Chapter 136 Sima Yi: Go straight to Zhuge Liang’s carriage!

Xu Shu is calmer than anyone else.

He was neither like Sima Yi, who was so arrogant that he thought he could easily defeat Zhuge Liang, nor like Pang Tong, who thought that as long as he had an advantage in soldiers and generals, he could easily defeat his junior brother.

On the contrary, he believed that the Human Court might even lose.

Even if the probability is very low, only 10% possibility. 90% possibility is that even if the arrogant soldiers go to battle, they can still win. But if they lose, and Ji Hao really does not send troops for a hundred years, the variables caused will be too great.

It’s easy to say about others, but as long as Zhuge Liang is around, no one can predict the future.

"As expected, you are the only one who sees things clearly!" Ji Hao nodded and said, "If I really look down on everyone, although my chances of winning are great, that glimmer of hope may be seized by Zhuge Liang. Once seized, even if I can break my promise and sweep Liu Bei with firearms, the chance to subdue Zhuge Liang will be gone."

Was that bet about victory or defeat, or the ownership of the Central Plains?

Not!
All’s fair in war, no agreements between countries!
There are many ways to break a promise. Even if Ji Hao doesn't keep his promise, who can do anything to him?
But he didn't do it simply to defeat Liu Bei.

But it was for Zhuge Liang.

Conquering him is the key. Many things about him are also related to whether Ji Hao can carry out the "Hundred Year Plan" - the upper class people can live forever, but for the lower class people, after this generation is over, the next generation will not have such high cohesion.

History has confirmed this.

"I don't want to be 80% right, nor do I want to be 100% sure. I want to be absolutely sure!" Ji Hao said again.

Then, he said nothing and waited quietly for Xu Shu.

He knew that since Xu Shu took the initiative to come to him, he must have a strategy to change everyone's arrogant mentality.

In addition, he also believed that Xu Shu wanted Liu Bei to fail.

After knowing the strengths and weaknesses of Qingzhou, Xu Shu must have understood in his heart that if he lost, Ji Hao would have to use Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bei could have survived, if Zhuge Liang had won that battle.

Ji Hao, who has no hope of getting Zhuge Liang, will definitely destroy him.

On the contrary, the lord that Xu Shu once served is completely gone, and now no one can stop the unscrupulous Ji Hao.

"In this case, we need to suffer a small defeat before we can win a big victory!" Xu Shu said, "Didn't Sima Yi come with 100,000 soldiers to seize Zhuge Liang's chariot and present it to the king? Let him lead the charge. This defeat can serve as a warning to everyone in Jiying."

Ji Hao nodded in response.

To be honest, it was a bit unexpected for Sima Yi to lead his troops to surrender.

I didn't expect that the old thief Sima, who took advantage of the situation to gain the world in the original novel, was actually powerful in this era. The team that the Sima family could muster was in no way inferior to that of Yuan Shao in the early days.

Under such circumstances, he was able to endure for so many years under the control of Cao Cao and Cao Pi.

I have to say, he is a total bitch.

But Ji Hao won't spoil him.

You have your own soldiers, right?

Then go and fight. If you win, you will be promoted. If you lose, you will also lose your soldiers!
"In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhuge Liang must win the first battle and cannot feign defeat." Xu Shu added, "Then there will be the second battle. I guess Zhuge Liang will feign defeat in order to make our army slack off!"

Ji Hao didn’t know about this.

It is also impossible to judge whether Xu Shu’s guess is correct.

"But we can attack them when they must rescue, so that they cannot lose!" Xu Shu pointed to the territory of Western Shu on the map and said, "Western Sichuan is his base. In the second battle, we will let Cao Cao lead his army to attack Western Sichuan. If we can defeat it, even if our army is a little arrogant, it will not be a loss. And if we can't defeat it, our army's arrogance can be wiped out."

As soon as these words came out, Ji Hao's eyes lit up immediately.

Although it mentioned that the decisive battle would take place at Red Cliff, it did not say that we must attack Red Cliff.

Zhuge Liang would also deploy defenses in Jingzhou, Hanzhong and other places.

Total war is not a game of house.

Under such circumstances, attacking Xichuan is a good strategy, which will certainly force Zhuge Liang to reveal all his cards, leaving him no chance to feign defeat.

Because he couldn't afford to lose. On the contrary, Ji Hao was the main attacker, so it didn't matter if he couldn't win.

Can afford to lose.

In addition, the most inflated person in Ji’s camp is Cao Cao. Ever since he followed me, everything has been going smoothly for me. As a result, Cao Cao is now even more conceited than in the original book and no longer takes any enemies seriously.

If this attitude remains unchanged, Ji Hao is really worried that he will become a breakthrough point for Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu.

On the contrary it was Zhao Yun.

He is neither arrogant nor impatient, which makes Ji Hao feel relieved. With him around, the Datong Army will not suffer any loss, and the biggest trump card will never go wrong.

Chengtian, Haotian, Datong, and Shengtian.

Among the four armies, three of them are not the main force. The Datong Army is Ji Hao's trump card.

"Then let's do as you say!" Ji Hao said.

He immediately gave the order to Sima Yi to lead his 100,000 troops to attack Jiangxia directly.

This was exactly what Sima Yi wanted.

He had been waiting and watching, but after the elixir of life appeared, he knew that he could no longer wait and watch, so he took the initiative to show up and join the human court in order to gain a chance.

But he was not good at metaphysics and could not join in the research.

We can only seek other methods.

That is to make a contribution.

After the initial breakthrough in the elixir of immortality, Ji Hao directly set up two ancestral temples, "Wen" and "Wu", in the human court. Anyone who made great contributions and entered the Wen Temple and the Wu Temple could enjoy immortality.

Because the elixir of life has defects, it has not been made public yet, but the upper echelons know about it.

Therefore, Sima Yi's only chance was to defeat Zhuge Liang, then lead his troops to fight for the world and help Ji Hao complete the cause of unifying the world.

Such an achievement must be entered into the Temple of Martial Arts.

"Zhuge Liang, you became famous throughout the world after the battle of Nanyang. You have really earned honor as a counselor for me!" At the city gate, Sima Yi sat on the sand and chatted with Zhuge Liang like a friend.

In front of him, Zhuge Liang was sitting upright in a four-wheeled carriage with a smile on his face.

"I know you, Sima Yi, the nephew of my mentor."

"Why, you want me to let you go by trying to gain some connections?"

"Haha..." Zhuge Liang laughed: "There are not many people in this world who dare to say that they can let me go. With your small number of troops, do you believe that I can wipe them out with just a wave of my feather fan?"

Sima Yi naturally didn't believe this.

Before the fight, both the strategists and the generals were full of confidence in themselves.

"Relying on your half-baked Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation?" Sima Yi sneered.

Zhuge Liang's Bagua Formation was indeed powerful, but in his opinion, it was still not authentic enough.

It was completed by Zhuge Liang himself.

Failed.

"Half-baked?" Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Then you might as well give it a try!"

"Let's try!" Sima Yi said, standing up, drawing his sword and pointing it forward, saying, "Charge! Kill through the Bagua formation and head straight for Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled carriage!"

I don’t know why, but when he saw Zhuge Liang’s chair car, he seemed to be possessed.

(End of this chapter)