Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 325
Liu Bei is old, this is Zhao Feng's most intuitive feeling now.

Back then in Pingyuan County, Liu Bei was only in his early 30s. Now that more than 20 years have passed, he is already over half a century old.Although these years are still pampered, but after all, he is old and his hair is graying.I have also changed from a teenager to a middle-aged man who is on the verge of four.

Watching Liu Bei walk step by step to where he is today, Zhao Feng felt a different feeling besides emotion.Once upon a time, when I, the three brothers Liu Bei, and Jian Yong were small officials in Pingyuan County, everyone called them brothers and brothers, and they were very free and easy.But now, when everyone meets each other, there is no end to formalities.Moreover, the bigger and bigger the official, the more scruples there are between each other.Zhao Feng was originally quite free and easy by nature. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was also unrestrained when he was young. Xuzhou City satirized Cao Bao, Shentingling scolded Zhou Yu, so much so that he rushed to do things like negotiations that should be civil servants.But now, I am cautious in my words and deeds, and my life is somewhat depressed.

This time, Liu Bei insisted on canonizing himself as king, and Zhao Feng was even more disapproving of this matter.In history, there are too many facts about the founding of the country, the establishment of the king, and then the removal of the feudal domain.Zhao Feng didn't want his descendants, because Liu Bei's descendants stopped him because of cutting down the feudal clan.Moreover, he is still a general of hussars, he has the military power in his hands, and he has been in Xichuan for ten years, and he is on the cusp of the storm.Thinking about Wu Sangui, it's really shocking!
So Zhao Feng made up his mind, and for the sake of his descendants, after he killed Sima Yi, he would immediately disarm and return to the farmland, no longer caring about these messy things.At most, it is to imitate Di Renjie and Liu Bocheng in history and become an idle official.Of course, these thoughts are only fleeting in my mind.However, Zhao Feng did not expect that it was this attack on Sima Yi that he would have the opportunity to make his wish come true.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Sima Yi only has tens of thousands of troops. There are no less than [-] troops here, including Xichuan and Guanzhong. In addition, General Pang De also went back with me. It is impossible for Sima Yi to contact the Di people to cause chaos. .” Zhao Feng tried his best to comfort him.Liu Bei nodded, and finally said: "If you do things, I am absolutely at ease. Right now the crown prince is staying in Chang'an, I will send someone to inform him, and I will go into the army with you, and I will have more experience. The crown prince has never experienced war in his life. Well, what happened in Jiaozhou last time can only be regarded as a joke."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take good care of His Royal Highness!" Zhao Feng nodded.He now understands that Liu Bei is going to let him assist the prince.No wonder he treated him so courteously all of a sudden, and what was he doing as a king? He wanted to tie himself to the Liu family's chariot and go forward together.Knowing it well, I had no choice but to secretly feel sorry for Liu Bei's kindness.

After seeing off Zhao Feng, Liu Bei returned to the army tent.After retreating from the crowd, Liu Bei casually picked up a book on the table and flipped through it.He has never been very good at reading, but this time he read it with great interest.

"What book are you reading, brother?" When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came in side by side, he was a little surprised to see that Liu Bei was actually reading a book.Liu Bei was reluctant to let go when he heard the words, he just said: "Feng Shen Bang!"

"Fengshenbang?" Zhang Fei asked in astonishment, but Guan Yu said thoughtfully: "I seem to have heard of this book somewhere."

"This book is written by Bo Tao, and I also got it from Feng'er. According to him, Xing'er lent it to him?" Liu Bei put down the scroll and said with a smile.

"That's right. I've heard Xing'er and Yinping talk about this book before, and they read it with gusto. What's the matter, brother, is this book really so good?" Guan Yu asked strangely.

"It is beautiful, although it is a history book, it is much better than "Historical Records"!" Liu Bei did not hesitate to praise this.It turned out that Zhao Feng saw that his son didn't have any books to read all day, so he wondered whether he should compile a copy.However, it is still somewhat difficult to operate in detail.

Among the books Zhao Feng read, modern novels are naturally not suitable, and even among classical novels, there are many that are not suitable. "Journey to the West" is about the Tang Dynasty, but even Buddhism has not flourished at this time; "Water Margin" is about rebellion, which is obviously not suitable; "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?You are funny; "Dream of Red Mansions" is not suitable, my son is already very talented in picking up girls.

