Yang Fan was full of affection and was purely inspired. Sima Fang was able to act like this, which shows the greatness of fatherly love.

However, since ancient times, the success of the king and the defeat of the enemy will always be the stepping stone for the winner.

The Sima family is no exception. Just because Sima Yi was alone in his mistake, Yang Fan became a murderous person for the entire Sima family. This is understandable. Wenpin's troops lost thousands of soldiers, so he had to give an explanation and set an example.

If the soldiers were disappointed for Sima Yi, it would be more than worth the loss. Such an iron army would be difficult to build, and it would be unwise to exchange it with a time bomb.

However, Sima Fang's behavior touched the fragile nerve deep in Yang Fan's heart. Yang Fan lacked fatherly love since childhood. Even when he came to this world, his biological father was unknown, and his nominal father ignored him. He could achieve something, and he had worked hard to ask Yang Biao for anything.

Looking at Sima Fang's love for his calf, Yang Fan couldn't help but feel agitation. At first, his thoughts changed slightly. Then he thought that fighting between the two armies was a life-and-death battle, and he was doing everything he could. Wen Pin was defeated because he was not capable of doing it. Now he won. If he pursued the matter to the end, who would dare to surrender easily? Isn't this forcing his enemies to death?

Thinking of this, Yang Fan had another plan on how to deal with the Sima family.

Yang Fan is now immune to these civil and military officials who have left their names in history. In his opinion, the reason why these people are so famous is that they have more opportunities to show themselves than ordinary people. Some classic battles that are enough to be recorded in history as textbooks are only completed in specific places, relying on specific environments and by specific people. These battles are unreplicable and are also decisive battles that turn the world around.

It was like the Battle of Longcui, which made Ju Yi and his elliptical soldiers, accelerated Yuan Shao's pace of unification of Hebei, and established Yuan Shao's position as the overlord of the northern part of Yuan Shao; the Battle of Guandu made Cao Cao swallow the land of Hebei, became famous in one battle, and from then on he became uncontrollable, occupying half of the land of the Han Dynasty; the Battle of Red Cliffs made Zhou Yu ascend to the altar, etc.

It is these vivid achievements that make Yang Fan extremely reject the Sima family. This is a family of officials who have always emerged in many talented people and are good at forbearance. If you get it, you will be helpful and you need to be careful when dealing with it. If the master is weak and the servant is strong, you must be more careful to replace them.

Yang Fan already has a system and a relatively complete talent system. In just a matter of time, he firmly believes that the talents he cultivates are enough to replace the children of these old families.

However, it was too early to say this at this time. If Yang Fan wanted to gain more territory and benefits before the princes improved their respective systems, he would have to cooperate with these old aristocratic families. Of course, this was not contrary to the purpose of the Yang family army.

Just like the Ximen family in Jinyang, after abandoning the land, they can still make a fortune, which is inconsistent with the Yang family army.

In this era when information transmission is not fast, these disadvantages are difficult to avoid. As the lord, Yang Fan thought carefully when appointing a leader of a place or a general of a army. In his opinion, being able to be strong is one thing, and loyalty is even more important.

Therefore, he began to build the purpose of the People's Children's Army from the beginning, and conveyed the idea of ​​protecting the people and supporting the people to the military and civilians in the territory. These concepts that would break the conventional traditional ideas were also questioned by all parties at the beginning, but it was the decisive factor that Yang Fan was able to firmly control the army to this day.

Even if the general of the army wants to rebel, his soldiers may not necessarily rebel. If they are not guaranteed, they will mutiny in the army and kill a rebellion in the cradle.

Even if a military team really rebels, they will be unable to move forward in Yang Fan's territory. The people will serve as Yang Fan's strong backing to defend their own life guarantees together.

This is the concept of the army protecting the people and supporting the people. If a person wants to gain but does not want to give, he may be free for a few years in the era of power, but such a regime does not last long and cannot be loved by the people.

Yang Fan wanted to spread the idea in his heart so that most people would recognize this idea and follow this system. If it was passed on for generations, the regime created by Yang Fan would be as stable as Mount Tai, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to move at all.

Therefore, Yang Fan cherishes this hard-won situation very much and deals with it carefully everywhere. Any voices that question or resist his ideas will be ruthlessly suppressed by the Yang family army.

Rather than saying that this is a confrontation between two regimes, it is better to say that it is a collision of two concepts and beliefs. If you want to take root and sprout and grow into a big tree in the sky, wind and rain will inevitably hit you, and you must always remember it when you eliminate insects and prevent corrosion.

As a child of an old family, Sima Fang must be considering the continuation and glory of the family, which is understandable. However, as a minister under the ruler, the thoughts of such people are very dangerous.

Because his family's thoughts are already deeply rooted, if you want to change, it cannot be done overnight. Instead of spending a lot of effort, you may not be able to get the results you want, it is better to uproot and re-cultivate the seedlings to come quickly and steadily.

Fortunately, Sima Yi was not old and his thoughts were not stable, so he could turn them around. This was one of the reasons why Yang Fan decided to let Sima Yi go. He only needed like-minded subordinates.

