Li Yan took six months to conquer Xiangyang and Wancheng, and took Nanyang County into his pocket. While making great achievements, he also demonstrated his military talent. Compared with Zhuge Liang's slow progress in the two northern expeditions, he used

The practical actions proved that he deserved the name of the general, and also proved Zhuge Liang's judgment that he did not know the military, laying the foundation for regaining military power from Zhuge Liang and realizing Liu Bei's will.

If everything goes well, Zhuge Liang will give up the military power and be willing to be a prime minister who is only responsible for civil affairs, it will be equivalent to giving up control of Shu Han. A prime minister without military power is not to be afraid. A general with military power can be impeached at any time.

Prime Minister.

At any time, military power is a killer weapon.

Zhuge Liang refused to let go of his hands and tied him up. He would rather be suppressed by the General's Mansion in Chengdu than give up his military power. When he returned to Chengdu, he wanted to hold the military power of Guanzhong and Longyou firmly in his hands.

Use the military achievements of the Northern Expedition to Bingzhou to prove himself, so as to achieve the goal of countering Li Yan.

Li Yan issued an edict in the name of the emperor and decided not to make any war within two or three years and to rest with the people. He also wanted to limit Zhuge Liang's meritorious service, at least not give him an excuse to use the national power to go to the army. In Li Yan's opinion, if there was no Yizhou

The help was only based on the strength of Hanzhong and Guanzhong. Zhuge Liang could gather very limitedly, and the possibility of pacifying Bingzhou was very small.

Therefore, he did not stop Zhuge Liang from his journey to Bingzhou. Instead, he held a mentality of watching the show. When Zhuge Liang mobilized all his troops but gained nothing, he accused Zhuge Liang righteously and confirmed that he did not know the crime of war.

.Totally deprive him of military power.

Originally everything was similar to what Li Yan estimated, but one thing was a bit unexpected. Wei Ba actually agreed to Zhuge Liang's request to exchange a war horse for a fire bomb, and also agreed to Zhuge Liang's method of shooting white strips and gave Zhuge Liang 1.2 million pieces in advance.

The fire bomb, 500,000 stones of rice. This is a practical help. Not to mention the one and two million fire bombs, just 500,000 stones of rice, Zhuge Liang has two months extra time.

Li Yan was very angry, but he had no choice but to deal with Wei Ba. This was not an official payment. It was a private transaction. In theory, Li Yan could not blame Wei Ba. When he defeated Zhuge Liang and monopolized the power, he would pursue him again.

Wei Ba’s responsibility does not even require any reason. The court has always been secondary to dealing with political enemies, and strength is the most fundamental reliance.

Li Yan also knew that Wei Ba did this to show his guilt. If Zhuge Liang lost too badly and let Li Yan dominate, his fate would not be too good. The rabbit died and the fox was sad. From his own interests, he also needed it.

Help Zhuge Liang. Otherwise, how could a white strip of Zhuge Liang be exchanged for millions of fire bombs and 500,000 stones of rice just?

The three of them compete, just like the disputes between the Three Kingdoms, and the enemies and allies are not fixed. Unless one side has an absolute advantage, no one has a complete chance of winning, and it is inevitable that one can join forces.

Fortunately, all this is within the scope that Li Yan can accept, and he believes that Wei Ba will not want Zhuge Liang to dominate the family. One million. Two million fire bombs and five hundred thousand stone meters are not enough to allow Zhuge Liang to establish the victory.

However, Zhuge Liang's current advancement speed completely shook Li Yan's confidence. He advanced to the periphery of Luoyang in less than two months, making his record of winning Xiangyang in one month look so pale and so worth mentioning.

Zhuge Liang successfully won Luoyang City, who will remember his record of Li Yan's victory over Wancheng in the future?

Facing the triumphant Zhuge Liang, does he still have a chance?

This was a sudden crisis, and Li Yan couldn't help but feel nervous.

Ma Su was also a little panicked, but maybe because he was not Zhuge Liang's most direct opponent, so he was not as nervous as Li Yan, and he still maintained basic rationality. He thought for a moment and laughed.

"General, the Prime Minister's advancement is indeed very fast, but this does not mean anything." Ma Su slowly breathed, raised his head, and looked at Li Yan with a smile: "General, not only is the Prime Minister's progressing very quickly,

It would be better to say that the Wei army was not prepared enough. Since Hangu Pass moved to the new site, the danger of Hangu has disappeared. Cao Zhen has been ill for a long time and his troops are insufficient. Facing the Prime Minister's new army, it is inevitable that he will lose even after a series of battles. Now the Prime Minister's army is

When the Hangu Pass was less than 30 miles away from Luoyang, the Wei army had no choice but to retreat and would definitely defend it. However, the Prime Minister was thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and it was difficult to transport it from a long distance. This was the end of a powerful crossbow, and the power could not penetrate Lu's white silk

also."

Li Yan remained silent. These words were empty words. You can say that he had a reason or that he had no reason at all. This was not the first time Zhuge Liang led his troops, so how could he not understand these principles?

"Secondly, the Prime Minister is probably unavoidable to advance so quickly. It is almost the twelfth lunar month, and there are three to four months left before next spring plowing. He has already drained all the grain stored in Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and more than 100,000 strong men gathered on the battlefield. If they cannot

Resolve the battle before spring plowing, and let these strong men return to the land to cultivate. What will he harvest next fall?"

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and felt moved. This reason was more realistic than the reason just now. Zhuge Liang went all out. If he could not resolve the battle before spring plowing, he would not plant in spring and harvest in autumn, and it would be inevitable that the great hunger in Guanzhong would be inevitable.

