Under Huo Jun's flickering, Xian Yufu took Yu Ban and happily went back to restore his life.

Xian Yufu left Beijing not long ago, in order not to delay time, Zhuge Liang immediately prepared to enter Shu. In order to show that the Southern Han Dynasty had the attitude of reusing the Shu people, Zhuge Liang recruited the Shu people Zhang Yi to join the army for the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Yang Hong was the Prime Minister's Mansion...... More than 10 meritorious officials of all sizes accompanied him into Shu.

Because there were no less than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Bashu area, Zhuge Liang only rode 2,000 soldiers from Beijing. And on the eve of the expedition, Liu Chan was honored by Zhuge Liang, and gave a golden jade, a curved cover, and 60 tigers.

On the day of the westward trip, Huo Jun went out of the city to Jinkou and personally saw off Zhuge Liang.

On the bank of Jiangjin, Huo and Ge walked on the riverbank, and dozens of relatives and guards were seven or eight steps away.

Feeling the blowing of the river breeze, Huo Jun looked at the ships on the river and asked, "If Jun is not mistaken, it has been ten years since Kong Ming last commanded the army?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Zhong Miao has a good memory, he has been in Jian'an for twenty years, and he was recommended by Zhong Miao to lead the sergeant to conquer Wuxi Man. It is the service of the soldiers to use their lives, everywhere they go, the barbarian king Shamoke surrendered, and the tribes went out of the mountains to return to the Han, and there have been few riots so far. ”

"It's been ten years!"

Huo Jun put his hands behind his waist and asked, "Now I will lead the troops west to conquer Bashu, I don't know what Kong Ming thinks?" ”

Zhuge Liang held the fan and groaned, and said: "Liang and Youyou often talk about the situation in the western soil, and secretly think that when the heart is attacked, the city is attacked, the heart is the bottom, and the people of the western soil are collected, and then all the relics are wiped out to get rid of future troubles." ”

"Leading the troops on the march?"

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "Kong Ming has the ability to manage Zhong and Le Yi, first play the Jiang Shang pair, and then lead the troops to be barbaric, which shows that he has a great talent in military strategy." ”

Although Lu Xun is capable, his military strategy is indeed outstanding. But it is really difficult to expect Lu Xun to make an outstanding record in the Northern Expedition, or to beat Sima Yi out of the door.

Seeing that Huo Jun believed in himself so much, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Staff officers, Pingman, are different from the Northern Expedition with many martial arts, how can Zhong Miao Liang compete with Sima Yi, Cao Zhen and other thieves?" Don't forget Zhao Kuo's matter, although Lian Po is old, he can use it; Although Bo Yan is soft, he can block one side! ”

Zhuge Liang hesitated a little and said: "Today, Zhongmiao has a general strategy, and Boyan and Gongheng know the military affairs. Ziming and Zhongye can supervise one side. The last order left by the first emperor ordered Liang to govern the affairs of the dynasty, and Zhong Miao led the army to conquer, dividing the main and internal and external, how could he arbitrarily dictate the army. This westward march was forced by the situation. ”

In the framework designed by Liu Bei, Huo Jun was in charge of the military with the Great Sima and had the power of the parliament. As the prime minister, Zhuge Liang was in charge of political affairs to prevent Huo Jun's power from tilting towards the government and the opposition. Let Zhuge Liang take charge of the troops, Liu Bei has no such plan.

The difficulties of the Northern Expedition of one person can be known by looking at Yue Fei, Yue Fei's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, he sent troops from Jianghan and asked the Huai soldiers to cooperate many times. But in the end, the Jianghuai soldiers and horses were defeated, and all the pressure was put on Yue Fei. Therefore, the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty often became Yue Fei's Northern Expedition alone.

is not only worried that Zhuge Liang's military power will affect the rights of generals such as Huo Jun and Lu Xun. What's more, Zhuge Liang was rarely in charge of the military before, and his role was more of an image of a politician.

