Chapter 490 Worry about chaos and unexpected encounter in the dense forest
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 490 Worry about chaos and unexpected encounter in the dense forest
Zhuge Liang knew what Liu Feng was thinking, but he didn't care, and he didn't regret his original advice.
In fact, why did Zhuge Liang not know that Liu Fengyuan was better than Liu Chan in terms of strength alone?
The reason why Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei "abandon the title of Zen" was not because he was afraid that he would not be able to monopolize power after Liu Feng succeeded to the throne, as some people in later generations suspected, nor was it because his relationship with Liu Chan was more serious.
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When Zhuge Liang joined Liu Bei, Liu Chan was nothing more than an infant.
Children under the age of ten in today's world basically do not attract much attention from adults, because the mortality rate of children in today's world is too high, which is probably why children before the age of ten have nicknames.
Therefore, when Zhuge Liang defected to Liu Bei, Liu Feng was not Liu Bei's first successor regardless of whether he was legal or humane.
For this reason, Liu Bei also asked Zhuge Liang to teach Liu Feng for a period of time. But with that level of experience, Zhuge Liang could clearly see Liu Feng's character.
There is no doubt whether Liu Feng is talented, but he has two things that make Zhuge Liang very worried.
The first aspect is Liu Feng's character.
Although Liu Feng was independent-minded, he was headstrong, and he was courageous but easily irritable. With such a character, it was not safe to become a general, so how could he become a king who controlled the fate of Yejiao?
Sometimes random actions can cause more trouble than inaction.
On the contrary, although Liu Chan has a gentle temperament, he knows how to follow the good and be courteous to the wise. Once Liu Chan becomes an emperor, it is natural for him to achieve great achievements, but with the help of wise ministers, it is impossible to make big mistakes.
Very rare.
Comparing the two, Zhuge Liang, who has a cautious temperament, naturally prefers Liu Chan.
As for another reason, Zhuge Liang did not want Liu Bei to fall into foreign strife a hundred years later.
Whether Liu Feng is legal or not, Liu Bei's stepson is good, but it is not true that he has no blood relationship with Liu Bei. Doesn't Liu Bei care too much about that, but what about Liu Feng himself?
The natural lack of blood relationship will definitely make Liu Feng have doubts, which is human nature.
Liu Chan's legal principles are not Liu Bei's second son, but his blood relationship is Liu Bei's eldest son, which will inevitably arouse the pursuit of ambitious people.
Even though Liu Chan had no intention of competing with Liu Feng for the throne, Liu Feng was still affected by doubts in his heart. Wouldn't he fall in love with Liu Chan after he ascended the throne?
Even those "younger brothers" who are still alive are wronged.
After all, for Liu Feng, only by eradicating all the princes who are truly related to Liu Bei can his throne be permanent.
Judging from Liu Feng's temperament, Zhuge Liang's worries are likely to come true, and that reality will drag the man into a situation that is beyond redemption.
There are powerful enemies waiting outside, and if there is another external disturbance, the Han Dynasty's dream of rejuvenation will definitely fail.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang did not agree with Liu Feng becoming the crown prince of the Han Dynasty because of Liu Bei's plan and his plan for the Han Dynasty.
Zhuge Liang believed that all his choices were made for the sake of the big man. As for whether his choice would arouse Liu Feng's jealousy, that was beyond his consideration.
After Liu Feng welcomed Zhuge Liang into the Jiange, he paid homage again outside the tent.
Zhuge Liang was the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Feng was the general who fought against the invaders. Even if he was the prince of the Han Dynasty, he had to obey Zhuge Liang's command as soon as Zhuge Liang entered the sword pavilion.
When paying homage, Liu Feng's tone was slightly stiff: "Feng pays homage to the Prime Minister."
Liu Feng was not a person who was good at forbearing, and his dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang was clearly reflected in his tone.
I would like to know if Liu Feng, who had been taught by Zhuge Liang before Zhuge Liang explicitly supported Liu Chan, respectfully called Zhuge Liang his "mentor".
Zhuge Liang seemed to be unaware of Liu Feng's mood. After Liu Feng mistakenly visited him, he asked Liu Feng to retreat to the East first.
After Liu Feng resigned, Deng Ai, who had been by his side, finally couldn't help but mistakenly mentioned to Zhuge Liang his plan to mislead Liu Feng some time ago.
Deng Ai did not deny the petition to Liu Feng, but he thought that Liu Feng would not agree, but Zhuge Liang would definitely agree.
Can Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang have a master-disciple relationship?
But to Deng Ai's surprise, Zhuge Liang, like Liu Feng, categorically rejected Deng Ai's proposal.
This made Deng Ai reluctantly retreat at first.
