First of all, daoqian, I was in a hurry just now, I sent it wrong, and I was reminded that I knew that chapter 208 was not sent, but chapter 209 was sent first. However, this means that there is an extra chapter to be deposited and sent out immediately.

Haha, this is the scheduled 800 votes.

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As soon as Laimin's retreat theory came out, there was a chorus of echoes.

Zhuge Liang's face was a little ugly, and he saw that the people who echoed him included not only those who had always opposed him, but also some people who had supported him before, or at least remained neutral. It seems that Zhang He has brought them a lot of pressure.

"Come and sit down, do you have any other suggestions?" Zhuge Liang waved his hand and motioned for Lai Min to take a seat. Lai Min's face froze, and he retreated stupidly, but he squinted at Zhuge Liang unconvinced. At least half of the people in the big tent supported him, and although the rest did not explicitly support him, they also lowered their heads and did not speak, obviously realizing the severity of the situation, he wanted to see how Zhuge Liang would deal with it this time.

No matter how he dealt with it, Zhuge Liang was a loser. The Shu Han army attacked the city fruitlessly, and was already exhausted, and as soon as the Wei reinforcements arrived, their morale was greatly boosted, and they would inevitably go out of the city to counterattack. The strength of the two sides is about the same, and the Wei army has elite cavalry to help, and the advantage is obvious. war, the Shu army will be defeated, and if it retreats without a fight, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition will end here, which is also a defeat.

Zhuge Liang noticed Lai Min's indignation, but he didn't think so, but continued to ask for other people's opinions. Everyone pushed each other over, and Xi stood up, bowed and said: "Prime Minister, the enemy is outnumbered, and the battle has been fruitless for a long time, so I foolishly think that it is not appropriate to stay for a long time." It should be withdrawn to Hanzhong first, and the troops should be trained in Tuntian to wait for the opportunity. In this battle, although he failed to take all of Longyou, he raised my prestige and made the reverse Wei panic. A certain purpose has been achieved. If you see a good thing, you will receive it, and you will get it. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, expressing his gratitude to Xi Xi. Although Xi also agreed to quit the army. But his attitude is completely different from Laimin's. He at least saved a little face for Zhuge Liang.

Ji Xi is from the Jianning family, and his nephew is Li Hui. When Liu Bei counterattacked Liu Zhang, Li Hui was ordered to see Liu Bei's allegiance, and surrendered Ma Chao on Liu Bei's orders. Credit. The year before last, Zhuge Liang went south, and Li Hui supervised the army as the governor of the capital to help and pacify the rebellion in Nanbend. He has made military exploits again, and is now a major general in Shu Han to defend the south. Ji Xi doesn't have that much ability, but he relies on the identity of the Jianning clan to join the army in the Prime Minister's Mansion, which is actually an idle job and has no real power. However, to a certain extent, his words represent the opinions of some of the Yizhou clans, especially the southern Yizhou clans. Even if Zhuge Liang doesn't adopt it. It is also necessary to give some face.

As soon as Xi retreated, Yao Ling stood up again and expressed her opinions, with the same meaning and different focuses. He reminded Zhuge Liang. The soldiers are no longer in service, and the grain is not planted three times, and now it is the second time to transport grain, and if it persists, it is bound to carry grain for the third time. However, Hanzhong's grain reserves are limited, and if it is to be transferred from Chengdu, the time cannot keep up. If you can't defeat the Wei army in a short time, it is better to retreat.

Yao Ling is a native of Langzhong, Bajun, and her current identity is Prime Minister Peng, who is responsible for selecting talents. Ba Jun turned out to be the Yizhou people who initially supported Liu Bei, and after Liu Bei settled in Shu, the Ba County people occupied an important position under Liu Bei's command, but in the battle of Yiling, most of those people died in the army, and Ba County's shili declined. Yao Ling is now the best among the people of Ba County, and has been praised by Zhuge Liang many times. His opinion can represent the opinion of a considerable number of large ethnic groups in northern Yizhou.

"Yin Saijiu, what is your opinion?" Zhuge Liang quietly turned to the military sacrifice wine Yin Mo.

