"Sit down, gentlemen."

There were many generals sitting beside Chen Qi.

After Zhang Yi was captured, the temple was in turmoil and morale was low, and various nursery rhymes appeared in various places.

In order to curb this situation, Liu Chan obeyed Chen Qi's table and rewarded many generals.

Jiang Wei was promoted from General Wei to General, Zong Pre was promoted to General of Zhengxi, Junior General Liao Hua was promoted to General of the Right Cavalry, Hu Ji was promoted to General of the Hussars, Yan Yu was promoted to General of the Right Division, and Zhuge Zhan was promoted to General of the Military Division.

And the rest of the generals were also rewarded.

This successfully appeased the soldiers in China, and the nursery rhymes disappeared from the streets without a trace.

Chen Yi looked at the few generals around him and said slowly: "I have summoned you here this time for the important event of the Northern Expedition. ”

Hearing this, the generals were shocked.

They immediately looked at Jiang Wei, and they knew very well in their hearts that this must be the general's idea.

Zong Yu and Liao Hua glanced at each other, and the relationship between the two was good.

They are not in a hurry to make a statement.

Chen Qi continued: "This is my idea. ”

"This time I asked the general to come back just to discuss this matter."

"Cao thieves are aggressive, can An allow them to be so rampant?!"

"Besides, this time Wang Ji is in the east and Deng Ai is in the north, if they can't destroy their foundations, let them garrison the localities, reorganize the army, prepare food, and appease the people, it will cause a great disaster."

Chen Yi analyzed the current situation.

It's not that the generals don't know the current situation, it's just that it's not a question of the situation, it's a question of national strength!

Why do we encounter huge food problems every time we go on an expedition? This is because the amount of food consumed when going out on a campaign is different from the cost of garrisoning.

It is not the soldiers who eat the most food, but the people who are in charge of transportation.

Cao Cao once said that when transporting grain from the rear to the front line, seventy or eighty percent of the grain was eaten by the people in charge of transportation.

The people who are responsible for transporting supplies also have mouths, and the roads are not easy to walk, so every time they go on an expedition, the food problem will be exposed

Is it possible to make the people hungry to transport food supplies?

The generals knew this, so they remained silent.

Chen Yi was inexplicably strong this time, it was not the same as before, and he even sternly pointed out that in the past, some people were greedy for the grain they went out for, and when they transported grain to Yong'an, the consumption exceeded the standard, and this must be strictly investigated!

These words added to the tension.

As the emperor's favorite minister now, Chen Qi's words are still quite weighty, especially when the generals are bowing their heads to listen to him.

Zhuge Zhan, a scholar who had just been promoted and a military general, sat among the generals.

He was still very young, two years younger than Zhong Hui.

Of course, he is also one of the few young people in the whole world who can compare with Zhong Hui.

Zhuge Zhan listened to Chen Qi's words, and his heart was inexplicably a little heavy.

As the son of Zhuge Liang, he has always been expected by everyone, whether it is the emperor, the ministers, or the people.

But his memory of his father is not so clear.

Every day he was faced with a pair of eyes full of expectation, and everyone seemed to believe that he could inherit his father's mantle, stabilize the people, and help the world.

Zhuge Zhan didn't want to disappoint these people, but he really didn't know how to do it.

At this moment, when he heard that Chen Yi was going to send troops, he subconsciously wanted to object, but he didn't know how to speak.

He must be cautious in what he does, and if he does the wrong thing and says the wrong thing, what face does he have to deal with those who believe in him?

Chen Qi said a lot, but strangely didn't wait for the generals to reply, and then let them leave, leaving only Zhuge Zhan.

The generals left with sad faces.

"Siyuan."

Chen Qi looked at Zhuge Zhan, and at this moment, his solemnity and sternness suddenly disappeared without a trace, with obvious affection.

"Sit down here, and I have something important to discuss with you."

Zhuge Zhan stood up, walked a few steps, and sat down beside Chen Qi.

Jiang Wei frowned and stared at him.

Chen Yi opened his mouth and asked, "What do you think of the things discussed today?" ”

Zhuge Zhan hesitated for a moment and did not answer.

Jiang Wei said unhappily: "Governance can advance or retreat, but you can't hesitate, Shang Shuling asked, how can you not answer?!" ”

Zhuge Zhan glanced at him, and then said: "The Northern Expedition is naturally the right thing to do, but I don't think this is the time for the Northern Expedition. ”

"Besides, you just talked about the military rations, which will surely make the generals feel afraid, which is not conducive to the war."

Zhuge Zhan talked about his thoughts, Chen Qi was very satisfied, he smiled and nodded, "It is worthy of being the son of Wuhou!" ”

Zhuge Zhan pursed his lips and did not pick up the stubble.

Jiang Wei's face also looked better.

Zhuge Zhan is not without talent, but the talent he shows seems to never meet the expectations of the people around him.

Seeing that Chen Yi actually agreed with his thoughts.

