Whether it is from the perspective of personal reason or the imperial court, it is unwise to attack Wu State now.
Because for the Han Dynasty, the significance of returning the old capital was not just as simple as winning a battle or capturing a city.
As long as the Han Dynasty takes full control of Guanzhong, the Wei state will decline into a state of decline without the common people; and Jiangdong, who has occupied Jingxiang, will also be nothing more than a clown.
Jiangdong's betrayal seems to make it unnecessary to rush to attack immediately.
However, when all the generals were indignantly asking for orders, the Prime Minister still said his words of approval, "We must raise troops to fight against it."
Just like the late emperor who insisted on conquering Wu.
With the late emperor’s life experience and wisdom, don’t you know that the Han and Wei Dynasties are mortal enemies?
Don’t you know that conquering Wu will make Wei State reap the benefits?
The late emperor must have known.
Even though he knew it, he still insisted on launching the Yiling War. This was not a result of ignorance and willfulness, but the result of humans being different from plants.
As a person who eats all kinds of grains and has seven emotions and six desires, life should not only be about weighing the pros and cons. There will always be a certain time when you will not care about the gains and losses, and will do whatever you want to defend your ideals regardless of life and death.
Today's Dahan was founded by a group of people who were willing to burn themselves to pursue their ideals.
What is passed down in the heart is not power and profit, but passion and ideals.
The prime minister did not want to let this inheritance fade away when he passed on the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty to his descendants, even though he had advised the late emperor not to attack Wu.
Because once something is lost, it can never be found again.
The Prime Minister knew that the late emperor and all those who followed him wanted to restore a strong and strong man, not a man who was built through humiliation and compromise.
There is no room for a big man like Jiangdong to be repeatedly provoked by clowns!
What is to be patient for a while, what is to sacrifice the basics and what is to be neglected, what is not to damage the country's merits...etc.
The Prime Minister knew that these reasons for not attacking Wu were all valid and sufficient.
But the Prime Minister knew better that if these reasons extinguished the burning ideals and cooled the soldiers' feelings about "why to fight", then it would be wrong.
If the inheritance is there, even if there are thorns along the way, there will still be a time for revival of the family and the country!
And if the inheritance does not survive, the family and country will not be destroyed but will be destroyed!
Which one is lighter?
This is also the reason why the Prime Minister signaled Zheng Pu to stay and discuss with his eyes.
To defeat Wu, we cannot rely solely on a surge of indignation in our chests and abdomen.
Behind the war, there were countless losses of food and baggage, as well as the deployment of manpower and material resources.
Moreover, since they have decided to conquer Wu, the Han will not just send 20,000 to 30,000 troops to demonstrate, but will beat them painfully and let them know the consequences of betraying the Han and pay a heavy price!
The most important thing is to carry out the national plan of "returning the old capital" as much as possible.
That's just not very likely.
If the Han Dynasty did not use all the strength of the country to enter Guanzhong, how could it force Wei, who had occupied all the richest lands in the world, to despair?
Not to mention, once the war with the Wu State begins, the Wei State will inevitably take action, causing the Han Dynasty to face a two-front war situation and enter a state where the national strength is unsustainable.
"Zijin, it's done!"
By the cool breeze of the Wei River, the prime minister was sitting in a chariot patrolling the camp. He asked Zheng Pu, who was accompanying him on horseback, "It is imperative for our army to attack Wu. However, if we attack Wu with few soldiers, it will be difficult to achieve success; but
If a large number of troops are sent out, it may make it difficult to defend Guanzhong. According to Zijin, is there a strategy that has the best of both worlds?"
Indeed, the difficulty in defeating Wu lies in the balance of how many troops to send.
If you send too few troops, it will be difficult to defeat Wu; if you send too many troops, it will affect the war in Guanzhong.
Considering that the Han Dynasty now needs to station guards in Qixian, Qishan, Wuzhangyuan and Chencang City and reserve mobile troops, it is necessary to leave at least 70,000 troops to prevent Wei's troops from coming west and to protect the Weiwei River.
The farmland will not be destroyed by the war and will continue to provide the soldiers with daily food.
After all, once Wu is conquered, the crops from Bashu will not be transferred to Guanzhong.
"Back to Prime Minister, there is no way to get the best of both worlds."
Zheng Pu replied with a gurgling smile, "However, if the troops to attack Wu are simply insufficient, Pu does have a comprehensive strategy. If we just follow Pu's strategy, I am afraid that our big man will be in trouble early."
Hearing this, the Prime Minister was not much surprised.
Because he himself has many ways to solve the problem of insufficient troops.
For example, recruiting troops from Longyou and Hexi and organizing them into the garrison in Guanzhong can evenly dispatch more soldiers from Hanzhong to the three eastern counties; it can also be used to expel the barbarian tribes from the south to invade Jiaozhou, etc.
But both methods are not very good.
If the people are few but the army is large, the national power will naturally decline and turn into a militancy.
"Zijin has thoughts, but it doesn't matter."
The Prime Minister nodded slightly and said jokingly, "I am a big man who is trapped in food and fodder. It is not something that can only be done in a day or two."
"promise."
Zheng Pu responded loudly, "Prime Minister, our Han Dynasty has tens of thousands of soldiers. They cannot be used to attack Wei, but they can be used to attack Wu!"
Um?
Hearing this, the Prime Minister raised his eyebrows. After thinking for a while, he raised his palms and smiled, "I know what Zijin means. These tens of thousands of soldiers are the soldiers who have surrendered against Wei in recent years!"
right!
What Zheng Pu was referring to was the surrendered troops of Wei that had been captured in recent years.
Since the Battle of Lingju and Wei Yan's attack on Jincheng County, Longyou no longer had to worry about being disturbed by the Wei army. The Han army regarded all the prisoners of the Wei army in future wars as farmers and scattered them among the counties of Longyou. For example, in the past few years, Longyou
Almost half of the supplies for the war came from the Wei army prisoners who were stationed in the fields. I wonder if Cao Rui and Sima Yi in Luoyang would be so angry when they found out...
cough!
These tens of thousands of prisoners of the Wei army have all experienced wars and are very accustomed to the orders and prohibitions in the army. They can form an army again with just a little martial arts. And compared with the Jiangdong soldiers, their combat power is not weak.
As for whether these prisoners are willing to fight for the Han~
No need to worry.
As long as the Han Dynasty imitates the Qin Dynasty's battle reward system in the past, redeeming the status of prisoners by beheading them, granting them land, and promotion, etc., allowing them to decide whether they want to join the army, I believe they will enthusiastically apply.
After all, they were originally men in the army who licked blood with swords and swords. They could fight for a future with swords and spears. Who would be willing to remain prisoners of the day when Wuyou was in the spotlight?
Furthermore, the Han Dynasty did not let them fight against the old master Wei army.
It's just to let them face Jiangdong. There is no need to worry about Wei Jun discovering his identity and affecting the family still in Wei. Why not be reluctant!
But this move is also what Zheng Pu said.
There were tens of thousands less people working in the fields, but there were tens of thousands more soldiers who wielded swords and spears and did not work in farming. The situation would inevitably cause the Han Dynasty to fall into a shortage of food and fodder in advance.
It will even affect the supply of grain and fodder to various ministries in Guanzhong and delay the Han army's attack on Guanzhong.
But despite this, the Prime Minister still felt that this move was feasible.
Because Zheng Pu also added, "Prime Minister, if we collect these prisoners and send them to attack Jiaozhou in the east of the Yangtze River, we may be able to make Wei Wei take the initiative to send troops to fight our army in a decisive battle."
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