Chapter 156: Zhang Fei’s safety is in danger
Since it was a win-win proposal, Cao Cao certainly had no reason to refuse.
Just exchanging people between two families is easy to say, but quite complicated to do.
For example, how many prisoners of the Wei army were sent by Liu Bei's side, and how many people were sent by Cao Cao's side? This is a matter worth discussing.
After all, most of the prisoners Liu Bei captured were young and strong soldiers.
Although the battle at Xiangfan and many days of imprisonment had already resulted in the capture of tens of thousands of Wei soldiers, the battle had a psychological impact on Jingzhou.
But if these soldiers are put back for a period of training, they will be good for fighting Sun Quan in the future.
Although there were many young and strong people among the people Cao Cao moved back then, most of them were old, weak, women and children.
Under such circumstances, naturally the replacement cannot be done on a one-to-one basis.
It's just that these are matters that ministers should study. Cao Cao doesn't want to care too much about these trivial matters.
He only needs to present the final plan to his ministers and make a final decision.
Cao Cao handed the matter over to Jiang Ji.
After receiving Cao Cao's appointment, Jiang Ji immediately left the king's tent and summoned the staff of the Prime Minister's Mansion in his tent.
In front of his officials, he drew a rough outline of the migrating people.
That is, among the people who migrated from the south, we should try our best to mix in those people who are from poor backgrounds or who are in need.
This move was to prevent Liu Bei from discovering any talents among these people.
Most people who come from poor backgrounds are illiterate, and most people who are in need have low self-esteem. Under these two conditions, it is basically impossible for any talents to emerge.
Jiang Jizhen was a loyal minister to Cao Cao, and he considered Cao Cao in everything he did.
After roughly deciding on this framework, Jiang Ji, in his capacity as the Prime Minister's Chief Registrar, ordered the staff in the Prime Minister's Mansion to go to the households of the Ruying generation to compile a list of people who could be relocated as soon as possible.
As Jiang Ji issued orders one after another, many staff members of the Prime Minister's Office rode out of the camp with orders and began to head north quickly.
After all his staff left, Jiang Jifang was able to take a short rest.
After Jiang Ji was free, Sima Yi came to Jiang Ji's tent and asked him: "Zitong sent an envoy to the other side the day before yesterday. How do you think Liu Bei is?"
Jiang Ji and Sima Yi were once the chief officials of Cao Cao's East and West, and they worked together for a long time, so they had a good relationship in private.
Seeing Sima Yi asking about Liu Bei, Jiang Ji recalled his experience in the Han army's camp that day.
There was some admiration on his face and he replied to Sima Yi: "Liu Bei is tolerant and can win the hearts of scholars."
Because of his personal relationship with Sima Yi, Jiang Ji told Sima Yi his true thoughts.
After listening to this, Sima Yi remained calm and asked Jiang Jidao: "Has Zitong ever seen Mi Yang?"
Jiang Ji recalled the situation in the big tent that day. Not far from Liu Bei's head, there was a young man in his twenties. He thought that person was Mi Yang.
So he nodded.
Seeing that Jiang Ji had seen Mi Yang, Sima Yi invited Jiang Ji to draw Mi Yang's appearance.
Although Jiang Ji didn't understand what Sima Yi meant by this move, he did not shirk away from his friend's request as he was good at painting.
Soon after, Jiang Ji finished painting Mi Yang's portrait.
After getting Mi Yang's portrait, Sima Yi's face showed joy for the first time.
Although he was just outside the public security city before, he had been detained in the camp by Lu Meng, so he had never seen Mi Yang.
Jiang Ji was delighted to see Sima Yi get Mi Yang's portrait. He didn't know why, so he asked: "What does Zhongda mean by wanting Mi Yang's portrait?"
Sima Yi evaded in his words: "Shi'er has a young mind. After hearing about Mi Yang's deeds, he always wanted to see what he looked like, so he asked me to find a portrait for him."
After Sima Yi said this, Jiang Ji nodded and said nothing.
Later, Sima Yi said goodbye and walked out of Jiang Ji's camp and returned to his own tent.
