Liu Bei retreated, he finally collected nearly 100,000 people, there are soldiers here, but more are people, but he has no food and grass, these 100,000 horses are useless at all, so Liu Bei can only retreat in disgrace, and the battle of Chen Guo is over.

Sima Yi took Zhu Shuo's hand and couldn't help but sigh: "This is the victory of the confidant." ”

This is not false at all, it is precisely because of this tacit cooperation between confidants that the current brilliant victory has been achieved.

Liu Bei's armament along the way has been completely repulsed, so the next step is to rescue Zang Ba.

Zang Ba strictly followed Sima Yi's orders, no matter how Zhuge Liang teased, he just couldn't defend it.

Conspiracy and scheming actually require the cooperation of the opponent, and if the opponent does not cooperate at all, even if you have a thousand clever plans, you will be in vain.

So Zhuge Liang here, a difficult siege battle with Zang Ba was formed.

At this point, Zhuge Liang understands better than anyone else that he must get through Xin Cai, and then he can directly take Cao Cao's hinterland.

Maybe in the attack, Zhuge Liang used all the methods he could think of, flooding the fire to attack the city ants, and the methods that should be used were used all over again, but the effect was extremely poor, because Zang Ba was also a defensive person, that is, with his own strong city wall, if you call the dragon, I won't go out, which really makes the resourceful Zhuge Liang helpless.

A heavy rain came overwhelmingly, standing at the door of the tent, Zhuge Liang looked at the sky in the north, he was really anxious, although he had already issued a warning to Liu Bei, but what was the effect? Now it can only be up to God.

"If this rainstorm falls for another three hours, we'll have to move to camp." Xincai City was built on high ground, and the surrounding area became a low-lying terrain, and if it persisted like this, its camp would be soaked in rainwater.

Ma Tan ran over from the rain, and when he saw Zhuge Liang with a serious expression, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Just now in the upper reaches of the Han River, we defeated Zang Ba's team that was preparing to barrage the river and store water. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled indifferently: "This is just a pediatric, and there is nothing to be happy about." ”

This is indeed a pediatric, because with a thousand men and horses, he wants to cut off the Han River and accumulate enough water to flood Zhuge Liang's camp in the low-lying area, which is simply a huge and impossible task, and Zang Ba's purpose in doing this is actually to disgust people.

Zang Ba is indeed difficult, he is clinging to the fortified city, but he will always send one or two thousand people to make some small moves for you, what to steal camps and rob villages, what to burn the baggage, what to sneak attack on the grain road, anyway, these methods are endless, but in front of the smart Zhuge Liang, this is all pediatrics.

But it is this kind of pediatrics that makes Zhuge Liang feel anxious, and he has to work hard to crack it every time. But if Zang Ba was really able to send a large army to carry out such an operation, Zhuge Liang would welcome it very much, because he could take advantage of this opportunity to annihilate Zang Ba's living force.

But it's a pity that Zang Ba also knows that his strength is limited, and he only has 30,000 horses in his hands, and he can't afford to consume it at all, so every time he sends out a team of 1,000, he will run if he can't fight, and he will definitely not fight to the death.

He did these actions, but it was not without purpose, he used this method to remind Zhuge Liang, you don't rely on your strong soldiers, bypass my Xincai City, and carry out far-reaching assaults, my Zang Ba is not a conformist person, if you dare to lead the army directly to my Yuzhou hinterland, I will do things behind you, and when the time comes, you will be embarrassed and put you in a dilemma.

This is the dog skin plaster tactic, you can't take it, you can't shake it off, but it's always like this, it doesn't hurt or itch to remind you of its existence.

Zang Ba's goal was achieved, because although Zhuge Liang had an army of 150,000 in his hands, he couldn't divide his troops to advance, because this Zang Ba was really unguardable.

In particular, there is another important point, that is, Zhuge Liang's character, he is only cautious in the use of troops in his life, he will never rest assured that he will hand over a part of his men and horses to others to continue to besiege Xincai, and he will raid Yuzhou with a large army.

People's character determines people's thinking, for example, now, Wei Yan, who was beaten by himself and still disrespected his superiors, ran out of the storm again, and the purpose of his coming was nothing else, one was to insist on his idea, that is, to divide the troops, trap Xincai with a part of the people, and most of the main forces of the people and horses directly took other places in Yuzhou.

"Now Zang Ba will be able to assemble the main force in his hands, all trapped in Xincai, the rest of Yuzhou, which is equivalent to an undefended area, please give me a large army, I will go to capture and recover them, when the time comes, a lonely city will be left to Zang Ba, and he, the assassin of Yuzhou, will exist in name only."

Wei Yan still played his clichés, not caring about his boss's worries at all. Seeing that Zhuge Liang was still standing at the door of the big tent, looking at the wind and rain outside without saying a word, Wei Yan continued, "The veteran Huang Zhong, calm and witty, can leave her 50,000 horses to deal with Zang Ba." The last general is willing to be the vanguard of the army and conquer the city for you, the prime minister. ”

This is Wei Yan's regression again, originally he meant to stay by himself, but he finally understood Zhuge Liang's distrust of himself, so he proposed this compromise again.

Zhuge Liang listened silently, and then lightly tapped Wei Yan with his rain fan: "Zang Ba is not incompetent, if only 50,000 horses are left to guard our long baggage and grain road, the strength seems too thin, and if I leave more people, our attack strength will be reduced, and it will be made into a pot of raw rice at that time." ”

"If you blindly look ahead and look backward, then nothing can be done." Wei Yan still lost his old temper, this is no longer the leader's dish, you turn the table, the leader speaks, the problem you said first, this is already a direct stab at the leader, how can such a subordinate be treated by the leader? Not to mention that your opinions are somewhat risk-taking, even if your opinions are very reasonable and correct, then in the hearts of the leaders, because of the disgust for the people who put forward the opinions, they will resolutely deny it.

At this time, Ma Tan stood up and relieved the tension between Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang: "Yesterday, the military division has conveyed an early warning to the direction of the lord, and today as the military advisor expected, the torrential rain is pouring, and this rainstorm is coming from the north, so the military advisor is quite worried about whether something will happen on the lord's side, your proposal has a certain truth, but if there is a problem with the lord, we will stretch the battle line and leave Zang Ba behind, and our entire army will enter a situation of no return." ”

Zhuge Liang thought deeply of Ma Tan's reasonable explanation, this is the attitude that subordinates should have towards their bosses, and help their bosses explain the problems they are unwilling to explain.

Wei Yan frowned and remained silent.

So there was an embarrassing silence in the big tent, and they stood here quietly listening to the wind outside, each with their own thoughts.

(End of chapter)