Wei Ba stood at the head of Shangluo, looking at the lively Wei army position in the distance, but he was a little distracted.

It took Sima Yi six days to rush from Wuguan to Shangluo, traveling an average of more than 50 miles a day. That's just a little bit faster than a standard march. Wei Ba believed that this was only for the emperor's sake, and for the first few days of the march, he had been marching according to the standard itinerary - forty miles a day.

This is very different from Sima Yi during the Battle of Fangling, but it is not Sima Yi's cowardice, but a tactic of Sima Yi.

Wuguan is two hundred and eighty miles from Shangluo, and he is in a hurry, that is, he is a day or two ahead. Sima Yi would rather use the past two days to advance steadily, and come to Wei Ba unhurriedly with a posture of Mount Tai pressing the top, just to show the calmness of a strong man. The heavy sword has no edge, it is clumsy, and it has a strong strength, I don't need to be in a hurry at all, and it is not bad for a day or two, but I will defeat you step by step.

It's a psychological battle. Just as Sima Yi was not in a hurry to attack the city outside Wuguan City, but spent ten days building siege equipment and making preparations before the siege.

Outside Shangluo City, Sima Yi was also making preparations in an orderly manner.

Wei Ba withdrew from Wuguan to Shangluo, and the city defense equipment he built himself could not be transported, so he could only burn it. It was also impossible for Sima Yi to hurry with heavy thunderbolts, siege vehicles and other large equipment, so he could only make them on the spot after arriving in Shangluo.

This process is also a process of comparing psychology with each other.

Watching countless enemy troops cut trees, analyze wood, manufacture, and debug under their noses, thinking that once those weapons are built, they will be pushed onto the battlefield and start bloody battles, which accumulate day by day. The mental pressure that is amplified day by day is something that people who have not experienced it themselves cannot experience. It's like tying up a condemned prisoner there and not killing him. But let him watch the executioner prepare for it, and when the blood-smelling tools are placed in front of him, many people will have a nervous breakdown before the physical creation.

Sima Yi, who is good at speculating on people's hearts, is obviously aware of this.

Although Wei Ba is new to the battlefield, he is no stranger to these. Whether it is Master Zhao Yun or Father Wei Yan, they have all told him these truths. Based on what they said alone, Wei Ba was not enough to deal with such a scene. After all, it's one thing to hear about it, it's another thing to experience it yourself. The reason why he can really face it calmly is that in this regard, he is more confident than Sima Yi.

Shangluo's city walls are not as strong as Wuguan, but his preparations in Shangluo are more adequate than Wuguan's. There are more thunderbolts and ballistas, stone bullets and arrows are piled up, and Chang'an's workshops are still processing them day and night. With a steady stream of shipments, his strategic reserves are far beyond what Sima Yi can match. The longer Sima Yi prepares, the better it will be for him.

That's why he wanted to burn down Wuguan City. Not to burn people, but to cover up their own advantages.

The advantage on the surface is far less lethal than the advantage hidden in the shadows.

So when Sima Yi tried to put mental pressure on him. He seemed relaxed, almost casually. In the eyes of others, this is the demeanor of a general, and it is the confidence and calmness of Mount Tai who collapses in front of him and does not change his face.

After the counterattack on the retreat road, the prestige in the hearts of Wei Ba's soldiers is increasing day by day, although Deng Zhi has once again proved his strength with his achievements, but compared with Wei Ba, he is still slightly inferior, and he can only be helplessly robbed of most of the light by Wei Ba.

Fighting alongside Wei Ba was both fortunate and unfortunate. Fortunately, Wei Ba can give him a lot of help, but unfortunately he can only be reduced to a foil.

"Ziyu, what are you thinking?" Deng Zhi slowly walked to Wei Ba's side, put his hands behind his back, looked at Wei Jun in the distance, and asked softly.

"I'm thinking...... The war of Longyou. Wei Ba turned around and bowed slightly. No matter what kind of young hero he is in the minds of the soldiers, in front of Deng Zhi, he is a junior, and this etiquette is still necessary.

"Longyou...... It's really worrying. Deng Zhi sighed, frowning slightly. Ziyu, do you think the prime minister can ...... To win? ”

"Half the winner." Wei Ba said: "From the analysis of the situation of both sides, there are advantages and disadvantages, it depends on who can give full play to their own advantages and contain the advantages of the other party." ”

"In fact, if the prime minister retreats to Longshan, the advantage will be greatly increased." Deng Zhi turned his head and looked at Wei Ba: "What do you think?" ”

Wei Ba didn't answer him immediately. Deng Zhi's meaning is obvious, not to guess whether Zhuge Liang will retreat to Longshan and enter Guanzhong, but to ask him if he welcomes Zhuge Liang into Guanzhong. He arranged Zhao Guang to go to Longshan, the meaning was obvious, it seemed to block the retreat of the Wei army, but in fact, it was also to block Zhuge Liang's retreat.

However, this only has a symbolic meaning, just like the door is not locked, only pinned with a branch, blocking the gentleman, not the villain. If Zhuge Liang wants to enter Longshan, Zhao Guang will definitely let him go, even if he wants to block it, he can't stop it.

"I don't think the prime minister will retreat into the customs." Wei Ba also said with something in his words.

Deng Zhi sighed again and didn't say anything more. He already knows what Wei Ba means, and you are not welcome to come, but if you really want to come, I will not tear my face and turn you away. But he used another statement: Zhuge Liang himself would not be willing to come.

