"Jiaodong?"

Zhang Chong wondered why Zhao Da asked.

Zhao Da organized for a moment, got up and said:

"The land of Jiaodong is now Donglai County and Beihai Kingdom, and it is also the place where the king of Jiaodong belonged in the three Qi in that year, so it is named because the place is east of the Jiaolai Valley, also called Jiaodong."

Seeing that what he said was not good, Zhao Da also got up and roughly compared this on the ground, and continued:

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, this place was originally the sphere of influence of the barbarians, but later the people were conquered by the Qi people, and this place became the land of the Qi country. This place is remote, and it has always been known as the end of the sky and the corner of the sea, but there is one point, that is, there is the benefit of fish and salt here, and there is the reality of militarism here, and the hegemony of Qi is also obtained here. ”

Seeing that Zhao Da was about to say, Zhang Chong interrupted directly and asked:

"The land of Jiaodong, I know, but why did you let us go to Jiaodong."

Zhao Dadao:

"What He Junshi said before, I think it makes a lot of sense, but there is only one bad point, that is, the timing is wrong. At this time, the strength of the Han Court is especially there, if we rashly go west to the Central Plains now, it will definitely stir up the world and thunder, and then our Taishan army will really be lost.

But the land of Jiaodong is different, this place is almost a desert in the world, if we take root here, it is not eye-catching, but also can develop. There are 500,000 people in the east, 800,000 people in Beihai, and 1.3 million Dingkou, and it will be the business of the overlord. “

Seeing that Zhang Chong didn't seem to be very interested, Zhao Da further explained:

"Jiaodong is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and one side is backed by mountains, which is a rare place in the world. It faces Liaodong across the sea, can be reached by boat, once there is something, Yang Fan goes to sea, to avoid chaos in Liaodong. It can be said that you can enter Qingzhou, and you can defend Liaodong when you retreat. ”

Zhao Da kept saying that Zhang Chong was also listening carefully, and after listening, he said:

"There are some situations that you don't know very well, so I'll tell you about them today. Our Taishan army also has a heel, behind it is Taiping Dao, I am the closed disciple of Zhang Liang, the general of Taiping Dao, and I am also the Qu Kui of Taishan Fang. Therefore, I think the strategy of going to Jiaodong for development is very good. But how can I have the Taiping Dao forces in the east and Beihai, and there are Guan Cheng in the east and Guan Hai in Beihai, all of which are my friends, how can I figure it. ”

Zhang Chong's words were too vigorous, and the staff who had only entered the curtain in the past six months heard it for the first time, and they were a little stunned.

However, in their opinion, this is generally a good thing. Who doesn't know the power of Taiping Dao, and now that they know that Taiping Dao also rebelled, then their Taishan army will be better.

However, since Jiaodong has a master, Zhao Da's strategy is naturally useless, and he is also a little interested in it at the moment, after all, he is obviously attentive to such an important development plan for the first time as a counselor, and now he can't use it, and he is somewhat lost.

However, Zhang Chong was also comforting:

"Yongxi, you don't have to be lost. Your strategy of developing eastward to Jiaodong is okay, we can't move the whole army to Jiaodong now, but we can still send some troops to settle here and establish a base in the hilly countryside. ”

"Base?"

"Yes, that is, where you can root your credentials. For example, Laiwugu is our current base, and Taiyi Mountain is also our base. The relationship between us and this base area is good, that is, you have walked more roads, you have to have a place to rest, where you can cultivate, reorganize, supply, and recruit troops. In this way, we can continue to run and continue to fight with Hanting. ”

The staff understood that this base area is the foundation, the meaning of the territory, but the scope of the base area of Qukui can be smaller.

Zhao Da said uncertainly:

"Will the Taiping Road between the two places allow us to establish this base?"

Zhang Chong smiled and said:

"Although Taiping Dao is based in the countryside, it is now commonly preached in the cities, and there are not many Taiping Dao that can stay in the countryside now. However, the Guanhai Canal in Beihai, they may still continue to take root in the countryside, so there are more Taiping Dao believers here. On the contrary, the Guancheng Daqu from the east was started by Haikou, and his base was more on several large islands overseas, and there were not too many believers in the vast rural areas from the east. So, we can establish a base in the east. ”

In fact, Zhang Chong has understood several views on the future development, and he summarized it into three:

The first is to clear the wilderness and fight a protracted battle between Fenggao and Hanting. This makes sense, the Han court concentrated the Central Plains and the northern and southern armies to conquer him, and Zhang Chong was confident that with the reserves and morale of his troops, it would not be a problem to hold it for a year. And in this year, the situation in the world will be turned upside down. Just if the Han court sent all the combatable troops from the Central Plains and Gyeonggi to fight him, then naturally the two places would be empty, and when the Taiping Road incident started, it would naturally be smooth sailing.

In later generations, when the heroes were competing for deer, such a thing also happened. At that time, Zhang Shicheng occupied Gaoyou and called the king, and Prime Minister Yuan Cheng took off and led millions of troops to besiege Gaoyou, and finally because of the change of commander in the Yuan Court, the Yuan army was disheartened, and finally was defeated by Zhang Shicheng.

