Looking at the more than 10,000 soldiers in the valley, Liu Chan suddenly said loudly: "Soldiers! Today is the first time I have met you. I am really happy to see you."
"Do you know why?"
"I'm telling you."
"Because I have seen hope, the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty and the determination of the Central Plains in the north."
"You should already know that the prime minister is leading an army to attack Cao Wei."
"You!" Liu Chan suddenly paused and then asked deliberately: "Would you like to go out with me to kill the enemy?"
All the soldiers, as well as Zhang Shao and Yang Tongshan behind them, were stunned because the emperor had never told them that he would take them to the front line to kill the enemy.
And they heard Liu Chan's words very clearly.
Liu Chan is going to fight with them personally.
Although it surprised them, they were all very excited.
"Yes!"
"We do!"
The first to respond were Yang Tongshan and others, and the four of them said in unison.
As soon as the four of them finished speaking, the sergeants in the audience immediately shouted in unison: "Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Everyone knows the cruelty of war.
But they know better.
The emperor specially trained them, it could not be to let them enjoy a peaceful life.
Go to the battlefield.
It's just a matter of time.
"Okay!" Liu Chan said loudly: "You are all my most elite soldiers. Today I will take you to make contributions."
"..."
Liu Chan gave an impassioned speech that made the sergeants' blood boil.
Liu Chan had heard this kind of brainwashing speech a lot in his previous life. Before he wrote online articles, he had worked in many jobs and was tricked into joining a pyramid scheme by his friends.
He has heard too many such speeches.
Boosting morale is nothing more than painting a pie for people and drawing an extremely brilliant blueprint.
Liu Chan is still good at this aspect.
What's more, as the emperor, Liu Chan wants to take the lead, and he also has to go to the front line.
This kind of motivation.
The effect is not ordinary.
Liu Chan's image immediately improved in the eyes of the sergeants.
After a speech.
Liu Chan appointed Yang Tongshan, Guo Wei and Lu Peng as school captains on the spot.
For those of them who were just ordinary soldiers in the Imperial Guard Camp before, this is a huge reward.
At the same time, Liu Chan also said to the sergeants that as long as they fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the Han Dynasty loyally, when the Han Dynasty is revived, they will be given official titles and titles.
Seeing that the instructors who usually trained them were now appointed as school captains by the emperor, the soldiers were eager to go to the battlefield and make meritorious deeds.
This is what Liu Chan wants.
After the speech with the soldiers, Liu Chan went to a nearby cave with Yang Tongshan.
"Your Majesty!"
The first person to speak was Lu Peng. Liu Chan was very familiar with him. He had met him at Qingcheng Mountain two years ago.
That day, he and Guo Wei were competing in rock climbing.
At this time, Lu Peng was stronger than two years ago, with a dark complexion and a beard. He did not look like a young man in his twenties at all.
He said excitedly: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have always dreamed of going into battle to kill the enemy."
"Haha!" Liu Chan said with a smile: "Captain Lu, don't be impatient. I once told you that as long as you are strong enough, I will definitely give you the opportunity to make contributions."
There are about twenty people gathered in the cave at this time. In addition to the people who are still wandering around looking for information, the people Liu Chan trained before are all here at the moment.
There is just one more Zhang Shao.
Zhang Shao is Liu Chan's brother-in-law and the son of the famous Han general Zhang Fei. Although his martial arts skills are not as good as those of his brother Zhang Bao, Liu Chan has been very strict with him in the past two years.
Every day in that ruined courtyard, Zhang Shao would work hard to train and improve his martial arts.
Because Liu Chan told him.
If you want to make great achievements, you need to become strong enough first. As the emperor, Liu Chan will work hard to train his marksmanship and archery every day.
As Zhang Fei's son, he naturally can't lag too far behind.
After two years of hard training, his martial arts skills have also improved a lot. Before Zhuge Liang led his army to the Northern Expedition, Zhang Shao competed with his brother Zhang Bao at home.
In the past, under Zhang Bao, he would be defeated after only ten rounds. In that competition, he could already fight Zhang Bao for more than thirty rounds.
This surprised Zhang Bao.
When Liu Chan came to Hanzhong this time, he took Zhang Shao with him directly. After all, he was his brother-in-law and he had to be given a chance to show his face.
Liu Chan glanced at everyone and suddenly said seriously: "I am here to give you a chance to make contributions."
Everyone was immediately surprised.
They have been waiting for this moment.
Liu Chan added: "The Prime Minister is now leading the army to Qishan. General Zhao has already arrived at Jigu. The main force of the Wei army in Guanzhong is now led by Cao Zhen."
"Soon the main force of the Wei army will be attracted by the Prime Minister and General Zhao. At this time, Guanzhong is very empty."
Everyone nodded in affirmation after hearing this. The prime minister suddenly led an army to Qishan, and Cao Wei would definitely send troops to resist soon.
In Cao Wei's eyes.
The army led by Zhuge Liang must be the main force of the Han army. When the main force reaches Qishan, Zhao Yun, who is pretending to attack, will soon be defeated by them.
As for Guanzhong.
If we follow the course of history, Cao Rui, the leader of Wei, will soon be in charge of Chang'an, but that will only be after Zhuge Liang has conquered the three counties of Longyou.
Cao Rui is still in Luoyang now.
