Chapter 1190: Scorched
Zhang Fan is not worried, he is really not worried at all!
The battle situation in Yangzhou is very stable, Yuan Yin can't hold out, Xu Shu assists Zhang Jaw to lead the army to wreak havoc everywhere, no one can govern at all, and Cao Cao does not dare to move, although Yanzhou is his base camp, but the defensive force is weak, although he has gathered a large army, he still does not dare to act easily, that will give Zhang Fan an opportunity.
Zhang Fan is a little ready to move now, and even the vanguard troops are stationed at the border of Yanzhou, putting enough pressure on Cao Cao, and he is not in a hurry now, Xu Shu's side has become a bait, as long as you Cao Cao dares to leave Yanzhou to help Yuan Yin, Zhang Fan will dare to lead the army to drive straight in, pursue from behind, lose the protection of the city wall, Cao Cao is really difficult to be Zhang Fan's opponent, after all, the morale of the coalition army is insufficient, and the combat effectiveness is not very strong, it is easy to be ravaged by Zhao Yun and other top combat forces of the Jizhou army, causing unimaginable consequences.
Now Zhang Fan is not in a hurry, firstly, the soldiers need to recover, and secondly, Jizhou Youzhou, including the state, are recruiting troops and horses, on the other hand, now Cao Cao only has one state, Yuan Yin due to Yuan Shu's poor soldiers, there are not many soldiers to recruit, so the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it is for Zhang Fan, anyway, now the main forces of the coalition are in Yanzhou, and the rest of the princes are just dogs guarding the mound in Zhang Fan's eyes, once Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang are solved, the remaining princes may not have to send troops, and they can be disintegrated by threats and temptations.
The chaos in the whole world gradually calmed down, this is the calm before the storm, Zhang Fan was able to take some time to pay attention to the rear matters, and the news he got made him very satisfied, now the situation in Jizhou is stable, stable and peaceful, and even the common bandits in other states and counties have completely disappeared, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
In addition, the king of the underworld launched a large army to assist Qin Meng to sweep down the Huns and clear the prairie, and now it has begun to bear fruit, the Huns who have lost their leaders and beliefs are vulnerable, most of the grassland has been in the palm of their hands, and countless good horses have been harvested, and at the same time, the soldiers and horses in Youzhou are becoming more and more elite and good at fighting, it can be said that if the front line is tight, they will immediately support, which means that Zhang Fan will never lack opportunities.
At the same time, there is also good news, that is, Zhang Fei has found the Beast God Island, where there are many strange beasts of heaven and earth, and they often break out into wars, the sky trembles, extremely tragic, even an invincible general like Zhang Fei does not dare to enter the island too deeply, always feel that there is a terrifying power hidden in it, which makes people tremble.
But fortunately, the goal does not seem to be so difficult to complete, the alien beasts on the island often fight each other, and there will even be ninth-order alien beasts falling, although there are not many, but there are always there, Zhang Fei has achieved some results by sneaking in, and has obtained the essence blood of several powerful alien beasts, some of the alien beasts have not just died, but have fallen for a while, but the essence blood still exists in the body, and it is cheap for Zhang Fei.
This news is enough for Zhang Fan to be excited, he has now obtained Bingzhou and Qingzhou, and the division is also in control, he only needs to obtain the essence of the leylines in these places, and then cooperate with the essence and blood of the beasts, and become able to do the resurrection against the sky, when Liu Bei Guan Yu is resurrected, combined with the current situation of the young emperor, I believe that these two people will not hate Zhang Fan too much, after all, Zhang Fan never wanted to harm them, the real betrayer is on the side of the coalition army, and the two sides have a common enemy.
"If it really goes that far, I want to see how Zhuge Liang and Xu Chu will react?"
Zhang Fan sighed, he didn't think of using this to persuade Zhuge Liang and Xu Chu, but unfortunately he knew that it was impossible, the resurrection was illusory, no one had heard of it at all, Zhuge Liang and Xu Chu were both strong, so naturally they would not listen to this kind of words, and would think that Zhang Fan was making up nonsense and ignored it at all.
This kind of rebellious thing can't be believed by people who have not experienced it personally, and even if Zhang Fan didn't believe in the five-clawed golden dragon, he would think that it was impossible, and Zhang Fei purely found a life-saving straw in the ocean, which gave him the courage to continue to live, so he was so convinced, and I am afraid that it would be difficult for anyone to believe it if there was another person, especially people like Zhuge Liang and Xu Chu.
If Zhuge Liang can be recruited, Zhang Fan will save a lot of trouble, but he knows that this is impossible, the other party has already made up his mind and it is impossible to change it, and even Zhang Fan doubts that Zhuge Liang is so targeted because of Liu Bei's death, he doesn't believe that Zhuge Liang can't see the key, but Zhuge Liang insists on this, and the reason is really worth investigating.
"Zhuge Liang!"
Zhang Fan loves and hates the whole person, I believe that people who are familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms will have a love for this wise and close demon man, but Zhang Fan undoubtedly sees it more far-reaching, if Dong Zhuo is the initiator of the troubled times, then Zhuge Liang must be the continuation of the troubled times!
If Zhuge Liang helped Cao Cao, and even said that he could not be born, then the battle would probably have ended very early, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were destroyed, and Cao Cao ruled the world, and the casualties of the Chinese nation could not be so heavy, and they would have to bear the tragedy of Wuhu Chaohua.
Some people may say that Zhuge Liang is for the Han Dynasty, but Zhang Fan doesn't think so, if Zhuge Liang is really for the orthodoxy of the Han family, why did he persuade Liu Bei to be the emperor before he died? Is this a sign of loyalty to the Great Han?
Take 10,000 steps back, even if Zhuge Liang is loyal to the Han Dynasty, does he have to choose this method and pay so much price to the Han Dynasty?
In 156 AD, the population of the Han Dynasty was 50.07 million, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Three Kingdoms War, the national population after the Chibi War in 208 AD was 1.4 million, and the population dropped to 900,000 in 221 AD; Lost 98. 3%!
"The head is hung in front of the horse, and the woman is carried in the back of the car", "The white bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, there are more than 100 people, and the thought breaks people's intestines"! In the Battle of Chibi in 208 AD, Cao Cao said that the people who survived the great turmoil of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty were only 1% of the original population! Until 265 AD, the total population of the three kingdoms was only 7.67 million.
Is it really worth the huge cost? If Zhuge had chosen Sima Yi's path, pretended to take refuge in Cao Cao, and secretly assisted Emperor Xian, would the result be different? After all, at that time, the young emperor died, and Emperor Xian was the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, which was far from being comparable to Liu Bei, and it was precisely because Zhuge Liang chose Liu Bei that it indirectly led to such a result!
"Is it for the Han world, or for your own fame?"
Zhang Fan was silent, he didn't know how he would choose if he was Zhuge Liang, and it was indeed biased to look at it afterwards, and there were some suspicions of hindsight, maybe everything was just because Zhuge Liang was too strong, and Xiao He was successful, and Xiao He was defeated!
In any case, now Zhuge Liang has too many blood debts in his hands, and since he is already an enemy, why say too much?
The battle has been going on so far, it depends on who makes a mistake first, no one will keep their hands, only bloody battle to the end, either you die or I die!
……