Chapter 999 Sima Yi
Not enough people is the biggest problem facing the Han Dynasty at present, and it is the same even for Liu Bei who has started to attack Nangui.
As for the sea, there was an even greater shortage of manpower. Gan Ning could not fill the construction gap left by Zhou Yu even though he captured people from everywhere.
The one who suffered the most was Cao Cao. The Northern Gui were a tough nut to crack, so they had to start a protracted war, and logistics became even more unsustainable. Even though they could still transport goods through Parthia, once the war broke out, this transportation line would be completely cut off.
So Xun Yu was very troubled. He kept mobilizing manpower and tried hard to save money in the camp, just to ensure that Cao Cao had a stable camp and would not be defeated by Arvind's attack.
After learning about the situation in the Kabul Valley in Beigui from Chen Gong, Cheng Yu and others, Xun Yu formulated a strategy of advancing slowly and cautiously, without rushing or panicking, taking his time, and not thinking of any special methods, just advancing along the valley.
This road is the weak spot of Kushan, but it is also the place where Kushan has the greatest strength. If it were anyone else, they would definitely think of taking a detour or avoiding it. However, after Xun Yu confirmed it again and again, he finally decided to take the Kabul River Valley, and build one city after another, relying on defense and counterattack to defeat Kushan.
Compared to other ways of fighting which would incur heavy losses even if they could win, Xun Yu's method was the kind that could actually destroy the Kushans over time. Moreover, by repairing cities along the way, most of the problems would be solved, which could be said to kill several birds with one stone.
But the problem is that they cannot let a fire start in the backyard. Once their supply lines are cut off by Parthia, they will become isolated cities.
Therefore, Xun Yu had to quickly connect all the camps together before Parthia could react to ensure strong survivability.
In Xun Yu's eyes, there must be at least three months of room for error.
However, Xun Yu now had difficulty in getting anything for an extra month, so he was very troubled. Even if the elite army went around capturing prisoners and repairing the city, it was still difficult to meet his requirements.
But he actually had an alternative plan, which was provided by Cheng Yu.
That means eating prisoners, literally, without any metaphor.
As a modest gentleman, Xun Yu did not reject it directly, but kept this plan as an alternative.
This kind of silence made Cheng Yu a little scared. To be honest, Cheng Yu never had this feeling when he was with Li Ru.
But when a white ball like Xun Yu suddenly turned black, the fear he brought to people was so great that even Cheng Yu had to take a breath. It was really too terrifying.
Cao Cao now has a lot of cards in his hands, but Xun Yu still chooses this backup plan in order to reduce the pressure on the logistics line and reduce his own losses. After all, compared with development and construction, an internal affairs boss like Xun Yu is a rare figure in a century.
He was very clear about the concept of making decisions decisively, and eating prisoners was a moral test for Xun Yu.
But without any hesitation, he still arranged the preliminary preparations and began to prepare to kill all the captives according to the standards.
Once things really become impossible, we can ensure that the plan can be implemented immediately.
Cao Cao naturally adopted Xun Yu's suggestions. To be precise, before Xun Yu fell out with Cao Cao, Xun Yu's suggestions were generally adopted. Although after they were adopted, as the war progressed, Cao Cao would eventually be forced to change his plans because of Cao Cao's chaos.
Even though Xun Yu was a member of the Han Dynasty party in this world, Cao Cao was also a member of the Han Dynasty party. Although the two were not monarch and minister, they were officials in the same dynasty, and their relationship might be better than in the original history.
It can be said that except Cheng Yu, no one knew that Xun Yu had made preparations for this job.
Some people saw this, but they were not sure whether this was Xun Yu's intention.
"Zhongda, what are you looking at?"
Chen Gong patted the junior on the shoulder, feeling a little sad to say, the new generation is getting stronger and stronger, with Zhuge Kongming in front and Pang Shiyuan in the back. As a former colleague, Sima Yi's demonstrated strength also attracted people's attention.
Sima Yi came here with no other intention than to suppress Beigui's shameless cheating. If the situation like last time happens again, Sima Yi will activate his talent without hesitation.
Like to cheat? Then don't play.
Losing power brings fear, especially when it is lost suddenly for the first time, which can cause indescribable fear.
The Han Dynasty, on the other hand, was gradually adapting. At least when the supernatural powers were blocked, they were still able to quickly adjust their status and make preparations in advance.
