Chapter 652 - Relatives in the Heart (Plus Change, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Yinbo was under house arrest in Linyuan.
Wei Ba arranged for a few guards to give him, saying that they were protecting him, but in fact they were spying on him. He could not do much but walk around the city every day, see the ordinary scenery that can be seen everywhere, see the daily life of ordinary people, enjoy the flow of people shuttling in the bazaar, and the merchants with different accents selling all kinds of goods. Those places that he was interested in would be stopped by all kinds of excuses when he was still a hundred paces away, and he couldn't even look at the shadow.
Yinbo wanted to protest to Wei Ba, but unfortunately this was even more impossible, if Wei Ba was training in the barracks, he couldn't even enter the barracks, if Wei Ba was in the mansion, it would be rest time, don't disturb. In a word, you can play by yourself, I don't have time to accompany you, don't bother me.
Yin Fan was originally going to use the banner of the hussar general to suppress Wei Ba, but he immediately found that Wei Ba didn't seem to take Li Yan seriously at all, at least he didn't have any nervousness because Li Yan's official position was higher than him. Li Yan's reliance didn't work, and Yinbo could only be at the mercy of Wei Ba, patiently waiting for the day he left Linyuan.
Like today, Wei Ba was able to take the time to see each other, which was really rare for Yinbo. But such a rare thing, but I was disturbed by an unexpected guest, and I couldn't help but pay attention to it.
It's not good for Yin Fan to ask directly, but he can ask around the bend.
"What, General Zhennan wants to send me back to Cao Wei as a gift?" Yin Fan deliberately sneered: "General Zhennan is really a corporal of Lixian, aren't you afraid that the hussar general will be unhappy?" ”
Fa Miao smiled: "Yuanfeng is too worried, this guest has nothing to do with you." ”
"Really?" Yin Fan laughed quietly: "That's to do something unseemly." For example, the sale of grain to Wei? ”
Fa Miao frowned: "Where did you hear that?" Rumors stop at the wise, and how can a wise person like you believe these rumors. Don't guess, this guest has nothing to do with Wei State. ”
Yinfan's heart moved, and he was about to ask again, but Fa Miao led him into a room, arched his hand, hurriedly confessed two sentences, turned around and left. Yin Fan's heart was nervous, and he immediately thought about it. It's not from Wei. Where could that be? The important ministers of Shu Han are not in Chengdu. Could it be the envoy of Emperor Liu Chan, or the person of Eastern Wu? Although Yin Fan didn't know what deal Wei and Wu had deals, he knew very well that in this case. Cao Rui will definitely appease Sun Quan first. so as not to be attacked on both sides. And Sun Quan will definitely watch from the wall. Waiting for an opportunity, the agreement between them could break down at any time. All Cao Rui can do is buy time as much as possible.
If it's from Chengdu, then Yinbo doesn't have to take it too seriously. But if someone from Wuchang comes, then the matter will be serious.
Yinbo was anxious, and the more she thought about it, the more nervous she became.
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Wei Ba and Zhuge Ke sat opposite each other, talking and laughing, not at all like an opponent who had fought for life and death.
"Xiangyang is in a big war, why is General Zhennan still in Linyuan?" Zhuge Ke smiled and said, "Don't you go to Xiangyang to get a piece of the pie?" ”
Wei Ba hahadaxiao: "Brother Yuan Xun, speaking of which, you and Bo Song are brothers, but when it comes to being a man, you are not as kind as Bo Song." ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"The hussar general's 50,000 army attacked Xiangyang, the soldiers were good enough to eat, the tactics were proper, it was easy to take Xiangyang, I just had to be a grain transport officer with peace of mind, why should I rush to follow the past, don't you say? Those who know say that I care about the hussar generals, but those who don't know think that I want to take credit. I became famous when I was a teenager, and I was already full of slander and rumors, so why should I provoke this fishy anger? ”
"The general is so confident in the battle of Xiangyang? Xiangyang is not so easy to fight, the auxiliary general was helped by the general back then, attacked for more than a month, and failed to take Xiangyang. Zhuge Ke smiled, and said with something in his words: "Could it be that without the help of the general, Li Yan was able to conquer Xiangyang, so that the general of the auxiliary country failed to take Xiangyang back then, wasn't he affected by the general?" ”
"One time, another." Wei Ba said without changing his face: "Yuan Xun, you must have never been to Xiangyang. ”
Zhuge Ke was stunned: "How do you know?" ”
"Because if you've been to Xiangyang, you wouldn't say that." Wei Ba roughly explained the geographical situation around Xiangyang, and Zuihou said: "The reason why Xiangyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack is because it has the cover of Da Xian Mountain and Wangchu Mountain in the south, and second, because the north and east are Han Shui, and the enemy cannot break through, but he can get support through Fancheng. Now the Wei army water division was completely annihilated by my Hanzhong water division, the Han water has been controlled by our army, Fancheng looks at the water and sighs, the Wei army has thousands of iron horses, can not cross the Han water, then Xiangyang is a lonely city. Since it's a lonely city, as long as you have enough time, you can definitely conquer it, don't you say? ”
The corners of Zhuge Ke's eyes twitched slightly, and the truth Wei Ba said was not complicated. He understands this truth if there is no help. If, as Wei Ba said, the Hanzhong Naval Division controlled the Han River, making it impossible for the Wei army to cross the Han River to support Xiangyang, the fall of Xiangyang was indeed only a matter of time. In that year, Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, Weishenme took Fancheng first, that is, to cut off the foreign aid of Xiangyang City, and then trapped Xiangyang. It's just that later, the troops and military rations were stretched thin, unable to meet the requirements of the war, and were attacked by the Wu army, which was a failure.
