If Sima Shi took the initiative to assassinate Fei Yi, it would be like shooting himself in the foot. During Fei Yi's reign, the borders between Wei and Shu had been relatively peaceful. Occasionally, Jiang Wei led troops to harass Longyou, and the troops led by him were less than 10,000. For the Guanlong defense line of Wei, it was simply a tickling through the boots and posed no threat.

But as soon as Fei Yi died, the war on the Wei-Shu border escalated again. Jiang Wei led a large army to break out of Qishan in a mighty way, and his sharpness was approaching Zhuge Liang's northern expedition that year.

Fortunately, Guo Huai is in charge in Guanlong. Even if Jiang Wei is a monster, it will be difficult to cause any storm on the land of Yongliang.

But the Wu Kingdom has always made Sima Shi vaguely worried.

Although the Wu army was defeated in the Battle of Xincheng, Zhuge Ke stayed in Xunyang and refused to return to Jianye. Judging from his actions, he completely wanted to find an opportunity to launch troops and invade Huainan.

Sima Shi really had a headache for a candy-like figure like Zhuge Ke. It is normal for each other to win and lose each other in the war. The two sides fought and stopped and passed in decades. However, after Zhuge Ke took office, the war on the Wei-Wu border suddenly escalated, and within two years, the two battles between Dongxing and Xincheng were fought continuously. Although both sides won one and did not suffer losses, the intensity of this kind of war was unprecedented in decades. In other words, after Zhuge Ke took office, he adopted a tougher offensive, and there would be no peace on the southeast border.

If Cao Liang had not had this hidden danger, Sima Shi would not be afraid of Zhuge Ke. Just fight, who would be afraid of whom? But the situation in the Central Plains is now a mess. If Zhuge Ke stabbed Sima Shi's weakness again, Sima Shi would really not be able to bear it.

Therefore, no matter how tight the northern front is, Sima Shi did not dare to mobilize the troops from the Huainan Defense Zone easily. Before Sima Shi sent troops to Jizhou, he specially ordered Zhuge Dan to pay close attention to Zhuge Ke's movements and beware of the sneak attacks of the Wu army.

This time, Sima's army was defeated by Jizhou. With the Wu nature, it is likely that the troops would be dispatched to invade the territory. Especially Zhuge Ke has been eyeing Xunyang for a long time, so he should not miss such an opportunity.

Sima Shi thought he would receive an emergency document from Huainan, but to his surprise, what he received was the news that Zhuge Ke died suddenly.

The one who killed Zhuge Ke was Sun Jun, a member of the Sun Wu clan. This is obviously not surprising. In the face of political power, anyone may become your ally, and anyone may become your enemy. Most of the contribution of Zhuge Ke to become the chief minister is from Sun Jun. It is precisely because he tried his best to protect Zhuge Ke in front of Sun Quan that Sun Quan finally chose Zhuge Ke as the chief minister.

Unfortunately, Zhuge Ke's political life was successful and Sun Jun was defeated. Sun Jun helped him onto the horse and eventually pulled him off the horse.

The details of Sun Jun assassination of Zhuge Ke were also found out clearly by the Wei State's detailed work, so Sima Shi could understand in detail what happened in the Wu State. The main reason why Sun Jun colluded with Emperor Wu Sun Liang to assassinate Zhuge Ke was the result of uneven power distribution.

Sun Jun’s support for Zhuge Ke’s rise to power is not because he is so close to Zhuge Ke, but because he considers it from the perspective of his own interests. In other words, he hopes that Zhuge Ke can support him after he takes power.

But Sun Jun was finally disappointed. After Zhuge Ke took office, he did not get the long-awaited benefits. Instead, Zhuge Ke acted arbitrarily and extorted forces against his Northern Expedition.

From disappointment to resentment, Sun Jun gradually transformed from Zhuge Ke's supporter to opponents, and plotted to get rid of Zhuge Ke.

If Zhuge Ke had been staying in Xunyang, maybe Sun Jun really had no choice but to do anything to him, but Zhuge Ke finally returned to Jianye. Without any defense, Zhuge Ke entered the palace and stepped into the net of Tianluo land set up for him by Sun Jun.

In fact, Zhuge Ke had no suspicion of Sun Jun, and Sun Jun showed humility, courtesy and respect in front of Zhuge Ke, so Zhuge Ke was still very relieved of him, but he didn't know that people could change. Sun Jun was loyal to him in the past, but now he has become a conspirator.

If you have the will to make a mistake, Zhuge Ke will die without any intention. As long as Zhuge Ke stepped into the palace of Wu, he would die without death. Because Emperor Sun Liang of Wu also stood on the side of Sun Jun, it can be seen that Zhuge Ke was full of military force and had already been betrayed by his relatives and embarked on the road of no return.

The death of Zhuge Ke made Sima Shi a sigh of relief. In fact, Sima Shi knew very well that the aristocratic families in Jiangdong did not support the Northern Expedition. Their greatest wish was to draw the river and govern, and to protect their one acre and three-part land.

The biggest supporter of the Northern Expedition of the Eastern Wu was Sun Quan. Sun Quan raised troops to fight the Northern Expedition countless times throughout his life, just to advance to the Central Plains and realize his ambition to achieve his grand ambition to dominate the Central Plains. Unfortunately, this long-cherished wish was not achieved until Sun Quan was dying.

The civil and military officials of the court did not choose, but chose Zhuge Ke to be the chief minister, which surprised many people. However, after Zhuge Ke took office and frequently provoked wars against Wei, everyone suddenly realized that Zhuge Ke clearly inherited Sun Quan's will and carried forward Sun Quan's unfinished career.

But it was useless for Zhuge Ke to satisfy Sun Quan. After all, Sun Quan was dead. He could no longer find supporters in the entire Wu Kingdom. It was okay after Zhuge Ke won, but once he failed, he was destined to be the wall and the people pushed him, and the drums were beaten. Zhuge Ke, who lost the people's hearts and the alliance, was destined to die suddenly after the failure of Xincheng.

Looking at the entire Jiangdong, the only one who worried Sima Shi was Zhuge Ke, and the rest were mediocre and nothing could be worried about Sima Shi.

Sun Jun made contributions to killing Zhuge Ke, promoted to a general, governed the military affairs of China and abroad, and packaged all the power that originally belonged to Zhuge Ke to him. Sun Jun became the chief minister of the Eastern Wu.

Sun Jun was not as good as ambitions and had no special military talents. All his thoughts and abilities were placed in the court's intrigue and conspiracy. Moreover, according to reliable information, Zhuge Ke's subordinates were unwilling to sit and wait for death, so they fought back and cut off Sun Jun's hand. As a result, this Hongmen Banquet ended in a defeat.

Now that Sun Jun is injured, he is thinking about recuperating from the wounds. No matter how chaotic the war situation in the Central Plains is, it seems that he has no relationship with him. Sima Shi can finally laugh three times and say with relief: "There is nothing in the southeast!"
Chapter completed!