In other words, Zhang Chao is not afraid that the people below have the ability, and you can't take away his status if you have the ability. Today's Celestial Empire is not something that anyone who has the ability to overthrow or change, at least he is still alive, and it is difficult for others to do it.

On the contrary, Zhang Chao hopes to see the plans of the people below and show his own skills, after all, there are too many things he needs to do.

pointed out that Jia Xu was dishonest, which made Gan Ning on the side feel shocked, and then looked at Jia Xu with a panicked gaze, with a very worried expression.

Since Jia Xu came to the Waterway Legion, Gan Ning can be said to be like a tiger, he only needs to take the soldiers to be responsible for water training, and the rest are taken care of by military advisors, and they are well managed. In his heart, he didn't want to lose such a partner.

At this moment, Jia Xu naturally felt the gaze of Gan Ning on the side, and thought that Zhang Chao's current identity was already the emperor of a country, and there would be no good fruit in front of such a person, so he immediately fell to his knees with a thud, "The emperor forgives his sins, minister..."

"Okay, I don't mean to blame you, don't kneel down at every turn, get up first, it's just that I want to hear the truth more. Could it be that if I became an emperor, I would not want to listen to the truth? Looking at Jia Xu's sincere and frightened look, Zhang Chao shook his head with a wry smile. But when he saw that Jia Xu got up naturally next, and there was no expression of fear on his face, he knew that the other party had long known that he would not do anything to him, and he couldn't help but smile again, "You Wenhe, you are cautious." Alright, let's get down to business. ”

The means were also used, knowing that Zhang Chao really would not punish himself, Jia Xu's courage naturally became much greater, and when he looked at Zhang Chao, he said a lot calmer in his heart, "Your Majesty, according to the views of the ministers, if you want to unify the Central Plains, it is impossible not to use troops." It's just that even if it is the use of troops, there are many ways. ”

Jia Xu began to show his talents, after all, he was only a minister who could perceive the Sacred Heart, although he could gain benefits for a while, but in the long run, he would not be able to do anything without ability.

"Well, go ahead." Zhang Chao obviously listened to Jia Xu's words, nodded lightly and said.

"Yes." Jia Xu agreed and continued: "It's just that it is also very particular about sending troops, such as how many troops to use, how many men and horses to use, who to fight first, who to fight later, how to fight, etc., and there are also some other means that can be assisted, such as economic warfare, discordant warfare, making it chaotic and so on." And everything, if planned properly, can be exchanged for maximum wins with minimal losses. ”

"Okay, then Wen and tell me how long it will take to prepare for the proper planning you said." Zhang Chao believes that even if Jia Xu said these words, he already had an idea in his heart. It's just that he doesn't want to ask when these ideas will come to fruition right now, what he wants to know is how long it will take.

This question made Jia Xu hesitate for a while, and seeing that Zhang Chao was a little impatient, Jia Xu said: "If the emperor believes in the words of his ministers, he can be a small success in ten years, and a big success in twenty years." At that time, everything was in place, and it was time to win the battle. ”

Zhang Chao believed that Jia Xu dared to say this, he must have his own careful plan, but it was too long, and he couldn't wait.

"No, it's too long." Zhang Chao shook his head and vetoed it.

"Long?" Hearing this, Jia Xu couldn't help but be stunned, to say that a strong country can be established in ten or twenty years, which is not a long time. You must know that whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Bei, their strength is not weak now, and they have even won the support of the scholars in the state, with this, even if it is a city by city, I don't know how long it will take?

"Yes, it's too long." Zhang Chao nodded solemnly, and then said something that shocked Jia Xu very much, "Those who do great things, 10,000 years is too long, just seize the day." There must be a result within three years, even if Cao and Liu cannot be completely defeated. But it is also necessary to achieve absolute general momentum. ”

Zhang Chao's voice was full of confidence and domineering, Jia Xu was very moved after hearing it, but he did feel a little unrealistic.

Three years? That's really hard to think, at that time when there were no modern means of transportation, I don't know how long it would take to go through all the territory? Not to mention the need to conquer fortified cities.

Jia Xu thinks it's unlikely, it's just that Zhang Chao is the emperor of a country after all, even if he said so, as a courtier, what he thinks about is not to veto, but how to better achieve it.

Seeing that Jia Xu was silent, Zhang Chao smiled and said: "Actually, Wen He just said that it is very true, there are many ways to occupy the enemy, one of which is economic occupation. ”

"Oh, please make it clear." Jia Xu seemed to have thought of something, but he really didn't know it, so he asked.

