The biggest result of the two confrontations between Wei Ba and Zhuge Liang was to cut off the connection between Zhuge Liang and the Son of Heaven. Zhuge Liang returned to the house to recuperate, and he could no longer control the Son of Heaven as he did in the palace, Li Yan and Wei Ba could meet the Son of Heaven at any time, and the situation naturally changed greatly.

Wei Ba has been in the palace for the past few days to discuss with the Son of Heaven the expedition to Jihua in Liaodong.

The expedition jihua is very detailed, a thick volume, just reading it once, it can make people dizzy, not to mention that there are a lot of terms and numbers in it, Liu Chan may know a little about power schemes, but seeing these detailed strategic jihua that makes people's scalp tingle, he is completely dizzy.

Even with Li Yan and Wei Ba taking turns to explain to him and discuss carefully, it took him a few days to barely understand what these numbers represented, and Weishenme would have such an astonishing material need, and even need to mobilize the entire Shu Han Liliang to complete.

But Liu Chan was very moved, although he would not make a decision easily before Zhuge Liang did not approve, but his attitude was biased towards approval. There are factors in this that Li Yan strongly agitated, but the most fundamental reason is Wei Ba's words.

Wei Ba said that after the Battle of Chibi, Sun and Liu married, and Zhou Yu suggested to Sun Quan that the first emperor be placed under house arrest in Jingkou, and then coerced Guan Zhang and others to fight, so as to consume the liliang of our army and divide it. Emotionally speaking, they are very shameless, but strategically speaking, this trick does work, if the first emperor did not get out at that time and stayed in Jingkou, there would be no today's Han.

Now, Zhou Yu has turned into a pile of rotten bones, and Sun Quan has also been beaten to death, but Wu Guo has not died. We can use the other way, return the other body, take Sun Quan's title as a breakthrough, and take advantage of the opportunity of the expedition to Liaodong to coerce the Jiangdong soldiers to fight. On the one hand, it consumed the strength of Wu State, and on the other hand, it screened and divided the ministers and ministers of Wu State, and gradually emptied Sun Quan's foundation to achieve the goal of winning without a fight, just as Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were ready to do to me back then.

Secondly, although our army captured Guanzhong and Liangzhou. But the foundation is not solid. Within two or three years, he did not have the strength to destroy Cao Wei. I have Liangzhou, Cao Wei has Youju, and they still have considerable resources of war horses. In time. They may be able to breathe. Jihua who is now planning an expedition to Liaodong. It can force Cao Wei to turn his attention to Liaodong, unable to recuperate calmly, and delay his recovery. If the war goes well. If our army can seize Liaodong and open up a second battlefield, the difficulty of destroying Cao Wei will be greatly reduced.

Consuming Jiangdong's strength, squeezing Cao Wei's living space, and gaining time and space for our army to recuperate, this is all focused on the overall situation of the world, and it is far from being as simple as one city and one pool, and it is certainly worth pouring the strength of a country into preparation.

Liu Chan was very enthusiastic about this Jihua, mainly because Wei Ba mentioned that Sun Quan tried to put the first emperor under house arrest. The reason why his biological mother, Mrs. Gan, died early was inseparable from the tense relationship between Sun and Liu at that time. Now he is very interested in giving Sun Quan a taste of the strategies they have not been able to implement. In contrast, whale swallowing the world is clearly not so attractive.

Now, Jihua has sent it to Zhuge Liang for review, and if he agrees, this matter will be settled. However, Zhuge Liang's health is not very good, and this matter is too important, and it is estimated that it will take a while to have an answer. As for whether he can agree, Wei Ba has no bottom in his heart.

After listening to Wei Ba finish talking about the general situation, Wei Yan was very surprised: "Li Yan agreed to let me take away the 10,000 elite horses?" This is the most powerful force of the Guanzhong Legion at present. Without these 10,000 elite horsemen, it would not be so easy for him to start a war. ”

Wei Ba smiled: "You are in Guanzhong, can you listen to his command?" ”

Wei Yan touched his beard and didn't say a word. This said to his heart, don't look at Li Yan and he are both martial artists, but he also looks down on Li Yan. He felt that Li Yan was too gloomy and not upright enough. To let him listen to Li Yan's general orders to fight, it is not much better than listening to Jiang Wei's orders. It is precisely because of this consideration that he is willing to support Wei Ba's expedition to Jihua and take 10,000 fine horses to Liaodong, how cool it is.

"There are horses in Liangzhou, and there are many people who are good at riding, as long as he is given some time and enough food, it is not difficult to reorganize one or two thousand fine horsemen. If you are in Liangzhou, no matter how many elite horsemen there are, they are also your subordinates, and they have nothing to do with him. It's only convenient to get you out of the way and get started. ”

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows: "In this way, wouldn't it make Li Yan sit big?" He has always been gloomy and has scales in his belly, what if he has a bad heart? ”

"For now, it is more advantageous for Li Yan to go to Guanzhong than Jiang Wei to go to Guanzhong. After all, his experience and ability are not possessed by Jiang Wei. As for ...... future" Wei Ba smiled faintly: "As long as we are stronger than him, he will not dare to have any dissenting intentions, so he can only be a loyal minister obediently." ”

Wei Yan squinted at Wei Ba: "Are you sure?" ”

"I'm not sure." Wei Ba shrugged self-deprecatingly: "Speaking of which, I am more like a bad person than Li Yan, otherwise how could the prime minister be bent on guarding against me?" It stands to reason that if you are in Guanzhong, you are more appropriate than Li Yan, but can the prime minister be willing? ”

Wei Yan sighed in frustration. The Wei family has come to this point, it is impossible to retreat, but it is also difficult to advance, and every step will encounter great difficulties. He has never had much to do about this kind of thing, and he can't help if he wants to, so he has to listen to Wei Ba's arrangement.

