Mi Han

Before everyone reacted, Ma Di took the initiative to go out to ask for a fight, which shows how eager he was.

But this is also normal.

The Han Dynasty paid attention to both civil and military skills, and paid great attention to whether they had military exploits.

Ma Di was born in a famous family and has always been valued by Zhuge Liang. It is impossible for him not to be ambitious.

And Ma Di knew that if he wanted to fulfill his ambition, he must have military exploits, because he is currently in troubled times.

If there is no military exploits, no matter how impressive his political achievements are and how amazing his strategies are, his achievements in life will not be too high.

In the past, Ma Di had mentioned to Zhuge Liang many times that he was willing to lead the army to fight for the great Han. Now when the opportunity comes, it is impossible for Ma Di to remain indifferent.

And when Ma Di took the initiative to ask for a fight, other people in the tent who also wanted to ask for a fight temporarily stopped their words.

Everyone here knows how much Zhuge Liang valued Ma Di in the past. It can be said that Zhuge Liang's respect for Ma Di was only lower than that of Mi Yang.

Under this layer of origin, Zhuge Liang is likely to directly agree with Ma Sui's self-recommendation.

Unsurprisingly, after seeing Ma Di recommending himself, Zhuge Liang's face was obviously moved.

Ma Di was just like him before, and had never had the experience of leading an army. This is Ma Di's biggest shortcoming.

It's just that although the Huang Yuan Rebellion looks menacing, if it is handled properly, it is actually not difficult to put down in Zhuge Liang's view.

And Ma Di has always had a military strategy, so if he is sent to quell the Huang Yuan Rebellion, it is not impossible.

What's more, this battle can also be regarded as Ma Di's battle of tempering.

But just when Zhuge Liang's sense of consent was getting stronger and stronger, he remembered the reminders from Mi Yang and Liu Bei to him.

Mi Yang is his apprentice, and Liu Bei is his teacher. It can be said that both of them surpass Ma Su in terms of their close relationship with Zhuge Liang.

And the two people with such a close relationship have both reminded Zhuge Liang to use Ma Su with caution, which made Zhuge Liang have to have some concerns in his heart.

Moreover, regardless of personal relationship, with Liu Bei and Mi Yang's identities, their reminders will make Zhuge Liang have to be cautious about appointing Ma Di.

After thinking briefly in his mind, Zhuge Liang decided to take a compromise.

Zhuge Liang first looked at Ma Di, nodded slightly at him and said: "You Chang is loyal to serve the country, how can I refuse what you ask?"

When Zhuge Liang said this sentence, Ma Su's face showed great joy.

Zhuge Liang agreed with his self-recommendation.

But before Ma Di was happy, Zhuge Liang immediately turned his attention to Deng Ai who was present.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's gaze, Deng Ai's heart tightened.

From Zhuge Liang's actions towards him just now, Deng Ai faintly noticed that Zhuge Liang seemed to be a little displeased with him, so Deng Ai didn't know why Zhuge Liang suddenly looked at him now.

But what Zhuge Liang said next surprised Deng Aixi.

"Lieutenant Liyi thinks how many troops are needed to put down the Huang Yuan Rebellion?"

After hearing Zhuge Liang's inquiry, Deng Ai immediately guessed Zhuge Liang's intention.

The prime minister must use him to counter the rebellion, otherwise why would he only ask himself this question with so many talents here.

After guessing Zhuge Liang's intentions, Deng Ai quickly got up and bowed to Zhuge Liang: "Soldiers are expensive, and the Huang Yuan rebels number more than five thousand. I only need three thousand elite soldiers."

When Deng Ai answered Zhuge Liang, his words revealed strong self-confidence.

When everyone was discussing Huang Yuan's rebellion intensely just now, Zhuge Liang informed everyone present with some more specific information, including the key information of the total number of Huang Yuan's rebels.

Although five thousand rebels sounded like a lot, Deng Ai knew very well that most of the main members of Huang Yuan's rebels were county soldiers.

It's not that there are no elite soldiers in the county, but there are definitely not many, otherwise Huang Yuan can't afford to support so many soldiers with the national strength of a county alone.

Since most of Huang Yuan's rebels were mobs, Deng Ai was naturally confident in defeating him with [-] elite troops.

Zhuge Liang was noncommittal after listening to Deng Ai's answer.

He just went on to ask Deng Ai: "When you lead the army back to the north, what should you do to deal with Huang Yuan's rebels?"

Facing Zhuge Liang's question, Deng Ai thought for a while and replied:

"Chengdu city is strong and thick, and there are not many defenders in the city, but His Majesty has a strong heart in Chengdu. Ai deduced that Huang Yuan did not intend to attack Chengdu.

Huang Yuan did not rebel in the past, but only rebelled when the prime minister led the army to the south. It was nothing more than seeing that the troops in the Yibei counties were empty at this time.

