Zhuge was reborn, killed the old thief Sima

Chapter 593 Under the overall situation, Tongguan and balance (fourth update)
"Tongguan is of course important. Among the four passes in Guanzhong, Tongguan is the gateway to Guanxi, and even more so to Chang'an. Whoever holds Tongguan will have the right to attack.

But Tongguan is not that important!

The strength of Tongguan lies in its steepness, its strong defense, and the fact that it is difficult to pass through Tongguan!
But we now have Jingzhou in hand, Beidi in hand, and even Yide has a firm foothold in Yanmen Pass.

In this case, we can attack Bingzhou from Beidi County and Yanmen Pass at any time, or we can bypass Tongguan from Jingzhou and Wuguan to attack Hongnong County and other places.

Then Tongguan is not that important."

"What Military Advisor Zhuge said makes sense, but why don't we use Tongguan?" Ma Chao listened to Zhuge Liang's words for a long time, but he still didn't give up.

After all, he was only a hundred steps away from Cao Mengde's son Cao Zhang yesterday. Although it was rumored that the yellow-bearded Cao Zhang was brave enough to fight tigers and leopards, he didn't care at all!

Killing Cao Mengde's son was also his long-cherished wish!

"It's useless for us to try to make Tongguan pass, and you also heard what Hu Zun said, placing many fire-starters in Tongguan.

Once we really capture Tongguan, it is very likely that Cao Zhang and others will set Tongguan on fire for the sake of the future, and ultimately end up with both the jade and the stone.

We have to spend more energy to repair the burned Tongguan, but there is no way to use it. It is better to have nothing! "

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he looked at Ma Chao's unhappy application and knew that he didn't listen at all, so he could only sigh and say again.

"Meng Qi, we can't care about the gains and losses of a city or a pond, what we want is the world!

Although Tongguan is good, we still cannot have an absolute advantage in our hands. They will even ask Cao to deploy his army to confront us in the Hongnong Bingzhou area!

If things continue like this, not only will we be wasting our time with them, but Yanmen Pass will also be in danger.

On the contrary, if Tongguan is in the hands of the Cao family, they will feel a little relieved about us.

The world is divided into three parts. Now Jiangdong Sun Zhongmou has no chance to make progress and will eventually be swallowed up by us. But why did Liang secretly order Jingzhou before?

If Jiangdong is in danger, will we immediately send troops to Yuzhou to relieve it?

Non-alliance, in fact we are helpless! "

"Isn't it really because of the friendship with your brother, the military advisor?" Ma Chao's face twitched after he finished speaking, knowing that he had just spoken impulsively and said, "Forgive me, the military advisor."

".That's all. I can't blame you for having such thoughts.

But the lord understands Liang's intentions!
The situation today is very different from the past. Jingzhou has become so corrupt. Is it possible that you are planning to let Deng Ai use Jiaozhou soldiers and horses to forcibly attack Jiangdong?

When the Cao family attacked Jiangdong before, why did they refuse to attack with a large army and directly destroy Jiangdong? Instead, they continued to intimidate Jiangdong and make Jiangdong's internal surrender directly, and finally gave Jiangdong a chance to counterattack?
It's not just a matter of military strength, the most important thing is that they have great confidence in doing so, and they are also powerless.

The natural dangers of the Yangtze River may not be a big deal to me in Jingzhou, but the Cao Navy has been unable to take action, and they can only forcefully cross the river and be destroyed in one battle.

Therefore, they had to change their style of play and use coercion to make Jiangdong surrender directly.

But if Jiangdong really surrendered at this time and Xingba died of illness, Yun Chang would be physically unable to go out and now patrol the place.

It was too late for Tanzhi and Li Yan to stabilize Jingzhou at this time. A plague has made Jingzhou unable to breathe until now.

Is it possible that you still want Jiangdong to fall into the hands of the Cao family?

If that's the case, and the Cao family gets two out of three points in the world, wouldn't the advantage that you made me wait for so hard to gain be completely lost?We can't go in any more. If we do, Sun Quan will definitely think of ways to protect himself at that time."

"But even if I can't wait, is it possible that Sun Quan will show his kindness to the Cao family?"

"Of course he will, even his envoy is probably on his way to Luoyang now, but showing goodwill and surrendering are two different things after all!
We have made it clear that Jingzhou is unable to move south in the short term, and the land of Yongliang still needs development. This is his time.

He needs us to ensure that this attitude gives them breathing space.

At the same time, Cao also needs this attitude from me to allow them to alleviate their losses in this battle.

So what's the point of showing kindness?

Cao Mengde's time is running out, and there is already news that Cao Mengde may pass away next year at the latest.

At that time, Cao Pi's superiority must have been a mess, and Jiang Dong's surrender was an excellent opportunity to show his loyalty to him.

But how could Cao Pi let them go just because of this matter?
How could Jiangdong relax his vigilance against them just because of Cao Pi's few kind words?

We all know that Jiangdong is already a mouthful!
The stalemate at this time was that no one wanted to let the other party take advantage, and the reason for giving up Tongguan was to allow the Cao family to focus on the land east of the Yangtze River.

Sun Zhongmou will definitely use this matter to find a suitable opportunity for himself again and continue to survive.

And we can also accumulate strength again.

There are not many old soldiers left in Cao's army. When we have Jingzhou, we can have naval forces to go down the river. When we have Yongliang and Yanmen, we can form our own cavalry to compete with Cao.

As long as there is enough time, we can send troops again in a few years. At that time, it will be Jiangdong's death, and it will also be the beginning of the confrontation between us and the Cao family.

With Tongguan in the hands of the Cao family, it can make both the Cao family and the Sun family relax a little towards us. This is the real role of Tongguan!
At this time, everyone needs time and balance to restore their vitality! "

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Ma Chao wanted to speak several times, but in the end he still didn't think of anything to refute.

Looking at Zhuge Kongming in front of him, and then at the steep Tongguan Tower standing there not far away, in the end he could only roar angrily, and then left again with his troops.

In the 25th year of Jian'an, Zhuge Liang planned his troops to enter Tongguan. Wei Xi and Pang Gong entered Tongguan first.

After that, Wei Xi used Pang Gong's defeated army to attract the attention of Cao Zhang, Zhang Ji and others, while he sneaked into Tongguan and said that he had surrendered Hu Zun, a confidant general under Zhang Ji's command.

He also persuaded the remaining people in Tongguan, causing a riot in Tongguan for a while.

Zhuge Liang took this opportunity to immediately sweep away the Tongguan people's property and many wealthy families to leave, allowing Zhang Ji and others to kill the enemy in vain, and at the same time, it was able to slightly restore the vitality of the Sanfu Land.

Although Tongguan was not captured, it was still a great victory!

After this incident, Cao Mengde immediately ordered that portraits and symbols of Wei Xi be posted in cities all over the world, and that his king and catalog should be distributed to various states, counties and armies.

And give the order directly.

"If you see this boy in the future, you will be shot to death!"

For a time, Wei Xi became the most dazzling person in the world. At the same time, envoys from the Cao family and the Sun family also appeared on the way to Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)