Seeing Liu Bei's hesitant face, Zhuge Liang said: "The reason why Liu Qi wants to take Zu Li, the purpose is still for Wuwei, now although Zu Li is lost, we still have Huyin to defend, as long as we hold Huyin, we can ensure the connection between stability and Hexi, and Liu Qi is tired, if you can't have Wuwei, although you have Zu Li, but you can't pose a threat to our army, not to mention that although Liu Qi's troops are numerous, they are stationed in a divided army, once our strength is restored, we can concentrate all our forces to attack it, It is inevitable that the defeat will turn into victory. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, his face softened slightly, and he held Zhuge Lang's hand and said, "Fortunately, there is still a military advisor in Lone, otherwise I am afraid that this time it will really be a failure." The military advisor is right, I believe that Liu Qi'er will not make any big moves in the future, as long as we stick to it here and slowly accumulate strength, I believe that we will be able to make a comeback soon and turn defeat into victory. ”

In fact, Zhuge Liang's analysis was very correct, this time Jia Xu and Liu Qi really didn't expect that Zhuge Liang was so wise, he directly saw through their intentions, and did not have the slightest intention of sending troops from Wuwei to recapture Zu Li, and their attempt to capture Wuwei could not be realized, and in this way, it made their advantage of Zu Li a burden, because they had to divide their troops to garrison, and they had to work harder to transport grain and grass. The entire land of Bashu was a little unbearable, and Liu Qi had to transfer grain from Jingzhou in order to ensure an adequate supply of grain and grass.

In this way, the transportation route is even longer, and now in the entire five states of Chu State, except for those generals who fought on the front line, it is Ganning's grain transportation team that is the hardest.

"I really didn't expect Zhuge Liang to have two more hits, Liu Bei was not fooled, so that although Wen He has a lot of influence in Guzang, we can't take Wuwei. I don't know what else Wenhe has to do? Liu Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked Jia Xu.

But I heard Jia Xu say: "There is no magic strategy, but conventional means can still be used." For example, we set up military cantonments in Jincheng, Hanyang, and Zuli respectively to accumulate grain and grass. In order to take a long-term strategy, as long as we are caught up in next year's wheat harvest and the military rations are guaranteed, we will be able to continue to support them, and as long as we confront Liu Bei like this, he will be forced to withdraw his troops sooner or later because of the lack of food and grass. ”

Liu Qi nodded lightly when he heard this, and said slowly: "It seems that it can only be like this." ”

After that, Liu Qi sent an order to go down and ordered the army to spread out the tuntian in the three places where it was stationed. However, since it was autumn today, there was actually no crop left to farm, so the soldiers could only be ordered to open up wasteland, plant wheat, and expect to get a sum of grain and grass when the wheat harvest next year, and the current grain and grass expenditure mainly depends on the supply of Bashu and Jingzhou.

But less than half a month later, Jia Xu suddenly came to Liu Qi's tent one day, and said with a soft smile: "Tell the lord a good news, our opportunity to take Wuwei has come."

Although Jia Xu smiled very indifferently. But Liu Qi could clearly feel the excitement in his heart.

In fact, it is not difficult to imagine that Jia Xu is a native of Wuwei Guzang, and now his army has reached the doorstep. But he was never allowed to enter, how could this not make him feel irritated and uneasy?

Therefore, from this point of view, in fact, Jia Xu is more anxious than Liu Qi to attack Wuwei, although he seems to be a calm builder of Liu Qi Tuntian, but the impatience in his heart is indescribable, fortunately Jia Xu is calm and knows that impatience is not only useless. On the contrary, it will get in the way, which is why these impatience are forcibly suppressed again and again.

Although Jia Xu has infinite plans in his heart. But Zhuge Liang is not easy to match, although he made a mistake in chess before. made Liu Qi constantly lose his troops and lose his generals, but this person is a famous wise man after all. And he has always been calm, not only seeing through his plan, but also lightly resolving his plan, so that he can't use his strength.

But today it can be seen that Jia Xu is really ecstatic in his heart, and even shows this joy on his face.

How can this make Liu Qi not surprised?

So Liu Qi hurriedly smiled and asked, "What is the chance?" Wen He is so happy? This is a unique time for you. ”

I saw Jia Xu laughing and saying: "That's because we have never encountered such a good opportunity to attack Wuwei, and this should be regarded as a unique opportunity." Hehe, don't hide it from the lord, the last general got the news, Han Sui, who fled to Dangqiang because of the defeat, actually gathered Yao Naxuan, the chief of Dangqiang, and Yang Teng, the king of Di, and other generals, and led 70,000 Qiang Hu soldiers to attack Wuwei, and now Han Sui's Qiang Hu army has broken through Zhangye County and is marching to Luanniao County, I heard that Liu Bei has transferred all the population and materials of Luanniao County to Guzang in order to stick to Guzang, and is ready to implement the policy of clearing the wilderness, but this time the Qianghu army is very well prepared, He brought more than 100,000 cattle and sheep as military rations, vowing to break through Guzang. ”

"What? What a great opportunity? This is really good news, as long as Han Sui and Liu Bei fight to lose, we can indeed compete with each other and the fisherman will benefit, so let's just watch the show next? Liu Qi was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, celebrated with his forehead, and said with a laugh.

