Liu Bei said that he understood every word Mi Yang said.

But after stringing together every word Mi Yang said, Liu Bei was stunned.

He was dazed this time for a longer time than before.

Seeing that Liu Bei did not agree to his petition immediately, Mi Yang thought that Liu Bei was worried, so he anxiously persuaded him again:

"If your majesty can adopt my strategy, I can guarantee that this strategy will have at least three major benefits for our army.

The first advantage is that our army can shorten the time as much as possible and concentrate as much force as possible to attack Chang'an City.

With this layer of protection, our army's success in capturing Chang'an will be greatly increased.

The second advantage is that our military can produce unexpected effects.

The enemy general Cao Zhen and others are all well versed in the art of war, but because of this, they would not have thought that our army would dare to do this.

They must now want to slowly withdraw their troops to the rear of Chencang, and then use some dangerous terrain in Fufeng to build defense lines to block our army layer by layer.

If the main force of our army cannot pass through Chencang quickly and the defense line built by the rebels is formed as time goes by, then our army's road to Chang'an will be even more difficult and dangerous.

Only by using unexpected methods can we disrupt the enemy's deployment and deprive the enemy of sufficient preparation time, thereby seizing the initiative in the battle of Chang'an."

After talking about these two benefits in succession, Mi Yang paused and then continued:

“The third benefit of doing this is:

As early as the Battle of Liangzhou, people in Guanzhong were frightened by the prestige of our army's victory.

Although more than half a year has passed since the Battle of Liangzhou, our army has won a new victory in Jieting, and the thousands of miles of Liangzhou territory will soon fall into the hands of our army.

Under the influence of these three facts, there must be many people in Guanzhong who miss the Han Dynasty.

As long as our army can bypass Chencang and go straight into the hinterland of Guanzhong after the rebels retreat, all the counties in Guanzhong will see that our army is unstoppable.

In this way, those who have long missed the Han Dynasty in their hearts will inevitably rise up and respond to our army.

Even though most of the aristocratic families will remain on the sidelines after our army enters the hinterland of Guanzhong, this is still beneficial to our army.

Waiting and watching means that most aristocratic families will not immediately help either our army or the rebel army, which can greatly weaken the geographical advantage of the rebel army.

When we are stronger than others, the war ministers in Chang'an will be more confident!"

After saying the last words, Mi Yang got up and came to Liu Bei's bed, and then bowed deeply to him.

The main purpose of Mi Yang coming to find Liu Bei tonight is to persuade Liu Bei to summon Zhuge Liang to Guanzhong and join him in the Northern Expedition.

Zhuge Liang was the prime minister who opened the government and governed the affairs of the Han Dynasty. His status was above Mi Yang. If Zhuge Liang came to Guanzhong, only Liu Bei had the power.

Mi Yang thought that his persuasion would go smoothly. After all, Liu Bei had always trusted him, and the strategy he proposed would greatly benefit the Han army in Guanzhong.

The most important thing is that Liu Bei is different from others.

After others heard Mi Yang's thoughts, even if they knew that Mi Yang would let Zhuge Liang stay behind, they would still think that Mi Yang was just having a whim.

At that time, the overlord of Western Chu was so talented that he almost beat Liu Bang to the point where he couldn't hold his head up on the frontal battlefield, but why was he finally forced to form an alliance with Liu Bang?

The reason is that his back path is unstable.

At that time, the overlord of Western Chu did not think about stabilizing his future.

However, with a small number of troops and an elite enemy force in the rear, it is extremely difficult to firmly hold the retreat for one's own army.

You must know that under such circumstances, if an ordinary person can hold on for a month, he can already be called a famous general.

But it was obvious that Mi Yang would not be able to capture Chang'an in one month.

Mi Yang needs at least half a year.

It is difficult to do something that has already been verified, and with such a large time span, others will think that Mi Yang is just whimsical, which is natural.

Unless Mi Yang comes in person - just like when the overlord of Western Chu wanted to completely consolidate his retreat, he had to go by himself.

