Zhuge Liang felt his heart suddenly stop, an inexplicable palpitation, and cold sweat poured out from his back.

The worst thing is still here.

For a while, Zhuge Liang felt that his brain was "buzzing", as if there were countless flies flying. The hand resting on the desk clenched involuntarily. A page was torn with a soft cracking sound.

Ma Dai and Yang Yi stared at Zhuge Liang intently, Ma Dai gasped for breath, the sweat on his face ran down his nose, along his beard, and slowly collected on his chin, gathering into a drop of water, dripping into the soil under his feet, and soaking into a piece.

Feeling the panic of Ma Dai and Yang Yi, Zhuge Liang forced himself to calm down, he took a deep breath, and slowly spit it out, going back and forth twice, and finally calmed down a little. He let go of his hand, slowly smoothed the piece of paper that had been crumpled by him, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled: "They are finally here." ”

Although his smile was a little stiff and unnatural, when he said this, he miraculously calmed down. His smiling gaze slowly swept over Ma Dai and Yang Yi's faces, and the smile in the corners of his eyes became thicker and thicker, as if he had seen a very wonderful thing, or maybe this was the result he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Ma Dai and Yang Yi looked at each other, and they were a little confused. Is the prime minister happy, or is he scared stupid? As soon as the Wei reinforcements arrived, Shangqi City was more difficult to overcome, and the stalemate in Longyou was about to be broken, but it was a change to a situation that was unfavorable to one's own side. Can he still laugh at this time?

"Prime Minister?" Yang Yi called out tentatively.

"You're so nervous." Zhuge Liang laughed out loud, turned to Ma Dai and said, "Did you hear clearly, how many people?" Who leads the troops? Where is it now? ”

Ma Dai settled down and wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, as if he was a little frightened. He was indeed frightened, and when he saw the black Wei cavalry pouring out of the valley like a tide, he almost fell off his horse.

"Back to the Prime Minister. The leader of the troops was the Wei general Zhang He, all cavalry, about 10,000 people. Ma Dai thought for a moment: "When I found them." They are still showing their proximity to the south, and they should be a little closer now, less than thirty miles from our army. ”

"It's coming so fast." Yang Yi gasped.

"What's fast?" Zhuge Liang sneered, twisted his fingers and thought about it: "So to speak." He should have come around from the direction of Valium, and it took twenty days at most, and ten days at least. Although the speed is not fast, but this way of galloping, his physical exertion is only a lot. At the end of the strong crossbow, it is impossible to wear Lu Min. A tired army, what is there to worry about. ”

"Weishenme, he won't come from Guanzhong?" Yang Yi's eyes widened, and he almost shouted: "Maybe Wei Yan's father and son were defeated by Cao Zhen and the whole army was annihilated." Too late to send the information? ”

Zhuge Liang glared at him, and Yang Yi immediately realized that he had lost his words, and quickly closed his mouth tightly and lowered his head. Zhuge Liang said lightly: "I believe that General Zhao and Wei Yan and Wei Ba father and son, they are the most outstanding generals in the three generations of my Han Dynasty. With the three of them guarding the pass, I believe that even if Cao Rui is personally recruited, it is impossible for them to not even be able to send the news. ”

"What the prime minister said is very true." Ma Dai bowed and said: "The subordinates also feel that they should come from the direction of stability, if they come from Guanzhong, it is impossible to come so quickly, and it is impossible to come so suddenly." ”

"It's still Jishan's Zhibing." Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Dai approvingly: "Then tell me again, how is the stable situation now?" ”

Ma Dai was infected by Zhuge Liang's calmness, and he calmed down a lot. He pondered for a moment: "Since Zhang He appeared here, we haven't received any news, so we must have rebelled again. Not only is stability so, but also Chengji and Luoyang counties. These people are the grass on the wall. ”

"A gentleman is virtuous, a villain is virtuous, this is nothing. As long as we defeat Zhang He, they will naturally return to our Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang stood up, slowly walked to the map, and was silent for a long time. Ma Dai and Yang Yi didn't dare to come out, for fear of affecting Zhuge Liang's thinking.

After a long time, Zhuge Liang turned around and looked calm. He waved his hand: "Ji Shan, you work harder, send more cavalry out to investigate." ”

"Whoa!" Ma Dai answered, turned around and went out. Cao Wei's reinforcements came, and his task was invisibly aggravated.

When Ma Dai went out, Zhuge Liang lowered his face and scolded sternly: "Duke Wei, I know you don't like the Wei family father and son, but you can't slander the Wei family father and son in public because of personal reasons." They are fighting a bloody battle in Guanzhong, how can you be so slanderous? ”

Yang Yi's face turned red, and he bowed down and said, "Prime Minister is angry, it is Yi who has lost his words." He paused, and then said, "Prime Minister, you really ...... Trust them? ”

"I believe in them." Zhuge Liang was angry, and his voice became louder: "Even if Wei Ba is young and frivolous and behaves at a loss, Wei Yan has followed the first emperor for many years, is there anything suspicious about his loyalty?" ”

Yang Yi was stunned and looked at Zhuge Liang a little confused. He didn't know whether Zhuge Liang was telling the truth or a lie, and he didn't dare to ask, so he had to stand there in a daze. When Zhuge Liang saw him like this, he was even more displeased, waved his sleeves, and gave an eviction order. "The war is coming, there is no room for loss of food and grass, you put your mind on the right thing, and you must not make mistakes."

