Mi Han

Chapter 418
Although Mi Yang and Zhuge Liang are currently separated from each other, with the change of relationship, the communication between the two has become more frequent than before.

Not long after Mi Yang sent out the letter to Zhuge Liang, he also received a letter from Zhuge Liang.

Judging from the time, this letter is certainly not Zhuge Liang's reply.

This letter was written to Mi Yang when Zhuge Liang went south to Bodao, and the contents of the letter were exactly Zhuge Liang's views on Deng Ai.

Since it was a letter from Zhuge Liang, as soon as Mi Yang received the letter, he began to read it.

At first, Mi Yang thought that Zhuge Liang wrote this letter because he was worried about the situation in the northern border, but after reading the contents of the letter, he realized that Zhuge Liang was warning him to be careful of Deng Ai's character in this letter.

Zhuge Liang's admonition immediately cheered up Mi Yang.

People in later generations often think that Zhuge Liang lacks knowledge of people because of Ma Di's stain, but this is actually wrong.

No matter how well-informed a person is, there are times when he is blind, even Liu Bei is the same.

Huang Yuan, who is now making trouble near Chengdu, was promoted step by step because of Liu Bei's appreciation. At the beginning of appointing Huang Yuan, Zhuge Liang once advised Liu Bei that Huang Yuan could not be trusted.

But Liu Bei did not listen to Zhuge Liang's dissuasion.

It is true that Zhuge Liang's knowledge of people is not as good as Liu Bei's, but it cannot be considered that Zhuge Liang has no knowledge of people. On the contrary, Zhuge Liang has quite a vision of people.

In history, the ministers in the middle and early stages of Liu Chan's administration were all selected by Zhuge Liang himself and placed in key positions one by one.

Without the assistance of those ministers after Zhuge Liang's death, with Liu Chan's wisdom, Ji Han could only perish earlier.

Mi Yang knew this, so when Zhuge Liang mentioned Deng Ai's character flaws to him, he immediately paid attention to it.

Deng Ai's character flaws that Zhuge Liang mentioned in his letter are very similar to those he has shown in history.

In history, it was this kind of character flaw that made Deng Ai finally step into a situation where he could never recover.

Historically, Shi Bao was born similarly to Deng Ai, but in the end he was able to become the founding Duke of the Western Jin Dynasty. It wasn't that his credit was higher than Deng Ai's, but that he was more capable than Deng Ai.

Mi Yang, who was originally a time traveler, should understand Deng Ai's character better than Zhuge Liang.

But Deng Ai was always respectful in front of Mi Yang, so Mi Yang really didn't realize that Deng Ai would have a side of self-respect in front of outsiders.

Now that he knew this, of course Mi Yang would not just sit idly by.

Preventing problems before they happen is Mi Yang's consistent creed.

After thinking about it, Mi Yang got up and walked towards his inner tent.

As Mi Yang's daily resting place, the inner tent does not occupy a large space, but within this small space, there are layers of bookshelves.

On those bookshelves, there are all kinds of books collected by Mi Yang, which are all treasures in this world.

Mi Yang gradually walked to a bookshelf, and then, relying on the memory in his mind, he pulled out a volume from a large pile of bamboo slips.

This bookshelf is specially used by Mi Yang to place historical classics, and the scroll of bamboo slips he specially pulled out is a biography of the historian's masterpiece "Historical Records" - "Jianghou Zhoubo Family".

After taking out this bamboo slip, Mi Yang shouted to let Ding Feng enter. After Ding Feng entered, Mi Yang handed over the bamboo slip in his hand, and told him:

"Order people to hurry up and deliver this to Shi Zai."

After Ding Feng heard this sentence, he did not suspect him.

As Deng Ai is an insider of Liangzhou, it is normal for Mi Yang to occasionally contact Deng Ai in private.

But before leaving, Ding Feng still habitually asked Mi Yang:

"Your Majesty, do you have something to pass on to Master Deng?"

Facing Ding Feng's question, Mi Yang was silent for a while and said, "Just send this scroll of bamboo slips to Shi Zai."

Seeing Mi Yang's attitude, Ding Feng no longer hesitated, and walked towards the outside of the tent holding the bamboo in his hands.

Looking at the back of Ding Feng leaving, Mi Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Zhuge Liang hopes that Mi Yang can let Deng Ai cultivate his mind, but Mi Yang is not fully sure about this matter.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

I only hope that after Deng Ai understands his painstaking efforts, he can gather his character in front of others in the future.

Shu County, Jiangyuan County.

The [-] troops led by Deng Ai are now stationed here.

Just after Huang Yuan rebelled against Hanjia County last month, he led five thousand soldiers from the county and marched towards Chengdu.

Due to the lack of troops in Shu County, Huang Yun had no obstacles along the way, and he successfully captured Linqiong County not long after.

