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———— "It is imperative to destroy Wei, and we must not give up halfway, in my opinion, Zhongzheng's plan is feasible." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang was holding Fang Shao's hand, and after some weighing, Zhuge Liang obviously decided to support Fang Shao.

And when Pang Tong heard Zhuge Liang's words of changing attitude, his face showed displeasure, he stroked his short beard, and said coldly: "Kong Ming, don't you think Zhongzheng's plan is too risky?" You must know that Cao Ying is still there, the Wei army is still in Hebei with more than 100,000 usable troops, and it must be very difficult for Zhongzheng to break Cao Ying, if it is delayed for a long time, if Jingzhou has three long and two short, and the foundation of our Jingzhou scholars is dug up, who should bear such a heavy responsibility? ”

Obviously, Pang Tong was opposed to Fang Shao's plan, and the reason he did it was not just the reason he said.

There is Zhao Yun in Xiangyang, Xu Shu in Jiangling, the walls of the two cities are thick, and there are countless grains, Pang Tong of course knows that it is not easy for the Wu people to break through the core of Jingzhou, so although he is worried that Jingzhou is in danger of collapse, but it is not the main reason.

And once Fang Shao succeeds in destroying Wei, whether it is in the army, in the court, or even in the world, his prestige will be incomparably great, and it will even overshadow Guan Yu and other Yuan Gong ministers.

This Fang Shao is precisely the one who wears the same pants as Kong Ming, one of these two is the leader of Wenchen, and the other has won the prestige of the crown in the army, the two join forces, and ask the Han Dynasty who can help them.

This is what Pang Tong is really worried about, once such a situation is achieved, then the most affected must be himself, and it is inevitable that his power will be weakened, and even in the future, the two will join forces to control the government, and it is not impossible for him, an "outsider", to be expelled from the center of power.

Anything is possible, so you have to guard against it.

That's why Pang Tong was so opposed to Fang Shao's plan.

Of course, Pang Tong's opposition is also very reasonable, at least on the surface, it is impossible to find his overt and private tail.

"What Shi Yuan said is certainly reasonable, but Zhongzheng's wisdom and strategy, don't you still believe Shi Yuan, since he wrote that he will be able to destroy Wei, it means that he has this self-confidence, and we should fully support him."

Zhuge Liang continued to "protect" Fang Shao, but Pang Tong didn't eat him, and when faced with such a major decision, he would never be afraid of it.

"There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, even if it is Zhongzheng, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no miscalculation. Kong Ming, I can be silent on this matter, but you have to think clearly, in case of failure, who will bear this responsibility? ”

Pang Tong's aggressive words made Zhuge Liang a little unable to deal with it for a while.

After being silent for a long time, Zhuge Liang suddenly let out a sigh of relief and said lightly: "Shiyuan, although you can rest assured, if you lose, I Zhuge Liang will bear all the consequences." ”

Zhuge Liang said all this, Pang Tong naturally had nothing to say, thinking to himself Kong Ming, Kong Ming, even if you have the guts, since you dare to shoulder this responsibility on one person's shoulders, then what else can I say, drink tea, listen to songs, and wait to see how you end this show.

As a result, Pang Tong no longer objected.

After several days of discussion, Zhuge Liang, with the authority of the leader of the Jingzhou scholars and the prime minister of the country, tried his best to suppress those opposing voices.

A few days later, Fang Shao, who was far away in Yecheng, received an edict from Chang'an, although it was an edict issued in the emperor's tone, but in fact it was Zhuge Liang's meaning, and the edict took back the edict of Shangdao, and ordered him to continue to supervise the military of Ji and Youyou and the three states as Zuo Da Sima, and command the three armies to continue the battle of Wei.

Fang Shao, who received the edict, breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he also thought that Kong Ming must be speaking for him in the court, otherwise how could he block the mouths of most of the Jingxiang officials in the court and the opposition, and the pressure on Kong Ming would not disappear.

Zhuge Liang's trust, Fang Shao had nothing to repay, and he could only serve wholeheartedly in the battle to destroy Wei.

In fact, the situation in Hebei is far from what the ministers of the court and the central government can predict, Cao Ying has gathered more than 100,000 Wei troops here, if Fang Shao's army retreats, Cao Ying's ambition is not only to recover Yecheng, but also to take advantage of the situation to pursue and regain the lost territory.

This time, Cao Ying was planning to play with Fang Shao.

Under the command of Cao Ying, the Wei army launched a crazy counterattack, in order to avoid the sharp momentum of the Wei army, Fang Shao had to order the battle line to move north, to the south of Yecheng seventy miles to build a new defensive position, so the two sides on the Hebei Plain, dozens of miles of front, formed a confrontation.

Fang Shao's army originally had 150,000 people, but because in order to defend part of the newly acquired city, he had to divide some soldiers and horses, and in fact, only about 110,000 people could be put on the front line, and the two sides were evenly matched in terms of actual strength.

On this dozens of miles long front, the two sides launched a fierce tug-of-war, the war lasted for several months, each other won and lost, until the middle of winter, heavy snow plummeted, the weather was very cold, the warring sides had to understand the weather at the same time to stop the offensive, temporarily rest to avoid the invasion of the cold winter snow.

