Chapter 153: The plan for the Northern Expedition (IV)

Liu Bei looked at the map and saw that Jingzhou was far from Qingni Pass, and there was also a military city of Wancheng on the way. If Guan Yu led his army to attack Qingni Pass, Wancheng must be captured first.

But if Wancheng is taken, the Qingni Pass will no longer have to be taken.

He looked up at the people on both sides and saw Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong nodding, and then he looked back and forth on the map, while Xue Bing still stood respectfully, looking at himself.

When Liu Bei saw this, he hurriedly asked, "Can Zihan tell me in detail?"

Xue Bing nodded and then said, "The last general said before that three ways must advance together to achieve full results.

This not only means that the three groups of soldiers and horses must send troops together, but also requires the three groups of soldiers and horses to cooperate and respond to each other strategically to make up for the shortcomings of the other. If the other is not enough, the other will help. In this way, the three groups of soldiers and horses will have no flaws and will naturally be defeated."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the Qingni Pass and said, "It's like this Qingni Pass. The soldiers and horses in the Sichuan really have no spare energy to take it. However, the weight here is necessary. In this way, two other troops need to help.

The Eastern Wu army was too far away, so I could only think that it was restrained; in contrast, it was easier for General Guan Yu from Jingzhou to lead the army to take this place. Moreover, with three routes advancing, General Guan's army needed to leave Xiangyang, seize Fancheng, and approach Wancheng.

There is no conflict in the basic direction of military operations.

In this way, we only need to ask General Guan’s army to force Wancheng so that Cao’s soldiers cannot pass from now on, and then Qingni Pass will not be provided for assistance. We will ask General Guan to personally lead the army to confront Wancheng, and another general leads some troops and light cavalry to capture Qingni Pass.

As long as Cao Cao's army takes this pass before he arrives in Wancheng, there will be no worries about the east gate of Yongzhou. In this way, it is completely time-consuming."

While talking, his fingers kept sliding back and forth on the map as he said.

After he finished speaking, Liu Bei had already understood what Xue Bing meant. He thought again and felt that this method was feasible. So he smiled and gently stroked the short beard on his forehead with his hands, and said to the two military advisors: "Do you two military advisors think this method is feasible?"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes and shook the fan. After thinking for a while, he said: "Zihan's method is indeed feasible.

Moreover, in this way, the east gate of Yongzhou was closed, and Cao Cao's army could not pass; although it could not be taken in Wancheng, all the soldiers and horses were restrained by General Guan here and could not move.

After all, if Wancheng is lost, General Guan’s army will approach Xuchang; there are still Eastern Wu soldiers and horses on the east side to restrain themselves, and with Zhou Yu’s talent, Cao Cao did not dare to take it lightly, and he would send generals to lead heavy troops.

If Cao Cao cannot solve one of the three routes in a short time, he will fall into a dead end and there will be no hope for several routes."

Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He looked at the map again, and then suddenly laughed: "Shi Yuan Yan Zihan had a very big appetite before, and Liang now deeply agreed and had never noticed it before.

Only then did I realize that Zihandi's strategic goal is not only Yongliang Prefectures. It is really a big appetite."

But Zhuge Liang was just judging Xue Bing’s strategic thinking, but he suddenly laughed and said a few words, which made Liu Bei unable to touch his mind.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Pang Tong paused and hurriedly looked up at the map. After a while, he said: "Tong had thought about it in his mind. Is there such a possibility? But he didn't expect that Zi Han had already planned it."

Speaking of this, seeing Liu Bei looked puzzled, he stepped forward and pointed at him and said, "Zi Han's method made General Guan's army advance directly and confront Wancheng. However, the purpose of this method is not Wancheng, but Qingni Pass.

After all, if General Guan was asked to take Wancheng, the focus of the war would be transferred from Yongliang to this place. Then Cao Cao would definitely give up Yongliang. Even the Eastern Front could appropriately give up some places to the Eastern Wu. Instead, he would do his best to fight General Guan.

At that time, General Guan only had one state of troops in his hands, and it was extremely difficult to confront Cao Cao."

After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded and said to himself: "I don't know how to ask my second brother to collect a little bit of strength, so don't take Wancheng down. With my second brother's character, I'm afraid I'd like to lead troops to Xuchang."

