Xu Huang directly clenched his fists and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the last general has something important to say, and after finishing speaking, the last general will naturally go back to Yueyang." ”

Zhang Yan said: "Okay, if you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

Xu Huang looked around and asked, "His Royal Highness King Yan, can you hold back left and right?" ”

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, these are the king's henchmen, if there is anything, you just say it, there is no need to be so taboo." ”

Xu Huang then said loudly: "His Royal Highness King Yan chose Sima Yi to be the general of Pingnan, and he has an overview of all the things of the Southern Expedition, as the deputy of His Royal Highness King Yan, the last general feels that His Royal Highness's consideration is too inappropriate!" ”

"Oh? What's wrong? Zhang Yan asked.

Xu Huang said: "Your Highness, Sima Yi is too young and has not been on the battlefield a few times at all, how can he command so many troops?" In this southern expedition, His Royal Highness mobilized almost all the elite soldiers and strong generals in the court, didn't he just want to capture Jiangdong in one go? In that case, why can't His Highness think about it carefully? But he arranged Sima Yi, a yellow-haired boy, so hastily, is it child's play for His Highness to be in this war? Can a little kid of Sima Yi's age understand what war is? It is better to ask His Royal Highness to think about it again, dismiss Sima Yi, and then re-elect someone to serve as the general of Pingnan. ”

Zhang Yan didn't answer, but asked: "Then with General Xu's construction, who should this king choose to be the general of Pingnan?" ”

"Hussar General Zhao Yun, Che Cavalry General Zhang Liao, and former General Tai Shici can all take on this important task!" Xu Huang said.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "No, no, no, none of them can do it, in fact, except for Sima Yi." I have one more candidate in mind......"

"Who?" Xu Huang asked curiously.

"It's General Xu!" Zhang Yan said.

Xu Huang said in surprise: "Me? ”

"That's right. General Xu, you are also a battle-hardened person. In the war to pacify the north, you have made great achievements, and you are also very skilled in commanding battles independently, except for what you think, I can't think of a second person. Zhang Yan said.

Xu Huang hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I definitely can't, it's okay for me to be a pioneer and charge into battle." Let me command the entire army, my ability is not as good as Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Tai Shici. ”

"This king thinks you can do it, and originally wanted to appoint you as the general of Pingnan, but after thinking about it, I still think that your personality is too straightforward, your temper is relatively short, and you can't hold your breath, so I let Sima Yi serve as the general of Pingnan." Zhang Yan said.

Xu Huang's face was gloomy, but it was undeniable. Zhang Yan is telling the truth, Xu Huang is both wise and brave. But he has never been able to achieve any great achievements, which is related to his character, and he can't hold his breath when he encounters things, so he has no chance to make great contributions after all.

"However, why did His Highness choose Sima Yi? Sima Yi is so young, and he has not experienced any major battles, how can he lead us to defeat Jiangdong, eliminate the Sun clan, and take the head of Sun Quan? Xu Huang asked.

After listening to Xu Huang's questioning, Zhang Yan said: "General Xu, tell you the truth, the reason why this king chose Sima Yi is actually another deep meaning. Now even the king's subordinates feel that Sima Yi's appointment as the general of Pingnan is too child's play for the king, if this news reaches Chaisang on the other side of the river and Zhou Yu hears it, what do you think Zhou Yu will think? ”

The small motor in Xu Huang's head quickly began to rotate, thought about it carefully, and said as if he had an understanding: "Your Highness, is this what you are using for Zhou Yu?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "General Xu, don't worry, this king has always done things in a measured way, and he will never come nonsense, and in this king's plan, General Xu will be of great use. ”

Xu Huang suddenly became happy, and said there: "As long as His Highness gives an order, the last general will go even if he goes up to the Sword Mountain and goes down to the sea of fire." ”

Zhang Yan smiled: "I don't want you to go to Dao Mountain, and I don't want to go down to the sea of fire, I just want you to keep your mouth shut about this matter, no matter what happens in the future, without the order of this king, you can't act without permission, understand?" ”

Xu Huang patted his chest and said, "The last general understands!" ”

After coming out of Zhang Yan, Xu Huang seemed to have completely changed a person, the whole person became refreshed, walked out of the county office, rode on the war horse, pulled the reins of the horse, and shouted "driving", the whole person galloped out, and disappeared without a trace.

The next day, the entire strategic plan presented by Sima Yi began to be implemented.

Sima Yi, the newly appointed general of Pingnan, immediately launched his operation. As the so-called new officials take office with three fires, Sima Yi is no exception, he took a group of entourages and went to inspect the camp of the navy.

In the naval camp, Huang Zhong, the governor of the naval army, personally came to greet Sima Yi, and he and Sima Yi are also old acquaintances, and it has become a common practice to smile when they meet. Moreover, Sima Yi had just been promoted to General Pingnan, which was considered to have given the officials of Jingzhou a face, so he was naturally very happy, thinking that he would also be able to follow Feihuang Tengda. The rest of the naval officers and soldiers also think like this, as the so-called one person ascends to heaven, which is exactly the truth.

