Chapter 333: The tiger walks and the eagle stands, the true dragon appears [Subscribe]

[Sima Yi, courtesy name Zhongda, was from Wen County, Henei. He studied Confucianism and history, learned how to march in formation, and was proficient in both civil and military affairs.]

[He is a man of extraordinary talent, but not outwardly brilliant. He is calm and resourceful, has extraordinary talents, is restrained in his thinking, and has hidden strategies.]

"I am Sima Yi, courtesy name Zhongda, and I would like to greet the King of Wei."

Sima Yi walked into the study, but not daring to look Cao Cao in the eye, he knelt down and paid homage to him.

He stretched out his hands, supported them on the ground, spread out his wide sleeves, and touched the backs of his hands with his forehead, quite respectfully.

At this time, Guo Jia came in from outside, glanced at Sima Yi who was kneeling there, and sat down at the side seat.

Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi and said:
"I heard that Wen Ruo knew that you were talented and famous, and he wrote to you personally to recommend you to me.

As soon as you knew about it, you fell ill and asked someone to write back to Wenruo, saying that you were ill and could not take up the official duties.

Is this a sign of recovery? "

It’s not good, but I dare not not come...Sima Yi’s psychological activities.

The person who summoned him said that if he didn't come to Yecheng, the Sima family would be uprooted. This frightened him so much that he came quickly.

On the surface, he became more respectful, kneeling down with his body curled up in a ball, extremely humble.

"The King of Wei's achievements in civil and military affairs are known to the whole world. When I heard that Sima Xun wanted to recommend me, I was so excited that I almost fainted. I don't want to get sick from this."

Sima Yi's voice and tone were very sincere, and he explained with some fear:
"I am in a state of confusion, so I dare not take office, fearing that I may hinder the king of Wei's important affairs."

Cao Cao: "So you are really sick?"

"Yes, I dare not deceive the King of Wei."

Sima Yi crouched even lower.

He didn't know that Cao Cao asked him to come just to see his quality.

It is said that Sima Yi was the most patient person in history, and he endured until he gained control of the world.

"Come here, since he said he was in a daze, let him experience what it means to be in a daze."

Xu Chu came in from outside happily: "King Wei, I can make him understand it well."

Cao Cao nodded slightly.

Xu Chu hit Sima Yi on the forehead with a punch.

This time, Sima Yi was so dizzy that his vision went dark. He felt as if his forehead had been hit by a sledgehammer. His head seemed to have cracked open. The pain was unbearable and he saw double on the ground.

But he tried hard to restrain himself from falling to the ground, kowtowed desperately, and said in a sad voice:

"I have understood it. I know I was wrong. I thank the King of Wei for letting me know my mistake and make amends. I will never dare to speak nonsense again."

Guo Jia looked at Sima Yi with some surprise, realized that this man was different, and began to take a formal look at him for the first time.

Sima Yi was secretly frightened.

He already felt that Cao Cao was deliberately targeting him, and that whatever he did would be wrong.

He guessed that it might be because Xun Yu had recommended him before, and he pretended to be sick and didn't come, which angered Cao Cao, so he hurriedly said: "I am willing to serve the King of Wei and die for him."

"I have no shortage of civil and military officials under my command, especially you."

Cao Cao: "I heard that you have the look of an eagle and a wolf. Lift your head up, let me see what it means to have the look of an eagle and a wolf."

Sima Yi raised his head slightly cautiously.

Cao Cao looked at it carefully and said, "Come forward."

Sima Yi didn't dare to stand up. He crawled forward a few steps, looking up, looking extremely humble.

Sima Yi had a straight nose bridge, a thin face, and was a little pale, looking indeed sickly.

But he has a heroic spirit inside, with narrow eyes. Although he is in shock, there is a barely perceptible calmness in the depths of his eyes.

He was not as frightened as he looked.

He had realized that Cao Cao was teasing him, and that he was not in immediate danger of death.

Otherwise, with Cao Cao's status, his words could decide life and death, so there was no need to tease him.

"Stand up, turn around, and look back."

Sima Yi was just about to modestly say that he did not dare to stand in front of the King of Wei, but he suddenly remembered what had just happened and his forehead was still aching and dizzy.

