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"If the Yan Kingdom wants to unify the world, it must first restore the Liang and destroy the Han Dynasty."

In the political affairs hall, Wei Shuo was discussing the battle of Shu with the cabinet scholars. Gao Zhan, Pei Wei and other cabinet scholars looked at the news that Song Yuan had inquired about, and sat there to take a closer look, looking for a good opportunity to destroy Cheng Han.

Cheng Han is not an ordinary separatist force, there is a Ming monarch in power, and there are steep passes to rely on, even if it is as strong as Yan Guo, it must be considered again, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be defeated.

The top and bottom of the Yan State knew that as a local separatist force, the Cheng Han Dynasty had become a stumbling block to prevent the Yan State from unifying the world, and no matter how difficult it was, the Yan State would destroy the other party.

"The king, the ambition of the wolf son of the Han Dynasty, colluding with Wang Dun to resist stubbornly, and not raising the righteous teacher to kill him, is not enough to punish his misdeeds."

"It just so happens that the news of the drought and locust plague will break out in the Central Plains all over the world, Cheng Han must think that Yan Country will not make a big move, but he doesn't know that my Yan Country is strong, and what is the reason for a small natural disaster? ! The army can use natural disasters as a cover to secretly transfer to Yongqin. There are also secret spies lurking into the Han Dynasty, and it is the right time to rejuvenate Shu at this time. ”

"Cheng Han did not accept Wang Hua for a long time, and when the Liaodong Army entered Qinzhou to pacify the Qiu Chi in the sixth year of Jianxing, Cheng Han was ready to move, and his lord Li Xiong sent Li Shoutong's army to help Yang Nan resist our heavenly soldiers. If it weren't for the fact that General Beigong captured Li Han with a plan at that time, and made Cheng Han and Qiu Chi turn against each other, Yan Guo would never be able to easily accept the revenge pool. ”

Going south to take Shu is a strategy set last year, and it should have been launched a long time ago, but it was only because of the stability of the Cheng Han Dynasty and its geographical advantages in Shuzhong that the Privy Council and the Cabinet had to be cautious.

Cough! Wei Shuo coughed lightly and said: "In order to use troops against Cheng Han, the Privy Council has been stockpiling armor, grain and grass in the Yongqin and Qin Prefectures for the past six months, and the accumulation has been enough to supply more than 100,000 troops for a year. If nothing else, the Privy Council will issue a combat order to conquer Cheng Han by the end of summer at the latest. ”

The cabinet scholars attending the meeting had no objection to the revival of the army and the invasion of Shu, and those who could enter the political hall were not mediocre people, and everyone knew the importance of destroying Cheng Han.

Soon, the cabinet meeting of the political hall finally decided that the battle of Shu would be the ultimate strategic goal of eliminating the separatist forces of Cheng Han and completely recovering Shu.

In order to accomplish this strategic goal, the General Staff has long drawn up a rigorous battle plan in accordance with the orders of the Privy Council.

"Lu Shangshu, please introduce to us the specific strategy for conquering Shu." Wei Shuo pointed to Lu Changdao, the secretary of the General Staff.

"Nuo, as we all know, Shu is fertile for thousands of miles, is the famous country of abundance, and it has natural dangers to hold, since the Han Gaozu won the world by this, Shu is a famous place of kings. Once the situation in the world changes, there will be heroes who will seek great causes according to this. In the past, there were Gongsun Shu, Liu Yan and his son, and after that, there was Liu Bei, the Zhaolie Emperor, and now there is Li Xiong of Chengguo. ”

"Every time the Central Plains Dynasty spends a lot of effort to eliminate the secession forces of Shu, Emperor Zhaolie is even more divided into three parts of the world. Why does Shu repeatedly resist strong enemies with weakness? Guy Shu land is occluded, there is the continuous Qinling Mountains as its barrier, in which the plank road is narrow and rugged, only allows one person and one horse to pass, and there is Xiongguan town guard in the dangerous place. ”

"If I want to pacify Shudi, I must be careful and careful, and I must not act recklessly."

The cabinet scholars present all looked solemn when they heard this, and it was obvious that everyone knew the difficulties of Shu Dao. If there is no natural danger to block the way, Cheng Han is not worried at all. It is precisely because of the difficult geography of Shuzhong that the Yan Kingdom has many concerns about going south to destroy the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the weak Shu Han relied on the geographical advantages of Shuzhong to confront the powerful Cao Wei for decades, and the Yan State was never willing to repeat the mistakes of Cao Wei.

"I wonder what the staff has to do about it?" Shoufu Pei Wei frowned, worried.

"Considering that once the war starts, the rugged and narrow plank road is difficult to transport grain and grass on a large scale, so the General Staff believes that this soldier is expensive but not too expensive, and after deliberation by the Privy Council, it is believed that about 100,000 soldiers and horses can enter Shu, and the main force is mainly infantry, supplemented by naval divisions."

