Zhuge Liang's intelligence is slightly higher than that of Fazheng.

Fa Zheng could also slightly guess that Xu Shu was going to be unfavorable to Liu Yu, but it was a bit difficult for him to figure out Xu Shu's true intentions.

This is not a statement that is militarily worse than Zhuge Liang. On the contrary, Fazheng's military strategy is much better than Zhuge Liang's.

But Zhuge Liang has an advantage that Fazheng can't compare. In terms of understanding Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang has more than anyone else. Even a few friends such as Pang Tong, Cui Zhouping, and Shi Guangyuan did not have Zhuge Liang's deep understanding of Xu Shu.

Fa Zheng was able to go out with Zhuge Liang this time, and Zhuge Liang was very happy in his heart. Compared with other people's vigilance against Zhang Song, Fa Zheng and others, Zhuge Liang has a little idea, but not much. Zhuge Liang believes that with his own ability, he can definitely give full play to his talents in the imperial court, and he will definitely not be worse than Zhang Song and Fa Zheng. Zhuge Liang has confidence in himself, and he also has confidence in Liu Yu.

This time he could communicate with Fa Zheng at close range, and Zhuge Liang decided to get closer to Fa Zheng. One more friend is better than one more enemy.

Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng then exchanged views on Yizhou's strategy and the situation.

Fa Zheng understood why Zhuge Liang was so valued by Liu Yu, there was a convincing momentum between his words and deeds, and his whole body exuded an unfathomable temperament, which made him feel like he hated to see each other.

Fa Zheng obviously felt Zhuge Liang's kindness, so he also opened his heart and had a good exchange with Zhuge Liang.

This dialogue directly established the long-standing friendship between Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang.

That night, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng came out of the room.

"Filial piety, it's really a blessing in life to talk to you today." Zhuge Liang had a very good impression of Fazheng.

Fa Zheng was even more direct, and said: "If it weren't for the fact that we had military affairs in place, we would definitely talk at night." ”

"After the war, I found Zhongda, Guangyuan, Zhou Ping, Shiyuan, Ziqiao and a few others to have a good drink, what do you think?" Zhuge Liang made an agreement very happily.

"When the time comes, Kong Ming, you will have to break the bank." Fa Zheng first pressed the checkout on Zhuge Liang's head.

"Definitely! Certain! Zhuge Liang naturally followed without a problem.

The two said goodbye and went their separate ways.

Liu Jun's every move in Wudu City was under Xu Shu's attention.

In the original plan, Xu Shu never thought that Wudu City could be defended. But I never expected that it would be won by Zhuge Liang so neatly.

The defenders surrendered, Taishou died in battle, and Liu's losses were extremely small. Such a war report came to Xu Shu, and Xu Shu didn't dare to take a few more looks.

Xu Shu thought about it, the commander of Liu Jun's army on the West Road was Zhuge Liang, so such a battle report became normal. Xu Shu also knows Zhuge Liang very well, after all, he has been a friend for many years.

Zhuge Liang was reused in the Shenwu Imperial Court, Xu Shu was clear, but Xu Shu was not envious at all. Compared with his own power on Liu Bei's side, Zhuge Liang can only condescend to others in the Shenwu Imperial Court. Even if Emperor Shenwu admired Zhuge Liang very much and gave him enough opportunities to make meritorious contributions, Zhuge Liang lived up to expectations and completed many tasks of Liu Yu, and now he is not comparable to the five military aircraft ministers of the Military Aircraft Department of the Shenwu Imperial Court?

Xu Shu felt that he was more suitable for Liu Bei, at least Liu Bei gave enough power, and almost obeyed his words, which was almost like a fish in water.

Zhuge Liang is cautious, and he is also cautious when marching and fighting, and Xu Shu is very jealous.

However, now that Wudu City was easily taken by Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu thought that Zhuge Liang would definitely continue to march and expand his advantage. In this way, Xu Shu can develop his own strategy and show his friends how powerful he is.

After waiting for a day or two, Xu Shu found that Zhuge Liang was actually standing still in Wudu City, without any intention of marching. This made Xu Shu very puzzled.

"It shouldn't be! Kong Ming's troops did not lose much, according to reason, it would be to continue to march! Why did you choose to stand still? Did he see through my plan? Xu Shu was full of doubts in his heart, and he was a little worried about whether Zhuge Liang could see through his plan.

However, Xu Shu decided to wait a little longer to see. In the overall situation, Liu Jun has a huge advantage. However, the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it is for Yizhou. Xu Shu believed that Liu Jun's grain and grass would eventually force Zhuge Liang to march. The road to Shu is difficult, and Xu Shu doesn't believe that Zhuge Liang can solve the problem of grain and grass.