"I have decided," Liu Chan said suddenly, "the troops will leave Ziwu Road and attack Guanzhong by surprise."
Hiss——
No one thought that their Emperor would actually send troops via Ziwu Road.
I originally thought that Liu Chan would take them to either Jigu or Qishan.
Because Zhao Yun is in Jigu and Zhuge Liang is in Qishan.
No matter where you go.
They could all give enough help to the Han troops stationed there, but they never thought of the third route the emperor wanted to take.
The soldiers marched out of Ziwu Road.
This was Wei Yan's strategy, and later generations' comments on this were polarized.
Those who agree say that if the troops make dangerous moves and take the enemy by surprise, they may be able to succeed in a battle.
They mainly built plank roads based on Han Xin's plans to assassinate Chencang secretly, and finally helped Han Emperor Liu Bang win the Chu-Han War, and finally established the Han Dynasty.
They felt that Zhuge Liang was too cautious. If Wei Yan's strategy was adopted, the Shu Han regime might have a chance to capture the entire Guanzhong in the first Northern Expedition.
Once Guanzhong is captured by the Shu Han, then Liangzhou in the northwest will naturally be assigned to the Shu Han, and the world situation will be reversed immediately.
Opponents believe that the Shu Han at this time was not Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty at the end of Qin Dynasty, and that his opponent was Xiang Yu, not the current Cao Wei.
And there’s one more thing.
Guanzhong at the end of Qin Dynasty, after the continuous development of the Qin Empire, Guanzhong at that time was very rich in both population and products.
Liu Bang's capture of Guanzhong will quickly increase his strength. However, Guanzhong during the Three Kingdoms period was very weak in terms of population and property after years of battles.
Even if the Shu army takes Guanzhong, it will not be of great help. On the contrary, it is possible that the entire army will be annihilated and the Shu Kingdom will be destroyed early.
The reason is simple.
The Shu army led by Zhuge Liang was basically infantry. According to Wei Yan's strategy, Wei Yan led the troops to raid Chang'an, not to mention whether Xiahou Mao would flee.
Even if Xia Houmao really escaped.
Chang'an is a big city. Can Wei Yan, with only five thousand soldiers, be able to defend Chang'an City?
There is also the reaction of the Cao Wei regime.
Once Chang'an fell, Luoyang would definitely send troops to rescue it. Later history proved that Cao Wei's response was very fast.
Luoyang is not far from Guanzhong. The Wei army will reach Chang'an within half a month at full speed.
Want to stop the Wei army from entering Guanzhong.
Wei Yan needed to send troops to capture Tongguan, but Wei Yan only had 5,000 soldiers. He had to defend Chang'an and split his troops to capture Tongguan.
Of course, some people say that Wei Yan's purpose was not to capture Chang'an, but to capture Tongguan.
Even so, according to Wei Yan's plan, he gave Zhuge Liang twenty-one days to lead his troops to Chang'an or Tongguan to join him.
On the twenty-first day, can Zhuge Liang lead tens of thousands of troops from Longyou and march thousands of miles into Guanzhong?
Are the Wei troops in Guanzhong all tool men?
They will definitely stop Zhuge Liang.
Once Zhuge Liang is held back by the Wei army, Wei Yan will fight alone and will soon be taken over by the Wei army. As a result, the Shu army failed to capture Guanzhong and instead lost 5,000 elite soldiers and one general.
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Of course, even if Zhuge Liang goes to Chang'an or Tongguan City as promised on the 21st, everything will not be fine for the Shu army, because Cao Wei cannot just sit back and watch Guanzhong being lost, and will definitely send a large army to rescue Guanzhong.
The passes into Guanzhong are not only Tongguan, but also Wuguan in the southeast. Cao Wei can send troops into Guanzhong to fight against the Shu army.
And more importantly, Cao Wei has a large number of cavalry. Once the Shu army led by Zhuge Liang encounters the Wei cavalry in the Guanzhong Plain, the Shu army will most likely be annihilated.
Liu Chan had seen many of these discussions in his previous life, and those who objected cited the example of Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang in the late Ming Dynasty, who once walked through Ziwu Road and ended in failure.
But Liu Chan has now traveled through time. If he doesn't want to become the Adou who cannot be supported by history, what he needs to do now is to break the situation.
When the soldiers left Ziwu Road, he started planning not long after he crossed over. He trained the forty-two imperial guards three years ago just for this day.
Ziwu Road is located in Qinling Mountains, and the road is difficult and dangerous.
Therefore, the most important part of Liu Chan's training for them was mountain climbing, and Guo Wei and the others spontaneously started training in rock climbing.
Later, when they separated to train their own soldiers, Liu Chan also specifically mentioned to them that mountain climbing training was the first required subject.
The purpose is to allow them to adapt to crossing the mountains in advance so that they can complete Liu Chan's plan to send troops to the Ziwu Road in the future.
Now is the time.
After a year of training, the soldiers have already mastered the ability to cross mountains. Now that Zhuge Liang has arrived at Qishan, Liu Chan naturally knows the importance of this Northern Expedition.
Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition.
Only success is allowed and failure is not allowed.
Only in this way can Liu Chan's Han Dynasty make a comeback, or break the situation.
Therefore, Liu Chan decided.
The soldiers came out of Ziwu Road——
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This chapter has been completed!