Wei Ba's attitude surprised both Zhuge Liang and Ma Yan. In their minds, Wei Ba has always been a planner and then a move, especially for a major event such as the war between the two countries, he has always been more cautious. If it weren't for his dissuasion, Zhuge Liang would not have postponed the Northern Expedition. If it weren't for his repeated bitter admonitions, Zhuge Liang would not have taken his Meridian Valley Jihua, and Zuihou would not have been able to achieve the great victory of Guanzhong in the First Northern Expedition.

Now that Sun Quan is coming, the Han-Wu alliance is facing another rupture, and Wei Ba is directly responsible, but he shrugged his shoulders easily, looking like he didn't care about it, hanging high, what is going on?

Ma Jian pondered for a moment and reminded: "Ziyu, don't take it lightly, if Sun Quan comes to attack, Cao Rui will inevitably send troops to Guanzhong, and we will fall into the danger of fighting on two fronts." ”

Wei Ba looked at Ma Yan, then at the prime minister, and sighed: "So, this matter is really difficult to do." ”

Hearing this, Ma Yan's expression relaxed a little, and he echoed: "What Ziyu said is true, this matter is very tricky, otherwise the prime minister would not be worried." ”

Wei Ba frowned slightly: "So, the prime minister has already assessed all aspects of this war?" ”

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed and he nodded.

"And what are our odds of winning?"

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment: "Sixty percent." ”

"In that case, what are we worried about?" Wei Ba asked rhetorically: "The prime minister is a cautious person, if the chance of winning is sixty percent, then I believe that we are invincible." The enemy attacks and defends, and there is a sixty percent chance of winning, what are we afraid of him? Let him attack. ”

"That's not what I said." Ma Yan shook his head and objected: "Ziyu." Although the odds of winning are 60%, it is a pyrrhic victory. A miserable win is not the best option for us. ”

"Then according to Mr. Youchang, what kind of choice is the best choice?"

"Don't move, recuperate, ten years of life and gathering, ten years of lessons, twenty years later, coerce elite soldiers and dominate the world."

Wei Ba glanced at Ma Yan. Look at Zhuge Liang again. Suddenly laughed: "Twenty years? It seems that Mr. Youchang's ambition is really not ordinary. ”

Ma Tan was stunned for a moment, and then his face sank in displeasure: "Ziyu, now is not the time to joke." ”

Wei Ba pouted: "I'm not joking. He turned to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, twenty years later." You're seventy years old. Can you still conquer the world? ”

Zhuge Liang said lightly: "Can I conquer the world." It doesn't matter, the important thing is to restore the Han dynasty and dominate the world. Fulfill the last wish of the first emperor. Ziyu, do you think this is my personal career? You are wrong, this is the cause of the people of the world. Of course, this also includes your fathers, sons and brothers. ”

Wei Ba choked, he originally wanted to tease Ma Yan, but he didn't expect to be suffocated by Zhuge Liang's righteous and awe-inspiring words. He touched his nose embarrassedly: "It's me Meng Lang, please forgive the prime minister and Changshi." This one...... Since you don't want to go to war, how are you going to get back to Sun Quan? ”

"The first thing, of course, is to wronged you." Ma Jian reconnected to the topic just now: "You have merit, but you can't be rewarded this time, so as not to further anger Sun Quan." Moreover, the matter of harmony can only be temporarily stopped. Han and thief do not stand together, and there is no possibility of compromise between us and Cao Wei. ”

Wei Ba nodded, Zhuge Liang had already told him this, and promised to give him affordable compensation, he had already agreed.

"The second thing ......" Ma Jian hesitated, "We hope you can apologize to Sun Quan." ”

"Excuse me?" Wei Ba was stunned, "What do I have to apologize to him?" ”

"Of course, it's a matter of leaving the pontoon bridge to the Wei army." Ma Tan lowered his head, pretended to go to get the wine glass, and avoided Wei Ba's gaze: "In fact, everyone knows about this matter, but now Sun Quan is manic, and for the sake of the big plan, we have to make concessions." ”

Wei Ba's eyes became complicated, he turned his head and looked at Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, this is also your jihua?" ”

Zhuge Liang met Wei Ba's gaze and said lightly: "It's just an explanation, it's not that I admit my mistake." In any case, the pontoon bridge was not destroyed when the troops were withdrawn, and it is indeed somewhat unreasonable. ”

Wei Ba Deng's face sank, glared at Zhuge Liang angrily, and his tone became fierce: "What does the prime minister mean is that I did this at that time, and I did it wrong?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "It's not that it's wrong, it's that it's not done well enough, and it's given people a handle." He looked at Wei Ba with a calm look in his eyes: "Ziyu, even if you hit the pontoon bridge twice with a boat at that time, you wouldn't let people say so much." You say, don't you? ”

Wei Ba narrowed his eyes, his gaze swept back and forth on Zhuge Liang and Ma Yan's faces twice, and Zuihou laughed silently: "In this way, it is indeed that I did a bad job." The next time I have such a mission, I should hide a little farther, lest I not only fail but get into trouble. ”

Zhuge Liang frowned, very dissatisfied with Wei Ba's attitude. He patiently explained: "Ziyu, we don't mean that you have done wrong, we just hope that you will start from the overall situation, give Sun Quan a face, and avoid this war." You should also know that the Northern Expedition is very costly, and we urgently need time to recuperate and digest the results of the battle in Guanzhong, and it is not appropriate to start a war with Sun Quan at this time, let alone fight on two fronts. Asking you to apologize to Sun Quan is not to erase your credit, but to wronged you for a while. Ziyu, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, the first emperor even risked his life in order to obtain the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and went to Jianye to meet Sun Quan. Now ......"

