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Liu Bei is old, this is Zhao Feng's most intuitive feeling now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Back then, in Pingyuan County, Liu Bei was only in his early thirties, and now more than 20 years have passed, and he is already over half a hundred years old. Although he has been pampered all these years, he is not forgiving in his age after all, and his hair is gray. I have also changed from a teenager to a middle-aged Bensi.

Watching Liu Bei come to this day step by step, Zhao Feng sighed with emotion, but also had a different taste in his heart. Once upon a time, when he and Liu Bei's three brothers, as well as Jian Yong, were petty officials in Pingyuan County, everyone was called brothers and sisters, and they were very free and easy. But now, as soon as everyone meets, the ceremony is endless. Moreover, the bigger the officials are, the more things they have to worry about each other. Zhao Feng's original surname was relatively free, it is not an exaggeration to say that when he was young, he was also a prodigal wreck, Xuzhou City satirized Cao Bao, and Shentingling scolded Zhou Yu, so that he rushed to do negotiation, which should have been a civil official. 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 the king, and Zhao Feng was even more disapprehensive in his heart. There are too many things in history to open the country and crown the king, and then cut the domain. Zhao Feng didn't want his children and grandchildren, because the cutting of the feudal domain was clicked by Liu Bei's descendants. Moreover, he is still a hussar general, with military power, and he has been sitting in the land of Xichuan for ten years, and he is on the cusp. Thinking about Wu Sangui, it's really shocking!

Therefore, Zhao Feng made up his mind to plan for his children and grandchildren, and when he killed Sima Yi, he would immediately disarm and return to the field, and no longer care about these messy things. At most, it is to follow the example of Di Renjie and Liu Bocheng in history and be an idle official. Of course, these thoughts are only fleeting in my mind. However, Zhao Feng didn't expect that it was this attack on Sima Yi that gave him the opportunity to achieve his wish.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Sima Yi is only tens of thousands of horses, and there are no less than 100,000 troops here, plus Xichuan and Guanzhong. In addition, General Pang De also went back with me, and it was impossible for Sima Yi to contact the Di people to cause chaos. Zhao Feng said as relieved as possible. Liu Bei nodded, and finally said, "If you do something, I am absolutely assured." Now that the crown prince is staying in Chang'an, I will send someone to inform him that he will march with you to have more experience. The prince has not experienced much in his life, and the last time he handed over the state, it can only be regarded as a joke. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will take care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Zhao Feng nodded. He understands now, Liu Bei is ready to let him assist the prince. No wonder he was so polite to himself all of a sudden, what did he do when he was a king, he just wanted to tie himself to the chariot of the Liu family and move forward together. In addition to knowing it, I had to secretly apologize for Liu Bei's kindness.

After sending Zhao Feng away, Liu Bei returned to the military tent. After retreating from everyone, Liu Bei casually picked up a book on the table and flipped it up. He has never been very good at reading, but this time he watched it with relish.

"What books does the eldest brother read?" When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came in side by side, they were also a little surprised to see Liu Bei actually reading a book. Liu Bei was reluctant to put it down when he heard this, but just said: "Fengshen List!" ”

"God List?" Zhang Fei was stunned and said, Guan Yu said thoughtfully: "I seem to have heard of this book somewhere." ”

"This book was written by Bo Tao, and I also got it from Feng'er, according to him, or did Xing'er lend it to him?" Liu Bei put down the scroll and smiled.

"Yes, I once heard Xing'er and Yinping say about this book, and they also read it with relish, what's the matter, big brother, this book is really so good?" Guan Yu was a little strange.

"But it's good-looking, 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 reading book all day, so he wondered if he wanted to compile one. However, it is still a little difficult to do it.

Among the books that Zhao Feng himself reads, modern novels are naturally not very 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 did not flourish at this time; "Water Margin" is about rebellion, which is obviously not suitable; "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? You're funny; "Dream of Red Mansions" is not very suitable, his son is already very talented.

