three kings

Chapter 380
After hearing Zhuge Liang's proposal, Sun Can fell into deep thought. Xun Yu's capture of Sizhou and Zhuge Liang's capture of Xichuan both had similar effects.

Xun Yu has a unique vision and is good at strategic foresight. He has long seen that Sizhou must be a strategic location for the Cao-Liu coalition army in the future. Therefore, he thinks that by capturing Sizhou first, he can reduce the harm of the Cao-Liu coalition army and strengthen his own. Strength is what is necessary now.

And Zhuge Liang is not inferior to Xun Yu at all, strategic policy and tactical layout are also his strengths.He felt that Cao Cao's ability and strength were too strong, and his development must be suppressed.He knew that once Cao Cao captured Xichuan, then Cao Cao would occupy half of the western part of the Han Dynasty. Not only would he have the rich Guanzhong; Having won the important place in Western Shu, the difficulties that Sun Canjun will face when confronting Cao Cao in the future may be ten times, or even a hundred times as much as they are now.

This is not alarmist talk, there is indeed such a thing.

All because of the strange terrain in Guanzhong, the reason why it is called Guanzhong is because there are Tongguan in the east, Dashanguan in the west, Wuguan in the south, and Xiaoguan in the north. Guanzhong.

Tongguan is the first of the four passes, its real name is Hangu Pass, and it was renamed Tongguan after the Eastern Han Dynasty.It was built by the people of Qin during the Warring States period. It is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north and just close to the mountains. It is more than a hundred miles from east to west. description.There is nothing worse than this when one man guards the gate.During the Warring States period, the six countries repeatedly attacked Qin from the west, sometimes with millions of soldiers, but they only ended up in the Hangu Pass where they repeatedly hated each other, and ended up in a tragic end where the bones were everywhere.The danger of Tongguan and the strength of Tongguan can be seen from this.

Wuguan is also a Xiongguan fortress with a long history. It was built as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period. It was named "Shaoxi Pass", and it was changed to "Wuguan" during the Warring States Period.In the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin State built this pass to prevent other countries from attacking. Until the Qin Dynasty and the former Han Dynasty, Wuguan has always been the fortress of Xiongguan in the south of Chang'an, Kyoto.Guancheng is built on a high ground in a narrow valley, with Shaoxi Mountain in the north and Wuguan River in the south, surrounded by mountains and rivers, majestic and dangerous.Although it is not as dangerous as Tongguan, its majesty is not inferior to Tongguan at all.

Xiaoguan is a famous pass in the northwest frontier, and it is closely related to the strategic position of the Great Wall.The Great Wall and the towns and forts built along the Great Wall in Huanxian County form a complete defense system.Dasan Pass, also known as San Pass, was the pass of the scattered kingdoms in the Zhou Dynasty, hence the name San Pass.The mountains here are steep and steep.Because it strangles the throat of north-south traffic, it has been the "Throat of Sichuan and Shaanxi" since ancient times, and a place that must be contested by military strategists.During the conflict between Chu and Han, Han Xin "built plank roads openly and crossed Chencang secretly" passed here. However, these two passes have nothing to do with Sun Can's territory and can be ignored.

Generally speaking, there are only two routes from east to north when entering Guanzhong:

First, enter Guanzhong from Sizhou through Tongguan.This route is the easiest, but it faces Tongguan, where "one man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot pass through it".If you want to go down to Tongguan, if you want to attack by force, you have to be twenty times stronger than the enemy. The defender is stupid and can use tricks, but if the defender is wise and brave, it will be as difficult as reaching the sky.

The second is to cross Wuguan from Wancheng, and then from Lantian to the land of Sanqin in Guanzhong. From here, the difficulties faced are the same as Tongguan.

At this time, Cao Cao is occupying this dangerous and dangerous land that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Cao Cao is allowed to get Bashu again, the consequences will be even more unimaginable.

The mountains and forests of Bashu are continuous, and they are famous all over the world for their beauty and danger. If Cao Cao got it, with his talent, he would definitely build a favorable and reasonable fortress according to the geographical location and block the passage into Sichuan.

At that time, Cao Cao's territory will be like an iron barrel, extremely difficult to break through.

Not only that, the three fronts are very long apart.If Sun Canru wants to attack Cao Cao, he must first face an extremely embarrassing situation.

Tongguan, Wuguan, and Bashu Fortress are all invincible without heavy troops. However, if Sun Can wants to attack Tongguan with all his strength, he must prevent Cao Cao from going out of Wuguan to attack Wancheng and Bashu Fortress to harass the interior of Jingzhou. so it is.

If Sun Can did this again when he was fighting against the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the consequences would be even more dangerous.

In this way, Sun Can will be completely passive strategically, and strategic passiveness is almost equal to losing half of the battle.

It is extremely difficult to capture Bashu from Cao Cao, but it is not difficult to capture Bashu from Liu Zhang.

If Sun Can had acquired Xichuan in advance before Cao Cao, it would not be Sun Can but Cao Cao who fell into a passive position.

Because, although Guanzhong is the most affluent place in the world and has the perfect title of "Golden City Thousands of Miles, Land of Abundance", after the disasters of Dong Zhuo, Li Cui, Guo Si and others, the "Golden City Thousands of Miles, Land of Abundance" in "Historical Records" said "Golden City Thousands of Miles, Land of Abundance" "It's gone.Guanzhong was not able to support Cao Cao's more than [-] troops in time.Therefore, Hanzhong, which has not suffered from war, is very important to Cao Cao's army, and there is no room for any mistakes.

