Chapter 114

Liu Bei is old, which is Zhao Feng's most intuitive feeling now.

In Pingyuan County, Liu Bei was only in his early thirties. Now more than 20 years have passed, and he is already over 50 years old. Although I have been pavering my life these years, after all, I am old and my hair is gray. I have also changed from a teenager to a middle-aged man.

Looking at Liu Bei's step by step to today, Zhao Feng sighed and felt something different in his heart. Once upon a time, when he and Liu Bei's three brothers and Jian Yong were junior officials in Pingyuan County, they were all brothers and free and easy. But now, as soon as everyone meets, they are endless. Moreover, the bigger the officials are, the more they have to worry about each other. Zhao Feng's original surname was relatively free and easy. It is no exaggeration to say that he was also promiscuous when he was young. Xuzhou City satirized Cao Bao, and Shentingling scolded Zhou Yu, so that he rushed to do this kind of negotiation, which should have been a civil servant. But now, I am cautious in my words and deeds, and I live a little depressed.

This time, Liu Bei insisted on canoning himself as king, and Zhao Feng was even more disapproving. There are too many facts about the fact that the king was opened in history and then cut off the vassal state. Zhao Feng didn't want his descendants, because he was clicked by Liu Bei's descendants. Moreover, he is still a cavalry general, with military power in hand, and has been in the land of Xichuan for ten years, and he is on the forefront of the storm. Thinking about Wu Sangui, it's really shocking!

Therefore, Zhao Feng made up his mind to plan for his descendants. When he killed Sima Yi, he would immediately release his armor and return to the field, regardless of these messy things. At most, it is to follow the example of Di Renjie and Liu Bocheng in history to be an idle official. Of course, these thoughts are just a flash in my heart. However, Zhao Feng did not expect that it was this attack on Sima Yi that he would have the opportunity to achieve his wish.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Sima Yi is no more than tens of thousands of people. Together with Xichuan and Guanzhong, there are no less than 100,000 troops here. In addition, General Pound also went back with me. It was impossible for Sima Yi to contact the people to make trouble. Zhao Feng tried his best to comfort him. Liu Bei nodded and finally said, "I'm absolutely relieved if you do something. At present, the prince is staying in Chang'an. I will send someone to inform him to join the army with you and have a lot of experience. The prince has never experienced much war in his life. The last matter of Jiaozhou can only be regarded as a joke.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will take good care of His Royal Highness!" Zhao Feng nodded. He has finally understood that Liu Bei is ready to let him assist the prince. No wonder he suddenly treated himself so politely. What did he do when he was crowned king? He wanted to tie himself to the Liu family's chariot and move forward together. I knew it in my heart, so I had to secretly apologize for Liu Bei's kindness.

After sending Zhao Feng away, Liu Bei returned to the military tent. After retreating everyone, Liu Bei picked up a book on the table and turned it over. He, who has always been not very good at reading, watched it with great interest this time.

"What book does the eldest brother read?" When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came in side by side, they were also a little surprised to see that Liu Bei was actually reading a book. When Liu Bei heard the words, he was reluctant to put it down. He just said, "The list of gods!"

"The God List?" Zhang Fei was stunned, but Guan Yu said thoughtfully, "This book seems to have been heard of somewhere."

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

"Yes, I once heard Xing'er and Yin Ping said about this book. They also read it with great interest. What's the matter, brother? Is this book really so good?" Guan Yu is a little strange.

"But it's good. Although it's a history book, it's 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 a book to read all day long, and he was wondering whether he wanted to compile a copy. However, it is still a little difficult to do it.

In the books Zhao Feng himself 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 at this time, even Buddhism has not flourished at this time; "Water Margin" is about rebellion, which is obviously not suitable; "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? You must be funny; A Dream of Red Mansions is not suitable, and his son is already very talented in picking up girls.

