Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 233 Wang Ping, I Didn't Expect Stealing a Grape Was Such a Big Sin
When the soldiers arrived at the Xiegu pass, Ma Di was angrily found that Wang Ping and the [-] soldiers who had been stationed here had withdrawn to Hanzhong one day earlier, leaving only [-] old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to meet them at the pass. Forty thousand troops.

That's right, there are only 4 horses left under Ma Su's command.

In the battle of Wuzhangyuan, in order to lure the Wei army to go deep and condescend to annihilate them, Ma Di arranged a total of [-] soldiers in the first four lines of defense. These soldiers were almost dead when the Wei army rushed to the fifth line of defense.

It is precisely because of such a large amount of blood that the enemy's large forces were led to the fifth line of defense, and [-] Wei soldiers were finally annihilated, resulting in a brilliant battle loss of nearly one to four.

No matter how sophisticated the tactics are, war always requires costs.Those [-] soldiers were the capital that Ma Su laid down in this battle.

Of course, the death of [-] soldiers was not the reason for Ma Di's anger.In his anger, he was stabbed in the back by Wang Ping again.

The reason why Ma Di dared to garrison Wuzhangyuan was not afraid of being besieged by Sima Yi's army, because the Xiegu pass was under the control of the Shu army, the back road was smooth, and the food road was safe. Once the battle situation was not ideal, he could calmly pass through the Xiegu pass. retreat.

However, Wang Ping withdrew his troops one day earlier, which taught him a hard lesson.

Wang Ping's move has only one meaning - you, Ma Di, can defeat Sima Yi alone, you are invincible in the world, and your military exploits are outstanding... You are very popular, but I will not hold back, I will withdraw first.

Obviously, such a military move is very dangerous.

If Sima Yi's news is proficient enough, he will send a large army to take the Xiegu Pass first, and block [-] Shu troops in the pass.
The consequences were unimaginable.

According to the report of the general who stayed here: Wang Ping started to pack up his belongings and retreat in batches as soon as he received Zhuge Liang's order to withdraw his troops.

Wang Ping didn't have the slightest awareness of being the backing of the army. He could have waited for the army to arrive before withdrawing, but he chose to leave one day earlier - of course, he still left five hundred veterans at the pass.

It is foreseeable that if Ma Di goes back to settle accounts with Wang Ping, Wang Ping will definitely come up with a lot of reasons to prevaricate him.

For example, "Withdraw the army according to the prime minister's military order"; another example is "Leave five hundred soldiers to support the rear army"; even Wang Ping can say sarcastically: "You Ma Di is so good at fighting, and Sima Yi is just a ball. He dares to lead an army of 10,000+ If you come to block you, you will use 10,000 troops to wipe out his [-]+ army, you have the ability."

It can be said that Wang Ping has shown strong jealousy and non-cooperation tendency since the end of the war, and refused to give any form of assistance to Ma Su.After receiving the order to withdraw the troops, he did not wait for the army to reach the pass before retreating according to military common sense. Instead, he deliberately left one day in advance, which was extremely inappropriate.

Wang Ping's actions aroused the indignation of most of the generals in the battalion, who scolded and condemned them one after another.In their minds, this was indeed Wang Ping's style of conduct: narrow-minded, jealous, and stubborn. Except for Zhuge Liang's orders, no one's orders would work well for him.

Even if it was the command of the chief general, it would not be effective when it came to him, the deputy general.

According to the military system of the Shu army, the position of the deputy general is half a rank lower than that of the chief general, and he has independent command of the army. Strictly speaking, the deputy general does not need to obey the words of the chief general.

But the rules are the rules. Under normal circumstances, the lieutenant general will not oppose the chief general, and will obey most of the orders and dispatches of the chief general.

After stationing at Xiegu Pass for a day, Ma Di still couldn't swallow his breath, and immediately took out his pen, ink, cloth and inkstone, wrote to Zhuge Liang, and sued Wang Ping.

Zhuge Liang was skeptical about this complaint. He knew Ma Di and Wang Ping very well, and he didn't think that Ma Di would do something to slander his colleagues, let alone that Wang Ping would do such a thing that obviously violated military common sense and ignored the army.

