Mi Han

Chapter 490
Zhuge Liang knew what Liu Feng was thinking, but he didn't care, and he didn't regret what he had said.

In fact, Zhuge Liang never knew that Liu Feng was far above Liu Chan in terms of ability alone.

The reason why Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei "abandon Feng and establish Zen" was not because some people in later generations guessed that he would not be able to monopolize power after Liu Feng succeeded to the throne, nor was it because he had a closer relationship with Liu Chan.

When Zhuge Liang joined Liu Bei, Liu Chan was just a baby.

Children under the age of ten in this world basically do not attract too much attention from adults, because the child mortality rate in this world is too high, which is also the reason why children have low names before they are ten years old.

Therefore, when Zhuge Liang took refuge in Liu Bei, Liu Feng was Liu Bei's number one heir in terms of both legal principles and human feelings.

For this reason, Liu Bei also asked Zhuge Liang to teach Liu Feng for a period of time, but it was this experience that allowed Zhuge Liang to see Liu Feng's character clearly.

There is no doubt that Liu Feng is talented, but he has two things that worry Zhuge Liang a lot.

The first aspect is Liu Feng's character.

Although Liu Feng has his own opinions, he is self-willed, and his temperament is bold but irritable. Such a character is not safe to become a general, so how can he become a king who controls the destiny of a country?
Sometimes acting indiscriminately is more harmful than inaction.

On the contrary, although Liu Chan has a gentle temperament, he can know how to follow the good and be respectful to the corporals. Once Liu Chan becomes the emperor, it is naturally impossible to make great achievements, but it is also very rare to make big mistakes with the help of virtuous ministers.

Comparing the two, Zhuge Liang, who is cautious in temperament, of course prefers Liu Chan.

As for the other reason, Zhuge Liang didn't want Liu Bei to fall into civil strife after a hundred years.

It is good that Liu Feng is Liu Bei's stepson in legal terms, but it is also true that he has no blood relationship with Liu Bei. Maybe Liu Bei doesn't care too much about this, but what about Liu Feng himself?

The natural lack of blood relationship will definitely make Liu Feng feel suspicious, which is human nature.

And Liu Chan is Liu Bei's second son in law, but he is Liu Bei's eldest son in blood, which will inevitably arouse the pursuit of ambitious people.

Even if Liu Chan had no intention of competing with Liu Feng for the throne, but under the influence of doubts in his heart, wouldn't Liu Feng attack Liu Chan after he ascended the throne?

Even attack those living "brothers".

After all, for Liu Feng, the only way to make his throne permanent is to eliminate all the princes who are truly related to Liu Bei in the world.

In terms of Liu Feng's nature, Zhuge Liang's worries are likely to become a reality, and this reality will drag the big man into a situation where he will never be restored.

There are powerful enemies on the outside, and if there is another civil strife inside, the dream of revival of the Han Dynasty will definitely fail.

Therefore, for Liu Bei's plan and for the great man's plan, Zhuge Liang did not agree with Liu Feng becoming the prince of the great man.

Zhuge Liang believed that all his choices were for the sake of the big man, and whether his choices would arouse Liu Feng's jealousy was out of his consideration.

After Liu Feng welcomed Zhuge Liang into the Jiange, he visited again in the big tent.

Zhuge Liang is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Feng is just a general fighting against the bandits. Even if he is the prince of the Han Dynasty, as long as Zhuge Liang enters the Jiange, it means that he will obey Zhuge Liang's command in the future.

When paying homage, Liu Feng's tone was a little stiff: "Feng pays homage to the prime minister."

Liu Feng is not a person who is good at forbearance, he expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang vividly in his tone.

You must know that before Zhuge Liang explicitly supported Liu Chan, Liu Feng, who had been taught by Zhuge Liang, respectfully called Zhuge Liang his "mentor".

It's just that Zhuge Liang didn't seem to notice Liu Feng's emotions. After Liu Feng paid homage to him, he asked Liu Feng to retreat first.

After Liu Feng resigned, Deng Ai who had been by the side finally couldn't help but mentioned to Zhuge Liang the strategy he offered to Liu Feng some time ago.

Deng Ai didn't want to sue Liu Feng, he just thought that Liu Feng would disagree, but Zhuge Liang would definitely agree.

Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang have a master-student relationship.

But to Deng Ai's surprise, Zhuge Liang, like Liu Feng, categorically rejected Deng Ai's proposal.

This made Deng Ai have no choice but to retreat in the end.

Deng Ai didn't understand why Zhuge Liang rejected his proposal, and didn't even try it.

After Deng Ai left, only Zhuge Liang's confidants were left in the big tent.

