Gao Yingxiang was unable to support the protracted siege due to the burning of the fire and ammunition depot and the spread of grain and grass, so he launched a fierce attack on the city of Hanzhong for several days. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but Sun Chuanting is really a generation of famous generals, and the cannons used to defend the city are extremely sharp, so he led the army and civilians to defend Hanzhong as impregnable, and only used 40,000 troops to resist the invasion of King Chuang's 300,000 army.

After several days of fierce attacks, King Chuang's army only left thousands of corpses under the city of Hanzhong, and did not even touch the edge of the wall. The morale of the generals has dropped to the bottom, and with the short food and lack of food, there is almost no strength to fight again.

On the seventh day after the onslaught began, King Chuang ordered the entire army to be repaired. Subsequently, all the important generals were summoned, and the strategic arrangement meeting was held in a solemn atmosphere.

At the beginning of the conference, King Chuang did not say a word, and immediately ordered the two generals who were responsible for going out to urge food to be dragged out and killed. After that, he asked Zhuge Yue Ming: "Yue Ming, how many days can our army have grain and grass to support now?"

Zhuge Yueming took a step forward and arched his hand: "King Bingchuang should be able to support more than a month." ”

King Chuang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "What? You have raised food? Didn't you tell me two days ago that it was only enough for half a month?"

Zhuge Yueming glanced at King Chuang, and said loudly: "I made a mistake in my previous calculations and overestimated the consumption of those old and young women and children. In fact, the current food supply should be dominated by the soldiers who are charging into battle, and those dependents and laborers should be able to save money, and only enough food and clothing can be saved. ”

Seeing that his expression was different, King Chuang knew that it was inconvenient for him to reveal too much in front of everyone, so he stood up straight and said, "You have done a good job in this matter, so you will do as you say, and at the same time, you will be responsible for going out to urge food in the future." ”

Zhuge Yueming immediately knelt down to receive the order, and then slowly retreated to the queue.

King Chuang asked again: "Generals, now that Sun Chuanting can't defend the pass, the artillery is fierce, and the heavy cavalry of our army can't give full play to the advantage of charging, what strategy do you have to break this stalemate?"

Lin Jifeng took a step forward and said: "His Royal Highness, at present, the enemy is in danger of the high wall, and he can't hold out. ”

"Oh, what does General Lin think?" Gao Yingxiang asked when he came to his senses.

Lin Jifeng's eyes flashed with cold light, and he said three words: "Meridian Valley." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was terrified, you must know that this name is full of ominous and dangerous, almost a taboo for attacking Xi'an, Lin Jifeng put it up at this moment, I am afraid that the front foot has stepped on the entrance of Huangquan.

King Chuang looked unkind, and slowly walked in front of Lin Jifeng, with murderous intent in his eyes, and said, "Do you mean to ask this king to follow Wei Wenchang during the Three Kingdoms period and attack Xi'an from the Meridian Valley?"

Lin Jifeng said: "It's not that I want to break into the king and take this big risk, but I want to ask 10,000 people to ride lightly, carry seven days' rations, bring swords and bows, day and night, turn over this steep valley, and appear under the city wall of Xi'an with lightning speed." Custody can catch the general off guard and abandon the city and flee. At that time, I will echo with King Chuang inside and outside, and Sun Chuanting will be attacked by the enemy on his back, and he will definitely be able to gather and annihilate him. Even if this plan fails, it will only cost tens of thousands of people and the death of his subordinates, and it will not affect the great cause of the king. ”

When King Chuang heard this, he seemed to be a little moved, squinted his eyes, and fell into deep thought.

"His Royal Highness, I think this is a plan. At this moment, Zhuge Yueming stepped forward again and said, "This Sun Chuanting is a civil official of the imperial court, cunning and unusual, and scheming, we can come up with a plan for the Meridian Valley, how could he not think of it? General Lin is the most warlike general in our army, and he must not make such a senseless sacrifice. ”

King Chuang made a look of sudden realization and said, "What Yue Ming said is extremely true. General Lin, your hard work is well understood, but when this is a scorching war, you must not act recklessly and disrupt the overall situation. ”

Lin Jifeng still wanted to argue, but this was Zhuge Yueren who stood up and said: "King Chuang, there are more than 200 disciples of the Hidden Sword Sect in Hanzhong City, all of whom are scheming and strong in martial arts. In addition, we can also wait for the opportunity to kill a few important generals, and then we will see the beacon fire in the city as a number, and attack with all our might, so that we can take advantage of the situation to break the city. ”

Chuang Wang Xi said: "Yue Ren, when the time comes, it is really as you said, the first minister to seize Hanzhong is you, although you let it go, but you have to discuss the details with Yue Ming and me before acting." ”

After that, all the generals offered advice one after another, and King Chuang listened to them one by one and ordered someone to record them, but they did not make a decision on the spot. Then the meeting was dismissed, leaving only Zhuge twins.

King Chuang asked Zhuge Yue Ming: "Yue Ming, you seemed to have something unspeakable when you reported the grain and grass situation before, and you didn't want others to know. Now that there are no outsiders, you should be outspoken. ”

Zhuge Yueming hesitated for a moment, no longer concealed, and said in a deep voice: "King Chuang, in fact, the lack of food is by no means alarmist, and the food supply for the elderly, children, women and children has been compressed to the lowest before, but it can still only make up two weeks of grain storage, and today, it will not exceed a week. It can be said that the day of food shortages is imminent. ”

King Chuang was shocked and said, "Then why did you deceive me? Aren't you afraid that I will punish you for the crime of deceiving the king?"

