Mi Han

Chapter 523 1 Stopping Liu Feng's Northern Expedition

When the meeting was held the next day, both Liu Bei and Mi Yang looked normal, as if they had never talked last night.

In the eyes of outsiders, at the meeting last night, General Mi Yang proposed an excellent strategy for the Northern Expedition.

But Liu Bei slightly modified this Northern Expedition strategy, that's all.

The reason why the parliament was held again today is not that the Northern Expedition strategy proposed by Mi Yang will be changed, but that Liu Bei will formally finalize the list of generals accompanying the two Northern Expedition armies at today's parliament.

According to the Northern Expedition strategy set last night, the [-] Han army will be mainly divided into two groups, one will be led by Mi Yang himself, and [-] troops will be led into Baoxie Road as suspicious soldiers.

The other road will be led by Emperor Liu Bei himself, leading an army of [-] from Yangping Pass, passing Qishan and directly entering the Longyou area of ​​the Northern Expedition.

In addition to the strength of the two Han armies and their respective leading generals, the respective accompanying generals of the two Han armies must also be discussed carefully.

And even if the Eastern Route Army is led by the general Mi Yang himself, anyone who can participate in the parliament knows that the Eastern Route Army led by Mi Yang is a suspicious army.

The main purpose is to attract the attention of the Wei army and create good offensive conditions for the West Route Army.

Under this kind of purpose, it means that in this army, there are not many opportunities to make contributions.

Therefore, when discussing the participating generals of the Eastern Route Army, even though Mi Yang had outstanding military exploits, there were still many Han officials who were somewhat reluctant to join Mi Yang's Eastern Route Army—except Mi Yang's generals.

This is normal, and Mi Yang doesn't care about it at all.

In the past few years, he has made several great achievements, and he doesn't care about not having the opportunity to perform this time.

At least he is much better than Zhuge Liang.

Before Liu Bei came to Hanzhong, he hurriedly called Zhuge Liang back to Chengdu to sit in Chengdu on his behalf and handle government affairs.

Compared with Zhuge Liang, at least I can go around Chang'an, right?

When discussing the list of generals following Liu Bei, the atmosphere in the lobby could not be described as simply lively.

All the Han officials, regardless of their positions, and regardless of whether they have served in the army or not, all eagerly hope to conquer the enemy's territory together with Liu Bei.

Among all the Han officials, if anyone is the most enthusiastic about their emotions, it is undoubtedly Liu Feng.

Liu Fengzai was released by Liu Bei and has been in charge of guarding the Jiange.

During the period of guarding the Jiange, Liu Fengxue fought hard, and indeed fought a surprise attack with good results.

Therefore, after Liu Bei arrived at Jiange not long ago, he was so happy that he officially made a contribution to Liu Feng, promoted him to General Dangkou, and was promoted to General Zhengbei at once.

And Wu Yi was also promoted to General Zhenxi from Zhengbei General.

Unlike Cao Wei, General Zhengbei can only be regarded as a famous general in the Han Dynasty, not a heavy general.

But although the Han's General Zhengbei cannot compare with Cao Wei's in terms of power and status, the status of General Zhengbei is not low.

Except for those precious heavy-numbered general positions, Liu Feng's status as General Zhengbei is only below that of General Zhenbei.

It can be said that Liu Feng has already stepped into the ranks of heavy generals.

More importantly, Liu Bei gave people the title of general, which often has a special meaning.

The word Zhengbei reflects Liu Bei's expectations for Liu Feng.

In this Northern Expedition, Liu Bei will definitely reuse Liu Feng vigorously, so that he has enough opportunities to perform.

This alone is what many Han generals dream of?

Perhaps Liu Feng also understood Liu Bei's deep meaning, so after following Liu Bei to the north, he has been very active.

For example, before the meeting last night, Liu Feng had actually thought up a strategy for the Northern Expedition in his mind, hoping to make a big splash.

Then he received a blow from Mi Yang.

No matter how arrogant Liu Feng is, he also knows that compared with Mi Yang's strategy, the strategy he came up with is really not worth mentioning.

Liu Feng likes to be arrogant, but he doesn't like self-torture.

However, despite the setback last night, Liu Feng became more active in today's parliament.

Because since Mi Yang was assigned to the East Route Army, who else in the West Route Army could compete with him for the spotlight?

In the parliament, Liu Feng impassionedly expressed his willingness to be Liu Bei's vanguard and win the Longyou counties for him in one fell swoop.

Liu Feng's impassionedness made Liu Bei feel a smile on his face.

It can be seen from Liu Bei's performance that Liu Bei is very satisfied with Liu Feng's performance.

Mi Yang also noticed Liu Feng's behavior, but he couldn't say he hated Liu Feng's behavior.

