Xia Mengguan, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu hung their heads and sighed a little depressedly, what they thought was still too simple, the 100,000 troops jointly commanded by Gao Shun, Ma Chao, and Pang Tong withdrew, just before the three deaths they came; They had long heard that Wei's intelligence system and communication were very powerful, and only now did they understand how powerful they were, and from the moment they led their army out of Chengdu, their white spoon operation had been transmitted back by the meticulous letter eagle; All the main forces of the Shu army have gathered at Xiameng Pass, attacking more than 150,000 people, and the Cao Chong rebels who met with them also have the number of 1780,000 troops, if the Wei army is trapped in the outskirts of the field, then it is not difficult to destroy them, Bi Jing is three times the number of the enemy; It's a pity that the Wei army moved quickly, not dragging the mud and water at all, Cao Chong's army was constantly harassed by Xiahou Yuan's troops, and the action was definitely not rapid, even if it was not slow, it was definitely not rapid, and these results resulted in the Wei army now gaining a firm foothold in Xiameng Pass; The tens of thousands of iron cavalry led by Xu Huang and Zhang Jaw have already arrived at Tongguan one step ahead of Gao Shun, and are in a defensive position, which is equivalent to saying that some of the plans made by the rebels and the Shu army before have all been done in vain, and what Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu are thinking about at present is - whether to advance or retreat!

Their initial motive for coming here was to take the initiative to attack, to plan for the long term, to first eliminate part of the Wei army, weaken the overall strength of Wei, and lay a good foundation for the revival of Shu, all of which were built on the basis of not paying a very big price; But now it seems that if they don't want to pay a huge price, they can't achieve the kind of effect they want, and even if they pay the price, they may not be able to win, but if they don't fight with Wei now, then the road of Shu will only perish in the future; Into the unknown is always in awe, especially the most exciting military battle formation, did not dare to declare that the war will be won at the beginning of the war, said such a thing, or know the weakness of the enemy, can ensure that the war is won, the other without exception are all beaten in the face to vomit blood, the most famous is the battle of Guandu and the later battle of Weishui; When the strength of the two sides is not far apart, it is necessary to take great risks to provoke a war, which wise people like Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu certainly understand the truth, so they are now facing a choice, a very powerful choice, which is related to the life and death of a country; Shu is out of the nest this time, as the emperor Liu Chan is also the royal driver, Liu Adou is already a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy this year, and he doesn't look as plump as when he was young, but is more and more handsome; This kid has always been giggling and laughing, and he never takes care of family and national affairs, and it is precisely because of his performance that Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, including Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, are more confused and afraid of the future; Liu Bei's hard-working regime, two or three generations into the active struggle in exchange for today's Shu State, with Liu Chan's performance, really let into worry o! These Liu Bei loyalists, who have reached the twilight of their lives, can't see Liu Chan's heroic and martial side, how can they believe that he will be able to lead Shu to compete with the behemoth-like Wei State in the future?

"Yuanzhi, how do you think you should choose?" , Zhuge Liang looked at Xu Shu with blazing eyes, expecting Xu Shu to give him an answer; The corners of Xu Shu's mouth curled slightly, and he asked rhetorically: "What do you think of this big era?" I mean to say that he was born in the same era as Li Huaide! ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned, and then smiled: "Very good!" It's a pity, I'm cautious, not suitable for the way of war, I'm good at internal politics! I haven't faced him on the battlefield, maybe I won't understand you, right? ”

"It's o!" , Xu Shu was silent, and said after a while: "Actually, what I want to say is that as long as Li Huaide is not dead, Shu Kingdom will definitely have no chance!" It's too wicked, and I don't have the confidence to defeat him anyway! ”

"Don't be so faithless!" , Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and smiled like a spring breeze: "But for the survival of Shu, we still have to do everything we can to defeat him!" Isn't it? Yuan straight? ”

Xu Shu furrowed his brows: "Why do you have to think about defeating them?" In fact, there is still a way to go in Shu A Cao Pi, Li Huaide is broad-minded, perhaps"

"Shut up!" , Zhuge Liang suddenly changed color and scolded angrily: "Do you want to make soft bones?" Or do you want to be a slave? This is a nation that has been built with the painstaking efforts of several generations, and it has been entrusted to us by our ancestors."

"It seems that there is a deviation in our concept!" , Xu Shu didn't listen to Zhuge Liang's preaching, and interrupted him: "You have also seen the tragedy of the first battle in Nanjun, no matter how much we fight, we are the descendants of Han after all!" Have you noticed a message that Cao Chong and we said in our letter?

Xianbei into Kebineng, Budugen, Hu into Hu, Xiongnu into them, Karasuma into them in response to Cao Chong's uprising, the soldiers and horses occupied the main part of Cao Chong's rebel army, nearly 100,000 people! This is still the result of Li Huaide's fierce battle against the Saibei pit and killing millions of people

It is only now that I have suddenly realized why Li Huaide slaughtered those aliens without hesitating his reputation, the reason is that in the nearly 50 years of war, too many Han people have died! Do you understand? Too many deaths!

