Chapter 353: Everything is Jia Wenhe’s conspiracy!
Bing province
晋阳
The whistling wind hit Mi Fang's face, shaking his tired spirit. He rubbed his dry eyes and looked at the soldiers training in the parade ground. He saw the soldiers sweating. He raised his eyes to the sky and saw suspicious clouds floating in the distance. He sighed: The war is about to begin.

"military adviser."

A steady voice floated over, Mi Fang turned around and saw Gao Shun, wearing armor, slowly approaching.

"Military advisor, have you written down all my ways of training soldiers?" Gao Shun asked with a smile.

Mi Fang slapped his head suddenly, bent down and picked up the pen and paper at his feet, and said with some guilt: "Father Xiao, I was distracted by you training the soldiers just now, so I forgot what I promised you. Please forgive me, please forgive me."

"Ah, what did the military advisor say? What do you mean by forgiveness or not? You are the one helping me, how can I blame the military advisor?"

Gao Shun's words sounded like sharp knives to Mi Fang, and the guilt in his heart unconsciously deepened.

The "military training" that Gao Shun asked him to record was also done intentionally by him.

Mi Fang, who had been in Lu Bu's army for some time, was shocked to find that the combat effectiveness of the troops led by Gao Shun far surpassed Hao Meng. If it were not for the restrictions of weapons and armor, even Dong Zhuo's elite troops would be inferior to Gao Shun's troops.

This ignited a flame of curiosity in Mi Fang's heart, so he made up his mind to find out the truth. During the investigation, Dong Zhuo asked Lu Bu to go and subdue a Xianbei tribe outside Yanmen Pass. As a native of Bingzhou, Lu Bu seemed to firmly believe in the truth that the bigger the fist, and the recent drama of Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu being a loving father and a filial son made Lu Bu decide to lead his troops to attack the Xianbei tribe.

This really made Mi Fang frown. Dong Zhuo used Lu Bu's troops to gain the Xianbei tribe for himself. In this way, wouldn't he be suppressing Lu Bu's power and gaining soldiers at the same time?
It's a win-win situation.

Dong Zhuo won twice.

Fortunately, Mi Fang and Gao Shun stopped Lu Bu. Mi Fang used his own caravan, made great efforts and spent a lot of money to persuade the Xianbei leader to meet at Yanmen Pass.

Even though the Han Dynasty was not as powerful as it was before, it still had some power. Coupled with the arrogance and humility shown by Mi Fang, he successfully intimidated the Xianbei leader. Then, using his eloquence acquired from traveling far and wide, he turned the issue of surrender into a question of whether Lu Bu could hit the small branch on the halberd from a hundred steps away.

When the arrow shot by Lu Bu passed through the small branch on the halberd, the Xianbei leader immediately expressed his willingness to surrender.

Laughing with joy, Lu Bu put his arm around Mi Fang's shoulders and said in front of all the soldiers in an unquestionable tone, "From today on, Mr. Mi, you are not only responsible for food and supplies, but also my military advisor! You must respect Military Advisor Mi as you respect me!"

All in all, this is just a small matter that happened naturally.

The most important thing is that he discovered why the soldiers under Gao Shun had such outstanding combat effectiveness. The answer was that Gao Shun had a talent for training soldiers.

This made Mi Fang ecstatic. If I could learn the experience of training soldiers from this person, wouldn't my brother look up to me? Training soldiers is necessary before going to the battlefield, right? By the way, I could also let my brother thank me, so why not?

Mi Fang then found Gao Shun and said, "The ancient military strategists whose reputations have been passed down to the present day all left behind military strategies, such as Sun Wu and Wu Qi. I think your military training is not inferior to that of the ancient military strategists, so why don't you also write a book to pass on to future generations?"

Mi Fang never thought that he could succeed in one try, but he had plenty of patience. If he failed in one try, he could just try again the second time.

What Gao Shun never expected was that he said somewhat embarrassedly: "My handwriting is really... terrible."

"Don't worry, General. I will write it for you." Mi Fang said casually.

Once again, something unexpected happened. Gao Shun nodded vigorously: "Okay! Thank you for your help, Military Advisor!"

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Looking at Gao Shun's cheerful smile, Mi Fang's eyes widened. He agreed so easily? Was it a joke?

