Chapter 3 On Soldiers

The results of the draw came out quickly, Xiao Huaiyin drew to the side of Shu Han, and Sai Zhuge was drawn to the side of Cao Wei.

This result made Sai Zhuge quite a little crying and laughing, he has admired Wuhou very much since he was a child, so he came to participate in the Qingqi Wine Shop to use the pseudonym of Sai Zhuge , but at this moment he has to play the sworn enemy of the idol in his heart, and he can't help but sigh a sentence of creation and making people.

However, the crowd of onlookers was very satisfied with the result and cheered again.

They were already one-sided in supporting Sai Zhuge , but now that they saw him draw Cao Wei's side, their hearts became even more and more happy.

This is mainly because all the people here are from the Great Wei, and they always subconsciously hope that their country can win, although this Wei is not the other Wei, but after all, the country name is the same, which is somewhat a good mouthpiece.

After the draw was completed, the small staff in the store immediately removed the lottery holder, and instead moved the two small square tables with paper, pen, ink and inkstone to both sides of the sand table, and then the two sides of the game had to write their respective strategies on this table.

I was still staying at Li Gongzi's table at this time, not that I wanted to be lazy, mainly because the wine shop was in charge of the military drill in addition to presiding over the king's stewardship, there was also a small group of servants, at this time everything downstairs was ready, and I would only add to the chaos when I went down, so I simply chose to stay upstairs, so that I could take care of the guests at the private seat at any time.

But I did think too much about it, and by this time everyone on the second floor had gone downstairs except for the guests, and the rest of the people were staring intently at the situation in the lobby, and no one paid any attention to me, which made me feel a little confused.

Just when I was bored, Li Gongzi and Su Xian on the side began to discuss the battle situation downstairs.

Idle is idle anyway, so I pricked up my ears to eavesdrop on their conversation.

I only heard that Li Gongzi was the first to ask:

"Brother Su, I remember that you have a lot of knowledge in the art of war, I don't know what you think of the theme chosen for today's military discussion?"

Su Xian was originally drinking with his head down, but after hearing Li Gongzi's question, his expression became strange.

He pondered for a moment and replied:

"Hmm...... Brother Li, in my humble opinion, the topic of Wuhou's Northern Expedition was chosen quite well, and the offensive and defensive postures of the two sides in the game were relatively balanced. In the past, when Wuhou first went on a northern expedition, although Shu Han and Cao Wei seemed to have a huge difference in national strength, Cao Wei's defense focus was all in Eastern Wu, and the west of Chang'an was empty and there were no famous generals stationed there, and they were defenseless against Shu Han's sudden attack in advance. On the other hand, Shu Han rebuilt the old friendship with Eastern Wu at this time, and the eastern front was already safe, and he could safely raise the power of the whole country to go on the Northern Expedition. In this way, the gap in the national strength of the two countries has been flattened in this battle, and even Shu Han has a slight upper hand in terms of military strength. Therefore, together with the war, Shu Han immediately gained the upper hand, and the five counties of Longyou turned against the three counties in an instant, and Guanzhong shook for a while. It's a pity that Ma Tan carelessly lost the street pavilion later, and finally fell short. If Shu Han could firmly hold the street pavilion and cut off the only way for Cao Wei's reinforcements, the entire Longyou would be at your fingertips, and Longyou would have been in danger, and the Northern Expedition would have been successful. ”

Li Gongzi bowed slightly.

"Yes, although Shu Han's national strength is weak, but the victory is in the Northern Expedition by surprise, although Cao Wei is not well prepared, he still has a favorable location, and the theme of today's military selection is indeed very fair to both the offensive and defensive sides. However, I think that the best thing about this question is not the topic itself, but the criterion for judging the outcome of the question. ”

Su Xian seemed to be a little puzzled by this, and he asked suspiciously:

"What's the mystery of this decision?"

Li Gongzi replied with a smile:

"You see, today's game is based on whether Shu Han can take all Longyou or seize Chang'an for ten days to divide the winner, if it is just to seize Longyou as the judgment standard, then the two sides will be as you just said, the focus will be completely focused on the street pavilion, and vice versa, so that although the game is also quite interesting, but after all, it is just a city and a place of gain and loss. At this time, the person who asked the question threw out the two judgment criteria together, which not only tested the two sides' control of the subtleties of the battle, but also tested the understanding of the two sides on the general strategic direction. It can be seen that the person who wrote this question has a deep study of the art of war. ”

After hearing this, Su Xian nodded frequently, obviously deeply interested in Li Gongzi's analysis.

Then Li Gongzi continued to ask:

"Brother Su, if you were that little Huaiyin, how would you enter the army?"

