Mi Han

Chapter 220
After sending out the two letters, Xia Houshang waited anxiously in Wudang County.

On the one hand, he was waiting for the replies from Cao Ren and Cao Pi, and on the other hand, he was waiting for Meng Da's next letter.

But it was a pity that after he waited for several days, Meng Da did not continue to ask Li Fu to deliver the letterhead as before.

This made Xia Houshang anxious, but at the same time he began to worry about the situation in Hanxing County.

But at this time, under the influence of Meng Da's two letters, Xia Houshang was not worried that Meng Da would change his mind, what he was worried about was that something unexpected happened to Meng Da?

In Meng Da's previous letter, he had already clearly expressed his situation and Mi Yang's attitude towards him.

Under that description, it was hard for Xia Houshang not to express concern about Meng Da's safety.

After several days of hesitation and thinking, finally Xia Houshang couldn't help it, and he made a move.

Xia Houshang sent his cronies to search for Meng Da in the Hanshui Army Village under the leadership of Deng Xian.

Xia Houshang is not someone who waits hard, his character is quite aggressive.

Since Meng Da no longer sent messengers, he took the initiative to send his cronies to investigate the situation.

The reason why Xia Houshang released Deng Xian was due to multiple considerations.

Mengda's letter of defection was either true or false.

If it was true, then keeping Deng Xian by his side would not be of much use.

And he sent his cronies to follow Deng Xian back, so that he could investigate Meng Da's situation on the spot.

seeing is believing.

Since Mi Yang took charge of Hanxing County, he has cleaned up dissidents internally and sent troops to block the Hanshui passage.

Under such circumstances, if Xia Houshang only sent his cronies, they would probably be captured by Mi Yang's scouts, and the result would be very bad.

This can only be avoided as much as possible by letting the cronies return with Deng Xian.

If the fact that Meng Da joined him is false, then his cronies can also detect something at Meng Da's place.

In this way, he only needs to see what news his cronies bring back, or whether he returns safely, and then he can further judge whether Meng Da is really working.

After making up his mind, Xia Houshang immediately dispatched a clansman, and lifted Deng Xian's house arrest, allowing the clansman to follow Deng Xian back.

This clansman is Xia Houshang's clan brother, and he has always been loyal to him, so it is impossible for him to betray him.

And Meng Da's nephew Deng Xian always thought that Meng Da was sincerely serving Xia Houshang, so of course he was willing to be the leading party.

So under the leadership of Deng Xian, the Xiahou tribe soon followed Deng Xian and went back to the Hanshui army stronghold to meet Meng Da.

When Meng Da saw Deng Xian bringing a member of the Xiahou Shang clan, his face was filled with joy.

On the surface, he was happy because Xia Houshang trusted him.

But in fact, what he is happy about is not known.

Anyway, his joy was definitely not fake, it was very sincere.

When Xia Houshang's envoy saw Meng Da, he immediately asked Meng Da why he hadn't sent letters recently.

Faced with the questioning from Xia Houshang's envoy, Meng Da hesitated.

He reasoned that during this period of time, Mi Yang often sent postal supervisors to reprimand him, so there was no time to send out letters.

The envoy Xia Houshang looked at the sorrowful look on Meng Da's face, and he didn't seem to be fake. Although he didn't fully believe it, he didn't have too much doubt.

Under Xia Houshang's instructions, this Xia Houshang's clansman needs to stay for some time.

But on the second day, the envoy of Xia Houshang saw an unforgettable event in his life.

In the early morning of the second day, Ding Feng brought several county soldiers to Meng Da's big tent because of Mi Yang's request, and continued to question Meng Da about various things.

In Mi Yang's order, he suspected that Meng Da had signs of infidelity.

But because there is no evidence, so at this time, Ding Feng, the postal supervisor, is needed to work for him.

Under Mi Yang's order, Ding Feng has been coming to Meng Da's military tent for the past few days, trying to make things difficult for Meng Da, many of which are groundless charges.

Anyway, Ding Feng has only one purpose, and that is to force Meng Da to make some mistakes.

Although this purpose is not fair, Mi Yang is Ding Feng's benefactor, so Ding Feng feels at ease to do these things for Mi Yang.

And because Ding Feng didn't know about the conspiracy between Mi Yang and Meng Da, when he questioned Meng Da, he spared no effort.

When Ding Feng arrived at Meng Da's tent again today, Ding Feng asked after seeing Meng Da's first words:
"Earlier, there was a secret report from a sergeant that Lieutenant Meng was drinking in the camp. Is there such a thing?"

When Ding Feng questioned Meng Da, although his words were very normal, his tone was very bad.

It can be heard at a glance that Ding Feng's intentions are not good.

