"The last general has been fighting for more than twenty years and has traveled seven or eight points in the world. He has never seen such a dangerous place. Let alone attacking cities and plundering territory, I am afraid it will be difficult to walk there!" Some generals sighed.
They are all generals who have been fighting for decades. They have seen many dangerous places in their lives. However, this is the first time they have experienced such a situation like Shu.
Although Feng Yi just pointed out that there are five roads, the generals also understood that in fact, there are only three roads.
Ziwu Road and Tangluo Road, due to the conditions of these two roads, are really unable to support the march of large-scale armies.
At the same time, the generals finally understood why Li Xiang was so aggressive in the conquest of Shu, using 750,000 troops and millions of farmers.
Apart from Liu Che of Yizhou, who else among the princes in the world has this honor?
Most of the people attending the meeting today are warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles. They are thirsty for the blood of their swords, lying in the saddle, crawling and rolling among the dead, and they have made no progress in the war!
For a person like Jia Fu, if you asked him to fight back and forth among hundreds of thousands of troops, he would not even frown, pick up his halberd, mount his horse, and just go in.
People like Li Cunxiao are fearless. No matter what powerful enemy comes to kill you, they will give you a hard blow first.
But in the past, the boss, Li Xiang, and the Hanchang warriors, the third boss, all lost their energy after seeing the terrain of Bashu and the three roads. It was difficult to walk in such a ghost place, so how could they line up their troops?
How about setting up formations, attacking, killing and defending?
Not to mention the generals sitting here, even the chief general Li Jing raised his eyebrows together after seeing the terrain.
No wonder it turns out that in history, when Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, he sighed and said to his subordinates: "Hundreds of miles of dead mountains and endless valleys, this is no place for military force. If I had known about the terrain, I would never have led my troops here!"
It’s no wonder that in history, with Zhuge Kongming’s extraordinary talent and strategy, he made six expeditions out of Qishan but failed at the hands of Sima Xiaoer, not because of lack of ability but because of the terrain!
The Qinling Mountains are steep and the plank roads are rugged and difficult to navigate. More importantly, during the march, the army had to resist enemy ambushes and attack cities and plunder territory. The difficulty increased several times!
Liu Che's subordinates are also full of talents, including Xu Shiji, Chen Qingzhi, Yang Su, Yao Chang, Lu Guang, Dai Tuo, Zhou Yafu, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Zhao Chongguo, Wang Sengbian, Yang Shuang, Yang Duanhe and others.
The talent of a general.
If such a person really insists on guarding every dangerous pass, even though there are many famous generals on the Jin army's side, there really isn't much that can be done against them.
Then again, what is a hero? He can do what others cannot, dare what others dare not, know clearly that there are tigers in the mountains, but prefer to go to the tiger mountains...
"There is no turning back when the bow is fired. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the pass, and countless money, food and grass were spent. How can we return without success? Even if Bashu has a copper wall, I, the governor, will still have to break a hole!...
"Li Jing said in a deep voice.
No matter how dangerous the terrain of Bashu is, it is not omnipotent after all. It does not mean that the land of Bashu is absolutely unbreakable.
During the Warring States Period, Qin general Sima Cuo sent his troops south and took the Hanzhong plank road to attack Bashu and turned it into the backyard of the Qin State, which showed that force could be used from north to south!
During the Chu and Han Dynasties, Han Xin built a plank road openly and secretly attacked Chencang, and captured Guanzhong in one fell swoop, laying the foundation of the Han Empire and showing that troops could be used from south to north!
Since others can do it, Li Jing doesn't believe that he will be worse than others. Since others can do it, can't Li Jing be able to do it?
Since others finally found a way to pry open the iron hole in Bashu, then Li Jing must also have a way to pry open this iron hole in the end.
What the ancients could do, Li Jing was confident that he could do the same, and do it even better, conquer Hanzhong, conquer Bashu, bring the entire Yizhou under the banner of the Jin army, and move away for the day when the Jin army can truly sweep the world.
Their biggest stumbling block.
When a large army fights, morale comes first. No matter what kind of fighting method is used next, morale must be guaranteed first. If even the most basic morale cannot be guaranteed, then no matter how sophisticated it is in the end,
The results of this strategy will probably be greatly reduced.