Linqiong County is the west gate of Shu County. Linqiong fell into Huang Yuan's hands, which meant that Huang Yuan's rebels were not far from Chengdu.

But just when Huang Yuan wanted to take advantage of the victory and take down Jiangyuan County in one go, Deng Ai, who quickly returned to the defense from Nan'an to the north, took the lead and led the army into Jiangyuan County.

Deng Ai's timely return to defense successfully curbed Huang Yuan's momentum of continuing to attack Chengdu.

It's just that after leading the army into Jiangyuan County, Deng Ai didn't rush to lead the army to attack Huang Yuan's troops. He just ordered the whole army to stick to Jiangyuan.

As time went by, Deng Ai led his army to stay in Jiangyuan County for a long time.

During this period of time, Huang Yuan also sent spies to further investigate the situation in Jiangyuan County, and even sent envoys to challenge Deng Ai.

According to Huang Yuan's speculation, Deng Ai was young and energetic, and under his anger, he would definitely plan to go out of the city to fight with him.

But what Huang Yuan never expected was that he successfully angered Deng Ai-his envoy's head was cut off by Deng Ai and hung under the city wall of Jiangyuan.

But after Deng Ai beheaded the envoy of Huang Yuan, he still had the intention of standing still.

Deng Ai's standing still made Huang Yuan jump anxiously, but it also indirectly caused a small earthquake in his army.

The cause of this small earthquake lies in Ma Di.

During this period of time, Ma Di advised Deng Ai many times that Huang Yuan's rebels should be handed over as soon as possible.

The reason why Ma Su suggested Deng Ai to send troops was that on the one hand, he felt that although Huang Yuan's rebels were large in number, most of them were mobs and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

On the other hand, behind Jiangyuan County is Chengdu. The news that they led the army to Jiangyuan County has already spread to Chengdu. It seems that all the ministers in Chengdu are now focusing on them.

Including Liu Bei.

In just a few days, those ministers might still understand that Deng Ai wanted to recharge his batteries.

But a month has passed, and Deng Ai has not acted in the face of the arrogant rebels, so it will definitely cause all kinds of criticism.

Ma Di went north this time because he wanted to make meritorious service, not because he wanted to be criticized for no reason and damage his reputation.

But in the face of Ma Di's suggestion, Deng Ai has always had an attitude-indifferent.

Seeing that Ma Di could not persuade Deng Ai all the time, and Wang Ping, who was Deng Ai's deputy, was unwilling to persuade him together, he was inevitably a little frustrated.

Ma Di has always been famous for his wisdom and strategies in Yizhou. In the past, even Zhuge Liang would often adopt his strategies, which made Ma Di think highly of himself in the past.

But what Ma Su didn't expect was that the prime minister would turn a deaf ear to his advice, and Deng Ai, a villain of humble background, dared to do so.

Of course, no matter how frustrated, Ma Di, a guard of the army, still had no way to gain control of the army, so he could only sulk secretly, and found some friends in the army to drink and talk about the old days.

When reminiscing about the old days with three or five friends, Ma Su will inevitably confide his inner troubles to his friends.

If you talk too much, it will naturally become a complaint.

Due to Ma Di's special status, his complaints quickly spread throughout the army, which affected the morale of the army to a certain extent.

When Deng Ai heard about this and asked people to verify it, he immediately became furious.

The reason why he stood still was to consume the enemy's spirit. When Ma Su suggested to him, he also stated his own plan in detail.

But he didn't expect that under such circumstances, Ma Su would dare to speak out and disturb the morale of the army.

This is why Deng Ai didn't understand Ma Di.

Ma Su is a typical representative of self-willedness in the Three Kingdoms period.

In history, Zhuge Liang had drawn up the formation map for Ma Di and asked him to arrange his troops accordingly. He could do things like committing suicide on the mountain, which made Zhuge Liang want to cry, and there was nothing else he couldn't do.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Deng Ai directly ordered Ma Di to be charged with disturbing the morale of the army, and wanted to punish Ma Su in public for [-] years.

When Deng Ai's order spread throughout the army, Ma Di was surprised and angry, not to mention, even Wang Ping, Shi Bao and other generals were quite surprised, and they all pleaded for Ma Di.

Wang Ping, with a calm personality, persuaded Deng Ai: "Ma Hujun, the prime minister's confidant, I hope the captain will be cautious."

Wang Ping did not tell Deng Ai that Ma Di's crime was not so serious, because from the perspective of military law, Deng Ai's handling was not wrong.

But the problem lies in Ma Di's identity.

Wang Ping's ability to give such advice to Deng Ai is enough to show that he is really good for Deng Ai.

It's a pity that Ma Di has the problem of self-willedness, but Deng Ai has the problem of negative EQ.

This is even more obvious when he is alone.

The reason why Deng Ai punished Ma Su was because the reason why he had been standing still was to drain the enemy's energy, and when the enemy was in chaos, he would take the initiative to lead the attack, and he would surely win the battle.