Everyone has their own character.

Judging from Liu Feng's past deeds, he has an arrogant and irritable character, and he has been imprisoned by Liu Bei for so long. Under such circumstances, it is normal for Liu Feng to be eager to express himself .

Nobody is perfect.

But Liu Feng's next request made Mi Yang a little unhappy.

It turned out that Liu Feng saw that Liu Bei was in a good mood, so he wanted to make a further appeal.

His appeal is very simple, that is to become Liu Bei's lieutenant general.

The structure of a large army is very complicated, but the most important military positions are nothing more than two.

One is the chief general and one is the lieutenant general.

This importance is not only reflected in power, but also in the distribution of subsequent credit.

In the West Route Army, Liu Bei is of course the undoubted leader, but the candidate for the deputy has been undecided.

This is also the focus of today's parliamentary discussion.

Because when the West Route Han Army successfully regained Liangzhou, the greatest credit would probably fall on the deputy general of the West Route Army.

Liu Bei is the emperor, he doesn't need to compete with his ministers to praise himself.

This is what Liu Feng's real purpose is today.

His invitation to be a pioneer just now was more of a temptation.

The reason why Liu Feng wanted the position of deputy general of the West Route Army so much was for his own future.

Mi Yang might not see the credit for regaining Liangzhou, but Liu Feng coveted it.

Because of this credit, he will benefit endlessly in the future.

Liu Feng is not Liu Chan, he has great ambitions in his heart.

Of course, Liu Feng would propose to become Liu Bei's lieutenant general, but he was not overbearing.

Even without mentioning his status as a prince, before he was imprisoned, his title of general was deputy army - which means that he had often served as Liu Bei's deputy general before.

Under this kind of experience, Liu Feng's request today is not beyond his control.

But what Liu Feng didn't expect was that his request aroused Mi Yang's displeasure.

Just when Liu Bei was still thinking about whether to agree to Liu Feng's request, Mi Yang stood up and bowed to Liu Bei:

"I think there is a better candidate for His Majesty's deputy general."

Mi Yang's sudden remarks made Liu Feng pale in an instant.

He really didn't expect that Mi Yang would suddenly come and cause trouble at this juncture.

When discussing the candidates for the generals accompanying the army just now, Mi Yang basically kept silent throughout the whole process.

Liu Feng didn't know why Mi Yang would come out to destroy his good deeds, but Liu Feng knew that no matter how much reluctance he had in his heart, he had no choice but to face Mi Yang's side incidents.

Compared with Liu Feng's eclipse, Liu Bei was quite interested in the candidate Mi Yang was talking about.

Candidates who can be recommended by Mi Yang are naturally outstanding.

Liu Bei asked Mi Yang warmly, "Who do you recommend?"

Under Liu Bei's questioning, Mi Yang replied loudly: "General Hussars, Mahou."

Mi Yang's answer was sonorous and powerful enough for everyone in the hall to hear his answer.

But when his answer became known to everyone, everyone's expressions changed like Liu Feng's.

Even Liu Bei frowned slowly.

Ma Chao?

After Liu Feng heard that Mi Yang recommended Ma Chao to compete with him, Liu Feng felt angry.

As for the villain who has no king and no father, is he worthy?

Since Liu Bei arrived in Liangzhou, all the officials he brought with him also knew about Ma Chao's heroic performance in the battle of Yinping.

But among the officials of Liangzhou, Wei Yan, Ding Feng, Zhang Yi, and even Fa Miao and other Liangzhou officials who did not go to the battlefield were praised by all the Han officials.

But for Ma Chao, everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they didn't show full admiration for Ma Chao's performance.

It's as if Ma Chao, the hussar general, had never left Mianyang during the battle of Liangzhou.

On the contrary, Liu Bei was quite generous. He went to visit Ma Chao's injuries, and left behind his imperial doctor to take good care of Ma Chao.

But that's it.

Liu Bei will not be stingy with giving Ma Chao material conditions and status on the surface.

But things beyond these two scopes are not what Ma Chao can have.

Because the Han Dynasty established the country with filial piety, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, it was impossible for him to violate the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

Even if this point is not mentioned, for Liu Bei who regards love as more important than life, he himself does not like or even loathe Ma Chao.

Liu Bei's frown and the paleness of the officials fell into Mi Yang's eyes, which made him sigh deeply.

If Ma Chao's past experience can be washed away, it won't be impossible to wash it away now.

But he saw Ma Chao's performance in the battle of Yinping, and he also promised Ma Chao, so Mi Yang would not back down next.

Before Liu Bei could veto it, Meng Guang, one of the ministers, came out first and said to Mi Yang:

"I heard that Marquis Ma was seriously injured, and the expedition to Longyou was exhausting, so it's better for Marquis Ma to stay in Hanzhong and recuperate.

