Chapter 330 Death with Broken Wings Idiot Mengda
Xiahou Shang thought, as others thought, that these Han troops were here to take his life.
Xia Houshang, who had a strong desire for revenge in his heart, was certainly not willing to sit back and wait for death.
So at this moment, the thought of fighting back flashed in his mind.
Maybe it was because of Liu Bei's order, or maybe Mi Yang was not someone who treated prisoners harshly.
Therefore, since Xiahou Shang and others were imprisoned in this courtyard, except for the restrictions on their personal freedom, their food and drinks have never been withheld or treated poorly.
There were no ropes or chains on them.
Mi Yang's various views are undoubtedly a manifestation of his arrogance in Xiahou Shang's opinion.
Did Mi Yang really think that after being captured by him, Xiahou Shang would be as depressed as Chang Diao and others, and would be willing to be a victim of the crime and let him slaughter him?
If Mi Yang thinks this way, she is totally wrong.
Not wanting to sit back and wait for death, Xia Houshang held the wooden stick with his right hand harder and harder.
Even the way he looked at the approaching Han army in front of him began to become increasingly cold.
If you can make a sudden attack, it is not difficult to snatch a weapon from the ordinary soldiers of the Han army in front of you.
There were more than ten Wei generals who were imprisoned here with him.
And if you have a sharp blade in your hand, and then use your identity to command other Wei generals to attack together, it is not impossible to rush out of the hundreds of Han troops scattered in formation.
Just when this thought gradually emerged in Xiahou Shang's mind, Man Chong, who was not far away from Xia Houshang and had been paying attention to him, had noticed something abnormal in Xia Houshang's body reaction.
Man Chong has experienced many things in his life. When he discovered that Xia Houshang was abnormal, he guessed what Xia Houshang was thinking almost instantly.
At this moment, Meng Da, who had been observing the situation on the field, seemed to have noticed something.
With a hint of coldness at the corner of his mouth, he slowly put his hand on the war drum at his waist.
But before Meng Da could pick up the war drum from his waist, Man Chong, who felt that something serious was about to happen, immediately pretended to faint, staggered a few steps and rushed towards Xia Houshang.
Not only Meng Da, but also Xia Houshang, who was ready to make a sudden attack, did not expect this sudden scene.
But facing Man Chong who was rushing toward him, out of respect in his heart, Xiahou Shang subconsciously stepped forward and hugged Man Chong's body as he was about to fall.
And when Man Chong leaned on Xia Hou Shang, Man Chong immediately whispered in Xia Hou Shang's ear:
"Mengda has a war drum around his waist."
After hearing Man Chong's reminder, Xiahou Shang later realized that Meng Da had a war drum tied around his waist, and his hand was already on the war drum.
Meng Da's reaction set off alarm bells in Xiahou Shang's heart.
The effectiveness of war drums is the same throughout the world.
At present, there are only more than a hundred Han troops in the field, and Meng Da has no need to use war drums to command them.
So the only explanation for Meng Da's action is that there may be Han troops outside the courtyard that he doesn't know about!
After realizing this, most of the fantasies in his mind were immediately dispelled by surprise and suspicion.
After Man Chong said that, he whispered to Xia Houshang: "The situation is unclear! Don't be impulsive!"
What Man Chong means is that although the Han army seems to have bad intentions, their true intentions are still unknown.
How could Xiahou Shang now do something that was almost certain to lead to death for the sake of his uncertain purpose?
Man Chong's two reminders made Xiahou Shang completely wake up from his fantasy.
He immediately threw away the wooden stick in his hand, then straightened Man Chong's figure and gave him a grateful look.
Man Chong's reminder to Xia Houshang happened quickly.
Although Man Chong's actions just now were beyond the expectations of all the Han soldiers.
However, they did not receive the latest instructions from Meng Da. After a slight hesitation, they quickly stepped forward to separate Xiahou Shang and Man Chong, and then tied them with ropes one after another.
But at this time, Xia Houshang no longer had any intention of resisting.
Seeing Xiahou Shang letting his soldiers tie him up, Meng Da had a strange look on his face.
He looked at Man Chong with eyes full of meaning.
I think Xiahou Shang would have behaved differently before and after. It must have been Man Chong who reminded Xiahou Shang just now.
But even though he guessed this, Meng Da still took his hand away from the drum.
If Xia Houshang dared to resist and cause chaos, then he would make a decisive decision and lead the crowd to kill him. This would not be a fault but a merit.
