Guan Yi felt in his heart and said, "According to the old general's opinion, what should we do?" ”

Liao Hua's white beard fluttered, and he said with a smile: "It's okay, as I expected, at this time, the general must have also received the news of Deng Ai's withdrawal, I expect that the general must have made arrangements, you and I just need to hurry with peace of mind!" ”

"I would like to hear the old general's high opinion!"

Liao Hua waved his hand and said with a smile: "I can't talk about it. The general has the true inheritance of Prime Minister Zhuge and knows that ordinary people are by no means Deng Ai's opponents. Therefore, I expect that after the general learns that the Wei army has withdrawn, he will definitely send another general to chase Deng Ai, and this person must be your third uncle Guan Suo. ”

"Oh?" Guan Yi saw Liao Hua's words, and his curiosity was even more intense.

"Virtuous nephew, just imagine, among the generals of our army at the moment, most of them are busy collecting all parts of Hanzhong, but your third uncle is now stationed in Yang'an Pass, which is the closest to Baishui Pass. Second, your third uncle is familiar with military strategy and is known as a prestige, and he is a pillar of my Han Nantian. Besides, Jinggu Road is dangerous, and the three thousand Wudang Flying Army under your third uncle are the elite of our army, especially good at mountain warfare, and there are these three conveniences, so I expect that the person sent by the general will be your third uncle. ”

Guan Yi sighed: "The old general is diligent and far-reaching, worthy of being my Han pillar, and the little nephew is deeply admired!" ”

Liao Hua laughed and said: "The virtuous nephew Hugh wants to say so, in my opinion, the virtuous nephew has both courage and strategy, both civil and military, and in time, he will be the pillar of my Han Kingdom, and the future is limitless!" ”

Guan Yi said with a smile: "The old general is too prestigious, the little nephew is young and ignorant, and he needs more advice from the old general in the future!" ”

Liao Hua nodded secretly, Guan Yi is humble and calm, not arrogant, although he is young, but he has hidden the spirit of a general, if he hones more, he will inevitably become a generation of famous generals in time and revitalize the Guan family's majesty. In this way, as the only remaining subordinate of his ancestor Yun Changgong, he should also be deeply gratified.

An old man and a young man were talking, and suddenly saw a mountain range in front of them rising from the east of the Han River, rising and falling from west to north, and there was no end in sight, which was extremely steep. Liao Hua saw that Guan Yi was only looking around, and said with a smile: "Can the virtuous nephew know the name of this mountain?" ”

Guan Yi's heart moved slightly, and said: "I have heard for a long time that there is a mountain named Dingjun in the west of Hanzhong, more than ten mountain peaks are continuously raised, and the mountains are undulating, like a dragon playing with pearls. ”

"Yes, this mountain is Dingjun Mountain!" Liao Hua laughed and said: "I think that back then, the old general Huang Hansheng, one of the five tiger generals of the Han Dynasty, was here to slash the general of the Cao army, Xiahou Yuan, and made great contributions to Emperor Zhaolie's Ding Lihan!" Now the mountain is still the same, the past is like smoke, it has been forty and four years! ”

When Emperor Zhaolie and Xiahou Yuan confronted each other in the high mountains and valleys of Hanzhong, the veteran Huang Zhong was ordered to raid the Wei army with a high momentum, and slashed Xiahou Yuan under the horse, making great achievements for Emperor Zhaolie to seize Hanzhong. The predecessors of the Han Dynasty are like heroes, but now they are in decline, so that Cao Wei's expeditionary troops entered Shu in three ways, isn't it sad?

The team moved slowly, and finally arrived in Nanzheng City two days later. After entering the city, Guan Yi asked Chen Lie to handle the military affairs by himself, and asked Zhuge Shang, Ehu and Shi Feng to go to the post house to stay first, and he and Liao Hua went to the Shuaifu to see Jiang Wei.

