"When Cao Cao goes south, how about we take this place?" Liu Zhe's voice came, which shocked Guo Jia's body.

"Lord, this..." Guo Jia was both surprised and happy.

The place Liu Zhe pointed to was Hanzhong.

This is to take advantage of Cao Cao's time to go south and take the opportunity to seize Hanzhong.

After taking Hanzhong, Liu Zhe's chassis expanded again.

Moreover, Hanzhong is not just an ordinary place. Hanzhong is located in the north of Qinling Mountains and in the south of Yizhou, and has always been a place that military strategists must fight for. Chu State won Hanzhong and was domineering, Qin won Hanzhong and surpassed Chu, and Liu Bang won Hanzhong and won the world.

Hanzhong produces a lot of grain and is a famous granary. After obtaining Hanzhong, it can have a stable and safe logistics base.

However, Hanzhong is not that easy to seize.

Hanzhong originally belonged to Yizhou. Later, Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, appointed Zhang Lu as the governor of Yi Sima, and attacked Hanzhong. After Zhang Lu captured Hanzhong, he gained power, but cut off the Xiegu Road and killed the Han envoys. The two families began to form enemies.

Liu Yan even interrupted contact with the court and stopped paying taxes on the grounds that rice thieves were acting as a riot to block traffic.

After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang established his position on his behalf, killed Zhang Lu's mother and his family, and dispatched troops to attack Zhang Lu.

Therefore, Zhang Lu established himself in Hanzhong and changed Hanzhong to Hanning. However, it was not recognized by the court, so Liu Zhe said that Hanzhong was called Hanzhong instead of Hanning.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Guanzhong was in chaos and many people fled to the relatively stable Hanzhong area.

In Hanzhong, Zhang Lu followed Zhang Xiu's teachings and "added them" and called himself "the master". Those who came to learn Taoism were called "ghost soldiers" at first, but after receiving the trust of the original Taoism, they were called "sacrificial wine", and they were all leaders of their subordinates; those who led many were called "sacrificial wine". They did not place senior officials, but used sacrificial wine to manage local government affairs.

Zhang Lu had many followers, and his generous governance of the people under his rule was deeply loved by the people. He was a powerful prince.

Zhang Lu's rule in Hanzhong was pretty good, and the people lived and worked in peace. Moreover, Zhang Lu, as the leader of the Five Doks of Rice Road, was among the believers.

Having a high prestige, if you attack Hanzhong, there might be a fierce battle.

But this is not a difficult problem for Liu Zhe. No matter how strong Zhang Lu is, can he be stronger than Cao Cao? If it is a fight, Liu Zhe is not afraid of how strong the enemy is.

The real difficulty in capturing Hanzhong lies in the terrain.

The formation of the terrain of Hanzhong is mainly the Qinling Mountains and the Daba Mountains.

The Qinling Mountains are steep and dangerous, which is enough to be a barrier to the south of Guanzhong; the Daba Mountains are thick and long, which is enough to be a barrier to the north of Sichuan. Several valleys pass through the mountains and become tunnels for north and south.

There is Wuguan at the eastern end of the Qinling Mountains and Sanguan at the western end. There are three other valley roads that pass through the central part of the Qinling Mountains, which can be the passage between Hanzhong and Guanzhong. They are Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road.

The southern entrance of Baoxie Road is called Baogu and the northern entrance is called Xiegu. The total length of the valley is 470 miles. During the Warring States Period, Sima chou attacked Shu and advanced from this road. Baoxie Road mainly traveled along the Baoshui and Xishui River Valley.

The river valley was deep and dangerous, with cliffs standing, and it was difficult to pass through. Therefore, many plank roads were managed in the Baoxi Road in the past dynasties. The plank roads were managed in the Qin Dynasty to connect to Hanzhong and Bashu. Liu Bang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, burned them when he was enthroned by Nanzheng, and later repaired them.

The south entrance of the Tangluo Road is called Tanggu and the north entrance is called Luogu. The total length of the valley road is 420 miles. Among them, it is a section of the main peak of the Qinling Mountains. The winding mountain road is twisted and circulated for more than 80 miles, with a total of 84 plates. It is difficult to march and is easily blocked.

The south entrance of Ziwu Road is called Wugu, and the north entrance is called Zigu. It is a hundred miles south of Chang'an. The total length of the valley road is 660 miles. Wang Mang was built on Ziwu Road at the time, and the Ziwu Road was abolished today, and the main link is to the Baoxi Road.

Three valley roads connect Guanzhong and Hanzhong. However, due to the height of the Qinling Mountains, each valley road is tortuous and steep, deep and steep, which is not conducive to large-scale movement of manpower and material resources, especially the transportation of grain and grass supplies, and it is difficult to ensure logistics.

In addition, there is a channel.

That is, Chencang Road, also known as the ancient road and Jialing Road.

Follow the Old Road Shuigu Road to Fengxian, and then cross the southwest along the Old Road Shuihe Valley, passing through the Old Road, Hechi to Jialing Road and Jushui Road to Hanzhong, but this passage is in the courtyard.

The plank road was built openly and secretly crossed Chencang Road, and Liu Bang walked on Chencang Road.

From Guanzhong to Hanzhong, the closest one is undoubtedly Tangluo Road, and the farthest is Chencang Road.

However, the Tangluo Road is the fastest but also the most steepest road.

The only thing that is easier to walk on is Baoxie Road.

But it is relatively easy to walk on. Compared with the other three paths, Baoxi Road is easier to walk on, but compared with other channels in the Central Plains, it is difficult to walk on.

Liu Zhe looked at the map and frowned.

Even if it was him, he looked at the map and found it difficult.

From Guanzhong to Hanzhong, not to mention that in ancient times, even in later generations, the road was tortuous and difficult. It was good for ordinary people to walk, but when he went to Hanzhong, he did not travel, but to take a large army.

For a large army, the most important thing is logistics supplies.

Others are OK. If there is not enough food, it will be enough for the army to collapse without fighting.

In fact, he had always had ideas about Hanzhong, but he never dared to take action easily.
Chapter completed!