Large pieces of clouds float in the sky.
Like silk, like tundra, like yarn, like silk.
Sima Fu never felt that the clouds in the sky could be so beautiful.
Even the stars that appear between the gaps between clouds are so beautiful.
Whether silver, gold, light, or dark, it is like countless gods staring at this world and every living being.
Including watching Sima Fu himself.
The night wind is still cold, as if it can be sucked into the body.
Looking out from the railings on the prison car, the Milky Way's hanging night sky has a quiet but breathtaking beauty.
Why have I never noticed the beauty of the night sky before?
Sima Fu no longer remembers when the last time he looked up at the starry sky.
Now that we are exhausted physically and mentally, we are seriously injured, and our career is ruined. Even if we have the opportunity to restart in the future, we cannot escape the title of defeated general...
Sima Fu was originally proud, but when he was proud, the world was not in sight and the stars were invisible. Now he was able to put down his pride, looked up at the sky again, and felt his own insignificance.
The Sima family was not a particularly large family in the entire Han Dynasty, but it was big enough in Wen County.
Sima Fu knew this when he was young, because many people would revolve around him, but he had no worries about food and clothing, and soon discovered that his qualifications were not as good as Sima Yi...
Sima Yi would understand the scriptures that he needed to read them several times.
Sima Fu felt uncomfortable in this kind of thing, once, twice, three or five times. Because this was not someone else's child, but his own brother.
"Look at your brother..."
"Why don't you learn from your brother..."
"Your brother can do well, why can't you?"
『…』
Sima Yi's attitude towards Sima Fu is not bad, and he is concerned about it every day, but for some reason, Sima Fu always feels that Sima Yi's attitude towards him is not like looking at a brother of a blood relative, but looking at... an item?
A treasured item.
Because of cherishing, I will love you, but this love is limited.
Just like this war, Sima Yi's tips to Sima Fu were also limited.
Sima Fu and Sima Yi have been together for a long time, and they can understand a little bit. Sima Yi is so naturally. It’s not that Sima Yi has no brotherhood in his heart, but...
Just like treating these private soldiers in Sima's family, Sima Fu felt that they were all his family members, so they would try not to be killed or injured. In Sima Yi's concept, as long as death is valuable, then die.
Sima Fu always felt that Sima Yi had some problems with this concept, but he didn't know where the problem lies.
And the defeat this time seems to prove that Sima Yi is right and he is wrong.
Is it really wrong?
Sima Fu raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky.
Sima Yi sent someone to tell him that he had won Xiahou Yuan. With this military merit, he could avenge Sima Fu or save Sima Fu's life. At most, Sima Fu could be re-activated after a period of time.
For some reason, after learning about this news, Sima Fu did not feel much joy.
On the contrary, when the soldiers escorted learned the news, they wanted Sima Fu to come out of the prison car and change his previous indifferent attitude.
But Sima Fu refused.
Sima Yi's achievements were made by Sima Yi, or by Sima family, but not Sima Fu's own, so what qualifications are he qualified to receive preferential treatment?
Sima Yi is still so powerful.
Some memories of the past youth slowly emerged in Sima Fu's mind.
While Sima Fu was still trying hard to memorize and read ordinary scriptures, Sima Yi could already read a lot of books, and even regretted that the Sima family’s collection was not enough for him to read...
So when he was young, Sima Yi was very good at socializing. Sima Fu could always see Sima Yi with a gentle smile and then talk to one gentry after another. However, Sima Fu knew that it was the books collected by Sima Yi to the family of the gentry. If the books collected by a gentry were squeezed out by Sima Yi, then soon Sima Yi would throw the gentry aside.
Of course, according to Sima Yi's methods, the gentry's children often didn't notice anything, but would gradually become dirty in daily communication, and then they lost the confidence to gather in front of Sima Yi, and spontaneously stayed away from Sima Yi, and then had to endure Sima Yi's surprised question, "Why are brothers who are alienated from Yi?"
