The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

Sima Yi successfully blocked the fifth Northern Expedition of the Shu Army, which can be regarded as a triumphant return.But there were two things that gave him a headache. One was that Sima Shi killed his wife Xiahouhui. Although it was said that it was caused by the plague, Xiahouxuan was the first to refuse to agree. He was the most popular person in front of Cao Shuang. Going to read one book in front of Cao Rui, the entire Sima family couldn't afford it; the second one was that Sima Zhao offended Wu Zhi by marrying Wang Yuanji, for the sake of his daughter, Wu Zhi would not let it go.In the past, when Cao Rui wanted to punish the Sima family, it was thanks to Wu Zhi who stood in the way. Now when this kind of thing happens, Wu Zhi doesn't add fuel to the fire.Picking out one of the two things is troublesome enough, but it still has a superimposed effect...

"Father, don't worry, I did it and I will take care of it." Sima Shi is definitely a good and filial boy.

In the end, Sima Shi solved the two troubles alone or together. On the day he returned to Luoyang, he went to Wu Zhi's mansion with the dowry and asked to marry Wu Zhi's daughter.

There was no movement from Xia Houxuan either. It is said that his complaint ended with Cao Shuang, but Cao Shuang did not support him.

Sima Yi didn't dare to relax her vigilance at all. She was thinking about when she would continue to lead the army out. She would rather suffer a bit in the frontier than live in fear in the capital.

However, Xishu and Dongwu will not come to fight for a short time, and the frontier fortress can finally have a stable life. Where else will there be battles to fight?Cao Rui himself was so bored that he built a palace in Luoyang City to relieve his boredom.For example: Zhaoyang, Taiji and so on.

In fact, there are still opportunities.

In the second year of Taichu, Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong abandoned the title of "Gong Lelang" given to him by Cao Rui, proclaimed himself King of Yan, and changed his Yuan to Shaohan.

This time, it wasn't Sima Yi's initiative to ask to go, nor was it recommended by Wu Zhi, but Cao Rui's decree was issued by gritting his molars.

Similar to Sima Yi's repelling Zhuge Jin from Eastern Wu last time, Cao Rui's move was not because he wanted Sima Yi to go, but because he had no one to use except Sima Yi.

The Gongsun family in Liaodong has always lived in a bitterly cold place. Because the conditions are too difficult, the central government has no interest in reclaiming it, so they simply hand it over to the Gongsun family, as long as you don't make trouble.

Sima Zhao had a vague impression of Liaodong and the Gongsun family. Cao Cao once gave him a red jade handle as a tribute from Liaodong when he was still a baby.

"That piece was dedicated by Gongsun Dujin to Emperor Taizu Wu." Sima Shi said.

"Huh? Oh yes..." Sima Zhao remembered, and went back to search for it. It was his favorite thing, his favorite toy when he was a child, and now he can't help but miss it, but Wang Yuanji threw away such a childlike inner activity. The kitchen knife that came over smashed into pieces: "Sir Sima, if you dare to mess up the house that my mother just tidied up, you will sleep in the yard tonight!"

Sima Zhao sniffled, but in fact he wouldn't have a good impression of Gongsun Du because of it, let alone Gongsun Yuan who is in Liaodong now.

Gongsun Yuan did not get it very well. After Gongsundu died, he gave the seat to Gongsun Kang. But when Gongsun Kang died, Gongsun Yuan was still very young. In order to stabilize, his uncle Gongsun Gong became the leader of Liaodong. Gongsun Gong is very worthy His own name is very important to the orders of the central government.But this kind of good moral outlook couldn't save him. When Gongsun Yuan grew up, he kicked his uncle out, cleared his uncle's household registration by the way, and then became a local snake in a big way.In fact, the central government is too lazy to take care of these bad things. Whoever sits in Liaodong is different. If there is no trouble, it is a good one.Therefore, when Gongsun Gong stepped down, and Gongsun Yuan stepped forward, Cao Rui followed suit and named Gongsun Yuan "Mr. Le Lang."

Now the duke was probably overjoyed and started to make waves.

For Cao Rui, this kind of behavior must be attacked, and people must be sent to suppress this kind of splitting behavior.

Here lies the problem.

Sima Yi was not the first to go.

As soon as Gongsun Yuan became independent, Cao Rui sent a general to go, but this is a soy saucer, so we won't talk about him, anyway, he was defeated as soon as he fought.

