Overlord!

After deciding to attack Cao Cao together with Yuan Shao, the agreed date is extremely important.

This world is a grassroots team. The so-called politics is to step on the watermelon rind and slide wherever it goes.

Zhu Yuanzhang was able to adhere to the strategy of building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king for a long time. Therefore, he was one of the most powerful people in history. He could finally counterattack as a beggar and become the founding king of the Ming Dynasty, expel the barbarians and restore China.

This kind of person has never been seen throughout the ages. On the contrary, it is Yuan Shao, an indecisive prince who changes his orders every day, who is the norm in the world.

Therefore, the strategic attack time agreed with him must not be too late. According to Sun Ce's idea, it must be Jushou's strategy.

Compared with Cao Cao, both Hebei and Jiangnan have the advantage of cavalry. The Hu cavalry in Hebei come and go like the wind, while the armored assault cavalry in Jiangnan are invincible.

Therefore, I only need to dispatch elite cavalry to plunder Cao's troops on the border and make them uneasy, while I take advantage of them. After three years, I will be victorious.

But if you really made an agreement with Yuan Shao to attack Cao Cao in three years, it would be equivalent to no agreement at all.

Maybe, before the spring plowing of the new year has passed, he will attack Cao Cao alone with his cavalry.

Guo Tu and Shen Pei have always been quick-war factions. As long as they offer suggestions, then according to Yuan Shaode's character, he must give it a try.

Yuan Shao did not directly raise a large army to attack Cao Cao in the early stage. He also sent Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other vanguard generals to loot the Baima and Yanjin areas, forcing Cao Cao to move all the people to the south. At the most embarrassing time, Cao Cao only had [-] people. The cavalry guard was by his side. If it weren't for Xun You's advice, Cao Cao would have been taken advantage of by Wen Chou.

But as Yuan's army was defeated, Yuan Shao continued to increase his troops, and finally faced Cao Cao personally in Guandu.

So Sun Ce asked Zhang Zhao: "In the current situation, Cao Cao is lucky to fight urgently, and Yuan Jun is advantageous to slow down the matter. It is better to slow down and last for a long time, and the sun and the moon are long. However, Yuan Shao is worried about this. Although Yuan Shao knows this, it is difficult to establish a long-term plan for the country. You think Gu Ruo sent an envoy to Hebei to make an appointment to attack Cao Cao together. When should we set the date?"

Zhang Zhao thought deeply and said: "It's not advisable to make an appointment with Yuan Shao too late, let alone too hasty. I think the general should not rely too much on Yuan Shao, but should focus on Jiangdong. Since Cao Cao's laws are implemented and his soldiers are well-trained, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and others are not waiting. Those who are under siege. If we attack rashly, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated first. Once the division is unfavorable, the disease spreads or the siege is damaged, it may cause the army to be rubbed, and Cao Cao will be difficult to control from now on."

Sun Ce had to agree with Zhang Zhao's words. The alliance of vertical and horizontal alliances was only an auxiliary means for him to conquer the world. The key to conquering the world was to be strong.

If in order to cooperate with Yuan Shao, he rushes to send troops, it will cause casualties to his own forces, and he will be unable to continue the northern expedition and be forced to enter a defensive state.Then Cao Cao really couldn't contain it. He could attack Hebei easily and without any worries.

Zhang Zhao continued: "As for the time for dispatching troops, I thought the deadline was the following spring. Next year we should rest and recuperate no matter what. This time the Northern Expedition mobilized troops and mobilized troops, not only the treasury was empty, but also the people suffered from it. It’s miserable, and people’s savings are all gone.”

"The army must accumulate grain and train its troops to make them more elite. The north must also repair roads to save the people from corvee labor."

Accumulating valleys to train troops is the most common national policy used by princes to conquer the world.

And I'm afraid most people have no idea about this strategy at all.

