Xiahou Hui wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, read the newspaper in detail, and quickly came to a conclusion: "This is not like Li Yan's technique." ”

"Isn't it like?" Wei Ba was very surprised, in his opinion, this technique was simple and insidious, similar to Li Yan's style of doing things.

"No, there are high-ranking people pointing Li Yan behind his back." Xiahou Hui shook his head and said with great certainty: "I have had an indirect cooperation with Li Yan, and I have a certain understanding of his methods. There is nothing wrong with sending the battle report to the counties, but it is not his habit to make an opinion before others express their opinions. ”

Wei Ba was slightly stunned. Xiahou Hui's explanation is somewhat reasonable, but it is a little arbitrary, who said that habits can't be changed once, maybe Li Yan has changed this time. However, he knew that he was indeed not as sensitive as Xiahou Hui in this regard, what he was good at was to consider problems systematically and minimize omissions, and figuring out people's hearts was more important to intuition, and he couldn't tell the truth in the first place.

What's more, he knew that there was indeed a master by Li Yan's side: Yinbo. Peng Heng pretended to be a public servant and came to Lingling once, and he had already informed him of the news. Now that he knows Yinbo's identity, of course he will pay attention to Yinbo. Yinbo came to Chengdu from Wei, which intensified the contradiction between Li Yan and Zhuge Liang, which was indeed in the interests of Wei.

He didn't mention this matter to Xiahou Hui, this not only involves the Wei State, but also the safety of Peng Xiaoyu's brothers and sisters, the fewer people who know, the better, in case something goes wrong, there will be no suspicion between him and Xiahou Hui.

He didn't know if Xiahou Hui felt something, or if it was just a suspicion based on Li Yan's change in technique.

"So what are we going to do?"

"This matter needs to be handled properly." Xiahou Hui got up from Wei Ba's arms. Restored to the true character of a female strategist, calm and thorough. "It's not so much that Li Yan is forcing others to make a statement, but that he is forcing you to make a statement. You are currently one of the most important generals in all parties, and you have been torn between the prime minister and Li Yan, and he took this opportunity to force you to show your attitude, which is not an opportunity. ”

"He forced me?" Wei Ba scoffed and disagreed: "Daddy and Ah Wu are in Guanzhong, can I ignore their life and death and do right with the prime minister?" ”

"But the eldest brother is in Fangling." Xiahou Hui replied: "What if he suggests that you lead the troops out of Xiangyang?" ”

Wei Ba frowned, speechless for a while. Li Yan took advantage of this opportunity to bring down the prime minister. It is not impossible to tempt him with this opportunity to make meritorious contributions. If he explicitly objected. Li Yan will still insist on sending troops to Xiangyang, but it will be someone else who will lead the troops, and Wei Feng is likely to be in danger.

Wei Feng's thinking is relatively simple, although the relationship between the brothers is as good as ever. However, Wei Ba knew that Wei Feng was not too satisfied with the current situation. I held back my stomach and wanted to make meritorious contributions. If you are provoked by someone with ulterior motives. Wei Feng is very likely to fall into danger, and this is something that Wei Ba cannot accept. Dying on the battlefield in battle and being killed on the battlefield are completely different concepts.

"But I don't want to be tied to someone who knows I'm going to lose." Wei Ba said not very confidently. Actually, until now. He was also not sure that Li Yan would be defeated, history had changed beyond recognition, and he knew that he would not go in the other direction. Li Yan controlled Chengdu, Zhuge Liang was defeated in Guanzhong again, and it seems that there are not many opportunities to turn the tables. "I'd better stay out of it."

"It's not so easy for you to stay out of the situation." Xiahou Hui smiled slightly: "In the past, you did everything in the open, and it seemed that you couldn't offend each other, but in fact, it was just that the two sides were not at the point of life and death, and they were unwilling to break with you." Now the situation is different, Li Yan feels that he has seized a good opportunity to take back the military power in the hands of the prime minister, how can he allow you to be vague and not show his attitude. And the prime minister is the same, he needs your support to get through this difficult time, and you are still the same as before, he can only think of it as your betrayal. ”

"I gave all the food I could, and I didn't hide ......"

"No, your so-called bottom line is to ensure your own supply first, now that the situation in Guanzhong is urgent, can you still prioritize your supply over the battlefield in Guanzhong, watching the prime minister, Daddy, and General Zhao hungry and full, can you still ensure the supply of rations for the people with peace of mind, what market rules do you follow? At this time, can you still support Guanzhong without scavenging every grain of food? ”

Xiahou Hui asked a string of questions, and Wei Ba was speechless. Only then did Wei Ba realize that when it came to political struggle, his level was still insufficient. It's not that if you do what you need to do, you can leave the leader speechless, on the contrary, no matter how well you do, the leader can still find countless reasons as long as he wants to say it. Trying to avoid accusations by keeping yourself from flaws is undoubtedly an unrealistic dream.

Wei Ba glanced at Xiahou Hui and suddenly smiled. "Then what do you mean, support Li Yan and go out of Xiangyang, or support the prime minister, loot every grain of grain, tighten your belt, and support Guanzhong?"