As soon as Sima Yi returned to his tent, his son Sima Shi immediately stepped forward to salute him.
At this time, Master Sima saw a picture scroll in Sima Yi's hand, and he asked curiously: "Who is painting this picture scroll in my father's hand?"
Sima Yi did not answer Master Sima, but took the scroll to his inner tent and hung it up.
Master Sima walked into the inner tent and saw that the scroll that Sima Yi brought back turned out to be a young general sitting on his knees, and he became even more curious.
At this time, Sima Yi replied to Master Sima: "This person is Mi Yang, who has recently been praised by the world as the White Deer of Han Dynasty."
When Sima Yi mentioned that the young general in the portrait was Mi Yang, Master Sima's eyes suddenly lit up.
After saying this, Sima Yi then educated Sima Shi: "For the enemy, you must first understand it, and finally you can subdue it."
When saying this, Sima Yi recalled the many secret letters he had with Wei Crown Prince Cao Pi.
Because Sima Yi was a good friend of Cao Pi, and when Cao Pi and Cao Zhi fought for the throne, Sima Yi contributed a lot, so Cao Pi was very close to Sima Yi and trusted him.
In the letters written by Cao Pi to Sima Yi, he often expressed his feelings about the old age of all the famous generals in Cao Wei.
This was even more significant last year.
Among the five good generals, Le Jin died of illness, Xu Huang died in battle, and Yu Jin surrendered to the enemy, leaving only Zhang He and Zhang Liao.
In his recent letter, Cao Pi hinted to Sima Yi that he would make greater use of him after he succeeds to the throne and appoint him as a general.
What Cao Pi promised was to assist Cao Ren in guarding the front line of Jingzhou.
Mi Yang has become the most famous in Jingzhou since the First World War, and is most likely to be retained by Liu Bei to control Jingzhou in the future.
As a result, Sima Yi guessed that one day he might fight Mi Yang in the future.
Sima Yi had far-reaching intentions and tried to be thorough in everything.
Facing a potential opponent like Mi Yang, how could he not even know what he looked like?
Sima Yi not only hung Mi Yang's portrait in his inner tent, but also the portraits of Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and others.
On the bookshelves in Sima Yi's inner tent, half were filled with scriptures from various families, and the other half were filled with information about these people that he had collected through every possible means.
After Ma Liang went on a mission for Liu Bei, Liu Bei dissolved the meeting.
After Mi Yang left the commander's tent, he immediately came outside Zhang Fei's tent.
At this time, Zhang Fei was in the tent, instructing his attendants to pack their bags.
Before Mi Yang entered Zhang Fei's handsome tent, Mi Yang heard Zhang Fei's loud voice yelling angrily:
"Why are you moving so slowly!"
"The king has issued an order. If my departure is delayed because of you, I will have to whip you a few more times."
Mi Yang, who heard Zhang Fei yelling angrily outside the tent, couldn't help but feel black lines on her head.
Zhang Fei’s temper!
Liu Bei just warned him, but he forgot it again just after leaving the commander's tent.
Mi Yang opened the curtain and walked into Zhang Fei's tent.
Zhang Fei, who was yelling at his soldiers, suddenly smiled when he saw Mi Yang coming.
Zhang Fei values friendship and has always had a good feeling for the Mi brothers who never left Liu Bei in his youth.
And now Mi Fang and his son have saved Guan Yu's life. For all these reasons, his sense of Mi Yang is no worse than before.
Zhang Fei quickly walked up to Mi Yang, grabbed Mi Yang's hand that was about to salute, and then said with a smile: "You kid, you thought you wouldn't come to see me off?"
"You kept pestering me to teach you martial arts when you were a child, but as you grew up, you became more and more alienated from me."
Zhang Fei was so strong that he pulled Mi Yang forward and Mi Yang couldn't stop him.
At this time, Mi Yang remembered that Zhang Fei was like this when he was a child. He snatched him from Mi Fang's arms, carried him and threw him on his horse, and then took him to the field for military training.
That was really a painful memory.