Seeing Liu Bei's thoughtfulness, Pang Tong paused for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he continued: "Therefore, taking Wancheng was an isolated army, and it was very easy to attract Cao Cao's army. In this way, Wancheng would not be able to be taken.

Although Zihandi strategy is inevitably facing head-on battles with Cao Cao, no matter where it is deployed, it is to avoid face-to-face conflicts with Cao Cao's main legion as much as possible, that is, it is to avoid a desperate battle with Cao Cao as much as possible.

This is also considering that the current military power of the king is not enough to compete with Cao Cao, who holds most of the world.

"So, the ultimate goal of this Northern Expedition is to weaken Cao Cao's power and strengthen the king's power. In other words, while preserving one's own strength, try to seize Cao Cao's territory, such as the two states of Yongliang.

If all these two states are taken, the king will have the strength to fight Cao Cao for a long time. At that time, even if we fight Cao Cao's army face to face in the Central Plains, we will not be at a disadvantage, and the number of winners and losses will be half of each."

Speaking of this, Pang Tong looked around and saw everyone with a look of approval. Then he continued: "Originally, taking Yongliang with Tong and Kong Ming's intention was to win Yongliang, which was the main purpose of this Northern Expedition.

As for Jingzhou and Jiangdong, even if they have not taken any land, it will be successful.”

Speaking of this, Pang Tong suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "But Zihan's strategic purpose is to take down these two states, he also wants to take down Yuzhou as well."

"Yuzhou?" When everyone in the hall heard this, they were shocked and looked at the people in the upper head in surprise. Even Liu Bei opened his mouth slightly and looked at Pang Tong with disbelief, as if he was disbelief.

Originally, with Liu Bei's current strength, it would be a great victory if he could defeat the two states of Yongliang. Although Liu Bei had great ambitions, he was also very clear about the power in his hands.

With his existing strength, he has done his best to take down these two states. Where can he think of the extra troops in other places?

Pang Tong continued, "Please look, Master. General Guan's army headed north and headed straight to Wancheng, which was a lonely army. If he continued to advance, he would inevitably fall into the dilemma of Cao Cao's army encirclement and suppression.

It’s just that Zihan is determined to be at Qingni Pass, so he only needs General Guan to drag Cao’s army outside Wancheng, so General Guan’s army will be considered to have completed the task. So, where can this army not move forward?”

Liu Bei looked at the formation. He saw that Guan Yu's army formed a long line, and the two sides of the northeast were Cao Cao's sphere of influence. However, after a series of mobilizations, Cao Cao's army should be deploying key defenses in the Wancheng area at this time.

Therefore, there are layers of heavy troops in the north, and the east is Yuzhou.

After Guan Yu's army marched straight into the sky, the Yuzhou seemed to be a protruding part and was completely surrounded. It seemed that it was indeed easy to remove.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei hurriedly said, "It's just that my second brother only has troops in one state. Even if he is surprised, how can he take down the land of Yuzhou?"

This time, Zhuge Liang smiled and replied: "If the two generals were alone, it would be very difficult to take down Yuzhou. I think Zi Han's intention was to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Wu and work with the two generals to attack Yuzhou."

After hearing this, Liu Bei turned his gaze to Xue Bing and asked, "How can the Eastern Wu turn north to move his army to the north?"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "Please look, Master." As he said, he pointed to the land north of the Yangtze River. He said, "The soldiers and horses in Jiangdong are not good at land battles, so they go north and will at most fight to the southeast of Xuzhou, which is the Huaiyin area. Because of this area.

There are rivers and lakes around you that can be used. If you go further north, you will rely entirely on the defense of the army. If you give up the strength of good water and make the shortness of it, you will definitely not make such a mistake with Zhou Yu's wisdom.

Moreover, taking down Xuzhou in Jiangdong was like General Guan Wancheng, and he would definitely recruit Cao Cao's army. At that time, the southern army was not good at land battles, so Xuzhou naturally could not defend it.

Since you can't defend it after you fight, why waste your troops, horses, food and grass to fight this useless place?"

