Zhuge Liang felt that his heart suddenly stopped, he felt an inexplicable palpitation, and cold sweat poured out from his back.
The most worrying thing has come.
For a moment, Zhuge Liang felt like there was a "buzzing" in his head, as if there were countless flies flying. The hand on the case involuntarily tightened. A page of paper was torn, making a soft cracking sound.
Ma Dai and Yang Yi stared at Zhuge Liang intently. Ma Dai gasped for air. The sweat on his face flowed down his nose, along his beard, slowly collected on his chin, gathered into drops of water, and dripped to his feet.
In the soil, it spread into a piece.
Feeling the panic of Ma Dai and Yang Yi, Zhuge Liang forced himself to calm down. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it. He went back and forth twice and finally calmed down a little. He let go of his hand and slowly smoothed it.
He picked up the crumpled paper, raised the corner of his mouth, and smiled: "They are finally here."
Although his smile was a little stiff and unnatural, after finishing these words, he miraculously calmed down. His smiling eyes slowly swept over the faces of Ma Dai and Yang Yi, and the smiles in the corners of his eyes
His interest became more and more intense, and he seemed to have seen a very wonderful thing, or perhaps this was the result he had been waiting for for a long time.
Ma Dai and Yang Yi looked at each other, both a little confused. Is the Prime Minister happy or scared? As soon as the reinforcements of the Wei army arrived, it would be more difficult to conquer Shanggui City. The stalemate in Longyou was about to be broken, but they turned to their own side.
An unfavorable turn of events. Can he still laugh at this time?
"Prime Minister?" Yang Yi called tentatively.
"You are too nervous." Zhuge Liang laughed out loud and turned to Ma Dai: "Have you heard clearly? How many people are there? Who is leading the troops? Where are they now?"
Ma Dai calmed down and wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeves. He seemed a little frightened. He was indeed frightened. When he saw the black Wei cavalry pouring out of the valley like a tide, he almost fell off his horse.
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"Reporting to the Prime Minister, the leader of the army is Wei General Zhang He. They are all cavalry, and there are about ten thousand people." Ma Dai thought for a while: "When I found them, they were still showing their relatives to the south. They should be closer now.
Our army is less than thirty miles away."
"It came so fast." Yang Yi took a breath.
"What's so fast?" Zhuge Liang sneered, twirling his fingers and thinking: "So, he should have gone around from the direction of Anding. It took him at most twenty days and at least ten days. Although the speed was not high.
It can be said that it is not fast, but running all the way will consume a lot of his physical strength. At the end of the powerful crossbow, he will not be able to penetrate Lu Guan. There is nothing to worry about with a tired army. "
"Why didn't he come from Guanzhong?" Yang Yi widened his eyes and almost shouted: "Maybe Wei Yan and his son were defeated by Cao Zhen, and the entire army was wiped out, so it was too late to send out information?"
Zhuge Liang glared at him, and Yang Yi immediately realized that he had made a mistake. He quickly closed his mouth tightly and lowered his head. Zhuge Liang said lightly: "I believe that General Zhao, Wei Yan, Wei Ba and his son, they are my big men."
The three most outstanding generals among the three generations of old, middle and young people are guarding the pass. I believe that even if Cao Rui goes to the army himself, it is impossible for them not to be able to send out the news."
"What the Prime Minister said is true." Ma Dai bowed and said, "My subordinates also feel that they should have come from the direction of Anding. If they came from Guanzhong, they could not have come so fast or so suddenly."
"Ji Shan Zhi Bing." Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Dai approvingly: "Then tell me, how is the situation in An'an now?"
Ma Dai was infected by Zhuge Liang's calmness and calmed down a lot. He thought for a moment: "Since Zhang He appeared here and we didn't receive any news, I think Anding must have rebelled again. Not only Anding, but also Chengji and Lueyang counties.
I'm afraid that's the case too. These people are just living on the wall."
"A gentleman is virtuous, and a villain is virtuous. It doesn't matter. As long as we defeat Zhang He, they will naturally return to our ranks." Zhuge Liang stood up, walked slowly to the map, and was silent for a long time. Ma Dai and
Yang Yi didn't dare to express her anger for fear of affecting Zhuge Liang's thinking.
After a long time, Zhuge Liang turned around with a calm expression. He waved his hand: "Ji Shan, please work harder and send more cavalry out to investigate."
"Here!" Ma Dai responded, turned around and went out. Cao Wei's reinforcements arrived, and his task became heavier invisibly.
After Ma Dai went out, Zhuge Liang lowered his face and scolded sternly: "Mr. Wei, I know you don't like the Wei family and his son, but you can't abolish the official position for personal reasons and slander the Wei family and his son in public. They are fighting a bloody battle in Guanzhong.
, how can I allow you to slander me like this?"
Yang Yi's face turned red, and he bowed and said, "Prime Minister, please calm down. It's because Yi made a mistake." He paused and then said, "Prime Minister, do you really... believe them?"
"I believe them." Zhuge Liang became angry and his voice became louder: "Even if Wei Ba is young and frivolous and behaves awkwardly, and Wei Yan has followed the late emperor for many years, is there anything suspicious about his loyalty?"
Yang Yi was stunned and looked at Zhuge Liang with some confusion. He didn't know whether Zhuge Liang was telling the truth or a lie, and he didn't dare to ask, so he had to stand there in a daze. Seeing his appearance, Zhuge Liang was even more unhappy and waved.