Thinking about it, that is, "Fengshen List" is more appropriate, first of all, it talks about the affairs of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and secondly, although there are some strange forces and confusion, but in this era of extreme lack of spiritual civilization, this book is enough to make those who are used to reading the words of the sages and the war book can't put it down. Zhao Feng watched the Fengshen List a long time ago, and he still remembered the storyline, and it took him months to write a book for his son. Zhao is like a treasure, unless he is a close friend but he doesn't want to borrow it easily. If it weren't for the royal sister Guan Yinping's seduction, I was afraid that Guan Xing wouldn't be able to see it. Rao is like this, he is still only willing to borrow for three days, but Guan Xing had to work overtime and rush to work overnight to copy a copy.

And now Liu Bei has this copy in his hand, which is Guan Xing's manuscript. Liu Bei is also a human being after all, even if he is an emperor, he still likes to read these wonderful books, which will keep his hands on it. Seeing that the two brothers were so surprised, Liu Bei was about to explain, but he heard someone come to report that Cao Pi had sent an envoy Hua Xin. Liu Bei reluctantly put down the book and went to get down to business first.

"I've seen Uncle Huang!" After seeing Liu Bei in a solemn atmosphere, Hua Xin did not kneel and beg for mercy, but just made a gesture and meant it. When the rest of the civil and military officers in the tent saw this, their faces immediately turned angry. At that moment, Guan Yu first shouted: "Bold fanatics, why don't you kneel when you see Your Majesty?" ”

"Xin is an envoy, how can he kneel to the monarch of the enemy country!" Hua Xin said proudly. As soon as these words came out, everyone was even more unhappy, and there was a buzz all of a sudden, and some people even wanted to drag Hua Xin out and cut him down. But to Hua Xin's surprise, Liu Bei, who was sitting in the main seat, did not get angry, but looked at Hua Xin with interest, with a hint of an intriguing smile on his face. This abnormal performance made Hua Xin stunned, and the well-saved belly of rhetoric was not easy to play for a while.

"Say, go on, what did Cao Pi send you to say?" Liu Bei finally spoke, but his tone was full of ridicule. Hua Xin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he still took out his own rhetoric: "Now that my lord and the emperor's uncle are at war with the land of Hebei, the soldiers are in trouble, and the common people are even more conservative. My lord is willing to stop fighting for the time being, the two countries will divide the border, and they will always be in alliance, I don't know what the emperor wants? ”

"Divide the border, how to divide it?" Liu Bei seemed to look at it with interest and asked. Hua Xin heard that there seemed to be a door, and hurriedly spoke: "My lord has intentions, with Taihang Mountain as the boundary, the east of Taihang is owned by my Great Wei, and the imperial uncle has to be west of Taihang, and the Great Wei and the Han will always form an alliance and 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 Cao Pi and Hua Xin thought Liu Bei could accept after discussing it. After all, people are playing very high now, and it's not realistic for you to think that people just give up.

"Bounded by the Taihang Mountains?" Liu Bei smiled noncommittally, then sighed and said: "You go back and tell Cao Pi that if you want to keep your surname, then you must lead the civil and military officials out of the city to surrender before noon the day after tomorrow." If it is stubbornly resistant, then it is said that the city will be broken, and the Cao clan will not be left behind! Looking at Hua Xin, who was twitching, Liu Bei smiled and added another sentence: "Don't try to tell me any conditions!" ”

Seeing off the depressed Hua Xin, Liu Bei also smiled a little angrily: "Hua Ziyu Cheng thinks that we can be bullied, but now that the soldiers are in the city, they still come to negotiate peace?" After speaking, Liu Bei also shook his head again and again, very helpless.

"I don't think he necessarily wants to negotiate peace, but just wants to take the opportunity to see His Majesty's bottom line." Zhuge Liang also smiled. Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and then asked, "Kong Ming, do you think this Cao Pi will surrender?" ”

"As long as Your Majesty promises to spare him not to die, I think I will surrender!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile. As soon as these words came out, Sun Gan on the side suddenly spoke: "But Cao Pi is a sinner who killed the first emperor, how can he be spared?" ”

When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty died outside Yecheng, although there was no direct evidence to prove that Cao Pi was the murderer, the entire Liu Bei group could only put this glorious black pot on Cao Pi's back without finding any direct evidence to prove that he was not the murderer. Now that Sun Qian proposed this, Liu Bei was also stunned for a while, but he quickly found a reasonable explanation.

