Of course, Zhuge Liang also saw Sima Yi's intentions, he was not stupid. When Sima Yi asked Zhuge Liang for grain and grass, Zhuge Liang made a request, as long as Sima Yi could take the Jiameng Pass, he would give as much grain and grass as he wanted. Instead of using Shu Han's remaining troops to fight Li Hui to the death, it is better to make full use of Sima Yi, an external ally.

Chen Qun said: "Metropolitan Governor, Zhuge Liang is clearly asking us to go to death, and we must not agree!" ”

Sima Yi shook his head: "What can I do if I don't agree to it now?" Our grain and grass have been delayed, and everyone will be hungry in a few days, if we can't 'get' some grain and grass from Hanzhong, will it be possible to starve to death in Hanzhong? ”

"Why doesn't Your Majesty give us food and grass?" Cao Xiu asked.

Sima Yi said: "It's not that Your Majesty won't give it, General Cao has been in the army for a long time, of course he doesn't understand the suffering in the army, the grain and grass must be deducted from top to bottom, how much can we have left in our hands?" In addition, the distance is long, even if it is transported, it may be a drop in the bucket! ”

"Then you can't use the lives of my Wei soldiers to send Zhuge Liang to death!" Chen Qun did not back down in the slightest.

"Don't compromise with Zhuge Liang, the two said, what should we do?" Sima Yi sent the problem to Cao Xiu and Chen Qun again.

"It's a big deal, let's return to Chang'an! Let him Zhuge Liang fend for himself! Cao Xiu said.

Sima Yi said: "If we just leave, why did we come?" When Li Hui destroys Shu Han, I'm afraid our Great Wei will not be far away! ”

There was no good way to do it in the tent. A soldier rushed in quickly, ran in a hurry, and took a breath: "Grain and grass!" Grain and grass are coming! ”

Cao Xiu was overjoyed: "As I was talking, the grain and grass came, God really helped me Dawei!" Where did it come from? How many came? ”

The soldier said: "Look at the banner, it should be from Shu Han, not much, it is estimated that it is only 30,000 quintals!" ”

Several people hurried out of the big tent. Sure enough, it was the banner of Shu Han, which was personally escorted by Ma Liang. Ma Liang arched his hand: "Three generals, I am on the order of my prime minister, and I have sent 30,000 quintals of grain and grass to my allies to temporarily relieve the urgent need!" I hope the three generals laugh at it! ”

"Thank you Prime Minister Zhuge for your kindness!" Sima Yi was very happy, and Zhuge Liang was still righteous.

Chen Qun snorted coldly: "Won't there be any conditions attached to these grains and grasses, right?" ”

Ma Liang said: "Lord Jian Jun said that he laughed, you and I are allies, for the sake of the common enemy, naturally we have to take care of each other, I have to hear that there is a shortage of food in your army, my family sent me to transport 30,000 loads of grain and grass overnight, of course, I also hope that the two sides will join forces to drive Li Hui out of Hanzhong!" ”

"Good, good!" Sima Yi nodded again and again: "As long as Prime Minister Zhuge can provide grain and grass, he will definitely join forces to drive Li Hui out of Hanzhong!" ”

Li Hui was very puzzled when he learned that the Wei army led by Sima Yi had not withdrawn. sent people to inquire in many ways, and their guesses were good, and sure enough, it was Sima Yi who concealed Chen Qun and Cao Xiu, and brought the army into Hanzhong 'privately'. Now there are 150,000 Shu troops in Hanzhong, 100,000 Wei troops, 40,000 horses and horses, plus 50,000 in Jiang Wei's hands, it is only 90,000. It is still quite dangerous to deal with 250,000 coalition troops with 90,000. Only by dismantling them from within can there be a glimmer of life.

It didn't take long for rumors to spread in Hanzhong City. The people talked about it, and they all said that Zhuge Liang lured the wolf into the room and was ready to give Hanzhong to Cao Wei. He also said that Sima Yi had betrayed Cao Wei and was ready to control Hanzhong to build his own hegemony, and other rumors were flying all over the sky.