"It's clear that no, but if you can give them an economic blow, they will definitely stop attacking, so that if you cooperate with the attack of the army, you can fight in one battle." Zhang Chao smiled, in fact, he already had a plan in his heart at this time, but he still needed to improve it better. It's just that he believes that the success rate of this plan is still very high.

"Your Majesty." Jia Xu is not good at the moment, but he has a feeling that maybe in three years, Zhang Chao may really defeat Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Under the escort of the Waterway Corps, Zhang Chao went to Xinyang, Jizhou by sea, and then went straight to Julu in Wuyi.

When separating from Jia Xu and Gan Ning, Zhang Chao took out the black magnet and found some seagoing craftsmen to personally demonstrate the mystery of the black stone and encourage them to use it on the warship.

Even if one such stone can be found, Zhang Chao believes that as long as he cares, he can still find a second one, and even more. And if there are a large number of magnets, once they are used on the warship, it will play an unexpected role. For example, the function of repelling the same pole and attracting heresy can play an absolute role in naval warfare when used well.

In doing anything, Zhang Chao has always pointed out the general direction, and as for the specific work, he believes that it will only be better and more suitable for it to be completed by specialized personnel.

Giant Deer City.

The location of the former central administration of Jizhou. The first thing Zhang Chao did after appearing here with 40,000 cavalry was to go to worship the spiritual seat of the original patriarch Cui Yan.

The First Emperor of Heaven came to worship in person, what a glory this was, and the entire Cui family felt the glory. And this move also made him a step closer to the relationship with more scholars in Jizhou, and also played a great role in stabilizing the situation here, which proved Zhang Chao's attitude of respecting the scholars.

After Jizhou stabilized, Zhang Chao came to Luoyang, Sili, non-stop, where he met Guo Jia, who presided over the overall situation, and generals such as Lu Bu and Ma Chao, who had just won the battle of Yongzhou.

Zhang Chao suddenly appeared in Qingzhou, attracted Cao Cao's attention and began to divide his troops. Taking this opportunity, Lü Bu pursued with the vanguard army, successfully defeated Xiahoudun, and recaptured the previously occupied Sili land.

After doing this, Lu Bu listened to the advice of Pang Tong, the commander of the local army, and after asking Guo Jia for instructions, he rushed to Yongzhou with the vanguard legion and helped the dragoon legion and the second legion defeat Zhang Fei.

When Lu Bu did this, he was naturally making up for his mistakes. During the time when Zhang Chao suddenly disappeared, he led the army back fifty miles, although it was a wise move to do so at that time, after all, even if he had no objection, he had to see what the other legions thought, he couldn't just focus on fighting Cao Cao and cut off the back road.

When he saw that the situation in the Celestial Empire had not changed much, Lu Bu was back on track before Zhang Chao appeared, which was enough to show that he was loyal to the Celestial Empire. It's just that after all, he has led the army to retreat, who knows what Zhang Chao will think?

In order to express his loyalty, he went to Yongzhou at the suggestion of Pang Tong to help Ma Chao.

Originally, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong were also making up for it, after all, they had hesitated for a while, so when they faced Zhang Fei's 300,000 Liu Bei's army, they were extremely fierce, and when Lu Bu arrived, the three legions were combined, and they had a great advantage in terms of strength.

Zhang Fei was finally defeated and retreated, not only spit out the territory Tianshui County that he had just obtained, but also left Wang Tai, the general who had surrendered to the enemy. Maybe they also know that if Wang Tai is not handed over, Ma Chao will not be resigned. The characteristics of the Celestial Empire's army that flaws must be reported can be regarded as having been taught early.

At this point, Cao Cao and Liu Bei deliberately took advantage of Zhang Chao's war with the northern Rus' country, and the signs of active burning of war in the backyard were completely extinguished. For this reason, Cao Cao lost 200,000, and Liu Bei also lost 100,000.

In Luoyang City, in the palace of the former Han emperor, Zhang Chao met many civil and military ministers, including Guo Jia.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live." The ministers led by Guo Jia and Lu Bu, the two first-class civil and military officials, knelt on the ground and asked Zhang Chao, the first emperor of heaven, to say goodbye.

"Zhongqing is flat." Zhang Chao raised his hand slightly, and said with full of energy.

"Your Majesty." The ministers stood up and stood on both sides of the table in an orderly manner according to their ranks.

Looking at the ministers of civil and military affairs below, Zhang Chao was relieved at the moment. He deliberately disappeared in order to test the reaction of all parties, and I have to say that this move is a bit dangerous, but it is indeed worth it.

It's like testing the loyalty of all civil and military forces, and finding out traitors like Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Xin Bi, and Zhang Yi, no matter how you look at it, it's worth it.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Zhang Chao has absolute self-confidence.