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"The minister mentions yì, with the Xiang Xianghou as the commander, to meet the Shu army." Zhong Xiang said that Zhong Xiang, as a lieutenant, is in charge of the affairs of the world's soldiers and horses, which is equivalent to the Minister of National Defense, and it is his duty to propose the choice of commander. And Xiang Xianghou is Sima Yi, his current position is to serve in the middle and the right servant of Shangshu, and he is knighted Xiang Xianghou.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

……

After Wang Lang and Hua Xin came out one after another to express their support, the ministers also came out to support, it seems that Sima Yi is indeed expected, no wonder Cao Wei was later usurped by the Sima family, and it turned out that prestige had begun to accumulate from this time.

Cao Pi looked at Sima Yi and asked, "Xiang Xianghou, are you willing to be handsome?" ”

Hearing the ministers recommending him, Sima Yi frowned, and when he heard Cao Pi's inquiry, he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, if you want the ministers to lead the troops to go on the expedition, Your Majesty must agree to the three conditions of the ministers." ”

"Oh? What conditions do you have, just say come and listen. Cao Pi said.

"Yes, Xie Majesty, first, the minister wants to call the latest formation of the Thor troops; second, the ministers asked for 300,000 horses; Third, the ministers will shrink their forces in Xiangyang, clear the wilderness, rely on the strong city to lure the enemy deep, and then besiege the army to cut off its supply, and slowly consume the Shu army. ”

"Hum ......" As soon as Sima Yi's words fell, the ministers began to discuss.

Most people don't know about the Thor Force, because it is a secret unit formed by Cao Pigang, that is, a firearms unit. Only a few important ministers such as Cao Pi and Zhong Xuan knew in their hearts how important that army was.

Sima Yi's first condition, Cao Pi can still agree. Although he was still a little reluctant to take out the Thor troops in his heart, but now that Sima Yi proposed to use them, thinking about it, this army has not been tested in actual combat, it is indeed time for them to go to the battlefield to experience the war. After all, no matter how well-trained an army is, it must also go through the baptism of war before it can grow into a strong army, and Cao Pi still understands this truth.

But Sima Yi's proposal to dispatch 300,000 horses was too much. When Cao Cao led his troops south to fight the Battle of Chibi, he claimed to be an army of 800,000, but in fact it was only more than 100,000 people.

You must know that Wei now only has a little more than a million soldiers and horses, and Sima Yi wants 300,000, which is one-third of the country's soldiers and horses at once. The key is not the question of how many soldiers and horses he withdraws, but how dangerous it is to hand over so many soldiers and horses to one person, if this person has a heart of disobedience, the consequences are really unimaginable.

The ministers spoke out one after another: "Your Majesty, no, the 300,000 army is not trivial, and the burden of grain and grass alone may not be sustainable." "It was Zhong Xuan who spoke, of course he didn't want to say it clearly, we couldn't trust Sima Yi, and we didn't dare to hand over the 300,000 army to you, so we had to make excuses from the supply of grain and grass.

"Your Majesty, according to the detailed reports in Chengdu and Jingzhou, the Shu army dispatched a total of 100,000 horses this time, and half of them were civilians who transported baggage, and there were only 50,000 soldiers who could really fight. Why do 50,000 men need an army of 300,000 to deal with? Could it be that Xiang Xianghou is so unconfident in himself? "This time it was Wang Lang who spoke.

"Your Majesty, 300,000 horses have indeed passed, and it is really difficult for the imperial court to afford the supply of 300,000 troops, think about it, 300,000 soldiers, and at least 300,000 people to transport grain and grass, then a total of 600,000. If 600,000 people eat a horse's chew, they will need 15,000 stone of grain a day, and 450,000 stone a month.

If this war lasts for a few months, I'm afraid our treasury will be empty. According to the minister, if the 300,000 people including the people are about the same, why don't they send 100,000 soldiers and add 150,000 people, and look at the townspeople? Hua Xin also said.

The power of the "Three Princes" is huge, and this "Three Princes" is not the "Three Princes" who played poker and gambled money in later generations, but the three officials with the highest status in the court. They led a wave of opposition to Sima Yi, after the "Three Princes" spoke, and then the ministers also expressed their opinions, which was nothing more than criticizing Sima Yi for being absurd, arrogant, cowardly, incompetent, etc., and some people pointed out that he had a heart of disobedience, and that he had other plans for so many soldiers and horses, etc.

After the ministers made a noise, Cao Pi looked at Sima Yi with an embarrassed face, and said in a hesitant manner: "Xiang Xianghou, look at this"

When Sima Yi was opposed to his demands by his ministers and even attacked him, his face was expressionless, and he looked at his nose and his nose and his heart. Hearing the emperor's inquiry, he immediately withdrew from the state of steady, he turned around, flicked his sleeve at the ministers, and spewed out a word from his nose:

"Humph! Ignorant people, rats are blind. You sit on top of the court, but you don't know anything about the outside world, and you only know how to take things for granted here. What a bunch of self-righteous, corpse-like vegetarian guys. ”

"You"

"Okay, you Sima Zhongda, you dare to spew blood above the court"

The ministers surged again, scolding Sima Yi one after another, Sima Yi didn't pay attention to these ministers at all, turned to this Cao Pi again, and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the Shu army has a large number of firearms, which is equivalent to our Thor troops. His Majesty has also seen the power of this Thor army, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one enemy and ten, right? At the beginning, Lu Xun led an army of 200,000 to fight against him, but he was defeated by Liu Chan's tens of thousands of horses.

