Zhuge raised the account, gathered the generals to discuss the matter, and discussed the military strategy.

However, before the official start of the discussion, Zhuge Liang had to say a few words.

"The battle of Guanzhong is all thanks to the courage of the kings, the soldiers forgot their lives, but they were thieves for thousands of miles, protected the territory and the people, and paid tribute to the people of Guanzhong."

"In the battle of Tongguan, the generals strategized and fought to the death, although they did not complete the whole work, but they also made Cao Zhen flee in a hurry and lose the army, which became a great achievement."

These two sentences can be regarded as qualitative, a summary of the previous two wars.

Although, the war is not over yet, it is a bit early to say this, but Zhuge Liang is such a smart and keen person, when he arrived in the Tongguan camp, he was very keenly aware of the strange atmosphere in the army today.

Even if it is not from the perspective of the Northern Expedition, just from the perspective of the defense of Guanzhong, how can it be regarded as a victory to repel Cao Zhen, why is the atmosphere in the camp still a little depressing? !

After a little understanding, Zhuge Liang understood why it was obviously a victory, but the atmosphere in the Tongguan military camp was not high.

Co-authored because the three generals on the front line all felt that the battle of Tongguan was not a victory.

This is not good, and it is not good for the morale of the army.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang must say these words in advance, and characterize this matter at the official level, which can be regarded as stabilizing the morale of the army.

But for this matter, Zhao Yun still has something to say.

"The prime minister's words, Yun doesn't dare to take risks." Zhao Yun stood up and said to Zhuge Liang, "The battle of Tongguan was a mistake in Yun's prediction, which led to the failure of Wen Chang's strategy of "Strange Way Meeting Tongguan". Please also ask the prime minister to punish him. ”

In this matter, Zhao Yun must stand up and take the initiative to admit his mistake, after all, it is really his pot.

But Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, smiled slightly, and said, "Although the strategy of the chief is wonderful, it is not a perfect plan. Victory or defeat is possible, so why bother with a momentary victory?! Zilong was too worried. ”

When he said this, Zhang Xi's expression was very subtle.

Zhuge Liang took the initiative to praise Wei Yan's strategy for being very wonderful, which always made Zhang Xi feel a strange sense of disharmony, but it was quite pleasing to the eye when he looked at the interaction between Zhuge and Zilong.

And Wei Yanma looked constipated, obviously, he was still a little dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's words.

What do you mean by "not a foolproof solution"?!

But if you can hold on for two more days, there's no point in dwelling on this now.

Wei Yan is also a mature coach anyway, although his strategy failed, but this kind of thing can be tangled in two days, and it will be boring if there are more.

Therefore, although Wei Yan was very unhappy, he still adjusted his mentality, stood up, and said, "Prime Minister, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more. The prime minister is here, but it's for the sake of breaking the Tong Pass?! ”

Let's say this, Zhang Xi wants to cover his face.

Let's just say, the big leader is saying something to praise his subordinates in front of him, although he knows that this is a business blow, but you, as a subordinate, can't have a little emotional intelligence and don't cater to it, and there's no need to go straight to the point, right?!

Wei Yan's EQ is really. Hawkers, forget it, if it weren't for Old Wei Pifu.

And Zhuge Liang was not surprised by this, obviously, Zhuge Liang was also very aware of Wei Yan's temperament, so he didn't care at all, and continued to smile and said, "Liang is here, it is indeed for the Tongguan war, but it is not for the Tongguan Pass." ”

Well?!

At this time, Zhang Xi was also a little unable to hold back, came out and arched his hand, and asked, "Today, Cao Zhen retreats to the pass, and the loss is not small, if he can take advantage of the situation to go down to Tongguan and enter Hongnong, then Luoyang is just around the corner. Why did the prime minister say that he didn't come to break the Tong Pass?! ”

As long as the Tong Pass is broken, it should not be able to stop the pace of the Han Army's Northern Expedition by relying on Hongnong in front of Luoyang and a Hangu Pass that has been in disrepair for a long time.

Once Luoyang is conquered and Sili is pacified, the overall situation of the Northern Expedition has been decided, and the land of the world, the Han Dynasty, lives in half of it, and Cao Wei has only one way to retreat to Hebei.

It's impossible for Zhuge Liang not to understand this truth.

But Zhuge Liang was still unhurried, smiled, and said to Zhang Xi, "Although the words of the Yuan Chang are reasonable. Has Ran Yuan Chang forgotten that when the Northern Expedition strategy was formulated, how did Zuo Fengyi enter the army? ! ”

When Zhang Xi heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then he understood what Zhuge Liang meant.

Yes, when the general strategy of this Northern Expedition was formulated, Zuo Fengyi's task was to feint to attack Tongguan and contain the main force of the Wei army, so that they could not support the direction of Wancheng.

The real main direction of attack is actually in Wancheng.

Now Zhuge Liang took the initiative to mention this matter, just to remind Zhang Xi that it doesn't matter whether he breaks the Tong Pass or not, and the first battle broke the main force of the Wei Army's Sili Army, and surrounded the Tong Pass, which has far exceeded the expected results.

"If you can overcome Tongguan, Liang naturally hopes to fight and conquer it. It's just that Tongguan is dangerous, and it is not an idle strategy to break. After experiencing the sneak attack of Wen Chang and the loss of defense, the Wei thief must take strict precautions. Zhuge Liang continued, "If you want to capture Tongguan, you can only attack by force, and you can't outwit it, and this matter is difficult." ”

"It is difficult to break through Tong Pass, but it is easy to encircle Tong Pass. Give enough pressure to the Wei thief, so that his troops stationed in Tongguan do not dare to leave lightly, this is also the established strategy of the Northern Expedition, why do you need to break through Tongguan?! ”

After Zhuge Liang said these words, he could be regarded as expressing his attitude towards the battle at Tongguan - he still focused on containment, and cooperated with the Jingzhou army to break through Wancheng.

