The words startled everyone!

Whether it is a major minister with a seat or a minister who is only qualified to stand aside, they are all shocked by Li Yan's words. Even the emperor Liu Chan, who was originally a little bored because of the boredom, opened his eyes wide in surprise and looked at the general.

Li Yan is like watching a stranger he has never met, or whether it suddenly grows horns on Li Yan's head and turns into an angry bull.

Zhuge Liang frowned, and a trace of uneasiness flashed through his heart.

This is not the Li Yan he is familiar with, this is not the Li Yan he is familiar with.

Li Yan is conceited and has good face, especially in important occasions. He does not laugh harshly. The two nasolabial folds carved like a knife are his most obvious sign. It is precisely because he is very proud of his face and does not want to be embarrassed in front of everyone, so he is

Zhuge Liang never speaks easily, let alone speak such words without any way out, so as not to lose face when there is a conflict with Zhuge Liang.

No one can deny that Li Yan is a strong person, but the stronger the person is, he can clearly evaluate his opponent. When he knows that he is not an opponent, he will never easily provoke. He will only prepare in secret.

When the opportunity is ripe, suddenly take action and kill with one blow.

Li Yan said such serious words, was he ready to take action?

This made Zhuge Liang feel uneasy because he couldn't see that Li Yan was bound to win.

Li Yan delayed to Chengdu for more than two months. Wei Ba has not received the edict so far. Zhuge Liang knew that they were using the word "drag", and using this period of time, they had exchanged views and reached a certain

Some agreements. Wei Ba hid in Jiaozhou and did not show up. Li Yan rushed to Chengdu to confront him head-on. No matter what, Wei Ba was a junior and once an old official in the Prime Minister's Office. He had a relationship with Zhuge Liang that was almost a monarch and minister.

According to the moral concepts that everyone agrees with, if a head-on conflict occurs, it will be morally inherently unfavorable for Wei Ba.

Li Yan was not the case. He was a general, he was an important official entrusted by the late emperor. He was of the same generation as Zhuge Liang. He had enough qualifications and strength to fight against Zhuge Liang, and in terms of functional division of labor, he was a person of his own expedition.

He is a general and has a greater say than Zhuge Liang, who is the prime minister.

It's natural and reasonable for him to attack.

From another perspective, Li Yan must also come forward. He is the one who suffers the most benefits when the emperor arrives at the front line of Guanzhong. Can he, as a general, still cover the sky? In the face of this threat, he must also fight back.

It is expected that it is impossible to prove that the imperial commander-in-person expedition is not feasible.

But Zhuge Liang couldn't think of his confidence in being so tough? In the past, with Wei Ba supporting him, Li Yan had never been so tough. Now Wei Ba was frustrated and could only temporarily hide in Zhuyadao and lick his wounds. Why did he become tougher instead

It's right.

There will be monsters when things happen abnormally, and monsters are not something that ordinary people can deal with, and even Zhuge Liang cannot be dealt with accidentally.

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard, and Dong Yun stood up and asked the general to give further explanation.

Most of the courts today are Zhuge Liang's confidants. Li Yan had no real confidants. He left Chengdu and went to Guanzhong. Those who originally depended on him due to the situation are now either squeezed out of the court.

Either they recognize the situation and dare not take the initiative to stand up and speak for Li Yan.

Li Yan is basically a lonely man.

But Li Yan was passionate and had no intention of being alone. Faced with Dong Yun's attack, he raised two questions:

First of all, does Shu Han have the strength to launch a war to unify the world? Fighting requires money. If you want to unify the world, it will not be solved in a few months. Once this battle begins, it will take at least two years. Then Shu Han will fight.

Are the money and grain reserves for the two-year war? Logically speaking, he is a general, so this question should be asked about the Prime Minister's Office, but as for Guanzhong, which he himself supervised, after more than a year of rest, Guanzhong can only ensure food and clothing at present, and there is another

The large debt has not been paid off. Not to mention launching a war to unify the world, even if the Wei army attacks, whether it can defend Guanzhong is a question. If the emperor wants to command the army in person, it will have to pay a lot of extra costs, and this account is an astonishing number

, I wonder what preparations are made for this?

Secondly, who will command this great war to unify the world? It is right that the emperor personally commanded the expedition. Your Majesty has inherited the legacy of the late emperor and has also experienced the battlefield personally. This is also right. But having experienced the battlefield personally does not mean that he can instruct the war of tens of thousands of people.

.So, who will command this war?

Nowadays, our Han Dynasty has three people who have truly had the experience of commanding more than 100,000 people in war: Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, General Wei Ba of the Cheqi and Cavalry, and General Lu Xun of the Zhenbei. But these three people are not suitable for commanding this war at present. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang is a civil official and is responsible for the responsibility of the

The important task of civil affairs in the world is impossible to go to the battlefield to command in person. Moreover, judging from his previous record, he could not do it as an arm-like man.

It means that it does not have the ability to attack and win battles.

General Wei Ba of the chariots and cavalry are the most famous general in our Han Dynasty. Since he went to war, he has made great achievements. However, not long ago, he fought against Zhang He, a famous general of the Wei army, against Pengcheng. Although he finally turned the tide, killed Zhang He and severely damaged the Wei army, he also made great efforts.

At a considerable price, Zhu Ya is currently reflecting on the gains and losses of this war, and it is impossible to lead the army again.

As for the remaining general Lu Xun of Zhenbei, when he said this, Li Yan glanced at Lu Xun who had been lowering his head: "You can ask General Zhenbei's opinion to see if he is confident in commanding this battle."