When they arrived at the Shuai's Mansion, the guards on duty at the door saw that it was Liao Hua, and they didn't report and let the two go in. At this time, Jiang Wei was discussing with Zhang Yi, Dong Ju, Ning Sui, Zhao Tong and others in the lobby of the Shuaifu, and when he saw the two of them, he was overjoyed to arrange the seats, and said with a smile: "The old general and Jingzhi came at the right time, just to discuss together." ”

Liao Hua and Guan Yi first met Jiang Wei, and then greeted Zhang Yi and others separately, except for Guan Yi, all of them were old faces who had worked together, so naturally there were not many politeness, and when they saw each other, they sat down in their respective positions. This retreat from the enemy, although Guan Yi has the greatest credit, he is the youngest in age and the lowest in position, so he sits at the bottom.

Guan Yi didn't believe Liao Hua's previous words, and he was very worried about Guan Suo in his heart, so he stood up again as soon as he sat down and said: "General, the last general heard that Deng Ai had withdrawn from Baishui Pass, and wanted to retreat to Longxi along Konghan Valley. ”

Liao Hua almost squirted out a sip of tea, and secretly laughed in his heart Guan Yi Congmin, he was obviously worried about Guan Suo, but he didn't say a word, if he hadn't traveled with him all the way, he knew his thoughts, and he probably would have been hidden by him.

Jiang Wei didn't know Guan Yi's thoughts, and said with a smile when he heard this: "The heart of respect for meritorious service, the old man deeply approves it." It's just that this time I don't need you to go, after our army recovered Hanzhong, the old man expected that Deng Ai would retreat to Longxi overnight, so I have ordered Hu Ji to be the main general, Fu Yan, Liao Lin, and Gao Xiu as deputy generals, and lead 5,000 soldiers and horses out of Yangping Pass at night, and take down Ben to cut off Deng Ai's return route. It's just that this section can't be hidden from Deng Ai. Now Li Qiu and Huang Chonger will chase after Deng Ai, but these two are not Deng Ai's opponents, in order to ensure safety, the old man has sent someone to inform your uncle Guan Suo, and ask him to immediately lead the troops out of Yang'an Pass, meet Li and Huang Er, and plan Hu Ji to recover Wudu. ”

Guan Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, glanced at Liao Hua, and secretly praised Jiang Wei for being a Qilin, strategic, and making arrangements in advance. He fought with Deng Ai several times in Jiangyoushu, and knew Deng Ai's ability, although Guan Suo was brave, but even if he added Li and Huang, he might not be Deng Ai's opponent, not to mention that after Deng Ai retreated to Baishui Pass, he collected defeated soldiers along the way, and there were still 20,000 Yongliang elites with extremely strong combat effectiveness under his command, and the strength of the two sides was almost the same.

However, Jiang Wei ordered Hu Ji and Fu Yi and others to lead troops out of Yangping Pass to take down Ben, but it hit the Wei army's seven-inch vital point. In the current situation, after Zhong Hui retreated, Deng Ai had become a lone army, if he wanted not to be pincered by the Han army, the only way to return to Longxi immediately was the best policy. Otherwise, if it is a little sluggish, the Han army will attack from both sides of Yinping and Wudu, and the Wei army will become a turtle in the urn, and then it will have to be slaughtered by the Han army. If you really get to this point, even if Ziya is reborn, Zhang Liang can only cry out in vain if she is reborn.

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately let go of the worries in his heart and said: "The general has already planned his strategy, and the last general will obey!" ”

Jiang Wei waved his hand and said with a smile: "This time to retreat from the enemy, respect should be the first credit, if it weren't for the fire that burned the Wei army's grain and grass, how could our army recover Hanzhong so quickly?" The old man immediately wrote a table to apply for the court, and asked for merit for you and a group of meritorious soldiers. ”

"This is God bless my big man, and it is the life of the soldiers of the three armies, how dare the last general?" Guan Yi hurriedly waved his hand, although it was indeed his greatest credit for recovering Hanzhong this time, but now was not the time to show his merits. After all, in the Han military, Guan Yi is just a small character, and almost all of the generals here are veterans with deep qualifications and hard work.

Moreover, he has made several great contributions in the past two months, although he has won a certain amount of political capital for himself, but at the same time, he has also made himself the focus of attention of others, who can know who is a friend and who is an enemy? As the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, and no one knows what will greet them in the next military career. Therefore, it is better to keep a low profile in front of this cadre of military generals.

