In fact, to put it bluntly, Liu Bei's strategy of marching into Guanzhong via Chencang Road was actually not brilliant.
Han Xin's route to Chencang was called surprise, but if Liu Bei copied this route, it was called generous.
Regardless of the suddenness of the battle or the terrain conditions, Liu Bei actually did not have the possibility to copy Han Xin's route.
Therefore, Liu Bei's strategy was full of uncertainty from the beginning.
If Chencang Road cannot be broken quickly, then Liu Bei will have no choice but to retreat. If this is the case, then he should not advance in the first place. This will instead alert the enemy and put the Cao Wei defenders in Liangzhou and Guanzhong on guard.
Not to mention that after breaking through Chencang Road, Liu Bei will still face a series of uncertain factors. For example, the Liangzhou Army behind him has not been resolved. What if the Liangzhou Army sneaks into the rear? There are too many Chang'an defenders in front. If he holds on, What to do if we wait for reinforcements, or what to do if Cao's troops from Liangzhou and Chang'an attack Liu Bei from one front to another. There are too many uncontrollable factors.
This is the reason why Zhuge Liang is unwilling to support Liu Bei's strategy.
Fazheng and Pang Tong also understood this, otherwise they would not sit down and discuss it together.
If you want to change Liu Bei's strategy, you must come up with another better, more feasible strategy that can also achieve Liu Bei's goals, so as to persuade Liu Bei to change his mind.
Otherwise, even Fa Zheng would not be able to completely reverse Liu Bei's thinking. He could only take one step at a time and try to help Liu Bei reduce his losses.
After explaining the current situation clearly, Zhuge Liang officially got to the point - how to choose a more feasible strategy to help Liu Bei complete the strategic goal of capturing Guanzhong and occupy Chang'an in the short term.
Zhuge Liang's plan to cut off Long was actually a good method, but Liu Bei couldn't wait any longer and disliked the fact that it took too long to realize this strategy.
Therefore, Zhang Xi suggested how to make some modifications based on Zhuge Liang's plan to speed up the process.
After all, the current situation of the Liu Bei Group is much better than when Zhuge Liang left Qishan in history. Not only is Jingzhou in hand, but also Xiangfan.
So, Zhang Xi’s suggestion is to implement Zhuge Liang’s plan to cut off the Long River first.
Zhang Xi believes that as long as he can cut off Long and block the relationship between Guanzhong and Liangzhou, given the relationship between the Liangzhou wealthy families and Cao Wei, it is very likely that there will be no need to fight at all and they will surrender directly.
Even if Guo Huai of Liangzhou refuses to give up, Liu Bei's group only needs to detach a part of his soldiers to defend Wudu and Longxi counties to hold back Guo Huai, while the remaining soldiers will march eastward to attack Chang'an and attract Cao Hong's main army to come for a decisive battle.
The real trump card lies in the direction of Xiangfan.
Let the second master lead the army to attack Nanyang, contain Zhang Liao's army in Nanyang, and prevent the hinterland of the Central Plains from unscrupulously supporting Chang'an. At the same time, let the second master send a wise and brave general to go to Nanxiang and Wei Xing to directly attack Chang'an? !
After Zhuge Liang and others listened to Zhang Xi's idea, they started planning on the map and thinking about the pros and cons.
Fazheng first put forward his own idea. Since he wanted to make a sneak attack, he must choose the shortest route and try to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness.
But if we send troops from Xiangyang, go to Nanxiang, Wei Xing, to Youfufeng, and finally attack Chang'an. This road is too long. If there is even the slightest resistance, Cao Wei will be alerted, and everyone will know that he is going for a sneak attack. Chang'an troops.
And if nothing else, there will definitely be Cao Jun defending You Fufeng. That place is not far from Shangyong County. As long as Cao Hong is not stupid, he will not be unprepared for Kou Feng in the direction of Shangyong.
Pang Tong also nodded and agreed with Fazheng's point of view, but at the same time, he also believed that although the idea of a detour and sneak attack was a bit unrealistic, it was a good way to attract Cao's army to divide his troops as a partial division.
In this regard, Xu Shu also agreed, but Xu Shu believed that there was no need for Guan Yu to divide his troops. After all, Guan Yu wanted to attack Nanyang, and Xiangfan himself did not have many troops, so it was better not to divide his troops rashly.
Since it was just to attract Chang'an guard Cao Hong to divide his troops, Xu Shu suggested that he directly order Shangyong Kou Feng to send troops to Wei Xing to attack Youfufeng. Wouldn't this also divide Chang'an's troops? !
Unless Cao Hong is willing to sit back and watch Wei Xing and Youfufeng fall, if that is the case, then Kou Feng will not be polite and directly march to Chang'an City, waiting for an opportunity to coordinate Liu Bei's main army in the battle.
After the Yizhou soldiers left Qishan, captured Wudu County and Longxi County, and completed the cutting off of Longxi, the Yizhou soldiers also divided their forces and went all the way to attack Anding and contain the Liangzhou Army just in case. The other group went directly eastward. , to advance towards Chang'an, it would be best to lure Cao Hong into a field battle, and strive to defeat Cao Hong and occupy Chang'an.
The five people got together and came up with such a military strategy, which was quite satisfactory.
The advantage is that you can advance and retreat freely. At worst, you can return to Longshan to hold on. After completing the break of Longshan, you can attack Liangzhou at any time.
But the disadvantage is that if you attack Chang'an, you will need to confront Cao's army head-on. Once Cao's army relies on the Chang'an city wall to defend and wait for reinforcements, Liu Bei may not be able to accomplish Liu Bei's strategic purpose of occupying Chang'an.
In other words, Liu Bei may not accept it.
However, Zhang Xi and others discussed for a long time, and they really couldn't come up with a better and faster way to control risks based on Liu Bei's strategy of using Chencang Road.
