Chapter 45 6. Yuan Shao was defeated and died

That night, everything was silent.Zhang Chunhua sent his servants back to the room to rest, and then went into the bedroom with a tray of tea, ready to serve her husband to sleep well after reading the classics. As soon as she pushed open the door, she saw the darkness inside: "Husband! Why didn't you turn on the lamp?" She whispered, then went to fumble for the lampstand in the corner of the room, and her eyes gradually adapted to the darkness in the room : But in the haze, there was a figure sitting upright on the square bed! "You... who are you?" Zhang Chunhua was so frightened that his brows stood erect, and when he lost his voice in shock, with a clang, the tray in his hand fell to the ground, and all the cups and saucers were broken!

"It's me." Sima Yi's voice came slowly, so clear and deep, as if he had been waiting for her in the darkness for a long, long time. "Husband... Husband! You... Could it be that the wind arthralgia on your body...healed so soon?" Recognizing Sima Yi's voice, Zhang Chunhua's heart that had been frightened just now was beating wildly. Gradually settled down.Once her mind was at ease, she couldn't help but rushed forward to hug him to see what happened——she thought about it for a moment, then became suspicious again, and reached out to fumble to light a candle: "Then this is really great! Let the concubine light up the candle first and have a look at you..."

"Don't light the lamp." Sima Yi slowly got up from the couch, took steady square steps, and approached her slowly, "For the time being, the secret that my husband hopes that I have recovered is only you and my father, Brother knows." "Husband... Husband!" Zhang Chunhua was stunned for a moment, and suddenly threw himself into his arms, groaning, hugging his waist with both hands, and burst into tears of joy, "Great! Great! Don't worry, I will definitely listen to you and won't tell this secret..." "It's been a hard time for you these days." Sima Yi stretched out his hand, and gently stroked Zhang Chunhua's soft and smooth hair, his voice was filled with deep gratitude, "For my husband, I can get Chunhua, you Such love and devotion, I am really lucky for three lives!...Actually, it is really difficult for my husband to let you keep this secret..."

"My husband's difficulties, I can understand! My husband is probably afraid that once the news of your recovery from the arthralgia is spread, you will no longer be able to avoid Cao Sikong's enlistment, right?" Zhang Chunhua was still lying in Sima Yi's arms. , and said softly, "My husband must have despised Cao Sikong as an eunuch, and his background was not clean and upright, so he always disdain to bow to him, right?" Sima Yi listened, and secretly smiled in his heart: Chunhua's mind is quick, but up to now he is still sticking to old-fashioned views——Cao Sikong is a descendant of the eunuch, but his dazzling halo has already covered up the shadow of his improper background, So many sages and celebrities have defected to him, how can I care about his family origin?I am currently lingering on the sidelines and not responding to his enlistment. I am more concerned with weighing the pros and cons of "going" and "not going". How can I take into account the right and wrong of being involved in him?However, facing Zhang Chunhua at this moment, he still couldn't explain this meaning clearly, so he pretended to sympathize with her and let out a long sigh, saying: "Yes! Cao Cao is a descendant of the eunuch. Despising morality, putting too much emphasis on the techniques of Legalism and ignoring the ways of Confucianism... A gentleman lives in the world.

Zhang Chunhua listened to his words, smiled sweetly on his face, and said softly: "What Chunhua admires most is that your husband can be upright and noble, keep the way, and stand on his own in troubled times. This is a man of integrity and integrity. An upright and unrestrained strange man, and a great man!" One day at noon, Sima Yi was in his study reading the important military and state information that Sima Lang had sent back from Xudu, when he suddenly slapped his palm on the armrest of the couch, and sighed, "I never imagined that Yuan Benchu's overlord would end up like this. !"

Zhang Chunhua, who was sitting on the side of the couch making tea for him, turned around and asked in surprise, "What? Has Yuan Shao been captured by Cao Sikong?" "Brother said in the letter: After the defeat at Guandu, Yuan Shao's vigor has been exhausted. Since last year, when he fought against Cao Sikong, he has been defeated repeatedly. Finally, he was exhausted and vomited blood to death! And his two sons are now When his father's bones were still cold, internal strife broke out for the position of heir... Alas! Yuan's power is over!" Sima Yi still stared at the silk book, and said slowly, "Once Yuan Shao dies, Hebei's troubles will be solved. It's completely settled! The court has fought hard for several years, and now it's done, it can be said that there is hope for peace!"

"Sigh... I didn't expect Yuan Shao's territory to be thousands of miles away, with nearly a million soldiers, and his power over the world, he died and his family was defeated in only two or three years." Zhang Chunhua also said with deep emotion, "Could it be God's will? Man—is God upside down and fiddle with all his success and failure games?” "Chunhua, what you said is a little off. There is an old saying: "Although the sky is in trouble, a gentleman sticks to its principles. Once the principles are obtained, the disaster will disappear by itself; If there is no loss in the way, change can also be controlled.' Even though the will of heaven is changing rapidly, we can also abide by the law, concentrate our energy, and be indomitable. Therefore, you attribute Yuan Shao's failure to the fiddle of the will of heaven, which is really true Putting the cart before the horse—in Weiwei’s opinion, Yuan Shao’s defeat was purely due to his own lack of personnel.” Sima Yi slowly put the silk letters and letters on the side of the couch, looked straight at Zhang Chunhua, and talked eloquently, “For the general’s way, It is necessary to have the secret of "four things": to have self-knowledge, to have the wisdom to know others, to have the strength to overcome oneself, and to have the power to overcome others. Only with self-knowledge, can we do nothing wrong; with the wisdom to know others, we can control changes due to the enemy; If you have the strength to conquer yourself, you will be able to rise up again and again; if you have the power to overcome others, you will be able to be powerful in the world. Otherwise, no matter how good your soldiers are, how powerful you are, and how vast your land is, you will still be empty but not solid, fragile but not firm. After a fall, it cannot be revived, and after a defeat, it cannot be revived—how can there be another? Yuan Shaozhi is weak, small and narrow, and the shame and pain of the defeat of Guandu is unbearable. How can he achieve the cause of overlord? There are quite a few opportunities for him to wait for the opportunity to fight back... However, since his basic self-confidence and self-improvement have completely collapsed, how can he grit his teeth and persist until the final victory? This big defeat, He was completely defeated by his own strong exterior, fragile but not strong, and he can't blame God's will for tricking people!"

Zhang Chunhua nodded silently at what he said, and said in silence for a moment: "Now that Yuan Shao is dead, Hebei is just around the corner—that Cao Sikong's current power can be said to be in full swing. Husband, if you still want to be loyal to the Han Dynasty, I'm afraid you will never die again." We can't get around him, the mighty and powerful minister." "Ah! It's not just that he can't get around him..." Sima Yi looked far away at the sky outside the window, watching the wisp of floating clouds in the midair being blown away by the gusts of wind, and sighed softly, "I'm afraid It won't be long before the envoys from the Sikong Mansion will come to the door again."