In ancient times, "Long" and "Ridge" communicated, Longshan, across the Guanzhong Plain in the west like a ridge-like mountain range.

The mountain is roughly in the north-south direction, and is the boundary mountain of the northern Guanzhong Plateau and the Longxi Plateau, as well as the watershed of Weishui and Jingshui, with twists and turns and steep.

And to the west of Longshan, it is Longxi, also known as Longyou (the ancients took the west as the right, so the west of Longshan was called Longyou).

There are five counties in Yongzhou under the jurisdiction of Longxi District, namely Longxi County, Nan'an County, Tianshui County, Guangwei County and Anding County. The land here is flat, fertile, and the population is abundant, making it a rare treasure of feng shui.

And the north of Longyou is the ancient land of Xiliang - Liangzhou Thorn History Department.

After pointing to Longshan, Zhuge Liang Dao faced everyone and talked eloquently: "Since the death of Emperor Zhaolie, the Wei thief began to use his main energy to deal with Eastern Wu, from the second year of Zhangwu to the third year of Zhangwu, Cao Pi dispatched a three-way army to attack Wu, and was blocked and retreated; In the second and third years of Jianxing, Cao Pi went to Guangling twice, but withdrew because he could not cross the river. At the same time that the Wei thieves pressed into Eastern Wu, the defenses of Guanzhong and Longxi were obviously relaxed. ”

"According to Liang's opinion, if Wang Shi wants to go on a northern expedition, he can lie that the army will attack Yixian from the Jigu Valley, and then the main force will go out of Qishan and go straight to Longyou along the avenue."

Zhuge Liang told his Northern Expedition route, and Wei Yan, Li Yan, Zhao Yun and others immediately shifted their attention to the map, trying to link the place names in Zhuge Liang's mouth with the marks on the map.

"The counties of Longxi are separated from Weishui in the south, and Longshan in the east, and a mountain and a river naturally separate Longxi from Guanzhong. The gap in the national strength of the Han thieves doomed the Han army to avoid conflict with the Wei army as much as possible, and the best way to avoid conflict was to close the door, so that you couldn't fight if you wanted to. The door of Weishui does not need to be closed, it has already been locked, and then as long as the door of Longshan is closed, it will be done. ”

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang talked eloquently, and everyone listened carefully.

Compared with Liu Yong and Wei Yan's whale swallowing and risk-taking strategies, Zhuge Liang's policy and line once again confirmed his cautious character. At the same time, it also exposed the focus of our Cheng relative to the Northern Expedition - he didn't even think about running to Guanzhong, he was full of plans to attack Longyou, and then take Liangzhou, step by step, and encroach on Cao Wei!

Liu Yong sighed faintly in his heart, this is the reenactment of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition!

It turned out that in a northern expedition in history, Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi led a partial army, and the situation of attacking Yicheng from the north of the Xiegu Road was posed by Jigu, and he personally led the army out of Qishan to attack Longyou.

The Han army suddenly appeared in Qishan, the army was cleaned up, and the orders were strict. Longyou was unexpected, the defense was empty, and for a time the three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding rebelled against the Wei State, and there was an earthquake in Guanzhong. Among them, the two counties of Nan'an and Anding even abandoned their officials and defected to the Han army, Wei Tianshui's generals, officials Jiang Wei, Liang Xu, Yin Xian, Shangguan Yu and others surrendered, and Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, was forced to retreat to Shangqi to wait for help.

In an instant, three of the five counties of Longyou surrendered and submitted, and only Guangwei County and Longxi County refused to surrender. Longxi County was too guarded by You Chu to resist resolutely. Cao Wei's entire government and opposition were terrified.

However, the good fortune of the Han army ended there.

Later, Cao Zhen led the Wei army to repel Zhao Yun, and Zhang He defeated Ma Tan in Jieting, and the good situation took a sharp turn............

Wei Yan lowered his head, his eyelids drooped, and his mouth opened a little, obviously lost in thought. He looked up at Zhuge Liang and said, "Then may I ask the prime minister, where is the gate of this Longshan Mountain?" ”

Seeing Wei Yan asking, Zhuge Liang understood that today, his Northern Expedition strategy is not only different from Liu Yong and Wei Yan, but even very different in style. On the one hand, it is radical and bold, and it has a lot of tricks and dangers; On the one hand, it is a steady and mature, steady and steady tactic.

Without directly answering Wei Yan's question, Zhuge Liang shouted loudly to Ma Yan behind the crowd: "Young Chang, you come to tell Your Majesty and General Wei where the gate of Longshan is!" ”

"No." Ma Jian separated the flow of people and stepped forward to the map, first waved the group, and said, "The boy is bold." Then he calmly spoke to the map: "According to the information collected by the detailed work that infiltrated Longxi, there is an open area about 12 miles wide and more than 30 miles long in Longcheng County, Tianshui County, which is the gateway to Longshan and the throat of the land of Guanlong—its name is Jieting!" ”

Oh! Street Pavilion!

