The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 613 612 The Burning Yangtze River (52)

Tai Shici went straight to the hall of the county yamen to ask Yan Wang Zhang Yan to see him. When Zhang Yan heard that Tai Shici was coming, he asked Tai Shici to be invited into the hall.

When they met each other, Tai Shici began to talk about the hardships he had suffered, and said that Sima Yi was so bold that even he dared to arrest him, and that he had been held for so many days. This Sima Yi was too arrogant. It is possible to ride on Zhang Yan's head.

Zhang Yan sat there quietly listening to Tai Shici's words, and nodded slightly from time to time. He seemed to be listening very seriously, but in fact he could hardly continue listening.

Finally, Zhang Yan saw that Tai Shici was talking endlessly, as if he had endless things to say, and said: "Okay, this king knows everything you said, don't forget, Jin Yiwei, who is under this king, What do you eat? Besides, you know better than anyone else whether Sima Yi is imprisoned or not, and you seem to have gotten a little fatter than before after not seeing you for half a month. It can be seen that the food in the cell is quite suitable for you. The taste of it!"

After hearing Zhang Yan's words, Tai Shici's face became hot. He thought he was smart, but he didn't expect that what he did was no different from a jumping clown.

"Hey hey..." Tai Shici smiled awkwardly, stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his head, and said, "Nothing can be hidden from His Highness, the last general did this to teach Sima Yi a lesson, to let him know that I am not It's so annoying, let him know that he can't do whatever he wants. At the same time, the general still has a little bit of thought, just wanting His Highness to vent his anger on me, and to teach Sima Yi a good lesson, so that he can grow up. memory……"

Zhang Yan sighed heavily, and at the same time kept shaking his head and said: "Oh, you, you, you say you can use this thought in other places? Why do you have to fight with Sima Yi? You don't need your head Think about it carefully, Sima Yi's official position was given by me, if he didn't ask for my permission, how dare he be so arrogant and domineering?"

Tai Shici was stunned for a moment, and asked: "So, all of Sima Yi's actions were ordered by His Highness? Was it also His Highness's intention to blame Huang Zhong and remove Huang Zhong from the post of commander of the navy?"

Zhang Yandao: "That's right."

"Then Sima Yi's coming to arrest the last general is also His Highness's intention?" Tai Shici asked again.

Zhang Yandao: "That's pretty much it."

Tai Shici froze there, muttering non-stop: "Your Highness, what does this mean? The general can't understand it. Why do you have to arrest me? What is the purpose of arresting me?"

Zhang Yandao: "This is a military plan. I can't tell you yet. You just need to remember that you can just listen to what Sima Yi says in the future. You will understand the rest after Jiangdong is calmed down."

Although Tai Shici still didn't know what was going on, he knew how to obey orders, and immediately clasped his fists and said to Zhang Yan: "The end general knows!"

Zhang Yandao: "Okay, you have been in the cell for more than half a month, go back and take a bath first, wash away all the bad luck, and then actively train your subordinates to be ready to fight at any time. Once the war comes, you are the former General, this first battle must be fought by you leading the army. I have high hopes for you, and I hope you will not disappoint me."

After Tai Shici heard Zhang Yan's words, the cloud on his face immediately dissipated, replaced by an expression of inexplicable excitement, he cupped his fists towards Zhang Yan and said: "The general understands, please rest assured, Your Highness, the general will definitely Your Highness will not be disappointed!"

"Well, your words are enough. Besides, after you return to the barracks in a while, many colleagues will definitely come to visit you. At that time, just tell them what you just said to me. " said Zhang Yan.

Tai Shici was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Your Highness, what does this mean?"

"You don't need to know, just do what the king ordered." Zhang Yan said.

"Alright then, the general will follow orders."

Zhang Yan didn't keep Tai Shici here for too long, because Tai Shici still had important things to do, so Zhang Yan sent someone to send Tai Shici to the barracks in person.

I don't know why the news of Tai Shici's return leaked out so quickly. In his camp, there were groups of officials, large and small, who saw Tai Shici's return, and they all ran out in a swarm, asking for his health.

After Tai Shici saw these people, he was not too surprised, because he had a very high prestige in the army, and even had a very good popularity in the bureaucratic system of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, from the general to the soldier Even ordinary people, anyone who has come into contact with Tai Shici will feel that this person is someone who can make friends and trust him for a lifetime.

If Tai Shici came back, but no one came to visit him, it would be troublesome, and Tai Shici's little heart might not be able to bear it.

A group of people pushed Tai Shici into the big tent, and began to ask about Tai Shici's situation. Tai Shici remembered what Zhang Yan had confessed, so he repeated what he had said to Zhang Yan at the beginning. Also go too far.