Once Sun Can gets Xichuan, he can threaten Hanzhong, which Cao Cao relies on for survival, at any time.Hanzhong is always threatened, how can Cao Cao himself feel at ease before going out to fight?
In this way, the situation is just reversed.

Sun Can looked at Sizhou with complex terrain and Xichuan with dangerous mountains, and seriously thought about the pros and cons of these two strategies.To be honest, the strategies mentioned by Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang are exactly the two extremes, and they are both very correct and reasonable.

Xun Yu's analysis is right. Sizhou is very important to Sun Can, because Sizhou will be the place where his two powerful enemies will work together to deal with him. If Sizhou is captured and taken as territory, then in the future he will fight against The dangers of Cao Cao and Liu Bei will be much smaller.

But what Zhuge Liang said is true. If he cannot occupy Xichuan before Cao Cao captures Xichuan, then his rear will be harassed and restrained by Cao Cao at any time, and he will be greatly hindered strategically. When I fight against Cao Cao in the future, I will increase the difficulty of decisiveness.

"Fish and bear's paw can't have virtue!" After a long time, Sun Can sighed, "If only there was a way to get Xichuan and occupy Sizhou."

However, Sun Can knew that this was unlikely.

Because Sizhou is very important to Sun Can, and even more important to Cao Cao and Liu Bei.Therefore, Cao Cao put down Xichuan to fight and stayed in Chang'an to deal with him personally.

The alliance between Cao Cao and Liu Bei is a foregone conclusion. Part of Cao Cao's troops are in Xichuan, and the remaining troops are too different from Sun Can's soldiers in strength, so it is impossible to resist Sun Can's army.

Therefore, in order to ensure that Sizhou will not fall, Liu Bei, who has been on the defensive, will definitely join the war and try his best to reduce the pressure on Sizhou.

Therefore, attack Sizhou.The enemy is not just Cao Cao's army, but the coalition forces of Cao and Liu, so we can't be sloppy.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy. Although Liu Zhang is weak, some of the geniuses left behind by Liu Yan are not easy to deal with, let alone those natural barriers?

Sun Can's strength is very strong, but not strong enough to be able to gnaw at the tough bone of Xichuan while fighting against the Cao Liu coalition.

You can only choose one of the two.

"Okay!" Sun Can knew that it was his turn to make a decision, "Wen Ruo and Kong Ming are both right, but overall I think it would be better to take Xichuan first, what do you think?"

"It's meaningless to wait!" Everyone knew that Sun Can had made up his mind, and the reason why he said it bluntly was to save Xun Yu's face.

Xun Yu is upright and selfless and doesn't care about face, but Sun Can is very happy in his heart.

At this time, Liu Hua remembered how Liu Bei captured Xichuan in history, and immediately came out and said: "It is not difficult to capture Xichuan, the key lies in three people, as long as these three people agree to surrender, then Xichuan will be in Can'er's pocket. "

"Who!" Sun Can was very excited when he heard this.

"Fazheng, Zhang Song, Yan Yan" Liu Hua said word by word.

Sun Can frowned slightly when he heard this, "Yan Yan is a famous veteran of Xichuan, Zhang Song is a famous scholar of Xichuan, both of them have to be reused by Liu Zhang, I am afraid they will not surrender easily? And who is Fazheng... I have a little impression, remember Terrible..." Sun Canjun's intelligence agencies are very extensive, and they also have their eyes in Xichuan.Sun Can had read it himself, among them Yan Yan and Zhang Song were well-known people, but Fazheng had not been reused and had no deeds, so there were only a few sentences in the information, which only remained in Sun Can's mind. I got a one-sided impression.

Liu Hua said solemnly: "Chan'er, don't underestimate Fazheng, his talent will be much worse than everyone present here, but he can't be reused. Although Zhang Song has to be reused, he is just like Chen Ping in the early Han Dynasty. Knowing that a good bird chooses a tree to live in, Liu Zhang was not the master at the time, so he had already planned to find another way. As for Yan Yan, he is more troublesome and cannot be shaken by words, but he is by no means a stubborn character. Weiyu is loyal to Liu Zhang. He is the number one veteran of Xichuan. Zhang Ren, Wu Yi and other Xichuan famous generals have all served as soldiers under his command. He has a high prestige. At the same time, he is also the number one enemy of our army to capture Xichuan. Wherever his prestige goes, the enemy will surely surrender." Historically, the reason why Liu Bei was able to attack Xichuanjue so quickly was largely because Zhang Fei persuaded Yan Yan to surrender, so that the cities and fortresses in Sichuan surrendered in anticipation. There was no fight, and they entered Xichuan in a big way.

Therefore, here Liu Hua is very confident. If Yan Yan is really loyal to Liu Zhang like Zhang Ren, then he will not be subdued by Zhang Fei. How can I say that Zhang Fei's personality is far worse than that of Liu Bei? up.

"That's good!" Sun Can said, "Come on, please invite Mr. Ma Liang over here!"

"Slow!" Liu Hua hurriedly stopped, "No, Ji Chang has the talent to persuade Fa Zheng and Zhang Song, but he is not qualified to persuade them. I must go on this trip in person!" (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next , please visit www.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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