Even if we fail to unify in the future, it will be very difficult to face those alien races, in short—we will destroy the country and destroy the species! This is definitely not alarmist! You know in your own heart that it is only a place in Shuzhong, because the number of dead and wounded in the perennial attack is not less than one million! ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Xu Shu in a daze: "Eat Junlu, loyal to the monarch, I can't wait", halfway through the words, Zhuge Liang himself couldn't go on, the difference between a strategist and a military general lies in this, no matter what kind of general, even if it is a general, handsome, what they are keen on is nothing more than war and other things, and strategists

Sometimes they have to plan not only for themselves, for the soldiers, for the princes, but also for the country and for the young! A top-level strategist must have these five points, and these five points are also known as the five strategies of a strategist!

Zhuge Liang has his own unique views on both internal affairs and war, and he also has long-term plans for the future, otherwise he would not strongly recommend Liu Chan to strike first, but now he is also confused; Unlike Xu Shu, who has always traveled outside and seen countless miserable scenes in his early years, Zhuge Liang has not been a jade food since he was a child, but he is also worry-free, and after becoming Liu Bei's staff, he often sits in the base camp, and he naturally has a different perception from Xu Shu; Xu Shu is now a close neighbor who is sad and compassionate, he is very pessimistic now, not only limited to the future of Shu, but also this death, Zhuge Liang can understand his feelings, but he can't agree with his feelings, so the common concept between them that used to support the Han family collapsed at this moment; The so-called Kuang Fu Han Room is just a pretense, and no one cares about it

"Are you going to take action, or are you going to say it in passing?" , Zhuge Liang became very serious, and even some anger and warning emotions were contained in it, Zhuge Liang has always been a very restrained entry, never said so sharp, but Xu Shu was still shocked by him; It's hard to imagine what the consequences would be if Xu Shu said that I was here to invite you to take practical actions together! Xu Shu opened his mouth and whispered, "I didn't say anything else, how could it be?"

"I need you to take action!" , A childish voice sounded behind Erjin, which made them suddenly startled, this voice is very familiar - Liu Chan! The Emperor of Shu! The one they faithfully assisted!

"Minister! See Your Majesty! Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu hurriedly bowed, and Xu Shu even knelt down on one knee and said ashamedly: "The minister is guilty"

Liu Chan's expression did not show a trace of naughty childishness, more majesty and maturity, helped Xu Shu up, Liu Chan said: "Actually, I think the same as you, but there are many people in the country who are not giving up!"

Hehe! I was too tired to be the emperor, I was not happy at all, and the heavy burden obviously did not fight against me, because I was afraid of pain! I? I'd still prefer to be myself! I don't want to be me, because I know I'm not a good emperor, not now, and not in the future! ”

"Your Majesty", Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were very surprised, dumbfounded, and muttered to themselves, no matter how the war failed, they had never been so lost, but Liu Chan's words really deeply pierced their hearts!

They don't want to sit in that position at all, and they don't have the same thing called ambition at all

Liu Chan stuck out his tongue, like a child after making a mistake: "Hehe! Don't be like that! Mr. Xu, Mr. Zhuge , surrender is not a bad thing, I know that I may be sorry for my father by doing this, but I can be worthy of the people, from this point of view, this is called righteousness! Yes and no? ”

The naughty tone, accompanied by a grimace, although it is an emperor's clothes, it can't hide that he is just a child, Zhuge Liang is a little distracted, yes! He's just a kid! Isn't it too cruel to let him endure so much at such a young age?

"The reason why I didn't dare to say this before, is because the scholars in Shu don't allow it, and neither do the second and third uncles, but we can't take the lives of the people to win the future, that's too cruel! For them - not fair! ”； Liu Chan is smart, and the reason why he looks stupid is because there is a kind of wisdom called - great wisdom is foolish! He's never been the stupid guy, and he's not the kind of stupid guy, even if he's small, he's mature enough!

The left and right prime ministers of Shu Han were stupid, they never found out that their White Spoon Emperor would be such a person who didn't know how to describe it!

Liu Chan said indifferently: "I need your white spoon support now!" The scholars in Shu still have great ambitions, and the second and third uncles also need to be persuaded to talk about returning to Wei now, you can't stand it; But now is really the best chance! We don't have the conditions to win, and we don't have the belief to win, even if we have Cao Chong's army now, but these can't be used as bargaining chips to win!

The subject country still has this good strength, and it is enough to become a bargaining chip for our lives, if we really wait until we have no strength at all, even if you don't say it, I won't be stupid enough to surrender to the Wei State, and waiting for us to wait for us can only die."

Liu Chan muttered a lot, and the rules were clear, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were completely shocked, because these things Liu Chan came to a conclusion from the few words they heard in the white spoon conversation - what a genius!