"The matter of killing the monarch is difficult to explain for a while, and it may not be Cao Pi's original intention. But he usurped the Han and set up, but he is a rebellious minister, what should he do? Liu Bei frowned and asked. Now, even if he wants Cao Pi to surrender, he must find a justifiable excuse. And Liu Bei knew that someone could find this excuse for him.

Sure enough, Zhuge Liang lowered his head and thought about it, but finally said with a smile: "At that time, the Han Emperor was still young, and the matter of Chan Rang was done by the annihilation of the court. Cao Pi also repeatedly pushed. Your Majesty will wait for him to surrender, and then it will be enough to destroy the first evil! ”

"That's great!" Liu Bei nodded. Zhuge Liang's meaning was a little vague, but Liu Bei still understood, that is, he just had to find 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 them to persuade Cao Pi to surrender. It's just that Liu Bei still implicitly ensured Cao Pi's personal safety after surrendering in the book. As a result, the hearts of the people in Yecheng, who were already a little fluctuating, became even more flustered.

Not to mention that at this time, the people in Yecheng were panicked, and Zhao Feng, who automatically asked for orders to go back to kill Sima Yi, had already led an army of 60,000 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 an army of 20,000 from Chencang Road to attack Yangping Pass, and Lu Xun and Chen Shi led an army out of Baishui Pass to attack Wuxiang and Baocheng, attacking Sima Yi on both sides. Zhao Feng himself led these 60,000 people, gathered the 10,000 people brought by Liu Feng in Guanzhong, and went to Xincheng County to attack Chenggu, preparing to give Sima Yi the most fatal blow entrenched in Hanzhong.

At this time, Fancheng was already in the hinterland of Liu Bei's group, so it no longer set up 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 had already served as the Taishou of Xiangyang, Guan Yu appointed Deng Ai, who served as the Gongcao of Deng County, to serve as the commander of Fancheng County. Deng Ai, who is now eighteen years old, has been officially entering the official career for a year. And his original stuttering problems have basically healed.

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

"Back to the prince, there is no movement, but recently I came to this Han Shui, but there is something abnormal." After thinking about it, Deng Ai said with some caution.

"Han water anomaly?" Zhao Feng was a little surprised, and then motioned to Deng Ai to explain more clearly. Deng Ai nodded, and then explained in detail: "There is a lot of rain this year, but the water level of Hanshui is lower than in previous years. Humble and bold speculation that someone must have done something upstream. And this person is likely to be Sima Yi! ”

"Yes, now that Sima Yi has insufficient troops, it is likely that he wants to use Han Shui to deal with us!" Liu Feng also nodded when he heard this, and then said with some emotion: "Although Shizai is young, he also has the style of a general!" He and Deng Ai are also acquaintances, and they are very easy to praise. It's just that the masses don't know what's going on, but they don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince attaches so much importance to a county order.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince praises falsely, and the ministers dare not be ashamed!" Deng Ai hurriedly said humbly. Liu Feng smiled, and then asked Zhao Feng: "I don't know what kind of trick King Guanghan has, can you break Sima Yi?" ”

"Hehe, there's no clever plan, just kill it!" Zhao Feng smiled disappreciatively. After a pause, Zhao Feng continued: "According to Shizai, the water level of the Han River is abnormal, and now Sima Yi's troops are insufficient, so he must have built a dam upstream, wanting to use the water of the Han River to crush my army. In this case, we can't reliably travel along the riverbank when we march into the army, let alone camp in low-lying places, so that Sima Yi's hard work will be useless. Moreover, 4,000 Jingxiang water divisions were transferred from Liu Qi's son, and they joined the Han army to help in the war! ”

"Lord Wang, aren't you going to have any plans?" Liu Feng heard Zhao Feng say this, and said with some surprise. Zhao Feng smiled when he heard this, and said with some meaning: "In the face of absolute strength, as long as you don't make mistakes, that's the best strategy!" ”

"I see!" Liu Feng nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Then Lord Wang, do you want to go with us this time?" ”

"What's this?" Zhao Feng hesitated a little, Deng Ai is indeed a general, and there are not many opportunities to fight in the future, if he doesn't train him much, just being a small county magistrate in Fancheng is indeed a talent, and it will be almost like this in this life. But now Deng Ai is the commander of Fancheng County after all, and he can't run away easily.