Deng Zhi also understands the subtle meaning of this. The father and son of the Wei family, including Zhao Yun, were originally a suspicious soldier and a bait to contain the main force of the Wei army, and Zhuge Liang's army in Longyou was the real main force. If Longyou is lost, Guanzhong, which was originally regarded as an abandoned son, has become his biggest gain in this Northern Expedition, so how to deal with it in the future? The father and son of the Wei family are the destabilizing factors of the Jingxiang lineage, Zhao Yun is the representative of the Yuancong lineage, and they are supported by the tribes dominated by the Hanzhong clan and the followers of the Heavenly Master Dao in Guanzhong, which are not the aliens that Zhuge Liang wants to see.

In this case, since there is a half-chance of victory, Zhuge Liang will not easily retreat into Guanzhong, he is bound to choose to fight with Zhang He, defeat Zhang He, and then seize the entire Longyou and obtain his own victory.

Besides, in Zhuge Liang's own heart, I'm afraid his winning rate is more than five or five.

In fact, to some extent, Deng Zhi also thinks so. Zhang He's cavalry broke into Longyou, which seemed terrifying, but in fact, when you think about it, it doesn't necessarily mean that terrible. Running thousands of miles is extremely risky, there cannot be too much food and grass, the physical strength of the soldiers will be very poor, the combat power will be greatly damaged, and the psychological deterrent effect is greater than the actual effect. As long as Zhuge Liang himself does not mess up and withstands Zhang He's pressure, it is entirely possible for him to seize this opportunity and turn the disadvantage into an advantage. And Zhuge Liang's perseverance, Deng Zhi couldn't be clearer. From the thirteenth year of Jian'an following Liu Bei to the death of Liu Bei in the third year of Zhang Wu, Zhuge Liang really took over the power, and he endured it for fifteen years.

This is not so much a crisis as a challenge and an opportunity to break the deadlock. Whether or not you can seize this opportunity depends on who is smarter, Zhuge Liang or Zhang He.

This is not only a contest between the two of them, but also a contest between Shu Han and Cao Wei, and can even determine the national fortunes of the two countries in the next few years and decades.

Deng Zhi was silent for a long time, and Zuihou said: "It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." What we should do, we have done it, and then it depends on the will of heaven and whether God blesses my great man. ”

Wei Ba was silent. He doesn't believe in God, God is too busy to take care of so many idle things. And in history, although the name Han has not died yet, it will not last long. If there is really God, I am afraid that I have abandoned the big man. Zuihou who can decide the outcome is still a person. Zhuge Liang and Zhang He have their own advantages and disadvantages, it depends on which of them can grasp the fighter and who can achieve this victory.

From a historical point of view, Zhuge Liang is not Zhang He's opponent, but now that history has changed, the liliang comparison between them is also different from history, it seems that Zhuge Liang still has a slight advantage, will the result change because of this?

Compared with the duel between Zhuge Liang and Zhang He, Wei Ba was more worried about the safety of Guanzhong. It doesn't matter if Longyou loses it, if you hold Guanzhong, this Northern Expedition can't be regarded as a failure. Longyou is lonely for thousands of miles, Cao Wei whip is out of reach, and there will be a chance to win it in the future. Guarding Guanzhong is fundamental.

However, he can't spare his hand to support Zhao Guang now, on the one hand, he is facing the army of more than 100,000 troops of Sima Yi and Cao Zhen, and facing the counterattack of the entire Wei State, it is already a miracle that he can support it, and it is impossible to have the spare strength to support Zhuge Liang again. On the other hand, the timing is also very bad now, at this time, is it to support Zhuge Liang or sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?

Unlike Deng Zhi, Wei Ba had little confidence in the battle situation in Longyou, saying that it was half the victory and the defeat, but it was just comforting. In his opinion, Zhuge Liang is positive, Zhang He is strange, and the hard power is almost the same, but in terms of soft power, it is obvious that a veteran like Zhang He has the upper hand. On the battlefield, the commander's impromptu response is very important, and this is Zhang He's strength and Zhuge Liang's short.

Zhang He has no logistics, which is conducive to a quick victory, will Zhuge Liang fight for a long time? Not necessarily, I'm afraid. If he wants to defend instead of attacking, retreating to Longshan is obviously the most haode approach. If he doesn't retreat, then the two sides are evenly matched on this point, and neither has much advantage.

Who killed the deer? Wei Ba was more inclined to Zhang Hesheng, although he didn't want to see this result. After all, the contradiction between him and Zhuge Liang is an internal contradiction, but the contradiction between him and Cao Wei is a contradiction between himself and foe. Once Longyou is lost, Guan Zhong will be attacked on three sides, and the pressure on his shoulders will be even more unimaginable.

With only 20,000 regular troops and 30,000 or 40,000 newly recruited recruits, he really had no confidence in the face of Cao Wei's hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded on three sides.

Alas, when it comes to zuihou, it is still the same sentence: it is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. Things have come to this point, regret, hesitation and other negative emotions are useless, all he can do is to use his brain, use all the resources that can be used, and hold Guanzhong, even if it is to hold on for one more day.

Because he knows that now it is not only him who is working hard, but Cao Wei is also working hard. Shu Wei sandpiper and clam are fighting, and there is a Sun Quan waiting to be a fisherman next to him. Everyone is fighting not only for strength, but also for perseverance, and whoever can hold on a little longer will be able to see Zuihou's victory.

There is a conspiracy between people, there is more power between countries, the strength is obvious, the strategy can seize the opportunity for a while, but it is impossible to always grasp the opportunity, Zuihou contest is still hard power and the wisdom of both sides to deal with the crisis.

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