"And a water diver?"

"It is difficult to meet the material and troop needs of the front-line war by relying on plank roads alone, and Shu has a big river like the Jialing River that runs through Shu, if it is used properly, it will definitely have a good impact on the war."

"I wonder how many ways the Privy Council plans to enter Shu?"

"The army is divided into three roads, the left and the left, and the left army takes Chang'an as its base camp, and enters Shu from Chang'an, Yixian, and Wugong along the Meridian Road, Bao Slope Road, and Fu Luo Road."

"Considering that these three plank roads are all well-known Qinshu ancient roads and have always been well-known, as long as Li Xiong is not stupid, he will definitely arrange heavy troops to guard the relevant key passes. Therefore, the Left Route Army was a suspicious soldier from the beginning, playing the role of containing and confusing the enemy, and winning fighters for the other two armies to move south. ”

"The Middle Route Army set up a base camp in Shangqi in Qinzhou, obviously entering Yangping Pass from the east of Chencang Road, but in fact, secretly sending elites to smuggle through Yinping Trail."

"Smuggling into the Yinping Trail? Lu Shangshu, Deng Ai's old incident has only passed recently, you don't think that Cheng Han has forgotten how Shu Han died back then, right? ”

In the face of everyone's doubts, Lu Chang explained unhurriedly: "Don't worry, in fact, the Middle Route Army is also a suspicious soldier. ”

"What?! There are suspicious soldiers on both sides, and the real killer must be the right army? I wonder what is the subtlety of the marching route of the right army? ”

When it came to the Right Route Army, Lu Chang suddenly showed a hint of hesitation on his face, and he pondered for a moment before he spoke: "The reason why the Right Route Army was arranged to attack was due to the fact that the Yan State recovered the Xihai Plateau early and conquered a large number of Qiang tribes on the plateau. ”

"After talking with the naturalized Qiang chieftain, I learned that there was a secret path deep in the dense forests of the vast plateau. This trail is said to be spontaneously formed by the Qiang tribe on the plateau going south to Shuzhong to trade with the Han people, but because the places they pass through are all Qiang tribes, so except for the Qiang people who know it, outsiders don't know it at all. ”

"Chen dares to guarantee that even if Cheng Han can defend the Central and Left Route Armies, he would never have thought that our army would make a detour from the Xihai Plateau to Qiang Di to attack Xichang south of Chengdu. Once the sneak attack is successful, it will cause the whole country of Cheng Han to be shocked, and successfully disintegrate the tight defense line arranged by Cheng Han along the Qinling Mountains. ”

"The only thing to worry about is ......"

"Changzhi has something unspeakable, you might as well say it bluntly!"

"No!"

Encouraged by Wei Shuo, Lu Chang couldn't help but muster up the courage to say: "A detour from the plateau is the road of nine deaths and a lifetime, not to mention that there are no cement straights, not even a decent mountain path, and some are just thorny roads that are difficult for even the most vigorous Qiang people to set foot in." ”

"The hardships are completely beyond our imagination, according to the leaders of the Qiang people, every time the Qiang people come and go on the ancient road, they always have to pay the price of blood. If the Yan army plans to take this ancient road into Shu, they must be prepared to make huge sacrifices. Even if all the naturalized Qiang people were recruited as soldiers, some sacrifices were still inevitable.

I have to say that the planning of the staff department made the eyes of everyone present shine, although the plank road in Shuzhong is difficult and dangerous, and it is not conducive to the passage of the army, but if there is a sailor to help, transport troops and materials into Shu through warships, plus the right army travels thousands of miles to sneak attack, it is really possible to catch the enemy by surprise.

Wei Shuo bowed slightly, and it was not until this moment that he completely relieved himself of the staff. At the beginning of the establishment of the Military Division, the predecessor of the General Staff, it was simply not able to effectively perform its duties. Now, after nearly a decade of continuous training, the General Staff has fully grown up and is capable of undertaking a war of any scale.

As far as the plan to enter Shu is concerned, Wei Shuo did not intervene at all, and relied on Lu Chang to lead the army to use various resources to formulate a combat strategy, and at present, Lu Chang's proposal to advance in three ways has satisfied the cabinet.

"Lu Shangshu, I think this right army sneak attack plan is like a big luck, I am not completely sure, what if it fails? Is there a remedy available to the Privy Council? ”

"Back to the king, in fact, the Privy Council and the General Staff have not pinned all their hopes on the right route army, if you really want to say that the left and central route armies are not all suspicious soldiers, and the front-line officers and men have full power to adjust according to the actual situation. After all, the information we have obtained at the moment is not very comprehensive, and after careful investigation, the front-line soldiers may discover new opportunities. In short, everything is focused on seizing the land of Shu. ”

(To be continued.) )