Sima Fu thought, maybe Sima Yi was just enjoying this behavior itself.
Sima Yi is knowledgeable and seems to know everything.
As long as Sima Fu has a question, you can find the answer from Sima Yi, but that answer is often only half.
Perhaps Sima Yi thinks Sima Fu is only worth half of it?
Whether it was the scriptures from childhood, or when he was in the Sanfu of Chang'an, he asked Sima Fu to be the county magistrate, it seemed that even the people in the Sima family felt that Sima Fu could only get half of it and would never be able to get the same status as Sima Yi.
Sima Yi is indeed smart and knowledgeable, but Sima Fu also has the same surname as Sima!
Because he is not as good as Sima Yi, he will always be inferior to Sima Yi. Even if he is a brother? Sima Fu just cannot understand that there is certainly a difference between the gentry and the civilians, and it requires a distinction between the upper and lower levels, but in Sima's family, is this also needed between the brothers?
Sima Yi is powerful, Sima Fu has long realized this, so he did not argue with Sima Yi on many things, obeyed Sima Yi's arrangements, and tried hard to do his best. If Sima Yi wanted him to be a county magistrate, he would become a county magistrate. If he wanted him to lead the soldiers to fight, he would lead the soldiers to act as Sima Yi's vanguard.
Because Sima Fu felt that since he was a family member and a brother, there was no need to worry about it. Sima Yi was a natural leader and liked to gather around him and obey his orders, so Sima Fu would just watch and listen quietly.
Life is like a river, and you should walk along with the water.
However, I finally had some thoughts in my mind, floating in the river.
He cherishes his life, is short-sighted, does not understand that kindness does not control the army, and he fails to sacrifice his life in the end. Sima Fu admits that it is just that this road is too tiring to walk. He has been walking on this road for a long time, watching it for a long time, thinking for a long time, but he can no longer figure out how to walk the next step.
When he was sitting on the horse's back to fight, he thought it was magnificent to flow into a river.
But when I was sitting in the prison cart and my blood was flowing into a river, it was painful.
Sima Yi asked him to confess his guilt and take a prison car. Sima Fu felt that he should have been defeated. But Sima Fu could not help but wonder, if Sima Yi was defeated one day, would Sima Yi willingly get into the prison car?
Perhaps, Sima Yi will never be defeated.
That would be great.
Sima Fu looked up at the night sky.
Perhaps the Sima family only needs one Sima Yi and not too many people.
Perhaps one day, if you can't understand the path you can't understand, a new Sima family child will think about it, and it will make it work...
There are some bright colors gradually appearing in the distant horizon.
Night will eventually pass, and light will still come.
Sima Fu slowly closed his eyes and sighed.
The last breath.
It was very dark last night, and it was also very dark tonight. There might be light tomorrow, but Sima Fu can no longer see the new sun.
He is dead.
Death quietly.
Perhaps at the last moment of his dying, could he remember that when he was young, he also held a wooden sword, climbed up the rockery in the backyard of his home, stood at the highest place and shouted loudly, "I want to become the commander of the army! I want to fight to the vast world! I want to beat the corpses everywhere! I want to see the blood flowing into a river!"
Everyone knows that the cold winter has passed, and it is spring.
Everyone thinks that they are the lucky ones who can drag over, go through, and survive, and wait for spring, and the only molecule among the billions of probability.
But I didn't know that in the cruel war banquet, the flesh and blood were placed on the table, and the ones who could finally sit on both sides of the table did not have the seat of ordinary people.
...
...
Jingbei.
Xiangyang.
After Cao Cao took Jingzhou, Xiangyang became an important stronghold for Cao Cao to control Hanzhong and Jiangdong.
Jingzhou is really too important, so only Cao Ren has the qualification to stay here.
During the heyday of Liu Biao, Jingzhou had 100,000 troops, so it was naturally no longer as rich as it was back then. During the Battle of Jingzhou, the area around Xiangyang in Jingbei was also severely damaged. Although it was not said that nine out of ten rooms were empty, there were still ten rooms three out of four out of ten rooms.
