then he gave up Jinyang City and retreated to northern Shanxi.
Yan Liang had made arrangements here, but on the surface he happily accepted Sima Yi's surrender, rewarded the envoy generously, and personally drafted a decree to make Sima Yi the Marquis of Yanmen, asking him to garrison the border and guard the northern border for Chu.
The envoy returned to Jinyang happily with Yan Liang's generous reward and the decree.
In the palace, Sima Yi held the imperial edict in his hand, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, and his gloomy face flashed with sarcasm.
After a long while, Sima Yi tore the imperial edict in his hand into pieces.
"Yan Thief, Yan Thief, you are really arrogant. Do you think I, Sima Yi, will really surrender to a humble man like you, haha~"
As he spoke, Sima Yi raised his hand, and debris flew into the air.
Jia Kui, who was beside him, also smiled slightly. There was a sense of relief and a kind of contemptuous irony in his smile.
After laughing wildly for a while, Sima Yi suddenly stopped. His eyes were like lightning, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Pass my decree, all the troops will be sent out tonight, follow me to play with the handsome thieves, and fight out of the city!" (To be continued.