"Oh, as my brother said, what about the general's Northern Expedition this time?"

"The general has been in battle for a long time, so it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

As soon as the topic shifted to Shu Han himself, the people below the lobby were more concerned. They began to express their opinions.

"Hehehe, don't worry too much about this." Guan Yi took advantage of everyone's discussion, and carefully flipped through the newspaper for a while, and then he quickly turned to a certain page: "Didn't you see this sentence?" Use troops cautiously and repeatedly look for good opportunities to break the enemy......"

"This, this shows that there are high-ranking people in the court who have insight into all this. Is this master Shang Shuling? ”

"I don't know yet. When I set off, Shang Shuling was already ill and couldn't see things, this master ......" Guan Yi pointed his finger to the sky.

"Your Majesty? How is this possible? ”

"Hehehe, how can't it be. I said, you all underestimate Your Majesty too much. Since the founding of the first emperor of our Han Dynasty, the political situation has been extremely stable, and there have been almost no cruel incidents like Cao Wei and Eastern Wu that filled the court with blood. On the one hand, it is the self-control and self-discipline of Prime Minister, Jiang Dasima, General Fei, General Jiang and others. On the other hand, His Majesty's magnanimity and wisdom are fundamental. ”

The topic could have stopped here. But when he was flipping through the newspaper just now, he saw a letter from the imperial court Shangshutai to him. That prompted him to go on.

"Do you think that the Sima family is willing to be this minister? Constantly destroying other people's three clans all day long, worrying all day long for fear of being counterattacked? Do you think Sun Qi is willing to be this powerful minister again? It must be known that there are only two ways for the ministers, either the usurpation is successful, or the whole family is dead....... if there is a choice, who wants to be a minister? It's not that Cao Wei and the emperors of Eastern Wu didn't take care of the balance of the court! So, this is the preciousness of our majesty! ”

"However......" Guan Yi changed his words: "After the three rebellions of Shouchun, the forces that can resist the Sima family in the puppet Wei have been basically wiped out. And this Sima Zhao is already fifty years old. Then next, my Dahan and Dongwu will be in danger. ”

"Why is that?"

Looking at the bottom, in addition to Ma Guo thinking deeply, Zhang Zun, Zhao Yi, Sun Gang, Simple, Liao Yong, and even Chen Shou and Li Mi were all at a loss. Guan Yi only felt a deep powerlessness: although the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu have been established for a long time, the second and third generations of officials in various countries are getting worse and worse from generation to generation. But Cao Wei has a vast territory and abundant human resources after all. Even if you choose one out of a million, you can pick out a good talent. And the Shu Han of this small country and widows, after the elite class began to rot, he really couldn't find decent talents.

"Hey, everyone, this Sima Zhao has come to this point, is he willing to be beheaded all over the house in the end? So it is certain that he is plotting to usurp the throne. ”

Looking at the horses below, Chen Shou and Li Mi seemed to have realized their expressions. Guan Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "The Sima family wants to replace the Cao family on the throne, and the ready-made example is to learn from Cao Cao." first received Jiuxi, then crowned the duke, then crowned the king, and finally forced the Cao Emperor to concede. ”

"I see. If you want to be awarded the title of Jiuxi and the title of king, you must have military exploits, right? Satrap! ”

"That's right. In that year, Cao Cao pacified Liangzhou, and the first hussar general (Ma Chao) went out to Hanzhong. After Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, he was named the Duke of Wei. In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu surrendered. Then this guy returned to Xuchang and was crowned King of Wei ......"

"So, if Sima Zhao wants to be crowned king and go further on the road of usurping the throne, he must attack my Han or Eastern Wu?"

Speaking of which, everyone finally reacted. In fact, this is true on the surface of history. In 263 AD, Zhong Hui had just taken Hanzhong, and the army was still blocked by Jiang Wei in the Sword Pavilion, and Sima Zhao was named the Duke of Jin. When Deng Ai won the CD, Sima Zhao was quickly promoted to the king again. smoothly paved the way for Sima Yan's usurpation of the throne later.

"Since the coup d'état in Gaopingling, the puppet Wei has not taken the initiative to attack our Han or Eastern Wu for fifteen or sixteen years. This is because the Sima family is consolidating its power base step by step, cutting off the forces loyal to Cao Wei or disobedient to the Sima family one by one. Now, this step is nearing completion. In the next three or five years, or ten years, my Han or Eastern Wu will definitely face the war of annihilation launched against us by the puppet Wei! Because at that time, Sima Zhao was almost sixty years old, and he couldn't afford to wait! ”

There was a terrible silence in the lobby again.

After a while, Zhang Zun stood up: "So what! If this Sima Zhao doesn't come, if he comes, let him taste the power of the little master's eight snake spears! ”

"Yes, my Zhao family swears to live and die with the Han!"