However, Ma Di said in his letter: Wang Ping's actions from the Battle of Jieting to the present made him heartbroken and exhausted. If the Han army is full of such low-quality generals, then the Northern Expedition It is difficult to succeed in the matter, and it will be impossible to talk about Kuangfu Han Dynasty.

At the end of the letter, Ma Di said in a sad tone: Since he was the prime minister, he spent half his life as a soldier and fought for several years. time.

After reading the letter, Zhuge Liang was shocked, leaving Zhao Yun and other generals to guard Longyou, and hurried back to Hanzhong to meet Ma Di, trying to figure out the ins and outs of the whole incident.

Why did Ma Su quit?

If it's just because of Wang Ping's early withdrawal of troops, then there's no need for it.

Therefore, on the way back to Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang issued an order in advance: suspend all Wang Ping's duties, limit the scope of action, and wait for him to handle it personally.

However, when Zhuge Liang arrived in Hanzhong, a rumor suddenly spread like wildfire.Zhuge Liang was extremely hesitant about how to deal with Wang Ping's dereliction of duty.

There are several versions of the rumor, one of which is: the prime minister is nepotism, and all generals who surrender to the Shu army will be inferior.Ma Di was a close friend of the prime minister for many years, and Wang Ping was a surrendered general of the State of Wei. This withdrawal made Ma Di unhappy.Therefore, even if Wang Ping is not guilty, the prime minister will definitely punish Wang Ping, ranging from demoting him to a commoner, or from military law.

There is another version that has a wider scope: Prime Minister Zhuge only trusts veterans of Ji Han and fellow villagers of Jingzhou, such as Zhao Yun, Yang Yi, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Jiang Wei, Ma Di, etc. Li Yan (has been dismissed as a commoner), local representative Wu Yi (high position and weak power), general Wei Yan (decorated in the open) and Wang Ping (who has real skills but cannot be reused), etc. ...

These rumors intensified and spread widely in private. Even though they dared not say it in front of Zhuge Liang, the private discussions still made Zhuge Liang worried.

There is no doubt that someone must be vigorously promoting this evil wind.

Because of the nine truths and one falsehood in what he said, it is more convincing that he, Zhuge Liang, is such a person who fakes public affairs for personal gain.

The rise of Ma Di has been proved to be Zhuge Liang's deliberate promotion, otherwise Ma Di would definitely not have grown to the height he is today.

At that time, there were so many generals who could go to Jieting to guard, and the veteran generals Wei Yan and Wu Yi had nothing to do, but Zhuge Liang wanted to send Ma Su, who had never led a soldier, to go.

If this isn't a record for Ma Di, what is it?
Not to mention, Ma Di refused to obey orders and attacked Chen Cang on his own initiative. Zhuge Liang not only did not punish Ma Di vigorously afterwards, but also made an exception and personally led the army to rescue.

The three armies move lightly for one person, which is not necessarily treated by an emperor.

After that, as long as there is a chance to win the record, the other generals will all stand aside. This kind of opportunity is not their turn at all, and it must be Ma Di's.

There are too many examples like this, so many that all the generals in the whole army are numb, secretly resentful is light, and full of resentment is the true portrayal.

Now, in order to take care of Ma Di's emotions, the prime minister wants to punish the general Wang Ping.

This is so chilling.

Nanzheng, Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhuge Liang frowned, helpless.

He had already found out that it was indeed Wang Ping who withdrew his army one day earlier because of jealousy, and ignored Ma Di's [-] troops.

That is to say, Sima Yi had just been defeated for a while, and suspected that Wang Ping's early withdrawal of troops was a hole dug by Ma Di, so he did not choose to attack.Otherwise, Ma Su and the [-] army might have been wiped out by now.

The responsibility for Wang Ping's dereliction of duty can be great or small. If the punishment is stricter, it will not be too much to punish him on the spot;

Because this wind (backstabbing friendly troops) cannot be used, once a precedent is set, the Han army will fall into endless internal fighting in the future.

But if Wang Ping was punished, some people would deliberately blame the incident on the relationship between Ma Di and him. Not only would Zhuge Liang’s credibility in the army be questioned, but those in the court who opposed the Northern Expedition and his monopoly of power would also make use of the issue.

This is what Zhuge Liang didn't want to see.

