When Guan Yu heard this, he said: "I have 50,000 soldiers and horses in Han, and 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yongliang. In Liangzhou, Meng Qi also had 50,000 soldiers and horses to help.

Weichen felt that it was better to disperse the troops, Hanzhong sent 50,000 people out of Xiegu to attack Meixian, Yongliang sent 100,000 people, one soldier and horse from the street pavilion out of Longshan Road to attack Huating, and the other army and horses from Anding to attack.

In this way, compared with the defenders of Wei, these three routes of soldiers and horses are mostly advantageous, and the worst is the balance of power. As long as these three soldiers and horses can defeat the enemy army all the way, they can take Guanzhong, and return to the old capital. ”

Guan Yu had heard Zhuge Liang say that his ability to draw moves was no worse than Tian Yu's, but he was about to get on the bar with them.

"It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate to send troops in three ways."

At this time, there was a voice of opposition in the hall, and everyone regarded it as the law and the law, and filial piety.

Guan Yu saw that it was Fazheng, although he was unhappy in his heart, he also suppressed it and asked: "Sending troops from three roads can ensure that the soldiers and horses of our army on each road are the most unfortunate and evenly matched compared with the enemy army."

And in this way, it can also inspire the soldiers to have an enterprising heart, not to be left behind, so as to kill the enemy bravely, as long as there is a victory all the way, it will become a sweeping trend, and it will be decided in one fell swoop, why is it not appropriate? ”

Fa Zheng shook his head and said: "Dispersing troops, although it can ensure that the most disadvantaged of each line of soldiers and horses is the balance of power, and it can also motivate the soldiers to fight bravely and not be willing to lag behind, but it is easier to form a comparison, so that the soldiers and horses of the three roads are eager for quick success, and in this case, it is easy to fall into the trap of the enemy."

And between these three places, the exchange is very troublesome, such as the valley and stability, one south and one north, if you want to pass the message, you have to detour from Yangping Pass, Wudu into Longyou, at least one or two months to go back and forth, if you go out of the pool, you can't rescue at all.

It is good that the three-way soldiers and horses can win all the way to the pass, but if they lose all the way, this Northern Expedition will also be a failure. ”

Fa Zheng's words, it goes without saying, alluding to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu has an arrogant personality, and when he gets old, he has a good face, and he has the biggest flaws.

If he led an army to attack and settle down, he would discuss it with Guo Huai, let Guo Huai pretend to be weak for a while, and then deliberately let the wind out.

You Guan Yu know that the soldiers and horses over there in Huating have won, where can you still sit? You will definitely think, I, Guan Yu, will be the first to win when I go out in person, how can I fall behind the juniors?

After Guan Yu has this kind of thought, he will definitely attack on a large scale, and then lead the move to sell a flaw, and lure the enemy to go deeper, and you Guan Yu must not jump into it.

This is the strategy that Fa Zheng came up with to deal with Guan Yu by putting himself in the position of leading the move.

Although Guan Yu has been on the battlefield for decades and has experience, his personality is well-known and his flaws are too big. Isn't fighting a war just starting with the enemy's flaws?

Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, Fa Zheng did not hesitate to risk offending Guan Yu and openly opposed Guan Yu's strategy.

"Why should filial piety increase the popularity of others and destroy their own prestige, how can they talk about defeat if they haven't sent troops yet?" Guan Yu didn't understand Fa Zheng's words, but his face was a little unhappy.

But fortunately, Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang both understood and felt that it made sense.

Although Liu Chan called Guan Yu over, he had no intention of letting Guan Yu lead the army alone.

Liu Chan was about to speak, Zhuge Liang smiled: "Yun Chang must not be angry, what Xiaozhi said is not unreasonable, the Northern Expedition cannot tolerate the slightest difference, divide the troops into three ways, and the three roads are the main attack, so they can't respond to each other, if there is a bad pool, then the whole game will be lost, it is indeed inappropriate." ”

"Then I don't know how the military advisor thinks to attack?" Guan Yu saw that Zhuge Liang also said this, and he didn't insist, but just asked Zhuge Liang what he thought.