Then Cao Rui still didn't give up, and sent another person, this person was unambiguous, his name was Guanqiu Jian.

Of course, Master Sima said that there is no pressure, and the Yi tribe is a small meaning.

Guan Qiujian is also a general. He confidently promised Cao Rui that he would come back in victory. He didn't just talk about it. He came up with a whole set of plans, and the core of this set of plans is one word: sleepy.Guan Qiujian explained that Liaodong's food and grass is a big problem. We don't have to fight with Gongsun Yuan to besiege Liaodong and cut off its food and grass to make it mess up.

Cao Rui thought so.

However, the ideal is full, and the reality is very skinny.

Guan Qiujian was defeated again.

His siege strategy cannot be said to be bad, but Gongsun Yuan, who has been running Liaodong for many years, is not an idler. He has been short of food for so many years, and he will not fail to think of this kind of crisis.

Every year there will be a heavy rain in Liaodong, which is fatal to the Wei army who is not familiar with the geography and climate. The heavy rain broke the strength of the Wei army at an unexpected time. Beheaded to death.

There is a saying that there are no more than three things.

no solution anymore.

Cao Rui could only summon Sima Yi.

"Can you win?"

Sima Yi smiled: "The last time I went to Keping Soochow, Your Majesty didn't even ask this question, and directly ordered me to win."

Nonsense, last time I really hoped you would lose, but this time is different, Gongsun Yuan is more ruthless than Sun Quan, it doesn't matter if you lose, I still feel sorry for those troops.

Cao Rui complained in his heart, but he still insisted: "I'm not thinking about you, don't think too much. Don't think that you don't have to win this time."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will win."

"It's all right to deceive people with big words. Deceiving the emperor is a capital offense. Guanqiu Jian is a role model. He set a time limit in front of me and vowed to return with a good report. What happened? I see that he has always been loyal and pardoned his death penalty."

Comparing me with Guanqiu Jian, Rui'er is really imaginative.

Sima Yi suddenly felt that this was like a task game, but it was a pity that she had no chance to play parent-child partner with Cao Rui in the past.

"I'm not the same as Zhong Gong. Let's do this, I also set a time limit to recover Liaodong. If you fail within the time limit, Your Majesty will punish you."

If you don't die, you won't die. Cao Rui was a little surprised at what he thought at this time: he didn't want to agree to Sima Yi's request.

"How many days is Zhong Gong limited?"

"Six...six months."

"That's it," Sima Yi thought for a while, "it's too urgent, no wonder he lost. I thought: the army is going to Liaodong, the journey is long, it will take a hundred days to go to Japan, a hundred days to fight, and a hundred days to return. Plus rest for a period of time - even if it is [-] days, make up the whole number, please give me a year, and the army will return triumphantly after one year."

"What if you can't triumph?" Cao Rui chased after him.

Sima Yi kowtowed: "Let Your Majesty tell you what to do."

"You may have your home confiscated, distributed...or even beheaded."

Sima Yi straightened his upper body, a little confused, Cao Rui was very strange today: "Ah... that's it? No... what's the matter with my son?"

Didn't he threaten to kill Sima Shi and Sima Zhao last time?

"Your son doesn't even have an official position now, I... can't hold them accountable."

Sima Yi felt inexplicably uneasy, Cao Rui was really weird today.

"If you want the death of your two sons so much, I will grant you a blessing and order Shusheren to draw up an edict! Master Sima still has an old past, and he was appointed as a cavalry servant first, and Sima Zhao...was granted the title of Marquis of Xincheng and Township!" Cao Rui looked at Sima Yi, "Listen, this time is the same as last time. If you lose, I will never let you down lightly. But if you win, I will make you a captain and let you take charge of the whole country's army. Your son will also be promoted. , how about this reward?"

"But I don't want these rewards..." Sima Yi said suddenly, Cao Rui had never been rejected like this before, so he froze for a moment.

"Can you ask your majesty to promise me: if you win this time, your majesty will not build any more palaces, and all the alchemists who make alchemy will be driven out, and your majesty will stop taking pills, is that okay?"

Cao Rui looked into Sima Yi's eyes, and there was something called "sincerity" in them that didn't seem to be fake.

"It seems that you are a loyal minister..."

"Okay, sir."

Only a sigh.

