Chapter 103: To kill Sima Yi, Liu Wu sent two groups of troops, a dead tiger in a tomb
Liu Wu never thought that he would hear the name Sima Yi from Zhang Fei’s mouth.

When Liu Wu heard the name Sima Yi, he felt as if he was being stared at by a snake.

The truth is, in Liu Wu’s perception, he subconsciously felt that Sima Yi was not a good person.

Sima Yi, courtesy name Zhongda, was an outstanding politician, military strategist, and strategist of the Cao Wei during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, and the founder of the Western Jin Dynasty. It can be said that his life was full of legends and had a great influence on history.

Sima Yi was born in the second year of Guanghe reign of Emperor Ling of Han and died in the third year of Jiaping reign of Wei at the age of seventy-three. He lived a very long life.

He was born into a noble family, and his family had served as officials for several generations. His great-grandfather Sima Jun was the General of the Western Expedition during the reign of Emperor An of Han, his great-grandfather Sima Liang was the governor of Yuzhang, his grandfather Sima Jun was the governor of Yingchuan, and his father Sima Fang was the prefect of Jingzhao. Sima Fang had eight sons, and because their names all contained the character “Da”, they were known as the Sima Eight Da. Sima Yi was the second son of Sima Fang. He was smart and strategic since childhood, well-educated, and devoted to Confucianism.

Historically, Sima Yi’s political career began during the reign of Cao Cao. In the 13th year of Jian’an, after Cao Cao became prime minister, he forced Sima Yi to be a literary official. Sima Yi gradually won Cao Cao’s trust and served as Huangmen Shilang, Yilang, Dongcao of the prime minister, and Zhubu of the prime minister. After Cao Cao was crowned King of Wei, he appointed Sima Yi as the Prince’s Junior to assist Cao Pi and helped Cao Pi win the battle for the throne.

When Cao Pi was dying, he ordered Sima Yi, Cao Zhen and others to serve as auxiliary ministers to assist Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui. During the reign of Emperor Ming, Sima Yi was repeatedly promoted to important positions such as general, general, and lieutenant in the Fu army.

After Emperor Ming died, he entrusted the young emperor Cao Fang to Sima Yi and Cao Shuang. After Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, Sima Yi was marginalized by Cao Shuang and promoted to the position of Taifu without real power. In the tenth year of Zhengshi (249), Sima Yi took advantage of Cao Shuang accompanying Cao Fang to leave Luoyang to Gaoping Mausoleum to offer sacrifices, launched a coup and took control of the capital Luoyang.

Since then, Cao Wei’s military power fell into the hands of the Sima family, which was known as the Gaoping Ling Incident in history.

In addition to his political achievements, Sima Yi also had extraordinary military achievements. In history, he led his army to capture and kill Meng Da, and twice led his army to successfully resist Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expedition and to conquer Liaodong. These battles fully demonstrated his military talents of making ingenious plans and using troops like a god. Especially in the process of resisting Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expedition, Sima Yi adopted a strategy of holding on and eventually dragged down the Shu army, making great contributions to the stability of the Cao Wei regime.

In addition to his political and military achievements, Sima Yi also made important contributions to the development of agricultural economy such as military farming and water conservancy. He promoted the military farming system, which effectively solved the food problem of the Cao Wei army; at the same time, he built water conservancy projects and promoted the development of agricultural production. These measures played a huge role in the recovery and development of the Cao Wei economy.

Undoubtedly, Sima Yi is a very controversial figure. His life was full of intrigues and struggles, but it is undeniable that he had a profound impact on the Cao Wei regime and even the entire history of the Three Kingdoms. He was called “the biggest winner of the Three Kingdoms” by later generations because he not only successfully seized the Cao Wei regime for the Sima family, but also laid the foundation for his descendants to establish the Western Jin Dynasty. At the same time, he was also a very talented and wise leader who had outstanding performance in many fields such as politics, military, and economy.