Now, there are 50,000 people in the Shu army, more than when they fought against Lu Xun at the beginning, how can a mere 150,000 people be their opponents? According to the minister's idea, it was originally 500,000 horses, and if they could fight ten enemies with one, the minister would kill them with ten times the number of soldiers. However, His Majesty also has a Thor army here, which can offset part of their troops, and the third strategy that the minister intends to use can offset part of their strength advantage, so the minister changed to 300,000. ”

"Hum" Hearing Sima Yi's words, the ministers made a bee-like voice and started talking.

"This Sima Zhongda is really crazy, he even wants 500,000 horses."

"Yes, yes, that's half of the country's soldiers and horses, he really dares to think about it."

"It's a dream"

"I've seen a big thought, I've never seen such a big thought, have you ever seen someone lead an army of 500,000 to go on an expedition? Even if Taizu was back then"

"What does he think he's Han Shin? The more the merrier......"

The ministers couldn't stop talking, Cao Pi had to signal to a strong eunuch behind him, this eunuch understood, shook up a whip with a length of a zhang in his hand, and whipped it on the ground three times, making three "crackling" sounds.

These three whips are also called "net whips" or "quiet whips", and the eunuchs whip whips and "ringing whips", commonly known as "ringing whips", which means to make everyone quiet, and its effect is similar to those in later TV dramas when the county magistrate tried the case, and the judges slammed the hammer in the Western court.

When the ministers heard the whip, they immediately stopped talking and quieted down, ready to listen to the emperor's instructions.

"Xiang Xianghou, this, is this Shu army really that powerful?" After Cao Pi and the other ministers quieted down, they asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the firearms of the Shu army are extremely sharp, and the lethality can be said to be much beyond this era, they have created a new form of warfare, and the traditional troops have no power to fight back when they encounter them, and Weichen thinks that no matter how much attention is paid to them, it is not too much." Sima Yi said.

"Bold, Sima Zhongda, you are trying to destroy your own prestige, you are emphasizing the strength of the Shu army everywhere, what is your intention? Could it be that my Great Wei's Hundred Battle Heroes are really so vulnerable? It took ten times as many troops to defeat the enemy. The fact that you are no match for others can only show that you are incompetent and cowardly, not how strong the enemy is.

Look at your third condition, isn't that what you originally said about a defensive-oriented strategy? There are 300,000 troops, and you still have to rely on the fortified city to shrink back, which fully proves your cowardice and incompetence. It was Wang Lang who reprimanded Sima Yi, and after speaking, he also signaled Zhong Yi with his eyes, wanting Zhong Yi to come out and refute Sima Yi.

However, Zhong Miao looked thoughtful, and didn't pay attention to Wang Lang's gesture at all, as a lieutenant, Zhong Miao was the official in charge of the country's soldiers and horses, and he was just one of the few people who knew the power of the Thor troops.

Cao Pi's secret formation of the Thor Force could not avoid him, the captain, and when he was testing the power of firearms, he was also present to watch, and he knew that what Sima Yi said was true, so he simply pretended not to see Wang Lang's signal now, and it was golden to be silent.

Sima Yi ignored Wang Lang, who looked disappointed, and continued to say to Cao Pi: "Your Majesty, the Shu army has been using firearms for many years, and their familiarity with firearms is far higher than that of our army, and the number is many times more than that of our army.

Moreover, it is said that they also have a weapon that can fly into the sky, which they call hot air balloons, which can throw thunderbolts from the sky and are very threatening. The Shu army has so many strange attack methods, once we are careless, we will definitely hate it on the spot......"

"Humph! Alarmist, guts bandits. Wang Lang interrupted him.

Sima Yi still had no expression on his face when he heard Wang Lang's sarcasm, but this time he didn't ignore him, but turned his head and said to Wang Lang:

"Yi Cai is shallow in learning, without 300,000 people, it is indeed impossible to deal with the Shu army, Lord Wang, you are so powerful, why don't you come? Since Lord Wang thinks that you can defeat the Shu army with more than 100,000 people, but Yi can't do it, Yi is willing to bow to the wind, and Yi is willing to take the initiative to let Xian, it is better for Lord Wang to lead the army this time. ”

"You ......" Wang Lang's face turned red all of a sudden, and he waved his sleeves vigorously at Sima Yi, turning his head away, but he couldn't say anything.

In this era, many people are both civil and military, civil and military can govern places, and military can carry swords into battle, and the boundaries between civil and military officials are sometimes blurred, and they can often be exchanged with each other. For example, Sima Yi was originally a well-educated man and a literati, but he could lead the troops for the generals, Zhuge Liang was also a scholar, but he also personally led the troops from Qishan.

However, this kind of person who is both civil and military definitely does not include Wang Lang. Wang Lang is a great Confucian, he is knowledgeable, well-read and memorized, he proofreads Confucian classics, and is very famous. He is the author of "The Biography of Zhou Yi", "The Biography of the Spring and Autumn Period", "The Biography of the Book of Filial Piety", "The Biography of Zhou Guan", etc., and has 34 volumes of anthologies.

To put it bluntly, he is an old pedant, such a person is too powerful, his achievements in liberal arts are at the peak, but he just doesn't understand military strategy and can't lead troops to fight. As soon as Sima Yi's words came out, he was so blocked that he had nothing to say, because he really didn't know anything about military affairs, and even if he was really asked to lead troops to fight, even if he was given 500,000 horses, he would not be able to command them.