It can be said that this is a hard dish that Cao Cao and his men prepared for Beigui.
After Rahul of Southern Gui died, Arvind was quickly withdrawn to the south for garrison. After all, there was only a mountain pass in Northern Gui, and the outstanding performances of Barak, Oswin and Kapil were enough to secure their position.
After all, it is a head-on collision, without too many other things involved. Only the brave will win when two meet on a narrow road.
At present, they have an absolute advantage.
Although the Han Dynasty's advance was swift, it was pure dream to want to break in. The situation in the south was more critical.
"I didn't see anything, I just felt that this arrangement was a little strange. Maybe I was overly suspicious!" Sima Yi shook his head. Xun Yu's usual gentlemanly image still made him feel that he was being too suspicious.
After all, if you look at many things with a conspiracy theory in mind, you will get a completely different result.
Just like now, if we consider it from a dark perspective, Xun Yu’s arrangement is intended to be cannibalistic.
However, if considered from a normal perspective, Xun Yu's approach can resolve the coordination among the Kushan captives to the greatest extent, ensure that no riots occur, and better drive the Kushan captives.
Sima Yi shook his head and threw his guess out of his mind. No matter what he did, Xun Yu must have his reasons.
As the logistics manager , even if they really wanted to eat people, he had no better way to stop them.
Over the years, he has learned one essential thing from Chen Xi, which is to leave things that you are not good at to people who are good at them.
"Gongtai, did my brother finally stay in the Western Regions?" Sima Yi didn't want to discuss the previous question anymore.
Although he claimed that he had no problem governing the country, it still remained the same: Chen Xi and Xun Yu were better at it.
"Well, Boda finally chose to stay in the court. After all, he is the eldest son and needs to shoulder the responsibility of the family and create a world for you." Chen Gong nodded and said.
Sima Lang, a figure who seems to have no sense of existence, but in fact such a lubricant is of great benefit to the entire force, especially in the current state of the Han Dynasty. It is of great significance to perfectly exert the strength of all parties and its own power and reduce internal losses.
To be even more precise, even within the same force, there are different factions. If the struggle between them is too fierce, the strength that can be exerted externally will be greatly reduced.
Sima Lang's own abilities, combined with his talents, can greatly reduce internal conflicts and keep all factions within the range of fighting but not breaking up.
Even if there is some unrest within the Han Dynasty, lubricants like Sima Lang can minimize the unrest or reduce the losses.
"You can now pursue everything you ever wanted. Your elder brother has already dealt with the Sima family. No one will stare at you and make demands on you anymore. From now on you can live for yourself." Chen Gong said casually, while Sima Yi's face did not show the slightest joy.
He felt somewhat ashamed and prided himself on being extremely intelligent, but in the end it was his elder brother who sacrificed his own possible future to help him find freedom.
No matter what path he chooses, the Sima family will not interfere and will even provide some help.
Strictly speaking, he has now been kicked out as a candidate for succession to the position of patriarch and has become a truly free man.
It doesn't matter whether he builds his own power or relies on anyone.
Looking at Sima Yi's gloomy expression, Chen Gong patted Sima Yi on the shoulder and said, "This is the sorrow of the children of a noble family."
Just like when Zhuge Jin returned to the Zhuge family, someone has to stand up and give an explanation to the family. After all, they gave birth to you, raised you, and cultivated you into a talent with great difficulty. It would be too much to just pat your butt and leave. Therefore, it is inevitable that someone has to stand up.
At that time, when Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin went home, it was Zhuge Jin who went home, and this time when Sima Yi and Sima Lang went home, it was also the eldest brother Sima Lang. These two pairs of brothers have very obvious similarities.
That is, the younger brothers are all cheating players, while the older brothers know that their younger brothers are stronger than themselves, and will naturally stand in front of their younger brothers.
"Hmph!" Sima Yi stretched out his hand and looked at the flashing spiritual talent, forcibly suppressing all negative emotions.
Tolerate!
This is his creed. No matter what difficulties and obstacles he encounters, he can endure them until the day when he truly transforms.
He is different from Pang Tong, who has accepted his fate and is willing to be under Zhuge Liang.
But Sima Yi is different. He is determined to win even if it takes his entire life.
