Hearing Cheng Yu's suggestion, Wen Zhao did not agree directly, but after thinking about it for a while, he set his eyes on Jia Xu.

"Wenhe, what is your opinion on this matter?"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said, "My lord, the strategic policy set by Guanzhong before is to guard the natural dangers of Taihang and Guanzhong to resist the princes of Guandong. Then he pacified Liangzhou and captured Yizhou, constituting a strong Qin sweeping the world during the Warring States Period. ”

"In the territory of Bingzhou, there is the Taihang Mountain, which spans more than 800 miles, and the lord only needs one general and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to be outside the country."

"There is also the danger of Hangu Pass and Kei Pass in Guanzhong, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the princes of Kwantung raise troops to attack, the two generals can also retreat from the enemy. Therefore, it is not necessary to use Yuzhou as a buffer. ”

Dong Zhao said: "The military advisor's words are wrong, although Hangu Pass and Kei Pass are natural dangers, they cannot prevent the Kwantung princes from raising troops to invade Hanoi County and Henan Yin. ”

"If you lose the barrier of Yuzhou, if you want to hold these two county towns, after all, you will consume a lot of troops, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, the land of Yuzhou cannot be lost. ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said something that shocked everyone: "The lord is determined to be in the world, even if he abandons the land of two counties, what does it matter?" ”

I have to say that Jia Xu was so bold when he said this, and even a little rebellious.

The land of the two counties is a very vast territory, and it must be known that the historical Soochow closely relied on the land of the six counties of Jiangdong, and the world was divided into three.

What's more, Luoyang, the former capital of the Han Dynasty, is still in Yin, Henan, and these two county towns are the most central locations of the entire Han Dynasty, which have always symbolized imperial power, prosperity, and culture.

If these two counties were to be lost, the political impact would be immeasurable.

The most important thing is that for so many years, Hanoi County and Henan Yin have long been very prosperous. If these two counties are abandoned, it is equivalent to discarding Wen Zhao's years of operation and hard work.

If you were an ordinary person, you wouldn't dare to put forward this bold strategy. However, Jia Xu knows Wen Zhao's character very well, and knows that no matter how shocking what he says, he will not be hated.

On the contrary, the head of the family is a person who is good at accepting advice and accepting new things. If what his subordinates say is reasonable, it is very likely that he will be favored by Wen Zhao.

is different from the historical Mingzhe self-preservation, but the current Jia Xu is a little sharp.

After all, in history, although Jia Xu later demoted Cao Cao, he designed to kill Cao Cao's eldest son, nephew, and general Dian Wei before that.

In addition, Jia Xu once helped Li Dao and Guo Yan do a lot of evil things, and he left many stains in his life.

There is another reason, that is, Cao Cao is too cunning and scheming. Serving under him, the slightest carelessness will lead to death.

Therefore, even if Jia Xu surrendered to Cao Cao in the future, he has always been silent and almost never takes the initiative to give advice.

Compared with Cao Cao's treachery, Chen Xu is undoubtedly magnanimous, fair-minded, and much more affectionate. Jia Xu saw Wen Zhao's heart clearly, and knew that as long as he tried his best to assist him and did not harbor two hearts, Wen Zhao would definitely not let him down.

Jia Xu is no longer young, and he also wants to take advantage of his lifetime to make a lot of contributions, one is to help Wen Zhao sweep the world, and the other is to leave more things for Zishun's descendants.

At this time, everyone in the general's mansion was whispering, and Sima Lang said in a loud voice: "The military advisor's words are wrong, the landlords of these two counties have worked hard for a long time, and they have spent a lot of manpower and material resources, how can they be easily abandoned?" ”

What's more, the lord's clan ancestral hall is still in Yangwu County, Yin, Henan. When you persuade the lord in this way, do you not want to trap the lord in injustice? ”

As soon as Sima Lang's voice fell, many people responded one after another. This is especially true for those officials who were born in Hanoi County and Henan Yin.

After taking a deep look at the two brothers Sima Lang and Sima Yi, Wen Zhao secretly thought in his heart: "Hanoi County is the seat of the Sima clan, Jia Xu suggested abandoning Hanoi County, and they naturally tried their best to oppose it. ”

After thinking about it carefully, Wen Zhaocai felt that although Jia Xu's words were a bit shocking, they were not unreasonable.

In fact, when the Guanzhong strategists formulated the strategy of relying on natural dangers to occupy the princes of Guandong in the east, and then sweeping away Liangzhou and Yizhou, they deliberately ignored Hanoi County and Henan Yin.

Although these two counties also have important checkpoints where troops can be stationed. However, if you want to defend these two counties completely by natural risk, there is absolutely no other way than to send heavy troops to defend them.

If you send heavy troops to guard it, it will undoubtedly consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and the gains outweigh the losses. There is even a high probability that the entire Guanzhong will be dragged into the quagmire of war.

Therefore, Jia Xu's suggestion to abandon these two counties was also a conclusion that was reached after careful consideration.

Wen Zhao came from later generations, and compared to others, he was more open to these. He knew that if he wanted to compete for the world, he could not care about the gains and losses of a city and a pool, and the Red Army in later generations was a living example.

Although one city is incomparable to two counties, strategically speaking, if you have to abandon it, there is no difference between two counties and two cities.

Of course, he can't say this kind of thing explicitly, otherwise it will definitely chill the officials from these two counties. And after so many years of operation, the land of the two counties, which was once lost due to the war, has long become very prosperous.

If you want Wen Zhao to give it up easily, it is not an easy thing. In other words, he will never abandon these two counties unless he is forced to do so.

Looking at the emotional crowd, Wen Zhao suddenly laughed twice and said, "Strategically speaking, there is some truth in the words of the military advisor. However, Yuzhou is still in the hands of Liu Xuande, and he is still the most solid barrier to our east. ”

"What's more, we haven't made enemies with the Kwantung princes yet, even though they may enter the customs from these two counties in the future, I don't know when and what month it will be."

"Is it too early to consider whether to abandon these two counties at this time?"

Wen Zhao's words reassured Sima Lang and the others. For the current Guanzhong, it is too early to consider this issue.

If Liu Bei can continue to garrison Yuzhou, it will become the eastern barrier of Guanzhong; If the Guanzhong army can capture Yizhou as soon as possible, the established strategy will be completed. In this way, there is no need to consider Jia Xu's suggestion at all.

If it was the former, with Liu Bei as a barrier, the Kwantung princes would definitely not easily attack Chen Xu; If it was the latter, Wen Zhao had already occupied the land of the four states at that time, and his strength was unprecedentedly inflated, so why should he be afraid of the Kwantung princes?