Looking at their distant backs, Du Jia couldn't help but smile slightly, from later generations, he naturally deeply understood the truth that science and technology are the primary productive forces, not to mention, take these four major inventions as an example, originally our Chinese nation was the first to invent, but it was foreigners who played their role to the extreme.

In particular, the compass and gunpowder, after we arrived in the Ming Dynasty, completely stagnated, did not continue to research, let alone expand production, on the contrary, the Western world used them to open the Age of Discovery, and then knocked on the door of our closed country with strong ships and cannons, and opened the shameful history of our modern times comparable to the Jingkang Change.

Du Jia has always been deeply ashamed of this period of history, and he is determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past, so as long as there is such a requirement below, whether it is medicine, forging, equestrianism, engineering, he will all strongly support it, this time he heard that Yang Qi and they have such advanced shipbuilding technology, he is too late to be happy, how can he be stingy with silver two?

What's more, he took it from Wang Qing for nothing, and if he didn't use it, he didn't use it for nothing, Du Jia had never had the habit of accumulating gold and silver treasures, only the silver that could be spent was silver, otherwise it was just a pile of shiny metal blocks.

After Yang Qi and the leaders of the navy left, Hu Yanzhuo said: "Jia Shao asked me to wait here this time for the other party's officers and soldiers?" But now that Wang Qing and the others are fighting with the officers and soldiers, wouldn't our going to war be tantamount to helping them? ”

Du Jia smiled: "Of course not, although we also fight, the target is not Jingzhou, but Yuzhou, and we don't use the name of our Liangshan, but the thirteenth Taibao of Dongting Lake." ”

Hua Rong suddenly realized: "I see, Jia Shao is going to stage a good show in Xuzhou again, but I don't know which goal is this time?" There's a lot of big guys here, hehe. ”

The interest of the rest of the generals was also aroused, and everyone gathered around to look at the map of Yuzhou is elated, and it is not without reason that everyone is so happy, because among the nine states in the world, Yuzhou is the most special one.

It is exactly in the encirclement of the remaining eight states, since ancient times there is the Central Plains or Zhongzhou said, the history is also the longest, the legend of the Yellow Emperor of the three emperors of antiquity is from here, now the capital of the Great Song Dynasty Tokyo Bianliang is also here, in addition to the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties Luoyang.

And they planted the flag in Liangshan to rebel, and the ultimate goal in the minds of many people was to capture Tokyo, seeing that now Du Jia's goal has been chosen in Yuzhou, how can the generals not be excited?

Du Jia naturally understood their psychology, only to see his fingers slowly moving on the map, when moving to Luoyang, everyone's breathing suddenly became nervous, but Du Jia slowly moved away, when he moved to Kaifeng, everyone was even more anxious and excited, but Du Jia just smiled faintly and continued to move east.

Fang Xuedu was in a hurry, and immediately shouted: "Jia Shao, you can tell us where you want to fight, don't point so slowly, I can't breathe out of my nervous breath." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Du Jia also smiled: "Okay, then I won't sell Guanzi, the place we want to fight is here!" ”

After speaking, Du Jia's fingers also stayed on a city in the southeast corner of Yuzhou, and everyone hurriedly looked at it, and there were two clear words written on the map - Xuchang.

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes mixed with a little disappointment, Du Jia slowly explained: "I know that everyone wants to open the seal or Luoyang, but now is far from the time, blindly going to the country is undoubtedly the fire, and this Xu looks inconspicuous, but there are several benefits, one is the closest to us, and the other is that this city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the military value is very great, it was the birthplace of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, if we take it, it is equivalent to nailing a solid nail in Yuzhou, The strategic implications are enormous. ”

The generals nodded frequently when they heard this, and then Lehe sent the specific information of Xuchang to the generals, everyone discussed how to take it here while watching, Hu Yanzhuo frowned and said: "This Xuchang city is tall, the moat is deep, and the guard Wang Ping is also an experienced veteran, although the martial arts are not very strong, but the nature is calm, the soldiers are cautious, and they are especially good at defense, this battle is probably not so easy." ”

Hu Yanzhuo's military strategy was originally very prominent, everyone immediately stopped talking when they heard the words, they now have only 2,500 men and horses in their hands, it is obviously not the best strategy to beat Xuchang, and the most annoying thing in the words of Qi is Wang Ping's opponent, he does not have eight or nine points of certainty, he will not shoot, what lure the enemy deep, lure the snake out of the hole, and the strategy of attacking the east and the west will not be useful, and most of them used these tactics when they attacked the city before.

Seeing the embarrassed looks of the generals, Du Jia smiled: "Actually, this matter is not as difficult as everyone thinks, yes, that Wang Ping is indeed not easy to deceive, but we can force him to come out to fight in a dignified manner, even if he knows that it is a trap, he has to jump." ”

Hu Yanzhuo was puzzled: "How can Jia Shao say this, the last general is simply confused, how can we make this Wang Ping jump into our trap?" ”

Du Jia pointed to the map with his hand and said: "Everyone, there are a total of nine counties under the rule of Xuchang, most of which are places rich in wheat, which can not only supply many places, but the best part of them is specially supplied to Tokyo, if we don't attack Xuchang but go to these counties to grab wheat, what do you think would happen if the above knew?" If it were to be changed to another place, Wang Ping might still be able to report it, but at the foot of the Son of Heaven in Zhongzhou, if he did this, it would be tantamount to openly admitting his incompetence to the officials of the imperial court, I don't think he would do it, right? ”

When the generals heard this, they suddenly realized, and Hu Yanzhuo broke out in a cold sweat, only then did he feel that he had lost before as a matter of course, Du Jia's ability to grasp and control the situation was too strong, and he could use all available conditions to build momentum for his side, and by the way, he also weakened the opponent, and sometimes even forced the opponent to know that it was a trap and could only get into it.

Just like this time, Du Jia did not directly attack Xuchang City, but harassed the nine county towns and grain roads under its rule, so that the news could soon reach the capital, and Wang Ping would not be able to leave the city at that time, unless he even dared to disobey the orders of the emperor and the imperial court - Hu Yanzhuo, who had already served as a major general of the imperial court, knew very well in his heart that this possibility was almost zero.

Then Du Jia divided the team into seven, he and Hu Yanzhuo, Yang Zhi, Hua Rong, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, and Fang Xuedu each brought one, each team had three companies of more than 300 people, and then did not attack head-on but wandered around the grain roads in these places under the rule of Xuchang, as long as they saw that the team transporting grain could grab it, they would rob it, and if they couldn't grab it, they would burn it, so that none of their teams could get out of Xuchang.

(End of chapter)