Volume 5: Overlord of the Sea Chapter 609: Sima Yi Missed the Chicken Eating Suit
Seeing that Bai Tu refused to budge, Liu Bei had to change his angle, hoping that Bai Tu would allow Fa Zheng to continue to send troops to Guanzhong. At the same time, he sent a letter to his second and third brothers to prevent them from being provoked by the traitors...
This was also what Liu Bei wanted to persuade Fa Zheng for at the beginning. However, in Liu Bei's plan, if Fa Zheng was persuaded, because he was "using troops without an imperial edict" after all, there would definitely be a layer of separation between him and Bai Tu.
In this way, Liu Bei would have the opportunity to seize the opportunity, whether it was to create a chance for himself to leave, or to take advantage of the situation to induce Fa Zheng to establish himself as an independent state. After all, the roots of the Fa family were in Guanzhong!
However, now Chu State actually has this kind of "magic weapon" that can connect thousands of miles away out of thin air. Even if Fa Zheng sends troops, it must be approved by Bai Tu. This "gap" is a bit too small...
This time Bai Tu agreed, but he used the excuse that "he missed Liu Bei very much" and emphasized that Liu Bei must return to Nanjing in person. As for how to contact Fa Zheng, and even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?
It doesn’t matter, there is a sperm report!
Although Liu Bei had no choice but to agree.
After Zhang Yan returned Li Kuan's family, he saw Fa Zheng immediately withdraw his troops from Ziwu Valley, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
On the contrary, when Sima Yi learned that Fa Zheng had withdrawn his troops from Ziwu Valley, he said to his respected lord: "My lord, if you have nothing else to do, please leave first. I want to be alone."
That's right. Sima Yi realized at the first moment that Fa Zheng was so efficient in not taking the opportunity to attack Ziwu Valley and did not even want such a good opportunity to exert pressure. The biggest possibility was that Liu Bei had already convinced the State of Chu!
Otherwise, even if the State of Chu wanted to attack Xichuan, Longyou, or Qingxu, it would not miss this opportunity to blackmail them.
It seems that the Chu State will definitely use Liu Bei's name to contact the Qi army in Longyou and Qingxu...
Therefore, now is not the time to relax. If Fa Zheng continues to deploy his troops in Ziwu Valley, Sima Yi can feel more at ease. At least that will mean that Liu Bei has not reached an agreement with the State of Chu, and he still has a chance to persuade the State of Chu.
However, this kind of thing obviously does not need to be explained to Zhang Yan.
"The 'Book of Fate', the first of the ten volumes of the Heavenly Book... unfortunately, it's just a little bit short." Sima Yi muttered regretfully.
That’s right, Sima Yi also knew about the “Ten Volumes of Heavenly Book”, and he was very sure that the first volume of destiny was in Zhuge Liang’s hands!
Even...for the heavenly books that have already been published, Sima Yi is the one who knows their holders best.
Because Sima Yi also has his own heavenly book, and it is the ninth of the ten volumes of the heavenly book, "Making Friendship with Noble Ladies"!
Sima Yi's original plan was to control Liu Bei, and then use it to remotely control the Qi army. By then, as long as Zhuge Liang did not defect, he could barely, tentatively, probably... be considered to be in the same camp with him.
Based on "Volume 9. Making Friends with Nobles", Sima Yi has his own unique strategy, which not only makes him easy to be trusted, but also... when he is in the same camp or has some interactions with others, he has the opportunity to "inherit" other people's divine books.
So Sima Yi originally did not want to surrender to Zhang Yan. His first target was Cao Cao and his second target was Bai Tu!
If you join Cao Cao, you may have a chance to inherit "Heavenly Book Volume 2·Fortune", if you join Bai Tu, you may have a chance to inherit Lu Su's "Volume 3·Feng Shui", Jia Xu's "Volume 4·Accumulating Yin Deeds", Pang Tong's "Volume 5·Reading", Zhou Yu's "Volume 7·Phase", Hua Tuo's "Volume 10·Health Preservation"...
The reason why Bai Tu's side is obviously much more luxurious, but Cao Cao is still considered first, is because the Chu State is too strong, Sima Yi is worried that he has no chance, and secondly... the holders of the heavenly book in the Chu State are either young or old, or have the skills to maintain health!
Sima Yi was worried that he had no chance of succession, and "Volume 2: Luck" is actually very good.
In fact, sometimes Sima Yi also thought that it would be great if Hua Tuo and Jia Xu could be on Cao Cao's side, and Cao Cao could kill Hua Tuo and not let him live too long...
By then, you will have "Volume 2 · Luck" to steal good luck, "Volume 4 · Accumulation of Hidden Virtues" to "practice in reverse" like Jia Xu and be more likely to come up with inspiration for schemes, and "Volume 10 · Health Preservation" to prolong your life. It's simply a "Chicken-Eating Set"!
Unfortunately, there is no such good thing.
Originally, Sima Yi wanted to take a step back and get the "Volume 1: Destiny" first, but unfortunately it seems that his chances are slim now.
In comparison, Zhang Yan, as the lord, only has one advantage: he is "obedient"...
However, after controlling Zheng State, Sima Yi still felt that he had no chance. Now he also had no chance to control Qi State, so he wanted to take Zhang Yan with him to defect to Wei State, and then... take it step by step!
Although there is no one holding the Heavenly Book in Wei State now , at least its foundation is much stronger than that of Zheng State. If it is integrated with Guanzhong and Central Plains, it will not be completely powerless against Chu State.
Apart from the level of the heavenly book, Sima Yi's grasp of the psychology of the gentry is also very accurate.
So, Sima Yi tried to contact Wei State, while Liu Bei returned to Jinling, and every time he passed by the city... no, for Chu State, it should be said that when he passed by the "city", he would contact Fa Zheng once to confirm the situation of Fa Zheng's contact with the Qi army in Longyou.
However, when Liu Bei followed the Han River and arrived at Wudang on Wangjing Road, he learned of the bad news!
Although Fa Zheng sent people to Chencang overnight to inform Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang that Liu Bei was still alive and had "surrendered to Chu", he was still one step too late.
Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang were preparing to march east to Chang'an...
Although Zhuge Liang disagreed with this, he understood that Guan Yu could not be persuaded at this time, so it would be better for him to assist him as much as possible.
If that were all, it would actually be nothing. Even though the uprising was hasty, could Sima Yi still defeat Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang within a few days?
At worst, we can notify the defender of Chen Cang and then convey it to Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang.
But seriously, another thing happened at this time...
Liu Ji, who was guarding Chencang, suddenly changed sides. After Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang advanced eastward, he mutinied in Chencang, blocking the retreat of the Qi army and cutting off its reinforcements and military supplies!
The reason why Liu Ji suddenly changed sides made Fa Zheng and Liu Bei helpless. Before leaving, Guan Yu went to Liu Ji to "talk" without Zhuge Liang's knowledge, warning him not to have any unreasonable thoughts. His brother had a son, so he should not daydream...
Because he didn't know about this, Zhuge Liang didn't expect that Guan Yu's emotional intelligence would be so low!
If it were Zhuge Liang, even if he was also not optimistic about his adopted son inheriting the throne, he would not bring it up now. If he had to bring it up now, he would definitely take away his military power immediately, or even make it a "once and for all" solution.
What kind of operation is this, making others give up hope while leaving the task of guarding the retreat to them?
The only good news now is that the person Fa Zheng sent to Longyou was Deng Zhi, not just any Tiehanhan. Therefore, after Deng Zhi found out something was wrong in Chencang, he did not tell Liu Ji that Liu Bei was still alive, but sent the news back by express horse...