However, no matter how empty the troops of the Yibei counties are, with Huang Yuan's military strength, it is extremely difficult to sweep the Yibei counties.

Therefore, Huang Yuan just wanted to ride the water to the east and harass the grain road of my army going south.

Because of his wolfish ambition, after leading the army back to the north, Ai should lead the army to defend the dangerous pass and not fight him yet.

One can protect the food roads of our southern expedition army, and the other can drain the morale of the enemy. When the morale of the enemy is exhausted, the minister can defeat it in one battle. "

Deng Ai clearly stated his countermeasures.

Compared with the people in the tent who were worried about Huang Yuan's attack on Chengdu, Deng Ai put forward his own different views.

And Deng Ai's opinion is exactly what Zhuge Liang is most worried about.

The reason why Zhuge Liang was worried about the Huang Yuan Rebellion was not because he was worried that Chengdu would make mistakes.

After all, relying solely on Huang Yuan's [-] rebels, it would be tantamount to wishful thinking to take down Chengdu with Liu Bei in command.

Liu Bei may not be able to lead the army temporarily due to physical reasons, but as long as he is in Chengdu for a day, unless tens of thousands of elite soldiers attack Chengdu, there is no need to worry too much about the safety of Chengdu.

What Zhuge Liang was really worried about was that, as Deng Ai said, Huang Yuan would lead the rebel army to attack and harass the food and grass of the Southern Expedition Army.

Food and grass are the most important material support for an army, and Yizhou is now in a state of weak national strength.

Therefore, the supply of food and grass for the Southern Expedition Army must not face the slightest risk.

Otherwise, once there is a shortage of food and grass, not to mention that this Southern Expedition will fail, I am afraid that even more dangerous things will happen to the Han army.

Seeing that Deng Ai could understand the worries in his heart, and had a corresponding coping strategy in his heart, Zhuge Liang was delighted, and at the same time, he also made a decision in his heart.

Zhuge Liang took a command arrow from the case in front of him, and then he signaled Deng Ai to step forward and handed the command arrow to Deng Ai.

After completing this move, Zhuge Liang announced his decision in front of everyone:
"Order Liyi Lieutenant Deng Ai to lead [-] Yizhou troops back north to put down the Huang Yuan rebellion."

After announcing this decision, Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Di whose face had become darkened, and continued, "Order Shangshu Ma Di to protect the army and lead the army northward with Deng Ai."

When Zhuge Liang's order came out, the gloomy look on Ma Su's face disappeared.

At the beginning, he thought that Zhuge Liang wanted him to lead the army northward to suppress the rebellion.

But watching Zhuge Liang take the initiative to ask Deng Ai one after another, Ma Di also guessed Zhuge Liang's thoughts.

Zhuge Liang is not a person who breaks his promise, but there can be many identities for leading the army back to the north.

Originally, Ma Di thought that Zhuge Liang wanted him to take up an insignificant position, but now Zhuge Liang appointed him as the guard.

Although the status of the guard is not as good as that of the chief general of the first army, it is only under the chief general of the first army.

Besides, if he can successfully put down the rebellion this time, then he will have a lot of military exploits as a guard.

Therefore, Ma Di can still accept Zhuge Liang's arrangement.

It's better than being a little pioneer.

After arranging the missions of Deng Ai and Ma Di, Zhuge Liang seemed a little worried that Deng Ai and Ma Di were inexperienced, so he appointed General Pi Wang Ping present as Deng Ai's deputy.

Wang Ping, whose name is Zijun, is from Dangqu, Brazil. Judging from his appearance, he is a dignified and dignified person.

In the 20th year of Jian'an, the seven surnames of Brazil County led the people to attach themselves to Cao Cao. At that time, Wang Ping joined Cao Cao's command and became an acting school captain.

During the Battle of Hanzhong in the 24th year of Jian'an, Wang Ping surrendered to Liu Bei due to defeat, and was later appointed by Liu Bei as General Pi.

Although it is unreasonable from a common sense point of view that Wang Ping, as a general, should become Lieutenant Lieutenant Deng Ai's deputy general, but in fact, this kind of arrangement was very common in the Han Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, power was emphasized over duties, and there was also a tradition of temporary appointments.

Although Deng Ai is only a school lieutenant, he has just received the command arrow from Zhuge Liang himself, which is the right to be the commander in chief given to him by Zhuge Liang.

With this kind of authority, as long as Deng Ai's lieutenant position is not much higher than him, then it is reasonable.

Just like in history, when Ma Di led the army to garrison Jieting, he led the generals as a member of the army.

Moreover, although General Pi had the word General, in the tradition of the Han Dynasty, General Pi was the title exclusively reserved for lieutenants. This shows that Wang Ping was not yet an important figure in the Han Dynasty at this time.

But Zhuge Liang knew Wang Ping a little bit.

