Fa Zheng seemed to teleport away from Xu Shu a few zhang away, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty once said that the situation in the Western Regions is complicated, and the goal is too obvious, so you can't act rashly until the world is unified. Xu Yuanzhi, what do you want? ”

The Western Regions are different from the Southwestern Kingdoms. The southwestern countries are closed to traffic, no one cares, and caravans are scarce, so as long as you pay a little attention, you will not be found out of the ordinary. What's more, there is a body poison (Baicheng Dynasty) standing in the way, and no one will pay attention to this poor country.

However, the Western Regions is the center of gravity of the Silk Road, the junction of Kushan, Anxi and the Han Dynasty. Once there is a change in the Western Regions, the nearest Guishan will definitely react immediately. The country has not yet been unified, and Yuan Shu is unwilling to startle the snake and provoke Guishuang.

"At this time and that time, now that Cao Cao has been defeated, His Majesty in the Central Plains is already within reach, and Liu Xuande will not last for half a year at most. And Yuan Benchu is also in a catastrophe, and it has only been a year or two since the unification of the world. Now it's time to make a move on the Western Regions, and after the world is unified, we can also attack Yizhou from both sides, and attack Guishuang back and forth. Xu Shu said eloquently.

"You said it easily. Not to mention whether the world will be unified in one or two years, do you think Your Majesty will be able to immediately attack Guishan with a whole army after the world is unified? There must be at least a buffer time of one or two years to clean up the world. And His Majesty is not trying to defeat Guishan, but to completely annex Guishan and Body Poison in one fell swoop. We need to make full preparations and capture it with the power of thunder, otherwise with Kushan as the foundation of one empire, and we are hard to wear, I am afraid that it will drag on for several years, and if the other two empires are mixed in, the situation will be even more complicated. Fa Zheng said with a serious face.

"Annexing a vast empire with a population of over 10 million is a hundred times more difficult than simply defeating it. We must be fully prepared, if we do not make a move, we will defeat it with the power of thunder. Therefore, you must not let the other party notice in the slightest, it is too risky for you to go to the Western Regions, absolutely not. ”

Although Fa Zheng is a little out of tune on weekdays, it has never disappointed when it comes to this kind of serious matter.

"Hyozhi, I know what you're worried about, and I understand the concerns of the pen. But I think that's why we should do it earlier. Xu Shu also regained his serious face and said in a deep voice.

"As you said, the difficulty of annexing Kushan is by no means ordinary. Merely hiding from Guishan's eyes and ears may not be enough to achieve our goal. The population of Kushan is more than 8 million, and there are no less than 500,000 soldiers who can fight, and the territory is vast, the strategic depth is far away, and our army is fighting away from home and traveling long distances, and the logistics supply is extremely difficult. If it really attacked Kushan, it might be overwhelming at first, and it was not impossible to take half of Kushan's territory within a few months. But after that, once Kushan reacted, we were greeted by an endless tug-of-war. ”

How easy is it to annex a country in a short period of time? Just like in World War II, a certain country's weapon army is so powerful that it can almost be called invincible at the beginning, and nearly half of the territory of China was lost in a short period of time, but then it was not beaten back?

Although Dachu is not a small country compared to a certain country, it does not have such convenient transportation, fast information transmission and other technologies, and the difficulty can be said to be even more difficult.

Regarding the strategy of conquering Guishan, Xu Shu thought deeply. The more I went deeper, the more difficult I felt. Logistical problems, communication problems, people's support problems, etc., are all difficult to overcome. If Guishan is compared to a tiger napping, and Da Chu is a hunter watching on the sidelines, Fa Zheng's idea is to hide for the time being, not to disturb the tiger, and then strike when the time is ripe, and kill with one blow.

Xu Shu, on the other hand, thought of the possibility of failure and the fierceness of the tiger, and wanted to take the risk of setting traps around him as an auxiliary before making a move. Although this may disturb the tiger, the success rate is much greater than the former.

In his position, seek his government. Fa Zheng's position of assassin was a bit incorrect, strictly speaking, he was only considered by Yuan Shu to be the person in charge of Liangzhou who could suppress Liangzhou together with Yang Xiu and Zhuge Jin. It's just that the position of assassin hangs on his head, so he is more and more cautious in his actions, for fear of making mistakes. As long as he is cautious in his words and deeds and spends the past two years safely, his status will naturally be justified, and he can also be among the core strategists under Yuan Shu.

Therefore, whether from a strategic perspective or its own future, Fazheng has always been conservative towards the Western Regions. Although what Xu Shu said was good, it also had a high risk of exposure, and he didn't want to do it.

Fa Zheng was extremely entangled in his heart, but he still said: "Yuan Zhi, you don't know that Guishuang has been going downhill now. Not to mention anything else, that is, now Dawan, Kangju and other countries near the Western Regions have been freed from their control and independent. Now is the time when internal troubles are continuous, and if we take action at such a time, if we disturb them, and then let them transfer the domestic contradictions to us, you and I will be guilty of great sins. ”

Xu Shu snorted coldly: "Then just wait?" Guishuang has just turned from prosperity to decline, showing a declining trend, and it is not the general illness of the Han family, with their background, it will not be a problem to last for tens or hundreds of years, we can't just sit back and wait for them to die out before making a move. ”

"Although Guishan is generally known as an empire with my Han, it is far inferior to my Han in terms of population and strength. However, with only hundreds of thousands of troops, with their combat strength, they can really calculate whether they can defeat the coalition army led by Cao Cao. The color of the front of the law is slightly ugly.

"Xiaozhi, don't leave anything to chance. Yes, Kushan's level of land warfare is indeed not very good, but what about the navy? What's more, our expedition to Guishan, logistics, terrain, and people's hearts, have you considered all of these? At the beginning, there were many reasons behind the defeat of Guishan's 70,000 elite cavalry with more than 1,000 soldiers, you don't know that defeating Cao Cao at home and expeditioning Guishan are two concepts at all. Xu Shu said urgently.

Yang Xiu and Zhuge Jin were on the side, watching the two arguing, without saying a word.

In all fairness, they agreed more with Xu Shu's idea, but they couldn't speak. Because the person who sits in the position of assassin is not them, but Fa Zheng. They are also aware of the pressure that Fa Zheng is carrying, and they would definitely not dare to make such a decision in this position.

Xu Shu also knew what kind of risk his words would bring to Fa Zheng and his future. But with a passionate heart, he cares more about the pros and cons of the entire Dachu than about the individual. As long as it is beneficial to Da Chu and Yuan Shu, he doesn't care even if he sacrifices himself.

"If you don't allow me to go today, I will be dishonored by the king's order. Now I am the military advisor of the Xiliang Army, and everything in the Xiliang Army is in my hands, and you don't have to worry about it. But you have to help me, after all, you can't watch the 20,000 elites of the Xiliang Army fold in my hands. Xu Shu said directly, and was ready to turn around and leave.

Yang Xiu and Zhuge Jin's eyes changed slightly, and their eyes were full of admiration when they looked at Xu Shu.

How are they not clear about the consequences of Xu Shu's actions? disobeyed orders, and one person took responsibility, and almost all the responsibilities of Fa rectification were taken over.

"Xu Yuanzhi, you stop me!" Just as Xu Shu was about to walk to the door, Fa Zheng's angry voice sounded behind him.