This is a person who is talented enough to rank among the top in history, and he is also a top figure among the top counselors in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

His life is almost a history of power and wisdom.

However, Sima Yi was a scheming strategist during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. Would he be truly loyal if he surrendered to others?
Even if Liu Wu came from later generations, he had the confidence to become the ruler of the late Han Dynasty.

However, Liu Wu still did not have the confidence that he could make Sima Yi loyal to him.

First of all, from the perspective of Sima Yi’s life background, he was born into a noble family. He was smart, strategic, and knowledgeable since he was a child. Such a family background and personal intelligence laid a solid foundation for his future political and military career. However, what is more remarkable is his deep mind and outstanding ability to scheme. In the Cao Wei regime, he served in many important positions and gradually won the trust of Cao Cao and his successors. But in this process, he also demonstrated extremely high political skills and wisdom to maintain his position in complex political struggles and gradually expand his influence.

Sima Yi’s deep political scheming is not only reflected in his keen insight and accurate judgment of the political situation, but also in his accurate grasp of people’s hearts. He is well aware of the complexity of human nature and is good at using human weaknesses to achieve his goals. At the same time, he also knows how to endure and wait, and can deliver a fatal blow at a critical moment.

For a person like Sima Yi, would he be truly loyal if he joined others?

From Sima Yi’s life, he was not an absolutely loyal person. His loyalty was often based on his own interests and political considerations. Although he held many important positions in the Cao Wei regime, he always maintained a certain degree of independence and did not completely depend on any party. When he thought the time was right, he decisively launched the Gaopingling Incident and took control of the military and political power of Cao Wei.

In addition, perhaps, Sima Yi was not completely loyal when he joined Cao Cao. He was well aware of Cao Cao’s great talent and political tactics, and knew that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the troubled times, he had to find a strong backer. Therefore, he chose to join Cao Cao, but did not completely give up his political tactics and ambitions. Under Cao Cao’s command, on the one hand, he actively demonstrated his talents and wisdom to win Cao Cao’s trust; on the other hand, he secretly accumulated strength and waited for the opportunity.

Therefore, Liu Wu believed that Sima Yi’s loyalty was often based on his own interests and political considerations, rather than absolute loyalty. When he joined others, he would adjust his strategy according to his own interests and changes in the times to achieve his own goals. Therefore, for someone like Sima Yi, it was not easy to be truly loyal to others. His loyalty was often conditional and relative, rather than absolute and unconditional.

Liu Wu’s mind was filled with thoughts as the name Sima Yi suddenly appeared. He narrowed his eyes slightly and had already made a decision in his heart.

Undoubtedly, Sima Yi appeared here either because of the rebellion in Henei and was forced to flee here.

Or maybe Sima Yi heard that he was here and wanted to join him, so he came to Puyang specifically.

But no matter whether it was because of the war or Sima Yi took the initiative to find him, now he used Zhang Fei’s mouth to tell the strategy for dealing with refugees, trying to attract his attention, Sima Yi confronted him.

“General, what’s wrong? Do you know this Sima Yi?” Zhang Fei looked at Liu Wu, whose face changed when Sima Yi’s name was mentioned, and asked.

“Oh, I don’t know him. He is a good person. He can understand my intentions and even come up with a strategy to properly resettle the refugees. He is a talent. You should train him first. Children of noble families are often arrogant, just like Yang Xiu. He needs more training.”

Liu Wu said to Zhang Fei with a smile.

“Ah, is he arrogant?” Zhang Fei scratched his head after listening to Liu Wu’s words, thinking about how Sima Yi was so submissive in front of him, which could not be linked to Yang Xiu’s arrogance.

He knew Yang Xiu. That guy was really arrogant and deserved a beating.

Pang Tong, who was standing aside, was somewhat suspicious when listening to Liu Wu’s words.

Is Liu Wu a person who is afraid of arrogance?