Everyone turned their eyes to Lu Xun. Lu Xun was silent for a moment, and went out to report to the emperor, saying solemnly: "I am the defeated general of the chariot and cavalry general Wei Ba. I have not gained the upper hand in several battles. In the war against Wei, although

If you have a small victory, you will rely on the terrain and use defense instead of attack. Any active attack is not good. In the battle of Luoyang, it is clear that it was not possible to join forces with Prime Minister Zhuge to conquer Luoyang."

Having said that, the meaning is already very obvious. Lu Xun could not serve as the commander-in-chief of this war. He also proved Li Yan's words: Zhuge Liang does not have the ability to command this war.

Dong Yun couldn't help but retort: ​​"According to what you said, is this unification of the world going far away?"

Li Yan shouted sternly: "What do you know? Have you led soldiers and went to the battlefield? Soldiers are major issues in the country. This is what you and the scholars can talk nonsense and speak nonsense."

Dong Yun was startled and was about to refute, but he felt that he was not confident enough.

Zhuge Liang coughed: "The general thought that who will command this war?"

Li Yan calmed down his face and smiled faintly: "Isn't this simple? Of course, it's the most suitable general Wei Ba of the chariot."

With Zhuge Liang's support, Dong Yun became bolder and sneered: "Didn't the general just now say that Wei Ba, the chariot and cavalry, weren't it suitable?"

Li Yan looked at Dong Yun coldly, and his words became mean again. "You don't even understand what I mean, and you dare to speak out loud. I really feel sad for your father Dong He. I said to General of the Cycling

Currently, in Zhuya, he reflects on the gains and losses of the Battle of Pengcheng. It is not suitable to lead troops to fight. Did he say that he will never go to fight? The General of the Carriage and Cavalry has such achievements before he was thirty years old. If he could think about the gains and losses, he would naturally be a hundred feet tall.

.Going further, will it be natural to go to war again by then, and destroying the army and destroying the enemy, and it will be easy to get rid of the enemy."

After being criticized by Li Yan, Dong Yun's face turned red and he retorted without thinking: "In the battle of Pengcheng, Wei overlords were completely destroyed and he was defeated. Even his father, Wei Yan, the general of Zhendong, died in the battlefield. What are the great achievements of the war...

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"Who has never lost a battle?" Li Yan interrupted Dong Yun's words: "Besides, who said that the Battle of Pengcheng was defeated?"

Dong Yun sneered: "The battle in Pengcheng has been concluded. It is not a defeat, is it a victory?"

Li Yan's eyes became sharp: "The battle in Pengcheng is already a conclusion? As a general, I don't know, where did you know?" He turned to Zhuge Liang: "I dare to ask the Prime Minister, the conclusion of the battle in Pengcheng is

Who did what he did, when he decided, and why did he know nothing?"

Dong Yun's face suddenly turned red and she wanted to slap her two big mouths.

Li Yan is a general, and to draw conclusions on the Battle of Pengcheng must be recognized by the General's Office. Before Li Yan agrees, there is no so-called conclusion. Dong Yun said in front of so many people that the Battle of Pengcheng has been concluded.

He gave Li Yan a handle directly. Li Yan immediately grabbed the handle and pointed the finger at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang sighed secretly: "General, this is not a conclusion, it is just a recognized opinion of the ministers."

Li Yan asked: "How does the Prime Minister evaluate the Battle of Pengcheng? Do you think it is a failure?"

Zhuge Liang was in a dilemma. If the Battle of Pengcheng was not a failure, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face of Dong Yun in front of all the civil and military officials of the court. If Li Yan couldn't do it well, he would turn around and grab Dong Yun, saying that he spread rumors and was seriously slandered.

, to disrupt the morale of the army, I am afraid Dong Yun will inevitably suffer. However, if Dong Yun supports Dong Yun's view and believes that the Battle of Pengcheng is a failure, then his previous record may have been even more failure.

He pondered for a moment and asked back, "What do the general think?"

Li Yan sneered and turned around to bow to Liu Chan, the emperor who listened with great interest: "Your Majesty, I dare to analyze the gains and losses of the Battle of Pengcheng for Your Majesty."

Liu Chan blinked and agreed.

Li Yan coughed, described the process of the battle in Pengcheng, carefully analyzed the casualties and strategies and tactical gains and losses of both sides, and finally pointed out that from a strategic perspective, Wei Ba defended Pengcheng and achieved the strategic goals.

Of course it is victory; from a tactical point of view, he defeated Zhang He's tactics, and when his troops were in a weak position, he could not be considered defeat; finally, from the perspective of the loss of war between the two sides, the Han army defeated General Wei Yan, the Great General of Zhendong.

Nearly 8,000 cavalry and more than 13,000 infantrymen were lost, but Zhang He, a famous general of the Wei army, was killed. Qin Lang, the rising star, killed nearly 10,000 elite cavalrymen, and more than 10,000 infantrymen, evenly divided. It can even be said that this is a battle.

Victory is just too expensive, it is just a miserable victory.

"We are all used to the fact that the general of the chariot and cavalry defeated the more with the few and the weak defeated the strong, so we feel that the battle in Pengcheng was a failure." Li Yan sneered: "If we look at this standard, the Prime Minister made two northern expeditions and one eastern expedition, then What's that?" He glanced at Dong Yun with his eyes slanted: "If it's a scholar who talks about soldiers and follows others, it's okay, but if someone guides public opinion and maliciously slanders the general of the chariot and cavalry, he has to be careful."
Chapter completed!