Now Li Yan has an army of 60,000 troops, sufficient troops, and Wei Ba has prepared grain and grass for him, without worries, Li Yan is patient, bite by bite, and he will definitely be able to take Xiangyang. If Xiangyang falls into Li Yan's hands, Shu Han will come out of the mountains of Hanzhong and insert a foot in this sensitive place, and the situation will be more complicated in the future.
Wu Guo did not want to see this scene.
"As for the auxiliary general, hehe, I want to say two words that are not inferior." Wei Ba turned a blind eye to Zhuge Ke's changing face, and continued: "The auxiliary generals have soldiers, of course, there is nothing to say, they are as thorough as cotton, and there are no gaps. But there is something wrong with him, that is, he is too cautious and does not dare to work hard. If he dared to fight hard, Xiangyang would not have been able to conquer it back then, and if he dared to fight hard, I would probably have become his prisoner under Linhe City. This march to war, of course, is important, but it is also very important to make a decision on the spot, dare to fight and fight, do you say this is the truth? ”
Zhuge Ke nodded sympathetically. At this point, he very much agrees with Wei Ba's statement, because he is also a person who likes to gamble, and he also has a lot of criticism about Lu Xun's thinking about using troops. Wei Ba criticized Lu Xun, and he naturally felt that he had a heart and a relative.
"Actually, I don't think the auxiliary generals dare to fight, but they just attach too much importance to those interests and don't dare to give it a go." Wei Ba continued to spare no effort to give Lu Xun eye medicine. He knew that Zhuge Ke and Lu Xun did not agree, and he also knew that Zhuge Ke was very favored in Sun Quan's eyes, and it was also very interesting to be able to slander Lu Xun a few words through Zhuge Ke's mouth and add to Sun Quan's blockage. Anyway, if you don't put in the effort, why not.
Zhuge Ke listened very well, but he hadn't forgotten his intention.
"The general really doesn't plan to go to war?"
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't want to compete with the hussar general." Wei Ba pondered for a moment, glanced at Zhuge Ke, stopped talking, and smiled disguisedly: "Forget it, although we are allies, but it is already commendable that King Wu can let me pass through Nanjun, and if I make other requests, it will be a little unclear." ”
Zhuge Ke's heart moved, and he hurriedly smiled: "Whether it will be successful or not, it will be up to the king to decide, but if you don't say it, how can you know if it can't be done?" ”
Wei Ba avoided answering, and asked with a serious face: "At the beginning, our army went out of Xiangyang, and King Wu went out of Jianghuai, but now Xiangyang has been fighting, and Weishenme Jianghuai has not moved?" ”
Zhuge Ke met Wei Ba's forced gaze and smiled incomprehensibly: "Don't you really know the reason?" ”
Wei Ba frowned: "How do I know what you Wu monarchs and ministers are thinking." ”
"Because of you." Zhuge Ke raised his hand with a smile and pointed at Wei Ba: "With a tiger like the general on our side, how can we not defend with heavy troops?" You won't fail to see who my Dawu has at least one-third of the heavy troops to defend against, right? ”
"Are you worried about me?" Wei Ba screamed exaggeratedly, crying and laughing: "You guys...... We're allies. ”
"General, we have a good relationship, we won't talk about these deceitful lies." Zhuge Ke shook his hand very directly: "If you keep stopping in Linyuan, it is impossible for us to start the Jianghuai War." If you are willing to go to Xiangyang, we follow the existing agreement, you can go north through the agreed route, if you are not willing to go to Xiangyang, then simply go to Jiaozhou for the winter. If you don't leave, we won't send troops. ”
Wei Ba narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while: "If that's the case, then I can go north, but, I don't want to follow the route we agreed on at the beginning, I want to ask you to be more generous and let my army pass through Jiangxia, does your king have such guts?" ”
"What do you mean?"
Wei Ba hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, made up his mind, got up and beckoned to Zhuge Ke: "You come with me." ”
Zhuge Ke was inexplicable, but his heart was beating faster involuntarily, judging from Wei Ba's subtle change in expression, Wei Ba was obviously a very important jihua to tell him. It is a very rare opportunity to discuss combat with such a famous general, at least to learn some of Wei Ba's decision-making ideas, and to fight him in the future, so as to have some targets.
Zhuge Ke followed Wei Ba into the study, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the sand table that marked the terrain of various places. He threw himself in front of the sand table and uncontrollably showed greedy eyes.
"General, is this a mountain of rice emulated by Ma Fubo?"
Wei Ba's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Yuan Xun is really knowledgeable, and he actually revealed his origin at a glance, and he didn't even give me a chance to show off." ”
Zhuge Ke smiled, feeling happy in his heart, he not only opened his eyes, but also pressed Wei Ba's head, and he was naturally proud in his heart. However, when he saw the route through Jiangxia, all his pride was gone, but he gasped and said for a long time: "General...... What a boldness. ”
"As I said, marching and fighting is to be surprised." Wei Ba said lightly: "Do you think King Wu dares to agree to my request?" ”…… (To be continued......)
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