Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 303: Soft persimmons and hard bones

Zhang He has indeed been busy with the intelligence system in the past two years. The initial investment in this thing is very large, and there are no results in the short term, so there has been no useful intelligence.

However, as the intelligence system matures, intelligence from various places is gradually gathered. Sometimes, news comes just one day after something happens.

TOEFL, the court's control over local areas turned out to be more accurate, and there was more and more room for maneuver.

As far as Liu Biao is concerned, knowing that he joined the alliance to deal with him, Liu Bei's only feeling is: forgetting his ancestors after reading the classics!

But after looking at the intelligence, it turns out that the big brother can't help himself, so you can help him.

Judging from the previous intelligence, Liu Biao and Liu Yan were not good people. Although they were clan members, they mixed with the scholars. During the Ling Emperor's period, they basically did not side with the royal family.

Yes, they are all clansmen from the Western Han Dynasty, and they are somewhat separated from those from the Eastern Han Dynasty.

But as a clan member, if you don't side with the emperor, which of these clan members will live well when the dynasty changes?

Let's take Liu Ye, who had been courting Cao Wei for many years, and in his later years, he said he would do it.

Although his son is still an official in Cao Wei, he is not an official in the capital.

After all, the Liu surname, especially the Han clan clan members, could not be trusted by Cao Wei.

However, Liu Bei missed his old friendship, mainly because he was also a clan member of the Western Han Dynasty. Compared with Liu Hong and Liu Xie, he was naturally closer to Liu Biao.

"What should I do about Yizhou?" Liu Bei felt that if we want to say that Yizhou is a soft persimmon, it may not be so.

Mainly similar to Jingzhou, Liu Zhang was also coerced into taking the throne.

"Just lead the army and fight there. We already have a trail that leads directly to Shu County!" Tian Feng said casually.

Jingzhou still had to cross the Han River, so Liu Bei had an innate advantage in attacking Yizhou.

In the past, when the Shenlangqiang was conquered, they provided two mountain roads into Shu.

It's really not easy to walk, but there is no such thing as an easy road to Shu.

He mobilized three to five thousand soldiers, used Ma Teng and Yang Qiu from Hanzhong to feign an attack, and took the opportunity to attack Chengdu.

As far as Liu Zhang's situation is concerned, Yizhou can basically be defeated.

"Your Highness, although Yizhou and Jingzhou are both soft persimmons, there are tough ones who plan to have a try with us." Chen Qun reminded.

Even if Cao Cao is stupid, Liu Bei is powerful and he also conquered Xuzhou. Why didn't he take the opportunity to destroy Yuan Shu and Sun Ce?
After all, Cao Cao expressed his support to the Han Dynasty to the outside world, and it was unjustifiable to leave two independent people alone and attack Liu Bei, who was also from the Han Dynasty.

Of course, Cao Cao did not say anything about forming an alliance with Yuan Shu.

"We have deployed heavy troops on the front line, not to mention that Gongsun Bogui has formed an alliance with us. Hebei does not need to worry." Tian Feng replied.

Gongsun Zan has officially replied and is willing to form an alliance with Liu Bei.

Everyone is from the same sect and has a common enemy (Yuan Shao), so alliance is an inevitable result.

Yuan Shao was also unkind at the beginning and asked Gongsun Zan for help, saying that the territory he conquered would be his.

As a result, Gongsun Zan captured Hejian, but was later beaten back by Lu Bu.

Yuan Shao later joined forces with Lu Bu, but did not hand over Hejian.

After all, it was Lu Bu who conquered Hejian, and it was not him, so naturally it was not a breach of contract.

"Since Hebei doesn't need to worry, why not defeat Jizhou first?" Chen Qun asked, "With Jizhou, it will be much easier for us whether we go south or north. Even Cao Cao can no longer be regarded as a tough guy."

Without Yuan Shao, it is impossible to form an alliance with Yuan Shu.

Liu Biao may have the ability to fight on the water, but if he dares to cross the river to attack, it will naturally be a dead end.

Liu Bei was a little irritable at the moment. It looked like a battle between soft and hard, but in fact it was a battle between two factions.

The front lines are all brothers, so if we attack Yizhou or Jingzhou, we must use talents from other factions.

