Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 126 Chaisang meets an old friend

"Brother Fei?" Zhao Feng couldn't help wondering if there was something wrong with his ears the first time he heard this voice. He hadn't heard this voice for three years.And this is Chaisang, how could he hear his voice?

Hastily ran out of the hall to take a look, and a familiar figure walked in.Fair-skinned but with a beard, burly but wearing a scholar's robe, it's really like a King Kong rushing for an exam, and a ghost reading a book. Except for Zhang Fei, who else would have such a spoofed attire?
"Three generals?" Zhao Feng looked at Zhang Fei who was smiling before him, and it took him a while to utter these three words with difficulty.Isn't Lao Zhang in Qingzhou? Why are you here now?Zhao Feng was full of questions.

"That's right, it's me. How about Boy Zhao, we haven't seen each other for several years!" Zhang Fei thumped Zhao Feng and said with a smile, which also made Zhao Feng completely sober.

"Third general, aren't you in Qingzhou? Why did you come here without Chaisang?" Zhao Feng hurriedly asked after he was sure that he was not dreaming.

"Oh, my brother said that I don't feel at ease guarding the front line of Qingzhou, so I asked Biaozuo Gongtai to be the governor of Qingzhou, and let him, Zilong and Old Wei stay in Qingzhou. Now I am the governor of Xuzhou!" Zhang Fei laughed.Only then did Zhao Feng realize that it was Liu Bei's idea.

But that's good too, Zhang Fei is indeed not the kind of person who can guard on the front line.Historically, Liu Bei also asked Wei Yan to guard the front line of Hanzhong, while Zhang Fei stationed in an area closer to the core like Langzhong.Now that Zhang Fei is transferred back to Xuzhou, under Liu Bei's care, it is unlikely that there will be any big troubles.It's lucky to think about it. Fortunately, it is Zhang Jaw who has confronted Zhang Fei in the past few years. If it were Cao Cao, he would have suffered a disadvantage.Of course, what Zhao Feng didn't know was that the reason why Liu Bei called Zhang Fei back was mainly because he reminded Liu Bei that "the ruler is long and the inch is short" so that he would avoid Zhang Fei from doing things he was not good at.

"Since the three generals have returned to Xuzhou, the brothers can get together more often in the future." Zhao Feng laughed.Lao Liu is now the leader, Guan Yu is too proud, and he is far away in Jingxiang, Zhang Fei and himself are the most sympathetic.

"That's that! My old Zhang heard that your brother is in Chaisang, so I came to see you while I was here to check on the recruit training, and I will have a drink with you. You don't know, these years in Qingzhou. There is no one who drinks with me, Zilong and the others drink too little!" Zhang Fei laughed.

"Then let's have a good drink today!" Zhao Feng is also struggling to master the skills. Alcohol in this era is limited. Except for the Xuzhou old wine that he has purified, the rest is like drinking beer in his previous life. People in this era drink There are not many who can beat themselves.

At this time, Zhen Jiang, Zhen Mi and Diao Chan also came out to greet Zhang Fei. Among them, Zhen Jiang, Diao Chan and Zhang Fei knew each other, but Zhen Mi had never met.Zhang Fei looked at these beauties, and said to Zhao Feng with a smirk on his face: "Boy Zhao, you are really good. I haven't seen you for a few years and hooked up with another one." While talking, he pointed at Zhen Mi, The latter blushed instantly with embarrassment.

"Brother Fei, you misunderstood, she is my sister-in-law." Zhao Feng felt that he was about to break out in a cold sweat, and quickly explained.Zhang Fei pretended to be suddenly enlightened when he heard the words, nodded and said: "Understood, understood!" But that expression really didn't seem to really understand the meaning.Zhen Mi stomped her feet, and ran back to her room with a flushed face.

