The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 56 Liu Bei's Strength

As a result, all the troops in Liu Bei's hands moved closer to the western border. Le'an was headed by Zhang Fei and assisted by Pan Zhang, with a total of [-] troops.

Because Jinan was going to confront Yuan Shao's army, it had the most mercenaries. Zhao Yun was the leader, Zhang Jai and Gao Lan were the assistants. There were a total of [-] soldiers and horses, but [-] of them were reorganized from the rebel army and only half of them were trained. In addition, the new equipment of Liu Bei's army has just arrived, and its combat power is limited.

Pingyuan was headed by Xu Huang, who led the original [-] soldiers plus [-] transferred from Beihai, a total of [-] soldiers and horses, mainly defending Xuzhou, because Xuzhou itself is not strong, and there is a super insider like Mi Zhu, and Xu Huang There should be enough people, so no more generals were sent.

At present, Qi State, which has the most soldiers and horses, is in the center of Qingzhou. Xi'an mainly defends against possible threats from Cao Cao, so Zhang Liao, who is the best at defending, is the main force, supplemented by Pei Yuanshao, with a total of [-] soldiers and horses.

And Tai Shici stationed [-] troops in Changguo. If Jinan or Le'an were in danger, he could immediately go north to the two prefectures for support.

Guan Yu stationed [-] troops in the west of Linzi, and he could reinforce anywhere at any time. Xi'an in the west, the plains in the south, and Jinan and Le'an in the north were all within the range of reinforcements.

As for Linzi, there are [-] soldiers and horses led by Chen Dao and Xu Sheng. Chen Ziming will never move these [-] soldiers and horses. After all, Linzi is where Liu Bei's foundation lies.

As for Beihai, which is deep into the territory of Qingzhou, and Donglai, which is close to the east coast, there are no soldiers and horses at all except for some defenders.

Because it is impossible for enemies to appear in these two counties, and there are hidden guards monitoring, it is impossible for Chen Ziming to rebel without Chen Ziming's knowledge. Even if there is a rebellion, there are not so many soldiers and horses. I have taken time out, and now there are not many young people in the two counties.

As for Donglai, Chen Ziming really couldn't understand how it is possible for a navy to attack Donglai in this era, and the only navy that is about to be built is also Liu Bei's.

So after calculation, Liu Bei now has as many as 32 soldiers and horses. Fortunately, there are several money-making techniques developed by Chen Ziming, and the support of the super spy Mi Zhu, otherwise Liu Bei would not be able to support so many in Qingzhou alone. soldiers and horses.

This is not counting those guarding soldiers and horses. There are hundreds of city guards in every city. These soldiers and horses are all eliminated by the front-line troops.

Only the navy formed by Gan Ning will start training with fishing boats on the edge of the coast when the weather is warmer. Now there are [-] naval soldiers who are familiar with water skills.

This is about to become the first real navy in Chinese history. Chen Ziming will not use them until the moment of life and death. Their battlefield should be at sea, not a large-scale war of attrition on land.

Originally, Liu Bei didn't have so many soldiers and horses in his hands, but suddenly he gathered the bandits from the two big counties of Jinan and Le'an, and there were only so many in total.

This is more than the 30 Qingzhou soldiers that Cao Cao gathered in Qingzhou in history.

That's because of Liu Bei's full rescue in Qingzhou, a lot of people survived this winter. It can be said that because of Liu Bei, hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou people who should have frozen to death were saved, and many of them were young and strong.

Now in Liu Bei's hands, whether it is military strength or fierce generals and advisers, they are comparable to the strength of the Shu Han in history, and the second- and third-rate advisers and generals are much stronger than the Shu Han.

It's just that Liu Bei's current territory is too small, only a small continent like Qingzhou.

Chen Ziming looked at the list and military statistics of Liu Bei's subordinates in his hand, and was very pleased and proud. It took him a year to build Liu Bei's power into shape.

In other words, Liu Beishao wasted more than ten years to have the strength of the Shu Han in history.

The area of ​​Yizhou is very large, and the five Qingzhous barely have the size of Yizhou.

This is the main reason why Liu Bei was able to contend with Cao Cao, who unified the north with the power of one continent. Its territory is not small, and the terrain is dangerous, especially food, the most important strategic resource during the Three Kingdoms period, is very abundant.

But now Liu Bei's development has entered a state of hard work, thinking that the three states bordering Qingzhou are all powerful, not to mention Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, even Tao Qian in Xuzhou is not something Liu Bei can handle casually. Modesty is good.

A powerful vassal who can dominate a continent alone. In history, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he sent out all his advisers and left the territory empty, and finally let Lu Bu succeed behind him.

The reason why Chen Ziming is so persistent in developing the navy is that he wants to use the navy to open up this embarrassing situation, otherwise Liu Bei will be trapped to death in Qingzhou, just like in Yizhou as it was in history.

According to Chen Ziming's request, general population censuses were carried out in all regions under Liu Bei's administration. Except for the two large counties of Jinan and Le'an, which have not yet started statistics, the other places have a total population of 220 million. Adding the population of the two counties, it should be 300. More than ten thousand.

According to Chen Ziming's memory, at the end of the Han Dynasty, before the Three Kingdoms period, the population of the Great Han Dynasty was more than 5000 million. After years of wars, the population of the Central Plains dropped to more than 700 million. This is a very terrifying thing.

The so-called ten rooms and nine empties are most suitable for evaluating the population status of the Central Plains in the late Three Kingdoms period.This is why Chen Ziming wants to do his best to end the troubled times of the Central Plains as soon as possible, and try not to make history enter the Three Kingdoms era again.

The war among the Three Kingdoms will definitely cause a devastating blow to the Central Plains, and it can be called a pollution-free nuclear war.

Chen Ziming actually wanted to replace Cao Cao to unify the north, and then try his best to unify the world. After all, the population of the north accounts for three-quarters of the total population of the Han Dynasty, while the population of the south only accounts for one-quarter.

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"My lord! What's the hurry?"

What should come will always come. At the end of January, the earth is full of warmth. At this time, Chen Ziming received Liu Bei's urgent call and hurriedly felt Liu Bei's place. At this time, several top advisers in Liu Bei's hands had already arrived, and All preoccupied.

"Hey! Military division, take a look at this. This is just sent by the general of the secret guard."

Liu Bei handed Wang Yue the report submitted by Liu Bei to Chen Ziming.

Chen Ziming read it quickly, and then his face changed drastically. He finally realized that he had ignored it, and that was the hidden guard. All his judgments were based on the information provided by the dark guard.

And in this era, there was no so-called spy war at all, which made Chen Ziming completely ignore the possible situation of the hidden guards.

"Mi Zizhong's grain and grass that should have been transported half a month ago have not arrived yet, and there is no news from the Xuzhou Dark Guard!!!"

(End of this chapter)