That is to say, if there is a situation where one side does not have enough jade in its hands and there is too much disparity in the strength of the other two parties, then this side can sell the jade in its hand in exchange for a high amount of substitute jade, so as to achieve the purpose of temporarily increasing the number of troops.

Although the sale of jade will make the amount of jade in your hand more stretched, on the other hand, the less jade in your hand, the less tax revenue, in this case, the amount of jade sold in exchange for the amount of jade, compared with the other two, will be greatly increased, it is a way to break the boat.

Of course, this kind of practice is like a seedling to encourage growth, and no one side will rashly take such countermeasures unless it is absolutely necessary.

As for the head of the Zhao family, who was about to take control of the Twenty-four Ming City, he also left the Moling Academy Palace and went to live at the junction of the three borders.

As the tripartite border changes, the residence of the head of the Zhao family will also be transferred, and the area where he is located will also become the main battlefield of the tripartite battle.

In addition to appointing the officials of the Twenty-Four Ming City and mastering the local taxes, there was also a special situation that needed to be handled by the head of the Zhao family.

On the premise that both sides can decide at will how much jade to invest, there will be a situation where the territory that one side loses may not be near the border, or even the territory that is at the rear of that side's power.

Because such a place, close to the dwelling of foreign races, is harassed by foreigners all the year round, and the population is sparse, the tax revenue must be inferior to those in the center of influence.

For various reasons, it is very likely that the three parties will use such a place as a bargaining chip and throw it into the battle.

These places can't provide high taxes at all, and increasing the amount of Daiyu is better to use it as a bargaining chip, increase some troops, and the chances of winning will also increase, even if you lose these places, the loss is acceptable for either side.

Once a side loses its own rear territory, an extremely tricky situation arises.

It is very difficult for the forces that have obtained this place to send officials to these regions that are far away from their own sphere of influence, let alone swaggering beyond other forces to send troops there.

Therefore, in such a situation, it is the best choice for the neutral forces represented by the head of the Zhao family to deal with it.

It's just that there is a very strict condition in this, although the taxes in this region are collected by the head of the Zhao family, but if you lose the power in this region, you must ensure that you have enough troops to resist the harassment of foreign tribes.

Once these places are captured by foreign tribes, then the forces in this area will be punished very severely, and in the next battle, no matter how many jade stones are invested and how much jade is paid, they can only increase half of the original number of troops.

Such punitive measures were set up in order to prevent certain forces from giving up the protection of these areas because of the lack of tax revenue, and leaving the local people to be slaughtered.

Such a severe punishment can also, to a certain extent, reduce the possibility of the three forces throwing these abandoned sons into the battlefield.

Originally, using these regions as bargaining chips was still a bit opportunistic, but once these places were lost, the gains would outweigh the losses, and the three forces would definitely do what they could.

With the constraints of these rules, the three parties will definitely consider the choice when they are faced with it, and as for how to choose, it is a matter of opinion.

However, one thing is certain, from now on, the focus of the game between the three parties will shift from military to economic, after all, striving for more taxes and paying a higher amount of Daiyu is the real way to improve the advantage of military forces.

This is also the reason why the head of the Zhao family did not hesitate to come to Xuchang.

In the eyes of this world's No. 1 scholar, even if it continues for a few more decades, it will not let the war affect ordinary people.

The date of the first battle was quickly set.

Half a year later, that is, when the head of the Zhao family fully took over the twenty-four Ming cities on the tripartite border, the first battle would come as scheduled.

On the way back to Chengdu from Xuchang, Liu He was always in the carriage discussing countermeasures with Pang Tong and Zhong Lixun day and night.

According to the current scope of the three forces, Cao Cao alone has fifty-two of the one hundred and eight jades.

Sun Quan, whose strength was second only to Cao Cao, got thirty-six.

As the initiator of this battle, Yizhou, where Liu He was located, only got twenty jades.

Moreover, among these twenty, there are eight Ming Cities, that is to say, the real bargaining chips in Liu He's hands are only twelve jades.

Pang Tong calculated the accounts, and the eight Ming cities in the hands of the three parties must be put into battle, which means that the three parties will have at least eight generals and eight hundred soldiers to participate in the battle.

After removing these eight pieces of jade, Cao Cao still had forty-four pieces left in his hand, and Sun Quan also had twenty-eight pieces.

In other words, even Dongwu, who is a brother and sister to himself, has more than twice as many chips in his hand as Yizhou.

"This battle is not easy to fight." Pang Tong sighed, leaned on the armrest and said weakly.

Zhong Lixun stared at the map carefully for a while, and said without raising his head: "Since these jades are divided according to the sphere of influence, then just like the previous situation, we continue to join forces with Dongwu, even if the odds of winning are small, we will not lose so ugly." ”

Pang Tong shook his head again and again, "Otherwise, it stands to reason that Lianwu against Cao Cao is indeed the best choice at the moment, but Cao Cao is very likely to take this opportunity to join forces with Dongwu to carve up our territory in Yizhou." ”

Zhong Li Xun frowned, "Joining forces with the weak to resist the strong, Sun Quan will not understand this truth?" ”

"Of course Sun Quan understands the truth of joining forces to resist the strong, and he will definitely do so," as he spoke, Pang Tong looked at Liu He, who was always smiling and silent, "The key is which is stronger and which is weaker now, no one can say." ”

Zhong Lixun thought about it for a while, and then understood what Pang Tong meant.

In the original war between the three parties, there were as few as a few thousand people, and as many as tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, at that time, the superiority of troops and armaments was the key to determining the outcome of a battle.

But the situation of this battle is different from the past.

Even Cao Cao, who was the strongest, threw all the jade in his hand into the battle, but he could only have 5,200 soldiers to participate in the battle.

If Yizhou also invests all the jade, there will be 2,000 troops, and the gap between the two sides is only 3,000.

Moreover, it was impossible for Cao Cao to put all the fifty-two jade stones on the gambling table as soon as he came up, and it was estimated that he would only take out forty at most to maintain his military superiority over Eastern Wu.

In this way, the gap in the forces of the two sides will be smaller.