Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 165 159. Consideration
"Your Majesty, please allow me to report that I recently found Wei army prisoners in Jiangling City. Among them was an acquaintance of your Majesty. After my kind words of persuasion, the man agreed to assist our army in managing Jiaozhou. Due to the urgency of the matter and my busy battles with the Eastern Wu and Wei armies, I forgot to inform your Majesty. I beg your Majesty to forgive me."

Feng Xi had previously discovered many half-starved Wei soldiers in the Jiangling dungeon. He picked out the better ones and released them. After they had trained them and recovered, he sent them to Jiaozhou to supplement the local county troops and stabilize the area.

"My acquaintance? Who is it?"

Liu Bei didn't have the mind to think at the moment, so he just asked Feng Xi directly.

"Yu Jin and Yu Wen Ze. I discovered that the man was still in the dungeon of Jiangling. It seemed that Sun Quan had not had time to transfer him before Jiangling was recaptured by our army.

In the past, Yu Jin surrendered to you because of the flooding of the Seven Armies, but because of the chaos in Jingzhou, no one was interested, so I tried to persuade him with kind words. Yu Jin also knew that Pang De would fight to the death, but he surrendered. If he returned to Cao Wei, Cao Pi would be suspicious of him, so he simply gave up and worked for our army. "

What Feng Xi said here was also half true and half false. It was true that Yu Jin finally gave up, but Feng Xi did contribute some effort.

Yu Jin himself did not realize the seriousness of his surrender, so Feng Xi told him Cao Cao's evaluation of him: "I have known Yu Jin for thirty years, why is it that in the face of danger and difficulty, he is not as good as Pang De!"

Yu Jin then realized that his surrender had really hurt the Wei Kingdom. As a veteran of the Cao family, Yu Jin was relatively familiar with the style of Cao and his son. He knew that even if he returned to the Wei Kingdom, at most he would be worshipped to show the kindness of the Cao family, but he would never be reused.

In addition, Feng Xi deliberately mentioned the ending of Yu Jin's original timeline as a simulation, which made Yu Jin even more nervous, and he had no choice but to follow Feng Xi to the end.

Although Feng Xi did not agree with Yu Jin's character, his ability was obvious to all. After going to Jiaozhou, it was easy for Yu Jin to suppress the Zham tribe and wipe out bandits and mountain robbers. Moreover, Jiaozhou was remote, so there was no need to worry about Yu Jin's relapse.

Secondly, if Yu Jin couldn’t even suppress the local natives, he would be unworthy of the title of “one of the five best generals”, and Feng Xi would not feel sorry for his death.

Finally, Yu Jin agreed to the task of defending Jiaozhou under Feng Xi's coercion and inducement. However, Feng Xi was busy fighting at that time and had no time to take care of other things, so the task has been delayed until now.

"Yu Wenzhe... I have indeed had many dealings with him since we were at the gates of Xuzhou..."

Liu Bei couldn't help but enter a revolving lantern of memories because of Yu Jin's name. Feng Xi had no choice but to wait for Old Liu to come back to his senses before continuing his report.

"...Then Xiu Yuan, who is in charge of Jiaozhou now?"

Old Liu's eyes wandered for a while, and finally he came to his senses. His mind returned to reality from the long river of time decades ago and he looked at Feng Xi in front of him.

"At present, the three generals are still in charge. I dare not make decisions on my own. I am just about to report to your majesty and ask him to send a capable minister to govern Jiaozhou."

Feng Xi still knew his position clearly. The army could move freely, which was within the reasonable authority of the Grand Commander. If the officials of Jiaozhou dared to intervene, even if Lao Liu didn't mind, people in Sichuan would probably complain.

"Well... I will consider the matter of Jiaozhou myself. Xiu Yuan, the war in Jingzhou still depends on you. If there is a need, you can discuss it with the Prime Minister."

Lao Liu felt that it was about time, so he gave Feng Xi another sweet date, which made Feng Xi nod his head repeatedly. The two chatted for a stick of incense, and Feng Xi basically reported the battle situation. Lao Liu occasionally asked about the details, but he never mentioned anything else.

"Since the Eastern Expedition, we have fought dozens of battles, big and small, and Xiu Yuan has worked hard. Let's go down and rest today. We will make arrangements after the Prime Minister and others arrive. I am a little tired."

Old Liu looked a little exhausted, and Feng Xi would not continue to be an eyesore, so he apologized and left quickly.

"Brother...Feng the kid..."

Although Zhang Fei was a reckless and straightforward person, he was a very experienced person who had learned some things without any teacher after a lifetime of experience. The conversation between the two of them just now was full of stiffness, and both sides were extremely unnatural.

Zhang Fei was worried that his elder brother might have some bad opinions about Feng Xi, so he wanted to say a few good words for Feng Xi. After all, it is easy to get thousands of soldiers but difficult to find a good general. Since Guan Yu's defeat, there is no one else in Sichuan except Feng Xi who can lead a state like this.

Although Zhuge Liang can do it, Sichuan cannot do without him. No one else has this ability, not even Zhang Fei.

"Yide, how could I not know the benefits and disadvantages? Moreover, Xiu Yuan is a loyal and honest person. If I really didn't trust him, why would I give him the post of Grand Commander to lead an entire state? It's just that many people have different opinions. I have made many people dissatisfied by using Xiu Yuan so much. If there are no more shackles, I'm afraid people's hearts will change."

Although many people do not have the ability themselves, it does not prevent them from being jealous of others doing well.

Liu Bei sighed. After becoming the emperor, he had more things to consider. Couldn't he see that Feng Xi had no bad ideas? However, after the explosive growth of Liu Bei's account, different factions also emerged, and the key to this was not something that could be told to outsiders.

If he readily appointed Feng Xi to lead Jingzhou, I'm afraid the Yizhou faction would be very hostile to him. By then, when he passes away, if Feng Xi is easily deceived and makes a wrong decision, the revival of the Han Dynasty would be a long way off.

Zhang Fei seemed to understand and nodded. His elder brother had reached a position that he had hoped he could reach, but the scenery there did not seem to be as good as he had imagined.

"That big brother, Feng kid..."

Zhang Fei turned the topic back to the battle situation he had just reported to Liu Bei. As a veteran general, Zhang Fei could naturally hear that there were many strange things in Feng Xi's report, as if Feng Xi had deliberately concealed his own contributions.

"Xiu Yuan is a smart man. Many things are known to everyone, but they cannot be told to others. Yide, if Xiu Yuan has some ideas that we think are outlandish in the future, don't be surprised, and trust Xiu Yuan."

Liu Bei sighed. As Feng Xi's personal soldier in his early years, how could he not know his level? In the past, he valued Feng Xi because he thought he had the talent of a great general, so he cultivated him.

However, Feng Xi's growth was faster than Liu Bei expected. To be honest, when Liu Bei heard Zhang Fei's retelling of Zhang Nan's words that "the immortal taught him martial arts in a dream", he was a little skeptical before, but now he completely believed it.

But Liu Bei did not intend to expose it, and the two sides maintained a tacit understanding. Liu Bei now gave Zhang Fei a few more instructions so that Zhang Fei would not be at a loss after his death.

(End of this chapter)