Sima Yi led 4 people on the road, and what she faced was Gongsun Yuan's army of millions.

"How can there be so many, at most 20. The population of Liaodong City these years has not exceeded 40, and the total population of Liao Suixiang is less than 100 million. Where can he gather 100 million troops?"

Sima Shi, who had been silent by the side, said, "It sounds like the time of Chibi."

"Yeah, so this time our army with fewer people will win."

"Father, 'five times to destroy', even if Gongsun Yuan praised Haikou, he is five times as good as us!" Sima Zhao said bitterly.

"Yes, so we need to help him disarm first."

Sima Zhao was dubious, and Master Sima had already started thinking about the strategy of the battle: "What do you think Gongsun Yuan will do?"

"He has three paths." Sima Yi said.

One is to abandon Liaodong and go, the other is to resist based on the Liaohe River, and the other is to sit and defend Xiangping.

There are many roads, but only one can be chosen. "Which one will he choose?"

Sima Yi looked at the two sons: "I will test you now. If you were Gongsun Yuan, what would you do?"

Sima Zhao thought and thought: "Middle... the one in the middle."

Sima Shi said: "If I were Gongsun Yuan, and I knew Dad's habits as well as I do now, I would choose the first one. But Gongsun Yuan would definitely not be willing to do this, he would choose the last one."

Sima Yi announced the answer: "The first is the best strategy, the second is the middle strategy, and the last is the worst strategy. Gongsun Yuan will choose the best strategy first, and then choose the worst strategy."

"Defending the city is the most dangerous... Would Gongsun Yuan do this?" Sima Zhao was still hesitating.

"Yes... because he wants us to replicate Wuqiu Jian's failure."

What a pity, Sima Yi sneered in his heart, Guanqiu Jian failed because he faithfully followed the rhythm of Gongsun Yuan's script and left the initiative, so it's no wonder he won.But this time, it's Gongsun Yuan's turn to follow the rhythm of my script.

When Sima Yi arrived at the Liaohe River, sure enough, Beiyan and Yang Zuo on the other side had already formed a formation with tens of thousands of people, ready to fight.

Sima Yi also ordered camp.

Ask for instructions on when to attack in the future.

"Whatever strikes, go dig a trench for me."

No one understands why, but soldiers regard obedience as their bounden duty. Thousands of people take turns to dig trenches every day. Every day, the scene of flags and flags waving in full swing is staged. Bei Yan and Yang Zuo on the opposite side are dumbfounded: "Sima Yi is going to do this." What are you doing?"

"He must know about Wuqiu Jian, he doesn't want to fight us head-on, and plans to fight a protracted war."

"Could it be to lie to us?"

"No, that's what Seisaku got from the barracks. There are a lot of people digging ditches, which matches the number of flags on the opposite side."

After ten days of digging, Sima Yi summoned the general to inquire about the digging situation.After the general reported, Sima Yi was very satisfied: "Dig another ten days."

Ten days later, Sima Yi summoned the general again. The general thought that he was going to continue to report, and even the written manuscript was ready. Unexpectedly, Sima Yi's first sentence when he saw him was: leave the people who are still digging ditches to continue digging. , the rest of the army abandoned the camp and left.

The general thought he had heard it wrong: "Then this camp was repaired so easily..."

"No more." Sima Yi replied very simply.

I don't want you to set up a hairy camp!

"I'm happy."

…It is not scary to meet a wayward coach, but the scary thing is that the wayward coach is called Sima Yi.

No one knew why, but there was no need to know why, the army sneaked across the Liaohe River and got behind Beiyan's army.

"I understand! Daddy, this is imitating Han Gaozu's 'Mingxiu Plank Road'!" Sima Zhao was very excited, "Next, we will 'surround Wei and save Zhao'. Let's go directly to Xiangping, right!"

"No." Sima Yi poured a basin of cold water on his son, then turned around and ordered someone to send an order: "The whole army rush to Xiangping."

???

Sima Zhao was confused, why did he give such an order instead of going to Xiangping?Dad, do you feel ashamed for your son to see through your mind?Tsundere isn't such a Tsundere way!

Master Sima sighed, his younger brother really lacks exercise.

Gongsun Yuan was rewarded by flying horses: Sima Yi came to Xiangping.

