Chapter 22 Chaisang meets the deceased
"Phineas?" Zhao Feng couldn't help but wonder if something was wrong with his ears when he heard this voice at first glance, he hadn't heard this voice for three years. And this is Chaisang, how can you hear his voice?
Hurriedly ran out of the hall to take a look, and a familiar figure walked in. White face but with a beard, burly but wearing a scribe's robe, it is really like King Kong rushing to take the exam, and the evil ghost is studying, except for Zhang Fei, who else would have such a spoof dress?
"Three generals?" Zhao Feng looked at Zhang Fei, who was smiling and groaning in front of him, and it took a while to spit out these three words with difficulty. Isn't Lao Zhang in Qingzhou, why is he here now? Zhao Feng's mind was full of questions.
"That's right, it's me. How about Zhao boy, we haven't seen each other for several years! Zhang Fei slapped Zhao Feng and said with a smile, which also made Zhao Feng completely sober up.
"Third General, aren't you in Qingzhou? Why is Chaisan here? Zhao Feng hurriedly asked after being sure that he was not dreaming.
"Alas, the eldest brother said that I was not too relieved to guard the front line in Qingzhou, so I asked the public platform to be the assassin of Qingzhou, so that he and Zilong and Lao Wei stayed in Qingzhou, and I am now the assassin of Xuzhou!" Zhang Fei said with a smile. Only then did Zhao Feng understand that it was Liu Bei's idea.
But that's fine, Zhang Fei is indeed not the kind of person who can be on the front line. Historically, Liu Bei also asked Wei Yan to guard the front line in Hanzhong, while Zhang Fei was stationed in Langzhong, an area closer to the core. Now that Zhang Fei is back to Xuzhou, it is unlikely that there will be any big basket under Liu Bei's care. It's lucky to think about it, fortunately, it is Zhang Fei who has been confronting Zhang Fei in the past few years, if it is replaced by Cao Ying, I am afraid that he will already suffer a loss. Of course, what Zhao Feng didn't know was that the reason why Liu Bei transferred Zhang Fei back was mainly because his sentence "The ruler is long, and the inch is short" reminded Liu Bei, so as to avoid asking Zhang Fei not to do things that he is not good at.
"Since the three generals have returned to Xuzhou, the brothers can get together often." Zhao Feng said with a smile. Lao Liu is now the leader, Guan Yu is too arrogant first, and secondly he is far away in Jingxiang, speaking of which Zhang Fei is the most close to himself.
"That's that! My Lao Zhang heard that your brother was in Chaisang, so he took advantage of the opportunity to come to check on the training of recruits to come and see you, and by the way, he asked you for a drink. Don't you know, there hasn't even been anyone who can drink with me in Qingzhou all these years, Zilong's alcohol consumption is too small! Zhang Fei said with a smile.
"Then I'm going to have a good drink today!" Zhao Feng is also itchy, the alcohol degree in this era is limited, except for the old Xuzhou wine that he has purified, the rest of his own drinking is like drinking beer in his previous life, and there are really not many people in this era who have drunk their own.
At this time, Zhen Jiang, Zhen Mi and Diao Chan also came out to greet Zhang Fei, among which Zhen Jiang and Diao Chan Zhang Fei both knew each other, but Zhen Mi had never seen them. Zhang Fei looked at these big beauties, and said to Zhao Feng with a wicked smile: "Zhao boy, you are really powerful, I haven't seen you for a few years and hooked up with one more." As he spoke, he pointed at Zhen Mi, who suddenly blushed with shame.
"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 hurriedly explained. Zhang Fei pretended to be suddenly enlightened when he heard this, nodded and said, "Understood, understood!" But that expression really didn't really mean it. Zhen Mi stomped her feet and ran back to her room with a flushed face.
"Brother Fei, you see that my house is also a mess, why don't we go to the restaurant to have a bar, there is a good restaurant in this Chaisang City." Zhao Feng didn't want Zhen Mi to continue to be embarrassed, so he quickly diverted the topic. Zhang Fei didn't care, nodded and agreed. The two of them also took five or six entourages with Zhang Fei, followed Zhao Feng to a good wine shop nearby, found a room on the second floor and sat down, ordered food and drank slowly.