Huo Jun laughed when he heard this, and said confidently: "Since Jun commanded the army, he has never been negligent in observing people. Kong Ming is by no means an ordinary person, with the deeds of the king, if he can command the army, he will be a general. Its success is also above Boyan's, and it will be even better. ”

"Kong Ming's ability, Jun is already knowing. If you enter the western soil, the western soil will be safe! ”

"Bo Yan is not enough to make things happen?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Huo Jun shook his head and said, "Bo Yan is not enough to support big things, and the balance strategy is secondary. In the past, Kong Ming assisted the first emperor to go down to Jiangdong, sent more troops to strategize, and Ping Wuxi was able to advance and retreat to a certain extent. ”

Seeing that Zhuge Liang misunderstood what he meant, Huo Jun interrupted rudely and said, "Jun is asking Kong Ming if he has the idea of leading troops to go on expedition in the future?" ”

When Yue Fei went on the fourth expedition, he met the southern expedition of the Jin Dynasty, fortunately there was Liu Qi in Jianghuai, and Wu Ling in Sichuan, so he was able to share the troops, so Yue Fei fought Yuncheng and Zhuxian Town in a row in World War II, and approached Kaifeng Mansion, forcing Yan Zongbi to flee to Hebei several times.

Now with Yue Fei as a lesson, Huo Jun is eager to find a helper to cooperate with him in the Northern Expedition. Lu Xun had been considered before, but he was quickly vetoed.

Thinking deeply about the things before and after, Huo Jun set his eyes on Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

"After the death of the first emperor, Jun commanded the army and went north to China, fearing that he would be alone, and the road to reviving the Han dynasty was long. Even if you can run rampant in Huaisi, you are afraid of being weak alone, and it is difficult to get things done. If China wants to succeed in the Northern Expedition, it must go hand in hand, and it is impossible to do it! ”

Huo Jun has been under great pressure since he became a powerful minister, and in the internal affairs of the government and the opposition, it is good to have Zhuge Liang to share it; But thinking of the Northern Expedition to China, Huo Jun had a headache.

Zhuge Liang doesn't need to say much, if he can beat Sima and dare not fight, it can be seen how his military ability is.

Seeing people and knowing people is a science, and Huo Jun's ability to recognize talents is acceptable, but the eight classics are based on the advantages of traversers. If Zhao Kuo is replaced by Zhuge Liang, it will not make Bai Qi die of a headache.

Although Zhuge Liang rarely uses soldiers, after long-term contact and the memories of later generations, Huo Jun can feel that Zhuge Liang's style of using soldiers will most likely be the style of heavy sword without blades.

This style of using troops is very much in line with Huo Jun's appetite, and it can make the opponent dare not fight, and can effectively contain the enemy's vital forces. Zhuge Liang is not responsible for other aspects of the war, just hand it over to him.

Although he didn't know why Huo Jun believed his words so deeply, Zhuge Liang was already full of emotion in his heart. The joy of the world is that the first emperor reused, and colleagues were confidants.

Zhuge Liang stroked his fan and smiled, and said: "Liang is deeply favored by the first emperor, and now Zhong Miao is convinced of Liang, and Liang does not dare to live up to the king's trust. This time he entered the Western Soil, studied the art of war, trained the sergeants, and became familiar with the army. ”

Familiarizing Zhuge Liang with the conquest can be regarded as one of Huo Jun's goals in pushing Zhuge Liang westward.

The Bashu thieves and the rebels in Nanzhong are quite suitable for Zhuge Liang, who is about to enter the battle. After all, it's not good to be unfamiliar with military affairs, Zhuge Liang hasn't led an army to fight for almost ten years. Many things need to be operated by hands, and then the troops can be trained before they can be said to lead the troops to the Northern Expedition.

Huo Jun nodded and said with a smile: "Kong Ming is going west to Bashu this time, he should be tired!" ”

Zhuge Liang bowed his hand to Huo Jun and said: "At the moment of state affairs, Your Majesty is young and young, Zhong Miao is both Xinliang, how dare Liang not work for the Han family." ”

"Good!"

