Luoyang City.
As the flames of the great battles between the north and the south continued to ignite, the atmosphere in the capital of the Great Wei suddenly became tense.
After the war between Jiujiang and Nanyang began, even the right guards and tiger and leopard cavalry who guarded the capital of Luoyang also moved south, and the large-scale mobilization of troops and horses made the hearts of the people become a little panicked.
This atmosphere of war oppression is constantly fermenting in the hearts of every Wei people.
And that's not the most important thing.
The most important thing is the mobilization of logistics grain and grass, and today's Cao Wei court can't take out this huge amount of logistics grain and grass, so Cao Cao forcibly requisitioned a large amount of grain and grass from various families.
The soldiers fought bloody battles in front, fighting for combat effectiveness.
But between Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, it is the national strength between them that fights, if the soldiers on the front line can't even eat enough, and the weapons and equipment on their bodies are a mess, then there is no need to fight this battle at all.
For this, Cao Cao spared no cost.
Cao Wei's national conditions are not as good as those of Eastern Wu, and under the strong suppression of Eastern Wu for ten years, the centralization of power has been very stable, and whether it is a inheritance family or a local tyrant in the territory of Eastern Wu, it has actually been beaten to a dying death.
Most of the landed population was concentrated in the hands of the imperial court.
This is enough for Soochow's national strength to surpass Cao Wei.
However, in the territory of Cao Wei, the heritage of the inheritance family is unfathomable, and the powerful families in various places still control a large amount of land and population.
Although Cao Cao was in power for many years, he tried his best to have tuntian policies in various places, but under the strong influence of the family, except for the tuntian in the land of Yuyan, the scale of other tuntian was not large.
For example, Guanzhong, the land in Guanzhong is fertile, and there is a saying that you can sit in Guanzhong and look down on the world, but the taxes collected in Guanzhong are not much, and most of the population and land are in the hands of the powerful family in Guanzhong.
It is the powerful families in various places who control the grain.
But what influences the court is the inheritance of the family.
Now that the Eastern Wu army is desperately going north, Cao Cao can naturally only face it, and all the logistics of the Cao Wei court are now pressed on the northern front, so the southern front.
Naturally, logistics are insufficient.
Cao Cao had no other choice, he could only make a move to these family heroes, for him, sooner or later, it would be better to do it directly this time.
Let's be ruthless.
All of a sudden, above the territory of Cao Wei, the wind was loud, the family was strong, and he was panicked.
"What, the court actually issued a document to let us hand over eighty percent of the grain in stock, Your Majesty is too ruthless" "Isn't this a forced levy?"
"Now that His Majesty and Dongwu have completely fought each other, if anyone dares to drag his feet at this time, I am afraid he will be killed.
We're still handing over the food obediently."
"I don't pay it, why?"
For this kind of forced recruitment of the court, all families have no choice but to hand over their own food in the midst of gritting their teeth.
Of course, it is not that there are no families who are yang and yin, but the ghost pawns dispatched a large number of forces to create several major cases of collaborating with the enemy and stealing the family in Luoyang City, and soon these people became much more obedient.
After all, killing can be terrifying.
Sima's mansion in Luoyang.
The patriarch of the Sima family has been cultivating in his hometown in Hanoi, ignoring the government and politics, and not paying much attention to the affairs of the Sima family, basically the Sima family has been handed over to the most outstanding son, Sima Yi.
Now Sima Yi is suppressing the overall situation in Wudu.
Sitting in Luoyang was Sima Lang, the son of the Sima family, who had become one of the captives of Eastern Wu in Chang'an, and was later ransomed by Cao Wei along with Cao Chong.
After returning to Cao Wei.
He resigned from all official positions and was idle at home, but secretly controlled the affairs of the Sima family, as the head of the Guanzhong family, although he had no official position, he was also the one who could make Guanzhong shake by stomping his feet.
"The eldest prince.
This is the instrument of the court."
A government soldier brought a court document into the study.
"Put it down," Sima Lang was writing.
"No" Compared with the Chang'an Order in the past, Sima Lang is now at home, but he is more stable, and he only picked up the document after he finished writing a word.
"We are still forcibly requisitioning logistics, and the powerful food in various places has been requisitioned, and now it is our turn to close the middle family."
Sima Lang sneered slightly: "Sima Fu, take my temporary card, and order the grain depots in various places to hand over this grain to the hands of the court's chief Si Nong Yamen within three days."
