Chapter XXVIII
The battle between Chu Shan and the barbarians at Pingyang Pass shocked the people of the world, although it is not difficult to see that winning more with less, but the strength of the barbarian soldiers is understood by everyone, at least one is four, that is to say, Chu Shan defeated the army of 400,000 barbarians with an army of 200,000, which is equivalent to the strength of 1.6 million Han army. Such a gap is too big to accept. What's more, the strength of the four counties of Chushan is not limited to this, there are still 300,000 such troops in other counties of Chushan, plus the army that Zhao Yun is forming, so that in the future, there will be 600,000 such troops, and that one prince can have such strength. Although several princes in the south did not border with Chushan's forces, with the passage of time, the continuous annexation of these princes would inevitably lead to a direct confrontation with Chushan, but at that time, Chushan could be defeated by themselves, and all the people had no confidence. After the death of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the Taishou in various places immediately stepped up their time to expand their strength, and now each county is fighting for itself, of course, more than two months have passed, and the princes' conquest has not officially begun, but some signs have already appeared. The remaining twenty-two counties of the Han Dynasty have at least a dozen Taishou who are ambitious and have no good intentions towards the surrounding counties, but with a big victory in Chu Shan, these Taishou are directly scared awake, and before they solve Chu Shan, they can't consume their strength, otherwise, they will just make a wedding dress for Chu Shan.
So, in just ten days, the Taishou of the remaining twenty-two counties each sent envoys to communicate with each other, and it was scheduled to be half a month later. Taking advantage of the fact that Chu Shan needed to deal with the war with the alien races of the grassland, he made an alliance in the south and discussed the plan to deal with Chu Shan at that time. Chu Shan is completely ignorant of the small actions of these Taishou, and even if he knows, it is estimated that Chu Shan will not pay too much attention to it, because these Taishou have their own interests, and they are said to be alliances, but they are just a combination of some interests, just like a plate of loose sand. For Chu Shan, it's just a bunch of chickens and dogs. After the current Chushan ended the battle of Pingyang Pass, he immediately asked Zhang Zhang to continue to guard Pingyang Pass. He led Li Daniu and Dian Wei and the remaining 60,000 troops to hurry towards Jiuyuan County. Tai Shi Ci of Jiuyuan County had only 80,000 troops. The army of the opposing steppe tribe alliance had 200,000. Moreover, the cavalry of the grassland troops is the majority, and the combat effectiveness is even stronger than that of the barbarians, especially in group combat, which is more than a step stronger than the barbarians. The current Chu Shan was a little worried about whether Tai Shi Ci would be able to resist the attack of the Grassland Alliance.
Not to mention that Chu Shan was hurrying towards Jiuyuan County. The other Taishou of the Han Dynasty are now making alliances in a hidden valley in Chenliu County in the south. There are 22 people who participate in the alliance. Not a single one was left behind. They are:
Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shou, Dongjun Taishou Han Yin, Cangwu County Taishou Fan Qi, Nanhai County Taishou Yelujin, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Shan, Beihai Taishou Kong Yue, Guangling Taishou Zhang Shui, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Xu, Shangdang Taishou Li Yang, Changsha Taishou Sun Ke, Bohai Taishou Zhu Hu, Qinghe Taishou Ma Yuan, Julu Taishou Tian Yi, Chen Liutai Shou Shao Dan, Lujiang Taishou Zhou Fu, Yuzhang Taishou Lu Dao, Membership Taishou Xiangguan, Yongchang Taishou Wei Duty, Hanzhong Taishou Lu Quan, Lelang Taishou Yue Ji, Shanggu Taishou Yang Xing and Bajun Taishou Yu Wei.
The alliance was proposed by Shao Dan, the Taishou of Chenliu County, a super family of the Han Dynasty, and the policies pursued by Chushan in Northern County, Hedong County, Wuyuan County, and Changshan County were strictly contrary to the interests of the wealthy families. In the past, he was afraid of Chu Shan's strength, but now Chu Shan had a fierce fight with the barbarian army before, and now he is confronting the coalition army of the grassland. The timing is just right now, Chu Shan has no time to clone now, as long as he and the others can give Chu Shan a thunderous blow, Chu Shan's power will definitely collapse. So, the family led by Shao Dan organized this alliance. The remaining twenty-two counties involved in the alliance and the families in each county. Now seeing that all the Taishou had arrived, Shao Dan raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "Thank you for coming here to fight against the rebel Chushan, everyone drink this cup first!" After speaking, he took the lead in drinking the wine in the cup.
After everyone came here, their friends hugged each other, and at this time, they saw the initiator Shao Dan toasting, so they all drank the wine in the cup. Seeing that everyone drank the wine in their hands, Shao Dan smiled and said, "Everyone, please come here this time, just for one thing, you should have heard of it, the Northern County Taishou Chushan privately sent troops to attack Wuyuan County, Hedong County and Changshan County, and its ambitions are obvious, what do you think about it?"
& Taishou," Qinghe Taishou Ma Yuan said at this time, "You are a famous family, highly respected, this time you are the first to initiate this alliance, if there is anything to say together, Yuan will definitely support it!" Ma Yuan saw that after Shao Dan finished speaking, the scene was a little cold, so he spoke up to give Shao Dan a step. Shao Dan knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and immediately said with a smile, "Matthew has kept the award, Dan is just more worried about everyone's situation!"
>> What do you mean by that?" asked Yongchang Taishou Wei at this time.
