Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 172 Mission: Unify the Central Plains
Liu Xuan looked at the scanned Zhuge Liang's thoughts and sighed secretly,

This young man was just as he thought.

Young people believe in their talents and naturally feel a little arrogant. If they take the initiative to assist the powerful princes, even if they succeed, their own value will not be reflected.

So it turns out that Zhuge Liang was in Nanyang and was familiar with all the talented people in Yingchuan, but he waited until Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times before he was willing to leave the mountain.

Obviously, we also see that Liu Bei is a potential stock, and it is a time when talents are urgently needed.

Liu Xuan understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts, reached into his arms, and with a thought, a map appeared in his hand. It was the map of the Asian seas that he had assembled.

Spread the map on the table in front of you. What is displayed on it is the map of the sea areas of the entire Asia.
Of course, the countries along the coast are also displayed.

"If I can be satisfied with just three states, why should I come to invite Mr. Zhuge in person?"

As soon as Liu Xuan said these words, Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Liu Xuandao with burning eyes,
"Can your Highness' ambition be in the world?"

As he spoke, he looked at the map of Asian sea areas and asked, "What does this map mean?"

Liu Xuan pointed to the eastern part of the map, where the Japanese island was originally located.

"Mr. Zhuge, does he know where this is?"

Zhuge Liang frowned and thought for a while.
"If I guessed correctly, this should be the place where Dongwa is located."

"Although you live in a thatched cottage, sir, you still hide the affairs of the world in your heart. Yes, this place is the Japanese island. But two years ago, I completely wiped it out and it has ceased to exist."

Zhuge Liang said: "The problem of mutants two years ago. Although Liang was not on the coast, he knew how serious the problem was. It wasn't until King Huaiyang sailed out to sea, and then a huge tsunami swept across the East China Sea. From then on, the problem of mutants The trouble is gradually gone, I think this was done by His Highness."

[Scan to Zhuge Liang's heart: It turns out that the tsunami was really caused by King Huaiyang, and he also solved the mutant issue. This man is really powerful. This kind of lord is the wise master worthy of Zhuge Liang's service. Let's see See what he says. 】

Liu Xuan remained calm and asked Zhuge Liang,
"Sir, do you know why I want to destroy the Japanese island?"

"For the big man." Zhuge Liang replied subconsciously.

"Yes, for the sake of the Han Dynasty, Wo Dao lives in the East China Sea of ​​the Han Dynasty. Its people have always been sinister. Once they gain power, the first thing they think of is to plunder the coast of the Han Dynasty."

"Before the problem of mutants, the people along the East China Sea suffered greatly. Later, when the Japanese mutated, even if they had only a glimmer of consciousness, they would follow the waves south and inflict trouble on the Han people. If I don't completely eliminate such a foreign race, I will be a big Han in the future. I don’t know how much suffering I will suffer because of this.”

As Liu Xuan spoke, he pointed to several other sea areas and said one by one,

"This place is called Shendu. The tiger occupies the south of the Han Dynasty. The people of South China Sea are often oppressed by it. They will also be the target of my conquest in the future."

"This place is called Dashi. Although it is thousands of miles away from the Han Dynasty, one of the ethnic groups named Yousi has moved its entire clan and is threatening to invade the Han Dynasty. I will also eliminate them."

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he interjected: "The Yousi clan your Highness is talking about, is this the Yousi clan that is currently in the limelight in Xiangyang?"

"Exactly. With your discerning eyes, sir, what do you think of this Gossamer?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, "Since Liu Xuande formed an alliance with the Yousi people, there have been more and more Yousi people in Xiangyang. Liang has also heard about these people. The Yousi people attach great importance to business and are quite knowledgeable about the way of doing business. Come to Jingzhou. For several years, his wealth has been hidden among the Jingxiang family."

"However, they are good at calculations, only seeking profit, and will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Although Liu Xuande has used their power to rise in Jingzhou, over time, I am afraid that once the Yousi people grow stronger, Liu Xuande may not be able to compete with him alone. Suffer from it.”

Liu Xuan nodded appreciatively,
"Sir, what you said is absolutely correct. I have also seen this. I am afraid that the Yousi people will cause harm to the Han Dynasty in the future, so I have already issued an order to the prefectures and counties under my jurisdiction to prohibit any business dealings with the Yousi people."

After speaking, Liu Xuan looked at Zhuge Liang seriously,
"Sir, do you still think the talents under my command are enough?"

Zhuge Liang also put away his proud look and replied sincerely: "If His Highness is determined to conquer the world and bring peace to the universe, the more civil and military talents he needs, the better."

Liu Xuan immediately said to Zhuge Liang: "So I sincerely ask you to help me, and I hope you will not refuse."

Having already reached this point, Zhuge Liang knew that any further refusal would be pretentious.

He bowed solemnly to Liu Xuan and said, "Your Highness's ambition makes Zhuge Liang's blood boil and his ambitions are fierce. Liang is willing to follow His Highness out of the mountain and show his life's ambition."