Zhuge Liang remembered something and said: "Zhong Miao and Cao Pi are not guilty of the snake, it is better to tell Ma Chao about Cao Pi's envoy to Beijing, saying that Cao Pi has the idea of using force against Longyou, and ordered our army not to send troops to help." Then when Cao Pi marches south, in words, Ma Chao may take the opportunity to make a mess. ”

Huo Jun thought for a moment and said, "Kong Ming's words are reasonable, I almost forgot about Ma Mengqi." Now Kong Ming entered Bashu, could communicate with Ma Chao, and comforted Jiang's father and son with letters. ”

"No!"

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said: "Jiang's father and son are lonely from Longtu, and now the emperor has died. Please rest assured that Zhong Miao will keep this matter in mind. ”

"Good!"

Huo Jun applauded and said: "Kong Ming's book "Discussion" before parting, Jun read it through last night, and he was deeply touched. Thinking that there is such a heroic text, the government and the opposition officials should be in high spirits. ”

Previously, due to the discussion between the North and the South, many doves sued for peace. In order to boost the morale of the people, Huo Jun specially proposed that Zhuge Liang and himself write articles to boost the morale of the doves, and not to think about getting along with Cao Wei.

Zhuge Liang studied the scriptures for a long time, and used the changes in the battle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu as an example to compare the dispute between the Han and Wei dynasties. The article lists in detail the content of Cao Cao's defeat, as well as the examples of the victories of the Southern Han Dynasty, and argues that the battle between Han and Wei was nothing more than a long dispute between Han and Chu, which lifted the spirits of the scholars.

Although Huo Jun is a long soldier, he has no experience in writing eloquent writing. After thinking about it, Huo Jun decided to use the form of questions and answers to explain why the Han family would not die, the strategy of recovering the Han Dynasty, the protracted war, and why the Han family was able to finally dominate the world.

"Don't dare!"

Zhuge Liang said modestly: "Cursive sentences can make the scholars know the prosperity of the Han Dynasty and the decline of thieves, which is a blessing for Liang!" ”

After a pause, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "But I don't know if Zhong Miao's article is obtained now?" ”

Huo Jun pondered a little and said with a smile: "Jun is not as good as Kong Ming, yesterday the article was rough and changed overnight, Jun called this article "On Han". Now this article has been handed over to the attendants, so that it can be circulated among the government and the opposition, hoping to correct the people's partiality. ”

As he spoke, Huo Jun took out the towel hidden in his sleeve, handed it to Zhuge Liang, and said: "On Kong Ming's way to the west, you can read it in your spare time, if you can correct and polish Jun's article, you should be grateful!" ”

Zhuge Liang took the towel and glanced at it slightly.

See the first sentence of the opening sentence bluntly, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was chaotic, the heroes were divided, and everyone said that the Han family should die. At the beginning, it may be said that the Yuan family was prosperous; Then Cao Cao destroyed Yuan, and everyone said that Cao's family was prosperous. After the Battle of Chrysostom, the words of the Cao clan in the southern soil gradually decreased, and more said that the first emperor could extend the Han Zuo. ……

Only the first hundred words attracted Zhuge Liang's attention, and his spirit trembled, and he had a desire to read down.

Due to the occasion, Zhuge Liang put together the towel and said: "Zhong Miao is very busy, how hard it should be to write articles." Today, you can go to Jinkou to say goodbye, and Liang is grateful! ”

Seeing that the battleship was about to sail away, Huo Jun said goodbye to Zhuge Liang and said: "Jun is waiting for the report of Jun's great victory in Beijing, and the mountains and rivers in the west are noble, and I hope that you will cherish it!" ”

"Cao Pi will not march south, and Lao Zhongmiao will be in charge!" Zhuge Liang replied.

"Good!"

(End of chapter)