Looking at Qiao Mao's smug expression, Sima Yi bowed his hand and smiled, but he was still reserved: "Make the king's ability make Yi ashamed." ”

Qiao Mao laughed: "If it weren't for Zhong Da early to remind me to prevent Yuan Shao and Dong Cheng from plotting against Hanoi, I wouldn't have woken up." ”

After Zhang Liao left Luoyang, Sima Yi once mentioned to Qiao Mao about preventing Yuan Shao or Dong Cheng from plotting against Hanoi, but he didn't expect Qiao Mao to keep it in his heart.

However, Sima Yi was surprised why Qiao Mao was sure that the general's death was a rumor, and the two sat down, and he couldn't help but ask: "How can you conclude that the general is fine?" ”

Qiao Mao laughed: "With Dong Cheng, Yuan Shu and other people who have wine bags and rice bags, they also want to calculate the wise and martial generals? Haha, foolish dreams! This must be Dong Cheng's thief spreading rumors and taking the opportunity to seek Hanoi. ”

Is that okay? Sima Yi's expression froze, this didn't seem to be a rational analysis......

Qiao Mao's eyes lit up, and he began to tell Zhang Liao's glorious deeds: "I think that back then, the general was weak and weak, and with 3,000 men and horses, he could beat 100,000 Kwantung princes to the ground, and beat them into local chickens and dogs......"

Sima Yi was a little speechless, you seem to be one of the Kwantung princes at the beginning, the group that was hanged and beaten......

"That battle was really supreme, not only designed to capture the old man alive, but also smoked Liu Dai's ......"

Sima Yi decided not to ask any more, looking at Qiao Mao's eyes shining, where is this the legendary prince who tears apart if he disagrees, he is clearly a loyal admirer of a great general!

You must know that when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, it was the old man in front of him who was the first to stand up and spread the edict to the world, setting off the situation of the troubled times, but this ...... Sima Yi didn't know that there was a good word in later generations - brain-dead powder, if he knew, he would definitely use it on Qiao Mao at this time.

Of course, Sima Yi also has a lot of respect for Zhang Liao, he advocates wisdom, Zhang Liao is not only wise, but also several military advisors under him, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Fu Zhu, Li Ru, which one is an idle person?

But after all, he is a rational reverence, not the brainless reverence of the bridge in front of him.

Next, Sima Yi has been listening to Qiao Mao's story about Zhang Liao, and accepted Qiao Mao's brainwashing, from the Kanto battlefield to the Hedong officialdom, from the Bingzhou battlefield to the Guanzhong court, from Dong Zhuo's death to Li Dao Guo Yan, from the capital Luoyang to the imperial examination system......

I don't know how he can understand it in such detail, Sima Yi suspects that even the general himself can't remember so much.

Finally, Qiao Mao finished speaking, took a sip of tea, looked at Sima Yi and suddenly asked: "Zhongda, you are resourceful and wise, and tell the old man, the general really has nothing to do?" ”

Sima Yi was stunned, and then he knew that Qiao Mao was not so sure in his heart.

Qiao Mao seemed to guess Sima Yi's thoughts, smiled bitterly, and said: "You must know that the secret arrow is difficult to prevent, and the old man was almost killed by Liu Dai back then, not to mention that the general made a lot of enemies. ”

Sima Yi nodded and smiled faintly: "If the general has an accident, Hedong, Bingzhou, and Guanzhong have all been thundered, Luoyang has already been full of blood, Dong Cheng has already been buried in the court, the ministers are wailing, and the Son of Heaven is difficult to sleep, so how can he have time to convey the edict." ”

Qiao Mao listened to Sima Yi's faint words, and couldn't help but shudder, and suddenly remembered that it was Li Ru who was sitting in Luoyang, and there was Jia Xu in Hedong on one side, these two people were resourceful, but they were not kind-hearted, plus the general's Gao Shun, Xu Rong, and Dian Wei's gang of fierce generals, but they were far better than the 100,000 Liangzhou people of Li Dao and Guo Yan! It is really unwise for the court to plot against the generals.

Sima Yi said again: "Dong Cheng is by no means the opponent of the general, but only Cao Cao and Liu Bei'er can be worried. ”

Qiao Mao was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "Cao Mengde is a character, my uncle was a friend with him back then, and he was very commended, Liu Bei, his foundation is shallow, if there is no general, how can he be in the center?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head: "Liu Bei is also a hero, not to be underestimated, and the general is also important." ”

When Qiao Mao heard this, he couldn't help nodding: "This is ignored by the old man, he is valued by the general, and he must be extraordinary, but even if there are many heroes in the world, such as Cao Mengde, Liu Xuande, Yuan Benchu, Bao Yuncheng, and Liu Jingsheng, they are all extraordinary, but there are great generals, they are not worth mentioning, and their sorrow is also." ”

Calm as Sima Yi also wants to pat his forehead, can he still speak well.

