"After excluding a small number of county soldiers in each county, the current strength of our Han is 152,000 men. At the beginning of this year, General Yamen led 2,000 people into Weixing County. Of the remaining 150,000 people, the minister was ready to use 120,000 men for the Northern Expedition. In addition, after the army marched north, 3,000, 2,000, and 5,000 of the 8,000 men of the Nanzhong Army, 7,000 of the Yong'an Legion, and 15,000 of Yulin's 15,000 men were transferred respectively to form a temporary corps of 10,000 people. Replace the Hanzhong Corps in the north and strengthen the defense of the various valleys in Hanzhong! ”

Guan Yi, a powerful minister, deserves no Sima Zhao to be vicious, no Sun Qi is cruel, and he is not as domineering as Zhuge Liang. As a traverser, Guan Yi's figure is very soft. In his opinion, if giving the emperor enough respect in face can make the emperor feel more comfortable, he must be willing to give Liu Chan face on various occasions.

The Northern Expedition in the Zhuge Liang era was always finished with a table. Later, Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition also did the same. Like today, before the Northern Expedition, in front of the emperor, a thorough strategic analysis was done. Boss Liu has been an emperor for more than 40 years, and this is the first time.

Pointing to the giant topographic map in the center of the main hall, Guan Yi continued to explain: "Your Majesty, the family, the ministers have negotiated with the general and the general of the left chariot cavalry many times. In this Northern Expedition, our Han Dynasty marched in three ways. ”

"The first way, starting from Hanzhong County, take the Bao ramp road, go up to Wuzhang Plain, and go to Yi County! On this road, the minister personally led the troops, with 40,000 troops. ”

"Hiss~~~ Da Sima, is this the route of the Prime Minister's Fifth Northern Expedition? At that time, the prime minister returned in vain. Why don't you try Wei Wenchang's Meridian Valley Scheme? ”

"Hehehe, the family is good." Guan Yi smiled and arched his hand to Liu Chen: "Your Majesty, at home." At that time, Wei Wenchang's Meridian Valley plot was to raid Chang'an and take it down. It is to hope that the enemy will not discover the surprise attack of our army, and will not send troops in advance to block the north entrance of the Meridian Valley. Secondly, we must hope that the guards of Chang'an will flee timidly. Thirdly, we must hope that when the enemy army flees, we will be stupid and forget to burn the stockpile...... These things, when the prime minister made the first Northern Expedition, although it was unlikely, there was still a certain possibility. And now, my Han is facing Sima Wang, a veteran general. None of the above three can be realized. Therefore, a sneak attack on Meridian Valley is unreliable. The main purpose of this army of ministers is to play a role in diversion. 40,000 people, must be the Jin State Sima Wang's 60,000 Guanzhong army firmly contained. Do not let them go west to reinforce Hu Fen and others. ”

"Don't worry, prince, listen to Da Sima."

"Oh, Father."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Well, what about this second way, starting from the camp of Qishan, going to Longxi from Taoyang, waiting for the opportunity to find the Longxi army of the Jin State to fight a decisive battle and win the battle. Then take down the five counties of Longxi! The strength of the army was 50,000 men, led by the general himself. ”

"The third road, at the beginning, also started from the Qishan camp. After our army takes Guangwei County, we will immediately divide our troops to the north, go straight in, and Street Pavilion! The strength of this road was 30,000, led by the general of the left chariot cavalry (Zhang Yi). ”

Basically, the strategy of this Northern Expedition is a copy of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition.

"Well, although I don't know the military strategy, I also know that this is the strategy of the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition in the past. Then, Da Sima, the so-called soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved. Is this food ready? ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the minister prepared 10 million stone grain, 3 billion money, 100,000 war horses, 100,000 people and 100,000 donkeys and mules for this Northern Expedition. These materials are more than five times that of the prime minister's Northern Expedition in the previous year. Moreover, now that the ziplines between the mountains on the northern route of the country have been erected, the loss of grain and straw should be reduced a lot. ”

"Good, so be it. I hope that all the ministers and ministers can succeed in this Northern Expedition in one fell swoop. I've been in Chengdu for a long time. It's time to go to Chang'an to sweep the tomb of Changling. ”

"The ministers will definitely do their best, and they will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations!"

……

In Liu Chan's place, it is to cope with the past, but the real work has just begun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the general strategy of this Northern Expedition. Here's how it goes. ”

In Chengdu's Da Sima Mansion, Guan Yi sat on the main seat and talked eloquently. Below, there are old people such as Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, Liao Hua, Zong Pre, Guan Suo, and Luo Xian, Huo Yi and other military leaders who are independent of the Fuxing Society. Mi Zhao, Zhang Zun, Zhao Yi, Jian Jian, Sun Gang, Chen Shou, Li Mi, Ma Guo, Ma Jie, Chen Can, Huo Zai, Ju Ning, Meng Yan, Wu Qiao, Lai Qing, Condor Shooting, Yin Zheng, Lu Ya, Chang Ji, Du Zhen, Li Xiang, Zhuge Jing, Mao Jiong, Yang Ji, He Pan, Wen Li, Zhang Wei, Jiang Bin, Xiang Chong, Luo Xi, Jiang Su and other shareholders of Fuxing Society. as well as the former Cao Wei generals such as Zhan Hong, Tian Xu, Huangfu Min, and Wang Mai.

