Chapter 60 The Refined Egoist

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang fell silent.

Not long ago, when his army attacked Chencang, he received a letter from Meng Da to Li Yan. In the letter, Meng Da often mentioned leaving Wei and returning to Han.

Zhuge Liang returned a letter to Meng Da very seriously, advising Meng Da to make a decision early if he had the heart to surrender, and there will be changes sooner or later.

After the letter was sent, there was no reply from Meng Da.

Zhuge Liang guessed that Meng Da didn't really want to vote for the Shu Han, but when he saw the Shu army retreating, he hesitated, weighed up and down, and waited for the price.

To put it bluntly, Meng Da would never have contacted Shu Han if the situation had not been urgent.

In the past, Meng Da surrendered to Wei, apparently he had no choice but to do so, but in fact there were other reasons.

At that time, the Hanzhong War was over, and Shangyong and Xincheng were initially decided. Without Liu Bei's permission, Guan Yu launched the Jingzhou Battle without Liu Bei's permission, and asked Liu Feng and Meng Da to send troops to besiege Xu Huang.

Due to the initial attachment of the three counties, the local forces are deeply intertwined and need someone to guard them.The chief general Liu Feng and the partial general Meng Da combined and rejected Guan Yu's request for help.

Unexpectedly, the situation of the battle changed so fast that Guan Yu was killed by Soochow in an instant because of his defeat, without giving anyone a chance to save him.

After Guan Yu's defeat, Meng Da was made things difficult by Liu Feng again, so he voluntarily surrendered to Wei State in a fit of anger, and was reused by Cao Pi to lead troops to attack the three counties guarded by Liu Feng.

With the help of two brothers Neiying Shendan and Shenyi, Meng Da quickly defeated Liu Feng and captured the three eastern counties, where they have been stationed ever since.

After Liu Feng was defeated and returned to Chengdu, he was severely reprimanded by Liu Bei. One blamed Liu Feng for not saving Guan Yu, and the other blamed Liu Feng for bullying Meng Da so that he voted for Wei.So he ordered Liu Feng to commit suicide and apologize.

In other words, Meng Da voluntarily voted for Wei for "a prosperous future", not because he was facing a dead end and had no choice but to surrender to Wei.

After Meng Da surrendered to Wei, he lived a good life at first, and was appreciated and reused by Cao Pi. He led the prefect of Xincheng, guarded the three counties of Shangyong and Jincheng, and was entrusted with the task of defending the southwest.

But the good times didn't last long. Cao Pi died of illness, and Cao Rui came to the throne. Many people in the court were jealous of Meng Da's "as a surrendered general, but he held great power; his name was Wei Chen, but he was actually the emperor of the land", so he frequently spoke in front of Wei Lord Cao Rui. Persuade Cao Rui to dismiss Meng Da and appoint another idler to hang up.

Meng Da was worried because of this, thinking about the way out day and night.So there was the letter sent to Li Yan.

Looking at Mengda's life, one can know that he is a man.

A refined egoist.

Meng Da was originally a general of Liu Zhang. Seeing that Liu Bei was powerful, he defected to Liu Bei with Fazheng in the 16th year of Jian'an (211); in the 24th year of Jian'an (219), seeing that the state of Shu was poor, he defected to Wei again. ;Now (228 years) was forced by Wei Chen, and wanted to come to Shu Kingdom...

Such selfish people are absolutely unreliable.

Although Zhuge Liang has the confidence to unite all the forces that can be united, he is not sure that he can fully control a two-faced boy like Meng Da.

If you can't control it, then you can only...

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang made up his mind, spread out the brocade silk, and splashed ink to finish it overnight.

Ma Su looked over and saw that Zhuge Liang's handwriting was vigorous and powerful, the writing was neat and smooth, the writing was gorgeous and coherent, and the whole letter looked like a work of art.

The content of the letter was extremely provocative, and it can be summed up in one sentence: "I am leading an army of 15 to besiege Sima Yi in Longyou. If he is a brother, come and kill him!"

After writing the letter, Zhuge Liang summoned his confidantes and asked him to go down the river in Hanzhong with the book to see Meng Da.

In order to stabilize the Longnan area that he won, Zhuge Liang tried his best and exhausted his means this time.

Even at the expense of Meng Da.

Ma Di knew that in fact Zhuge Liang's primary goal of the Northern Expedition was never to directly destroy the Wei State, but to capture Longyou and break Wei's so-called "obtaining Shu and taking Long" advantage.

