Romance of The Three Kingdoms thirty-eighth return to Sima's usurpation

For several years in succession, Wei, Shu and Wu did not raise armies to fight, and the world was peaceful. Cao Rui, King of Wei, built many magnificent palaces in Xuchang, and the people complained quite a lot.

Cao Rui heard that there is a copper man in West Beijing Chang 'an, and the spring water on the copper man plate can rejuvenate.

Cao Rui sent someone to dismantle the large bronze figure and the bronze column, which resulted in the collapse of the palace, killing more than 1,000 people.

Gongsun Yuan, governor of Liaodong, rebelled and proclaimed himself King Yan. Sima Yi led the army to put down Gongsun Yuan's rebels and beheaded Gongsun Yuan.

When Cao Rui fell seriously ill in Xuchang, he entrusted his future affairs to Cao Shuang and Sima Yi, asking them to work together to assist the eight-year-old prince Cao Fang.

Cao Rui died soon after, and Cao Fang became emperor. Cao Shuang listened to He Yan's provocations and seized Sima Yi's military power, and the number of guests increased. From then on, Sima Yi pretended to be ill and his two sons retired to sinecure.

Cao Shuang is the son of Cao Zhen, born rich, good sex, eat, drink and play, every day to listen to music and dance, out of the city hunting, led an imperial life. His brother Cao Xi urged him to restrain himself in order not to be hated. Cao Shuang turned a deaf ear.

Cao Shuang's subordinate Li Sheng was appointed governor of Jingzhou. Cao Shuang asked him to visit Sima Yi's illness in the name of farewell. Sima Yi fooled Cao Shuang by pretending to be very ill.

Sima Yi secretly plotted with his sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao to kill Cao Shuang. One day, when Cao Shuang went out to hunt, Sima Yi called in his former loyalties, closed the city gate, and told Empress Dowager Guo that Cao Shuang should be punished for his treachery and disorder, and sent troops to guard the pontoon bridge to kill Cao Shuang.

When Cao Shuang learned of Sima Yi's mutiny in the city, his generals urged him to send the emperor to Xudu and then mobilize all the troops to fight Sima Yi. Cao Shuang wept all night, but hesitated. Sima Yi sent another rumor: "This is only to ask you to surrender your military power, general, please feel free to return to the city to discuss!" Cao Shuang believed it.

Soon after, Sima Yi found out the guilty evidence of Cao Shuang's rebellion and usurpation, and killed all three of Cao Shuang's brothers and 1,000 of his men. The king of Wei appointed Sima Yi as his prime minister, and with the addition of Jiuxi, his father and son assumed the power of the state together.

Xiahou Ba, a relative of Cao Shuang, saw Sima Yi's abuse of the Cao clan, and led three thousand troops in rebellion. He was defeated by Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, and Xiahou Ba surrendered to Shu instead.

When Sima Yi saw this, his heart was very angry, but he kept quiet and rewarded the man. He asked about Kong Ming's diet, and the bearer answered that the prime minister was busy until late at night every day, but he ate very little.

Sima Yi was sure that Kong Ming would not live long.

Jiang Wei sent someone to contact Qiang people, one side to Sentence An, Li Xinxiang? Mountain repair east and west two cities for the front stronghold.

Guo Huai led the army around the east and west two cities, cut off the water source. Jiang Wei used Xia Houba's strategy to attack Yongzhou, but was ambushed by Guo Huai, causing many casualties.

? The Shu army in the two cities surrendered to the Wei army because they had no reinforcements. Sima Yi also died of illness.

Su Wu Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin also have died, by Zhuge Jin's son Zhuge Ke Prime Minister Dongwu event. Soon Sun Quan died of illness and was succeeded by his son Sun Liang.

When the Sima brothers of the State of Wei saw that Sun Quan had just died and Sun Liang was young, they sent 300,000 troops to attack the state of Wu.

Sima Division ordered General Hu Zun to attack Dongxing County.

Zhuge Ke of Eastern Wu sent reinforcements to Dongxing, and ordered veteran Ding Feng to attack the Wei army by water, killing the Wei army and fleeing.

Zhuge Ke took advantage of the situation to attack the Central Plains, but was defeated by Zhang Te, the New City garrison of the Wei army, and had to withdraw his troops.

Zhuge Ke returned home after the defeat and ignored the government under the pretext of illness. Sun Liang, the king of Wu, visited him in person.

In order to prevent the officials from discussing his defeat, Zhugeke first picked out the faults of outstanding officials, and sent them to remote places, and killed their heads. The officials hated and feared him.

Ministers Teng Yin and Sun Jun spoke to Sun Liang and suggested getting rid of Zhuge Ke. Sun Liang invited Zhuge Ke to a banquet, and Sun Jun suddenly beheaded Zhuge Ke at the banquet, and killed all his family, and the power of Wu again fell into Sun Jun's hands.