At this time, Xia Houshang's envoy had not yet left, so Meng Da regarded him as one of his personal guards and was on duty in the big tent.

Ding Feng's performance made Xia Houshang's envoy raise his eyebrows slightly.

It seems that what Meng Da said before is true.

Facing Ding Feng's questioning, Meng Da replied with a look of displeasure on his face: "There is absolutely no such thing!"

Drinking alcohol is something that is expressly prohibited in most military camps in the world.

Some generals with strict military orders even regarded drinking without authorization as a very serious matter to punish.

In Mi Yang's order of seven beheadings, drinking alcohol without permission is a capital offense.

Faced with such groundless accusations, Meng Da will of course defend himself.

Seeing that Meng Da was still arguing, Ding Feng immediately picked up other things and began to question Meng Da as usual.

Ding Feng questioned more and more words, and his tone became worse and worse.

And Meng Da would defend a few words at the beginning, but in the end he simply stopped defending, but his face was full of anger.

And this scene fell into the eyes of Xia Houshang's envoy.

When Ding Feng's questioning words talked about Meng Da's evil intentions, Meng Da seemed to finally endure to a critical point, and he stood up angrily.

Seeing Meng Da standing up suddenly, Ding Feng frowned slightly. This was the first time Meng Da behaved like this in recent days. What did he want to do?
But thinking that the entire military village was full of people loyal to Mi Yang, Ding Feng was not afraid, instead he took a step forward and asked Meng Da:
"What do you want?"

Seeing Ding Feng's aggressive attitude, Meng Da angrily drew out his saber from his waist.

Seeing Meng Da's move of drawing the knife, Xiahou's Shang family brother's face flashed with surprise.

And several county soldiers behind Ding Feng also pulled out their waist blades one after another, and put Ding Feng on guard.

Then I saw that Meng Da didn't rush to Ding Feng with a knife, but cut off his long hair with a knife in front of everyone.

Meng Da's move was very sudden, even his confidants Deng Xian and Li Fu were too late to stop it.

What's more, Meng Da's move was too shocking. When everyone in the military camp saw Meng Da's long hair fall to the ground, all of them were shocked.

Is this Meng Da crazy?
"The Book of Filial Piety·Kaizong Mingyi Chapter": "The body, hair and skin, are received by parents, and dare not damage them. This is the beginning of filial piety."

It is a great disobedience for Meng Da to lose his hair in public.

In this era where filial piety is extremely valued, Meng Da's behavior is undoubtedly very serious.

After Meng Da cut off the long hair on his head, he bent over to pick up the long hair on the ground, and walked to Ding Feng step by step with a long knife in his hand.

There was great pain on Meng Da's face. He raised his hands and let down his hair, and said to Ding Feng, "I will abstain from my confession today, is the general satisfied?"

Ding Feng looked at Mengda's disheveled hair and sad face, and his heart was greatly shocked.

He suddenly felt that what he had done these days had gone too far.

Even if Meng Da has committed any crimes in the past, it seems that all the crimes can be forgiven if he pleads guilty.

Ding Feng didn't dare to look directly at Meng Da's gaze now, as he dodged his eyes, he already had the desire to leave in his heart.

He thought about reporting this matter to Mi Yang as soon as possible.

Then, with shame on his face, Ding Feng led several county soldiers and quickly left the army tent.

And when Ding Feng left, Meng Da seemed unable to bear the grief in his heart any longer, and knelt on the ground with his broken hair in his hands.

After Ding Feng led the people away, there were only Meng Da's confidantes left in the army tent.

After Meng Da knelt down, Deng Xian and Li Fu looked at Meng Da's miserable appearance, with angry expressions on their faces.

Not long after, Meng Da repelled everyone, leaving only Xia Houshang's younger brother, Deng Xian, and Li Fu.

Then Meng Da got up slowly, he came to the case and quickly wrote a letter, and handed it to Xia Houshang's brother.

Meng Da's disheveled appearance made Xia Houshang's brothers feel pity.

Meng Da suppressed his crying and said to Xia Houshang's brother:
"Today, I resolutely plead guilty, and I think Mi Yang won't persecute me too much in a short time.

But Mi Yang is suspicious, and I don't know how much my confession will make him forgive me. "

"I also hope that the envoy can tell General Zhengnan that I cut my hair today not only to plead guilty to bewitching and procrastinating for time, but also to prove to the general that my aspirations are absolutely not half false.

I also hope that General Zhengnan will trust him, and don't miss this great opportunity. "

After saying this, Meng Da immediately ordered Li Fu and Deng Xian to send Xia Houshang's envoy back to Wudang.

Deng Xian and Li Fu also knew the urgency of the situation, so without further delay, they immediately sent Xia Houshang's envoy out of the military tent.

