Ships of all sizes laden with soldiers sailed down the water, and although the water was shallow in winter and the water was far less than in summer, the narrow sky overhead, and the echoing sound of the waves in the ears still made people tremble and could not help themselves.

Ma Jian held the hem of his clothes in one hand, grabbed the railing tightly with the other, and cautiously walked to Zhuge Liang's cabin. He shook the hem of his clothes, which was wet with the spray, arched his hands, and stood respectfully in front of the hatch.

"Prime Minister Qi, Ma Tan asks to see you."

In the cabin, next to the flickering lights, Zhuge Liang was looking at the map at his desk, and when he heard Ma Tan's voice, his fingers that were sliding on the map stopped, and his eyebrows frowned slightly, as if he had been pricked by a needle. Ma Tan's invitation to come in was so unfamiliar, so harsh, and piercing.

After a while, Zhuge Liang straightened up and gave Yang Yi a look on the side. Yang Yi hurriedly got up and walked out, opened the hatch, pulled Ma Jian in, and glared at him reproachfully: "Youchang, what are you doing, don't you understand the prime minister's distress?" ”

Ma Tan arched his hand, and just about to say more, Zhuge Liang beckoned, and while rummaging through the official documents next to the case, he said: "Youchang, come, I have something to ask you." ”

Ma Yan licked his chapped lips and sat silently in the position that Jiang Wei had just given up, but he didn't come to the desk as usual, just sat there silently, lowered his head, and waited for Zhuge Liang's inquiry. Zhuge Liang took out the report on Wei Ba and Ma Tan's tactical deduction, opened a page, and was just about to say something, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Ma Tan's stone-like figure, and the movements in his hands suddenly stopped. When Yang Yi saw it, he hurriedly went to push Ma Yan, Zhuge Liang shook his head, put down the report, and said softly: "Wei Gong, Boyo." Go and see where the ship goes. ”

Yang Yi and Jiang Wei understood, got up and walked out, Jiang Wei walked in Zuihou. I took the hatch with me.

Zhuge Liang and Ma Jian sat opposite each other, the light shining on the faces of the two people, the same thin, the same haggard.

Zhuge Liang gently placed the report on the table. Gently stroke the soft paper with the palm of your hand. "I read this report and benefited a lot."

Ma Tan bowed slightly: "The prime minister praised it falsely." If it is beneficial, it is also the suggestion of Wei to join the army, I will still be defeated after all. ”

"Young Chang, a lesson from the past, a teacher of the latter, you can learn a lesson and improve. Congratulations. Zhuge Liang sighed lightly, and then said: "I am the same. ”

The corners of Ma Yan's mouth twitched, and then he regained his composure.

Zhuge Liang continued: "You and I have been friends for thirty years, and there is no one who knows me more than you. There is no one who knows you more than me. I won't say much about the rest. I came to you to talk to you about this tactical exercise and the strategy on the larger battlefield. ”

Ma Yan raised his eyebrows, and his eyes gradually became smart: "Yes...... Koto is coming? ”

"There is indeed an intention to attack, but Sun Quan has not yet made up his mind." Zhuge Liang turned around and took out an urgent report from the pile of official documents and handed it to Ma Yan: "I think he is a fisherman and takes the opportunity to blackmail." ”

Ma Jian took the urgent report and quickly swept it. This is the news that Fei Yi sent back from Jiangling, Sun Quan was stationed in Jiangling, Lu Xun commanded 50,000 troops, and the forward had arrived in Wuxian. After Fei Yi arrived, Sun Quan didn't see him for a long time, and later Fei Yi broke into the camp directly to see Sun Quan. Sun Quan made a request, as long as Zhuge Liang agreed to his request, he could withdraw from the army.

His requirements were: he wants to be the emperor, and Shu wants to recognize his throne.

Among the Three Kingdoms, needless to say, Shu Han inherited the Han family - although Liu Bei was a little anxious when he was called the emperor, after all, his surname was Liu, and he also had the title of imperial uncle on his head. Cao Wei's throne was forced, but after all, it was the Han Emperor who personally issued an edict to seal it, and he also had his morality. Han and Wei are all emperors, but Wu State, which has one of the three parts of the world, is not the emperor, but the throne, and this throne is still sealed by Cao Wei.

Therefore, from a certain point of view, Wu was a vassal state of Cao Wei, and Sun Quan was a vassal king of Cao Wei. He fought against Cao Wei, that is, to use the vassal king against the central government, that is, to commit the following crimes. The throne cannot be equal to the throne, and he is invisibly shorter than Emperor Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Cao Rui of Wei.

Although this is only a nominal matter, and the actual interests are not affected at all, Sun Quan feels uncomfortable after all, since the Han and Wei dynasties are all emperors, of course he can't lag behind, and he also wants to be called emperors. Only when he is called emperor can he be on an equal footing with Han Wei, and the officials under him can also be added to the ranks. After all, the official that the Son of Heaven can seal is much better than the official that a vassal king can seal.

But the emperor can't close the door by himself, he is the king of Wu who was sealed by the Wei State, if he wants to be called the emperor, whether the Wei State is true or not, he must send troops to fight. The strength of the two sides is similar, so the key is who Shu helps. It stands to reason that Shu and Wu are allies, of course they should help Wu, but Sun Quan is the emperor, that is, he does not recognize the Han family, can Shu Han, who claims to be the authentic Han family, still regard him as an ally? If he also followed the army to attack Wu, then Sun Quan, the emperor, would be uncomfortable.

Therefore, Sun Quan wanted to win the recognition of Shu, so that he would not be afraid of the crusade of Wei, at least he would not fall into the dilemma of being attacked on both sides.