Su Xian thought for a moment and replied bluntly:

"Zhuge Wuhou sent troops from Hanzhong to the Northern Expedition, there are roughly four routes to choose from, one is to take the flattest road out of Qishan to attack Longyou, the second is to take the ancient road to take Chencang to turn into Longyou, the third is to go out of the valley to take Yicheng into Chang'an, and the fourth is the most dangerous, that is, to divide the troops out of the Meridian Valley to take Chang'an. If the route of the army is chosen according to the conditions of victory or defeat, these two or three should be excluded first, because the plank road of the Chencang Ancient Road has not yet been repaired at the time of the first Northern Expedition, and the mountain road is rugged and difficult to travel, which is not conducive to the passage of the army, and although it is feasible to take Yicheng out of the slope valley, it will take more time, and Cao Wei's army has enough time to return to Chang'an. In this way, it is more feasible to go out of Qishan to seize Longyou or out of Meridian Valley to attack Chang'an. As for which direction to attack...... In the future, it is still inclined to follow historical facts and take the main road out of Qishan, which is relatively safe. After all......"

"Bell Bell Bell Bell Bell ~~"

Before Su Xian finished speaking, there was another gong sound in the hall on the first floor, and at this time, both the offensive and defensive sides had finished writing their respective strategies.

Steward Wang took over the strategy handed by both sides and announced the official start of the military debate.

Since the Northern Expedition of Wuhou was attacked by the Shu Han side, the wine shop first placed the soldiers, horses, and chess pieces of the Shu Han side according to Xiao Huaiyin's strategy.

When everyone saw the placement of the chess pieces, there was an uproar, just because Xiao Huaiyin did not adopt the route of Zhuge Wuhou in history, on the contrary, it was very different from it.

He actually arranged for Wei Yan to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the Meridian Valley and directly enter Chang'an, while Zhuge Wuhou led 90,000 troops out of the Slope Valley to march into Yicheng, and took a situation of entrapment against Chang'an.

Everyone didn't expect that this little Huaiyin would draw up such a bold and radical strategy, so they all started to discuss:

"Meridian Valley Conspiracy?!"

"Big brother, what is the Meridian Valley Conspiracy?"

"Brother, do you know, this meridian valley conspiracy is the beginning of the Northern Expedition of the Marquis of Wu, the general Wei Yan put forward a proposal to attack Chang'an, according to Wei Yan's idea at the time, he personally led 10,000 soldiers and horses, including 5,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 laborers, along the meridian valley all the way to the city, less than ten days to Chang'an City, and the Chang'an guard at that time Xiahou Nan was the son-in-law of Emperor Wu of Wei, the talent was mediocre and did not understand the art of war, seeing that the Shu army suddenly came to the city must be shocked and abandon the city, Wei Yan captured Chang'an after the Wuhou led the army to converge with it to jointly defend Tongguan, At this point, Guanzhong fell into the hands of Shu Han in an instant, which was similar to Han Xin's plan to repair the plank road and darken Chen Cang. However, Wu Hou thought that this plan was too dangerous and did not adopt it at that time. I didn't expect that this little Huaiyin would make such a dangerous move out of common sense today, it seems that Sai Zhuge is going to be dangerous. ”

"Yes, yes, how is that good, today I bet a full five taels of silver on Sai Zhuge , this and this ......"

Seeing that everyone was talking, Xiao Huaiyin on the field felt a little proud at the moment, he got up and left the table, walked lightly in front of everyone and laughed:

"Hahaha, you don't have to make such a fuss, Sima Yi once commented on Zhuge Liang in the past: ambition is big but not opportunity, more scheming and less decisive, good soldiers but no power. I thought this assessment was extremely accurate! It is said that Zhuge Kongming uses soldiers like a god and is full of scheming, but this young master only thinks that he is exaggerating, and he is tens of millions of miles away from Han Xin and Zhang Liang! Imagine that the Northern Expedition of Shu Han was originally a small and big, and a weak attack on the strong, if he was still as indecisive as him and did not want to take risks, then the ending could only end up in Qishan Mountain! ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd exploded in an instant, and everyone present respected Zhuge Wuhou, how could they stand someone slandering the idol in their hearts in person, and the reckless spectator could not hide the anger in his heart at this time, and scolded Xiao Huaiyin.

However, everyone was indignant, but they couldn't refute his remarks for a while, so they could only let Xiao Huaiyin return to his seat comfortably in an insult.

At this time, I was on the second floor and looked at the situation downstairs with a cold eye, and when I saw that Xiao Huaiyin, the villain's appearance at this moment, I sneered in my heart. The reason why I want to add the goal of holding on to Chang'an for ten days is to see if there will be any stupid people who will adopt Wei Yan's strategy and try to directly capture Chang'an. Unexpectedly, this little Huaiyin really chose to send troops to Meridian Valley. So I couldn't suppress the sarcasm in my heart, and muttered softly:

"It's a fool every year, and there are a lot of them today."

This sentence was originally said very lightly, but somehow, it was actually listened to by Li Gongzi on the side.

He immediately turned his head to look for prestige, and when he was sure that it was me, he began to look me up and down with a playful look.

I felt like I was being stared at, and I was looking to the side at the same time, just in time for his gaze to meet.

Li Gongzi's gaze was extremely sharp, although there was always a smile on the corner of his mouth, but there was no smile in those eyes, and the dark pupils seemed to hide a terrifying magic that pointed directly at people's hearts.

I was defeated when I opened my eyes to each other, and for a moment I only felt that the hairs on my whole body stood on end, and everything hidden in my heart was pierced by one eye.

I was so disgusted by this feeling that I immediately turned my head away from him......