Obviously, Zhuge Liang was moved by Fang Shao's strategy, so at the military meeting not long after, Zhuge Liang asked Fang Shao to present his plan to kill two birds with one stone in front of all high-level civil and military officials.

Most people, including Liu Bei, were very interested in Fang Shao's plan, but Pang Tong was worried: "Zhongzheng, your plan is also far-reaching, and attacking Hanzhong is also our established policy, but it is too early to prepare to attack Hanzhong at such a time." ”

Fang Shao said: "Isn't the Shiyuan military advisor afraid to go to the Sun clan in the east and Cao Ying in the north?" ”

Pang Tong said: "This is natural. Previously, we used delays to fool Ziyu away, so Sun Quan must have a grudge, and according to the Jingzhou side, the Eastern Wu Eastern Front stationed in Lukou has been stepping up training recently, and it is very likely that they want to use force against Jingzhou. Moreover, Cao Ying has now pacified Guanzhong, and the Hebei riots are not expected to last, if we attack Zhang Lu at this time, if Cao Ying also takes the opportunity to attack Hanzhong, will it not mess up our overall plan. ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Shiyuan's worries are also very reasonable, and the timing of attacking Hanzhong should be cautious." ”

Fang Shao did not fail to consider these worries, but with his familiarity with history, he vaguely remembered that in the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Cao Ying carried out a large-scale attack on Sun Quan on the Eastern Front, if this was the case, then Liu Bei's group would get an excellent opportunity to attack Hanzhong.

It's just that because Liu Bei's time to take Yizhou was two years earlier than in history, it should be regarded as a big change, and Fang Shao is still not completely sure whether this change will cause a chain change of major events.

However, the reason why Fang Shao still proposed such a plan still has his reasons.

"The concerns of the lord and the military advisor are very reasonable. However, Shao thought that although Guanzhong was now pacified, the threat of Xiliang Ma Chao was still there, and Cao Ying should not have ventured into Hanzhong before he pacified the hearts of the people in Guanzhong and completely eliminated the threat of Longyou. As for Sun Quan in the east, I remember that when Cao Ying attacked Guanzhong, Eastern Wu had taken the opportunity to launch several attacks on Hefei, although they were all in vain, but they shook Xu Yang quite a lot, I think Cao Ying after cleaning up the Hebei rebellion, it is very likely to launch an attack on Sun Quan on the eastern front, one is a counterattack against Sun Quan's repeated invasions, and the other is also to shock Xu Yang and other places. If this is the case, wouldn't it give us a heaven-sent opportunity to take Hanzhong. ”

The occurrence of the vast majority of major events in history, whether political or military, as long as decision-makers in their right minds do not act on a whim, and there must be an inherent trade-off of interests.

As for Cao Ying's offensive against Sun Quan in the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Fang Shao finally thought that it would still happen after repeated thinking and analysis, and the reason was as he said.

At this time, Zhuge Liang also said: "Zhongzheng's reasoning is very insightful, if it is really as he pushed, it is indeed an excellent time to attack Hanzhong." When Cao Ying comes back to his senses, we have pacified Hanzhong, and then joined Ma Chao, the troops went out of Qinchuan, and attacked Guanzhong in two ways, Xiahou Yuan will not be able to defend, if Guanzhong is recovered, then the lord and Cao Ying can change from the weakness of the confrontation between the north and the south to the balance of power between the east and the west, and the strength of the world can be reversed. ”

Obviously, Zhuge Liang wanted to think more far-reaching, but Hanzhong didn't get it, he had already planned to confront Cao Ying.

After this analysis of his master and apprentice, everyone's emotions were mobilized, and it seemed that a beautiful blueprint was within reach.

However, in the excitement, there was one person who remained silent.

Liu Bei keenly noticed this, and said: "Xiaozhi, I don't know what you think of Zhongzheng's strategy. ”

Fa Zheng, who had never spoken, coughed lightly and said, "I just thought that this plan was very good, but that Zhang Lu was not comparable to Liu Jiyu, I'm afraid he wouldn't be fooled." ”

Fa Zheng's scruples are right, this Zhang Lu is indeed not an ordinary person.

This person also belongs to the Dongzhou clan, his ancestor is the founder of the Wudou Rice Sect, the famous Zhang Ling, and his father is even more bullish, is the great scientist Zhang Heng who has been passed down through the ages, is the one who invented the geodynamic instrument. But these two people are nothing, and what can really make Zhang Lu a prince of the separatist side is Zhang Lu's beautiful mother.

Zhang Lu's mother has two unique learnings, one is young and beautiful, and the other is that she can pretend to be a ghost, relying on these two unique learnings, she actually fascinated Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan. Relying on his mother's relationship, Zhang Lu won Liu Yan's trust, and soon after Liu Yan got Yizhou, he sent Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu to lead troops to capture Hanzhong.

Although Zhang Lu's ambition is not as big as his Taoist brother Zhang Jiao, but his ability is far superior, after obtaining Hanzhong, he easily killed Zhang Xiu, cut off the communication between Yizhou and the imperial court, and since then he has closed the door, and also learned Liu Yan to be the emperor of the soil.

is also the emperor of the soil, Liu Yan and his son are very unpopular in Yizhou, and they are tossed by Dongzhou scholars and Dongzhou scholars inside and outside, but this Zhang Lu is much smarter. This person teaches the people with ghosts, calls himself "Shijun", and sets up a "sacrificial wine" to manage the Quartet, teaching the people to treat people with integrity, and those who commit crimes will not be beaten or killed, but only punished to build roads. Moreover, it also created the so-called "righteous house", put rice and meat in it, and let pedestrians take it according to their needs.

