"Why did the prime minister say this?" Liu Beiqi said.

Zhuge Liang said unhurriedly: "Although Meng Shu lost the city of Yandao, but retreated into the south, if Su Zhe does not destroy Meng Huo, he will directly attack my Nan'an City in the north, we must beware of Meng Huo behind him, in order not to fall into the situation of being caught between the north and the south, the minister expects that the Su thief will destroy Meng Huo first, and then come north to deal with us." ”

Liu Bei suddenly realized, nodded and said: "The prime minister's words are reasonable, so according to the prime minister's opinion, what should I do?" ”

"The minister thinks that Nanzhong is a barren land, if the Su thief wants to pacify Meng Huo, it is not so easy, Your Majesty can wait for the Su thief to go deep into Nanzhong, and when Meng Huo is in a stalemate, the army will quickly go south, seize the city of Yandao, cut off the return route of the Su thief, and then he can annihilate his hundreds of thousands of troops in Nanzhong, and finish his work in one battle!"

In the end, the six words "finish its work in one battle", Zhuge Liang said that it was murderous and awe-inspiring, and it was as cold as ice.

Liu Bei's body was shocked, and deep excitement suddenly surged in his eyes.

Suddenly, he seemed to see hope like he had never seen before.

If, as Zhuge Liang said, he can gather Su Zhe in Nanzhong, the Wei State will definitely collapse and fall apart.

At that time, his army will go east out of Tongguan, and he is afraid that he will not be able to easily sweep the Central Plains, dominate the world, and prosper the Han Dynasty!

The more Liu Bei thought about it, the more excited he became, and he waved his hand happily: "The prime minister is right, this is a good opportunity for us, so we will act according to the prime minister's plan!" ”

……

Yandao City.

The 150,000 soldiers of the Wei army have all gathered in Yandao, just waiting for Su Zhe's order, and the army can set off again.

In the lobby of the military palace, Su Zhe discussed the strategy of using troops with his ministers.

"Your Majesty, Meng Huo has been defeated, now it's time for us to turn our troops, go north and take Chengdu, and clean up that big-eared thief."

Tai Shi Ci excitedly spoke to Su Zhe, and the hunting machine burned between his eyebrows.

The generals joined one after another, and most of them thought that they should attack Liu Bei.

Even Lu Xun, Huang Quan and others believed that Meng Shu was not a cause for concern, and the main direction of attack should be changed to Liu Bei.

Su Zhe drank a little wine and listened to the generals' invitations to fight, but he was not so excited, and his expression remained calm.

After drinking a glass of wine, he said slowly: "My thoughts are just the opposite of yours, I think that we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, destroy Meng Shu in one fell swoop, pacify Nanzhong first, and never suffer in the future." ”

In the lobby, there was no sound at once, and questioning eyes looked at Su Zhe.

"Your Majesty wants to destroy Meng Shu first and never suffer in the future, it is not impossible, but Nanzhong is a barren land, in case Meng Shu fights and retreats, will our army have to go deep into Nanzhong? At that time, Liu Bei's army took advantage of the situation to go south to attack Yudao City, in case there was a mistake in Yudao City, our army of more than 100,000 troops, wouldn't it be cut off in Nanzhong, and there would be no recovery. ”

Lu Xun saw the situation thoroughly.

Huang Quan also said: "What Bo Yan said is extremely true, Meng Shu is no longer a climate, we can defeat Liu Bei first, seize Yizhou, and then go back and clean up Meng Shu." ”

"You're wrong!"

Su Zhe shook his head and said: "Nanzhong is a barren land, and the southern barbarians gather in the mountains and forests, and once the battle is unfavorable, they will scatter into the mountains, and there is no way to find their traces. ”

"And once the army to be conscripted retreats, they can regroup, rebel again, and disrupt Nanzhong, so that Nanzhong can never be pacified, and Yizhou will never have a stable day."

"And this time, it is rare for Meng Shu to gather so many barbarian troops by himself, I only need to annihilate this group of barbarian troops, they will no longer have the strength to rebel, such a great opportunity, how can I miss it."

