Jiang Wei smiled and said: "General Lu Zhi, Sima Taifu has now abandoned the dark side and joined the bright side. He has joined our Han Dynasty and is no longer a minister of Wei. Why should I hand over my Han ministers to your Wei State? Isn't this unreasonable!"<
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Lu Zhi, who was under the city, said again: "General Jiang Wei, stop using your words. If you don't want our two countries to start another war, just be wise and hand over Sima Yi and his two sons!"
Lu Zhi knew that Jiang Wei would not hand over Sima Yi, and would probably treat Sima Yi as a treasure. After all, he was a figure comparable to Zhuge Liang. If he had him, there would probably be hope for the Northern Expedition.
So he asked his soldiers to escort Sima Yi's eight children back to the rear first. Sima Shi's third wife Yang Huiyu and Sima Zhao's wife Wang Yuanji were among them. It can be said that they have learned the style of Uncle Liu Huang.
He looked like a minister of the Shu Han Dynasty. Seeing that Jiang Wei had not sent troops to rescue people, Sima Yi anxiously urged: "General Jiang Wei, please send troops quickly to save my family. If you are late, it will be too late!" Jiang Wei said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Sima, I risked beheading to welcome the three of you, father and son, into the city. This has already violated a taboo. If I send troops without authorization for the sake of a few women and children, I am afraid that I will be punished."
General Fei Yi was dealt with by military law."
Sima Yi shouted hoarsely: "General Jiang Wei, if you send troops to save my family, if Yi has a place in our army in the future, he will repay the general generously, fully support the general's Northern Expedition, and fulfill Prime Minister Zhuge's last wish!"
When Jiang Wei heard this, his heart moved. If Sima Yi came to power, he would be able to fulfill the prime minister's last wish. After all, Fei Yi was now focusing on recuperating and recuperating, and was not willing to go to the north. He was wasting his time in Hanzhong, with very little room for action. He didn't know how long it would take to make a difference. Do we still have to wait until General Fei Yi dies of old age? Why not let Sima Yi, a catfish, enter the game, so that he can realize his dream of the Northern Expedition as soon as possible. He gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Sima, are you serious about supporting the Northern Expedition?"
Sima Yi solemnly said in an old and deep voice: "I, Sima Yi, would like to swear here pointing at Dingjun Mountain outside the city that if I, Sima Yi, gain power in the Han Dynasty in the future, I will fully support General Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition!"
Jiang Wei heard what Sima Yi had said, so he risked his life and said: "Come here, pass this general's order to mobilize five thousand soldiers and horses, and follow me out of the city."
Sima Yi hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed and said happily: "Yi thank you general for your great kindness!"
Jiang Wei quickly gathered five thousand troops and horses to the city. Jiang Wei raised his sword and said: "Open the city gate!"
As soon as the city gate opened, Jiang Wei quickly led his soldiers out of the city. Lu Zhi expected that the old thief Sima would ask Jiang Wei to send troops to rescue people. After catching the Sima family, he immediately asked his soldiers to escort him and retreat directly to Luoyang.
Wait for General Cao Shuang to deal with it.
Afterwards, soldiers were sent to set up ambush on the high mountains on both sides of the Ziwu Valley trail. When Jiang Wei led his army to rescue people, they fired arrows at random.
When Lu Zhi saw the Hanzhong city gate creaking open, he saw a general riding out of the city first. It was not clear in the dark night, but Lu Zhi estimated that it was probably Jiang Wei, so he smiled and said: "Send my general's order to withdraw quickly.
Go to the Ziwu Trail!"
Jiang Wei followed Lu Zhi's lead to the Ziwu Trail. After advancing about two hundred steps, most of his soldiers had already entered the trail.
Jiang Wei said anxiously: "Quick, follow me and rescue Mr. Sima's family!"
Lu Zhi retreated to the mountain in front and gave an order, "Fire arrows for me! Shoot Jiang Wei to death, and there will be a heavy reward!"
When Lu Zhi first arrived here, he understood that if he could still pursue and set up an ambush on the Ziwu Trail, and if he allowed the old thief Sima to sneak into Hanzhong City, something would be very wrong.
Since his subordinates did not bring any siege equipment, they could only look at the city and sigh. Unfortunately, it was too late in the end. Unexpectedly, the old thief Sima was really willing to abandon his family and escape for his own life.
