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As soon as Zhuge Liang's words came out, everyone present was shocked, how could a big fish that he had finally caught be easily released?

"Zhuge Military Division! You are a military advisor personally appointed by the regent, and you have the right to supervise the army, and the regent has also instructed in his letter to me that the governor of Pontus should cooperate with you as much as possible and listen to your opinions. But now, you have come up with such a bad idea, are you worthy of the regent's trust in you? I beg your pardon for this suggestion, and the Governor of Pontus will not agree! Zhuge Junshi has worked hard all the way, so let's go back and rest first! Zhang Liao said very angrily.

The rest of the people also sneered, but in their hearts they felt that this military advisor was really not very good, and they were all secretly imagining why the regent would send such a hairy boy here.

Zhuge Liang looked around at the people present, and saw that their eyes were full of disdain and contempt for him, he just raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said to Zhang Liao again: "Governor, you have been leading the generals here for more than a month, right?" Have you taken half a step forward in the past month or so? ”

Zhang Liao frowned, and asked unhappily in his heart, "What do you mean by this?" Are you satirizing Pontus? ”

"Kong Ming doesn't dare! Kong Ming was just thinking, it has been almost half a year since the Metropolitan Governor led the army to quell the rebellion, but until now, the Nanzhong Rebellion has not been completely quelled, has the Metropolitan Governor ever thought about this~ Why? Zhuge Liang said.

Gan Ning suddenly roared on the side: "Why else can this be? Nanzhong is located in a remote area, the roads are rugged and bumpy, and the rebels are defending against danger. Plus there is a miasma here. Thanks to the Metropolitan Governor's good command. We were able to attack this place, if it weren't for the fact that the Valley of the Snake was easy to defend and the rebels sent heavy troops to defend it, we would have killed the rebels' lair long ago. ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Gan Ning and asked, "Who is this general......?"

"Right General Gan Ning!" Gan Ning replied angrily.

"It turned out to be General Gan, disrespectful and disrespectful!" Zhuge Liang hurriedly bowed, "Just listened to what General Gan said, it seems that the rebellion has not been quelled for so long." It's all for external reasons, right? ”

"Isn't it?" Gan Ning retorted, "Our army is strong and strong, and the soldiers are all united in their hatred of the enemy, such a strong army, if it weren't for the fact that they were deep in the barren land and the terrain was unfamiliar, how could this war drag on for so long?" If it was on the plains, we would have killed them a long time ago, and there would be no armor left! ”

Zhuge Liang laughed and said, "General Gan said this. Kong Ming didn't dare to agree. Kong Ming felt that although the topography had some influence. But not the main thing. I think that the main reason is that our army has been on the wrong path from the beginning, and only wants to conquer them by force, but has not carefully considered how to convince them and surrender with their hearts! ”

"Humph! To put it mildly, if we do not use force, how can the rebels be afraid and surrender to us? Gan Ning sneered.

Zhang Liao seemed to hear the implication of the words, so he asked: "Then, in the opinion of the military advisor, if our army does not use force, then how can we quell the rebellion?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The art of war has clouds, attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top." Human nature is good, and I believe that the people here are usually friendly, but we don't know it. Have any of you ever thought that these rebels must rebel at the risk of losing their heads, even extermination? ”

"Do you need a reason to rebel?" Gan Ning sneered.

Zhuge Liang said: "Don't you need a reason to rebel? There is no reason, why would they rebel? General Gan, if you suddenly rebel one day, I believe you will definitely have your reasons and reasons, otherwise, why would you rebel for no reason? ”

"Who do you say rebelled? You're rebelling! Gan Ning said angrily.

"General Gan is angry, Kong Ming is just an analogy."

Xu Huang, who was on the side, asked thoughtfully: "What did the military advisor mean when he said that attacking the heart is the first?" Can you elaborate on that? ”

"The rebellion in Nanzhong, I also have a certain understanding on the way here, Nanzhong is mixed with races, and if you want to rebel together, there must be some big reasons. I also learned more about it, the Nanzhong rebellion occurred before our army conquered Shu, which means that their rebellion was originally just that the Taishou of the counties in Nanzhong were unwilling to submit to Zhang Fei's jurisdiction, but later because someone got in the way, this rebellion evolved into a war between various ethnic groups and Han people in Nanzhong, and the culprit is the current rebel leader Meng Huo! Zhuge Liang said.

Xu Huang continued to say: "Because of this, now that we have caught Meng Huo's wife, Mrs. Zhu Rong, it is equivalent to having a bargaining chip that can blackmail Meng Huo, it is reported that Meng Huo loves his wife Mrs. Zhu Rong very much, and Mrs. Zhu Rong's clan is also Meng Huo's biggest supporters, they will definitely do everything to save Mrs. Zhu Rong, we will show Mrs. Zhu Rong at this time, and let him lead us to attack the rebel defense line in Pan Snake Valley, which is a mouse taboo, so that the rebels will have something taboo, We may be able to break through this line and then fight our way into Ailao Mountain and wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop! ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "There are hundreds of thousands of rebels, but there are only a few people who really rebel, I think most of the rebels were confused to rebel with Meng Huo." Even if we can use Mrs. Zhurong to defeat the rebels, it will only be a temporary victory, and once we withdraw the army from Nanzhong, the Nanzhong region will definitely rebel again. This kind of example, there is a precedent in Liangzhou, the Qiang people in Liangzhou area and our Han Dynasty have fought for more than 100 years, until now, it is not over, the people in the Nanzhong region are simple, do you want to take advantage of this war, the Nanzhong region into a second Liangzhou? ”

