"Teacher, how did you see that those musicians are assassins?" A Dou asked.

"Your Majesty, how much do you know about musical instruments?"

"Music instruments, I know all this..."

"Hehe, Your Majesty is not good at silk and bamboo and wind music. He is sincere in the government affairs, and the country is very lucky!" Pang Tong paused and then said: "In the past, Mr. Shuijing was the best musical instrument. Mr. Shuijing had musical instruments, including Han, Hu, Man, Yue, and all ethnic groups. At that time, my uncle Pang Degong often took me to Mr. Shuijing's place, so I was proficient in musical instruments."

"These instruments seem ordinary, but in fact, each instrument has its own special way of handling and using them, and it is not enough to just grab them. Those so-called musicians can't even take the instruments, so I guessed that these people must not be musicians, and they must have other purposes here. But I didn't think that these people were assassins at the time."

"No matter what, this time, the teacher's observation was meticulous and saw the flaws of these assassins. By the way, teacher, who do you think sent these assassins?"

"Who sent it? If you want to assassinate Your Majesty today, it's just Cao Rui and Sun Deng. The most likely people who sent assassins are. But if your Majesty is assassinated, you will definitely blame Gongsun Yuan. Now Sun Deng still needs Gongsun Yuan to restrain Cao Rui, so at this critical moment, Sun Deng is unlikely to send assassins. Most of the assassins were sent by Cao Rui."

"Cao Rui?" Adou nodded: "That's true. Now there is not much territory left in Wei. Cao Rui is eager to jump over the wall and send someone to assassinate me."

At this moment, Huang Chong walked in.

"Your Majesty, we have found weapons from the ten three-han women." Huang Chong said, bringing over a tray with two daggers on it.

"Huh... this dagger is a bit weird!" Pang Tong picked up the dagger curiously and looked carefully.

Pang Tong gently tapped the dagger with his fingers, and then said, "Your Majesty, look at this dagger, it is very rough, I'm afraid it was not created by our Central Plains."

Adou reached out and took it: "Well, it seems that the manufacturing level of Liaodong's weapons is very poor, much worse than that of our Shuzhong."

"Your Majesty, not only this, we also found that the weapons used by those assassins are also different." Huang Chong said as he inserted his mouth, took out a scimitar the size of a palm and handed it on it.

"Uh, scimitar? This is also brought by the assassin?" A Dou asked in confusion.

"It was taken by the assassin. I was also puzzled. How could the assassin carry such a scimitar? I remember that this scimitar was used by Hu people." Huang Chong said.

"These assassins are doing this with such things?"

"Not all, there are ten weapons that are very common assassins use for swords. The others are like assassins."

"Did those assassins call who is the main messenger behind the scenes?"

Huang Chong shook his head: "These assassins are very stubborn. I have used all kinds of tortures, but they still refuse to say anything."

Next to him, Pang Tong's eyes flashed with a cold light, and then he stood up: "Your Majesty, if I was right, this assassin probably wasn't a group."

"Not one from the same group? If that's the case, it would be reasonable to use different weapons."

"Your Majesty, look at this scimitar, it should be the Hu people's things. Your Majesty, don't forget that when the Hu army flooded, none of the hundreds of thousands of Hu people fled back to the grassland. From then on, the Hu people were in a slump. The Xianbei people were better, and their foundation was enough. Although they lost 200,000 troops, they were not enough to bring about the disaster of extermination. However, the other tribes were much more miserable. The Qiang and Di tribes had surrendered to Your Majesty, and the Jie tribe was driven to the far north by the surrounding tribes. I heard that There are snow and ice inside, and there is no seed of grass and trees for more than half a year. And the remaining troops of the Zuoxian King of the Southern Xiongnu were originally weak and lost 100,000 people, which was considered a disaster for the extermination of the clan. Before, the Southern Xiongnu basically hid near the Hetao grassland. Now that the 100,000 people are missing, the Hetao grassland is no longer tenable. Now the Huns have been dispersed everywhere and rely on the Xianbei, Wuhuan and other tribes for their lives. The Huns hate His Majesty and sending people to assassinate it is very possible."

"Ah Huns..." A Dou nodded slightly. According to A Dou's knowledge, the so-called Huns and Xianbei, which were powerful and extraordinary nations for a time, disappeared into the vast river of history. Driven by the huge wheels of history, the Huns were unable to resist at all.

The sound of footsteps came from outside and interrupted Adou's contemplation.

"Your Majesty, Chen Liu urgently reported! Sima Yi went to Pengcheng in person and successfully persuaded the governor of Xuzhou to surrender Sun Deng. Now Pengcheng has been owned by the Eastern Wu. Now the general of the Eastern Wu has set out to Xia Pi!"

"So quickly? It seems that we are going to send troops to Qingzhou as soon as possible. We must not let Sun Deng steal the first one." Adou whispered, lowered his head and thought for a long time, then shouted: "Zhang Yi, prepare for it, I will go to Qingzhou to supervise the battle in person!"

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Pengcheng is the capital of Xuzhou and the largest city in Xuzhou. It is said to be established by Emperor Yao. When the Chu-Han conflicted in the past, Pengcheng was the capital of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. Since Chen Deng and his son presented Xuzhou, Pengcheng has always been the territory of the Cao family.

