Chapter 080
Wei Ba did not speak. He could understand Zhao Su's contradictory psychology at this moment. Although Zhao Su is a big brother, he is not powerful, but he is determined to be a god. For Wei Ba, he wanted to take advantage of his good deeds, but for the Zhao family, it was just a trick of leisure chess that was better than nothing. The so-called large-scale net, focusing on cultivating, and gaining is of course better. If there is no gain, it is just a loss of Zhao Su's life.
The biggest feature of the Zhao family is its super reproductive ability. Zhao Su's great-grandfather Zhao Xuan gave birth to seven sons, five daughters, and all seven sons inherited his powerful abilities. By Zhao Su's generation, he actually had more than fifty subordinates.
For the Zhao family, it is insignificant to die a Zhao Su. Anyway, if he is determined to be a god like him, there will be no great success in his future. If it were the past, this Taoist practitioner would have some meaning. Hanzhong was once the way of heavenly masters, and it was a peaceful and prosperous era in troubled times. However, after Zhang Lu was captured by Cao Cao, this dream had long become a joke. A stubborn character like Zhao Su was a waste of resources.
So the Zhao family agreed to Wei Ba's proposal without hesitation. Zhao Su had an objection, but in front of his grandfather who was nearly 70 years old and was unreasonable, he had no courage to say a word, and could only obey orders.
"I said, I'm going to be a farewell forever, so you have nothing to say to me?" As death came to an end, Zhao Su still couldn't get rid of his bad habit of talking, and he talked to Wei Ba in a word.
Wei Ba was so annoyed that he put down his pen, crossed his hands, hugged it in front of his belly, and looked at Zhao Su straight. Seeing that Wei Ba was finally willing to pay attention to him, Zhao Su winked at the excitement. No matter how he looked, he couldn't see the reserve that everyone's children should have. Wei Ba couldn't hold back his face, so he had to hold back his smile and said, "The journey is smooth."
Zhao Su nodded repeatedly and looked at Wei Ba happily. After waiting for a long time, Wei Ba had no words. He was a little disappointed: "Just these four words?"
"If you don't think it's enough, I can sing a song for you. Although there is no Yishui here, there is Mianshui."
"Don't!" Zhao Su shrank his neck and stood up and left: "I don't want to learn from Jing Ke. If I really get to that point, I will definitely explain all my plans. If I surrender to Xiahou Mao, I might be able to become a general of Liao or something."
"Hahaha..." Wei Ba laughed. Zhao Su waved his hand and left, as relaxed as if he was going to a banquet, or going into the mountain to linger with fellow Taoists, and there was no generosity of going to die. Seeing that he was about to walk out of the door, Wei Ba suddenly shouted: "Gongpu, stay."
Zhao Su turned around and smiled jokingly, "What else can you do? I can't bear to leave me again?"
"You Zhao family doesn't care about you, so why should I care about you?" Wei Ba said jokingly, while pulling out a square piece of paper from his arms, quickly walked forward, and handed it to Zhao Su's hand. He gently patted Zhao Su's hand. "A master's idea is to help you."
"Master?" Zhao Su half-believed and half-doubted: "Who can you have around you? After all, aren't they just a few martial artists?"
"Don't underestimate me. I'm far from lying around me." Wei Ba said and pushed Zhao Su out of the door. Zhao Su was confused, but he didn't insist, tucked the paper into his arms, turned around and strode.
Mi Wei turned out of the inner room and frowned slightly: "Is this person so frivolous, can it work?"
"He is pretending to be crazy and avoiding the world. This is the real shrewdness." Wei Ba pulled Mi Wei to the table and sat down. "If you don't believe him, you should be able to believe me, right? If the plan fails, you are unscathed. But my Wei family is a disaster. I dare not be careless based on this. Do you think so?"
Mi Wei smiled silently: "That's true. My Mi family has reached this point, so what else can you lose."
"This..." Wei Ba smiled, not knowing how to comfort Mi Wei. The Mi family made great contributions to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was beaten to the point of falling in love with Lu Bu in Xuzhou. If it weren't for the Mi family's money and people to help Liu Bei regain his reputation, Liu Bei might have disappeared from the long river of history at that time, and there would be no Emperor Zhaolie later. However, the fate of the Mi family was too tragic. First, Mrs. Mi and two daughters were lost on Changbanpo, and then Mi Fang had a feud with Guan Yu and surrendered to Wu. Mi Zhu then died of illness. All the investments of the Mi family were declared to be unsuccessful, and they were defeated and lost all their money.
Mi Wei was dissatisfied. He wanted to make a comeback, but with the strength of the Mi family, there was no chance at all. This time, he was in charge of the baggage camp with Zhao Guang, which was just a mission to comfort him. Mi Wei had no hope at all, but when he learned about the plan for Ziwu Valley from Yang Wei, he suddenly realized that the opportunity had come, so he took the initiative to find Wei Ba.
