In August 271, Liu Chan was enthroned. Liu Chen ascended the throne in the restored Weiyang Palace in Chang'an. Respect Liu Chan as the emperor, and Empress Zhang as the queen mother. It is scheduled to be changed to the first year of the Yuan next year.

Yuan, one also. To return to the original is to return to oneness. The new emperor of Ji Han clearly declared the world in this way: The Ji Han regime has shouldered the responsibility of unifying the world from the torrent of history.

After completing the enthronement ceremony and paying homage at the Changling Tomb. Liu Chen returned to the palace and immediately convened a special military meeting.

The number of participants in this meeting was very small, only Liu Chen, Guan Yi, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, Huo Yi, Luo Xian, Zhao Yi, Ma Guo, Jian Jian, Mi Zhao, etc., a total of ten people.

There was only one topic for the whole meeting: the Crusades.

"Your Majesty, colleagues, Yi will first talk about the overall strategy of this Eastern Crusade." Standing in front of a huge map of Kanto, Guan Yi knocked the wooden stick in his hand first on Huayin City, then moved to Pubanjin, and finally moved to Gohara County.

"In this Eastern Crusade, it is planned to send troops to three routes, and on the Huayin side, due to the obstruction of Tongguan, it is difficult to get down urgently. But behind Tongguan is Luoyang. Therefore, Huayin's way is a feint. Its goal was to contain the Jin State's heavy military groups in Tongguan and Luoyang. This makes it ineffective against other battlefields. And the second road, Pubanjin, is the main force of this Eastern Crusade. ”

Gently breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Liu Chen, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi and others who were concentrated. Guan Yi continued: "Crossing the Yellow River from Pubanjin is the annexation of the state. And the state, the world's shape of the best place. With this, Guanzhong is completely guaranteed, not to mention, to the north, it can make an effective defense against the alien races on the grassland, and to the east, it can overlook the Jizhou Plain and threaten the big granary of the Jin State. To the south, it was like a sharp sword hanging above Luoyang's head. The Jin Kingdom either moved its capital or lived in fear. Therefore, the road of merging states is the main direction of this crusade. ”

"The third way, starting from Wuyuan County, crossed the Monan grassland and attacked the enemy's Youzhou part. Make it difficult to look at the end of the day. This way, it is not a feint attack, nor is it the main attack, it all depends on the battle situation at that time. ”

"In terms of troop allocation, in the direction of Huayin, in order to create enough momentum, at least 30,000 people are needed. Merging states is the main direction of attack, with a troop allocation of 150,000 troops. The deployment of troops in the Youzhou direction was initially set at 50,000. Above, a total of 230,000 troops need to be dispatched. The planned military and civilian husbands should be transferred at least 100,000. ”

"The goal of this operation is divided into two levels, the first is the lowest goal, which is to take the world's best place in the world and seize the strategic high ground. If this goal is simply to be achieved, the combat time is tentatively set for less than one year. The second is a high-level target, if there are fighters in the direction of Bingzhou, Youzhou, or even Tongguan, our Han should not stick to the first target. Instead, it was aimed at destroying the Jin State in one go and determining the Central Plains. If the war was to be fought for this purpose, the duration of the operation was set at three years. If the goal cannot be achieved within three years, our army must retreat into Guanzhong on the premise of retaining and annexing the state. ”

After Guan Yi concisely introduced the battle plan made by the subordinates of the Great Sima Mansion. The entire hall fell silent.

After a long while, Jiang Wei raised his head: "Your Majesty, Great Sima, Jiang Wei has no opinion on this strategy. I just want to ask who the commanders of the three armies are? ”

"Before answering the general's question, we need to decide on the personnel left behind. After all, although Wu Dog suffered a setback not long ago, it must be admitted that this dog still has the ability to bite. ”

"Well, that's right."

"Your Majesty, colleagues. The Grand Sima Mansion plans to begin conscription after this year's autumn harvest and expand the force to 300,000. If an army of 230,000 is launched as planned, then the number of troops left in the country will only be 70,000. This amount of troops is basically enough to deal with Wu Gou. But there is no doubt that this time the Eastern Crusade will be in decline if the Jin Kingdom is in decline. Wu Gou is bound to go crazy and attack my Yizhou to save the Jin Kingdom. Therefore, with this amount of troops, the pressure will be very great at that time. ”

On the historical plane, soon after Cao Wei's five-way expedition to Shu Han, Eastern Wu began to act: attacking Cao Wei's Jingzhou and Yangzhou at the same time, in order to force Cao Wei to return to his division, so as to achieve the goal of rescuing Shu Han. But on the one hand, at that time, Eastern Wu was still under the rule of Sun Xiu, and the whole country was scattered. On the one hand, Shu Han died too quickly, and he didn't survive for half a year. Therefore, the rescue of Soochow seems to be of little value.

But now it's different, Ji Han wants to swallow the Jin Kingdom, and it can't be achieved in a few months anyway. Eastern Wu had enough time to storm Ji Han and force Ji Han's main force to return to his division. Moreover, Ji Han is not monolithic internally, except for places bordering Eastern Wu, such as Chengdu, Chang'an and other big cities, as well as places where foreign races live together, people must also be arranged to stay. In this way, the forces will be very scattered. So at this time, the choice of the left-behind generals is very crucial.

