Chapter 1002 Challenge

  Autumn has come, and the field in Wuzhangyuan is empty after harvesting the crops.

  Half of the tree's leaves have fallen, and as long as there is a little breeze, there will always be some leaves that are detached from the branches, like red and purple sparrows, flying in the sky.

  The autumn tiger has begun to recede, and the sun has become milder.

  In the area of ​​the Qinling Mountains, there are many torrential rains in summer and continuous rain in autumn.

  Especially in autumn, if you walk between the Qinling Mountains, it is normal to encounter rain for more than ten days in a row.

  Gloomy damp weather, mud and fog, had cast an unnatural green on the earth—the product of dull, incessant rain—draping fields and ridges like a thin net.

  This kind of weather brought great inconvenience to the Han army in Wuzhangyuan.

   After several months of stalemate, Zhuge Liang crossed the Wugong River several times, trying to gain a firm foothold on the east bank.

   But whenever it rains, the Wugong water flowing from the Qinling Mountains into the Wei River will always rise sharply.

  Sima Yi took the opportunity to dispatch cavalry, trying to drive the Han army back to the west bank.

  The two sides went back and forth like this for several months.

   Not to mention the leading generals of the two armies, even Zhuge Liang couldn't help frowning:

   After so long, Sima Yi has been standing still. Could it be that Feng Yong's detour to join the state has failed?

   It seems that autumn has already entered, and in two months, winter will enter.

   At that time, the army led by Feng Yong will be thousands of miles away from Liangzhou, and it will still be a desert with frequent disasters. It will be difficult to keep up with supplies, and the consequences will be unpredictable.

  Looking at the motionless Wei Jun camp on the opposite bank from the Wuzhang Plain, Zhuge Liang finally couldn't hold back:

   "Come here, prepare your pen and ink."

  After the pen and ink were ready, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty wrote a letter of war with his own hand, and sent someone to send it to the other side, saying that he wanted to meet Sima Yi to decide the outcome.

  After the prime minister's letter was delivered to the Wei army camp, Sima Yi finished reading it, just smiled it, and then said to the Han envoy:

   "Although Kong Ming and I have never formally met in person, we have exchanged letters for a long time. When I was in Luoyang, Huang Gongheng and I talked about Shu, and he often sat up and sighed."

   "I never thought that now I would be competing with it."

   Speaking of this, he had some emotion on his face, "Although Kong Ming and I have different ways, I deeply admire Kong Ming's ambition. I wonder if he is still in good health?"

  Seeing that the other party asked about the prime minister, the Han envoy quickly replied:

   "Duke Lao Ming is concerned, the prime minister is still in good health."

   "Oh, can I still eat?"

   "I am tired in the army, and the food is not as good as that in the house, so my appetite is worse than before."

   "That's right." Sima Yi nodded, "I've heard that all affairs in Shu are tied to Kong Ming, and he is busy with military affairs, so he probably won't be free."

  Han envoy nodded:

   "Ming Gongcheng is the prime minister's confidant. These days, the prime minister often eats less and sleeps late, so he really has nothing to do."

  Sima Yi smiled:

   "After you go back, you can persuade Kong Ming for me to take care of your health."

   "No."

   "Sima Yi asked me to take care of my health?" After hearing the messenger's report, Zhuge Liang was taken aback, then frowned, "What did he say at that time, tell me in detail."

  He not only asked the envoy to explain in detail how Sima Yi asked and answered questions, but even questioned Sima Yi's demeanor and actions at that time.

  After letting the envoy go out, Zhuge Liang sat alone in the tent, thinking to himself:

   "This Sima Yi is clearly telling me to take care of my health, but he is secretly demonstrating to me, saying that he already knows about my physical condition, and he is sure that I cannot continue to lead the army and stay here for too long..."

  Before he finished his thoughts, the prime minister suddenly clenched his fist and put it to his mouth, and began to cough.

  At this time, I saw the figure shaking outside the tent:

   "Prime Minister, Wei Yan asks to see you."

  Zhuge Liang lowered his fist and barely stopped coughing:

"come in."

  The tent curtain was lifted, and Wei Yan hurried into the tent, before he could stand still, he asked directly:

   "Prime Minister, what's the matter? Did Sima Yi agree to a showdown with us?"

   Accompanying Wei Yan into the tent was Qiu Feng.

  Feeling a little bit of coolness, Zhuge Liang coughed twice again, then glanced at Wei Yan, and said calmly:

   "Sima Yi has occupied the east bank for a long time, if he is willing to agree, why wait until today?"

  Wei Yan couldn't help being disappointed when he heard the words, and then he felt unwilling, and couldn't help but said:

   "Prime Minister, in the past few months, the army has failed to cross the water several times. Sima Yi has already found out the details of our army. Now the opportunity to fight is lost. Whether to fight or not is up to the enemy, not me."

   "If the prime minister can listen to the words of the last general, after arriving at Wuzhangyuan, instead of waiting for the news of Feng Yong, it is better to prepare to cross the water early, maybe he is already under Chang'an City!"

   "Even if it is impossible to cross the water later, it is a good strategy to raise troops to the west and wait for an opportunity to attack Chen Cang. Why is there a dilemma?"

