"Hum......" Jiang Wei's body trembled, his hands pressed on the strings suddenly, his eyes were full of shock and strangeness, and he muttered half-loudly: "Hundred hectares of fertile land, not one acre, but there is ambition, not in Angelica!" Not in the angelica ......"

In an instant, Jiang Wei's thoughts returned to more than thirty years ago, that is, the second year of his entry into Shu. That year, his mother sent a letter from Ji County, thousands of miles away, asking him to send Angelica home from Shuzhong, the meaning of which is self-evident.

Come back, don't you return?

Loyalty and filial piety can not be both, on the one hand, it is the hometown of the homeland, and on the other hand, it is the grace of the great sage Zhuge Wuhou of the world. After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Wei tearfully replied to his mother with a letter, in which only four sentences were written: 100 hectares of fertile land, not in one acre, but with ambitions, not in Angelica!

Jiang Wei believes that his mother can understand his own mind. For the sake of 100 hectares of fertile land, I can't take care of an acre (mother); The child only has Yuanzhi (the name of the medicinal material) in Shu, and there is no angelica (the name of the medicinal material) to send.

At that moment, Tianshui Qilin'er made a major decision in his life and never returned. That year, Jiang Wei was only twenty-seven years old.

To this day, Jiang Wei still clearly remembers that when he made this choice, he remembered that when Zhuge Wuhou went out of the mountain to help Emperor Zhaolie, he was exactly twenty-seven years old.

Perhaps, there is a certain number in the dark.

It's just that what Jiang Wei doesn't understand is that the four sentences written to his mother back then, in addition to his mother and himself, were only known by Zhuge Wuhou and a very small number of relatives around him. More than 30 years have passed, and his mother and Zhuge Wuhou are long gone, and most of the guards around Zhuge Wuhou are nowhere to be found, and he has never mentioned it to outsiders for so many years, but how did Guan Yi know?

Guan Yi Linglong thought about it, and seeing Jiang Wei's expression, he had already guessed the doubts in his heart, but he didn't know how to answer. In fact, he only came up with this sentence in a hurry, but what this sentence actually meant, it seems to be extremely clear in the depths of his memory, but he can't say it.

Fortunately, although Jiang Wei was full of questions in his heart, he didn't pursue the question, but just took a deep breath, waved his hand, and said: "Jing Zhishi once said in the hall that if you want to get rid of Huang Hao, a eunuch, you must join forces with Zhuge Zhan to do something, but does Jing Zhi know my relationship with Zhuge Zhan?" ”

"Know a little bit about it!" Guan Yi nodded, it seemed that he was overly concerned, and the meaning of Jiang Wei's words was not to settle accounts with him.

"Although I have this heart, I am afraid that Zhuge Zhan may not be willing to join forces with me!"

"General, what are you ......" Guan Yi was surprised, he thought that the contradiction between Jiang Wei and Zhuge Zhan was an incompatible situation, there was you and no self between the two sides, but where did he think that Jiang Wei actually had the heart to join forces with Zhuge Zhan, which was greatly unexpected by him. If Jiang Wei hadn't said it himself, I'm afraid he would definitely not believe it.

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "Do you want to say that the old man has different political views from Zhuge Zhan, but why is he willing to join forces with him?" ”

Guan Yi nodded, and did not deny it.

"Although the old man and Zhuge Zhan have different political views, they are not enemies, as Jing Zhishi said in the hall, the differences between the old man and Zhuge Zhan are all out of public intentions, not personal grudges!" Jiang Wei took a deep breath, looked at Guan Yi, and said slowly: "These days, the old man has been thinking about a question, what is respectful?" ”

"This ...... Please make it clear to the general! Guan Yi groaned, Jiang Wei's mind was too jumpy, this question was really hard to guess.

