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Ge Liang, who had been grinding and chattering slowly, heard that Wancheng had fallen, so he quickly accelerated his speed and arrived quickly.

The two armies approached Luoyang, and seeing that the revival of the Han Dynasty was in sight, Liu Bei was naturally overjoyed, and ordered a banquet to be set up tomorrow to celebrate with the officials.

That night, Ge Liang was ordered to meet Liu Bei first, because Liu Bei wanted to know why the war on the Western Front was going so smoothly, and secondly, he wanted to ask Ge Liang what he thought about the follow-up war when he offered to go to Wancheng.

Ge Liang took a bath first, tidied up, came to Liu Bei's residence on time, and when he went in, he was only accompanied by Guan Yu and Fa Zheng.

Liu Bei naturally wanted to commend him first: "Da Sima led all the way to the division, and it only took more than three months to take the land of Yongliang and Liangzhou, which is really a miracle." I Liu Bei has Mr. help, I am really fortunate in three lives. ”

Fa Zheng couldn't help but say sourly: "Our 100,000 army has only restored Nanyang County so far, compared with Da Sima, ......"

Ge Liang hurriedly said politely: "Shang Shuling said this, where do I dare to be." We succeeded by luck on the Western Front, all because Cao Pi didn't take us seriously, and his mind was all focused on His Majesty leading the generals to conquer the Southern Front. All the way to the southern front, the enemy is a gathering of famous generals, what Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others, all of them have experienced a hundred battles and have been guarding one side for a long time, and Cao Pi is afraid of the martial name of His Majesty the Emperor and the general, so he naturally went all out to refuse. Therefore, the difficulties encountered by the army on this side of the southern front are naturally not comparable to those of the western front. Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu and others on the Western Front, after all, there were not many opportunities to lead the army alone before, and they were inexperienced, and they were broken through by us, and they all relied on His Majesty and all the officials to contain the enemy's main force......"

Liu Bei felt that Ge Liang didn't need to be too polite: "I think, if it weren't for the fact that the Great Sima Soldiers were in Hangu, our attack on Wancheng would not have been so smooth." Well, now that the two soldiers are coming to Luoyang, Da Sima specially asked to come to Wancheng to discuss the future war, and he must have a high opinion to say to Liu Bei. Liu Bei listened here. ”

Ge Liang cleared his throat: "Actually, I think that our two great victories this time, in addition to the soldiers sacrificing their lives to fight, the main thing is to seize the good opportunity." Cao **, who is good at using soldiers, and Cao Pi is far worse than his father, but he is eager to force the Han Emperor to take the throne and become the emperor himself, and at the same time he is busy eliminating internal dissidents, supporting his cronies, and letting a large number of people who lack actual combat experience before master the military power, which happens to be used by us, so they will be defeated again and again. ”

Liu Bei nodded: "Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, the sky is angry and people are resentful, I, Liu Bei, should rise up and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty!" ”

Ge Liang said: "Your Majesty is heroic and benevolent, and he is the hope of the people, and now we are approaching Luoyang on both sides, and the world is looking forward to it, looking forward to us taking Luoyang as soon as possible and revitalizing the Han Dynasty." ”

"In this case, Da Sima temporarily slowed down the offensive on the Western Front, and asked to come to Wancheng ......" Liu Bei felt that there was no need to say flattering words.

"This ......" Ge Liang pondered for a moment and said slowly, "I mean, the whole world thinks that we will attack Luoyang in two ways and attack Luoyang together, and our generals and officials should probably think the same way, so what about Cao Pi, they must think the same way, right?" Why don't we do the opposite? ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei touched his sparse beard when he heard this.

Fa Zheng frowned.

Guan Yu opened his Danfeng eyes suddenly.

Ge Liang continued: "Well, that, everyone knows what I mean, that is, Cao Pi has just usurped the Han family and set the capital Luoyang, and now that he is in trouble, he will definitely gather all his forces to defend it." The terrain of Luoyang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and it is also a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and although the Wei army has suffered successive defeats, we have won one after another, but in general, their total strength in the country should still be no less than ours. ”

Liu Bei nodded: "Cao Pi Xiao'er must be transferring troops from all over the country to Luoyang at this time. Da Sima's concerns are reasonable, the further we go, the more unfavorable the terrain will become. Fighting Luoyang is naturally much more difficult than capturing Wancheng. ”

Guan Yu, who had not spoken, interjected: "Our original intention was to besiege Wancheng, besiege the city and send reinforcements, and eat the Wei army little by little, but we didn't expect that Da Sima would break Tongguan so quickly and scare all the enemies back at once." ”

When Fa Zheng heard this, he hurriedly pretended to be angry: "That is, we originally asked General Zhang to lead a small number of men and horses to attack the enemy's rear, just to surround and eat the enemy little by little, who knew that Da Sima moved so fast, so he sent Zhang Wei and them to attack Nanxiang County, how could the enemy not quickly shrink into a ball at this moment?" ”

Liu Bei was happy, and asked Guan and Fa with a smile: "What do you mean by this, is it wrong for Da Sima to quickly take Yongliang?" ”

"I was wrong, I was wrong!" Ge Liang couldn't help laughing, and then said, "However, you can also imagine the entire Sizhou as a city." We can continue to besiege the city and send reinforcements. ”

"What a big breath!" Fa Zheng was surprised in his heart, this guy has a wide vision.

