"Bai Feng?"
When Sima Yi heard this name, his eyes gradually became extremely deep.
After a moment of hesitation, Sima Yi slowly said,
"Let me ask Young Master, do you know why Bai Feng was so highly regarded by the Prime Minister, why he was given the position of Military Advisor, and why he was able to lead the army on a punitive expedition to Western Liang?"
Cao Pi narrowed his eyes.
"Bai Feng is a man of great talent, great vision, and loyalty. If I were Father, I would definitely put him in an important position."
Sima Yi waved his hands and sighed.
"This is only one of the reasons, but it is not the most important one.
"The most important one is that Bai Feng was born into a humble family!"
Hearing this, Cao Pi was suddenly enlightened.
"Teacher, I understand what you mean!"
"Since Father wants to suppress the landowning clans, relying on the anger of a humble family is not enough, because a humble family has no real power!"
"And now Bai Feng has appeared. He has the strength and is not afraid of offending the landowning clans. He even killed Chen Deng."
"He is the representative of the humble family, a blade of the humble family!"
Hearing Cao Pi's words, Sima Yi nodded in satisfaction.
It seemed that Cao Pi had put in a lot of effort, but he was still inexperienced and knew very little about the Prime Minister.
If given enough time, Cao Pi would definitely be able to compete for the position of Heir!
Now that Cao Pi was dead, as the eldest son, Cao Pi should have been fully deserving of the title of Heir.
But Cao Zhi had appeared out of nowhere.
Cao Zhi had many strategists under his command, and he himself was extremely well-liked by the Prime Minister.
His ability to drink wine and compose poems reminded the Prime Minister of his younger days.
Bai Feng was the most powerful and most successful blade in the hands of a humble family!
"But Teacher, there is still one thing that I don't understand."
Cao Pi bowed and continued.
"That Bai Feng is a smart man. Why would he allow Father to make such arrangements?"
"Doesn't he know that he is actually Father's knife?"
"If the landowning clans launch an attack, the first one to die will be Bai Feng."
Sima Yi smiled calmly.
"That's right. Young Master is indeed very smart. However, Bai Feng is not worried that he will be killed by the landowning households."
"Not to mention that he is currently working under the orders of the Prime Minister. When the time comes, the Prime Minister will definitely protect him."
"Just talking about him, do you think that with his strategy and skills, he would be afraid of the landowning households?"
As soon as he said that, Cao Pi was stunned.
He had known Sima Yi for so long, but he had never heard Sima Yi praise anyone.
But every time Sima Yi mentioned Bai Feng, he said that his strategy and skills were extremely good.
But thinking about it, Bai Feng's skills and the thin scholar under him were not to be trifled with.
If the landowning households openly attacked Bai Feng, who would be able to defeat him?
If the landowning households were plotting against Bai Feng behind his back, how could his father not know?
After thinking about it.
For the landowning households, this Bai Feng was an unsolvable trap!
… …
Noon.
Cao Cao and his Ministers were waiting at the gate of Xuchang.
Behind them, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, and the others had extremely unsightly expressions.
Although Bai Feng had conquered Western Liang and exterminated the Xiongnu, there was no need to welcome him with the rites of a duke!
Whether it was a civil official or a general, even Xun Lingjun, none of them had received such treatment from Cao Cao!
Speaking of which, when Bai Feng first came to the Prime Minister's place, the Prime Minister had also personally come out to welcome him!
And when he conquered Western Liang, the Prime Minister had also personally sent him off.
In addition, Bai Feng had made a great contribution this time. It was obvious that his status and status would be greatly elevated upon his return to the city!
At this thought, the civil officials were all in fear and trepidation.
Right at this moment, the sound of horse hooves gradually entered everyone's ears.
Bai Feng was back!
Cao Cao smiled as he looked at Bai Feng, who was slowly approaching on horseback. After Bai Feng dismounted, he reached out and patted Bai Feng on the shoulder.
"Mr Bai, you've made a great contribution to our army this time.
"I didn't expect Mr Bai's complexion to get better and better despite the harsh weather in Western Liang and the bitter cold at the border. He's becoming more and more handsome."
Hearing this, the civil and military officials were in an uproar!
Was this what a lord should say to his subjects?
Although Cao Cao wasn't a king, he was still a duke!
Thinking about how serious Prime Minister Cao usually was and how he handled everything meticulously …
This was too f * cking unfair!
However, in an instant, everyone was dejected.
Bai Feng was the Prime Minister's son-in-law. How could they compare to him?
Thinking of this, everyone was suddenly afraid to speak up.
On the other hand, the generals were overjoyed.
Xiahou Yuan looked sourly at Bai Feng.
"Tell me, isn't this too unfair?
"The Prime Minister didn't even show his face when we brought an army of more than a hundred thousand back to the city.
"Look, now that Mr Bai is back, not only did the Prime Minister come personally to welcome him, he even asked about his well-being. I'm so envious."
Xiahou Dun immediately rolled his eyes at Xiahou Yuan.
"Miaocai, let's not talk about anything else. Why don't you try taking ten thousand soldiers to fight the Xiongnu?"
When he heard this, Xiahou Yuan instantly shrunk his neck and didn't dare to speak.
On the other hand, Cao Chun, Cao Ren, and even Cao Hong and Xu Chu were all grinning from ear to ear.
None of them had expected that Bai Feng would really use ten thousand soldiers to exterminate the Xiongnu.
Everyone had thought that Bai Feng would be doing well if he could force the Xiongnu to retreat or recruit them.
But he had directly exterminated the Xiongnu!
Cao Chun scratched his head.
"There's one thing I really don't understand.
"Since you were able to get the Xiliang army to surrender, why weren't you willing to get the Xiongnu to surrender?"
Xiahou Dun narrowed his eyes.
"You don't know how hateful the Xiongnu are."
With that, Xiahou Dun recounted what he had seen the Xiongnu do at the border.
All the generals who had never been to the border, including Cao Chun, were instantly stunned.
How could a human do something like that?!
They were worse than beasts!
"Well done! They should have been exterminated!"
Cao Chun gnashed his teeth.
Bai Feng was also taken aback at this sight.
He hadn't expected his return to Xu Chang to be met with such a grand spectacle.
After a simple exchange of pleasantries with Cao Cao, he followed Cao Cao into the city.
"Mr Bai, this battle was truly inspiring!"
Cao Cao laughed.
"The foreign tribes at the border are now terrified of our army!
"Before you came back, that Ma Mengqi sent me a secret report. The Qiang people have already surrendered."
Bai Feng was taken aback by this news.
The Qiang people had surrendered?
In Bai Feng's impression, the Qiang people had been extremely powerful during the Three Kingdoms period, and they had made significant contributions afterwards.
Now, the Qiang people, who were almost as strong as the Han Dynasty, had actually surrendered?
Previously, he had left Ma Chao there to guard Western Liang.
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