It was said that the heavy snow, which had just stopped for less than a day, had fallen again, and Fang Shao led the generals to inspect the whole camp and villages, but the situation of the whole army was not optimistic.

The composition of the Han army is quite complicated, some of them are veterans from Jingzhou, some are soldiers from Yizhou who moved into Guanzhong when Guanzhong was pacified, and the rest are soldiers from Guanzhong, Liangzhou and Xinde Youhe, the latter can be regarded as real northerners.

Although the proportion of northern soldiers accounts for the majority, but the southern soldiers also have as many as 30,000 or 40,000 people, these athletes from the south of the Yangtze River, although the physical strength is not inferior to the northerners, but they have never experienced such a harsh winter, and this time the cold of Hebei winter, and far more than the normal year, so under the torture of severe cold, these southern soldiers began to appear in batches of frostbite and painful death, and only in the ten days after the snow, the soldiers who lost their combat effectiveness due to frostbite amounted to more than 1,000.

"Da Sima, our army has lost troops due to pain and injury, and it is not a long-term solution to go on like this." The one who was full of worry in his words was Fei Yi.

Fei Yi was a court official, and he was originally enjoying leisure in Chang'an City, but not long ago, Fei Yi hung up the rank of Wei Protector, escorted a batch of grain and grass from Guanzhong to the front line of Yecheng, and then stayed in the camp to assist Fang Shaofa Wei.

Although the official rank of the protector is far less than that of Da Sima, it is similar to the prison army, when Cao Ying fought in the Quartet, only the generals of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan, as well as a very few generals with foreign surnames who won the trust of Cao Ying, could be named the title of the protector.

Although Fang Shao recommended Fei Yi to envoy to Wu Guo back then, he was the first benefactor on Fei Yiren's way, but over the years, Fei Yi's ability to rise to the status of Jiuqing was due to Zhuge Liang's vigorous cultivation, so Fei Yi can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's cronies.

At this time, Fei Yi came to the front line as a protector, obviously with another intention.

Zhuge Liang was not afraid that Fang Shao would have two hearts for the Han Dynasty, but he knew that Fang Shao was used to making strange moves, so he was afraid that he would make a big mistake in his strategy against Wei, so he would use Fei Yi, who was old and serious, to assist.

Fang Shao understood Zhuge Liang's intentions, so he had no reservations about Fei Yi in all his military behaviors, and listened to his opinions on major matters.

"Wen Wei, is there any rumor in the DPRK again?" Fang Shao could hear Fei Yi's words, so he asked bluntly.

Fei Yi was stunned for a moment, and sighed with a smile: "I can't hide anything from Da Sima's eyes." Not long ago, I received a letter from Prime Minister Zhuge that Pang Sima proposed to withdraw the army to the south at the court meeting, and many courtiers were more attached, but fortunately, the prime minister suppressed it with reason, and the imperial court did not change its strategy, but it was ......"

Fei Yi paused for a moment, and said: "But even so, the predicament faced by our army cannot be underestimated, and it is not a way to go on like this in the long run." ”

Fang Shao said indifferently: "The situation of our army now is better than when Chu and Han were in the confrontation, and now the Wei army's spirit has also been lost, and the soldiers are also tired and tired of war. ”

Fei Yi sighed: "This is the reason, we naturally understand, but those ministers in the DPRK and China are not on the front line, they don't know the stakes, they are bent on rescuing Xiangyang and Jiangling, and recapture Jingzhou, and the prime minister also has difficulties." ”

Fang Shao exhaled lightly: "Bear with it any longer, until now, you can only hold on." ”

As he spoke, Fang Shao clamped the horsewhip between his legs, and the mount galloped out, with four hooves carrying a piece of slush.

It's easy to say, but I don't have a way to break the enemy. ’

Although Fang Shao was tough on the surface, he was already a little empty in his heart.

Back in the big tent, Fang Shao sat on the stove, staring at the map hanging on the screen, meditating on the plan to break the enemy, as usual, racking his brains, still unable to solve this mess.

Dizzy, Fang Shao held the hot tea in his hand and walked out of the tent to breathe a breath of fresh air.

At this time, in the evening, the snowfall had stopped, and as far as the eye could see, the camp was already full of sparks and smoke.

If it were not for the cruelty of the great war, it would be nice to enjoy this snowy scene. Fang Shao was wandering into foreign objects, secretly sighing, and when he lowered his head to take a sip of hot tea, he found that the bowl of tea was cold for a while, and a thin layer of ice was formed on the surface.

Not far away, several Lang Zhong who accompanied the army rushed in the snow with medicine boxes, most of them were in which battalion someone was frostbitten and rushed to be treated, this situation has been commonplace since the beginning of winter.

"Damn winter!" The little bit of snow appreciation in Fang Shao's heart suddenly disappeared, and he couldn't help but scold.

When he turned back to the tent, suddenly, a strange thought flashed through his mind.

It was that thought that made Fang Shao freeze in place immediately, and a little surprise surged between his eyebrows.

(To be continued)