After Huang Quan's surrender, in the winter of that year, Liu Xie discussed the northern and southern border conflicts with his ministers at the Chancellery, hoping to devise a new unification strategy.
Due to last year's war, he has realized that as the war situation develops, all parties have begun to fight around the city. The old experience of using large-scale field battles to determine the outcome of the battlefield may no longer be applicable. Therefore, although the country has an almost crushing physical advantage, it has become impossible to complete the victory in one battle. This is like playing chess, fighting for the dangerous terrain first, and slaying the dragon and encircling the enemy later. This makes the war show a long-term stalemate trend. But he didn't have a good idea on how to make the move.
He discussed the matter with Sima Yi, Sun Zi, Wei Xi, Zhou Buyi and others. Everyone analyzed the situation and said that although the Liao rebels were weak at the moment, they considered themselves upright, while the Wu people had to rely on the Liao captives politically. It can also be seen from the last battle in Hebei that the remaining power of the Liao captives was still there. Cao Zhen sent troops for one month, and several counties in the two states responded, which should not be underestimated. The Wu people were not good at field battles and were timid and fearful of death. They sent troops out of Yuzhou several times, but they only plundered the people on the ground, so they were not serious enemies. Therefore, most people hold the view of first Liao and then Wu.
Liu Xie generally agreed with this result, but after thinking about it, he always felt that the discussion was too rough and partially inadequate. After weighing it again and again, he finally wrote to Chen Chong for advice. Unexpectedly, Chen Chong wrote back and said: "In the great military and state affairs, Kong Ming is the most outstanding among all the people, and the king's talents are far superior to mine. Since your Majesty seeks unification, why should you sacrifice the near and seek the far?"
After Liu Xie finished reading, he was speechless for a moment. He said to the people around him: "Uncle, if you didn't tell me, I would have really forgotten about this Crouching Dragon!"
In the past two years, Liu Xie has indeed subconsciously excluded Zhuge Liang from the decision-making center. Firstly, he was too upright, and Liu Xie found it difficult to get along with him. Secondly, Zhuge Liang had a delicate status. He was not only a rising leader among Chen Chong's students, but also one of the important ministers in Liu Bei's will. Liu Xie discussed matters with him. There is always a sense of constraint. Therefore, although he was still appointed as the Sili Xiaowei, he actually did not participate in the decision-making of the Taige and only handled some trivial chores that Liu Xie did not want to pay attention to.
However, Zhuge Liang had no complaints about this. No matter how big or small the matters in his hands were, he did it himself without making any mistakes. All the ministers in the capital compare with Xiao He in terms of talent, and Dou Rong of Zhou Dynasty is a model for all officials. While Chen Chong was replying to Liu Xie's letter, Zhuge Liang was still discussing with the county officials in Yi County, planning to rebuild the plank road at the end of the year, and was not in Luoyang at all.
Liu Xie thought that this year was about to end, and if a war was to begin, it would have to wait until the summer harvest in June next year at the earliest, so there was no need to rush. So he simply sent an envoy to Xi County to talk to Zhuge Liang about the matter first and give him a heads up. He hoped that he could come up with a strategy before February of the next year and then bring it to the Shangshu table for discussion.
The messenger rode his horse day and night, coming and going as fast as he could, but he returned from Xi County in only ten days. Liu Xie wanted to ask him about Kong Ming's current situation. Unexpectedly, while wiping his sweat, the messenger took out a stack of drafts from his arms and gasped: "Your Majesty, after listening to the order, Zhuge Jun rushed to write the strategy that night. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty!”
This surprised Liu Xie and he quickly took the paper into his hand. Seeing a dozen pieces of paper with thousands of words written on them, he couldn't help but said "Huh" and then flipped through them hastily. The language of this policy paper is not concise, and there are indispensable traces of smeared circles between the lines. At a glance, it is obvious that it was written on the spur of the moment. However, the discussion is so clever that Liu Xie can't help but concentrate on it, flipping through one page after another. Read it in one sitting before stopping.