Wasn’t Pang Tong arrogant at the beginning?

Aren’t Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arrogant?

Yang Xiu was also very arrogant.

However, there has never been any news of any conflict between Liu Wu and them at the beginning.

This has always been Liu Wu’s advantage in being tolerant of others.

Now, this scholar Sima Yi was quite talented, but Liu Wu did not summon him to his side immediately.

Although Pang Tong was somewhat confused, he did not say anything.

Liu Wu immediately asked Pang Tong to start making plans for the overcrowded city with refugees.

After finishing his work, Liu Wu returned to his mansion.

He summoned his personal guard generals Dingdian and Weekend.

Liu Wu looked at Ding Dian, took a deep breath, and said:
“Dingdian, take your men and secretly kill the man named Sima Yi.”

Ding Dian was slightly startled when he heard Liu Wu’s words, and thought that this Sima Yi was the scholar Zhang Fei mentioned during the day. Ding Dian did not hesitate, nor did he ask any more questions. He immediately bowed to Liu Wu and said:

“Yes! I will prepare it right away!”

Dingdian is the leader of the Beiwei Army signed in by Liu Wu. His military strength is as high as 80 and his command is as high as 79. He has always been loyal to Liu Wu and will carry out whatever Liu Wu orders him to do.

Not to mention killing Sima Yi, even if it was killing Emperor Liu Xie, I’m afraid no one would ask why.

Dingdian immediately turned and left.

Liu Wu looked at Weekend and said:
“You also go and prepare. If there is any failure, you will continue to carry out the assassination.”

Weekend was also stunned when he heard this. Sima Yi actually made Liu Wu so determined to kill him.

“Yes!” Weekend also hurriedly bowed and led his subordinates out of the mansion.

On the other side, Zhang Fei returned to his residence and found that Sima Yi, a scholar in his twenties, was also there.

“General, you have worked hard for the people of Puyang. Here are the wine and meat prepared by the servants.” Sima Yi, who was in his twenties and had a temperament different from the arrogance of ordinary sons of aristocratic families, arranged a table of sumptuous wine and food for Zhang Fei and said to Zhang Fei with a smile.

“Tsk tsk tsk, not bad, you have good judgment, the general said you are arrogant, the general obviously misjudged you.” Zhang Fei waved his hand, sat down directly, and said with a smile. “Hmm?” Sima Yi was originally smiling, but when he heard Zhang Fei’s words, his eyes suddenly fixed.

Is he arrogant?

In an instant, Sima Yi had a bad feeling in his heart.

Since Sima Yi chose to join Liu Wu, he had naturally been keeping an eye on Liu Wu for a long time, and even got to know Liu Wu in detail.

Liu Wu was a very capable leader. He was no less capable than Cao Cao in employing people, identifying people, and developing strategies.

As far as he knew, Liu Wu would never say anything because of his subordinates’ arrogance.

“General Zhang and the general mentioned the common people?”

Sima Yi asked Zhang Fei with a low profile and a smile.

“I asked, and the general said that you are a good person. Not only can you figure out the general’s intentions, but you can also come up with a strategy to properly resettle the refugees. You are a talent. However, as a child of an aristocratic family, you are bound to be arrogant. You need more training, so I will let you obey my orders first.”

Zhang Fei ate the big chicken leg in his hand and said to Sima Yi without hiding anything.

Sima Yi felt as if he was struck by lightning when he heard Zhang Fei’s words.

Although Zhang Fei’s words did not seem to be wrong on the surface, Liu Wu had already remembered his name and would certainly appoint him to a new post in the future.

However, Sima Yi was quick-witted and sensitive, and he felt that Liu Wu’s move was probably an excuse.

Liu Wu already knew his talents, but did not use him.

Could it be because he guessed Liu Wu’s thoughts and made Liu Wu unhappy?
This is possible.

After all, no one likes to have others guess what they are thinking.

