Chapter 319 Sima Yi: It's too much to deceive people!
Chapter 319 Sima Yi: This is too much!
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask General Lu Xun of the Hussars to command 50,000 troops and send troops to Liaodong to defeat the three Koreas and promote the prestige of our country, Jihan!"
"Accurate!"
"I will ask the chariot general Sima Yi to lead an army of 30,000 troops, send troops to the Western Regions, defeat the thirty-six kingdoms, and rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate!"
"Accurate!"
"I invite the brave cavalry general Jiang Wei and the general Deng Ai to join the army. They will lead an army of 30,000 and send troops to the Western Qiang to unify the Sanjiang Plateau!"
"Accurate!"
Early in the morning, the Weiyang Palace was crowded with people. Liu Chan sat on the throne with a fat face, while Ma Su stood aside, facing the civil and military officials, and said the memorials one by one.
Before that, his version of "The Master's Guide" had been recited by Huang Hao on the spot.
After hearing this, all the civil and military officials were speechless and could not argue at all.
In fact, they have ten thousand reasons in mind.
But not enough.
If you don't have enough status, you will be ignored.
It's useless to say it, and the general Ma Di won't listen.
Therefore, everyone wisely chose not to argue and rolled up their sleeves to watch Ma Di's jokes.
A three-pronged expedition? Huh! You probably don’t know how much of a burden it will be for the imperial court!
I'm afraid you don't know how much food and grass you need to bring on the road, right?
Even if the Shu Han people today are not short of food and grass.
But you can't let the soldiers carry their own food and grass, right?
Just to recruit civilian men to transport food, at least 200,000 people will be needed to start. Once the army fails to start, the people will be resentful. It depends on whether you, the general, can handle it!
Thinking of this, all the civil and military officials looked gloating at the misfortune.
At this time, they all felt that instead of discouraging the dispatch of troops, it would be better to strongly support the dispatch of troops and make Ma Di suffer a severe loss. It would be better to be directly ashamed to the point of resigning as general, so that everyone could feel more balanced.
So, as soon as Ma Su finished speaking, a large number of people rushed out.
The first one to stand up was Sima Yi. He said plausibly: "Your Majesty, although I am too old to go on an expedition, for the sake of my ambition as a general, I am willing to lead my troops westward to restore the glory of the Han Dynasty!"
"Good! General Sima can be said to be an old man with great aspirations. In his old age as a martyr, his ambition is endless. So majestic! So majestic!" Ma Di praised loudly and said to Sima Yi:
"Old General Sima, please call on the general stage in three days, and I will personally send Old General Sima on his way!"
Sima Yi frowned deeply. He always felt that Ma Di's tone was a bit strange. "Old General Sima" on the left and "Old General Sima" on the right didn't sound like nice words. He tasted the product carefully, but couldn't find anything wrong. He suddenly wondered to himself.
.
Could it be that I am overthinking it?
"Follow the general's orders."
The second person to stand up was Yang Yi, the chief secretary of the Prime Minister's Palace. Now that his career has been frustrated, his whole person is full of resentment and his eyes are full of injustice, which makes people unbearable to look at him.
As soon as Yang Yi came out, he loudly said: "Your Majesty, I think that the 30,000 troops of the Western Expeditionary Army are not enough. As we all know, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are a collective name for the countries in the Western Regions. In fact, there are forty or fifty countries in the Western Regions.
How can we conquer so many countries if we only send 30,000 chariot and cavalry generals to conquer so many countries? I think that we should send 200,000 troops to the west and recruit millions of civilians to transport food, so that the countries in the western regions know what the power of the Han Dynasty is!
"
Not to mention, Yang Yi's majestic words directly made Liu Chan's blood boil, and he nodded his head in deep agreement.
Yes, 30,000 soldiers and horses are indeed a bit low. If we send 200,000 soldiers and horses to march westward, we can really scare the countries in the Western Regions into shit and immediately come to pay tribute.
Shangshu Fei Yi stepped forward proudly and said loudly: "I second the proposal!"
As soon as Fei Yi finished speaking, a large group of people stood up and said, "I second my opinion!"
Liu Chan turned to look at Ma Di and asked cautiously: "General, do you see?"
What are you looking at? You idiot, someone is trying to trick you. Ma Su gave Liu Chan a serious look, waved his hand to the civil and military officials and said, "That's enough, that's enough. I know that General Sima is well versed in the art of war and knows strategies well.
, 30,000 horses and horses are enough, it’s useless to go with more!”
Tsk~ It’s useless to go too far, it’s obvious that you are cowardly!
Yang Yi curled her lips and continued to cup her hands and said: "General, if there are only 30,000 horses, we should bring more food and grass. After all, the journey to the Western Region is far away and it takes more than two months. Just on this road alone, the people transporting food cannot be spared.
Less than 100,000, otherwise once we run out of food, my army of 30,000 will be exhausted!"
"Yeah yeah."
"What Wei Gong said makes sense!"
"One hundred thousand civilians are gone. I think two hundred thousand is about the same. Spring is not here yet, so those untouchables have nothing to do anyway, so they might as well conscript them all to transport food."