After reading, Liu Xie breathed a long sigh of relief and looked back to the beginning of the full text. He found that Kong Ming named this policy "Public Security Policy". He could not hide his admiration for Zhuge Liang and said to himself: "If it is true as Kong Ming said, , give me five years.”
Zhuge Liang's "Public Security Policy" not only focuses on military strategies, but also discusses political strategies at the beginning, mainly diplomatic strategies. The overall intention of the whole article is very high and the consideration is relatively comprehensive. On the basis of summarizing the previous gains and losses, it details the military action strategy. The full text is relatively long, and its key discussions are excerpted below.
The first is political strategy. In terms of strategic diplomacy, the most important thing is to appease Yunbei: "Xianbei is a powerful enemy outside the Great Wall. As soon as China declined, the Huns took advantage of the situation and rose up. During the reign of Emperor Gaozu and Shizu, the Huns were raging, and by the time of Huanling, , Xianbei prospered, with Tanshihuai in front and Kirby Neng in the back, with hundreds of thousands of horsemen at every turn, which had the potential to shake the country. Fortunately, after the bloody battle in Pingcheng, the late Emperor Jian eliminated the great trouble, established a government in Yunbei, and united the tribes to prevent great disasters Eliminate it. Nowadays, Qingyan in northern Xinjiang does not station heavy troops, but relies more on this."
But after Liu Bei's death, Chen Deng died of illness, and the threat of the Yunbei Changshi Mansion has declined. Some Hu people, such as Ku Huiguan and Murong Xianbei, wanted to return to the Tanshihuai business, so they openly defected to support the Liao captives, while there were countless who secretly stayed neutral and watched. This allowed Cao Zhen to come and go freely in Hebei. And if the indulgence continues, we cannot rule out the possibility that the grassland tribes will be bribed by the Liao people to fight back: "The Liao people are willing to spend their money to hinder them. Wuhuan and Xianbei are prone to chaos, and there are already signs of it. If the Hu people betray the alliance, If all of them fall to the Liao people, the situation in the north and south will be reversed. Yanshan will be in danger from the enemy.
Therefore, the Yunbei Changshi Mansion is a very critical part of the political strategy. Especially for the Tuoba tribe of Hengguo, every means must be used to unite, marry, and strengthen relations with them. In short, they will form absolute suppression of the grassland and cut off the Liao people's way of invading the invaders. But we must also be careful not to let the Tuoba tribe become powerful. Although the imperial court has been on good terms with the Tuoba tribe for more than 20 years, nothing will go wrong in the Tuoba tribe. However, things are unpredictable. Once it is passed down to the next generation, In the ancient times, the Tuoba tribe had a desire to be independent, but the imperial court was unable to check and balance it, which was the legacy of raising tigers.
Therefore, regarding the strategy to the north, the article believes that the grassland should be the main one, with Liaodong as the supplement. The imperial court should send troops first to frighten the barbarians so that they would not dare to turn to the Liao people. Naturally, the Liao people would not dare to invade Hebei in a big way. At most, they would attack Lu along the way. Long and Beiping are just equal, and it is unlikely to cause serious trouble.
As for Sun Quan in the south, Zhuge Liang was extremely cautious. He believed that its strategic value was much higher than that of the Liao people. Although so far, the Wu people have not posed a big threat to the imperial court, this is mainly because Sun Quan's succession to the throne was unfair and he was young and had difficulty convincing the public. But in fact, the Sun family in Jiangdong has occupied all the Chu lands, with extremely huge war potential. And with the convenience of the Jianghuai River, it can travel as fast as the cavalry. Once it completes its internal integration, the threat will be no less than when the Eastern Dynasty was in its prime.