Since Wang Ping is a native of Yizhou, he has a good understanding of Yizhou's terrain, coupled with his calm personality, he is very suitable to serve as Deng Ai's deputy general to check for gaps and make up for him.

This is why Zhuge Liang asked Deng Ai to lead the Yizhou Army to the north instead of the Liangzhou Army.

After all aspects were arranged, Zhuge Liang, who had a cautious personality, was relieved.

Then he asked everyone to prepare one by one according to the arrangement he had just made.

After everyone left his main tent, Zhuge Liang had no intention of resting.

Although most of the military affairs have been dealt with, thinking of Zhuge Liang who Deng Ai had just shown, he still picked up the brush and thought about writing a letter to Mi Yang.

In this letter, Zhuge Liang first praised Deng Ai's resourcefulness, which was no worse than any hero in the world.

But after praising Deng Ai, Zhuge Liang changed the subject and told Mi Yang:
"Deng Ai has a good plan and experience, and he will definitely become a great man.

However, in my opinion, he is a human being, he is capable and talented, has more than wisdom and courage but not enough of mediocrity, so it is advisable to refrain from it! "

Zhuge Liang's conclusions about Deng Ai can be seen from his performance just now.

Just when he said that he would lead the army south to Bodao, he observed that Deng Ai had a look of enlightenment on his face.

This shows that Deng Ai already knew his true intentions.

But when Li Hui came out to dissuade him, Deng Ai did not explain to Li Hui immediately.

He waited for Li Hui to clearly express his confusion before coming out to express his opinion.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that Deng Ai's move has the intention of taking advantage of Li Hui's "unwisdom" to reflect his own intelligence.

Of course, this practice of raising prestige for oneself by refuting people who are more famous than oneself is done by many contemporary scholars.

But Deng Ai is different from others.

Deng Ai's background is too low, and many people in the world will naturally look down on him.

Although Zhuge Liang is not such a person, this is a limitation of the times and cannot be easily reversed.

The children of the aristocratic family support themselves in a similar way, and everyone in the world will tacitly understand it, so they won't mind too much, because this is a privilege among the children of the aristocratic family.

But what about Deng Ai?

Perhaps Deng Ai's performance today will attract everyone's praise, so that they will not show anything on the surface.

But Zhuge Liang knew that many people in the tent just now must be dissatisfied with Deng Ai's actions.

People's deep-rooted prejudices may be temporarily suppressed by impressive achievements, but they will not disappear easily.

Deng Ai's background cannot be reversed, and if he still has this style of dealing with things, more people will be dissatisfied with him.

Even as time goes by, this kind of dissatisfaction in the heart will gradually increase.

And once a suitable opportunity is encountered, this long-standing dissatisfaction will burst out all at once.

At that time, even if Deng Ai made great contributions, I am afraid that the end will definitely not be so good.

With Zhuge Liang's wisdom, he certainly saw the hidden dangers of Deng Ai's actions today.

And what Zhuge Liang was worried about was the underlying reason why Deng Ai ended up in a tragic end in history.

The reason why he didn't show too much appreciation to Deng Ai just now is actually a way for him to protect Deng Ai.

It's just that Zhuge Liang also knew that Deng Ai was not his subordinate after all, he could protect Deng Ai for a while, but he couldn't protect Deng Ai I, so he wrote a letter to remind Mi Yang.

There are not many talents in the big man, and it is only one who can keep one.

After writing the letter, Zhuge Liang summoned someone to send the letter to Liangzhou quickly.

Of course, Zhuge Liang wrote this letter not only for Deng Ai, he also had the intention of inquiring about the situation in Guanzhong.

After all, for the big man, the Wei army in Guanzhong is the most dangerous enemy.

In late November of the second year of Zhangwu in the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, led more than [-] troops to travel southward by water day and night, and finally arrived in Bodao County a few days later.

And on the day when Zhuge Liang set off from Nan'an, Liyi Lieutenant Deng Ai also led [-] elite soldiers back to the north.

The progress of Deng Ai's army will not be shown for the time being, but shortly after Zhuge Liang led the army to enter Bodao, all the rebels in Nanzhong got the news.

The first to get the news, of course, was the rebel army of Souwang Gaoding who was entrenched in Yuexi County.

At present, there are not only Gaoding's rebels in Yueyi County, but also Meng Huo's troops who have just led the army to Yueyi County to join forces with Gaoding.

The reason why Meng Huo quickly led the army northward from Yizhou County to Yuexi County was because after discussing with Yong Kai, he thought that after he and Gao Ding had joined forces, he would immediately launch an attack on Bodao County, thus opening the door. The road going north by the rebels in Nanzhong.

But what Gao Ding and Meng Huo didn't expect was that Zhuge Liang would be the first to lead the army into Bodao.

This sudden situation caused the two huge heads of Gao Ding and Meng Huo to suddenly fall into a state of sluggishness.

Although these two people have big heads, they are really not very useful.