After thinking about it, that is, the "List of Gods" is more appropriate. First of all, it is about the Shang and Zhou eves. Secondly, although there are some strange powers and chaos, in this era of spiritual civilization, this book is enough for those who are used to reading the words of saints and the books of war can't put them down. Zhao Feng saw the list of gods a long time ago. He still remembers 70% or 80% of the storyline. At present, it took him several months to write a book for his son. Zhao just got the treasure, unless he made a good friend, but he didn't want to borrow it easily. If it hadn't been for the temptation of the royal sister Guan Yin, I'm afraid Guan Xing wouldn't have seen it. Even so, he was only willing to borrow it for three days. As a result, Guan Xing had to work overtime and copy it 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 is an emperor, he still likes to read these wonderful books, so he can't put them down. Seeing that the two brothers were so surprised, Liu Bei was about to explain, but he heard someone come to report that Cao Pi sent messenger Hua Xin to come. Only then did Liu Bei reluctantly put down the book and go to work first.

"I've met my uncle!" After seeing Liu Bei in a strict atmosphere, Hua Xin did not kneel down and beg for mercy, but just made a gesture. When the rest of Wen Wu in the account saw it, he immediately looked angrily. At the moment, Guan Yu first shouted, "bold madman, why don't you kneel when you see your majesty?"

"Xin is an envoy, how can you kneel to the enemy monarch!" Hua Xin said proudly. As soon as this was said, everyone was even more unhappy. Suddenly, there was a buzz, and some people even wanted to drag Hua Xin out and cut it down. But to Hua Xin's surprise, Liu Bei, who was sitting in the main position, did not get angry. Instead, he looked at Hua Xin with interest, with an intriguing smile on his face. This abnormal performance made Hua Xin stunned. He saved a lot of words, and it was not easy to play for a while.

"Tay, go on, what on earth did Cao Pi send you to say?" Liu Bei finally opened his mouth, but his tone was full of ridism. Hua Xin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when she heard the words, but she still bravely took out her own words: "Now my lord and the emperor's uncle are fighting against the land of Hebei. In addition to the fate of the army, the world is even more conservative and suffering. My lord is willing to stop fighting for the time being. The two countries will divide the border and always be an alliance. I don't know what my uncle wants to do?

"How to divide the border?" Liu Bei seemed to look at it with interest and asked. Hua Xin heard that there seemed to be a door, and he hurriedly said, "My lord intends to take Taihang Mountain as the boundary, and the east of Taihang is owned by our Wei, and the emperor's uncle is in the west of Taihang. The Wei and the Han Dynasty will always form an alliance and do not invade each other. How about it?"

The so-called east of Taihang Mountain is Jizhou and Youzhou, and Bingzhou and Sili are almost all west of Taihang Mountain. This is also the lowest bottom line that Liu Bei can accept after Cao Pi and Hua Xin discuss. AFTER ALL, THEY ARE VERY HIGH NOW, AND IT'S UNREALISTIC FOR YOU TO THINK THAT THEY ARE LIKE THIS.

"Taohang Mountain as the boundary?" Liu Bei smiled indifferently, and then sighed, "You go back and tell Cao Pi that if you want to save your life, you can lead the civil and military officials out of the city to surrender before noon the day after tomorrow. If you resist stubbornly, then the back city will be broken, and the Cao clan will not stay!" Looking at Hua Xin with a twitching face, Liu Bei smiled and added another sentence: "Don't try to tell me any conditions!"

After sending away the depressed Hua Xin, Liu Bei also smiled angrily and said, "Hua Ziyu sincerely thinks that we can be bullied. Now the soldiers are still coming to make peace under the city?" After saying that, Liu Bei also shook his head repeatedly, very helpless.

"I don't think he necessarily wants to make peace. He just wants to take the opportunity to see your majesty's limit." 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 your majesty promises not to die, I think he will surrender!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile. As soon as he said this, Sun Qian, who was beside him, suddenly said, "But Cao Pi is a sinner who killed the former emperor. How can he be forgiven?"

When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty died outside Ye City, although there was no direct evidence that Cao Pi was the murderer, the whole Liu Bei Group could only carry Cao Pi on the back of this glorious culprit without finding any direct evidence to prove that he was not the murderer. Now that Sun Qian proposed this, Liu Bei was also dowk for a moment, but he quickly found a reasonable explanation.