The friendship between Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang was during the time in Jingzhou, and now although Zhuge Liang is an official to the Great Sima, Zhuge Liang is still commensurate with his military advisor. Among them, there is also respect.

Zhuge Liang stared at the map and muttered: "I think we should concentrate our troops and horses to attack all the way, but we can't all the troops come out, and we should attack the weakest part of Wei with a large advantage."

But in the other two places, troops should also be sent to contain the soldiers and horses of the Wei State. In addition, it can be regarded as defending the Wei State, taking offense as defense. ”

Liu Chan asked, "What does Da Sima mean to attack stability?" ”

"Not bad!" Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Meixian and Huating are both cities, and the large-scale renovation in the past two years can be said to be impregnable."

The soldiers and horses in the city have enough money and food, and Cao Rui will definitely issue an order not to go to war, according to the order to defend the city, so that our army can only attack, even if it is taken, it will kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 itself.

If it is stable, the Wei army has no strong cities to defend, and the soldiers and horses rely on the mountains to camp and scatter in various passes, and our army can use more means, which is much simpler than attacking the city. ”

Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Since it is easiest to attack Anding, why does Wei have the least defenders in Anding?" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "This has to admire Cao Zhen, but this person is an understanding person, right now Anding County, my Han and Wei State occupy half of each, hundreds of miles of Liupan Mountain, Wei State also has some."

If our army concentrates troops and horses to attack and settle down, even if it is defeated, but step by step, slowly retreat, even if our army marches for a hundred miles, it will take a long time, so Huating, Meixian County will have enough time to send troops and horses to support.

If Cao Zhen had arranged a heavy army in Anding at the beginning, so Meixian County, the defenders of Huating were insufficient, and if our army concentrated troops and horses to attack these two places, it would be too late to send additional troops from Anding. ”

Zhang Fei listened to Zhuge Liang's analysis, nodded and said: "As soon as the military advisor said this, I understood, so it seems that this Cao Zhen has some ability." ”

Ling Bao said: "As Da Sima just said, if our army goes to attack Anding, the defenders of Anding will have enough time to wait for reinforcements, so it will not be easy to fight." ”

"It's better than them cowering in the city." Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "It's still the same sentence, attacking the Panshan camp is more tactics than attacking a strong city, and I am good at mountain warfare, which is a big advantage." ”

"Not bad!" Guan Yu nodded and said: "Those soldiers and horses recruited mostly fight with the Hu people, and they are good at riding battles, and they can't be used in stability." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, but didn't say anything.

The 30,000 soldiers and horses recruited, although they came from Bingzhou, most of them were soldiers and horses in Taiyuan, Shangdang, where there was Taihang Mountain, and his defenders were actually not weak in mountain warfare.

Liu Chan got up and said, "Since this is the case, let's settle down!"

Zhang Ren! ”

"Wechen is here!" Zhang Ren gave up his hand.

Liu Chan ordered: "There are 50,000 soldiers and horses in Han, and you will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses out of the valley to attack Meixian and contain Sun Li." I took the first step, and I didn't wait, leaving 20,000 soldiers and horses, sent to Anding, and joined me.

Your mission is only to contain the enemy forces, so be careful and don't be careless. If you receive the news of our victory, you can attack. ”

"No!" Zhang Ren gave up his hand to take the order.

"Deng Ai!"

"Wechen is here!"

Liu Chan ordered: "You will return to Tianshui immediately, lead 30,000 soldiers and horses out of the street pavilion to attack Huating, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses will be sent to Anding." Your task is also to contain! ”

"No!"

Liu Chan ordered again: "Our army will use 120,000 troops in Longyou, Hanzhong only needs to use 30,000 troops, and Hanzhong's savings are enough to support 30,000 soldiers and horses for more than two years. ”