"Don't fight with each other with words or fight in front of others. Be open to learning and knowing more." Shen Guangcan.

Fa Zheng and Sima Yi were the few people in the Secretary's Prison who knew the art of war. Their private friendship with each other was acceptable, and they would occasionally get together to discuss the art of war. But when they were deduced in front of the emperor, their usual friendship was suddenly overturned.

Forgotten in the back of the mind, everyone insists on their own opinions, and no one can convince anyone.

The emperor was leisurely watching the two of them start to quarrel again, without any intention of saying anything to stop it. Instead, he looked at Xun You with interest, as if he wanted to use this to lure him out of the jade.

Xun You knew what the emperor meant. In terms of intelligence and Fa Zheng, Sima Yi and others were all extremely talented young men, but they lacked experience and experience. As the second batch of staff advisers around the emperor, they followed Xun You.

, Jia Xu and other first batch of advisers. At this time, the emperor summoned Fa Zheng and other secretaries who had certain talents in the art of war to participate in this secret, and deliberately asked Xun You to summarize after they expressed their opinions.

The meaning of guidance and cultivation.

He did not feel threatened by this, but from another perspective, he was happy to see the wings around the emperor gradually grow stronger.

"The law is filial and upright, Sima Zhongda has his own merits in his words, and the secretaries and supervisors really have many wise men." Xun You said softly.

These secretaries knew that Xun You and Jia Xu were praised by the emperor as good men and had planned many battles for the emperor. Xun You's presence this time was not only an opportunity to show off to the emperor, but also a rare opportunity to learn from them.

Fazheng and Sima Yi, who were already a little eager to try, could not sit still at this time, but Xun You obviously wanted to wait for the other two to finish speaking, so they had no choice but to sit back and watch others answer.

Pei Qian smiled and said: "It is said that the passion of the army is to speed up, to take advantage of others' inadequacy, and to use the unprepared way to attack the enemy's unpreparedness. When it comes to attacking Shu, I agree with Xiaozhi's opinion and go to Luo Valley into Hanzhong.

As for the reason, Xiaozhi just said it, Luo Gu was unprepared for Zhang Lu, and it was also unprepared for us and others."

Although these words were quoted from military books, there was not much novelty. However, Zhao Wen suddenly asked curiously: "Pei Lang has read military books?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Wen felt a little regretful for his outspokenness. The military books had always belonged to the imperial court and were not allowed to be kept privately by the people. Almost all the powerful and powerful families had hidden them. Despite the laws and regulations over the past few decades,

The imperial court was unable to control Feichi, but this was not something he could ask in front of the emperor.

Sure enough, a look of embarrassment flashed across Pei Qian's face, and he quickly said: "I have never read it, I just heard him recite hundreds of lines of art of war from others, so I know it by heart, so I dare to say it loudly."

"That's it." Zhao Wen skillfully changed the subject: "This is a rare opportunity just like when I met Huang Gong when I was a marquis and taught him a book."

"I don't dare, Mr. Zhao is so complimentary." Pei Qian borrowed the donkey down the slope and said softly.

The emperor remained silent. Who doesn't have a few copies of NS these days? Not to mention military books, even the privately compiled historical biographies and prophecies of NS were widely circulated among the gentry, as if they were a semi-open secret.

, but still want to do these covert things in front of the emperor, isn’t it funny?

Seeing that the emperor lowered his eyebrows and seemed indifferent to this, Zhao Wen couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At least this time he could know his father as his son and knew how involved his father Pei Mao was in the art of war.

Three of the four young people expressed their opinions, and there was a short interlude. Xun You remembered it silently, nodded slightly, and then turned his head to the quiet, unfamiliar young man sitting directly opposite the emperor. Although he had never met him,

But Xun You also heard that the emperor had recently learned about a scholar who came to Chang'an from Xuzhou to find a job. He not only gave this scholar special treatment, but also ordered his nephew to be admitted to the secretary's prison.

