The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 283 A Chance Encounter in Jingzhou
On this day, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear.

Cheng Yuanzhi and his two horses rode to the territory of Yiyang County, Jingzhou, and saw a tea shop beside the official road, so Su Gai proposed to take a short break and drink some water before leaving.

At that time, there happened to be two old men playing chess in the teahouse. Cheng Yuanzhi was also a chess lover. Seeing his enthusiasm for hunting, he got off his horse and stood aside to watch silently.

The two old men are both in their 50s and [-]s. The one with the long beard has white hair, and the one with short beard has black hair.

During the chess game, the two talked about the current affairs of the world, casually, just like Taoism.

The long-bearded old man picked up a white chess piece and placed it on the board, and said:

"Today, thousands of miles will be cleared, and all barbarians will be leveled. If the king of Wei can take advantage of the trend to rule the world, his achievements will be comparable to that of Han Wu, and he will become the emperor of Qin, and he will be a real hero in the world."

The short-bearded old man responded with a black hand, and replied: "If this is the case, it will be difficult for the Emperor of Qin, Han and Wu to catch up with his achievements. However, this three-legged confrontation is by no means easy to break. In my opinion, the life of King Wei is good at following the trend. Because, it is difficult to break the situation and strive to be the first. Although the general trend is in Wei today, I fear that he will not be able to rule the world in his lifetime."

The old man with a long beard smiled and said: "Although the general trend of the world must be divided for a long time, and it must be united for a long time. At this time, when it is divided or not, it is not a generalization. It is hard to say, it is hard to say..."

Hearing this, Cheng Yuanzhi was amazed, and sighed to himself that there are so many strange people in the world, Wei Guo can't find them all, and you can meet two of them just by drinking water on the road.

Listening to the words of these two people, it is clear that they are all knowledgeable, far-sighted people, and they are able to analyze the current situation of the world. How can they be willing to die forever?
Well, seeing that the two of them are not too old, I should get acquainted with one or two to select talents for the country.

In ancient times, Jiang Ziya only came out of the mountain at the age of 70. Judging from the age of the two of them, they are at most 50 years old. If he is willing to become an official, he can still serve the Great Wei for 20 years.

I will recruit it!
Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi wanted to strike up a conversation with the two sages and get to know each other a little bit.Suddenly, I saw a young man of seventeen or eighteen coming from a distance, driving a fat big ox, came up to him, and said to the two of them:
"Mr. Shui Jing, Mr. Pang De, the two elders are here to play chess again."

"Oh, it's Deng Ai."

The two old men responded with a smile, raised their eyes to look at Cheng Yuanzhi, and continued the previous topic.

It turns out that Sima Hui with the long beard and Pang De Gong Cheng Yuanzhi with the short beard had figured it out, so he calmed down and stood aside calmly to see what they were talking about.

Sima Hui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This old man thinks that within 20 years, the world will be unified."

Duke Pang shook his head and said: "No, no, I looked at the sky closely and found that the world is still in a period of chaos, and it will definitely not be unified in 20 years."

As soon as Sima Hui said this, before Sima Hui said anything, Deng Ai, a young cattle herder beside him, was not happy, and immediately interjected, "Pang Gong, Deng Ai also thinks that the world will be unified in 20 years, but..."

Mr. Shui Jing and Mr. Pang De smiled at each other, and said in unison: "However, the King of Wei needs you to be the General of Zhengxi, right, hahaha..."

It can be seen that the two old and one young are very familiar with each other, and this kind of jokes should not be uncommon, so they come here without restraint.

The two old fellows were not restrained, but the young man named Deng Ai blushed and stammered: "Ai... Ai Nai... is what he said from the bottom of his heart, and the second husband will make fun of him! 30 years in Hexi, 30 years in Hedong, Ai will definitely be in the future Get ahead and establish an unrivaled fame!"

Mr. Pang Degong and Mr. Shui Jing couldn't help laughing, and burst out laughing again.

Even Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't help laughing out loud.

Immediately, Deng Ai glared at him.

Cheng Yuanzhi suppressed his smile and said, "I don't think you have such great ambitions at such a young age. Let me ask you, why are you so confident that you can become a high-ranking official and make great achievements?"

This is not an era where you can be an official if you say you want to be an official.

No matter which era, a commoner has to go a long way to become an official, let alone a cowherd boy who is not even considered a commoner!
This is really whimsical, full of nonsense.

Deng Ai's eyes widened, he looked at Cheng Yuanzhi up and down, curled his lips, cupped his hands to the south and said, "I won't tell you."

He didn't say it, someone else said it.

Sima Hui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's not because the governor of Zhennan, Sima Yi, the prefect of Xiangyang, appreciates you, hahaha..."

Pang De knew it, and immediately echoed and laughed.

Cheng Yuanzhi also found it interesting, shaking his head and laughing endlessly.

