CH 21(2/2)
Ye Zhan waited nearly an hour to see the first commander in chief
And holding a stomach of discontent when he just saw this man, his heart was awe struck, he could not believe his eyes.
Is this man he see is that cowardly and easily bullied Fourth Prince?
How is that possible?!
But after six years of not seeing him, why does he seem like a completely different person?
The 21-year-old Huangfu Jie is quite intimidating in height. People say he is eight feet tall, but he is nearly nine feet tall. The tall skeleton was overlaid with a dense, well-proportioned layer of muscle and it looks extremely oppressive.
The body was already disturbing and then there was that increasingly bold face.
Yes, it's a very bold face indeed.
The high brow bones and deep eye sockets now make the whole face look like a peeled with a knife and shaped up. Together with the blood-red birthmark (人) that runs from the eyebrow to the cheeks, it's impossible to tell whether the face is ugly or beautiful. It was a kind of magic. No wonder the Xiongnu called him the "Demon Commander"*, he was truly worthy of the title.2
The man's body was overflowing with a kind of aura, a kind of... Ye Zhan's heart chilled slightly, that is a grandeur aura that belonged to the supreme king!
No, I have to send a message to King Hui immediately. God! They all ignored it, them and the Crown Prince! At Yanmen Pass, they still had an enemy that absolutely could not be ignored. And this enemy also possessed an army of 200,000 men.
Ye zhan felt dizzy, how long had they been ignoring this man? To think that they were the ones who recommended this man to be commander-in-chief of an army... God, what kind of stupidity did they do?
"Ye Zhan?" Huangfu Jie picked his eyelids.
"Yes. Ye Zhan has met the commander-in-chief. " Ye Zhan was infuriated by his rudeness, but pressed on and held his courtesy.
"Are you the military attache? " There seemed to be contempt in Huangfu Jie's eyes..
"Yes." Ye Zhan gnashed his teeth to report back to his superior. The apathetic little boy* who trembled at the sight of them was now so unconcerned with him. Is it possible that King Hui and he still hope to secretly manipulate him?2
Huangfu Jie moved his finger, "Since that's the case, General Zhou, then please accompany this Lord Ye to go through the motions. Oh, right, he is of a delicate blue blood*, don't harm him. I won't be able to explain to my second brother then."
There was a burst of laughter from several generals at the bottom. and Zhou Zhanjiang accepts order, cupping his fist in his hand to ask Ye Zhan for some pointers.*1
Ye Zhan endured his anger and tried to squeeze out a smile.
Hmph, although this man is terrifying, he's no more than so-so. How can a commander-in-chief win the hearts of his subordinates if he treats them so lightly?1
He's probably only that imposing because of his size, but I don't believe a man can become that powerful. He must have quite a few weaknesses and that's fine, I'll find them little by little. I will never let someone like you become a rival to my Wangye!
"Commander-in-chief, Ye Daren must have been exhausted from his hasty journey. I think it's better to take Lord Ye to rest first, there's a reception banquet in the evening. There'll be plenty of opportunities to bond with the generals later, don't you think?"
Ye Zhan cast his gaze on the person who spoke, only to see that this person who spoke for him had a refined appearance, smiling with a peaceful face with curved eyes. Ye Zhan took a liking to this person.
The dissatisfaction on Huangfu Jie's face can be seen by the discerning people, but he seems to have some scruples about this person, although he is dissatisfied, he doesn't show it, coldly snorted and got up and left.
Ye Zhan was annoyed, but he could only bend down to sent him away.
The man who spoke for him came up to him and smiled kindly : "My last name is Feng, the name Yu Shan."
"Feng*...Yezhan has met Feng daren. " Ye Zhan quickly withdrew his surprised gaze in return.
* he said Feng as in Crazy 疯
"Ha ha, it's okay, a lot of people get my name wrong. Please do not blame Ye Daren for the commander-in-chief's attitude just now. Commander-in-chief has accumulated a lot more this time, and it's not easy to regard at anyone unfavorable, so don't take it too seriously.