This is the starting point for him to take this opportunity to ask Shu to be the emperor. Shu Han is now in the most dangerous time, and he will definitely not refuse his request.

This is, of course, a blatant robbery while the fire is burning.

I have to say that Sun Quan picked the timing very well, and Shu Han didn't even have the capital to bargain. As long as you shake your head and express a little dissent, the 50,000 army led by Lu Xun will really do it.

"Sun Quan is really going to pick the opportunity." Ma Tan smiled contemptuously.

Zhuge Liang nodded.

Ma Jian raised his head, his eyes shrunk: "The prime minister is ready to promise him?" ”

Zhuge Liang didn't answer him immediately, pushed the official document aside, and showed the map on the case. "With the withdrawal of troops from Guanzhong, it will take me a month and a half to return to Hanzhong at the earliest, and another month to return to Chengdu. Coupled with the New Year's affairs, it will be at least three months before I arrive in Yong'an. If you don't agree to Sun Quan's request, I'm afraid that Sun Quan has already invaded Yizhou at that time. ”

Ma Tan was silent.

Zhuge Liang continued: "Not to mention that this Northern Expedition consumes a lot of money, even if the national strength can still support it, once we start a war with Sun Quan, it will be difficult to win without a year." In a year, we may not be able to support it. We need time now, we need time to recover. It takes time to stabilize Guanzhong, and it takes time to fight for Longyou and Liangzhou. ”

Ma Jian nodded and picked up Zhuge Liang's words: "And." Dealing with Wei Wu at the same time, for a long time, is a losing situation. If you want to catch this breath, you can only combine one to fight the other. ”

Zhuge Liang corrected Ma Yan's words: "It is to unite Sun Wu to fight Cao Wei." ”

"The prime minister is talking about the present. Or later? ”

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment: "What is the current situation, and what will happen in the future?" ”

Ma Jian smiled slightly: "If you want to talk about the current situation, naturally you can only unite with Sun Wu to fight Cao Wei." Cao Wei lost Guanzhong. will inevitably refuse to give up, coupled with the fact that the Han and the thieves do not stand together, and unite with Cao Wei, it will inevitably cause criticism. ”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and thoughtfully: "What about later?" ”

"When I gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, Cao Wei has no hope of regaining it, so I can only admit the reality. Until then. My Han occupies half of the country, and if we want to sweep the Central Plains and dominate the world, we will attack whoever we unite with first. It must be based on reality. If you send troops from Chengdu, take Jianghan first, of course, it is to unite Cao Wei, if you send troops from Guanzhong, take Luoyang first, of course, it is to unite Sun Quan. This must be based on the situation at the time, how can it be generalized? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled happily: "Youchang is still as far-sighted as ever, and his eyes are like torches. ”

If it was before, Ma Jian would have smiled proudly at this time, but today, he only smiled bitterly. Because he himself knows that this plan seems to be ambitious, but when it comes to implementation, there are a lot of exquisiteness. And that's all for the future, and it doesn't help in any way to solve the immediate difficulties. Sun Quan wants to be the emperor, if Shu Han doesn't agree, then of course there are many crises, and if he agrees, it will not be easy. Among the three kingdoms, Shu is the weakest, the only strength is morality, if Sun Quan is recognized as emperor, then this moral advantage will be lost, and Wei and Wu can only sit on an equal footing, each with strength to fight for the world, no one is more moral than whom.

Obviously, this will face a more heated debate, which is probably what Zhuge Liang is worried about.

"The alliance under the city, you can't agree." Ma Jian shook his head and vetoed Zhuge Liang's opinion with certainty.

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were a little more surprised. The reason why he and Ma Jian can talk is not only because they have been friends for many years, but also because they have a very similar way of looking at problems, and on many issues, Ma Tan's opinions will be the same as his. In his opinion, there was no better way than to agree to Sun Quan's coercion, and Ma Jian must have echoed his opinion as before. Unexpectedly, Ma Jian actually vetoed it.

"Why?"

"Sun Quan is cunning and untrustworthy, if he agrees to him like this, there is no guarantee that he will withdraw his troops, but he may have to make inches, while claiming the emperor, while Chen soldiers return, so that we can't deal with Cao Wei with all our strength. When we and Cao Wei are both defeated, he will choose the opportunity to attack. Attacking Han and Wei is all his choice, what can we do with him? ”

Zhuge Liang let out a long breath and nodded secretly. He also had this worry, but he couldn't think of any way to solve this problem, so he had to take it one step at a time.

"That'...... What do you think you should do? ”

"I can't agree now, but I can take this as a condition and induce him to help us defeat Cao Wei first. As long as he helps us repel Cao Wei, we will recognize his throne. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "Do we still have the capital to negotiate?" ”

"Absolutely." Ma Jian nodded lightly: "He can drag it, we can drag it out, as long as it drags on for two or three months, when Cao Wei is desperate for Guanzhong, we don't need to fight on both sides." At that time, Sun Quan will not only lose his trust in Wei, but also dare to defeat the alliance with me? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded again and again: "How to delay?" ”

"Scuffle." Ma Tan stretched out his finger and tapped lightly on the map. Zhuge Liang's eyes tightened, pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized. He couldn't help laughing: "Young Chang, your melee plan is really exquisite." ”

Ma Yan smiled ashamedly: "Prime Minister, this is also the content of the deduction between me and Wei Ba, but it was not written in the report." ”

Zhuge Liang's expression froze, and then he smiled again: "I see." That's no better, this thing is really missing him. ”

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