"The matter of the king's life is indescribable for a while, and it may not be Cao Pi's intention. It's just that he usurped the Han Dynasty and was a rebellious minister. What should he do? Liu Bei frowned and asked. Now even if you want Cao Pi to surrender, you have to make a justic 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 smiled and said, "At that time, Emperor Han was still young, and the Zen was done by the scottage in the court. Cao Pi also repeatedly gave in. After your majesty surrenders, it will be enough to kill the first evil!"

"It's so good!" Liu Bei nodded. Zhuge Liang's meaning was a little vague, but Liu Bei still understood that he just need to find a few scapegoats afterwards, so that Cao Pi could surrender at ease. So that night, thousands of letters were shot into Ye City, all of which were persuading Cao Pi. However, Liu Bei still vaguely guaranteed Cao Pi's personal safety after his surrender in the book. In this way, the hearts of the people who were already floating in Ye City became even more flustered.

Not to mention the panic in Ye City at this time, Zhao Feng, who was automatically ordered to go back to kill Sima Yi, has led 60,000 troops to cross the Yellow River to the land of Fancheng. At the same time, other people from all walks of life have also been mobilized. Hao Zhao led 20,000 troops to attack Yangping Pass from Chen Cangdao. Lu Xun and Chen Shi led the army out of Baishui Pass to attack the land of Wuxiang and Baocheng, and attacked Sima Yi on both sides. Zhao Feng himself led the 60,000 people, converged 10,000 people brought by Liu Feng in Guanzhong, and went to Xincheng County to attack Chenggu, ready to give Sima Yi, who was stationed in Hanzhong, the most deadly blow.

At this time, Fan Cheng was already in the hinterland of Liu Bei Group, so he no longer set up a Taishou, but changed to a county-level administrative unit. The new Fan Chengling is Deng Ai, who just graduated from Xuzhou College last year. Since Guan Ping has served as the governor of Xiangyang, Guan Yu appointed Deng Ai, who served as the meritorious Cao of Deng County, as the county magistrate of Fancheng County. It has been a year since Deng Ai, who is 18 years old, officially embarked on an official career. And he had some stuttering problems, but he was basically cured.

"Shi Zai, what has happened to Sima Yi recently?" After sitting down, Zhao Feng also asked at the first time.

"According to the prince, there is no movement, but it's a little abnormal when I came to this Hanshui recently." After thinking about it, Deng Ai said cautiously.

"Is the Han water abnormal?" Zhao Feng was a little surprised, and then motioned Deng Ai to make it clear. Deng Ai nodded and then explained carefully: "There is a lot of rain this year, but the water level of Hanshui is lower than that of previous years. The humble position has a bold speculation that someone must have tampered with the upper reaches. And this person is likely to be Sima Yi!"

"Yes, now Sima Yi's troops are not enough, and he is likely to use Hanshui to deal with us!" Liu Feng also nodded when he heard the words, and then sighed with emotion, "Although Shi Zai is young, he also has the style of a general!" He and Deng Ai are also acquaintances, and they praise him very well. It's just that the masses are unknown, but they don't know why His Royal Highness values a county magistrate so much.

"His Royal Highness is flattered, and I'm ashamed to be!" Deng Ai quickly said modestly. Liu Feng smiled and then asked Zhao Feng, "I don't know what the King of Guanghan has to do. Can he break Sima Yi?"

"Ha ha, there's no clever plan. Just kill it directly!" Zhao Feng smiled disapprovingly. After a pause, Zhao Feng continued, "As Shi Zai said, the water level of the Han River is abnormal. Now Sima Yi's strength is insufficient. He must have built a dam in the upper reaches to destroy our army with the water of the Han River. In this case, we can't rely on the bank of the river when we enter the army, let alone station in a low-lying place, so that Sima Yi's hard work has become useless. In addition, four thousand Jingxiang sailors were transferred from Mr. Liu Qi to join the Han army to help fight!"

"Your Majesty, aren't you going to have any plans?" Liu Feng was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Feng say so. 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's the best strategy!"

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

"Is this?" Zhao Feng hesitated a little. Deng Ai was indeed a general, and there were not many opportunities to fight in the future. If he was not trained much, he would be a small county magistrate in Fancheng alone. Maybe he would be almost like this in his life. But now Deng Ai is the county magistrate of Fancheng after all, and he can't run away easily.

