Zhuge Liang's face was full of bitterness, and he laughed self-deprecatingly, "That Sima Yi's ability to lead the army is no less than Cao Cao, with his viciousness, once he occupies the street pavilion, I am afraid that he will block all the retreats of my Northern Expeditionary army, and after that, the grain route has been cut off, and it is unknown whether he can safely withdraw to Hanzhong." ”

The generals were taken aback.

I didn't expect the consequences of losing the kiosk to be so severe.

Then I thought of Ma Yan, who had been pleading in the big tent before, and begged to lead the army alone to garrison the street pavilion.

He also made a military order in front of everyone.

This time, the battle reports on the front line have been reversed one after another.

If it is said that Ma Tan lost the street pavilion, which surprised Zhuge Liang, Cao Jun led 5,000 soldiers to drag Xu Huang's 10,000 strong soldiers alone, and resisted the opponent's strong attack for four consecutive days, which also surprised Zhuge Liang.

Although Cao Jun's move could not change the overall situation, his tenacious and brave performance has been deeply imprinted in Zhuge Liang's heart from this moment on.

Zhuge Liang sighed again, "That Sima Yi set up a heavy ambush near the street pavilion, in a vain attempt to lure our army into an ambush, for the sake of today's plan, the large army cannot move recklessly, and after all the troops are gathered, they will slowly retreat to Hanzhong." ”

Zhuge Liang's remark of retreating before fighting suddenly seemed like a heavy drum, shocking everyone for a while before reacting.

Zhao Zilong took the lead and couldn't help but ask: "Prime Minister, is the situation so serious now?" ”

Zhuge Liang sighed again: "It's all to blame for that Ma Yan, don't listen to me, lose the street pavilion, now the grain road has been cut off, the remaining rations of the whole army are less than five days, if you don't retreat at this time, then the whole army will have the risk of mutiny, once you mutiny, the consequences are unimaginable." ”

This time, everyone understood.

"Passing on the horses."

After Zhuge Liang gave an order, the soldiers outside the tent quickly brought the tied horses into the big tent.

After entering the big tent, Ma Tan saw Zhuge Liang's angry posture, and the other generals couldn't bear to turn their heads, and then thought of the consequences, and their hearts were already indifferent.

"Prime Minister......

Ma Tan broke free from the support of the two personal soldiers, pushed the golden mountain and fell to the jade pillar and knelt on the ground, his forehead hit the ground, and he lay on the ground and wept silently.

Zhuge Liang asked sharply at the top: "Young Chang, you have read military books since you were a child, and you are proficient in tactics, and I have repeatedly warned you that the street pavilion is the foundation of our army's grain road, but when you arrived in front of the battle, you were miserable and empty, so happy, you didn't listen to me, and went down to the village in turn at the intersection of the five roads, resulting in the loss of the street pavilion, and let our army fall into a state of no return." ”

"Say to yourself, what sin are you to blame?"

The generals saw that Zhuge Liang said that it was very painful, and then they remembered the complicated relationship between the two, although they were called commanders and joined the army, they were actually like teachers and students.

Qi Qi was silent for a moment.

"Prime Minister......" After Ma Tan kowtowed his head three times, he raised his head, and his face was already full of tears.

"The loss of the street pavilion is all my fault, I have made a military order, and I am willing to be a military law!"

After Ma Jian threw down a sonorous and powerful attitude of admitting his mistake, he lowered his head again, and kowtowed twice to Zhuge Liang's direction.

Then he stood up with his head held high, and was about to go out of the tent.

For some scribes, death was not terrible, and even if it did, it could not weaken the reputation of the family, and it was necessary to leave a good reputation for themselves for heroic righteousness.

I'm afraid this has become Ma Tan's only thought at the moment.

Cao Jun saw it in his eyes, but chose to remain silent.

Although he hated this Ma Jian in his heart, he almost killed himself and his 5,000 elite soldiers, but in hindsight, he thought about it afterwards, but the sin of the loss of the street pavilion could not all fall on Ma Tan.

The first is that I have too many worries and worries about affecting the direction of history.

Therefore, knowing that Ma Tan would camp the soldiers and horses in a lonely mountain and chose to let it go, although there were one or two words of dissuasion, it was more just to get rid of himself and avoid affecting himself in the subsequent questioning.

Even if it is dissuaded, it is useless.

But if you analyze it patiently with him, maybe there will be another result.

The second is that Zhuge Liang doesn't know anyone.

Although he did not approve of Ma Tan's guarding the street pavilion, under the persuasion of Zhao Yun and other generals, in the end, his inner emotions overcame reason and entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of guarding the street pavilion.

