The "Gaopingling Coup" was a key battle in Which Sima Yi regained power from the general Cao Shuang. After Cao Rui's death, Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, and before Cao Rui died, he asked Sima Yi and Cao Shuang to jointly assist in the government, and later Cao Shuang overthrew Sima Yi, and Ming Sheng secretly demoted and took away his power as a general. Sima Yi became a taifu in name only. Sima Yi was not convinced in his heart, and on the surface he had to pretend to be stupid and pretend to be ill to paralyze Cao Shuang, and Cao Shuang gradually relaxed his vigilance against Sima Yi. Sima Yi secretly gathered his strength and decided to defeat Cao Shuang with one blow when the time was right.
Sima Yi lost his military power and did not have the right to mobilize the army, but Sima Yi never fought unprepared battles, so he raised 3,000 dead soldiers, "scattered in the human world, until they were gathered in one dynasty, and the crowd did not know what was out", that is to say, 3,000 dead soldiers were not raised around. These dead soldiers never gathered, and it was extremely difficult for the government to find them. They all have legitimate occupations, and they are mixed with ordinary people in the vicinity, no different from ordinary people. These people are highly skilled in martial arts, loyal, ready to fight.
Ordinary people do not become "dead soldiers", these people are outlaws, "scattered in the world" shows that these people are not put together in a short period of time. Sima Yi had several powerful helpers. The eldest son, Sima Shi, was in charge of a part of the forbidden army; his younger brother Sima Fu held military power; and jiang ji, a major minister of the Four Dynasties and a lieutenant, was good at plotting. These people were suppressed and excluded by Cao Shuang. Since the beginning of Cao Shuang's dictatorship, they have begun to prepare, and only when the opportunity is ripe, they will hit it.
Another key is Empress Guo. Cao Shuang had a bad relationship with the empress dowager, who hated him. After Sima Yi took control of the capital, he appealed to the empress dowager and asked cao Shuang to be stripped of his military powers, and the empress dowager agreed very cheerfully. In this woman's view, Cao Shuang was very relieved, besides, her two nephews and Sima Yi were relatives, and it didn't matter who was in power. It may be her performance that ruined the Cao family.
In the first ten years, the Wei emperor Cao Fang prepared to go to Gaoping Tomb to worship Cao Cao. Cao Shuang did not trust Sima Yi and specially sent Li Sheng to Sima Yi to inquire into the truth. How much can Sima Yi act? Lying on the bed, his face looking seriously ill. So Li Sheng went back to report to Cao Shuang: "Sima Gong's corpse is still angry, the form and spirit have left, the illness cannot be recovered, it is disturbing, and it is not enough to worry about." Cao Shuang "let go of his heart" and happily accompanied Cao Fang to Gaopingling. As soon as Cao Shuang left, Sima Yi swept away his illness and began to fight for power with his spirit shaken.
The process was simple, Sima Yi personally occupied Cao Shuang's arsenal, Sima Shi led 3,000 dead soldiers to take the entire imperial palace, and finally forced Empress Guo to close the city gates, and the entire imperial city fell into the hands of Sima Yi, and Cao Shuang and the young emperor Cao Fang were left with only a few hundred guards. At this time, Huan Fan, who was wearing a pair of pants with Cao Shuang, secretly ran out of the imperial city and urged Cao Shuang to summon the soldiers of the world to serve the king, Cao Shuang hesitated all night, or gave up resistance, and held out a sentence: "Do not lose yourself as a rich man." Huan Fan angrily scolded: "Cao Zi Dan Jia ren, Sheng Ru brothers, calf ears!" Now Huan Fan followed Qing to extinguish the door also. ”
Relying on its own family background and profound power, coupled with excellent judgment and execution, the Sima Group achieved the success of the Gaopingling Revolution in one fell swoop. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Cao Shuang records that "King Xuan made Xu Yun and Chen Tai explain the words shuang, and Jiang Ji also made Shuda Xuanwang's will, and made The Lieutenant Colonel Yin Damu of the Shuangsho Xin temple say shuang, only to dismiss the official, and take Luoshui as an oath." Believe it, strike the soldiers. Poor Cao Shuang believed the so-called oath so easily and ended up with the Yi Three Clans. (References: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Cao Shuang", "Zizhi Tongjian")
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