Chapter 318 Useless Genius Idea
Zhang Xuan forced a smile and said, "The situation in Luoyang is quite stable, nothing big happened."
Li Rui said: "Nothing happened, how could a Guzhu send these elite troops to me? Don't lie to me!"
Zhang Xuan said: "This is just that the Major General saw that you opened up a good situation in Jingzhou and felt that Jingzhou had great potential, so he just added troops to you..."
Li Rui lost his patience and roared: "Do you think I look like a fool!!! Tell me truthfully what happened in Luoyang!"
Zhang Xuan looked at him steadily, and after a long time he sighed, he said, "The Major General is right at all. You are indeed very smart. It is not easy to hide it from you."
Li Rui looked at him with a dark face, waiting for him to answer his questions.
Zhang Xuan had no choice but to say, "The Grand Marshal is dead."
Li Rui's expression changed suddenly.
Last winter, Sima Yue led the main force of the imperial guards in Luoyang City, as well as civil and military officials, royal families, and powerful families who supported him, left Luoyang, a place of trouble in the name of conquering Shi Le and ran to Xiangcheng. At this time, the Central Plains were already in chaos. Sima Yue took this army and drew his sword and looked at him at a loss. He didn't know what to do, so he simply stayed in Xiangcheng and refused to leave.
However, the conflict between him and Sima Chi will not disappear with him leading the army out of Luoyang. On the contrary, it will only become more sharp and fierce. Now that both sides have broken up, there is nothing to be polite. Sima Chi directly gave Gou Xi a secret edict to attack Sima Yue. Unfortunately, this secret edict was intercepted by Sima Yue's scout and fell into Sima Yue's hands. Sima Yue was shocked and angry after reading it. He directly ordered Yang Mao, who was stationed in Xuzhou, to send troops to attack Gou Xi, killing this man who was constantly colluding with the emperor, and was determined to kill his cow to eliminate his hatred!
Gou Xi is not vague. I can't beat Cao Yi, I can't beat Hu people, and I can't beat the trash under your command? Mobilizing the army to press Yang Mao, Pei Dun beat them up and killed them to defeat them. That's not all, Gou Xi also sent 5,000 troops to Luoyang to capture Pan Tao. This guy is Sima Yue's confidant, and he is a member of Henan Yin, and he often talks badly in front of Sima Yue. The relationship between Gou Xi and Sima Yue has deteriorated to this point, and Pan Tao made great contributions. If he hadn't kept saying bad things about Gou Xi in Sima Yue's ear and stirring up ghost fires, the allies would probably not have reached this point so quickly.
Gou Xi had long wanted to deal with him.
Unfortunately, Pan Tao is not very good-looking, but his ability to escape is first-class. Before Gou Xi's army could kill him, he ran away, allowing Gou Xi to lose his life. However, based on the principle that the thief did not leave the empty space, Gou Xi still slaughtered Liu Zeng, who was staying in Luoyang, Cheng Yan and other confidants. These weights were not as heavy as Pan Tao, but they could even slaughter them.
When Beigong Jing reported the victory to the court, Gou Xi's army rushed into Luoyang to kill people. The whole of Luoyang was in chaos. No one cared about the great victory of the Jin army's regaining Wancheng, and it failed to stir up even a little turbulence in the court.
The battle between Sima Chi and Sima Yue has reached a heightened level. Gou Xi sent troops to Luoyang to slash Sima Yue's confidant, which caused an uproar in the world. Strengths that had long been dissatisfied with Sima Yue jumped out one after another, and were ready to beat the old turtle. He didn't care at all that the Western Jin Dynasty was in danger. He might have to remove the tube and stop the medicine at any time and send it to the crematorium.
However, they seem to have no chance.
After learning that Gou Xi completely ignored his authority and sent people to Beijing to kill several of his confidants, Sima Yue was extremely angry and hated him. When he learned that Gou Xi's move had won the applause of countless people, he gusts of blood and fainted on the ground. Wang Yan was shocked and quickly invited the doctor to first aid. This old turtle is the leader of the little 200,000 people at present. If he falls, he will be without a leader!
It was not until late at night that Sima Yue woke up slowly. He looked at the roof without any eyes, and was silent for a long time, without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.
Wang Yan retreated and whispered: "The Grand Marshal should not be too worried and angry. The mad dog is just a fox and a tiger's power, relying on the support of the emperor to spread his teeth and claws everywhere. He can't even beat a small character like Cao Yi. If the Grand Marshal wants to kill him, he just needs to dispatch several camps of imperial guards..."
Sima Yue's lips twitched and said with some difficulty: "I dare not say that I have no selfishness, but in recent years I have been working hard for this country, shocking the powerful families and conquering barbarians, and trying all the ways to save the crisis. Is there any hard work without credit? Why doesn't anyone understand me and have to go against me? Why?"
