Chapter 97 Chapter 96: Kong Ming Kills Ma Su with Tears

But the person who offered advice was Shangshu Sun Ziye.Cao Rui asked, "What's your plan?"Zizuo said: When Emperor Wu of the past Taizu took over Zhanglu, he was in danger and then helped; he often said to his officials: The land of Nanzheng is really a heavenly prison.The Zhongxie Valley Road is a five-hundred-mile stone cave, which is not a place for martial arts.Now if you want to attack Shu with all the troops in the world, Dongwu will invade Shu again.It's better to use the current soldiers and order the generals to guard the dangerous points and recharge their batteries.But in a few years, China is prosperous day by day, and Wu and Shu are bound to kill each other: at that time, if it is planned, is it a chance of winning?I beg His Majesty to judge it.Rui Nai asked Sima Yi, "What is the theory?"Yizou said: "Sun Shangshu's words are very correct."Rui followed him, and ordered Yi to assign all the generals to guard the dangerous points, leaving Guo Zhun and Zhang Yun to guard Chang'an, rewarding the three armies, and driving back to Luoyang.

But when Kong Ming returned to Hanzhong, Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi were the only ones who counted soldiers.Just as they were about to get up, they suddenly reported that Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi had arrived, but none of them lost one of them, nor did they lose their luggage and other equipment.Kong Ming was overjoyed and personally led the generals out to meet him.Zhao Yun hurriedly dismounted from his horse and fell to the ground, saying: "The defeated general, why should the prime minister go far away?"Kong Ming hurriedly helped him up, held his hand and said, "It's because I don't know the wise and the stupid, that's why I am like this!"The soldiers everywhere will be defeated, but Zilong will not lose one man and one horse, why?Deng Zhi said: "A certain soldier led the army first, and Zilong cut off the rear alone. He beheaded the general and made meritorious service. The enemy was terrified: therefore, the military supplies were never abandoned."Kongming said: "The real general!"So he took fifty catties of gold as a gift to Zhao Yun; he also took 10,000 pieces of silk to reward the soldiers of Yun's tribe.Yun Ci said: "The three armies have no merits, and each class is guilty; if they are rewarded instead, it is because the prime minister does not know the rewards and punishments."And please send it to the warehouse, and it will not be too late to give it to the armies this winter.Kongming sighed and said: the former emperor used to praise Zilong's virtue in Japan, and it is so now!It is doubly respectful.

Suddenly reported to Ma Di, Wang Ping, Wei Yan, Gao Xiangzhi, Kongming first called Wang Ping to enter the account, and said: "I ordered you and Ma Di to guard the street pavilion, why don't you advise him, causing accidents?"Ping said: "I have repeatedly persuaded you to build an earthen city and set up camp in the main road."Joining the army was furious and refused, so a certain man led five thousand troops away from the mountain and went to the village ten miles away.The soldiers of Wei arrived suddenly and surrounded the mountain on all sides. A certain soldier charged and killed more than ten times, but none of them could enter.It fell apart the next day, and countless descendants fell.A certain army could not stand alone, so he went to Wei Wenchang for help.In the middle of the journey, he was trapped in the valley by Wei soldiers again, so he fought his way out.Before returning to the village, it had already been occupied by Wei soldiers.When he voted for Lie Liucheng, he met Gao Xiang on the road, so he divided his troops into three groups to rob Weizhai, hoping to conquer Jieting.Seeing that there was no ambush in Jieting, I was suspicious.When I climbed up and looked at it, I saw Wei Yan and Gao Xiang were surrounded by Wei soldiers. A certain man entered the siege, rescued the two generals, and joined the army together.A certain person is afraid of losing Yangping Pass, so he rushes back and forth to guard: it is not because of a certain person's non-remonstrance.If the prime minister doesn't believe it, he can ask the generals and schools of the ministries.Kongming retreated and called Ma Di to enter the account.Su bound himself and knelt in front of the tent.Kong Ming changed his face and said: You have read military books since you were young and are familiar with the methods of war.I have repeatedly warned Ding Ning: Jieting is my foundation.You take on this important task with the life of your whole family.If you had listened to Wang Ping's words earlier, would there be such a disaster?Today's defeated army, lost generals, lost ground and trapped the city are all your fault!If you don't know the law of the army, how can you convince the masses?If you break the law now, don't blame me.After your death, your family is small, and I will give you food every month, so you don't have to worry about it.Call left and right, push out and cut it.Su cried and said: "The prime minister regards a certain person as a son, and a certain person regards the prime minister as his father."The death penalty of a certain person is really inevitable; I hope that the prime minister will think of Emperor Shun's righteousness in killing Gun and using Yu①, so that even if a certain person dies, he will not hate him at Jiuquan!After speaking, wept loudly.Kongming wept and said, "I and Ruyi are brothers, and your son is my son. You don't need to tell me more."Push Ma Su out of the gate from left to right and cut him off.Joining the army, Jiang Wan arrived from Chengdu. When he saw a warrior trying to kill Ma Su, he was shocked and shouted: "Keep people!"When he came to see Kongming, he said: In the past, Chu killed his ministers and Duke Wen was happy.Wouldn't it be a pity to kill a wise and resourceful minister today when the decision is not yet made?Kong Ming replied with tears: "The reason why Sun Wu was able to conquer the world in the past is because of the Ming Dynasty."Today, the four parties are fighting, and the military exchanges have just begun. If the law is abolished, why are you hunting for thieves?It is appropriate to cut it.After a while, the samurai presented the head of the horse Su to the lower ranks.Kong Ming burst into tears.Jiang Wan asked: "Nowadays, I often offend you when I am young. Why is the prime minister crying when I am upholding the military law?"Kongming said: "I am not crying for Ma Di: I think the late emperor told me when he was in danger in Baidi City: Ma Di exaggerates the truth and should not be used much."If I should say this now, I deeply hate my own ignorance and think about the former emperor's understanding, so I cry bitterly!All soldiers, big and small, shed tears.Ma Su died at the age of thirty-nine: the fifth month of summer in the sixth year of Jianxing.There is a poem from later generations that says:

The crime of losing the street pavilion is not light, and it is worthy of Ma Su to talk about soldiers in vain.Yuanmen beheaded and strictly enforced the military law, and wiped away tears and still thought of the emperor Ming. But he said that Kong Ming beheaded Ma Su, showed the head to all the battalions, sewed it on the corpse with thread, and buried it in a coffin;So Kongming made his own statement, ordering Jiang Wan to apply for the posthumous master, and please demote himself to the post of prime minister.Wan returned to Chengdu, went to see the Empress, and entered the Kongming seal.The latter disassembled it and looked at it, saying:

The minister is mediocre, and he steals without evidence. He personally holds the axe to encourage the three armies.If you can't prescribe the rules and clear the law, you will be afraid when things happen, so that there are streets and pavilions that violate orders, and Jigu does not guard against mistakes.All the blame lies with the minister: the minister does not know people, and he is so dark about things. "Spring and Autumn" blames, where does the crime escape?Please demote yourself to the third class to supervise Jue blame.The minister was so ashamed that he fell down and stood by!

The postmaster read Bi and said: "Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs. Why did the prime minister say this?"The waiter Fei Yi said: "I heard that those who govern the country must put the law first."If the law doesn't work, how can you convince others?It is appropriate for the prime minister to demote himself when he fails.After the master followed him, he demoted Kong Ming to be the right general, to act as a prime minister, and to be the governor of the army as usual, so Fei Yi was sent to Hanzhong with the imperial edict.After Kong Ming was demoted and demoted by the imperial edict, he was afraid that Kong Ming would be ashamed, so he congratulated him and said: "The people in the middle of Shu are very happy when they know that the prime minister first pulled out the four counties."Kongming changed color and said: "What is it!"Gain and lose again, is the same as not getting.The public congratulated me with this, which completely made me ashamed.Yi said again, "the emperor is very happy to hear that the prime minister has won Jiang Wei."Kongming said angrily: "It is my great crime to return the defeated army and never capture an inch of land."If one Jiang Wei is measured, what harm will it do to Wei?Yi said again: "The prime minister now has hundreds of thousands of troops, can he attack Wei again?"Kongming said: In the past when the army was stationed in Qishan and Jigu, we had more soldiers than bandits, but we were unable to defeat the bandits, but were defeated by the bandits.If you want to reduce the number of troops and save the generals now, you should think about your mistakes clearly and punish them, so as to be more flexible in the future; otherwise, what's the use of having more troops?From now on, everyone has long-term concerns about the country, but if you attack my shortcomings diligently and blame my shortcomings, then things can be settled, thieves can be eliminated, and the merits can be fulfilled and wait for it.Fei Yi and all the generals were convinced.Fei Yi returned to Chengdu by himself.Kongming was in Hanzhong, cherishing the army and loving the people, mobilizing troops to teach martial arts, building siege and crossing water, accumulating grain and grass, preparing battle rafts, and thinking about the future.Make detailed investigations and report to Luoyang.