In the end, no matter how sophisticated the strategy is, no matter how seamless the plan is, it is still the people who are responsible for implementing them. If there is a problem with people, then everything will stop.
"A man, a true man, can die in battle and be wrapped in horse leather, which is a great blessing in life. What should we fear?"
"There are only generals who die in battle, and there are no cowards who retreat. The last general is willing to die for the governor!"
"The final general is willing to be a pioneer officer and be the first to enter Hanzhong!"
Encouraged by Li Jing, a group of generals also gained morale and wanted to serve as vanguard officers. They were the first to enter Hanzhong, or even Chengdu, and capture Shu King Liu Che alive!
Under Li Jing's encouragement, the generals became furious, and each one of them was like a shot of chicken blood. However, fighting was never a direct and impulsive thing, and the morale was stimulated. Although the morale was stimulated, but
But you must not become reckless because of this.
In the final analysis, strategy is the key to success, not courage. Fighting is more than just a simple matter of recklessness. Of course, relying on recklessness may lead to temporary victory, but it is absolutely impossible to achieve lifelong victory.
Therefore, Li Jing took the initiative to stop the generals who seemed to have been beaten to death by waving his hands, and instead discussed with them the strategy of entering Shu.
You can't rely on Mang in normal battles, let alone attacking a geographically special place like the Bashu Land. If you really go in with Mang, it will probably result in the annihilation of the entire army.
This battle, even for the Jin army, is considered a national war. And such a large-scale national war is definitely something that it cannot afford to lose.
After asking this question, it didn't matter. Li Jing actually asked him a plan.
"I'm reporting to the Grand Governor that I have a plan in the end, and you might want to give it a try!" Cen Peng said in front of everyone.
It is a coincidence that during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Cen Peng persuaded Zhu Tuna to surrender, conquered Jingxiang, and conquered Longyou in the west. He became a major contributor to the Eastern Han Dynasty in opening up territory and conquering all directions.
The most shining achievement in his life was undoubtedly the battle against Shu.
Originally, two armies entered Shu: Lai She led the main force in Guanzhong and marched by land, while Cen Peng led the Jingzhou navy to support the army by water. Not wanting to be embarrassed, Emperor Gongsun Shu of Shu actually sent assassins to kill Lai She and delay the Han army's attack.
.
When Lai She died, the two-pronged attack strategy failed, so Liu Xiu wrote to Cen Peng: I suggest that you lead your army to retreat, and then slowly plan to destroy Shu; if you want to lead the navy to the west, I have no objection.
In short, it's up to you to decide whether to fight or retreat.
Cen Peng's reply was firm but tragic: Since I have entered Shu, I have no reason to return. I can destroy Gongsun Shu with just my troops!
The Yangtze River is naturally dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack; in addition, going upstream and having to pass through the dangerous Three Gorges makes it even more difficult.
Therefore, in previous history, no one had ever chosen to enter Sichuan by water.
Cen Peng didn't believe in this evil, so he built a warship, and on the day when the east wind picked up, he sailed up the river with the help of the wind, and reached the two passes of Jingmen and Huya. The navy on the ship fought bravely to be the first, not avoiding the arrows, and fired arrows one after another.
Throwing the torch onto the pass, the wind took advantage of the fire and burned the Shu army until they cried for their fathers and mothers. After breaking through the pass, Cen Peng bypassed the difficult-to-attack Jiangzhou, marched forward bravely, crossed Dianjiang, broke through Pingqu, and attacked Chengdu in one fell swoop.
nearby.
The Han army descended from the sky, and Gongsun Shu, who was unable to resist, sent out assassins again, stabbing Cen Peng seriously and dying soon after.
But in this life, when it came to the plan to defeat Shu, it was Cen Peng who was the first to come up with the idea.
Like Feng Yi, Cen Peng is also one of the guards of Yongzhou, and when Feng Yi collected information about the Bashu land, a lot of it was done by Cen Peng himself. Cen Peng did not know anything about the Bashu land here.
under people.
At this moment, Cen Peng's hand also pointed to a particularly conspicuous location on the sand table: Ziwu Valley.