Before Ye Zhan understood what it meant, the few generals who heard this laughed together.
Everyone vaguely guessed a little about Huangfu Jie and that attendant Zhang Ping beside him. But this is the army, there are few women, and it's not unusual for something to happen between men, as long as they don't lift anything the open, they say anything goes
What everyone was laughing at was that Zhang Ping was clearly a eunuch serving their commander-in-chief, but their commander-in-chief was very much treating him as a treasure. He was not usually treated as if he were a servant slave and sometimes he would even say out of the blue in front of them : I got kicked out of bed again last night.
Huangfu Jie as the first commander in chief was undoubtedly excellent in their eyes. The fourth prince's character is not rigid, nor does he have that sense of superiority, He cherishes his subordinates and often hangs out with them, sometimes making jokes of meat and fish without restraint. He had greeted the crowd before Ye Zhan arrived, saying that he had a grudge against Ye Zhan.
All the high ranking officers naturally help their comrades, and together with their commanders, bully the newcomers.
Ye Zhan doesn't know the secret and is naturally deceived by Huangfu Jie's appearances and begins to gather Huangfu Jie's so-called weaknesses and faults with single-minded determination
On the tenth day of March, at his reception banquet, the King Ning lost his temper. After his victory over Zhou Zhanjiang, he even had the two generals Tao and Xue deal with him in a row. The two generals Tao and Xue, however, were so impeded by their lustful authority that they had to fight him, causing him to lie in bed for half a month afterwards.
On March 24th, He found out that Li Deng, the Governor of a province, wish to marry his daughter to the King of Ning. It is feared that this is the Crown Prince trying win over King of Ning.
On the 25th day of the 3rd March, he found out that the King of Ning was still having an affair with his servant.
On the eighth day of April, the King of Ning found him in the wrong place and ordered him to be beaten with thirty military sticks.
On the 15th of April, he found out that the King of Ning was extremely popular in the army. Need to be careful of him.
On the 20th of April, war with the Xiongnu began, and the King of Ning sent him at a frontline. He almost died under the hammer of a Xiongnu general due to a physical injury, but was saved by the King of Ning.
On the tenth day of May, the King of Ning rejects Li Deng's daughter, and Li Deng is unhappy. It can be used.
Conclusion: This person is not easy to manipulate secretly, plans need to change, wait for instructions.
Huangfu Jie looked at the cloth letter in his hands, eating and laughing nonstop.
"Stop laughing. What's so funny? "
Zhang Ping sighed, he had followed Ye Zhan for two full months in order to intercept the message he had passed on. After seeing him drop off the message at the contact location, he took out a copy of the original and put the original back in.
"Wangye, what do you think? To intercept? To change? Or do we just let it happen?"
Huangfu Jie flicked the cloth and not answering the question right : "Say I wonder why were you so awkward last time, It turned out that there was a mouse listening to the corner. Hehe."
Zhang Ping stared, "Don't tell me you didn't know."
Huangfu Jie ignored the complaint and beckoned to Zhang Ping.
"Do you see what it says? I've already turned down Li deng's offer. Look, how do you think you're going to compensate me for the fact that I've offended a big man I've been caging for years for you? " Huangfu Jie said and went to pull Zhang Ping's sleeve.
Zhang Ping yanked back his sleeve and said rudely, "None of my business!Li Deng is no longer of much use to you, he's now a mere figurehead and if you want him dead, he can die at any time and still no one will suspect you. If you don't like someone else's daughter, i have nothing to say."
"How is it none of your business? I don't like someone's pretty daughters, isn't it because of your ass." The shameless man laughed lustily and reached for it.
Zhang Ping fled ten feet away at once.
Huangfu Jie pounced on air and grunted twice with dissatisfaction: "your martial arts are already high enough. You are not allowed to practice again in the future. "
Zhang Ping despised him, "If you are not diligent in practicing yourself, don't blame others for being good at martial arts."