In the end, we had to resort to this strategy. Since we could no longer get the old thief Sima, it would be good to let Jiang Wei lose more troops.
Under the attack of thousands of arrows from the Wei army, the Shu army suffered heavy casualties. In this dark night, the Ziwu Trail became a Shura field, and the souls of thousands of Shu Han soldiers returned to the underworld.
Some of the soldiers kept shouting in pain: "General, retreat quickly!"
When Jiang Wei saw that something was not going well, he shouted loudly: "All officers and men, listen to my order and retreat quickly!"
At this moment, Jiang Wei screamed in pain: "Ah!" The guarding soldiers took a look and found that it was Jiang Wei who had an arrow in his left shoulder.
Under the protection of all the soldiers, he escaped from Ziwu Trail in embarrassment and returned to Hanzhong City.
An inventory was carried out on the second day, and a total of three thousand soldiers were killed or injured.
Lu Zhi also understood that there would be no benefits if he stayed here any longer, so he ordered the remaining soldiers to retreat. After all, he did not get Sima Yi this time, but only four members of Sima's family escaped, and the rest of the family members had been escorted back to Luoyang by him.
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This is already a big harvest. There are not many people left in the Sima family. When Shu is destroyed in the future, Sima Yi, his father and his son must be killed in one fell swoop.
In Hanzhong Prefecture, at dawn on the second day, Jiang Weizhen bared his chest and asked the military doctor to remove an arrow and treat his wounds. Cold sweat continued on his face. Sima Yi and his son sat down in the hall and looked at him with "concern" on their faces.
After a while, Jiang Wei drank a few sips of strong wine and asked the military doctor to remove the arrow for him.
After pulling out the arrow, a moment later, Jiang Wei said with a mournful face: "Mr. Sima, I failed to rescue your family and lost three thousand soldiers. Alas, I will be punished by the general this time."
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Sima Yi forced a smile on his old and skinny face and said: "The general has tried his best. There is no need to blame yourself. The general should recover from his injuries first. Yi believes that the general will not punish the general excessively. After all, Shu Han is now in the midst of employing people.
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Jiang Wei said with a pale face: "In order to avoid long nights and dreams, I will send someone to escort you to Chengdu today. As for what position you can get with your majesty and the general, it all depends on your ability!"
Sima Yi cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, General."
Ten days later, Lu Zhi led an army of 30,000 people back to Luoyang and returned to Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang temporarily detained the Sima family members in the Sima Mansion and sent people to monitor them closely.
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, general."
Lu Zhi said with some shame: "General, I have a heavy responsibility. I didn't get the old thief Sima. Please punish me!"
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "Shiying doesn't have to blame himself. Capturing the old thief's family is already a big gain, not to mention that Sima Yi fled to Shuhan this time.
We have the ironclad evidence that the old thief Sima is treasonous and treasonous, so we can persuade Guo Huai, Deng Ai, and Zhong Hui to submit to me. Even if the old thief Sima runs away, I still have to keep these talents for my use!"
Cao Shuang learned that Sima Yi had completely surrendered to Shu. Since people's hearts had gradually returned to Shu, he asked Xia Houxuan, Xia Houba, Wang Ling and Chu King Cao Biao to return to their respective bases to guard against Shu and Soochow Wu took advantage of the opportunity.
Fifteen days later, Sima Yi and his four men arrived in Chengdu and immediately went to see the empress Liu Chan.
Sima Yi, the high-ranking minister, complained passionately about Cao Shuang's crimes, proving that he was sincere in surrendering to Shu. An hour later, the humble Sima Yi completely gained the trust of Liu Chan and Fei Yi and was worshiped as Taifu.
Although he had no real power, he finally settled down in Shu. Sima Zhao and Sima Lun, the only remaining achievements of Sima Yi, were appointed as the Central Guards.
Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed and said, "My lord, Sima Yi, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Chan personally held a grand welcome dinner for Sima Yi. When Sima Yi left the palace and returned to the post house, Sima Yi looked back at the Shuhan Palace Hall behind him.
Sima Yi touched his heart and said with a sinister smile: "Zhao'er, Lun'er, you have endured for your father for so many years, but after thirty or forty years of hard work, Cao Shuang still destroyed it in one day.
Now that I have come to this Shu Han, I have to start enduring again, but fortunately there is still some time, and you have grown up. If you endure it for a few more years, I will make a comeback again!"