Today, Pengcheng has been hung with the banner of Eastern Wu, among which Sima Yi has made great contributions.

The governor of Xuzhou was Sima Yi's disciple, and Sima Yi promoted him. So when Sima Yi went to support the scene and persuaded surrender, he did not encounter much resistance. The Eastern Wu won Xuzhou without spending a single soldier.

In comparison, Lu Xun was leading soldiers to fight hard in Yuzhou at this time. There were Qiao County, Runan, Chen County in the north of Shouchun, and Geyang and Anfeng County in the west under the control of the Wei State. Although there were not many defenders in these places, it was still time-consuming to fight one city and one place.

Sun Deng got Xuzhou without any effort, and he was naturally very happy. This made Sun Deng suddenly feel that Sima Yi, who had just surrendered, was so cute. In comparison, Lu Xun, who was still fighting hard in Yuzhou, seemed dispensable.

After Sima Yi surrendered, Sima Zhao was also released from house arrest and brought to the front line. Sun Deng waved his pen and named Sima Zhao the captain of Xuanyi. You should know that Sima Zhao was three years younger than Adou, and was named Xuanyi captain of such a young age, which was already considered a high-ranking official.

Now that Pengcheng has surrendered, Xia Pi will be difficult to defend alone. Langya County on the back is full of mountains, and there are not many defenders. I believe that when the army arrives, it will open the city and surrender. Looking at the entire Xuzhou, there are not many resistance forces. Next, you can go north to Qingzhou and seize this sea route to connect Liaodong, and prepare for the attack on Jizhou.

All of this can be said to be Sima Yi's contribution. In terms of being an official, Sima Yi's ability is indeed better than Lu Xun, so now the most popular person in front of Sun Deng is Sima Yi.

There were two main groups under Sun Deng’s command, one was the Jiangdong group led by Lu Xun, Gu Yong and others, and the other was the outsiders headed by Zhuge Jin. In the past, Sun Ce and Sun Quan had large-scale appointments of outsiders. At that time, officials who were not from Jiangdong were led by Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Zhao was very concerned about face, so officials who were not from Jiangdong had the upper hand at that time had the upper hand.

After Zhang Zhao died, local aristocratic officials in Jiangdong, such as Lu Xun, Gu Yong and others gradually rose up. In addition, the children of the Jiangdong family provided a large number of talents for Sun Quan. Zhuge Jin, the leader of the foreign official, was a good man, so foreign officials gradually became declining.

Now that Sima Yi is here, it brings a glimmer of hope to these officials who are not from Jiangdong. Sima Yi also knows that he needs to win over some people when he first came, so he took this opportunity to win over a large number of generals from Jingzhou and Huainan.

Zhuge Jin was a very sleek person and also a very smart person. When he saw Sima Yi win over some ministers, he also understood Sima Yi's approach. So the sleek Zhuge Jin not only did not make things difficult for Sima Yi, but also asked his son Zhuge Ke to go and take Sima Yi as his teacher, and staged a "harmony between generals and ministers". In Zhuge Jin's opinion, it is better to make as few enemies as possible in the court. In this way, Sima Yi's momentum is even stronger.

When Sima Yi was powerful, Sun Deng was naturally very happy. Zhuge Jin was too sleek before and refused to be enemies with Lu Xun and others. The court was harmonious, but Emperor Sun Deng was a little guilty. Now that he had a Sima Yi who was more talented than Lu Xun, he would avoid the dominance of the court. Sun Deng was so happy that he could not be the only one in the court.

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There were not many defenders in Langya County. After Sima Yi led 20,000 troops to arrive here, the county magistrate resisted symbolically and then drove to surrender.

In this era when aristocratic families were in power, usually after occupying a place, they had to visit the local aristocratic families first and establish good relations with them. They did not ask for help from these aristocratic families, but asked them not to hinder them. Sima Yi was no exception. After occupying the city, he invited the courtesy of the aristocratic families in Langya.

Langya County has many mountains, and in ancient times, places with many mountains would definitely be poorer, and Langya County was no exception. In the entire Langya County, there are only two families that can be regarded as aristocratic families. One is the Zhuge family and the other is the Wang family.

The Wang family is a family that has only emerged in recent decades. Although the reputation of the Wang family is not well-known, it is the largest family in the world in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Now the head of the family is named Wang Xiang. Wang Xiang is known for his filial piety and is one of the twenty-four filial piety. When he was young, he once "slept on ice and asked for carp" and Cao Pi conscripted several times, but Wang Xiang did not have an official position. Wang Xiang also had a younger brother named Wang Lan. He was the fifth ancestor of the scholar Wang Xizhi at a young age.

The Zhuge family was descended from Zhuge Feng, the Sili School during the Yuan Dynasty. However, compared with Zhuge Feng, the Zhuge family had more talents in the Three Kingdoms era. Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin brothers were all from the Zhuge family in Langya. Now these two brothers are both prime ministers. Although the members of the Zhuge clan of Langya are not prosperous, they have entered the ranks of the world's great families because of Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin brothers.
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