Su Zhe's words made Lu Xun, Huang Quan and others speechless to refute, and couldn't help nodding slightly, impressed by Su Zhe's keen judgment of the situation in South and Central China.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and now is indeed a great time to pacify Nanzhong." Lu Xun nodded in agreement, but said: "It's just that once my army goes south, Liu Bei will inevitably come to attack Yudao City, but it is necessary to guard against it." ”

Su Zhe took a few shots: "Therefore, we must fight quickly in this battle and destroy Meng Shu as soon as possible, so as not to give Liu Bei a chance to take advantage of." ”

"A quick battle is naturally the best, I am afraid that Meng Shu will be afraid of His Majesty's Tianwei, and flee all the way to the hinterland of Nanzhong, when we raise our army to go on an expedition, it is too far away from Yandao City, once Liu Bei has any abnormal moves, I am afraid that it will not be easy to return in time." Huang Quan said worriedly.

Su Zhe took a sip of wine and sneered: "If Meng Huo wanted to flee to the hinterland of Nanzhong, he should have fled a long time ago, but now he is staying in Nanguang City, and he has not retreated for a long time. ”

The generals suddenly realized that they were completely impressed by Su Zhe's calm insight, and no one had any objections.

Su Zhe immediately passed down the holy decree and ordered Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Zhang Xiu and other generals to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Yudao City to prevent Liu Bei who was stationed in Nan'an City in the north.

Su Zhe himself led the main army of 100,000 to the south from Yandao City, directly captured Nanguang City, and went to destroy Meng Shu.

……

Nanguang City.

Under the gloomy sky, Meng Huo stood at the south gate of the city, looking south, and Baba was waiting for something.

The sky gradually darkened, seeing that the night was approaching, but there was still no movement at the end of the road to the south, and the expression on Meng Shu's face gradually changed from anticipation to disappointment.

At this moment, a scout came galloping from the south, and before he even had time to enter the city gate, he shouted excitedly from below: "King, the Giant Elephant Army has arrived!" ”

Meng Huo's body was shocked, and his originally disappointed face suddenly ignited with endless surprises, as if he had suddenly been injected with chicken blood.

The barbarian generals on the left and right were also excited, and looked to the south with wide eyes.

What Meng Huo was waiting for was the giant elephant soldier.

The climate in Nanzhong is hot and humid, and the jungle is dense, which is suitable for the survival of elephants, so there are many caves in Nanzhong that use elephants instead of horses as transportation and riding tools.

Among them, there is a Ba Na Cave, the barbarians of the cave are the best at elephant control, not only using elephants as a means of transportation, but also forming an army with giant elephants as mounts, called giant elephants.

On that day, when Meng Yu was unwilling to retreat to Nanzhong, and was worried about how to resist Su Zhe's southward expedition, Meng You offered him a plan to invite giant elephants to come to help in the battle.

The lord of the Ba Na Cave, Mulu, according to rumors, not only has a giant elephant army, but also can call the wind and rain, just because he has such a mysterious and powerful strength, so although he is located in the southern barbarians, he did not surrender to Meng Huo.

It is precisely because of this that when Meng Shu went north, although he sent someone to ask Mulu to lead the giant elephant army to help in the battle, Mulu ignored it and was unmoved.

This time, in order to invite Mulu to come, Meng Shu sent his younger brother out of the horse, brought countless treasures and property, and went to Ba Na Cave with a generous gift, so as to invite Mulu out of the mountain.

Now that the Giant Elephant Army has arrived, Meng Yuyan can not be surprised.

So, he and a group of barbarian generals looked south, with deep curiosity, wanting to see the elephant soldiers.

After all, the Ba Na Cave is deep in the bushes, and the barbarians of the cave rarely interact with other tribes, and although the wooden deer has elephant soldiers, they have no ambition and never go on expeditions.

In addition, the surrounding tribes were afraid of his giant elephant soldiers, and no one dared to provoke them, and few people had seen the giant elephants, and now when they heard that the giant elephants were coming, the big guys were curious to see what kind of style the legendary elephant soldiers were.

I don't know how long it took, at the end of the south avenue, a vague and huge figure gradually appeared, slowly coming towards Nanguangcheng.

A quarter of an hour later, when they saw the huge figure, they instantly gasped, and everyone opened their mouths in shock.