"This discussion of the Northern Expedition, Liang wants to go out of Luoyang, take Hedong, Yingchuan, Yanzhou and other places, and force the Central Plains. Ministers and generals, do you think it's okay?! ”

Ten days later, in the Chang'an Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhuge Liang convened the assassins and generals of various states to discuss the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Xi can be regarded as relieved, this dead fish head has finally started to do serious things, and he doesn't have to be pulled by this guy to discuss some things that he has or not.

What kind of bad thing is that bad thing, can it be heavier than the Northern Expedition?!

Moreover, this time in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Chang'an, the number of Ji Han ministers who participated in the Northern Expedition was very large.

Even the newly established Yunzhou Thorn Shi Ma Zhong was ordered to rush to Chang'an from Nanzhong to participate in this military discussion, which shows that Zhuge Liang is probably going to make a big move in this Northern Expedition.

However, after listening to Zhuge Liang's opening speech, the people who came to the meeting were somewhat stunned. The strategic goals proposed by Zhuge Liang are a little too simple.

If it was just to pacify Heluo and capture Yanzhou, would it be necessary to call so many people over for a meeting?!

With the Heluo County Soldiers and the Northern Han Army as the mainstay, supplemented by the county soldiers from Nanyang, Xiangyang and other places, Guanzhong, Heluo, and Jingzhou supplying grain, grass and ordnance, is there no certainty of victory? !

Can you call Ma Zhong, who is far away in Nanzhong, and Xu Miao, who has lived in Xiliang for a long time, to Chang'an for a meeting? !

Ma Zhong is also in his early forties, and he is a military general, and he is in the prime of life. But Xu Miao is not only a civil official, but also in his sixties, so he is not afraid of an accident when he tosses back and forth like this? !

Not to mention the assassination history of other state capitals, the general guarded it, even Zhang Xi, I don't understand why Zhuge Liang is making such a fuss.

After that, it was naturally time for someone to ask questions, and then Zhuge Liang answered.

In fact, if you really want to talk about this, it's also simple - Cao Wei has increased his troops in Yanzhou and Heluo.

Five years ago, Cao Rong adopted Sun Zi's suggestion to set up a system of "money for discussing crimes", and in a very short period of time, the state treasury was full, and there was enough money and food to recruit soldiers and rest and recuperate.

Almost immediately, Cao Rong began to recruit the Tuntian people in Hebei as soldiers, and selected a Tuntian civilian army with a strength of 80,000 to come out, and it has been carefully trained for three years.

At the beginning of this year, Cao Rong sent this Tuntian army, which numbered as many as 80,000 people, to Hedong County, Hanoi County, and Yanzhou, under the personal command of Sima Yi.

In the past five years, the main strategic focus of the Han Dynasty was the southern expedition, and he fought a battle with Sun Quan in Jingnan, and used nearly 200,000 troops at once, so the military investment in the Heluo area was not very large.

Cao Wei also seized this opportunity and vigorously expanded military training in the Heluo area to restore the original scale of the county army.

Today, Hedong, Hanoi, Yingchuan, and Yanzhou have hoarded a total of 200,000 Wei troops.

In Luoyang, no matter how carefully Zhuge Liang managed in the past five years, the total number of troops was only 70,000.

Such a comparison of military strength means that if the Han Dynasty does not carry out the Northern Expedition first, I am afraid that Cao Wei will have to fight the second counterattack on Luoyang.

If the Han Dynasty wants to seize the opportunity to take the lead in launching the Northern Expedition, in the face of the enemy's 200,000 troops, it must have at least 300,000, and it is best to have 400,000 troops, otherwise it will not be able to suppress the Wei army in all directions.

Once the 400,000 troops are to be mobilized. This can be said to be the power of the whole country, if you don't recruit these local assassins to come over and coordinate, how can the Han Imperial Court send so many people out?!

And even so, the 400,000 troops, the Han still can't take out.

It's not that the current Han doesn't have an army of 400,000.

Yes, there are, but basically all the family background of the big man.

Once it is taken out, if there is anything missing, Dahan will really be seriously injured, and even Chang'an may not be guaranteed.

Moreover, if there are only two forces in the world, the Han and Wei dynasties, then it is not impossible to fight and fight the world, but the problem is that there is still a fierce Sun Wu in this world.

Not to mention anything else, at least in Jingzhou, the county soldiers of Jiangling and Jingnan can't be transferred, and Xiangyang also needs to leave at least half of the troops to defend, otherwise with the virtue of Eastern Wu, he will never mind stabbing you in the back when the Han and Wei dynasties are at their most stalemate.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that Zhuge Liang was going to launch so many troops for this Northern Expedition, the newly appointed Shangshu Ling Li Yan immediately stood up and expressed his opposition.

"With an army of 400,000, it is not easy to recruit and deploy, and the southern soldiers go north, and the northern soldiers go south, and the water and soil are not adapted, and I am afraid of diseases."

"The grain and grass needed are not a small number in terms of days, and it may be difficult to sustain the supply army for a long time even if it is the strength of the whole country."