Therefore, many people wonder why after Sun Ce, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao cleared their respective spheres of influence, the first thing they did was to reorganize the army and reduce the number of troops. The scale was not hundreds of thousands.

That's because there are not many soldiers but good ones.Elite troops are inevitable for the military development of any prince.

Even if Sun Ce had [-] garrison soldiers in the rear, it would be meaningless. Such garrison troops could not be transported to the front line because they would completely consume food and grass and increase logistical pressure.

In the Battle of Huainan, more than [-] soldiers, officials and civilians were mobilized just to maintain the [-]-strong army fighting across thousands of miles.

If we supply 10,000+ troops for the Northern Expedition, then there will probably be more than [-] civilians to supply the army.

In addition to the 20 troops in Jiangdong, there are also more than [-] officials and more than [-] craftsmen in the two states, all of whom are not engaged in farming. If more than [-] to [-] more corvees are drawn out, it can be said that a Northern Expedition will wipe out every household in Jiangdong. Draw Ding to join the war.

After all, the total household registration in Jiangdong is only a few hundred thousand, let alone one million.

Therefore, in order to stabilize the rule and achieve military success, the strategy proposed by wise men since ancient times has been to accumulate valleys to train troops, rather than to accumulate valleys to expand the army.

All good generals in ancient times regard themselves as capable of training elite soldiers.

Zhuge Liang became one of the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Arts Temple precisely because of his outstanding talent in military training.Refining soldiers can not only enhance combat effectiveness, but also reduce logistical supply pressure.

A year of self-cultivation can also make Yuan Shao's army more refined and reduce the gap with Cao's army.

Sun Ce recognized this and said: "Since the troubled times, I have been alone in the east of the Yangtze River. I have been conquering and fighting every year. The people are tired and the treasury is exhausted. The battle in Huainan was originally out of necessity. Chang Shimou Painting is a word of caution. Then we will make heroes on the outside, cultivate the road on the inside, cultivate for a year, and make an appointment with Yuan Shao in the summer of the sixth year of Jian'an to attack Cao's army together!"

Sun Ce had long wanted to build the road in the north.Unifying the political power and building roads and bridges are also necessary things.For example, building Chidao is a military and national priority.

Cao Cao obviously couldn't get rid of it suddenly. Once the war was postponed to winter, the water transport, which the Northern Expedition relied heavily on, would be affected, and a lot of money would be consumed by mobilizing a large number of civilians.

Therefore, the best way is to build several spacious and flat roads to facilitate the transportation of supplies by horses and carts in winter.

The total number of chariots and horses that Jiangdong has captured and accumulated now is tens of thousands. Even if the pastoral supervisor goes all out, it is not impossible to build [-] chariots.

There are carts for supply, which will reduce the number of people as much as possible.Ten thousand carts transport 25 shi of grain, and only need to recruit [-] corvees.

In many cases, there are enough mules and horses in the army, and there is no need to mobilize additional civilians. For example, when Duan Jiong sent out troops, he only had an army of 1 people, and he carried 2000 carts, spanning more than [-] miles, deep into the hinterland of the Eastern Qiang. The enemy army was defeated in battle, and tens of thousands of people were captured and returned.

He made an appointment with Yuan Shao to send troops in the sixth year of Jian'an, which meant that the Battle of Guandu that was supposed to take place was postponed for two years.The Battle of Guandu became the Battle of Cangting.

Thinking of the battle at Cangting, Sun Ce felt even more relaxed.If Yuan Shao can stabilize his mentality, Cao Cao will definitely lose.

Under the current situation, even if he takes the initiative to attack Yuan Shao and defeats Yuan Shao, it will be nothing more than the outcome of a battle at Cangting.

As long as Yuan Shao doesn't vomit blood and die, even if Cao Cao wins a hundred battles, it won't be enough to turn things around. But as long as he loses, there will be no burial place for the entire clan.

The Battle of Guandu is very famous in history, but its impact on the situation is probably not as significant as the Battle of Changping.