Sima Yi stood up swiftly, bent over, and turned around.

Then, as Cao Cao instructed, he turned his back to him and looked back timidly and cautiously.

Cao Cao: "Okay, go ahead. I will come to you from time to time in the future, just wait for my call."

You asked me to come here just to watch me turn around twice... Sima Yi felt heavy in his heart.

This feeling of having his life and death in the hands of others made him very uneasy and resistant.

Sima Yi withdrew politely.

Only after he left the study and walked through the corridor and was sure that there would be no recurrence did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

The moment his mind relaxed a little, he had the urge to look back.

This thought came out of nowhere, but it was quite strong.

Sima Yi couldn't help but lower his neck, retract his chin below his shoulders, and slowly turned his head back.

It was this one glance, like a wolf looking back, an eagle ready to hunt, the eyes were sharp and ferocious, extremely intimidating.

However, it was this turn back that frightened him and made him lose his mind.

Cao Cao stood at the window of the study, as if he had anticipated his reaction and was waiting for him to turn back after he had walked away.

When he looked back, although he was quite far away from Cao Cao, Sima Yi felt as if he was very close to him.

He could see Cao Cao's eyes very clearly.

Deep in those pupils, behind the infinite darkness seemed to be an even deeper darkness, endless and magical, as if to drag his soul in.

Sima Yi also saw a dragon poking its head out from behind Cao Cao, with its head overlapping Cao Cao's.

Cao Cao's eyes turned into a pair of dragon eyes, which opened and closed with overwhelming majesty and ant-like indifference.

This time when he looked back, Sima Yi screamed in pain. He felt as if his eyes were blinded by a force. All he could think of was the pair of majestic dragon eyes.

His eagle-eyed and wolf-like appearance was broken by Cao Cao's true dragon appearance.

To a certain extent, a special kind of luck was also taken away by Cao Cao.

He couldn't help but look back just now, which was actually a kind of spiritual power released by Cao Cao and an inspiration.

Sima Yi's whole body was shaking with pain, and he felt as if thousands of needles were stabbing his eyes repeatedly.

He covered his eyes and quickly followed the servants out of the palace and returned to his carriage.

Cao Cao withdrew his gaze with some contempt: "What's with the eagle's eyes and the wolf's back, and the tiger's gait like a sick person? You are worse than dog shit. I told you not to look back at people again." When Sima Shi and Sima Zhao are born, their entire family will be killed.

He did in advance what Liu Yu would do in later generations.

Right now, if I have nothing to do, I might as well beat Sima Yi to relieve my fatigue.

However, Cao Cao also had to admit that if he had not known Sima Yi's character in advance, he would have actually performed very well and kept to himself in every aspect.

He was not even afraid that Cao Cao would see through his talents. Some of his behaviors were unreasonable, but he did it on purpose so that Cao Cao would think he saw through him and could control him, thus reducing his own danger.

When Sima Yi came to see Cao Cao, he must have thought carefully about how to respond before deciding on his own behavior.

study.

Guo Jia watched the whole process and said, "This person is not simple."

Cao Cao smiled.

Guo Jia came to report something and left after finishing.

Cao Cao then took out the message bead and sent a message to Cao Ren:
"Zixiao, the time is almost right. Contact Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and make a move to attack Yizhou and put pressure on Liu Zhang."

Cao Ren responded quickly on the other end: "Understood, brother, rest assured."

All relatives would call Cao Cao "Big Brother" in private.

Cao Cao stood behind the scenes, pushing changes on all sides and developing in the direction he wanted.

After meeting Sima Yi, he thought of another person, Liu Ye, one of the important officials of the late Cao Wei.

They should be about the same age.

At this time, Liu Ye was somewhere in Jiangdong?
Firstly, Liu Ye is still young, has not yet made a name for himself, and has no reputation, so it is difficult to find a partner.

Besides, it is not better to recruit some people as early as possible.

They have to rise and fall in a fixed environment, and only when the time is right and they find the opportunity can they shine.

A person's ability has a lot to do with his acquired training. Few people can be like Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, who are born with innate talent and surpass their peers by far.

At the age of twelve, Zhuge Liang imitated the lever made by Mozi to draw water.

