"When will it be sent out?"

"Oh, well, there's no hurry." Wei Ba scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I have to wait for the prime minister to pass it." ”

Xiahou Hui nodded understandingly: "I know, when Prime Minister Zhuge arrives in Guanzhong, it is naturally up to him to take care of the purpose." ”

Wei Ba felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't show it, just a perfunctory smile.

"I ...... Can you ask one thing? Xiahou Hui said tentatively.

"What's the matter?" Wei Ba looked at Xiahou Hui vigilantly, "I may not be able to tell you." ”

Xiahou Hui blushed, reached out to pick up a strand of messy hair, lowered his head, and his heart was pounding. Peng Xiaoyu once said to her, "The young master of my family likes beautiful women, and you happen to have a good skin", now that Peng Xiaoyu has gone to Wancheng, she has no way out, so she has to follow the path pointed out by Peng Xiaoyu. If you want to get close to Wei Ba, of course, you have to make good use of your advantages, but she has been born in a wealthy family since she was a child, she is talented and intelligent, and she is the pearl of the elders. Now that the situation is pressing, she has to do this, not only rusty, but also flustered, constantly struggling in her heart, and becoming more and more clumsy.

"Don't worry about joining the army, I won't inquire about things I shouldn't ask." Xiahou Hui twisted his fingers: "I just want to ask when you join the army, when will you return to Chengdu?" ”

"Back to Chengdu? Do? ”

"I want to ...... Please join the army and take me to Chengdu, I want to ...... Meet my aunt, that is...... It is the surviving person of Zhang Che's ride. ”

It took Wei Ba a long time to react to who the surviving person Zhang Che was riding, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "You are going to Chengdu, not going back to Luoyang?" ”

Xiahou Hui's face darkened and he was silent. Wei Ba smiled awkwardly and didn't ask any more. He also knew that a noble woman like Xiahou Hui had been a prisoner. After going to prison, this reputation is not bad but also bad. Although he didn't break her chastity, who would believe it? Chastity must be tested. That, too, is an unacceptable humiliation. She went to Chengdu to seek refuge with Zhang Fei's wife, which was also a helpless way.

"Well, it's not clear now, if ...... If you go back to Chengdu. I'll take you with me. Wei Ba nodded again and again with a little weakness, "Girl, please go back first, I remember this." ”

"Thank you for joining the army." Xiahou Hui saw that Wei Ba was even more embarrassed than himself. The flustered mood was inexplicably comforted, and he got up and hurried away.

Wei Ba scratched his head in embarrassment, looked at the letter in his hand, and called Wei Xing: "Where is the prime minister?" ”

Wei Xing blinked his big eyes: "According to the calculation of time, it should be almost to Hewu." ”

"Okay, invite Zhao Taishou here, I have something to discuss with him. You're ready to prepare. Immediately set off for Hewu. ”

"Whoa." Wei Xing responded briskly, turned around and went out.

After a short time, Zhao Suxing rushed in, and as soon as he entered the door, he smiled and arched his hand: "Lord Join the Army." And what are the commands? ”

"Why are you so happy?"

"Haha...... Of course I'm happy, the 10,000 main forces have already rushed to Tongguan and Shangluo, and Guanzhong is already in the army's bag, how can I not be happy. ”

Wei Ba rolled his eyes, Xindao Guanzhong is in the bag of you Hanzhong people. This time, he took Ma Tan's incident as an opportunity to force Zhuge Liang to admit his vested interests, including the interests of the Hanzhong people in Guanzhong. In the three counties of Guanzhong, there are two Taishou people in Hanzhong, plus those heavenly masters and Taoists, the Hanzhong people have taken a big advantage.

"The prime minister is almost here, is the grain and grass ready?"

Zhao Su patted his chest: "Join the army, as soon as you give an order, I will start to ship, can there be any delay?" A month's worth of grain and grass for an army of 50,000 is enough to ensure that the prime minister returns to Hanzhong. ”

Wei Ba nodded with satisfaction: "How much grain do we still have?" ”

"Well, excluding the seeds of spring ploughing, we barely have two months left." Zhao Su put away his smile: "Joining the army, if we want to support the autumn harvest, we must increase the endowment to Guanzhong." ”

Wei Ba also frowned. Of course, he knew that Guanzhong's current grain was also in short supply, and relying only on the results of last year's Tuntian could not support the next autumn harvest. But he doesn't want to forcibly increase the endowment now, Guanzhong has not been completely stabilized, and the people of Guanzhong will feel it if the endowment is suddenly increased.

"You talk to those heroes first, and buy a little emergency first." After Wei Ba pondered for a long time, he gave his opinion: "When we repel Cao Wei, the situation in Guanzhong will be more stable, and then we will increase the endowment." ”

Zhao Su hesitated: "Then when will you be able to repel Cao Wei?" ”

"It's coming." Wei Ba glanced at the letter on the case: "One or two months as fast, two or three months as slow." I think that by now, Cao Wei has no stamina, the most difficult time has passed, and the next consumption will not be so great. ”

Zhao Su sighed. Wei Ba said this, but he was still not sure. Cao Wei has no stamina, and Guanzhong is not like this. Twenty thousand people died one after another, and countless grains and grass were consumed. If it weren't for the astonishing efficiency of those workshops designed by Wei Ba, Guanzhong would not have been able to support them with just ordnance and stone bullets.

"Okay, then I'll talk to them first."