"Brother Fei, look at my house is also a mess, why don't we go to a restaurant for a drink, there is a good restaurant in Chaisang City." Zhao Feng didn't want Zhen Mi to continue to be embarrassed, so he quickly changed the subject.Zhang Fei didn't take it seriously either, and agreed with a nod.The two also brought Zhang Fei with five or six entourages, and followed Zhao Feng to a nearby good restaurant, found a room on the second floor and sat down, ordered food and drank slowly.

"Hey, this Jiangdong is really rich. Boy Zhao, you don't know that I have been very poor in Qingzhou these years. How can I drink such good wine!" After taking two sips of wine, Zhang Fei said leisurely. .

"Chai Sang can only be regarded as okay, similar to Kuaiji, and Wu County will be more prosperous than our Xuzhou. Mr. Zibu and Mr. Changwen are also good at internal affairs!" Zhao Feng sighed.

"By the way, Mr. Zhao, I heard that my elder brother declared you to be the shepherd of Yangzhou twice, but you were disturbed by Cao Cao?" Zhang Fei said suddenly.

"That's right, but Cao Cao is really cunning!" Zhao Feng sighed.Zhang Fei didn't understand what he meant, so he asked quickly.

"Cao Cao rejected the lord's performance twice, but he did not send his cronies to be the shepherds of Yangzhou. First he sent Cai Hao, and then Mr. Zibu. Let’s get up, this time it’s to stir up the relationship between Mr. Zibu and the former Jiangdong ministers and us. Cao Cao knows that if he sends his own people here to take up the post, he will be ostracized if not killed by us, so he doesn’t do this. Stupid thing." Zhao Feng explained in detail.

"So that's it, old man Cao Cao is really a traitor!" Zhang Fei also understood, and asked immediately, "Then do you think we want to fight Cao Cao?"

"Sooner or later." Zhao Feng said with a pun.Looking at Zhang Fei who still didn't understand, Zhao Feng had to explain patiently again: "Now Liu Jingsheng entrusts Jingzhou to the lord, I heard from Kong Ming and Changwen that Jingzhou, especially Jingbei, is suffering from severe drought this time. It's war again, I'm afraid we won't be able to recover for a long time. As I said in the long article, I'm afraid it will take two years at the earliest to recover. During this period, we will fight a small battle of tens of thousands of people at most , such a big battle as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will not be able to be fought for a while."

"It takes so long?" Zhang Fei was also surprised when he heard the words. "No way, Jingzhou is big and has a large population, it's really not easy to recover." Zhao Feng said helplessly.Jingzhou is different from Xuzhou or Yangzhou before.Xuzhou has a large population but a small area; Yangzhou has a large area but a small population, and Jingzhou has a large land and resources.Of course, he almost didn't say it, that is, the undercurrent in Jingzhou is turbulent and the forces are diverse, which is more intense than that in Jiangdong back then.It would be unrealistic to completely stabilize this place within two to three years.

"Xiao Zhan, Bo Tao, what do you mean by Xiao Zhan?" Zhang Fei asked in surprise.

"The so-called small battle means dispatching tens of thousands of people at most." Zhao Feng thought for a while, the most small battle right now is to take the opportunity to win Qingzhou, or find an opportunity to capture Hanzhong.

"Then do you think Cao Cao will call?" Zhang Fei asked anxiously after hearing the words.

"That's not the case. Cao Cao is still fighting Yuan Shao. Even if he can defeat Yuan Shao, it will take some time to recover and digest the results of the battle. Right now, the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, the lord occupies the Jing, Yang, Xu, and Yu four states in the southeast. There are half of Qingzhou and half of Jiaozhou in the state, which are the largest and most populous; Cao Cao occupies the three states of Yanzhou, Yongzhou and Sizhou in the Central Plains. In his hands, even if the lord wants to attack Xuchang, he is still a weapon. Yuan Shao is in Hebei, although he occupies three and a half states, but he is not good at employing people. Sun Quan in half of Jiaozhou is alone and alone, so it is difficult to affect the overall situation. I think in another five or six years at most, the world will be a confrontation between the Lord and Cao Cao." Zhao Feng simply talked, but it has been a long time This opportunity is gone.

