Speaking of this, Xiahou Xuan's expression was a little gloomy, to be honest, Xiahou Xuan was really sorry for Cao Liang, just when the newlywed Yan'er was working together to fly, but he wanted to recruit Cao Liang to the border, no matter how you say it, it is not close to people.

Marriage is a major event in a person's life, Xiahou Xuan also hopes that Cao Liang can enjoy this newlywed honeymoon, but the matter of cutting down Shu is already an arrow in the string, according to Cao Shuang's original plan, next year's first month, at the latest in February next year, will be ready to go on the expedition.

Now it has only been about three months before the army goes out, and there are thousands of things and complicated things, all of which are pressed on the shoulders of one of Xiahou Xuan's people, so after being appointed, Xiahou Xuan did not dare to delay for a moment, and was ready to leave immediately, go to Chang'an, and make preparations before the expedition.

The soldiers and horses are ready-made, but what Xiahou Xuan is most lacking now is a capable assistant, so he will specially visit Cao Liang, hoping that Cao Liang can rush to Chang'an as soon as possible to join him after getting married, and assist him in completing all the preparations for the expedition.

In this way, Xiahou Xuan is contradictory, and he also knows that it is simply unkind to do this, but he is helpless, because there are not many people who Xiahou Xuan can rely on now, except for Cao Liang who is the most reliable, Xiahou Xuan really can't count on anyone else.

He also knew very well that when he went to Yongliang this time, it was Sima Yi's base camp, after Cao Zhen's death, Sima Yi became the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, and in the repeated attacks against Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi also gradually cultivated his descendants in Yongliang.

Although a few years ago, Xiahou Xuan's clan uncle Xiahou Ba was transferred to serve as the protector of Shu, which was originally intended to change the composition of the army on the Western Front, but in the past few years, Xiahou Ba's role was almost minimal, and it was not able to produce any changes at all.

The Western Front was one of the most important lines of defense of the Wei State, second only to the Southeast Front, and its importance was naturally self-evident. Because Sima Yi has been in power here for the longest time, coupled with Sima Yi's deliberate and painstaking management, the forces he has cultivated can cover almost the entire front, and it is not false to say that the Western Front is Sima Yi's lair.

Cao Shuang has always been worried about the western defense line, and if he wants to move Sima Yi, he must remove the threat of the western front, otherwise it is very likely to cause rebellion or turmoil on the western front.

If the western front is unstable, then the Shu Kingdom, which has been coveting the Yongliang land, is eyeing the tiger, and it is very likely that it will take advantage of the weakness to enter, which will inevitably have an impact on the iron barrel-like rivers and mountains of the Wei State.

Therefore, this time Cao Shuang asked Xiahou Xuan to go to the front line in advance, which has the meaning of cleaning up and rectifying the Western Front.

This is also the reason why Xiahou Xuan had to leave early, there were only more than three months before the army set out, and Xiahou Xuan had a lot of things to deal with, and he didn't have enough time at all.

Seeing Xiahou Xuan's ambitious appearance, Cao Liang was more worried, is Shu really a soft persimmon in the eyes of Xiahou Xuan and Cao Shuang?

"Brother Taichu, do you think you can be sure that it can be done this time?"

Xiahou Xuan said with a smile: "Ziming, when you first set out to conquer Huainan, you didn't have this expression, why, do you really have no confidence in Shu?" Now Zhuge Liang of Shu is dead, there are few people who can really take on the big responsibility, Liao Liao, and Jiang Wanfei Yi, who is now in power, are all mediocre people, more than enough, not enterprising enough, where our army goes, the enemy will be invincible. ”

Cao Liang shook his head secretly, this Xiahou Xuan is too optimistic about Shu, this is obviously not a good thing, if Jiang Wan Feiyi is really a mediocre and incompetent person, how could Zhuge Liang send a big deal on his deathbed. You must know that Zhuge Liang is extremely cautious, and he is even more cautious in employing people, he knows very well that since him, there is no one in Shu who can match Sima Yi's generals, so he reused the well-guarded Jiang Wanfei Yi to preside over the overall situation, and even did not hesitate to get rid of Wei Yan, the first general of Shu at that time, to avoid Shu from being the first to attack and defend the problem.

Since Jiang Wan took power, in the past seven years, there has been no war between Wei and Shu, and as for Jiang Wei's sporadic division and soldiers to commit Qiangdi, it has nothing to do with the overall situation and is ignored. After Wei gained peace on the Western Front, he could go all out to transfer troops to the northeast and southeast to quell the rebellion in Liaodong and repel the invasion of Eastern Wu.

But for Shu, it can recuperate and make up for the deficit caused by Zhuge Liang's repeated use of troops in recent years.

Coupled with the difficulty of the Shu Road, the dangerous passes, these natural unfavorable conditions, so the possibility of Cao Shuang wanting to achieve a brilliant victory is almost zero, Cao Liang really doesn't know where Xiahou Xuan's optimism and self-confidence come from.

"If Brother Tai Chu wants to enter Hanzhong, what path will he take?" Cao Liang asked.

Qinling can be described as a natural danger, lying between Guanzhong and Hanzhong, the Wei army wants to attack Hanzhong, it must cross the Qinling Mountain, the Qinling Mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles are only a few ancient roads in Liao Liao can be passed, the meridian road in the east, the Luogu road in the middle, the slanted valley road in the west, these three roads are the most important ancient plank road, the road is tortuous, rugged and difficult, especially the meridian road, it is the danger of the danger, since Xiahou Xuan has a plan to attack Hanzhong, then Cao Liang wants to know where they plan to march from.

Xiahou Xuan had obviously considered the strategy of attacking Shu, and at this moment he said without hesitation: "The meridian road is dangerous, the slope valley is far away, only from the Luogu Road, it is the most appropriate, I don't know what you think, Ziming?" ”

Cao Liang listened, and sure enough, what Xiahou Xuan said was exactly the same as he thought, the Meridian Road road was steep and the weather was weird, which was not conducive to marching, and the Xiegu Road was too far away, and it was not in the scope of consideration, only to march from Luogu Road, which was more appropriate, and historically, Cao Shuang did take this road.

Cao Liang said: "Luogu Road is indeed the best choice, but no matter which road you take, the most critical thing is the supply of grain and grass, the plank road is difficult and dangerous, and the difficulty of grain and grass transportation is the main factor restricting the operation of the army. The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the hundreds of thousands of troops have entered Hanzhong, and the Shu people will be strong and clear, and they will defend with danger, so when Brother Tai Chu goes to Chang'an, the first thing to consider is the logistics support of the grain and grass, and then the problem of the army's combat strength. ”