Liu Yao's eyes lit up when he heard Jia Xu's construction, and he felt that this old guy wanted to play Infernal Affairs, and it was double insurance.

You must know that Cao Cao and Lu Bu now sit in the land of Sizhou, but if they want to confront Liu Yao, if they don't count other external factors, then there is definitely a situation where they will lose or win.

After all, the four states of the Central Plains, where the two of them are located, have not recovered their vitality after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, especially the population, the four regions of the Central Plains, as the main activity area of the Golden Rebellion, have always suffered the greatest damage, and the first to bear the brunt is that Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and the number of dead people at that time was at least one million.

It's okay to say anything else, whether it's grain, grass, property, or whatever, after more than ten years of waiting for me, it can always recover a lot. But that population is not good, and without twenty years of accumulation, it is impossible for the population to recover.

What does this war rely on, one is money and food, those who have joined the army in these years, one is to be able to eat a full meal, and the other is because being a soldier can still have a military salary, which can help supplement the family, if there is no money and food, who is willing to work for you.

Therefore, in these years, the war relied on money, and what was fought was money, and once the war started, the daily consumption of materials was enough to make people unbearable. If the strength of the two sides is balanced and comparable, then it is up to us who is richer, who has more materials in hand, and who can survive to the end, then who will be able to win.

As for the second one, it depends on the population. This is not the era of thermal weapons in later generations, when a few missiles can destroy countless people. Now it is still the era of cold weapons, so it is still the number of people who fight the war.

No one has a war to fight, even if you have money. No one works for you, no matter how rich you are, it's useless. To put it mildly, if there are enough people, as long as they don't make any mistakes of principle, then the number of people alone can kill each other. Is there a comparison between one side and one side with 100,000 soldiers and horses, while the other side has 1 million soldiers and horses? You don't have to think about it to know who loses and who wins.

Let's not talk about the problem of troops, let's talk about the supply, the army will always need food and grass when it goes out. If there is no population to cultivate, then where will the grain and grass be harvested? The army also needs a population to go out to fight this reserve, so it is not necessary to let those soldiers take care of other trivial matters by themselves.

And where is the most populous place today, you don't have to think about it. That is naturally Liu Yao's territory. Liu Yao now sits on the land of seven states. As early as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Yao began to prepare and wantonly accepted displaced people.

At the beginning, there were countless homeless people who could not eat in Youzhou, such as Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sili and other places where there were countless homeless people who could not eat enough to go to Youzhou.

And after Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, Luoyang suffered a catastrophe. The entire division is ten rooms and nine empty, where have the people gone here. Naturally, he also went to Youzhou, for these homeless people, Liu Yao did not refuse to come, these are his own capital to gallop the world in the future, naturally there is one by one.

After these two catastrophes, just a small Youzhou has a population of nearly 8 million, you must know that Jizhou, the most prosperous city in the entire Han Dynasty, did not have such a large population in its heyday.

Especially now, Liu Yao has included half of the Han under his command, and now the population of the Han under his command has exceeded 30 million.

Even before the Golden Rebellion, the entire Han was only 50 million people, and now that it has suffered two catastrophes, the population of the northern Han Dynasty has not decreased, but has increased greatly.

As for the south, it is pitiful, originally the Central Plains was also a rich place, and the entire Central Plains almost occupied half of the population of the Han Dynasty, but now, these people are dying and fleeing, where is there any population.

Now, the land of Cao Cao and Lu Bu and the four states combined, if there can be a population of 10 million, then thank God. The ratio of three to one is really not comparable in the slightest.

However, I have to say that Liu Yao has brought the effect of butterflies after he crossed over. You must know that in history, after the history of the Three Kingdoms ended, the Sima clan established the Jin Dynasty, and at that time, the population of the entire Jin Dynasty was only more than 7 million people. Compared with the 50 million population at the end of the Han Dynasty, almost ninety percent of them died.