After much deliberation, that is, "Feng Shen Bang" is more suitable. First of all, it talks about the affairs of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Secondly, although it is a bit strange, but in this age when spiritual civilization is extremely scarce, this book is enough for those who are used to it. The words of the sage, the people in the book of war can't put it down.It's been a long time since Zhao Feng read the list of gods, and he still remembers [-]% to [-]% of the storyline, and now he spent several months writing it into a book for his son to read.Zhao Zhengzheng won a treasure, unless he was close to his friends, he would not want to borrow it easily.If Yu Jie Guan Yinping hadn't seduced her, Guan Xing might not have been able to see it.Even so, he was still only willing to borrow it for three days, but Guan Xing had to work overtime and copied a copy overnight.

And now the copy in Liu Bei's hand is Guan Xing's manuscript.After all, Liu Bei is also a human being. Even if he became the emperor, he still likes to read these wonderful books, so he can't put them down.Seeing the surprise of the two brothers, Liu Bei was about to explain, but someone reported that Cao Pi had sent an envoy Hua Xin.Liu Bei reluctantly put down the book and went to work first.

"I've seen the emperor!" After seeing Liu Bei in a solemn atmosphere, Hua Xin didn't kneel down and beg for mercy, but just made a gesture of meaning.When the rest of the civil and military personnel in the tent saw it, their faces immediately became angry.Guan Yu was the first to shout: "Bold madman, why don't you kneel when you see Your Majesty?"

"Xin is an envoy, how can he kneel down to the enemy's monarch!" Hua Xin said proudly.As soon as these words came out, everyone became even more upset, and there was a buzzing sound, and some people even wanted to drag Hua Xin out and chop him up.But to Hua Xin's surprise, Liu Bei, who was sitting in the main seat, did not get angry. Instead, he looked at Hua Xin with interest, with an intriguing smile on his face.Hua Xin couldn't help being stunned by this abnormal performance. He was full of words and couldn't perform well for a while.

"Say, go on, what exactly did Cao Pi send you to say?" Liu Bei finally spoke, but his tone was full of ridicule.Hua Xin couldn't help being a little embarrassed when he heard the words, but he still bit the bullet and came up with his own words: "Now my lord and the emperor's uncle are at war with the land of Hebei. In addition to the war, the common people are suffering from being conservative. My lord I would like to stop fighting for the time being, the two countries will divide the border, and we will be a good alliance forever, I don't know what the emperor wants?"

"How to divide the boundaries?" Liu Bei seemed to be interested and asked.When Hua Xin heard that there seemed to be a door, he quickly said: "My lord intends to use Taihang Mountain as the boundary, and the east of Taihang belongs to my great Wei, and the emperor's uncle takes the west of Taihang. How about not infringing?"

The so-called east of Taihang Mountains means Jizhou and Youzhou, and Bingzhou and Sili are almost all west of Taihang Mountains.This is also the lowest bottom line that Cao Pi and Hua Xin think Liu Bei can accept after discussing.After all, they are already playing very high now, and it is not realistic for them to just stop like this.

"Take Taihang Mountain as the boundary?" Liu Bei smiled noncommittally, then sighed and said, "Go back and tell Cao Pi that if you want to save your life, he must lead all the civil and military officials out of the city to surrender before noon the day after tomorrow. If you resist stubbornly, then when the city is destroyed in the future, no one will be left behind in the Cao clan!" Looking at Hua Xin who was twitching, Liu Bei smiled and added: "Don't try to negotiate any conditions with me!"

After seeing off the distraught Hua Xin, Liu Bei smiled angrily and said, "Hua Ziyu really thought that we could be deceived, but now that the soldiers are approaching the city, they are still here to discuss peace?" Liu Bei shook his head again and again, feeling very helpless.

"I think he doesn't necessarily want to negotiate a peace, but just wants to take the opportunity to see the bottom line of His Majesty." Zhuge Liang also laughed.Liu Bei nodded when he heard the words, and then asked, "Kong Ming, do you think Cao Pi will surrender?"

"As long as His Majesty promises to spare him, I think he will surrender!" Zhuge Liang laughed.As soon as these words came out, Sun Qian who was on the side suddenly said: "But Cao Pi is the sinner who killed the late emperor, how can he be forgiven lightly?"

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty died outside the city of Yecheng that day. Although there was no direct evidence to prove that Cao Pi was the murderer, the entire Liu Bei Group, without any direct evidence to prove that he was not the murderer, could only take this glorious scapegoat. Let Cao Pi carry it on his back.Now that Sun Qian brought it up, Liu Bei was stunned for a while, but he quickly found a reasonable explanation.

