Sun Ning's gaze scanned back and forth on the slightly rudimentary topographic map, and then he squinted and said, "What does Mr. Shen mean is that our current situation is actually not safe?" ”

Shen Zhou nodded: "For the time being, it may be safe, but as soon as these big forces stabilize the interior and free up their hands, the situation will be very unoptimistic."

"The land of one or two cities simply cannot compete with a force with tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands. This is true of Nanyang, as are the other small forces that are trying to survive in the cracks.

"The only option is to resist until the city falls, and all of them are killed or flee, or they surrender on the spot and take their lives into the hands of men."

Yanhu wanted to refute them, and wanted to say that they could defend Nanyang, but when the words came to their mouths, they didn't have that confidence.

Even the capital Luoyang, with 200,000 troops guarding Luoyang City, can be easily broken by the rebels, where does the little Nanyang have the confidence to say that it can be defended?

Seeing Sun Ning's thoughtful face, Shen Zhou said again: "And my Nanyang is still a well-known place for the imperial court to hoard grain, so it will naturally be coveted by all forces. If the Pingtian Army and Liangzhou do not move, once they really start to expand and seize the city, I am afraid that we will become the first target they want to take.

"Even if I was able to hold on to it before, it was only against tens of thousands of horses after all. But what if more than 100,000 troops besieged it with all their might and forcibly broke the city? Can we really hold it? ”

Sun Ning was silent again, he didn't have the confidence to lead the whole city to defend Nanyang.

After all, what he was used to was the kind of high-precision battles of later generations, and the large-scale group attack and defense in ancient times, he had only experienced it in games such as all-out war.

After a while, Sun Ning exhaled: "So what do you want to say when you mention this?" Do you want us to get out as soon as possible before the army overwhelms the border?

"But the question is, even if we really give up on Nanyang, where can we go? Do you want to go back to the depths of the mountain? ”

When Deng Hei and the others heard this, a trace of expectation suddenly appeared on their faces, if they could really move the entire wealthy population of Nanyang into Bishan, the strength of the cottage would have to increase more than tenfold.

Shen Zhou smiled: "Returning to the depths of the mountain can be regarded as a retreat, but it is by no means a long-term strategy.

"Of course, we can rely on the complex and changeable environment over there to defend ourselves and not be conducive to attacking, but in the end, we are more than self-preservation, and we are not enterprising enough.

"Moreover, if you are only self-sufficient in the mountains, after a long time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to compare with the outside parties in terms of strength, and then the ambition of the lord will be wasted."

Sun Ning was silent, this is indeed a problem.

Hiding in the mountains and falling into the grass is just an expedient measure after all, if you really want to take root, then let alone fight for the world in the future, when the Central Plains is almost fought, I am afraid it will be difficult to even protect yourself.

Shen Zhou swept over everyone and continued: "However, this Nanyang is indeed not a place to stay for a long time, whether it is for safety reasons, or for the sake of preservation and accumulation of strength, it must be temporarily stayed.

"When the world is in turmoil, the more you leave the place where the heroes are fighting, the more chances you have to enter the Central Plains one day.

For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the reason why Qin was able to finally dominate the world was because he was far away from the Central Plains and avoided the waste of the previous hundreds of years of civil war.

"And the current situation in the Central Plains is the same, and the ghost Rong Iron Cavalry in the north will be killed at any time, which makes the danger even more dangerous. So withdrawing at this time is the best choice. ”

Sun Ning was really moved.

He didn't have the consciousness of being an emperor in the first place, so naturally it was impossible for him to force the idea of refusing to leave the Central Plains because of his identity.

So he asked pragmatically, "Then according to your thoughts, where should we go?" ”

"Southwest, Bashu!" Shen Zhou did not hesitate to give his own answer, which he had calculated earlier.

"Do you want to learn the story of Liu Bang and Liu Bei?" Sun Ning asked with a smile.

"That's just one aspect.

"Back then, Han Gaozu relied on the Shuzhong Plain, the richness of the country of abundance, to have the strength to continue to fight with Xiang Yu, and finally settled the world. Nowadays, it is the same, Bashu is still abundant, and it is also isolated from the Central Plains at any time because of the road, in order to protect itself.

"But on the other hand, and more importantly, the lord should not forget that it is your own uncle Dingxihou who is now guarding the western region and garrisoning Bashu."

This last sentence really woke Sun Ning up, and he almost forgot about this layer, after all, this body is not his own, and many memories are still very messy.

The Xiao clan of Dingxi Hou has been a loyal and good general of Dayue to protect the west for two hundred years, and even has a longer history than the Guo clan of Liangzhou.

Moreover, the relationship between the Xiao family and the Sun family is even closer, and they can always form children and in-laws.

Sun Ning's biological mother is from the Xiao family, and she is the sister of Xiao Wenze, the Marquis of Dingxi, so he and the Xiao family are really flesh and blood.

Therefore, Sun Ning's nephew went to Bashu to seek refuge with his uncle at this time, which is naturally very reasonable.

And with the loyalty of the Xiao family, as soon as Sun Ning arrives in Bashu, he may really become the lord of the land immediately.

As long as it is really as smooth as he imagined, then he can really use Bashu as the foundation, accumulate strength, and then wait until the forces of all sides in the Central Plains continue to conquer and greatly damage his vitality, take advantage of the situation and sweep the world again.

After careful planning, Sun Ning finally raised his head and showed a satisfied smile: "Mr. Shen is really talented, this analysis has penetrated into it, and it has made me suddenly open."

"In ancient times, there was a pair of Zhuge Kong Ming Longzhong who made the world three points, and the advice you gave me today is not weak to the ancients!"

"The lord praised it falsely, and he didn't dare to be ashamed." Shen Zhou hurriedly said modestly.

Yan Hu and the others also fell into deep thought, and only after a while did they try to ask: "Lord, although this method is the most secure, but just abandon Nanyang like this, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's ......."

They couldn't find the words for a while, but the meaning was very clear, and in this way, the blow to everyone, especially the soldiers below, was not small.

Moreover, most of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are natives of Nanyang, or they have already taken root here, married wives and had children, how could they be willing to leave their hometown and go to the southwest with Sun Ning?

Even if we don't mention the various crises along the way to the southwest, just the last parasitic fence is very tolerable.

And this sentence also made Sun Ning feel embarrassed for a while.

Yes, I really can't solve this point for a while, and I can't forcibly lead the whole army west, so I have to make a mutiny.

At this moment, he even regretted that he had come to conquer Nanyang, otherwise he would only be in Bishan, and those thousands of people would be able to leave.