Chengdu and Chang'an have also seen such rumors. The first thing that can't sit still is Liu Feng, although on the surface Liu Feng obeys Zhuge Liang's words, but from the bottom of his heart, Liu Feng, like Liu Bei, has doubts about Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang has heavy troops in his hands and is stationed in Hanzhong, so he can be completely self-sufficient and does not rely on Chengdu. If Zhuge Liang rebels, Yizhou will be completely unable to resist, not to mention that now Xu Huang's army has arrived in Jiangzhou, which poses a great threat to Chengdu.

Liu Feng did not listen to the advice of the people, and sent his henchman, Huang Hao, the "door" and "servant" Lang, to Hanzhong, called condolences, but in fact he was a prisoner, paying attention to Zhuge Liang's every move, and reporting to Liu Feng at any time.

Huang Hao's arrival aroused the disgust of Ma Liang and others. Zhuge Liang laughed: "I am worthy of the first emperor, and even more worthy of His Majesty today, I never do anything disloyal, what can a little Huang Hao do to me?" ”

"The prime minister is wrong!" Ma Liang said: "Huang Hao's arrival just shows that Your Majesty does not trust you, this Huang Hao has a roe head and a mouse-eyed appearance, and he looks 'treacherous', if he talks nonsense to His Majesty, it is not good for the Prime Minister, and it will affect our plans It is a big deal!" As soon as I heard that Huang Hao was secretly investigating the matter of the prime minister sending grain and grass to Sima Yi! ”

Zhuge shook his head: "Don't worry about it, we will do this matter above board, let him go!" Hanzhong's safety is at stake! ”

Although Liu Feng was suspicious of Zhuge Liang, he had no evidence and did not dare to act rashly. Cao Rui was already dead to Sima Yi, and when he learned that Sima Yi would not withdraw from the army, he was still lucky, thinking that he would not be subject to the life of the foreign monarch, and he failed to enter Yangping Pass with two holy decrees in a row, Cao Rui was completely angry. With an order, Sima Lang's entire family and Sima Yi's family were all arrested. At the same time, he ordered the great Sima Cao Zhen to lead 50,000 troops to block the valley and prevent Sima Yi from counterattacking. Things have come to such a point that there is no room for redemption.

Fortunately, Sima Yi's two sons, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, escaped. The two brothers hurried to Yangping Pass to report the news to their father. Of course, Sima Yi was furious, but he didn't dare to attack. Chen Qun and Cao Xiu were coaxed in by themselves, and if these two people knew about it, the army would definitely be in chaos. On weekdays, you have to pretend that you are fine.

Li Hui's army was stationed at Jiameng Pass, Sima Yi's army was stationed at Yangping Pass, and Zhuge Liang was stationed at Hanzhong. None of the three families dared to move, so they held each other like this, waiting for each other to make mistakes. The three families with hundreds of thousands of horses controlled the three departments of Hanzhong, patrolling back and forth on weekdays, and although there were constant skirmishes, there was not a single major battle.

I stayed in Hanzhong for a whole month, and there was no progress at all. Li Huijun was a little impatient. Wen Chou shouted to fight every day, if it wasn't for Li Hui in charge, Wen Chou would have led people out to kill him. Holding each other is very difficult, there is nothing to do for a day, except for 'drill' practice or 'drill' practice, which is boring and boring.

On this day, Wen Chou found Ma Zhong and asked, "Can you see any enemy generals when you go out on patrol every day?" ”

Ma Zhong smiled: "The Shu army is shrinking into the city, no one comes out, and Sima Yi's army also patrols, but it is only a few small fish and shrimp, and there are no generals!" ”

"When you go out again tomorrow, can you take me with you? I'm tired of being here! Wen Chou begged.

Ma Zhong smiled: "You want to go!" No problem! Wen Chou was about to thank him, but he heard Ma Zhong continue: "As long as the lord agrees, I have no opinion on who to bring!" ”

Li Hui couldn't stand Wen Chou's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and agreed to Wen Chou's request. The next day, Ma Zhong took fifty of his brothers and Wen Chou out on patrol together. As soon as he got off the Jiameng Pass, he saw a large group of Cao Wei military horses in front of him. As soon as Wen Chou urged the war horse, he rushed forward with a shout. Ma Zhong wanted to pull it too late, so he could only follow closely, with the bow and arrow in hand, so as not to hurt Wen Chou and not be able to 'deliver' to Li Hui.

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