He was so angry that he stomped his feet, and the strong defense line that Bei Yan and others had built with all their efforts was abolished. The hateful thing is that Bei Yan and others didn't notice it!Although Xiangping is strong and has many defenders, it is Gongsun Yuan's last barrier. He has no strategic depth, so he can't afford to lose the city, so he ordered people to quickly send a message to Beiyan Yang Zuo, asking them to come back to rescue Xiangping. Attack Sima Yi back and forth.

At this time, Sima Yi's army was slowly approaching Xiangping.

"I can't go faster..." Sima Zhao muttered right away, he couldn't understand why he had to walk so slowly since he surrounded Wei to save Zhao and went to fight Xiangping.

"It's too fast." Sima Yi said helplessly, "Tell them to slow down."

……

What's more, while walking, Sima Yi didn't leave.

"The whole army stops! Prepare to fight."

Master Sima made preparations unambiguously, and Sima Zhao couldn't stand the confusion: "Father! We haven't arrived in Xiangping yet."

"Who said we're going to Xiangping? Have you forgotten that father said that we need to help Gongsun Yuan disarm first?"

Only then did Sima Zhao suddenly realize.

Sima Yi's original goal was never Xiangping.

"It's just a city. It's dead. It doesn't matter whoever rules it. The trouble is people. The tens of thousands of troops guarding the Liaohe River by Bei Yan and others will always be a serious problem for our army. They must be adjusted and let them change from an advantageous 'defense' to a disadvantaged 'offensive'."

Speaking of Liaohe, Sima Zhao suddenly remembered the thousands of people who were still digging ditches there: "Those 1000 people..."

"It should be dead by now. Bei Yan and the others should have discovered that they are just suspicious soldiers. Whether it is for the purpose of venting anger or preventing future troubles, he should kill these people."

Sima Yi's tone was relaxed, but the word "should" made Sima Zhao shudder: "If he doesn't kill..."

"Then he's an idiot."

"Just for digging 20 gutters... they put their lives on the line..."

Sima Yi glanced at his second son: "Zhao'er, don't be sentimental, you can live for 20 days. If it wasn't for the news of the reinforcements, I only planned to dig for ten days."

"Reinforcements? Do we still have reinforcements?"

"Gaoli." Sima Shi explained for his father, "Gongsun Yuan is in Liaodong, and he has always been friendly with Gao Li. In order to prevent Gao Li from sending troops to help Gongsun Yuan and trap him to death in Xiangping, my father sent envoys there in advance."

"It's a trade-off relationship. Goryeo's failure to aid Liaodong is equivalent to adding reinforcements to us."

"Father, it's foggy." Master Sima reminded suddenly.

Really, it's not unusual for a faint mist to start to form around. Liaodong is a cold place, and now it's before the rainy season, the air is full of water vapor, and there is fog all year round.

Hmph, Sima Yi thought, it really was the same as when he fought against Soochow back then, even the details were the same.

Of course there is a rhythm in war. If you want to change the rhythm of the opponent to your own, the first step is to disrupt the rhythm of the opponent. In other words: go your own way and let others have no way to go.

"Bowmen ready."

When Bei Yan saw Sima Yi's smile rising from the mist, he thought he saw a ghost.

Everything is too late.

Before reaching Xiangping, Beiyan's tens of thousands of troops were wiped out halfway.

Sima Yi also seemed to be very patient and arranged three ambushes on the road in a row. Some of Bei Yan's men managed to break through the first batch of Wei soldiers, and the feeling of gratitude for escaping from the dead soon turned into an ambush when they met the second batch of Wei soldiers. Desperate, and those who were lucky enough to break through the second batch simply collapsed when they encountered the third batch.

Attack on the heart.

Gongsun Yuan's strategy of cooperating with outsiders was useless at all. He was shocked and immediately retreated to Xiangping, choosing to stick to it.

This time, Sima Yi's army broke through to the city of Xiangyang without hindrance or concern. Sima Yi ordered: besiege the city.

Gongsun Yuan didn't have much food and grass, but he didn't panic, he was very calm, he looked at the "Sima" banner in the sun, and showed a ferocious smile: Sima Yi, I still have a reinforcement.

This reinforcement is God.

July is the rainy season in Liaodong. Except for Xiangping City, which is a little higher, the outside of the city is all low-lying.

Guanqiu Jian failed in this, Sima Yi, you will repeat the same mistakes.Gongsun Yuan thought with relief.