Although I feel a little pity, since Zhao Yun and Wei Yan broke through and evacuated Tongguan, it is impossible to recapture Tongguan, whether it is Zhang Xi, Wei Yan, or Zhao Yun, they all understand.

Otherwise, Zhao Yun would not have taken the initiative to ask for guilt as soon as he came up.

missed the best opportunity to push Si Li and attack Luoyang, even Zhao Yun was a little unbearable.

But now, Zhuge Liang told everyone that since such an opportunity has been lost, then don't dwell on it, let's focus on the present and act according to the established plan.

Can. Still a bit of a minor issue.

Zhang Xi thought for a moment and said, "Prime Minister, this matter may not be easy. The Wei army is stationed in Tongguan, but there are only 10,000 people, and now our army counts the reinforcements brought by the prime minister, but there are only more than 30,000 people. Cao Zhen withdrew to the troops in the pass, and there were still nearly 30,000 people. ”

The implication of Zhang Xi's words is obvious, relying on the 30,000 people in front of him is not enough to increase the troops in Tongguan, which is garrisoned by 10,000 people.

And Cao Zhen's Wei army retreated to the pass, although it went through a great disaster, but the biggest impact was the morale of the army, not the actual combat effectiveness.

As long as after a period of rest and recuperation, it is still possible to support the Wancheng battlefield.

30,000 people went to the Wancheng battlefield to support Sima Yi's ability, even if it was Guan Yu, I'm afraid he was a little powerless, right?!

Of course, Zhuge Liang understood the meaning of Zhang Xi's words, but he didn't care.

On the one hand, Zhang Xi, who was in Zuo Feng Yi, did not know the specific battle situation in the Youfufeng area now, and he did not know that not only the Northern Army had entered the Youfufeng battlefield, but even the Yizhou reinforcements led by Zhang Fei had also arrived.

Now Wancheng, in the direction of Wuguan, has gathered 90,000 Jingzhou soldiers and 60,000 Yizhou soldiers, a total of 150,000 people are attacking.

On the other hand

"Liang has ordered Zhang Yi to lead 10,000 troops, tonight out of the camp overnight for ten miles, tomorrow morning to play his own banner into the camp, tomorrow to the pet like the concoction, the day after tomorrow to order someone to fight Hu Taishou flag for three consecutive days of bluffing, expand the camp and increase the stove. In this way, the Wei army will not dare to retreat lightly. ”

This is the coping strategy given by Zhuge Liang - bluffing.

For three consecutive days, people were sent out of the city to pretend to be reinforcements, leading 10,000 people to enter the camp for reinforcements, and at the same time set up a fictitious camp on the basis of the original camp.

Counting the extra 30,000 people in this bluff, there are enough "60,000 people" in the Han army camp outside Tongguan City, I don't believe that Cao Wei still dares to use 10,000 people to guard Tongguan, and Cao Zhen still dares to lead troops to rescue Wancheng.

Don't say it, after Zhang Xi listened to Zhuge Liang's words, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt that . There is still a great possibility that Wei Jun will be fooled.

To tell the truth, Zhuge Liang's strategy is not very subtle, in fact, there are still many flaws, and it takes 30,000 people to create a momentum of 60,000 people, which is okay for a while, and it is easy to be discovered after a long time.

But. Now the situation is exceptional.

Originally, the Han army was fighting at home, and it was very normal to send troops to help, as long as the scale of the troops was not too outrageous, ordinary people would not doubt that with the total population of Guanzhong, if it was urgently mobilized, it would not be able to send 30,000 troops.

And whether it is Cao Zhen or Xiahou Shang, there is a high probability that they will not send scouts or meticulous work to go deep into the Han army camp.

Cao Zhen had just experienced a big defeat and had already retreated to Hongnong, so he didn't have this ability for the time being, and Xiahou Shangcha saw that the enemy army had 30,000 people coming to help, and it was too late to guard the wall, so he shouldn't notice anything unusual in a short time.

And when Xiahou Shang judged that the Han army on the opposite side would increase his troops, out of the need to defend Tongguan, he would definitely ask Cao Zhen to complete the rest as soon as possible and lead the troops to help. Cao Zhen couldn't know the specific situation on the front line for a while, so naturally he didn't dare to act rashly.

As long as you can deceive the Wei army for half a month to a month, then even if you are finally recognized by Xiahou Shang or Cao Zhen, I am afraid that Wancheng will already have a winner.

Zhang Xi thought about it and felt that this matter was quite operational, while Zhao Yun and Wei Yan thought about it for a while, and it seemed that there was no better way to deal with it than Zhuge Liang's strategy.

In this way, Zhang Yi led the troops, left the camp overnight, and the next morning, under his own banner, led the troops into the camp.

The next day, it was concocted by Xiang Pet.

On the third day, Zhang Xi asked Su Ze to play the banner of Hu Zun and bluff again.

And on the upper floor of Tongguan City, Xiahou Shang, who had watched the Shu thieves come to help for three days in a row, finally couldn't sit still.

However, Xiahou Shang did not directly contact Cao Zhen and asked Cao Zhen to lead troops to help. Xiahou Shang made a move that no one expected.

He wrote to the Son of Heaven and told him in a hurry!!

(End of chapter)