"It's difficult to explain the killing of the king for a while, and it may not be Cao Pi's original intention. It's just that he usurped the Han and established himself as a rebellious minister. What should we do?" Liu Bei asked with a frown.Now even if I want Cao Pi to surrender, I still have to find a legitimate excuse.And Liu Bei knew that someone could find this excuse for him.

Sure enough, Zhuge Liang lowered his head and thought for a while, but finally he said with a smile: "At that time, Emperor Han was still young, and the abdication was done by a traitor in the court. Cao Pi also repeatedly gave way. Your Majesty waits for him to surrender, and then kills the chief culprit." Enough!"

"That's great!" Liu Bei nodded.Zhuge Liang's meaning was a bit cryptic, but Liu Bei still understood, that is, he just found a few scapegoats afterwards, so that Cao Pi could surrender with peace of mind.So on this night, thousands of letters were shot into Yecheng, all of which were to persuade Cao Pi to surrender.It's just that Liu Bei still implicitly guaranteed Cao Pi's personal safety after his surrender in the book.As a result, the hearts of those in Yecheng who were already fluctuating became even more flustered.

Not to mention that the people in Yecheng were panicked at this time, and Zhao Feng, who volunteered to go back and kill Sima Yi, had already led an army of 6 across the Yellow River to Fancheng.At the same time, other people from all walks of life have also been mobilized.Hao Zhao led an army of 1 to attack Yangping Pass from Chencang Road, while Lu Xun and Chen Shi led troops out of Baishui Pass to attack Wuxiang and Baocheng, attacking Sima Yi from both sides.Zhao Feng himself led the [-] people, joined the [-] people brought by Liu Feng in Guanzhong, and went to Xincheng County to attack Chenggu, preparing to deal the deadliest blow to Sima Yi who was entrenched in Hanzhong.

At this time, Fancheng was already in the hinterland of the Liu Bei Group, so there was no longer a prefect, but it was changed to a county-level administrative unit.The new Fancheng Ling is Deng Ai who just graduated from Xuzhou College last year.Since Guan Ping had already served as the prefect of Xiangyang, Guan Yu appointed Deng Ai, who was the meritorious Cao of Deng County, to be the county magistrate of Fancheng.It has been a year since Deng Ai officially entered the official career.And his stuttering problem was basically cured.

"Shi Zai, what happened to Sima Yi these days?" After sitting down, Zhao Feng asked immediately.

"Reporting to the lord, there is no movement, but there is something unusual in Hanshui recently." After thinking about it, Deng Ai said cautiously.

"Anomalies in the Han River?" Zhao Feng said in surprise, and then motioned for Deng Ai to explain.Deng Ai nodded, and then explained in detail: "There is a lot of rain this year, but the water level of the Han River is lower than in previous years. I boldly speculate that someone must have tampered with it upstream. And this person is probably Sima Yi !"

"That's right, Sima Yi is short of troops now, and he probably wants to use the Han River to deal with us!" Liu Feng also nodded when he heard the words, and then said with some emotion: "Although Shizai is young, he has the air of a general!" He and Deng Ai are also considered acquaintances, and the compliment is very smooth.It's just that the masses don't know what's going on, but they don't know why His Highness the Crown Prince values ​​a county magistrate so much.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's praise, I am ashamed and dare not take it!" Deng Ai hurriedly said humbly.Liu Feng smiled, and then asked Zhao Feng, "I don't know what trick the King of Guanghan has to defeat Sima Yi?"

"Hehe, there is no clever plan, just kill him!" Zhao Feng laughed disapprovingly.After a pause, Zhao Feng continued: "According to what Shi Zai said, the water level of the Han River is abnormal, and Sima Yi's troops are insufficient now, so he must have built a dam upstream and wanted to use the water of the Han River to overwhelm our army. When marching, don't rely on the river bank, and don't garrison in low-lying places, let Sima Yi's hard work become useless. Moreover, call four thousand Jingxiang navy from Mr. Liu Qi to help the Han army!"

"My lord, don't you have any plans?" Liu Feng said in surprise when he heard what Zhao Feng said.Zhao Feng smiled when he heard the words, and said meaningfully: "In the face of absolute strength, as long as you don't make mistakes, that is the best strategy!"

"So that's it!" Liu Feng nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "Then, my lord, do you want to go with us this time?"