  Wei Yan is now the number one general in the prime minister's army, and concurrently serves as a military adviser general. It is within the scope of his duties to suggest to the prime minister.

  Under the current situation, with Wei Yan's character, it would be abnormal if he didn't make a few complaints.

  If it had been replaced by another high-ranking person, upon hearing Wei Yan's words, this person would have been thrown into limbo long ago.

  But Zhuge Liang knew Wei Yan's temperament and cherished his bravery, so he didn't bother to argue with him.

   Just wrote another letter, and then ordered:

   "Come, bring me some women's clothing."

   "Prime Minister, there are no women in the army, so where are the women's clothes?"

   "There are no women in the army, so we take food and go to the people to exchange some clothes."

   "No."

  When Wei Yan heard the prime minister's strange words, he couldn't help asking:

   "What does the prime minister want women's clothing for?"

   "Sima Yi has more soldiers than me, and he has a good location, but now he dares not go out to fight. It can be said that he is not even as good as that woman."

   "Since he wants to be a woman, I will give him some sets of women's clothes to see if he can still sit still."

  Wei Yan smiled:

   "The prime minister's action, how is it different from a child's anger? If he really wants to make up his mind and doesn't want to fight, he will think of an excuse to stop."

   Wei Yan chattered endlessly, which made Zhuge Liang a little impatient.

  I saw the prime minister said: "You have to try it before you know."

   Wei Yan saw that the prime minister was still unwilling to listen to what he had to say, so he had to come out disgruntled.

   Zhuge Liang led the army out of Hanzhong this time, although he had a plan with Feng Yong, but with Zhuge Liang's prudence, he would not pin all his hopes on Feng Yong.

  As a preparation for Feng Yong's failure, Zhuge Liang asked the auxiliary soldiers and civilians to live together in Wuzhangyuan and the banks of the Weishui River to garrison the fields, thinking that they would be stationed for a long time to prevent the shortage of military supplies.

  So, although there are indeed some common people near Wuzhangyuan, there must be no big families.

  The women's clothes that the soldiers found were all the clothes worn by some rural women.

  The prime minister had already written the letter, and sent someone to send it to the other side together with the woman's clothing.

  When Sima Yi learned that Zhuge Liang had sent another letter, he smiled and said to the left and right:

   "I think Zhuge Liang is really in a hurry, and he keeps urging me to fight. As the saying goes, what the enemy wants, what I block, the more anxious he is, the more secure I have to be."

   After finishing speaking, he ordered, "Come, present the letter from Zhuge Liang."

  The personal guards got permission, and only then did the Han envoys enter the commander's account.

   "I have seen Duke Ming."

  Sima Yi smiled all over his face, and said kindly:

   "Let me see what Kong Ming is going to say this time..."

  The Han envoy held a box and replied: "Return to Minggong, the prime minister sent Minggong a gift in addition to the letter."

   "Oh, Kong Ming has a heart." Sima Yi laughed, "Show it."

  Left and right took the box from the Han envoy and put it on Sima Yi's handsome case.

  Sima Yi unsnapped the nose button, opened the box, and saw that there were neatly folded clothes inside, he couldn't help but let out a "huh", thinking to himself that this is a strange thing, why did Kong Ming send me this?

  Curiosity, I reached into the box, took out the clothes, and subconsciously shook them open, and then a woman's skirt was suddenly displayed in front of everyone.

   What is even more striking is that with Da Sima shaking his clothes, a tube top just floated down to his feet...

  It turned out that the soldiers of the Han army even brought back the tube top to the prime minister in order to make up the whole set of women's clothes, and the prime minister sent the set of clothes intact.

quiet!

  The entire tent was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop to the ground.

  The generals on the left and right were stunned, and they all looked blankly at the big Sima holding the woman's skirt with both hands...and the tube top on his feet.

   Rao is that Sima Yi's endurance is already in the state of Dzogchen, but facing such an embarrassing situation, his old face still twitches uncontrollably.

  He wanted to throw his clothes directly on the ground, but seeing the left and right generals staring at him blankly, he took a deep breath and forced a smile:

   "The cloth Zhuge Liang sent is too poor. Could it be that Shu is too poor? Can't even afford better clothes?"

   No one responded.

  Because no one knows how to proceed.

  Sima Yi looked at the Han envoy, and shook his skirt again:

   "What is Zhuge Liang asking you to send this for?"

   "Returning to Ming Gong, the prime minister said that the Wei army is more than the Han army, and occupies an advantageous area, but it can't shrink back. It is worse than that woman. If Da Sima really intends to be a woman, the prime minister intends to make it happen."

   "Clang!"

   "Clang!"

   "Clang!"

  …

  The generals in the tent, upon hearing this, drew their swords and glared angrily:

   "Bold! Thief An dares to humiliate us, court death!"

   There are even more irritable ones who want to step forward directly:

   "Wait for my sword to kill the thief, and then go find Kong Ming and fight to the death!"

   "Stop!" Seeing this, Sima Yi immediately shouted loudly: "Who would dare to kill someone without my permission?"