In this way, Zhang Lu created a theocratic secession regime in Hanzhong, and implemented it for more than 30 years.

Fang Shao said: "Although Zhang Lu is not a mediocre talent, but he is definitely not a hero, he can be entrenched in Hanzhong for more than 30 years, in the final analysis, because Liu Yan and his son in the south are incompetent, and the north Guanzhong has been mixed with China for a long time, and there is no time to look south of it, and Hanzhong has the risk of Yangping Pass, so Zhang Lu can stay in a corner for so many years." Now with the heroism of the lord and the male soldiers of Jingyi and the two states, the soldiers use the people, and the people return to their hearts, so why not be afraid of a Zhang Lu. ”

Fang Shao said impassionedly, and everyone was excited, but Fa Zheng said lightly: "Zhongzheng, you have misunderstood me, how can Fa Zheng be afraid." I mean, Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, and if you don't take Hanzhong, you can't keep Yizhou, let alone go north out of Guanlong. Since you want to win, you must have the determination to win, and your plan to kill two birds with one stone is just a miracle strategy, and the real victory should be a positive soldier. Therefore, I think that no matter if Zhang Luzhong is not successful, this time the lord will go north, and he should also use all the troops in Sichuan to break through Hanzhong with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying, as for that Pang Xi, if he surrenders, it will be fine, otherwise one of them will be swept away, with the current strength of the lord, there is no need to worry about it at all. ”

Fa Zheng's meaning is very clear, whether it is attacking Pang Xi or attacking Zhang Lu, the focus of this time is not the so-called strange strategy, the strength is in front of you, and the dignified use of troops can show the king.

Fa Zheng was obviously superior in momentum, and Fang Shao suddenly realized that perhaps since following Liu Bei, they had always been on the weak side, so every step of the way, they always wanted to profit by skill, which was undoubtedly revealed from the process of borrowing Jingzhou and defrauding Yizhou.

And Fa Zheng obviously wants to change the style of the entire Liu Bei group, and play the momentum that a king should have with a dignified and upright army, so that the people of the world know that the Liu family army is no longer the rabble of the year, but the army of kings who will always compete with the powerful Cao army for the world.

Liu Bei couldn't help but be arrogant when he heard the words of Fazheng, and said: "The words of filial piety are extremely true, this time to take the battle of Hanzhong, we must play our momentum." From today on, you will start to mobilize secretly, seize the time to mobilize grain and grass, train sergeants, as for Zhongzheng's strategy, you can also carry out it secretly, just wait for Cao Ying and Sun Quan to start a war, we will raise the army of the country and take Hanzhong in one fell swoop! ”

When the Liu Bei Group in Chengdu was plotting, Jianye, thousands of miles away, and the monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu were also having a private meeting. The reason why it is called a private meeting is because it was late at night, but the young general hurriedly entered the military palace and quietly accepted Sun Quan's summons.

"Ziming, you are going to leave for Lukou tomorrow, and I summoned you late at night to say two words of confidant." Sun Quan looked at the young general he had cultivated with a smile, and his eyes were full of trust.

The young general is the general of the Wu army, Lu Meng, not long ago on the order of Lu Su to return to Jianye to report the military situation, tomorrow morning was going to set off for the west, but did not want to be summoned by Sun Quan overnight, Lu Meng had already guessed the ** points in his heart, so he said: "The lord summoned Meng late at night, thinking that there is something difficult to decide, the lord may wish to make it clear, Meng may be able to share the worries of the lord." ”

Sun Quan smiled and said, "Those who know the orphan are the only ones who know the orphans." Presumably Ziming also knows that now Cao Ying is quelling the rebellion in Hebei, and the Xuzhou garrison is empty, Zijing had written a letter to persuade Gu to raise troops to attack Xuzhou while he was weak, but Gu has been hesitant, Ziming, your knowledge is comparable to Gongjin, so I want to hear your opinion. ”

Lu Meng's eyes rolled and said, "Xuzhou has few soldiers, if the lord and father-in-law lead the army north, it will naturally be acceptable." But even though the lord said that he had obtained Xuzhou today, he turned to Cao Ying to fight with a large army, and the northern land was suitable for cavalry galloping, and our army might not be able to hold it even if it was 78,000 people. ”

Sun Quan listened to Lu Meng's analysis, pretended to ponder for a long time, and then nodded and said: "Although Zijing has a general plan, it is not thorough enough, or Ziming, you are thoughtful, but if you don't attack Xuzhou, where should I expand my territory in Jiangdong." ”

Lu Meng had a very thorough understanding of Sun Quan's intentions, and even said: "Then Liu Bei deceived Jingzhou and refused to return it, if he waits for him to settle Yizhou, then with the male soldiers of the two states, and according to the trend of the upper reaches of Jingzhou, the threat to our Jiangdong is far greater than Cao Ying." Therefore, in Meng's opinion, it is better to take advantage of Liu Bei's distance in Shuzhong to suddenly transfer the army to take Jingzhou, and then Xu Tu to the north after the Yangtze River is fully based, I don't know what the lord thinks. ”

Sun Quan's eyes narrowed, and a weird smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

(To be continued)