"So, all we need is to wait, now Han Sui's army is coming violently, Liu Bei is inevitable even if he doesn't want to fight, hehe, it's too much to underestimate Han Sui's influence, this person's prestige in Qianghu is very high, and he has been kind to the Qianghu tribes several times, and it is not difficult for him to gather 70,000 troops, and it is precisely because of this that when the lord ordered the army to send troops to Longxi, the lower officials persuaded the lord to send an army of 100,000, but he didn't expect that the troops gathered by Han Sui would be used to deal with Liu Bei, which was unexpected." Jia Xu said with a smile on his face and a look of schadenfreude.

Liu Qi said approvingly: "What Wen He said is right, but the accident is mixed with inevitability, if it weren't for listening to Wen He's construction alone, and retaining Han Sui's small family, it is estimated that it is we who will bear the attack of Han Sui's army, so that we will be attacked by Liu Bei and Han Sui." In fact, according to me, we took Han Sui's Longxi and Jincheng, which is not a big hatred, but Liu Bei divided the relationship between Yan Xing and Han Sui, and led them to kill each other, tens of thousands of troops were destroyed, and Han Sui's life was almost lost, this is the most hated thing in his life, it is precisely because of this that Han Sui ignored Jincheng and directly led his troops to attack Wuwei, hehe, although Liu Bei seems to treat people with sincerity, but he does not dare to let go of the courage to use people, which is too petty. ”

Jia Xu couldn't help but nod silently when he heard this, he particularly agreed with Liu Qi's words, because looking at the whole world, he can boldly entrust the huge territory to his subordinates, and there is almost no one among the many warlords of the entire Han Dynasty, even Cao Cao, who is known for knowing people and employing people, also entrusts the fundamental land to his relatives, Cao Ren is the history of Yuzhou Thorn, Xiahou Yuan is the history of Yanzhou Thorn, Xiahoudun is the history of Youzhou Thorn, and Liu Qi is not, whether it is Yangzhou Thorn Shi Xu Shu, Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Pei Qian, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Wei Yan and Yizhou Thorn Shi Huang Zhong, Everyone under their command is an army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and the weight of power even worries him, but Liu Qi has never expressed a trace of doubt and suspicion against them, such a mind and bearing, Liu Bei can't keep up even if he lifts his shoes.

However, this can't be completely relied on Liu Bei, because capable and loyal generals are indeed rare and difficult to find, but Liu Qi's command is countless. And Liu Bei was really a qualified general who was originally only one Guan Yu, but he was calculated by Liu Qi and Cao Cao, if Zhang Fei was attacking the city, it would definitely be okay, but if the town and the defending side still had a lot of gaps, not to mention that his character was too impatient and fierce, it was okay to be restrained by Liu Bei, if Liu Bei was not by his side, his character would not be able to reassure people to defend the side at all.

As for the other generals, although Chen Zhi is strong, he is the commander of his own army, and he can't leave for a while, although Hao Zhao's ability is outstanding, his qualifications are not enough, so there is no general in Liu Bei's army who is very suitable for sitting on one side, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Bei decided to take the opportunity to beat the water dogs, completely eliminate Han Sui's forces, and completely stabilize the land west of the river, so that even if he finds a general with a slightly inferior ability, such as a junior general like Liu Feng, he can easily guard Hexi.

In fact, what Jia Xu thought in his mind was exactly the same as what Liu Bei considered, but Liu Bei didn't expect Yan Xing to be so useless, and he didn't leave Han Sui behind when Han Sui's army surrendered one after another, and he fled from Qianghu, which brought such a big hidden danger to himself.

At the same time, Liu Bei's mind was also full of doubts, didn't Han Sui know that his all-out attack on his martial might would make Liu Qi a fisherman? This man is also an extremely intelligent and wise person, how could he not think of this? But now that he thought of doing it, it was really incomprehensible to him.

"Maybe Han Sui saw that Liu Qi was powerful in Jincheng, and the strength under his command was not enough to capture Jincheng, so he turned to attack Wuwei in an attempt to gain space for development." Zhuge Liang seemed to have guessed Liu Bei's thoughts, and couldn't help but say softly.

"Abominable Han Sui, when he comes back, I'm afraid that Wu Wei, who has been fighting hard for half a year, will be handed over." Liu Bei couldn't help but be furious in his heart, and said.

Zhuge Liang also looked helpless, although he tried his best to keep Wuwei, and finally managed to keep the two sides in a state of balance for the time being with the strategy of not changing everything, as long as they developed production with peace of mind and restored their strength, I believe that in a few years, the army will definitely be able to fight back again and seize the entire Liangzhou region, but he didn't expect that at this moment, he suddenly heard the news that Han Sui's army sent troops to take revenge, which made him not feel depressed?

After a slight sigh, Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his head and said: "Lord, in fact, sometimes take a step back and open the sky, we might as well be generous and give up the entire Wuwei to Han Sui, hehe, as long as Han Sui occupies Wuwei, the next battle is between him and Liu Qi, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then make a move when they are both defeated, so I am afraid that we will not only regain Wuwei, but even Jincheng and Longxi are not impossible." (To be continued)