Ma Jian explained that everyone found the location of Longcheng County to which the street pavilion belonged on the map.

In front of the emperor and courtiers, Ma Tan did not have stage fright, and continued to preach: "The location of the street pavilion is an open river valley, extending in all directions, and the mountains in the north and south are dangerous, and it is a strategic place that can be attacked and defended by retreat. ”

"What you say is good." Very pleased with Ma Tan's performance, Zhuge Liang took over the conversation and continued to elaborate: "The street pavilion is a place where soldiers must fight. If the street pavilion is blocked, the communication between the Longxi area and Guanzhong will be cut off and become an isolated place. On the other hand, our army can enter Longxi from the Qishan Flat Avenue in the south. When we calmly digest Longyou, it will be useless for Wei Rebell's reinforcements to come. ”

Once it occupies Longyou, the Han family is no longer limited to a corner of the land, and it can attack Guanzhong in the east and Liangzhou in the north. The strategic environment has changed dramatically. ”

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, everyone was speechless for a long time, all reminiscing and chewing on this thoughtful Longyou strategy.

It seems that it is more reasonable than a surprise attack on Chang'an or even Tongguan, the so-called long-distance and close attack, Longxi is much closer to Shu in terms of distance.

As a result, many ministers whispered and exchanged ears.

"Chang'an and Tongguan are too far away, and Longyou is a suitable direction."

"In my opinion, Your Majesty and Wei Wenchang are still acting hastily, and the Prime Minister's discussion is Lao Cheng's words for the country."

"Fighting a war is not a child's play, and the lives of soldiers are not a mustard, but a real collision of national strength, no one has ever been able to settle the country in a war, this is the law of nature!"

Ma Tan and Yang Yi saw that many generals and ministers were moved by their prime minister's plan, exchanged glances with each other, and smiled.

This grand strategy of sending troops to Longyou was naturally not thought up by Zhuge Liang alone, it was the result of the strength of many people, and they and other military counselors and subordinates of the Prime Minister's Mansion made great contributions to it.

Seeing that everyone's discussion was hot, Wei Yan couldn't help but be a little suspicious and moved, he arched his hand towards Liu Yong, and whispered tentatively: "What does Your Majesty think?" ”

Liu Yong's eyes were sharp, his face was resolute, and his voice was as cold and hard as a golden stone: "Extraordinary karma, use extraordinary people; Extraordinary things, to be extraordinary plans. The prime minister's conspiracy, I can't agree with it! ”

As soon as Liu Yong said it, Zhuge Liang, who was close at hand, changed color horribly, and his confident expression disappeared!

In the East Pavilion, the rest of the people also changed their complexions when they heard it.

This is the second time that the emperor has clearly stated his position and is competing with the prime minister!

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The winter sun sets early, and it is already dark at the end of the Shen period, to the point where the lantern needs to be held.

Liu Yong rubbed his temples, looked tired, and walked down the corridor of the East Pavilion, the ministers had already left the palace for a long time, and he and Wei Yan were the last to leave, because the two of them stayed alone and had a secret conversation for half an hour.

Today, around the issue of the Northern Expedition's policy and route, it was discussed for a long time, and Liu Yong and Zhuge Liang maintained decency, although they did not end up in person, "naked and hand-to-hand". But the fierce rhetoric and spittle in the debate also made Liu Yong's head big and bored.

And after a long day of discussion, discussion and discussion, A refuted B, B refuted C, and C refuted A. I went around and around, but I never figured out why. The only thing that cleared up the idea was that it was necessary to start preparing for the Northern Expedition, and strive to carry out the Northern Expedition within the next year or two, in case the situation of the Wei army's empty garrison in Yongzhou and Liangzhou changed.

But about how to go on the Northern Expedition, everyone was divided into two factions, one faction supported the soldiers to make dangerous moves and attack Tongguan by surprise; The other faction chose to fight steadily and send troops to Longyou.

Descend the steps of the East Pavilion Corridor,

"Your Majesty, where are you sleeping tonight, shall we go to the Yan Pavilion?" Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Chuntuo handed over a sentence at the right time.

Liu Yong shook his head, took a deep breath, sobered up, and said categorically: "No, go to the Jade Hall Hall tonight!" ”

Yutang Palace, Liao Ji's dormitory.

The son is more expensive than the mother, and the mother is more expensive than the son. Liao Ji was pregnant with the dragon species, and her status rose, and the Empress Dowager Wu ordered Liao Meiren to enter the throne and give the jade hall.

Boarding the car, the eunuchs and guards carried the palace lamp to open the way, and it didn't take long for Liu Yong to Shi Shiran to arrive at the Yutang Palace.