It may not be easy to propose an attack on Jingzhou, and Liu Wei asked Sima Yi whether Zhuge Liang was stronger or he was more sure of the use of troops.

If someone else asked, Sima Yi would have two options.

One of the options was for him to tell others that Zhuge Liang was not as good as him in the use of troops, at least in the first battle of Bowang, Zhuge Liang failed to defeat the Han army.

Another option is that he will humbly inform the questioner that he is not as good as Zhuge Liang in terms of using troops, as for Bowang's complete victory of the Han army in the first battle, it is that Zhuge Liang underestimated the Han army too much.

In the face of Liu Wei, Sima Yi knew that both of these answers were extremely inappropriate.

Liu Biao does not want his humility, nor does he want his almost blind self-confidence.

The answer that Sima Yi wants to give Liu Biao is an answer that is in between the two and is closer to reality.

Although he knew this in his heart, it was not easy to really make his words clear.

Standing facing Liu Bian, Sima Yi licked his lips, and did not rush to answer Liu Bian's question, but thought for a while before saying to Liu Bian: "Returning to Your Majesty, if you talk about leading the army to fight, then Zhuge Liang is afraid that it will not succeed!" ”

His eyes kept staring at him, and when he saw him talking, Liu Wei did not interrupt, but listened quietly.

Finding that Liu Wei didn't interrupt him, Sima Yi continued: "Your Majesty, Zhuge Liang is stronger, but it is stronger than him who knows how to command the army, and how to help Liu Bei win the hearts of the people!" ”

Listening to Sima Yi's analysis, Liu Bei still didn't say anything.

He had heard of Zhuge Liang's name countless times, but he never thought that one day he would face off against such a character on the battlefield.

After a brief analysis of Zhuge Liang first, Sima Yi continued: "Our army is going to Jingzhou, and the person we have to face is the Jingzhou army under Liu Biao. The Han Dynasty is in decline, and there is also a deep blood feud between Jingzhou and Jiangdong Sun, and under the continuous battles with each other, the Jingzhou soldiers are not without combat power! ”

"What I want you to say is Zhuge Liang!" Sima Yi brought the topic to Jingzhou again, and Liu Wei interrupted him and said: "Just talk about Zhuge Liang, how to plan on the battlefield!" ”

"No!" In response, Sima Yi hugged his fists and bowed down to first salute Liu Wei, and then said: "Zhuge Liang has been plowing the mountains and wilderness all year round, and he is quite good for the people's livelihood, and he is really worse than the army expedition!" This time our army entered Bowang, Zhuge Liang ordered Zhang Fei to lead the army to lure our army to pursue, but he didn't expect that if our army didn't chase, how would Zhang Fei deal with it. As for Guan Yu leading the army up the mountain and trying to intercept our army in the valley to exterminate it, it was a wrong move. If our army did not chase Zhang Fei into the valley, but lined up outside the valley, Guan Yu's army would have become a turtle in the urn. It can be seen that Zhuge Liang uses soldiers, but Erer! ”

After listening to Sima Yi's analysis, Liu Wei nodded slowly.

Although he felt that Zhuge Liang would definitely not be as useless as Sima Yi said, but in the first battle of Bowang, it was indeed the Han army that had all the initiative, and the Jingzhou army, in this battle, was always led by the nose of the Han army, and was finally annihilated in the valley.

"Majesty!" Facing Liu Wei, Sima Yi first analyzed that Zhuge Liang was not good at using troops, and then continued: "The reason why the minister said that the army went to Jingzhou is that it is not easy to break Jingzhou, and it is also confirmed in Zhuge Liang's body!" ”

first denied Zhuge Liang's ability to use troops, and then said that it was difficult for the Han army to break through Jingzhou, which was proved to Zhuge Liang, and Sima Yi's words made Liu Wei confused.

Tilting his head to look at Sima Yi, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and asked him, "Zhong Da can continue to speak!" ”

"Although Zhuge Liang is not a soldier, he is good at people's livelihood." Maintaining the posture of clenching his fists, Sima Yi said: "Liu Bei has been in Jingzhou for many years, and now he has some power, Zhuge Liang will serve Liu Bei, and he will definitely encourage him to take advantage of Liu Biao's ancestral business!" ”

"There is no need for Zhuge Liang to worry about this matter, then Liu Bei is afraid that he has already had this idea!" Smiling slightly, Liu Wei said to Sima Yi: "Over the years, Liu Bei has jumped up and down, pretending to be the name of the emperor's uncle, and swaggering and deceiving in the world, just to get a piece of the pie from the troubled times. When you arrive in Jingzhou, how can you not take a salary from Liu Biao's kettle! ”

"That's what Your Majesty said!" Before Liu Wei's voice fell, Sima Yi answered, took over his words and said: "Liu Bei has long coveted Jingzhou, and after Zhuge Liang takes effect, he will definitely contribute to this matter." And that Liu Bei, don't do it, make a good face in front of the people, but he is extremely good! ”

Sima Yi analyzed Liu Bei thoroughly in a few words, and Liu Wei nodded with satisfaction and did not interrupt him again.

From Liu Bian's expression, Sima Yi could see that what he said was speaking to Liu Bian's heart, and the anxiety in his heart was somewhat removed.

Sima Yi was a little apprehensive in his heart, and when he spoke, he was much more courageous.