But now that Xia Houshang has done this, he has no reason to take action.
After all, Mi Yang wants a living person, not a corpse.
Now Meng Da doesn't dare to disobey Mi Yang's order.
With Xia Houshang and other Wei generals restrained, they were quickly escorted out of the courtyard by the Han army behind them.
Outside the courtyard, there are dozens of prison vans parked at the moment.
When Xia Houshang and others were escorted to their own prison van one by one, what they saw around them made them all tremble.
Groups of armored and tenacious Han troops stood like sculptures under the outer wall of the courtyard, with no emotion in their eyes.
The Han army under the outer wall was numerous, and the number of people watching was at least nearly a thousand.
With so many Han troops on duty outside the courtyard, it is self-evident what tasks they were responsible for in the past.
If one of them dared to have a wrong thought in the past, then
When Xia Houshang and others thought about this, they all felt chills in their hearts. In the past, they only felt that Mi Yang was too arrogant because he did not deploy heavy troops in the courtyard.
Now that I think about it, Mi Yang is not arrogant.
It was Mi Yang who had absolute confidence and held them firmly in his hands.
When Xia Houshang saw this scene, he felt a huge sense of joy in his heart.
Among the Wei generals, only Man Chong did not show much surprise when he saw this scene.
He looked at the tall buildings outside the courtyard with complicated eyes, and finally let out a long sigh in his heart.
Although they are not in prison, they have always been the birds in the cage in Mi Yang's palm.
What is a yard bird?
If there is no order from the master, even if they have wings, those who leave the hospital will have their wings broken and die!
After a period of trekking, the prisoner team, escorted by Meng Da himself, arrived outside the country of Champion Hou.
There are generally two routes from Xicheng to Xinye.
One is the usual route that goes straight down the Han River to Xiangyang, and then goes north to Xinye.
The second route is a detour, also starting from the waterway, but the direction is changed to go north first, and then go eastward along the water.
Among these two routes, Mengda unexpectedly chose the second route.
Meng Da did this because on the second route, the escort team he led would pass through the Champion Kingdom.
The reason why Mengda wanted the escort team he led to pass through the Champion Kingdom was because as a Marquis of Luyang Township, his fiefdom was in the Champion Kingdom.
When Mi Yang was able to achieve a great victory in the battle in Xicheng, Mi Yang was responsible for the first victory, and Meng Da was responsible for the second victory.
After the battle spread throughout Sichuan, Mengda's feat of seducing the enemy with continuous attacks also gained him a wave of fame.
Mi Yang is not a person who breaks his promise.
Due to Mi Yang's letter of praise and Meng Da's great contribution to establishing him, Liu Bei's reward for Meng Da was the highest among the Yibei generals except Mi Yang.
General Anbei, Marquis of Luyang Township, rewarded with a thousand catties of gold and a hundred pieces of brocade
These rewards undoubtedly greatly satisfied Meng Da's heart.
But Meng Da has one characteristic, that is, he comes from a well-known family, and from the bottom of his heart he does not look down on Zhang Ni, Deng Ai, Ding Feng and other colleagues.
In order to further demonstrate his merit or difference, Meng Dacai specifically chose this route.
When the fleet escorting the captives passed the champion's foreign country, Meng Da, under the instructions of the guide, saw Luyang Township in the distance with smoke rising from the kitchen.
Although due to the distance, Mengda could not see the whole picture of Luyang Township clearly.
Even though Meng Da is currently the owner of Luyang Township in name only, he still had a huge look of satisfaction on his face after looking at Luyang Township from a distance.
A Marquis of a Township, in terms of title alone, he is now a serious Marquis.
In order to satisfy even more vanity, Meng Da specially asked all the Han soldiers to shout the name of Lu Yangxiang Marquis at this time, as if he was afraid that others would not know about it.
When the other generals on the ship heard these shouts, they could not guess what Meng Da was thinking.
After hearing this, most of them had envy on their faces.
However, after the Wei generals who were imprisoned in the prison car heard these shouts, Man Chong among them couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
"idiot."
Meng Da's high-profile approach will temporarily bring him a lot of admiration and glory.
But in the long run, in the eyes of Man Chong, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, this is a rather stupid thing.
Trying to show off something other than red sandalwood in the forest is actually a recipe for disaster.
After Xia Houshang heard the shouts, he was so angry that he almost fainted.
The same judgment emerged in his heart as Man Chong's, but compared to Man Chong, there was also a sense of shame in his heart.
