The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 822 Chapter 821
As soon as Zhuge Liang said this, everyone present was shocked. How could a big fish that was finally caught be released so easily?
"Military Master Zhuge! You are a military adviser personally appointed by the King Regent, and you have the right to supervise the army. The King Regent also specifically instructed me in a letter to me to ask the governor to cooperate with you as much as possible and listen to your opinions more. But now, you have come up with such a bad idea, are you worthy of the King Regent's trust in you? Please forgive me for not agreeing to your suggestion! Military Master Zhuge has worked hard all the way, let's go back and rest first!" Zhang Liao was very said angrily.

The rest of the people also sneered, but they felt that this military adviser was really not very good, and they were secretly imagining why the regent sent such a brat here.

Zhuge Liang looked around at the people present, seeing that their eyes were full of disdain and contempt for him, he just raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said to Zhang Liao again: "General Governor, you have led all the generals here. How many months has it been? In the past month or so, have you guys made half a step forward?"

Zhang Liao frowned, and asked in displeasure, "What do you mean by that? Are you mocking the governor?"

"Kong Ming didn't dare! Kong Ming was just thinking, it's been almost half a year since the governor led the army to put down the rebellion, but the Nanzhong rebellion has not been completely put down until now, has the governor ever thought about why this is? ?” Zhuge Liang said.

Gan Ning suddenly roared from the side: "What else could be the reason? Nanzhong is located in a remote place, the roads are rugged, and the rebels are defending against danger. In addition, the place is filled with miasma. Attacking here, if it wasn't for the fact that Pan Snake Valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the rebels sent heavy troops to defend, we would have killed the rebels' lair long ago."

Zhuge Liang glanced at Gan Ning and asked, "This general is..."

"Right General Gan Ning!" Gan Ning replied angrily.

"It turned out to be General Gan, sorry for your disrespect!" Zhuge Liang hurriedly bowed, "I just heard what General Gan said. It seems that the rebellion has not been put down for so long because of external reasons, right?"

"Isn't it?" Gan Ning retorted, "Our army is strong and strong, and the soldiers are united as one, fighting against the enemy. If such a strong army hadn't gone deep into a barren land and the terrain is unfamiliar, how could this war have dragged on for so long? If it was on the plains, we would have killed them all!"

Zhuge Liang laughed and said, "Kong Ming did not dare to agree with General Gan's words. Kong Ming felt that although the topography has some influence, it is not the most important thing. I think the main reason is that our army has been on the ground from the very beginning. Going the wrong way, only thinking about conquering them by force, but not carefully thinking about how to convince them to come and surrender!"

"Hmph! It's easy to say, if we don't resort to force, how can the rebels feel fear and surrender to us?" Gan Ning sneered.

Zhang Liao seemed to understand the meaning behind the words, and asked, "Then, in the opinion of the military adviser, if our army does not resort to force, how will we put down the rebellion?"

Zhuge Liang said: "There is a saying in the art of war that attacking the city is the bottom and attacking the heart is the top. Human nature is good. I believe that the people here are usually friendly, but we don't know it. Have any of you ever thought that these people Rebels, why do you have to risk your head, or even exterminate your family, to rebel?"

"Does the rebellion need a reason?" Gan Ning sneered.

Zhuge Liang said: "Don't you need a reason to rebel? There is no reason, why would they rebel? General Gan, if one day you suddenly rebelled, I believe you must have your reasons and reasons, otherwise, why would you rebel for no reason?" What about the rebellion?"

"Who are you talking about rebelling? You are the one rebelling!" Gan Ning said angrily.

"General Gan calm down, Kong Ming is just making an analogy."

Xu Huang, who was at the side, kept asking thoughtfully: "The military division just said that attacking the heart is the most important thing. What does it mean? Can you explain in detail?"

"Nanzhong's rebellion, I also had a certain understanding on the way here. Nanzhong's races are mixed. If you want to rebel together, you must have some big reasons. I also learned about it. The Nanzhong rebellion happened in our army. Before the land of Shu was conquered, that is to say, their rebellion was initially just that the prefects of Nanzhong counties were unwilling to submit to Zhang Fei's jurisdiction, but later, because some people interfered with it, this rebellion turned into a rebellion in various Nanzhong counties. The chief culprit of the war between races and the Han is the current rebel leader Meng Huo!" Zhuge Liang said.

Xu Huang went on to say: "Because of this, now that we have captured Meng Huo's wife, Mrs. Zhu Rong, we have a bargaining chip to blackmail Meng Huo. It is reported that Meng Huo loves his wife Mrs. Zhu Rong very much, and Mrs. Zhu Rong's tribe They are also the biggest supporters of Meng Huo. They will definitely do everything possible to save Mrs. Zhu Rong. Let us show Mrs. Zhu Rong at this time and let him lead us to attack the rebel defense line in Pan Snake Valley. The rebels will be jealous, we may be able to break through this line of defense, and then enter Ailao Mountain to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "There are hundreds of thousands of rebels, but only a few people actually rebelled. I think most of the rebels rebelled with Meng Huo because they were deceived. Even if we can rely on Zhu Rong Madam defeated the rebels, but that was only a temporary victory. Once we withdraw the army from Nanzhong, Nanzhong will definitely rebel again. This kind of example has precedents in Liangzhou. The Qiang people in Liangzhou There have been more than a hundred years of fighting with my Han Dynasty, and until now, it is not over, the people in Nanzhong area are simple and honest, do you want to take advantage of this war to turn Nanzhong area into the second Liangzhou?"

