It's been a while since Jiang Wei left. He was ordered to carry out a secret mission: to contact Kirbineng, the Xianbei commander on the grassland.

In the process of besieging Ji County and entangled with the Wei army, Zhuge Liang did not pinch Tian Yu at all, nor did he worry about Hao Zhao, no matter whether they attacked or defended, they could not take advantage, and his biggest headache was the elite cavalry of the Wei army led by Xiahou Ba.

These fine horsemen came and went like the wind, and the foot soldiers could not cope with it at all. Even if he worked hard to prepare the trap, Xiahou Ba was very vigilant, once he smelled something wrong, he turned around and ran, and all his hard work was in vain.

The initiative is completely out of his hands.

After several fruitless ambushes, Zhuge Liang listened to Jiang Wei's advice and contacted Kirbineng, a Xianbei man on the grassland. Kirbineng was originally the leader of a small tribe, but he was fair and fair, and he was quite popular. He is also good at taking advantage of the fleeing Han people, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger, gradually surpassing the handsome Budugen who is attached to Cao Wei, and he is currently the most powerful force on the grassland.

Kirby Neng has been oscillating between rebellion and affiliation, and his relationship with Cao Wei is not stable, especially when he has old grudges with Tian Yu. When Tian Yu guarded the border, out of consideration for the interests of the Wei State, he favored other tribes and suppressed Kirby Neng, so that Kirby Neng led 30,000 horsemen to surround Tian Yu in Macheng in anger for seven days.

After repeatedly ambushing Xiahou Ba, Zhuge Liang realized that to deal with the cavalry, he could only rely on the cavalry, and in the case that his own cavalry could not be formed, he pinned his hopes on contacting Kirbyneng. Jiang Wei went to the grassland to take on this heavy responsibility.

Jiang Wei strode in. With a chill. Zhuge Liang couldn't help but shudder. When Jiang Wei saw it, he hurriedly turned around and closed the tent door, squatted down again, and turned the fire up a little, then knelt in front of Zhuge Liang, glanced at Zhuge Liang, and said with a heartache: "Prime Minister, you have to take care of your body." ”

"It's okay." Zhuge Liang waved his hand, interrupted Jiang Wei, and said with some urgency: "Tell me about it." What is Kirbyneng's strength? Did you negotiate it? He looked at Jiang Wei's face and couldn't help laughing: "Seeing that you are in a good mood, it should be negotiated, right?" ”

"Fortunately, it hit it off." Jiang Wei smiled: "Kirby's life on the grassland is also a little tight. I heard that the prime minister beckoned each other. He said yes right away. ”

Jiang Wei briefly explained Kirbyneng's situation. Originally. Although Kirby Neng was attached to Cao Wei, he and Cao Wei were always at odds with each other, because Cao Wei had always adopted a strategy of checks and balances against the Xianbei people, the Huns and the Wuhuan people. Fighting back and forth, the biggest loss is still these Hu people. Kirby could read Han books and knew such a strategy, so he had always resisted Cao Wei, but he was forced to deal with Cao Wei for his livelihood. After Shu Han seized Guanzhong, Cao Wei's troops were tight, and the Hu people on the grassland were recruited to fight many times, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Hu people. Kirby was able to take advantage of this opportunity to induce Bu Dugen, who surrendered to Cao Wei, to rebel again, and assassinated the generals Su Shang and Dong Bi to pursue him, and was defeated by Kirbyneng's son Yu Lou Fu, and Su Shang and Dong Bi both died.

Kirby can seem to win this time, but he has to worry about Cao Wei's revenge. Once Cao Wei cut off the border city, the Hu people on the grassland will be in an embarrassment, at this time, Zhuge Liang's invitation is like a long-drought rain, how can there be a reason to refuse.

"Kirby Neng is recruiting people and will lead 10,000 elites to help." Jiang Wei said with a dry mouth, poured himself a glass of water, drank it all in one gulp, and then exhaled happily. "Prime Minister, with this 10,000 fine horses, Xiahou Ba will be broken, and Longyou will also start soon, and we can get ahead of Li Yan."

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "Boyo, Li Yan has already conquered Wancheng." ”

Jiang Wei was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "How is it possible?" He had been besieging the city for less than a month. ”

"It's less than half a month." Zhuge Liang took out Fei Yi's letter and pushed it in front of Jiang Wei: "The preparation said that it took him eleven days to besiege the city, and it only took two days to attack the city. ”

Jiang Wei was shocked. Although he had never been to Wancheng, he was not ignorant of Wancheng. Before Qin, Wancheng was one of the five capitals in the world, and it was a well-deserved big city, how could such a city be captured in two days? Could it be that Wei Ba flew in again?

Jiang Wei quickly read the letter, his face that was originally slightly red with excitement turned pale, his hands trembled a little, and his eyes were a little dull.

"More than 1,000 thunderbolts...... How is it possible, how can a Thunderbolt hit so far? What kind of weapons are these pottery bombs that can spontaneously combust? ”

Faced with Jiang Wei's series of questions, Zhuge Liang shook his head. He put the letter away. "Don't be surprised, boyo, this is the power of a hundred crafts. I have always said to you, don't despise the skills of a hundred craftsmen, but treat good craftsmen as talents, you just don't listen, now you see? Wei Ba improved the Thunderbolt and conquered Wancheng in only two days, once again proving the usefulness of Jishu. In front of more than 1,000 thunderbolts, even if Sima Yi had a thousand clever plans, he could only flee in the wilderness. ”

Jiang Wei's face was depressed: "Prime Minister, you are really broad-minded, and you are still in the mood to praise Wei Ba at this time." He helped Li Yan conquer Wancheng, and Li Yan only took less than half a year to return to the dynasty victoriously, which was a big disadvantage to the prime minister. Prime Minister, I said that I shouldn't have opened the net at the beginning, but now you see ......."

