In December of the ninth year of Ji Han Jianxing, Liu Chan, the son of heaven, announced in Chengdu that the capital would be officially moved to Chang'an on New Year's Day next year, and the Yuan Yanxi would be changed.

In February of the first year of Yanxi, Liu Chan set off from Chengdu, under the escort of the Southern Army of the Han Dynasty, led thousands of civil and military officials and their families, all the way to the north, which lasted one and a half months, and arrived in Chang'an safely.

In late March of the first year of Yanxi, Liu Chan reported to Emperor Taizu Gao in Changling and officially moved the capital to Chang'an.

In May of the first year of Yanxi, Zhang Xi, who was sitting in Jingzhou, received a letter from Zhuge Liang and went to Chang'an to discuss matters.

This meeting, the next step of the discussion, the strategic policy of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, since the second half of the ninth year of Jianxing, Zhang Xi, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others have corresponded with each other and discussed it together in their respective territories.

Led by Zhang Xi and Pang Tong, they hoped to raise troops to fight in the south, first recover the four counties of Jingnan, and then wave their troops to the east to attack Eastern Wu.

Led by Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, they hoped to concentrate their forces to recover Yingchuan County first, and then divide the troops into two routes, all the way to the Tiger Pass, all the way from Yingchuan County, to attack Chenliu County, and the troops to Yanzhou to seize the Central Plains.

This deliberation is actually to decide whether the direction of the Han Dynasty's future offensive will be eastward or southward.

In fact, both sides have their own reasons.

"Today, the capital is moved to Chang'an, the Quartet is attached, and the Wei thieves are bold, so we should take advantage of this time to seize the Central Plains and set the world."

This is the reason for the Eastward Entrants.

The words are very simple, but in fact, they contain a lot of meaning.

The first is the political implications.

If Liu Chan and the Han court have been staying in Chengdu, for the people of the world, it is still a concept of a partial regime to stay in Chengdu, how can they rule the world?!

But now, Liu Chan's move of the capital to Chang'an is tantamount to announcing to the people of the world his ambition to revive the Han dynasty.

This political influence is enormous.

Secondly, for the Heluo area, and even the families of the Central Plains, the relocation of the capital of Ji Han made the administrative center of the Han Dynasty closer to the Central Plains, and now that Luoyang is in the hands of the Han Dynasty, the families will inevitably have to think about their future family future.

Is it to passively wait for the big man to come over, and then consider changing the court, or do you still make a good political investment from now on and take refuge in the big han in advance?!

Just like Cao Rong worried, the hearts of the people in the world began to be turbulent, and once the hearts of the people were scattered, it would be difficult to gather together.

It is true that Cao Wei's policy towards the family is more favorable, but the Han also has the prestige accumulated over the past four hundred years, and there are not a few families who believe that the Han can continue to prosper.

If Cao Wei is destined to fail, then no matter how good the treatment Cao Wei gives, it is impossible to attract the family to accompany the funeral.

The family always puts survival first, and the amount of benefits is not a non-negotiable matter.

It is precisely for this reason that the infiltration work presided over by Zhuge Liang in Luoyang has become easier and easier with the development of the process of moving the capital to Chang'an of the Han Dynasty.

Now not only Hanoi, but also Yingchuan, the two counties that are relatively close, are the families of Hedong County, and there are also people who privately keep in touch with Luoyang, seeking to obtain greater benefits after the war.

The external conditions are simply better than ever.

In addition, the intelligence from Beidi Hosaku shows that since Cao Ei introduced the "money for discussing crimes" system, in less than a year, Cao Wei's treasury has been greatly enriched, and at the same time, Cao Ei has also recruited more than 50,000 soldiers from the people of Tuntian, and is practicing day and night in Yecheng.

The merits of the system of "discussing sin money" will not be discussed for the time being, but it did give Cao Wei a large amount of money and grain income in a short period of time, and he also had the confidence to recruit the people of Tuntian as soldiers.

And when these Tuntian soldiers are trained and formed, if Cao Rong sends these people to Yanzhou, it will be much more difficult to attack Yanzhou.

Therefore, both Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu believed that it was imperative to send troops eastward at this time to capture Yanzhou, Cao Wei's last base in the Central Plains.

But Zhang Xi and Pang Tong don't think so.

"The Northern Expedition can certainly determine the world, but Eastern Wu is capricious and allied with Wei thieves. If you can't make it, there will be endless troubles. Therefore, before the Northern Expedition, it was necessary to conquer Eastern Wu first to secure the rear. ”

It is true that Zhang Xi and Pang Tong also agreed that the Northern Expedition was the most important way for the Han Dynasty to prosper, but the problem was that the Eastern Wu in the east was too disgusting.

