In the historical Ji Han, there have always been two factions - the Northern Expeditionary faction and the opposition Northern Expeditionary faction.

The two factions continued to compete with each other until the demise of Ji Han.

The Northern Expedition faction has its own philosophy and persistence - if it is not the Northern Expedition, how can we talk about supporting the Han Dynasty?!

Once the righteousness of Kuang Fu Dahan is lost, then this regime will be an outright separatist regime, and even the foundation of its own founding will be lost, and naturally no one will support it.

Therefore, the Northern Expedition faction is desperately trying to go to the Northern Expedition, whether there are practical difficulties or not, the Northern Expedition is the top priority.

Opposing the Northern Expedition is more complicated. A slightly more simple and rough division can be divided into the slow progressives and the capitulation factions.

The Slow Progression faction did not mean that the Northern Expedition should not be considered in the first place.

In history, there are two famous representatives of the Slow Progressive School, one is Wang Lian and the other is Fei Yi.

These two people, Wang Lian opposed the Northern Expedition during the reign of Zhuge Liang, the reason is very simple, the national strength of the Han Dynasty is insufficient, and troops cannot be used frequently, and the country must be stabilized first, and then the Northern Expedition must be considered.

Zhuge Liang didn't listen, because Zhuge Liang felt that he could take care of the war and the domestic economy, in fact, until Zhuge Liang died, he did well.

The other Fei Yi was a person who firmly opposed the Northern Expedition after Zhuge Liang's death.

After the death of Zhuge Liang in history, Jiang Wan took over and presided over several Northern Expeditions, but unfortunately the results were not very large, and a lot of money, food, soldiers and horses were wasted every time he sent troops.

Therefore, during the reign of Fei Yi, according to Fei Yi's own concept of governance, as the general of Ji Han, he was stunned that he had never launched a Northern Expedition, and even he took a clear position against Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition.

But Fei Yi's purpose is not to be in a corner of peace and become a separatist regime.

Fei Yi has Fei Yi's difficulties.

First, since Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan has canceled the position of prime minister, this position is only for Zhuge Liang, and others don't want to get involved.

In fact, Adou is really not stupid, he understands the importance of the balance of power, he dares to rest assured to give power to Zhuge Liang, but he will definitely not rest assured to hand over power to anyone other than Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, after Zhuge Liang died, the pattern of "the palace and the mansion are all one" did not exist, and then after Liu Chan continued to withdraw his rights during the reign of Jiang Wan, when Fei Yi became a general, he no longer had the right to act arbitrarily.

Both, Fei Yi believes that the perennial war has compressed the economy of Shuzhong to the extreme, both the family and the people are deeply oppressed, and at this time it is no longer easy to use troops, and the most important thing at present is to quickly recuperate and restore people's livelihood.

Fei Yi is not Zhuge Liang, he has no way to clean up the mess after Liu Beiyiling's defeat in a short period of time like Zhuge Liang, and there is no way to find a suitable balance between the Northern Expedition and people's livelihood like Zhuge Liang, and can take both into account. Fei Yi can only do what Fei Yi is good at.

And to tell the truth, under the circumstances at the time, Fei Yi's idea was not wrong.

Modern people know that the war is the comprehensive national strength, at that time Ji Han because of the perennial conquest led to a serious decline in national strength, but the foundation laid by Zhuge Liang in the early reign is still there, Fei Yi contracted the force to defend, resume production, not only to wait a few years for the national strength to recover, at that time it is not impossible to go on the Northern Expedition.

But it's a pity that Fei Yi didn't wait for that day at all. He was assassinated.

It can be seen that even Cao Wei knew that Fei Yi's policy was right under the circumstances at that time, and Ji Han must not be allowed to take this breath, otherwise I am afraid that it will be another situation of "Yongliang does not take off his armor, and the Central Plains does not release the saddle".

So like Wang Lian or Fei Yi, although they also opposed the Northern Expedition, they opposed the blind Northern Expedition, in fact, they believed that only after dealing with the internal people's livelihood and economic problems could they better support the Northern Expedition and support the Han Dynasty.

What is really hateful is the kind of surrender faction who is under the city, and obviously has the strength to fight, but persuades the lord to surrender.

These capitulation factions are mainly based on the families of Shu, and the most famous representative is Qian Zhou.

They didn't want the Northern Expedition at all, because the Northern Expedition would affect their actual interests, and in their opinion, it was very unwise to use a state against a country.

And your old Liu family wants to support the Han family, what does it matter to us in the Shuzhong family?!

If your old Liu family is to pay for the war by themselves, and we shout "666" on the edge, then the Shuzhong family will not say a word of. But every time your old Liu family goes on a Northern Expedition, they spend all the money, grain and food that should belong to us.

It's always the Northern Expedition, the Northern Expedition, how can we still change the law to invade the fields, hide Dingkou, and everything is controlled by the military, so how can our rich and noble life be guaranteed? !

Especially in the late Shu Han Dynasty, the people of the Jingzhou faction and the Yuancong faction were almost dead, and there was no faction in the court that could balance the Shuzhong family, and the Shuzhong family was dominant, and this rotten situation was completely out of control.

Therefore, when Deng Ai led no more than thousands of men and horses to smuggle across the Yinping Trail to Jiangyou, the Jiangyou garrison, who had the superior troops, directly opened the city and surrendered, providing Deng Ai's tired army with the most important rest and supplies, and by the way, replenishing Deng Ai's troops.