Moreover, the Sun family has been established in Chu for three generations. The country is prosperous and the people are attached to it. There are many capable and famous generals under their command, and they are still expanding their territory. Just last year, Wu general Lu Dai entered Jiaozhi, Shi Xie and others joined him one after another, and Sun Quan established his capital in Moling and changed the city's name to Jianye. To say that the country is booming is not an exaggeration.
In short, Zhuge Liang's opinion was contrary to that of the Taige ministers. His opinion was to attack Wu first and then destroy Liao. However, before that, the Liao people needed to be isolated in Liaodong. However, destroying Soochow will not be accomplished overnight. How to plan is the top priority of the policy.
The article then discusses military strategy in detail. In the article, Kong Ming divided the land occupied by the Wu people into five regions: "The Wu people have a vast territory and can be divided into Xu, Huai, Jing, Wu, and Yue." Xu is in the Huaibei region with Pengcheng as the core, and Huai It is the Jiangbei and Huainan region centered on Hefei, Jing is the middle reaches of the Yangtze River centered on Jiangling, Wu is the lower reaches of the Yangtze River centered on Moling, and Yue is the Jiaozhou region centered on Panyu.
For the imperial court, the strategic status of these five regions declined successively in the above order: "Xuzhou is our east neighbor and reaches our key points; the gateway to the left of the Huainan River is the key point between the north and the south; the place where Jingchu fought four battles is the center of the world; Three Wus have exclusive access to Haili and are rich in products; the territory of South Vietnam is vast and there are countless barbarians. If Wu were a giant beast, then Xu would be the claws, Huai would be the teeth, thorns would be the belly, Wu would be the body, and Yue would be the tail."
The key to pacifying Wu is to first knock out the two Wu minions, Xu and Huai, who are also the leaders of the entire Sun regime. In addition to posing a direct threat to Henan, he is also strategically condescending and can form an absolute strategic advantage over the Jingchu and Wuyue regions at the same time. Therefore, as early as Sun Ce's period, the Yangzhou shogunate focused on Shouchun, Hefei and other places, and now, it also uses Shouchun as its companion capital and stationed heavy troops. It not only protects against foreign enemies, but also forms military advantages and suppression in various domestic regions.
It's just that although Huainan has a well-developed water network, it is not as dangerous as the Yangtze River. It is difficult for the Wu boat division to cross the north and south. Wang Normal University can rush to cross and fight, remove the strongholds one by one, and force the Wu people to fight in the field. If the Wu people are defeated because of this, they will be out of control. At that time: "Once Xuzhou and Huainan are captured and the Yangtze River is drunk, the Three Wus will be out of control. And the Bashu boat division to the west of Jingchu will be forced by the Nanfu in the north, and it will be difficult to be alone."
The only thing to worry about is that the national navy is still immature and needs time to practice. But losing the Wu people in Jiangbei is no longer a concern. They can train their boat divisions in Huainan and Jiangzhou first, and then turn around to attack Liaodong. Since the Wu people could not penetrate deep into the Central Plains, the imperial court no longer had any worries and could fight a protracted and attrition war with the enemy in Liaodong. The Liao people were located outside the Great Wall, with few people, little food, and even less supplies. If the stalemate lasted for a long time, they were bound to fail. Once Liaodong is leveled, the navy should also be trained. At that time, "all we need to do is to order Huainan, Hanmian, and Bashu to send out their armies. They will not attack along the way, but go straight to Jianye, and the troops will be rich in spring. Even though Sun Quan has unparalleled talents, he can only use plain chariots and white horses, with his flesh exposed and his face bound. Beg for your life. Now the world can be settled, and a prosperous age can be expected!"
Governing Ontario, this is the end.
In the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Long'an, Zhuge Liang returned to the eastern capital from Xi County. Liu Xie personally went out of the city to greet him, reviewed his mistakes in the past two years, and asked him to sit with him. Then Liu Xie asked him to participate in the decision-making of the Taige, and handed over this discussion to the officials of the Taige for detailed discussion. Everyone was amazed and ashamed, and they all agreed to implement this policy.
