diskusbooks Chapter 525 The War of the Eight Kings Ends
Chapter 525 The War of the Eight Kings Ends
Chapter 525 The War of the Eight Princes Ends
After everyone finished their complaints, they were still dumbfounded. Sima Yong just abandoned everyone and fled into the mountains alone??
If he has the guts, why bother competing? He might as well just retire into seclusion. I'm truly impressed...
"In short, Sima Yue's ability to enter Guanzhong so easily was thanks to the generous gift Sima Yong gave him."
"What kind of time is this? You still believe people who say that killing will bring peace, and that it's the Sima family who said it? Didn't your grandfather tell you about the way you came from?!"
"Oh, there are quite a few fools like this who cut off their own arm, such as a certain Zhao Gou from the Southern Song Dynasty."
People from different times ((?w?)): So what's the difference between this and using full names?!
"After Sima Yue entered Chang'an, his Xianbei troops plundered the city, causing over 20,000 casualties. This was their pretext of 'returning the old capital' to purge the court of corrupt officials!"
"After that, Sima Yue appointed Liang Liu as General Who Guards the West to guard Guanzhong. However, this man was killed by Ma Zhan, a local resident. Then, this group welcomed Sima Yong back."
"So, Sima Yong started fighting with Sima Yue again. After several rounds of back and forth, Sima Yong could only defend the city in the end."
"Not long after, Sima Yue summoned Sima Yong to serve as Minister of Works by imperial edict. Having been fooled once, Sima Yong believed it again and accepted the appointment. However, on his way to take up his post, Sima Yue's younger brother, Sima Mo, sent Liang Chen to kill Sima Yong and his three sons."
The people of Wanchao: After jumping around for so long, I never expected to die like this!
"And then there's Sima Ying. When Sima Yue and Sima Yong were fighting, Sima Ying returned to Ye City with the thousand soldiers Sima Yong had given him."
"Standing opposite the enemy are Wang Jun and his men. It is obvious who is stronger. Historical records state that Sima Ying, facing the enemy, was afraid of the strength of the north and refused to approach. No wonder they are brothers!"
"His actions were not much different from Sima Yong's. Sima Ying chose to abandon his troops and run back to Guanzhong. Later, he fell into the hands of Sima Xiao in Ye City and was imprisoned."
"Prince Sima Xiao of Fanyang still had a shred of decency; he didn't want Sima Ying's life, but merely ordered people to keep an eye on him."
"Unexpectedly, the Prince of Fanyang died suddenly in his prime. At that time, Sima Ying was very famous and powerful. The Prince of Fanyang's chief clerk believed that keeping him alive would cause trouble in Ye City, so he kept the death a secret and forged an imperial edict to eliminate Sima Ying."
"Perhaps sensing something, Sima Ying remained calm, seemingly accepting his fate. After asking several questions, he asked again: 'Will the world be at peace after my death?'"
"No one knew the answer to this question at the time. Sima Ying and his son died together at the age of twenty-eight, and the War of the Eight Princes came to an end."
At this moment, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei, watching on the screen, were all on tenterhooks. The real worry was that it would end soon! This meant that the time had come for the Hu people to enter the Central Plains and plunder on a massive scale!
From the founding of the Western Jin Dynasty to the end of the War of the Eight Princes, the history of the Sima family can be summed up in four words: vying for power and profit. Apart from that, anyone who could consider the interests of the people could not indulge in their own desires.
In response, they really want to ask: Is what was stolen completely meaningless?
Why focus only on the process and not the result?
And what kind of people are Sima Yi and his bastards?!
Thinking of this, Cao Cao immediately questioned Sima Yi, whom he had just captured, asking if he was out of his mind. Among his twenty-odd brothers, were only a few of them normal?
Sima Yi, who was being insulted about his grandchildren for generations, thought: "Unfilial descendants! All the effort I put into giving them to them was just for them to snatch away again and again, it's as if they didn't snatch anything at all!!"
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