It is precisely because of this that the population of the Han nationality is sparse and cannot recover for a long time, so it will encounter the humiliating history of being invaded by those foreign tribes and experiencing five dynasties and ten kingdoms. However, now that there is Liu Yao's existence, no matter whether Liu Yao wins or loses in the future, at least he has retained the bloodline of the Han people, and I believe that there will never be a historical humiliation like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

However, Liu Yao knows the importance of this population, so how could Cao Cao not know it, it's just that he has been almost unable to feed himself before, and he wishes that the population on his territory is a little less, where can he go back and continue to take in the population.

And now that he Cao Cao has finally settled down, and when he has the time and capital to think about this matter, he finds that it is unrealistic to want to compete with him Liu Yao for the population.

The seven northern states have already been run by him Liu Yao, waiting for me, the people are not rich, but at least they can live and work in peace and contentment, with surplus food every year, and occasionally a new coat. Isn't this the kind of life that the people yearn for?

And look at his own side, although the people's lives are also passable, at least they can't starve to death or freeze to death, but compared to the people on Liu Yao's territory, the treatment is really bad.

Wait for me like this, where does he have any capital to compete with him Liu Yao for what population. To put it mildly, with his current situation, it would be thankful that the population on his own territory didn't run to Liu Yao's side.

Since the population on Liu Yao's side has no way to use their brains, it is natural that they can only make up their minds elsewhere. Jingzhou is 3,000 miles fertile and has a population of nearly 4 million. It can be said that it is an absolutely populous state, and Cao Cao will not let go of such a help.

And Nayi Prefecture, although there are many mountains and forests. However, it is precisely because of this fact that Yizhou, which has a small population, has never experienced any major disasters, so that the vitality of Yizhou has always been the best preserved.

But obviously, these two big pieces of fat are now the things of the owner, and Liu Biao's water army is invincible, even if he Cao Cao is right, it will definitely be a headache. And even if you can win, you will definitely lose a lot, and the gains outweigh the losses.

As for Nayizhou, not to mention. Nayizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a Jingzhou in the middle, if you want to take Nayizhou, it is purely a dream.

So for these two plots of land. Since you can't rob it openly. Then he can only compromise and choose to cooperate, as long as he can not attract Liu Biao and Liu Zhang to join his Cao Cao's alliance, it will be another help to deal with Liu Yao.

In addition to these two large territories, the rest are Jiangdong and Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou, even if Jiaozhou, a huge territory, but this population is not as large as a county under his Cao Cao.

As for that Koto. Although the population is not very large, it is still a piece of meat. And now this Jiangdong is still ownerless, how can he Cao Cao let go of such a good territory.

It is precisely because of this that it is somewhat urgent to help Sun Ce do his best to recover Jiangdong. If it is in the short term, then Sun Ce will not be able to take Jiangdong, and this trouble will not be small at that time.

Once Na Lu Bu and Chen Gong stabilize the half of Yangzhou they had just taken, then there is no need to think about what they will do next, that is, to send troops to take Jiangdong and make half of Yangzhou under their command become a whole Yangzhou.

That Lu Bu's current strength is naturally very clear to him Liu Yao. In the case that he couldn't help, it was indeed very difficult for Sun Ce to resist Lu Bu's attack.

However, if Sun Ce can take Jiangdong, gather the strength of the entire Jiangdong and add some small help from himself, with Zhou Yu's intelligence, he will still be a little sure of dealing with Na Lu Bu.

Only in this way can Na Lu Bu retreat from the difficulties, and also enable Na Sun Ce to emerge and make the heroes of the world pay attention to it. As the lord of Jiangdong, he officially joined a member of the army that competed for the world.

And if the Lu Bu Alliance can't help this Sun Ce, then the only way can naturally only choose to unite like the previous attitude towards Liu Biao and Liu Zhang.

And for such a union, whether it is him Cao Cao or Sun Ce and Liu Biao, they will naturally happily agree. He Cao Cao will agree, it is naturally because he can have more strength to deal with that Liu Yao, and Liu Cousin Sun Ce's consent will naturally come from his Liu Yao's consent.

However, this is also in line with his Jia Xu's intentions, and these two Infernal Affairs are secretly inserted into the alliance of Cao Cao, and it is conceivable how powerful this is.

