Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 272 Subduing the enemy without fighting (3)
When Sima Yi heard this, a deep smile appeared on his face.He stretched out his hand to caress the drooping beard under his chin, and asked Chen Wu as if casually: "Oh? So, this little Lieutenant of Diannong is a bit pretentious! He leapfrogged his position and ran up to the general to make many admonitions." Is it because you want to show off your good looks to win Dai Ling's favor, and blindly want to get promoted?"

"This... well, I don't know if he has these thoughts. However, according to my subordinates, General Dai Ling actually doesn't like his approach. You think, he comes here every day to criticize the general. He is low-pointed, with an appearance of being superior to others, and sometimes even dares to contradict General Dai Ling's opinions, and several times almost made General Dai unable to step down in public—how could General Dai like him? Moreover, this Deng Ai didn't know whether he was pretending to be dull or really dull. When he saw others, he only talked about official business and didn't get involved in personal affairs. It's a good match." Chen Wu continued, "General, look, he still wants to be promoted to a higher rank by doing this? In the eyes of his subordinates, it would be good if he can keep the seat of the Diannong Xiaowei in front of him."

"Hey! This commander also expected that he would end up in such a dismal situation in the military camp if he did this...'The world only knows that the national soldiers are crazy, but they don't know that the national soldiers have real talents'?" Sima Yi sighed softly and remained silent. After a while, he suddenly asked again, "So, based on what you know about Deng Ai, are his suggestions to General Dai Ling usually more wrong than right, or more right than wrong?"

"Oh...Actually, in the eyes of all of us, this Deng Ai still has a bit of real talent - once in a battle, General Dai patiently listened to his advice, instead of setting up camp in that low-lying mountain depression, he moved When we reached the high and dangerous place, we avoided the misfortune of being caught by the Shu bandits ambush like 'making dumplings'..." Chen Wu recalled carefully, and said with certainty, "We are the garrison of Shangyuyuan Those old soldiers all said that this Deng Ai was just bad luck, if it had been the time when Emperor Taizu Wu ruled the world, he might have stood out and become a blockbuster!"

"That's right! The ancients are right, 'If you have extraordinary achievements, you must treat extraordinary people. Therefore, horses may gallop for thousands of miles, and scholars may be burdened by common customs and make achievements. A horse that drives a horse is slack. I'm just a soldier, just in charge." Sima Yi squinted his eyes and stared at Deng Ai's figure on the edge of the field in front of him, and said to himself, "It seems that the general's tour in incognito today is worthwhile. Alright! Let's go and take a look!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand forward, took the lead and walked towards Deng Ai.Chen Wu trotted forward to lead the way for him.

At this time, Deng Ai bent down by the edge of the field and rolled up his trousers. He was about to go to the field to work with the soldiers, but he heard a call from behind: "Lieutenant Deng, please wait a moment..."

He turned around in response to the sound, and saw Chen Wu, a personal soldier he had known in Dai Ling's tent before, leading several people dressed as soldiers and an old man with a snub nose and long beard in a blue silk gown approaching here.With a smile on his face, Chen Wu waved to him and shouted: "Lieutenant Deng...these gentlemen are the 'patrol envoys' sent by General Sima to inspect the village affairs in each battalion..."

Deng Ai stood up hastily, smiled and nodded towards them.He glanced inadvertently, and saw that the old man in blue shirt was looking him up and down, his eyes were burning and menacing, which made him startled slightly.When he was in doubt, he heard Chen Wu speak again: "Lieutenant Deng, you should report the 30 mu of farmland in the Seventh Battalion that you are in charge of to all the 'patrol envoys'!"

Deng Ai smiled shyly, rubbed his hands together, and said, "According to my subordinates, if the subordinate... the subordinate... himself is very important... attaches great importance to the affairs of... My lords, if you don’t come to make inspections, your subordinates will be able to catch it... and catch it in full swing; if your subordinates...the subordinates themselves...don’t pay attention to...pay attention to the affairs of garrisoning the fields, then you will ...Even if you come to inspect it every day, the subordinates...the subordinates can still...make it a mess... a mess!"

When he stammered out these words, the "patrol envoys" couldn't help laughing.Especially the old man in the blue shirt, who seemed to have a deep meaning in his smile, and nodded slightly to him from time to time.

After everyone finished laughing and giggling, Sima Yi's face became serious, he put away the smile on his face, coughed, and stretched out his hand, and everyone immediately stopped and fell silent.He walked forward slowly with his hands behind his back, stood still in front of Deng Ai who was blushing with embarrassment, and said with a pleasant face: "Lieutenant Deng, what you said just now is very reasonable. The old man and these adults were a little rude just now." , I hope you don’t mind.” Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then asked deeply: “Old man, I would like to ask Xiaowei Deng, what do you think of General Sima’s large-scale reclamation of fields and heavy grain for war? of?"

Chen Wu hastily introduced to Deng Ai: "This Master Ma is the Chief Commander of the 'Patrolling Envoy' under General Sima. Captain Deng must be careful."