If the master of the street pavilion is Cao Jun or Zhao Yun, he will definitely not fall into the current situation.

The biggest fault is naturally on Ma Tan.

Rigidity, rhetoric, and inability to hear different opinions led to the final defeat.

Cao Jun thought about it in his heart, and chose to watch and remain silent for a while.

In fact, the most important point is that at that moment, the selfishness in his heart played a role.

In order to complete the task and strive to climb to the high position as soon as possible, knowing that Ma Yan's move would lead to the loss of the street pavilion and the failure of the First Northern Expedition.

Cao Jun still chose to stay out of it, protect himself wisely, and know without saying anything.

The end result was that even he was almost buried in it.

This made him re-examine the previous strategy in his heart.

"Could it be that my previous concerns were completely superfluous?"

Cao Jun wanted Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, so that he could hope to complete the task;

At the same time, I didn't want Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to succeed immediately.

Because his position was not high enough at this time to lead an army alone, even if Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was successful, it would not be of any help to his mission.

The ideal state is that after Cao Jun climbs to a high position, he can lead an army alone in the Northern Expedition, so that he can complete Ma Chao's revenge in the safest way.

At present, it seems that the direction of history is as it was planned.

Cao Jun's selfishness caused him to hate Ma Jian at this time.

This time it's in the middle of a struggle.

After Ma Jian confronted Zhuge Liang, he took all the fault on himself, and he was about to be pushed outside and beheaded by Zhuge Liang's own soldiers.

The generals in the tent couldn't stand anymore and began to intercede for Ma Yan.

"Prime Minister, now that my Northern Expedition has just started, and it is far from being successful, it is really inappropriate to cut off an arm by myself, I think this Ma Jian also has some talents, but he is in the wrong place, so it is better to let him make meritorious contributions."

The first to intercede for Ma Tan was still the old general Zhao Zilong.

Zhuge Liang was also very conflicted in his heart.

He couldn't bear to behead Ma Yan, but he had to give an explanation to the other generals in the army.

This son has made a military order, if it is not dealt with in accordance with military law, who will take the rules seriously in the future among the generals in the army?

After the other generals pleaded for mercy one after another, Zhuge Liang's eyes fell on Cao Jun again.

"Wenwu, Ma Jian didn't listen to your persuasion, and almost killed you and the 5,000 sergeants, so tell me, should this Ma Jian be killed?"

Suddenly, all eyes in the hall were on Cao Jun.

Cao Jun was also very conflicted in his heart.

If you want to vent your anger and avenge the dead Shu soldiers, this Ma Jian really deserves to be killed.

But if you want to better complete Ma Chao's revenge and leave him with a life, it will be conducive to Cao Jun's future actions.

Cao Jun hesitated for a while, and when he raised his head, he happened to see Zhuge Liang's gaze, and he was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood Zhuge Liang's intentions.

It turned out that Zhuge Liang also hoped that he could help Ma Jian intercede!

Let him have a step to go downhill.

It's just that Zhuge Liang will never say this.

Cao Jun was already hesitant, but since Zhuge Liang had made up his mind this time, he didn't resist too much.

So he bit his lip and said, "Yesterday's day cannot be kept, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to kill one more person in our army." ”

"Although Ma Tan almost plunged my Northern Expeditionary Army into a place of no return, and almost wiped out the last general and his 5,000 sergeants, when Ma Tan was sent to guard the street pavilion, the generals saw his determination and said good things for him, and even the acquaintance was unknown."

"Therefore, Ma Jian is at fault, but his sin is not to death, so he can be made to wear his guilt and make meritorious service and atone for his sins."

Cao Jun's mistake of losing the street pavilion suddenly pushed down the heads of other generals and Zhuge Liang, and immediately made the generals look at him with admiration.

What he hated most about Ma Jian this time was not Zhuge Liang, nor the generals in the tent, but Cao Jun and his thousands of dead soldiers!

is so deep and hateful, and he doesn't even pursue it.

This Cao Wenwu's broad-mindedness is really admirable.

Zhuge Liang also got the answer he wanted, and the originally stiff spine was slightly raised again.

Zhuge Liang quietly swept around the hall, and finally his eyes fell on Ma Yan.

"Ma Yan, all the generals are interceding for you today, you have to keep it in mind, don't look forward to today's lessons in the future, and make meritorious contributions."

"Someone comes, take Ma Jian down, go to the tent to get 80 military sticks, and deprive him of his position in the army, degrade him to a white body, and cannot lead an army alone for the rest of his life."

Ma Tan escaped death this time, and suddenly burst into tears, how could he not feel deeply?

He bowed to all the generals in the big tent, and cautiously landed on his knees, and bowed to Cao Jun alone, and the matter was over.