Zhang Liao asked, "What does the military advisor mean?"

Zhuge Liang said: "What I mean is very simple. Attacking the city is the bottom line, and attacking the heart is the top priority. Capturing their hearts is far longer than siege the city and occupying land. As long as the rebel army can be convinced, once our army puts down the rebellion, The Nanzhong region will achieve a relatively long-term stability and long-term law and order, isn't it exactly what we need?"

"This is easier said than done." Gan Ning said with a sneer.

Zhuge Liang said: "Releasing Mrs. Zhu Rong is the first step!"

After Zhang Liao heard this, he looked around the crowd and saw that everyone's eyes were full of distrust, and he didn't dare to make decisions casually, but seeing Zhuge Liang's confident appearance, he didn't know what to do.

At this time, Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "The governor, the regent sent me here to deal with the Nanzhong rebellion, and let me exercise the power of supervising the army. I will preside over all matters in the process of countering the rebellion." , I also hope that the governor will cooperate."

As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Liang took out a handwritten letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao received the operation, opened it, glanced at it hastily, his brows were furrowed tightly, the content of the letter caught his eyes, but it went straight to his heart, making him dare not not cooperate with Zhuge Liang.

It turned out that Zhang Yan was worried that Zhuge Liang was young and would not be able to suppress Zhang Liao and other veteran generals. He nominally appointed Zhuge Liang as the supervisor and military adviser, but in fact he had given Zhuge Liang the command of all the counter-insurgency troops.Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said clearly, and Zhang Yan has to take into account the face of these veterans.Therefore, Zhang Yan wrote all the advantages and disadvantages to Zhang Liao in the form of handwriting, and asked Zhang Liao to cooperate with Zhuge Liang as much as possible and obey his words.Zhang Yan believed that with Zhang Liao's intelligence, he could definitely comprehend the true meaning of this handwritten letter, as well as his own painstaking efforts.

Zhang Liao's hands trembled a little after reading this handwritten letter. It has been almost half a year since he led the crowd to quell the rebellion, but he has not been able to put down the rebellion smoothly. Although Zhang Yanxin did not mean to blame him, let him cooperate with all his strength. Zhuge Liang, and wanting to obey his words, already shows that Zhang Yan is very dissatisfied with him.

He sighed heavily, stuffed the handwriting into his lapel, kept it close to his body, and then said loudly to all the generals: "From now on, the words of the Zhuge military division are mine, and you must obey them. If anyone If you dare to disobey, you are embarrassing me! Military Master Zhuge said just now that he would let Mrs. Zhu Rong go, so let Mrs. Zhu Rong go! Wei Yan!"

Wei Yan stood up, cupped his fists and said, "The end is here!"

Zhang Liao ordered: "Go and release Mrs. Zhu Rong, and do as the military advisor wants! Also, from today onwards, you will be responsible for protecting the security of the military advisor, and you will be at his side at all times. You can't disobey any arrangement the military advisor has. , and you don’t need to come and tell me, do you understand?”

"The last general..." Wei Yan raised his head and glanced at Zhang Liao. He saw that Zhang Liao's face was gloomy. He was not in a good mood. He was completely different from the handwriting before it appeared. He was also guessing what was written in the handwriting that could make Zhang Liao Suddenly came a 180-degree turn, but no matter what, he couldn't control these things, he could only obey the order, and clasped his fists and said, "The last general takes orders!"

Xu Huang, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Wen Pin, Wu Yi and others present were all surprised. The speed of this change of position was too fast, but no one knew what happened. The biggest suspicious thing was Zhuge Liang's handover. The handwritten letter to Zhang Liao.Everyone was secretly guessing what was written in that handwriting, and why Zhang Liao saw such a big contrast after reading it.But no one asked, as if deliberately avoiding this question.

"But the governor..." Gan Ning still had some objections, so he couldn't help but speak.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was stopped by Zhang Liao, and he scolded: "Is what the governor is talking about farting? Since the regent has been entrusted to Zhuge Junshi to handle this matter, then Zhuge Junji's future arrangements are up to you. You must obey, no matter what happened, it was arranged by Zhuge Military Master for you, you just need to obey!"

Zhuge Liang heard what Zhang Liao meant, but he also knew that Zhang Liao was in a bad mood. Zhang Yan handed over the handwritten letter to him before he left, and asked him to go to Nanzhong. After meeting Zhang Liao, he handed over the handwritten letter to Zhang Liao. As for what was written in it, he himself didn't know, but seeing Zhang Liao's contrast, he could probably guess that it was almost inseparable, and secretly grateful in his heart: "The regent trusts me so much, if I can't Putting down the rebellion in Nanzhong as soon as possible will be a great disappointment to the regent's trust."

(End of this chapter)