"Your Majesty, although Liu Bei said that he had the intention to seize Jingzhou, and he had the ability to control Jingzhou in his hands, he couldn't make Jingzhou's soldiers strong!" First catered to Liu Wei's words and analyzed a few sentences, Sima Yi then said: "Zhuge Liang is good at governing places, and he is quite accomplished in governing the army, leading the army is not good at it, but governing the army is his forte. The battle between our army and the Jingzhou army Bowang is also to let him know the difference in combat strength between the two sides, then Zhuge Liang will definitely not see this matter last, and when he returns to Jingzhou, he will definitely help Liu Bei prepare the army and fight against His Majesty's army! ”

"I had the intention of killing Liu Bei, but I didn't want to let him run away this time!" Smiling slightly, Liu Wei waved his hand at Sima Yi and said, "That's it, don't mention this matter, Zhong Da and go on!" ”

Liu Wei asked him to continue, and Sima Yicai said: "The soldiers of Jingzhou were originally soldiers of a hundred battles, and what they lacked was nothing more than strict management of the army. Zhuge Liang only needs to spend a little thought, and the combat power of the Jingzhou army can be improved a lot! Our army enters the boundary of Jingzhou, if the enemy army does not hold out, our army will storm the city, and the casualties of the soldiers will be more than His Majesty thought! ”

Mentioning the casualties of the soldiers, Liu Wei's face became solemn.

He has led the army for many years, and the last thing he wants to see is that the soldiers of the Han army have suffered too many casualties.

In the past, Liu Wei personally led the army, and he would always find an opportunity to avoid storming the city.

Later, most of the Han generals led their troops to follow this principle, and the casualties of the Han soldiers in siege battles were often even less than those in field battles with the enemy.

"Majesty!" Liu Wei's face turned ugly, and Sima Yi then said to him: "If you don't want the soldiers to suffer too many casualties, when our army goes south, it must go straight to Jingzhou and drive Liu Bei out of the city of Jingzhou." Once Liu Bei escapes, all the cities will definitely fall one after another! ”

When Sima Yi said such a thing, Liu Wei did not speak.

It was not that he hadn't thought about it, but he sent troops from Luoyang and rushed all the way to Jingzhou, and there were too many cities to pass along the way.

If those cities were not broken, and they were just killed directly to Jingzhou, Liu Wei was worried that in the cities that were set aside by the Han army, the Jingzhou army would suddenly kill and attack the Han army from behind.

Frowning, Liu Wei asked Sima Yi: "Zhongda, in your opinion, if our army leaves aside the rear city and goes directly to Jingzhou, and the Jingzhou army attacks our army from behind, how should our army respond?" ”

"Hui Yu Xià!" Holding his fists and bowing to Liu Wei, Sima Yi said: "The soldiers of the Han Dynasty now have hundreds of thousands, and the Jingzhou army is only tens of thousands. His Majesty led the army to Jingzhou, and only needed to deploy defenses at the end of the army along the way, and the Jingzhou army resolutely did not dare to act rashly! ”

Sima Yi's strategy was to ask Liu Wei to win by numbers, Liu Wei's brows furrowed even tighter, and he was speechless for a long time.

There has never been a precedent for the soldiers of the Han army to win by numbers.

Even in a few battles in which the enemy was outnumbered, the Han army would have completely routed the enemy with very few casualties.

When he went south to Jingzhou, he actually wanted to consider defeating the Jingzhou army with numbers, and Liu Wei couldn't help but have a feeling that the world was about to be unified, but the Han army was humiliated.

There was this feeling in his heart, but Liu Wei didn't say anything, but his face showed a thoughtful look.

Xiahoudun, who was sitting opposite Sima Yi, listened to what the two said, only to feel that his brain was a little not very bright, and he couldn't understand many things for a while.

He didn't quite understand what Zhuge Liang could do when he returned to Jingzhou after the defeat of Bowang.

What he didn't understand even more was why the hundreds of thousands of Han troops, once they advanced into Jingzhou, why they had to deliberately beware of the Jingzhou army that came up from behind.

fought several battles with the Jingzhou army, and Xiahoudun looked down on the army that was almost completely powerless in Bowang.

Just as he was frowning and pondering why he was so jealous of the Jingzhou army, Xiahoudun heard Liu Wei ask him: "Yuan Rang, what do you think of the Jingzhou army when you lead the army this time?" ”

Blinking his eyes twice, Xiahoudun stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the last general fought with the Jingzhou army several times, and I really didn't notice how they were!" According to the last general, once our army goes south, the Jingzhou army will definitely be like a devastation, and it will only be three or five days after being defeated by our army! ”

Xiahoudun's answer made a faint smile rise on the corner of Liu Wei's mouth.

Unlike Sima Yi, Xiahoudun is a military general after all, and when he thinks about problems, he still thinks more from the perspective of a military general.

In the face of the Jingzhou army, what Xiahoudun saw was that the army had almost no ability to resist in front of the Han army.

He couldn't see the deep-seated vital points that Sima Yi saw!

Chao Xiahou dun pressed his hand twice, Liu Wei first motioned for him to sit down again, and after he sat down, Liu Wei asked Sima Yi again: "Zhongda, how is the matter of Jiang Gan who you appointed to Jiangdong on behalf of me earlier?" ”