Chapter 618: Turning Defense into Offense
Goguryeo, hundreds of thousands of Dingkou......
Hearing these words, Liu Bei's eyes suddenly lit up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
He knows very well that war is not only fought by the strength of the army, but also by the strength of the country.
At present, the pottery merchants have destroyed the Wu State, the essence of China, in the dense population, are occupied by the pottery merchants, and the population of the Wei State is more than their Yan, Qin and Shu kingdoms combined.
Although he, Liu Bei, could barely offset the numerical advantage of Wei with the strong combat effectiveness of the cavalry, it would naturally be better if he could increase his own Dingkou and enrich his national strength.
Goguryeo is a country, although the name respects him as the king, but it is contrary to yin and yang, and from time to time it will make some small moves in the border area, plundering hundreds of Yan Dingkou today, and grabbing a few hundred tomorrow, which really makes Liu Bei disgusting.
Since it is necessary to take a defensive position against Wei for the time being, this powerful iron cavalry division is also idle, and it is indeed the best choice at the moment to go and destroy Goguryeo to enrich the national strength.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei's eyes gathered, and he had made up his mind in his heart, so he waved his hand and said: "Okay, according to Kong Ming and Zhong Da's proposal, let's quickly draw up a strategy for this king to wipe out the Goguryeo Kingdom." ”
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Qin State, Chang'an City.
In the palace of King Qin, there was already an uproar, amazed, incomprehensible, and panicked...... All sorts of emotions filled the dimly lit hall.
Cao Cao sat on the top, holding the piece of information that had just been delivered in his hand, his scorched face gloomy, not saying a word, and his brows furrowed.
It was the latest emergency information from Jiangnan, and the content of the information was very simple:
The kingdom of Wu is gone!
This news was enough to shock the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State.
Originally, Cao Cao had been invited by Liu Bei to gather troops and horses, planning to use troops against Wei, and he even planned the direction of using troops this time, no longer Luoyang, or Nanyang, a sensitive area of Wei, but relatively, more partial to the direction of annexing the state.
However, just when Cao Cao was still full of expectations and waiting for the news that Liu Bei was the first to send troops, he waited for the news of the Tao Shang's attack on Wu in advance.
This news shattered Cao Cao's illusions, and he knew that it was no longer realistic to attack Wei again.
As soon as the state of Wu was destroyed in this way, the pottery merchants were able to draw out hundreds of thousands of idle troops, and so many more soldiers and horses were enough to deal with the joint attack of their three kingdoms.
"I didn't expect that the dignified Jiangdong little overlord was so useless, and he was destroyed by the pottery thief so quickly, it was really a surprise to this king......"
Cao Cao sighed, with the same expression of hatred, and threw that information on the case.
Tian Feng, who was under the ranks, sighed: "It's not that Sun Ce is incompetent, but that the pottery thief is too powerful, I always thought that the pottery thief was only good at land warfare, but I didn't expect that he was so good at using troops on the water, even the overlord of the river like Sun Ce and Zhou Yu was not his opponent, the pottery thief was really ......"
Sighing at this point, Tian Feng couldn't say anything to describe his amazement at the potter.
On the main hall, there were bursts of exclamations, all of them were like Tian Feng, full of amazement at the potter.
Cao Cao frowned, revealing deep disgust, his face was a little unhappy, and he said in a deep voice: "The fall of the Wu State has become a fact, and it is useless to sigh with emotion now, with this thought, it is better to think about it, what should I do now." ”
The hall immediately fell silent, and everyone frowned, distressed by the situation in front of them.
In the silence, Xun Yu took the lead in speaking, and said lightly: "King, the current situation is very obvious, the strength of the pottery thief is so strong, even if my three kingdoms join forces, it is difficult to form a fatal threat to the Wei State, the offensive and defensive trend has been reversed, at this time, what we have to do is to strictly guard the three passes of Tongguan, Wuguan and Pubanguan, and block the road of the pottery thief to invade my Daqin, and wait for the time to make a plan." ”
Xun Yu said this, and all the ministers of the Qin State nodded their heads in agreement, all agreeing to take a defensive position against the Wei State.
Cao Cao naturally understood this truth, but he was unwilling, and said hatefully: "The pottery thief has possessed the entire Central Plains states, and now he has taken the state of Wu, if he is given time to recuperate, within a few years, the strength of the Wei state will double. ”
In a word, Xun Yu was immediately asked, and even the first strategist of the Qin State didn't know how to answer for a while.
"What about Fengxiao, what is your good plan?" Cao Cao's gaze looked at Guo Jia again.
Guo Jia pondered for a moment, coughed and said: "The king is right, Wei is a large land and a large population, it is useless to take a defensive position against Wei Guoguang, we must also expand our own strength, Jia thinks, our strategy should still return to the original annexation of Shu, only according to the population of Shu, plus my Great Qin's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, can we have the strength to compete with the pottery thief." ”
Exterminate Shu?
Cao Cao's eyes lit up, as if he had been inspired by some kind of inspiration, his thinking suddenly became much brighter, and his eyes quickly fell on the huge map hanging on the wall, and fell in the direction of Shuzhong.
"Annexing Shu is naturally the best, but at the moment, Liu Zhang's troops are comparable to my country, and there is the danger of Qinling, and we have also divided our troops to defend Wei in the east and Qiang in the west, so we simply don't have enough troops to destroy Shu." Xun Yu immediately raised new concerns.
As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao's eyes that had just lit up immediately became gray again, and he muttered: "Yes, at this time, how can this king have enough troops to destroy Liu Zhang......