"yes, that's bad news." Zhuge Liang sighed lightly: "However, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to regret it, it is better to think about how to turn harm into benefit and catch up." ”

"How can you chase this?" Jiang Wei couldn't hold back his resentment, and asked rhetorically: "Now Li Yan is afraid that he is already on his way back to Chengdu." ”

"At least, we have a chance to conquer Ji County." Zhuge Liang seemed relatively calm, and he shook the military report in his hand: "Wancheng has fallen, next, Sun Quan will inevitably step up his attack on Jianghuai, and even attack Luoyang directly, can Cao Wei still free up his forces to save Longyou?" Longyou has no reinforcements to look forward to. If Hao Zhao still doesn't know the current affairs, then I have to be like Wei Ba and use a thousand thunderbolts to storm Ji County. ”

Jiang Wei's eyes lit up.

"Boyo, you let Yin Xian go into the city again, and explain the benefits and disadvantages to the Tianshui families clearly, so as not to burn the jade and regret it too late."

"Whoa." Jiang Wei hurriedly agreed, a smile appeared on his face, and he glanced at Zhuge Liang with some embarrassment. Just now, he seemed to be too without a city government, and he lived up to the prime minister's teachings all along.

"Although we lost a game, it is not yet known who will kill the deer." Zhuge Liang glanced at Jiang Wei deeply, "Boyo, is this more serious than the collapse of Mount Tai?" Let's look at it. ”

"Whoa." Jiang Wei bowed down with joy and convincing.

Zhuge Liang wrote a letter to Hao Zhao, telling him the news of Li Yan's conquest of Wancheng, and attached a picture, which was used to crack Ma Jun's city defense equipment. At the same time, Jiang Wei also let Yin Xian enter the city again, and sent a zuihou spy to those families: Cao Wei was defeated in Wancheng again, Luoyang is difficult to protect, and there is no strength to aid Ji County. Hao Zhao can be loyal to the country, do you also want to bury the whole family for him?

……

Hao Zhao gently put Zhuge Liang's letter on the desk and waved his hand: "Please Mr. Jin go and rest." He smiled at Jin Xiang again: "Let me think about it, how about it?" ”

Jin Xiang agreed. He could see from Hao Zhao's face that the possibility of success in persuasion this time had greatly increased, and Hao Zhao was really desperate.

Seeing Jin Xiang leave, Hao Zhao asked people to invite Ma Jun again and handed him the picture attached to Zhuge Liang. "Mr. Ma, this picture is Zhuge Liang's reply, look at it, there is a way to crack it."

Ma Jun took the drawing, only glanced at it, frowned, hurriedly walked to the side, spread the drawing on the case, and looked at it carefully. Although Zhuge Liang's drawings are not very detailed, in the eyes of a master like him, they are not much different from the real thing.

"Wizards." Ma Jun looked at it for a moment and clapped his hands gently: "This person is really a rare genius, he has a lot of opportunities, and it is really not easy to design such an exquisite machine." ”

"So, can you restrain Mr.'s design?"

"Well, no problem." Ma Jun raised his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "However, give me a little time, I can make his design better." As for figuring out a countermeasure, it will take even more time. ”

Hao Zhao nodded slightly: "It's okay, Mr. is on the way back to Luoyang, and he has time to think about it." ”

"Back to Luoyang?" Ma Jun was taken aback: "You want to abandon Ji County?" ”

"It's not that I want to give up, it's that I can't keep it." Hao Zhao let out a long sigh: "Wei Ba used more than a thousand thunderbolt cars to launch at the same time, and broke through Wancheng in one fell swoop, Nanyang has been lost, the Han and Wu coalition forces are approaching Yingchuan, and there will be no reinforcements sent in Bixia." I have the responsibility to defend the land and can die here, but Mr. is the hope to restrain Wei Ba and Zhuge Liang, and he can't sacrifice here in vain. Sir, I escorted you out of the city, and when you arrived in Luoyang, you could play a greater role. ”

Ma Jun was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a long time, he oh a few times, his eyes were a little dazed, and after a while, he suddenly said: "More than a thousand thunderbolts? Then his thunderbolt can hit at least five or six hundred paces away. How did he do it? ”

"This will have to wait for the gentleman to arrive in Luoyang and ask the hussar general." Hao Zhao lowered his head and looked at Zhuge Liang's letter on the case, feeling gloomy. After insisting on it for so many years, Longyou still lost it. As soon as Longyou was lost, the cavalry, the biggest reliance of the Great Wei, became a rootless tree and a sourceless water, and the national fortunes of the Great Wei Dynasty also lost half of its foundation. He glanced at Ma Jun and secretly made up his mind that no matter how much he paid, he would send this person out first, and he must not be allowed to fall into the hands of Zhuge Liang. Shu Han already has two Jishu wizards, Zhuge Liang and Wei Ba, and if he gets Ma Jun again, it will be tantamount to making matters worse for Wei

(To be continued......)