Qiao Mao praised Zhang Liao, and suddenly sighed again: "What the Son of Heaven did this time is really not the act of the Ming monarch, but the self-breaking spine, and the Han Dynasty has never been seen again!" ”

Looking at the sadness and anger that flashed in Qiao Mao's eyes, Sima Yi suddenly found that Qiao Mao seemed to understand everything in his heart, and he was not so brainless.

Smart people are the most suspicious, not to mention Sima Yi's personality is like this, he has been thinking about one thing in his heart, he groaned, and asked: "Envoy, Yuan Shao may have colluded with Dong Cheng inside and outside, the court has changed, rumors of the general's death have spread, and the court envoys have come here, they must have also gone to General Xu, will General Xu ...... there?"

Qiao Mao waved his hand: "General Xu's place can be assured." ”

Sima Yi was a little surprised: "How can you see it?" ”

Qiao Mao said affirmatively: "The general is employed, when there is a mistake, Xu Gongming has the trust of the general and guards one side, and there will never be a problem." ”

Sima Yi was speechless, he retracted his thoughts just now, and his words were still so brainless.

However, thinking about it carefully, Sima Yi was also shocked in his heart, and he suddenly found that the people who have been reused by the general Zhang Liao over the years, whether they are officials or generals, are all the best in the world.

Some of them turned out to be unknown people at all, but after being activated by the general, everyone found out that they were rare talents.

This alone convinced Sima Yi.

In fact, what Sima Yi didn't know was that Zhang Liaoyong was indeed fully considered, and such an important place in Hanoi County was handed over to Xu Huang by Zhang Liao, just because Xu Huang was the most comprehensive general under him, with both wisdom and bravery, and he acted cautiously and steadily.

……

In the northeast of Hanoi, Xu Huang sent Gao Gan down to rest, turned around, and his expression was different from just now, and he became extremely dignified.

Luoyang Li Ru and Hedong Jia Xuju did not act, he believed that the general was not killed, but perhaps he encountered some trouble, at least there would be some changes in the imperial court.

Of course, what he said about defecting to Yuan Shao and the like was all dealing with the envoy of the Son of Heaven, and he keenly felt that the envoy of the Son of Heaven was very problematic.

"Someone! The guards were optimistic about the envoys of the Son of Heaven, and they didn't want to go out of the pool. Xu Huang immediately ordered, paused, and said, "Quickly send Li Lin to see me." ”

After a while, a soldier came to Xu Huang and saluted respectfully: "Li Lin has seen General Xu. ”

Xu Huang was not used to beating around the bush, and asked in a deep voice: "Is the death of the general a rumor?" ”

This Li Lin is the shadow in Xu Huang's army, there are shadows in every army under Zhang Liao, responsible for transmitting some confidential intelligence and information, and the identity of the shadow is very secret, only the chief general of each army knows.

Shadows have the rules of shadows, especially for the general Zhang Liao's intelligence will never be easily revealed to others, Li Lin didn't say anything, just affirmed: "It's a rumor, the general is fighting well in Yuzhou." ”

Xu Huang got the news he wanted, his face showed joy, he nodded, didn't ask any more, and was more sure that there was something wrong with the envoy in his heart.

The edict seems to have no problem, that is, there is a problem with the imperial court, but I don't know if this envoy is the Son of Heaven, Dong Cheng or Yuan Shao's person, but this person's mind is undoubtedly to Yuan Shao.

Their target must be Hanoi, and they are cunning and ruthless, wanting to provoke themselves to fight with Qiao Mao and take advantage of the chaos.

It seems that we have to discuss it with Qiaomao, maybe we can make a plan!

Gao Gan didn't know that his well-planned discord plan failed at the beginning, in fact, the essence of the discord plan was to destroy the relationship, generally speaking, as long as one of the two goals was successful, but unfortunately now both are aware of it.

If Xu Huang didn't believe that Zhang Liao's death could be accepted by Gao Gan because he was calm and keen, then Qiao Mao's reason for not believing that Zhang Liao's death was enough to make Gao Gan vomit three liters of blood.