At the end of August in 234 AD (the second year of Qinglong of Wei), the protracted battle between Wei and Shu was temporarily declared over. In the end, the Shu army was forced to withdraw its troops due to the loss of Zhuge Liang, a peerless talent.

Under the proper arrangements of Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Ling and Jiang Wei, the Shu army finally withdrew from Hanzhong through Xiegu with almost zero casualties.

After forcing the Shu army to retreat, Sima Shi clearly realized that even if there was no large-scale unrest in Shu at this time, at least there would be no situation of being in trouble for a certain period of time. This was an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the victory to attack Hanzhong and then eliminate Shu Kingdom. He should immediately ask Cao Rui to report south to Hanzhong and attack Sanguan and Nanxiang from Ziwu Valley and Xiegu respectively.

Sima Yi recognized his opinion, and at that time he received news that Wei Yan and Yang Yi were attacking each other, so he immediately submitted a memorial to Cao Rui, begging him to take the opportunity to attack Shu and recover Hanzhong and Bashu once and for all.

At this time, Sima Zhao had returned to his tent. When he saw that no one was around, he unfolded the scroll that Zhuge Liang asked Zhuge Ling to give him. He found that this painting was the one he saw in the study of the CD Prime Minister's Mansion. In the painting, there were two giant dragons soaring in the sky and confronting each other with the white tiger leaping on the top of the mountain.

Sima Zhao did not understand why Zhuge Liang gave this to him at first, but he accidentally discovered a detail that he cared about very much, that was, there seemed to be something else under the shadow of the White Tiger. After he looked closely, he found that behind the White Tiger, there was a black lone wolf with a strong murderous aura slowly approaching it. Because the shadow of the White Tiger was too dazzling before, and the Black Wolf was good at hiding, it would be difficult to find it without looking closely.

After putting away the scroll, Sima Zhao finally understood Zhuge Liang's intention...

Later, he handed the scroll to Sima Shi to Sima Yi. Sima Yi also found this detail after reading it. He said to Sima Shi:

"It seems that Zhuge Liang is reminding me to be careful of the poisonous wolf behind me who is waiting for an opportunity..."

After the memorial to fight against Shu was passed to Luoyang, Cao Rui also combined the civil strife of the Shu army and believed that this was a great opportunity to turn defense into offense. However, Cao Rui was the king after all. He was worried that Sima Yi had accumulated a lot of prestige in Yongzhou for so long. If he was really allowed to attack Shu, if he had to gain self-respect and did not obey the king's order, the situation would be very bad...

Huan Fan, who had failed to ask for a fight in Xiangyang, saw Cao Rui's thoughts at a glance. He immediately gave Cao Rui a suggestion:

"Your Majesty, the general has been in Yongzhou for a long time. For more than half a year, he confronted the enemy like Zhuge Liang, and finally repelled the Shu army. Although the Shu army has retreated, it is not a matter of destruction overnight. Moreover, the general is old, according to the opinions of the poor ministers, it may be better to summon the general back to the court to pay for his merits to show His Majesty's kindness."

Huan Fan's words were all the words that touched Cao Rui's heart. He thought this was the most appropriate method, so he issued an edict to order Sima Yi to return to the court, keep Xiahou Ba and Guo Huai to continue to guard Yongzhou, and strictly prevent the Shu army from invading again.

Afterwards, Cao Rui specially sent Cao Xiu's son, Changping Hou Cao Zhao, to Yongzhou to recall Sima Yi.

After reading Zhuge Liang's paintings, Sima Yi also knew that there would inevitably be someone in the court that would block his own path at this critical moment. Now that Cao Rui has issued an edict, he has to hand over the military power and return to Luoyang with Sima Yi, Chen Tai and others.

In order to show his importance to Sima Yi and his gratitude for his hard work in this battle, Cao Rui specially led the Chinese military officials of the court to welcome the army returning to the east outside Luoyang City. As soon as he met, he held Sima Yi's hands tightly and said emotionally:

"I have worked hard for you this time. If it weren't for you, Yongzhou would have been under the hands of Zhuge Liang..."

Sima Yi bowed and replied to Cao Rui:

"This battle can defeat the Shu army, recover the Sanguan and Longcheng, and protect the borders of our Great Wei. One is due to the mighty power of His Majesty, and the other is due to the bravery and good fighting and unity of the generals. The weak ministers will never dare to take credit alone."

Cao Rui smiled and said:

"Your dear is too modest. Come and enter the city with me!"

After saying that, Cao Rui took Sima Yi's hand and climbed the dragon that the emperor could only ride into the city. Although Cao Shuang, who was following them, felt very uncomfortable, he whispered to Xiahou Xuan beside him:

"If Zhuge Liang hadn't died early, I'm afraid he would have won and won now. How could he be so arrogant..."

Xiahou Xuan gave Sima Yi an objective and fair evaluation:

"This can better reflect that Sima Yi was favored by God. It can only be said that Zhuge Liang was born at the wrong time..."

As soon as Xiahou Xuan finished speaking, he saw Yang Huiyu's figure appear beside Sima Shi who had returned with the army. The two of them were very intimate, which made Xiahou Xuan feel inexplicably sad, so he quietly turned around and left.

At this moment, Yang Huiyu saw Xiahou Xuan's lonely back and felt guilty and self-blame.

Among the crowds welcoming, there were also the families of the generals who fought, and naturally, including the Sima family. Sima Zhao, who was riding on the horse, saw Wang Yuanji standing beside him in tears. When he waved to him, he immediately jumped off the horse and walked through the bustling crowd, and came to Wang Yuanji:

"Yuan Ji, I'm back..."

Wang Yuanji, who cried with joy, nodded:

"Is the matter that you want to break up is over?"

Sima Zhao reached out to wipe away the tears from Wang Yuanji's cheek and said with a smile:

"Silly girl, did I say I must come back alive to marry you? Did you just make you an old girl?"

In the more than half a year since Sima Zhao left, Wang Yuanji was worried that Sima Zhao would encounter danger on the front line, and on the other hand, he was worried that he would give up himself again, but Sima Zhao did not disappoint her, and he picked up Wang Yuanji in front of everyone:

"Let's go home."

Wang Yuanji didn't expect Sima Zhao to suddenly act like this. Facing the crowd's onlookers and whispers, she was so shy that her face was flushed, and she quickly said to Sima Zhao in a low voice:

"What is this to do? Put me down quickly..."

"Why?"

Sima Zhao didn't care at all about this:

"You are my Sima Zhao's fiancée. Isn't it natural for me to hold you? If they want to see it, let them see it enough!"

Zhang Chunhua, Fu Ruoxin and others were all happy for seeing Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji’s appearance.
Chapter completed!