Among the crowd, Wenpin, the deputy governor of the Navy, also came, seeing Tai Shici's answer, he couldn't help being very angry.But what's the use of being angry? Although he is still serving as the deputy commander of the navy, there are only three to five hundred people who actually command the action, and the rest are all under the command of Sima Yi.

After hearing all that Tai Shici told, everyone felt aggrieved, and felt that Sima Yi was indeed arrogant, but without the support of King Yan, he would not have dared to do so.So, everyone changed the target of criticism from Sima Yi to Yan Wang Zhang Yan, and people's hearts were fluctuating and restless.

Although Tai Shici didn't know why Zhang Yan asked him to say this on purpose, he still did so. Seeing these generals being filled with righteous indignation one by one, cursing Zhang Yan for being fatuous, Sima Yi being domineering, etc., he couldn't be happier. stand up.He really wanted to clarify all this, but he was afraid that his success would fall short, so he could only hold back his temper and see how things would develop next.

On that day, Tai Shici held a big banquet. All the people present participated in the banquet. In addition, Tai Shici specially invited Huang Zhong who had been dismissed.

After Huang Zhong was reprimanded with [-] army sticks, after a month of recuperation, he was already fine. Facing Taishi Ci's kind invitation, Huang Zhong couldn't refuse, so he tidied up and went to Taishi Ci I went to the barracks for a banquet.

At the banquet, everyone only drank and ate, but they didn't talk much about things. After the banquet was over, Tai Shici personally saw off the guests one by one.

After Huang Zhong attended the banquet, when he was about to leave, he was stopped by Shen Bao, Tai Shici's deputy general, who respectfully bowed to Huang Zhong, and said, "Old General Huang, please stay. My general has important matters to discuss with Huang Zhong." The old general discussed and asked the old general Huang to leave for a while."

Huang Zhong was taken aback for a moment, he had no friendship with Tai Shici, and he had no contact with him, Huang Zhong was puzzled at the invitation to invite him to this grand banquet, but now he wanted to keep him, saying it was something important talk over.But no matter what, Tai Shici was a veteran general after all, so he had to give him this face.

Therefore, Huang Zhong said: "The old man has been dismissed, and now he is a grassroots person. He absolutely dare not call him a general anymore. From now on, General Shen can just call me by my name. General Shen, I don't know why General Taishi is looking for this old man?"

Shen Bao said: "I'm not very clear about this, I just acted according to orders. Although the old general has been dismissed now, I believe that the old general will have his injustice cleared one day, and by then, the old general will be promoted again For the general. Old general, please follow me, after my general has sent off those guests, he will come to see the old general."

Huang Zhong clasped his fists and said, "General Lao Shen is leading the way."

Shen Bao brought Huang Zhong into a large tent, which was where Tai Shici lived. After Huang Zhong sat down, he waited for about a quarter of an hour before Tai Shici came in from the outside.

The rolling curtain was lifted, and Tai Shici strode into the big tent, while Huang Zhong got up hurriedly, clasped his fists and said, "See General Tai Shi."

Tai Shici hurriedly said: "General Huang, you don't have to be so polite, you are all from your own family. These etiquettes are all used by my subordinates. General Huang is a highly respected old general. He is someone whom Tai Shici respects. How can he be with those people?" People are compared."

"General Taishi loves you, this old man is no longer a general, just a grassroots man." Huang Zhong said.

Tai Shici said: "Old General, you are just joking. Who doesn't know that you, Old General, have excellent martial arts skills and superb archery skills? Besides, the old general is well-armed, and he is a general respected by everyone in the Jingzhou army. Even I, Tai Shici, respect you The general respects you very much. Besides, the old general was dismissed only because he was murdered by a traitor. I believe that His Highness King Yan has sharp eyes and will definitely resume his post in the near future. "

Hearing so many good things from Tai Shici, Huang Zhong suddenly had a feeling of being courteous for nothing, that he was either a traitor or a thief. He looked at Tai Shici curiously, cupped his hands and said, "General Tai Shici, you said you have something important to discuss with the old man. Don't know what's important?"

Tai Shici said: "Old General, then I won't beat around the bush. To tell you the truth, what I want to talk to the old general is about Sima Yi."

"Sima Yi?"

"Yes. Sima Yi is now very rampant and domineering. Even the old general has been punished by him. I really can't see it anymore, so I want to ask the old general to do me a favor!"

"What are you busy with?"

"Help me monitor Sima Yi, I want to know his every move."

