In the early morning of the same day, Su Zhe summoned the civil and military ministers of the Great Wei in Luoyang to discuss the plan to defeat the Han Dynasty.

After a war of words, the ministers finally came to a surprisingly unanimous opinion:

Nowadays, it is no longer realistic or necessary to use strange soldiers to destroy the Han Dynasty, and the only way to do so is to use Yang to push it head-on.

Now Liu Bei only holds the land of Yongliang Erzhou, Liangzhou has a small population and barren land, although it produces Xiliang Iron Ride, it is far less important than Yongliang.

And the core of Yongzhou lies in Chang'an.

Originally, Su Zhe planned to attack from both sides from the Central Plains and Yizhou, and launch an attack on Chang'an City at the same time.

But now that Yizhou has been taken, before Liu Bei left, he moved away 200,000 people in Hanzhong, resulting in the emptiness of Hanzhong and the inability to backing up the Han army.

Su Zhe couldn't wait two years, so the Yizhou side had no way to launch a substantive attack, so it could only rely on bluffing to contain the Han army slightly.

In this case, to attack Chang'an, you can only send troops from the Central Plains, and Puban Pass, Wuguan and Tongguan have become the three channels for attacking Chang'an.

These three passes, Pubanjin is located in Hedong County, Wuguan is located in Nanyang County, Tongguan is directly facing Luoyang, the capital of the Great Wei Emperor, and it is also the closest and most convenient avenue for transporting grain.

If Su Gu wants to attack Chang'an, he naturally has no choice but to attack from Pubanjin and Wuguan with a partial division, and lead the main army from Luoyang to make trouble in Tongguan.

The tactical strategy of the attack was set, Su Zhe did not drag too much mud and water, and immediately issued an edict and ordered the troops of the world to gather in the three cities of Luoyang, Wancheng and Anyi.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the army is set off, the general mobilization order of the whole country has been issued in advance, and millions of grains and grass have been sent to the front line from Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other prefectures.

This time, in addition to guarding Yizhou, the northern border, and the rest of the soldiers and horses in the world's key passes, Su Zhe will mobilize a total of nearly 400,000 troops to attack the Han.

Among them, in the direction of Pubanjin, Xu Huang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, will lead Guo Huai, Hao Zhao, Ju Yi, Li Tong and other generals, lead 60,000 male soldiers, soldiers to the Yellow River, and enter Puban Pass on the other side of the river.

On the Nanyang side, Su Zhe ordered Lü Meng to be the commander, and led Wen Ping, Ling Cao and other generals to launch an attack on Chang'an from the southwest from Wancheng, out of Wuguan.

In terms of Middle Road Avenue, Su Zhe personally led an army of 280,000 troops, with Jia Xu, Zhang Chunhua as strategists, Yan Liang, Huang Zhong, Wen Chou, Zhang Xiu, Deng Ai, Zhang Ren, and Tai Shici as generals.

This time, Su Zhe will no longer be retained, and will raise the army of the country, swear to destroy the hypocrites, and dominate the world.

The order of the Han was issued, the world was boiling, and the armies began to assemble.

The Han Kingdom was on the front line of Luoyang, densely covered with fine works, and soon there was an urgent report, which was secretly sent to Chang'an City.

Chang'an, the imperial city.

On the Golden Palace, Liu Bei sat on the dragon throne, holding an urgent report like snowflakes in his hand, and the word solemn was written on his gray face.

Syllable!

Throwing the information in his hand on the case, Liu Bei looked down at the ministers and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, Aiqing, you must have heard the rumors, the Su thieves are gathering troops and horses, and they will soon invade my Han, what can you do?" ”

The hall exploded immediately, and the atmosphere of panic and indignation blended together, causing the hall to fall into controversy.

Most people advocated that all the first-line soldiers and horses of Hongnong County should be withdrawn to Tongguan, relying on the natural danger of Tongguan to block the invasion of the Wei army.

And a heavy general like Ma Chao Guan Yu was eager to avenge the death of his brother and son, and advocated leading the main army out of Tongguan and fighting a decisive battle with the Wei army in the area of Shaanxi County.

There were also advisers who offered advice to Liu Bei, sent people to Bingzhou outside the Saiwai, joined forces with the Xianbei Xiongnu, invited them to attack the border and attack the Wei army on both sides.

"Prime Minister, what do you think?" Liu Bei's gaze looked at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang said lightly: "The Su thieves are menacing, the soldiers of Luoyang in the middle of the road, there are at least 278000, and we can use the soldiers and horses for head-to-head confrontation, but more than 90,000 people, the minister thinks that we still abandon the city outside the pass, and the whole army is the most secure to defend Tongguan." ”

Liu Bei nodded slightly, as if he had made up his mind.

At this time, Fa Zheng, who had not spoken, suddenly stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we must not blindly retreat to Tongguan!" ”

Zhuge Liang frowned and looked at Fazheng.

Liu Bei's eyes also lit up, and he waved his hand to let Fa Zheng say his reason.

Fa Zheng said loudly: "The lessons of the Sword Pavilion and Yangping Pass have told us that we blindly want to rely on the danger and passively resist the Su thief, but in the end we often can't hold it, and the minister is only afraid that we will retreat to Tongguan, and it is very likely to repeat the mistakes of the past." ”

"And Tongguan is very close to Chang'an, once Tongguan is lost, the cavalry of the Su thieves will be able to kill Chang'an City in less than two days, we don't even have the slightest buffer, it's too dangerous."

After hearing Fa Zhengyi's words, Liu Bei recalled the thrilling of Yizhou, and couldn't help but shiver.

He nodded and said: "Xiaozhi's worries are not unreasonable, sticking to Tongguan is indeed not a foolproof strategy, so what does Xiaozhi think?" ”

Fa Zheng continued: "We have been fighting with the Su thief for so many years, and the bloody example tells us that it is impossible to win with passive defense, and only by taking the initiative to attack can we defeat the Su thief, so we must attack." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei jumped up and shouted: "What Xiaozhi said is reasonable, keep guarding, keep a fart!" We're going to have to deal with that traitor surnamed Su! ”

Zhang Fei's popularity surprised everyone present, even Liu Bei.

It's no wonder that it was because Liangzhou had just been pacified for a long time, and it was too late to collect people's hearts, so Liu Bei had to leave Zhang Fei and Sima Yi to guard Liangzhou, and it was precisely because of this that Zhang Fei missed the battle of Yizhou.

When Zhang Fei learned that Liu Bei Guan Yu had lost consecutive battles in Yizhou and finally lost Yizhou, he was naturally indignant in his heart, and he thought that if he also participated in the war at that time, he would never let Su Zhe be arrogant.

Therefore, Zhang Fei was holding back a wave of anger from beginning to end, wanting to fight Su Zhe head-on.

Fa Zheng advocates a head-to-head confrontation, and Zhang Fei certainly can't wait for it.

At this time, Zhuge Liang said: "General Yide's mood is bright, but please also ask Xiaozhi and General Yide to understand the current strength of our army, and they are not yet capable of fighting a decisive battle with the Su thief." ”

"Not necessarily." Fa Zheng immediately denied, "Xiqiang has 70,000 iron horses, if we can collect them for our own use, such a soldier and horse is enough for us to have the strength to confront the Su thief head-on!" ”

"Although Your Majesty has sent someone to appease the Xiqiang people, from absorbing them to pulling them to the front line of Chang'an for my use, I am afraid that it will take a few months, don't forget this filial piety." Zhuge Liang reminded.

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Thank you Prime Minister Zhuge for reminding me, of course I won't forget it, so what I said about confronting Su Thief head-on, not now, but just when the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry arrived." ”

As soon as the words changed, Fa Zheng pointed to the east: "Therefore, my strategy is to use a force of more than 10,000 elite soldiers to go east out of Tongguan, stick to the area of Shaanxi County, delay the army of Su thieves to advance westward, and threaten Tongguan." When the Xiqiang soldiers and horses arrive, His Majesty will lead the main army out of Tongguan and go straight to Shaanxi County. ”