Wei Ba walked into the public hall and saw Jiang Wan who was busy, Jiang Wan's eyes were tired, Zhang Biao stood in front of him, and he was talking excitedly. Seeing Wei Ba walk in, Zhang Biao hurriedly put away his waving sleeves and saluted politely: "General." ”

Jiang Wan also stood up and bowed.

"What's the matter, so happy?" Wei Ba said with a smile.

No matter how good Jiang Wan's temper is, he almost scolds people in anger. Is this happy, is this happy, can't the general see that Zhang Biao is demonstrating to me?

Anger burned in Jiang Wan's heart, but when the words came out of Jiang Wan's mouth, they were still so calm and calm.

"It's nothing, Zhang Boda came to ask for military rations, saying that last month's military rations were less than 200 stones, and I had to make up for him."

Zhang Biao is Jin Dongliu's Sima, and he is responsible for leading the army's grain every month. Originally, Li Yan worshiped Jin Dongliu as the general of Pinglu in the name of the emperor, but was rejected by Wei Ba, demoted by one level, and was only appointed as the general of Pinglu. In this way, Zhang Biao's official position cannot be too high, but Zhang Biao doesn't care, he knows that Jin Dongliu is Wei Ba's henchman, and letting him assist Jin Dongliu is Wei Ba's trust in him.

Although it was not very honorable to use the Zhang family of Shu County to assist a poor scholar, Zhang Biao still happily accepted it. Zhang Biao is clear about the open and secret battle between Wei Ba and Zhuge Liang, and he also knows Jiang Wan's intentions, and he is also aware of the difference between two hundred stones of grain, he is simply deliberately looking for Jiang Wan's stubble.

This is not about Jiang Wan personally, on the contrary. Jiang Wan has a good temper and is loyal, and everyone including Zhang Biao admires him, but when it comes to the issue of position, they can't help but express something.

"General, I don't agree with Jiang Changshi's words." Zhang Biaoyi said solemnly: "What's wrong with the two hundred stone grain? A soldier only has one stone and eight buckets of grain a month, more than 200 stones, which can make more than 100 soldiers eat. In order to reduce consumption, General Jin has reduced the number of soldiers to a minimum. Now there are only more than 200 guards around him. He refused to withhold ordinary soldiers. Without these grains, half of the people in the guard battalion will go hungry, which will affect the combat effectiveness, who will be responsible at that time? ”

Wei Ba turned his head. looked at Jiang Wan. His face was also a little unsightly: "What's going on?" ”

Jiang Wan sighed: "General." The rations for 5,000 people are received once a month, which is also nearly 10,000 stones. When it is issued. It is inevitable that there will be some errors, and the error of two hundred stones is already very small. ”

Zhang Biao blurted out: "Then why didn't you give me an extra two hundred stones?" ”

Jiang Wan retorted unhurriedly: "Didn't give much? Didn't you receive more than 100 stones last month, and I didn't see you say a word. ”

Zhang Biao was stunned for a moment, and then said with righteousness: "I can allow you to make a mistake once, but I can't allow you to make mistakes continuously. ”

Wei Ba burst out laughing, raised his leg to kick, narrowed his eyes and scolded with a smile: "I think you are deliberately making trouble with Jiang Changshi, right?" If nothing else, get out of here. ”

Zhang Biao turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Wei Ba again. "Wait, Berda, there's something here, just in time for you to come up with an idea." As he spoke, he took out Li Yan's order: "The hussar general wants the Fangling garrison to attack Xiangyang, and he wants us to allocate some more grain and grass, you see, can we still draw it?" ”

Zhang Biao didn't speak, and looked at Jiang Wan. He was a human spirit, and of course he knew Wei Ba's purpose for keeping him here. He was arranged by Li Yan, Jiang Wan was arranged by Zhuge Liang, and if there is a right proof of anything, Wei Ba will not be passive in the future.

Jiang Wan pondered for a moment: "Although we still have some surplus grain, but there are people from the tribe who keep coming out of the mountains, we don't leave some food, how can we settle them when the time comes?" Besides, in case of war, food consumption will increase significantly, and there is no surplus grain reserve, in case Jiaozhou is too late to supply, what can be done? ”

Zhang Biao nodded approvingly: "That's true, as the saying goes, if you have food at home, don't panic." It is very dangerous if there is no grain storage for more than a month. The hussar general wants Fangling to send troops, so it is convenient to transfer it from Chengdu. ”

Seeing that Jiang Wan and Zhang Biao had similar opinions, Wei Ba didn't say anything more, and called Yang Xi and asked him to write a reply to Li Yan to express his difficulties. Then, he expressed concern about the battle in Xiangyang, believing that it was not appropriate to launch the battle of Xiangyang under the current circumstances, and that the situation might be better if he could wait until after the autumn harvest.

……

Receiving Wei Ba's reply, Li Yan smiled slightly and slowly folded the official document.

"What do you think Wei Ba really means?"

Hu Zhong thought for a while: "I think he really doesn't have much food." Since he took Yulin last year, he has been constantly transporting grain to Chengdu and Guanzhong, and after half a year, Jiaozhou's reserves should be about the same. Recently, the price of grain in the market has begun to rise, which is also related to the fact that there is less and less rice from Jiaozhou. ”

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "I'm not talking about this matter, I'm talking about his attitude towards the Xiangyang War." ”

Hu Zhong hesitated, he pondered for a long time, and then said cautiously: "General, I think General Zhennan's suggestion is old-fashioned. Attacking Xiangyang now, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve results. Xiangyang City is strong and difficult to attack, and the last time General Zhennan and Lu Xun joined forces to attack the city, Zuihou did not play a full job. Now with Meng Da and them alone, I'm afraid ......"