In the following days, Gao Shun used practical actions to tell Mi Fang that he was not joking. During training, not only did he not hide it, but he would also find Mi Fang in his spare time and ask him if he didn't understand anything. As long as Mi Fang asked, he would answer them one by one.

A sense of guilt arose in Mi Fang's heart.

"Military Advisor, do you want me to repeat the training method just now?"

Gao Shun's voice brought Mi Fang back to the present. Mi Fang forced a smile and shook his head, "No need, General Gao."

"If you need anything, Military Advisor, remember to come find me."

"That's inevitable." After parting with Gao Shun, Mi Fang sighed. He wanted to take the papers back to the house to organize the methods of training soldiers.

But then he heard the camp's gatekeeper shouting hurriedly, "Open the door! Open the door! General Lu is back! General Lu is back!"

The camp gate was wide open, and the noise successfully attracted Mi Fang's attention. He looked towards the gate.

The dusty Lu Bu dismounted from his horse, casually threw the whip to the soldier behind him, and strode up to Mi Fang, his tone full of urging.

"Military advisor, today our scouts received news that Liu Dai of Yanzhou, Kong Zhu of Yuzhou, and Yuan Shao of Jizhou have sent a total of 100,000 troops to attack us. Prime Minister Dong ordered me to go and discuss matters. Military advisor, please come with me!"

Mi Fang nodded and said, "I am willing to go with the general."

Hearing this, Lu Bu, who was extremely anxious, finally smiled. He shouted to the person not far away: "Okay! Xiaofu will stay at the camp, and Hao Meng will come with me!"

Hao Meng put the ring-handled sword into the scabbard, walked quickly to Lu Bu's side, clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"

Mi Fang and Hao Meng rode their horses closely behind Lu Bu, passed through the Jinyang city gate, and arrived at the provincial capital.

After entering the provincial government's meeting hall, Mi Fang finally saw the rumored Prime Minister Dong Zhuo.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was wearing strong armor, but his body was relatively large, which was far from the image of an old soldier fighting to the death for the Huns.

"Oh, my son Fengxian, you are here, come, come, come to me quickly." Dong Zhuo greeted Lu Bu with enthusiasm on his face, just like a father treating his own son.

Lu Bu walked to Dong Zhuo's side quite naturally. He clasped his fists and respectfully called him, "Adoptive father."

"Fengxian, my son, who are these two people?" Dong Zhuo looked at Mi Fang and Hao Meng.

Lu Bu raised his chest and said proudly: "The one on the left is my general named Hao Meng, and the one on the right is my military advisor, whose surname is Mi!"

"Oh? Military advisor?" Dong Zhuo instantly perked up. He asked with great interest, "May I ask what position did Mr. Mi hold before he joined my son's army?"

Mi Fang clasped his fists and said, "I am a commoner, a merchant traveling in Youyan."

"Oh, commoner." Dong Zhuo curled his lips. His attitude towards Mi Fang had visibly deteriorated. He seemed to lack interest in her. Instead, he became interested in Hao Meng. His concerned look made Hao Meng flattered.

Dong Zhuo didn't calm down until everyone was present. He looked around at everyone and frowned.

"Do you know why the generals from Guandong attacked us?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Dong Zhuo stood up and sneered, "I thought it was Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe who secretly instigated Liu Xuande. Their goal must be wealth and glory!"

"Since the emperor moved to Chang'an, Jia Wenhe has been promoted to Jingzhao Yin. His status is even higher than Liu Xuande's second and third brothers, and his treatment is equal to that of the Nine Ministers!"

"Such a vicious person sees us as a thorn in his side, so he used Liu Xuande's hand to threaten the emperor and let the emperor issue an imperial decree to call on the generals in Guandong to attack us!"

Dong Zhuo was so angry that he slapped the table and roared, "This is all Jia Wenhe's sinister scheme!"

"We cannot lose this battle for Bingzhou. If we lose, who else can support the Han Dynasty?! Who else can save the emperor?! Who else can crush Jia Wenhe's scheme!"

Mi Fang: Ah?

He really wanted to say, Prime Minister Dong, the person who is planning to plot something is right in front of you.

(End of this chapter)