But this is not right. If a top strategist does not have the ability to understand other people’s minds, how can he be called a top strategist?

Wouldn’t Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang make Liu Wu even more unhappy?
Sima Yi was stunned on the spot, reviewing what he had done wrong.

Sima Yi was a little confused. After dealing with Zhang Fei, he took the servant out of Zhang Fei’s mansion. He didn’t know what he did wrong.

step, step, step
As soon as Sima Yi entered the alley, he felt something was wrong.

I saw seven or eight people with masks on their faces blocking the way in front and behind.

“Oh no! Where did this assassin come from?”

Sima Yi was shocked.

“Kill!” Dingdian waved his hand, and all the loyal and brave guards raised their swords and rushed forward to kill.

Sima Yi was certainly not powerless. He raised his sword and blocked the tiny attack.

The long sword in Sima Yi’s hand was cut off and he was thrown flying in a panic.

“It’s the Iron-Cutting Sword!” Sima Yi looked at the long sword in Ding Dian’s hand. He was shocked at the imposing manner of Ding Dian, who was obviously a fierce general in the army.

It turned out that someone from Liu Wu’s army wanted to kill him?
How can this be?

Who wants to kill him?
Liu Wu?

Or Pang Tong?

In an instant, Sima Yi thought of Liu Wu and Pang Tong.

Sima Yi should have thought more about Pang Tong. After all, his arrival might bring an impact on Pang Tong’s status.

However, Sima Yi did not have time to think about it, as he saw the servant beside him screaming and falling in a pool of blood.

Dingdian strode forward with sword in hand.

“Swish swish~”

At this critical moment, more than a dozen nimble figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley, drawing their bows and arrows and shooting at Dingdian and others.

“There are helpers!” Dingdian and others were shocked. They didn’t care about Sima Yi and raised their swords to block.

“Kill! Save the young master!”

A volley of arrows injured three loyal and brave guards, and more than ten nimble figures rushed over immediately.

“Be careful with the weapons in the opponent’s hands, don’t let the weapons collide!” Sima Yi retreated while reminding his retainer.

Suddenly, more than ten good fighters started fighting with Ding Dian and others.

However, Sima Yi’s expression soon became serious.

This was because the dozen or so good fighters that Sima Yi had trained with great effort were no match for the other side’s several men. Especially the military formation formed by the other side in an instant, which effectively injured his own men, causing Sima Yi’s pupils to shrink suddenly.

“Such elite soldiers, I’m afraid they are the Loyal and Brave Guards, even Pang Tong cannot mobilize them. It’s Liu Wu. He actually wants to kill me!” Sima Yi was shocked physically and mentally, and a sense of unknown fear swept over him. He didn’t understand why Liu Wu wanted to kill him when he came to surrender to Liu Wu?
“escape!”

Sima Yi didn’t have time to think too much. He just raised his leg, walked out of the alley, and ran back to Zhang Fei’s mansion.

If Liu Wu wanted to kill him, even if he left the city now, he would probably not survive. However, if he escaped to Zhang Fei, he might have a chance of survival.

It’s not good for Liu Wu to kill his subordinates for no reason, right?
Zhang Fei originally recognized Liu Bei as his master, and Liu Wu was not willing to touch Zhang Fei’s men.

Sima Yi didn’t know why Liu Wu wanted to kill him, but at this time, Sima Yi just wanted to survive first.

However, Sima Yi did not wait to reach Zhang Fei’s mansion. He stopped two hundred steps away from Zhang Fei’s mansion, and saw that more than ten men dressed in civilian clothes had surrounded him from all directions.

“Why did Liu Wu want to kill…”

呲~
Before Sima Yi could finish his words, his throat was cut by the sword in Weekend’s hand.

The young Sima Yi, with the look of an eagle and a wolf, collapsed directly, his eyes were filled with disbelief and gradually lost their color.

(End of this chapter)