Liangzhou Governor's Office

In the huge conference hall, there were only Ma Dai and Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, what are you going to do?" Ma Dai looked up at Sima Yi and asked solemnly.

Sima Yi's eyes closed slightly, his expression was solemn, but he did not respond.

Sima Yi did not hide the news about his father Sima Fang's death. He knew very well that such important things could not be concealed by thinking about them.

Although Ma Dai is not very smart, he acts carefully and calmly, and will definitely find some abnormal signs.

Concealment is the most likely to cause estrangement and conflict. Instead of doing this, it is better to tell honestly.

However, even with Sima Yi's natural wisdom, he still could not ignore the rumors of his father's death.

"It is the most heartbreaking thing in the world that wants to support your son but his parents are not here!" Seeing Sima Yi silent, Ma Dai sighed and said, "Why send someone to Hedong to explore the road first and see what the situation is?"

Ma Dai had the same meaning as Sima Yi when he judged others by himself.

Sima Yi was still silent.

Ma Dai stood up, walked to Sima Yi, patted him on the shoulder, and persuaded him: "Zhongda, you go back to your house to rest first, I will arrange for someone to go to Hedong..."

"General Ma, there is no need..." Sima Yi raised his hand, shook his head and said.

Ma Dai stopped and turned to look at Sima Yi.

"Huh~~!" Sima Yi raised his head, with a rather reluctant smile on his face, and whispered: "There is probably a trap here..."

"Snare?" Ma Dai asked in surprise, "What trap?"

"I'm not hiding General Ma..." Sima Yi had someone inquired about his affairs in recent days and said to Ma Dai, "At this time, news of his father's death came. It's a coincidence.

Yi suspected that Cao Cao had seen through Yi and was not dead, and even deduced that Yi was in Xiliang. Therefore, he wanted to use the news of his father's death to lure Yi to expose his traces."

Ma Dai raised his sword eyebrows slightly and said in confusion: "How could Cao Cao see through Zhongda?"

"Although Liangzhou has been taken over by General Ma, the days are still short, and there is inevitably a mixture of fish and dragons. If Cao Cao had the intention of doing things in detail, he might not have been able to detect Yi's existence. If anyone among them had seen Yi before.

Maybe if you have heard of Yi’s past, it is naturally not surprising that you have discovered something!" Sima Yi restrained his mood and analyzed for Ma Dai, "In addition, there may be people who are inside Cao Cao who are in charge of the Liangzhou officials."

"Yeah..." Ma Dai nodded and said in a deep thought, "If Cao Cao really doubted Zhongda's identity, it would not be surprising to set a trap with Mr. Sima.

However, although Zhongda is not suitable to go there in person, he can send a few people to investigate in secret. It is better to figure out the situation!"

"Not even!" Sima Yi still shook his head, "If this is really a trap, Cao Cao would definitely keep a strict inspection of Hedong.

Yi doesn’t need to go there in person. As long as we send a detailed work, it can actually confirm Cao Cao’s guess. If it weren’t for Yi, who would have been so concerned about the death of his father?”

"..." Ma Dai was speechless for a moment. But after careful consideration, he knew that Sima Yi's concerns were completely reasonable.

Once the detailed work he sent was discovered by Cao Fang, Sima Yi was in Xiliang and did not ask for advice.

"Would Zhongda be ready to do nothing?" Ma Daipei convinced Sima Yi that he could still remain calm under such circumstances, but at the same time he also had a hint of doubt.

"..." After thinking for a while, Sima Yi said slowly, "There is a way to confirm whether the death of my father is true or false..."

"What's the solution?"

"Teach me a detailed approach to contact Jingzhou to find out whether there was any news of my father's death in Jingzhou. If this matter is true.

Jingzhou and even Yangzhou should have heard of it; if this matter is false, Cao Cao must be spreading rumors about Liangzhou, and Jingzhou should know nothing about it."

"Although it's feasible, it's still a while..." Ma Dai stared at Sima Yi, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Zhongda, if Master Sima really dies. How are you going?"

Sima Yi's eyes closed slightly. He covered the pain in his eyes: "...... There is no other way except for the remote sacrifice."

After a pause, Sima Yi said sadly: "If Yi returned home rashly, his father would not forgive me, this unfilial son.

What's the benefit of returning? What's the benefit of returning..."

For a family like the Sima family, in such a chaotic world, the life and death of a number of people is nothing, and the most important thing is to maintain the survival of the family.

Sima Yi was very clear about this and knew that every achievement under Liu Bei was to contribute to the future of the Sima family. The same reason was also true for his elder brother Sima Lang and his younger brothers to serve Cao Cao.

Today's ownership has long been a situation where Liu Bei is either Liu or Cao, and here, Liu Bei's hope is greater. When the family cannot join Liu Bei, Sima Yi actually carries the hope of the clan.

If Sima Yi really returned to Hedong now, whether it was Sima Fang, where life and death were unknown, or other people in the Sima family, they would definitely be more angry than joy.

Ma Dai seemed to understand Sima Yi's words, but he did not delve into it, and changed the topic and said: "The lord seems to be preparing to use troops to Xichuan, and the general has returned to Xiangyang. Do we need to send troops to support?"

"Xichuan has a dangerous terrain and a rough and difficult road, which is not suitable for cavalry combat, and the iron cavalry is useless. In terms of infantry, the elite army of Jingzhou is better than Liangzhou.