If it weren't for Zhang Fei, Mi Yang would never be able to reach the level of proficiency in bow and horse.
Zhang Fei took Mi Yang to a food table in the tent and sat down. Then when he saw that there was no wine on the food table, he immediately muttered: "Fan Qiang, Fan Qiang!"
"Where's my wine?"
An officer whom Zhang Fei called Fan Qiang immediately stopped packing Zhang Fei's luggage.
He trembled, and with a trembling voice, he repeatedly accused Zhang Fei, and then took out a pot of wine from somewhere.
Fan Qiang carefully brought the wine to Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei took it impatiently, scolded him a few words, and asked him to pack his bags.
When Mi Yang saw this scene, he frowned and sighed secretly.
It can be seen that Fan Qiang has developed muscle memory for how hard he was beaten by Zhang Fei in the past.
This Fan Qiang was the person who killed Zhang Fei in history, and there was another person named Zhang Da.
Although I didn't see Zhang Da, I thought he should be among the people packing Zhang Fei's bags.
Mi Yang came here this time, firstly to see Zhang Fei off, and secondly to get rid of these two scourges.
After Zhang Fei took the wine pot, he picked up the wine glass on the dining table and poured a glass for Mi Yang first.
After pouring himself a glass, Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Brazil is not a rich place, but there are many fruit trees."
"Local people often pick wild fruits from the trees to make wine. The taste is very fragrant. I fell in love with the taste as soon as I drank it."
"Today, Zi Sheng came to see you off. I specially took out this pot of fruit wine I brought from Bazhong to drink with Zi Sheng."
After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he emphasized his tone and said to Mi Yang: "Zi Sheng must drink this pot of wine with me today before he can leave."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Fei drank it all in one gulp.
Among Mi Yang's several uncles, Zhang Fei has the most heroic temperament and is informal.
But his personality makes it easier to communicate with juniors.
Although Zhang Fei often scolds and whips his soldiers and villains, if he likes the people he likes, it will be a big deal.
It can be seen from his current performance.
In front of Mi Yang, he had no airs like his uncle or General You.
After Zhang Fei finished drinking, Mi Yang also finished the wine in his hand.
When the fruit wine was in his mouth, Mi Yang felt that the taste of the Brazilian fruit wine was a little different from the popular wines in the world, more sour and sweet.
It's quite delicious, a bit like the fruit juice of later generations.
Seeing that Mi Yang had finished drinking one glass, Zhang Fei was so happy that he poured another glass for Mi Yang.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Fei sighed: "If Brazil hadn't been an important place in Yizhou, I really wouldn't want to go and garrison there."
"It's okay to be poor in Brazil, but you don't have many acquaintances on weekdays, so you can't find anyone to drink with you."
Zhang Fei expressed his bitterness in front of Mi Yang. He did not dare to say these words in front of Liu Bei and Guan Yu.
After pouring out the bitter water, Zhang Fei poured himself another glass of wine.
At this time, Mi Yang saw that the atmosphere was almost over, and deliberately let out a sigh.
Zhang Fei sighed when he saw Mi Yang drinking well. He couldn't help asking Mi Yang, "Zi Sheng has made great achievements and is famous. It's a moment of pride. Why are you sighing?"
"If you have any troubles, just tell me and my uncle will definitely solve it for you."
Seeing Zhang Fei taking the initiative to ask questions, Mi Yang blinked and said immediately: "Uncle, I don't know. Previously, the king appointed me as a partial general and allowed me to recruit more than ten thousand soldiers as subordinates."
"It's just that soldiers are easy to find, but generals are hard to find."
"More than ten thousand soldiers need at least hundreds of generals. Where can we find so many generals in such a short time?"
Seeing Mi Yang talking about his troubles, Zhang Feibao narrowed his eyes.
He approached Mi Yang with his bearded face, then stared at Mi Yang and said, "You kid, you didn't just come to see me off today, right?"
Zhang Fei's temperament is a bit irritable, but he is not stupid.
Among the several nephews at that time, when faced with his teachings, others accepted them honestly, but only Mi Yang would try every means to avoid them.