And the Long in "Delong Wangshu" refers to the Longyou area, not Hanzhong.

Taking Longyou will not only greatly enhance the national strength, but also change the passive situation of Shu.

At that time, Shu, Han, and Long will be connected together, and Shu will not only have a springboard for the Northern Expedition, but also have greater strategic maneuvering space.

Then ask Sun Quan to "use the righteousness of the alliance to order the generals to march north and attack the Central Plains together", forming a semi-siege of Cao Wei. situation.

Therefore, the initial goal of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was not the Northern Expedition to pacify the world, but to plot Longyou, so as to complete the situation where the Shu Han regime could safely separate itself and protect itself.

As long as this is understood, all military actions will have a basis.

Of course, this is one of the main reasons why Wei Yan's "Ziwu Valley Mystery" was not adopted.

Although it was called the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Zhuge Liang never thought about attacking Guanzhong at the beginning. The place he wanted to take the most was Longyou, and he only wanted to take Longyou.

In this way, Ziwu Valley's conspiracy is naturally useless.

Ma Su thought for a while, he hadn't researched the new system thoroughly until now, just getting the military power was not enough insurance, so he raised his hand and asked:
"Prime Minister, Su has a plan, which can destroy Jianwei in ten days."

Zhuge Liang waved his fan and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, the truth also has a plan."

"Prime Minister, since that's the case, why don't both of us write the strategies in the palm of our hands, so as to see if the heroes see the same thing?" Ma Su suggested.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, agreed to the proposal, picked up a pen and wrote down his answer in his hand.

Ma Su also wrote down his thoughts in the palm of his hand.

The two looked at each other and smiled, spreading their palms together.

I saw the words "tune the tiger away from the mountain" written on the palm of Zhuge Liang's palm.

On the palm of Ma Di's palm, there are four words "Prime Minister's Wonderful Plan" written on it.

"..." Zhuge Liang was speechless for a while, knowing that Ma Su's stubbornness had flared up again.

Ma Su chuckled, cupped his hands and said, "Su would like to follow the prime minister's ingenious plan, and now go to regain Jianwei!"

"But these three thousand soldiers..."

"I'll give you another two thousand!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

Ma Di was overjoyed, and excitedly raised his troops and left.

As soon as Fang left the big camp, Ma Di set up his footing, got into the temporary tent and quickly opened the light screen after he had traveled less than ten miles.

[Warning, warning!The total amount owed by the host to repay the system: 632.Please repay as soon as possible! 】

[Warning, warning!Host repayment time remaining: 1 day.Please repay as soon as possible! 】

[Congratulations, the host has become the main general again, and all functions of the system have been fully activated. 】

【宿主须知:系统已对获得稳健点的规则做出了修正,宿主只有在模拟场景中“避过一次必然性的死亡”、“获得一场战争的胜利”、或击杀/俘虏/招降“敌方士兵/将军”,方能获得稳健点。注:每名士兵可得1稳健点、偏将为100点、主将为200点、获得一场战争的胜利为300点。避免一次必然性的死亡仍为20点。】

[Host Notice: The main/sub-quests and dungeon experience will be activated after the end of the Northern Expedition, and will be deactivated before the start of the next Shu Han foreign war. All the mysteries need to be explored by the host. 】

"..."

"Does this mean that you don't want me to be a coward? It's to encourage me to be tough with my opponent!" Ma Di clicked on "Personal Attributes" unhappily.

Name: Ma Di.

Force: 48 (Wen Yi, Wu Mo)
Intelligence: 72 (Wu San, Wen Mo San)

Prestige: 45 (can command up to 3 horses)

Robust value: 8 (poor and destitute)
Amount owed: 200.

Loan: 440 (40 with interest).

After reading the personal information, Ma Su quickly entered the simulation scene without thinking too much.

No matter how late it is, it will really stop.

[You spend 1 stability point to start Sims. 】

[Fantasy simulation, learn to practice...]

There was a sound of laughter like a ghost crying, the light went dark and then bright, and the picture switched at the speed of light.

As soon as the scene started, I heard Zhang Xiu's familiar voice shouting in a drawn out tone:
"General, you should..."

"Shut up!" Ma Di raised his hand to interrupt Zhang Xiu before he could finish speaking.

He didn't like to hear this sentence.

There are shadows!
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(End of this chapter)

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