Chapter 340: Painting Cakes

Fei Yi's sentence is because Ma Yan's regret has a bit of a background.

When Liu Bei went on an expedition to the east, Sun Quan was afraid of being attacked on both sides, so he could only call himself a vassal to Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi asked him for a proton, but Sun Quan used a procrastination trick, and the good words were exhausted, but the proton was not given. It was not until the end of the battle of Yiling that Cao Pi came back to his senses and sent troops to attack Wu in anger, but Sun Quan refused to defend Linjiang, Cao Pi looked at Jiang and sighed, not only that, but was also attacked by Wu General Sun Shao's subordinates when he retreated. At that time, Cao Pi did not have the calmness of Cao Rui this time, and as soon as he was attacked, he was in a mess, fled in a panic, and even the guard of honor of the car driver was taken away by Wu Jun, and he lost a big face.

After the Battle of Yiling, although the relationship between Wu and Shu was restored, the fight between them was inevitable, and this matter of course became the pride of the Wu people. When he said this, he undoubtedly expressed his original intention to compete with the Wu people, so Fei Yi said that his habit of being a good name had not been eliminated.

Wei Ba was unimpressed with Ma Tan's approach of attacking for the sake of face, and was even a little angry, because Ma Jian was using the lives of Wei Feng and his subordinates to earn his own face. However, he was very satisfied with the tactical design that Ma Jian showed in the specific battle. In the past, Ma Tan's biggest characteristic was that he was vague, long in metaphysical strategic assertions, and short in specific tactical design, but this time his performance is remarkable, which is enough to prove that he recognizes his shortcomings, and has made efforts, and the progress he has made is also very gratifying.

He is no longer a scholar who can only talk in generalities, he has been able to plan a specific battle with his own hands, to some extent. He extended the jishu of sand table deduction from the strategic level to the tactical level, which Wei Ba himself could not do.

It's a surgical attack, precise, beautiful.

"Mr. Youchang's progress is gratifying, after returning to Chengdu, the prime minister will definitely reuse you." Wei Ba smiled: "Mr. Youchang, thank you for guiding my brother." You are the first to make this meritorious service. ”

Ma Jian smiled and shook his head: "Otherwise, my Jihua this time can only be completed by Zi Rou and your Wei family warriors, without their sacrificial fighting." My jihua has no chance of success at all. The first credit is theirs. I just did what I had to do, and it wasn't worth mentioning. ”

Regarding Ma Yan's shouting "avenge the king" in the battle, Wei Ba was a little unimpressed, such a clumsy trick. I believe that I can't deceive someone as shrewd as Cao Rui. There were definitely wounded soldiers captured during the battle. As long as they are caught and tortured, there is no truth to hide. If it works, it probably means that Cao Rui can be confused at that time.

This question about Wei Ba. Ma Jian had a different opinion, and he asked Wei Badao: "At this moment, for the Wei State, is it the greater threat of Wu, or is the threat of my Han greater?" ”

Wei Ba didn't hesitate: "Of course, the threat of my Han is greater, Xiangyang is still in their hands, but Guanzhong has been captured by us." What threat can the Wu people have? ”

"Yes, anyone can see that once the war is over, Cao Rui should tackle the key problems again. However, does he still have the strength to attack? Ma Tan laughed: "You should attack, but you can't, Cao Rui must be in a dilemma." Now I give him a reason, can he not continue? If he doesn't, it can only be said that he is stupid, but it is not my fault. Taking a step back, even if he doesn't believe it, what do we have to lose? It's just two shouts. ”

Wei Ba was stunned for a long time, and then he understood what Ma Tan meant, and couldn't help but be amazed. It's called hand-in-hand, right? He bowed gratefully to Ma Yan. Ma Tan had no obligation to explain to him, and the reason why he was willing to tell him was a rare affection.

Ma Tan smiled and returned the salute.

Fei Yi looked at Wei Ba and Ma Yan, who were humble to each other, with interest, and smiled meaningfully, but there was a hint of worry in his smile.

"Young Chang, you don't know that Sun Quan's son Sun Ji died in front of the battle." Fei Yi briefly explained the situation, Ma Jian was stunned for a moment, and felt a little regretful: "If I knew this, I should have shouted 'avenge the prince'." ”

Everybody daxiao.

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Since Wei Feng has returned, Fangling's original personnel arrangements have been restored to their original state, with Meng Da as the chief general, Wei Feng as the deputy general, and Zong Pre as his supervisor. Although Zong Pre did not participate in the campaign this time, he guarded the Fang Ling without revealing a drop, neither giving the Dongwu people a chance, nor arousing the suspicion of the Dongwu, plus the logistics work was done in place, showing the style of a general, this credit was repaid, and the reward was of course indispensable.

In addition to the original men and horses of Fangling, the newly formed Hanzhong Naval Division also stayed in Zhuyang, and Fubo Zhonglang commanded Feng Jin and his two lieutenants, Fu Xing and Zhang Wei, a total of five building ships, more than 50 large and small warships, with a total strength of about 5,000 people. They were not under the command of Meng Da, but directly under the command of Wu Yi, the governor of Hanzhong, and if there was an emergency, they could take action without consulting Meng Da.

After the arrangements were made, Wu Yi returned to Hanzhong with the army. Wei Ba, Fei Yi, Ma Jian and others had a task on their bodies, so they set off ahead of schedule and rushed to Chengdu with a thick book of military exploits. An important task for Wei Ba to rush to Chengdu this time is to ask for merit, the battle of Xiangyang was successful, but there are many factions inside, whether everyone can get the reward they want depends on whether the person who goes to repay the merit has the ability to mediate.

