The strategists couldn't help but gasp when they heard this. I used to think that Yuan Shu was strong and had an army of 500,000, but I didn't feel anything. After all, the subconscious in my heart has always been that the south is just a barren land, and although Yuan Shu sits on the land of seven states, it is not too strong, and it is only 500,000 troops. After Yuan Shao unifies Hebei, he can still figure it out, although there is a gap in strength between the two sides, it is not big. But Xun Chen's data directly stunned everyone.

"More than 20 million people!" The judge said incredulously: "Youruo, are you mistaken?" ”

"Nope." Xu You said in a deep voice: "This is what Youruo and I have calculated through more accurate statistics and calculations. Moreover, it is a conservative estimate, if you add Yingzhou, Zhu Yizhou and other places, this number may even be close to 30 million. ”

"How is this possible? Even if Yuan Highway took away so many people, it would not be nearly 30 million! Guo Tu exclaimed.

Xun Chen smiled bitterly: "Jiangdong under Yuan Shu has been as stable as Mount Tai in the past few years, the people have lived in peace, and they are extremely prosperous, with a lot of money and food, and they have no worries about survival. In addition, Jiangdong also has a policy of rewarding multiple children, and almost every family has three or four children, can the population not be much? If it is another ten years, when these children grow up, I am afraid that it will be easy for Jiangdong to maintain a million troops. ”

"Then we can too...", as soon as the words came out, he suddenly saw Guo Tu, Feng Ji and Xun Chen looking at him inexplicably, and then retracted his mouth and wanted to confide in his words.

Yuan Shao is very rich, Jizhou is very rich, but the people of Jizhou are very poor, and if they want to vigorously develop the population like Jiangdong, the family under Yuan Shao will not agree. Yuan Shao is not like Yuan Shu, who is developing while pressing the family, and his powerful family accounts for most of the credit, which he can't get rid of. Just like the previous merger of state fiefdoms, on the surface, it was Yuan Shao's calculation, but in fact it was also his helplessness.

If the family under Yuan Shu's command wants to have the opportunity to have a fief and a fiefdom, they need to give up most of their power in their country, but what about Yuan Shao's side? Although the families sent troops to help Yuan Shao occupy the state without spending a single soldier, and their strength increased greatly, the interests of the families in Jizhou did not weaken in the slightest. It is impossible for Yuan Shao to subdue the family and build a development model like Jiangdong. Similarly, the same is true for Liu Bei. And the only possible Cao Cao is poor and white, although he tries his best to imitate but has little effect.

A sharp glint flashed in Yuan Shao's eyes, but he quickly disappeared helplessly, and changed the topic casually: "What Ziyuan said is right. Yuan Highway seems stupid and investigative of enemies, but in the end, it is he who benefits the most, and I am the ultimate victim! ”

Yuan Shao is right, Yuan Shu, who is familiar with the general trend of history and is located in Jiangdong, is not Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao. Cao Cao is just a poor dick who made his fortune, as long as Yuan Shu pays attention to it and doesn't give him a chance, it is easy to restrain him, and it is not difficult to beat him back to his original form. How many chances does Yuan Shao have in history to defeat Cao Cao! Tian Feng advised Cao Cao several times during his expedition, but was missed by Yuan Shao, who became complacent and indecisive, and Yuan Shu, who understood Cao Cao's terrible nature, would certainly not be so stupid.

Compared with Cao Cao, in Yuan Shu's heart, his brother with a deep foundation and a wide range of soldiers is the existence that needs to be guarded against and suppressed the most. The subsidy for Gongsun Zan had already been set by Yuan Shu, but Lu Bu's seizure of Qingzhou under the advice of Chen Gong gave Yuan Shu a big surprise, so Yuan Shu had one more object to subsidize. And Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu did not support them, but the oil and water that had to be exposed in the transaction with the merchants of the family under their command were snatched away by these two goods.