However, when Huang Zhong, Wen Ping and others saw Sima Yi, they knew that what was waiting for them was not a happy event, but the beginning of a nightmare.

Sima Yi, accompanied by Huang Zhong, Wen Ping and others, inspected the entire naval barracks, found many defensive loopholes in the naval barracks, and fiercely criticized Huang Zhong and Wen Ping.

Huang Zhong and Wen Ping were naturally not very happy psychologically, but they felt that what Sima Yi said was also true, and these defensive loopholes were also true, so they gladly accepted it, thinking that this was due to Sima Yi's strict management of the army.

But then, Sima Yi wanted to watch the drills of the navy, and asked Huang Zhong and Wen Ping to assemble a 3,000-strong navy army to conduct exercises in the river.

As a result, within half an hour after the order was issued, the officers and men of the navy army were assembled one after another, which angered Sima Yi at once, and in front of Huang Zhong and Wen Ping, he severely criticized the assembly of the two armies, believing that this was delaying the fighters, and if the war really came, with this kind of assembly speed, it was very likely that the whole army would be wiped out.

Sima Yi ordered the captains of these two armies to be severely punished, and they were beaten with 20 boards to set an example.

Huang Zhong and Wen Ping saw it in their eyes, but they remembered it psychologically, but no one said anything, after all, the situation was true. However, Sima Yi did not take into account the actual situation, and at that time, there were many ships docked in the river, and Sima Yi did not point out the two armies located in the middle of the ships to assemble, obviously looking for trouble.

In the end, Sima Yi began to send people to inquire about the accounts of the navy, and thoroughly checked the money, food, weapons, battle armor, baggage and other items. As a result, it was unexpectedly found that there were several accounts that did not match, and there was a lot of money and grain missing in the treasury, and no one could say clearly where it went.

Sima Yi interrogated for a while, but no one was willing to admit it, so Sima Yi transferred his anger to Huang Zhong and Wen Ping, and angrily scolded Huang Zhong and Wen Ping for having no way to discipline them, so that such a situation would occur, since they couldn't find out who did it, they could only be treated by Huang Zhong and Wen Ping, and they needed to be beaten with twenty military sticks!

While speaking, Sima Yi ordered people to drag Huang Zhong and Wen Ping out to be punished, everyone present was taken aback, never expected that Sima Yi would turn his face and deny people, and the new official would actually take his own people first when he took office.

"Wait a minute!" Huang Zhong suddenly spoke.

Sima Yi asked, "What?" Does General Huang have anything else to say? ”

"I am the governor of the navy, this situation has occurred in the navy, it is all because I have no way to discipline it, and I have nothing to do with other people, although Wen Ping is the deputy governor, but he only obeys my orders, if the general wants to punish him, he will punish me alone!" Huang Zhong saw that he couldn't hide from it, so he wanted to bear it with all his might.

After hearing this, Wen Ping immediately shouted: "General, I did all these things, and it has nothing to do with General Huang, I deceived my superiors and subordinates, if the general wants to fight, just beat me!" The last general was willing to accept the cane of the twenty military sticks on behalf of General Huang. ”

"Nonsense! It's obvious that I can't discipline you, why do I insist on blaming you for this? ”

Wen Ping said: "Old general, I know that you have always loved soldiers like sons, but this matter was indeed done by me, and it has nothing to do with General Huang, I can't let the old general suffer for me." Besides, the old general is old, if something goes wrong, who will bear the consequences? ”

Huang Zhong pushed Wen Ping away, turned his head to look at Sima Yi, and asked loudly: "General, Wen Ping is worried about my safety, so he wants to suffer for me, I, Huang Zhong, as the governor of the navy, hold 100,000 sailors, but the navy is a mess, I can't escape the blame, if the general wants to fight, just beat me alone, not to mention only twenty military sticks, even if it is two hundred military sticks, the old man will suffer!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Huang Zhong immediately took off his armor, and then unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his strong and strong body, and the wounds on his chest were criss-crossed, like a thousand ravines, but there was no scar on his back, which shows that Huang Zhong always likes to charge into battle when fighting, and he has experienced many battles.

Everyone was shocked when they saw Huang Zhong's wounds all over his body, especially Sima Yi, his whole person was shocked, he never expected that Huang Zhong would have so many scars on his body, and the iron-clad man was nothing more than that.

Huang Zhong turned around and walked outside, shouting at Sima Yi: "General, all the sins are borne by me alone, and it has nothing to do with anyone else, please be able to see it!" ”

Sima Yi said: "Since this is the case, then the rod will scold General Huang alone, and the heavy dà twenty military sticks will set an example!" (To be continued......)