Sima Yi ordered camp again outside the city, this time seriously.But the general who had followed Guanqiujian on the expedition firmly opposed camping this time: "Taiwei, the general would rather you abandon the camp this time. You have never been here, and you don't know the truth. You can't camp outside this city at all. Once the rainy season See, there is water all around! General Wu was defeated by Gongsun Yuan when he set up camp here in heavy rain when he moved the camp! According to General Wu, if you can win a quick battle to win the city, you should fight quickly; Move to a high mountain in the distance!"

Sima Yi didn't even bother to look at him: "There's so much nonsense, do you still want to dig a ditch?"

……

Xiangping's food and grass can last for more than a month at most, and Gongsun Yuan doesn't store too much. Anyway, he only needs to last for a month, and God's reinforcements will arrive.Guanqiu Jian was like this last time, and this time, Gongsun Yuan believes that Sima Yi will do the same.

A month of Youzai Youzai passed quickly, of course, this is for Wei Jun.Xiangping City endured a very difficult time, and it was definitely a torment to sit and eat.

Gongsun Yuan can only pray to God not to miss the appointment.

God is very kind, as January is approaching, the sky is full of clouds, and the heavy rain is about to fall. Gongsun Yuan is very happy to encourage the people in Xiangping City who are attractive: "In a few days, there will be heavy rain, and the Wei army barracks will Soaking in the rain, there will be chaos, and we will take advantage of the chaos, and we can fight our way out of the city and break the siege of Xiangping!"

Everyone waited anxiously.

The heavy rain finally poured down.

As Gongsun Yuan expected, Wei Jun was soaked in the water.

The heavy rain in Liaodong lasts for 30 days at a time.

Often soaked in rainwater, within two days, the skin on the legs and feet began to wrinkle, and then began to fester. Wei Jun suffered terribly for this. Even so, he still had to go out for training and eating in the water every day Soaking in water from time to time is fine, even when sleeping, the body is soaking in water.

There was a lot of complaints for a while.

When Gongsun Yuan heard the news, he couldn't help laughing: As expected, it was exactly the same as when Wuqiu Jian was at the beginning. According to the current trend, Sima Yi will be forced to move the camp in a few days. As long as the camp is moved, the army There will be short-term chaos, this chaos is the gap he can use!

Sima Yi's partial general couldn't stand it any longer, and rushed into Sima Yi's big tent to ask Sima Yi to move the camp to a higher place.

Sima Yi was reading and writing leisurely. Her big tent was in good condition, warm and dry, and her two sons were still serving water and ink next to her, serving them very attentively.

"Captain, it's time to move camp!"

"Shut up, don't move."

"The soldiers are soaked in the water, they can't take it anymore!"

"If you can't take it, you have to take it."

Sima Yi's high-minded attitude that this matter has nothing to do with himself a little angered the general: "The captain can't ignore the life and death of soldiers just because he is doing well! If this continues, the army will not be able to fight!"

Sima Yi finally put down the pen in his hand, and looked at the other side seriously: "You really can't take it?"

"Yes! Taiwei, hurry up and order to move the camp! Otherwise, I really can't survive!"

Sima Yi nodded: "If you can't survive, then you go to die."

The sword in Master Sima's hand slashed across Pianjiang's neck, but before Pianjiang could react, his head fell to the ground.

"In this world, only the dead will not suffer." Sima Yi said coldly, kicking the head away from his feet.

"Master, take the head outside and show it to the public, and tell them that if anyone says they want to move the camp, this is an example."

"Yes."

I said it when I played against Soochow, let you get used to it in advance.

After 30 days of heavy rain, Wei Jun rolled in muddy water for 30 days. The pain was very painful, but the key point was that they didn't even move.

They made it through.

Gongsun Yuan found it incredible that food and grass were almost exhausted, so he led his men to try to break through, but the fighting power of the Wei army was still there, and the inconvenience caused by the heavy rain was shared by both sides. Gongsun Yuan could not gain the upper hand even if he attacked in such weather So, every time he was beaten back.

So the 30 days that should have been Wei Jun's nightmare turned into Xiangping City.

Grain is gone.

To add fuel to the flames: the sky is clear.

Sima Yi squinted her eyes and looked at the crisp blue sky and white clouds. The sun was bright and dazzling. She smiled: "Attack."

With an order, Wei Jun, who had been in the nest for two months, spread his hatred on Xiangping City.