Once Liu Jun's food and grass were insufficient, there was no other choice but to feed the war and withdraw from the army.

In this season of scarcity, Xu Shu believes that Liu Jun has only a second choice.

Xu Shu seems to have underestimated Zhuge Liang's ability.

Zhuge Liang was in Wudu City, studying how to solve the problem of grain and grass. In the exchange with Fa Zheng, I learned that the big gift that Fa Zheng and Zhang Song prepared for Liu Bei in Yizhou would soon break out. At that time, it is not that Liu Jun wants to solve the battle as soon as possible, but how Liu Beijun in Yizhou will be able to maintain his defense.

Both sides are now waiting, and the purpose of waiting is different.

In Nanjiang City, Pasir County, night falls and the silence is very. If it weren't for the blood on the ground and the crumbling walls, no one would have known that a battle was going on here before the sun went down.

Nanjiang City is not big, but it is dead in the way of the Liu Jun East Road army led by Sima Yi to enter the land of Sanba. If Nanjiang City can't be taken, then Sima Yi wants to continue to march, and the strategy for the land of Sanba will become empty talk.

As the highest military general in the land of Sanba, Wei Yan also knew the importance of Nanjiang City and personally came here to supervise the battle. The small Nanjiang City has nearly 18,000 troops of Liu Bei's army in Yizhou.

With so many troops, Wei Yan was able to hold off Sima Yi for so long.

However, during this period of defensive battles, the casualties of the defenders of Nanjiang City slowly increased, and nearly 5,000 people were killed and wounded before and after.

Occupying the favorable terrain and having such a large number of casualties, Wei Yan felt a headache when he thought about it.

On the walls of the Nanjiang River, Wei Yan was constantly patrolling, and he was worried that the Liu army outside the city would suddenly attack. At this time, the state of the defenders of Nanjiang City was not afraid of night battles. But how long can he block it, Wei Yan has no bottom in his heart.

"General Buncho, the meal is ready. You might as well go get some food. Sun Qian came to Wei Yan with a food box.

It's not that Sun Qian cares for Wei Yan very much, but that Wei Yan has been busy all day today, and he hasn't eaten a mouthful of hot rice. If Wei Yan falls, let alone Nanjiang City, the land of Sanba will be in danger.

It's not that Wei Yan won't be hungry, but he is in a very irritable mood now, and he doesn't have the appetite to eat at all.

Liu Bei's appointment of Wei Yan as the leader of the land of Samba looks majestic, but in fact, the pressure is also huge.

Now there is Liu Jun's East Road Army Chen Bing led by Sima Yi in Nanjiang City, and Fuling County on the border of Ba County has Gaoshun's Jingzhou Liu Army. It's a bad feeling to be caught in the middle. Wei Yan had to deploy his forces in Ba County to prevent a possible attack by Gao Shun. This is also the reason why Wei Yan asked Sun Qian to recruit new soldiers. With sufficient troops, Wei Yan was able to calmly deal with all kinds of changes.

Although Liao Li was stationed in Hanping City to share the pressure on him, Wei Yan did not dare to put all his hopes on Liao Li. Liao Li can only guarantee that Hanping City will not be lost now, and he can't give Gao Shun too much containment.

Once there is a problem on that side, the first to bear the brunt is Wei Yan's Ba County, Pasir County, and Padang County.

Under such circumstances, Wei Yan really didn't have much appetite to eat.

"Withdraw, Ben won't have much appetite." Wei Yan waved his hand and asked Sun Qian to remove the food.

Sun Qian still insisted and said: "General, now our army needs you to command. You don't eat now, in case something happens. I can't explain it to the lord and the whole army. The general should eat a little. ”

Wei Yan was moved by Sun Gan's words. It was his own problem that Wei Yan didn't eat, and once he was hungry, the whole army would be in trouble.

"Okay, let's eat some." Wei Yan took the food box and ate the food like chewing wax.

I don't know the taste of food, that's what Wei Yan feels now.

"Hey!" After eating something, Wei Yan sighed.

Sun Qian waved his hand at the soldiers to disperse, and then asked, "Why did the general sigh?" ”

"Gongyou, there's news from the eldest brother. Liu Yu has already confronted his eldest brother at Sword Pavilion Pass. Liu Yu couldn't advance an inch for the time being, and was blocked by his eldest brother outside the Sword Pavilion Pass. Wei Yan said leisurely.

"That's all something we expected." Sun Qian had known the news for a long time, and there was no big surprise.