This is also impossible. Neither Mi Yang nor the overlord of Western Chu back then had the ability to clone themselves.

It's just that although Mi Yang doesn't know how to clone, there is not anyone among the Han Dynasty who can compare with him in military strategy.

That person is none other than Zhuge Liang!

As a time traveler, Mi Yang knows this very well, and how could Liu Bei, who has always been good at recognizing people, not know this?

In this case, why is Liu Bei still hesitating?

Seeing Mi Yang solemnly bowing to him, Liu Bei's face showed no joy.

Mi Yang has explained his strategy very clearly, and Liu Bei can understand it.

Liu Bei also knew whether Zhuge Liang could defend Mi Yang's retreat.

Originally, Liu Bei should be happy when his expectations were met, but he was not.

Because although his military strategy is not as good as that of Mi Yang, in terms of seeing through people's thoughts, no one in the world can surpass him.

After a long silence, Liu Bei sighed and asked Mi Yang:

"What if I can't keep it?"

Liu Bei's words made Mi Yang fall silent.

Temple calculation is the first step before launching a war.

The strategy Mi Yang proposed to Liu Bei just now was temple calculation.

But everyone knows that no matter how sophisticated the temple calculations are, they are never 100% accurate.

It is possible that Zhuge Liang could defend Mi Yang's retreat. This possibility is not small, but Zhuge Liang is not a god, and he may not be able to defend it.

"What if I can't keep it?"

Seeing that Mi Yang didn't answer him, Liu Bei asked again in a more serious tone.

Under Liu Bei's "question", Mi Yang could only reply:

"Soon after, there were no more elite bandit troops in Liangzhou, and it became a fact that Liangzhou fell into our territory.

Even if the Prime Minister cannot hold on, with the Prime Minister's ability to care for all directions, he will never let us lose Liangzhou.

As long as Liangzhou is not lost, our army will gain something from this Northern Expedition, and after a few years of rest and recuperation, our national strength will be strengthened.

At that time, our army can raise troops again to seize Chang'an when the world changes."

What Mi Yang said is true.

Since he traveled through time, with the efforts of him and other Jihan heroes, the current territory of the Han Dynasty includes the four states of Jing, Yi, Liang, and Liang.

In addition, it is also a very important fact that Cao Wei's national power suffered continuous blows.

Under this circumstance, the national power of Ji Han in this world is not on the same level as that of Ji Han in history.

In this life, Ji Han has fundamentally begun to possess the capital to seize the world.

The facts Mi Yang said did not satisfy Liu Bei.

This wasn't the answer he wanted to hear.

Seeing Mi Yang talking about him, Liu Bei finally directly asked what he really wanted to ask.

"What will you do if Kong Ming can't hold on?"

Liu Bei's question made Mi Yang take a deep breath.

What will happen to him?

The road back was cut off, the morale of the army was shattered, there were no mountains around for him to hide his whereabouts, and the Wei army had cavalry who were familiar with the location...

Under these various factors, it is not difficult to guess what his final fate will most likely be.

But bypassing Chencang was a strategy proposed by Mi Yang. Once this strategy failed, he should have borne the huge risks.

Mi Yang raised her head and looked at Liu Bei, with determination in his eyes.

"I am the great general of the Han Dynasty.

Since you are a general, you should put the great man first in everything!

It doesn't matter what my future holds."

Mi Yang knew very well what strategic significance Guanzhong had for the Han Dynasty and what political significance Chang'an had for the Han Dynasty.

What about taking risks for the sake of those two great meanings?

Aren't Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's several Northern Expeditions risky in history?

Some things must be done.

Before he came, he promised Zhao Yun that he would do his best to win Chang'an for the Han Dynasty.

People in this world do not make promises easily, but once they make a promise, they need to use their lives to fulfill it.

Mi Yang knew that Liu Bei was worried about his safety.

It's just that if something is good above, it will be effective below.

Compared to himself, Liu Bei dragged his illness to fight in person. In addition, his condition has relapsed, but he still insists on staying on the front line. Isn't this a bigger risk?
To be continued...