Even for Zhuge Song, who comes from modern society and has many ideas that the ancients could not understand, he has to admit that in the Three Kingdoms period in the era of cold weapons, the attack between countries is still an out-and-out "flesh-and-human 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 the nominal command of Zhuge Song is under the influence established by Liu Bei, but now that the Yangtze River is soaring, it is difficult for the reinforcements of the southern county to hope for, so this war against 100,000 barbarian soldiers is likely to be borne by the county of Wuling.

For Zhuge Song, who had just become the Taishou, expansion was not something he considered at all, only survival was extremely important under the pressure of strong troops.

Zhuge Song actually doesn't have any ideas now, the last time he captured Shana, firstly, because the other party was rash against the enemy, and then she only had a thousand barbarian soldiers under her, although Zhuge Song only had a few hundred people, but the difference in strength between the two sides was not particularly great.

But now the barbarian king has poured all the barbarian soldiers of Wuxi Barbarian to attack Wuling County, 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 even if it is a barbarian soldier 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 make the enemy even more frustrated, Crazy siege and slaughter of people along the way to vent their anger.

Zhuge Song saw that Ma Jian was still there in a daze, and thought to himself that this guy should have the highest intelligence among the people around him 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, Zhuge Song said to Ma Yan: "I said that you are 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, tell me quickly! ”

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

Zhuge Song heard that Ma Jian not only had an idea, but also had a good idea as soon as he had it, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Gong Zhi also looked at Ma Jian with an expectant face, but after a moment of joy, Zhuge Song suddenly realized, how could this statement of the upper, middle and lower three strategies be so familiar?

Suddenly, he 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", Zhuge Song decided to use Ma Tan's plan, and it will definitely not end well if there is a plan and a plan!

So Zhuge Song asked Ma Tan to bring his three strategies together.

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

Zhuge Song's heart rushed by 10,000 times - he really wanted to go up and suck Ma Jian to death with a big mouth, but now it is the plan to use people, he still has the middle plan and the next plan He didn't say, Zhuge Song couldn't help but ask him: "What about the middle plan?" ”

Ma Tan seemed to have long expected that Zhuge Song would not agree to his so-called "plan", so he smiled and continued: "The barbarian king came with great momentum this time, and he was eager to capture the county town and capture 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! ”

Zhuge Song saw that Ma Jian was more and more sharp, and he had the momentum of seeing 100,000 barbarian soldiers like mustard. But he also remembered that Ma Jian was so confident when he made a military order in front of the Street Guarding Pavilion, not to mention that Zhuge Song did not have the ability to mobilize 5,000 soldiers and horses now, even if he had, he would not dare to let Ma Jian have 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, Zhuge Song waved his hand, thinking that the plan is really not a good plan, let's see if the next plan can be reluctantly accepted!

Seeing that Zhuge Song refused to let him lead the troops, Ma Tan 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. ”

Zhuge Song could hear from Ma Tan's tone that if he chose his so-called "next plan", he would definitely be looked down upon by him, and it would be extremely difficult to let him use it for himself in the future, but this "upper plan" could never be used, and the "middle plan" also had a special shadow, and it would be a cup if it was used 90%.

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

Thinking of this, Zhuge Song had a plan, but he didn't say it for the time being, but pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said to Ma Yan: "It's a good 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 he spoke, he 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. Zhuge Song saw Ma Tan's sullen look, so he 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 five thousand people?" Fifty people is about the same, can you break the enemy? ”