Now he has been at a stalemate with the enemy for nearly a month. According to his estimation, the Huang Yuan rebels may be in chaos in these few days.

At this time, there is a hidden danger of wavering military morale on one's own side. Isn't that delaying the country's major affairs?
This is intolerable to Deng Ai, and directly punishing Ma Su is also the fastest way to stabilize the morale of the army.

Regarding Wang Ping's kind persuasion, Deng Ai finally only said: "It is expedient to be ordered to suppress the rebellion, to follow the instructions of the policy, and to exercise the power of reward and punishment.

In the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, if a doctor goes out of the border, he can secure the country and benefit the country, and it is possible to be dedicated and quick, so how can he hesitate because of human feelings?
In the art of war, advance without seeking fame, and retreat without avoiding crimes. Although Ai has no integrity of the ancients, he will never think of himself as harming the country. "

After finishing this explanation, Deng Ai ignored the dissuasion of the generals and insisted on executing Ma Di in public in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

As Ma Di was publicly punished for [-] years, seeing that Deng Ai really dared to attack Ma Di, the three thousand Yizhou troops were all in awe of Deng Ai in an instant, and even the morale of the three thousand Yizhou troops quickly stabilized.

But correspondingly, between Ma Su and Deng Ai, it can be regarded as a complete enmity.

Later, even what Deng Ai said to Wang Ping gradually became known to many people.

However, since Deng Ai has just established his majesty in the army, these things have been temporarily suppressed.

And when Deng Ai relieved the internal worries in Jiangyuan County, the Huang Yuan rebels not far from Jiangyuan County began to mess up as Deng Ai had imagined.

Although Deng Ai has always insisted on not fighting in the past, according to common sense, Huang Yuan may be able to find another way.

But the key is that Deng Ai's army is stationed in Jiangyuan City.

Jiangyuan City is not only the last barrier in the southwest of Chengdu, but also a hub of the Yangtze River in Yizhou.

Deng Ai led the army to garrison Jiangyuan City, which not only directly made Huang Yuan's idea of ​​attacking Chengdu come to naught, but also made Huang Yuan's intention to disrupt the Han army's grain transportation waterways completely defeated.

In this way, Huang Yuan's five thousand rebels were like headless chickens, they could only wander around around Linqiong.

Most of Huang Yuan's [-] rebels are mobs. For the mobs, it is no problem to lead them to rebel, but one must maintain the momentum of attack and win continuously.

Once these two points cannot be guaranteed, the morale of the mob will be easily affected.

After nearly a month of no progress, Huang Yuan finally couldn't hold on, and he gave an order to retreat.

Even if he knows that he can't retreat now, if he doesn't retreat, then the subsequent situation will be out of his control.

Deng Ai had already arranged many scouts outside Linqiong County. When Huang Yuangang showed signs of retreating, the scouts immediately passed the news back to Deng Ai.

After Deng Ai heard the news, knowing that the time had come, he immediately led the [-] Han troops who had recharged their batteries for a long time to attack from Jiangyuan County, chasing Huang Yuan's [-] rebels.

Linqiong is not far from Jiangyuan County, and when Huang Yuan's five thousand rebels retreated from Linqiong, they also took over Linqiong City.

In the case of carrying a large amount of luggage, Huang Yuan's five thousand rebels could not move fast at all.

Soon Huang Yuan's five thousand rebels were pursued by Deng Ai's army outside Linqiong County.

After seeing Huang Yuan's five thousand rebels, Deng Ai immediately commanded the Han army to launch an attack.

Huang Yuan's five thousand rebels retreated because they lost their fighting spirit. In addition, they had just finished conquering Linqiong County, and many soldiers were carrying a lot of heavy objects. How could they fight against the enemy under such circumstances.

So when the [-] Han troops rushed to kill, Huang Yuan's [-] rebels had not yet formed a decent formation, and were immediately defeated by the [-] Han troops.

Among the rebellious army, because Huang Yuan couldn't escape in time, Shi Bao, a master of art, chopped off his head with his own hands.

After Huang Yuan died, the remaining rebels immediately knelt down and surrendered.

The two armies had not fought for a long time, and the Huang Yuan Rebellion, which caused a shock in Shu County a month ago, was successfully put down by Deng Ai.

When Shi Bao excitedly came to Deng Ai with Huang Yuan's head in his hand, he also handed a letter in Deng Ai's hand.

The letter was found from Huang Yuan.

Deng Ai took the letter in Shi Bao's hand and read it. After reading it, the joy on Deng Ai's face didn't exist for a long time, and a bit of solemnity appeared again.

One thing is recorded in this letter-Sun Quan, the Taiwei of the Han Dynasty, funded Nanzhong with soldiers, money, and food.

　There is another chapter in the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)