The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 264
The 15 years of Jian'an is destined to be an eventful one.

On the issue of whether to attack Xichuan, most of the counselors tended to continue to march, conquer Yizhou, capture Liu Zhang and Liu Bei alive.

Cheng Yuanzhi has a different opinion.

Liu Ye said: "Nowadays when the soldiers are here, the people in Sichuan are panic-stricken. Seeing that our army is powerful, there must be internal changes. Why don't Wei Gong put down Xichuan in one go, so as to achieve an indelible feat!"

Jia Xu said: "Although our army is tired at this time, our momentum is strong. We should take advantage of the situation and enter Shu. Otherwise, after Liu Bei gains a firm foothold in Shu, it will become a serious problem for me."

When everyone heard the words, they all agreed.

It was rare that all the counselors had the same opinion, Cheng Yuanzhi hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said:
"The ancients said: Before the world was in chaos, Shu was in chaos first, and the world has been leveled. Sichuan, two rivers have already been obtained, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

It's not that he doesn't want to attack Xichuan, it's just too difficult.

The reason for winning Hanzhong is that Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou. Whether it is due to strategic considerations or the need to expand its strength, Hanzhong must be captured, and it must be captured before Liu Bei, so Cheng Yuanzhi decided to act first and take the lead. An army of 20 marched to Hanzhong to conquer Zhang Lu.

The presence of Hanzhong is equivalent to guarding the throat of Yizhou. If the soldiers and horses of the Shu region do not conquer Hanzhong, there will be no possibility of advancing northward.

Fortunately, this time it went very smoothly. From August last year to April this year, it took only eight months to completely pacify Hanzhong.

But then it won't be so easy.

Liu Zhang doesn't have to worry about it, but Liu Bei who guards the Jiange cannot be underestimated. With this person, the already difficult Jiange will be even more difficult to conquer.

Like Jiange, a world-famous pass that "one man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it" cannot be broken by filling hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Breaking through Shu requires skill.

For example, like Deng Ai, he sneaked across the Yinping alley and detoured behind the enemy's rear, so that the generals guarding the Jiange were attacked by the enemy and had to give up the pass.

But at this point in time, especially in front of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, there is no room for this strategy to be used at all.

Zhuge Liang is too cautious, too steady, and an opponent with such a personality has both advantages and disadvantages for Cheng Yuanzhi.

The good thing is that you don't have to worry about the opponent's surprise victory, and you will be caught off guard. The bad thing is that it is impossible for you to steal his home!

Moreover, Liu Bei had not yet obtained Xichuan at this time. If the Northern Army continued to suppress the border, not only would Liu Zhang and Liu Bei be united more closely, but it would also be tantamount to helping Liu Bei gain experience and reputation, which would only speed up his pace of capturing Xichuan.

There are many reasons why Cheng Yuanzhi did not intend to "take Long and look forward to Shu", one of which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The second is that the soldiers urgently need to rest.

Although the army's trip went smoothly, from the dispatch of troops in August last year to the capture of Hanzhong in April this year, the 20 troops also fought for eight months.
The bowstring will break if it is stretched to the full for a long time, let alone a human being.After eight months of high-intensity marching and siege, the exhaustion on the faces of the soldiers can be seen with the naked eye, and the entire barracks is filled with war weariness.

The third is that many problems left over after proclaiming the public and many new problems that have emerged need to be handled carefully.

In the past, when Cheng Yuanzhi led the army to go out on an expedition, he could safely leave the important affairs of the court to the judge and Yang Xiu to take care of them.

Now, the situation is different, Shen Pei and Yang Xiushen, as the representatives of the aristocratic family, cannot handle such a problem.

In other words, it was difficult for the two of them to be fair when dealing with this kind of route-related issue.

After becoming public, the land of ten states under Cheng Yuanzhi's jurisdiction has two masters in name, such as two days in the sky, one day in Zhongtian, and one day in the west mountain.

Among the civil and military forces in Hebei, there are still many loyal to the Han Dynasty. Cheng Yuanzhi has been away from the center for eight full months. Although the power is still in his hands, there are still many uncertain factors. An early return to Ye can quickly stabilize the situation .

Fourth, Sun Quan and Ma Chao are always two hidden dangers.

Before, at the critical moment of the siege of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu had sent people to Xiliang, contacted Ma Chao and Han Sui, agreed to attack Chang'an, and cut off the Northern Army's retreat. Fortunately, the envoy sent by Zhang Lu was intercepted by the Northern Army. The news didn't get out.

