Attack on Titan: My World

Chapter 335: Three Kingdoms Late Heroes (3)

In the 261st year of the Giant Calendar (the second year of Jingyuan), the Sima family had actually sidelined the Cao Wei family and truly took control of the Cao Wei regime.

"Now the Shu Han general Jiang Wei has been leaving Shu every year to invade our border. What suggestions do you have?"

In the [Golden Palace of Cao Wei], before the Young Emperor (Cao Mao) had spoken, Sima Zhao had already started talking.

"I think we can just ignore them. They are just intruders and they can't do anything."

Your Highness, a minister began to speak.

"You underestimated them."

Sima Zhao retorted, and then all the ministers dared not speak, except Zhong Hui, who began to speak: "I think Jiang Wei should not be underestimated, that is, he should not be left alone."

"Indeed, Jiang Wei is a warmongerer. After years of fighting, Shu is exhausted and its financial resources can no longer keep up. Your Majesty, I suggest launching a large-scale attack on Shu."

Sima Zhao pretended to speak to the Emperor of Wei, and seemed to be very sure of what he said.

Since no minister seconded His Highness's proposal, Zhong Hui began to speak again.

"I second your opinion. The general is absolutely right."

Zhong Hui looked at Sima Zhao, but pretended to speak to Cao Mao.

"Then... let's follow General Zhao's arrangements."

Cao Mao said tremblingly.

"This Zhong Hui is not a simple person and has great ambitions. We must be on guard against him."

Looking at His Highness Zhong Hui, Sima Zhao thought to himself that he had already harbored murderous intentions.

"Then according to your opinion, how should we advance more appropriately?"

Cao Mao continued to speak, all of which were to deal with Sima Zhao.

"I think we should survey the terrain to consider the route of advance, so that we can only take Hanzhong and then attack Chengdu, then..."

Zhong Hui talked incessantly about his plan.

"Yes, Not Bad."

Sima Zhao agreed on the surface, but in his heart he had already been wary of Zhong Hui.

"It seems that they all have their own little thoughts."

Sasha looked at this seemingly harmonious situation and said that she actually used her [intuition] to sense that something was not right.

"It is true. Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. Moreover, there are tigers from two major families hiding here (in the imperial court and the throne room)."

Wang Lun (subsystem An An) explained, and then added: "Don't forget that Zhong Hui and Deng Ai were also powerful officials with great military power."

"Initially, Sima Yi trusted them (Zhong Hui and Deng Ai) very much and was determined to promote them to his own forces. However, things in the court changed rapidly and were very complicated. It happened to be a time of chaos, and those who had military power wanted to respect themselves or even stand on their own feet."

Wang Lun (subsystem An An) continued to analyze. The system believed that Zhong Hui and Deng Ai would not have a good ending in the future, which was not much different from what Wang Lun predicted.

"Okay, let's make sure of that."

Cao Mao agreed, saying that it was just like a puppet.

"Wait, I have a suggestion too."

When everyone looked closely, they saw that the person who spoke was Deng Ai.

It turned out that he had not spoken a word before, just waiting for Sima Zhao and Zhong Hui's opinions.

Now, he interrupted Cao Mao and continued to add: "We can divide our troops into several groups, so that our chances of winning will be greater."

"I recommend……"

Then, Deng Ai also told about his risky move.

That was exactly his miraculous achievement: he led his subordinates to descend from the sky, marched out of Yinping, then took Jiangyou, killed Zhuge Zhan and his son in Mianzhu, and finally launched a surprise attack on Chengdu, forcing Liu Chan to lead everyone to open the city gates and surrender.

Afterwards, Sima Zhao agreed with his offensive strategy and implemented it the following year.

……

"Zhong Hui, he has the intention of rebellion, please let the general make the decision."

After conquering Shu, Deng Ai was proud of his achievements and accused Zhong Hui of treason. He impeached him to Sima Zhao, who was far away in Cao Wei.

"Generals are not always able to obey orders from the outside. You are all military commanders holding seals and can make your own decisions based on the circumstances."

Soon after, Sima Zhao sent a reply. It was obvious that Sima Zhao could no longer control the two of them.

Besides, Sima Zhao only needed to control Cao Wei, so Shu was totally unimportant.

After receiving the reply, Deng Ai was overjoyed and felt unprecedentedly relaxed. He thought he was out of Sima Zhao's control.

Similarly, Zhong Hui was no ordinary person. He also submitted a petition to impeach Deng Ai.

In his letter, he said: "Since the fall of Shu, Deng Ai has allowed his soldiers to burn, kill, rob and commit all kinds of evil, which has reached a heinous level."

"Please ask the general to send troops to control him."

Zhong Hui continued to make such requests in his letters, but in fact his words were already biased and even slanderous.

……

"Haha, this is exactly what I meant."

In [Wei capital? Sima Zhao's residence], Sima Zhao took out their memorials at the same time and laughed there.

"Brother, what are you laughing at?"

Sima Shi on the side was confused.

"It seems that we don't need to worry about anything at all. They will fight naturally."

Sima Zhao looked at his younger brother Sima Shi and thought that his previous speculation was really unnecessary.

“Haha, that’s true.”

Sima Shi took the letter handed over by Sima Zhao, read it, and laughed too.

"At first, I was worried that they would gather their own troops and attack us (the capital of Cao Wei) together."

Sima Shi expressed his initial concerns.

"Ah, father is indeed one step ahead."

Sima Zhao mentioned his father Sima Yi, and then added: "They were all promoted by my father, and I know them all. I didn't expect that they would kill each other now."

Sima Zhao's words contained both praise and regret.

"Indeed, they are all famous generals of the Wei Kingdom (heroes of the late Three Kingdoms period). So..."

Sima Shi also felt sorry for them.

"One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. It is said that one battle causes sorrow to hundreds of gods."

Sima Zhao spoke to his brother, thinking that the sacrifice of the generals was inevitable.

"It's just that the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

The two brothers said in unison that they had indeed inherited the true teachings from their father Sima Yi.

……

"They are about to fight, you should be ready early."

In [Zhong Hui's Camp and Jiang Wei's Tent], Jiang Wei said to the few remaining confidants around him.

"It's like this. I sacrificed myself to join the game and deliberately joined Zhong Hui in order to incite them to rebel. I didn't expect that they would really turn against each other. When they start, we can..."

Jiang Wei continued to talk incessantly.

"Come on, take them all down!"

No one knew who leaked the news, but Zhong Hui's voice came from the front of the tent, and then a group of people rushed in.

All of Jiang Wei's close associates were killed in the battle, and he himself was surrounded by Zhong Hui's army.

"Prime Minister, my plan failed, it is fate."

Jiang Wei took out his sword and said desperately.