It can be said that as long as one of Liu Biao and Sun Ce succeeds, when Liu Yao and Cao Cao's allies are inseparable, someone suddenly backs the water in the back and stabs him deeply, and he can cripple Cao Cao in an instant.

However, this qiē and qiē must be based on an assumption, that is, Sun Ce can take Jiangdong as much as possible, so this matter is indeed urgent.

Liu Yao nodded heavily, and said, "Wen He is right, I also agree to help that Sun Ce take Jiangdong as much as possible, what do you think?" After speaking, Liu Yao casually glanced at everyone present.

Immediately, everyone reconsidered, indeed, if you can guarantee that Sun Ce will not turn back, it is indeed a good thing to help him take Jiangdong as much as possible. Even if there are no follow-up plans, it is a happy event for them to be able to win the territory of Jiangdong.

"Lord, I also agree with this matter of aiding Sun Ce, but how to help, how to help, we must discuss this matter well." Tian Feng smoothed his beard, his eyes widened, and he said sternly.

Everyone nodded in unison and looked at Na Tian Feng, but they didn't speak, wanting to see what he Tian Feng had in mind.

Tian Feng was not polite, and said directly, "Since Wen He wants to use this Sun Ce as a chess piece, save it for the end and then give the enemy a fatal blow." In this case, no matter how much we help, we must firmly remember one thing, that is, the pairing must not expose our relationship with Na Sun Ce, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted. ”

Everyone nodded approvingly. Naturally, there is no need to say much about this, Infernal Affairs, Infernal Affairs, if the identity is known by the other party. Then this Infernal Affairs will lose its original power.

"In that case, there are a few things that can't be done. First, it is impossible for us to directly send troops to help Sun Ce, which means that Sun Ce can only rely on the 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command now and the soldiers and horses that can be recruited locally. Second, we can't send people to contact that Sun Ce anymore, at least not by land, and now the Han is about to break out. Cao Cao Lu Bu's spies must be all over the Han Dynasty, and if they accidentally leak the news, they will lose their efforts. Tian Feng said with a frown.

Liu Yao frowned when he heard this. It's really annoying, and sure enough, this Infernal Affairs is really not that fun, and this doesn't work, and that doesn't work.

"Yuan Hao. I don't know if you have any good ideas. Liu Yao looked at Tian Feng who was calm and relaxed with some depression. Look at his confident face. knew that this guy must have already figured out a way, so he was waiting to ask himself.

"Haha, lord, this is also simple, since this land route is not passable, then we can take the water route!" Tian Feng laughed.

"Waterway!" Liu Yao was also stunned when he heard this, and only after a long time did he react and slapped his thigh. excitedly shouted, "Yes, you can use this waterway!" ”

You must know that your own water army is also extremely powerful. Especially the five Zheng He chartered boats, let alone in the middle of the river, even if they ran out to the sea, they were not afraid at all.

And Cao Cao and Lu Bu are among the four states. Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou do not produce water armies, but Yuan Shu originally chose Yangzhou, because he fought against Najing all year round, and now there are still thirty or forty thousand sailors.

But these scum water armies are not a climate at all, and it is already good to be able to wait in the Yangtze River water. And now that he has very few sailors under Lu Bu, it is natural that they are treated as treasures. If this is not a critical moment, it is natural that they will not be taken out and used.

And on his side Liu Yao, he can completely ignore them, starting from the East China Sea, directly bypassing half of the big Han, and directly arriving at the Jiangdong, he can completely avoid his Lu Bu's survey, can he Lu Bu's sailors still dare to run to the sea.

In this way, no matter how much he helps Sun Ce, as long as his soldiers and horses do not appear on the battlefield in Jiangdong, no one will know about his relationship with Jiangdong Sun Ce for so long, and this opportunity can continue to be implemented.

"Yes, it is this waterway, the Zheng He chartered boat owned by the lord just provides us with great convenience, then Sun Ce is short of food, we will send them food, that Sun Ce is a weapon, we will send them weapons, that Sun Ce is short of money, we will send them money, with our help, then Sun Ce has no worries, I believe that it will not take long to be able to take this Jiangdong." Tian Feng said confidently.

