Late at night, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Zhuge Liang paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. His originally tall and straight body didn't know when he arched up, and his steps were a little slow, as if he was carrying a big mountain on his back, and he was overwhelmed. His eyes were red, his eyes were like fire, but his face was so pale that there was not a trace of blood. The sparse beard suddenly had a lot of white beard, like residual snow.

Jiang Wei and Yang Yi knelt on the side, their eyes moving back and forth with Zhuge Liang's footsteps. Jiang Wei bit his lip tightly, with tears in his eyes. Yang Yi's face was pale, and her snort was heavy.

Yang Wei quietly knelt in a corner, his face was calm, but there was schadenfreude in his eyes.

Zhuge Liang has been pacing back and forth for nearly half an hour, and the monotonous footsteps seem to kick the hearts of everyone in the tent, and the rapid and slow breathing echoes in everyone's ears. His steps became slower and more unstable, and each time he turned, the shaking became louder and louder, making people worry that he would suddenly fall.

"Prime Minister, you can rest for a while." Jiang Wei pleaded. He didn't care about the faux pas, walked to Zhuge Liang on his knees, hugged Zhuge Liang's legs, and couldn't cry.

Zhuge Liang stopped, turned his head, and looked at the short urgent report on the case, his voice hoarse.

"Boyo, Mighty, you ...... Any good suggestions? ”

"Prime Minister, you can't give in." Yang Yi preemptively said: "The Qiang soldiers have been completed, the city of Ji County is about to be broken, and Longyou is already in the pocket of the prime minister." After capturing Longyou, the prime minister can gather the troops to the east, why do you need Li Yan and Wei Ba? This is a great opportunity to get rid of Wei Ba, and it must not be let go easily. ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head in disappointment. His gaze turned to Jiang Wei: "Boyo, what about you?" You think so too? ”

Jiang Wei bit his lip, was silent for a moment, and nodded vigorously. "Prime Minister, tomorrow I will lead the army to attack the city, and I will not give up if I do not break Ji County."

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and slowly spit it out, he leaned down and pressed his skinny big hand on Jiang Wei's shoulder. Gently pushed. Jiang Wei let go of his hand at a loss. Zhuge Liang returned to the case, bent down, and knelt down. His movements were slow, and there was a look of pain on his face. I don't know if it's because of the long pace time. There are some inconveniences in the legs and feet. Or for other reasons.

He sat down slowly, straightened up, and picked up the urgent report on the case. The urgency rattled in his trembling hands.

"Boyo. Wei Gong, this is not a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy. Zhuge Liang muttered: "Attacking it will be saved, and it will take advantage of the situation, he chose the right time too accurately." Benevolence and righteousness are exhausted, and he takes retreat as advance, and his grasp of the potential has been as pure as fire. Do you think I'll kill him if I don't agree? No, you're thinking too simply. Not to mention that Ji County has not yet conquered it, even if Ji County is in hand, we can't afford this consequence. ”

"Prime Minister......" Jiang Wei couldn't help but be anxious when he heard Zhuge Liang's accent was wrong. Zhuge Liang raised his hand and interrupted Jiang Wei's words. "Boyo, think about it, if Wei Ba and Li Yan turn to attack Jiangxia, what are the chances of winning? Which is more important than the credit for taking Nanyang? ”

Jiang Wei was stunned, but Yang Yi sighed: "Sun Quan betrayed the alliance first, and Wu conformed to the people's will, and then the defeat of Guan Yu and the first emperor was in front, I am afraid that all the soldiers of Xiangyang will compete for the first place and serve their lives one by one." Taking Wuchang and forcing Sun Quan to withdraw from Jingzhou was no less meritorious than forcing Cao Rui to withdraw from Nanyang. ”

"Think about it again, did Wei Ba and Li Yan take less time to take Wuchang, or did I take less time to take Liangzhou?"

Jiang Wei was silent, his face was gray, and he was silent for a long time, and then he said in a deep voice: "Wei Ba has a greater chance and takes less time." ”

"Since that's the case, then I can still ......" Zhuge Liang suddenly coughed, his face flushed from coughing, his hands and feet trembled, Jiang Wei couldn't bear it, stepped forward and patted Zhuge Liang's back gently, and sighed. Since this is the case, then the prime minister should not hesitate, it is better to take care of his health. There is a long way to go, and it must be the prime minister. ”

Zhuge Liang coughed lightly after a long time, he gasped, raised his face, looked at the blue-black tent roof, and muttered: "It's my fault, everything is my fault, and of course I have to bear this responsibility." The first emperor, although the minister has eyes, but if he is blind and does not know people, he is ashamed of the first emperor and bixia. ”

"Prime Minister......" Jiang Wei and Yang Yi couldn't cry, but Yang Wei sank his face and his eyes were gloomy.

The lights in Zhuge Liang's tent were on all night. Early the next morning, a fast horse rushed out of the camp and galloped towards the east.

……

Xijiachi, Wei Ba stared at the fishing line intently, his body motionless, as if a stone carving.

He had been sitting like this for half an hour, and had not seen any change in him except that his clothes had been stirred by the wind.

Fei Yi stood in the distance, looking at the urgent mail that had just been delivered in his hand, and then at Wei Ba's motionless back, hesitating again and again. He knew what this urgent report represented when it was handed over to Wei Ba. He didn't even know if he should hand over this urgent report to Wei Ba.

He'd been weighing it all night, and still hadn't gotten a result.

