I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 53: The Han Dynasty first introduced a protracted war

Yang Yi stood up and walked out, took the military report, walked in, and presented it to Zhuge Liang.

Everyone is still wondering, what urgent news is coming from the capital at this time?

But Li Heng's heart was bright. What urgent report?

What else could it be?

Urgent report that Emperor Sun has withdrawn his troops!

Zhuge Liang opened it and read it quickly. His face tightened slightly, and there was a trace of helplessness in his eyes. He put the paper on the
on the desk.

This detail was noticed by Li Heng.

The urgent report from the capital was actually delivered on paper.

It seems that a papermaking factory has been established in Chengdu, and Liu Chan has even started working with paper.

"Prime Minister, what happened?" Yang Yi couldn't help but ask.

Everyone looked at Zhuge Liang.

"Master Wu has withdrawn his troops."

As soon as Zhuge Liang said these words, everyone was stunned.

Wei Yan was the first to speak and said angrily: "I told you a long time ago that these rats in Jiangdong are unreliable!"

Ma Dai sighed: "Master Wu retreated so quickly!"

"In this case, we are the only ones facing the Wei army now." Fei Yi said, "Wei Lord has no worries about the eastern front. I am afraid he will actually come to Chang'an in person."

Yang Yi's face was bruised and white. Just now he had asserted that Sun Quan would keep Cao Rui awake, but he was slapped in the face in the blink of an eye.

Zhuge Liang asked: "Ji'an, continue."

"Yes."

Li Heng responded and continued: "Previously, the Wei State concluded that we could not supply food and grass, so it adopted a defensive war in order to delay us. Now we can produce part of our military food ourselves, and the rest can be transported from Hanzhong, which is not a big problem. Our army We have initially acquired the ability to stably occupy Guanzhong. This will definitely make the Wei Lord very afraid. Next, the Wei State will fight a war of attrition with us."

Li Heng paused and looked around again. No one refuted him.

He continued: "The advantage of our army is that its frontal combat capability is stronger than that of Sima Yi's Wei army, but it also has fatal shortcomings."

"What shortcomings?" Wei Yan's eyes widened, and his tone suddenly became unkind, like a tiger staring at Li Heng.

"The total number of our army is smaller than that of Wei, and our logistical sustainability is weaker than that of Wei. Wei only needs to fight two large-scale wars with us, and we will be exhausted, and the recruitment of people will be interrupted."

"You mean we can't defeat the Wei army?" Wei Yan stood up.

According to the height of later generations, Wei Yan was 1.8 meters.

The ancient generals were not made of sinews, but of fat-packed muscles.

Wei Yan looks like a strong cow.

Moreover, he has a rough face, a pair of thick eyebrows, and a pair of tiger eyes. He has accumulated a deep murderous aura on the battlefield all year round.

In addition, he holds a high position and has the ruthlessness to kill decisively and regard life as nothing.

Just standing there was intimidating.

In comparison, although Li Heng was about the same height as him, his figure was slim and elegant.

It seemed as if Wei Yan could kill Li Heng on the spot with just one slap.

"Long article!" Zhuge Liang glanced at Wei Yan and scolded, "Sit down and talk properly."

"Prime Minister, as long as the Wei army is willing to send troops, I will definitely make them regret being born to their parents!"

When Wei Yan said this, it didn't mean that Wei Yan really couldn't analyze the overall situation.

But Wei Yan was the most radical person who wanted to destroy Wei.

It may be that Wei Yan has always been grateful to Liu Bei for his kindness to him. Later, when Zhuge Liang was in power, he was repeatedly rewarded, and he felt that he should show the clearest attitude.

"Listen to what Jian has to say!"

Wei Yan then sat down, his expression still ugly.Zhuge Liang continued: "Ji'an, please continue."

Li Heng saluted, then his eyes fell on Wei Yan. He looked directly into Wei Yan's eyes and said calmly: "We can defeat the Wei army."

Wei Yan still stared at him coldly.

"We can defeat the Wei army on the frontal battlefield, but if we blindly fight the Wei army head-on, we will lose the entire Guanzhong battle."

"Li Jian, why do you say that we will lose the entire battle?" Yang Yi also asked with a gloomy face.

"Master Wei will never give up on Guanzhong!"

"That's just right, let's fight the Wei army!" Yang Yi vowed, "I will never give up!"

Li Heng couldn't help but sigh. After years of political correctness, there was a group of extreme hawks in Ji Han who had formed a deep-rooted consciousness about the Northern Expedition to destroy Wei.

At this moment, Li Heng seemed to realize that Zhuge Liang's reuse of Wei Yan and Yang Yi actually had another purpose.

Both men are hardliners.

The Northern Expedition faction within Ji Han was actually divided into layers.

Except for Zhuge Liang himself.

Wei Yan was the number one hardliner among the Northern Expeditionists.

Followed by Yang Yi.

Fei Yi and Jiang Wan both firmly supported the Northern Expedition, but were actually moderates of the Northern Expedition.

As for people like Li Yan, they are Ji Han's doves and they are unequivocally opposed to the Northern Expedition.

However, people's positions will change.

Historically, after Yang Yi was dismissed from office, he still complained in front of Fei Yi, saying that he had known he would have defected to Wei.

At this time, Jiang Wei was considered an activist following Zhuge Liang.

After Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Wei was greatly stimulated and began to become a radical Northern Expeditionist.

As for Ma Dai and Meng Yan, they still cannot enter the core level.

When Zhuge Liang hires people, he must consider one thing: whether the person is willing to unswervingly carry out the Northern Expedition.

Because the majority within Ji Han were opposed to the Northern Expedition, the core of Ji Han must be the Northern Expedition faction.

If not, don't even think about hanging around in Zhuge Liang's circle.

"Ji'an, continue talking." Zhuge Liang said.

"Yes." Li Heng ignored Yang Yi.

Yang Yi has his own interests that determine his position. This cannot be explained in a few words.

"The Wei army wants to consume us, so we cannot be consumed by them."

"Then what should we do?" Fei Yi asked.

"We grew slowly. We are now strong tree trunks. After we grow into towering trees, it will be impossible for the Wei army to consume us."

"You mean, avoid fighting?"

"Yes." Li Heng said with certainty, "But Lord Wei will definitely let Sima Yi attack hard. We can just resist the Wei army's offensive. At most, we can wait until next summer. The grain we cultivated this year can be harvested in large quantities. In more than half a year , we build the city, resettle the people, expand our troops, and after they are well trained, we can take action."

Fei Yi asked again: "What action are you talking about?"

"The action he mentioned was to attack Longyou." Zhuge Liang added, "We built several fortresses in Xieshui and expanded our troops. We used the main force to contain Sima Yi, and then sent a tiger general to lead the army westward to capture Longyou. right!"

After saying that, he looked at Li Heng.

Li Heng said: "This is indeed the intention of lowering the official rank."

Fei Yi couldn't help but secretly gasped, Li Heng's thinking was really stable.

This is strategic talent!
No wonder the prime minister was willing to serve directly as the county magistrate of Chencang, but now he has been promoted to join the army.

(End of this chapter)