He drew a picture on the picture and then said, "Therefore, the Eastern Wu will not fight in this area, look north. Even if it is fighting, it will only be a false response. He will not really send troops."

Speaking of this, he turned his finger to Yuzhou. "But the Eastern Wu will not sit still and watch the king's power grow stronger, but they can only look at a large area of ​​territory and cannot take it. If they can't do it well, they will also pull us back at the critical moment of the war.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, it is better to join forces with the Eastern Wu and ask General Guan to advance together to take Yuzhou together.

At this time, Yuzhou was trapped between the two families, which was actually a prey falling into the trap. If the two families jointly sent troops and the two groups were close together, even if they could not capture the entire province, they could still capture most of them.

At the same time, it can also make the Eastern Wu have some sweetness, so as not to pull our army back at critical moments.”

He let out a long sigh and saw that Liu Bei was shocked, but his face was no longer as hesitant as before. He obviously agreed with the plan in his heart, so he continued: "Cao Bing was originally deploying defenses in Wancheng area, so he must have expected that General Guan would suddenly turn southeast to capture Yuzhou in the early stage.

When he reacted and made arrangements, Yuzhou had already fallen into the hands of both companies."

After saying that, Xue Bing made a brief summary and said, "So, the strategic plan of the last general, is to put it simply, the main force in Sichuan goes out of Qishan, with Hanzhong's troops coming out of the Xigu as the auxiliary, and a few elite soldiers coming out of Ziwugu and sneak attacking Chang'an, and Tongguan is the priority.

The troops and horses in Jingzhou attacked Wancheng as a void, and sneak attacked Qingni Pass as the most important thing, and later took Yuzhou as the real thing. The troops and horses in Jiangdong were the most important thing, and the troops and horses in Jiangdong were the most important thing, and the troops and horses in Jiangxi were the most important thing, while the troops and horses in Jiangxi from the east were the most important thing.

"After saying that, he stood quietly by his hands, and secretly observed Liu Bei and the reactions of everyone on his left and right.

Zhang Fei stared wide and looked confused. He thought he couldn't figure out what the relationship between these messy things was.

Fa Zhengze looked shocked, but he never thought that a strategy could involve so many troops, and the virtual and real are in line with each other, which is extremely complicated.

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong had already figured out all the links, and they naturally saw the subtleties. However, these two people were very impressed by Xue Bing's ability to come up with such a strategic place.

This method throws all the weights that can be used in Liu Bei's hands onto the battlefield. It can be said that if this method is done, Liu Bei can become a powerful force that can compete with Cao Cao in the front, and the region shows the power of Qin, with the elite troops of Yongliang in advance and the dangerous troops of Xichuan in retreat. It can be said that he has already been invincible.

However, the danger of this method is that there is no way out. And it is linked together and cannot fail. But if one error occurs, the whole game will be lost, and if it is not done well, it will be a crushing defeat.

If he loses, Liu Bei will no longer have the capital to go north to advance to the Central Plains. Because Xue Bing smashed all his strength into it.

These shortcomings were naturally thought of by the people present. Liu Bei looked at the map and was stunned to see how to make a decision.

It can be said that Xue Bing’s strategy is a big bet. If he wins, he will immediately have strong strength, and destroying Wei and restoring Han is just around the corner.

If you lose, you will invest in the capital you have finally built up, and maybe you will never have the capital to fight against Cao Wei in this life.

Seeing Liu Bei hesitating, Zhuge Liang knew that he was not good at making a decision for the moment, so he was about to speak up and advised Liu Bei to go back and rest for a while, or to make other strategies that were not so risky.

However, Liu Bei suddenly had his eyes shining, laughed for a while, and then shouted loudly: "Good plan, victory or defeat will be here! I will make this move in the north!" When he said this, his voice was like a bell, echoing in the hall, and his whole body seemed to be dozens of years younger, not like an old man who was nearly sixty years old a year.

At this moment, the people in the hall seemed to see Liu Bei, who fought in the past, who was young, heroic and energetic, which made everyone feel convinced.

Zhuge Liang even lost the idea of ​​dissuasion in his heart. Because Liu Bei is now, people can't raise the idea of ​​dissuasion at all, and can only think in his heart: "I must let Zi Han implement this method smoothly without any mistakes."
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