"Oh, there are so many." Hearing such an answer, Zhang Chao was also stunned, this number was really a bit unexpected to him.

What Zhang Chao didn't know was that every year the navy would receive a large amount of gold and silver for development. And none of this money has been wasted, it has been used to build a water army under the joint management of Gan Ning, Tai Shici and Jia Xu, and now if it must be compared with the scale of its water army, I am afraid that except for Yangzhou Mu Sun Jian, no one else can compare.

Hearing Zhang Chao's shocked look, Gan Ning also smiled and scratched the back of his neck with his hand and said, "All this is the credit of the lord." ”

"Hey, what's the matter, this is the result of your best efforts, hehe, I really didn't expect that the naval army would develop so fast, so that you now have the ability to fight on the water, and you Xingba can also command 150,000 troops to gallop on the sea?" Zhang Chao asked with a smile.

At the beginning, before Gan Ning followed Zhang Chao, the number of his subordinates was only hundreds, and the number was only a thousand, and what he did was to rob the house.

And since he met Zhang Chao, Xu Zhi can command the army in the future, and now it seems that it has really been realized.

"Yes, the lord only needs to give an order, and the 150,000 sailors can point to any place, and we can sail on the sea, ride horses on land, and be fearless in the face of any enemy." Gan Ning knew that this was a good time to fight, where would he give up, so he immediately knelt on the ground and said.

"Okay, there is Xingba's words, and I also know it in my heart. Rest assured, it won't be long before you're on the battlefield. As he spoke, Zhang Chao's eyes also looked into the distance in the sea at this time. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty died, and then there would be no scruples about hegemony among the princes, and the Central Plains would usher in a more fierce battle.

Zhang Chao actually left from land and water, still under his nose. When the news came back to Xu Du, Cao Cao, who was furious, immediately killed all the people who were in charge of tracking Zhang Chao to vent his anger.

After doing this, Cao Cao looked to the north, where Zhang Chao was, and he muttered: "Zhang Zhiyuan, this time you can escape quickly, but no matter what, I will still defeat you in the end, and we will see the victory on the battlefield when the time comes." ”

In January 202, two months after the meeting of the princes, Zhang Deng was in the city of Xu, and the ministers of civil and military affairs were placed in the imperial court, and they were going to participate in the ceremony of the new emperor.

Although no other princes participated, Cao Cao decided to promote Liu He as emperor and title Emperor of Han.

Cao Cao didn't want to lose the banner of Fengtian, so Liu He became a new victim and puppet.

The Han Dynasty and the Emperor established the world, and there were endless waves in the land of the Central Plains. The other princes had different attitudes towards this matter, some looked down upon, some disagreed, and some remained silent.

Among them, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang's reaction was the most intense, they even directly attacked Cao Cao, saying that he was a traitor of the Han family, and wanted to seize the Han family by establishing the emperor.

Regarding Liu Bei's shouting in the air, Cao Cao naturally ignored it. It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that after January, that is, in February 202, Liu Bei actually proclaimed himself emperor with the support of Liu Zhang, called Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei built the emperor in the name of continuing the Han dynasty. He also called on people of insight in the world, saying that if he voted here, it was equivalent to throwing himself into the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei's actions caused the dissatisfaction of the princes, there was no emperor pressing on his head, but suddenly there were two emperors, who would be happy?

For this reason, many princes have said on different occasions that the establishment of these emperors is not orthodox, and they do not recognize it.

But whether you admit it or not, the fact that Liu Bei and Liu He are the new emperors cannot be changed, and even for this reason, Liu Bei decided to move the imperial capital to Chengdu in Yizhou, and Liu Zhang, the lord of Yizhou, even agreed.

As soon as this news came out, the world was in an uproar, which clearly means that Liu Zhang recognized this person from the Liu family as the emperor, which is equivalent to him giving up all his power.

Speaking of which, Liu Zhang took over the position of the lord of a herd from his father, he had never experienced a war, and his temperament was relatively cowardly, and then coupled with Liu Bei's bitter pleading and countless conditions and promises, plus the promotion of his subordinates Zhang Song and other ministers, Yizhou was finally eaten by Liu Bei without blood.

The sudden expansion of Liu Bei's strength naturally aroused the dissatisfaction and vigilance of other princes, and when Liu Bei moved the capital, in April of the same year, Yangzhou Musun Jian also established himself as the king of Wu, and issued an order as soon as he took office, that is, to go out of Jingzhou to crusade against Liu Bei, who claimed to be the emperor.

It is not surprising to say that Sun Jian will send troops to Liu Bei, because just a few months ago, when he returned to Yangzhou from Xu Du after attending the princes' meeting, he encountered Liu Bei's ambush.

If it weren't for Zhang Chao's reminder before, Sun Ce told Zhou Yu about the matter, and they had already sent troops from Yangzhou to protect them on the road, I am afraid that Sun Jian would have fallen into the encirclement and died because of this.