Huang Zhong was stunned for a moment, and said with a slightly embarrassed face: "This is not easy. It's not that Sima Yi doesn't know the old man, and Sima Yi is always surrounded by a group of guards. These people are elites from the army. They were carefully selected, and many of them used to be my subordinates. As soon as I appeared, they would immediately raise their vigilance. How could I keep an eye on Sima Yi? Besides, if I spy on the ministers of the court for no reason, if someone is caught You know, this is a sin."

Tai Shici said: "Oh, I also know that this is very difficult, but Sima Yi punished the old general and dismissed him from his official position. Doesn't the old general hate him at all?"

"There is justice in the world. There is a big problem in the Jingzhou navy. As the commander of the navy, I don't know it. It is true that I have no leadership and should be punished. Even if Sima Yi doesn't dismiss me, I will Resigning from the post of Commander of the Navy to His Royal Highness, what is there to hate about Sima Yi?" Huang Zhong said.

After hearing Huang Zhong's words, Tai Shici suddenly burst out laughing, and said loudly: "General Huang is really an open-minded person. I thought that General Huang would hold a grudge against Sima Yi. I didn't expect General Huang to be so There is no hatred at all. In this way, I am relieved. At first, I was worried that General Huang would hate Sima Yi, but it seems that I was worrying too much. However, General Huang, you don't have to be so discouraged. This time I called General Huang to come here because I really have something important to tell, and this matter is still a secret, so don't let other people know about it."

Seeing Taishi's benevolent and mysterious spirit, Huang Zhong asked, "What's the matter?"

Tai Shici said: "Actually, Sima Yi only looks arrogant and domineering on the surface, but in fact, he is just a pawn of His Royal Highness King Yan. Just think about it, if Sima Yi repeated misdeeds without His Highness's approval Insist, does he dare? Your Highness said, this is a conspiracy. Although I don't know what the conspiracy is now, I thought about it after I came back. They must have their reasons for doing this. And I always feel that Sima Yi There must be a plan for using the old general, maybe it's just a deception. Maybe, maybe the old general will be reused in the future."

Huang Zhong was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Tai Shici to say these words, he analyzed it very thoroughly, Sima Yi did make him suffer, but these are all bitter tricks, which will be revealed slowly in the future It came out, and this time Pingnan, Huang Zhong is the most critical chess piece, whether it can succeed or not depends entirely on Huang Zhong.

Tai Shici was able to guess these things, which means that King Yan must have told him something, but he didn't tell him in great detail, he just gave a rough idea.Unlike Tai Shici, Huang Zhong knew the details of the whole plan, so these days, while he was recuperating from his illness, he was waiting for the opportunity. As long as the time was right, he could take action and complete the plan brilliantly.

But from Tai Shici's words, Huang Zhong could tell that Tai Shici was a very good person, and he was afraid that he would hate Sima Yi, so he deliberately used these words to comfort himself.But Tai Shici didn't know, Huang Zhong had already known the overall plan, and the details were far beyond Tai Shici's imagination.

"General Tai Shi, don't worry, I won't hold grudges against anyone. If it's true what General Tai Shici said, then I'll feel honored. When the time comes, I will do my best to help His Highness King Yan." Huang Zhong arched his hand.

Tai Shici suddenly changed the subject, and asked, "It's best like this. But, Old General Huang, you really don't know why Sima Yi charged you with twenty army sticks for something else?"

"I really don't know. If General Taishi hadn't mentioned this, I would have no way of knowing." Huang Zhong said.

"Oh." Tai Shici wanted to get something out of Huang Zhong's mouth, but he didn't want Huang Zhong to know nothing.He thought that Huang Zhong and Sima Yi were acting together, but it seems that he was wrong.If you want to know what Sima Yi is doing, you can only rely on yourself.

"General Taishi, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." Huang Zhong said.

Seeing that Huang Zhong couldn't get any words out of his mouth, Tai Shici said, "Okay, I'll send the old general off!"

"No need, the old man has legs and feet, and knows the way, so General Taishi doesn't need to bother, I can go back by myself." Huang Zhong said.

"How can this work? The old general came to my barracks for the first time. As the master, I should send the old general off."

"Then... there is General Lao Taishi."

Tai Shici personally sent Huang Zhong out of the barracks, and before he left, he exchanged some pleasantries. When he saw Huang Zhong's back, he thought to himself: "Does Huang Zhong really not know, or is he pretending to be ignorant? No way." , I must find out what Sima Yi is doing, why His Royal Highness King Yan tolerates his arrogance again and again..."

"Shen Bao!" Tai Shici suddenly rushed behind him and shouted.

"The last general is here, what is the general's order!" Shen Bao said.

Tai Shici said: "Send some nimble scouts to monitor Sima Yi's every move for twelve hours a day, and report to me immediately if there is any situation. Be careful, don't expose the target and startle the snake."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)