Wu Guo's taifu Zhuge Ke personally led a large army to besiege the new city of Hefei, and Sima Shi also sent his second uncle Sima Fu to lead the Chinese army from the east to relieve the siege. At the same time, he also ordered that when Sima Fu's army arrived, Wen Qin would lead the army to cut off Zhuge Ke's retreat route, and let Yuqiu Jian be Used as Wen Qin's backing.
Zhuge Ke saw that Cao Wei's reinforcements were about to arrive, and he also explored the strategic layout of Sima Shi, which frightened him not lightly, and hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the army. Wen Qin saw that the opportunity was rare and absolutely could not be missed, and immediately led the army to pursue. The Great Destruction of the Wu Army, this pursuit battle, not counting wounded soldiers and prisoners, was decapitated by more than 10,000 heads alone. This can spoil Wen Qinle, and the heart said that in the past, I falsely reported my achievements, and I had not reported so much, but this time I really beheaded more than 10,000 enemy troops.
After this battle, the monarchs of Eastern Wu were honest and did not dare to come to attack again. In the first month of the second year of the Zhengyuan Dynasty (255), a comet suddenly appeared in the sky, starting from the boundary between Wu and Chu, crossing the northwest sky, and the tail of the comet had to be dozens of feet long.
The two people, Yuqiu Jian and Wen Qin, had long been dissatisfied with the Sima family's control of the government and their monopoly on power. Yiqiu Jian believed that Sima Yi's father and son had set an empty position on the emperor and that the Sima family was in power to command the world, which was actually a crime of disobedience, and Yuqiu Jian himself was extremely loyal to Cao Wei, so he had been looking for an opportunity to overthrow the regime controlled by the Sima family.
Not only that, Yiqiu Jian's eldest son, Yiqiu Dian, was serving as an official in the capital Luoyang, in fact, he was the hostage that Sima Shi used to control the feudal officials, but even so, after hearing that his father had the intention of raising troops to push the Sima family, he was also very sympathetic and supportive, and even secretly wrote a letter to encourage his father to raise an army. In the letter, Yuqiudian wrote euphemistically and bravely: "The great man jufangyue has a heavy responsibility, and the country is overthrown and defended itself, and will be responsible for the four seas." "This means that you are a great vassal of the country, and the country exists in name only, but you only know that if you guard your own acre and three points of land, you will be condemned by the world!"
When Yiqiu Jian read his son's letter, he burst into tears, and only then did he pluck up the courage and make up his mind to wait for the opportunity to raise an army against the Sima family and fight for the Cao Wei regime.
As for Wen Qin, he was originally promoted by Cao Shuang, although Sima Yi, after thoroughly liquidating Cao Shuang's faction, not only did not bother Wen Qin, but also promoted him and promoted him to an official. However, later, Wen Qin was greedy and insufficient, but wanted to obtain more rewards from the imperial court by falsely reporting his military achievements, but he was recognized by Sima Yi and did not give him more rewards every time, which made Wen Qin resentful. Although Sima Yi was dead at that time, the power of the government still fell into the hands of Sima Yi's eldest son, Sima Shi.
Therefore, Yuqiu Jian took the initiative to make friends with Wen Qin, and the relationship developed very closely, and the two were equivalent to forming an alliance, and they discussed that they would find an opportunity to raise an army against Sima Shi, and the banner they played was to qingjun's side!
Seeing the comet streaking across the sky now, Yuqiu Jian invited Wen Qin to the palace. As soon as Wen Qin arrived at the gate of Yuqiu Jian's mansion, Yuqiu Jian received the notice and greeted him with a smile. When Wen Qin saw that Yuqiu Jian was so enthusiastic, he also asked happily, "The general is so happy, is there any happy thing about this?" Yuqiu Jian smiled at him and said, "Brother Tai ever saw a meteor streak across the sky the night before?" ”
Wen Qin replied, "Nature has seen it, but I don't know what this celestial sign means?" ”
Yuqiu Jian laughed and said, "You and my brothers have always wanted to qing jun's side, overthrow the Sima clan of the powerful ministers, and take over the power of the imperial government to Cao Wei, and now there is this celestial phenomenon, which indicates that the time has come to confront Sima Shi, and this is really providence!" Heavenly omen, Great Wei Kexing! ”
When Wen Qin heard the truth, he was also full of excitement, and he hurriedly asked impatiently: "Then I don't know what specific plan you have, General?" ”
Yuqiu Jian replied confidently: "In my opinion, we might as well use Empress Guo's tone to issue a number of the crimes of the great general Sima Shi to inform the world, so as to call on the benevolent and righteous people in the whole world who are dissatisfied with Sima Shi's monopoly to raise an army to overthrow Sima Shi and restore the Cao Wei regime!" ”
Hearing this, Wen Qin nodded and said in agreement, "This plan is very good! Yu Qiujian continued: "In particular, the Zhennan general Zhuge Shi was also an old confidant of Cao Shuang at the beginning, and Xiahou Xuan, who was executed by Sima Yi, was also a close friend. So I sent an emissary to Yuzhou and invited him to join him in raising an army. After the two men discussed, They sent someone from Yuqiu Jian to unite with the Zhennan general Zhuge Birthday.
