Chapter 715

Being pointed out by his father, he also realized the severity of the matter.

To put it bluntly, the current Sima Yi was extremely likely to become a scapegoat for the defeat.

No way.

The proposer of the rapid expansion strategy was Sima Yi himself.

This is like in later generations, if an accident occurs during the execution of a project.

Then undoubtedly, the person in charge of the project will bear major responsibility.

Not saying full responsibility, but the main responsibility definitely can't be escaped.

It's the same here with Cao Cao.

A hero never uses anyone for the sake of so-called favor and charity to command troops.

Whether Sima Yi has talent or not is not important.

Even if he has talent, if Cao Cao can't withstand Gu Yi's attack, Sima Yi is equally useless.

In this way, it's better to use Sima Yi's head to inspire the morale of the remaining soldiers in Beihai City.

This method is equivalent to pushing out the person responsible and letting him bear the anger of the soldiers for losing the battle.

"No."

"Second brother cannot die here."

Sima Lang was anxious.

He hurriedly prepared to turn around and go out to rescue Sima Yi.

But his actions, in the eyes of the cunning Sima Fang, appeared extremely naive.

Sima Yi definitely had to be rescued.

But if he went to rescue him by rushing in, I'm afraid not only would he not be rescued, but Sima Yi would also be doomed to die.

After a little thought, Sima Fang had a plan in his heart.

At the same time, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

Since Cao Cao is unkind, don't blame him for being unjust.

Anyway, now their Sima family had no other path to take.

It's better to use this method to try.

At the same time.

Just as Sima Fang expected.

Sima Yi was indeed called over by Cao Cao, and had already been tied up by Dian Wei.

"My lord, spare my life!"

"The subordinate is guilty!"

No matter how cunning Sima Yi was in original history, it couldn't cover up the fact that he was just a young man in his twenties now.

"Hehe, Sima Yi, what crime do you have?"

Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi with a fake smile.

Cao Cao had long seen through the personality of this kid Sima Yi.

However.

He didn't necessarily have to put Sima Yi to death today.

Instead, he wanted to try whether the Sima family would have other moves to deal with him.

Yes, Cao Cao was not a fool either.

Regarding the Sima family, since they defected, he had always held a defensive heart.

Actually, it wasn't that Cao Cao feared the Sima family.

But he was waiting for the aristocratic collective behind the Sima family to take action.

What?

Weren't the aristocratic families almost wiped out by Gu Yi?

How could there still be aristocratic families?

That's not even close!

The reason why aristocratic families could dominate for thousands of years was absolutely not just talk.

The remaining aristocratic families in various places still had a certain amount of strength, more or less.

Of course, facing the big demon king Gu Yi, this group of aristocratic families naturally didn't dare to stay in Gu Yi's territory.

Therefore, some of them hid in Cao Cao's territory, Qingzhou, in the way of ordinary commoners.

The other part intended to flee toward Liaodong.

The Cao and Xiahou families behind Cao Cao were actually aristocratic families in the final analysis.

It's just that the strength of these two families combined could be considered a top-tier aristocratic family.

Compared to the Sima family, they were even a bit inferior.

But this still didn't hinder Cao Cao's judgment of the aristocratic class.

He knew that behind Sima Yi's suggestion of the rapid expansion strategy, there must be other reasons.

It's just that this reason, whether it was Sima Yi, Sima Fang, or others, would not be directly spoken out.

Cao Cao didn't like the feeling of being played in the palm of someone's hand.

He could accept his failure in politics and on the battlefield, but he would absolutely not accept being deceived, being used, and being played as a fool.

Looking at Cao Cao's sharp-as-a-knife eyes, Sima Yi understood that some of his plans had ultimately fallen through.

Yes, the group of aristocratic families who fled Gu Yi's clutches in various places had now mostly gathered in Qingzhou.

And the Sima family was just one of them.

The reason the Sima family defected to Cao Cao was not because they had no other way to go.

At the same time, they also held the idea of scouting the way for other aristocratic families.

This involved the struggle between aristocratic classes.

The top few aristocratic families in the world, besides the Hongnong Yang family who defected to Gu Yi.

The remaining ones were basically in a state of existence in name only.

Of course, there was also the Yingchuan Xun family.

But the Yingchuan Xun family had been deliberately weakened by the Runan Yuan family before Dong Zhuo entered the capital.

Now, at best, they could only be a top-tier aristocratic family.

But no matter what level of aristocratic family, when facing Gu Yi, there were only two choices.

The first is to honestly tuck their tails and behave, accepting the adaptation plan proposed by Gu Yi.

The second is destruction.

There were only these two endings.

Among them, the Sima family, who were quite bold, chose the third path.

What was this third path?

Gathering the power of most other remaining aristocratic families and converging them into Cao Cao's camp.

But after this, it was not to help Cao Cao defeat Gu Yi.

But... wanting to take advantage of Gu Yi entering Beihai to take over Qingzhou, dispatch the most elite private soldiers of the aristocratic families, and intercept and kill him!

Yes, until this moment, the Sima family still held the idea of assassinating Gu Yi.

The Wang Yue and others sent out before were considered the first plan.

If the first plan could succeed, naturally there was no need for the second plan to serve as assistance.

But if the first plan, which was the assassination by Wang Yue and others, failed.

At this time, the second plan became particularly important.

Rulers are often divided into two types.

The first type is that the ruler himself does not have very strong ability, but the entire collective behind him is quite strong.

Typical representatives are Sima Yan of the Western Jin, Zhao Gou of the Southern Song, and others.

These two, their own ability was actually not very strong.

Being able to move toward the position of emperor was more due to the support of factions behind them.

Just like Sima Yan, actually, even if the emperor of the Sima family wasn't him, someone else could continue to be.