Hearing this, Sima Yi couldn't hold himself any longer and almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
What about "six days to travel 700 miles along the Chencang-Wei River" and "eight hundred miles to reach Luoyang in one day"? Can these situations be the same?
Although the Chencang Wei River is rugged and difficult to navigate, there is basically no danger to life along the way; it is true that Chang'an is 800 miles away from Luoyang, but why don't you say that you are going down the river by boat?
If it were Sima Yi, he could even float down the river from Chang'an to the East China Sea in one day!
This Western Expedition was to the Western Region, an unfamiliar place. If something went wrong on the way, there were strong winds, thunderstorms, and dust haze, and the 30,000-strong army was wiped out.
Do you think everyone's ability to lead troops in sneak attacks is as good as yours, a great general?
I am so angry!
Sima Yi held his breath in his chest, not knowing how to refute Ma Di.
Moreover, depending on the situation, Ma Su was not only convinced that he would not dare to give up his choice, but also determined that after he gave up his choice, he would not be able to be used again.
This made Sima Yi a little panicked.
Since he took refuge with Ji Han, he has indeed not made any great achievements. At the same time, the new ten tiger generals, as well as dozens of generals such as Wei Yan and Zhuge Dan, have all made contributions to the destruction of Wu. Moreover, most of these people's family backgrounds are not as good as
Sima's family is poor.
This put Sima Yi under great pressure.
He is not a person who is willing to be mediocre. He knows that if he misses this opportunity to conquer the Western Regions and gain military exploits, he will be as good as reaching the sky if he wants to go further in the future.
Although he held the position of general of chariots and cavalry at this time, his status in the Jihan court was not even among the top ten.
Leaving aside Zhuge Liang (who is still alive) and Ma Su, there are four great internal assistants in front of him. The Xiahou clan's five generals are also trusted by Liu Chan and respected by Ma Su. There are also ten tiger generals who hold military power and are stationed on one side.
In addition, there was Lu Xun on the same level as him.
The cavalry general, like the hussar general, is just a title general in the final analysis. Each of them nominally commands 3,000 garrison troops. In fact, the main generals of the garrison troops are mostly descendants of the Xiahou clan and the Langya Zhuge clan.
Sima Yi's trusted troops numbered less than a thousand.
Most of the time, the generals of the garrison only take orders from the prime minister. When the prime minister is away, they take orders from the general. When the general is absent, they take orders from Liu Chan. If Liu Chan is not around... they make their own decisions and will never listen to their nominal superior.
The cavalry general dispatches.
From beginning to end, Sima Yi had a profound understanding of this.
Therefore, as long as he did not want the Sima family to remain silent, there was no way he could refuse this trip to the Western Regions.
After a while, Sima Yi finally calmed down, regained his calm look on his face, and bowed his hands to Liu Chan and Ma Su in turn: "I accept the order, and I retire."
After saying this, Sima Yi left Weiyang Palace early without waiting to retreat.
He had to go back and make careful plans for this expedition to the Western Regions.
Otherwise, you may really starve to death on the way.
Above the main hall, the atmosphere was still solemn.
Ma Su turned to look at Lu Xun. The two people with nepotism looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
Lu Xunshi came out of the queue and saluted Liu Chan and Ma Su in turn: "I accept the order, and I retire."
He also had to go back to select his generals and coordinate the Eastern Expedition.
Jiang Wei and Deng Ai also resigned.
The expedition was decided, and Ma Di had nothing to do. He narrowed his eyes slightly, stepped back half a step, and gave up the stage to the four internal assistants.
Having great power but not monopolizing power is a skill he learned from Zhuge Liang.
Different from Zhuge Liang's early grasp of the military and government finances, and only in the later period, he gradually let go of returning political power to the inner government, holding only financial and military power. Ma Di simply gave up even the financial power to the inner government. He felt that the only way to do this was to let the four ministers of the inner government
Only by gaining financial power can a delicate balance be achieved in the court.
If you are like Zhuge Liang and care about everything, you will be exhausted.
Therefore, except for military power, Ma Su could give up everything.
The four ministers came out in sequence and reported to Liu Chan one by one the various affairs in Wei, Shu and Wu, and then nominated the personnel assessment, appointment and dismissal, tax collection, post-war reconstruction, refugee resettlement and other tasks in each place.