Yin Mo hesitated, stood up, arched his hand, and said with a faint smile: "Prime Minister, Mo is a scholar, he only knows how to chew words, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs. However, soldiers, major affairs of the country, please also ask the prime minister to brainstorm and think twice. ”

Yin Mo is a native of Zitong Fu, his knowledge is good, he once went to Jingzhou, asked the great Confucian Song Zhong for ancient learning, and was good at Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, when Liu Chan was the prince, he was the prince's servant, teaching Liu Chan to read Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, and he was also one of the emperors. After Guanghan Li Miao was rushed back to Chengdu by Zhuge Liang with an excuse, he was the representative of Guanghan and Zitong.

Huo Yi sighed silently while writing on the paper. Although Yin Mo said modestly that he couldn't make sense of military affairs, what was the difference between his words and opposition? It's really hard for the prime minister to find a few people who support him today.

Zhuge Liang was still indifferent, and turned his face to Changshi Xiang Lang and Liao Hua, who joined the army: "Xiang Gong, Yuan Jian, what do you think?" ”

Liao Hua looked at Xiang Lang, blinked at Xiang Lang, and groaned for a moment. Huo Yi raised his head in surprise and looked at Xiang Lang, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He. It can be seen that Xiang Lang, who usually doesn't talk much, has the desire to speak today, and Zhuge Liang seems to want him to say a few words, but there is obviously a big gap between what Xiang Lang wants to say and what Zhuge Liang wants him to say.

"Prime Minister." Xiang Lang owed, trying to make his tone appear calmer. As an old man who was already over the age of six, how could he not know what Zhuge Liang was thinking now. However, from his point of view, he really didn't want Zhuge Liang to insist on his own opinions. The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and if you barely fight, you will definitely lose. The Battle of Hanzhong, the Battle of Xiangfan, and the Battle of Yiling, several successive major battles in the past ten years have almost exhausted the strength of the Shu Han army. It was easy to re-accumulate an army of more than 100,000 people, after these months of fighting, the progress was very fast, and in a few more years, there was hope to retrain an elite, if it was destroyed here, wouldn't it be a pity?

However, he knew that Zhuge Liang didn't want to hear this, and he didn't want to just retreat to Hanzhong, he probably had already made up his mind to fight the Wei army.

"The prime minister sent troops to the Northern Expedition this time, and the banner pointed out, Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding surrendered without a fight, and Longxi fought a battle, and Guanzhong fell into my hands. The prime minister's exploits are comparable to those of the first emperor in Hanzhong. ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly shook his head: "Xiang Gong, you are serious." Although I am on the right, but I have not gone down or down, and I have not completed the whole work, how can I compare with the first emperor. ”

Xiang Lang shook his head: "Prime Minister, this is a bad word. ”

Zhuge Liang chuckled: "Please also advise the public." ”

"May I ask the prime minister, Guanzhong and Hanzhong, which is more important?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed, and he somewhat understood what Xiang Lang meant, and groaned.

Xiang Lang saw him hesitating, and immediately followed: "In terms of the vast territory, Guanzhong is ten times larger than Hanzhong. Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, numbered as a granary; On the terrain is dangerous, the river is closed. At that time, Qin used Guanzhong to confront the Six Kingdoms; On sending troops to attack Wei, Guanzhong is condescending, with a high house, and there are no mountains and rivers away. There is no risk of plank road. At that time, Emperor Gao used Han Xin's strategy to defeat the overlord in Guanzhong and establish a 400-year foundation of the Han Dynasty. Now the prime minister is strategizing. Skillfully taking Guanzhong is the story of Emperor Gao back then. Lang thought that compared to the first emperor who seized Hanzhong and stuck to the gate of Yizhou, it was even better. ”

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes slightly, hesitating. He heard what Xiang Lang meant. Xiang Lang asked him to retreat to Guanzhong and use Longshan as a barrier. Defending instead of attacking, and Zhang He and Guo Huai refused. As long as they hold Guanzhong, even if Zhang He recovers Longyou, they will still be hanging in the army and will not be able to support it for too long. I will be defeated. More importantly, if Guanzhong is held, the Northern Expedition will not be considered a failure, as Xiang Lang said, the importance of Guanzhong is self-evident. Defending Guanzhong was equivalent to choking Cao Wei's throat and hanging a sword above their heads. The capture of Guanzhong was enough to support the victory of the Northern Expedition.

