Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

The cold wind in early spring blew the earth, blowing up the curtains on the terrace, and the warm tea in the cups of the two had already turned cold.

Pointing to the cool tea in front of Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan ordered, "Exchange a cup of hot ginseng tea for the prime minister."

Zhuge Liang turned his body sideways, asked Gong'e to take the tea cup, and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Chan showed a slight smile and said: "Father Xiang's stomach is cold, so he should not eat cold food. You can drink more ginseng tea on weekdays to nourish your body."

Due to the busy work in his early years, Zhuge Liang was busy with the copywriting, and he was not on time, so he got stomach problems.Stomach pains often occur with age.Therefore, Liu Chan always paid attention to Zhuge Liang's dietary problems. When he was in Liangzhou, he asked Yang Yi to find Shangdang ginseng, add tea leaves, and cook them together as ginseng tea.

After drinking for a long time, Zhuge Liang's gastrointestinal pain is not as frequent as before, and ginseng tea can relieve it, which makes Zhuge Liang more and more inseparable from ginseng tea.

After a pause, Liu Chan continued: "Father Xiangfu enters the palace today to offer more than just wooden cows and horses!"

Zhuge Liang served hot ginseng tea, warmed it in the palm of his hand, and said, "Your Majesty is wise! Is this minister entering the palace for the Northern Expedition?"

"Northern Expedition?" Liu Chan asked back.

Zhuge Liang took a sip of ginseng tea and said, "That's right! It's been more than two years since the eighth year of Jianxing when the Dahan stopped his troops and returned to the army. It's been more than a year since the ninth year of Jianxing when the Dahan promoted the land system, and all of them have achieved results. Vitality is gradually recovering. The campaign against Liaodong against Wei failed, and Sun Wu is willing to be a foreign aid, and I think that next year the great Han can send his army to the north to attack Guanzhong."

If the Northern Expedition is next year (Jianxing 12 years), the Han Dynasty will have four years to recuperate, and the New Deal will be promoted for three years. At the same time, it is also the time for the two countries to join the Northern Expedition as agreed with Sun Quan.

In fact, if it weren't for the promotion of the New Deal, Zhuge Liang might have led his army to the Northern Expedition this year.Because of the second stage of reform, Zhuge Liang had to focus on government affairs, and the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong could only be postponed slightly.

With that said, Zhuge Liang put down the teacup and added: "Today, against the Wei Dynasty, the seven states in the Central Plains are occupied. In the past, they were all rich and prosperous. The generals and scholars who produced them were like stars, and the army, horses, and equipment produced were countless. Dahan The land occupied by Soochow, and the food and grass produced are not enough to compete with Ni Wei."

"However, the reason why we were able to defeat Wei and seize the land of Qinliang and Liangzhou today is that the soldiers left behind by Cao Cao have been lost so far, and the descendants have not grown up and cannot fight. The time of prosperity. If the great Han cannot take advantage of this time to seize Guanzhong, ten years later, when the people of Wei prosper, the young grow up and grow up, the number of soldiers they can use will be twice that of our army."

Zhuge Liang's words are based on the population of the two countries.Cao Wei's base is in the Central Plains. Due to decades of wars, the population has dropped sharply, and the number of soldiers of the right age to fight is still small.But ten years later, when the newborn population grows up, Cao Wei can directly supplement the loss of troops caused by the big Han over the years to Cao Wei, and even become rich.

Hearing this, Liu Chan was silent.Did he know that when Huainan rebelled three times after 20 years, the Chinese army would dispatch 200,000 soldiers if Cao Wei did not transfer soldiers from other places, and the rebellious Huainan could also pull out more than 400,000 soldiers, and there would be [-] soldiers in the civil war , how scary.

Jiang Wei defeated Wang Jing, the governor of Yongzhou in Taoxi, and Cao Wei lost tens of thousands of people. Although his muscles were broken, Cao Wei was still able to send troops to rescue Wang Jing and force Jiang Wei to retreat.Looking at it now, this is simply unbelievable.

But Jiang Wei's army was defeated by Deng Ai in Duangu, and the soldiers of the Shu army were scattered, causing many casualties.The people of the Shu Han were boiling, and they all hated Jiang Wei. The generals of the new generation were completely lost, and the backbone of the Shu Han was directly broken, which is comparable to the battle of Yiling.So that in the later period, the high-level generals of the Shu Han were almost old people, and few young people.