Zhuge Yueming sighed: "Your Highness, if I say it directly to my face, the morale of the army will be in chaos, and there may be people with bad intentions at that time, and even raising troops to surrender is a five-five number." However, Zai Xia is not deliberately deceiving without grounds, because he has recently received help from a strange person, and he claims that he can greatly increase the amount of food in a short period of time and alleviate the urgent need at present. ”

"Oh, there is such a miraculous thing, who is this person, could it be that he is a god?" asked King Chuang.

"Your Royal Highness, this person claims to be a person from the Taizhou School of Mental Learning, with a huge surname, claiming to be proficient in the art of lead and mercury Zhuang Lao, and can soak food with some special drugs, so that the rice grains can quickly gain weight and expand, one grain is worth the size of the original five grains, and the taste is excellent, far better than ordinary rice. After eating, people's strength and energy are greatly increased, and they often go into battle to kill the enemy and get twice the result with half the effort. Zhuge Yueming bowed his head and said.

"Is there such a good thing?

"I have ordered him to try it, and the rice soaked in the potion does have this effect, but it is ......" Zhuge Yue Ming wanted to speak and stopped.

"Just what? But it doesn't hurt to say it. King Chuang said eagerly.

Zhuge Yueming gritted his teeth and said: "This rice is really poisonous, and people will die in seven days after eating, and when they die, their abdomen is distended and cracked, like a balloon." ”

"What about you...... How dare you deceive this king with it......" King Chuang was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"Chuang Wang Mingjian, presumably you can guess the truth. Yes, that poisonous rice is indeed a harmful thing, and in normal times, I would never give it to the mouths of soldiers. But now the situation is very clear, if we don't fight to the death, we have no chance of winning, I am afraid that we will be disintegrated by the imperial army in the future, and live the days of hiding in Tibet. My idea is that we will select a group of about 2,000 dead soldiers in the army every day, feed them with this special rice, and order them to rush into battle, hoping to turn the tide of the war by virtue of their characteristics of fighting for death and being infinitely powerful. For soldiers who do not go to battle, the rations are reduced by two-thirds to motivate them to go into battle and kill the enemy. If they are willing to go into battle, they will be fed with special rice, and if this is repeated, the grain will be enough for a month, and the hope of destroying the enemy will be greatly increased. Zhuge Yue Ming said.

"But...... Wouldn't this method be too inhumane and unreasonable? Why don't you ...... It's better to follow what Lin Jifeng said, raid from the Meridian Valley, fight for that glimmer of life, and success or failure will be in one fell swoop. King Chuang hesitated.

"King Chuang, the reason why I prevented Lin Jifeng from going to Meridian Valley before was not because I was afraid of its failure, but because I was afraid of its success. Zhuge Yueming interrupted King Chuang and said.

"What do you mean by that?" asked King Chuang, puzzled.

As Lin Jifeng said, 10,000 people are not hindered to the king's great cause, then Lin Jifeng is also a dispensable person, if he dies in the Meridian Valley, or is defeated and captured by Sun Chuanting, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. But if he finds something in the Meridian Valley and escapes from the Meridian Valley, then he will have the name of righteousness, and he will no longer have to obey your orders, and he can set himself up as a king and occupy a place in the world. Zhuge Yueming said in a clear voice and in a clear manner.

"What are you referring to......" King Chuang immediately came to his senses and said.

"Yes, it's the fire dragon that recently fell in Meridian Valley. Zhuge Yueming continued, "Therefore, before you, you must not send anyone to the Meridian Valley, except yourself, and only as a last resort. So as not to startle the snake before this, provoke Sun Chuanting to be vigilant, and garrison troops in the Meridian Valley. ”

After listening to his decomposition, King Chuang bowed his head and was silent for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said: "Then before that, according to your plan, feed the death squad with special rice, and inspire the soldiers to charge into battle and strive to break the enemy in one fell swoop." ”

Zhuge Yueming said with a smile: "King Chuang, please rest assured, I have discussed with Yueren, he sent people to sabotage and assassinate in Hanzhong City, and I kept attacking the city with death squads outside, this plan can be called a serial plan to kill martial arts, I believe that even if you are as shrewd as Sun Chuanting, it will be absolutely difficult to break this plan." ”

"Okay, as you say, from now on, all military arrangements and dispatches will be in charge of the two of you, if I, Gao Yingxiang, really have the time to win the world, I am willing to rule the world with the two of you. King Chuang said excitedly.

"Why did Your Highness say this? The two of us came to seek refuge in King Chuang, precisely because we believe that Your Excellency has the spirit of a king, so we are wholeheartedly sincere, and King Chuang's words are really annoying to us. Zhuge Twins knelt on the ground at the same time and said in unison.

King Chuang smiled without saying a word, and slowly stroked his beard.

Zhuge Yue saw that the atmosphere was slightly embarrassed, and immediately said: "There is still good news to tell His Royal Highness King Chuang." ”

"Oh, Yue Ming, please speak. King Chuang laughed.

"We have arranged the affairs of Xiao Wuhou, I believe that it will fall into our control in a few days, and please wait patiently for King Chuang. Zhuge Yueming said.