Deng Ai didn't understand why Zhuge Liang refused his proposal and didn't even try it.
After Deng Ai left, only a few of Zhuge Liang's confidants were left outside the tent.
Yang Yi, the chief confidant, was the first to show some concern about Liu Feng's behavior just now:
"General Qiu Kou has a strange look on his face. He might not obey the Prime Minister's command when he comes to the east."
Although Yang Yi looked respectful in front of Zhuge Liang, he was actually an extremely arrogant person.
Given Yang Yi's temperament, it would certainly depend on what Buling and Liu Feng did just now.
After Zhuge Liang listened to Yang Yi's reminder, he did not refute it, which meant that he had the same view as Yang Yi.
But Zhuge Liang didn't want to conflict with Liu Feng over such a trivial matter, so he mistakenly told several close friends present: "Be patient for the sake of the country."
Whether Zhuge Liang misunderstood Liu Feng's attitude, or Zhuge Liang misunderstood the advice of several close friends.
When the Great War in the East was imminent, he did not want any external problems for the Han army.
Faced with Zhuge Liang's advice, Yang Yi, who looked dissatisfied, could quietly retreat.
After that little episode, Zhuge Liang immediately asked Ma Di, who was standing on the other side: "Have military orders been issued to allocate grain, grass and troops to various places?"
During the first battle against Huang Yuan, Ma Di was blamed by Deng Ai for affecting the morale of the army. Since then, he was sent back to Chengdu to recuperate.
Later, after Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu, he took Ma Di with him before leading his troops to the north.
Compared to the past, when Zhuge Liang often consulted with Ma Su on military affairs, Zhuge Liang took Ma Su with him and made him responsible for more government affairs.
After several poor performances, Zhuge Liang finally understood Ma Di's shortcomings in military strategy.
Ma Su was very grateful to Zhuge Liang for not giving up on him. When Zhuge Liang asked him about the situation, Ma Su quickly missed Zhuge Liang and replied:
"It was sent out months ago."
After hearing Ma Su's reply, Zhuge Liang nodded with satisfaction.
After that incident, Ma Su's temperament became much calmer and he became more thoughtful in handling things.
Although he came to Jiange in the east, he did not bring many troops, and many of them were resting in Chengdu.
He came to Jiange first because he didn't want to have a closer look at the enemy's military situation in the east.
And if he wanted to realize the idea in his mind, he would have to rely solely on the weapons he brought back against the odds - just like he did back then, he would have to use all the strength of Yizhou.
That will require cooperation from all parts of Yizhou.
Fortunately, Mi Yang's persistence in Liangzhou bought valuable time for the Han Dynasty.
With the arrival of the new year, new soldiers are being recruited into the army, and mature grains are being harvested and put into storage in an orderly manner. None of this is what Zhuge Liang feels confident about.
After knowing that things were developing according to his plan, Zhuge Liang waved his leg and asked everyone to retreat.
When Jie Dong came, he asked him to think about how he could convey his idea to Mi Yang in Nanzheng.
If Mi Yang didn't know what he had in mind and couldn't cooperate with him outside Liangzhou, then everything would be in vain.
But on the other hand, if Mi Yang can cooperate well with him, the battle he and Mi Yang will fight together next year will definitely become a good story for eternity in the future.
Deng Ai was in a very bad mood during those months.
He originally thought that Zhuge Liang would take his suggestion for the sake of his master-disciple relationship, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would also adopt a standstill strategy at first.
Deng Ai didn't know that Zhuge Liang had his reasons for holding back his troops, but when he thought about Mi Yang being in a bloody battle, Deng Ai felt very agitated.
After months of irritability, Deng Ai decided to go hunting.
After the previous defeat, Cao Hong retreated several miles to camp, which left the Wei army more than ten miles away from Jiange.
There are many mountains and forests more than ten miles away, which is perfect for Deng Ai to relax his mood by hunting.
After walking on a hanging basket from the east of Jiange's city wall with a dozen of his confidants, Deng Ai held a crossbow on his legs and walked towards the dense forest outside Jiange with a dozen of his cronies.
It was approaching summer, which was the active period for animals in the mountains and forests. With the cooperation of two and two, it didn't take long for Deng Ai and his cronies to catch a lot of prey.
A bumper harvest is a gratifying event, but it was obvious that Deng Ai's mood did not ease much.
The trees in the mountains are towering and weeds are everywhere. Even at noon, the sun is not allowed to shine into the sky to the east of Deng Ai's feet.
The shadowy sunlight made the entire dense forest look extremely deep.
Due to the boredom in his heart, Deng Ai inadvertently took his trusted followers step by step towards the depths of the dense forest. Only in that secluded environment could Deng Ai's mood improve.