"Well, Shi Zai, you hand over the government affairs of these days to the county magistrate to deal with, and follow me to attack Hanzhong!" Zhao Feng thought for a moment and was ready to seize this last time to cultivate talents. Deng Ai was overjoyed. He knew that if he could participate in the war, it would be much faster than being a small county magistrate.

Next, Deng Ai entrusted all his affairs to the county magistrate to manage, and then went to Hanzhong to fight with the army. After the army left Fancheng, it went to Xincheng County first. At this time, Xincheng County had just experienced Xu Huang's attack, and the broken traces could still be seen on the city wall. Zhang Xiu, the former governor of Xincheng, finally became a success after staying in the ravine for so many years. He has just been transferred to be the governor of Runan. The current new city governor is Lu Yi, Lu Xun's brother who once worked with Zhao Feng in Chai Sang.

"I've seen the prince!" After seeing the arrival of the army, Lu Yi also greeted him in person. After signaling that Lu Yi didn't need to be polite, Zhao Feng also asked, "Zizheng hasn't seen it for a long time. I don't know what's wrong with Sima Yi now?"

"Go back to the prince, according to the detailed report, Sima Yi recently called on the people to guard Hanzhong and use his wife Zhang Chunhua's Wudou rice road to let the Hanzhong people fight for the doctrine. At present, the hearts of the people in Hanzhong are attached to it. I'm afraid that compared with the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the past, it won't be too much to give in!" Lu Yi sighed in a rare way. After a pause, Lu Yi said again, "Ber Yan was ordered to attack the land of Wuxiang, and the people spontaneously organized to attack and disturb the army's grain road. It's useless for Bo Yan to kill hundreds of people, and he didn't dare to kill them all the way. He was simply tripped by them.

"How can it be?" Zhao Feng was stunned that after he knew that after Zhang Chunhua promoted Wudou Rice Road, the people in Hanzhong had already died to Sima Yi, but he did not expect that it was so exaggerated that the people spontaneously organized to be enemies of them. In this way, it is really not easy to deal with this kind of enemy of the unity of church and religion.

Historically, the use of religion to deceive people's hearts has always been common. Like the famous Yellow Turban Uprising and the White Lotus Uprising. Just for the words of the head of the church, these believers can abandon everything and die willingly. In history, the white lotus believers would rather starve to death than donate everything to the unborn mother. In this era of generally low scientific and cultural knowledge, it is too easy for people to deceive people. Now that Zhao Feng himself has encountered this situation, he has no place to do it for a while. If it really doesn't work, I can only kill all the way like Lao Liu dealing with the yellow scarf.

Leaving aside these messy ideas, Zhao Feng ordered to continue the march. At this time, it was reported that a dam had indeed been built in the upper reaches of the Han River, and the water potential had accumulated considerably. It is expected that if he walks along the river bank, the other party will definitely release water to flood himself.

"Fortunately, there is a reminder, otherwise our 70,000 troops will be submerged by the river!" Liu Feng was a little happy. Zhao Feng laughed at this and didn't say anything. Deng Aike was panicked and didn't dare to be. The army marched all the way along the Daba Mountains to the Chenggu area. According to the Malay report, when Sima Yi learned that Zhao Feng had led the army to come, he did not dare to neglect it. He sent Generals Guo Huai and Wang Shuang to lead 20,000 troops to fight, and he confronted Lu Xun in Wuxiang.

"Damn it, I dealt with Lu Xun by myself, but I sent Guo Huai and Wang Shuang to deal with me. I just look down on people!" Zhao Feng was secretly unhappy. He is unhappy, but he can't help but pay attention to it at this time. After all, Guo Huai and Wang Shuang are not fuel-efficient lamps. Especially Wang Shuang, there are not many generals now. I'm afraid that no one can handle him except himself.

I was thinking about it in my heart, but I heard the Malay newspaper, saying that the enemy general Wang Shuang was challenging in front of him, which made Zhao Feng a little surprised and hurriedly urged the army to come forward to fight. Sure enough, he saw a man in the middle of the road. When the next general was crossing the knife, he immediately shouted, "The general Wang Shuang under the command of the king of Hanzhong is here. Zhao Feng will lead the death quickly!"

(to be continued)