"Can I be blamed? Huangfu Jie is indignant, "How much do I have to do as the first commander of an army? Certainly i do not have as much time as you to spend practicing. And don't you claim to be a genius at practicing martial arts? An ordinary person like me can't compete with a martial arts genius like you!"
Zhang Ping thought about it and nodded, "Right. Although you are not bad at martial arts, but you are indeed a bit inferior to me."
Huangfu Jie simply wanted to grab this man, press him on his knees, peel his pants and spank his ass.
Obviously his fierce eyes made that very clear, and Zhang Ping took two more steps backwards.
"What are you gonna do? The madman told me that you were clearly capable of beating back the Xiongnu and even forcing them to pay tribute earlier this year. Why haven't you done any corresponding strategic planning by now?"
Huangfu Jie hooked his finger, "If you come over and sit on my lap nicely, I'll tell you."
"I see that you're not in a hurry, so I'm sure the news that came back didn't matter to you. Then I'll go back to bed. You go to sleep early, too."
As soon as he said sleep, Zhang Ping had slipped away like a gust of wind.
Huangfu Jie who was so angry that he was a step too slow to catch him cursed a very unpleasant foul language he could barely hear.
King Hui Huangfu Jin sent a letter to Ye Zhan, ordering him to do his best to win over the King of Ning
At this time, Huangfu Jie suddenly ordered the army to launch a fierce attack on the Xiongnu. On the one hand, Zhang Ping and his Military adviser, Feng yushan , left him and disappeared.
In the late summer of Zhen Sheng's 26th year, King Yueshi and Juedun suddenly broke up. Huangfu Jie, taking advantage of the unstable formation of Juedun, chased afterJuedun at one stroke. He shot juedun in the formation and forced the xiongnu to retreat to the back of Yinshan Mountain.
Because Juedun have no heir, the leaders of all the Xiongnu tribes were in disarray over the position of Chan Yu.
At this time, Huangfu Jie launched an attack on the Yue State, under the pretext that they had helped the Xiongnu to invade our Daya as an excuse to destroy the weak Yue State.
Later, Huangfu Jie extended a helping hand to huyandan. By using Daya's forces, Huyandan recovered most of the tribes and made himself the Chanyu. He also expressed his willingness to pay tribute to Daya every year in his lifetime and to be a vassal.
So far, Daya army won a great victory.
Huangfu shot and killed Juedun, conquered yue clan, and helped Huyandan n, all within seven months. Ye Zhan, as Tao Zhenggang's deputy, is busy fighting wars every day, and has no chance to win over King Ning. Even his attempt to woo his superiors were unsuccessful.
Tao Zhenggang is someone who is unmoved by force or persuasion, he didn't even care about the prince, let alone a little Ye Zhan. Yezhan has achievements, he awards. If Ye Zhan had lost, he would immediately had people on the military staff without any courtesy to speak of.
The messages from Ye Zhan was intercepted but he didn't know anything. When Tao Zhenggang appeared before him holding those messages, accusing him of leaking military information and collaborating with the enemy, Ye Zhan was stupefied.
In the late spring of the 27th year of Emperor Sheng's reign, Huangfu Jie received the Emperor Sheng edict required him to immediately return to the court.
Huangfu leaned his legs on the table, staring at the imperial decree on the table what he is thinking is unknown.
Zhang Ping saw a hint of ruthlessness in his appearance and suddenly spoke up, "It is better to be a dog of peace than a man of chaos. I don't want my whole family displaced. Besides, when it comes to internal and external problems, enemies and foes become friends, and we only have points for being chased. We've discussed the future strategy many times before and we've already made a plan, so changing your mind at the last minute is not a good sign.
Huangfu Jie looked at him from the side of his eyes.
Zhang Ping calmly said, "I know you're powerful, but a soldier who doesn't shed blood is truly powerful. Are you...okay?"
"Zhang Ping."
"What?"
"If you take one more step back, I'll tie you on the flagpole and fuck you in front of the whole army."