And when Deng Ai led the troops to Chengdu, Liu Chan, who obviously only needed to rely on Chengdu's strong city defense to delay time, and could wait for reinforcements in less than ten days, directly chose to surrender under the encouragement of this group of surrenderers.

Here I have to say a few words for Liu Chan. Liu Chan is indeed a mediocre master, but he is not a fool, and he doesn't want to give away the foundation laid by his father to others like this.

It's not that Liu Chan doesn't want to play, he actually worked hard, but Zhuge Zhan, who he had high hopes for, was too far, and all Liu Chan's last hole cards were lost in Mianzhu.

You said that your dignified son of Zhuge Liang did not defend the city pass with his advantage, so he had to lead his troops out to fight Deng Ai. Who gave you courage and self-confidence?!

When your father led the army to fight, he also dared to send troops to the Northern Expedition after he first took Nanzhong Meng to practice, and you dared to fight against the famous general Deng Ai in the field at the beginning of the battle? !

But as long as Zhuge Zhan is smarter and learns from Liu Xun, Deng Ai can only be suffocated to death in Shuzhong.

It's a pity that Zhuge Zhan thinks too highly of himself, and Liu Chan's trust is not human, and the last hope is completely lost.

Therefore, when Deng Aibing came to the city, Liu Chan was completely isolated. If he doesn't want to surrender, he can't do it, and if he doesn't surrender, someone will tie him up and open the city to surrender.

And don't really talk anything about it for the people, in that era, whether it was in Cao Wei or Ji Han, the people's lives were actually about the same, anyway, they were all oppressed.

And do you think that these capitulation factions will really care about the lives and deaths of these ordinary people?!

What these capitulation factions are really fighting for is their own rights and interests, and what they surrender for the sake of the people is just something that the later generations have made up in their own brains.

Hawkers, it's far away, it's back to the present.

After listening to Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi's narration, although Huang Quan could understand Liu Bei's idea of going on another northern expedition, and also felt that now was a good time, Huang Quan still firmly turned to the slow progress faction.

"Even if it's a good opportunity, but now that the food and grass are not ready, and the armor is not in order, how can you use soldiers?!"

This is Huang Quan's attitude.

I just tossed it once in the first two years, although it can be regarded as a harvest, but the Northern Expedition with the strength of the country really made the families and people in Shu a little unbearable.

Especially the last time Zhuge Liang carried out the general mobilization order, Huang Quan didn't know about it at the front line at that time, but after returning to Chengdu afterwards, he knew about this general mobilization order, and he was also very resentful of Zhuge Liang.

Fortunately, it was Yang Hong, Qin Mi and others who gave the soft nails to go back, otherwise they would have worked so hard and hurt their money, even if they won Chang'an, then Shuzhong would have suffered a lot of vitality.

Although Huang Quan's conduct and morality are good, since he chose to assist Liu Bei, he is also doing his best, but Huang Quan is a native of Shu after all, and he has to think about it for the family and the people of Shu.

This two-year break finally made the family and people in Shuzhong breathe a sigh of relief, and this is going to be the Northern Expedition. Are you kidding!!

Thinking of this, Huang Quan couldn't help complaining, and said to Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi, "Quan Zhen guards the important place, and I don't know the details of the court. The two gentlemen are both talents who help the world, how can they not know the seriousness of this matter?! Why don't you advise Your Majesty?! ”

In this regard, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi also glanced at each other, and smiled bitterly at the same time.

Who said there was no counsel?!

When Liu Bei ordered Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi to go to Hanzhong to inspect together, the two found that things were not so simple.

When meeting Liu Bei, what Liu Bei told him was to let the two of them pay more attention to the armament, grain and grass reserves in Hanzhong. These two people still don't know what Liu Bei thinks?!

has been persuaded, whether it is Zhuge Liang or Zhang Xi, they have already persuaded Liu Bei very tactfully.

But Liu Bei only replied.

"I am sixty-three years old this year, the second brother is also sixty-one, the third brother is also nearly sixty years old, my three brothers are old, and their health is not as good as a year, time is short, I am afraid I can't see the moment of the revival of the Han Dynasty, but at least, let the three of us brothers get together in Chang'an and pay tribute to the emperors of the Han Dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, let alone Zhang Xi, even Zhuge Liang couldn't say any more words of advice.

When Liu Bei said this, he was no longer speaking as an emperor, but as a lord, he was saying the truest words in his heart to his henchmen. At this point, there is no room for further admonition.

One thing to say, Liu Bei's decision is to act rashly, and it is not at all the way that a monarch should think, and it may even be because of his rashness this time, which led to a very big loss for Ji Han.

For example, the defeat of Yiling in history is the best example of this situation.

But. In this case, if the subordinates cannot advise the lord, then they can only try to find a way to formulate the most perfect and stable battle plan to reduce the risk caused by the lord's willfulness and increase the success rate as much as possible.

This is the most important thing to do as a subordinate in the current situation.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi were in a bad mood on the way to Hanzhong together, but they still kept communicating, and as soon as they arrived in Hanzhong, they pulled Huang Quan to discuss secretly.

And after Huang Quan heard Liu Bei's words relayed by Zhuge Liang, he was also silent for a long time.

In the end, none of the three of them discussed the question of whether the Northern Expedition should be or not, but instead discussed the question of what preparations Hanzhong needed to make once the Northern Expedition.

There are a lot of thieves at the end of the year, please forgive me

(End of chapter)