Night slowly enveloped the Emperor's Peak. Wei Ba and Jin Dongliu sat in front of the window, pointing at a picture with various marks.
"This is the defense map of the entire Emperor's Peak. All the troops are arranged on it. Including the more than one hundred soldiers you brought today, we have a total of 831 people. After Lu Dai arrives, we will probably face
There must be no carelessness in the attack by more than 13,000 people."
"Young Master, don't worry. With such a dangerous terrain, even if there are ten thousand more people in Lu Dai, we don't have to worry." Jin Dongliu laughed and rolled up the map, "Young Master, I will go and check it out myself.
, wait until you have finished looking at the terrain, and then discuss it with the young master."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
"This is what I should do." Jin Dongliu said with a smile: "I train and study every day in the village. I just want to test my progress again."
"Militant!" Wei Ba laughed and waved his hand. Just as Jin Dongliu was about to leave, Guan Feng and Nan Hu came in carrying a food case. Seeing that Jin Dongliu was about to leave, he greeted:
"Jin Zhaoming, after talking for a long time, he drank water and wine to moisten his throat."
Jin Dongliu stopped quickly, took the wine, drank it all in one gulp, thanked him respectfully, and then turned and left. Nanhu put the food case on the table, withdrew and stood quietly at the door. Wei Ba
He glanced at her, laughed silently, and gave Guan Feng a thumbs up. Nan Hu is such a proud woman. Although she was forced to marry his confidant Wei Xing due to the situation, she behaves so obediently now.
He married a maid, but it was all thanks to Guan Feng’s training.
"It's not as difficult as you think. Those who have read books will know some rules." Guan Feng sat down opposite Wei Ba, cleared a space on the table, and put down the food and drinks. "However, sometimes reading too many books can be a problem."
For example, that celebrity." She gestured to Liao Li in the distance with her chin. Liao Li had been sitting on the edge of the cliff admiring the scenery since he came to the village, drinking one bottle of wine after another for a long time.
"Are you sure you can conquer him?"
Wei Ba had been busy all day, and his stomach was already empty. While drinking the fragrant meat porridge, he said: "Since he didn't jump from here and didn't want to go back to Linyuan, I believe that half of the success has been achieved. Sister
.Yuanrong wrote a letter, praising you for your general knowledge and asking me to treat you well."
As Wei Ba spoke, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Guan Feng. Guan Feng took it. Before she read it, her face turned red. She opened the letter and read it again, and couldn't help but said happily: "Yuanrong is pregnant?"
"Well, I want to be a father before my brother." Wei Ba winked and said narrowly: "In terms of time, this is the one time. Sister, you are the witness of this child."
Guan Feng was stunned for a moment. Then her face turned red with embarrassment. She stretched out her hand and was about to pinch Wei Ba when a hoarse voice came from the door: "Wei Shizhong, can't you just let me drink?"
Wei Ba looked up and saw Liao Li standing at the door with a dead face, looking straight at him. As soon as she saw Liao Li, the smile on Guan Feng's face disappeared immediately. She stood up and said something
He didn't say anything and walked away. Wei Ba gave a bitter smile and stood up to greet him: "Mr. Gongyuan, please come in. How about some meat porridge? It's made from wild elk meat in the mountains. It's very fragrant."
Liao Li entered the room, sat down opposite Wei Ba, took the porridge jar by himself, put it in front of him, and ate it with big mouthfuls. The heaven and earth changed and the earth shook. Wei Ba couldn't help laughing,
While drinking the porridge, he watched Liao Li gobble it up. When Liao Li finished eating, he handed over the cloth on the table and said with a smile: "Mr. Gongyuan, now I know why you and the Prime Minister can't pee in the same pot.
Come on, you are not the same kind of people at all."
Liao Li wiped his mouth and threw the towel aside. After hearing Wei Ba's words, he couldn't help but snorted: "Don't try to provoke me, I won't be fooled by you. Prime Minister Zhuge's methods are far beyond your imagination.
If you want to fight him, you are still far away."
Wei Ba did not feel dissatisfied and nodded: "First of all, I want to state a fact. I never wanted to fight with the Prime Minister. I came here because of the Prime Minister's secret order." He said, taking out one from under the case.
The brocade bag was handed to Liao Li: "Mr. Gongyuan, there is no Prime Minister's seal on it, but you should recognize his calligraphy."
Liao Li took it and read it again, raised his eyebrows slightly, hesitated for a moment, and returned the secret order to Wei Ba. As Wei Ba said, there was no seal on this secret order, but the calligraphy and writing style were all Zhuge Liang's. This was something he
It was certain. But what he didn't know was that Zhuge Liang's secret order did once exist, but it had been burned by Fei Yi. The one in Wei Ba's hands now was a fake. Wei Ba had spent a lot of time thinking about it.
It was written. He imitated Zhuge Liang's handwriting, which is already 70-80% similar. As long as you don't look carefully, it is difficult to tell. As for the content, it is absolutely true. It is indeed the original text of Zhuge Liang's secret order.