After the three of them left, Meng Da looked at the broken hair in his hand, and tears kept dripping from his eyes.

All of this is a game he and Mi Yang set up.

Originally, Mi Yang's plan was to let him plead guilty at the right time, and then spread the news.

But Meng Da didn't expect that Xia Houshang would send his clan brothers to come. Under such circumstances, what better opportunity could there be than the presence of Xia Houshang's clan brothers?

It's just that although everything was arranged by Mi Yang, Meng Da's behavior after cutting off his hair just now was sincere.

In order to set up this game, Meng Da bet everything.

There are true and false, the most difficult to distinguish.

When the broken hair in his hand was soaked with tears, Meng Da looked in the direction of the west city, and he felt firm in his heart.

General, he will be rewarded greatly.

When Xiahoushang's clan brother returned to Wuzhong, he immediately found Xiahoushang and told Xiahoushang everything he had seen.

And when Xia Houshang learned that Meng Da had broken his will, the shock on his face was no less than that of others.

Shocked in his heart, Xia Houshang immediately unfolded Meng Da's letter and read it.

"The young men Deng Xian and Li Fu were dispatched to grow up in their families, and their relatives believed in them like sons.

A handwritten letter, close relatives of flesh and blood, sent together by both parties, is a testament to sincerity.

Da build this plan, leave it to the heavens, if it is economical, you will have the blessing of life and perfection.If there is leakage, it will be destroyed by destruction.

Recently, Mi Yang sent an envoy to reprimand him several times, and then he cut off his hair and pleaded guilty, and lived his life and died, with his body and spirit dead, and his spirit in a trance.

At this time, if Minggong doubts again, he is afraid that he will hang his head in the army camp in the future, and he will not be able to see Minggong! "

Meng Da's letter was shorter than the previous two, but his letter was full of sad words, as if he would die in the next moment.

After reading the contents of the letter, Xia Houshang no longer had any doubts in his heart.

The tribe saw it with their own eyes, can it be fake?

Holding the letterhead in his hand, Xia Houshang made a promise to Deng Xian and Li Fu, "Your son has a high righteousness, and I will live up to it!"

Afterwards, Xia Houshang immediately wrote two more letters, which were urgently sent to Wancheng and Luoyang respectively.

No matter what, this battle is settled for him!

Wudang County is not far from Wancheng. Cao Ren had received Xia Houshang's first letter long before.

It's just that when Xia Houshang received his first letter, because Xia Houshang still had doubts in the letter, Cao Ren didn't immediately agree.

But just today, Cao Ren received a second letter from Xia Houshang.

In this letter, Xia Houshang's tone was full of determination, and Xia Houshang even stated in the letter that Meng Da had stopped.

After seeing Xia Houshang's second letter, Cao Ren finally had a look of joy on his face.

Perhaps in recent years, Cao Ren has given the world the impression that he was forced by Guan Yu to besiege Fancheng.

However, Cao Ren has been in the army for 30 years, and in his military career he is truly a general who is good at attacking.

He has followed Cao Cao for 30 years, but Zhou Yu and Guan Yu are the only ones who can trap him in the isolated city.

Just two years later in history, Cao Ren, who was nearly [-] years old, was still distrustful of Sun Quan's words, and personally led tens of thousands of cavalry to conquer Jiangdong.

Cao Ren was praised by Chen Jiao and others as "the general of heaven and man" precisely because of his aggressive and brave style.

As the "General of Heaven and Man", Cao Ren's inner reaction was more intense than Xia Houshang's when he heard that Meng Da had cut off his hair.

Great opportunity!

Xia Houshang has the belief that Mi Yang must be killed, so why not Cao Ren?
Cao Cao is the person Cao Ren respects the most. In Cao Ren's view, Cao Cao's death is inextricably linked to Mi Yang.

Because of his admiration for Cao Cao, Cao Ren hated Mi Yang long ago.

Even in Cao Ren's heart, he thought that if he could not get rid of Mi Yang, the enemy of Cao Wei, who was feared by Cao Cao, before he died, then he would be full of guilt when he saw Cao Cao after his death. .

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Cao Ren to sit back and watch another good opportunity pass him by.

If the gift of heaven is not accepted, there will be disasters!
However, Cao Ren did not reply to Xia Houshang's approval of his marching strategy. He just wrote back a letter, ordering Xia Houshang to rectify his troops and horses and be on standby at all times.

After writing back to Xia Houshang, Cao Ren summoned the generals.

He began to rearrange all the defenses in Nanyang.

His purpose in doing this is obvious.

Faced with this great opportunity, Cao Ren decided to conscript himself.

He wants to cut off Mi Yang's head with his own hands and send it to Yecheng to pay homage to Cao Cao's spirit in heaven!
(End of this chapter)