It was precisely because of similar interests that Wei Ba accepted him and handed over the plan formulated by Mi Wei to Zhao Su, whom he could implement it.
"Oh, by the way." Wei Ba turned around and picked up the account book from the case: "This is the 110,000 stone of rice I just sent. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be enough for the army to eat for a year. You discuss with Zhongde how to arrange for people to protect it properly. Those mountain people may not be able to attack head-on, but it is very relaxed to burn some food or something."
"I know this. Zhongde and I have discussed it and will not take it lightly." Mi Wei took the account book, weighed it, looked at Wei Ba, and turned around and left. Wei Ba didn't say anything. Mi Wei might not know much about war, but Zhao Guang is a cautious person. It is not easy to rob his food and grass.
It has to be said that if you do not have any preconceived prejudice, it is a very correct choice for Zhuge Liang to arrange for Zhao Guang to be in charge of the baggage camp.
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A day later, good news came from the front line. Fu Xing and Zhang Wei defeated the left-behind men in Xicheng County, killed more than 100 people in the last battle, captured more than 200 people alive, and ran away more than 50. The first battle was won. They had entered Xicheng, and then defeated the troops sent by Shen Yi to support, and beheaded more than 50 people again.
When the news reached Anyang, Zhuge Qiao was very happy and informed the entire army. The soldiers were filled with joy and were in high spirits. Many people envied Fu Xing and Zhang Wei for their meritorious contributions, and they asked for battle, but were stopped by Zhuge Qiao. Zhuge Qiao said that although our army won the battle, they were facing only Shen Yi, the troops in Xicheng Shen Yi. If they were too tight and too deep, the front line would be too long. If Shen Yi and Meng Da cut off the retreat, the pressure would be too great. Our task is to restrain them, lean on Hanzhong, wait for Meng Da to attack, so as to ensure that there is no accident.
The generals felt that Zhuge was right and stopped talking too much. They just seized the time to train their troops. At the same time, they were eagerly waiting for the news that Meng Da came to attack the city and made great achievements.
Wei Ba knew very well that Zhuge Qiao did not come to Anyang to recover the three eastern counties. He just put pressure on Shen Yi and Meng Da to attract their attention. This was even a collusion with Meng Da so that Meng Da would have the opportunity to openly increase troops, repair the city, and prepare for the next rebellion. If there was no external pressure, he would suddenly prepare for the battle, which would make Sima Yi of Wancheng noticed. Now that Zhuge Qiao's army is in a dilemma, everything would be natural.
In this case, how could Zhuge Qiao move forward rashly? He parked the army in Anyang, which clearly stated his purpose of combat. It was just that those people did not know his true thoughts, or pretended not to know, so they acted to ask for battle.
Wei Ba watched coldly. If the direction of history has not changed, then the next time will be Sima Yi's performance. Sima Yi had already had the experience of leading troops before this. Last autumn, Sun Quan took advantage of Cao Pi's death and Cao Rui had just ascended the throne and sent the left general Zhuge Jin to attack Wei in two groups. As a result, Zhuge Jin was repelled by Sima Yi and beheaded more than a thousand people. However, Zhuge Jin has never been among the famous generals, so this battle has no weight. Sima Yi's true fame was to defeat Meng Da with lightning speed. From Meng Da's announcement of the uprising to being beheaded by Sima Yi, it was only 24 days before and after. It was a huge speed.
Wei Ba didn't know if history would continue to be staged. After all, the war was only a few in the history of the Three Kingdoms. In Zhuge Liang's related books, he did not mention this matter much. He was not sure what the specific process was. He was even a little strange. If Zhuge Liang really instigated Meng Da to restrain Sima Yi, it would definitely be a matter worth writing a lot. Could it be that it was just because this plan was not used successfully enough and failed to function as scheduled, so he just mentioned it?
That's really a hero by success or failure. In fact, Wei Ba felt that instigating Meng Da could not only recover the three eastern counties, but also effectively restrain Sima Yi from Wancheng. As for the failure to succeed in the end, it was not Zhuge Liang's fault, but because his opponent Sima Yi was too clever. He suddenly rushed out like a dark horse, disrupting Zhuge Liang's deployment.
Apart from him, the foresighter, who would believe that Sima Yi would have such ability? Not only did the people of Shu Han do not believe it, but even Cao Wei would not believe that Sima Yi would be so powerful.
Then, although Wei Ba knew the result and knew that there was still this possibility, his biggest distress was that no one would believe him. He might have the ability of a prophet, but he did not have the prestige of a prophet. It was precisely because of this that he bluntly revealed his two prophecies to Zhuge Qiao. It was not that he would be afraid of doing this, but he needed to establish his own prestige in the short term so that he could be qualified to make his own voice and influence the direction of history.
Pretending to make amazing words has always been the only way to quickly become famous. He has done or is doing what he should do. Next, all he needs is waiting, waiting for the time to ripe, and waiting for his prophecy to become reality.
Chapter completed!