Especially Jingzhou's economic and trade system was severely damaged, and under the Wancheng effect, the entire Jingzhou business has all negative growth.
Even though Cao Ren carefully comforted and coordinated with all ethnic groups, there was still not much improvement.
After all, human life is not a leek. Although most children of the gentry believe that the people are untouchables and can grow when thrown into the cracks of stones, it still takes time for a person to grow from childhood to adulthood. It is impossible that the wildfire cannot burn it all and the spring breeze will grow again.
After the large population of Jingzhou has lost blood, it cannot recover in a short period of time, so economic development and other things naturally cannot be very good. Moreover, Jingzhou not only needs to recover on its own, but also provide blood to Xu County, Yuzhou...
Under such circumstances, Cao Ren not only had to focus on Jiangdong, but also had to mobilize his forces to prepare to cooperate with Cao to fight. Although the Cai family and Kuai family in Jingzhou did not say anything on the surface, Cao Ren knew that this large-scale recruitment of food, weapons and equipment, tenant farmers, etc. was already the limit of patience for the Cai family and Kuai family and others.
Wancheng has obtained it, which is not wrong, but now the problem is also in front of Cao Ren.
Should I raise the chicken that lays eggs in Wancheng and wait for a while to lay an egg, or should I slaughter it first in order to have a full meal in front of me?
Everyone knows that killing chickens and getting eggs is not advisable, and it is a move that only stupid people will do, but the truth is based on the truth. When it really is to be done, Cao Ren hesitated and did not immediately make the decision to raise this chicken...
Cao Ren hoped that Cao Cao could make this decision for him in the end, but Cao Ren looked north again and again, waiting for Heluo to reply to the news, but there was no reply.
Cao Cao only sent Cao Ren once, and there was no new progress, and there was no relevant good news.
What is Tongguan like?
Even if there is no news in Tongguan, what about the area around Bingzhou, Taihang area, and Hedong?
There is no follow-up news.
Of course, the most important thing is that there is no news about Cao Tai...
Cao Ren has had a thought in his mind these days and is uncontrollable.
Cao Kai stood beside him, "My father, my brother will definitely return in triumph..."
Cao Ren was in a daze, and after Cao Kai finished speaking, he realized, "Kai'er, what did you say just now?"
『Sir, I mean, my brother can definitely win over triumphantly…』 Cao Kai repeated, 『There is no news at the moment, which means everything is going well…』
『Hmm…』 Cao Ren suppressed his anxious heart, 『There should be no problem for lord Yu Heluo and Yuan let his brother Yu Bingzhou…』
Cao Kai was silent for a while and said, "My father, the scout who went to Shangyong has never come back in the past two days."
Cao Ren frowned, "Did this thief general Li Mancheng, have you discovered something? He blocked Hanzhong Shangyong?"
Cao Kai said: "My father, should you send more scouts to investigate?"
Cao Ren thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need for now. If you are alerting the snake, it will be bad. Keep the original number and make the scout more careful..."
Cao Kai answered.
The two of them stood on the Xiangyang city wall again, looking north.
After a moment of silence, Cao Kai spoke again, "My father, this cavalry is said to... modify the Han system, promote scientific research, and those relevant government orders... What does he want to do? Support the country, or have ulterior motives? Is he crazy, or really thinking like this?"
Cao Ren was silent for a longer time before whispering: "Before you have no strength, everything is a fantasy."
Cao Ren commented, and then his eyes changed slightly, "But... the development of Guanzhong is indeed... But even so, it is still far from competing for the world... It is far from being a big deal. This world is not the world of Guanzhong, and of course it is not a Shandong person... Will Shandong people agree to the world that only benefits Guanzhong?
"So this time, the cavalry will be defeated..." Cao Kai's tone seemed to be saying, and it seemed to be asking.