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, and Yuan Highway is also afraid of Your Majesty for guarding and designing everywhere. However, no matter how much he calculates, he will not be able to prevent His Majesty from defeating Gongsun Chan and unifying Hebei. When we occupy Hebei, we can dominate the world without scruples, and after two years of recuperation, we can go south to fight a decisive battle! Xu Yu slapped his ass silently.

"Having said that, but this time we have a decisive battle with Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Highway will definitely intervene. Liaodong's soldiers and horses are bound to be dispatched, which is what I am most worried about. Yuan Shao sighed lightly and said.

"Your Majesty, Cao Mengde's matter is not difficult to solve. As long as more than 10,000 troops are sent to guard carefully at the border, and then spread some rumors at the junction of Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Yuzhou, Cao Cao will definitely not dare to attack Jizhou. But Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses in Liaodong, I'm afraid..."Xun Chen said in a deep voice.

"Our hands can't reach that far, and Gongsun Chan has a straight temperament. I had received so much favor from the other party before, and compared to me, who was my mortal enemy, it would definitely be convenient for Yuan Shu after his defeat. I know. Yuan Shao said helplessly.

Yuan Shu's calculations are not exquisite. If Gongsun Chan wins, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses in Liaodong can not move and continue to wait for the next big battle. Because Gongsun Chan could not defeat Yuan Shao in a battle and dominate Hebei, the family in Jizhou alone would definitely resist desperately, and at most they would take advantage of it. Of course, this possibility is very small, except for Gongsun Chan himself, none of the princes in the world thought that Gongsun Chan could defeat Yuan Shao.

And if Gongsun Chan is defeated, even if he loses, he will definitely shrink his troops, and then the northern grassland will be a smooth road, and Yuan Shu can collect it. And if it is a fiasco, in the face of defeat and death, will he hand over Youzhou to Yuan Shu, a friend or Yuan Shao, a mortal enemy, do you still need to ask? Even if Gongsun Zhan has a strong temperament, he will not help Yuan Shu, nor will he help Yuan Benchu, when the time comes, what choice will the soldiers and people of Youzhou make between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao? Nearly half of Youzhou will definitely be swept by Yuan Shu's army in Liaodong.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to lament, in other words, if it weren't for Gongsun Bogui's strong temperament, I'm afraid we would face not only the Youzhou Army in the Battle of Jieqiao, but also the Jiangdong Army." Xun Chen comforted.

"Yes! If it weren't for Gongsun Bogui's strong temperament, I'm afraid that there would be two battles for the Unbounded Bridge. Yuan Shao sighed.

In fact, if it were to be replaced by an unscrupulous hero, under the current situation of Gongsun Zhan, he would definitely not choose a decisive battle to attack the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings. The easiest way is to keep sending Wuhuan cavalry and Southern Xiongnu cavalry to disperse and go south to Jizhou to plunder. Although this is shameless, Yuan Shao, who lacks cavalry, is definitely difficult to deal with, and if you add the white horse righteous servants who appear from time to time, it is estimated that Yuan Shao should collapse in two or three years. But again, Jizhou is estimated to be abolished.

However, fortunately, Gongsun Chan was a very disciplined nationalist, and even after pacifying the northern Xinjiang, Gongsun Chan was still wary of foreign races, and disdained to use such despicable means.

"Your Majesty, we can't organize Yuan Shu's cavalry dispatch in Liaodong, so we can only obstruct it to the greatest extent. Now we should send an envoy to northern Xinjiang to get in touch with the Gongsun people and the Wuhuan people in western Liaodong, who are still in the east of Liaodong, so that they can watch out for them and put pressure on Liaodong, and try to reach a tripartite alliance. Xu You said.

"There are also Southern Xiongnu, we might as well promise to divide part of the northern frontier with them to recuperate after the victory, after all, we don't have as many cavalry as Gongsun Zhan, and we can't control the northern frontier and these alien races." Guo Tu said without restraint.