……

Wei Ba took Xiahou Hui to write a haode letter and rushed to Yiwu. Halfway through, he received an order from Zhuge Liang to rush to Yiwu to discuss matters.

What is going to be discussed, Wei Ba doesn't know very well, is it a matter of Guanzhong or Chengdu? If it's a matter of Guanzhong, then he doesn't want to discuss it with Zhuge Liang, and if it's a matter of Chengdu, it is estimated that Zhuge Liang will not discuss it with him. But he couldn't think much other than those two things.

When he arrived at Yiwu and saw the big camp at the mouth of the valley of the sloping valley, Wei Ba secretly praised himself. Zhuge Liang's camp was really beautiful, almost seamless. From his camp, there is no indication of the meaning of just losing the battle, no matter when, he is so steady.

When I came to the camp of the Chinese army, Wei Ba entered the camp and asked to see him. Zhuge Liang was deliberating, Ma Yan, Jiang Wei and others were there, seeing Wei Ba in the account, Zhuge Liang was not polite, beckoned Wei Ba to sit beside him, and then said straight to the point: "Ziyu, there are two things to summon you so urgently. First, I want to rush back to Hanzhong as soon as possible, the wounded soldiers are unable to move, I want to leave them in Hanzhong first, is there a problem? ”

Wei Ba hurriedly got up and said, "There's no problem. ”

"Is there enough food in Guanzhong?"

"It's a little difficult, but the rations of the 20,000 wounded soldiers can still be squeezed out." Wei Ba said with a smile: "If the prime minister is willing to keep them in Guanzhong Tuntian for a long time, it will be even better." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "It's not impossible to leave them in Guanzhong Tuntian, but in this way, I will have to transfer some additional troops." You also know that a big battle is about to be fought on the Yongan side, and I don't have enough troops. ”

Wei Ba snorted and didn't say anything more. He also knew that Zhuge Liang had already given him 10,000 soldiers, and it was impossible to give him any more men and horses.

"The second thing, I watched the deduction between you and Youchang, and I also heard Youchang say your views on Soochow, and asked you to come just to study how to implement this jihua."

Wei Ba was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and looked at Zhuge Liang. He suspected he had misheard. He made such a big deal in Guanzhong, and Zhuge Liang still wanted him to participate in the war on the southern front?

Zhuge Liang seemed to have been prepared for his surprise, and just smiled slightly. He waved his hand and said to Ma Yan: "Youchang, you tell you the results of your deduction, and then Ziyu will talk about your melee plan." ”

Ma Tan bowed in agreement, then got up and walked to the map, and spoke aloud. His voice was a little hoarse, but it was clean. The face is still the same, but the decadence has faded a lot, but there is still some gloom in the eyes.

"The war in Guanzhong has become a stalemate. I will defend, Wei will attack, and no one will give in. Therefore, in the foreseeable year or two, Cao Wei will try to recapture Guanzhong, and it is fortunate that Guanzhong can keep the eastern front from losing, and it is impossible to have the spare strength to advance westward. Ma Tan pointed to Yong'an again. After Cao Wei independently captured Guanzhong, he also instigated Sun Quan to attack Yong'an. Our army is fighting on two fronts, and its strength is overstretched, but it is still secondary, and the most important thing is that the consumption is too great, and if we do not have time to recover our strength, we will be able to make a living for a year or two at a fast pace, or two or three years at a slow pace, and we will have no livelihood and it will be difficult to sustain ourselves. ”

"Therefore, we must break this deadlock as soon as possible, remove the danger of fighting on two fronts as much as possible before spring ploughing, and gain time to recuperate." Ma Jian paused for a moment, looked at the people in the tent, and Zuihou's eyes fell on Wei Ba's face: "Wei Senjun once made a suggestion, take advantage of Fangling's unique geographical advantages, take the initiative to attack, create friction between Wei and Wu, let them be suspicious of each other, and guard against each other, so as to reduce the pressure on our army." Wei joins the army, you can tell me your reasoning. ”

Wei Ba pointed to his nose in surprise: "Me? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded: "Ziyu, don't be presumptuous. Although you are sometimes radical and hasty, you are full of whimsical ideas and inspiration. I think your melee plan is feasible, so you can talk about it and let everyone refer to it together. ”

Wei Ba was speechless, are you praising me or scolding me? A slap in the face for a date? He hesitated for a moment: "The prime minister means that he wants me to ...... Acting with the army? ”

"You are a member of the Prime Minister's Mansion, of course you have to act with the army." Zhuge Liang laughed, "What, do you still want to stay in Guanzhong and not leave?" ”

Wei Ba smacked his lips, not knowing how to answer. was really said by Zhao Guang, Zhuge Liang wanted to transfer him out of Guanzhong, it was just a matter of one sentence. He didn't even have a reason to resign except to resign.

"Okay, your father, General Zhenbei, is here in Guanzhong, so there won't be anything missing. But the battle of Fangling is yours. Zhuge Liang smiled and comforted: "When Dongwu is defeated, if you want to come to Guanzhong, you can come again." ”

Wei Ba smiled helplessly, got up and walked to the map, and took Jing Zhu from Ma Yan's hand. The eyes of the two touched, and then they separated, as if nothing had happened, but Wei Ba knew that if he asked Ma Jian to convey it, Ma Jian had already conveyed it truthfully. Zhuge Liang asked him to go to Fangling, of course, he had the intention of transferring him out of Guanzhong, but more of them should be based on the overall situation, hoping that he could give full play to his strengths and relieve the current predicament. (To be continued.) )