He sighed silently and dragged his heavy steps towards Wei Ba. Wei Ba remained motionless. Fei Yi walked to his side, opened his mouth, and was about to speak, when Wei Ba suddenly shook his wrist, the fish rod shook, and a fish was pulled out of the water, swinging its tail in the air, splashing everywhere.

One of them dripped on Fei Yi's face. Fei Yi didn't bother to wipe it, his eyes widened, and he watched the fish draw an arc in the air and accurately fall into the fish basket on the side. A soldier stepped forward in response, grabbed the fish, unhooked the fish, and hung a white and fat fish worm, and then said, "Young master, it's all right." ”

"Hmm!" Wei Ba didn't look back, his wrist shook, and the hook entered the water again.

Fei Yi was dumbfounded, it was not strange to catch a fish, but Wei Ba was able to lift the fish directly into the water and throw it into the fish basket with just his wrist, which was a bit of a god.

"Fei Jun, you won't come to see me fishing, will you?" Wei Ba turned his face sideways, glanced at Fei Yi, and said with a smile: "Your face is not very good, you didn't sleep well yesterday?" ”

Fei Yi retracted his mind, grinned, and made a joke: "Your fishing skills are getting better and better." ”

"It's nothing, it's just more practice." Wei Ba said: "If you are like me, one fishing is ten days, you can do it." Practice makes perfect. ”

"I don't have the patience of you."

"How can you do big things without patience?" Wei Ba put down the fishing rod and sighed with some emotion: "Perseverance, gold and stone can be carved." Persistence and focus, how many people can really do it? How can there be real achievements after a superficial taste. ”

Fei Yi's eyes flashed, thoughtful. He lowered his head, glanced at the military report in his hand again, and handed it over: "The Prime Minister's reply has arrived." ”

"You don't need to show me, show it to Sun Quan." Wei Ba said without looking back.

"You don't look?"

"I don't look." Wei Ba said lightly: "I don't watch, and I know what kind of choice the prime minister will make, otherwise, how can I sit here and fish with peace of mind." Don't I know that soldiers are fast, and the first strike is the strongest? ”

Fei Yi opened his mouth to stammer, he glanced at Wei Ba again, and asked without giving up, "How do you know?" ”

Wei Ba was silent for a moment, turned around, glanced at Fei Yi, and suddenly smiled. This smile was like a spring breeze, and the indifference on his face was instantly blown away.

"Because on this shijie, the person who knows the prime minister best is not you, not Jiang Wei, not Ma Yan, not even Mrs. Huang, but me." Wei Ba pointed to his nose. "The prime minister has big ambitions, people with big ambitions don't dare to take risks, and they won't do anything that hurts the overall situation in order to control anger with people like me.

Fei Yi narrowed his eyes, and had to admit that Wei Ba had a point, he had a good grasp of Zhuge Liang's thoughts, and almost no one could beat him. Before that, he couldn't believe that Zhuge Liang would accept Wei Ba's conditions that were close to persecution.

"Actually, to put it more simply, he is a gentleman, and I am a villain." Wei Ba shrugged his shoulders: "Normally, gentlemen disdain to fight with villains, the reason why I dare to be so presumptuous is because I know that the prime minister doesn't care about me." He paused, then smiled again: "Of course, a small punishment still can't be escaped, I'm ready." ”

Fei Yi didn't know what to say. The prime minister doesn't bother with you? The prime minister is afraid that he will kill you, how can it be so simple as a small punishment. However, he didn't finish anything, took the urgent report, and turned to leave. He walked very fast, as if he wanted to leave Wei Ba as soon as possible, as far away from him as possible.

He was unwilling to face Wei Ba as an antagonist, just as he was unwilling to face a sharp sword.

……

Fei Yi rushed to Jiangxia as fast as possible, calmly came to Sun Quan, and handed Zhuge Liang's letter.

Gu Li took the letter and forwarded it to Sun Quan. Sun Quan took it and first glanced at Fei Yi suspiciously, as if he wanted to see a clue from Fei Yi's face. However, he didn't see any flaws, Fei Yi smiled and calmed down.

Zhuge Liang didn't have many letters, but he reiterated the previous agreement, hoping that Sun Quan could abide by the agreement and cooperate with Li Yan and Wei Ba to send troops as soon as possible, and hoped that Sun Quan could help solve some grain and grass problems to solve the urgent needs of the Shu Han army. As a token of gratitude, Zhuge Liang gave Sun Quan three hundred Xiliang war horses, which were already on their way and would be handed over to Sun Quan by Wei Ba after arriving in Xiangyang.

Zhuge Liang also said that at present, the battle in Longyou is going well, and the reason why he besieged Ji County and did not attack it was not that he could not attack Ji County, but to follow Le Yi's siege of Jimo, attack the city as the bottom, attack the heart as the top, and prepare for the future subjugation of the hearts of the people of Longyou. However, for this reason, he is not very abundant in war horses now, so he can only talk about his heart first, and after taking all the Longyou, he will definitely help Sun Quan establish cavalry and confront Wei.

Sun Quan pondered for a long time, and he heard a warning from Zhuge Liang's words. Although these warnings were very subtle, not as naked and arrogant as Wei Ba, they were more coercive and convincing to Sun Quan.

"Since that's the case......" Sun Quan carefully folded Zhuge Liang's letter, put it into his cuffs, and smiled slightly: "How can I live up to the prime minister's fist." Fei Wenwei, you can tell the hussar general and the Zhennan general that I will lead the main force north on the same day and break Cao Rui with the hussar general. ”

Fei Yi bowed: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." ”…… (To be continued......)