Liu Chan sat on the side of the desk, half-squinted and lost in thought, repeatedly thinking about Li Yan's plan to aid Gao Ding, and then contend with Meng Xu.

When Liu Chan fell into thought, Zhao Yun and Li Yan also half-squinted their eyes and did not speak, and the entire living room seemed extraordinarily quiet, only through the bamboo curtain hanging on the door, the footsteps of soldiers patrolling back and forth outside the house were faintly heard.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Chan slowly opened his eyes and looked at Li Yan, who also opened his eyes and looked at Liu Chan.

Smiling slightly, Liu Chan said: "This strategy of the adults is indeed feasible, but now that Gao Ding and Meng Shuang have left, how can we convince him?" After all, the current city of Gaoding is still in our hands. ”

Li Yan didn't have any worries, he was still confident, and said with a smile: "This morning, the minister just received a secret letter from Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, and Your Majesty will know it at a glance. ”

Li Yan said as he stood up and took out a letter written on paper from his robe, and slowly handed it to Liu Chan.

"Oh? Does my father have a secret letter? Liu Chan reached out and picked up the Zhuge secret letter handed by Li Yan, opened it gently, and squinted at it.

After a pause, Liu Chan put the secret letter on the desk, breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed: "Father Xiang is in Chengdu, but he knows everything about our side of the matter, I admire it!" ”

Li Yan also nodded slightly, and said, "What does Your Majesty think of the minister's strategy?" ”

Liu Chan picked up the letter on the table again, and fixed his mind: "Xiangfu also means this, but Xiang's father said in the letter that the matter of persuading Gaoding is often done by Ma Tan and Ma You, and it will be successful, I am a little puzzled." ”

"Huh." Li Yan smiled and said: "It's not a secret, when the minister was in Chengdu, when His Majesty went to Hanzhong, the minister and Prime Minister Zhuge talked about the affairs of Nanzhong, and it was Ma Tan and Ma Youchang who first proposed this divisive plan!" ”

"Oh?" Liu Chan raised his eyebrows with a little interest and said, "Ma Tan still has such a ability?" ”

In Liu Chan's impression, Ma Tan was always smiling, and that time he went to see him with Zhuge Liang, it was just a conversation on paper, so Liu Chan was slightly dissatisfied with this person, but he didn't expect that when he was worried about Nanzhong's affairs, it was Ma Tan who sent him a pillow.

"That's right." Liu Chan blinked his eyes, and then asked, "Where is Ma Tan now?" I want to see him. ”

"This secret letter was sent by Kumai Jiawhip, presumably when the prime minister sent the letter, Ma Jian should also set off from Chengdu."

Liu Chan nodded slightly, and said, "In this case, the two generals should also go down to rest, and when Ma Tan comes, let's remember it in detail!" ”

Li Yan and Zhao Yun looked at each other and nodded, then saluted Liu Chan slightly with his fists in his fists, and slowly retreated.

It wasn't until Li Yan and Zhao Yun walked away that Liu Chan put away his smile, then picked up the secret letter sent by Zhuge Liang on the desk, then sighed and slowly closed his eyes.

There was no word for a day, until the sun went down and the sky gradually darkened, Li Yan and Zhao Yun walked towards Liu Chan's house again, followed by a man who was dusty, but his eyes were lowered and his head was secretly shining.

This person is Ma Yan, who came from Chengdu as a servant of the wind and dust, and when he heard that His Majesty was going to summon him, he didn't wait to clean up, and walked directly with Li Yan and Zhao Yun.

At this time, Liu Chan had just finished dinner, and a soldier hurriedly ran in and saluted: "Your Majesty, Lord Li Yan and General Zhao Yun outside the door want to see Your Majesty." ”

"Ma Tan is here?" Liu Chan raised his eyebrows and said, "Call them in." ”

"Yes!" The soldier promised to hug his fist at Liu Chan and hurriedly retreated.

After a while, Li Yan and Zhao Yun walked in with the dusty Ma Yan.

"See Your Majesty!" The three of them saluted Liu Chan with their fists.

"Excuse me." Liu Chan waved his hand gently, turned his eyes to look at the bowed head of Ma Yan behind Li Yan, and said, "Young Chang, we haven't seen each other for a long time!" ”

Ma Tan's body was shocked, as if he was moved by Liu Chan's sudden homely words, stared at his slightly ruddy eyes, and said excitedly: "You often see Your Majesty!" Our lord Sheng An! As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Liu Chan.

"Hahaha." Liu Chan shook his head and smiled, and said, "Okay, okay, let's all sit down, let Youchang tell us about this discord plan, what is the discord method." ”

The three of them nodded, and walked to the desk under the hall in columns, until they saw Liu Chan sitting down, and then slowly sat down.

