Compared to Liu Bei's chuckle, the ministers were surprised and confused after hearing Mi Yang's thoughts.
The main body of Guanzhong is basically composed of the two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou, but compared to Liangzhou, Yongzhou, also known as Sizhou, is the essence of Guanzhong.
More than 70% of the population in Guanzhong is concentrated in the Yongzhou area.
Moreover, compared to Yongzhou, Liangzhou is not only sparsely populated, but also inhabited by many foreign people, which makes the situation in Liangzhou always very unstable.
It's not that the Han officials in Liangzhou don't want to regain it, but compared to Yongzhou, Liangzhou's strategic significance is lower in every aspect.
Even if they could not immediately send troops to capture Chang'an, as the general said just now, why should they give up capturing the strategic location of Chencang and instead capture the barren Liangzhou?
Not only were the Han officials confused, but Liu Bei also looked at Mi Yang.
Which one is more important between Yongzhou and Liangzhou seems to be a question that does not need to be considered.
Facing the doubtful looks of everyone, Mi Yang Lang Lang spoke:
"Given the situation in the world, the only one who can weigh it against the world is Liangzhou.
Why?
This is why Liangzhou is so beautiful!"
Under everyone's confused gazes, Mi Yang pointed with his finger to the Liangzhou area on the Guanzhong map. He used his body movements to more vividly describe his strategy to everyone in the hall.
"Since the first year of Zhang Wu, the false emperor Cao Pi stole the northern territory of our country and built the Ni Wei Dynasty. Looking at the territory of the Ni Wei Dynasty, it looks like an eagle spreading its wings.
Liangzhou and Youzhou are its two wings.
If you want to hunt an eagle, why don't you first cut off its wings?
On the other hand, our dynasty was founded in the southwest, and Liangzhou was in the northwest. Since ancient times, the southwest and northwest have always been in harmony with each other!
The reason why Guanzhong is difficult to attack is that there are many fortified cities, and the food routes of our army are remote, making it impossible to carry out a long-term attack on the city.
But if our government regains Liangzhou, Liangzhou and Liangzhou will be connected as one immediately.
At that time, our army can store military supplies in Liangzhou and train soldiers in Liangzhou. When the time is right, we can follow the upward flow of the Wei River to return to Yongzhou, break through Tongguan, and form the broken bamboo when the army marches eastward.
The enemy is in the pass, but we share the benefits of the plain with the enemy;
The enemy is in the east of Guandong, and with the convenience in Guanzhong, we can go east to defeat the enemy.
It is said that if you want to consolidate the southwest, you must fight for Longyou; if you want to dominate the world, you must first win Yongliang.
If there is Southwest but no Longyou, the country will be weak; if it is connected to the east but not connected to the center, the country will be in danger.
The former is a metaphor for me, and the latter is a metaphor for the enemy.
If our army can capture Longyou first and then recapture Liangzhou, then the western arm of the Wei Dynasty will be cut off, and Yongzhou will no longer have depth, why should Chang'an worry about not being able to capture it?
How can the world not be restored?"
In front of everyone, Mi Yang proposed the idea of giving priority to building strategic depth.
For a strategic decisive battle, what is the first thing to do first?
This is by no means a rash attempt to gain power and advance, but rather to prioritize building the strategic depth of our own army.
In Mi Yang's view, as long as the Han army can capture Liangzhou first, then when Liangzhou is connected to Liangzhou, the Han army's strategic depth in Guanzhong has been formed.
How important is strategic depth to an army?
The first strategic depth can ensure that the army can carry out flexible operations and have sufficient space to move and move, and will not be dragged to one place by the enemy, resulting in a counter-encirclement situation.
Secondly, sufficient strategic depth can fundamentally eliminate the risk of an army being a guest army.
Once the Han army enters Guanzhong, it immediately becomes a guest army.
The guest army has many disadvantages when the two armies are fighting.
For example, the food road is long, the terrain is unfamiliar, the soldiers are not acclimatized, etc.
And if these shortcomings are handled carelessly and are taken advantage of by the enemy, then let alone whether the battle can be won, I am afraid that our own army may face the risk of being annihilated.
This is not alarmist. Without mentioning long-standing examples, let’s just say that the victories won by the Han army against the Wei army in the past few years are all classic battles in which the host defeated the guest.
The Han Dynasty does not have as strong a national power as Cao Wei. Once such a disaster befalls the Han army, the foundation of the Han Dynasty will be severely damaged in an instant.
But if the Han army can capture Liangzhou, it means that the Han army has a vast base area in Guanzhong.
By that time, can the Han army still count as a guest army entering Guanzhong?
Of course not.
Capturing Liangzhou and turning Liangzhou into one's own strategic depth is a very important strategy.
Once the Han army can complete this strategy, no matter how difficult it is to capture Chencang and Chang'an, the Han army will be in an invincible position!
And if it is only a matter of time before the entire Guanzhong is recovered, then how far will it be before the world is unified?
But the strategic benefits gained by giving priority to recovering Liangzhou are far more than these.
"Most of Guanzhong is a plain, and on the plains, the cavalry is king.
Without a large number of cavalry, how can our army defend the grain road?
Although our army is assisted by the Qiang and Di cavalry from the two counties, the power of outsiders will not last long."
"Although Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, it has always been a place for our dynasty to raise horses and graze. Once our army can regain Liangzhou, it won't take long for our army to formally organize a cavalry army.
At that time, even if the bandit army and the cavalry army come together, what will our army have to worry about?
When our army enters the Central Plains in the future, how will the enemy control us?"
What is the most difficult part in building a cavalry army in today's world?
It is not the source of horses and knights.
Although the Han Dynasty and Cao Wei were mortal enemies, private trade had never been cut off, especially in the Liangzhou area bordering Liangzhou.