"Secondly, although I respect the Prime Minister, I don't think he is invincible. An inch is long and a foot is short. When it comes to marching and fighting, and making plans, the law, filial piety and zhi of that year were better than the Prime Minister. When it comes to governing the people and government, Mr.
You can compete with the Prime Minister. Of course, in terms of comprehensive ability and cleverness in drawing inferences from one instance to another, I have not seen anyone who can compare with the Prime Minister so far."
Liao Li raised his confused eyebrows, thoughtfully. He was silent for a moment: "Since you know that you are not the Prime Minister's opponent, why do you do this? You keep saying that you don't want to go against the Prime Minister, but you want me, a demoted official, to come here?
You are already against the Prime Minister."
"I prefer to think that I am sharing the Prime Minister's worries." Wei Ba leaned back and laughed enigmatically.
"Share the worries?" Liao Li sneered: "Don't you know that Ma Youchang has been arranged by the Prime Minister to go to Guanzhong? The reason is because he agrees with your request."
Wei Ba was indifferent. He already knew that Ma Di was sent to Guanzhong. The official name was to strengthen Guanzhong and prevent Cao Wei from counterattacking. However, not many people knew the real inside story, and he should be one of them.
"If the Prime Minister is not willing, let alone one Ma Su, it will be useless even if a hundred Ma Su agree." Wei Ba said calmly: "There is only one reason why you can come here, and that is that the Prime Minister is willing to let you come."
Liao Li fell silent and turned his head out the window. It was already dark, and the green mountains in the distance blended into the night, leaving only vague shadows. After a while, Liao Li said calmly: "I can help
What are you?"
"You're not helping me." Wei Ba shook his head seriously, "On the contrary, I'm helping you, giving you a chance to prove your ability." Wei Ba paused, and then said: "You don't want to be a minister.
? Now I will give you a chance to prove that you are qualified to be your minister."
Liao Li's eyes shrank, and his tone returned to disdain: "Just you? I'm fifty years old this year, and I can't wait too long."
"You don't have to wait too long." Wei Ba smiled, "The Prime Minister's health is not good, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to live another ten years."
These two sentences were said incomprehensibly, and they did not match the preface and the follower, but Liao Li understood. He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly sighed: "I knew that it would be impossible for someone like him to be so meticulous in his life.
.”
Wei Ba looked at Liao Li silently. He could see that although Liao Li was driven to the barbaric land of Wenshan by Zhuge Liang, he did not hate Zhuge Liang and even admired Zhuge Liang. Hearing that Zhuge Liang was not in good health, he
What he felt was not joy, but regret. To be an enemy, Zhuge Liang was smart enough, and Liao Li, a madman, was also upright.
Liao Li sighed for a long time and lowered his head: "Then what can I do?"
"I would like to ask you, sir, to contact the township party to help me get some food. In addition, I want to send some scouts to Linyuan. I would like to ask you, sir, to help you settle down and avoid being discovered by Wu Jun."
"This should be no problem." Liao Li nodded slightly: "However, I think you should consider the long-term solution now, not just the immediate problem." Liao Li stood up and walked to the hanging map of Wuling County.
, pointing to the blank space on the map: "There is rice in Changsha. Taking the rice from Changsha can not only solve the current dilemma, but also cut off the Wu army's supplies, killing two birds with one stone."
Wei Ba narrowed his eyes: "Changsha is too far away, it is difficult for me to go deep..."
Liao Li raised his hand and interrupted Wei Ba's words with a very unfriendly attitude. "I just said that you should not limit yourself to the immediate difficulties. You should also consider long-term solutions. And what I am talking about now is the long-term.
Ji, do you want to hear it? If you want to hear it, just shut up and listen to me. If you don't want to hear it, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. You can arrange a boat for me and I'll return to Chengdu tomorrow."
Wei Ba rolled his eyes, smiled bitterly and said repeatedly: "Sir, tell me, sir."
Liao Li then continued: "I served as a prefect in Changsha, and I know the situation in Changsha very well. I also have some old acquaintances in Changsha. As long as you can afford the price, they can deliver the rice without you having to walk a step.
Come here and go up the Xiang River, you can go directly to Lingqu. Is your problem of food shortage a big deal?"
When Wei Ba heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Liao Li waved his hand to signal Wei Ba not to get too excited, and then drew a big circle on the map: "Don't think that there are barbarians only in Wuling. In fact, there are barbarians in the entire Jingzhou, and there are countless barbarians in the entire Jiangnan. You
Since you want to be a divine general among the barbarians, why should you stick to the Wuling Barbarians? You should not be satisfied with being the master of a divine dog. You should also take all the beasts like white tigers and green wolves under your command and lead the beasts to devour Wu. Isn't that not true?
So happy..."
Listening to Liao Li's explanation, Wei Ba was elated. He knew he had found a treasure. This madman who could make Zhuge Liang fearful was not for nothing. He was too familiar with the situation in Jiangnan. With Liao
With Li Li's help, his horizons were suddenly opened. Not only the four Jiangnan counties in Jingzhou were included in his consideration, but even the entire Jiangnan could become his prey.
At this moment, Sun Quan was afraid that he would cry.
Prime Minister, this move of yours is quite ruthless. If this is your original intention.