Wei Lord Cao Rui heard about it and called Sima Yi to discuss the strategy of closing Sichuan.Yi said: "Shu can't be attacked yet: Fang's way is so hot today, Shu soldiers will definitely come out."If our army goes deep into its territory, he will guard its dangerous point and be eager to get off.Rui said: "If the soldiers from Shu come to attack the invaders again, what can we do?"Yi said: "I have already calculated that Zhuge Liang will follow Han Xin's strategy of darkening Chen Cang3."I sent one person to the Chencang crossing, built a city and defended it, and there was nothing wrong with it: this person is nine feet long, good at shooting with ape arms, and has deep strategies.If Zhuge Liang invades the bandits, this person is worthy of him.Rui was overjoyed and asked, "Who is this?"Yizou said: "He is from Taiyuan: his surname is Hao, his name is Zhao, and his courtesy name is Bodao. He is now a general of Zaba, guarding Hexi."

Rui followed him, added Hao Zhao as the general of Zhenxi, and ordered him to guard the Chencang crossing.Send envoys to go with the edict.Suddenly it was reported that Cao Xiu, the governor of Sima Dadu in Yangzhou, said that Zhou Bing, the prefect of Poyang in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, was willing to surrender with the county, and secretly sent people to report seven things, saying that the Eastern Wu Dynasty could be broken, and begged to send troops to take it as soon as possible.Rui spread out on the imperial bed, watching with Sima Yi.Yizou said: "This statement is very reasonable. Wu should be destroyed."The minister is willing to lead an army to help Cao Xiu.Suddenly one of the people in the class came in and said: "Wu people's words are repeated over and over again, so they can't be trusted."A man of resourcefulness and resourcefulness in Zhou bream would never surrender.This is also a trick to lure soldiers.It was Jianwei General Jia Kui who saw it.Yi said: "You must listen to this statement, and you must not miss this opportunity."Wei Zhu said: Zhong Dake and Jia Kui can help Cao Xiu together.The two took orders to go.So Cao Xiu led his army to take Wancheng; Jia Kui led his former general Man Chong and Dongguan prefect Hu Zhi to take Yangcheng and go straight to Dongguan; Sima Yi led his army to take Jiangling.

However, Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, discussed with many officials in Dongguan, Wuchang, and said: "Now there is a secret letter from Zhou Bing, the prefect of Poyang, saying that Cao Xiu, the governor of Wei Yangzhou, intends to invade the bandits."Now the bream is cheating and using tricks, secretly telling seven things, luring Wei soldiers to go deep into important places, and setting up an ambush to capture them.Now the Wei soldiers are coming in three ways, what's your opinion?Gu Yongjin said: Lu Boyan would not have dared to undertake this great task.Quan was overjoyed, so he summoned Lu Xun, made him the general of Fuguo, and the marshal of Pingbeidu, commanded Lin Dabing, and took charge of the king's affairs: he was given Baiyan Huangyue, and all civil and military officials were under restraint.Quan personally and Xun hold the whip.Xun took the order of Xie Enbi, and Naibao and Naibao were the governors of the left and right, and divided the troops to meet the three ways.Quan asked who he was, and Xun said: General Fenwei Zhu Huan and Suinan General Quan Cong can be assistants.Quan Congzhi ordered Zhu Huan to be the governor of the left and Quan Cong the governor of the right.So Lu Xun led a total of more than 700,000 people from the eighty-one states in the south of the Yangtze River and Jinghu, and ordered Zhu Huan to be on the left, Quan Cong to be on the right, and Xun to be in the middle, and marched in three directions.Zhu Huan offered a strategy and said: Cao Xiu is not a wise and brave general if he sees him in person.Now, after listening to Zhou Dory's lure, go deep into the important place, the marshal will attack it with troops, and Cao Xiu will be defeated.After defeat, you must take two roads: the left is Jiashi, and the right is trailer.These two roads are all mountain trails and are the most steep.A certain person is willing to lead an army with Quanzi Huang, and lie down on the dangerous mountain. First block the way with firewood, wood and big stones, and Cao Xiu can capture him.If Cao Xiu is captured, he will drive straight forward and get Shouchun at his fingertips, so as to get a glimpse of Xu and Luo.Xun said: "This is not a good strategy. I have my own wonderful use."So Zhu Huan retreated with injustice.Xun ordered Zhuge Jin and others to refuse to guard Jiangling and fight against Sima Yi.All roads are all in place.