"Eldest prince, do we really want to teach grain" The housekeeper said in a low voice: "Eight thousand stone of grain, our Sima family will also break our muscles and bones" "If others don't give it, there is another saying, but we are now the best in the family, if we don't give it, we will lead the rebellion against the court" Sima Lang sneered: "Immediately the butcher's knife will hang his neck" "I'll do it right away" The housekeeper was covered in a cold sweat and hurriedly went to arrange the matter.
"Hey" Sima Lang sighed: "Your Majesty, my Sima family has recognized it, but our Sima family will not come forward to calm people's hearts for you" He is not optimistic about Cao Cao's actions against the powerful and family valves in various places this time, he is too anxious, and he will definitely encounter a backlash if he makes a strong move without sufficient preparation.
It's a pity that he also knows that now Cao Cao has to do it, because the army of Eastern Wu is forced to go up, and logistics is the biggest problem for the court today.
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"Or let Soochow lead the way by the nose" Sima Lang thought for a moment, and his eyes became deep.
The human heart is a very mysterious thing, and Cao Cao's big move this time is destined to lose a lot of people's hearts, and even make many families begin to become alienated from the court.
Even the Yingchuan family, who has been standing behind him, is afraid that they will have complaints against him.
And the Guanzhong family, the resentment that has been suppressed before will definitely break out, although it is said that there can be no big moves, but the situation of yang and yin will definitely appear.
"Sima An, you immediately send this letter to the second son as quickly as possible" Sima Lang wrote a letter, then handed it to his henchman, and said instructively.
"No" The attendant nodded in agreement, then departed with the letter.
"Now that the ship of Dawei is uncertain, Zhongda, it seems that we have to really make second-hand preparations" Sima Lang looked at the white clouds on the sunny sky, and there was a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.
Actually, there is a saying.
Sun Quan is very right.
For the family, what they are best at is stepping on two boats, as the so-called thousand-year-old family, there is no thousand-year-old dynasty.
What the family seeks is a way to survive, and the others can be put aside a little.
"Cao Wei's victory or defeat depends on the battle of Kanto, no matter what, the Sima family will always hold on until the end of this battle" Sima Lang gritted his teeth.
His fists were clenched, and his eyes were low: "If Cao Ang can block the northward movement of the Eastern Wu Iron Cavalry and keep the land of Yuyan, Great Wei still has tomorrow, if this battle is lost, Kanto will inevitably be lost, and Cao Wei will inevitably retreat to Guanzhong, then it is really the general trend has gone."
In fact, he hoped that Cao Wei could be stabilized, after all, in contrast, he would rather Cao Wei be in power.
And I don't want a strong Soochow to enter the land of Guanzhong.
The people who are waiting for the results of this battle like the Sima family are not isolated cases in Cao Wei's case, and the attitudes of many families in Guanzhong have begun to become ambiguous, and even some families have begun to alienate themselves from the court.
They are now waiting for the success or failure of this battle.
If Cao Wei can win a big victory this time, then Cao Cao's series of tough actions will not seem to be anything in their eyes, as long as they are properly pacified in the later stage, they can be justified.
But once Cao Wei loses this time, then they will have to settle accounts after the autumn.
In the tense atmosphere of Luoyang City.
A young man serving in the Tiger Guard, on the day of Mu Xiu, he wore a black robe and a hat.
Leaving Miyagi, head towards the eastern suburb of Luoshui.
In the eastern suburbs, next to a remote Luoshui River, there is a young man in Tsing Yi fishing, as if he has been waiting for a long time.
"You're coming so fast" Fang Shi raised his head and looked at the arrival of the black-robed youth: "I should congratulate you now, after the battle of Luoyang."
The deputy general of the Tiger Guard, promoted and made a fortune" "It's me who congratulates you, your life is really big" Xiahou Ling sat next to him with a hat and looked at Luo Shui: "You can actually escape with your life in Jia Xu's hands."
"Hahaha" Fang Shi laughed, his smile was a little sad, and tears seemed to flow out: "If he kills me, I won't be so uncomfortable."
"Jin Yiwei has already ordered you to kill" Xiahou Ling was silent for half a minute when he heard this, and then said: "I'm being watched a little tightly now, I can't rashly contact the headquarters, your matter doesn't make sense."
"They came to kill me, and that's as it should be" Fang Shi's eyes moved slightly, but his expression did not change at all, and he said lightly: "I single-handedly buried the entire network of the Jinyi Guard, and my hands were stained with the blood of my own people, and it is only natural that I died under the Jinyi assassin."
He was able to survive, and the price he paid was definitely worse than death.
"Does Jia Xu believe it?"