Wei Ba interrupted Zhuge Liang's words angrily: "What does the prime minister mean, do you also want me to go to Wuchang and apologize to Sun Quan in person?" ”

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, looked at Wei Ba's angry face, and shook his head: "Ziyu, you think too much." With your personality, how can I let you go to Wuchang? Sun Quan is a frivolous person, in case he has murderous intentions and harms your life, won't my Han lose a pillar? ”

Wei Ba stared at Zhuge Liang's calm face, trying to see a little weakness on his face. He felt that Zhuge Liang had bad intentions, and he probably wanted to let him go to Wuchang to meet Sun Quan, and then wait for Sun Quan's order to cut him down, and he would be killed for a hundred, and there would be no future troubles. To say these things now is just to cover people's eyes and ears.

However, he didn't see even a little weakness in Zhuge Liang's eyes, but he saw indescribable exhaustion. He found that Zhuge Liang actually had a few white eyebrows in his eyebrows, which were very dazzling. And his face also has a few fine wrinkles, much older than when he first saw him, and his face is also a little unhealthy white, which contrasts with the bloodshot in his eyes, exuding an indescribable feeling, which is sad and unbearable.

Wei Ba was a little hesitant, he couldn't figure out Zhuge Liang's true intentions. He is a person who cares about real profit and does not care about false fame, if it is true that as long as he apologizes to Sun Quan a little, he can avoid this battlefield, he can be very calm to Sun Quandaoqian, and even deeply review himself, this kind of thing has not been done before, and the review book he wrote when he was in school can be used as a model. He was worried that if this was true, Zhuge Liang could not only easily erase his credit, but also naturally hide him in the snow and let him sit on a cold bench for the rest of his life. How can a general who cares only about running away on his own and throwing the back of his allies to the enemy lead his troops again? Even if everyone knows that he was wronged, as long as he tells the truth, Zhuge Liang and his successors can use this reason to suppress him and prevent him from getting ahead.

If he thinks about it further, he can completely regard this incident as a counterattack by the Jingxiang literati against the martial artists, a time to invite the king into the urn, and an action to prevent trouble before it happens. The danger of the Wei family has never come from outsiders, but from within the Jingxiang family.

"Prime Minister, can I think about it?"

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly: "Of course you can consider it, not only can you consider it, but you can also refuse." After all, we all know in our hearts, and there is actually no problem at all in doing this, not only is there no fault, but also a great contribution to the country. It's just that we are limited by the situation, and we can only grieve you for a while. If you don't want to accept it, we can't force you. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "If you are forced to do so, who else will dare to take the initiative to take responsibility in the future?" It will chill the hearts of all people of insight. ”

Wei Bapi laughed dryly twice, and his heart was even more vigilant. In his previous life, he saw a lot of high-sounding and sanctimonious so-called politicians, and he knew the faces behind these people, not to mention how righteous and strict they were when they were on stage, and they did all kinds of bad things behind their backs. came to this shijie, read so many official documents, especially after learning the truth about Peng Yi and Liao Li's debasement, he no longer has much trust in Zhuge Liang. In addition, he was put on the spot by Zhuge Liang during the Northern Expedition, and he kept guard against Zhuge Liang all the time.

When he came back this time, Zhuge Liang was in the same car with him again, and invited him to a banquet, Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying was degraded to dignity again, and he intersected with Mrs. Zhang, he had long felt that something was wrong. Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief. Now hearing this decision full of conspiracy, how could he not mention twelve points of caution.

"Ziyu, in fact, we also know that you are young and vigorous, and you may not be able to save face." Ma Jian interjected, "It's better to be like this, you keep silent, those so-called daoqian are operated by us, brought by Zhang Wen to Sun Quan, or conveyed by Fei Yi, you don't need to come forward, just let Sun Quan lose his anger." ”

Wei Ba sneered: "Wouldn't that still fall on paper?" ”

"It's unavoidable."

"Speaking of which, it still means that this responsibility is on my shoulders, and not only can I not be rewarded for this battle exploit, but I also use official documents to determine my responsibility. I have acquiesced now, and if someone accuses me of this in the future, how can I justify it? ”

Ma Jian was very angry: "Ziyu, why can't you stand any grievances." With such a lot of calculations, how will you be able to do big things in the future? ”

Wei Ba was very disgusted by Ma Yan's attitude, and blurted out: "What I'm worried about is that your Ma Changshi is like a knife and cinnabar is like blood, and you will sentence me to life and death at once. (To be continued......)

PS: Alas, when I woke up, the Ming Dynasty officials had already crossed over, and Lao Zhuang was in pain.

Although he knows that the opponent is strong, Lao Zhuang does not give up, he wants to catch up, ask for a monthly ticket, there is no single chapter, there is a plus, there is an attitude!