Wei Ba is a well-deserved first credit, and it is up to him to ask for credit, and people from all factions are very relieved.

When passing through Nanzheng, Wei Ba returned to the former Wei family manor. After taking Guanzhong, Wei Yan was promoted to the general of Zhenbei and the governor of Guanzhong, most of the troops were transferred to Guanzhong, and the part that remained was also moved to Chengdu with Mrs. Zhang. The once bustling Wei family manor is now left with only a few old and weak left, waiting for the arrival of a new owner.

Looking at the quiet manor, looking at the buildings that he was once familiar with, and looking at the small building where he had read the military book in it, Wei Ba was full of emotion, and inexplicably gave birth to many emotions. He knew that this was a good thing, but there were some unpleasant factors hidden in the good thing. Before Dad guarded Hanzhong, it has been a continuation of the policy from Liu Bei's era, the Wei family has no hostages in Chengdu, all the family members are together, and now Dad has been promoted. The family is about to be separated, and almost the whole family has moved to Chengdu, which is not just as simple as a few hostages.

When he returned to the ship, Fei Yi saw that Wei Ba's mood was not high, and probably guessed Wei Ba's worries, so he took the initiative to jokingly say: "You can rest assured, the prime minister has arranged a new residence for your Wei family in the south of the city, which is better than here, and has allocated a lot of settling-in expenses, which will definitely compensate for your losses." Other than that. If nothing else. The successor to the governor of Hanzhong will be General Wu Ziyuan, who has worked with you this time and appreciates you very much, and the queen mother will also have some rewards. ”

Wei Ba didn't say much. Just smiled. He wasn't worried about the loss of his belongings. If it's just a relationship of interest. Moving to Chengdu is of course more pros than cons for the Wei family. The rolling wealth brought by printing jishu and various new processes far outweighed the loss of these farms.

"Fei Jun, how do you think the prime minister will reward me with my military exploits?" Wei Ba deliberately said lightly.

Fei Yi didn't answer and asked: "What ambitions do you have?" ”

"Absolutely." Wei Ba smiled: "Self-cultivation Qi family." Governing the country and leveling the world, is it big enough? ”

Fei Yi also laughed: "If you want to cultivate yourself and Qi family, govern the country and level the world, you must first learn from things and be sincere and upright, what step do you think you have achieved?" ”

Wei Ba was a little embarrassed, he originally wanted to make a joke with Fei Yi and ask for a price to see how he could deal with it, but he didn't expect Fei Yi's eloquence to be far superior to him, and he blocked him all at once. No matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't say that he is ready for everything, just waiting to rule the country and level the world, where will he put his father.

"Well, I seem to have just started, and I'm just learning from things." Not to be outdone, Wei Ba counterattacked: "As for sincerity and righteousness, I have to ask Fei Jun for more advice." ”

Fei Yi laughed, shook his head and said, "Ziyu, how can I dare to point out to you." But don't worry, you'll have a gentleman who is a hundred times stronger than me. As long as you can guard against arrogance and rashness, your achievements in the future are limitless. Otherwise, wouldn't you have let down the prime minister's painstaking efforts to get the word jade for you? ”

Wei Ba heard Fei Yi's voice. Listening to this meaning, but Prime Minister Zhuge Liang wants to teach it personally? It sounds like this is the meaning of the prime minister's attention, but going to the prime minister's side to do things is tantamount to monitoring nearby, and being stared at by Zhuge Liang every day, what kind of comfortable thing can it be? Thinking of this, Wei Ba couldn't help but think of Zhuge Qiao, who was forced to suffer, and couldn't help but shudder.

"Why, Ziyu is so excited?" Fei Yi quipped.

"I'm not impressed, I just can't afford it." Wei Ba sighed and said: "Prime Minister has every opportunity, how dare I delay his time any longer." ”

"Ziyu, you're wrong. The prime minister is half a hundred this year, and his health has not been very good, how can he not pay attention to the future? Ordinary people may only look at one generation, and one or two decades after their death, but the prime minister is very human, and he sees farther, he has to look at two generations, three generations, fifty years, and a hundred years. ”

Wei Ba looked at Fei Yi, who was talking eloquently, and somewhat understood what Fei Yi meant. It is good for people in this era to live to the age of 50, under normal circumstances, the age of 60 is longevity, and the age of 70 is basically hopeless. Zhuge Liang was overworked and his physical condition was not very good, so he set his expected life at sixty years old. After another 10 years from now, you will have to think about the succession.

This successor has nothing to do with him Wei Ba, and can only be chosen from his father's generation. For example, Jiang Wan, Ma Yan, and Fei Yi in front of him. After this generation, it is probably possible for him to come out. In other words, according to Zhuge Liang's arrangement, he would have to practice for at least another twenty years before he could have a chance.

This is still based on the fact that Zhuge Liang really cultivates him as a successor. Twenty years, a lot can happen, who knows if this opportunity will fall on his head at that time? Further, what if Zhuge Liang was just a delaying tactic and just drew a cake for him? Is he just waiting so stupidly?

In terms of building machinery, Wei Ba has enough self-confidence, and when it comes to marching and fighting, he seems to be barely qualified, but when it comes to intrigue in the officialdom, to be honest, he has no confidence at all. Zhuge Liang just wants him to be an official step by step, isn't this deliberately suppressed?

Thinking of this, Wei Ba couldn't help but sneer secretly, why should I listen to your arrangement? (To be continued......)

PS: Asking for a monthly pass, I was overtaken again, tragedy......