Ma Tan didn't seem to be relieved of his excitement in Liu Chan's intimate greeting just now, until he sat down next to the desk, broke for a moment, and slowly recovered.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, with curious eyes on his face, Ma Yan hurriedly hugged his fists to everyone, and said: "Presumably Lord Li Yan also said about the eight clans fighting for the king in Nanzhong, and the minister also heard Lord Li Yan's story at that time, so he suddenly remembered the plan of separation, but"

"But what?" Liu Chan looked at Ma Tan with interest.

"Ahem." Ma Yan coughed dryly, bought a pass, and continued: "But Ji Hou has already used this plan back then, and all ethnic groups must also have embankments, so the minister thought of a plan to attack the heart again!" ”

"Heart-attacking!?" The crowd was even more curious.

"That's right! Heart-to-heart! Ma Tan seemed to have eased up, and then said eloquently: "Even though the various ethnic groups in Nanzhong know that this barbarian king is a trap set by the imperial court, but now the barbarian king can be said to be the real king in the hearts of the people in Nanzhong, and even though the various ethnic groups know that this is a trap, they also want to get into it, because they are eager to have more people's support and more people!" ”

"The strategy that the minister said is to use the greed of all races to gradually divide and disintegrate them, and then we will break them with one blow!"

Seeing that everyone was slightly pensive and nodded slightly, Ma Jian was relieved, and then squinted and said, "I think that Gao Ding is just the first step in our plan!" ”

"First step?" Everyone became more and more puzzled about what Ma Tan meant.

"That's right!" Ma Tan was confident, looking scheming, squinting and flattering: "The people of Nanzhong are all brave and good at fighting, doesn't Your Majesty want to have a group of such soldiers?" ”

Liu Chan gradually narrowed his eyes, he didn't want to have a group of soldiers like Meng Shuang who were not afraid of death that night, as long as there was a group of such soldiers, not to mention defending the territory, the vast land could also fight.

Squinting his eyes, Liu Chan said in a deep voice: "That young man often said, what should I do?" ”

With a flash of his eyes, Ma Jian then smiled and said: "Since Gao Ding and the others can covet the position of the barbarian king, then the Meng brothers and sisters must also protect the position of the barbarian king, which must be the real reason for the marriage between the Meng family and Dongwu!" ”

"The minister told His Majesty that day, as long as we destroy this marriage, even if we push the Meng family to the forefront! At that time, the Meng brothers and sisters not only offended Dongwu, but the other clans have coveted the barbarian king for a long time, coupled with our encouragement, what does Your Majesty think the Meng brothers and sisters will do! ”

Liu Chan squinted his eyes, his face gradually sank, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Or perish, or surrender!" ”

Ma Tan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes! As His Majesty said, Nanzhong is just a chicken rib for Dongwu, and their support for the Meng family is just to make trouble for our Han, but when the time comes, the Meng family repents of marriage and offends Dongwu, presumably it is good that Dongwu does not send troops to fight! Coupled with the threat of various clans, when the time comes, the Meng clan, who is attacked by the enemy, can only surrender to us, or bring about their own destruction! ”

Liu Chan felt that what Ma Tan said made sense, nodded slightly, and said in a blink of an eye: "Then how can we destroy this marriage?" ”

Ma Tan was still confident, and said with a slight smile: "I remember that His Majesty also asked the minister like this that day, and the minister went back to think about it carefully, and the minister thought that the key to destroying this marriage still lies in other races!" ”

"The other races?" Liu Chan frowned.

Ma Tan then explained: "If the Meng clan and Dongwu marry, it will be stronger to have Dongwu as a backer at that time, and this is something that other clans don't want to see!" After all, all the clans coveted the Barbarian King, so how could they let the Meng family become bigger! Moreover, the Meng clan has already been a generation of barbarian kings, and the other clans are now finally waiting for the old barbarian king to die, and will they waste this opportunity in vain? ”

"Hahaha!" Liu Chan raised his head and laughed twice, then turned his eyes to Ma Jian and said: "It seems that Youchang has already analyzed these thoroughly, and when I heard Youchang say this today, I suddenly realized!" ”

"It is the duty of the minister to share worries for the king!" Ma Tan bowed to Liu Chan and hurriedly bought a good one.

"Hehehe." Liu Chan waved his hand, then looked at Li Yan and Zhao Yundao, "What do you two think of the young plan?" ”

Zhao Yun still had his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, and Li Yan opened his eyes slightly, looked at Zhao Yun who had his eyes closed, turned his head and hugged his fist at Liu Chan and said, "I think that the plan of the young man is feasible!" ”

"Good!" After settling down, Liu Chan squinted his eyes and said firmly: "Then let's follow the plan of the young man, as for how to contact Gao Ding, you will make a detailed plan." ”

"Yes!" Li Yan promised Liu Chan and nodded.

"Okay, Youchang has been running around for a day, you all have to rest, and we'll act tomorrow." Liu Chan seemed to have been kneeling for a long time and stretched his waist.

"Then Your Majesty will rest early." Everyone got up and saluted Liu Chan and slowly retreated.

Until everyone retreated, Liu Chan still squinted his eyes, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and muttered: "The Barbarian King of Nanzhong"