Chapter 489 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, Zhuge Liang never knew that in terms of ability alone, Liu Feng was far superior to Liu Chan.
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 he had a closer relationship with Liu Chan.
When Zhuge Liang first joined Liu Bei, Liu Chan was just an infant.
Children under the age of ten in today's world basically do not attract too much attention from adults because the mortality rate of children in today's world is too high. This is also the reason why children before the age of ten have nicknames.
Therefore, when Zhuge Liang took refuge with Liu Bei, Liu Feng was Liu Bei's first successor, both legally and humanly.
For this reason, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to teach Liu Feng for a period of time, but it was this experience that allowed Zhuge Liang to see Liu Feng's character clearly.
There is no doubt that 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 but headstrong, he was courageous but easily irritable. With such a character, it was not safe to become a general. How could he become a king who controlled the destiny of a country?
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 treat the virtuous and corporal. Once Liu Chan becomes the emperor, it is naturally impossible for him to achieve much, but with the help of virtuous ministers, it is very difficult to make big mistakes.
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 civil strife a hundred years later.
Legally speaking, Liu Feng is Liu Bei's stepson, but it is also true that he has no blood relationship with Liu Bei. Liu Bei may not care too much about this, but what about Liu Feng himself?
The natural lack of blood ties will definitely make Liu Feng suspicious. This is human nature.
Legally speaking, Liu Chan is Liu Bei's second son, but in terms of blood, he is Liu Bei's eldest son. This will inevitably arouse the pursuit of ambitious people.
Even though Liu Chan had no intention of competing with Liu Feng for the throne, would Liu Feng not attack Liu Chan after he ascended the throne due to doubts in his heart?
He even attacks his "younger brothers" who are still alive.
After all, for Liu Feng, only by eliminating all the princes who are truly related to Liu Bei in the world can his throne be permanent.
Judging from Liu Feng's nature, Zhuge Liang's worries are likely to come true, and this reality will drag the Han into a situation that is beyond redemption.
There are powerful enemies around outside, and if civil strife breaks out again, 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 for the sake of the big man. As for whether his choices would arouse Liu Feng's jealousy, that was not within his scope of consideration.
After Liu Feng welcomed Zhuge Liang into the Jiange, he paid homage again in the tent.
Zhuge Liang is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Feng is just a general fighting against the invaders. Even if he is the prince of the Han Dynasty, as soon as Zhuge Liang enters the sword pavilion, it means that he will obey Zhuge Liang's command from now on.
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 he expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang vividly in his tone.
You must know that before Zhuge Liang explicitly supported Liu Chan, Liu Feng, who had been taught by Zhuge Liang, respectfully called Zhuge Liang his "mentor".
However, Zhuge Liang seemed not to notice Liu Feng's emotions. After Liu Feng paid homage to him, he asked Liu Feng to retreat first.
After Liu Feng resigned, Deng Ai, who had been standing by, finally couldn't help but mention to Zhuge Liang the strategy he had proposed to Liu Feng some time ago.
Deng Ai did not want to file a lawsuit against Liu Feng, he just thought that Liu Feng would not agree, but Zhuge Liang would definitely agree.
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 have no choice but to retreat in the end.
Deng Ai wondered why Zhuge Liang rejected his proposal and didn't even try it.
After Deng Ai left, only a few of Zhuge Liang's confidants were left in the tent.
Yang Yi, the chief confidant, was the first to express some concern about Liu Feng's behavior just now:
"General Tui Kou has a strange look on his face. He may not obey the Prime Minister's command next time."
Although Yang Yi looked respectful in front of Zhuge Liang, he was actually an extremely arrogant person.
With Yang Yi's temperament, of course she couldn't stand what Liu Feng had just done.
After Zhuge Liang listened to Yang Yi's reminder, he did not refute, which meant that he had the same view as Yang Yi.
But Zhuge Liang didn't want to conflict with Liu Feng on such a trivial matter. He just told several confidants present: "Be patient for the sake of the country."
This is Zhuge Liang's attitude towards Liu Feng, and it is also Zhuge Liang's advice to several of his confidants.
Now that the war is about to begin, he does not want to cause problems within the Han army.
Faced with Zhuge Liang's advice, Yang Yi, who looked unhappy, could only retreat silently.
After this 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 north.
It's just that compared to the past when he often consulted with Ma Su on military affairs, Zhuge Liang now took Ma Su with him and asked him to be more responsible for some government affairs.
After repeated poor performances, Zhuge Liang finally understood Ma Di's shortcomings in military strategy.
Ma Di was very grateful to Zhuge Liang for not abandoning him. After Zhuge Liang's inquiry, Ma Di quickly replied to Zhuge Liang:
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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 now, he did not bring many troops, and many of them were still resting in Chengdu.
He came to Jiange first because he also wanted to observe the enemy's military situation at close range.