"Okay, great, haha," Liu Xuan clapped his hands excitedly, "It's a worthwhile trip for Liu Xuan to be able to ask Mr. to help me."

[Notepad opens.]

[204 AD, Nanyang.You returned to Xuchang via Nanyang and happened to pass by Wollongong. When you learned that this was where Zhuge Liang lived, you came to visit Yong in person.During the conversation with Zhuge Liang, you successfully persuaded Zhuge Liang to work for you by scanning Zhuge Liang's voice. 】

[Complete Random Mission: Wolong]

[Task completion: 100%]

[Based on the completion of the task, the following entries will be rewarded]

[Entry [-]: Simulated (blue); Entry [-]: Projector (blue)]

[Existing entries: Art of War (blue); Simulated (blue); Entry [-]: Projector (blue);]

[Combinable entries: simulated military strategy; simulated projector]

As soon as the text came out of the notepad, Liu Xuan knew that Wolong's mission had been completed.

Zhuge Liang was really invited out of the mountain by himself.

And the quality of the rewarded entries seems to be good too.

Liu Xuan was very familiar with projectors, and he had some idea of ​​what could be simulated.

After thinking about it, Liu Xuan decided to keep the projector entry first.

"Combination: Simulated Strategy"

[Successful combination, obtain a simulated military book (blue)]

[Simulated War Book: A tool for simulating combat. Users can simulate the actions of the enemy and ourselves in the war book based on actual battle conditions, and use their own strategies and battle formations to simulate the possible outcomes of the war.The simulation results are not deterministic, but they can estimate the vulnerabilities in the use of troops and the enemy's actions. 】

Liu Xuan read this paragraph carefully and finally figured out how to use it.

Simply put, it is a war simulator that can simulate the current situation of both the enemy and ourselves to deduce the loopholes in our use of troops or the enemy's possible tactics.

However, this thing has relatively high requirements for users.
First of all, the user must know how to march and form troops in order to make better use of the military simulation.

Secondly, after the simulation, it does not mean that subsequent wars will definitely develop towards this result. It just means that after determining most of the possibilities, the probability of victory or defeat can be determined.

To be honest, Liu Xuan felt that this thing was of little use to him.

He is a person who came from time-travel and is not familiar with the battle formations and military tactics of this era. If it is a small-scale battle, he can still take command with his many years of combat experience.

But if it were a large-scale war, with intricate battle formations and the conditions for using different arms, it would be enough to make Liu Xuan dizzy.

"My lord, Liang has arranged everything at home. Let's set off now."

Liu Xuan was still immersed in the analysis of the newly acquired entries when he was suddenly interrupted by Zhuge Liang.

When he looked up, he saw that Zhuge Liang had packed his luggage, hung it on the horse outside the door, and was urging Liu Xuan to leave.Good guy, in less than an hour, Zhuge Liang has already finished everything before departure. He is really a man of action.

Liu Xuan naturally didn't delay any longer. He was now rushing back to Xuchang to join Lu Bu and the others.

The news of Liu Bei's accession to the throne in Xiangyang will soon spread throughout the world.

And Liu Xuan personally shot Ji Han, the first prime minister of the dynasty, at the heaven-sacrifice ceremony for Liu Bei's ascension to the throne, which was tantamount to an open declaration of war with Liu Bei.

Presumably Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north will soon have their thoughts on it. Chaos is about to break out, and Liu Xuan has to prepare early.

On the road, Liu Xuan and Zhuge Liang rode side by side. After thinking for a while, Liu Xuan handed over a volume of military literature.

"Kong Ming, I got this thing by chance. I want to give it to you so that it can be used to its fullest effect. Please understand it carefully."

Zhuge Liang took the simulated military book with both hands, opened it while riding on his horse, and read it.

The simulating usage methods of the military book are marked on the title page. With Zhuge Liang's understanding, he naturally mastered the essentials of use quickly.

A look of amazement gradually appeared on his face, "My lord, this thing is enough to defeat a million soldiers."

Liu Xuan smiled: "I hope that in your hands, I can exert the fighting power of millions of soldiers."

With Zhuge Liang, Liu Xuan no longer delayed, and the two of them traveled all the way and finally returned to Xuchang.

Since Liu Xuan has been cleared of the suspicion of regicide, Xuchang's important court officials no longer embarrass Liu Xuan.

Especially when they heard that Liu Bei had proclaimed himself emperor in Xiangyang without authorization, most of the ministers in the court turned their attention to Liu Bei.

However, some courtiers were skeptical about Liu Xuan's claim that Liu Bei's men killed the emperor.

When they heard that Liu Bei was going to renew Han Zuo, these people actually left the Xuchang court and went to serve in the new dynasty in Xiangyang.

Zhao Liniang did not force them to stay. Instead, she opened the door of convenience and allowed all veterans who wanted to leave Xuchang to leave on their own.