This is a good plan to advance by retreating and attacking by defending. Xiang Lang is worthy of being an experienced veteran, he not only helped Zhuge Liang save face, but also gave Zhuge Liang a sound suggestion.

Zhuge Liang was also a little moved. He was silent for a long time.

"Prime Minister, my subordinates think that the plan to go to the public is an old opinion." Liao Hua stood up in time to help Xiang Lang. They are all Jingxiang people, of course they don't want to see Zhuge Liang embarrassed, let alone see Zhuge Liang fail.

Yao Ling hesitated for a moment, and then stood up: "Prime Minister, his subordinates seconded the proposal, and the plan to the public is really a perfect plan." ”

Yin Mo and the others looked at each other, and also stood up one after another, expressing their agreement with Xiang Lang's suggestion.

Seeing this situation, Zhuge Liang hesitated even more. There are more than half of the people who support Xiang Lang's suggestion, this is the people's heart, if he refuses to accept it, it is against the public. Zhuge Liang has not done anything against the public, and he promoted Ma Jian to be the main general, or he violated the public. However, he is more aware of the cost of violating the public, and if he makes a mistake, he will be criticized and questioned by everyone.

Standing opposite the vast majority of people, the pressure is no less than standing at the top to meet the whistling mountain wind.

But Zhuge Liang didn't agree immediately, he felt that although Xiang Lang's suggestion was good, there was something inappropriate. If you retreat to Guanzhong and take the capture of Guanzhong as the biggest victory of this Northern Expedition, then who is the main force and who is the other department? Wei Yan and Zhao Yun are the main forces? Am I the other department that contains Guo Huai?

This obviously doesn't make sense. Clear-eyed people know that Zhao Yun and Wei Yan combined are only 20,000 people, and if it weren't for Wei Ba's unauthorized conscription, they would not have been able to defend Guanzhong at all. If it is admitted that Guanzhong is the greatest victory, then what Wei Ba did is not only necessary, but also absolutely correct.

In this way, the father and son of the Wei family are the first credit, Zhao Yun will also benefit from it, the liliang of the Yuancong system will surely rise again, and the centrifugal liliang in the Jingxiang system will become bigger.

Zhuge Liang has to consider not only the immediate victory or defeat, he also has to pay attention to the future development trend, not only the battlefield of Longyou or Guanzhong, he has to look at this issue from the height of the entire Shu Han national politics.

He looked at Xiang Lang, and suddenly became vigilant. Xiang Lang is not satisfied with loneliness today, and takes the initiative to suggest, what do you think? Zhao Yun, who has been calm all his life, will choose Wei Ba to speculate, but he can't?

At this moment, Lai Min stood up and sneered: "Xiang Juda, what you said is unreasonable." ”

Xiang Lang secretly sighed, turned to Lai Min, and said unhappily: "Pay off the advice of the public." ”

Lai Min stroked his beard, and the corners of his mouth were crooked. "If you compare the prime minister with the previous lord and the minister with the king, you are losing your word, and this is one of them. It would be even more inappropriate for you to take Emperor Gao out of Hanzhong, and the Marquis of Huaiyin secretly crossed Chen Cang to compare Wei Yan with Meridian Valley. Although the Marquis of Huaiyin made great contributions, he was later punished for rebellion and was an ominous person. You compare him to Wei Yan, are you cursing Wei Yan? Or do you want to say that the prime minister is jealous of the virtuous and jealous, and will fly like Emperor Gao, hide the good bow, die of the cunning rabbit, and cook the lackey? ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the big tent, and only Lai Min's snarky smugness remained. "Xiang Juda, I asked you to read more books a long time ago, but you just didn't listen to persuasion. If you know a little about history, how can you make such a shallow joke? (To be continued.) )