This time, Cao Wei's army of Shulu attacked Shu at the end of the spring ploughing in Guanzhong. More than 100,000 troops have been fighting back and forth from Guanzhong to Longyou for so long, and the time has come to the beginning of summer.

The northwest is inland and does not receive as much rainfall as in the southeast. Wheat and corn are generally grown here, and the seasons are not the same.

Corn in the northwest, that is, millet, is generally planted in autumn and harvested in summer. When Zhuge Liang Juntun Wuzhangyuan, the corn on the side of Guanzhong was already close to maturity.

For Zhuge Liang, although he has now dragged Ma Jian back, he cannot withdraw his troops immediately. He needed to fight in the local garrison for a month or two, showing that he had the idea of continuing the offensive.

After all, you led 20,000 troops to the Northern Expedition, and the consumption of the ramp was so huge, it was difficult to convince the public just to meet Ma Tan. Zhuge Liang must show that this time it is to counter the offensive of the Wei army, and it is a matter of passing to answer Ma Yan.

However, the troops came down to check and see that the food carried by Zhuge Liang was not abundant. So after seeing the corn in Shangguanzhong mature, Prime Minister Zhuge had an idea.

"Prime Minister, it has been found out that this piece of corn is the grain of Yongzhou's pseudo-Wei Tuntian. The number of them is enough to support the attrition of the army for several months! ”

The person in charge of going to the investigation is a grassroots lieutenant in Shu Han, whose name is Fu. After probing with the troops, he quickly reported to Zhuge Liang.

After hearing Jufu's report, Zhuge Liang took the report and looked at the map, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.

At this moment, Chen Taitun's troops set up a camp to defend the north of Wuzhangyuan. All the roads to the north were blocked, with only a few gaps for small groups of troops to smuggle in.

In other words, if Zhuge Liang wants to seize the millet of Weibei, he must first defeat Chen Taibu.

This is contrary to the strategy of garrisoning troops and fighting against Weishui. What's more, Zhuge Liang did not lead many troops on this trip, and it was difficult for his family to cross the Weishui River.

And don't look at Chen Tai's previous losses so badly, but the army did not collapse when he withdrew. Up to now, Chen Tai's total strength still has to be as many as 20,000.

"I'm afraid it's troublesome......" Zhuge Liang touched his beard, frowned and began to ponder.

Soon, Zhuge Liang saw the mountains to the west of Wuzhang Plain. The jungle was so dense that the passage of troops would hardly go unnoticed.

Even if he forcibly crossed the Weishui, as long as the movement was not too big, it would not let the Wei army notice.

The only problem was that when the corn was harvested, it was difficult for Wei Jun not to notice such a large area. Unless Wei Jun's attention is diverted, they have to look elsewhere.

Soon, Zhuge Liang thought of a figure, which can really attract attention.

After all, if you don't look at him, Wei Jun will have to suffer a big loss.

However, Zhuge Liang had no bottom in his heart, after all, as soon as this guy came out, he had to keep an eye on him. As soon as you don't pay attention to it, he will go directly to Guanzhong Sanji.

That's right, it's you Ma Yan!

After pondering for a long time, Zhuge Liang still made a decision.

"Go and call the auxiliary general Ma Yan, I have something to arrange for him!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand and asked the guards to call Ma Yan.

And at the moment Ma Tan is depressed in the camp.

After being captured by Zhuge Liang, Ma Jian lost the opportunity to play freely. Not only that, as if he was not relieved, the prime minister took all the three thousand horses of Ma Tan to leave!

That's three battalions of 3,000 cavalry! Ma Yan's heart was dripping blood.

Of course, Zhuge Liang can't be blamed for this, after all, the cavalry is too precious to keep it in the hands of Ma Yan.

Don't look at the large horse-producing land of Longyou in Shu Han now, in fact, the Shu army is still lacking in cavalry. In addition to the 2,000 cavalry in the hands of Ma Tan, the cavalry of the rest of the departments added up to less than 3,000 people!