"Do you believe me?"
Fang Shi turned his head, stared into the eyes of Xiahou Ling, and asked rhetorically.
"If I don't believe you, I won't appear today" Xiahou Ling said: "In the whole Luoyang, only you know my identity, I can still stand here, you will not be a traitor to Jinyiwei, and, I think, you will not forget the glory of Jinyi" "The glory of Jinyi haha, we have been for this sentence all our lives, Jinyi Wei Qianhu in Luoyang City, all the people who died, it was because of us" Fang Shi's expression had a touch of coldness: "They were killed by me, but half of their deaths are because of you, we can all die, you must live" "I'm sorry" Xiahou Ling felt a trace of guilt.
"And I'm still alive now, it's because of you, your identity must not be exposed, so I have to attract Jia Xu's attention" Fang Shi said in a deep voice: "Jia Xu is too shrewd, now that he has even started to check the people of the Cao family, the identity of the Xiahou family can't be hidden for a long time, if he continues to investigate like this, your identity will be exposed sooner or later."
"So, Jia Xu doesn't believe you," Xiahou Ling said.
"I'm just a bait, the bait he released, intending to catch you" There was a self-deprecating smile on the corner of Fang Shi's mouth, and he said: "From the moment my Jinyiwei identity was exposed, in Jia Xu's heart, I am a dead man, and now I can still be alive, because I still have use value, they think that I can fish you out."
"Jia Wenhe, your mind is deep enough" Xiahou Ling's eyes were slightly cold: "Isn't he afraid of self-defeating?"
"I'm surrounded by ghost pawns now, and the people under him have been cleared out by him, and he doesn't even have a henchman, he thinks I can't do anything, so naturally he won't care too much, use me as a bait, he can deal with Jinyiwei" Fang Shi said: "The most important thing is that he should ask himself to be able to control me" "So what are you going to do?"
"Drag it for a day is a day" Fang Shi said: "There is one and a half points, you hand over someone" "I'll give it over" Xiahou Ling was stunned for a moment, understood, and said, "You want me to hand over a mouse to give you a business?"
"Do you have a candidate?"
Fang Shi asked.
"I'm thinking about it, this method is good, I can give it a try, but this person is not easy to choose, I need time" Xiahou Ling said: "And now, the most important thing for us is not to dwell on this matter, I have a task to see you this time."
"Say" Fangshi's face is straight.
"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses dispatched by Great Wu from Nanyang and Jiujiang to the north of Yuyan to the land of Cao Wei for the second northern expedition, do you know?"
"This naturally knows" Fang Shi said: "Cao Ang is the commander, Guo Jia is the military advisor, Cao Wei has mobilized the army to the south, how can I not know, I have always understood, and even collected some information, but now I am staring at it deadly, and it is really useless to say the information on the battlefield."
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"We don't care about this, let the Jinyi Wei headquarters worry about it, I have an idea, maybe I can help this big battle" Xiahou Ling's eyes burst out with a fierce light.
"Tell me about it" "Cao Cao has a headache, do you know?"
asked Xiahou Ling.
"I've heard a little about it" Fang Shi thought for a while: "But there is not much news coming out, and Cao Cao has always been very secretive in this regard, even Jia Xu doesn't know much."
"Recently, his headaches have gotten worse" Xiahou Ling said: "He now has to drink medicine every day to suppress his condition, if he can be brought down, then the Wei army must be in turmoil, and we will win half of this battle."
"Kill him," Fang Shi gasped.
"That's that easy."
Hearing this, Xiahou Ling shook his head and said: "I just hope to create an opportunity to replace his medicine, he is very careful, but as long as it is not poison, there is a chance to fool him and make his condition worse, I can't do this alone, I know that you have chess pieces buried next to Hua Tuo, I need your cooperation" "The certainty of success is too small" Fang Shi thought about it for a moment and said.
"But there's a chance, isn't it?"
Xiahou Ling said persistently: "I want to give it a try, as long as he can make him seriously ill, Dawei will immediately have civil strife, not to mention the grievances of some powerful families, just say that the Cao family brothers, although Cao Ang controls the power, but the deterrence is insufficient, and Cao Pi has been eyeing the tiger, Cao Cao, who is deep in the Cao family, is now in Luoyang City, which is also an internal trouble, as long as he falls, the cohesion of the Wei army's front line will fall apart, which is of great benefit to our Great Wu to the north."
"Good" Fang Shi gritted his teeth and said, "I can cooperate with you, but I hope you won't waste the few remaining manpower in my hands." t1706231537: