A word woke up the person in the dream, Yuan Mai hurriedly thanked Shi Li: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, I only cared about the use of soldiers in the past few days, and I almost forgot about it!" ”

With a smile on his face, he nodded and said, "Now, there are two strategies in front of Childe, one is the best policy and the other is the lower policy, I don't know which one Childe wants to choose?" ”

Yuan Mai thought that the "opportunity" he said was to let himself occupy Youzhou and strengthen his strength, but he didn't expect that there would be a follow-up, so he hurriedly pricked up his ears and asked: "Late ignorance, I don't know how to solve the best and next strategies that Mr. Gong and Mr. said?" Please sir make it clear! ”

"The one who makes the decision, occupy Youzhou, pacify the surrounding tribes, reclaim fertile land, recruit troops and horses, slowly accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity to dominate the industry!" Frustrated with his hands behind his back, he spoke eloquently.

"And what about the best policy?" Yuan Mai asked.

Frustrated eyes, full of wisdom: "The best strategy is to use Li Dai's Taozhuang's strategy, and exchange Youzhou for any other state, as the foundation of his life, if he can achieve this step, if the son wants to do great things, he will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort!" ”

Seeing that Yuan Mai listened carefully, Fu Zhu continued to analyze: "If Gongzi Xi is alive, the lord of this Youzhou may not be you. However, last year, the son of the young man was unfortunately killed, and the heir under the lord's command is only the son of you, so the master of this Youzhou must be the son of the child. Youzhou is located in the rear, and although it is relatively stable in development, it has also lost opportunities while being stable......"

From Youzhou to the north or west, there are cold wastelands, barren land, cold climate, few residents, and the vast sea to the east, all of which are not enough to support the development of Gongzi's forces. Therefore. If Childe wants to go further, he can only go south. And from Youzhou to the south, Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou are all the territory of the lord, and the prince has no strategy, so there is no way to talk about development......

If you cross these three states, attack the four prefectures of Si, Yan, Henan, and Xu, travel a long distance, the supply of grain and grass is difficult, and you will commit a taboo in the soldiers. If the other two sons cause you a little more trouble, they will be constrained in the transportation of grain and grass. This battle can't be fought! Take a step back. Even if your two elder brothers don't pull back, Childe's army has crossed the three states of Hebei, Ji, and Qing to lay a new territory, and the two places are separated by a long distance and cannot be connected together. When attacked. No resultant force can be formed. Eventually, they will be broken by each one! ”

Hearing this, Yuan Mai finally understood the meaning of frustration and carefully scrutinized it. There is a lot of truth in what I said.

Under the rule of Youzhou, there are nine counties of Daijun, Shanggu, Fanyang, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, Changli, Liaodong and Xuanxuan, the territory is not vast, but the population is not dense, and the total population of the nine counties is only 900,000. From this point of view, Youzhou is congenitally insufficient, and its development potential is far from being compared with the three rich states of Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou.

Before the attack on the isolated city of Yijing, the six counties of Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, Changli, Liaodong, and Xuanxuan had been controlled by Yuan Shao, but the three counties of Daijun, Fanyang, and Shanggu fell into the hands of Liu He and Yan Rou, although they nominally submitted to Yuan Shao, they remained independent and subordinate in military, political, and economic terms. Assuming that Yuan Mai will sit in Youzhou in the future, these three counties cannot really be regarded as Yuan Mai's territory, which Yuan Mai also knows very well.

More importantly, Youzhou is located in the north, to the north is the cold northeast, to the west is the endless Mongolian steppe, both places are sparsely populated, and the development significance is far less than the rich Central Plains; To the east is the vast Bohai Sea, so if you want to achieve hegemony from Youzhou, there is only one way to the south.

Of course, you can also continue eastward along Liaodong, cross the Great River, and go on an expedition to Goguryeo. But Yuan Mai really has no love for this place called the Korean Peninsula 2,000 years later, and it is estimated that the population of the entire peninsula is about 100,000, or even less than 100,000. Any slightly larger county in the Central Plains is more than that.

If you want to achieve the cause of kingship, going south is the king. A safe corner, and a barren corner, will definitely not escape the fate of failure in the end!

The only advantage of Youzhou is that it is located in the rear, so you don't have to be on the front line, and you can develop your strength steadily. But compared with the two, the development potential of Youzhou is still not as good as the three major states of Hebei, Qingdao and Hebei, these three states are not only fertile and rich in population, but also the probability of producing talents is far better than Youzhou, and it is more advantageous to be able to exchange Youzhou for any of these states!

"I understand what Mr. means, but the two brothers and the cousin are not fools, I don't think they want to come to Youzhou to take charge, right? Which state can you get in exchange for Youzhou? Yuan Mai rubbed his face and asked.

Frustrated with his eyes, he said: "Qingzhou is the territory that the eldest son has single-handedly conquered, where he has worked hard for many years, and the people have returned to their hearts, and it is almost impossible to take Qingzhou." There are many people in Jizhou, the land is fertile, the city is high and the walls are thick, it is the core of our army, Shang Gongzi has the full support of the judge, Feng Ji and others, and has already controlled the power of Jizhou, coupled with the preference of the lord, it is difficult to take Jizhou, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky......"

"After Mr. such an analysis, it seems that only the state can hope to get it!"

Yuan Mai deeply agreed with Fu Zhu's words. At present, Hebei, Qingdao, and the three states, only the three states have hope of taking it. Moreover, after taking control of the annexed states, it is also a good choice to connect the counties of the annexed states with the two counties of Hanoi and Binh Duong to maximize their interests!

Fu Zhu nodded and said: "Yes, compared to Qingzhou and Jizhou, only the merger of states can hope to be replaced." First, the land in Bingzhou was not fought by Gao Gan himself, half of it was captured by General Ko Yi, and the other half was fought by Gao Gan and Xi Gongzi, so Bingzhou was not branded by Gao Gan. In addition, Gao Gan is only a nephew after all, and his relationship with the lord is far away, so Gongzi has a lot of opportunities in the fight for control of the state. ”

"Listening to Mr. such an analysis, the late life suddenly opened, but I don't know if there is any good way to exchange Youzhou for Merging States?" Yuan Mai frowned and asked thoughtfully.

Frustrated, he shook his head regretfully: "I'm ashamed to say it, for a while, I can't think of a good way, let me slowly think about a good plan!" ”

Since he couldn't think of a way for a while, Yuan Mai didn't continue to ask. Ideas come slowly, not just with your mouth open. It's a pity that Tian Feng is not here, if he is here, maybe he can give a good idea, let Gao Gan hand over the state, and exchange Youzhou with him, without causing Yuan Shao's vigilance and dissatisfaction.

The two talked for a long time, and Yuan Mai was afraid that he would attract the attention of others, so he said goodbye to Fu Zhi and took Zhou Cang back to his military camp. Fu Zhu continued to urge the soldiers to search for Gongsun Zhan's body in the ashes and bury him with a courtesy. (To be continued......)