Jiangling, Shu army marshal's tent.

Liu Bei sat on the main seat, Zhuge Liang sat beside him, and below him were a group of Shuzhong generals who came to Jingzhou for the Eastern Expedition.

Liu Bei was obviously also very scruples about such a large-scale military operation by Yuan Shang, he had imagined that Yuan Shang might take advantage of the situation to raise troops when he was about to destroy Eastern Wu, but he didn't expect that Yuan Shang would take the edge of his sword and rush to send troops when his own side was stalemate with Wu's army, and it was difficult to distinguish the victory or defeat!

In this way, although it is not safe to send troops after the winner is decided, it has a miraculous effect.

At least, for the current situation, although the Shu State and the Wu army temporarily stopped fighting, they still showed an antagonistic posture, and they could not come up with a specific solution to this situation, showing a clear trend of three barriers.

After being silent in the tent for a long time, Liu Bei glanced at everyone before he slowly spoke: "Yuan Shang's intention is to come to dominate the world, and his ambition is not small, what can you do about it?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, all bow their heads and remain silent.

But it's no wonder that Yuan Shang brought the soldiers of the country, millions of people, advancing by land and water, and the momentum was monstrous, in the face of this rare situation, if ordinary people could come up with a way to scratch their heads, it would really be a.

Seeing that everyone had no voice, Liu Bei subconsciously turned his head in the direction of Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang swayed his feather fan, was pondering carefully, and saw Liu Bei looking at him, and then began to expound his opinion.

"Lord, Yuan Shang has come with a national army this time, and his momentum is monstrous, and he wants to complete his work in one battle, but because of this, he must be careful in his actions, so I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to show his flaws all at once, so. The top priority is to see the tricks and break them step by step! ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Then according to the opinion of the military advisor, how to see the move?" ”

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said: "Yuan Shang came this time, and there are many powerful strategists such as Sima Yi, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Xun Chen, etc. Looking at the world, they are all top wise men, and when they arrive in Jingzhou, they must have clever plans to offer. ”

Liu Bei hurriedly asked, "What kind of trick is it?" ”

Zhuge Liang was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "As I expected, according to the cunning Cheng of Yuan Shang and his subordinates, Xichuankou will be taken!" In order to cut off our grain routes, Xichuan traveled thousands of miles to the east, and it was already difficult to supply. Once the Xichuankou waterway is cut off, then our Eastern Expeditionary Army will inevitably be in danger, and this matter must definitely be investigated. ”

Liu Bei thought for a while when he heard this, and said, "Now the Xichuankou Road is located." There are Huang Quan, Feng Xi and other generals who will lead the naval army to garrison, according to the intention of the military division, but when the soldiers and horses are added to increase the garrison? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Reinforcements are inevitable, but this is the person who led the army." It must be a deep strategy, otherwise it is definitely not the opponent of the cunning Yuan Shang. ”

After saying that, I saw Zhuge Liang turn his head. Looking at everyone, he slowly spoke: "I want to choose a capable person to lead the army to the west, the governor of the Xichuankou waterway, to prevent the Yuan army from cutting off my grain route, this is a heavy task related to the comfort relationship of the whole army, I don't know who wants to go?" ”

When Zhuge Liang's words fell, he saw that among the people, one of them stood up, arched his hand to Liu Bei and Kong Ming, and said, "Ma Tan is willing to go." ”

When Ma Yan's words fell, all the generals in the tent couldn't help but look at each other a little, Zhuge Liang was a little surprised, and Liu Bei frowned slightly.

After a short time, I heard Zhuge Liang say while swinging the feather fan: "Young chief, guarding the Xichuankou waterway is a matter of importance, and it is related to the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in my army. ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei nodded, expressing his agreement with Zhuge Liang's opinion.

Seeing this, Ma Tan was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Lord, military advisor, a certain person has been familiar with military books since childhood, and knows the art of war, although the Xichuan waterway is not dangerous to defend, how can I not hold it?" ”

Liu Bei said slowly: "Young elder, I know that you are sincere in your meritorious service and have the heart to worry about me, but Yuan Shang came this time, and all the people under his command are famous generals in Hebei and the Central Plains, and I am afraid that you will not be able to defeat him!" ”

Hearing this, Ma Tan hurriedly knelt down and said, "The famous general of the Central Plains of Hebei is Yuan Shang who went in person, and I am not afraid of it." If you can't win, pray for the whole family to be beheaded. ”

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up, and he said: "Young elder, there is no joke in the army." ”

Ma Jian said categorically: "I wish to make a military order!" ”

When it came to this, it was naturally impossible for Liu Bei to stop it, otherwise it would have chilled the hearts of the generals, and Kong Ming immediately asked Ma Jian to write a military order and submit it.