His performance during this period of time further proves that Mi Yang is a resourceful person.
Zhang Fei wouldn't believe such a person if he suddenly said in front of him that there was a shortage of generals and that there was nothing wrong with him.
Zhang Fei's tiger face was right in front of him, and his leopard eyes were full of inquiry, but since Mi Yang was here today, there was no reason to return empty-handed.
Mi Yang tilted her head back first, and then said to Zhang Fei with expectant eyes:
"I heard that my uncle is good at training soldiers, and all the soldiers under his command are as good as ten.
"I came here this time, firstly to see my uncle off, and secondly because I want to ask for some generals from my uncle."
When Mi Yang told her the purpose of her visit, Zhang Fei had a look on his face that said it was true.
Okay, this kid took advantage of the sheep and brought it to him.
But when faced with Mi Yang's request, Zhang Fei had no intention of refusing.
Firstly, because he had promised to release her just now, and secondly, Mi Yang was his beloved nephew, so Zhang Fei would not refuse as long as the request was not too excessive.
Zhang Fei took another sip of wine and asked Mi Yang, "Whoever Zi Sheng wants, just take it. There's no need to hold back."
At this moment, Zhang Fei showed the heroic spirit that an uncle and a right-wing general of the Han Dynasty should have.
Mi Yang, who heard Zhang Fei's words, was no longer polite.
He pointed to the circle in the account and Zhang Fei's personal attendant said: "These people's nephews all want it."
Zhang Fei, who was drinking, almost spit out the drink in his mouth when he heard Mi Yang's request.
He originally thought that Mi Yang wanted one or two, but he didn't expect that he wanted one!
After finishing a pot of wine, Mi Yang led dozens of people out of Zhang Fei's tent and headed towards his main camp.
Mi Yang looked at the people behind him and felt quite satisfied.
Thinking of these people, they were the generals that Zhang Fei whipped and kept by his side every day.
He didn't care whether it was Fan Qiang or Zhang Da, he would deal with everything that was dangerous to Zhang Fei.
When these people are in his hands, what to do with them is not a matter of his words.
After Mi Yang left, Zhang Fei felt a little pain in his head when he looked at the empty tent and Mi Zhong who was left behind by Mi Yang.
Just now, Mi Yang not only took away all of Zhang Fei's bodyguards, but also left Mi Zhong with him.
Mi Yang said that Mi Zhong was his younger brother and had always admired Zhang Fei's reputation, so he wanted to follow Zhang Fei.
But in fact, Mi Yang still considered Zhang Fei's safety.
Mi Yang knew very well that with Zhang Fei's character, even if he eliminated all hidden dangers around him today, it would only be a temporary measure.
If Zhang Fei's temper does not change, then sooner or later a new Fan Qiang and Zhang Da will appear.
So in order to provide Zhang Fei with insurance, he left Mi Zhong with Zhang Fei.
There is no need for Zhang Fei to trust Mi Zhong, as long as he stays by his side as a small soldier.
According to the relationship between Mi Zhong and Mi Yang, and according to Zhang Fei's character, Mi Zhong would not be whipped.
And as long as Mi Zhong stays by Zhang Fei's side, it is not that easy for ordinary Xiao Xiao to assassinate Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei looked at Mi Zhong, who was standing blankly behind him, and said angrily: "Why are you still standing there? Go find someone to pack my bags."
Everyone has been asked to leave by Mi Yang, and now no one can help Zhang Fei pack his bags.
Upon hearing this, Mi Zhong immediately took the order and left.
After Mi Zhong left, Zhang Fei looked at Mi Yang's leaving figure and said with a smile on his lips:
"You brat, do you really think I don't know what you really think?"
"It's still the same as when I was a kid, I just like to make twists and turns."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Fei, with a smile on his face, returned to the couch to take a nap.
Today’s is gone.
The busiest period is over and things will be back to normal starting tomorrow.
12 o'clock, 18 o'clock, 00 o'clock.
Mr. Lu Shuming, who played Guan Gong, passed away today, alas.
I hope there will be no more regrets in this book.
(End of chapter)
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