The hall of Xiazhi County was particularly quiet. As soon as Zhang Yan finished speaking, everyone present fell into deep thought.

After a while, the ministers began to express their opinions and expressed their plans in their hearts.

Everyone was talking and chattering, making the hall full of noise. Because the sound was too noisy, Zhang Yan didn't hear a single word.

"Everyone is quiet, don't rush to express all your suggestions. After the banquet, you all go back to your room and write down all the plans you think of. Then I browse them one by one and choose the safest plan from them." Zhang Yan couldn't help it and shouted loudly.

It is difficult for such a simple thing to write down the rough guys who can't write. Several people looked at each other and looked at each other in a while, and then they were stunned.

Zhang Yan had a unique look and had already noticed this. He immediately said: "If you can't write, you can find someone to write it on your behalf. You will tell me orally, and others will record it. Before the time of the day, I will see the plan submitted by all of you."

After the words were finished, the rude men who could not write nodded happily.

Then, Zhang Yan raised the wine glass in his hand, stood up, and said to the people present: "Everyone, let's put business aside for the time being. If the food is cold, it will be not delicious. This time, I will pacify Jiangdong and destroy the Sun family. I will rely more on you. Come, let us raise our glasses together, and I will respect you all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present stood up, raised their glasses, and drank the glass of wine with Zhang Yan.

After that, the banquet began. Everyone drank happily, ate vegetables with big mouthfuls, and had enough wine and meals, only some leftovers were left in front of everyone. They all dispersed with satisfaction.

After leaving the county hall, everyone was idle, but returned to their respective rooms and began to write their thoughts, moving the detailed strategic plan to the paper. The two big guys who could not write called a few documents. They said flowers, let the documents listen, and then recorded them bit by bit, sorted them into written words.

Before Shen Shi was reached, Zhang Yan received many strategic plans one after another, all of which were placed on the desks in front of him, and a thick pile was piled up.

Next, Zhang Yan began to read the strategic plans written by these civil and military ministers one by one, and read them carefully.

Among them, many people's opinions basically overlap, which shows that the hero's views are indeed the same. However, after carefully dividing these strategic plans, it is nothing more than attacking by water or land first.

Among them, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong had an agreement and always insisted on attacking from the water route first. Moreover, the two strategic plans formulated by the two can be said to be relatively close. The two young talents were not afraid of the Jiangdong naval army led by Zhou Yu at all, but chose to face the Jiangdong naval army led by Zhou Yu directly. They always believed that Zhou Yu was the elite of the entire Jiangdong. As long as Zhou Yu was eliminated first, they could not only completely eliminate worries, but also deal a heavy blow to the enemy in morale.

Zhang Yan looked carefully at the strategic plan formulated by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong and the others, and compared it carefully, and finally concluded that Zhuge Liang's plan was relatively conservative. It was the kind of person who was stable and stable. It was recommended to first deceiving defeat, then lure the enemy into the depths, and eliminate Zhou Yu in the Yangtze River.

Pang Tong's strategic plan was relatively aggressive. It suggested that at the beginning of the war, he would rely on the human sea tactics and advanced weapons of the Han army to launch the most fierce offensive against Zhou Yu's navy, trapping the Jiangdong navy and Zhou Yu in the navy camp, not giving the Jiangdong navy any chance to breathe, completely defeating the Jiangdong navy's aura and preventing the Jiangdong navy from coming out to fight. In this way, the Jiangdong navy would lose its place of use.

To be honest, Zhang Yan highly appreciated Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's suggestions. If you want to choose to attack from the water, you can choose either strategic plan for both of them.

However, there were only Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong who chose to attack from the water. The rest of the people chose to attack from the land, that is, concentrate their troops in the Jinling area, and then launch a fierce offensive on Jiangdong from the land to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

Among them, the strategic plans formulated by Jia Xu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao, Lu Meng, Lu Su and others are all relatively excellent, and even the offensive routes and attack methods are basically the same. They all recommend that they divide their troops from Jinling to rush Jiangdong and try to avoid the opportunity to fight with the Jiangdong Navy. In this way, the Jiangdong Navy will have no place to use its skills and do not have to fight with the Jiangdong Navy at all. They can rely on the powerful forces and advanced weapons of the Han army to destroy all resistances of the Sun clan in Jiangdong, and finally complete the grand plan to pacify Jiangdong and even the entire Jiangnan region.

Among the Han army under Zhang Yan's jurisdiction, the army is the most powerful, and there are many elite troops. They have been accumulated from the eastern and western battles, south and north battles over the years. Almost all the soldiers have experienced many battles, have rich combat experience, and there are many elite soldiers and generals. However, the Han army's navy was extremely poor. Although Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Lu Meng and others also trained the navy in Xunyang, the results were not particularly obvious. In addition, Zhou Yu's time-to-time harassment, the navy training has always been in an abnormal stage and progress is very slow.

The weak naval army has also become a major weakness of the Han army. Although the Jingzhou naval army has been incorporated, the Jingzhou naval army has always lacked generals who are familiar with water wars to command it. In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou naval army is not as good as before. Compared with the Jiangdong naval army, which is at its peak, there are naturally some shortcomings.