After the delivery, Kong Ming said: "I will send 50,000 elite soldiers to you, and then assign a general to help you go." ”

After saying that, after taking a look, Zhuge Liang immediately called the general to say to the favor: "I know that you are cautious in your life, and although you have lost against the enemy Lu Xun and others in the previous time, you will not fall behind, so you will be entrusted with this important task." Thou shalt be careful to help the horses to garrison the mouth of the West River, and do not make the thieves anxious. Discuss everything and stop and do not take it lightly. If there is a plan, we should quickly notify the lord and me, if there is no danger, it will be the first merit of this crusade. Quit! Quit! ”

Ma Tan led the military order to go happily, Liu Bei immediately announced the disbandment, and when everyone was far away, Liu Bei said with some worry: "Military advisor, you have said everything to that point, and you are embarrassed to say something, but if you think about it carefully, it is inevitable that you are a little too negligent, with Ma Tan's ability, I am afraid that I may not be able to defend the mouth of Shu Road." ”

Zhuge Liang heard the words and said: "Lord, although Ma Jian is young, he is very strategic, familiar with military books, and is really a talented person, and he should be entrusted with important tasks." ”

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Otherwise, when I look at this person, there is always some exaggeration, and the feeling of talking on paper is just afraid that it will not be useful." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said, "Lord, filter it." ”

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However, it was said that Ma Tan led the troops and went straight to the mouth of the West River of Shu Road, and after arriving at the riverside water village, he immediately met with Huang Quan and Feng Xi and others who had been leading the Shu army to defend here.

After the mutual greeting was over, Ma Tan immediately led him to visit the water village, and after seeing the boats, he couldn't help but feel blessed and had a wonderful plan in his heart.

He immediately found a few people and said: "A certain person has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he knows Tao Strategy very well. Now the Northern Army is not good at water warfare, but the advantage is that there are many people, and it is not a surprise strategy and can not win, after I watched the water village, I thought hard about a way, and I will definitely be able to break the Yuan army! ”

Everyone was busy asking Ma Tan about his strategy.

Ma Tan said with a smile: "In the big river, the tide rises and falls, the wind and waves are endless, and many waterways are noisy, not easy to defend, in case the Yuan army steals in, the gains outweigh the losses, if we can match the big ships and small boats of our army today, or thirty in a row, the beginning and the end are chained with iron rings, and the wide boards are laid on it, so that the people can cross, the horses can also go, and the Yuan army can be stopped, so why be afraid?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but some of them said to their favorites: "What does it mean to join the army, to arrange a chain of iron chain battlefields?" ”

Ma Yan nodded: "Yes." ”

Over there, Huang Quan hesitated for a while, and then said in a hurry: "Joining the army, the method of chain warships, although it sounds good, but after all, no one has ever tried it, and all kinds of pros and cons are difficult to guess. ”

Ma Jian shook his head and said: "When the judgment continues, it will be chaotic, there is a good strategy and dare not use it, it is really a good plan to make no decision, a certain sincerity is not done, my plan must be feasible, the public do not doubt just carry out the order!" ”

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Ma Jian built a series of warships, and Sima Yi led Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin, three generals, to go up the river and lead the navy to go straight to the mouth of the West River of Shu Road.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at Xichuankou, a prospecting ship came to report, saying that the Shu army had sent a brigade of Yuan Jun to block all the waterways in Xichuankou.

After learning the news, Sima Yi couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly consulted with Zhang Liao and others.

Sima Yi sighed and said with emotion: "Zhuge Liang, sure enough, there are two times, we just set up a plan to cut off the grain road in Shu, he actually expected it, and he sent someone to block it so soon, it is really my fierce enemy!" ”

Below Sima Yi, Zhang Liao smiled slightly and said, "Rival? Not really, right? I think Zhuge Liang is much more powerful than you. I don't think you're being looked at all. ”

Sima Yi was furious when he heard this, and said, "What nonsense! Who am I, Sima Yi? The first strategist under the Yuan family! Looking at the world, there are only a handful of people who can be regarded as a fierce opponent by me! can be regarded as a fierce opponent by me, he Zhuge Liang ancestor has burned high incense for eight lifetimes! He dares to look down on me, bah! ”

Li Dian shook his head and said: "Now it's not a question of whether Zhuge Liang can afford to look down on you, but the other party is really planning to be one step ahead of us and send someone to occupy Xichuankou first. ”

Sima Yi shook his head: "The other party has been prepared for a long time, how can it be so easy?" Besides, these soldiers under our command are not very good at water warfare, and those who are good at water warfare have been taken to Soochow by Gan Ning, and the enemy is purely looking for death. ”

Le Jin thought for a while and said, "How about our soldiers divide into three ways and fight each other in a manner?" ”

Sima Yi pouted and said, "The momentum of the horns? Do you think this is a land war? How can there be a so-called horn and no horn in a water war? Once the ships disperse, they will all be destroyed by each one, and the fart will not be used! ”

Zhang Liao said: "Then what if we send a strong team to steal it?" ”

Sima Yi was even more disdainful: "Steal the past? What do you do after stealing it? Behind the enemy waiting to die? We are here to cut off the Shu army's grain road, not to run to other people's grain roads to let people cut it off, you ran behind him, did you eat and drink? You can't die! Have you ever read the Art of War? ”

Li Dian was furious when he heard this.

"It doesn't work, it doesn't work either. Then let's just surrender to Zhuge Liang as a little brother! ”

Sima Yi glanced at Li Dian seriously and said, "Do you really treat yourself as a sweetheart?" It's okay for me to surrender, the three of you were originally second-hand goods that surrendered from others, and Zhuge Liang didn't pick up rags, what do you want these broken shoes to do. ”

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