Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2256 War is a continuation of politics
Chapter 2252: War is the continuation of politics
During the battle at Wuzhangyuan, everyone's attention was on Wuzhangyuan and the army itself. Only Li Siyuan noticed the importance of Chen Cang and Dasan Pass.

With the time of Fenglingdu and Gaoguan, more than [-] Qin troops invaded the pass, Tongguan completely lost its role as a gateway, and Dashanguan became the only channel for Tang to connect to the outside world.

Dashan Pass, one of the four fortresses in Guanzhong, is within the territory of Chencang. If Chencang and Dashan Pass are also captured by the Qin army, then the entire Guanzhong will be blocked by the Qin army, and they will be completely isolated and helpless.

Based on this consideration, Li Siyuan abandoned Huaili, guarded Chen Cang, and guarded Dasan Pass at the same time.

Facts have proved that Li Siyuan made the right move. It was he who took over Chen Cang and the defense of Dasan Pass in time, so that Li Tang, who was almost in a desperate situation, had a chance to continue to survive.

"Dasan Pass sits on a natural moat, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The difficulty of a strong attack is not lower than that of Wuguan, but if it is just to block the pass, capturing Chencang can also achieve the same effect."

Gongsun Xuanyuan pointed to the position of Chencang on the sand table, and said in a deep voice: "After capturing Chencang, sending heavy troops to seal off the main roads and Dasan Pass is equivalent to sealing off the central pass."

Xuanyuan wanted to use Chen Cang to seal off the Dasan Pass, so of course it couldn't be completely blocked, but it didn't need to be completely blocked.

If Tang Jun on the front line of Dasan Pass wants to break the blockade, he must leave the pass and fight Qin Jun head-on. What Qin Jun is most afraid of is field battles, and he even hopes that Tang Jun will go out of the pass to fight.

"But Chencang is also a fortified city, and the difficulty of attacking it is not much lower than Chang'an." Zhang Liao pondered.

Chencang is located in the west of Guanzhong, with Longshan Mountain in the west, Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Weishui River flowing.

During Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition, he sent troops to disperse the pass and surrounded Chencang, which was blocked by Wei General Hao Zhao, and finally the second Northern Expedition failed.

At that time, Zhuge Liang had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Hao Zhaocai only had more than a thousand, and Wei Guo's reinforcements had not yet arrived, so he sent troops to attack Chen Cang with all his strength, but he didn't expect that he could not take it after more than [-] days.

At this time, reinforcements from the Wei army were about to arrive, and the Shu army was running out of food and grass. Zhuge Liang had no choice but to retreat.

The reason why Zhuge Liang failed to capture Chencang was because Hao Zhao was good at defending and was well prepared; secondly, Chencang was indeed a fortified city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack;

Now if the Qin army wanted to attack Chencang, the difficulty would not be much less than that of Zhuge Liang. After all, Li Siyuan's ability to defend the city was no worse than Hao Zhao's, and Li Siyuan's troops were much larger than Hao Zhao's.

"It is precisely because Chen Cang is difficult to fight, so it is even more important to fight as soon as possible."

Xuanyuan picked up a flag, wrote "Li Siyuan" on it with a brush, inserted it on the sand table where Chen Cang was, and said: "Li Siyuan is a general with both wisdom and courage. Now he has just entered Chen Cang and is not well prepared. Our army Just taking advantage of his unstable foothold, he sent troops to attack Chencang.

Once Li Siyuan has fully grasped Chen Cang and is fully prepared, it will be difficult to capture Chen Cang. "

Both Zhang Liao and Huo Qubing nodded unconsciously, they had already been convinced by Xuanyuan in their hearts, after all, if they could seal off Guanzhong and catch a turtle in a urn, it might not be impossible to surrender without a fight.

If you can win a battle without dying, who wants to die?

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Li Jing patted his palms lightly, looked at Xuanyuan with admiration, and said with a smile: "General Xuanyuan, you are the third person in the whole army to see this besides Ben Du and General Han Xin, this Du Du feels very relieved. "

As he said that, Li Jing took out a piece of letterhead and passed it around to everyone, and the content on it was exactly what Xuanyuan said just now, the plan to capture the four passes and seal them off.

Huo Qubing, Zhang Liao and other generals were all shocked. It turned out that Li Jing had expected this a long time ago and submitted it to the lord, but he didn't seem to plan to implement it immediately, but as a backup plan for the failed attack on Chang'an.

After Xuanyuan looked at it, his eyes were puzzled, and he asked: "Since the governor has long realized that the four passes should be taken first to completely block the good things in the passes, why did he want to attack Chang'an first?"

Li Jing didn't answer, but instead looked at Xuanyuan meaningfully, Xuanyuan showed a pensive expression after understanding, he knew that Li Jing wanted him to figure it out by himself.

Xuanyuan's intelligence and politics have broken through 90, especially politics has reached 96 (+1) points, and he quickly guessed Li Jing's intentions.

War is a continuation of politics. Li Jing did not go to take the four passes first, but chose to storm Chang'an. In fact, he was building momentum for the founding of the country in a month.

Attacking the four passes and completely blocking the middle pass is indeed the best policy strategically, but it is the lower side politically, because it means that a protracted war will be fought next.

In an ordinary siege, you have to encircle three and miss one, leaving a glimmer of life for the opponent, so that the opponent will not fight desperately.

Now Guanzhong is like a big city, and Tongguan, Wuguan, Xiaoguan, and Dashanguan are four gates. Once all four gates are taken to completely block Guanzhong, it is equivalent to blocking all the retreat routes of the Tang army.

It is not difficult to imagine that not only the Tang army in Guanzhong will desperately resist and fight to the end, but also the Tang army in Longxi and Qiang in Hanzhong will fight back desperately. Then there will be battles in Guanzhong, not to mention two months, half a year. able to end.

The biggest purpose of the Qin army's attack on the Tang Dynasty this time was to establish its prestige and deter the princes of all parties. The demand for Guanzhong was not that great.

It's best to be able to occupy Guanzhong, and it's okay if you can't. After all, even if you fail this time, with the results of this battle, you will surely succeed next time if it is easier.

But if it turns into a protracted war, it would be self-defeating, after all, the next focus of Qin is to recuperate.

The battle in Guanzhong is destined not to drag on for too long. Li Jing must end the war capital before the founding ceremony, so the strategy of blocking Guanzhong can only be postponed and used as a backup plan.

However, as the main general in this attack on Tang, Li Jing naturally wanted to maximize the results of the battle, and capturing Chang'an was the best way.

Of course Li Jing knew the difficulty of capturing Chang'an, but no matter how difficult it was, he had to give it a try.

"The strategy of seizing the four gates and locking them in the gate can be implemented at any time after the founding ceremony, but before the founding ceremony, only Chang'an can be captured."

After listening to Li Jing's explanation, not only Gongsun Xuanyuan, but all the generals fell into deep thought. Obviously, they did not expect that this war would have so many ways.

Xuanyuan took a deep breath, clasped his fists in salute and said, "The governor has thought carefully, and Xuanyuan bows to him."

Li Jing smiled lightly, he admired Xuanyuan even more in his heart, and secretly said: Xuanyuan's bravery is no less than Jintai, his ability to command troops is no less than Huo Qubing, and he is so humble and courteous, he must have a place in the future army.

Li Jing still doesn't know that the lord is planning to marry Xuanyuan's adopted sister, and Ying and Gongsun's family are about to get married. If he knows, he will definitely have a higher evaluation of Xuanyuan.

(End of this chapter)