Sending troops to attack at important nodes of the Han attack and defense three times and twice, no matter how much price they are given, they will not be satisfied, except for beating them hard, otherwise they will not give up.

If the threat of Eastern Wu cannot be resolved before the Northern Expedition, then even if Zhuge Liang attacks the Central Plains this time, Eastern Wu will still cause chaos to the Han Dynasty if there is no accident.

Either it was to help Cao Wei to defend Yingchuan County in the Huainan area and prevent the Han from advancing to Yanzhou from Yingchuan County, or it was to repeat the old trick and continue to attack Jiangling.

The latter is more likely.

Although Zhou Yu unfortunately died, the Eastern Wu still maintained a standing army of 40,000 troops in Jingnan, plus 30,000 in Jiangxia, and the total strength of Zhu Ran's army in Baqiu and Zhang Chengshui's army stationed in Xiakou exceeded 100,000.

If these forces are not clear, do you Zhuge Liang dare to attack Yanzhou eastward with peace of mind?!

The point of divergence between the two sides is here, and it can be said that each has its own reason, but with the current economic strength and military strength of the Han Dynasty, if the two fronts are both defensive battles, they can still have some chance of winning, but if they want to fight an offensive war, the confidence is still insufficient.

Therefore, either go all out to the east or go all out to the south, you can only choose the same.

What's even worse is that the four major advisors of the Han Dynasty this time have their own reasons, and no one can convince anyone.

It was really a bit of a stalemate for a while.

Zhuge Liang thinks that the Eastern Wu side is now busy sorting out internal affairs, although the troops are outside, they should not take the initiative to attack, and even if they want to attack Jiangling, now that Zhou Yu is dead, Lu Xun wants to sit in Huainan, with Zhu Ran's ability, it is not enough to pose a substantial threat to Jiangling.

Again, if you want to attack Jingnan, the navy is a very important link, and with the ability of the Jiangling navy now, it is still very difficult to seize control on the Yangtze River.

It is better to adopt the strategy of active defense, leaving Wang Ji and 30,000 infantry soldiers and 20,000 sailors to defend in Jiangling, and the remaining soldiers are all transferred to the north, led by Zhang Xi, to attack Yingchuan County.

Finally, and most importantly, Zhuge Liang repeatedly emphasized that the traitors of the Han Dynasty were Cao Wei after all, and that was the self-reliant regime that usurped the Han Dynasty, and there were legal factors to attack Cao Wei.

Although Soochow is now considered an enemy country, and the actions of the monarchs and ministers of Soochow are indeed very disgusting, there is not much hatred between the two countries, and if they attack Soochow, there is not much bonus in terms of public opinion and legal standpoint.

Now that the Han Dynasty is about to prosper, many things must be paid attention to being famous, and you can't just make up an excuse to fool the past, and you must act in the way of a king.

Of course, Zhang Xi can't tell so many big truths, but Zhang Xi believes that the time for the Han Dynasty to move the capital is too short, and even if there are political factors, it is not yet known how much of a role it can play.

Qin Lang Tun soldiers Hedong County, Sima Shi Tun soldiers Hanoi County, these are all real military forces, once Zhuge Liang chooses to go east to Yanzhou, these people will definitely not sit idly by, and will inevitably cross the river to threaten Luoyang.

And Yingchuan County is not easy to fight.

Although Chen Tai is not worried, Guo Huai is a famous general in the world, and although he is down, it does not mean that he has no ability to defend Yingchuan.

Therefore, Zhang Xi believed that it was not an appropriate time to attack Yanzhou before completely clearing the threat of Hedong and Hanoi counties and having enough certainty to capture Yingchuan County.

Again, don't look at the current recruitment of soldiers and horses by Cao Wei, which has made a lot of noise, it is just a temporary effect supported by "money for discussing crimes", and it is not really through any reforms that have strengthened the country's strength.

And the pros and cons of this "discussion money", you Zhuge Liang is not unaware, you also wrote to me to complain about this matter, saying that Cao Wei didn't even want a long-term rule for a momentary benefit, so why don't you put the time for a longer time and sit back and watch Cao Wei completely degenerate step by step? !

On the contrary, on the Dongwu side, at least from the current point of view, their development momentum is very stable, and after obtaining the four counties of Jingnan, they can be regarded as controlling half of the Yangtze River Tianxian, and their power is becoming more and more stable.

And Sun Quan is now busy stabilizing internal rule, knocking on the Huaisi group and the Jiangdong family, once he is allowed to completely complete the domestic integration, it will be much more difficult to deal with.

Yes, Sun Quan may have no ambitions and just want to close one side, but our big man is determined to sweep the world, and the two sides will fight sooner or later.

So be it. It's still better for Chang'an to defend for the time being, and to raise troops to the south.

(End of chapter)