"What?" Zhao Feng hesitated a little. Deng Ai is indeed a general, and there will not be many opportunities to fight in the future. If he doesn't train him much, just being a small county magistrate in Fancheng is really a waste of talent. He can't do it. Well, that's pretty much it for the rest of my life.But now Deng Ai is the county magistrate of Fancheng after all, so he can't run away easily.

"Forget it, Shi Zai, you leave the government affairs these days to the county magistrate, and follow me to attack Hanzhong!" Zhao Feng thought for a while, and was still planning to seize the last time to cultivate talents.Deng Ai was overjoyed when he heard the words. He knew that if he could participate in the war, he would be promoted much faster than being a small county magistrate.

The next day, Deng Ai entrusted all his affairs to the county magistrate, and then went to fight in Hanzhong with the army.After the army left Fancheng, it first went to Xincheng County.At this time, Xincheng County had just experienced Xu Huang's strong attack, and dilapidated traces could still be seen on the city wall.And the original Xincheng prefect Zhang Xiu, after so many years in the valley, finally made his fortune, and was just transferred to serve as Runan prefect.The current Xincheng prefect is Lu Yi, Lu Xun's elder brother who once worked with Zhao Feng in Chaisang.

"I've seen the prince!" After seeing the arrival of the army, Lu Yi went out to greet him himself.After signaling to Lu Yi that there is no need to be too polite, Zhao Feng also asked: "It's been a long time since Zizheng, I don't know if Sima Yi has changed in the past few days?"

"Returning to the lord, according to detailed reports, this Sima Yi has recently called on the people to guard Hanzhong, using his wife Zhang Chunhua's five buckets of rice to make the people of Hanzhong fight for the doctrine. Now the people of Hanzhong are full of support, I am afraid it will be compared with the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the past , It's not too much to give up!" Lu Yi rarely sighed.After a pause, Lu Yi said again: "Bo Yan was ordered to attack the land of Wu Township, and the people actually organized themselves to harass the army's grain road. It was useless for Boyan to kill hundreds of people, and he didn't dare to continue like this , was simply stumped by them."

"Is that so?" Zhao Feng said in amazement, he knew that after Zhang Chunhua publicized the Five Dou of Rice Dao, the hearts of the people in Hanzhong had already given up on Sima Yi, but he didn't expect such an exaggeration, the people would spontaneously organize to fight against them.In this way, it is really not easy to deal with this kind of evil enemy.

In history, it is not uncommon to use religion to deceive people.Like the famous Yellow Turban Uprising, the White Lotus Rebellion.Just for a word from the leader, these believers can abandon everything and die for it willingly. Historically, the White Lotus believers would rather starve to death by themselves than donate everything to the lifeless mother.In this era when scientific and cultural knowledge is generally low, it is too easy for someone with a heart to confuse people's hearts.Now that Zhao Feng encountered this situation himself, he was at a loss for a while.If it doesn't work, I can only kill all the way like Lao Liu did to the Yellow Turban.

Putting aside these messy thoughts, Zhao Feng ordered to continue marching the next day.At this time, it is reported that a dam has indeed been built in the upper reaches of the Han River, and the water potential has already accumulated quite considerable.It is expected that if I walk down the river bank, the other party will definitely flood me with water.

"Fortunately, Shizai reminded us, otherwise our [-] troops would have been submerged by the river!" Liu Feng said with some joy.Zhao Feng laughed noncommittal when he heard this, Deng Aike was panicked, and Lian Cheng didn't dare to take it.The army marched along the Daba Mountains all the way to the Chenggu area.According to the Tanmalai report, when Sima Yi learned that Zhao Feng was leading an army, he did not dare to neglect. He sent generals Guo Huai and Wang Shuang to lead an army of [-] to fight, while he confronted Lu Xun in Wuxiang.

"Fuck, to deal with Lu Xun by myself, but send Guo Huai and Wang Shuang to deal with me, it's pure contempt!" Zhao Feng said secretly in his heart.It's okay to be unhappy, but at this time, he can't help not paying attention to it. After all, Guo Huai and Wang Shuang are not fuel-efficient lamps.Especially Wang Shuang, most of the generals are not around now, it is estimated that apart from himself, there is really no one who can handle him.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a report from Tan Ma, saying that the enemy general Wang Shuang had lined up to challenge him. This surprised Zhao Feng, and hurriedly urged the army to go forward to fight.Sure enough, after walking for a few miles, they saw a group of men and horses lying in the middle of the road, and the next general immediately shouted: "Wang Shuang, the general under the King of Hanzhong, is here, Zhao Feng quickly come to lead him to death!"

(End of this chapter)