Hungry and always on guard against the opponent's attack, the spirit of the Xiangping defenders was on the verge of collapse.

The food has been eaten up, grass roots and bark are limited in such a cold place, mice have become an expensive delicacy, but now even mice are skinny and boneless, hungry soldiers and people are driven by instinct, and their eyes are blue with hunger Eyeing his own kind.

Under such circumstances, Gongsun Yuan thought about leading the crowd to break through, and put all his eggs in one basket.But another phenomenon made him feel lucky: Sima Yi didn't care about the scattered people who fled out of the city to collect firewood for food, that is to say, Sima Yi didn't kill them all.

So, is there hope for a summation?Anyway, there is no benefit to fighting recklessly. In the process of indecision, the energy consumption is one day at a time.

Sima Yi did not kill them all, and even occasionally gave a piece of pancake to those who left the city.

Most of the people who left the city were old, young, women and children, skinny and skinny from starvation, and some even collapsed to death on the way to find food.

Wei Jun couldn't bear it when he saw it. Someone distributed his ration of two pancakes to the refugees.

"this is for you."

"Thanks!……"

Before the words finished, the refugee's wide-open eyes reflected the scene of the savior's decapitated body.Sima Shi wiped the blood on the sword with the leather armor on the corpse, and put the sword into the sheath.

"The Taiwei said that you can only give one piece of cake and five pieces of firewood at a time, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

After Sima Shi reiterated the military order, he turned and left. The refugees behind him were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to cry. Of course, they may have seen too much life and death in the city and became numb.

Sima Shi knew that his father was squeezing the will to survive in Xiangping City little by little until the day they collapsed.

Gongsun Yuan waited for a long time, and Sima Yi finally replied to his request for peace: no.

These two words are enough to break him into the region.

Bei Yan died a long time ago, and Yang Zuo led people to surrender Sima Yi. It is said that Gaoli saw the situation and sent troops to assist Sima Yi. Xianbei's Murong family was also on the way.

Gongsun Yuan has no way out, and if he waits any longer, he will only be more convinced of his own death.

He decided to break out.

One night in August, Gongsun Yuan took a last look at Xiangping, which he had been working hard for several years—the tragedy here was beyond lingering, and he led the few hundred remaining soldiers to break through the encirclement. In the end, none of the team survived.

Sima Yi, who was rewarded, smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, I will go to the city tomorrow."

The next day, the vigorous Wei Jun lined up in a neat square formation, waiting for the glorious moment of entering the city.

Xiangping is the economic, political and cultural center of Liaodong. No matter from which point of view, it is a very beautiful city. It cannot be ruled out that at this moment, countless soldiers have begun to imagine their feet on the clean and tidy stone road. There are shops on both sides of every road in the city, and there are all kinds of good things that are special products of Liaodong. There are also cute girls on the street. Shyly, I heard that there are beauties in Liaodong...

The door opened slowly——

To Wei Jun's surprise, what appeared in front of them was not a bustling and noisy city, but a living hell on earth.

Everything here is dusty, the houses are dusty, the streets are dusty, the trees are dusty, the grass is also dusty, and the faces of people in the city are still gray. It is a kind of ash that cannot distinguish between the living and the dead, or in other words, there is not much difference between the living and the dead.

No greens, because pretty much all the greens were eaten.Leaves, flowers, grass, these plants that we take for granted in summer have completely disappeared in Xiangping at this time.The only bright color in the streets was red, the blood of the newly dead, who had been fleshed out by the living, or who had been alive before the flesh was cut—no one cared.Some died of hunger lying on the side of the road, already rotting, and in some places there were thick bones exposed, and flies were entrenched on them.

The city was filled with a soaring stench.

Sima Yi didn't seem surprised by this, she slowly controlled the reins and let the horse slowly enter the city gate, followed by Sima Shi and Sima Zhao.

But the horse stopped after walking a few steps. It barked and pawed its hooves on the ground. Sima Yi reined in the reins and looked down. It turned out that at some point, a man crawled over beside him. He looked like a fifteen-year-old man. The six-year-old girl probably has lost the strength to stand up, and now she is lying on the ground, trying to hold the horse's right front hoof to prevent the horse from moving forward.

The horse was well trained and stopped immediately.