But who knows if Liu Zhang will also use this method to send envoys to Xiliang to contact Ma Chao?
Cheng Yuanzhi doesn't know whether Liu Zhang will use this method, but Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong will definitely persuade Liu Bei to use this method.

Because "avoiding the real and attacking the virtual" is the simplest way to use troops, and anyone with a little military common sense will adopt this method.

The most important thing is that Ma Chao and Han Sui cannot be trusted!

They are in the frontier all the year round, "see profit and forget righteousness, if there is milk, then mother", "fight today, make peace tomorrow" are all basic operations.

How can it be reassuring to have two people behind you?

In addition, at the beginning of the year, Sun Quan launched the Battle of Jiangxia, and Zhou Yu, who was still seriously injured, personally led the army to attack Jiangxia.

According to the information obtained by the spies, before entering Sichuan, Liu Bei and Sun Quan re-divided the territory of Jingzhou. Liu Bei ceded Changsha County to the latter in exchange for the latter sending troops to attack Jiangxia and support him to enter Sichuan.

The Jiangxia battle lasted for more than two months, and the battle was extremely intense.

Although in the end the defender Wenpin repelled Sun Quan's 3 army with [-] men and temporarily won the victory in defending Jiangxia, but if Cheng Yuanzhi continues to attack Xichuan at this moment, Sun Quan will definitely make a comeback.

And Sima Yi was in Xiangyang, guarding against Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang, and he couldn't get away from helping.

Fifth, the situation of the three-legged confrontation has actually been initially formed, and Cheng Yuanzhi is also in his fifties, and it is impossible to unify the world in the short term, so he postpones the pace of unifying the world, and speeds up his achievements and changes to the official title of king.

This is an imminent event.

If he is not called king, those civil servants who have fought with him for decades will not agree, and neither will the generals.

These civil and military ministers risked their fortunes and lives, and worked hard for decades. The main goal was not peace in the world, but high-ranking officials and high salaries, conferring wives and sons, and going down in history.

People's hearts are like this, and the general trend is like this. This is the status quo that no one can change.

If you don't call yourself king, you will lose your heart, and it will be difficult to lead the team.

Just like the ideal of the boss is to make the company into the world's top [-], but the ideal of the employees is always "salary increase, promotion, and year-end bonus".

Sixth, at the end of the battle, the opponent is difficult to deal with.

Dongchuan is not Xichuan, and Liu Bei is not Zhang Lu. As one of the few strong men in history, Liu Bei's fate is tenacious.

And the only chance to kill Liu Bei (when he was in Yecheng), Cheng Yuanzhi didn't do it. At that time, he was thinking about letting Liu Bei go to harm Jingzhou and create opportunities for himself to go south.

Since he didn't make a move at the beginning, it meant that he had already anticipated the situation today.

Cheng Yuanzhi is well aware of Liu Bei's ability, and Xichuan is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others, if he continues to march westward with the current exhausted army, the biggest possibility is to fall into a protracted stalemate.

In this way, it corresponds to the situation in the art of war that "when the situation is exhausted, there will be changes", which Cheng Yuanzhi does not want to see.

Instead of forcing something that cannot be done, it is better to temporarily stop the army and truce to see the changes.

It is indeed incomprehensible from an outsider's point of view not to choose to enter Shu, but from Cheng Yuanzhi's point of view, it is correct - because his purpose of sending troops this time is to gain achievements and become king.Now that the goal has been achieved at this time, it is understandable for the class teacher to return to court.

It can be said that despite changing time and space, Cheng Yuanzhi still faces the same situation as Cao Cao.

In the original time and space, after Cao Cao occupied Hanzhong, he did not continue to advance due to many reasons, which gave Liu Bei a chance to breathe. As a result, Liu Bei sent his troops northward, captured Hanzhong, and stabilized the rule of the land of Liangchuan, which made Cao Cao regret it.

But Cheng Yuanzhi is not Cao Cao, and he will never let Liu Bei take Hanzhong easily.

After leaving Zhang He to lead an army of [-] to guard Hanzhong, Cheng Yuanzhi withdrew his troops and returned to the north. The army marched to Chang'an. There was good news from Jingzhou:

Zhou Yu died.

The death is terrible!

(End of this chapter)