Chen Cangdao's strategy is either a big victory or a big defeat. Our family has a weak foundation and really can't afford it.
Being able to come up with such a strategy to conquer Chang'an based on Zhuge Liang's strategy is already racking your brains. At least it is much more feasible than Liu Bei's plan of directly attacking Chencang Road.
Several people continued to discuss and improve this plan. At the same time, they formulated response plans for various accidents that may occur, striving to make the plan as perfect as possible.
Especially Zhang Xi pointed out the key locations of Duanlong - Qishan Fort and Street Pavilion very straightforwardly.
If we send troops to take the Qishan Road and march into Longxi County, these two places will be the most unavoidable.
Qishan Fort is the choke point for marching into Longxi. If this place is not captured, the march into Longxi will slow down, and the grain road will be under threat from Cao's army at any time.
The street pavilion is the key location that completely seals off Longshan.
There are four roads from Guanzhong to Liangzhou through Longshan, namely Wating Road, Jitou Road, Fanxu Road and Guanlong Road, and these four roads will eventually converge at Jieting.
Entering Longxi from the Wei River, there is also an important town, that is Shanggui, and to the north of Shanggui is Lueyang.
When Liu Xiu fought against Wei Xiao here, he sent the famous general She to occupy Lueyang. Lai She used 2,000 men to resist Wei Xiao's attack of tens of thousands for four months, allowing Liu Xiu to completely defeat Wei Xiao.
These actually have precedents.
Therefore, if you want to cut off Long, the bottom line is to hold the street pavilion. If possible, you must also capture Shanggui and Lueyang. Then there is no need to worry if Cao Wei's army comes to help.
In fact, the five people present knew about the importance of these places and had made corresponding preparations. However, the specific battles had to be determined based on the actual situation.
Maybe these places will be occupied by Liu Bei's army before Cao Wei has time to react. It is also possible that these places will be more difficult to fight. In reality, we can only know the result after the fight starts.
After the five people finished their discussion, they each returned to their homes and waited for Liu Bei to convene a military meeting.
At this time, Zhang Xi had the opportunity to see which way his door opened. Well, it turned out that it opened towards Zhuge Liang's house.
Before Zhang Xi led his troops south to put down the rebellion, Zhang Xi's family stayed at Zhuge Liang's house. It was not until Zhang Xi led his troops that Liu Bei prepared a mansion for Zhang Xi and his family. It was diagonally opposite Zhuge Liang's house. Sun Shangxiang It's convenient to move here from Zhuge Liang's house.
Zhang Xi went home in an excited mood and saw Sun Shangxiang who looked unhappy. He was a little puzzled, then looked at Xiaoba who looked happy but did not dare to show it, and Xiao Xuaner who was looking at him secretly with his younger brother. Come on, if you don’t go home all year round, aren’t the sequelae coming? !
But Zhang Xi felt aggrieved. I wasn't fooling around outside. It was a serious job and a business trip arranged by the boss.
Well, forget it, my mother-in-law, what can I say.
He went over and hugged Sun Shangxiang, and pulled Xiao Ba over beside him. They kissed each other, making the two women blush, and then turned back to touch Xiao Xuan'er and Xiao Zheng'er's heads.
Xiao Xuan'er was okay, she gave Zhang Xi a grimace and giggled.
However, Xiao Zheng'er seemed a little shy and didn't know who the "uncle" in front of him was.
I really don't blame Xiao Zheng'er. Xiao Zheng'er is only five years old this year and has not seen Zhang Xi for three years. It's strange that he can recognize him.
As for Xiao Xuan'er, Zhang Xi had been with her for three years when she was in Nanjun. Although Xiao Xuan'er was still young at that time, she was always familiar with Zhang Xi's appearance.
By the way, the little girl will be ten years old soon, right? !
Zhang Xi suddenly felt melancholy. In a few more years, his daughter would grow up, and she didn't know which bastard would take advantage of her.
At this time, Sun Shangxiang finally came to his senses. After waiting for a long time, her husband's "Sister Nanzhong" did not appear. This meant that her husband was not found for her.
Sun Shangxiang is very aware of Zhang Xi's style. If he really finds "Sister Nanzhong", this guy will definitely bring her home, so he won't leave her in Nanzhong.
This was the reason why Sun Shangxiang looked bad at first. It really wasn't that he didn't want Zhang Xi, nor did he want to look bad to her husband.
Sun Shangxiang really thinks that when Zhang Xi comes back this time, he will bring "Sister Nanzhong" with him.
It is always the eldest wife of the Zhang family. When meeting her for the first time, she must show off her power to her "sister" and establish her own status. At the same time, she also expresses her dissatisfaction with Zhang Xi.
Although I hinted that you can look for it, if you really look for it, I will definitely be angry.
That's why Sun Shangxiang looked unhappy, and at the same time warned Xiaoba that we must stand on the same front at this time, and we can't let the "Nanzhong Barbarian Girl" ride on us.
But it turned out there was no sister at all.
Okay, now Sun Shangxiang's mood is hard to describe.
She secretly walked to Zhang Xi and hugged her husband. Regardless of whether the child was present or not, the look in Zhang Xi's eyes was so clear that it could shine through.
That look was full of meaning that only husband and wife could understand, and Zhang Xi quickly realized what his wife meant.
That's not good, it doesn't seem to be dark yet.
But Sun Shangxiang didn't care. Not only did he not care, he also pulled Xiaoba with him, who was looking forward to it. The three of them went back to the room together to increase the relationship between the couple.
Then, well, Zhang Xi had dinner alone with Xiao Xuan'er and Xiao Zheng'er.
Huh, dear, your husband, I am also a general who leads troops in battles, how can I still lose to you two helpless women? !
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