Zhuge Liang couldn't afford to fall ill, and all the heavy responsibilities of Guanzhong fell on Jiang Wei and Yang Yi. They hit it off, Jiang Wei was in charge of the military, and Yang Yi was in charge of the rest. Originally, this was a good division of labor, but unexpectedly, they soon had a serious dispute over an issue.

Zhuge Liang originally planned to launch an offensive after the autumn harvest. This expedition is very important, not only because of the important location of the annexation state, but also because of the territory of dividing the world with the Wu state, Shu Han Zuihou has not yet started a piece of land, and taking the annexation of the state, the task of Shu Han will come to an end temporarily, and he can take the initiative in the confrontation with Wu Wei.

In addition, Zhuge Liang planned to ask Liu Chan to move to Guanzhong, drive him personally, and take him out of Li Yan's control. In order to ensure Liu Chan's safety and ensure that the battle can be won, Zhuge Liang requisitioned a large number of men and horses as much as possible, in addition to the indispensable garrisons in various places, Zhuge Liang levied about 80,000 troops. Nearly half of these people have gathered near Chang'an, and they are stepping up their time to practice Zhuge Liang's newly created Eight Array Diagram, ready to set off at any time.

Now that Zhuge Liang is sick, the reinforcements Kirby can be wiped out, and the expedition seems unlikely, Yang Yi feels that these people staying near Chang'an have no practical meaning except for the difficulty of increasing food supply, it is better to let them go back to their respective stations first, and wait for the prime minister to get better.

Jiang Wei disagreed with this decision. Although Jihua has not really reported to the imperial court in this operation, with so many people transferred, Li Yan will know about it sooner or later. If you don't continue to report and enforce it according to Jihua, then it will be very suspicious to mobilize these people for purpose. Li Yan will not let go of this opportunity, he will definitely send someone to question him, and even give the prime minister a hat of rebellion.

Taking a step back, just because Kirby can die doesn't mean that the autumn offensive must be abandoned. Even if you can't occupy the entire annexed state, invade Hedong, and win one or two battles, it's better than nothing.

Yang Yi felt that Jiang Wei was unreasonable, spending so much money and food, and gathering so many people. Just to win one or two battles. Let you accumulate some military merits? Do you know how much this military feats cost? The prime minister made such a big move, it was for the entire merger of states, since it is impossible to achieve the strategic goal now, let's wait until the opportunity is right. How can you use it casually? Are you a child? Money is needed to fight a war. It can't be counted as a cost. Beat around with your eyes closed.

Although Jiang Wei didn't say anything, he ignored Yang Yi's opinion. In his opinion, Yang Yi does a good job of logistics. Just settle the account, you don't understand the war, it's better not to ask.

Yang Yi was really angry, he was very dissatisfied with Jiang Wei's stubbornness and contempt for him, and sued Zhuge Liang.

The two debated fiercely in front of Zhuge Liang, but Yang Yi didn't choose to speak, pointed at Jiang Wei and said: "You don't have Wei Ba's ability, but you have Wei Ba's ambition." Wei Ba is so strong, he didn't dare to take Nanyang alone, and he had to pull Li Yan out with him, do you think you can capture Bingzhou alone without leaving the prime minister? ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Wei became dumbfounded. If you continue to talk about it, it will involve Zhuge Liang's dignity.

Yang Yi also knew that he had lost his words, and it didn't matter if he compared Jiang Wei and Wei Ba, and compared Zhuge Liang to Li Yan, which was obviously inappropriate.

Zhuge Liang was silent for a long time, and waved his hand: "Boyo, according to Wei Gong's suggestion, give up this offensive and talk about it next year." ”

"That'...... If Li Yan is blamed, how should he deal with it? ”

"Let's be honest." Zhuge Liang closed his eyes weakly: "I am doing right, sitting upright, and I am not afraid of being slandered." ”

Jiang Wei sighed helplessly, turned around and walked out.

……

In August, at the junction of Changsha County and Lingling County in southern Hunan, on a small hillside, there were suddenly hundreds of elite soldiers. The soldiers stood on both sides of the road, one by one, their eyes full of vigilance and hostility. The military uniforms on their bodies are also different, one is the military uniform of the Wu army, and the other is the military uniform of the Shu Han army.

Because half of them were the personal guards of Lu Xun, the general of the auxiliary state of Wu, and the other half were the personal guards of Wei Ba, the general of Zhennan of Shu Han.

Today, Wei Ba and Lu Xun are here to discuss the transaction of pottery bombs.

Wei Ba was wearing a Zen robe, with a long body, except that his face was a little tanned by the Jiaozhou sun, his sword eyebrows were sharp, tall and strong, like a handsome young man. Lu Xun didn't wear armor either, he wore a Confucian shirt, and he looked like a middle-aged Confucian student. But the murderous aura between his eyebrows and eyes that had been tempered on the battlefield couldn't be concealed, and between his eyes opening and closing, a cold light shot out from time to time.

Wei Ba smiled: "General Lu, I'm really sorry to let you come all the way from the front line." Speaking of which, you and I have faced each other many times, and this is the first time that we have sat together as not enemies. ”

Lu Xun said lightly: "You can't say that, when we were in Xiangyang, we were not enemies. ”

"Haha......" Wei Ba got up heartily, "Okay, General Lu, don't say dark words in front of the Ming people." You and I both know that at that time, you were guarding against me, and I was guarding against you, speaking of allies, in fact, everyone wanted to trap the other. In my opinion, it's still an enemy. ”

"So, you didn't have a good heart from the beginning?"

