Chapter 804: Defection
After many hardships and months of tossing and turning, Xiahouba finally arrived in Chengdu.
Although Xiahou Ba was born in the army, but he was more than half a hundred years old, his physical strength and energy were much worse than when he was young, and the turmoil of these months made him taste all the hardships, his beard and hair were white, he was described as haggard, and he was obviously thin, but he finally came to Chengdu, and he was bitter and sweet.
This time fled to Shu Han, Xiahou Ba was also forced to do so, Sima Yi launched a coup d'état in Luoyang, killed Cao Shuang, and carried out a crazy purge of the Cao clan and Cao Shuang's cronies, the news from Luoyang, Sima Yi just killed more than 7,000 people in Luoyang, and the entire Luoyang was bloody and became the hell of Shura, but everyone who was involved with Cao Shuang was panicked all day long.
Although Xiahou Ba is not Cao Shuang's direct descendant, as a member of the Xiahou family, he is naturally inextricably linked with the Cao clan. Xiahou Ba's cousin, now his top boss Zhengxi General Yongliang Governor Xiahou Xuan is Cao Shuang's cousin, after the Luoyang Incident, there is news that Guo Huai will replace Xiahou Xuan as the general of Zhengxi, and Xiahou Xuan will be transferred to Luoyang, and the future is uncertain.
Although the order was not directed at Xiahou Ba, if Xiahou Xuan was transferred away from Yongliang, Xiahou Ba's life would undoubtedly be sad, as Sima Yi's descendant, Guo Huai and Xiahou Ba had a very bad relationship, on the battlefield, Guo Huai had repeatedly plotted against Xiahou Ba, trying to borrow the hands of the Shu people to harm him.
Later, after Xiahou Xuan arrived, Guo Huai reined in, but this does not mean that the relationship between him and Guo Huai has eased, if Xiahou Xuan is transferred back to Luoyang this time, then Xiahou Ba's situation will become more dangerous.
Originally, Xiahou Ba belonged to the marginal characters who were purged, plus he had a grudge against Guo Huai, and it was almost a sure thing to be targeted and retaliated, Xiahou Ba did not pin his life on the kindness of the enemy.
Therefore, thirty-six plans, go as the best plan, and take advantage of Xiahou Xuan's order not to arrive, Xiahou Ba decided to pull Xiahou Xuan to defect to Shu together.
With the relationship between Xiahou Xuan and Cao Shuang, the probability of survival when he returned to Luoyang was extremely small, and Xiahou Ba couldn't bear to see him die, so he deliberately ran to persuade him to flee to Shu.
But Xiahou Xuan was determined, and would rather go back to Luoyang to be killed than be a traitor.
Xiahou Ba had no choice but to run away by himself.
Xiahou Ba fled this time, he didn't even bring a single subordinate, he fled completely alone, not to mention that Xiahou Ba didn't even have a cronies in the army for so many years, but Xiahou Ba felt that there were many people and big goals, and it was easy to be caught up by the pursuers.
Besides, people's hearts are unpredictable, and at this critical time, Xiahou Ba can't guarantee that the people around him won't betray him, and at this time, the only thing he believes in is himself.
The road to Shu has to climb over the heavy mountains, the road is extremely bumpy and difficult, fortunately, Xiahou Bazhen has guarded Guanlong for many years, and knows the terrain here well, he does not dare to take a shortcut and go straight to Hanzhong, afraid that Guo Huai will pursue on the way, so he went to Longxi and entered the territory of Shu from Qishan.
Xiahou Ba is familiar with the terrain in the Guanlong area, but after entering the Shu Kingdom, his eyes are dark, and he doesn't know the road at all, although he got rid of the chasing soldiers, but after arriving in Yinping, the complex terrain made him completely lost, and the dry food he carried was eaten up.
Guo Huai sent a large number of men and horses to pursue Xiahouba, and their actions crossed the border between Wei and Shu, attracting the attention of the Shu army.
The high-ranking generals of the Wei border pass defected, which had a great impact, and Jiang Wei, the general of Shu Guowei, was sitting in Yinping at this time, and after hearing the news, he sent people to search everywhere, and finally found the almost dying Xiahou Ba in a mountain.
Jiang Wei sent someone to take Xiahouba to the next division, sent a doctor to treat him, and after a period of time, he sent him to Chengdu-Du to meet the queen Liu Chan.
Originally, Xiahou Ba was forced to join Shu is a helpless choice, because his father Xiahou Yuan died in Dingjun Mountain, Xiahou Ba has a bitter hatred for the Shu people since childhood, when fighting against Shu, he often charges ahead, killing the most enemies, but the enemy who killed his father Huang Zhong has already passed away, and there are no children and no daughters under his knees, Xiahou Ba has a revenge anger, but there is nowhere to vent, can only kill more Shu soldiers to vent his anger.
However, providence made people, Sima Yi mutiny in Luoyang and killed Cao Shuang, forcing Xiahou Ba to have no place to live in Wei, so he could only flee to Shu, which he was most hostile to.
In fact, Xiahou Ba's heart was uneasy, he had killed so many Shu soldiers and generals, he didn't know how he defected to Shu this time, and Shu would treat him in what way, whether it would be of other importance to him, or put him in prison, or even beheaded and executed, so when he took this step, he was completely blank-eyed, and he didn't know what was waiting for him.
But staying in the territory of Wei, Xiahouba knew that it could only be a dead end, defecting to Shu, and at worst, it would be a big deal, and Xiahouba, who was unwilling to succumb to his fate, finally decided to fight.
After getting Jiang Wei's response and escaping death, Xiahouba felt that he was really right.
Maybe it's the same background, the same from the Wei State, Jiang Wei, who entered Shu more than 20 years earlier than Xiahouba, seems to have a sense of sympathy and cares for Xiahouba.
When Jiang Wei threw himself into Shu, he was just a county official of Tianshui County, but now with his efforts, he has sat in the position of General Wei Lu Shangshushi, and among the ministers of Shu, his status is second only to Sima Jiang Wan and General Fei Yi.
But under the high-ranking officials, Jiang Wei's heart is lonely and lonely, there are many bureaucratic factions in Shu, and the four factions of the Yuancong faction, the Jingxiang faction, the Dongzhou faction and the Yizhou faction are all together, and the name is harmonious, but in private there is a turbulent undercurrent, and the fight is quite tragic.
After Jiang Wei descended to Shu, he was appreciated and reused by Zhuge Liang, and he was naturally Qingbu Pingyun, but he was born in Liangzhou, but he was never recognized by the Jingxiang faction, the ruling faction of Shu, and he has been free from the major factions, and only Liang Xu, Liang Qian, Yin Xian and others who entered Shu with him are good.
There is a country that can't vote, and a home can't go back, this is the most gloomy place in Jiang Wei's heart, although countless Northern Expeditions have stepped into the territory of Liangzhou, but Jiang Wei has never had the opportunity to return to his hometown Tianshui, until his mother died, and he didn't have the opportunity to take another look.
Sympathizing with each other, he naturally treated Xiahouba like a relative, which also moved Xiahouba a lot, and the two became confidants.