In the main hall, there was a sudden silence again, and Guo Jia was speechless for a while.
Cao Cao sighed in his heart, a pair of brown eyes, but among the ministers on the steps, swept around.
Suddenly, Cao Cao's gaze fell on Jia Xu in the corner.
At this moment, this poison man was sitting there calmly, with an expression, as if the survival of Great Qin had nothing to do with him at all, and he looked like he was out of the matter.
Seeing Jia Xu's expression, Cao Cao was unhappy, so he coughed and said in a deep voice: "I said Jia Wenhe, you don't have any clever plan, do you have to worry about this king, you have to ask this king himself to say that you have arrived?" ”
"Well...... this" Jia Xu's figure moved slightly, hesitated for a moment, and Fang arched his hand and said unhurriedly: "Xu does have an idea here, and it is not a clever plan, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
"Say!" Cao Cao flicked his hand, and a certain eagerness flashed in his eyes.
Jia Xu coughed a few more times, stroked the few wisps of white whiskers, and said slowly: "Since the king said that we want to annex Shu and guard against the Qiang people, and the troops are seriously insufficient, then why don't we concentrate our troops first and conquer the Qiang people." ”
Conquer the Qiang people first?
Hearing this, Cao Cao's expression was obviously shocked, as if he was confused about the road ahead, and saw a bright light.
"Go on." Cao Cao waved his hand and gestured.
Jia Xu continued: "In the Xiliang area, there are hundreds of thousands of Qiang people, all of whom are strong people, if you can conquer the Qiang people, not only may you relieve the hidden dangers in the west, but also get hundreds of thousands of Dingkou and tens of thousands of elite soldiers. ”
The voice fell, but Xun Yu said: "Although Wenhe's words are good, you must know that the Qiang people are extremely fierce, and the Han Dynasty failed to conquer the Qiang people with the strength of the whole country, not to mention the power of my Great Qin now." ”
Cao Cao's brows froze again, and he looked at Jia Xu suspiciously, obviously Xun Yu's worries were also the concerns in his heart, and he wanted to hear what Jia Xu's solution was.
Jia Xu was still indifferent, and said lightly: "The Han was indeed strong back then, but because it was too powerful, it was too arrogant, and he was extremely disdainful of the Qiang people, and he only knew how to suppress it strongly, but he didn't know how to use grace and power, and those border generals also blindly pursued killing the Qiang people in order to make meritorious contributions. ”
After a pause, Jia Xu smiled and said: "Now it's different, with the god of the king, Wu Xiong, only to use both grace and power on the Qiang people, force conquest and interest temptation, and then implement the strategy of pulling and dividing the Qiang tribes, so that they can become enemies of each other, are you afraid that you can't conquer the Qiang people?" ”
Cao Cao fell silent, and his sunken eyes were filled with excitement.
In contemplation, Ma Chao stood up and arched his hand: "King, my Ma clan still has some influence among the Qiang people, if the king plans to conquer the Qiang people, my Ma clan is willing to be the forerunner." ”
Ma Chao's invitation immediately made Cao Cao's eyes light up, and the little worry left in his heart disappeared in an instant.
He almost forgot that under his command, there is also the existence of Ma Teng Ma Chao's father and son, you know, his Ma father and son are very closely related to the Qiang people, and even Ma Chao may have half of the Qiang blood, with the influence of the Ma father and son on the Qiang people, and with his Cao Cao's grace and power, are you afraid that you will not be able to conquer the Qiang people.
Syllable!
As soon as he slapped the case, Cao Cao did not hesitate any longer, and said happily: "This king has made up his mind, change his strategy from today onwards, take a defensive position against Wei, first concentrate on conquering the Qiang people, annexing Shu, and then turn around and clean up the potter's boy!" ”
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Huiji County, outside Qiantang City.
The potter has been here for more than ten days.
Sun Ce had fled to the sea, announcing the end of the Wu Kingdom, but in order to ensure that the remnants of the Sun clan would resurrect again, the pottery merchants decided to suspend the class for the time being, and it was not too late to complete the aftermath and return north.
After capturing the Qian Tang, the potters divided into two groups of soldiers and horses, one led by Gan Ning, and continued along the coastline to the rest of the cities of Huiji to conquer the entire Wu realm.
On the other hand, the pottery merchants appointed Lu Xun as the Taishou of Wu County, strengthened the differentiation and disintegration of the Shanyue people, and moved hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people to Huainan respectively.
With the character of the potter, of course, since he wants to conquer, he must conquer thoroughly, and he will never allow the Shanyue people to become a hidden danger to Wu and become a burden to his Northern Expedition in the future.
It was dusk, the setting sun dyed the sea with a layer of glow, the potter immediately on the beach, watching the tide rise and fall, enjoying the sunset on the sea, the heroic face, burning with high spirits.
"Finally destroyed Chengguo, this time you don't have to rush back to the north, you have to recuperate in Jiangnan for a while, it's not enough to have a Yueying, shouldn't you call a few more concubines from Yejing to spend a good daylight with me......"
Looking at the falling crystals of the sea and sky, the potter muttered to himself, and a wicked smile rose at the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, Jing Ke Pegasus came and said with a smile: "Your lord, Zhen Da's two mothers have rushed to Qiantang, do you want to go back to the city?" ”
Zhen Mi and Daji have arrived!
The potter was itching in his heart, and he didn't want the two stunning beauties to come, so he smiled and said: "Go back to what city, how good the scenery is here, quickly invite the two concubines to this king." ”