Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 683 Zhuge Liang lost confidence

Jiang Wei is worthy of being Ma Su's direct disciple, and he has great experience in "sometimes a general will not obey orders from his superiors when he is away from home".

However, his general was a little hesitant, and after hesitating for a while, he finally spoke.

"Sir, I think we should... The Prime Minister is not a general. There is no room for reason with the Prime Minister."

"The worst that can happen is that I'll get a beating like the general. I don't want to miss such a good opportunity." Unfortunately, these words couldn't scare Jiang Wei at all, so he said directly.

Of course, Jiang Wei was not really reckless. Since he became the governor of Qingzhou, he had been cultivating land and raising troops here, and in just two years he had expanded the Qingzhou army to 30,000 people.

If the Wei army crossing the river to the south was several times larger than his, Jiang Wei would definitely be more obedient than anyone else. But now the Wei army only had 40,000 soldiers, not much more than his. If he retreated again, the people in the general's mansion would laugh at him.

Therefore, Jiang Wei finally chose to disobey Zhuge Liang's deployment and took the initiative to lead his troops to fight against the Wei army.

The same thing happened to several other generals. Shu Ji, Zhang Yi, and even Liu Yin felt that Zhuge Liang was too cautious and was prone to miss opportunities, so they all began to exercise their subjective initiative.

After all, Zhuge Liang's current strategy is still the same as the Yizhou Northern Expedition strategy ten years ago. But now is different from the past. The Han army is big and can afford the loss. Compared with that little loss, it is more important to seize the opportunity.

Moreover, these generals have been following Ma Su for a long time and their fighting styles have all become radical. Zhuge Liang's conservative fighting style is really not suitable for them.

When the entire Guandong region began to mobilize and all the generals began to move, Ma Su had to live out his retirement in Xu County.

Ma Su was indeed exhausted this time, and his body felt a little weak. But even so, Ma Su still looked forward to it every day, waiting for the time when he could be discharged from the hospital to fight against Dongwu.

What made Ma Su speechless was that he had to be watched no matter what he did. Someone followed him when he slept, someone followed him when he ate, and even when he went to the toilet, he had to be watched by several guards surrounding him.

They were afraid that Ma Su would suddenly climb over the wall and run away regardless of his physical condition.

"You guys have nothing to do, right? Do you have to follow me so closely even when I go to the toilet?" Ma Su looked at the guards outside with a dark face and couldn't help but said angrily.

"Please forgive me, General. We also received orders from the Prime Minister. There is nothing we can do!" The leading guard spread his hands helplessly and apologized to Ma Su.

"The Prime Minister specifically told us to keep a close eye on you. What if you take the opportunity to escape over the wall and join the war? If something happens to you, we won't be able to explain ourselves!"

"Even if there's a hole in my brain, I wouldn't... Wait, what did you just say?" Ma Su rolled his eyes and subconsciously planned to say something, but suddenly he grasped a key word.

"There's a war going on now? When? Where?"

The head of the imperial guards immediately realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and immediately kept silent. However, his attitude made Ma Su more certain of the situation.

"Fuck! I was wondering why the Prime Minister was suddenly watching us so closely. Turns out there's another war to fight!" Ma Su narrowed his eyes and began to talk to himself. No one knew what he was thinking.

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Zhuge Liang didn't know that the chief guard he arranged had leaked the whole thing because of his loose mouth. Ma Su, who had been recovering from illness, also had some inappropriate thoughts.

Zhuge Liang in Hefei didn't know all this. At this moment, he had already met Deng Ai, the Governor-General of Lianghuai.

"Greetings, Prime Minister!" Deng Ai saluted Zhuge Liang respectfully and handed the Lianghuai account book to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang nodded, took the account book and flipped through it briefly, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Because the Longyou paper improved by Ma Su was cheaper, all the account books of Ji Han were now recorded on paper. The plasticity of paper was much higher than that of bamboo slips, so Deng Ai made some improvements on this basis.

In simple terms, Deng Ai recorded the account book in red and black, which made the account book of Lianghuai simple and clear.

So Zhuge Liang only took a quick glance and basically figured out the number of troops that could be mobilized in Lianghuai.

"The accounting is well done. Youchang really promoted a good subordinate!" Zhuge Liang looked at Deng Ai deeply and said.

"This is all thanks to the general. If it weren't for the Longyou paper, I wouldn't have been able to do this!" Deng Ai said without hesitation, directly pushing the credit to Ma Su.

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, extremely satisfied with Deng Ai's performance. After a brief calculation, Zhuge Liang also figured out the number of troops that could be deployed in Lianghuai.

Seventy thousand people!
After only two years of farming in Lianghuai, Deng Ai had already accumulated a huge amount of food and fodder. Zhuge Liang did not even need to transfer troops from other places, as the troops and food and fodder in Lianghuai were enough to fight against the Eastern Wu.

"What are your thoughts on how to defeat Eastern Wu?" Zhuge Liang looked at Deng Ai again and suddenly asked.

Zhuge Liang had not commanded the army for many years, and he knew little about the senior generals of the Han army. Now that he was suddenly about to come out of retirement, Zhuge Liang also wanted to take a good look at the composition of the people promoted by Ma Su.

"Report to the Prime Minister! The purpose of the Eastern Wu's gathering of troops in Danyang this time is nothing more than Ruxuwu, to take back their stronghold in Jiangbei. We only need to send tens of thousands of troops to guard Ruxuwu, and use the Thunderbolt Chariots to assist in defending the city. The Wu army will definitely not dare to land and fight..."

At this point, Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, feeling that the level was pretty good.

But before Zhuge Liang could say anything, he heard Deng Ai continue speaking.

"Then we will send a detachment eastward, sneak across the Yangtze River from Wujun, and go straight to Jianye! When the war breaks out in Jiangdong, the Wu army will be in a panic, and Jiangdong can be decided in one battle..."

"Stop, stop, stop! I'm here to repel the Wu army, not to destroy it!"

Deng Ai's words confused Zhuge Liang. And most importantly, Zhuge Liang found that all of Deng Ai's generals agreed with his strategy.

As the saying goes, what kind of general you have, what kind of soldiers you have. We still can't expect the generals promoted by Ma Su to be very stable.

The Hebei battlefield...

broken!

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang lost his confidence due to this group of people, and now it seemed that everything was full of variables.

It is better to fight a quick battle and rush to help Hebei. The general trained by Ma Su will definitely be scared to death by having a heart attack.

"The purpose of this operation is to encircle and annihilate as many Wu troops as possible and weaken the power of Jiangdong. Therefore, for this purpose, our army must lure the enemy deep into our territory, lead the Wu troops to the north of the river, and then encircle and annihilate them!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and then began to make his own arrangements.

"Shi Zai, you are responsible for leading 3,000 soldiers to fight against the Wu army. It would be best if you could fake a few defeats and then lure out the Wu army!"

(End of this chapter)