As the head of the confidantes, Yang Yi, the chief bookkeeper, was the first to express some concern about Liu Feng's behavior just now:

"The expression on the general's face is different. I am afraid that he will not follow the command of the prime minister."

Although Yang Yi is respectful in front of Zhuge Liang, he is actually an extremely arrogant person.

With Yang Yi's temperament, of course she can't understand what Liu Feng did just now.

After Zhuge Liang listened to Yang Yi's reminder, he did not refute it, which meant that he also had the same opinion as Yang Yi.

But Zhuge Liang didn't want to conflict with Liu Feng on such a trivial matter, he just told the few confidants present: "Tolerance is the country."

This is Zhuge Liang's attitude towards Liu Feng, and it is also Zhuge Liang's advice to his confidants.

Now that the war is imminent, he doesn't want internal problems in the Han army.

Faced with Zhuge Liang's advice, Yang Yi, who had a displeased face, could only back down silently.

After this little episode, Zhuge Liang immediately asked Ma Di who was standing on the other side: "Have the military orders to allocate food, grass and troops to various places have been issued?"

In the first battle against Huang Yuan, Ma Di was blamed by Deng Ai for affecting the morale of the army. Since then, he has been sent back to Chengdu to recuperate.

Later, after Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu, he took Ma Su with him before leading his troops northward.

It's just that Zhuge Liang brought Ma Di by his side more often than in the past when he often consulted with Ma Di on military plans, and let him take charge of some government affairs.

After repeated poor performances, Zhuge Liang finally knew the shortcomings of Ma Di's military strategy.

Ma Di was very grateful to Zhuge Liang for not abandoning him. Under Zhuge Liang's questioning, Ma Di quickly replied to Zhuge Liang:
"It was sent out a few days ago."

After hearing Ma Su's reply, Zhuge Liang nodded in satisfaction.

After that incident, Ma Di's temperament became much calmer, and he became more thoughtful in dealing with things.

Although he came to the Jiange at the moment, he did not bring many troops, and many troops were still resting in Chengdu.

He came to the Jiange first, because he also wanted to have a closer look at the enemy's military situation.

And if he wanted to realize the idea in his heart, it would not be enough to rely on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses he brought back—just like in the past, he had to use all the strength of the entire Yizhou.

This requires the cooperation of all parts of Yizhou.

Fortunately, Mi Yang's perseverance in Liangzhou bought precious time for the big man.

With the arrival of the new year, new soldiers are being drafted into the army, and mature grains are being harvested and put into storage in an orderly manner. All of this is the confidence in Zhuge Liang's heart.

After knowing that things were developing according to his idea, Zhuge Liang waved his hands to make everyone retreat.

Next, he had to think about how he could tell Mi Yang of Nanzheng what he wanted to do.

If Mi Yang didn't know the idea in his mind and couldn't cooperate with him in Liangzhou, then everything would be in vain.

But on the contrary, if Mi Yang can cooperate well with him, the battle he and Mi Yang fought together this year will definitely become an eternal story in the future.

Deng Ai has been in a bad mood these days.

He had thought that Zhuge Liang would take his suggestion for the sake of the relationship between master and apprentice, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to adopt the strategy of staying still in the end.

It's not that Deng Ai didn't know that Zhuge Liang had his reasons for staying still, but when he thought that Mi Yang was in a bloody battle, Deng Ai felt very irritable.

After several days of irritability, Deng Ai finally decided to go out to hunt.

After the previous defeat, Cao Hong retreated several miles to set up camp, which made the distance between Wei Jun and Jiange more than ten miles.

There are many mountains and forests in these ten miles, which is suitable for Deng Ai to relieve his mood by hunting.

After coming down from the city wall of Jiange in a hanging basket with a dozen of his cronies, Deng Ai held a crossbow and walked towards the dense forest outside Jiange with a dozen of his cronies.

The time is approaching summer, which is the active period of animals in the forest. With the cooperation of two pairs, it didn't take long for Deng Ai and his cronies to kill a lot of prey.

A bumper harvest is a gratifying thing, but it is obvious that Deng Ai's mood has not been relieved much.

The forests in the mountains are towering and weeds are everywhere, even at noon, the sunlight cannot be projected wantonly into the world under Deng Ai's feet.

The shadowy sunlight made the entire dense forest look extremely deep.

Due to the boredom in his heart, Deng Ai inadvertently took his cronies and walked towards the depths of the dense forest step by step, or in this secluded environment, Deng Ai's mood improved a bit.

But in the process of marching, Deng Ai inadvertently heard some abnormal noises.