"Do you mean to say that if you don't fight Luoyang first, you will hit Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places first?" Liu Bei was a little unhappy in his heart, taking Luoyang as soon as possible, he could announce the revival of the Han family as soon as possible.

Ge Liang saluted Liu Bei and said, "Lord, Luoyang is naturally going to attack, and it can't be stopped on the surface." It's just that in this battle, the enemy completely occupies the geographical advantage, and he is heavily stationed, so it will definitely be fought extremely hard. If I forcibly attack, I am only worried that even if I win in the end, my own family will definitely suffer heavy losses, and if we are the only forces today, we and Cao Wei are not the only ones. In the north, there are Xianbei Hu riding tigers; In the east, there is also Sun Quan's separatist forces, although he was hit hard last time and did not dare to act rashly, but if we fight with Cao Cao to lose both, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take advantage of the situation; And in the northeast, there is also Gongsun Gong who has divided Liaodong and supports the army to respect himself......"

"If Sun Quan's rats dare to come again, Guan will lead the army down the river and go straight to Jianye!" Guan Yu was stabbed in the sore spot, and his eyes suddenly burst into flames.

Liu Bei was also apprehensive suddenly, yes, how could he forget about this because of a momentary victory.

Fa Zheng comforted: "Now there is General Liu Pan guarding Jiangxia, and we already have Xiangyang, Wancheng, Shangyong and Hanzhong, as well as the entire territory of Yizhou, plus Da Sima Gang Yongliang Erzhou, there is nearly half of the country's land, today is not the same as Xibi, Sun Quan has suffered a great loss of strength after the previous defeat, and he will not dare to act rashly." ”

Ge Liang continued to pour cold water: "Your Majesty wants to revive the Han Dynasty, and the world knows it." Sun Quan, Gongsun Gong and others naturally knew that after His Majesty eliminated Cao Wei, he would not tolerate them separating one side in the end, so for them, they must hope that we and Cao Wei would fight to the death and lose in the end. If one side is too strong, they will definitely find a way to destroy, so when Cao Cao went to Jingzhou, Sun Quan would help us resist, and when General Guan Xiangfan won a great victory and shocked Huaxia, they were eager to take refuge in Cao Cao and stabbed him in the back. ”

Guan Yu snorted coldly: "Could it be that he didn't take advantage of the victory in Jiangdong at the beginning, and now he has to go back to clean up Sun Quan?" ”

Naturally not, Ge Liang said his own suggestion: "Attacking Luoyang is naturally our primary goal, I mean that while maintaining military pressure on Luoyang, we should take a temporary break, consolidate the occupied areas, remobilize grain and grass forces, and wait for the best opportunity." ”

"It's all here, but we stopped, doesn't it make the world think that we just want to divide one side?" Liu Bei never forgets his ideals.

"We are not really stopping the offensive, but we are saying that we should try to avoid a vicious battle with the enemy forces occupying favorable terrain, so as to deplete our strength too much, so as not to allow bad people to take advantage of the opportunity." Ge Liang paused and changed his relaxed tone, "Of course, Your Majesty is heroic and generous, and there are countless people in the world who are willing to follow Your Majesty, should we give them some opportunities to make contributions?" ”

Well? Liu Bei and the three of them looked at Ge Liang with wide eyes, what does this mean?

Ge Liang said with a smile: "Last time in Jingzhou, we said that Your Majesty from north to south, from Qingzhou to Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, have been loved by the local people, only because Cao Cao was forced, the strength is not good, so we went all the way south to Jingzhou, now our strength has increased greatly, Cao Wei is difficult to beat, those who have the heart to join Your Majesty, should have the courage to seize the opportunity, and attack the enemy with us." ”

Liu Bei was happy in his heart, this is for sure, this Northern Expedition, the people who responded from all over Nanyang rose one after another.

Ge Liang continued: "My suggestion is that as soon as the army attacks, Your Majesty should once again edict the world, count the sins of Cao Wei, and call on the former Cao Wei officials to respond positively and carry the banner of fighting against Wei Xinghan. If Cao Pi mobilized troops and horses from all over the country to defend Luoyang, those loyal to the Han family would take the opportunity to cause trouble, it would be much easier. ”

Guan Yu was a little disdainful: "We can't dominate the world with our own strength, we still need to rely on the hands of others?" ”

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng were attracted and urged Ge Liang to finish his words.

Ge Liang smiled: "On the one hand, we continue to challenge the enemy with great fanfare, but we do not fight to the death with the enemy, on the other hand, we send partial divisions to Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and even Xuzhou, Jizhou and other places to respond and support the rebel armies in various places, and pacify some places before capturing Luoyang, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Fa Zheng couldn't help but nod, of course it is the best policy to use strange tricks to win, but this is too far away.

Liu Bei was a little worried: "No wonder Da Sima preemptively let Wei Yan out of the state, but in this case, wouldn't Cao Pi also send a large army to intercept it?" They are far away alone, and if the battle is not good, will they not be put in a dangerous place? ”

Ge Liang replied: "Therefore, in order not to attract too much attention from Cao Pi and reduce the pressure on our strange soldiers from all walks of life, these generals of partial divisions naturally cannot be famous generals like the Great General and the Che Cavalry General, and it is best to use some excellent generals who have not been famous before to achieve the purpose of surprise." As for the danger, as long as they are really excellent, and have the help of His Majesty's fame, and there are not a few officials and people from all over the country who respond, if they grasp it properly, they can completely achieve good results. Even if it is blocked, it can greatly reduce the pressure on us to capture Luoyang. ”