Even if grain is made invincible, how can it be stable in Guanzhong? Guanzhong is the foundation of Zhuge Liang, and he cannot sit idly by and watch Guanzhong collapse.

However, Li Yan was still worried. Zhuge Liang could not continue to attack Luoyang so quickly? Even if he could not conquer Luoyang, it was possible to divide his troops to capture Bingzhou. Don't forget that the Wu army was also attacking, the forward vanguard was also attacking.

He has arrived in Yingchuan, only one step away from Luoyang. Once both sides attack Luoyang, how long can Cao Rui hold on?

The quick battle and decision may be Zhuge Liang's plan.

Li Yan did not discuss with Ma Su again. It was meaningless to discuss with Ma Su. After Ma Su left, Li Yan wrote a letter to Meng Da, hoping that he would be prepared and send troops to Yingchuan to attack if necessary.

Luoyang, get a piece of the pie, or prepare to attack Wu, destroy the alliance, and disrupt Zhuge Liang's plan.

After Ma Su left the General's Mansion, he immediately wrote a letter to Wei Ba. He was very evident in front of Li Yan, but he could not predict the result. He could only form an alliance with Wei Ba. Look at Wei.

What is Ba's plan? In his opinion, whether Zhuge Liang can take over Luoyang and Bingzhou in one go will be an important factor whether Wei Ba is willing to help.

...

Zhuge Manor outside Chengdu City.

Huang Yueying hugged Zhuge Zhan and quietly looked at the clump of green bamboos in the yard. Although it was already winter, the climate in Chengdu was warm and the bamboo was evergreen. There was no trace of the sternness of winter, but the green color was a bit dull.

, not as bright as the bamboo in spring.

Ma took Zhuge Pan's hand and stood silently aside. His eyes looked at the letters on the desk from time to time.

This letter was just sent from the front line. Zhuge Liang doesn't care how busy he is. He always writes a letter every three or five days, or talks about the situation on the front line, asks about family affairs, or has nothing to do. It's purely

Greetings. Since the Second Northern Expedition, he has not returned to Chengdu for more than two years. He has maintained contact with Huang Yueying through these letters.

Huang Yueying's mood has never been so heavy, and she has never been so worried even when Zhuge Liang was bedridden a few months ago. Ma didn't know what Zhuge Liang wrote in his letter. Maybe the battle was not going well?

Thinking of the front line, Ma always involuntarily thinks of his deceased husband Zhuge Qiao. If Zhuge Qiao was still alive, he would definitely be the prime minister's right-hand assistant, and his situation would not be so embarrassing. She is from the Ma family in Xiangyang, and she and

Zhuge Qiao's marriage is a symbol of the friendship between the Ma family and Zhuge Liang in Xiangyang. Now that the Ma family and the Prime Minister have broken up, Zhuge Qiao is dead, and her status in the Zhuge family has become very embarrassing.

"Sister-in-law." Zhuge Jun walked in quickly, followed by a middle-aged man.

Huang Yueying looked at Zhuge Jun in surprise, wondering why he led a stranger into the door, but without notifying him in advance.

"Sister-in-law, this is my clan brother Zhuge Dan, whose courtesy name is Gongxiu, and he has just arrived from Chang'an."

Huang Yueying's eyes tightened. She knew this person and heard Zhuge Liang mention it. Zhuge Dan came from Luoyang and asked to see Zhuge Liang in Chang'an. Zhuge Liang felt that this person was too exaggerated and unrealistic, so he did not arrange his specific affairs for the time being, so he asked him to travel in Chang'an first.

After a while, I learned about the situation in Chang'an. Later, Zhuge Dan never showed up again. Unexpectedly, he actually came to Chengdu.

"It turns out to be a public holiday, please sit down." Huang Yueying waved her sleeves quietly, put away the letters on the table, and asked the servant to serve tea. Huang Yueying's face was gentle and solemn, neither too enthusiastic nor not

It makes people feel extravagant.

"I don't know if the public holiday comes from Chang'an, what do you think of? "

Zhuge Dan put down the teacup in his hand and smiled slightly: "Sister-in-law, you must have received a letter from your brother and know the situation of the battle on the front line."

Huang Yueying didn't comment.

"Why did my brother stand still when he was at the city?"

"I am a woman and I have limited knowledge of military use. Please rest assured."

Zhuge Dan was not polite either: "Actually it is very simple. It is because the elder brother is not sure of winning with one blow and cannot afford the consequences of failure, so he is hesitating."

Huang Yueying raised the corners of her mouth and then calmed down again: "Then how can he win with one blow?"

"Either attract people to help or weaken the strength of the Wei army." Zhuge Dan was not humble at all and said bluntly: "The Wu army is already attacking Yingchuan, but their progress is too slow. If there is no special love department, it will take two months.

Inside, it is difficult for them to enter Henan County and siege Luoyang. If they want to speed up the progress, they need to have additional reinforcements."

"Where are reinforcements?"

"Nanyang."

"Nanyang?" Huang Yueying pondered for a moment: "Meng Da from Nanyang is Li Yan's man. Will he send troops to help your brother achieve success?"

"Nanyang has not only Meng Da, but also Wei Feng, Zong Yu and Deng Zhi." Zhuge Dan bowed: "With Luoyang's easy-to-get-all situation, Li Yan will not have the idea of ​​getting a piece of the pie. Instead of letting him send troops, he will not be able to send troops.

To harass the Eastern Wu and corrupt the alliance, it is better to let him send troops to Luoyang and help his brother with his help."

Huang Yueying was moved: "How should we tell Wei Feng to send troops?"

Zhuge Dan smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the side.

That is the direction of Weijia Manor.
Chapter completed!