It was overcast, early in the morning, and the sky was just getting dark.

When Liu Yu arrived in the tent, Zhuge Liang had not yet arrived, but the generals in the army had already arrived.

Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar faces, Liu Yu couldn't help but feel in a trance, these people were the last elite in the Shu Han army.

Zhuge Liang felt that his time was running out during this Northern Expedition, and he wanted to finish his work in one battle.

The transfer of troops and generals from everywhere is to take Guanzhong for Shu Han and leave a glimmer of life for Shu Han in his lifetime.

Since the loss of Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang knew that the only way out for Shu Han was to take Guanzhong.

Cao Wei sits on the Central Plains, both in terms of land and population, which is more than three times that of Shu Han.

And Shu Han is tired, and there is only one state in Yizhou, how can it be compared with Cao Wei?

If it develops peacefully, Cao Wei's strength will only become deeper, and compared with Shu Han and Cao Wei, the gap will only get bigger and bigger.

Coupled with the factional disputes in the Shu Han Dynasty, in the end, Shu Han will only be annexed by Cao Wei.

Zhuge Liang's repeated northern expeditions were to swallow Guanzhong and reuse the Guanzhong Plain and the Bashu Plain so that he could compete with Cao Wei.

Otherwise, Shu Han is just a dry bone in the grave, dying of old age.

These generals who arrived early talked in groups of three or five, and ignored Liu Yu, who had just arrived.

"Liu Yu!"

Suddenly, a voice came into Liu Yu's ears.

"Why is it so late today?"

The man who spoke was eight feet tall, with a face like a heavy jujube, a beard and a short beard, and a blazing eye.

It was Wei Yan.

At this time, Wei Yan was standing alone on the left, with no one around him, as if he was out of place with the people around him.

"My mind was a little drowsy in the early morning, so I was late, and I hope the general will forgive me."

Liu Yu hurriedly came to Wei Yan and pleaded guilty.

"It's okay, is it okay? Do I need to ask a military doctor to see it? ”

Wei Yan did not blame, but asked Liu Yu about his body with concern.

"No, it's okay to be humble."

Liu Yu's heart was very complicated.

Wei Yan is arrogant and lenient, and he naturally has nothing to say about his subordinates, which is quite similar to Guan Yu.

But it is precisely this kind of character that makes Wei Yan have few friends in the army and the DPRK at all.

This led to the final tragedy.

"It's okay, you stand behind you, and the prime minister will arrive later."

"No!"

Liu Yu had just stood still behind Wei Yan when he heard someone shouting outside the tent:

"The prime minister has arrived!"

The people in the tent hurriedly ended their conversation and stood in the tent without squinting.

"Ahem."

Not long after, Liu Yu saw an old man, wearing a scarf, a crane, and a white feather fan, slowly walking into the tent.

It is the prime minister of Shu Han, Zhuge Liang.

It's just that today's Zhuge Liang no longer has the majestic hair he had when he was young, but an old man who is dying.

"Meet the Prime Minister."

After Zhuge Liang sat down, all the generals in the camp bowed their hands to Zhuge Liang.

"Rise up, everybody."

Zhuge Liang's voice was gentle, but there was a hint of fatigue in his voice.

Liu Yu peeked at Zhuge Liang and found that Zhuge Liang's face was old, his hair was gray, and there were faint dark circles under his eyes.

According to the records of the Three Kingdoms, even during the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang would deal with political affairs in the DPRK and China all night, so it seems that Zhuge Liang is really hard work.

Presumably last night, Zhuge Liang worked overtime all night to deal with government affairs.

"It has been more than 80 days since our army's northern expedition arrived in Wuzhangyuan."

"Now Cao Wei and Sima Yi are sticking to the camp and not coming out, and our army has come from afar, and there is a lot of daily food and grass loss, far exceeding Cao Wei."

"For today's plan, only a quick battle and a quick decision can be achieved by forcing Sima Yi to fight a decisive battle with our army."

"Do you have a plan?"

Zhuge Liang went straight to the point and told the situation of the Shu army now.

In fact, every time he went on the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang faced only one difficulty, that is, grain and grass, and logistical supplies.

Between Hanzhong and Guanzhong, it is traversed by a Qinling Mountains.

Although Qinling can help Shu Han resist Cao Wei's invasion, when Shu Han wants to send troops to the Northern Expedition, Qinling will also be like a moat, lying in front of Zhuge Liang.

Li Bai's Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, and it is Qinling.

Zhuge Liang's previous Northern Expeditions were trapped by grain and grass, the reason is that the Qinling Mountains are rugged and difficult to travel, and it is even more difficult to transport grain and grass in them.

Zhuge Liang was able to cross the Qinling Mountains and attack the Central Plains five times, and he was close to success every time, which was already a very ungodly existence.

It would have been impossible for anyone else.

This time the Northern Expedition was the same, and the problem of grain and grass was imminent.

Although Zhuge Liang had stored a large amount of grain in Hanzhong Tuntian for three years, he was about to run out of food in the nearly three-month attrition.

If there is no further progress, this Northern Expedition will be like the last time, and the troops will be withdrawn because of the lack of food.

However, Sima Yi had already figured out the weaknesses of the Shu army in the previous battles with Zhuge Liang.

The reason why he couldn't hold out was to drag down the Shu army.

Sima Yi has his back to Guanzhong, and has the grain and grass of the entire Guanzhong Plain as a supply, and the transportation is extremely convenient, unlike the Shu army, which has to cross the entire Qinling Mountains.

He only needs to wait quietly for Zhuge Liang to run out of food, and Zhuge Liang will naturally retreat obediently.

So now Sima Yi is already a king and eats scales, and he can't avoid the battle with an iron heart, no matter how the Shu army challenges, he won't move.

After Zhuge Liang asked, the audience was dumbfounded.

In the past eighty days, they have already said what they can think of, but it has no effect at all.

Even if he sent people outside the Wei army camp to scold Sima Yi and provoke him wildly, Sima Yi was indifferent.

The scene suddenly became quiet, all the generals bowed their heads and were silent, only Zhuge Liang's cough was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang also sighed in his heart, although he knew that this was the result, Zhuge Liang still couldn't help asking.

Maybe someone will think of a way to help them defeat Sima Yi.

Although this hope is very slim, even if it is slim, as long as there is such a possibility, Zhuge Liang has to give it a try.

Otherwise, how can you be worthy of the grace of the first emperor?

But this time, it looks like I'm going to be disappointed again.

Seeing that this military discussion was about to end without a hitch, Liu Yu, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help it and stood up.

"Prime Minister, I have a plan to make the old thief Sima fight a decisive battle with our army."