The hot-blooded young man here is expressing his position, but the slightly older staff members over there are frowning.

"Lao Liao, you rolled out of the battlefield, if this pseudo-Wei attacks my big man with all his might, how many soldiers and horses can he come up with?"

"Well, the Yongliang Corps of the Pseudo-Wei is about seventy or eighty thousand people. This is a perennial battle with our army, and its combat effectiveness is slightly weaker than that of our army's most elite mobile corps, but it is not much worse. In addition, Yong once heard General Liao say that the puppet Wei had about 50,000 people in Jingzhou and nearly 100,000 in Yangzhou, and the armies in these two places fought against the Wu army all year round, and their combat effectiveness was also passable. ”

"There are also 50,000 or 60,000 people in Ji (Zhou) and (Zhou), and from time to time they have a small fight with the Xiongnu Xianbei. The combat effectiveness is far worse than that of the Yongliang Corps. Then there are 50,000 people in Qing (Zhou) and Xu (Zhou), which are mainly Tuntian soldiers and reserve troops. Because there has been no war all year round, this is the weakest combat effectiveness of the pseudo-Wei. ”

"But these are not the backbone of the pseudo-Wei. As Guan Taishou just said, the pseudo-Wei has practiced the strategy of strong cadres and weak branches for many years. The 200,000 Chinese troops gathered in Luoyang were the most powerful corps of the puppet Wei. More than 20 years ago, Prime Minister Zhuge made the first Northern Expedition, and Zhang He, the puppet Wei general, led 50,000 Chinese troops to rush to Jieting in the starry night. Although Ling Zun was at a loss at that time, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army of the puppet Wei was really strong! The 5,000-strong troops directly under General Xianping Beida (Wang Ping) were defeated in less than an hour......"

"In this way, there are 200,000 elites of Pseudo-Wei, and about 350,000 other troops?"

"It's about the same, the population of the puppet Wei is five to six times that of my Han Dynasty, and if necessary, it is not difficult to temporarily recruit another 300,000."

"Then how many soldiers and horses does my big man have?" What made Guan Yi collapse was that it was Simple Jian Gongzi who raised this question, and Zhang Zun, Zhao Yi, Sun Gang and other sons were also looking forward to it.

Liao Yong was silent for a long time, and said four words in a muffled voice: "Less than 100,000!" ”

"Huh?!"

"The Yulin of the CD is about more than 30,000 and less than 40,000, and the Nanzhong Corps of the Governor (Yan Yu) is about 5,000. The Yong'an Legion of the Later General (Zongpre) was 10,000 in full. The Hanzhong Corps of General Zhenxi (Hu Ji) was 15,000. After the defeat of Duan Gu, the mobile corps directly under the general (Jiang Wei) had only more than 30,000 people, less than 40,000. ”

"Among them, the strongest combat power is the mobile corps directly under the general, which is slightly stronger than the Yongliang Corps of the Puppet Wei, and is less than the Chinese army of the Puppet Wei. Calculated in turn, it should be the Hanzhong Corps, the Yongan Corps, the Nanzhong Corps, and the Yulin Army. ”

"How can it be so little? It's less than one-fifth of the pseudo-Wei? ”

"Yes, with such a small number of troops, how can the Han Dynasty be restored to the old capital?"

"It turns out that the general has been leading less than half of the opponent's troops to deal with the opponent for so many years? Then why are the ministers of the DPRK and China still nitpicking on the generals? ”

"Hey~~~" Liao Yong looked at this group of sons who didn't know anything, and couldn't help but sigh: "To be honest, although General Liao has been dissatisfied with the general all these years. But in Yong's private opinion, at present, no one can do better than the general...... It's a pity that the general is fifty-five years old this year. Liu Yin, who joined the army, is also 70 years old this year. Guowei (Zhao Yi): Your father and uncle are in their forties, and they are already young in my Han army. Last year, Taishou's brother joined the army, and the general was full of joy, saying that the young man of the Han Dynasty finally dared to go to the battlefield, but ......"

Silence, very embarrassing silence.

After a long time, the hot-tempered Zhang Zun opened his mouth: "I'm ashamed." ”

followed by Zhao Yi also spoke: "I'm ashamed." ”

Simply shook his head miserably: "Over the years, I have been wandering among the flowers on the CD, and I never knew that my Han had reached such a dangerous situation. ”

Sun Gang took out the sachet in his arms and gently remained on the ground: "Tomorrow, I will start practicing martial arts." Lingxing, Guowei, you have to help me. ”

Li Mi sighed: "Over the years, Mi has followed the servants in the court, and they have also sneered at the general. Really, I can't get enough guilt. ”

Chen Shou stood up and made a circle: "Shou has thanked you here on behalf of the general." If the Great General could hear what you have to say today, he would feel that what he was fighting for and protecting would be meaningful. ”