Liu Bei suddenly made a killing move, how could this Sun Jian swallow this breath, he kept it hidden, but he was just waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Finally, Liu Bei couldn't help but claim the title of emperor, and he had to move the capital, and dispatched 100,000 troops from Wuling in Jingzhou to Fuling in Yizhou.

Taking advantage of Liu Bei's division of 100,000 troops, Sun Quan finally made a move, and he actually took command in person and led an army of 200,000 from Luling to Duyang.

Following Sun Quan's action, Cao Cao also used the name of Emperor Han He to crusade against Liu Bei, and the general Xiahou Yuan led 200,000 troops from Runan to Nanyang.

The beginning of the Great War in the Central Plains.

As in history, the future three-legged battle started here one step ahead of history.

And the other princes, in addition to watching all this happen, also began to put various names on their heads to aggravate their status.

For example, Ma Teng, the self-proclaimed king of Liangzhou.

Dong Zhuo proclaimed himself the king of Youzhou.

Yuan Shao proclaimed himself the king of the north.

Only Zhang Chao is still in the name of a general, although some of his advisers proposed that he could also proclaim himself king, or even self-proclaimed emperor, but he ignored these opinions.

Others asked anxiously, but he just refused in the name of saying that he was a minister of the Han family.

In fact, Zhang Chao doesn't think he is a Hanchen, what he does is just build a high wall, hoard more grain, and slow down the policy of becoming the king.

It's just that compared with the kind of development that only develops in itself, Zhang Chao does have a more acute vision, and he wants to take the opportunity of the Central Plains War to seek a welfare for himself first, that is, to eliminate Yuan Shao, seize Jizhou, and make him truly the king of the north.

For this matter, Zhang Chao quickly called Guo Jia, Lu Su, Jia Xu, Li Ru, Xu Shu, Fu Zhu, Pang Tong and other military advisors to Jinyang City.

Suddenly, so many military advisors were urgently summoned to Jinyang City, and everyone knew that something big must have happened, and the well-informed generals were anxious to inquire about the details of the matter through various relationships, obviously they also saw that this was a big war, and they also wanted to take advantage of this time to make a name for themselves and make contributions.

The military advisors only stayed in Jinyang City for two days, and the plan for the next encirclement and suppression of Yuan Shao was completed, and everyone left the city with different missions.

In May 2019, when Cao Cao and Sun Jian were attacking Jingzhou from Luling and Runan, Zhang Chao's army in the north suddenly had a large-scale change.

Then the news came, Zhang Chao used Yuan Shao's claim to be the king of the north as a false name, and his troops went out to attack Jizhou in four ways.

From Zhuo County to Zhongshan County, Huang Zhong's Second Army Corps sent 100,000 soldiers.

From Obifang County to Bohai County, 100,000 people of Taishi Ci's Third Army Corps and 100,000 Ganning Army of Waterway, a total of 200,000 people.

Huguan attacked Shexian County, and Xu Huang's Fifth Army Corps was 100,000 people.

Chaoge attacked Tangyin, and Lu Bu led a vanguard army of 150,000 people.

There were four armies in total, totaling 550,000 people.

In addition, Xu Rong's Sixth Army Corps changed its defense at Tongguan to reject Dong Zhuo's army; Zhang He led 100,000 troops from the Fourth Army Corps and 200,000 troops from Zhang Liao's Seventh Army Corps to live in Luoyang as one army to resist Cao Cao.

With a total of 850,000 people, the war machine of Zhang Chao's group finally turned.

With the strength of one family, 800,000 troops were sent for offensive and defensive purposes, and the world was shocked as soon as the news came out. At this point, everyone knows how strong Zhang Chao's strength is and how strong his strength is.

And in the face of Zhang Chao's raising troops, Yuan Shao, the king of Jizhou, was the most frightened.

He thought that there would be a battle with Zhang Chao sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, isn't this person afraid that he won't be able to eat himself and be a loser?

Naturally, Yuan Shao also knew that Zhang Chao came immediately, presumably with a heart of victory. At this time, there seems to be only one path he faces, and that is to fight with one.

Even if he was determined to fight, Yuan Shao naturally wanted to do his best, so he sent someone to Cao Cao to send a letter asking for help, and at the same time gathered his civil and military ministers to discuss countermeasures.

In the hall of the Jizhou Royal Mansion, the military generals of Wenchen sat one by one, and their eyes were all looking at Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the first place, with a hint of solemnity in his expression.

Apparently everyone knows what they are facing this time.

After everyone arrived, Yuan Shao, who had a heavy face, looked at the people present one by one and said, "Everyone, the great general Zhang Chao actually raised 550,000 troops to invade my realm, let's talk about it, how to deal with it." ”

Everyone has read the battle report and knows that Zhang Chao is coming this time. In the face of so many large armies, everyone's faces were full of gloom, and they didn't seem to have a good idea.

It seems that in the face of such a large army, it is obviously not easy to rely on any strategy to win, and only with sufficient strength can you win.