After hearing Yang Fan's words, Sima Fang sighed slightly and replied respectfully: "The tiger poison does not eat his son, let alone human beings? Yang Piaoqi is also a father, why did he ask him knowingly? Today, he comes here to guard against him, and does not seek survival. He only hopes that Yang Piaoqi can have mercy and let go of the youngest son of the guard. If you are in the nine springs, you will be grateful to Yang Piaoqi."

After Yan Luo, Sima Fang continued to kneel down to Yang Fan, prostrating himself, which was particularly grand.

Yang Fan glanced at Sima Yi and said lightly: "You are so talented when you are young, which shows that you are smart and clever; you are not afraid of danger and are not afraid of difficulties. It shows that you are tough in your personality, but... do you know why you failed?"

Sima Yi looked proud and replied: "That's natural. I have been a child prodigy since I was a child. I was just a careless person... If I were given another chance, I would definitely not lose again!"

After hearing this, Yang Fan shook his head and said, "You will understand these things in the future. I will not kill you today. It is not because I am jealous of your talents, but because your father's behavior has moved me. You are young, and cherishing the people in front of you is what you should do the most."

A hint of joy flashed in Sima Yi's eyes, and he heard Yang Fan say again: "However, death penalty can be avoided, but living penalty cannot be escaped. After all, it is because of you. Our army has suffered a lot of losses. I will punish you to go to the academy founded by our army and be a traitor to offset the crime. Are you... convinced?"

After the disaster is over, Sima Yi naturally feels grateful to Yang Fan. After all, no one is willing to live if he can survive. At this moment, Sima Yi responded in a deep voice: "Okay, I will be a traitor for three years. Three years later, where I want to go, it depends on my wishes. You can't stop it."

Yang Fan nodded and smiled, "That's natural."

Sima Fang, who was standing beside him, sighed in his heart and said to himself, those three years of servitude are not easy to do, and his son is really too naive.

At this time, Hu Piao quickly raised the seal in his hand and said, "The lower-ranking official is willing to offer the seal of the prefect and the excess land in his family, just to be able to be under Yang Piqi's command. He also asked Yang Piqi to agree."

Yang Fan naturally would not turn it off for the surrendered person, so he let Xun You and Hu Piao handle everything in Hanoi on the spot.

For the future of his son, Sima Fang hesitated for a while and said, "Bang, there are still 3,000 mu of fertile land in his family and 5,000 slaves, and he is willing to give them all. I just hope that Yang Puqi will not make things difficult for the elderly and young people in the family, can it be?"

Sima Fang's words showed his intention to surrender. The aristocratic family without land was like a tiger with sharp teeth. Yang Fan felt relieved and helped Sima Fang up again. He took the seal of the Hanoi prefect from Xun You and put it in Sima Fang's hand. He smiled and said, "Donald Jian is so wise, how could I still be a petty family? How could I continue to be the prefect of Hanoi? For the formal appointment, I will submit it to the emperor after I requested the emperor. According to my general's opinion, the emperor would not let such a great talent as Jiangong be covered with dust."

Sima Fang solemnly took the seal and bowed, saying, "Don't abandon the lord, guard, you will die!"

"Haha..." Seeing that Sima Fang was the last time he recognized the lord, Yang Fan said happily: "I was lucky enough to get help from Jiangong. All local officials in our army must enter school and only after graduation can they rule the country. However, things are urgent and there are exceptions in everything. If you study, it will not be too late to go again when Hanoi stabilizes in the future."

Sima Fang was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what Yang Fan said, but he bowed to accept the order.

Half a month after going out to fight, the Yang family army captured Huai County, the capital of Hanoi County. In addition, the Sima clan's surrender made the Yang family army's reputation in this Sili area.

At this time, Lu Bu's 20,000 army entered Pinggao. Lu Bu, who was not aware of the war in Huai County, was still heading towards Huai County, but he didn't know that what was waiting for him would be the encirclement of the Yang family army.

On that day, Yang Fan summoned his civil and military officials to discuss matters in Huai County and in the county magistrate's mansion.

Xun You took the probe that had just been sent back by the whistle cavalry and said first: "Lu Bu has crossed the Ji River again and entered the Pinggao territory. Within three days, his vanguard cavalry will be able to reach Huai County."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Lu Bu is brave and has several generals under his command that are capable. When the prefectures and counties are blocked, he changed his way. It can be seen that Lu Fengxian is very concerned about Huai County!"

Huang Zhong suddenly stepped out of the line and asked for his order: "Lord, when the battle between the sour jujube, the Zhong Jiang suffered a loss from the mount and lost a move. Now, after many years, the Zhong Jiang Jiang also wants to meet Lu Bu again, and ask the Zhong Jiang to fulfill his wish."

Yang Fan already had a way to deal with Lu Bu in his heart, but Yang Fan's emotions were also very complicated. If it weren't for him, Yang Fan might have died in Jinyang City long ago.
Chapter completed!