Zhuge Zhan asked puzzledly: "Since Shang Shuling knows these things, why does he still want to go on the expedition?" ”

Chen Qi glanced at Jiang Wei and saw Jiang Wei nodding, before he said to Zhuge Zhan: "We are not going to send troops. ”

"We have made a deployment to make Cao Wei no longer able to develop with peace of mind."

Zhuge Zhan was a little surprised, and he asked, "What kind of method is it?" ”

Chen Qi narrowed his eyes and asked rhetorically, "Do you remember how Wei Guo used to make my Han Dynasty unpeaceful?" ”

Zhuge Zhan was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't answer.

Jiang Wei opened his mouth at this moment and said: "They sent the general to pretend to surrender, and then assassinated Fei Gong at the banquet."

Even if Jiang Wei felt that Fei Yi had restrained himself and made it impossible for him to go out with a large army all the time, he must admit that many problems within Shu were only brought to light after Fei Yi's death.

When Fei Yi was still there, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty did not dare to have fun wantonly, and the eunuchs did not dare to openly participate in government affairs.

The ministers did not dare to openly write about the hatred of the country, and the generals did not start worrying when they heard about the war.

There were not so many rebellions among the people, and there was always a surplus of grain in the treasury.

The emperor obeyed him, and his ministers were very convinced of him.

Jiang Wei didn't know what to remember, and sighed again.

At this moment, Zhuge Zhan reacted.

This is preparing to follow the example of Cao Thief and come to a wave of assassination??

Zhuge Zhan frowned, "I'm afraid this matter is not easy to handle." ”

"At the beginning, the Guo thief was defeated and captured, if he surrendered directly, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be trusted by the Cao thief, and he is likely to be directly executed, and there is no chance."

Jiang Wei shook his head first, "You're not right. ”

"I have been checking what Cao Chao has done these days, this person despises etiquette, has a dissolute personality, and despises the rules, the previous General Zhang, and even the generals of Wu who defected to surrender, no matter what grievances they had with him in the past, they were forgiven and forgiven by him."

"I heard that Sun Xin of Wu went to Luoyang and had disrespectful words towards Cao Chao, and Cao Chao rewarded him."

"This led to a large number of generals and officials in Wu State beginning to defect to Cao Thief, and in the past two months alone, three thieves in the army have defected."

"It can be seen that this person is an offensive strategy to the outside world, and if a foreign general surrenders, he will definitely accept it."

"Besides, I heard that this person is good to wander around the world, often going to the school field, Taixue and other places, patrolling in micro-clothes, less defense, and even sitting down with the generals with weapons to discuss major matters."

The more Zhuge Zhan listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, and when he heard this, he was so frightened that he almost jumped up.

"Is the general preparing to assassinate Cao Chao?!"

"Why not?"

Zhuge Zhan looked at Chen Yi and Jiang Wei in astonishment, even if we don't approve of it, the other party is also the king of a country, even their own ministers, they may not be able to do this, a general can kill the emperor of Wei???

He immediately shook his head, "This useless work." ”

"Cao Thief has done all the evil deeds, he will definitely worry about retribution, and even if the general can see him, it is definitely not impossible to carry weapons!"

"Cao Chao is just wandering again, won't there be many armor soldiers to follow him when he goes out? It is difficult for even his henchmen to assassinate him, let alone demote him? ”

Zhuge Zhan felt that these two people were driven crazy by the enemy at this moment, and they wanted to use any method.

Chen Yi and Jiang Wei glanced at each other.

This is the best way that the two of them thought of when they couldn't send troops, and now Cao Wei's change is because of the new emperor, Cao Chao has no heirs, if he dies, I'm afraid that this stable situation will collapse again.

Obviously, everyone is messing up together, and the car is running wildly towards the cliff, why are you just halfway to stop the horse?

This can't be done, we have to kill this guy who is on the precipice, and everyone will continue to mess around.

It's like three roommates agreeing to skip class and go to an Internet café, but one of them suddenly starts studying hard, which is intolerable.

And such a method of assassination was not uncommon during the Three Kingdoms period.

Cao Wei is one of the masters, and has used this method many times to get rid of people who are not good for him.

Chen Qi opened his mouth at this moment and said: "If you look at the words of the general, Cao Chao is arrogant, just like Sun Ce at the beginning, he still has a chance, even if he can't succeed and let Cao Chao go, it can't be said that there is no gain." ”

"In the future, if there are any more generals who defect to Cao Wei, they will not dare to accept it easily, and the defection situation can be contained."

Zhuge Zhan still didn't understand, "Cao Thief is a giant murderer in the world, how can anyone defect?" ”

Neither Jiang Wei nor Chen Yi answered.

The current treatment of the two sides is not at the same level at all, looking at how serious the defection of Wu State is now, it can't be suppressed, who dares to say that Shu State will not be like this in the future?

Chen Qi said softly: "I have been unwell recently, if something suddenly happens, you must support the general in front of Your Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty attaches great importance to you, if I am gone, only you can persuade him."

"Remember, remember."