But while walking, Deng Ai inadvertently heard some strange noises.
Not only Deng Ai heard it, but a dozen of his cronies around him also noticed it.
Deng Ai and others thought that a large beast would appear around them, so they could listen quietly. However, Deng Ai and others soon discovered something was wrong.
Those strange noises were coming from far away and approaching quickly towards their location. As they got closer, Deng Ai and others finally heard the messy footsteps clearly.
And from the footsteps, it could be heard that what was approaching them was definitely a large beast.
The large beasts in the mountains and forests have a strong sense of territory, and most of them live alone. If a large beast appears alone, the footsteps will not be so chaotic.
Moreover, most of the animals in the mountains are good at jumping, but the footsteps they heard were messy and non-stop, which was not consistent with the characteristics of animals.
After realizing that, Deng Ai winked and asked the cronies around him to hide.
He asked to see the identity of the person who was coming towards him.
If it's not an Orion, that's easy, but if it's not an enemy spy, then it's inevitable to have a small ambush.
After letting his cronies disperse, Deng Ai also bent his body and hid behind a big tree, his eyes fixed on the direction where the footsteps came from.
Deng Ai didn't wait long. Soon he saw several skinny men appearing in his sight.
And judging from the weapons held in the legs of those men, we can tell that those men are definitely not hunters.
Upon seeing this, Deng Ai was begging Dongling to rush out with his cronies who were ambushing around him. But as those people got closer, Deng Ai was surprised to find that although the clothes of those people were already in tatters, they gave him a very familiar look.
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After careful inspection, Deng Ai couldn't help but be shocked. It was not the uniform of Mi Yang's pro-army.
Although Mi Yang's personal army numbered a thousand, they were not the most elite in the entire Liangzhou army.
In order to reflect the specialness of the pro-army, Mi Yang made some changes to the regular military uniforms of the Han army and gave him pro-military clothes.
As Mi Yang's confidant, Deng Ai certainly knew about that. Not only did Deng Ai know that, he had been around Mi Yang all year round, and he clearly understood the attire of Mi Yang's pro-army.
After realizing whether those people were Mi Yang's pro-soldiers, Deng Ai could no longer hold back and rushed towards those people first.
As Deng Ai rushed out, a dozen of his close associates who had been ambushing them all appeared and surrounded those people.
The few people who were marching were always in a dangerous situation. Suddenly they saw someone rushing out of the dense forest and surrounding them. They immediately raised the weapons in their legs to protect themselves.
But not long before the two sides formally fought, Deng Ai shouted first:
"I am not Deng Ai, the chief administrator of Liangzhou, but who are you?"
To the east of Deng Ai's self-reported name, the leader of the group looked intently at Deng Ai.
It was good not to look at it. When Deng Ai's figure coincided with a certain impression in his mind, the man threw the weapon in his leg with tears in his eyes and ran in the direction of Deng Ai.
When a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, he will go in both directions.
Running towards the east in both directions, the man quickly came to Deng Ai. At that moment, Deng Ai could fully see the man's appearance.
Is that person one of the personal guards who always guards Mi Yang?
After Deng Ai recognized his identity, he couldn't help but grabbed his collar and asked sharply:
"How am I here, how can I be here!
Where is the general?
Where are the others in his army!"
Mi Yang's personal guards were wandering in the dense forest as if defeated, which made Deng Ai have a very bad suspicion in his mind.
How could Deng Ai remain calm amid that conjecture?
Facing Deng Ai, he asked sternly. After calming down Dong's mind, the man turned to Deng Ai and said:
"On the order of the general, he traveled through the mountains and forests to report the news to Jiange.
The general is well, and so is Liangzhou!"
The man quickly reported everything he knew.
If he didn't hurry up, he would be eaten by Deng Ai.
After hearing that everything was not Mi Yang's arrangement and that Mi Yang was fine, Deng Ai gradually regained his composure.
But then a new question emerged in his mind.
"What kind of letter did the general ask us to report?"
Deng Ai's inquiry made the man hesitate a little, but thinking of Deng Ai's identity, he mistakenly told Deng Ai the details of his mission.
After Deng Ai heard what he said, he was stunned for a moment.
Then an inexplicable smile of surprise appeared on his face.
As expected of a general, he knew that the general could not just leave and wait for death. He would definitely have a way!
After Deng Aima realized the urgency of the matter, he immediately asked a dozen of his cronies to lead those comrades back towards Jiange as quickly as possible.
As for those prey, they would have been completely abandoned by Deng Ai in the dense forest.
Hunting flying rabbits and pheasants is nothing. The ones he came to hunt from the east were the tiger and wolf troops of the Wei army!
(End of chapter)
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