Wei Yan said distressedly: "The confrontation between Liu Yu and the eldest brother is indeed what we expected. But there is one of them, I guess you don't know. ”

"What?" Sun Qian was worried about Wei Yan's attitude and planned to quietly test Wei Yan.

Wei Yan looked around and left Sun Qian and himself, so he said frankly: "There is news from the eldest brother. After Liu Yu confronted his eldest brother, he sent a young general out of the battle, and in his words, he insulted the eldest brother several times. Our army dispatched two generals, both of whom were easily killed. The morale of our army has plummeted!"

"There is such a thing!" This is something that Sun Qian doesn't know.

Wei Yan sighed and said, "If Ben General is by the side of the eldest brother, he will definitely not let a junior general in the Liu Military Region be so rampant." When I think of this today, my heart is very sad. There are too few talents available around the eldest brother. I don't know if I can stop Liu Yu. ”

"I see. The affection between the general and the lord is admirable. Sun Qian sighed at the deep brotherhood between Wei Yan and Liu Bei, which ordinary people do not have. The general is brave, looking at the world, how many people can be compared with the general!? Although the lord has small setbacks, it is harmless. Generals don't have to worry too much. Even if Liu Yu has an army of one million, isn't it blocked from Yizhou by our army? ”

Wei Yan smiled, he didn't know how to communicate with Sun Qian. He Wei Yan may not be as good as Sun Gan in terms of politics and strategy, and on the battlefield, a hundred Sun Gan is not as good as one Wei Yan. Wei Yan had a deep observation of the battle situation and thought about the bad side. So Wei Yan is in a very bad mood now, and he is full of worries about Liu Bei's future in Yizhou.

"Let's hope everything is under control." Wei Yan sighed in his heart, wiped out all the food in front of him, and returned to his patrol work.

"Could it be that as the military advisor said, General Wei is a little unreliable?" After Sun Gan listened to Wei Yan's words, a very bad idea popped up in his heart.

In the tent of Liu's army camp outside Nanjiang City, Sima Yi was discussing tomorrow's battle plan with several generals and staff officers.

Ma Chao, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren, all of them didn't look so good.

A small Nanjiang city blocked them, the world-famous generals. It was still blocked by Wei Yan, whose reputation and record were inferior to theirs. The three of them felt disgraced.

And today's results still can't win Nanjiang City. Ma Chao, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren specially came over to find Sima Yi together, hoping that Sima Yi would give a countermeasure.

But Sima Yi's indifferent appearance made them very annoyed.

Especially Ma Chao, who was originally a short temper, shouted at Sima Yi excitedly: "Zhongda, let's attack Nanjiang City several times to no avail!" If this continues, the morale of the soldiers will be low. How can you not care! Are you worthy of Your Majesty's trust in you? ”

Ma Chao almost patted the table and talked to Sima Yi.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren didn't speak, they couldn't compare to Ma Chao, the future uncle, in terms of identity, and some things could be said by Ma Chao.

"Meng Qi, you must know that the main general of the East Road Army this time, but below! And not you. Sima Yi said a sentence very plainly.

It seems to be bland, but you can hear Sima Yi's anger.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren were very surprised, they were worried that Ma Chao's violent temper might break out.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao was stunned, and then sat back in his position with an unwilling face. Ma Chao's military rank is very high, and he is the future uncle, but in Liu Jun, the relationship between superiors and subordinates can crush you to death. Sima Yi is the main general, he can definitely make Ma Chao unable to eat and walk around. Even if Ma Chao wants to retaliate, he will wait for the future.

Ma Chao was a little irritable, but he also knew that heroes don't suffer immediate losses.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren's faces were full of incredulity.

At this time, Sima Yi said very calmly: "The three eagerness, how can they not know it. His Majesty handed over the army of the Eastern Route to Zaixia and placed high hopes on Zaixia. was blocked in the small Nanjiang City, and it was even more annoying to be in the bottom. But the more this is the case, the more we have to deal with it calmly. ”

What Sima Yi said is very reasonable. Liu's army marched into Yizhou in three ways, and Sima Yi's route was the equivalent of enemy and enemy forces. To open up the situation, the land of Sanba must be taken, so as to connect the area from Hanzhong to Fuling and form an overwhelming situation for Liu Bei.

Therefore, Sima Yi's pressure is much greater than that of others. Once successful, Sima Yi's credit is also huge. He didn't seem to care, but in fact, he was thinking about how to take Nanjiang City all the time.

"I'll get it." Ma Chao, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren responded with their hands.

I don't understand, no, Sima Yi has started a relationship between his superiors and subordinates, what can you do for them?