Seeing that he was so humble and calm, Jiang Wei nodded slightly, adding a little bit of liking in his heart.

It's just that this affection is fleeting. Now, although the Wei army was defeated by the whole line, but the Han army's own losses were also great, first Guangwu County was attacked by the Wei general Tian Zhang, and all the men and horses of the three schools stationed in the garrison were killed, and then when Yang'an Pass fell, the five thousand soldiers and horses led by Fu Yan were not only half of the men and horses who followed him out of the pass to engage in the battle, but the rest followed Jiang Shu to surrender to the Wei army, plus the men and horses killed in several large and small battles, the loss of the Han army was not less than more than 10,000 people, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Han who was far inferior to Cao Wei.

Moreover, since the entry of the Wei soldiers, all the cities in Hanzhong have suffered from the military revolution, the houses have collapsed, the people have fled, the fields are barren, and many matters need to be dealt with in the aftermath, so Jiang Wei has no reason to be happy.

"The Wei army has retreated, and the top priority at the moment is to deal with the aftermath, what do the generals think?"

Dong Ju glanced at everyone, stood up and said: "In the opinion of the last general, the Wei army's three-way attack on Shu is all due to the decline of our Han national strength and the instability of the government. Therefore, in order to prevent the return of the Wei army, the last general suggested closing all the passages in Shuzhong, recruiting displaced people from all over the country, opening up wasteland and recuperation, so that the enemy can be kept out of the country, and the army can be fed and raised, and the people's hearts can be stabilized, which is the way to strengthen the country! ”

Guan Yi frowned slightly, thinking badly. Although what Dong Ju said was a suggestion, the implication in his words was that Jiang Wei was reckless, wasting national strength, and the people's morale was unstable, so that the Wei soldiers took advantage of the gap to invade in three ways. This is exactly the same reason for him, Zhuge Zhan and others to impeach Jiang Wei at the beginning, and it seems that this Dong Ju is really very different from Jiang Wei's political views. However, if Dong Ju said this in front of the generals, it would definitely make people think that he was deliberately demolishing Jiang Wei's platform, especially Jiang Wei himself, I am afraid that he will not tolerate it, if there is a trouble, the two will inevitably have a disagreement again.

Thinking in his heart, he had the heart to stand up and say a few words of relaxation, but after thinking about it, most of these people in front of him were important military generals, with outstanding military achievements and profound qualifications. I hesitated in my heart, and I didn't know what to do for a while.

Jiang Wei's expression was as usual, he smiled faintly, and said: "What Gong Xi said is reasonable, but if you want to close all the passages, the stakes are very high, and you still need to report to Your Majesty before you can decide!" ”

Dong Ju was also stunned, thinking that when these words came out, Jiang Wei should be-for-tat, if not angry, but Jiang Wei's reaction was obviously beyond his expectations.

However, Jiang Wei's words made it difficult for Dong Ju to refute, closing the channel is actually cutting off the mutual market of commerce and trade, and the exchange of information, which obviously has a great impact on the weak Han Dynasty, so this is indeed a major event that affects the whole body, even if Jiang Wei is in charge of the military affairs of the Han Dynasty, it also needs to be implemented after the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, if the court investigates it, I'm afraid that no one will be able to bear this responsibility.

However, Dong Ju thinks that he is open in his heart, and the reason why he speaks out in front of the generals is also out of public interest and makes suggestions for the country's plans. In fact, when Zhuge Wuhou was alive, Jiang Wei and Dong Ju both served in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the two had a very good personal relationship.

In detail, the difference between the two on political opinions still began in the fourth year of Jingyao (261 AD) after Zhuge Zhan was appointed as the general of the capital to protect the guard, Zhuge Zhan and Dong Ju thought that Jiang Wei had sent troops many times, but there was no progress, so that Yizhou's national strength was exhausted, so he expressed his heir and asked Jiang Wei to be the assassin of Yizhou and deprive him of his military power. Although the heir did not agree to the request of Zhuge Zhan and Dong Ju and others in the end, after this list reached the heavens, it directly caused Jiang Wei and Zhuge Zhan and others to be divided into two camps.