Xun You once thought that if the emperor wanted to sell his bones in order to show his preferential treatment to the scholars who came from Guandong, he would not use the noble and powerful secretary Lang as an excuse. What's more, the other party had just arrived not long ago.

Participating in this level of participation is not just a simple matter of preferential treatment.

After all kinds of doubts, it wasn't until he saw this young man that Xun You finally got a preliminary answer in his mind. This young man's appearance was too good. He was as old as the emperor, but he was tall and tall. Even though he was sitting upright at the table, his appearance was too good.

He is also a head taller than Fazheng, who is older than him. His two long eyebrows fly into his temples as if dyed with ink, and his bright eyes are bright and lively, like shining stars. He sits upright, like a jade tree motionless in the wind.

Some people are good-looking, but have a wretched temperament, which makes them look useless. Some people are talented, but their appearance is unsatisfactory. When Xun You was young in Yingchuan, he tasted many descendants of rich families and knew that they could give birth to such looks and raise such people.

A calm and tolerant person will never be dull and mediocre.

The emperor said at this time: "Kong Ming has not given any advice just now. It is time for him to express his opinions directly."

Zhuge Liang was just like Sima Yi who had just entered the secretary's prison at that time. He was cautious and vigilant in everything, but compared with Sima Yi, he had more respect for the Han Dynasty and the imperial court.

At this moment, after hearing the emperor's words, Zhuge Liang spoke. His voice was full of energy, and it didn't need to be too high. It was like a bell: "The land of Luo Valley has no mountain roads, short waterways, and many poisonous snakes in the valley. It can be said to be extremely difficult and dangerous. It is extremely dangerous.

Although it is parallel to the Ziwu Valley, it is more dangerous than the Ziwu Valley. When the time comes to transport grain and grass on this road, it will be very expensive and inconvenient."

Fazheng also expected this and immediately replied: "We have five thousand elite soldiers and five thousand grains, and we can reach Hanzhong in a few days. To the south of Xingshi Mountain are Longting, Anguo and other places. The people are unprepared and unsafe.

If you encounter our army, you will have no intention of guarding it. There have been few disasters in Hanzhong in recent years, and its mansions and valleys and scattered people's valleys are enough to provide food for our army."

Zhuge Liang shook his head, "This strategy is like a cliff with dangerous rocks. It's better to take the easy way. If you can take it evenly, it will be defeated without any danger, so why take risks?"

Fazheng frowned slightly, a little displeased. He had only been with Zhuge Liang for a few days, and he didn't know the details. At this time, he asked unceremoniously: "But you don't know the plan?"

Zhuge Liang obviously did not expect Fa Zheng to have such an attitude. He had just arrived, and he didn't know whether the other party was jealous of his talent or narrow-minded. Anyway, he was being abrupt. After thinking about it for a moment, he said: "The road in Luo Valley is not open, so it is inconvenient to march.

The Ziwu Valley is dangerous and difficult, and even more difficult. As for the Baoxie Road, after I heard that the rice thief Zhang Lu entered Hanzhong, he cut off the valley pavilions and built a city to control it. It is just like the golden garrison in the Ziwu Valley. It cannot be defeated in one battle.

have to."

Sima Yi's eyes flashed and he said meaningfully: "Chen Cangdao?"

"Although the Chencang Road is far away, compared with other valley roads, it is the smoothest." Zhuge Liang glanced at Sima Yi with a slightly surprised look, feeling that there was something wrong with him being able to think of this all at once, but he didn't have time to think about it.

Then he nodded and said: "If the imperial court is only interested in Hanzhong, then in accordance with the law and the wishes of Sima and other princes, we will simply withdraw the best troops to Luo Valley and go southward at Ziwu. There may be losses, but speed is the most important. But if we want to advance towards Yizhou, then

We need an army of tens of thousands, so here it is better to follow the old path of Chencang. Although the journey is far away, it is convenient for a large army to march."
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