However, although Zhuge Zhi was dissatisfied with the Sima family's monopoly of power, his grudge with Wen Qin was even deeper, so he decisively executed the emissaries sent by Yuqiu Jian and Wen Qin, and reported the conspiracy and letters sent by these two to the imperial court, and also publicized the matter to the world, so that people would know about their rebellious behavior. At the same time, Deng Ai also intercepted the messengers of Wen Qin and Yiqiu Jian to contact others, and also beheaded the messengers and reported them to the imperial court.
Wen Qin and Yuqiu Jian saw that the matter had been exposed, and expected that the imperial court controlled by Sima Shi would definitely respond. In order to seize the opportunity as much as possible, and not to worry about sending a letter to the world, the zhendong generals Yuqiu Jian and Yangzhou Assassin Shi Wenqin decided to raise troops in advance. The two men mobilized a large army and summoned all the generals and officials stationed in Huainan to Shouchun City (Shou County, Anhui), built an altar in the west of the city, and displayed in public the edict of Empress Guo that they had forged. He swore an oath of blood with the generals, raised an army to serve the king, and went to fight against Sima Shi.
Wen Qin and Yiqiu Jian left old and weak soldiers to garrison Shouchun, personally leading 60,000 elites across the Huai River and marching rapidly. The Shouchun and Hefei defense lines have always been the primary military center of gravity of the Wei state, and most of the Huainan army is composed of veterans and elite soldiers who are brave and good at war, so although the strength of the army is less than 60,000, the combat effectiveness is very strong, so it is all the way to break through the barriers and pull up the city, and the momentum is like a bamboo. Soon it penetrated six hundred miles deep into the Central Plains and reached Xiang County to the west. Their original intention was to reach Luoyang through blitzkrieg and quick decisions.
Their next strategic goal was originally Lejia City, but in the face of this city, they encountered unprecedented stubborn resistance, and Deng Ai, who had previously captured and killed their messenger, personally led The Taishan soldiers and horses to come to reinforcements day and night. After Deng Ai's reinforcements arrived, the defense of Lejia City was even stronger.
In the face of the enemy's strong defense, Yuqiu Jian could not attack strongly, the momentum of the attack was contained, coupled with the rapid attack speed during this period, in a short period of time, the battle line was stretched too long, the soldiers and soldiers rushed for days, and the battle was tired. In desperation, they had to rest for the time being, so the army was stationed in Xiangcheng (Xiang County, Henan) to rectify the soldiers and horses, accumulate materials, build fortifications, and re-plan the next countermeasures.
In Xiang County, the two men were stationed separately, With Yuqiu Jian in charge of defending the city, and Wen Qin leading a large army to garrison outside the city, echoing each other. It shows that these two people are veterans of the battlefield and have a lot of experience.
The momentum of the offensive was contained, and Yuqiu Jian and Wen Qin also lost their first-hand advantage, in order to win the support of more potential allies, the two of them thought of issuing a text, which was called "Table of Crimes against Sima Shi", exposing the eleven major sins of Sima Shi to the people of the world, announcing to the world, with the intention of inviting princes from all over the world to join in and jointly crusade against Sima Shi.
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Although the text was sent, the situation did not change much. It turned out that the Sima family had been in charge of and manipulated state affairs for many years, and the foundation had long been solid, and the vast majority of military leaders and generals in the country were from the Sima family's lineage. In view of the terrifying strength mastered by Sima Shi and his fierce style of behavior all along, the princes everywhere either waited and watched and watched the changes, or took the opportunity to take the initiative to approach Sima Shi and show their loyalty to him, and turned to the imperial court to oppose the rebels.
Among the various princes (assassins and generals) who have been clearly drawn in, the previously mentioned Yanzhou assassin Deng Ai immediately beheaded the informants and led his troops and horses to attack the Huainan rebels, showing loyalty to Sima Shi. Although the General Chen Tai of Zhengxi and Wang Jing of Yongzhou were also suspicious of Wei and dissatisfied with Sima Shi's monopoly of power, and both of them had the relevant elite corps in charge of the Western Elite Corps, they were both busy fighting fiercely with the Shu general Jiang Wei of the Northern Expedition (that is, the Battle of Di Dao, where the Wei army suffered tens of thousands of casualties), and were unable to express their position or support the Huainan rebels.
Wen Qin also wrote a letter to the che general Guo Huai, hoping to get Guo Huai's support, but he did not know that Guo Huai had died in February of the beginning of this year, so he could not see his letter at all.
Therefore, the only thing that Yuqiu Jian and Wen Qin could rely on was the Huainan powerhouse of 60,000 people in their hands. In the face of this situation, I can't help but think of a line from Jiang Wen's movie "Let the Bullets Fly": "I understand, who can win, who they help!" This sentence is really a classic, if you want to get the assistance of the crowd of onlookers eating melons, you must play your own victory momentum, otherwise no one will dare to stand up and express support!
At this time, what Yuqiu Jian and Wen Qin needed was such an overwhelming victory, which was possible to change the attitude of some "late loyal soldiers" and completely improve the situation!