"Jiangdong children, capricious, even if the national thieves are in the north, the east cannot be unguarded, if the army is deployed to the north, Dongwu will inevitably violate the border."

"The Wei army is powerful for a while, although it is worrying, it is not terrible. If you don't wait for it to attack and frustrate its spirit, we will wait for the latter to strike and sweep the world, and strictly believe that this is a strategy to wait for work. ”

"I hope the prime minister will think about it more."

Although, Zhang Xi has always disliked Li Yan, and feels that Li Yan is too selfish, but now that he is a scholar and has real power, Zhang Xi has never been at ease.

But. In this matter, Zhang Xi also had to admit that Li Yan was right.

An army of 400,000 is too risky to attack Yanzhou in a desperate gamble.

Won, needless to say, Cao Wei's qi is exhausted, and there is only the land of Hebei left, and the troops are lost, and only the Yellow River is a barrier.

Once the Han Dynasty completed the crossing of the river, he ordered a general to send 100,000 soldiers, which was enough to conquer the north and pacify Hebei.

But defeated. Heluo must be lost, Chang'an will also be threatened, and even Jingzhou may not be protected.

After all, there is a jackal waiting to eat meat in the east.

It is really possible to go back to 10 years ago.

According to Li Yan's strategy, first wait for Cao Wei to take the initiative to launch an attack and thwart Cao Wei's plan to counterattack Luoyang, and then regroup troops to counterattack, I am afraid that 200,000 people will be enough to occupy Yanzhou.

You can't be in a hurry to fight a war, and it's not impossible to take it step by step.

Zhuge Liang also seemed to be asked by Li Yan, nodded, and said, "I am worried about the right side, but I am also reasonable." It's just."

Well, Zhuge Liang is still Zhuge Liang in the end, he must have something to say.

"Cao Wei gathered troops in Heluo this time, although it seems that there are many soldiers, but in fact they are scattered and deployed, more than 200,000 soldiers, respectively stationed in Hedong, Hanoi, Yanzhou and other places, both the Yellow River is separated, and there is no Luoyang in the center of the contact, can not echo each other, this is a taboo for soldiers."

And Cao Wei was anxious to counterattack and recover Luoyang, Cao Rong dispatched a large number of troops to the south, which will inevitably lead to the emptiness of Hebei. Such an opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is not permissible to be unmoved. ”

"Liang sat in Luoyang for several years, every time he communicated with the Heluo family, the people of the family were deeply affected by Cao Wei, and they were willing to eat pot pulp to welcome the king, but the king's master was always difficult to come. If you miss this opportunity, the people of the world will become more and more disappointed, and I am afraid that it will take decades to pacify Hebei. ”

Therefore, Liang thought that although there was danger, it was not impossible to fight. A good opportunity is rare, as long as all the kings work together, and the soldiers use their lives, the opportunity to win will come. ”

That's right, although it's true, but the problem is well, at least Zhang Xi's side, can't pass.

What Li Yan said is our own problems, such as the lack of adaptation to the water and soil of the soldiers, such as the logistical pressure of grain and grass, etc., these are very practical problems.

And Zhuge Liang's answer now is to avoid his actual problems, and instead explain to everyone how good the opportunity to send troops to the Northern Expedition is now. This made Zhang Xi feel like the boss of the later generations painting cakes.

But the problem is that no matter how good the pie painting is, everything is empty until its own problems are solved.

Zhuge Liang. Isn't this kind of person who only sees the benefits and can't see the shortcomings?!

Therefore, Zhang Xi wanted to stand up and warn Zhuge Liang. Back then, Cao Cao only saw the opportunity to unify the world, but he didn't see his own problems, and was finally burned by Zhou Yu.

We can't repeat Cao Cao's mistakes.

Can. Just when Zhang Xi wanted to stand up and object, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Let's not talk about whether Zhuge Liang is the kind of person who only looks at the front and doesn't look at the feet, even if he is, then Pang Tong and Xu Shu are also such people? !

If Zhuge Liang really made such a decision, I'm afraid he didn't need to stand up against it, they would all express their dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang in advance, right?!

After a sneaky glance, Zhang Xi found that Pang Tong and Xu Shu were now looking at their noses and noses, and their noses were looking at their hearts, sitting expressionlessly, and they were motionless.

Even Li Yan. Zhang Xi looks at this Li Yan now, why doesn't he feel a little wrong?!

Li Yan, this kid, the timing of standing up is too coincidental, right?!

As soon as Zhuge Liang finished saying that he was going to go on a northern expedition to Yanzhou, Li Yan immediately jumped out and said that it was difficult to transfer soldiers and soldiers, and the supply of grain and grass was a big problem, so it was better for Li Yan, who was attacking instead of defending, to be so stupid? !

Although this old boy has always been very selfish, but, he has no problem at all in terms of ability, and his vision will not be much worse than Fa Zheng Now that this old boy is also in real power, there should be no need to fight for power with Zhuge Liang, right?!

So. Jumping out to oppose in such a hurry, is it to show his sense of existence, or does he have ulterior motives?!

It's wrong, let's take a look first

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