Early the next morning, Zhuge Song again convened a meeting of the city's senior officials and generals. Because of the need to guard against the sneak attack of the Wu army that may come at any time, the only participants this time were Liu Pan, the Taishou of Changsha, Fu Shiren, the current commander of the Changsha army in the city, plus Ma Liang and Zheng Liang, who came with Zhuge Song, a total of five people.

The four people who came, except for Zheng Liang, who did not attend the meeting yesterday, saw Zhuge Song all have meaningful smiles on their faces, Zhuge Song I know that as soon as they see themselves, they will think of their soulless bear appearance yesterday, and their hearts will be even more angry. However, Zheng Liang didn't know Zhuge Song's performance at the meeting yesterday, and when he saw him, he still had a respectful face and a serious face.

"Ahem!" Zhuge Song cleared his throat and said to the four people sitting in the hall with a serious face: "Everyone, when I think of the fact that the Wu army will come to attack the city, I couldn't sleep last night!" ”

Before Zhuge Song finished speaking, Zheng Liang answered below: "What are you afraid of? Before, we only had a few hundred people, and 100,000 barbarians were killed by us, and now the Wu soldiers are only 50,000 or 60,000 at most, but we now have more than 5,000 soldiers in the city. ”

Zhuge Song's face darkened suddenly, this Zheng Liang is good at everything, as a general, not only is he brave, but he will also respond to the situation on the battlefield, but this arrogant personality is not afraid of heaven and earth, but it is too worrying.

Zhuge Song thought to himself: "In terms of bravery, resourcefulness, and slashing and killing countless famous generals, Guan Erye, who was captured by the Seventh Army, is not much better than you?" But because he was too arrogant and didn't take Dongwu seriously at all, this made Lu Meng and Lu Xun take advantage of the loophole. How much ability do you have now, so you don't take Soochow seriously? Besides, we've repelled 100,000 barbarians with a few hundred men! Didn't you take advantage of Shamoko's lonely penetration, plus you were lucky enough to kick him off the horse? ”

Thinking of this, Zhuge Song said to him coldly: "Zheng Liang, shut up, now I'm talking about military affairs, you just have to listen, how can you speak!" ”

Zheng Liang was stunned by Zhuge Song's attitude, since the victory of Hanshou Zhuge Song has always been kind to him and favorable, so this kid's tail is now getting higher and higher, at this time, seeing Zhuge Song's face is not good, although he was stunned, he had to bow his head and close his mouth! Seeing Zhuge Song's anger, the other three also exchanged glances with each other, turning their faces to serious.

Zhuge Song was too angry, and when he saw that the other three people didn't smile anymore, he felt a little better. He stabilized his mood and continued to tell everyone the speculation he had thought last night that Zhou Yu would not fight Changsha first but would first fight Liu Beijun near Jiangling.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Zhuge Song's speculation, none of these three people couldn't help but be as happy as he was last night, but exchanged glances with each other, and Ma Liang said to Zhuge Song: "Although what my lord expected is reasonable, but things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and we can't relax the garrison of Changsha based on speculation alone, it is a fact that the Wu army has now occupied Luoxian Port, if the Wu army really attacks in a big way, as soon as we relax our guard, the consequences will be extremely serious!" ”

The meaning of these words could not be more obvious, facts speak louder than words, although Zhuge Song's speculation is reasonable, but in the face of the fact that Wu Jun has been close to the past, it still cannot make them believe that Wu Jun will really not attack in more than a month.

In this world, no matter whose ideas are denied or doubted, that person's first reaction must be anger, and then the emotional reprocessing is based on the individual's temperament and ability to obey.

Therefore, Zhuge Song was very angry after listening to Ma Liang's words, which clearly showed that the genius speculation he had come up with last night had become worthless rags with them!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Song said to Ma Liang with an unkind face: "Then according to Ma Cheng, we will be so trembling and the whole city will be on guard for more than a month?" If the Wu soldiers attack on a large scale after more than a month, how will we, the soldiers who are already physically and mentally exhausted, defend the city? ”

Since Ma Liang's younger brother Ma Tan was asked by Zhuge Song from Liu Bei and made great contributions, the relationship between Ma Liang and Zhuge Song has reached a new level. In the days from Nanjun to today, the two of them have been talking for a long time from time to time, although Zhuge Song in order not to show his edge too early, when talking with Ma Liang is mostly to learn from him as a consulter, but although the relationship between them is not deep, it can already be regarded as a brother and a like-minded.