Finally, there is a little bit of a feeling of talent peaking.

"Let's talk about this first road first, Ben will personally lead the troops. 40,000 troops. Its main composition is 10,000 spearmen, 5,000 crossbowmen, 10,000 cavalry, 10,000 Hubu troops, and 5,000 mandarin duck soldiers. As for the equipped people, because this road is the shortest, it should be enough to only send 20,000 people to carry grain and grass. Along the way, Ling Xing, Guowei, Bo Ding, Fang Bo (Huo Zai), Zhong Quan (Jiang Bin), Zhong Yuan (Zhan Hong), Zilian (Tian Xu), Meng Dao (Huangfu Min), Zizhao (Wang Mai), Zi Cheng (Luo Xi), etc., walked with me. ”

"We will obey the orders of the Great Sima!"

"Well, the goal of this road is to contain. It is necessary to nail Sima Wang firmly in Chang'an. But we must also pay close attention to the movements of the Longxi battlefield. When necessary, we will split into two ways, raiding Tongguan and Qingni Pass! ”

Tongguan is well known as the east gate of Guanzhong, and if you take here, the passage to Guanzhong in the direction of the Central Plains will be closed. And the Qingni Pass is actually the pass. It is the checkpoint between the Guanzhong area and Nanyang, Jingzhou. After this place is closed, the Jingzhou Corps of the Jin State will not be able to enter the Guanzhong.

Once the so-called war starts, the biggest issue is how to end it. With Shu Han's current national strength, it is possible to swallow Yongliang in one go, but there is absolutely no strength to sweep away the Jin Kingdom in one wave. Therefore, Guan Yi and Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi and other old people repeatedly discussed and set two goals for this war.

Minimum goal: Take Longxi and cut off the connection between Liangzhou and the Western Regions of the Jin Kingdom and the mainland. Swallow here afterward. In a short period of time, the Shu Han and Jin kingdoms will take Longshan and Qinling Mountains as national boundaries.

The highest goal: If the war goes smoothly and Jiang Wei's corps and Zhang Yi's corps will soon take Longxi, then the whole army will gather in Guanzhong and take Yongzhou as well.

But that's the end of it at most. With the current national strength of Shu Han, if you want to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, you are looking for death.

"Next, the general this way, in addition to the generals under the command of the original general, Zhong Ying, Zihui, Xuan Gao (Wu Qiao), Dian Bo (Laiqing), and Bo Yu (Chen Can) also went on the expedition! All the way, it's 50,000 people. The composition of these 50,000 men was 20,000 cavalry, 20,000 Hubu troops, 3,000 chariot soldiers, 5,000 salt workers and spearmen, and 2,000 crossbow soldiers. This road has the longest battle line and the largest number of cavalry, so the Great Sima Mansion is ready to allocate 50,000 people to carry grain and grass for it. ”

"Thank you Da Sima for your kindness!"

"The general, please sit down, they are all for the country, and they don't care about the favor. Then next, the left chariot cavalry general is 30,000 people all the way, and my third uncle, Meng Ming (Mao Jiong), and Ning Guo (Yang Ji) also went on the expedition. Along the way, there were 10,000 Wudang flying troops, 10,000 crossbowmen, 5,000 tiger infantry troops, and 5,000 commando generals. General Che Cai, this is all the commandos of my Han, and this time I will hand them all over to you. ”

"Thank you for your trust, and thank you for the general's love. Please rest assured that as long as Zhang Yi can take the street pavilion, he will definitely be able to defend the street pavilion. How much time does the general spend sweeping the five counties of Longxi, how long can Zhang Yi defend! ”

"Hehehe, how dare you be too tired. Bo Gong rest assured that although Hu Fen is also a good general, looking at his past combat examples, he is far worse than Deng Shizai. Jiang Wei is confident that he will be defeated quickly! ”

"Hehehe, Bogong." At this time, it was Zong Yu who stood up and spoke: "Da Sima has sold the salt mine to the Liangzhou family for so many years, sold high-grade wine for so many years, and then Zitong County has started to sell various Fuxing Society specialties. The families of Liangzhou and Longxi have long been closely connected with us. As long as Boyo can fight against Hu in the field and win, the five counties of Longxi will soon defect, and this time, there will never be a situation where the enemy has stubbornly resisted the city during the Northern Expedition in the past year. So, you won't stay for long. ”

"Hahaha~~~ So that's what the old man admires! The decisive battle has not yet begun, and our army has already won most of it! ”

Yes, Guan Yi began to lay out the Guanzhong region after the war in the first year of Yanxing, and at this time, it was time to gain something.