From then on, there were no forces opposing Liu Xuan in Xuchang City. After Zhao Liniang's arrangements and Lu Bu personally guarding Xuchang, the governance of Yuzhou gradually got on the right track.

After Liu Xuan arrived in Xuchang, he asked Lu Bu to continue to lead the army to guard Yuzhou, focusing on defending Liu Bei's army in the direction of Nanyang.
He took Zhao Liniang and Zhuge Liang back to Jianye first.

During Liu Xuan's absence, Jia Xu's Yangzhou rear area relied entirely on Jia Xu, Cheng Hu and others to maintain operations.

Fortunately, Yangzhou is now on the right track, and Sun Quan is completely convinced by Liu Xuan, so the governance of Yangzhou does not require much thought.

It was Cheng Hu, because Liu Xuan and Lu Bu and Zhao Liniang both went to Jingzhou, and there were two newly captured states, Xuzhou and Yuzhou, under their rule. Cheng Hu had to coordinate many banditry and security issues.

Moreover, he had to pay attention to the movements of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north, and when he saw Liu Xuan return,
Cheng Hu seemed to have found his backbone all of a sudden, so he had to drag Liu Xuan to act coquettishly and complain.

Jianye, the meeting hall of the state capital.

The civil and military officials under Liu Xuan reunited after several months.

"This is the great talent I personally invited to Nanyang. Zhuge Kongming will work with Wen He to share important military and political affairs for me in the future."

Liu Xuan first solemnly introduced Zhuge Liang to his subordinates, and then began the daily military and political meetings.

After everyone reported their respective affairs, Liu Xuan finally felt relieved. During the period of his departure, the states under his rule were developing well and there were no hidden dangers.

Afterwards, Liu Xuan asked Cheng Hu,

"What's the progress in the fight between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao?"

Cheng Hu was well prepared and reported all the collected intelligence to Liu Xuan in detail.

In the last battle between Yuan and Cao, Yuan Shao originally had the upper hand.

In the early days of the war, the armored battalion formed with [-] alloy steel armors obtained from Liu Xuan was invincible and led Yuan Shao's army directly into the hinterland of Yanzhou.

It's a pity that the Yuan family once again staged the play of brother Yan Qiang.

In order to gain credit, Yuan Shang privately mortgaged his land, purchased alloy steel armor from Liu Xuan, and formed his own armored battalion. At the same time, he secretly disclosed Yuan Tan's march information to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia seized this opportunity and set up a perfect ambush during Yuan Tan's march, burning Yuan Tan and all [-] armored troops to death in Hulu Valley.

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard the news and fainted before the battle.

As a last resort, Yuan Shao's army had to withdraw from Yanzhou and return to Jizhou.

After Yuan Shao returned to Jizhou, his health was much worse than before and he was no longer able to lead the army on an expedition.
After Yuan Tan's death, the factional disputes in the Yuan family came to an end, and Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation and handed over the military and political power to his favorite youngest son Yuan Shang.

Yuan Shang got what he wanted, reorganized his troops, and after the autumn harvest, he once again gathered heavy troops and went south to attack Yanzhou.

At the same time, Yuan Xi of Youzhou was ordered to lead his army south to attack Cao Cao's Qingzhou.

At the beginning of the year, Cao Cao fought with Liu Xuan and lost Yuzhou, and then the emperor was killed in the palace. Cao Cao no longer had the advantage of holding the emperor hostage to control the princes, and his power was not as good as before.

Although Wen was fully assisted by Guo Jiaxunyu and others, the generals suffered a lot in the previous battles, especially in the Battle of the Hetao Plain, where almost all the senior commanders of the [-]-strong army were killed in bizarre attacks.

Already there is a faint feeling of being unable to resist.

After listening to Cheng Hu's report, Liu Xuan knew that the war in the north would soon be taken over.

Whether Yuan Shao wins or Cao Cao wins, Liu Xuan doesn't care much.

In short, at this stage of the layout, Liu Xuan only has one idea.

No matter who wins in the end, Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, they will not escape the fate of being embezzled by Liu Xuan.

Liu Bei's momentum has been established. With the fighting power of Jingzhou and Yizhou, and the help of Yousi people, he has become Liu Xuan's biggest enemy.

Therefore, Liu Xuan needed a stable and unified rear area to assemble heavy troops to fight Liu Bei.

Unifying the Central Plains is imperative.

[Notepad opens.]

[In 204 AD, Ye was built.You return to Jianye and learn that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the north are still fighting, but Liu Bei in the south has risen and regards you as your number one opponent.You need to establish a unified and stable rear before the decisive battle with Liu Bei. You decide to end the war in the Central Plains and eliminate the forces of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. 】

[Trigger development task: Unify the Central Plains]

[Mission details: Destroy the forces of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and unify the Central Plains. 】

[Task reward: entry*2; golden entry*1]

(End of this chapter)