And the general should be preparing for the Northern Expedition at the moment, it is really inappropriate to focus on this trivial matter. "

Meng Guang, whose name is Xiaoyu, is currently Fu Jieling, and he is famous for his outspokenness and courage in the government and the public.

The reason why Meng Guang was brought by Liu Bei's side was because of his extraordinary background.

Meng Guang is from Luoyang, and he was born in a public family. He is quite famous in the Guanzhong area.

Later, he entered Yizhou because of the war in Guanzhong.

But although Meng Guang has been in Yizhou for many years, his reputation in Guanzhong has not disappeared. It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei takes Meng Guang with him, thinking that he will use Meng Guang's reputation in Guanzhong to recruit more for the Han army. Some descended.

It can be seen from Meng Guang's experience that he is a member of the Dongzhou faction in the current Dahan political faction.

And under Liu Bei's series of subtle operations, Mi Yang has now gradually become the leader of the Dongzhou faction.

Therefore, Meng Guang's words were actually dissuading Mi Yang.

Everyone present could hear the meaning in Meng Guang's words: General, why do you speak up for Ma Chao?

Shouldn't you stay as far away from this kind of person as possible?

Mi Yang naturally understood the meaning of Meng Guang's words.

He glanced back at Meng Guang, which represented the kindness released by Meng Guang, and he received it.

But Mi Yang still said resolutely: "What Yang is doing now is to consider the great cause of our army's Northern Expedition."

Immediately afterwards, he bowed to Liu Bei and said: "General Hussars was seriously injured before, but after the treatment of the doctors recently, his health has mostly improved."

This is a fact.

Ma Chao looked half-dead before, not only because of his serious physical injury, but also because he had a deep depression in his heart for several years.

But Mi Yang's promise has relieved most of his depression.

If this can give Ma Chao a chance to fulfill his wish and return to his hometown of Liangzhou, then this belief alone will make Ma Chao burst out with a lot of will to survive.

Maybe hold on for a while.

Moreover, Ma Chao became Liu Bei's deputy general, which is beneficial to the Han army.

Mi Yang said again: "General Hussars is the descendant of General Fubo, and the descendants of General Fubo have lived in Liangzhou for generations and have great reputation in Liangzhou.

In addition, General Hussar himself is well-known among the foreign races in Liangzhou, and General Hussars is familiar with the terrain of Liangzhou. If His Majesty can take him to the expedition, our army will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. "

After Mi Yang explained his reasons, he looked at Liu Bei, hoping that Liu Bei would agree to his request.

After Liu Bei listened to what Mi Yang said, he thought about it seriously.

When he succeeded to the throne, he not only worshiped Ma Chao as a general of hussars, but also made him a shepherd of Liangzhou and a marquis of Yanxiang.

It can be seen from this award that Liu Bei originally wanted to borrow Ma Chao's prestige in Liangzhou to make his Northern Expedition easier in the future.

But today is different.

At that time, Cao Wei was in full swing, and Liu Bei could only do everything possible to strengthen his own advantages.

But now the Northern Expedition, the Han army has a greater advantage, so in this case, does he need to further reuse Ma Chao?

This is not Liu Bei's unfounded worry, but Ma Chao is a double-edged sword.

It's not that Liu Bei still suspects that Ma Chao is rebellious, but it's a fact that Ma Chao harmed his father, and the big man built his country with filial piety.

Under this fact, the emerging big man reuses Ma Chao, which will definitely attract a lot of criticism and even condemnation in the world.

Just like when Liu Bei rewarded Ma Chao, his actions caused a lot of controversy in the world, but at that time Liu Bei felt that rewarding Ma Chao was a matter of more advantages than disadvantages, so he did not regret it at that time.

But now?

Ma Chao is not necessarily appointed.

The situation is different, Liu Bei, as the emperor, has more considerations.

But after pondering for a long time, Liu Bei finally agreed to Mi Yang's request.

Perhaps in private, Mi Yang is a sobbing junior in front of Liu Bei, but this is only in private.

In front of the world, Mi Yang is a famous general who made great achievements in the Han Dynasty, and even a powerful general in the Han Dynasty.

Unless there is a reason to veto his proposal, Liu Bei will basically agree to it.

What's more, Mi Yang's attitude is so firm.

After Liu Bei agreed to Ma Chao as his lieutenant general, this represented the end of today's parliament.

It also means that all the preparatory work before the Northern Expedition has basically been declared complete.

So in the end, Liu Bei, who was impatient, issued an edict in public:

"Three days later, the whole army will make a northern expedition!"

Chapter 1.

Chapter 2 will be sent out in the early morning or in the morning.