Chapter 872 - No Turning Back

Cao Liang did not doubt the cruelty of Sima Yi's methods, when had Sima Yi ever been soft in dealing with political enemies, Cao Shuang's blood had not dried, and Wang Ling followed him.

Probably on Sima Yi's blacklist, Cao Liang's name is also impressively listed, right?

Because of the Huainan rebellion, the battle of Shangdang was only half carried out, and Sima Yi had to return with a feather, and after quelling the Huainan rebellion, presumably Sima Yi would redirect the spearhead of the attack to the state, and the state that had been relatively calm for two years would fall into the continuous war again.

Cao Liang has never been afraid of war, and this war with Sima Clan is something he can never avoid, and Cao Liang has long been prepared for this.

But war means disaster and death, and the fledgling economy of the state may suffer a fatal blow, the people's livelihood will wither, the people will be displaced, there will be no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the bones will be exposed.

Cao Liang is deeply aware of this, but he can't choose, since the war must be imposed on the heads of the people of Bingzhou, then all he can do is to lead the soldiers and civilians of Bingzhou to defend their homeland and fight!

In the past two years, Cao Liang has grasped the economy with one hand and the military with the other, and he has to be hard with both hands, and he has not relaxed his hands.

The power comes out of the barrel of the gun, and if you want to fight against the Sima clan, a strong and powerful army is the least guarantee, compared to two years ago, the number and combat effectiveness of the state army have increased a lot, so for Sima Yi to attack again this time, Cao Liang still has full confidence.

When Sima Yi was far away in Huainan, Cao Liang didn't have to worry about anything, he could develop the economy and arm the army according to his own ideas, but when Sima Yi returned to Luoyang, the situation suddenly became grim.

When Sima Yi used troops to fight against Huainan last year, the wind and snow were mixed and the road was difficult to walk, and everyone thought that Sima Yi would not choose to send troops at this time, but on the contrary, Sima Yi not only braved the snow to advance, but also took Wang Ling by surprise on Chinese New Year's Eve, and also made the situation in Huainan always firmly in his hands.

After Sima Yi returned to Luoyang this time, the weather became colder, and some people thought that Sima Yi's march would not necessarily be in winter, but probably in the spring of next year.

But Cao Liang didn't think so, with Sima Yi's urine nature, it was possible to march at any time, so the state army must be constantly prepared and unremitting, and Sima Yi must not be given any opportunity to take advantage of.

Therefore, Cao Liang issued a first-class combat readiness order to the Bingzhou troops stationed in various places, and always prevented Sima Yi's attack.

At the same time, Luoyang's intelligence system was activated, and all information about the Sima clan was widely collected, and it was reported to the state as soon as possible.

The espionage system is something that Cao Liang has always attached great importance to, if the army is a giant, then the espionage system is its eyes and ears, if there are no eyes and ears, no matter how powerful the giant is, he is a deaf and blind man, and he does nothing.

As early as when he was in Luoyang, Cao Liang had already set up a secret intelligence agency and infiltrated it into all strata of Luoyang, even now that Cao Liang had evacuated Luoyang, this intelligence agency was still operating in an orderly manner, constantly transmitting the latest news to the state side.

Fang Bu was appointed by Cao Liang as the head of this intelligence agency, the commander of the military department, and was fully responsible for the spy agency, Fang Bu has a lot of power, and he is also the most trusted person by Cao Liang, Cao Liang is most relieved to put him in this position.

With the existence of this ear and eye, Cao Liang can grasp the situation in Luoyang at any time.

After Sima Yi returned to Luoyang, he has been busy with the liquidation of Wang Ling, even if Wang Ling has committed suicide, but Sima Yi also did not let go of his corpse, whipping the corpse to show the public, Sima Yi's purpose is to shock the world, let those who try to go against him see, Wang Ling's fate is their example, if you want to fight against Sima Yi, there is only a dead end.

Bloody terror shrouded Luoyang City, the entire Luoyang City is in danger of everyone, this massacre is widely implicated, if you are not careful, you will be punished, after all, who does not have three relatives and six relatives, as long as you have a little relationship with Wang Ling or a little relationship with Wang Ling's cronies, then you have to peel off your skin if you don't die.

The wife of Guo Huai, the general of Yongliang Governor Zhengxi, is Wang Ling's sister, and this time it is natural that she has become the object of punishment, and she was taken back to Luoyang by Yousi Yi to ask for the guilt, Guo Huai had silently accepted this arrangement, but Guo Huai's five children wept bitterly, couldn't bear the death of their mother, and cried and begged Guo Huai to save their mother.

Guo Huai had no choice but to plead with Sima Yi, willing to beg Sima Yi to let his wife go.

Although Sima Yi is ruthless, but no matter how he says, Guo Huai is also the general he relies on the most, if Sima Yi is bent on executing Guo's wife, it is bound to Guo Huai to deviate from Germany, now Huainan is peaceful, but there is still Cao Liang Weike in Bingzhou, if something happens here in Yongzhou, the situation is bound to be unfavorable to Sima Yi.

So Sima Yi thought about it again and again, and finally gave Guo Huai's wife an amnesty.

But Sima Yi's cronies and generals are like this, and if others want to ask for forgiveness, it is simply like ascending to heaven, so once they are imprisoned by Yousi, they are basically powerless to return to heaven.

Sima Yi spared no effort in eradicating dissidents, obviously it has a great deal to do with his dark character, for many years, Sima Yi has been living in the shadow of Cao Cao, Cao Pi and even Cao Ei, even when Cao Shuang was in power, he had the opportunity and means to kill Sima Yi.

The reason why Sima Yi has survived until now is actually an extremely difficult thing, if his opponents were a little more ruthless, Sima Yi would definitely not live today.

This undoubtedly gave Sima Yi a wake-up call, benevolence is not the solution to the crisis, only iron and ruthless is the medicine to prevent everything, it is better to kill by mistake than to let go, so in the treatment of political enemies, Sima Yi will never have the slightest ambiguity, this is his life like walking on thin ice trembling and gaining experience, after defeating the opponent, he has to step on one foot again, so that he will never turn over.

Sima Yi knew that he was old and his time was short, but his Sima clan's country was not easy to come by, and in order for future generations of children and grandchildren to accept power smoothly, Sima Yi did not mind that he was full of slaughter and blood debts.

Even if he is riddled with injustice, Sima Yi is not afraid, all he has to do is to pave the way and open a prelude to the glorious era of the Sima family, for this purpose, he has no hesitation.