After the Battle of Changping, although a large number of Zhao's troops were killed, Zhao still existed for more than 40 years, and with the alliance of Xinling Lord Wei Wuji, he and the troops of the Five Kingdoms defeated the Qin army outside the river and walked into Mongolia. Ao.Taking advantage of the victory, they drove the Qin army to Hangu Pass and suppressed the Qin soldiers. The Qin soldiers did not dare to move out.It's time to be powerful in the world.

After the Battle of Guandu, although Yuan Shao had [-] elite soldiers, they were trapped and killed by Cao Cao.But at this time, the offensive and defensive situation of both sides still did not change much, and Cao Jun was still huddled in Henan.Yuan Shao also stayed in Hebei.

So the Battle of Cangting broke out, and Cao's army crossed the Yellow River and attacked Cangtingjin.Although Yuan Shao was defeated again, he could not change the situation at all.After Cao's army retreated, Yuan Shao gathered scattered soldiers and attacked the rebel counties. Hebei soon settled down again.

The situation of stalemate between the two heroes has never fundamentally changed.Even if Yuan Shao is given time to recuperate, he may not be able to defeat Cao Cao again.Even Liu Bei suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Cao Cao, and he was able to defeat Cao Cao once in the Battle of Hanzhong.

It was after Yuan Shao's death that the Yuan family entered a state of division, which gave Cao Cao an opportunity to take advantage of it.

However, even in the face of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fighting each other, it took Cao Cao seven years to pacify Hebei.Then Cao Cao's life basically entered a countdown.

Therefore, Sun Ce is exceptionally calm. Youth is his greatest asset.

It can be said that in today's world, he is already powerful. At the worst, he can create the Southern Dynasty and ascend the throne in the south and proclaim himself emperor.

The body is the greatest capital of revolution, which is indeed a wise saying.

Sun Ce'ao also defeated Cao Cao.

Under this plan, at the end of the year, Sun Ce officially sent envoy Zhuge Jin from Jiankang, via Xuzhou and Qingzhou and then north to contact Yuan Shao.

Although General Zang Ba of Cao's army invaded Qingzhou, he only had more than [-] men and could not control the huge three kingdoms of Beihai, Qi, and Le'an. Moreover, he was still sending troops to attack Donglai County in an attempt to clear away the hidden dangers behind him.

With such a vast territory, even if Zhuge Jin marched grandly with his fleet, Zang Ba might not be able to discover it.

His troops of more than [-] men were gathered in the east, while the west was basically undefended.Therefore, the military report sent from Xuzhou also stated very clearly that Zang Ba led his army to conquer Beihai, Qi State, Le'an and other places.The word "break" means that Zang Ba only captured this place and was completely unable to secure the occupation.

Cao Cao obviously had no intention of occupying this area. After Zang Ba broke the city, he plundered the people, leaving this area completely deserted and unable to support Yuan Tan's army from here to launch a counterattack and invade Yanzhou.

Zhuge Jin was chosen as the envoy because the structure of Jiankang City has been basically determined, and the subsequent construction can be completed by the people on their own initiative. Moreover, Shao Zhuo, the commander of Jiankang, is also a capable minister. He is quite talented in the development of industry and commerce and is able to take on the responsibility of Jiankang. The important task of building the city.

As the New Year approaches, Shao Zhuo has been serving as the Jiankang Order for the third year.

Nowadays, the total number of households, craftsmen, officials, soldiers and merchants in Jiankang City has reached nearly 20.

The scale is almost the largest in the world.

The reason why there is such a large population is that in addition to the [-] garrison, the largest number are craftsmen and merchants.

Sun Ce wanted to develop Jiankang into a textile center that was not inferior to Jinguan City in Chengdu, and wanted to make Cheng Brocade into one of the famous brocades comparable to Shu Brocade. There were more than [-] textile craftsmen in Jiankang City alone.