"yes." Wei Ba said very calmly: "At that time, the new Guanzhong, the Wei army fought back with all its might, and if we didn't fight a battle in Xiangyang, how could we hold Guanzhong?" However, relying only on our Liliang, we could not force Cao Rui to put the main force into the Nanyang battlefield, so we had to encourage you to send troops. But to be honest, it's not a good thing for us to take Xiangyang. After thinking about it, I have no choice but to pit you. ”

Lu Xun smacked his lips, Wei Ba was so calm, he was embarrassed to say more. If a person is shameless, he is invincible, and the set of righteous men and gentlemen does not work against Wei Ba, if he talks too much, he will laugh at him, so it is better not to say it.

"General Wei, let's talk about business." Lu Xun was not interested in talking too much to Wei Ba, he was ordered to come to negotiate with Wei Ba because Wei Ba indicated that he wanted to talk to him, and Sun Quan had to let him come. The two of them talked for too long, or they were too enthusiastic, which would inevitably make Sun Quan suspicious. Lu Xun had no doubt that there must be Lu Yi's subordinates hiding in the nearby mountains and forests.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Wei Ba nodded thoughtfully: "First of all, the first question: you buy these fire bombs. Is it really used to fight Shouchun? ”

"I said yes, do you believe it?"

"If you say yes, I'll believe it." Wei Ba said without changing his face.

Lu Xun blinked, a little hesitant: "Weishenme? ”

"Because you are the Lu family with the fourth surname of Wu County." Wei Ba responded: "And we are not enemies now, we are doing business." I'm sure you won't use the same tricks you did on the battlefield against me. ”

"Well, I can guarantee that none of these fire bombs will fall on the heads of your Han army, mainly to fight Shouchun, but I don't guarantee every one. There are always surprises. For example, it fell into the river, or it was not properly transported and cracked. ”

"Okay." Wei Ba said very happily: "In terms of fighting Shouchun, I estimate that it will cost at least 200,000 pieces, and at most no more than 500,000 pieces." So let's take a middle number. How much are you going to buy? ”

"It depends on your price." Lu Xun was very vigilant. Wei Ba was not immediately told how much he needed. He knew very well that in fact he only needed a hundred and ten, and no more than a thousand at most. As long as it is enough for those Danshi to study. Wei Ba said at least 200,000, which is a lot of money. But he couldn't say that he didn't need so much, otherwise Wei Ba would definitely be suspicious.

"If you buy more, the price will be cheaper, and if you buy less, the price will be higher." Wei Ba smiled: "This is the rule of business, I don't think General Lu will be unclear." ”

"How much is that, and how much is less?"

"First of all, it depends on how much the general wants to buy."

Lu Xun frowned slightly and scratched his head a little. This one is open, and it's hard to change it. If it was cheap, of course he wanted to buy more, but he was afraid that Wei Ba would sit on the ground and set a sky-high price. He pondered for a long time before he said a middle number. "What if I want to buy 300,000 pieces?"

"Five hundred dollars." Wei Ba blurted out without thinking. Obviously, he was prepared for this negotiation and was not as forward-looking as Lu Xun.

"Five hundred? It's too expensive. Lu Xun shook his head deliberately.

Wei Ba smiled: "If you buy 500,000 attacks, I can reduce it to 400 for you, this space is not small, I am purely for the sake of your General Lu's face." ”

Lu Xun hesitated, although fifteen thousand gold was not as terrifying as fifty thousand gold, it was still a large amount. At least he believed that Sun Quan would not invest such a large amount of money.

"What if I buy 200,000 pieces?"

"Six hundred dollars."

Lu Xun thought for a while: "Can it be cheaper?" ”

Wei Ba shook his head: "I won't let it anymore." Don't call me mercenary. Since it is a business, of course, the more expensive it is, the better. Anyway, I don't have to worry about sales. ”

Lu Xun's heart moved, and he remembered the incident that Hu Zong was worried about, Wei Ba might also be doing business with Wei State. However, he was more inclined to believe that Wei Ba was blackmailing Wu Guo. After all, Zhuge Liang was preparing to attack and merge the state, and if this weapon fell on Zhuge Liang's head, Wei Ba would have to bear a lot of responsibility.

Just as Lu Xun was weighing, Wei Xing walked over quickly and handed Wei Ba a paperwork. After Wei Ba saw it, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Xiahou Ba has two hits, and he actually destroyed Kirby Neng at once." He turned his head, looked at Lu Xun and said with a smile: "General Lu, you don't need to be in a hurry, think about it slowly." Kirby can be wiped out, the prime minister is ill, and the war this autumn will probably end without a problem. ”

Wei Ba said, turned around, beckoned, and a soldier brought over two jars of wine and two wooden cups. Wei Ba smiled at Lu Xun: "General Lu, these two jars of melon slices of wine are what I plan to give to you, you can point to a jar now, I will open the wine, and drink a big bowl with you first." ”

Lu Xun smiled, he waved his hand: "Forget it, since it was given to me, I'd better take it home and drink it slowly." He pressed his hand on the sealing mud, lowered his head and admired it for a moment, then raised his head to look at Wei Ba: "You really want my life, you won't use such a clumsy method." Let's talk about the price again, I'm more concerned about this, you can't let me run for nothing. ”

Wei Ba crooked his mouth: "If the prime minister doesn't come out of the teacher, who do you deal with?" It's useless to buy a pottery bomb, so why not wait for a while and talk about it. ”

Lu Xun stroked the sealing mud on the wine jar, smelled the aroma of wine in the air, and was silent for a moment: "Three hundred thousand, four hundred and fifty yuan, how about it?" ”

(To be continued......)