Zhang Liao asked, "What does the military advisor mean?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "My meaning is very simple, attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top." Capturing their hearts is far more long-term than besieging a city. As long as the rebels can be convinced, once our army quells the rebellion, the southern and central regions will have a relatively long-term stability and long-term security. Isn't that exactly what we need? ”

"It's easier said than done. I'm afraid it's going to be hard to do. Gan Ning sneered. Said.

Zhuge Liang said: "Releasing Mrs. Zhurong is the first step!" ”

After Zhang Liao heard this, he looked around at the crowd, and saw that everyone's eyes were full of distrust, and he didn't dare to make decisions casually, but he didn't know what to do when he saw Zhuge Liang's confident appearance.

At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly spoke: "The Metropolitan Governor." The regent sent me here to deal with the rebellion in Nanzhong, and to let me exercise the power of supervising the army, and to preside over all affairs in the process of countering the rebellion, big and small, and to hope that the governor would cooperate. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Liang took out a handwritten letter from his arms and handed it to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao took the operation, and after opening it, he hurriedly took a look. His brows tightened, and the contents of the letter came into view. But it went straight to the hearts of the people, so that he didn't dare not cooperate with Zhuge Liang.

It turned out that Zhang Yan was worried that Zhuge Liang was young and could not suppress Zhang Liao and other generals, so he nominally let Zhuge Liang serve as the supervisor and military advisor, but in fact, he had handed over all the commands of the counterinsurgency army to Zhuge Liang. Of course, this kind of thing can't be said openly, and Zhang Yan has to take into account the faces of these veterans. Therefore, Zhang Yan wrote all the benefits and disadvantages to Zhang Liao in the situation of handwriting, and asked Zhang Liao to cooperate with Zhuge Liang and obey his words. Zhang Yan believes that with Zhang Liao's cleverness, he can definitely understand the true meaning of this handwritten letter, as well as his own painstaking efforts.

Zhang Liao read this handwritten letter, his hands trembled a little, he led the crowd to quell the rebellion for almost half a year, but has not been able to successfully quell the rebellion, although Zhang Yan did not blame him in the letter, but let him try his best to cooperate with Zhuge Liang, and to obey his words, it can already be said that Zhang Yan is very dissatisfied with himself.

He sighed heavily, stuffed the handwritten book into the placket of his clothes, kept it close to his body, and then said loudly to the generals: "From now on, the words of Zhuge Military Master are my words, you must all obey, if anyone dares not to obey, they are embarrassing me!" Just now Zhuge Junshi said that he was going to release Mrs. Zhurong, then let Mrs. Zhurong go! Wei Yan! ”

Wei Yan stood up, clasped his fists and said, "The last general!" ”

Zhang Liao instructed: "You go and release Mrs. Zhurong, and do what the military advisor wants!" Also, from today onwards, you will be responsible for protecting the safety of the military advisor, and you will be at his disposal at any time, and you will not be able to disobey any arrangement of the military advisor, and you will not need to come and tell me, you know? ”

"The last general ......" Wei Yan glanced up at Zhang Liao, and saw that Zhang Liao's face was gloomy, not very good, and it was completely two people before the handwritten letter appeared, and he was also guessing what was written in that handwritten letter, which could make Zhang Liao suddenly make a 180-degree turn, but no matter what, he couldn't control these things, he could only listen to the order, so he hugged his fist and said, "The last general takes orders!" ”

Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, Wu Yi and others present were all surprised, the speed of this change of position was too fast, but no one knew what was happening, and the biggest suspicious thing was the handwritten letter that Zhuge Liang handed over to Zhang Liao. Everyone is secretly speculating about what is written in that handwritten letter, and why Zhang Liao has such a big contrast after reading it. But no one asked, as if they were deliberately avoiding the question.

"But the Metropolitan Governor ......" Gan Ning still had some objections, and couldn't help but speak.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was stopped by Zhang Liao and scolded: "Is what Pontus said a fart?" Since the regent has handed over all this matter to Zhuge Military Division, then you must obey Zhuge Military Division's future arrangements, no matter what happens, it is Zhuge Military Division's arrangement for you to do it, you only need to obey! ”

Zhuge Liang heard Zhang Liao's words, but he also knew that Zhang Liao was in a bad mood, the handwritten letter was handed to him by Zhang Yan before he left, so that he went to Nanzhong, and after seeing Zhang Liao, he transferred this handwritten letter to Zhang Liao, as for what was written in it, he didn't know it himself, but seeing Zhang Liao's such a contrast, he could probably guess a ** not far from ten, and secretly thanked in his heart: "The regent trusts me so much, if I can't put down the rebellion in Nanzhong as soon as possible, then I'm sorry for the regent's trust." (To be continued......)

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