"Alas, this Jiangdong is really rich. Zhao boy, don't you know, I have been very bitter in Qingzhou all these years, how can I drink such good wine! After taking two sips of wine, Zhang Fei said a little leisurely.
"Chaisang can only be regarded as okay, it's about the same as Huiji, if you go to Wu County, it will be more prosperous than our Xuzhou, Zibu and Mr. Changwen are also good at internal affairs!" Zhao Feng sighed.
"By the way, Zhao boy, I heard that the eldest brother twice praised you as the pastor of Yangzhou, but Cao Ying'er was disturbed?" Zhang Fei said suddenly.
"That's right, but Cao Ying is really cunning!" Zhao Feng sighed. Zhang Fei didn't understand what he meant, and hurriedly asked.
Cao Ying rejected the lord's performance twice, but he did not send his cronies to be the pastor of Yangzhou, first Cai Mao, and then Mr. Pai Zibu. For what? The first time was to provoke us to fight with the people in Jingzhou, but this time it was to provoke Mr. Zibu and their former Jiangdong ministers to have a relationship with us. Cao Ying knew that if he sent his own people to take office here, he was afraid that he would not be killed by us, but he would also be set aside, so he didn't do such stupid things. Zhao Feng explained carefully.
"I see, Cao Ying'er is really a giant!" Zhang Fei also understood, and then asked, "Then do you think we want to fight Cao Ying?" ”
"Sooner or later, I'm going to have to fight." Zhao Feng's semantic pun is authentic. Looking at Zhang Fei, who was still a little incomprehensible in front of him, Zhao Feng had to patiently explain again: "Right now, Liu Jingsheng entrusts Jingzhou to the lord, I heard Kong Ming and Changwen say that this Jingzhou, especially Jingbei, this time there was a big drought and a war, but I am afraid that it will not be able to recover for a long time." The long article said that I am afraid that it will take two years to recover at the earliest. During this period, we will only fight a small battle of tens of thousands of people at most, and a big battle like Cao Ying and Yuan Shao will not be able to fight for a while. ”
"It takes so long?" Zhang Fei was also stunned when he heard this. "There's no way, Jingzhou is big and has a large population, so it's really not easy to recover." Zhao Feng said a little helplessly. Jingzhou is different from Xuzhou or Yangzhou before it. Although Xuzhou has a large population, its area is small; Although Yangzhou has a large area, the population is small, and Jingzhou is called a large land and rich resources. Of course, he almost didn't say anything, that is, Jingzhou's internal undercurrents are turbulent and the forces are mixed, and it is even more intense than Jiangdong at the beginning. If you want to settle down here completely, it is not realistic to do it for two or three years.
"Xiao Zhan, Bo Tao, what are you talking about?" Zhang Fei asked in some surprise.
"The so-called small battle, that is, tens of thousands of people will be dispatched at most." Zhao Feng thought about it, at most, the most small battle at the moment is to take the opportunity to take Qingzhou, or find an opportunity to capture Hanzhong.
"Then do you think Cao Ying will call?" Zhang Fei said a little anxiously when he heard this.
"That's not it, Cao Ying is still fighting Yuan Shao now, even if he can defeat Yuan Shao, he will have a period of time to recover and digest the results of the battle. At present, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, the lord occupies the four prefectures of Jing, Yang, Xu, and Henan in the southeast, as well as half of Qingzhou and half of Jiaozhou, which are the largest and most populous; Cao Ying occupies the three states of Yanzhou, Yongzhou and Sizhou in the Central Plains, although the territory is small, but there are many generals under his command, and his strength is not to be underestimated. is also the Son of Heaven in his hands, even if the lord wants to attack Xuchang, he is also a rat trap; Yuan Shao is in Hebei, although he occupies three and a half states, but he will not use people, and defeat is only a matter of time. The rest, such as Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Ma Teng in Xiliang, and Sun Quan, who occupies half of Jiaozhou, are all lonely and difficult to affect the overall situation. I think in another five or six years at most, this world will be the confrontation between the north and the south of the lord and Cao Ying. Zhao Fengsuo said eloquently, but he hadn't had this kind of opportunity for a long time.