Wei destroyed Shu and dispatched 180,000 elite soldiers from all directions, far exceeding the strength of Shu Han at that time.When Jin defeated Wu, there were more than 500,000 infantry and tens of thousands of sailors in the country at that time, and 25 elite troops were directly mobilized to destroy Wu, while the soldiers of Soochow were only 23.

Therefore, as far as the present is concerned, the later the stage, the more beneficial it is to Cao Wei, and the later stage of the war is to play with the population.

"What Xiangfu said is not unreasonable, and I also deeply agree. It's just that I don't know how Xiangfu plans to send troops to attack Guanzhong?" Liu Chan asked.

Zhuge Liang caressed his beard and said: "Based on what Sima Yi did in Guanzhong, he has the idea of ​​sticking to it. Therefore, I think that the army can take the Baoxie Road from Hanzhong to attack Mei County, and other routes can be used as auxiliary troops."

"Why don't you send troops from Longyou to attack the key point from a high position?" Liu Chan asked curiously.

"Sima Yi hoarded food and grass in Guanzhong and repaired the city. He had to fight for a long time. Although Longyou dispatched troops with a condescending tendency, it was inconvenient to fight in many valleys. In addition, it was difficult to defend the city and attack the city. Besides, the people of Longyou were new Ann, it is difficult for the army to fight for a long time." Zhuge Liang explained.

"It is different to send troops from Hanzhong. In Guanzhong, the Wei River is in the north and south. In the south of the Wei River, the river network is densely covered, the land is fertile, the people are dense, and there is a lot of food and grass; while the land in the north of the Wei River is incomparable with Weinan. Therefore, we can seize the Wei River first. South, appease the hearts of the people, then look for an opportunity to attack Sima Yi and occupy the land in Guanzhong."

Zhuge Liang wet his fingers, drew Weishui on the case, and pointed.

"As long as Sima Yi is defeated, the army can move eastward and capture Chang'an; seize Tongguan and cut off the connection with the Central Plains. At that time, the big man will occupy all of Guanzhong, and the big man will be able to return to the old capital."

The difference between Weinan and Weibei is relatively large.To the south of the Wei River there are six or seven large rivers, the Laohe, the Yanghe, the Fuhe, the Canghe, and the Bahe, and there are many smaller rivers.To the north of the Wei River, the big rivers are the Qian River and the Jing River. Although the land is open, there are few rivers and the land is inconvenient to irrigate, so there are many artificial canals.

Sima Yi expanded the Guoqu to the north of the Weishui River to irrigate the land for farming.In other words, whoever occupies the south of the Wei River can initially control Guanzhong.You must know that Chang'an is just south of the Wei River.

Liu Chan nodded and asked, "From the prime minister's prudent strategy, I don't know how to advance the army?"

Zhuge Liang bowed his hands to Liu Chan and said, "Your Majesty, I think that you can send soldiers from the three routes to conquer Guanzhong. The general of chariots and cavalry sent troops from Longyou to attack Zhongchencang and Qianxian counties; I led the army out of Hanzhong and went to Guanzhong. Baoxie Road attacked Mei County; General Zuo led the soldiers of Liangzhou to attack Anding County along the Jingshui River. The three divisions will be in the Kanto."

As he said that, Zhuge Liang took out the memorial from his pocket and said: "This is a preliminary plan. There may be changes when the army goes on a conquest. However, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass will go first. I think that grain can be stored in various places for the army next year. .”

Liu Chan opened Zhuge Liang's memorabilia and took a closer look.Zhuge Liang planned to let Pang Lin, the prefect of Hanzhong, build a mansion in the inclined valley to gather grain; let Huo Yi store grain in the first city of Gaoping to provide the army of Wei Yan who went south; at the same time, he also asked Deng Ai to build a mansion in Longshan , used for food and grass for the Longyou army to march next year.

Liu Chan closed the memorial, pondered for a while, and asked, "I don't know who will be in charge of the new government of the Han Dynasty when the father of the prime minister is attacking Guanzhong in the north?"

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said: "Since the implementation of the Tianmu New Deal, it has been mostly handled by Jiang Gongyan. After the Northern Expedition, the old minister can be promoted to Shang Shuling, and the new policy of the middle school can be handed over to Gongyan. Fei Wenwei follows the minister Going to Guanzhong, Dong Xiuzhao can be his successor and help Gongyan govern."

Um!Zhuge Liang is now going to take Fei Yi on the expedition to cultivate his ability to lead the army, and completely regard Fei Yi as his successor.

"good!"

Although Liu Chan disagreed with this, it was not good to have a conflict with Zhuge Liang because of this matter, so he could only agree.