So he Zhang Chong can also fight a late Han version of the Gaoyou War. But this strategy is to ask him Zhang Chong to be a good person and be a precursor to others in Taiping Dao. It's not that this thing can't be done, after all, if the Taiping Dao Uprising can be successful, he can also develop and grow with the trend. But this matter is not simple, and he must also think carefully about the stakes.

And the second is a more aggressive strategy, that is, to take the initiative to attack the Central Plains, find the main force of the Han Court, and fight a decisive battle with it. If you win, everything will be turned upside down, and if you lose, everything will be overturned. And this strategy requires the cooperation of the Central Plains Taiping Dao, but he doesn't know Qu Kui in these places, and he doesn't know his temperament, how dare to put the life of the whole army in the hands of others. Therefore, this is not available.

And the third is a conservative strategy, that is, dividing troops from the east to the east, which is the strategy of the three holes of the cunning rabbit. When the time comes, there will be two base areas, and whether they are offensive or defensive, they will be more flexible than one. Of course, the shortcomings are not without it, that is, the current army is originally 5,000, and it will be necessary to divide the troops again, and when the time comes, it will be unfavorable to establish a base in the east, and then this side will also lose the Wugu land because of the lack of troops. That's equivalent to having both, and not having the last two.

In the end, Zhang Chong summarized the pros and cons of these three strategies, and asked everyone to go back and think about it again and discuss it tomorrow.

After the meeting was dismissed, Cai Yong went to Hu Muban's house and pulled him to discuss with Zhuge Jue.

Here, after Zhuge Jue listened to all the things of the morning, he was also pondering there, at this moment he was not thinking about which strategy to use, he was thinking about Zhang Chong.

To tell the truth, the Taishan army has been in Fenggao for half a year, and its military discipline and ambition are obvious to all. It can be said that the Taishan Army and the Han Ting are two soldiers. The former regarded himself as the son and daughter of the Fenggao people, not only did not disturb the people, but also regularly went to the four towns and eight miles to repair the houses and repair the walls for the Qianshou, and they called the Taishan army the military and the people. And what about Han Tingbing? They all regard the people as dogs and sheep and enemies, demolish houses and doors, lead sheep and catch chickens, and recruit the leaders to fill the ravines.

Compared with these two, who do the people support more? The common people are not stupid, although there are few literate among them, but who is good to them, their hearts are bright.

As far as Zhuge himself knows, the people of Fenggao, Mu County, and Ying County only support the Taishan Army. Especially in some townships that have already divided the land, this kind of support has been enthusiastic, and every family is willing to go out to defend the Shijia army and defend Zhang Chong. Because they understand that to defend these is to defend their own hard-won lives.

At first, he only thought that this was a trick of the Taishan army to fight for the hearts of the people, so he didn't sit in the fasting office later, he walked all over the countryside near Fenggao, looked with his eyes, asked with his mouth, listened with his ears, and what he saw and heard made him understand:

This Taishan army is different from him, and more importantly, they are Qu Kui, he is a hero.

He also entered the Taishan Army's school. The children of the school are all the children of Fenggaojun, the orphans who died in battle, and the beggars in the city, they are all pinched together, and they learn words in the school of the Taishan Army, which shows that the Taishan Army attaches great importance to culture and education.

In addition, he also entered the Taishan Army Military Academy and listened to classes. The lessons here are a little more profound, mainly talking about the scenery of the world, the geography of mountains and rivers, and a theme, that is, why the Han Dynasty declined.

When his understanding of the rise and fall was still at the level of pro-sages and far villains, what did he hear in this military academy? It is said that the chaos in the world is because the weather is cold and the crop yield is generally low, and it can no longer withstand the exploitation of Qianshou by the powerful people. The entire middle-level Haoqiang cannot stabilize the people's livelihood, and the center of the Han Court will only compete for power and profit, and no one cares about the life and death of the small people.

As a member of Haoqiang, although their Zhuge family is not very rich, they also have thousands of acres of land, so although he listened to it uncomfortably, reason told him that what these Taishan Army's teaching officers said was right.

Thinking of his Zhuge family, the early generations would personally go to the ground to persuade farmers and mulberries, under their leadership, the six animals prospered, and the people were rich and rich. But then their Zhuge family began to live in the city, because it was easier to build interpersonal relationships in the city and maintain communication between wealthy families. But more importantly, life in the city is much more cheerful, with countless banquets and tastings. If life in the country is gray, life in the city is colorful.

After that, although their Zhuge family still had a manor dock wall in the township, it was more left to the disciples to take care of, and they only received the grain from the head of the village. In other words, their Zhuge family has become a moth that does not produce and parasitizes the peasants and sucks blood. In the past, the peasants could live with their lives, and they sucked and sucked, but now that they can't live anymore, then they will naturally be smashed with a punch.

This is very cruel, Zhuge Jue can't accept that they are originally cultural elites, how can they suddenly become objects to be abandoned.

But this does not prevent him from identifying with Zhang Chong, he is a person who has the people in his heart. Therefore, Zhuge Jue subconsciously wanted to help Zhang Chong, he just thought about it for a while, and said to Cai Yong:

"Boji, have you ever thought about what if these three strategies were combined?"