Zhang Fei paused for a while, then came back to his senses and sighed: "Boy Zhao, you are really talented. You have thought about this matter clearly. Why don't you become a military adviser?"

"No, being a military advisor will exhaust me." Zhao Feng shook his head.Just kidding, if you are a military adviser and calculate every detail all day long, it would be really exhausting. Didn't you see that few military advisers in history lived long?Besides, although I am smart, I am by no means the kind of delicate person.Still the same sentence, the ruler is long, and the inch is short!

"That's true. In your opinion, there should be no big battles to fight in the next few years?" Zhang Fei asked after taking a sip of his wine.

"To be precise, the lord should not be able to attack anyone for the time being." Zhao Feng thought for a while, it would be hard to say who would fight, and he would have to fight if he didn't.

"That's it, no matter what, fighting for these years is enough, take a rest for a year or two before fighting again. Speaking of which, since Zhang Jaw was defeated by me and Gongtai two years ago, he has never dared to fight me once in the past two years. If you fight, you can only rely on the natural danger of the Yellow River to defend." Zhang Fei said triumphantly.

"Si Tingzhu of Hebei can only open his jaw a little bit. Although Yan Liang and Wen Chou are brave, they are too impatient. However, Ju Shou Tian Feng is a talent. If it weren't for them these years, I think that with the wisdom of Mr. Gongtai, Qingzhou has been pacified Right." Zhao Feng half-guessed.

"That's true, these two people are not simple." Zhang Fei completely nodded in agreement with Zhao Feng's opinion.After nearly two years of competition, Zhang Fei also recognized the abilities of the two.The two were talking about the old days while drinking, eating and drinking all the way from the afternoon to the evening, and at the end their tongues were a little too big. "Third General, I think we're almost done drinking, shall we go back?" Zhao Feng looked at Zhang Fei, the third master's head was already shaking a little, and if he drank any more, he would almost collapse.

"That's right, Boy Zhao, your drinking capacity is still the same as before!" Zhang Fei shook his head and said.Looking at the dark sky outside the window, Zhang Fei burped and said, "I'll stay at your house tonight, it's too far to go back to Shouchun."

"Okay!" Zhao Feng nodded, and the two of them got up and went downstairs to ride home. Of course, in Chaisang City, they couldn't gallop on horseback, they just rode and paced slowly.

"Actually, I didn't drink much!" Zhang Fei blew the cool breeze for a while, his head was already half awake, and he couldn't help laughing at Zhao Feng.

"That's true. If you really want to continue drinking, you can drink it, but it should be carried back!" Zhao Feng laughed, and Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing when he heard that.Fortunately, it was already night and there were no people on Chaisang Street, otherwise Mr. Zhang's hearty and somewhat excessive laughter would really scare the children.

However, Chaisang was not alone in the middle of the night, just as Mr. Zhang stopped laughing, a carriage came towards them.In addition to the handlebar style of driving, there are three or four entourages following, which seems to be the posture of a wealthy family traveling.But it was already late at night, and the gate of Chaisang city was closed, so they should not be able to go out.

"Huh?" Zhao Feng saw that the handlebar style was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but his head was a little dizzy after drinking, and he couldn't remember who he was for a while.But this person saw Zhao Feng's expression was a little flustered, he lowered his head and hurried to drive away.

"Wait a minute, who are you?" Zhao Feng became curious now, and immediately stopped his way and asked, Zhang Fei followed him without knowing, and said, "Why, boy Zhao ,do you know him?"

"You are Ma Zhong?" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered who he is, isn't it Ma Zhong, Sun Quan's confidant?When Sun Quan was captured alive, he was defeated by Gao Lan. Later, he went to Jiaozhou with Sun Quan. Why is he here now?
(End of this chapter)