"Go west out of Qishan, capture Longyou, complete the broken Longlong, and recover Yongliang."

Regarding Lao Liu's question, Liu Chan immediately gave an answer.

After all, he is too familiar with this set, and when he was chasing dramas, this has always been a pain point in his heart......

Of course, now that he has studied and grown up for more than ten years, he still wants to send troops to Yongliang at this time, but he is not so naïve as he wants to make up for the regrets of chasing dramas.

Although Liu Chan's answer was only four short sentences, it was quite informative, and everyone, including Lao Liu, did not speak for a while.

The ministers of wisdom are calculating the cost and feasibility, and the generals are thinking about what famous generals Yongliang has and what the terrain is.

As for Lao Liu...... He's pondering the benefits of doing so.

Struggle has never been a problem, and since the beginning of the army, which battle has not been difficult?

But thankless is the problem.

"Why?" He wanted to hear Liu Chan's reasons first.

"Horses."

Liu Chan first gave his first reason, he had been thinking about these things in his heart for a long time, and at this time, Lao Liu did not hesitate to answer.

"First of all, horses. When the two armies fought, cavalry was the top priority, and cavalry was still needed to defend the peace, not to mention the Northern Expedition. Liu Chan called for someone to hang up the map, stood up and continued.

"My father fought in the north and south throughout his life, and he knew more about the terrain and landforms of various places than his sons. Since the north of Jingzhou, there have been large plains in the Central Plains, all over the Qingxu Yanyu.

"Further north, Jizhou and even Youbu have such terrain. At that time, the enemy has a large number of cavalry in hand, how should we deal with it? The sons had never heard of anyone who ruled the world without cavalry. ”

Since ancient times, it is common for the north to unify the south, and there are few successful people to unify the north with the south, Liu Chan knows that the successful one is only Zhu Yuanzhang.

In addition to geographical factors and economic and demographic factors with a higher degree of agricultural development in the north in the early years, horse cavalry was also an important part.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is the only one who succeeds, as far as Liu Chan knows, he is not short of elite cavalry......

Liu Bei twisted his beard and groaned: "This ......"

His reverence for cavalry is naturally greater than that of Liu Chan, a modern man with a soul.

After all, he himself had been chased by the tiger and leopard cavalry in the first place, and even today, no matter how the infantry developed tactics against the cavalry, it was only trying to make up for the disadvantage.

He does have high hopes for Liu Chan's Mo Dao team, but can he still turn him into tens of thousands of Mo Dao soldiers?

Zhuge Liang is also perfecting the way of relying on battle formations, temporary fortifications, and crossbows to jointly defend against cavalry attacks, but this requires the courage, cooperation, and training of the troops, all of which are indispensable.

And, again, it's just about closing the gap.

Liu Chan continued: "Although there are Yunnan horses in Nanzhong, this horse still has advantages in mountain and forest warfare, if it is better than Cao Wei's horses, it is far behind...... After marching into the Central Plains, it can only be used as a horse.

"Cao Wei is a good horse, most of them are taken from Youhe and Liangzhou, and Youhe is located behind Cao Wei, I can't think about it, but Liangzhou is not!

"If the soldiers go out of Qishan, if they can complete the break, they can cut off the connection between the western part of Yongzhou, Liangzhou and the Central Plains of Cao Wei, and take it easily. At that time, the good horses of Liangzhou can be in the hands of their fathers. ”

Liu Bei listened and nodded from time to time, this is indeed a considerable benefit.

Zhuge Liang also felt that it was not impossible, and if he really completed the broken dragon, the terrain was high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and he would indeed have an advantage in marching to the Central Plains after training an iron horse.

However, at this time, Fa Zheng said: "Prince, Yongliang does have the benefit of horses. However, if you get closed, you can swallow the world in one fell swoop, and you can't ignore it. ”

Chang'an and the Guanzhong region are full of large clans, there are many scholars, and it is also an extraordinary political symbol.

If it can be won, it may be possible to gather a lot of talents at that time, and it will also be a huge blow to Cao Wei's morale.