The three of them laughed wantonly, which made Deng Ai a little puzzled all of a sudden, and said in a daze: "Why are you laughing? This is definitely not a lie!"

Cheng Yuanzhi glanced at Sima Hui and Mr. Pang De, who couldn't straighten up from laughing, and felt that the two of them were indeed a bit too much, and they shouldn't be teasing Deng Ai like this, so he waved his hands and said:
"Thinking that Er Gong doesn't believe you, do you know where Sima Yi is now?"

Deng Ai was taken aback: "Aren't you stationed in Xiangyang?"

At this time, Su Gai came over with a teacup, and interjected, "Sima Yi was dismissed by King Wei two months ago and sent back to his hometown in Hanoi to retire. Do you want to rely on him for promotion? Don't even think about it in this life." !"

"what?"

Deng Ai's expression turned bitter in an instant.

Cheng Yuanzhi took the tea bowl from Su Gai, walked to the wooden table and sat down.

Suddenly, Shui Jing said to Deng Ai: "You, with the naked eye, you don't know a real hero. If you want to stand out, why place your hopes on Sima Yi! The person in front of you is extraordinary in appearance, born with dignity, and must have an extraordinary background. You Why don't you tell him your ambitions, maybe you can use this to find an official position, and you will no longer be a slave."

Deng Ai was overjoyed when he heard the words, thanked him again and again, and moved to Cheng Yuanzhi, clasping his hands and cupping his fists in salute.

"Your Majesty, Deng Ai is being polite here."

Cheng Yuanzhi was not annoyed at all even though he was called to reveal his identity.

Even if he wears ordinary clothes and rides ordinary horses, it is difficult to conceal the murderous aura developed by him in the top position for 30 years.

As long as a person with a heart takes a closer look, he can guess that it is almost inseparable, and he knows that he is not an ordinary person, and if he is not a king, he must be a high-ranking official.

What's more, Shui Jing and Mr. Pang De are two fine people!
Then he looked at Deng Ai and said, "Do you really have the heart to serve the country?"

He decided to test the young Deng Ai. If the latter is capable, it is not impossible to make an exception.

However, does Deng Ai, a cowherd baby, really have this ability?
Cheng Yuanzhi is skeptical.

In the original time and space, Deng Ai did not gradually emerge until he was in his 40s and was reused.Before that, he had been a cowherd boy of the landlord's family for a long time. He was illiterate, and he might have some knowledge, but he probably couldn't make it to the stage.

Deng Ai quickly patted his chest to express his opinion: "Just now Ai Kuangyan said nothing, please ask Junhou Haihan to give you a lesson."

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hand and asked, "If you were General Zhengxi, how would you use troops against Yizhou?"

Hearing this, Deng Ai immediately realized that this was an assessment, and as long as he handled it well, he might not have to herd cattle in the future, so he began to think seriously.

After a long while, Fang said: "Stay guard in Hanzhong, garrison troops in Longyou, accumulate grass and store food, waiting for the right time."

This answer is quite satisfactory, a little fake.

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded, and asked again: "If you were the General Zhengnan, how would you use your troops against Jingnan?"

Deng Ai replied without hesitation this time: "Train the navy, build big ships, win the battle on the water, and win the city on the land. With the national strength of our great Wei, Jingnan can be defeated with a snap of the finger, and Jiaozhou can be leveled in three years."

Good guy, I'm just blowing the shit out of you, I can't even answer... Cheng Yuanzhi asked curiously, "Oh? Tell me, how do you capture the city on land?"

Deng Ai said: "You can only fight to the death!"

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hands again and again: "In this way of using troops, siege is the bottom line, and heart warfare is the top priority. The rivers and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are criss-crossed, like your way of fighting, how many soldiers will we have to bury to recover Jingnan? 20? [-]?"

Deng Aili said boldly: "For the generals to be born on the bloody battlefield, return the corpse wrapped in horse leather; for the soldiers to go forward bravely, for the unification of China, shed blood! Even if a hundred thousand loyal bones will be buried in this battle, it is a worthy death, and the name will last forever!"

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head: "You are wrong! No matter Jingnan or Jingbei, they are all Han people. Since they are of the same clan, why did they act so violently? You must know that it is easy for a tyrant to intimidate others, but it is difficult to convince others."

"This strategy is only applicable to foreigners. From my point of view, your understanding of the way of using troops is too superficial. I'm sorry I can't help you."

Hearing this, Deng Ai's eyes dimmed all of a sudden, he bowed his hands sullenly, and drove the cow away.

Cheng Yuanzhi got up slowly, bowed his hands to Sima Hui and Lord Pang De, and then got up to leave, feeling secretly in his heart:
It's not a good thing for this person to be too famous.Under the fame, there are many nobles, all of them have a deep understanding of the way of protecting oneself, and when encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters, they can hide faster than rabbits.

It doesn't matter if you don't know such a hermit.

(End of this chapter)