"He is too conceited..." Cao Ren said, "I thought that if there is Tongguan in Guanzhong, it would be as solid as a god...but... why didn't the messenger come? Logically speaking, it's time to come...
The two of them were talking.
By counting the time, the war in the Taiyuan area of ​​Shangdang should end. If it is his own side that wins, then Hedong is not worth worrying. Then Guanzhong is naturally within the attack range of the soldiers under Cao Cao.
If Shangdang failed in Taiyuan, then...
Finally, several cavalrymen from afar rolled up smoke and came in a hurry.
『…』
Cao Ren held the letter in his hand and frowned.
"My father?" Cao Kai asked.
Cao Ren sighed and said briefly, "The prince suggested that we attack Wuguan."
It is not Cao Tai's message, but Cao Pi's letter.
If it was Cao Cao's order, Cao Ren would of course do it, but now it is Cao Pi's "suggestion". Of course, Cao Ren can listen to this suggestion or not, but it is very subtle between listening and not listening.
In history, when Cao Pi ascended the throne, the territory of the Three Kingdoms was basically stable. The so-called thirteen states in the world, Cao Wei occupied the nine states, and Cao Pi inherited such a large-scale foreign war. However, during Cao Pi's dynasty, large-scale foreign wars were basically over. There were only a few battles with ethnic minorities in the west and north, and three battles against Wu. Two of them could be said to have other intentions, and they were not so pure that they wanted to unify. There was no conquest of Sichuan and Shu, or the personal conquest of Hanzhong like his father Cao Cao...
Perhaps Cao Pi felt that after Yiling's defeat, Shu Han was not worth mentioning.
But no matter what, after the heroes of the previous generation passed away, the situation of aiming at the world and unifying China as their lifelong pursuit has quietly changed. The three kingdoms have turned their main goal to protecting vested interests.
Only Zhuge Liang was left, looking at the north alone, and insisting on the Northern Expedition until his death.
Cao Cao likes his wife, so Cao Cao has many children. Except for Cao Zhen and other people who have changed their surnames to Cao Cao, Cao Pi is not as good as Cao Zhi in literature, and Cao Zhang is not as good as Wu…
After Cao Cao died in history, Cao Zhang rushed back and did not ask Cao Cao what he was, but asked where the seal was, which more or less reflected some subtle meaning. At the same time, after Cao Pi ascended the throne, the Qingzhou army suddenly scattered, which shows that even at the critical moment when Cao Wei inherited power, there were still very dangerous political struggles.
So did Cao Pi start to plot against political power after Cao Cao’s death?
Obviously not.
Just like the letter Cao Pi gave to Cao Ren now, it is actually a kind of temptation.
Cao Cao is still there, and of course Cao Pi cannot really transfer Cao Ren's military power, it can only be a "suggestion".
"My father..." Cao Kai is not stupid, he also understands the meaning of this.
In fact, no matter whether Cao Pi "suggestions" or not, after obtaining Wancheng, Cao Ren will launch an attack on Wuguan as planned to relieve the pressure on Cao Cao in Tongguan and also look for some additional opportunities.
But in this way, will it send out an error signal?
Cao Ren sighed deeply, "Too urgent... The prince is too anxious..."
"How should that be?" Cao Kai asked.
Cao Ren was silent for a moment, "No."
We can't reply to Cao Pi to refute or preach anything. After all, when Cao Cao went to war, he did say that Cao Pi had to handle some affairs on his behalf, so Cao Pi's "suggestions" were not a problem on the surface, but if Cao Ren reacted too much, it would become a problem.
Cao Kai asked: "Do you want to... report to your lord..."
Cao Ren waved his hand and said, "I'll stop talking after this battle!"
Some things only make sense after defeating Feiqian, but if you cannot win...
"Transfer to Zidan..." Cao Ren looked up at the sky, looked at the twinkling stars, and whispered, "Let Zidan do everything he can to collect the military needs in Wancheng... in preparation for march into Wuguan!"
Chapter completed!