Xiahou Hui also smiled, but smiled a little lost. "Whether you think about it from the perspective of the Wei State or from the perspective of the Wei family, I don't recommend you to do this. Whether it's Xiangyang or Guanzhong, you shouldn't be involved. ”

“weishenme？”

"The timing is not right." Xiahou Hui picked up a strand of hair and tucked it behind his ear. "Wei Weishenme is in a hurry to recover Guanzhong? It is because the prime minister is in Guanzhong Tuntian, once Guanzhong can be self-sufficient, it will be extremely difficult for Wei to recapture Guanzhong. Not to mention that the prime minister also intends to attack Longyou and seize the horse breeding land of Wei. Will Prime Minister Weishenme fall into the current predicament? It was not because of the destruction of Tuntian that Guanzhong could not support itself, so he could only ask Li Yan for help. With the forces in the hands of the prime minister, even if the right force of Longzhong is not caught, it is still certain to hold Guanzhong. He is pinning his hopes on you now, but you are only in the first year of Tuntian, and how much harvest can you have, it is better to wait for two or three years, accumulate enough food and fight again, and then naturally there will be no such overstretched situation. ”

"Wait?"

"Yes, wait! It is suggested that the prime minister temporarily give up Longyou Jihua and base himself on holding Guanzhong. In this way, there will be no need for conscription for the time being, and the demand for food will be greatly reduced. If Li Yan ordered Meng Da to go out of Xiangyang, or even said that Sun Quan would be sent to Jianghuai, the pressure on Guanzhong would be even less. This is the least costly solution that won't interrupt your tuntian jihua. ”

Wei Ba pondered for a long time, thought about it over and over again, and felt that Xiahou Hui's plan was safe. His career is like his son, just a toddler, he needs time and adequate nutrition, if he uses a lot of manpower and material resources to support Guanzhong or Xiangyang now, his growth will inevitably be affected. And when he grows strong and strong, he will send troops, and the initiative will be completely in his hands.

The basic strategy has been decided, and the next step is how to formulate the rhetoric, not only to appear selfless, not only to care about their own interests and ignore the interests of the country, but also to make Li Yan and Zhuge Liang feel satisfied, at least not to dissatisfy them. Wei Ba can't do this task by himself, Xiahou Hui can provide advice, but it's not good to handle it directly, so he naturally has to hand it over to Yang Xi, Zhang Biao and others.

Wei Ba immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, Zhang Biao, Jiang Wan and others came from all over the country, and even Zhao Tong, who was temporarily stationed in Chenyang, came in person.

Hearing that the prime minister's main force suffered heavy losses, everyone looked at each other with different expressions. Zhao Tong and Jiang Wan were worried, while Zhang Biao and Yang Xi were expressionless. After reading Li Yan's order again, Jiang Wan was very angry, although he did not scold, but his words were very polite, thinking that Li Yan was putting the cart before the horse. Xiangyang is important, but what is important? It is right to send troops to Xiangyang to deal with Guanzhong, but in the case of Guanzhong's inability to fight back, it is impossible to attack Wanluo with Xiangyang alone. The results of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition have proved this point, and if Li Yan insists on going his own way, it will only bring shame to Meng Da and others.

After careful weighing, Zhang Biao also partially agreed with Jiang Wan's opinion, believing that it would be difficult to achieve the goal by pinning his hopes on the Xiangyang army. But he is different from Jiang Wan, he does not object to Meng Da and others going out of Xiangyang to share part of the pressure in Guanzhong, but he just wants to control the goodness.

Jiang Wan was very dissatisfied, he thought that no matter what the real purpose of the Xiangyang army was, Li Yan was just trying to find an excuse for intercepting the flow of grain. As long as the war in Xiangyang is together, it will be difficult for Guanzhong to get enough food support. Doing so will undoubtedly cut off the back route of tens of thousands of troops in Guanzhong, and once Guanzhong is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Wei Ba listened quietly and put on a full posture until they were arguing and inseparable, and then he proposed his own compromise plan. Of course, this plan is most in line with the interests of Wei Ba himself, but it is also the most prudent from the perspective of the entire strategy, which not only emphasizes the importance of Guanzhong, and should give Guanzhong sufficient support, but also partially supports Li Yan's view. If diplomatic means can be used to urge Wu to send troops to Jianghuai and contain Wei, the effect will be better.

Both Jiang Wan and Zhao Tong accepted the plan. Especially Jiang Wan, as the governor of Zhennan General Shi, he knows very well how much strength Wei Ba has in his hands, even if he goes all out, it is impossible to meet Guanzhong's requirements, not to mention that Wei Ba cannot go all out. If he could stabilize Guanzhong and give Wei Ba a few more years to grow and accumulate, he would be able to provide much greater help.

After everyone's opinions were unified, Yang Xi wrote a letter to discuss military affairs. This letter was not addressed to Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, nor to the hussar general Li Yan, but was presented directly to Emperor Liu Chan. Of course, these two great names will get the transcript as soon as possible, but nominally, Wei Ba presented it to Emperor Bixia in the form of an official Shangshu, expressing his views on the current situation in an open and honest manner. As for whether you agree or disagree, of course, you must give sufficient reasons on the surface.

This corresponds to Li Yan's solicitation of opinions in the form of a newspaper in the form of a newspaper, avoiding the accusation of collusion in private, and this opinion was not made by Wei Ba alone - although this opinion was set by him and Xiahou Hui in the boudoir, and the others only discussed and approved it - even if anyone wants to blame in the future, it is not easy to accuse Wei Ba of using his own mind and treating the three counties of Jiaozhou and Jingzhou as his own independent kingdom.

Although everyone knows that this is true

(To be continued......)

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