After listening to Zhang Bao's words, Su Li and Luo Gui were silent for a while, and then Su Li asked again: "General Zhang, what task do we have to compete?" ”

As soon as he heard Su Li's words, Zhang Bao breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Li was able to say this, which meant that he had agreed to his proposal and adopted the method of healthy competition, rather than resolving the grudge with Jiang Weibu through private fighting.

As the commander of the troops on the northern front, Zhang Bao has the responsibility of resolving the contradictions between the various units under his command, and if there are two troops under his command that are full of contradictions and even fight to the death, then he is derelict in his duties. Now, it is undoubtedly a good ending to be able to guide their contradictions to the direction of military merit competition, after all, Jiang Wei's troops killed more than 10,000 Xianbei people, and the grudge between the two is not small, in case the two armies fight again, what will be lost is the strength of Shu Han.

When the time comes, the generals on both sides of the fire will definitely be punished, and Zhang Bao, their co-leader, will definitely be punished together with the responsibility of poor leadership. Jiang Wei is a smart person, and he knows that if things deteriorate to that extent, although he is the party that takes advantage of the reason, he will inevitably be implicated, so he chooses to back down under the provocation of the Xianbei people.

And Su Li is not too stupid, after Zhang Bao proposed to use military merit to compete, he also reacted quickly and agreed to this method of resolving the contradiction. He joined the ranks of the Shu Han army much earlier than Jiang Wei, and he already had a certain understanding of the military regulations of the Hong army, and knew that the army was indeed forbidden to fight privately, and if he violated this regulation, the punishment would be very severe.

Moreover, the military justice department of the Hong Army is not vegetarian, they don't recognize their six relatives, and they are selfless, so they will not show favoritism to themselves, the Xianbei King. What's more, he also knows that his identity as the King of Xianbei contains a lot of water, and he is in a very embarrassing position in the Shu Han court.

Especially after seeing the terrible combat power of the Hong army, he couldn't give birth to the slightest idea of rebellion, he knew that it was really easy for the Hong army to destroy the entire Xianbei tribe. Under this realistic understanding, he quickly adjusted his mentality and decided to solve this matter according to Zhang Bao's arrangement.

Zhang Bao listened to Su Li's question, and said casually without thinking about it: "Then it depends on what war we have next, anyway, the difficulty of the tasks assigned to both of you will be about the same, and we will ensure that we are fair and just." ”

Then, Zhang Bao beckoned, called a staff officer of the staff of the First Division, and asked him, "What is the focus of our operation next?" ”

After the staff officer saluted, he said cleanly: "Report to General Zhang, from the current intelligence, it seems that the Wei army on the eastern and southern fronts has not sent any more reinforcements, and the staff has initially planned to besiege Chang'an in the next step." ”

Zhang Bao turned his head to Su Li and Jiang Wei and said, "Then why don't you attack the different gates of Chang'an City separately, and whoever breaks the gate first wins?" ”

Su Li secretly scolded Zhang Bao for being a cheat, his troops are all cavalry, let the cavalry attack the city, is this still fair and just?

"This general, we are cavalry, I'm afraid it's not good to attack the city," Su Li said.

Zhang Bao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, raised his right hand and patted his forehead and said, "Oops, Ben will drink too much and forget about this stubble." Yes, you are cavalry, and it is indeed not appropriate for you to go to the siege. Then I'll have to find something else for you to do. ”

After thinking about it again, Zhang Bao said: "Now Guanzhong does have no chance of field warfare. It is impossible for the Wei army in Chang'an City to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with us, unless the Wei army on the eastern and southern fronts is willing to send reinforcements to reinforce Chang'an again, as far as it seems that this is unlikely, if they really do this, then it also means that this war can be over. ”

"Why?" This time it was the commander Luo Gui who asked, it seems that this Xianbei warrior has a very poor grasp of the battlefield situation, and he can't even see such a simple question.

"Hehe, it's very simple, if the Wei army on these two lines draws too many troops and the defensive strength is insufficient, it will soon be broken through the defense line by our army, and then the Han army outside the defense line will rush in and fully occupy Guanzhong. At that time, hundreds of thousands of our troops besieged a lonely city of Chang'an City, do you say that this battle will be fought for a long time? Zhang Bao said.

"Then we don't have no fight? So how do you compare with them? Luo Zhuo pointed at Jiang Weidao.

"Hehe, don't worry. According to the prediction of the General Staff, it is indeed unlikely that the Wei army on the eastern and southern fronts will send reinforcements again, so it is estimated that there is no place for you in Guanzhong. However, there is no battle for you in the pass, it doesn't mean that there are no other places. There are still many places in Dahan that have not yet been recovered. ”

"The general refers to Soochow?" Sully asked. He felt a little strange, could it be that at this critical juncture of the destruction of Wei, Zhang Bao was going to send them to fight in Eastern Wu, thousands of miles away?

"No, no," Zhang Bao said, "We will fight sooner or later in Soochow, but not now, after all, it is too far away, if you go there, if we need your support here, it will be beyond our reach." ”

"Dare to ask the general where else can we fight?" Luo Gui asked.

"There." Zhang Bao stretched out his finger and pointed to the Northern Dao.

"I'm really in a hurry, and I ask General Zhang to make it clear, where is it?" Luo Gui asked.

"It's the north, the Hetao, the grassland." Zhang Bao said, "Let's fight the Hetao first, although we taught some tribes a lesson when we came from there, but we didn't completely control the entire area.

The so-called 'Yellow River is a set of all harms and profits', the Hetao area is rich in water and grass, rich in products, can be used as a big granary in Guanzhong, can also be used as a horse farm after my Han Dynasty, it is really not to be lost. Ben wants to take control of it completely, are you willing to help Ben general? ”

"Of course, no problem, just leave it to us." Luo Gui patted his chest heartlessly and agreed.

"Mistress Sully, are you alright?" Zhang Bao asked again, after all, it was Su Li who was in charge of the Xianbei cavalry, not Luo Gui, who was not smart enough.

"This" Su Li was a little hesitant, originally, the Hetao Plain was the most suitable for cavalry battles, and it was indeed the most suitable to send them, but now that the destruction of Wei was imminent, he really didn't want to leave Guanzhong. After all, this is the work of destroying the country, and this great credit is about to be obtained, so wouldn't it be a great loss to leave like this?

However, if you stay here, you will indeed not be able to make a war, and if you don't fight, you will have no credit to make, which is indeed a very contradictory thing, and it is difficult to choose.

Seeing Su Li's hesitation, Zhang Bao said, "Isn't Lord Su Li unwilling?" ”

Su Li saw that Zhang Bao was a little unhappy, and hurriedly said: "It's not that I'm unwilling, it's just that this Hetao area has passed through our army twice (the second time is the brigade that escorted ammunition, grain and grass), and the forces opposing us have basically been swept away by us, and the rest are people who are loyal to Shu Han, I don't know if it is necessary to go to them again." ”