"Whoa." Yang Yi responded aggrievedly, turned around and went out.

Zhuge Liang turned around and called the guards and asked him to immediately notify the Peng family of the Prime Minister's Mansion to come to discuss the matter. Before the arrival of the Peng subordinates, Zhuge Liang called Huo Yi from the recorder: "You check and check, when Zhang He should have set off." ”

Huo Yi thought for a while, and opened his mouth to come. "Prime Minister, we don't have direct news from Zhang He. However, judging from the military report sent back by Wei's army, when Cao Zhen's army arrived at Pubanjin, neither Zhang He nor Sima Yi entered the battlefield, so Cao Zhen only had 20,000 forbidden troops. Until General Zhendong's surprise attack on Pucheng, Cao Zhen still had a formed cavalry battalion under him, and it is conceivable that Zhang He had not set off at that time. Therefore, according to rough estimates, Zhang He's departure will take a maximum of twenty days, and it is likely that it will only take thirteen or fourteen days. Judging by his itinerary, he is in a very hurry, and the physical exertion should be very large. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, this was about the same as he estimated. Zhang He was withdrawn from the southeast battlefield and rushed all the way here, traveling more than 5,000 miles, more than 3,000 miles from Pucheng to Shangtai alone, and it took half a month to arrive, a journey of 2 or 300 miles a day, without logistical supplies, even for the most elite cavalry, it was a big test.

At the end of the strong crossbow, it is impossible to wear Lu Min. Twenty years ago, he used this sentence to persuade Sun Quan not to be afraid of Cao Cao, and now, he needs to use this sentence to encourage himself not to be afraid of Zhang He.

If Zhang He is just a tired teacher, then he has nothing to fear. Perhaps, it was an opportunity for me to take advantage of. Zhuge Liang's eyes gradually lit up. Unlike the self-confidence just now, he was not sure how much time Zhang He had spent just now, and the reason why he was so calm was more because he was afraid that Yang Yi and Ma Dai would panic and cause the army's heart to waver. Now that he has been verified from Huo Yi's mouth, he is really calming down.

Zhuge Liang paced back and forth in the tent, thinking about how to turn the unfavorable situation in front of him into a fighter plane. He thought about it, and suddenly said, "Young Chang, do you think we can do this?" ”

Huo Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly reminded: "Prime Minister, Ma is still in Yuzhong." ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, smiled dumbly, patted his forehead, and said, "Look, I haven't seen Ma Jian for a long time, and I miss him a little." ”

Huo Yi smiled and didn't say anything. He knew that the prime minister's most trusted person was Ma Tan, and he was willing to discuss anything with Ma Tan. However, he himself has some different views on Ma Yan, and he just doesn't want to put these views on his face.

"Prime Minister, the meeting is coming soon, do you want to prepare?"

"Well, I'm going to prepare." Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "Shaoxian, believe it or not, after a while, someone will definitely call for me to withdraw my troops." ”

Huo Yi smiled. There is no doubt about this, before Zhang He came, many people encouraged Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops. What soldiers are not expensive for a long time, what soldiers are under the fortified city, what is not good for the country and the people, what country is big, warlike will die, and so on, but Zhuge Liang ignored it, even Huo Yi felt that those people were open-mouthed, and took some useless scholarly words to make trouble, which made the prime minister unhappy.

"The prime minister has the world, so why should he care about a few rotten Confucians who don't know the times."

"Well, I don't care about them, as long as they don't interfere with national affairs." Zhuge Liang patted his forehead and said lightly: "However, if someone wants to talk nonsense and mess with our army's heart, it is intolerable." Zhang He came just in time, I want to see what kind of chaotic horses can't help but jump out and make nonsense, and clean up by the way. ”

Zhuge Liang raised his head and looked at Huo Yi. Huo Yi's face was calm, and he couldn't see any righteous indignation or nervousness. Zhuge Liang nodded secretly, although Huo Yi is young, he has a city government, and he is a native of Nanjun, so if he cultivates it well, he should be a pillar of the Jingxiang system in the future. His heart suddenly moved: "Shaoxian, what do you think of the current situation?" ”

Huo Yi was stunned for a moment, raised his head, met Zhuge Liang's gaze, blushed, and hesitated: "Prime Minister ......"

"Don't be nervous, I'm just asking what you think." Zhuge Liang laughed, "You are a general, and you have been in the army for many years, and your knowledge is not necessarily worse than Wei Ba, but you usually talk too little." Now there are no outsiders, you can tell me your opinion, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, it's up to me to use it. If there is a word, it is also haode. ”

Huo Yi bowed gratefully and thought for a while: "Prime Minister, I think this may be an opportunity." ”

"What chance?" Zhuge Liang looked at Huo Yi encouragingly: "Say it boldly, it's okay." ”

"A good opportunity to break the deadlock." Jiang Wei strode in from outside the tent and said loudly. He walked in front of Zhuge Liang, bowed his hand, and smiled. "Prime Minister, the reason why Guo Huai has not surrendered for a long time is nothing more than waiting for reinforcements. Now that reinforcements have arrived, they are naturally overjoyed. However, if the reinforcements they had been waiting for were defeated by the prime minister, what would happen to them except to abandon the city and surrender? ”

Zhuge Liang turned around and looked at Jiang Wei's young and energetic face, and couldn't help but hahadaxiao.

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