In the end, several soldiers who came back alive interceded for Sima Yi.
"My lord, General Sima has no merit but hard work. Just give him another chance."
Cao Cao looked evil and wanted to tear Sima Yi into pieces.
What's the use of keeping such waste
But Cao Cao then thought about it, and there were really not many people around him who could lead troops in war.
Now is the time to employ people. If Sima Yi is killed, it will not be worth the loss for himself.
He softened his expression and said, "Get up. I hope you can make atonement for your sins in the future. I'll let you go this time."
Sima Yi hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked him profusely.
In fact, I have already sent greetings to the eighteenth generation of Cao Cao's ancestors in my heart.
I risked my life to borrow troops for you, and then went to the battlefield to fight against the terrifying Zhuge Liang.
Now that I have finally escaped, you don't want to comfort me, but you still want to kill me.
Everyone is a showman. No matter how hard Sima Yi scolded him in his heart, he still expressed his gratitude to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao didn't bother to look at him like this and waved his hand: "Okay, you go to Liu Bei now and do everything you can to persuade him to send troops."
Another formidable figure hit Sima Yi on the head.
He was so angry that he flipped the table on the spot. Was Liu Bei stupid? You are still confused. Why should people listen to you? If you ask them to send troops, will they send troops
He looked embarrassed and said: "Lord, this matter may be a bit difficult."
Cao Cao glared at him: "Of course I know it's difficult, so I let you find a way."
Sima Yi was almost bald with worry, and finally thought of a psychological tactic.
To sum it up, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
He personally went to Liu Bei with some gifts.
Liu Bei didn't have a good impression of Cao Cao at all. When he heard that Sima Yi came to him with something, he wanted to kill Sima Yi directly.
Thanks to Guan Yu's persuasion, he temporarily suppressed this idea.
Sima Yi didn't talk nonsense and said straight to the point: "On behalf of our lord, I have come to ask General Liu to send troops to attack Xiang Kunlun together."
Liu Bei laughed loudly, as if he had heard a terrible joke.
Sima Yi was neither humble nor arrogant, and continued: "As for the reason, General Liu please listen to me in detail."
Liu Bei's face changed from disdain and ridicule at the beginning to seriousness.
What Sima Yi said makes sense. If Xiang Kunlun continues to be allowed to expand, sooner or later, everyone will be swallowed up by him.
Are you willing? Absolutely not!
"Okay, I promise you to send troops. But I have a condition."
In order to prevent being cheated by Cao Cao again, Liu Bei deliberately kept a careful eye on it.
"General Liu, please speak."
"We can send troops from both sides to attack Xiang Kunlun at the same time, but you have to be the vanguard and we will support you from behind."
Sima Yi cursed in his heart, Liu Bei had more evil intentions than a hornet's nest.
But now is not the time to talk about conditions, so I have no choice but to agree.
"Report to my lord, Liu Bei is coming with his army."
oh? Xiang Kunlun raised his eyebrows. He really didn't expect that these two people could get together and team up.
It really lives up to that saying, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
"Hmph, do they think this makes Xiang afraid? It's a dream!"
Since Zhuge Liang has set up a formation to deal with Sima Yi, he will lead his troops to attack Liu Bei.
Therefore, Cao Cao's plan to attack Xiang Kunlun from both front and rear did not come true.
The battle situation fell into a stalemate.
The three-pronged fight here was fierce, but Sun Ce had to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
He was not idle either. He called Zhou Yu and Lu Su into the room to discuss countermeasures.
"You have also seen the current situation. Things are a bit tricky!"
After all, his sister is Xiang Kunlun's wife, so she is more or less related to her.
If Xiang Kunlun is almost finished, and he takes the opportunity to step on him and kill him completely, everything will be fine.
However, it is not yet known whether Xiang Kunlun will lose. If he takes rash action, he will be killed in minutes.
But if you help Xiang Kunlun defeat Liu Bei and Cao Cao, if Xiang Kunlun loses, these two families will definitely join forces to kill him.
So whatever he does now is inappropriate.
But if you don't do something, you feel like you've wasted this great opportunity.
Sun Ce and the three of them also fell into a tangle when they analyzed it.
"Gong Jin Zijing, do you two have any good ideas?"
Zhou Yu stepped forward and said: "My Lord, in fact, at this time, we can raise troops and stationed in Guangzong City in the name of helping Xiang Kunlun."
Sun Ce was stunned for a moment. He really hadn't thought about starting from Guangzong City.
He thought Zhou Yu asked him to attack Guangzong City, so he shook his head.
"There must be Xiang Kunlun's capable generals guarding the city. It may not be that easy to capture it."
Zhou Yu shook his head, that was not what he meant.
"My lord, think about it, if Xiang Kunlun is defeated, who are you? You are his uncle, wouldn't you be able to successfully take over Guangzong City?"
Sun Ce pondered for a moment: "What if Xiang Kunlun wins?"
Zhou Yu said with a smile: "That would be easier. Let's just use the excuse that we are here to help. In this way, Xiang Kunlun still owes us a favor."
Sun Ce's eyes lit up, yes, this is really a way to get the best of both worlds.
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Sun Ce immediately led some troops to the city.
He shouted arrogantly: "Open the door!"
However, what he never expected was that the person who stuck his head out was not the soldiers guarding the city, but his sister Sun Shangxiang.
"Brother! There are a lot of soldiers and horses in Guangzong City. I don't need your protection, so just take your people back first."
Sun Ce gritted his teeth angrily. Sure enough, the married sister was like water thrown out, her elbows had turned outwards.
He smiled and shouted to Sun Shangxiang: "Sister, you are a woman and don't know how to fight. There are not that many soldiers and horses in the city, so I brought people to help you. Open the city gate!"
How could someone as smart as Sun Shangxiang not know what his brother was thinking
She sighed softly in her heart and waved her hand.
Boom!
The city gate opened, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were seen pouring out from both sides of Guangzong City.
"Come on—"
These people were screaming, their eyes were shining, and they rushed out with murderous intent.
Sun Ce was in a daze for a moment, almost thinking that he was being surrounded by Xiang Kunlun.
His men and horses had begun to feel weak in their calves and were frozen in place, not daring to move.
Sun Ce reluctantly smiled at Sun Shangxiang: "In this case, brother can rest assured, we will go back now."
The wishful thinking failed, and Sun Ce had no choice but to take the people back to his place.
The three parties still fought fiercely. Xiang Kunlun led 30,000 troops and defeated Liu Bei's 100,000 troops.
(End of chapter)