And the Shu brocade of the Han Dynasty is recognized as a hard currency in the world.
Coupled with the economy in Cao Wei, it can only be described in four words: extremely funny.
Therefore, in the past few years, under the auspices of Mi Fang, the Han Dynasty has been able to purchase high-quality war horses through various channels.
Historically, during Cao Shuang's southern expedition, Fei Yi led the elite cavalry to support Hanzhong.
As for knights, there is actually no shortage of big men.
Not to mention that Liu Bei's starting team were originally strong men from the Youzhou area, but in recent years, the Han army has captured very few Wei soldiers?
And you can buy a horse, so why are people still afraid that they can’t buy it?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But whether in history or in this world, Ji Han has never been able to have a large-scale organized cavalry army. The fundamental reason for this is the word ranch!
Buying a horse is easy, but raising a horse is difficult.
War horses can be said to be the most precious creatures in the world. People can eat dirt when they are hungry, but war horses cannot. They must eat high-quality forage.
Moreover, war horses not only need to be well fed, they cannot be kept in stables at ordinary times. They must be taken out to run in the wilderness from time to time, so as to ensure the vitality of war horses.
The best war horses of the world will die of illness if they are kept in stables for a long time.
To ensure these two points, you must have vast pastures.
Therefore, in history, when nomads entered the Central Plains, the first thing they thought about was to enclose land for pasture.
This is not because they naturally dislike farming life, nor does it mean that they just like the hard work of grazing.
In fact, if they do not quickly enclose the land and build pastures, their strategic weapons and horses will soon die in large pieces for them to see.
But since ancient times in China, almost all the places that can be called pastures are in the north.
Pastures don’t just have grass, they also need suitable climate conditions.
The lack of pasture made it difficult for Ji Han to form a large-scale cavalry army.
But this crux, or Ji Han's biggest military weakness, will be fundamentally changed after the Han army captures Liangzhou.
Liangzhou not only has large tracts of pasture, but the pastures within its territory can also be considered the best in the world.
The Hexi Corridor is located in Liangzhou.
It can be said that Mi Yang's strategic concept of giving priority to seizing Liangzhou not only created excellent strategic depth for the Han army, allowing the Han army to revitalize the Han Dynasty steadily, but also directly made up for the last shortcoming of the Han army.
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After everyone in the hall listened to the strategy proposed by Mi Yang, their eyes were a little dull.
The writing brush in the historian's hand stayed in the air for a long time, unable to write.
The candlelight in the hall was still shaking and confusing people's eyes, but at this moment, the hall was completely silent.
When Mi Yang suggested that Liangzhou should be captured first, the people in the hall were mainly divided into two categories. One category did not understand it at all and were waiting for Mi Yang to answer their questions.
The other type of people have guessed some of Mi Yang's thoughts, but how can they think as comprehensively as Mi Yang?
It’s not that they are all ignorant people, it’s that they all have become less ambitious because of their obsessions in their hearts.
Before today, everyone in the hall was only thinking about Chang'an, but what about Mi Yang?
Just as Mi Yang said, "Liangzhou is the only one whose seizure can be weighed against the world." Mi Yang focused on the entire world.
If the Han army could really develop step by step according to Mi Yang's strategy, what would it mean to capture Chang'an?
Sweeping through Guanzhong, returning to the old capital, leaving Hulao in the east, and conquering the world, this is what they should aspire to do!
Even after Mi Yang finished explaining the strategy in his mind, many people in the hall had not yet recovered from the shock.
Their minds were filled with the scene of Mi Yang standing under the map, pointing at the mountains and rivers with open arms.
This scene suddenly made a picture appear in the minds of many Hanchens in the hall.
A goshawk that originally soared in the sky and despised all living things, but was bitten by a snow-white elk, one of its wings was broken, and it was teetering in the sky.
But in contrast, a red dragon that was originally prostrate on the ground, with the support of the snow-white elk, washed away the mud on its body, became energetic, opened its dragon claws, and seemed to soar into the sky the next moment.
This scene with a strong sense of metaphor shocked everyone in the hall and did not know what to say.
Even Liu Bei's eyes when he looked at Mi Yang were full of surprise.
Appreciating Mi Yang's amazing talent in the battle report is different from seeing it directly on the spot.
This is what he taught me!
No, we have to add food towns, at least two thousand households.
However, the thoughts in his heart did not affect Liu Bei's question: "What's the plan?"
Just now Mi Yang has been explaining the strategic significance of capturing Liangzhou, and now Liu Bei is asking about the specific tactics for capturing Liangzhou.
Regarding this tactic, Mi Yang only talked about half of it.
Facing Liu Bei's inquiry, Mi Yang said without hesitation: "Our army can be divided into two groups, one group will be personally commanded by your Majesty, and march from Baoxie Road with great fanfare.
The other route, commanded by ministers, marched from Qishan directly into the Longyou area.
When the rebels learn that Your Majesty is marching from Baoxie Road in person, they will think that our army's main target is Chang'an, and the rebels will inevitably relax their defenses in the Longyou area.
The art of military strategy lies in the change of reality and reality.
Our army first adjusts its strength to make it weak, and then strikes the enemy's weakness unexpectedly, causing the enemy's army to be exhausted and unable to care about each other.
I promise that within one year, Liangzhou will be owned by our army!"
When Mi Yang said these words, his words were full of strong confidence.
And the confidence he exuded infected everyone present.
No one doubts that Mi Yang will not be able to do this if his strategy and tactics are complete.
In this case, why not bet all on Liangzhou stocks?
After a while, all the officials in the lobby bowed to Mi Yang and said, "Cai!"
Seeing the ministers' admiration for Mi Yang, Liu Bei truly understood for the first time Mi Yang's current reputation among the government and the public.
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