Although the world was unified, in order to facilitate governance, the three lands of Wei, Shu and Wu were still managed separately - that is, the people of Shu governed Shu, the people of Wei governed Wei, and the people of Wu governed Wu. The officials in the three regions were supervised by officials from the inner government and coordinated by the four ministers.
Such a cabinet-like military and political system was proposed by Ma Di when Zhuge Liang's health was deteriorating. It effectively reduced Zhuge Liang's workload at that time.
Zhuge Liang saw that this system was indeed easy to use, so he improved it slightly and formed a two-government system, namely the outer government in charge of military affairs and the inner government in charge of government affairs.
In short, the four auxiliary ministers are the head of the hundred officials, the prime minister is the head of the four auxiliary ministers, and the general Ma Di is the head of all the generals and the head of the hundred officials, only half a rank lower than the prime minister.
When the prime minister is away, he can supervise the court.
As for Emperor Liu Chan, just eat, drink, sleep and have fun.
It has to be said that this system effectively reduced the possibility of bringing disaster to the country when the emperor was fatuous. It was with the support of such an administrative system that the weird emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not collapse.
Although the Ming Dynasty eventually collapsed, it was already more than two hundred years later.
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Liu Chan listened absently to the reports of the four ministers. When he needed to express his position, he would habitually look to the left. When he realized that Zhuge Liang was not there, he looked to the right. When he saw Ma Su nodding, he would become silent.
Say "It's accurate"; if Ma Su doesn't nod or shake his head, he will say "Let's discuss further".
By the time the four chief ministers had finished reporting all matters, it was almost noon. Everyone was so hungry that they were dizzy, their stomachs were rumbling, and they could hardly stand.
Liu Chan glanced at Ma Su, who was standing and sleeping, and quickly waved his chubby hands, stood up and fled. The young eunuch Huang Hao shouted "Back to the court" in a long voice, and hurriedly followed Liu Chan.
Ma Su nodded his head and dozed off, almost falling down the steps.
When he was startled, a pair of strong hands supported him.
"General, be careful!"
Ma Su stabilized his body, opened his eyes and looked at the strange man in front of him, and asked doubtfully: "Who are you?"
"Back to the general, my humble position is Zhong Yu, the censor."
"Well, Zhong Yu, how are you doing, my brother?"
Zhong Yu was shocked: "Does the general also know about his younger brother Zhong Hui?"
Ma Su suddenly stopped laughing and realized that Zhong Hui was only eleven years old this year.
Not to mention, when I see Zhong Yu, I think of Zhong Hui. When I think of Zhong Hui, I can't wait to put him together with Jiang Wei and Deng Ai, so that the three of them can have a good fight.
Zhong Yu kept putting Ma Su on the carriage. When he was leaving, he seemed to hear Ma Su say, "I am very optimistic about your brother." When Zhong Yu turned around to confirm, what he saw was the scene of the carriage speeding away.
In the spring of the 14th year of Jianxing (235), Ji Han's army was divided into three routes: east and west. On the western front, General Sima Yi led an army of 30,000 people out of Chang'an, passed through Wuwei, left Liangzhou, and galloped thousands of miles toward the Western Regions;
Jiang Wei and his deputy Deng Ai led 30,000 horses through Longyou and headed straight for Xiqiang.
On the eastern front, the Hussars General Lu Xun commanded an army of 50,000. After spending more than a month slowly on the road, he finally entered Yuyang and faced the 100,000 Yan army who had been waiting here for a long time.
Just when everyone thought that the war on the Eastern Front might last through autumn or even winter - Lu Xun sent 10,000 naval troops to quietly land from Yingkou (Dalian), sneak attack on the empty Xiangping, and kill Gongsun Yuan.
Gongsun Yuan's sudden death had a huge shock to the situation in Liaodong. Shortly after his death, the generals of Yan State led their troops to surrender.
The Yan State, which had been in Liaodong for 46 years, perished.
It was less than three months from Ji Han's expedition to the fall of Yan.
For a time, Lu Xun was hailed as a military genius, a military genius no less than the general Ma Di.
The sneak attack on Jingzhou, the Shiting battle, the Jingyang battle (the battle with Sun Quan for Jingzhou), and the sneak attack on Yan were almost all victories. Among the four opponents, two were wiped out on the spot, and two had their entire army defeated.
annihilated...
The demise of the Yan Kingdom meant that the first phase of Ji Han's Eastern Expedition was successfully completed, and it also meant the beginning of the second phase.
During the Eastern Expedition to Three Koreas, General Lu was on his way.