If you include the Weaving Department in Wu County, the population of female brocade workers in Jiangdong is especially higher than that in Chengdu.

There may be 20 or even 30 weavers, both public and private, engaged in textiles throughout Jiangdong.

In order to supply this prosperous textile industry, the mulberry fields in Jiangdong are also dotted.

Especially in the Jiankang area, the terrain here is not as flat as Wuxian County, which is suitable for planting mulberry. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of mulberry fields all over.

And there are so many dignitaries and skilled craftsmen in the city, which naturally leads to prosperous business. There are more than [-] merchants, children, etc. who are resident in the city.

There are often hundreds of watercrafts, cargo ships and caravans arriving in Jiankang every day.Literary men once praised it and said: "The boats in the Jiankang world are often more than ten thousand, filling the rivers, and the merchants and traders are filled with carriages and horses."

Literati often exaggerate, and the "ten thousand ships" are exaggerated rhetoric, but what Sun Ce saw in Zhaoming Palace is that there are indeed more than a thousand white sails on the river, and hundreds of boats vying for the current.

Such a grand scene attracted literati and poets to come and watch it every day, so a wealthy family built pavilions and pavilions on the shore.

There are many towers in the scenic resorts on the shore, such as Drum Tower, Shengqi Tower, Phoenix Tower, etc. There is almost no Tongque Tower!

The reason why there are so many towers is also related to the large number of scholars in Jiankang.

Since there is no land system, the wealthy families in Jiangdong are generally relatively wealthy, and building a tower is just a drop in the bucket for them.

Jiankang is also the administrative seat of Jiangnan, and a large number of aristocratic families have moved to Jiankang City.

For example, Gu Yong of the Gu family in Wu County took the initiative to bring all the clan members to Jiankang City, leaving only their fields and ancestral home in Wu County.

The reason why Gu Yong did this was precisely for the family's long-term plan. Jiankang has the most prosperous educational environment in the world today.

Not only did the government build more than ten schools in Jiankang City, but also a large number of Confucian scholars and bachelors settled here to recruit disciples and teach and educate people.

Due to Dong Zhuo's chaos and the burning of Luoyang Imperial College, the academic center in the late Han Dynasty underwent a large-scale shift southward, from Luoyang to Xiangyang.

Under Liu Biao's governance, Jingzhou was initially very friendly to people, and thousands of miles were purged, and everyone was happy to accept it.There are thousands of scholars from Guanxi, Yan, and Henan who have returned, and they all receive relief from An Wei.Then he set up a school and studied Confucianism. Qi Mukai, Song Zhong and others wrote chapters and sentences of the "Five Classics", which was called "Houting".Love the people and nurture the people, and be calm and self-protective.

After Sun Ce defeated Liu Biao, he moved the classics from Jingzhou to Jiangdong. He also ordered the famous scholar Chen Ji to set up a school in Jiankang, set up tablets to check the five books, etc., so that all the scribes from all over the world gathered in Jiankang.

For example, the extremely famous scribe Wang Can, Pan Jun, who was a disciple of the great scholar Song Zhong, and Pan Jun's cousin Jiang Wan, one of the four prime ministers of the Shu Han Dynasty, all studied in Jiankang.

These people were studying literature and martial arts in Jiankang and preparing to serve as officials. Naturally, Jiangdong was full of talents!

If you pick a person at random, he may be a prime minister or a general.

Nowadays, the scholars in the Central Plains can no longer despise Jiangdong as a barbaric land.On the contrary, many scholars from the Central Plains brought their books to Jiankang for study tours, compared words in front of the stone tablets in the academy, and asked the great Confucians for advice on how to interpret them.

Even the emperor once sent envoys to Jiangdong, asking Jiangdong to enshrine the corrected Five Classics books, and asked Jiangdong to send doctors to serve in the palace.

Now that Jiangdong is recuperating, Jiankang City is becoming more prosperous and prosperous. (End of chapter)