Fa Zheng continued: "If the people of insight in the world see that Wang Shi has been closed, they will also respond in groups. Compared with this person's heart, the horses and terrain are small profits.

"And the land of Yongliang is barren and sparsely populated, and the Qinchuan River in the Guanzhong Plain is 800 miles away, and the grain production is very huge. If the Hanzhong troops are divided into two for small profits, it will inevitably lead to insufficient troops to attack Guanzhong, and the ministers think it is inappropriate. ”

When the ministers heard it, it made sense, and Lao Liu also nodded.

In terms of benefits, it is obvious that the benefits of capturing Guanzhong are greater.

However, Liu Chan did not agree, he had been thinking about this issue for a long time these days, and he also knew a lot about the situation of Yongliang and Guanzhong's property population.

What Fa Zheng said is not wrong, but there is only one problem......

"Dare to ask the Fa Shangshu, if the soldiers of Hanzhong are not divided, will they be able to win Guanzhong in one battle?" Liu Chan did not back down and looked directly at Fazheng.

"This ......"

It's easy to say the word "can," but Fa Zheng can't say it easily.

They are discussing in the national interest, not political opponent debates or verbal lobbying.

If it is the latter, Fa Zheng can give no less than ten reasons to prove that Guanzhong will definitely be defeated.

But reason told him that if there was no internal response from the enemy, the land of Guanzhong would be strong, and Cao Wei's support would be close, and the strong attack would definitely suffer heavy losses.

He is an important minister of the Han Dynasty and is responsible for the monarch and the people.

Liu Chan continued: "The benefits of being able to get your hands are the benefits. They were also very clear about the importance of the land of Guanzhong to Cao Wei. On the occasion of the military dispatch to Soochow, how could it not be strictly guarded?

"The land of Yongliang is not the case, Cao Pi's heavy troops have no time to look west, only Chen Cang, Zhang He and other central troops can be saved, if the enemy in Guanzhong is pinned down with Hanzhong first, it may not be impossible to take Yongliang in a battle."

Liu Chan paused and said with a smile: "What's more, with Cao Wei's consistent style, even if he is defeated in Guanzhong, I am afraid that before he withdraws, he will definitely burn Chang'an and move away the people of Guanzhong." ”

As soon as the ministers heard what the prince said, it was also very reasonable, Lao Liu was almost about to deny the division of troops just now, and he hesitated again at this time.

Many generals like Zhang Sanye have given up thinking about this issue, just waiting for the result, and it will be over where they fight.

Zhang Fei looked at his son-in-law talking with a smile, and was very pleased, but unfortunately it was not popular to eat melon seeds at this time, otherwise it is estimated that the third master would have already eaten tea......

"It's just that the Qishan Road is difficult and difficult, the grain road is long, and the supply is difficult, if it costs a lot of money to send troops from this......" Fa Zheng actually recognized Liu Chan's idea a little, but he still had concerns in his heart.

Liu Chan was just about to speak, but Zhuge Liang suddenly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the prince said is reasonable." I saw that after he expressed his position, he turned to the Fazheng Dao, "Filial piety, although the grain and grass consumed by going west to Qishan are huge. However, in the process of tackling tough problems, our Yizhou athletes are bound to suffer heavy casualties.

"Now that His Majesty's agricultural technology has improved, the reserves of last year's harvest can still support the needs, and this year there is no major disaster, and there is still a way to make up for the consumption of grain and grass. When a person dies, it is difficult to come back to life. ”

Lao Liu's eyes lit up, and he once said that "the husband must be people-oriented when he lifts big things", and he already has a plan in his heart at this time.

Fa Zheng pondered for a moment, and then arched his hand and said, "What Kong Ming said is reasonable. Your Majesty, the minister also thought that the prince's strategy was better, and it was better for Guanzhong to feint. Although the prince is young and has a long-term vision, he is admired by his ministers, and this is a blessing for His Majesty. ”

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"Hahaha, good! In this case, the troops were divided into three routes and went north to attack Cao! Lao Liu finally made a decision and set the general policy of going north by three routes.

(End of chapter)