"You kid remember your words, don't break your word."

Wei Ba scratched his head and laughed twice, looking helpless, but he was somewhat relieved in his heart. Things are far more complicated than Daddy could have predicted, but Daddy is not a scheming person, telling him that it will not help, but it may be bad, it is better to hide it from him.

The reason why Li Yan was willing to agree to Wei Ba's conditions was, of course, the idea of driving Wei Yan away from Guanzhong and dominating Guanzhong, but more importantly, Zhuge Liang couldn't afford to fall ill, and the possibility of returning to Guanzhong was almost zero, and he would definitely stay in Chengdu for a period of time. Without Wei Ba's help, Li Yan thought to himself that he was not Zhuge Liang's opponent, since this was the case, it was better to leave Chengdu, grasp the real power in Guanzhong, hollow out Zhuge Liang's foundation, and put Zhuge Liang and the emperor in the air.

To do this, he needs to have the support of Wei Ba; If he wants to get Wei Ba's support, he must first support Wei Ba. Wei Ba said that he wanted to transfer 10,000 elite horsemen from Guanzhong, okay, no problem, Wei Ba said that he would use the national endowment of the entire Shu Han to prepare, okay, yes. I agree to all your conditions, and there is only one exchange condition, Guanzhong is mine.

This is Li Yan's true purpose.

What about Wei Ba? Of course, Wei Ba also has Wei Ba's purpose.

This time back in Chengdu, he looked like he was victorious, but he also saw how big Liliang was loyal to the imperial court. Not to mention anything else, Daddy Wei Yan and Master Zhao Yun are both wary of him, and others can be imagined. In this case, pushing Li Yan to the foreground and letting him dominate Guanzhong can be used to capture and cultivate Li Yan's ambition on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also attract the attention of others, don't always stare at him.

Only he knows the stakes and the stakes are best understood, and no one else understands them. As for Daddy, he couldn't reveal a word.

There are some things that my father can't say.

……

Zhuge Manor.

Zhuge Liang leaned on the sickbed, his eyes were closed, his breathing was short, his body was covered with a thick quilt, but his hands were still cold. The two imperial doctors sent from the palace were exchanging opinions, sighing from time to time.

Seeing Zhuge Liang is probably the biggest headache in their lives.

Zhuge Liang actually didn't have any serious illness, but he was overworked and his qi and blood were declining. In his case, let go of everything, rest in peace, and eat all kinds of tonics, even if he can't fully recover, the condition will be relieved. But for Zhuge Liang, recuperation is simply a luxury, and he can't do it at all.

No, the court vomited blood once, and after returning to the mansion, the next day the palace sent a copy of Wei Ba's expedition to Liaodong Jihua. As soon as Zhuge Liang received this jihua, he began to study day and night, exhausting his mind, no matter how much tonic medicine he ate, his body was getting thinner and thinner day by day, and his spirit was not as good as day by day, and he was even a little nervous. Long and short sighs, mixed with sorrow and joy, one moment lamenting that talents are rare, and another moment lamenting that they cannot be used by the country, there are sages in the wilderness, and he is really derelict as a prime minister.

Incineration of the sundial, even a normal person can't bear it, not to mention that Zhuge Liang originally only had half a life left.

Finally, he fainted again, and after more than half an hour of emergency rescue by two imperial doctors, he finally eased this breath, but only this breath was left, and he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.

Huang Yueying handed over all the affairs of the family to Zhuge Qiao's widow Ma, and she sat on the edge of the couch all the time, holding one of Zhuge Liang's hands, silently accompanying her angry husband. When she was really upset, she looked at the expedition Jihua. She has no military attainments, but from the comments that Zhuge Liang wrote on the side with a red pen, she can realize how good this jihua is.

When did Zhuge Liang treat an enemy so cautiously? He has never taken any opponent lightly, but there is no opponent who deserves his attention. Wei Ba can become Zhuge Liang's fierce rival at a young age, and can force him to this point, which can't help but attract her attention.

"Madam......" Zhuge Liang's hand tightened, although he didn't open his eyes, he knew who was by his side.

"Husband, don't say it." Huang Yueying patted the back of Zhuge Liang's hand: "There are many people waiting for you to die, so you have to live." ”

The corners of Zhuge Liang's mouth twitched, as if he was laughing. He gasped for a moment, and then said, "Madam, is this also destiny?" ”

Huang Yueying said lightly: "It's not the mandate of heaven, it's a human plan." It's just that you are one, they are a group, the victory is gratifying, and the defeat is also a hero. ”

"But I'm ...... Can't be defeated. ”

"No one can beat you, only you can beat you." Huang Yueying sighed softly: "Can't you see it yet, he just wants to exhaust you and let you defeat, knock down, and kill yourself!" Your biggest enemy is not Wei Ba, let alone Li Ping, but yourself. ”

(To be continued......)