Jiang Wei slowly stood up and sighed: "Although the Wei army's three-way invasion this time has been repelled by our army, there have been more than ten fierce battles, and our army has suffered more than 10,000 casualties. Such a loss is nothing to Cao Wei, but it is a major event for my Han Dynasty, and it is difficult to recover without three or five years. Such a loss made the old man sad and had to rethink how to avoid similar losses from happening again! ”

"When the two armies are fighting, casualties are naturally inevitable, and the general doesn't need to worry too much." Guan Yi's expression darkened, Jiang Wei was right, the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers may be just a drop in the bucket for Cao Wei, and for a man with a weak family, such a loss is almost like a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and there is almost a risk of losing the country.

Back then, Hu Ji, who was the general of Zhenxi at the time, missed the appointment of Shangqi, which led to Jiang Wei's lone army going deep into the Wei realm, and was broken by Deng Ai in Duangu, and the rest of the thousands of plans directly led to the Qianghu in Longxi and Wenshan and other places to riot, and the imperial court repeatedly issued orders to pacify and stabilize. And now the losses are tens of thousands, and the impact and consequences can be imagined.

Jiang Wei couldn't hear that this was Guan Yi's words of comfort, waved his hand, and sighed: "If you don't fight, you will **!" Perhaps, the old man is really wrong! ”

Guan Yi sighed secretly, "If the soldiers are not strong, they must be **" was what Jiang Wei said when discussing the way of using troops with Liao Hua, Zhang Yi and others, which means that if there is no moderation in the use of soldiers, it will inevitably be the end of self-defeat, and from the first year of Yanxi (238 AD) to the fifth year of Jingyao (262 AD) In 24 years, Jiang Wei sent troops to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains a total of 11 times, which is quite contrary to "If the soldiers are not strong, they will be **". However, listening to Jiang Wei's words at this moment, there was a sense of depression and loneliness in his tone, and there was a sense of loneliness in his heart.

"The general's repeated Northern Expeditions are to pursue the oath and national policy of the first emperor 'Han and thieves will not stand together, and the royal industry will not be partial', inheriting the unfinished ambition of Marquis Wu, in order to restore the Central Plains and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. The heart of the general can show the sun and the moon, what is wrong? ”

"Those who know me, respect me!" Jiang Weiwan didn't expect Guan Yi to think so, sighed in his heart, and said emotionally: "Having said that, to this day, the old man has to admit that it is not easy to succeed in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains in Yizhou, hoping to restore the Han Dynasty. Moreover, the use of troops for many years has caused the country to be uneasy and the people to be restless, so that today's events have occurred. Although the Wei army did not succeed in this attack on Shu, my sin is great! ”

"The general's meaning is ......" Guan Yi listened to Jiang Wei's words, although he had already guessed a few points in his heart, he was not sure.

"Since I know my heart, the old man should also tell the truth!" Jiang Wei sat down again, looked at Guan Yi, and said solemnly: "After this battle, the old man learned from the pain, and it was because the foundation of my Han Dynasty had been shaken, so it attracted the Wei army to peep. Therefore, the old man decided to go to the imperial court, and it was advisable to guard the passes and dangerous points in Hanzhong, raise troops in Tuntian, and protect the country and the people. Ten years later, the vitality of our army will be restored, and we can compete with Cao Wei in the Central Plains! ”

Guan Yi was greatly surprised, although he guessed from Jiang Wei's tone that he might stop fighting, but he didn't expect his determination to be so great. You must know that according to the danger and not allowing the enemy to enter the country, it was the strategy of the former general Wei Yan to lead Hanzhong to defend the siege and defend it frontally, and Jiang Wei adjusted it to gather troops in the valley in the first year of Jingyao (258 AD), in order to kill and wound a large number of enemy soldiers and obtain greater results.

When Emperor Zhaolie ascended to the throne of Hanzhong, Jian promoted Wei Yan as the Taishou of Hanzhong, in order to ensure that Hanzhong was unharmed. After the reign of Marquis Zhuge Wu, the main direction of the Northern Expedition was Hanzhong-Qishan-Weishui, so the defense of Hanzhong was still a mistake in defending the siege, so that the enemy could not enter. After Jiang Wei took power, in order to seek the help of Qianghu, his business focus was adjusted to Hanzhong-Qishan-Longxi, with the intention of taking advantage of the situation of Longxi, receiving Qianghu, and taking this as the fundamental advance to Chang'an, Xu Tuguanzhong, but in this way, it is bound to face the problem of too long a battle line and insufficient troops, so the strategy of gathering troops and gathering valleys also came into being.