After weighing again and again, Zhuge Liang finally let out a long sigh, and looked at Yang Yi who was waiting by the side: "Where is Ma Di now?"

"Prime Minister, Ma Di's army has reached the intersection of Lianyunzhan Road, and will arrive in Hanzhong within two days."

Zhuge Liangliang nodded: "You go and announce that Ma Di is allowed to resign from all official positions, retain his title, and order him to return to Sichuan to recuperate."

When he said this, a trace of helplessness flashed in his weather-beaten eyes.

"Yes." Yang Yi bowed her head in response, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and then her expression quickly returned to normal, she turned around, and walked out with her head held high.

"Duke Wei." Zhuge Liang called Yang Yi, and added: "Put Wang Ping in prison, and release him after asking His Majesty for the truth. By the way, remember to tell him about Ma Di's dismissal as a civilian."

"Ah? Oh, Yi obeyed."

Yang Yi was surprised at first, then bowed her hands and took the order to leave.

Zhuge Liang sighed faintly.

Yang Yi's reaction has already explained everything.

The entire army should have the same reaction as Yang Yi's decision to punish Wang Ping, surprised and unacceptable.

In a struggle between the strong and the weak, people usually have no reason to sympathize with the weak, even if the weak has made mistakes first.

Moral kidnapping exists in any era.

He's a kid—what's wrong with him setting your wagon on fire?

Wang Ping is just a small lieutenant general—how can Ma Di, General Zhengxi, bully the younger?

The list goes on and on.

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When Yang Yi came to Wang Ping with Zhuge Liang's punishment, Wang Ping jumped up excitedly.This fact cannot be accepted under any circumstances.

He thought he was right.

Ma Su's army did not suffer losses because of his early retreat.

The prime minister is too eccentric!
Based on this preconceived judgment, Wang Ping was furious.

When two soldiers came to ask him to go to the prison, he struggled with all his strength and shouted loudly: "I don't accept it! I want to see the prime minister!"

Yang Yi snorted coldly with a serious face: "General Wang, this is an order from the Prime Minister, please don't make it difficult for Yang."

Wang Ping continued to yell: "It must be Ma Su who deliberately framed me, I don't accept it...I want to confront Cheng!"

Yang Yi turned her back and waved her big hand, appearing stern and selfless.

A group of soldiers rushed in, held Wang Ping tightly, and dragged him outside.

With a loud cry, Wang Ping broke free from all the soldiers and ran towards the door.

After running a few steps, Zhao Guang, who accompanied Yang Yi, punched him in the face and fell to the ground.

The young Zhao Guang seemed very angry, he raised his foot and kicked Wang Ping fiercely a few times, and said sharply: "How dare you put my army to death?!"

Then the soldiers who came rushed forward and trapped Wang Ping firmly.

After this commotion, more and more generals rushed to hear the news, and soon surrounded the street with water.

Everyone looked at Wang Ping with sympathy and pity.

Soon Wang Ping was pushed into the prison cart and taken away.

All the officers and soldiers followed behind the prison van, whispering along the way.

They all believed that Wang Ping was indeed at fault, but felt that Ma Su should be more magnanimous and ignore such trivial mistakes.

Wang Ping was imprisoned in Nanzheng's prison under the watchful eyes of all the generals in the army.When the soldiers pushed him in, they didn't even untie the rope.

There may have been no people living in the prison for a long time, cockroaches were running around, ants were rampant, and some unknown bugs were crawling around on the straw.

The harsh environment, small space, and pungent musty smell form a disgusting picture of prisoners in an iron prison.

After the guard closed the cell door and left, the whole world suddenly became quiet.

With his back against the wall, Wang Ping slumped to the ground in a daze, his mind blank.

He still couldn't accept the fact that he had changed from a lieutenant general to a prisoner.

He couldn't figure it out, where did he go wrong?

Even if it was wrong for him to withdraw his troops first, Ma Su had no loss.

Why lock him up so badly?
Oral education is not enough.

Although he may not necessarily listen.

This posture didn't seem like a simple pursuit of responsibility, but a precursor to killing him.

Wang Ping, who had always been fearless and fearless except for the prime minister, suddenly felt a little scared.

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(End of this chapter)