But it was said that Cao Xiu's troops were approaching Wancheng, and Zhou Bream came to meet them, and went directly to Cao Xiu's tent.Hugh asked and said: "I got the book near the foot, and the seven things mentioned are very reasonable. I heard about the emperor, so I set up my army and marched in three directions."If you win the land of Jiangdong, you will do a lot of work.Some people say that they are scheming, and they are afraid that what they say is not true.I expect you will not deceive me with one step.Zhou bream wept loudly, and hurriedly swiped his servant's sword to slay himself, so stop it hastily.Bream said with a sword in hand, "I wish I could vomit my heart out for the seven things I have told you."Now that there is doubt about the rebellion, there must be some countermeasures from the people of Wu.If I listen to his words, I will die.My loyalty can only be shown by God!After speaking, he wanted to kill himself again.Cao Xiu was shocked, hugged him hurriedly and said, "I'm joking."Why is this so?Bream cut off his hair with a sword and threw it on the ground, saying: I treat my father with loyalty, and the father uses me as a joke. I cut off the hair left by my parents to show this heart.Cao Xiu believed it deeply and hosted a banquet to treat each other.After the banquet, Zhou Dory resigned.Suddenly it was reported that Jianwei General Jia Kui came to see him, and ordered him to come in. He asked, "Why are you here?"Kui said: "It is expected that all the soldiers of the Eastern Wu will be stationed in Wancheng."The governor should not enter lightly.After a certain two attacks, the thieves can be broken.Hugh said angrily, "You want to take my merit?"Kui said: "I also heard that Zhou bream cut off his hair as an oath: this is a fraud. In the past, he wanted to leave his arm and assassinate Qingji, but he can't believe it."Hugh said angrily: "I am about to enter the army, why do you say this to slow down our army!"Call left and right, push out and cut it.The generals said: "If you kill the general before you enter the army, it will be bad for the army."And beg for a temporary exemption.Hugh followed it, left Jia Kui's soldiers in the stronghold to call, and led an army to take Dongguan.When Zhou Bream heard that Jia Kui had cut off his military power, he was delighted and said: If Cao Xiu uses Jia Kui's words, Soochow will be defeated!Make me successful today too!He sent people secretly to Wancheng to report to Lu Xun.Xun called the generals to listen to the order and said: "Although the stone pavilion in front is a mountain road, it is enough to ambush."Earlier, I went to occupy the wide place of the stone pavilion and formed a formation to wait for the Wei army.So he ordered Xu Sheng to be the vanguard and lead the troops forward.