"What do you think of all that? Or what are you going to do? Liu Chan looked at the two good ministers and famous ministers who did their best to assist him with interest; Xu Shu Nunu mouthed and said: "Your Majesty is really a talent, if you can put your wisdom on the important task of reviving the Shu Kingdom, the minister will do his best to assist!" ”

Liu Chan: "Emperor? I just want to be an Anlehou! A gentleman! Driving an eagle and walking birds, zìyóu is at ease, the position of the emperor is not as fun as you imagined! I hate the feeling of taking on so much to sit in that position! ”

"The king called the minister to die, the minister had to die, and His Majesty wanted to do what the minister didn't dare to disobey!" , Zhuge Liang sighed on the side; "That's good! Order the army to temporarily hold the Xiameng Pass! Don't be reckless! The two of you enter and leave the Wei State and go directly to Tongguan, I think Li Yu and Li Huaide are there now! Make our white spoon requests, or test them first!

Well, put it this way! If they can quickly quell the rebellion and show their white spoon strength, our Shu State will definitely follow the will of the people! Contribute your own strength to the unification of the next one! Liu Chan said;

In Hedong County, Cao Chong's army had just marched here, and Kebineng had 30,000 Xianbei rangers, but they were defeated and almost wiped out! These peoples born on horseback were brutally humiliated in the way they are best at!

Cao Chong's calm gaze, calm and unadulterated purity, in front of him were more than a dozen leaders of foreign races who had asked for their orders to fight, including Kebineng's old rival Bu Dugen, who were all well-known commanders in the Xianbei tribe; "The Wei army has been stationed in Tongguan, and the soldiers and horses of Gao Shun's headquarters have also withdrawn to Tongguan, which is equivalent to saying that the connection between us and Shu has been cut off! I'm wondering now if I turned the horse's head and rushed to Xuchang! Cao Chong laughed; It takes a lot of time, and the supply of food and grass is not enough, and there is no turning back from the bow! Childe, we can't toss anymore! Yang Xiu said on the side: "You can't retreat, you can't retreat at all!" There is no way back! ”

"Huh! Just kidding! Xiahou Yuan's troops have been harassing us, I mean find a way to deal with them as soon as possible! You tell me? Cao Chong smiled, Yang Xiu pursed his lips: "There's no need for that, it's close to Tongguan, Xiahou Yuan's goal has been achieved, let's think about how to capture Tongguan and get in touch with the Shu army!" ”

Fighting alone, the logistics supply line is not guaranteed, there are many internal factions, and there are many kinds of bad signs of ill-intentioned people that the combat effectiveness of the rebels is really not very strong, or it is very powerful to pull out 350,000 people alone, but one plus one is not necessarily equal to two, and sometimes it will be less than two; To be honest, Cao Chong is only the nominal leader, in essence, he can't control these entries at all, whether it is the power of those nomadic aliens outside the Sai or the local warriors, he can't control it, but all the entries must respect his opinion, because he represents the righteousness and is the banner of their uprising; "Tongguan o! The city is high and strong, the slope is very high, if the attack is a back attack, the cavalry is considered to be useless, not far from him is Fenglingdu, a crossing of the Yellow River that can be crossed, but there has always been a heavy guard

In that place, Xiliang Han Sui and Ma Teng's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were beaten by Mr. Huaide's fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, and they fled in embarrassment, hiding in Xiliang for several years without respite! It doesn't seem like a good idea to start a battle there! Cao Chong said with a smile;

Just when Cao Chong was still discussing the attack on Tongguan, the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Yu set off from Xuchang and hurried to Tongguan, accompanied by his thousand sons Cao Zhang and Wei Yan; "Bang bang bang", the sound of rapid horses' hooves came from the field, Wei Changchang waved his knife, and his eyes narrowed: "There are not many voices to hear!" Array! Get ready to meet the enemy! ”

Li Yu stuck his head out of the carriage, still looking sluggish, and smiled: "Wen Chang! It may be Miaocai, Zhongwu is coming! Cao Chong was not found along the way, and it seems that they have successfully delayed the movement of the rebels! ”

Having said that, Wei Yan still ordered the soldiers to surround Li Yu in the middle, set up a formation, and once they found out that it was the enemy, they immediately launched a charge, or just ran away

Yan Zhiling, the equipment of the phoenix fire cloak coquettish bag shows the identity of the enter, you can see from a long distance that this is Lu Bin, Li Yu curled the corners of his mouth slightly, remembering his cheap brother Lu Bu in the past; Cao Zhang was a little excited, and rode his horse directly to meet him, he studied under Lu Bu, among Lu Bu's apprentices, the most powerful is Ma Chao at the peak, but Ma Chao himself is a powerful thing, Lu Bu only gave him some experience, Ma Chao did not really inherit his mantle; And Cao Zhang and Lu Bin are the two of them who inherited Lu Bu's mantle!

"Bump!" , a loud bang, sounded in the field, like a phoenix roaring! Lu Bin, who was also happy to see Hunting Heart, also rushed over when Cao Zhang rushed out, and the two entered-for-tat and exchanged hands! (To be continued)

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