"Okay, Shizai, you hand over the government affairs of these days to the county to deal with, and follow me to attack Hanzhong!" Zhao Feng thought about it, and was still ready to seize this last time to cultivate talents. Deng Ai was overjoyed when he heard this, he knew that if he could participate in the war, it would be much faster than being a small county commander.

The next day, Deng Ai entrusted all his affairs to the county to manage, and then went to Hanzhong to fight 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 traces of ruin could still be seen on the city wall. And the original Xincheng Taishou Zhang Xiu, after so many years in the ravines and ravines, finally soared, and was just transferred to serve as the Taishou of Runan. The current Xincheng Taishou is Lu Xun's brother Lu Yi, who had worked with Zhao Feng in Chaisang.

"I've seen the prince!" After seeing the arrival of the army, Lu Yi also went out to greet him in person. After signaling that Lu Yi didn't need to be polite, Zhao Feng also asked: "Zizheng has also been absent for a long time, I don't know what happened to Sima Yi now?" ”

"Back to the prince, according to the detailed report, this Sima Yi has recently called on the people to guard Hanzhong, using his wife Zhang Chunhua's five buckets of rice to let the people of Hanzhong fight for the doctrine. At present, the people of Hanzhong are full of hearts, but I am afraid that compared with the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the past, it is not much better! Lu Yi sighed rarely. After a pause, Lu Yi said again: "Bo Yan was ordered to attack the land of Wuxiang, and the people actually spontaneously organized to attack the army's grain road. Bo Yan even killed hundreds of people to no avail, and he didn't dare to kill all the way like this, he was simply stumped by them. ”

"So?" Zhao Feng was stunned and said, he knew that after Zhang Chunhua publicized the Five Buckets of Rice Dao, the people of Hanzhong had already lost their hearts to Sima Yi, but he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated, and the people actually spontaneously organized themselves to be enemies with them. In this way, it is really not easy to deal with such an enemy of theocracy.

Historically, the use of religion to deceive people has always been common. Like the famous Yellow Turban Uprising, the White Lotus Rebellion. Just for the sake of the sect leader's words, these believers can abandon everything and die willingly, in history, the White Lotus disciples would rather starve to death themselves, but also donate everything to the lifeless old mother. In such an era of generally low scientific and cultural knowledge, it is too easy for people with intentions to deceive people's minds. Now that Zhao Feng has encountered this situation himself, he has nowhere to start for a while. It's really not good, so I can only kill all the way like Lao Liu did with the Yellow Turban.

Leaving behind these messy ideas, Zhao Fengci 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 that the water had accumulated considerably. It is expected that if you go down the riverbank, the other party will definitely release water to flood yourself.

"Fortunately, there is a reminder from Shizai, otherwise our 70,000 army would have been flooded by the river!" Liu Feng said with some joy. Zhao Feng smiled noncommittally when he heard this, Deng Aike was panicked, and Lian Cheng didn't dare to do it. The army marched along the Daba Mountains until it reached the Chenggu area. According to the Tanmalai report, Sima Yi learned that Zhao Feng was coming with an army, and he did not dare to slack off, and sent generals Guo Huai and Wang Shuang to lead an army of 20,000 to meet the battle, while he confronted Lu Xun in Wuxiang.

"Damn, I went to deal with Lu Xun by myself, but I sent Guo Huai and Wang Shuang to deal with me, I purely look down on people!" Zhao Feng secretly said unhappily in his heart. It's not cool to be unhappy, but at this time, he can't help but pay attention to it, after all, Guo Huai and Wang Shuang are not fuel-efficient lamps. Especially Wang Shuang, now that most of the generals are gone, it is estimated that except for himself, I am afraid that no one can handle him.

was thinking about it in his heart, but he heard the report from Tanmalay, saying that it was the enemy general Wang Shuang who was in front of him to challenge in formation, which made Zhao Feng a little surprised, and hurriedly urged the army to come forward to fight. Sure enough, after walking for a few miles, I saw a group of people and horses in the middle of the road, and the next general immediately shouted: "Wang Shuang, the general under the command of the king of Hanzhong, is here, and Zhao Feng will come and die!" ”

(To be continued)