"Sima Yi forced himself to cheer up and analyzed, "Recently, Liangzhou has been thinking about resting and recuperation. The lord should also mean this!"

"Yeah..." Ma Dai nodded, not feeling unhappy.

Because Han Sui and Yan Xingju clans were destroyed, most of the blood feud had been avenged, and the urgent component in their temperament was eliminated a little.

Another enemy, Cao Cao, still exists, but Ma Dai is no longer in a hurry. In his opinion, being able to force Cao Cao into a desperate situation day by day will make him more happy.

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Zhang Renyi rushed to Xiangyang. He only took a short rest and made a request—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

I did not do anything to be able to understand his eagerness.

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Standing next to a huge Yizhou terrain sand table, Zhang Ren and another Sichuan general Zhang Yi pointed at each other with great interest, completely forgetting me, the master.

The people of this era even used a rough map, and they were unheard of intuitive combat copying tools like sand tables.

Yangzhou Military Ordnance House located in Danyang is the only institution that can make military sand tables. Because of the proper confidentiality, the sand tables are still unique to our army so far.

Zhang Ren and Zhang Yi were surprised when they saw the sand table for the first time.

"Zhang Zhengxi, is the large number of Shuzhong maps you asked for before, just to make this thing?" Finally, he stopped appreciating the sand table, and Zhang Ren turned around and asked me.

Zhang Ren's body shape is very different from ordinary Shu people. Shu people are short, have a wide face and a collapsed nose.

But Zhang Ren's tall figure and thin body contained infinite power. His national-shaped face was full of masculinity and his eyes were shining.

It is rumored that Zhang Rendi’s martial arts are the best in Shu. It is not a false statement. Just based on my judgment, although his skills are not as good as Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, they are better than Guan Ping and Wen Pin, and he is almost as good as Wei Yan.

Having excellent skills. He has a first-class military commander and has many wisdom and tricks. Zhang Ren can be said to be a very outstanding general or even a handsome talent. Another thing that makes people appreciate is his loyalty that is similar to "fool".

In history, even though he knew that Liu Zhang was defeated, Zhang Ren, who was captured alive, still refused to persuade his elder brother to surrender, and went to his death without hesitation.

Looking at the three kingdoms in the past and after, there were only two people who could do this, one was Zhang Ren, and the other was Gao Shun, the famous commander of the "Stealing Camp" under Lu Bu.

Of course, no one is perfect, and Zhang Ren has many shortcomings. The most prominent one is his overly conservative (mainly xenophobic) stubborn personality.

However, this aspect has improved recently. He was invited to Xiangyang this time. This is a proof.

"Not bad!" I walked up to Zhang Ren and asked with a smile. "Wen Yue thought what this thing was?"

"The mountains, rivers, trees, ditches, plank roads, and city passes are clear at a glance. It is of infinite function in marching and fighting!" Zhang Ren praised without hesitation.

He bent down and reached out to touch the sand table. Zhang Ren asked in confusion: "Zhang Zhengxi, how was this thing made? It actually condensed but did not disperse."

"This is made by my Yangzhou Armory Workshop, and I don't know how to make it!" I smiled and told a harmless little lie.

"Oh~!" Zhang Ren responded with some regret.

"If Wen Yue likes it, I can give you a smaller one!"

"Seriously?!!!" Zhang Ren's eyes lit up and he immediately bowed and gave a slight salute, "Thank you so much for Zhang Zhengxi!"

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After the guest and the host took the seat, both sides quickly got to the point.

"... Within ten days, the emperor will be able to reach Xiangyang by the emperor's edicts against Liu Xi, Zhang Song, Meng Da and others.

At that time, I can first use the edict to determine the identity of a traitor of Liu Xuan and other Liao, and order the officials and people in Shu to respond to the royal army and jointly fight against rebellion!" At this point, I said to Zhang Ren seriously, "Wen Yue, if you want to quell the rebellion early and restore peace in Shu, you must suppress your thunder and anger and be lenient to the rebellious people.

If you pursue too much, it will inevitably cause panic, increase the power of the thief, and increase the difficulty of suppressing the rebellion!"

"..." Zhang Ren pondered for a moment and said slowly, "Don't worry, Zhang Zhengxi, Ren is not a person who only knows how to show off his bravery. Except for the evil ones, the followers will not pursue the matter as long as they do not resist to the end!"

"Yeah!" I nodded, "In this way, those who help the thief will be weak."

Pointing to the sand table, I continued, "This attack, my soldiers were divided into three groups and advanced at the same time.

The first road...

The second road...

The third road…”

"Although the three routes advance together is beneficial to distinguish the enemy, the terrain in Shu is too dangerous, and many places even require only one or two thousand people to resist more than ten thousand troops.

"After listening to my plan, Zhang Ren leaned over and pointed at a place on the sand table, "It was like Jiameng Pass. Although it seemed not far away, there were the dangers of Jiange and Mianzhu in between.

As long as you strangle one of them, Lu Pingnan’s 20,000 troops will probably not be able to advance or retreat!"

I have no choice about Zhang Rendi’s doubts——————Zhang Ren naturally doesn’t know that in the original history, about 50 years after his death, a man once used the Jiange Natural Risk, paralyzed the defenders, and finally completed the magical achievement of breaking Shu.
Chapter completed!