"Hey! Zhongda! You feel something wrong!" Cheng Yu came over and greeted him, then his hand that was patting Sima Yi's shoulder froze.
He was also an expert in martial arts, so no one understood better than him what the feeling coming from Sima Yi meant.
"It was just luck!" Sima Yi had a blank expression on his face. He was also shocked. He didn't expect that Cheng Yu would be so capable.
"You are really a monster. Now I believe you can compete with Zhuge Kongming!" Cheng Yu's eyes showed deep fear.
Whose strategist is so outrageous? Even he himself relied on his adaptability to climb to the level of great perfection of internal energy leaving the body, but once he got started, he found that Sima Yi was even more ruthless than him.
"No matter what you do, you at least need a good body, right!" Sima Yi smiled.
The body is the counselor's weak point, so he uses the sage method, combined with his own spiritual gifts, to block the extraordinary, and then constantly sharpen his body.
A mortal who tries his best to break through his limits in the extraordinary world will naturally progress much faster than others.
This kind of life-threatening behavior is actually very deadly. It will madly exploit the body's potential and damage it.
But Sima Yi was different. Even if he was exhausted from training, after unlocking his spiritual talents, his internal energy and huge amounts of nutrition would quickly help him replenish his vitality.
So that he can start the next round of hellish training.
Constantly breaking his own limits caused Sima Yi's mind and body to evolve horribly, even reaching the ability of targeted elimination.
This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang never underestimated Sima Yi's willingness. With the growth of Zhuge Liang, the talents of almost everyone in the Han Dynasty can be replicated, even Chen Xi and Guo Hao.
Zhuge Liang has found a way to replicate it, and although it's not as good as the original, it's already terrifying.
But only Sima Yi, who was once in the lead, could use Sima Yi's talents online, and even use them better than Sima Yi himself.
But later, Zhuge Liang couldn't do it. He could only feel Sima Yi and confirm that they were all ministers of the Han Dynasty, but he couldn't replicate Sima Yi's talents. This was why Zhuge Liang was cautious when facing Sima Yi.
When he wanted to activate Sima Yi's talent, an invisible hand wiped out everything.
Because Sima Yi could really pull him back to the same starting line, and even had accumulated a lot of experience at this starting line and was ahead of him.
Sima Yi had thought countless times about why his spiritual talent came into being. When he awakened his spiritual talent at the age of twelve or thirteen, he thought he would be at the top of the world.
However, from the first time he met Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi felt that the world was really playing a joke on him. Later, he met his distant cousin Chen Xi. At that time, Chen Xi did not have the courage and spirit he has today to sweep across the Central Plains, with a lone moon in the sky and stars hidden in the sky, but he still made Sima Yi feel what it meant to have such a big world with so many heroes.
But at that time Sima Yi did not think that he would be weaker than them. However, as time went by, Sima Yi met more and more people, such as Xun, Zhou Yu, Jia Xu, Chen Gong, etc. These people were all extremely talented, and even better than Sima Yi himself.
This put more and more pressure on Sima Yi. It was obvious that his talent could block them, and he had absolute confidence in his intelligence. Well, maybe it was absolute confidence.
But the result was that Zhuge Liang was like the rising sun, and Xun Zi was at the peak of his career, but his talent still did not dare to bloom. He had no way of controlling it, and after it was activated, he killed even more friendly forces than enemies. Sima Yi could not help but think about a question, that is, what do I need this talent for!
Later, Sima Yi figured it out. It was just that he didn't work hard enough. Just like now, the strategic value of his talent directly surpassed Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, and reached a position second only to Chen Xi.
When he demonstrated his extraordinary ability to eliminate a specific area and even differentiate between friend and foe and blockade, everyone knew that he, Sima Yi, would become a rising star.
Sima Yi himself knew this, so he found Guo Hao, got a promise, and then traveled to Beigui. This would be his first stop, but not the last.
Attacking Parthia would be the time for him to truly shine. He came here at this time just to gain some experience and meet up with Li Que and the others.
He had the warrant given to him by Li Ru, so Li Que and the others would obey his orders.
Of course, Sima Yi wanted to use his own abilities to convince Li Que, and now Li Que has already willingly submitted.
After they reached the top, Sima Yi's spiritual talent could help the Divine Iron Cavalry continue to break through their limits, which was almost the greatest value for the Divine Iron Cavalry, which respected strength.
