"Wenhe, you mean, let me take Yizhou first?" Su Zhe's tone also revealed a bit of surprise.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the essence of the three states ruled by Liu Bei lies in Yongzhou, where Chang'an is located, and from the map, Chang'an is also the closest in a straight line from Luoyang, and it is also the closest to the hinterland of the Central Plains of Great Wei.

Attacking Chang'an from the Central Plains can be launched from the three directions of Tongguan, Wuguan and Pubanguan, and at the same time attacking Chang'an, and the oppressive force of the Han State can be imagined.

Moreover, if the Great Wei attacked from the Central Plains, the grain and grass could also be transferred nearby, saving a lot of people and material resources, and the logistics supply could be said to be without pressure.

Jia Xu let Chang'an not attack, but he actually proposed that Su Zhe attack Yizhou, which was thousands of miles away!

First of all, to attack Yizhou, we can only use troops from Jingzhou, and the supply of grain and grass will have to be transported from the Central Plains to the Yangtze River, thousands of miles away, and the pressure on logistics and supply will double.

There is no way, who let Jingyang Erzhou just experience the war, needless to say, Yangzhou is still licking the wounds of the war, and there is no way to provide food and grass for the attack on Yizhou.

Although Jingzhou did not suffer from the war, it provided a large amount of grain and grass for the battle of Su Zheping Jiangdong in the previous time, and the treasury of a state was empty, and it was no longer possible to provide grain and grass for the capture of Yizhou alone.

In this way, grain and grass can only be transferred from Yuzhou, the Central Plains where Yanzhou is located, to the south, adding thousands of miles of supply lines.

In addition, even if there is no need for food and grass, attacking Yizhou from Jingzhou can only go back to the west, first pass the Three Gorges natural danger, and then follow a road to Chengdu, which is several times more difficult than attacking Chang'an.

The benefits and costs of attacking Yizhou are obviously not as affordable as attacking Chang'an, and these pros and cons appeared in everyone's minds for the first time.

Including Su Zhe.

"Wenhe, tell me your reasons." Su Zhe was very patient and asked Jia Xu to continue.

Jia Xu said: "Everyone thinks that it is most convenient to attack Chang'an, but have you ever thought that Liu Bei also thinks that we will attack Chang'an first, so we will definitely deploy all the elite divisions of the Han State to the east of Chang'an to resist us." ”

Everyone looked shocked, and their emotions suddenly calmed down.

Jia Xu continued: "At that time, Liu Bei's main force will not only gather east of Chang'an, but Liu Bei also has the danger of the Qinling Mountains. ”

After these words, he couldn't help but echo: "Wen He is reasonable, since ancient times, it was easy for Kansai to attack Kanto, but it was difficult for Kanto to attack Kansai. ”

Su Zhe also nodded slightly, faintly realizing Jia Xu's deep meaning, and motioned for him to continue.

Jia Xu continued: "Since it is difficult for us to attack Guanzhong for a while, it will inevitably fall into a protracted war, although we have convenient transportation of grain and grass, but the war drags on, the consumption of grain and grass is still incalculable, if we can attack Guanzhong, if it is in vain, it will not be a waste of national strength." ”

As soon as the words changed, Jia Xu raised his hand and pointed to the south, "Although Yongliang Erzhou is barren, Liu Bei is based on the big granary of Yizhou, he can use the grain and grass of Yizhou to feed his army in Guanzhong, and calmly fight against us." ”

"Therefore, we should take Yizhou first, cut off Liu Bei's food source, and then attack Guanzhong from the Central Plains, Liu Bei does not have enough grain and grass to consume with us, so we can only go out of the customs to fight, which gives us the opportunity to eliminate his living force, as long as the main force of the Han army is destroyed, we are afraid that we will not be able to take Guanzhong, and we will not be able to recover Chang'an City."

After this analysis, the generals' emotions completely calmed down, and many people began to nod their heads in agreement.

Even Su Zhe kept nodding his head, moved by Jia Xu's analysis.

"However, Yizhou has the danger of the Three Gorges, and there is only one road to enter the Sichuan, and there are dangerous mountains and rivers along the way, so how can we get in?" The general Yan Liang questioned it.

"It's Guan Yu's arrogance." Jia Xu said without thinking.

Yizhou's strategic significance is second only to Yongzhou, and Liu Bei naturally has to let a general who has both his trust, great commander's talent, and high prestige to defend it.

In Liu Bei's camp, Guan Yu is of course the best choice.

Therefore, when Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor, he made Guan Yu a general and ordered him to lead nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses to guard Yizhou.

If Su Zhe wants to attack Yizhou, he must first start a war with Guan Yu.

"Guan Yu is indeed very arrogant, but he can really take advantage of it......"

Su Zhe remembered the history of the past.

In history, Liu Bei also ordered Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, but Guan Yu was too conceited and arrogant, and despised Sun Quan's determination to seize Jingzhou, and as a result, when he went north to attack Cao Cao, Sun Quan raided his hometown.

Now, Liu Bei uses Guan Yu to guard Yizhou, although history has changed, Guan Yu's arrogance has not changed, and he may not be able to repeat history.

"Liu Bei thought that we would attack Guanzhong, so we would definitely gather heavy troops on the front line of Tongguan, and I would never have thought that we would go near and far to attack Jingzhou, which is one of our unexpected capitals."

"Guan Yu is arrogant, Your Majesty only needs to replace the town general in Jingzhou with a military general with less qualifications and reputation to guard the town, then Guan Yu will definitely despise it, and this is our unexpected capital."

"With Liu Bei and Guan Yu both relaxing their vigilance, Your Majesty only needs to feign attacking the key points, but secretly ordering the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou to pass through the Three Gorges and capture the White Emperor Pass by surprise, and then open the gateway to Yizhou in one fell swoop."

"Your Majesty will lead the main army to the south again, from the White Emperor all the way to the west, first take Jiangzhou, and then break Chengdu, why worry about not taking Yizhou."

Jia Xu finally explained his plan and plan after a few words.

The core idea is just one sentence: surprise.

In the main hall, the military generals of Wenchen stopped talking, and everyone's eyes looked at Su Zhe.

Most of them have been persuaded by Jia Xu's strategy, but the stakes are very high in this battle, and the final decision depends on Su Zhe, the son of heaven.

Su Zhe got up and paced, silent, his thoughts flipped in his heart, and he kept pondering the feasibility of Jia Xu's strategy.

"If there is no Zhuge Liang, I can use meteorological attacks to break through Tongguan, but now that Zhuge Liang is here, my meteorological weapons will be restrained, and it is not realistic to break through Tongguan head-on and take Chang'an, so it seems that I have no choice but to attack Yizhou......"

"The key to attacking Yizhou is to fool Guan Yu and let him be unprepared, so that I can take the White Emperor City by surprise and open the door to Yizhou, in this way, the people guarding Jingzhou will ......"

After thinking about it and weighing it for a long time, Su Zhe suddenly realized that Eagle Mu had no hesitation, and only hunted with pride and determination.

He turned around and returned to the throne, waved his hand and shouted: "Immediately summon Wei Yan and Lu Meng to come to Luoyang to face the saint, transfer Lu Xun to the Nanjun Taishou, supervise the military of Jingzhou, and replace the two of them to command the troops of Jingzhou." ”