"Gongwei's words make sense!"
"..."
The ministers all nodded and complimented each other.
Ma Su smiled slightly, looked around at the crowd, and asked in surprise: "A common man? What a common man? This general is not going to recruit a single common man for this expedition to the Western Regions. If you have no objections, then let's disperse."
"What? If you don't recruit even a single civilian? How can we fight this battle?"
All civil and military officials looked at each other, and the whole place was in an uproar.
It is simply unheard of to not recruit civilians to transport food during a war. If you do not transport food... what do soldiers eat?
Sima Yi also changed his face after hearing this, and stared at Ma Su closely.
He suspected that Ma Su was targeting him.
How can anyone send 30,000 troops and horses for an expedition of 3,000 miles but not transport food?
Do you want him to starve to death on the way?
Too poisonous!
You know that this Ma Su is biased against me, huh! No matter how tight you hide it, you can't hide the look in my eyes.
Sima Yi asked angrily, "May I ask the general, are you not recruiting civilians in all three routes? Or are you only recruiting civilians in the Western Region?"
Sima Yi has already made a plan. No matter what Ma Su answers, he will not do this errand!
Send whoever you want to send, but he won’t go anyway!
The worst case scenario is to resign. Anyway, with his family background here, it shouldn't be difficult to get back into office.
He still doesn't believe it. Can Ma Su cover the sky with one hand? Can Ma Su still be a general for the rest of his life?
Ma Su waved his hand and said with a slight smile: "No, only the two Western Expeditions will not recruit civilians. Lu Xiuqi's 50,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army will still recruit civilians to transport food. This general plans to recruit 100,000 Xianbei people on the Eastern Front.
Transport grain with the Wuhuan people for military use."
"I wonder if Old General Sima thinks so?"
I am NMDT! You are clearly treating him differently. Lu Xun is your uncle-in-law, so of course you prefer him... Sima Yi almost cursed, but decades of life experience made him calm down quickly and asked calmly: "Excuse me, sir?"
General, what do my soldiers eat? Is it possible to let them eat sand and stones?"
"General Sima, don't worry. You are not the only one who will transport food without recruiting civilians. Please listen to what General Xiaoqi has to say." Ma Di laughed: "Jiang Wei, where is Deng Ai?"
Jiang Wei and Deng Ai came out holding talismans and shouted in unison: "I am here!"
Originally, Deng Ai, as a general who joined the army, was not qualified to attend the court meeting. Ma Su made an exception and allowed him to come, just to disgust Sima Yi.
"Do you two have any objection to not recruiting civilian husbands?"
Jiang Wei replied loudly: "Your Majesty, General, I have no objections."
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials were shocked.
There's something wrong with this Jiang Boyue!
He is deliberately trying to antagonize everyone.
Huh, everyone, keep an eye on me, I won't send you a single civilian, what will you do with your 30,000 soldiers and horses when you see them?
Ma Di looked at Deng Ai with encouragement, "Deng Ai, tell me why the general doesn't recruit civilians to transport food?"
Deng Ai faced the stares of more than a hundred pairs of eyes from His Majesty Liu Chan and all the civil and military officials. He would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous. He swallowed his saliva and said, "Come back...big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big big general..."
Each person can carry ten days' worth of food, and every time he goes to a place, he can make up for ten days' worth. The Xiqiang borders the four Qiang people of Qinzhou, and after leaving Qinzhou, they can reach the Xiqiang in three days. By then,
Our army can seize grain from the Western Qiang for military use."
"This method is to support war with war. There is no need to recruit civilians to transport food."
"Pah, pah, pah!"
Ma Su stood up with his palms in his hands, looked around at the sculpture-like civil and military officials in the court, and asked with a smile: "Gentlemen, do you know if this method is feasible?"
There was a deathly silence in the court hall, and no one made a sound.
All civil and military officials lowered their heads, curled their lips, and cursed endlessly.
Damn it! You did it to him again!
Miscalculated...
Sima Yi looked directly at Ma Di with a sullen look on his face, "General, Xiqiang is relatively close to Qinzhou, so this method can be used. The Western Region is three thousand miles away from Chang'an and a thousand miles away from Liangzhou! There are deserts, Gobi, etc. on the way.
The terrain is harsh. May I ask the general, how can these ten days of food be enough to feed 30,000 soldiers?"
"General Sima, you don't understand this."
Ma Su laughed and said, "As the saying goes, everything depends on manpower. Soldiers need speed. If you travel a thousand miles in ten days, you can only cover a hundred miles in a day. I believe that General Sima will not let your Majesty down."
"In the past, I led 5,000 men and horses, carrying only seven days of food, and traveled 700 miles from Chencang to the Wei River, and it only took six days. Two years ago, I led 20,000 people, and only carried seven days of food.
The eight-hundred-mile attack on Luoyang only took one day. I can do it, and I believe General Sima can do it too."
"If General Sima thinks he can't do it, then he should abdicate and make way for others."
"I, Ji Hanchaotang, will not raise useless trash!"