For example, use Zhang Yang, such as Huangfu Li or Zhu Hao, or transfer Zhang Yan.

In fact, it would be more convenient for Zhang Yan to fight in Yizhou. After all, he was used to fighting in the mountains.

Soft persimmons can basically be solved with second- and third-rate generals.

There are so many strong bones, so of course the strong men must be placed on the front line.

But if you win, you will naturally be rewarded. Over time, the Jizhou and Qingzhou factions will have a say in the military.

Chen Qun and others were not stupid, and said they would start with the hard bones.After chewing it down, the positions of these generals cannot be shaken.

In other words, if some people are attacking Yizhou and Jingzhou, they will be sealed as generals.

Then when they attack Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, will these people join the battlefield as deputy generals or front troops?

If so, then part of Guan Yu and others' military exploits will be taken away.

The worst case scenario is that these people end up on equal terms with Guan Yu and others.

Liu Bei didn't allow it, but he couldn't help but hesitate whether to bite this hard nut.

It's just that we have to make a decision today. After all, time waits for no one. If you miss the opportunity, you will miss everything.

"Your Majesty!" The two sides couldn't argue, so they could only ask Liu Bei to make a decision.

"How is the income from money and food now?" Liu Bei asked.

"Last autumn, there was a lot of money and food harvested in various places, but the expenses were also very high..." Tian Feng replied helplessly.

In his opinion, the current finances of the imperial court are very unhealthy. They spend whatever money they have without saving at all.

If this continues, when will we reach the grand occasion of the Wenjing period?

"Let's not talk about money and silk, how about the money, grain and material reserves?" Liu Bei asked.

He also knew that the money was almost always spent as soon as it came in, but it was spent on various strategic materials.

It was surrounded by enemies on all sides, so we had to prepare for war with all our strength and purchase a large amount of various supplies.

To put it another way, there is a large demand for materials, so the scale of production materials continues to expand, driving local economic development.

"We can support the full-scale war for half a year!" Tian Feng replied.

He supports pinching the weak, not partisanship, but mainly because he does not want an all-out war this year.

The frontline only needs to be defended, which does not consume much supplies.

On the other hand, if we can get Yizhou and Jingzhou, even just Yizhou, we can ensure that our income will further increase in the future.

In particular, military expenditures can be further reduced, and some generals can be transferred to the front line.

Except for the party leader, Tian Feng is still the minister, and he puts the interests of the court first, and it is his duty to serve justice wholeheartedly.

"Half a year, not enough, not enough!" Liu Bei shook his head.

"But in half a year, it will be this year's autumn harvest, and new taxes will come up by then." Tian Feng reminded.

"What if something unexpected happens?" Liu Bei shook his head, "Nothing can be done without warning. We are not familiar with Yizhou and Jingzhou, especially the soldiers are not good at water warfare, and we need more information. Let's talk about that mountain road. It also takes more time to survey.”

After a pause, he said: "Send a message that General Anbei will attack Jizhou with all his strength this year. Send a message to Yan and Han, hoping that they will send troops to cooperate with us. At the same time, send a message to Yanzhou and Yuzhou to defend carefully!"

Rather than letting random people come to power, Liu Bei hoped that his four sworn brothers could go further.

With the military power in the hands of the four of them, no matter how noisy the various factions in the court are, he can be much more stable.

After all, no matter how noisy they were, they didn't dare to take any actual action, otherwise the four brothers would have to attack them aggressively.

If their people had military power and confidence, it would be difficult to say anything.

Regardless of whether they are dedicated to serving the public good now, they really have the ability to stand up to the emperor. Let's see if they can always maintain their original intention.

Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness involved the inheritance and survival of the Han Dynasty, so he had to think of the worst.

He would not have been like this before. After all, as long as he treats others sincerely, he believes that others will treat him sincerely.

I have to say, power is really scary.

　Let me explain, I was originally preparing for the next chapter at about ten o'clock, but I had to go out for something.I was so sleepy when I came back that I didn't get up until six o'clock.Not to mention noon, I missed it all in the afternoon, so I only coded Chapter 2 now.

　　Maybe it was because of the coffee I drank last night, so I couldn't fall asleep at one or two o'clock, and my schedule adjustment wasn't very good.

　　It may take three or four days to get used to it and adjust your schedule as soon as possible.

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