In history, Sun Ce was able to make a fortune with only 3,000 elite soldiers, and basically laid the entire Jiangdong in just two years, laying a solid foundation for Sun Wu's foundation in the future.

And now with their own endless help in this regard, they have been relieved of their slow development in the early stage, coupled with the skills of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and their young waiting for me to break in, if they can't take Jiangdong within a year, then Liu Yao can only say that he is disappointed.

"Lord, I don't think this is enough, if you want this Sun Ce to take Jiangdong as soon as possible, and be able to show his head and feet in front of the princes of the world and participate in this matter of fighting for the world, then I think the lord might as well send some of the new warships under your hands to Sun Ce. Even the Zheng He treasure ship can send one. Jia Xu said slowly.

As soon as Jia Xu's words fell, everyone's eyes fell on this Jia Xu, and his eyes were full of something called doubt.

You must know that the old guy here kept saying that he didn't completely believe in this Sun Ce, but now it's good, this opening is really not soft at all, even those latest warships are also said to be sent.

You must know that these new fighting ships are his Liu Yao's treasures, whether it is the centipede ship with unparalleled speed, or the bottomless ship of the Qimen, or the powerful fire dragon ship, they are all his Liu Yao's treasures.

Since it was built, it has basically not been used, in fact, this also makes him Liu Yao quite helpless, so when my baby shell is built, it has not been put into use, but it is a bit of a pearl secretly cast.

But this is not to blame him Liu Yao, after all, since the establishment of this naval army, it has basically not been of much use, nor has it fought some large-scale battles, the largest one, but when dealing with Yuan Shao, he sent 50,000 naval troops and took a small Bohai Sea, which was not a hard battle at all, and it was easy to take it down. There is no place to use it, and even if the ship is good, there is no way.

Let's not talk about these small warships, even if they are sent out, there is nothing, anyway, these ships are more troublesome to build, there are no drawings, and there is no way for others to imitate them even if they want to. Without the drawings, these warships are just disposable tools, and if they are damaged, they will be gone, but Liu Yao's side can have as many as he wants, and he doesn't have to worry about the enemy using them against him in turn.

But this Zheng He's treasure ship is different, although this thing is more troublesome to build, and it is almost impossible to imitate, but even if he only has one, it is an absolute shock and deterrent, just sent it out for nothing, he Liu Yao is really a little uneasy.

Jia Xu looked at Liu Yao's somewhat hesitant expression, and persuaded, "Lord, it won't be of much use for us to keep these warships around, and that Jiangdong is mostly a water war, and these warships can only play the greatest role in the hands of that Sun Ce!" ”

Liu Yao was also shocked when he heard this, and then let out a long sigh, secretly feeling a little distressed in his heart.

The reason why he was reluctant to send these warships out was that he was afraid that Sun Ce would turn against the water because of these helpers.

But now that I think about it, I think too much. I originally trusted that Sun Ce to wait for me, but now that I was fooled like this, I began to doubt him, which is really a bit of a contradiction.

However, Liu Yao also figured it out, he gave these warships to you Sun Ce, not only would he not let him be blindly arrogant because of these warships, and eventually turn against himself, on the contrary, this Sun Ce will be even more afraid and fear himself.

After all, such a powerful warship, he Liu Yao said that he would send it, what a courageous thing this is. But this also shows one thing, that is, he Liu Yao doesn't care about such a little thing at all, and he thinks that there are better things in his hands to wait for me, and to maintain this awe, he Sun Ce will definitely not dare to fight back.

And he, Liu Yaona, also figured out that instead of staying in the warehouse here in Youzhou to eat ashes, it is better to let Sun Ce carry it forward, only Jiangdong is the place where these warships can exert their power.

"Good!" Liu Yao slapped the table in front of him and shouted loudly, "It's so decided, where is Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Gan Ning!" ”

As soon as the three of them heard Liu Yao's shout, they hurriedly stood up and hugged their fists and said, "The last general." ”

"I now order you to carry a large amount of supplies, a hundred centipede ships, fifty fire dragon ships, fifty bottomless ships, and a Zheng He treasure ship to Jiangdong by water, and help that Sun Ce to take Jiangdong as soon as possible!"

"The last general commands!" (To be continued......)