But Cao Xiu ordered Zhou Bing to lead the troops forward.While walking, Hugh asked, "Where did you go?"Bream said: "The stone pavilion in front is also suitable for stationing troops."Hugh followed it, so he led the army, chariots and other weapons, and went to Shiting to station.The next day, the sentinel reported: "I don't know how many Wu soldiers are in front, and they are staying at the mountain pass."Xiu was shocked and said: "Zhou Brey said that he has no soldiers, so why are you prepared?"Urgently looking for bream and asking.People reported that Zhou Dory had attracted dozens of people, but they didn't know where they had gone.Hugh regretted and said, "I've been tricked by thieves!"Even so, there is nothing to be afraid of.So he ordered general Zhang Pu to be the vanguard, and led thousands of soldiers to fight Wu soldiers.When the two battles were against each other, Zhang Pu went out and scolded: "The thief will come down early!"Xu Sheng went out to meet him.There are countless battles, and the generals can't resist the enemy. They rein in their horses and withdraw their troops. When they return to Cao Xiu, they say that Xu Shengyong is unstoppable.Hugh said: "I will win with a strange army."He ordered Zhang Pu to lead 20,000 troops to lie down to the south of Shiting.He also ordered Xue Qiao to lead 20,000 troops to the north of Shiting. Tomorrow, I would lead 1,000 soldiers to fight, but pretended to be defeated.The two generals were tricked, and each led 20,000 troops to ambush at night. But Lu Xun called Zhu Huan and Quan Cong to pay, saying: "You two each lead 30,000 troops, copy from Shiting Mountain Road to Cao Xiu's stronghold, and set fire to it; my relatives lead the army to enter from the middle road: Cao Xiu can be captured."In the evening of the same day, the second general led his troops forward under the plan.At the second watch, Zhu Huan's first army was copying to Weizhai, facing Zhang Pu's ambush.Pu didn't know it was Wu Bing. When he came to ask, he was cut off by Zhu Huan under his horse.Wei Bing left, and Huan ordered the rear army to set fire.After Quan Cong led an army to Weizhai, he bumped into Xue Qiao's formation, and there they killed for a while.Xue Qiao was defeated and the Wei soldiers were greatly damaged, so they ran back to the village.Zhu Huan and Quan Cong came from behind.Chaos broke out in Cao Xiu's village, attacking each other.Get on your horse in a panic, and run along Jiashi Road.Xu Sheng led the army and horses from the brigade to kill them from the right way.The dead of the Wei soldiers were innumerable, and those who fled for their lives abandoned their armor.Cao Xiu was shocked, and ran as hard as he could in the Jiashi road.Suddenly I saw a Biao army rushing out of the small path: the leading general is Jia Kui.Hugh panicked and rested for a while, and said to himself: I didn't use public words, and I was defeated like this!Kui said: "The governor can quickly come out this way: If Wu soldiers block it with wood and stone, we will all be in danger!"So Cao Xiu rode on suddenly, and Jia Kui broke the rear.Kui set up banners and flags in places with lush forests and steep trails as suspicious soldiers.When Xu Sheng arrived, he saw the corner of the flag flashing under the hillside. He suspected that there was an ambush, so he didn't dare to chase, so he withdrew his troops and returned: thus he saved Cao Xiu.When Sima Yi heard that Xiu was defeated, he also led his troops back. But he said that Lu Xun was looking forward to Jieyin.After a while, Xu Sheng, Zhu Huan and Quan Cong all arrived.The chariots, cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, military supplies, and equipment obtained are countless, and tens of thousands of troops have been surrendered.Xun was overjoyed, and returned to Wu with the prefect Zhou Bing and the generals.Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, led the civil and military bureaucrats out of Wuchang City to greet him, and entered with the imperial cover.All the generals are rewarded.Quan saw that Zhou bream had no hair, so he consoled him and said: "Qing broke the hair and accomplished such a great event, and your fame and fame should be written in bamboo and silk."He enfeoffed Zhou Dory as Marquis of Guannei, held a big banquet, and celebrated with the troops.Lu Xun said: "Now that Cao Xiu has been defeated, the soldiers of Wei are frightened; we can revise the book of state, send envoys to Sichuan, and teach Zhuge Liang to attack it."Quan followed his words, so he sent envoys to write books to Sichuan.Exactly: it was only because Dongguo was able to make a plan that Xichuan sent troops again.I don't know how Kong Ming will come to attack Wei again, and how the outcome will be, let's see the breakdown below. ① Emperor Shun killed Gun and used Yu to pass on the legend: Gun failed to control the water, Emperor Shun killed Gun, and then used Gun's son Yu to control the water. ② Chu killed the minister and Wengong Xicheng Dechen was a general of Chu State. Because of the defeat in the war against Jin, he was forced to commit suicide when he returned home.Duke Wen of Jin was very happy when he heard the news. ③ Dark Chencang Chencang, a place name, is in today's Shaanxi Province.Han Xin will attack Xiang Yu, superficially build plank roads to distract the enemy's attention, but secretly steal soldiers and horses through Chencang. ④ If you want to break your arm, you must leave when you assassinate Qingji. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Guoren, under the order of Wu Gongzi Guang, went to assassinate Qingji, the son of King Liao of Wu.In order to gain Qingji's trust, he deliberately cut off his own arm, saying that it was done by Gongzi Guang.As expected, Qingji was assassinated.