Zhang Yan searched through all the strategic plans, but he didn't see Sima Yi. He couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that he lost it?

Later, after Zhang Yan asked, he realized that Sima Yi had not sent him a strategic plan at all.

Zhang Yan then sent someone to summon Sima Yi and asked Sima Yi to come over, wanting to ask the truth.

Sima Yi, like everyone else, lived in the guest room of the county government, very close to the hall. Zhang Yan sent someone to summon Sima Yi. In just a short while, Sima Yi came to the lobby of the county government.

"I'm going to see Your Highness, King Yan!" As soon as Sima Yi entered the lobby of the county government, he respectfully bowed to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't give me a gift, Zhongda, you sit down first."

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Yan!"

After Sima Yi sat down, he bowed and asked, "Do you know what instructions did His Highness Yan summoned me to come?"

"I didn't give me any instructions, but I had a question." Zhang Yan said, "I searched through the strategic plans sent by everyone, but I didn't see you. I wonder if you didn't deliver it. Or did I lose it?"

"I have reported to Your Highness, King Yan, that I have not sent it to you." Sima Yi said.

Zhang Yan asked: "One of the others has sent it, why didn't you deliver it? Did you forget it?"

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I don't want to send it here."

"Why?" Zhang Yan asked hurriedly.

Sima Yi explained: "Your Highness, now there are many wise men gathered here. The strategies they came up with will definitely be very good. I think the strategic plans they came up with are incomparable to theirs, so I feel ashamed and dare not send them. Moreover, even if the strategic plans of I am sent, your highness may not be adopted. Instead, it will make Your Highness angry. Therefore, I have to choose not to send them."

"I have always been broad-minded. Even if your suggestions are inappropriate, I will never blame you. Although there are many wise men gathered here, don't forget that the people I summoned here are all elites in the Han army. You are also one of these elites. You should not give up on yourself so much. You should believe in yourself and you are the best. Besides, your plan has not been shown to me at all. How do you know that I will not adopt your suggestions?" Zhang Yan said.

Sima Yi said: "Because if you want to implement the strategic plan of Weichen, you must keep it confidential. There must be no more than three people who know the entire strategic plan. Moreover, it may damage the reputation of His Highness the King of Yan. In addition, when the strategic plan is implemented, it may also cause criticism and dissatisfaction from many ministers. Therefore, after thinking about it, I still feel that I will not show it to Your Highness."

When Zhang Yan heard Sima Yi say this, he was very interested in the strategic plan formulated by Sima Yi, so he said to Sima Yi: "I want to see what the strategic plan you have come up with will look like. Let me show you!"

Sima Yi shook his head heavily and said, "Your Highness, it's better not to think about it..."

"If you ask you to bring it, you can take it. What's the point of not letting it go! Take it out quickly!" Zhang Yan shouted loudly.

Seeing that Zhang Yan was angry, Sima Yi had no choice but to take out the strategic plan he had formulated from his arms and submit it to Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan took over Sima Yi's strategic plan, he hurriedly browsed. When he looked at the plan carefully, his expression changed. His brows frowned tightly, and he suddenly raised his eyelids and looked at Sima Yi, with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

Sima Yi saw Zhang Yan's glimpse of his deep gaze. He knew that Zhang Yan had seen the key point, so he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to cater to Zhang Yan's gaze, and cleverly avoided it. However, just as he lowered his head, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which was fleeting, and no one except him noticed it.

Zhang Yan continued to browse Sima Yi's strategic plan, and after carefully reading it, his face looked a little heavy.

"I have read all your strategic plan. Although some of them may be unfavorable to my reputation, in order to successfully seize Jiangdong, eliminate the Sun family, and pacify the entire Jiangnan, I think your plan is very feasible. Compared with the strategic plan offered by others, it is much more rigorous and sinister..."

Sima Yi stood there and listened quietly, and his heart was full of confidence. He believed that as long as Zhang Yan looked at his strategy carefully, he would definitely adopt it.

"However, compared with the unification of the country, my reputation is nothing. I will tell you solemnly that I am going to adopt the strategic plan you gave me. If your plan really works so well, after pacifying Jiangdong, I will definitely reward you heavily." Zhang Yan continued.

After hearing this, Sima Yi showed a smile on his face. When he raised his head, the smile disappeared. In turn, he was filled with a look of uneasiness and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, are you considering it again?"

"I have considered it very clearly. Among all the strategic plans, the strategic plans you have formulated are the most special. Although they take a long time, they can reduce many casualties and are one of the most feasible plans. Instead of consuming huge forces to actively attack Jiangdong, it is better to adopt your plan and use calmness to prevent it." Zhang Yan said.

Sima Yi said: "Your Highness, have you really decided to use Weichen's strategic plan?"

Zhang Yan nodded heavily and said, "You can rest assured that since I have decided to adopt your strategic plan, I have enough control. Tomorrow I will officially appoint you as the chief military advisor for this operation. The specific operation depends on you."
Chapter completed!