Chapter 274 Liu Cheng: Let the bullets fly for a while
Then the Baoxie Road, the Luo Valley Road, and the Ziwu Valley Road each became more steep than the last, and at the same time, the distances became closer.
"The Difficult Road to Shu" written by Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty describes the Baoxie Road.
This time Zhang Ji did not follow Liu Cheng to Hanzhong and later Xichuan.
This time he is here at Wuzhangyuan.
First, guard here to be on guard against enemies from Hanzhong coming out of Baoxie Road and catching Guanzhong by surprise.
This is not an impossible thing to happen.
During the Shu Han period, Jiang Wei led his troops in the Northern Expedition, but Wang Guan surrendered.
Jiang Wei used his tactics to defeat Deng Ai.
Then he ordered his troops and horses to surround and kill Wang Guan who had fallen into the trap.
He thought that Wang Guan would fight his way north and return to Wei.
As a result, he never expected that Wang Guan, in despair, headed towards Hanzhong to kill.
Countless amounts of food and grass were burned, and many plank roads were burned.
Originally, according to Jiang Wei's momentum this time, he had enough energy to continue attacking Deng Ai.
As a result, after being manipulated like this by Wang Guan, he had no choice but to give up his great advantage, mobilize his troops, and quickly encircle and suppress Wang Guan.
Prevent Wang Guan from causing more harm to him internally.
Later, Wang Guan was wiped out, and the good form Jiang Wei had played before was gone!
Liu Cheng knew the Three Kingdoms quite well. At this time, when he was going to lead troops into Sichuan, he naturally had to be on guard.
Secondly, Liu Cheng also planned to establish a grain garrison on the north bank of the Wei River near Wuzhangyuan, which would be used as a grain transfer station for his troops to enter Sichuan.
Under such circumstances, it is still very necessary to keep a general like Zhang Ji and most of the troops he leads here.
"Your Majesty, your uncle, there is something unknown..."
After Zhang Ji responded to Liu Cheng's instructions, he hesitated for a while and finally plucked up the courage to ask this question.
In fact, he had been holding this matter in his mind for several days.
Just out of respect for Liu Cheng and convinced by Liu Cheng's past battle achievements, he never asked.
Now, Liu Cheng arranged the task for him and finally couldn't help but speak.
"It doesn't have to be this way, but it doesn't matter."
Liu Cheng looked at Zhang Ji with a smile and said this.
"Since the emperor had made up his mind to attack Yizhou, why did he tell the news in advance in front of so many people?
In this case, wouldn’t many people know about this?
Did the news leak out in advance?
Soldiers are valuable and quick. According to the humble opinion of the general, the emperor's uncle decided to attack Shu, so he should act quickly.
Before many people in Hanzhong could react, he directly led his troops into Hanzhong and captured all the important places in Hanzhong...
The road to Shu is originally difficult. If it is delayed for a long time and the rice thieves in Hanzhong are allowed to form forces, occupy favorable terrain and block us, won't it be difficult in the future?
If the general uses his troops at the end, he will not stop here. He will wait for Lieutenant Hua and others to arrive and march to Hanzhong together.
As long as we people march quickly along the Shu Road and catch the rice thieves in Hanzhong by surprise, Dongchuan can be conquered in one fell swoop.
Defeating Shu can be considered half the battle...
Rice thieves are out of control, we alone can take them down...
These are just some humble opinions of the general. According to the emperor's mastery of military skills, these things must be conceivable.
Such abnormal behavior must be attributed to the emperor's unique ingenuity..."
Zhang Ji bowed his hands and said this, using words very carefully and with a correct attitude.
Hearing this, Liu Cheng looked at Zhang Liao and asked with a smile: "I'm afraid Wen Yuan has been holding this in his heart for a long time, right?"
When Zhang Liao heard this, he couldn't help scratching his head with his hands and said with a smile: "I really can't understand what the emperor is doing.
However, Zhang Liao knew that the emperor's uncle must have his own unique intentions when he acted like this, so he did not ask any questions..."
When Zhang Ji heard this, he immediately spat secretly at Zhang Liao.
Zhang Wenyuan looks like a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a simple and honest face, but he didn't expect to do such a shameless thing.
He himself was obviously very curious about this matter, but he had to hold back from talking or asking, and allowed himself to ask the emperor's uncle.
He remained silent at the side, but he could still know the result...
Liu Cheng nodded: "What you two think is right. I do have some other considerations in acting like this.
Lieutenant Zhang just said that there is nothing to fear from the rabble of rice thieves. If this is the case, why do I have to take risks and send out surprise troops to attack Hanzhong?
Although Qi Bing can often catch people by surprise and achieve unexpected results.
However, it was still too risky after all..."
"Of course, this is just one of them, there are other considerations.
I ask Wen Yuan and you guys, why are we going to Yizhou for this big war?"
Liu Cheng asked with a smile.
Zhang Liao actually didn't want to make any noise this time.
He just wanted to follow the emperor's uncle silently, listen to others ask the emperor's uncle, and gain knowledge.
I just don’t know why, but this guy Zhang Ji didn’t say anything this time, and the emperor’s uncle asked him himself again.
Zhang Liao had no choice but to speak out: "Didn't the emperor's uncle say before that he wanted to ask Liu Yan, the herdsman of Yizhou, for food and grass to help the people in Guanzhong?
Could it be that there are other purposes besides this?"
Liu Cheng nodded: "That's true.
We spent so much effort to capture Yizhou, wouldn’t it be a big loss if we just took some food and grass and left?”
Zhang Liao and Zhang Ji laughed when they heard this.
The emperor's uncle's words really showed his temper towards them.
"Sichuan is surrounded by mountains and the terrain is closed. It is difficult to enter Sichuan and it is extremely inconvenient to communicate with the outside world.
In times of trouble, Yizhou is most likely to be occupied, divided, and enfeoffed as princes or kings by those with ulterior motives.
It is easy for us to enter Sichuan.
It's not that I'm boasting.
Rice thieves and those in Xichuan with ulterior motives are no match for our army.
It can even be said to be vulnerable.
However, it is impossible for us to lead our troops in Yizhou all the time.
After everything is almost done, I will definitely leave Yizhou.
The rice thieves and others naturally did not dare to cause trouble while we were here, as they would not cause trouble.
However, when we leave, these people will definitely cause trouble again.
The road to Shu is difficult and Yizhou is remote. When the time comes, we may encounter other things that will delay our trip.
We can't always send troops to Sichuan to solve this problem...
So I thought, since we have gone through so much hard work and used so many people and so much food, we should take advantage of the situation and solve this matter properly..."
After hearing this, Zhang Ji thought for a while and came to his senses, and said: "So the emperor deliberately let the news out and slowed down the march. The purpose was to give those people with ulterior motives in the east and west rivers a chance to surface.
After we go there, we can find targets and deal with all these people?"