He made a pulley at the age of fourteen.

Moreover, it can be done in spare time without delaying reading, studying literature, and learning strategies.

Some Mohist craftsmen, after studying for their entire lives, could not make the things that he made for fun when he was in his teens.

It's June.

There has been a lot of rain this year. In early June, Cao Cao saw that it had been raining for several days and was worried about floods along the Yellow River. So he went to inspect the dams in person and even other places such as the Zhangshui River near Yecheng, urging them to take precautions against dangerous situations in advance.

In late June, a flood peak indeed broke out in the Yanzhou section on the south bank of the Yellow River.

The water level rose sharply and there were signs of dam breaches in some areas.

Fortunately, in recent years Cao's camp has been digging deeper and building more canals to drain water, thus withstanding the first wave of floods.

Cao Cao ordered all 30,000 elite guards stationed in Yecheng to move earth and rocks to block the dam mouth.

This may be the first time in history that officers and soldiers have been involved in blocking the people and fields on both sides of the river to avoid floods.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu each carried two large wooden pillars that required several people to hug, and ran back and forth to build the dam.

The wood used was transported from the Taihang Mountains northwest of Yecheng, and was used to build the Bronze Sparrow Palace.

Fortunately, the timber was transported in advance and was readily available in Yecheng.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu, carrying wood, ran on the surface of the Yellow River, and lifted up huge wood that was more than ten feet long and used as beams, and threw it into the river to use as stakes. Then they smashed it hard and nailed the stakes into the river.

The entire army immediately pulled up the river blocking locks and dropped sand and stone sacks into the dam mouth to block the rising water of the Yellow River.

Gan Ning led the newly trained navy and jumped under the dam mouth to place hooks and locks to reinforce the dam.

The rain continued intermittently for several days.

The entire army was busy at the ferry, and Cao Cao also came over in person.

After a few days, the weather cleared up and the coast was barely saved without a real breach.

The entire army cheered at the dam mouth as if they had won a great victory.

The people from upstream and downstream gathered together and knelt in the mud along the shore.

Cao Cao was also moved by the scene where the whole army cheered after the dam was blocked, and tens of thousands of people behind the dam were covered in mud, but excited and happy, and some were in tears, rejoicing that they had saved their fields.

He looked back and saw Yao Jing, who was not far away, also crying loudly.

"why are you crying?"

Yao Jing sobbed softly, "I didn't expect the King of Wei would personally lead the army to help the people block the dam."

Cao Cao sneered: "I am not helping the people to block the dam, I am helping myself.

I checked the Zhicai earlier and if there is no major disaster this year, the income is expected to increase. I have already thought about the next battle to fight. Give me a flood in June.

If the fields on both sides of the river are flooded, the crops won’t be harvested, and the war will be affected, which will delay my work.”

Yao Jing burst into laughter.

Cao Cao: "I want to sleep with you, go back and get ready."

Yao Jing was startled and ran away in fright.

There were continuous heavy rains in June, and Cao Cao thought the situation in July would be even more serious.

Unexpectedly, the weather in July was quite good, with no wind, rain, or insect infestation, and the weather was sunny and windy.

At the same time, Cao Ren and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong joined forces to station troops in the south and attack Yizhou.

Liu Zhang was shocked when he heard the news, and he summoned his ministers for several days to discuss solutions.

His adviser Fa Zheng, together with Zhang Song, the deputy governor of Yizhou, offered him a plan.

On the pretext of attacking Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and resisting Cao's army, Zhang Song suggested to Liu Zhang that he send Fa Zheng to unite with Liu Bei, who had just established a foothold in Changsha County of Jingzhou, and Liu Qi, taking the first step in the joint fight against Cao.

This also opened the door for Liu Bei to enter Yizhou later.

At this time, except Cao Cao, the mastermind behind the scenes, no one knew that once Fa Zheng met Liu Bei, Liu Zhang's Yizhou would soon become the new owner.

early morning.

Cao Cao got up from the couch and went to the quiet room. After gathering his strength, he immersed himself in the body of the secret armor beast.

In the Yellow River Tomb, the three Taoists finally made a breakthrough.

Cao Cao felt that the time to intercept had come.

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