"Da Sima Mansion means that Jiaozhou and Nanzhong are still handed over to Kong Shuo, Gong Xing and the Li family father and son. The national regular army infantry was given 10,000, and Kong Shuo was allowed to build a new 5,000 naval army in Jiaozhou. As long as Wu Gou dares to make a move against Jiaozhou, we will focus on defense on land. On the sea, it is necessary to take the opportunity to counterattack. ”

"In the direction of Yong'an and Fuling County, Yong'an is still handed over to Sun Dinglie, and Fuling County is handed over to Guan Weizhi. The total number of troops was only 15,000. ”

"In Chengdu, the natives of Wenshan County and Hanjia County have cultivated potatoes extensively in recent years, and the state's tax revenue has been so small, so it is unlikely that there will be a rebellion in these two places, so only 3,000 soldiers will be given. This is the general of the army, and the meaning of the Great Sima Mansion is to invite Shao Xiangong to go out of Chengdu. ”

"In the direction of Hanzhong, although it does not border with the enemy country, we must be vigilant against the possibility of Eastern Wu crossing Daba Mountain to attack Cao Wei, so as to force our army to rescue. Therefore, it was planned to place 4,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, and the leader of this army was the general of this army, and the plan was to lead the army by Luo Lingze. ”

"Around Chang'an, there are 20,000 soldiers left, and the general of the chariot cavalry is in charge."

"Longxi and Liangzhou, we have pulled out the bald tribe and Nan'anqiang, the two largest tribes in Yongliang. Other tribes can still send more than 5,000 troops, but the economy of these tribes is now firmly controlled by us, so it is unlikely that there will be a rebellion. Therefore, in these two places, only 10,000 cavalry were left to deter them. This army is still led by Xuan Gao and Dianbo. ”

"The southeast of Chang'an, in the direction of Yaoguan, is not the scope of this march. Moreover, there are Cao Wei's troops in the south to cover it. Therefore, only 3,000 men were left to defend the palace. Zizhao (Wang Mai) continued to sit in Yaoguan. ”

"The above, a total of 70,000 left-behind people, the relevant chief official Da Sima Mansion has also put forward a preliminary candidate, do you have any questions?"

As soon as Guan Yi's words came out, Zhang Yi, Huo Yi, Luo Xian and others inevitably showed regret on their faces: Ji Han has been founding the country for 50 years this year, and he has never launched an expedition with a scale of more than 200,000 troops. Who wouldn't want to be involved in such a large-scale military operation and become the main commander of one side?

However, there is always someone left behind at home. And at present, it seems that Guan Yi's arrangement is relatively reasonable. The people who stay in the towns and guards in various places either have a relationship with the places they guard, or they have considerable experience.

At this time, everyone suddenly woke up collectively: Da Sima deliberately let Cao Yi claim the title of king in order to attract the two countries of Jin and Wu to attack together. It's just to prepare for today's big crusade.

Thinking of this, everyone got up together: "Da Sima has made good arrangements, and we have no objections." ”

"Your Majesty?"

"Lonely...... Ah, no, I also think that Da Sima has arranged it very well, so let's do it. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Next, let's talk about the chief officer of the three-way soldiers. On the way to Tongguan, the former general Zhang Lingxing (Zhang Zun) led the troops, and changed to (Ma Guo), Zicheng (Luo Xi), Ziying (Xiang Chong) and others under his command, a total of 30,000 infantry. On this road of Wuyuan County, there are a total of 40,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, Yi plans to invite the general to lead the troops, and our army's Ma Zhongying, Wen Ciqian, Zhao Zhongyuan, Zhao Bozhi (Zhao Tong), Beigong Xiong and other generals who are good at commanding cavalry are all concentrated on this road. As for the road to merge with the state, Yi personally led the troops, and Guowei (Zhao Yi), Fang Bo (Huo Zai), Bo Ding (Ju Ning), Zichun (Jiang Su), Meng Dao (Huangfu Min), Ji Wei (Wen Hu) and others listened to the order in this team. ”

For these three commanders, Guan Yi has also been carefully considered: he himself is not good at machine changes, and can only fight stupidly and stupidly, so he is suitable for leading a large army to fight hard. On the one hand, General Jiang was the strongest tactical commander in the world, and on the other hand, the size of the troops he commanded before rarely exceeded 50,000. Therefore, handing over this strongest mobile unit to him is likely to make a surprising record. As for Zhang Zun, hehe, this general who perfectly inherited Zhang Fei and Zhang Sanye's violent and ungraceful character flaws, it is most appropriate to give him the task of feint attack on Tongguan: Zhang Lingxing, who never pays attention to the casualties of small soldiers, can achieve the greatest degree of realism in the feint attack under Tongguan - this is of course very cruel for the soldiers who are assigned to this team. However, in such a big battle, there are always troops to gnaw hard bones, and there are always people to sacrifice.

So, when this arrangement was spoken, it was approved by the congregation, which was very unanimous with the congregation.