This time, Zhuge Song said these words in front of Ma Liang in front of several other people, and he regretted it a little after saying it. But the words have been spoken, and there is no room for recovery, fortunately, Ma Liang did not think it was a pestle, but patiently explained to Zhuge Song: "Brother Xian, you misunderstood me, your analysis is very reasonable, but the lord and the military advisor ordered me to assist you, in order to be afraid that you are young and impulsive, and now the enemy is current, it is good to be cautious." As for what you said about being on strict guard every day for fear that the soldiers will be exhausted and unable to support it, I think it also makes sense. So be it! In my opinion, it is better to divide the soldiers defending the city into two groups and take turns defending the city before the enemy comes, so that the soldiers can not only get rest, but also prevent being overwhelmed by the surprise attack of the Wu soldiers. ”

Ma Liang's suggestion is not unsafe, and Zhuge Song is completely acceptable under normal circumstances. However, Zhuge Song still had a bold idea in his heart after thinking about why Zhou Yu occupied Luoxian Port last night, and originally wanted to say it through his previous conjecture about Wu Jun, but seeing that several people with great power in the city were not too touched by his thoughts, and now, he had to spread out the matter.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Song forced out a smile and said to Ma Liang: "What Brother Ji Chang said is reasonable, but there is still a little bit of foolishness, I hope you can support it." ”

Ma Liang said: "Brother Xian, please speak, since the lord and the military advisor have appointed you as the chief general of this city, we will definitely do our best to support anything else." ”

Seeing that the other three also nodded, Zhuge Song said to the four people: "In my opinion, the Wu army camp in the mountains and forests west of Changsha is always a threat to Changsha. In this way, even if Zhou Yu personally commanded the soldiers to come later, he could also let Changsha City avoid being attacked on both sides! ”

"I'm afraid that's not right!" As soon as Zhuge Song's voice fell, Ma Liang was the first to stand up and object: "The lord ordered me to wait for ten days after the Wu soldiers came, and now the Wu army in the west does not know much. ”

Ma Liang said this, Liu Pan and Fu Shiren immediately agreed, and Fu Shiren continued: "I also think what Lord Ji Chang said is extremely true!" Now, the elite in Changsha City have been taken away by General Mi, and there are only 5,000 soldiers left, most of whom are old and weak, and although the soldiers led by Lord Zhuge are elite, they are only 500 people. With this amount of troops, how could he rashly start a war with the Wu soldiers in the west? Besides, the Sun and Liu families have not torn their faces so much, they are still nominally allies, and rashly starting a war against friendly forces will only give Zhou Yu the excuse to attack Jingzhou in a big way, and when the time comes, the lord will blame him, and you and I can't afford it! ”

"That's it, that's it, what General Fu said is reasonable, adults must think twice!" After Fu Shiren finished speaking, Liu Pan immediately agreed, and it was obvious that the other three people present except Zhuge Song did not agree with his strategy of striking first.

At this time, Zhuge Song could only set his eyes on Zheng Liang, but because Zheng Liang was reprimanded by Zhuge Song before, he didn't know whether he dared or was dissatisfied at this time, so he lowered his head and didn't say a word.

This fact that no one supported Zhuge Song was a little annoyed, and he forcibly suppressed his anger and said to Ma Liang: "Brother Ji Chang, I just want to know now, if I force you to send troops, can you send troops?" ”

Ma Liang shook his head without hesitation: "Before I came, the military master had already instructed me, if the king guards the city, I only need to cooperate with you with all my might, but if you want to go out of the city to fight with Wu soldiers, I can only pass on the lord's order!" The soldiers in Changsha City must not act recklessly until the reinforcements arrive! ”

As he spoke, Ma Liang took out a piece of letter from his arms, walked over and handed the letter to Zhuge Song.

Zhuge Song looked at the letter silk, and it was indeed written on it with the words that the Changsha military horses were all returned to Ma Liang's dispatch, and the big seal of Liu Bei was also stamped below.