& Think about it, how strong is Chu Shan!" Shao Dan immediately said, "I wiped out the 400,000 army of the barbarian army with 200,000 troops before, and my own casualties were only 40,000. Moreover, there are 10 million people in Northern County, and I think the largest population in your territory is only 5 million, which is the result of years of accumulation. ”
>> Wrong!" Hanzhong Taishou Lu Quan nodded at this time and said, "My Hanzhong has not experienced war in the past few years, and it has been more than 100 years now, but the population of the whole county is only five million. And the northern county of Chushan has changed from nothing to a population of 10 million in just 20 years, which is simply incredible. ”
&Yes, don't forget!" Shao Dan said directly, "Recently, Chu Shan has pocketed the three counties around the Northern County, if Chu Shan is given a few years of development time, we don't have to hesitate, just surrender to Chu Shan directly, we can't beat him anyway." ”
"Isn't the current Chushan just confronting the alien races of the grassland, and I think it will be difficult to distinguish the winner for a while, so it is better for us to form a coalition to defeat Chushan." At that time, Chu Shan will not be able to take care of himself, we will just take advantage of the situation to pursue and take the Northern County in one fell swoop, without the territory, Chu Shan will have nothing to fear!"
"Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shou said, "It's just that the snake can't be headless, who should be the leader of the coalition this time?"
&It's simple!" Tian Yi said with a smile, "Since it was Chen Liutaishou Shao Dan who initiated the alliance, why don't Shao Taishou serve as the leader of the alliance?"
& The relationship between the main office is heavy. How could you make such a hasty decision!" Guangling Taishou Zhang Shui said in a deep voice.
& bits. In fact, I am not busy selecting the alliance leader now, now I will first look at the strength that you can send out in your hands, so as to decide the ownership of the alliance leader, I don't know what everyone thinks?" Shao Dan said confidently.
"Yes." ”
This matter was decided in the midst of everyone's approval. "Since it was Shao who proposed the alliance. This time, I, Chen Liujun, am ready to send 300,000 troops. What do you think of the arrangement?" said Shao Dan with a smile.
"Everyone looked surprised. I didn't expect Shao Dan to have such a big deal and send 300,000 troops in one fell swoop, which is really something that everyone didn't expect. In everyone's hearts, they sent 30,000 or 50,000 troops. It's just a matter of heart-to-heart.
"Ten thousand!", "thirty thousand", "twenty thousand!", "fifty thousand!", ...... "five thousand!"
As everyone reported the strength in their hands, most of them only had 30,000 or 50,000 troops, and even fewer, only a few thousand. So Shao Dan smiled and said to everyone, "Thanks to your love, Shao has the shame to serve as the leader of this alliance, I don't know if you have any other opinions?"
Shao Dan looked at everyone, and no one objected anymore, so he said, "Since this is the case, then Shao will exercise the rights of the alliance leader." I hope you will work together to discuss Chu Shan!" Shao Dan had just finished speaking, when a Taishou interrupted Shao Dan's words.
& Lord, there is something in the silver heart that I don't understand, and I still want to show the alliance leader. Dongjun Taishou Han Yin said.
Shao Dan frowned, he was very unhappy in his heart, and secretly sighed that this Dongjun Taishou Han Yin really had no eyesight, and it was extremely rude to interrupt the words of the leader of this alliance at this time. But on the face, Shao Dan still had to show the demeanor and mind of his alliance leader, so he asked, "Han Taishou, please speak up!"
& After a rough calculation, your army may add up to nearly 800,000, so many people, what should we do with food and grass?" Han Yin said with a look of embarrassment.
& Shao Dan was also hesitant at this time, although his Chenliu County is also a large county, with a population of nearly four million, but if the supply of grain and grass for nearly 800,000 troops, it will be okay for a short time, but after a long time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to continue, so he had to say, "Dan is also extremely difficult, originally Dan initiated the alliance, these grains and herbs should have been borne by Dan, but I didn't expect everyone to have a common understanding of the threat of Chushan, and gathered an army of 800,000." With so many troops, it would be difficult for Dan to sustain them, so I don't know what your best strategy is?"
Hearing Shao Dan's words of shirk, everyone secretly calculated in their hearts. A person needs half a catty of grain a day, and an army of 800,000 needs 400,000 catties of grain, that is, more than 3,000 stone of grain and grass, not including the rest of the materials, adding up to at least 3,500 stone of grain and grass a day, and 100,000 stone of grain and grass a month, these grains and grasses may not be provided by any county alone, but when it comes to their own vital interests, everyone is silent, anyway, he is not the leader of the alliance, these things do not need to worry about himself, let Shao Dan have a headache!
Seeing that there was no reaction from everyone, Shao Dan had no choice but to speak, and said, "The 800,000 army needs 3,500 stone of grain and grass a day, and it is impossible for my Chenliu County to provide so much grain and grass alone, I don't think it is better to do this, first everyone will provide 3,500 stone of grain and grass from each county, and Dan will bear the rest, how about it?"
& Keeping the good abacus, so that he only needs to end this battle within twenty days, and Chen Liujun can sit back and enjoy the results without spending a penny of grain and grass. Cangwu County Taishou Fan Qi said sarcastically in a cold voice.
& It's too bad. Shangdang Taishou Li Yang also said, "It doesn't take twenty days, you only need to attack any county in Chushan, and when the time comes, you don't need Shao Taishou to pay out of his own pocket, why not do it?"
Shao Dan saw that everyone was not satisfied with this plan, so he explained, "In this way, we will first supplement the losses of your losses with the materials we harvested later, Shao Mou will not take a penny, and after everyone's losses are completely compensated, what will be the results after you and Mou share them equally?"
Shao Dan saw that he was angry, so he had to explain it himself, so he threw out another plan. This plan is obviously unfair to Shao Dan, and everyone is very surprised, I don't know why Shao Dan is so different before and after.
.................. (To be continued......)