Waving his sleeves, he issued an order to expel guests. "The war is imminent, and food cannot be lost. You must put your mind on business and make sure there are no mistakes."
"Here." Yang Yi responded aggrievedly, turned around and went out.
Zhuge Liang turned around and called the guards, asking him to immediately notify the deputies of the Prime Minister's Mansion to come to discuss the matter. Before the deputies arrived, Zhuge Liang called Huo Yi from the reporter's office: "Check and find out when Zhang He should set off."
Huo Yi thought for a moment and then spoke. "Prime Minister, we have no direct information about Zhang He. However, judging from the military reports sent back by Wei Shenjun, when Cao Zhen's army arrived at Pubanjin, neither Zhang He nor Sima Yi entered the battlefield.
Therefore, Cao Zhen only had 20,000 imperial troops. Until General Zhendong made a surprise attack on Pucheng, Cao Zhen still had a fully-organized cavalry battalion. It is conceivable that Zhang He had not set off at that time. Therefore, according to a rough estimate, it would take Zhang He at most twenty days to set off.
It may have only been thirteen or fourteen days. Judging from his itinerary, he walked very quickly and must have consumed a lot of energy."
Zhuge Liang nodded, this was pretty much what he expected. Zhang He withdrew from the southeastern battlefield and rushed all the way here. He traveled more than 5,000 miles, and the distance from Pucheng to Shanggui alone was more than 3,000 miles, which took half a day.
With only three months to go, the journey of two to three hundred miles per day without logistical supplies was a big test for even the most elite cavalry.
At the end of a strong crossbow, the force cannot penetrate Lu Fu. Twenty years ago, he used this sentence to persuade Sun Quan not to be afraid of Cao Cao. Now, he needs to use this sentence to encourage himself not to be afraid of Zhang He.
If Zhang He is just a tired man, then he is not terrible. Maybe, it is an opportunity that I can take advantage of. Zhuge Liang's eyes gradually brightened. Different from his confidence just now, he was not sure how much time Zhang He spent.
So he was so calm because he was afraid that Yang Yi and Ma Dai would panic and shake the morale of the army. Now that he got verification from Huo Yi's mouth, he really calmed down.
Zhuge Liang came to the tent and paced back and forth, thinking about how to turn the unfavorable situation in front of him into a fighting opportunity. He was lost in thought and suddenly said: "Youchang, do you think we can do this?"
Huo Yi was stunned and quickly reminded: "Prime Minister, Ma Canjun is still in Yuzhong."
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, laughed dumbly, slapped his forehead, and said: "Look, I haven't seen Ma Su for a long time, I miss him a little."
Huo Yi smiled and said nothing. He knew that the Prime Minister trusted Ma Su the most and was willing to discuss anything with Ma Su. However, he had some different opinions about Ma Su, and he just didn't want to show these opinions on his face.
"Prime Minister, there is a meeting coming soon. Do you want to prepare?"
"Well, I have to prepare." Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and said, "Xian Shao, believe it or not, after a while, someone will definitely be calling me to withdraw my troops."
Huo Yi smiled. There is no doubt about this. Before Zhang He came, there were many people inciting Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops. It is important to win with troops but not to save them for a long time, and to stop troops under a strong city is detrimental to the country and the people.
Although a country is big, it will perish if it is warlike. However, Zhuge Liang ignored it. Even Huo Yi felt that those people were talking nonsense and making trouble with some useless scholar's words, just to annoy the prime minister.
happiness.
"The prime minister has the world in mind, so why should he care about a few rotten scholars who don't understand current affairs."
"Well, I don't care about them, as long as they don't interfere with national affairs." Zhuge Liang patted his forehead and said calmly: "However, if someone wants to talk nonsense and disrupt our military morale, that will not be tolerated. Zhang He came at the right time.
I'd like to see if there are any stray horses who can't help but jump out and make nonsense, and clean them up by the way."
Zhuge Liang raised his head and looked at Huo Yi. Huo Yi's face was calm. He could see neither indignation nor nervousness. Zhuge Liang nodded secretly. Although Huo Yi was young, he had a wealthy city and was from Nanjun. He was a good person.
Cultivated, he should be a pillar of the Jingxiang family in the future. He suddenly felt something in his heart: "Xian Shao, what do you think of the situation in front of you?"
Huo Yi was stunned, raised his head, met Zhuge Liang's gaze, blushed, and said hesitantly: "Prime Minister..."
"Don't be nervous, I'm just asking for your opinion." Zhuge Liang laughed, "You are a general and have been in the army for many years. Your knowledge is not necessarily worse than that of Wei Ba, but you usually talk too little. There are no outsiders now.
Just tell me your opinion. It doesn't matter if you're wrong. It's up to me whether it's useful or not. If you have something to say, that's fine too."
Huo Yi bowed gratefully and thought for a moment: "Prime Minister, I think this may be an opportunity."
"What chance?" Zhuge Liang looked at Huo Yi encouragingly: "Speak boldly, it doesn't matter."
"A good opportunity to use his tactics to break the deadlock." Jiang Wei strode in from outside the tent and said loudly. He walked up to Zhuge Liang, bowed his hands and saluted with a smile on his face. "Prime Minister, the reason why Guo Huai has not surrendered is nothing more than
They are waiting for reinforcements. Now that reinforcements have arrived, they are naturally overjoyed. However, if the reinforcements they have been waiting for are defeated by the Prime Minister, what will they do except abandon the city and surrender?"
Zhuge Liang turned around, looked at Jiang Wei's young and energetic face, and couldn't help laughing.
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