Even for me, who comes from a modern society and has many ideas that the ancients could not understand, I have to admit that during the Three Kingdoms period in the era of cold weapons, the attack between countries was still an out-and-out "human and flesh war" in a sense. The number of manpower a regime has is undoubtedly the most basic factor for its survival and expansion.

Although the Wuling County under my nominal command is under the influence established by Liu Bei, but now that the Yangtze River is soaring, it is difficult to hope for reinforcements from the Southern County, so this war against 100,000 barbarian soldiers is likely to be borne by the county of Wuling.

For me now, expansion is not something I think about at all, and survival, under the pressure of a strong army, is extremely important.

I don't really have any ideas now, the last time I captured Shana, firstly, because she was rash against the enemy, and secondly, she only had a thousand brute soldiers under her, although I only had a few hundred, but the balance of strength between the two sides was not particularly large.

But now the barbarian king has poured all the barbarian soldiers of the Wuxi barbarians to attack me, there are only more than 10,000 people in the county town of Wuling County, and there is no elite, the field battle must be looking for death, as for the ambush, the military operation of more than 100,000 people will definitely be a situation where scouts are flying all over the sky, where is it good, then ambush people, even if it is lucky, at best, it can only defeat the vanguard of the enemy, strike at the enemy's sharpness, or will make the enemy more frustrated, crazy siege and slaughter of the people along the way to vent anger.

I saw that Ma Jian was still there in a daze, and I thought to myself that this guy should have the highest intelligence among the people around me now, although it may not be possible to let him lead the troops to fight alone, but it is good to let him come up with ideas.

Thinking of this, I said to Ma Yan: "I said that I am young, the reason why I specially asked your brother to ask the lord to let you come to me is because of your talent. You usually have a very high self-esteem, and others can't understand it, but I am the only one who knows the pearls. Now is the time when it is very critical, if you have any ideas, please tell me quickly! ”

When Ma Tan saw me ask him, he came back to reality from his empty state. I saw him smile slightly, and said to me: "This matter is not difficult, there are three strategies for the upper, middle and lower, all of which can be used, which one do you want to listen to first?" ”

I heard that Ma Tan not only had an idea, but also had a hand as soon as he had it, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed. Gong Zhi also looked at Ma Jian with an expectant face, but after a moment of joy, I suddenly realized, why is this saying of the upper, middle and lower strategies so familiar?

Suddenly, I remembered the source of this statement, wasn't that the idea that Pang Tong gave him when Liu Bei was trapped in Jiameng Pass? Liu Bei said at that time that the plan was too urgent and the plan was too slow, so he used the middle plan, and as a result, Pang Tong was also killed in Zhang Ren's ambush and was shot dead in Luofengpo.

With this "lesson from the past", I decided that I must use Ma Tan's plan, and it will definitely not end well if there is a plan and a plan in use!

So I asked Ma Tan to bring him all three strategies together.

Unexpectedly, Ma Tan cleared his throat, and the first plan he said to me was actually the best policy: "Leave Mrs. Taishou now, send a person who can speak well to bring a large amount of money to the Chinese army tent in Shasad, and marry the daughter of the barbarian king as the main room, and since then the two families have been reconciled, and the county will be peaceful!" ”

I was going to go - I really wanted to go up and slap him to death, but now it was the plan to use people, and he still had a plan and a plan to say, so I couldn't help but ask him: "What about the plan?" ”

Ma Tan seemed to have expected that I would not agree with his so-called "plan", so he smiled and continued: "The barbarian king has come with great momentum this time, and he is eager to capture the county town and capture you Taishou back to his daughter to be the king of the village. Although the brute soldiers are brave, they are not as good as our army, which is trained for a long time and is specially used for combat. The barbarian soldiers, like those ethnic minorities in the north, are all soldiers in wartime and serve the people in peacetime, and their individual abilities are uneven, and their ability to integrate and coordinate between troops is extremely poor. I often heard from Nanjun that you have a brave general named Zheng Liang, if you believe in it, borrow 5,000 soldiers and horses and Zheng Liang to accompany you, you will break the enemy's vanguard, lose its spirit, and then defend the city and wait for help! ”

I saw that the more Ma Tan spoke, the more vigorous he became, and he had the momentum of seeing 100,000 barbarian soldiers like mustard. But I also remembered that he was so confident when he made a military order in front of the street guarding pavilion, not to mention that I don't have the ability to mobilize 5,000 soldiers and horses now, even if I have, I don't dare to let Ma Jian do a rehearsal of the lost street pavilion now.

In terms of age and experience, Ma Jian in his twenties is certainly inferior to Ma Jian in his 39s. Even if the barbarian king is not Zhang He, let alone Sima Yi, the comparison of the forces between the two sides is much more disparity.

Thinking of this, I waved my hand, thinking that the plan is really not a good plan, so let's see if I can reluctantly accept it!

When Ma Tan saw that I refused to let him lead the troops, he suddenly lost interest, and when he said that he was going to make a plan, he was weak. I only heard him say: "The next plan is the most troublesome and the simplest, the barbarian siege ability is extremely poor, now the reinforcements of Nanjun are difficult to count on, you can leave the book to Lingling, Guiyang, Changsha three counties to ask for reinforcements, Lingling, Guiyang two counties of reinforcements are better than nothing, Changsha County is now in order to guard against Eastern Wu by Huang Zhong and Wei Yan two generals, now the lord is in Nanxu ready to marry Sun Quan's sister, if the marriage is completed, Changsha is worry-free, you can guard the city, until Huang Zhong or a general in Wei Yanzhong comes to relieve the siege, converge Lingling, The reinforcements of the two counties of Guiyang, even if they can't kill the barbarians, they can always hold out until the Yangtze River recedes, and the rescuers from the southern county come, then this city can be regarded as defending. ”

I can hear from Ma Tan's tone that if I choose his so-called "next plan", I will definitely be looked down upon by him, and it will be very difficult to make him use it for me in the future, but this "upper plan" is absolutely useless, and the "middle plan" is also particularly shadowy, and it will be a cup if it is used 90%.

Although this "plan" seems to me to be extremely incompetent, it does remind me that the two strongmen Huang Zhong and Wei Yan in Changsha County have not yet entered Shu at this time, and if I can get the strong reinforcements of the two of them, my chances of defeating the barbarian king will increase a lot.

Thinking of this, I had a plan, but I didn't say it for the time being, but pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said to Ma Yan: "It's good to make a plan!" It's a good plan! Although the plan will not show weakness, in case of an accident, even the old capital of defending the city will be lost. The lord belongs to my county, so he naturally refuses to lose Wuling County in my hands, whether he guards it or not is my business, and whether the reinforcements come or not is someone else's business. As I spoke, I shouted at Gong Zhi, "Did you hear that?" Master Gong! Just follow Youchang's suggestion and quickly send a message to the other three counties for help! ”

Gong Zhi sighed and said, "Okay! Then he shook his head and went to find someone to draft the text. I saw that Ma Tan looked sullen, so I walked up to him and squatted down close to him and whispered to him: "You are too naïve, where do I have the ability to mobilize 5,000 people?" Fifty people is about the same, can you break the enemy? ”