   After the Wei generals stopped, Sima Yi said coldly: "The two countries are fighting each other, don't behead envoys! Zhuge Liang has lost his style of a gentleman, but I can't lose my etiquette."

   "This person is just a talker. Killing him is not only useless, it will only make us like Zhuge Liang, and be laughed at by the world as a woman's act."

  He asked everyone to stand back to their original positions, then looked at the Han envoy, and said word by word:

   "I originally thought that Zhuge Liang was a famous person in the world, but I didn't realize that he acted like a villain, and he was easy to humiliate others."

   "Since that's the case, if he wants to fight, then I will fight. Go back and tell Zhuge Liang that as soon as I prepare my soldiers and horses, I will choose a day to fight against him and decide the outcome!"

  But seeing Sima Yi bursting with anger, he wanted to rush to the crown.

  After all, no one else could bear this insult.

  Han made Sima Yi reply, and he didn't stay too long at the moment, so he left.

  After the Han envoys left, all the generals of the Wei army asked one after another:

   "Da Sima, have you really made up your mind to fight the Shu captives to the death?"

   It’s no wonder they asked such a question. After all, as Ge Zei said, it is clear that his side has the upper hand, and they are fighting at home, so they have a good location.

  In the past half a year, he was about to be ridden on the head by the Shu captives. Whoever changed would feel extremely aggrieved.

   If you hear that Da Sima is finally going to fight, is there any reason not to be happy?

  Si Mayi looked gloomy, bent down, picked up the tube top on the ground, and put it back into the box together with the clothes in his hand.

  Although the movements were slow, everyone could feel the anger on him:

   "Ge Zei is too insulting, how can I swallow this breath?"

   "Da Sima is wise!"

  Wuzhangyuan command post, Zhuge Liang couldn't help being a little surprised after hearing the report from the Han envoy:

   "Sima Yi really agreed to the challenge?"

   "Return to Prime Minister, that's exactly it."

  Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, and didn't speak yet, but Wei Yan was overjoyed:

   "I only thought that Sima Yi still didn't dare to fight like before, but I didn't expect the prime minister's plan to actually work!"

  Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, and then looked at the messenger with some doubts:

   "Then Sima Yi, was really provoked?"

"Yes."

  Zhuge Liang asked the envoy to tell the story in detail, and then waved his hand: "You step back first."

  After the envoy retreated, Wei Yan saw that he bowed his head and seemed to be thinking about something, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious:

  The Prime Minister will not start to hesitate again, will he?

   Hasn't the prime minister learned his lesson from the confrontation in the past few months?

   "Prime Minister, Sima Yi agrees to fight. This is a rare and good opportunity. The last general asks for his order and is willing to be the vanguard."

  Zhuge Liang didn't answer, but said to himself:

   "I thought that Sima Yi would continue to guard the east bank like before, but he suddenly agreed, which was beyond my expectation."

  Wei Yan couldn't wait to say: "The prime minister is angry with women's clothes, but he can't be provoked. What's so strange? The prime minister should not hesitate."

  Zhuge Liang glanced at him.

  Before you said that giving women clothes is like a child getting angry, but now you say that he can't be provoked?

   "Sima Yi has a lot of power, how could he be easily provoked? There must be something inside that I couldn't think of..."

   "The prime minister has challenged many times before, which shows that he is eager to fight. Now that Sima Yi finally accepts the challenge, why is he looking forward and backward again?"

  Hehe, I am eager to fight, and I did it for Sima Yi to see. I don’t know if the other party has been fooled, but I didn’t expect you to be serious first...

  Zhuge Liang thought to himself, if I hadn't acted like this, how could I appease the lieutenant? How can you confuse the thief?

   It’s just that he can’t say these words, so he nodded and said:

   "Forget it, since that's the case, then you go down to prepare your troops and wait to see when Sima Yi will send the letter of war."

  Hearing this, Wei Yan immediately clasped his fists excitedly and said, "The last general takes orders!"

   Just as the two sides were gearing up for a battle at any time, Tanma suddenly sent a message:

   "Prime Minister, report to Malai, in the direction of Chencang, there is an army of Wei thieves coming to Wuzhangyuan."

  The prime minister raised his eyebrows when he heard it, and then he seemed to think of something, and suddenly laughed:

   "Why did Sima Yi, my Daoist, dare to fight? That's why!"

  Zhuge Liang was smiling, but his eyes were looking towards the northeast, his face was full of joy, and at the same time, there was a trace of ease that was not easy to detect:

   "Feng Mingwen finally lived up to my high expectations."

  PS: It’s really none of my business that I can’t read the map. I originally had this account, but now I deliberately re-registered a reader account, and charged 50 oceans.

   Originally I wanted to use the new account to post the pictures, but I found out that they are all urine: I can only see them myself, and no one else can see them.

  I heard that it is going to be audited. This one reminds me of a certain platform that successfully summoned Dragon Ball.

  It seems that the map is a bit tight...

  Re-PS: I am currently in the hospital. I have been working overtime for the past two weeks. I am really tired. After sitting down for more than half an hour, my back hurts badly.

   There is really no way to guarantee updates.

  (end of this chapter)