Deng Ai listened, straightened his face, and said solemnly: "Since this is the case, Deng...Deng will bluntly tell you! Si... General Sima's great efforts to cultivate land and reclamation are really... really defeating the enemy. It's a basic move! Only with enough food...food and soldiers can...be able to stand in an invincible...invincible position! Yes...for this matter, Deng...Deng has always...since... I fully approve of…”

Several other officers and men started laughing "cheating" again, only Sima Yi had been listening to Deng Ai's speech seriously, then he said "uh", nodded, and said: "Then, what can you say to Sima Yi?" What is the general's suggestion for this great move to cultivate the land and support the war?"

Deng Ai listened, pondered for a moment, and was about to speak, but saw Master Sima frowned and interjected coldly: "Master Ma's time is very precious, you can't delay it for a long time, so you have to pick some important words for me." Master Ma, tell me!"

"Stop being rude!" Sima Yi's eyes lit up coldly, and he swept Sima Shi's face, forcing him to silence quickly, and moved away with his hands down.Then, Sima Yi smiled lightly at Deng Ai, and said softly: "Don't pay attention to their nonsense, just talk slowly when you think about it, don't be in a hurry. The old man is all ears to listen to your ideas!"

Deng Ai has never encountered such a kind and amiable boss like this old man in blue shirt. He was so moved that his eyes turned red. , and took out a few sheets of paper and a short brush from the rucksack.

Seeing the doubts on the faces of Sima Yi and others, Deng Ai smiled lightly, sat cross-legged on the floor, unscrewed the cork stopper of the copper pot, and a scent of ink wafted from inside—it turned out that the pot was filled with ink.He picked up the short brush again, dipped it into the copper pot, dipped it in ink, and began to write on the paper.

When Sima Yi and the others saw his behavior, they were startled at first, but later they realized that Deng Ai had a stutter in his speech, and was afraid that the "patrolling envoys" would have a hard time listening, so he simply came to write a letter. Daikou, asked and answered with Sima Yi.

After a while, Deng Ai raised his head and presented the paper with the answers to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi stretched out his hand to take the piece of paper, and read it quietly - only to see what Deng Ai wrote on it:
The subordinates believe that the cultivation of soldiers in the field is really an act of our Great Wei Guanzhong Army to consolidate the foundation and strengthen the foundation, and should not be underestimated.From now on, among the generals, those who can reclaim more wasteland, expand the fields, and produce rich food will be rewarded with the same rewards as those who can kill more enemies, expand the territory, and break the fortified cities.

Sima Yi looked at it several times and couldn't help nodding his head slightly.He handed the paper back to Deng Ai, pondered for a moment, and then asked again: "I heard that Xiaowei Deng has always paid great attention to major affairs in the world. I am not afraid of Xiaowei Deng's jokes. I also like to speculate and study. This is a major event in the world. Let me analyze it for the old man. This time Zhuge Liang came to invade the Central Plains, and he used the banner of "recovering the Han Dynasty and restoring orthodoxy". In your opinion, can his banner shake the hearts of the people in Guanzhong? Used?"

Deng Ai didn't expect Sima Yi to ask him such a grand and profound question, and he couldn't help but secretly wondered: This "patrol envoy" was thinking about military and national affairs, but it was quite a few. Very unusual!After pondering for a long time, he picked up the short brush again, and quickly wrote on the piece of paper:

The subordinates believe that although Zhuge Liang came to invade this time, although he repeatedly claimed that he came to "recover the Han Dynasty and restore the orthodoxy", his fallacy can only confuse the survivors of the Shu region, and it is difficult to shake our great power. The hearts of the people in Wei.

The great achievements of the Wei family today are purely due to the abdication of the great Han.The orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty was originally in the line of Emperor Xian Liu Xie, and it was definitely not obtained by the traitor Liu Bei.What's more, now that Wei Cheng Han Zuo has great courtesy and respect for Emperor Xian Liu Xie, the Wei family's deep benevolence and generosity can also learn from the sun and the moon!In addition, since the first emperor, the monarchs and ministers in the imperial court have worked hard to govern with one heart, the people have no worries, and the scholars have no support. !
Sima Yi leaned over Deng Ai's back and quietly watched what he wrote on the paper, stretched out his hand and slowly stroked the long beard hanging on his chest, nodded secretly, and said with a smile: "It seems that Captain Deng You really know the general trend of the world like the palm of your hand! You are a small village captain here, it is really a waste of talent!"

After hearing this, Deng Ai's eyes sparkled, and he took a pen and wrote on the note:
If you are successful, you will be free with the people, if you are not successful, you will go your own way, that's all.

After reading this passage, Sima Yi couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart.He didn't expect this young general to have such a heart and ambition, and he was quite surprised.While he was meditating, Deng Ai suddenly put down the brush in his hand, bowed his head to him, and said respectfully: "Si... General Sima... you are here, I... I am... sorry for my disrespect."

It turns out that Deng Ai has already seen through his identity!Sima Yi was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed, stepped forward and patted Deng Ai's left shoulder lightly, and said leisurely: "Actually, you don't need to write on this paper to 'talk' with us from now on. What should you do?" Say what you say, no matter how ugly you say it, you have to say it boldly! Your words are worthy of everyone's serious listening! As long as you have real talents and practical learning, no one will dare to laugh at your lisp!" As soon as he turned around, the road went back.

"Congratulations...respectful delivery to...the General!" Deng Ai kowtowed in tears while hurriedly kowtowing.When he kowtowed a few times and straightened up to look, Sima Yi and his party had already gone far, far away.

(End of this chapter)