"Dong Zhuo was put to the position of governor by He Jin. If our lord is only taking such a small number of people to Luoyang, it is not impossible that He Jin could instruct Dong Zhuo to attack our lord on the way!"
"With a thousand iron cavalry following our lord, even if He Jin sets up an ambush on the road, we would still need to organize at least five or six thousand men."
"With such a large-scale operation, He Jin will surely consider the impact."
"......"
Everyone agreed that it was too dangerous!
Liu Wei chuckled and said, "Did you all think I was going to take the Bingzhou route?"
Then he tapped on a certain spot on the map!
Everyone was shocked and looked over: "Our lord intends to go to Shangjun, enter Guanzhong, and then go to Luoyang?"
"Indeed!"
Liu Wei smiled and said, "Have you all forgotten the Qin Straight Road?"
The Qin Straight Road started from Xianyang Palace, the capital of Qin, in the south and ended at Jiuyuan in the north. It was named the Straight Road because of its straightness and was the main passage connecting the Guanzhong Plain and the Hetao region.
Centuries later, the Qin Straight Road remains intact.
A fast horse from Jiuyuan can reach Xianyang in three days and three nights.
Along the way, there are also Yaozhou Chiyang Palace, Chunhua Lingguang Palace, Yan'an Gaonu Palace, and Dongsheng Dacheng Palace, just like service areas on a highway.
Now Liu Wei has assigned 150,000 people to Yao Guangxiao in the Hetao region.
Fifty thousand people built the new city of Wuyuan, and one hundred thousand people repaired the road from Yunzhong City to Linrong City in Shuofang County.
This road was also built according to the standards of the Qin Straight Road, connecting with the Qin Straight Road from Jiuyuan City in Wuyuan County.
Liu Wei ordered Zhang Liao to lead his troops to attack Dongsheng, wipe out the remaining Southern Xiongnu forces in the Guluo City area, and then head south to Qingyanchi.
Besides completely eliminating the Southern Xiongnu and obtaining Qingyan salt, it also aimed to open up the route from the Hetao region to Guanzhong.
Yao Guangxiao, Cai Yong, Wei Ji, and Chen Qun were nowhere near as knowledgeable about the geography of the world as Liu Wei.
However, Qin Zhidao was naturally aware of this as well.
"My lord, of course we know. This is a main road built by General Meng Tian at the behest of the First Emperor. It is ten zhang wide and 1,600 li long. It is said that a fast horse can travel from Xianyang to Jiuyuan in three days and three nights!"
"If I were to march south along the Qin Straight Road and secretly seize Guanzhong for myself, what could Luoyang do to me?"
Liu Wei smiled faintly.
However, apart from Yao Guangxiao, the four of them stirred up a storm.
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