And if he wanted to realize the idea in his mind, it would not be enough to rely solely on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses he brought back - he had to use all the strength of Yizhou as he did back then.
This requires 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. All of this is the confidence in Zhuge Liang's heart.
After knowing that things were developing as he imagined, Zhuge Liang waved everyone away.
Next, he had to think about how he could inform Mi Yang of Nanzheng of his idea.
If Mi Yang didn't know what he had in mind and couldn't cooperate with him within Liangzhou, then everything would be in vain.
On the other hand, if Mi Yang can cooperate well with him, the battle he and Mi Yang will fight together this year will definitely become a good story for eternity in the future.
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Deng Ai has been in a very bad mood these days.
He originally thought that Zhuge Liang would take his advice for the sake of his master-disciple relationship, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would adopt a standstill strategy in the end.
It was not that Deng Ai didn't know that Zhuge Liang had his reasons for holding back his troops, but when he thought about Mi Yang being engaged in a bloody battle, Deng Ai felt very irritable.
After being irritated for several days, Deng Ai finally 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 within these ten miles, which is suitable for Deng Ai to relax his mood by hunting.
After descending from the Jiange city wall in a hanging basket with a dozen of his confidants, Deng Ai held a crossbow and walked towards the dense forest outside the Jiange with a dozen of his confidants.
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 good harvest is a joyful thing, but it is obvious that Deng Ai's mood has not been relieved much.
The trees in the mountains are towering and weeds are everywhere. Even at noon, the sun cannot shine freely into the world at 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 walked step by step towards the depths of the dense forest with his confidants. Only in this secluded environment could Deng Ai's mood improve a little.
But while walking, Deng Ai inadvertently heard some strange noises.
Not only Deng Ai heard it, but also a dozen of his cronies around him noticed this.
Deng Ai and others thought it was a large beast appearing around, but after listening carefully, Deng Ai and others quickly discovered that 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 sounds of chaotic footsteps.
And from the sound of footsteps, it could be heard that what was approaching them was definitely not a large beast.
The large beasts in the mountain forest have a strong sense of territory, and most of them are solitary animals. If a single large beast appears, 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 this, Deng Ai winked and asked his cronies to hide.
He wanted to see what kind of person was coming towards him.
If it was an Orion, that would be fine, but if it was an enemy spy, a small ambush would inevitably be necessary.
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 hands of those men, we can tell that these men are definitely not hunters.
Upon seeing this, Deng Ai was about to order his cronies who were ambushing around to rush out. 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 feeling.
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After taking a closer look, Deng Ai couldn't help but be shocked. It was the uniform of Mi Yang's pro-army.
Although Mi Yang's personal army only has a thousand people, they are 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-army clothes.
As Mi Yang's confidant, Deng Ai certainly knew about this. Not only did Deng Ai know that, but he, who had been around Mi Yang all year round, knew very well the attire of Mi Yang's pro-army.
After realizing that these people might be 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 their weapons to protect themselves.
But before the two sides formally fought, Deng Ai shouted first:
"I am Deng Ai, the chief administrator of Liangzhou. Who are you?"
After Deng Ai reported his name, the leader of the group looked at Deng Ai intently.
It was better not to look. When Deng Ai's figure coincided with a certain impression in his mind, the man dropped his weapon with tears in his eyes and ran in the direction of Deng Ai.
When fellow villagers meet fellow villagers, they naturally go in both directions.
After running in both directions, the man quickly came to Deng Ai. At this moment, Deng Ai could fully see the man's appearance.
This person was one of the personal guards who often guarded Mi Yang.
After Deng Ai recognized his identity, he couldn't help but grab his collar and asked sharply:
"Why are you here, how can you be here!
Where is the general?
Where are the rest of our army!"
Mi Yang's personal guards were wandering in the dense forest as if they had been defeated. This made Deng Ai have a very bad suspicion in his mind.
Under this conjecture, how could Deng Ai remain calm.
Facing Deng Ai's stern questioning, the man calmed down and said to Deng Ai:
"On the order of the general, we traveled through the mountains and forests to report to Jiange.
The general is well, and Liangzhou is well!"
The man quickly reported everything he knew.
If he didn't hurry up, he might be eaten by Deng Ai.
After hearing that everything was arranged by Mi Yang and that Mi Yang was fine, Deng Ai gradually regained his composure.
But then a new question emerged in his mind.
"What is the letter that the general asked you to report?"
Deng Ai's inquiry made the man hesitate, but thinking of Deng Ai's identity, he told Deng Ai the specific contents 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 sit still and wait for death, he must have a way!
Deng Ai immediately realized the urgency of the matter, and he immediately asked a dozen of his cronies to lead these comrades back towards Jiange as quickly as possible.
As for those prey, they were completely abandoned by Deng Ai in the dense forest.
Hunting flying rabbits and pheasants is nothing, what he will hunt next is the tiger and wolf divisions of the Wei army!