"Without Wei Ba, you can't attack the city?" Li Yan sneered.

"What the general said is very true." Hu Zhong smiled slightly, and took two steps towards Li Yan: "But has the general ever thought that the prime minister will train his troops in Guanzhong Tuntian, and when he waits for the autumn, the food will be sufficient, the soldiers will be refined, and he will inevitably go to Longyou." If Meng Da can conquer Xiangyang before this and go straight to Wanluo, of course, it will be great, but if Meng Da returns in vain, or even has a setback, then the general's face is ......"

Li Yan was stunned and a little worried. He knew very well in his heart that Meng Da was out of Xiangyang, and it would be good to come back safely, and he didn't have to think about such a good thing as conquering Xiangyang. In the final analysis, leaving Xiangyang is just an excuse to intercept grain. However, if Zhuge Liang sits in Guanzhong because of this, trains troops in Tuntian, and waits until the autumn to go on a large-scale expedition, then he has a very high chance of winning. Although Wei is also in Hedong and Nanyang Tuntian, the scale is obviously not as large as Guanzhong, and as for Longyou, the scale is even smaller, and most of them still rely on Hedong's support. The longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be to Zhuge Liang, and it may even drag Zhang He to death directly.

If Meng Da is defeated and Zhuge Liang is victorious, then wouldn't he be asking for trouble for Meng Da to send troops this time?

"So what to do?"

"General, I think you can use the name of the prime minister to use the army to collect grain in Chengdu, if someone resists, then of course they will blame the prime minister for his reckless army, even if the food is insufficient, the prime minister will not blame the general. As long as the prime minister loses, even if Meng Da loses, he must not be able to blame the general. ”

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and was silent. After a long time, he said slowly: "The plan is a good plan. However, the timing has to be right. He looked at Hu Zhong, but Hu Zhong looked at him blankly, obviously not understanding how to grasp this time properly.

Li Yan smiled, and his smile was unfathomable.

……

Outside Li Miao's small courtyard, Peng Heng and Chen Ming walked one after another, and when they walked to the side door, they stopped, looked around quietly, and saw that no one paid attention to them, Peng Heng nodded to Chen Ming, jumped over, and climbed over the courtyard wall, like a civet cat, landing silently.

He crouched on the ground, listened intently, looked around again, and soon saw the bedroom with the lights still on. The small courtyard was silent, except for the occasional sound of Li Miao turning the pages and the occasional cough.

Peng Heng got up, walked quickly to the door, and knocked on the door gently.

"Tuk Tuk!"

There was a dead silence in the room, and after a while, Li Miao's voice that couldn't hide his panic came: "Who?" ”

"I'm Xuanyu."

"Xuanyu?" There was a sound in the room, and I don't know what had fallen to the floor.

"If you don't open the door again, it's not good to be seen." Peng Heng laughed, crossed his arms, and leaned against the wall.

Before the words fell, the door creaked open, and Li Miao poked out half of his face, even in the dark, he could see the cold sweat on his forehead.

"What are you doing when you come back, and you still hate me?"

"Who told you to die back then?" Peng Heng pushed Li Miao away, walked into the room, glanced around, sniffed again, and couldn't help laughing: "Uncle, I've been having a good time lately, I can afford to read such good books and drink such good wine." ”

"Is this wine good, is this book good?" Li Miao walked over and wanted to block the wine bottle on the case, but Peng Heng grabbed his hand first, sniffed it at the end of his nose, and said with a smile: "Uncle has money, but he is still so stingy, my nephew has traveled thousands of miles to see you, and I still have to hide a little good wine." ”

"What do you know, Mrs. Xiahou is no longer in Chengdu, I can sit and eat empty, how long can I drink?" Li Miao saw Peng Heng's jiashi who wanted to swallow it alone, and said angrily: "Can you blame me for your Peng family's affairs?" It was your father who offended the emperor and the prime minister by saying nothing......"

"Liu Bei is dead, and I will dig his grave one day. But Zhuge Villageman is not dead. Peng Heng interrupted Li Miao and said straight to the point: "I came this time just to find out what happened to Li Yan, what benefits did Zhuge Villager promise him, and let him preside over Chengdu's affairs?" ”

"Li Yan?" Li Miao sneered: "He's just a self-righteous dog, don't look at him jumping happily now, sooner or later he will be skinned and eaten by the prime minister." ”

Peng Heng's eyes flashed: "How do you know?" ”

"Hmph." Li Miao smiled proudly: "You think this wine is for nothing?" At the beginning, I was entrusted by Mrs. Xiahou to go to Jiangzhou to let Li Yan send troops to support Wei Ba. I didn't understand it at the time, but then I figured it out, don't look at Li Yan thinking that he was very clever, after all, he was still used by Wei Ba. He wants to pull Wei Ba and Prime Minister to fight, and he thinks he is clever, and he wants to play these two people in the palm of his hand, how can he last long? ”

Peng Heng thoughtfully...... (To be continued......)