Therefore, Prime Minister Zhuge did not hesitate to rob himself at this time, but he was helpless.

Just when Ma Jian was depressed, the prime minister suddenly summoned him, which made Ma Jian a little strange.

"What's wrong? The prime minister is still angry, and wants to snatch my remaining two battalions away? ”

was called all the way to the military tent by the guards, and then received an order from Zhuge Liang.

"Attract the attention of Wei Jun?" Ma Yan scratched his head and expressed his doubts about the task given by Zhuge Liang.

"That's right, now you need to lead the troops to smuggle across Weishui and ...... east."

"The prime minister is going to fight Chang'an? Somehow can be a pioneer! As soon as he heard Xiangdong, Ma Jian immediately stood up excitedly and asked for his life.

"Smack!" The feather fan slapped on Ma Tan's head at once, and Ma Jian was pressed down again.

"How dare you think about it! With only 20,000 people, you dare to fight Chang'an, if you are given 50,000 people, do you want to attack Luoyang? Zhuge Liang's face was speechless, and he said angrily, and then pointed to the map.

"Harass martial arts! Draw the attention of Chen Taiwei's army to the east. ”

At this moment, the Wei army on the front line of Chencang has not yet returned to help, and the Wei army on the north bank of Weishui is only more than 20,000. Once the Wei army moved eastward, they would not have time to watch the corn in the tuntian to the west. ”

At that time, a certain army will go to Meiyang County to harvest corn. In this way, not only can one bell of the enemy be used as my twenty bells, but also a huge blow to the logistics of the pseudo-Wei! ”

"Since then, the more our army will go north to Liangzhou next year, and the puppet Wei will not have the ability to threaten Longyou!"

"But this time, although you are given the right to fight, you don't want to run around. I have already chosen one person for you to be the prison army, if you dare to send troops without the nod of the prison army, you will wait in Chengdu for a lifetime! ”

At this moment, Zhuge Liang, the human spirit, can also see Ma Yan's weakness.

Ma Yan, this kid is not afraid of death at all, and you are even more excited when you threaten to kill him who disobeys military orders. But he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he is most afraid that you will deprive him of his military power.

The punishment of not letting Ma Jian go to the battlefield was even more uncomfortable for him than killing Ma Tan.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang directly changed the punishment, from those who disobeyed military orders to those who disobeyed military orders and seized their military power!

As soon as Zhuge Liang's words came out, the effect was immediate, and the old horse, who was originally eager to try, was suddenly intimidated.

! Why is the prime minister getting darker and darker, and he is starting to make deadly moves!

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After receiving Zhuge Liang's military order, Ma Jian returned to his military camp and prepared to leave.

And here, Ma Tan met the prison army sent to him by the prime minister. This is an extremely young scribe who seems to be very talkative.

"A certain is Chen Yi, I have seen Ma Fuguo!" The scribe arched his hand and saluted Ma Yan.

"Chen Yi?" Ma Tan was taken aback, he didn't expect that the prison army sent would be him!

Chen Yi, as a scholar of the Later Han Dynasty, had outstanding abilities and became a pivotal figure in Shu Han after Fei Yi's death in history. And he also has the will of the Northern Expedition, and has been jumping up and down since serving as Shang Shuling, almost begging Jiang Wei to make up military expenses for the Northern Expedition.

In history, Jiang Wei's several large-scale northern expeditions were basically carried out during the Chen Yi period. As soon as Chen Yi died, Jiang Wei immediately became poor and had to go to Tuntian.

But shouldn't Chen Yi still be idle in his hometown at this time? How did it end up in the military?

But soon, Chen You's next words made Ma Jian understand.

"Thanks to the general's recommendation, Prime Minister Zhuge promoted a certain Yu Weimo, and he is only grateful!"

(End of chapter)