In Guan Yi's view, there are pros and cons to defending the siege and gathering troops in the valley, but the key point is to conform to the situation at that time. Although the wrong defense of the siege could prevent the Wei army from crossing the dangerous pass into the Hanzhong basin and ensure that Hanzhong was foolproof, it could not effectively kill and wound the enemy. Once the Wei army divides its forces to besiege the various defensive strongholds and cut off the connection with each other, the Han army will fall into the dilemma of fighting on its own, while the Wei army can take advantage of the situation to enter the Hanzhong Plain, so that the fall of Hanzhong is inevitable.

Facts have proved that when the Han army occupies the entire territory of Longxi, in order to ensure the safety of Chang'an, the Wei army's defense and attack focus will inevitably be west of Chang'an, so that the defensive pressure on Hanzhong will naturally be reduced. However, when the Han army could not effectively control Longxi, the Wei army was able to gather troops north of the Qinling Mountains and threaten Hanzhong at any time, so the defensive strategy of Hanzhong to gather troops in the valley also increased risky.

This time, the Wei army attacked Shu in three ways, and Zhonghui entered Hanzhong by dividing the path from Xiegu, Luogu and Meridian Valley, which was to besiege Han, Lehe and Jinjin passes, so that they could not save each other, and then lead the main force to take the Hanzhong Plain. In fact, after the Wei army broke the Yang'an Pass, although the Han army still possessed the siege of Han, Lehe and Jinjin, the fall of Hanzhong has become a fact.

From this point of view, after Jiang Wei realized the huge risk of gathering troops in the valley, he adjusted the defensive deployment of Hanzhong instead, although it was a matter of necessity, but it also required the courage and mind to dare to take it. Of course, the strategy of staggering to defend the siege can also meet the environment needed to raise troops in Tuntian. The only thing that makes Guan Yi uneasy is that the ten-year period is not long, but it is not short, Jiang Wei is now more than sixty years old, can he wait another ten years?

Seeing Guan Yi's expression, Jiang Wei had already guessed a few points in his heart, and said, "Jingzhi is wondering, will the old man still be alive in ten years?" ”

Guan Yijun's face turned red, and he hurriedly shook his head and said, "How dare the last general!" ”

"There is no need to shy away from respecting!" Jiang Wei laughed and said: "In the ten-year period, although the old man is ambitious, he is already in his last years, and it will be difficult to gallop on the battlefield and serve the country at that time." Ten years later, there will be people who inherit the unfinished ambitions of Wuhou and the old man, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, and the Han Dynasty! ”

Guan Yi saw that although he said it heroically, there was infinite regret in his words, and he couldn't bear it, and said: "In the past, Lian Po was over eighty years old, and he could still eat rice and ten catties of meat, and the princes were afraid of his courage and did not dare to invade the Zhao realm. Moreover, when I was in the seventies, General Huang Lao, one of the five tiger generals of the Han Dynasty, still had the courage of ten thousand people, and his arm could open a three-stone bow. It is the old general Liao who rode the right car of this dynasty, and now he is more than 70 years old, and he still refuses to accept old age, and fights with the army, and bears a lot of hard work. The general is ambitious, not losing to the predecessors of the ancients, and ten years later, he will lead the army to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, restore the Han dynasty, and achieve fame through the ages! ”

Jiang Wei laughed, although Guan Yi's words were comforting words, they also spoke to his heart, there was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, Lian Po, and then the veteran Liao Hua Lao Ji of this dynasty, with ambitions for thousands of miles, the ancients still refused to accept the old, how could he lag behind? Fortunately, he is open-minded, although he knows that the ten-year period is unpredictable, he is not depressed in his heart.