"Then Lord Wang, how is the battle situation of our army this time?" picked a piece of snack from the tray and put it in his mouth, to be honest, this snack is really good. "Seven thousand were beheaded, more than thirty-two thousand were taken prisoner, and seven rebellious tribal chiefs were captured. "It was a good battle. "I can't see it, although the king of Chengdu is very annoying, he is a good hand at leading troops to fight.

"Not bad?" Yuan Zhize raised his head slightly and asked with a slight mockery: "Do you know how big our losses are in this battle?" Yuan Zhize tapped the paper in his hand and said: "Our army has more than 5,000 dead in the battle alone, and more than 4,000 soldiers will be killed by the miasma of evil diseases. ”

"So many people died of illness?" I didn't expect that the attrition caused by the disease was almost the same as the loss of battle, which was really much more than I expected. Yuan Zhize stretched his waist, leaned on the backrest and continued: "This does not include the loss of carriages and horses, military expenses, and the expenditure of grain and grass. Yuan Zhize rubbed his temples and said slowly: "In short, this battle can still be fought without fighting." ”

The lord of the dignified army, would not dare to fight, I can't help but feel a little contempt for Yuan Zhize in my heart, recalling the heroic deeds I heard from others before, it seems that I can't match the person in front of me. "What are you laughing at?" My every move did not escape Yuan Zhize's eyes at all, seeing that he was in a good mood tonight, I didn't hide it, and poured beans into a bamboo tube.

"I really can't imagine that a fierce general with the same name as Huo Qubing would be afraid of war. In the face of ridicule, Yuan Zhize was not annoyed, but laughed, originally thought that he would defend himself, but he didn't expect him to react like this, which was really unexpected.

Yuan Zhize stood up and paced back and forth in the tent, as if reminiscing about the past years. "Once, I tried to sweep away the barbarians by force, but later I realized that this was just a young man's rash painting of bread to satisfy hunger. ”

"Why?" I was puzzled by Yuan Zhize's words. "Have you read the "Historical Records"?" Yuan Zhize did not answer, but asked me if I had read "The Historical Records". "Didn't finish reading it, just watched a small part of it. "I'll be honest. "Then you must know the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's conquest of the Xiongnu, right?" "I know, I know, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qinghuo to defeat the Xiongnu many times, sealed the wolf Juxu, and drove the Xiongnu to the north of the desert in one go. "I'm familiar with that history.

"I didn't expect you to know so much," Yuan Zhize smiled slightly, leaned down and looked directly at me and said, "Then you say, did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroy the Xiongnu?" Yuan Zhize refuted me speechlessly, the Xiongnu did not perish, not only in the Eastern Han Dynasty, you can still see the records about the Xiongnu in the history books, and even the Xiongnu was one of the five Hus when the Western Jin Dynasty was chaotic.

Seeing that I had nothing to say, Yuan Zhize showed a victorious smile on his face, straightened up and looked at the mountains in the north and said: "Those grassland deserts, heavy mountains and dangerous mountains are not destined to belong to the Central Plains people to conquer the place, take the north as an example, from ancient times to the present, it has been a barbarian paradise, ghost Fang, dog Rong, Xirong, Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei, drove away this, and another one came."

I think there will definitely be other barbarians ruling there in the future, making enemies of the Central Plains. "Wouldn't it be better to knock that place down?" Although I admired Yuan Zhize's accurate judgment very much, I still refused to admit my mistake easily. "Fight down?" Yuan Zhize pouted: "Let the Han people also live a life of chasing water and grass? ”

"Oh, that's why you're avoiding a fight now. Yuan Zhao nodded, shook his head again, and said, "I don't want to fight, but if the opponent comes to the door, how can I be a turtle with a shrunken head? ”

Yuan Zhao led me to the topographical sand table, pointed to the position we are in now, and said: "This position is quite hidden and not easy to be noticed, if the Qiang people dare to attack Hanzhong, we can attack the rear of the Qiang people from here, forming a two-sided attack." Yuan Zhize said and gestured with his hand to make a pinch action.

"What a ploy!" I exclaimed. "Alas, this is also a way to do it," Yuan Zhao shook his head lightly and said: "At the beginning of the Nanban rebellion, Hanzhong sent tens of thousands of cavalry into Sichuan to help Zhiyu, Hanzhong's strength was empty, and I suddenly got the news a few days ago that the Qiang people were preparing to attack Hanzhong, so I will plan it, lead the main force out of the city with great fanfare, declare that it will go south to support, and then stationed here."

The Qiang people were suspicious, and seeing that Hanzhong was not well guarded, they must have thought that this was an illusion that we had deliberately made, so they definitely did not dare to attack rashly. "Then if the other party attacks Hanzhong, the city won't be able to hold it, right?" Hearing Yuan Zhize say this, I was a little worried in my heart, this game is obviously gambling.

"Don't worry, Hanzhong has plenty of grain and grass, there are still 10,000 elite soldiers, and the Qiang cavalry is good at field warfare, but it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to build a well-guarded city in a short period of time. Hearing Yuan Zhize say this, he finally had the feeling of seeing the clouds, and suddenly realized: "I understand, in fact, according to the strength, our army can fight with the Qiang people, but you don't want the country to fall into two wars at the same time and lose national strength, so you came up with this plan, and you won't fight with the other party until you have to, am I right?"

Yuan Zhize nodded with a smile: "In the art of war, the highest state of a general is a soldier who does not fight to surrender others, which is exactly the realm I am pursuing now." ”

"Bangbang-" There was a sound of beating outside the tent, I didn't expect it to be the fourth watch now, thinking that Yuan Zhize still had to write a chapter, I decided not to disturb him. Yuan Zhize sent me out of the gate. "Lord Wang, please go back, there are many disturbances tonight, and please forgive me. I smiled apologetically at Yuan Zhize, but Yuan Zhize was very relieved: "Anyway, I can't sleep, it's still fun to chat with someone." ”

"Yes, I listened to a lot of truths from the prince tonight, and I benefited a lot, and the prince said goodbye. He said a blessing to Yuan Zhize, and then turned around and left. I didn't expect to talk to Yuan Zhize so much tonight, in fact, Yuan Zhize is quite interesting, I really don't know if I will have the opportunity to chat with him like this again in the future.

Thinking of Yuan Zhize, he couldn't help but stop and look back, and a dark shadow slowly opened the tent door and walked in. I really don't know if he will be able to finish writing the recital tonight, and I suddenly have some worries in my heart.