How could he be obsessed with thinking of a person like Meng Da as his confidant in the first place?
When he thought of this, Xiahou Shang was so angry that he almost broke his teeth.
Mengda didn't know the reactions of Man Chong and Xia Houshang. His mind was now attracted by the majestic city that appeared in his eyes.
Champion Kingdom!
This county town was originally built by Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty specifically for Huo Da Sima.
Due to Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty's love for Huo Da Sima, this city was built very majesticly.
The current nominal owner of this city is Mi Yang, Mengda's immediate boss.
Looking at the ever-growing county in front of him, Meng Da showed a huge look of envy on his face.
A real man should have such a city as his residence!
But envy was envy, and Meng Da didn't dare to feel any jealousy towards Mi Yang in his heart.
After all, with Mi Yang's past achievements, it was only natural for him to obtain such a city as a food town.
Meng Da has only one idea in his mind now, and that is to follow Mi Yang and continue to make more contributions, so that the ambition in his heart today can be realized one day.
To realize this ambition, the first thing Meng Da has to do is to firmly hold Mi Yang's thigh.
Who would have thought that he, who had just been demoted to Sima by Liu Bei a few years ago, would today become General Anbei and Marquis of Luyang Township?
And the reason why his life trajectory has undergone such a drastic change is because he follows a good boss, isn't it?
In fact, with Meng Da's current status, there is no need for him to personally escort Xia Houshang and others to Xinye.
But in order to spend more time with Mi Yang, Meng Da was happy to do this kind of thing that he had looked down upon in the past.
As Mi Yang's status and power continue to increase, Mi Yang now has many good generals under his command.
He is no longer the Hanxing prefect who could barely get together the generals to lead a single battalion when he was in Shangyong.
In this situation, Mengda's sense of crisis deepened.
Meng Da knew that his ability was not very outstanding.
He was able to be entrusted with the important task by Mi Yang, on the one hand because of his leadership experience, and on the other hand because of Fazheng's popularity.
In this case, the best way for him to keep getting favored by Mi Yang is to keep showing his presence in front of Mi Yang.
This is currently the best way to make meritorious deeds that Meng Da regards as the standard.
With this thought, Meng Da ordered the fleet to speed up and head towards Xinye City.
There was one more thing he wanted to report to Mi Yang as soon as possible.
A few days later, at Meng Da's urging, he finally led the fleet escorting the prisoners to the outside of Xinye City.
When they arrived outside Xinye City, Mengda asked his soldiers to take Xiahou Shang off the boat.
Then, under the leadership of Ding Feng, he escorted Xiahou Shang and others quickly towards Xinye City.
Because Ding Feng was with them, the team led by Meng Da successfully passed all checkpoints and finally arrived outside the county hall in the city.
After Ding Feng led Meng Da here, he gave Meng Da a thoughtful look and asked him to wait outside the lobby.
Even though he looked down on Ding Feng's background, Meng Da was still very polite to Mi Yang's supervisor Ding Feng.
So he honestly escorted Xia Houshang and others and waited outside the lobby.
When Ding Feng saw Mi Yang in the lobby, Mi Yang was making a rattle with his own hands.
Since this was his first time making it, Mi Yang seemed clumsy.
But there was a clear smile on Mi Yang's face, and he obviously enjoyed the process of making rattles.
This rattle was a gift from Mi Yang to his son.
The rattle is a musical instrument that has been popular among the people during the Warring States Period. However, as time went by, the rattle gradually became a toy for some aristocratic children.
With Mi Yang's status, it would be easy for him to just buy a rattle and give it to his son.
If it was just bought, how could it be as meaningful as if it was made by him?
Mi Yang noticed Ding Feng's arrival immediately. When he saw Ding Feng returning, he just nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.
But what Ding Feng reported next made him stop what he was doing.
"Your Majesty, General Anbei is personally leading the team to escort Xiahou Shang and others."
After hearing Ding Feng's words, Mi Yang stopped what he was doing unexpectedly, but when he thought about it, he didn't think it was anything.
But just when Mi Yang was about to continue making the rattle, Ding Feng continued to report to him what Meng Da had done in the Champion Hou Abroad. At this time, Mi Yang not only stopped the movement of his hands again, but also had a look on his face.
His smile also gradually disappeared.
Today, he was in a rare good mood to take some time off from his busy schedule to make toys for little Mi Cheng, but Meng Da ruined it.
(End of chapter)
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