Not only Deng Ai heard it, but also the dozens of cronies around him also noticed this.

Deng Ai and the others thought it was a large beast appearing around, but after listening quietly, Deng Ai and the others quickly discovered something was wrong.

Those strange noises were approaching from far to near, and they were rapidly approaching where they were. After getting closer, Deng Ai and others finally heard that it was the sound of chaotic footsteps.

And from the footsteps, it can be heard that what is approaching them is definitely not a large beast.

The large beasts in the forest have a strong sense of territory, and most of them are solitary animals. If a single large beast appears, the footsteps will not be so chaotic.

Moreover, most of the animals in the mountains are good at jumping, but the footsteps they heard were chaotic but non-stop, which did not conform to the characteristics of animals haunting.

After realizing this, Deng Ai winked and asked the cronies around him to hide separately.

He wants to see what kind of person is coming towards him.

If it was Orion, he would still say it, but if it was an enemy spy, it would be inevitable to conduct a small ambush.

After letting his cronies disperse, Deng Ai also bent his body and hid behind a big tree, his eyes fixed on the direction of the sound of footsteps.

Deng Ai didn't wait long, and soon after, he saw several skinny men appearing in his sight.

And from the weapons in the hands of those men, it can be seen that these men are definitely hunters.

Seeing this, Deng Ai was about to order the cronies who were ambushing around to rush out together, but as those people got closer, Deng Ai was surprised to find that although the clothes of those people were already in tatters, they gave him a very familiar feeling.

After careful inspection, Deng Ai couldn't help being shocked, it was the attire of Mi Yang's pro-military.

Although Mi Yang's army has only a thousand people, it is the most elite existence in the entire Liangzhou army.

In order to reflect the specialness of the pro-military, Mi Yang made some changes on the basis of the regular military uniforms of the Han army, and gave him pro-military clothes.

Deng Ai, as Mi Yang's confidant, of course knew about this. Not only did Deng Ai know, but he, who had been around Mi Yang all the year round, couldn't be more clear about the attire of Mi Yang's pro-army.

After realizing that these people might be Mi Yang's relatives, Deng Ai couldn't hold back anymore, and he rushed towards those people first.

And as Deng Ai rushed out, more than a dozen cronies who had been ambushing around for a long time also appeared and surrounded those people.

The few people who were marching were always in the shadow of a cup bow and a snake. They suddenly saw someone rushing out of the dense forest and surrounded them. They immediately raised their weapons to protect themselves.

But before the two parties officially fought, Deng Ai's shout was the first to utter:
"I am Deng Ai, the governor of Liangzhou, who are you!"

Under Deng Ai's self-reported name, the leader of those few people looked at Deng Ai intently.

It's okay not to look, when Deng Ai's figure coincided with a certain image in his mind, the man dropped the weapon in his hand with tears in his eyes and ran towards Deng Ai's direction.

When fellow villagers see fellow villagers, they naturally rush in both directions.

After rushing in both directions, the man quickly came to Deng Ai's body. At this moment, Deng Ai could fully see the appearance of this man.

This person is one of the personal guards who often guard Mi Yang.

After Deng Ai recognized his identity, he couldn't help but grabbed his collar and asked sharply:
"Why are you here, how can you be here!

Where is the general?

What about the rest of our army! "

Mi Yang's personal guards wandered in the dense forest as if they had been defeated in battle. It was hard not to let Deng Ai have a very bad guess in his heart.

Under this conjecture, how could Deng Ai remain calm.

Facing Deng Ai's stern question, the man calmed down and said to Deng Ai:
"I was ordered by the general to travel through the mountains and forests to report to the Jiange.

The general is well, and Liangzhou is also well! "

The man quickly reported everything he knew.

If he didn't hurry up, he might be eaten by Deng Ai.

After hearing that everything was arranged by Mi Yang and that Mi Yang was fine, Deng Ai gradually regained his composure.

But then a new question appeared in his mind.

"What is the letter that the general asked you to report?"

Deng Ai's inquiry made this person hesitate, but thinking of Deng Ai's identity, he told Deng Ai about his specific mission.

And Deng Ai was taken aback for a while after listening to the words.

Then a surprised and inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

As expected of a general, he knew that the general could not sit still, he must have a way!
Deng Ai immediately realized the urgency of the matter, and he immediately asked a dozen of his cronies to bring these comrades back to the Jiange as quickly as possible.

As for those prey, they were completely abandoned by Deng Ai in the dense forest.

What is it to hunt flying rabbits and pheasants, what he is going to hunt next is Wei Jun's tiger and wolf division!
(End of this chapter)