Zhang Fei paused for a long time, then came back to his senses and sighed: "Zhao boy, you are really a talent, you have figured out this matter clearly, why don't you go and become a military advisor?" ”
"Don't, being a military advisor will exhaust me to death." Zhao Feng shook his head and said. Joking that if you are a military advisor and calculate everything all day long, it really exhausts people to death, don't you see that there are few military advisors in history who have long lives? Besides, although he is smart in big things, he is by no means the kind of meticulous person. It's still the same sentence, the ruler is long, and the inch is short!
"That's right, so in your opinion, there shouldn't be any big battles to fight in the next few years?" Zhang Fei took a sip of wine and asked.
"To be precise, it is unlikely that the lord will attack anyone again for the time being." Zhao Feng thought for a while and said, if anyone calls, it will be difficult to say, and when the time comes, it will have to be fought if it is not beaten.
"That's it, it's okay, it's enough to fight all these years, take a break for a year or two, and then fight. Anyway, since that jaw was defeated by me and Gongtai two years ago, he didn't dare to fight me once in the past two years, and only dared to rely on the Yellow River to defend it. Zhang Fei said proudly.
"Hebei Siting Zhu can also open his jaw a little, although Yan Liangwen is ugly, but his surname is too impatient. However, Tian Feng is a talent, if it weren't for them all these years, I think with the wisdom of Mr. Gongtai, Qingzhou would have been pacified. Zhao Feng was half-guessing.
"That's right, but these two people are not simple." Zhang Fei nodded completely in agreement with Zhao Feng's opinion. After nearly two years of competition, Zhang Fei also recognized the ability of the two. The two of them drank while catching up, eating and drinking all the way from the afternoon to the evening, and at the end their tongues were a little bigger. "Third General, I see we're almost drunk, can we go back?" Zhao Feng looked at Zhang Fei, the third master's head was already a little shaky, and he was almost going to pour it if he drank it again.
"That's it, Zhao boy, your alcohol consumption is still the same as back then!" Zhang Fei shook his head and said. Looking out the window that it was already dark, Zhang Fei burped and said, "I'll live in your house tonight, it's too far to return to Shouchun." ”
"Okay!" Zhao Feng nodded, and the two got up and went downstairs to ride home, of course, they couldn't run wild in this Chaisang City, the two just rode and paced slowly.
"Actually, I don't drink much!" Zhang Fei blew the cool breeze for a while, his head was already half sober, and he couldn't help but smile at Zhao Feng.
"That's right, if you really want to continue drinking, you can drink it, but it should be carried back!" Zhao Feng smiled, and Zhang Fei couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and laughed wildly. Fortunately, it was night at this time, and there was no one on Chaisang Street, otherwise Zhang Sanye's hearty and excessive laughter would really scare the children.
However, in the middle of the night, Chai Sang was not alone, just as Zhang Sanye's laughter stopped, the two of them met a carriage. In addition to the handlebar type of the car, there are three or four followers to follow, which looks like a large family traveling. However, it was already late at night, and the gate of Chaisan was already closed, so they should not be able to get out.
"Huh?" Zhao Feng looked at the handlebar style very familiarly, as if he had seen it somewhere, but his head was a little groggy after drinking, and he couldn't remember who he was for a while. However, this person saw that Zhao Feng's expression was a little flustered, and he lowered his head and hurried to catch the car and was about to leave.
"Wait, who are you?" Zhao Feng was curious at this time, and immediately stepped forward to stop his way and asked, Zhang Fei also rushed forward with him and said, "What, Zhao boy, do you know him?" ”
"Are you Ma Zhong?" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered who he was, wasn't it Ma Zhong, Sun Quan's cronies? When he captured Sun Quan alive, he was knocked down by Gao Ran, and later went to Jiaozhou with Sun Quan, why did he come here now?
(To be continued)