A heavy snow shrouded the capital Luoyang, up and down the Luohe River, covered in ice and snow, and the sky and earth were pale.

The New Year is approaching, and there are few pedestrians on the wide streets of Luoyang City, and occasionally a few pedestrians are stepping on the snow that has not reached their ankles, and they are in a hurry.

When twilight came, a fast horse galloped through the empty street, and the rapid horse's hooves stepped on the snow, stirring up a snow fog, and galloped in the direction of the Jin Palace.

In Luoyang City, the mansion that is slightly inferior to the imperial palace is only the Jin Palace, with high walls and green tiles, and it is magnificent.

"Huh-" The fast horse grabbed the reins in front of the door of the Jin Palace, and the post man on the horseback rolled off the horse, although it was cold, but the post man was sweating profusely, exhaling heavy white air, and handed the letter in his hand to the guard at the gate of the Jin Palace, panting and saying: "Urgent report ahead...... King ...... of Swift Jin"

The guards of the Jin Palace's palace glanced at the letter, the purple envelope, the fire paint seal, and the seal of General Zhenxi on it. The official correspondence of the Wei State is divided into four colors according to the rank: purple, blue, yellow, and white, since it is a purple envelope, it means that this is the highest level of top secret official letters, and these guards did not dare to slack off, and immediately passed the letters in.

Sima Zhao, the king of Jin, is wearing a precious ferret robe at the moment, sitting in the warm pavilion, discussing some things with several of his ministers, the weather is too cold, and it is difficult to resist the cold of this icy and snowy land in the warm pavilion.

"King Qijin, General Zhenxi has a letter delivered." The steward's whispered report. When Sima Zhao was deliberating, he didn't like to be disturbed. But the steward received a report from the guards. See the purple-edged official document from Hanzhong. knew that it was urgent, so he had to report to Sima Zhaoyu cautiously. Although he was very frightened when he disturbed Sima Zhao, he knew better that if he delayed the urgent mail on the front line, it would be a matter of losing his head.

Sima Zhao unexpectedly did not rebuke his subordinates this time, but ordered someone to present the letter, and couldn't wait to open it and read it. Sima Zhao's brows gradually furrowed, and his expression looked extremely solemn.

Those who accompanied Sima Zhao in his deliberations. There were Jia Chong, a regular attendant of the loose cavalry, Pei Xiu, a servant of Shang Shu, Shao Yi of Xicao, Wang Shen, the imperial historian, and others, who saw Sima Zhao's different expression, and knew that there would be something to report on the front line in Hanzhong, but none of them dared to ask each other, and silently waited for Sima Zhao to finish reading the letter.

After a while, Sima Zhao angrily threw the book on the case, and sighed and said: "Deng Shizai is lonely by mistake!" ”

Everyone was stunned, except for Jia Chong silently picking up the paperwork and watching, the rest asked why.

Sima Zhao said angrily: "Deng Ai is just self-serving, and he is in danger. Don't take the Sword Pavilion Avenue and risk a sneak attack on the Yinping Trail. Defeated by the Shu army, the 30,000 people led by him, all of them died, the armies were shaken, and it seemed that Lone's plan to destroy Shu was all destroyed in the hands of Deng Ai. ”

Pei Xiu said suspiciously: "Deng Shizai has been fighting in Longxi for a long time, and he knows himself and the other in Shu, not to mention that Deng Shizai has always acted calmly and is well versed in the art of war, how can he make such a simple mistake?" ”

Xi Cao Peng Shao Yi smiled and said: "The two scholars are competing for the ear, I have heard that Deng Ai and Zhong Hui have a lot of discord, this time the king of Jin ordered the two to lead the army to cut down Shu, and the two of them are naturally unwilling to be left behind in order to fight for the first work of Shu. Zhong Hui took Hanzhong lightly and won the first merit, Deng Ai must not be angry, and wanted to gain miraculous merit through a surprise attack on Chengdu, and it is not surprising that he is greedy for merit and rashly advanced, and he fails. ”

Sima Zhao's eyes became gloomy, when the soldiers were divided into three ways to attack Shu, it was Sima Zhao's secret plan to contain each other, Sima Zhao was a scheming man, the father and son of their Sima family, that is, the family that usurped the throne by virtue of seeking power, for the civil and military ministers under him, the suspicion was particularly strong, although Zhong Hui was Sima Zhao's most trusted confidant, but Sima Zhao knew better that no one could fully believe it, the reason why they did not betray was not that they were loyal, but that they did not have enough capital in their hands to make them betray successfully. And when they really have the ability, they may not be able to replace them.

Therefore, in the strategy of sending troops to attack Shu, Sima Zhao racked his brains to design an arrangement with Zhong Hui as the main and Deng Ai Zhuge Xu as the supplement, just to let the three contain each other. However, there were variables in the early stage of the implementation of this plan, Zhong Hui hijacked the prestige of Hanzhong, deprived Zhuge Xu of his military power on the grounds that Zhuge Xu lost the Yinping Bridge and let Jiang Wei go, and escorted Zhuge Xu to Luoyang with a car, waiting for his fate. As for Zhuge Liangxu's soldiers and horses, they were all incorporated by Zhonghui and placed under his command, and the Wei army also advanced from three roads to two routes.

In terms of quantity, Deng Ai and Zhong Hui's armies are not equal, and Deng Ai's Yongliang soldiers are 30,000, which is not enough for a fraction of Zhong Hui's army. Therefore, Deng Ai was uneasy, perhaps from the frontal battlefield, Deng Ai had no chance to snatch the first merit, and only by taking another remote path could Deng Ai have the opportunity to rush to destroy the first merit of Shu.

Opportunities and challenges coexist, and although Deng Ai's plan is extremely risky, if it succeeds, it can create an unprecedented myth and undoubtedly achieve the first achievement of the destruction of Shu.

It's a pity that he finally failed and died, and Sima Zhao's plan to contain each other through the three finally went bankrupt, the Shu State has not been destroyed, and Zhong Hui has already monopolized power in Hanzhong, whether he has a rebellious heart or not, Sima Zhao does not want to see it.

The two soldiers are not terrible, Sima Zhao's original intention was also to Deng Ai and Zhong Hui to compete with each other, although Zhong Hui has many people, but he was in charge of the military at the beginning, the fit of the entire army is still very poor, many senior generals may not be able to easily obey him, and Deng Ai has been in Longxi for a long time, the army is rigorous, although there are few soldiers and horses, but it is ten thousand people with one heart, extraordinary combat power, the two learn from each other's strengths, or each has its own merits.

Sima Zhao was more worried about Zhong Hui before, although Zhong Hui has always been good at strategy, but it is the first time to really lead the army independently, Sima Zhao is very worried about whether Zhong Hui will become the next Zhao Kuo or the next Ma Yan.

But the final result surprised Sima Zhao, although Zhong Hui was not able to attack outside the Sword Pavilion Pass, but it was also decent, but it was Deng Ai, whom Sima Zhao believed in the most, but he was blocked by the Shu people when he attacked Yinping Dao and was defeated. The Wei army not only lost 30,000 horses, but more importantly, the momentum of taking Hanzhong has been wiped out, and the plan to destroy Shu has encountered the biggest crisis, and even whether Hanzhong can hold it has become a problem.

At this time, Jia Chong had already finished reading Zhong Hui's letter, sighed slightly, and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, there is something strange about this matter?" (To be continued......)