The girl tried her best to raise her head to look up at Sima Yi, her big eyes appeared even bigger on her face that was thin due to hunger, and she begged in a weak voice: "General... General... Jun, eat... give me something to eat... ..."

Sima Yi looked down condescendingly: "Is there no food in the city?"

"Early... long ago... King Yan also... died... We... have been hungry for a long time... many people... starved to death... save... save us..."

As soon as the girl took the lead, more people around struggled to crawl over, stretched out their withered hands, and begged for a little food for help.

Even Wei Jun, who was used to seeing the tragic situations of life and death, many people hid their faces and couldn't bear to watch any more.

Sima Yi jumped off the horse, bent down, and said softly to the girl, "I want food, right?"

"Yes... general... please..."

Sima Yi said cruel words softly: "Tell me, when you lived a good life with the rebel Gongsun Yuan and supported his rebellion, why didn't you think of today?"

The girl's pupils widened.

Sima Yi got up and led the horse straight forward. The excellent war horse stomped vigorously over the body on the ground, and the sound of the girl's bones breaking and screams sounded simultaneously.

Sima Yi didn't have the slightest sympathy to look back. She looked at the hands that stretched out: "So, you deserve everything today! If you can't survive, go to death! Don't even think about the military rations, that's what the country sends from all over the country. What is collected is also the blood and sweat of farmers from all over the world, and I will not share a cent with you!"

Despair swept like a tidal wave through those who were barely alive.

Sima Zhao had never seen such a situation before, and he thought he was not as cruel as his elder brother Sima Shi. He couldn't bear to see this scene, so he stepped up and tried to persuade his father: "Father, these people are certainly guilty, but let them go." Struggling like this is not an option, people who are extremely hungry can do anything, what if they attack the army to seize food?"

"Well, that's what I said."

Sima Zhao looked at his father expectantly.

"Since this is the case, let me pass down the order that all people over the age of 15 in the city, regardless of gender, will be killed without mercy."

Sima Zhao was shocked and speechless. Hearing the order, the herald behind him was so frightened that his legs limp and knelt on the ground: "Taiwei! Taiwei, think twice! You can't do it!"

Sima Yi thought about it seriously: "Well -- this request is too much, so forget it."

The herald wiped off his cold sweat, and thought that it was okay——

"It's hard to tell the exact age without a household registration book—well, I've changed my mind: the order goes on, and it seems that urban residents over the age of 15, regardless of gender, will be killed without mercy."

"Captain..."

"By the way, I forgot to say that you can kill the wrong person, but you are not allowed to miss anyone."

"Captain!"

Sima Shi walked up to the herald, his figure made the other feel oppressive: "Isn't my father's words clear enough?"

Sima Yi strode forward, and there were endless screams behind him.

Thousands of dead bodies were brought to the square.

"It's not too much..."

Sima Zhao felt sorry for him, and said that there were only a few thousand living people in the whole city.

The corpses were piled up like a hill, and Sima Yi ordered to pour oil on them and set them on fire.

"Does Zhao'er know what this is called?" Sima Yi was still in the mood to test his second son.

"My son is dull..." Sima Zhao didn't have the mood to think seriously at this moment.

"This is called Jingguan." Sima Yi looked at the rising flames and the accompanying black smoke, and heard one or two screams from the fire from time to time. He was soon carbonized, and his mood became very Well, "Beijing view can deter rebellion, and it also represents military merit. For soldiers, it has the same meaning as enforcing wolves and living in Xuxu, swallowing meritorious deeds."

Huo Qubing, Dou Xian...

"Sima, be a good person."

Suddenly something went wrong.

Sima Yi shook his head vigorously, Zhuge Liang's words suddenly entered his mind at this moment.

"You have killed too many people. 'Exemption is a blessing, punishment is for children and grandchildren'."

I won't, Zhuge, Sima Yi said, I will prove it to you, I am the final winner.

The author has something to say:

There is a reason for Cao Rui's abnormality, and the answer will be revealed in the next chapter.

In fact, the author wrote this section very well... The perverted characters are easy to write, but the hard-working characters are too difficult to write...

Regarding Sima Yi's conquest of Liaodong, the process of conquest was very exciting, but there are different opinions on the issue of killing people. The author tried to write from a perverted and cruel perspective. Because some gentry families in Liaodong survived after the war and even became officials, if such an indiscriminate killing method is really necessary, they will be gone.

This is a novel, just a novel...