Wang Yan said: "These are all short-sighted idiots. I can't understand your hard work, and there will be times when they regret it in the future!"
Sima Yue smiled bitterly and did not continue the topic. He said to Wang Yan: "Yifu, I'm afraid I can't get up anymore. After I leave, I will hand over this army to you!"
Wang Yan was shocked and said, "Taiwei, don't make such jokes! You are the backbone of this army, only you can lead this army, I..."
Sima Yue waved his hand powerlessly and said, "I know my body, and it's very likely that I can't hold on... After I leave, you can take this army with you as you want. Whether you go back to Luoyang, go to the East China Sea, or go south to Jianye. With this army in hand, what you want to do will be done in the end. I don't ask for anything else, I just want you to be kind to my wife and children, and don't let them end up in a good end!"
Wang Yan said: "Yi Fu cannot bear such an important task, so please ask the Taiwei to take back Cheng's life!"
Sima Yue said: "After I leave, you will be the chief lieutenant... Among so many people, you are the only one who can reassure me!"
Wang Yan refused, but Sima Yue had made up his mind, so he had to accept it in the end.
After arranging the funeral afterwards, Sima Yue seemed to have exhausted his last little energy and was unwilling to say another word. He waved his hand to ask Wang Yan to retreat, and lay quietly on the bed, staring blankly with his eyes open.
The past comes like a tide, and those things that have been forgotten by him, those who have been forgotten by him, are clearly seen in his mind at this moment. He is a side branch, has been unknown in half, and has never accumulated strength in the Eight Kings Rebellion. In the last step, he overturned the most powerful Changsha King, Hejian King, and Chengdu King, and became the last winner of the Western Jin Civil War and a great minister. He is a successful person. At least in the power field, he is an indisputable successor, although his winning is dirty.
However, what if he wins? There is no day when this country is full of holes that he has been relieved of his worries. Natural disasters, refugees, Hu Ma, powerful ministers... one after another, endless. He also tried hard to save the crisis, but the mess in the Western Jin Dynasty had reached a point of hopelessness, and all his efforts were soon declared to be failed. In a trance, he seemed to see Sima Yi, Sima Yong, Sima Ying and other old opponents appear from the darkness, looking at him with mocking faces, and making silent mockery at him:
So what if you grab this highest power? This country and country are destined to be destroyed in your hands, and you are destined to become the eternal sinner of the Sima family!
He seemed to have seen Emperor Wu of Jin again. This king who ended the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms and brought the land of China back to its reunification stood on a hundred-foot platform, with dark clouds rolling above his head and lightning bolts in the sky like a dragon. The majestic Emperor Wu of Jin's eyes were blew with horrifying anger, pointed at him with his sword, and his roar overwhelmed the mad thunder in the sky:
"Where is my prince? Where is my great Jin!?"
Sima Yue shivered all over, covered his face with a quilt, and cried in tears.
There is no prince...and no great Jin...
The once prosperous Dajin was ended by him and countless ambitious people like him...
At this moment, he unexpectedly remembered his conversation with a small captain on Shouyang Mountain. At that time, he asked: "How will the historian evaluate me a hundred years later and evaluate the right and wrong of my Sima family?"
The young man's answer was: "I don't know how the historian evaluates it. I only know that the rosy water still has an end, and the infamy of your Sima family has no end!"
Sima Yue showed a bitter smile. Yes, it was their Sima family who killed each other in order to fight for power and profit, and exhausted the national strength of the Great Jin Dynasty; it was their Sima family who led the Hu people into the Central Plains for their own selfish desires, making the entire Central Plains a hunting ground for the Hu people. In these thousands of miles of territory in northern China, millions of people were all trampled on by the iron hooves of Hu horses, and they were the entire Great Jin Dynasty and the sinners of the entire China. This infamy will never end!
They opened a terrible magic box and put Hu Ma into the Central Plains, but they no longer had the ability to drive them out. Wang Yan could not do, Sima Chi could not do, Liu Kun could not do, Gou Xi could not do, even running to Jiangdong empty-handedly, miraculously gaining the support of Jiangdong's powerful men, Sima Rui, who had become a climatic climate, could not do. Who could stop the Hu Ma who was rushing around and rescue the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains from their iron hooves?
A young face appeared in his mind. Although this face was a bit careless, it was more wise and persevering, as well as simplicity and strength that was not eroded by bad habits such as metaphysics, medicine, showing off wealth, etc. He had seen such a face at the reciprocity of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the first time he founded the country. At that time, many aristocratic families, powerful people and even poor families were like this, but the fewer they became, and they felt stranger.
Could that person be him?
Will this young man who still retains the simplicity, courage and fearlessness unique to the Qin and Han dynasties be the hero who stood up and strangled the running Hu horse?
He didn't know because he couldn't see it.
Chapter completed!