The so-called big families are a group of wall grasses without discipline. Now, many families in Yongliang have close economic ties with Shu Han, and many families still have industries (salt mines) in Shu Han. If Shu Han didn't have the Northern Expedition, it would be fine. Once the Northern Expedition, and in the field battle, the main force of the Jin State was defeated...... Huh-huh...... Guan Da Sima has been painstakingly arranging for many years, just to make the turtle flow tactics of the Jin State at least impossible to sacrifice frequently in Longxi: Mr. Hu Fen, you can hide in the city. My Han went to various manors outside the city to have friendships with the Yongliang family.

Just when everyone was happy, a figure stood up with difficulty: "Da Sima, Ma Guo cheekily pleaded to go north with the general of the left chariot." ”

"Hey, I finally opened my mouth."

Looking at Ma Guo's extremely uncomfortable expression, Guan Yi also sighed.

As Ma Tan's son, Ma Guo certainly has a street pavilion plot. In this Northern Expedition, since Guan Yi arranged a strong army in advance to rob and hold the street pavilion. So why wouldn't Ma Guo want to go?

But when you're gone, who will help me look after my house? When Zhuge Liang was on the Northern Expedition, there were Xiang Chong, Guo Youzhi, Fei Yi, and Dong Yun who regarded Liu Chan to death. You're gone, who am I looking for?

Ma Guo was not unaware of his importance, but this obsession still opened his mouth.

That's it, this kind of thing still needs to be considerate of the feelings of subordinates. It's okay to take this opportunity to arrange things at home. Don't look at Liu Chan, the emperor's benevolent eyebrows, what kind of little Jiujiu is in his heart, I won't be lucky.

"Uh, third uncle......"

"Okay, I know what you mean. In this way, I will change it. I'm at home, so I'll go to the street pavilion instead. ”

"Uh, thank you, Third Uncle." (Thank you for the leader)

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, in this Northern Expedition, I and the general and the general of the left chariot mean to send troops after the autumn harvest this year. Before that, Bo Yao, Ling Xian and others had to prepare many matters in advance, such as grain and grass, armor battles, war horses, and people's husbands. On the Zhongle side, he had to mobilize all Si Wen Cao and try his best to cover up the Jin State's Jin Cao. ”

After Guan Yi said this, Mi Zhao, Yin Zheng and others were okay to say. Lu Ya smiled bitterly: "Da Sima, now the trade routes between my Han and the Jin Kingdom and Eastern Wu are extremely frequent, and it is really a bit difficult to cover up this information." The subordinates didn't dare to say anything, so they could only do their best. ”

Hey, there's no way around it. In order to connect the families of Jin and Wu, the personnel exchanges between the three countries were countless times more intensive than before. This is the so-called gain and loss.

"Well, I understand what Zhongle said. Do your best, don't try to completely obscure the information, at least hide the specific date of our army's troops. Well, maybe it's okay to find a way to mislead the other party. ”

"Subordinates receive orders."

"Next, let's announce personnel changes."

In terms of locality, He Pan took over as the Taishou of Hanzhong, Wen Li took over as the Taishou of Brazil, Zhang Wei took over as the Taishou of Fuling, and Condor took over as the Taishou of Zitong.

In terms of the central government, after simply sending an envoy to Soochow, he went to the Great Sima Mansion to serve as the governor of the palace. Guan Suo continued to serve as the leader of the central government. The rest of the subordinates of the Great Sima Mansion continued to hold their own posts.

After these things were done, Guan Yi clapped his hands: "Everyone, except for Kong Shuo and Gong Xing who are still in Nanzhong today, it is rare for everyone to gather. So let's do something big together! ”

"Dare to ask Da Sima?"

"Hehehe, the only son of the general is also seventeen years old this year. This time, according to the general's request, the general will also take him to participate in the Northern Expedition. Therefore, I gave him the crown ceremony in advance today. Ben Jiang has already said it, Su'er is crowned, and I am the host. So, all of you are here today! ”

"Huh? Ouch, General, what a gratifying congratulations! ”

"It's true that congratulations are gratifying, but Da Sima also came too suddenly, and I didn't even prepare a congratulatory gift."

"Hehehe, Jiang Wei doesn't value any of this. As long as everyone comes to the ceremony. ”

Soon, the venue was quickly transformed. Jiang Su curled his hair and knelt in front of Guan Yi under Jiang Wei's loving gaze.

"The auspicious day of the month, the first plus yuan service, abandon Er Youzhi, Shun Er Chengde, Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu."

In the crown ceremony and prayer in accordance with the "Zhou Li", Jiang Su was successively added by Guan Yi with a cloth crown, a leather cloth and a jue ben.

"Etiquette is possessed, the moon is auspicious, the word is announced, the word is pure, the fashionable person is appropriate, it is beneficial to the fake, and it will always be protected. Plain, colorless also. Vegetarian, pure. The word can be called 'Zichun'. Purity is immaculate. ”

"Thank you Da Sima for giving me the word, Jiang Su accepts it."

"Well, Zichun. This official hereby enlists you to prepare for the Great Sima Mansion. Follow this officer to participate in this year's Northern Expedition. May you show your heroic posture on the battlefield, and let the enemies of the Jin Kingdom see the demeanor of the only son of the first general of the Han Dynasty! ”