I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 7 We can build the walled city in front of Sima Yi
Zhuge Liang said: "Mighty Lord, please be patient and don't be impatient."

Yang Yi said: "Prime Minister, I do not question Li Heng's medical skills, but this is a military matter, and his identity is inconsistent with this matter."

Zhuge Liang nodded. Obviously he agreed with Yang Yi's point of view, but he found Li Heng's statement of "forming a camp and fighting a stupid war" very interesting.

He looked at Li Heng and asked: "Ji'an (Li Heng's word), what do you mean by being stubborn and fighting a stupid battle?"

"Returning to the Prime Minister, our Han army is the main attack and the Wei army is the defender. Our army has come from afar. Although the Prime Minister has visited Hanzhong County in the past three years, the logistics has been further improved. There is no need to cross mountains and ridges from Shu. But if Sima Yi has been If we don't go to war and Wei continues to send more troops to Guanzhong, the war situation will fall into a stalemate."

Zhuge Liang affirmed what he just said, nodded and said, "You continue."

Since traveling through time, Li Heng has deduced many times how Ji Han could make a comeback.

All tactics were basically ineffective against Ji Han's comeback.

Because Cao Wei occupied Guanzhong, Central Plains, and Hebei, these three places were the most densely populated places before the Tang Dynasty, with a total population of more than 300 million, and they were wealthy places.

Yizhou occupied by Ji Han was a remote area in this era, with a total population of only about 400 million.

Using Yizhou to challenge the nine states of Cao and Wei head-on, there was almost no room for maneuver on the battlefield.

What do you mean?
In a large-scale battle between Ji Han and Cao Wei, there cannot be a big defeat because the overall strength does not allow it.

But Cao Wei can, because Cao Wei's trial and error cost is relatively low.

The problem is that Cao Wei, who has a strong family background, has not yet gone to war.

So what to do now?
Fight against Cao Wei strategically and stop paralyzing yourself with tactical victory.

The tactical victories were just small victories one after another and could not shake Cao Wei at all.

Strategic confrontation is to encroach on Guanzhong, establish forward positions, absorb the population, and establish depth.

But Li Heng can't say these things now, because it's useless and his resume is too thin.

So he could only reveal some information slowly.

Li Heng knew that he was no match for Zhuge Liang. If there are geniuses in this era, Zhuge Kongming must be one of them.

You know, he has a background in logistics.

Many people have no idea about logistics.

Let's put it this way, among the three heroes in the early Han Dynasty, the one named Xiao who made the greatest contribution was in the logistics department.

As a time traveler, Li Heng looks at war from a modern perspective. War is not just a simple charge into battle, nor is it just a frontline confrontation.

War includes the mobilization of resources, the deployment of strategies, and the execution of tactics.

Here, resources include population, food, money, weapons, etc., and they must be reasonably matched with each other.

Strategic deployment has higher requirements for the commander, such as taking the Xiegu Valley out of Wuzhangyuan, or taking the Ziwu Road to surprise Chang'an.

Why was Wei Yan's proposal not approved by Zhuge Liang?

Because Wei Yan's style of play is a radical style of play.

There are many famous radical generals in history, such as the famous champion Hou, and later Li Jing, who all fought a long-distance blitzkrieg.

But behind them there is either a powerful man or a powerful Tang Dynasty as support.

They can afford to lose.

Ji Han in front of him couldn't afford to lose.

For Ji Han, people are precious and cannot be wasted like this.

Zhuge Liang planned everything carefully.

You have to brag in front of his strengths. If you are not careful, you will be doomed.

It's not that this bad guy died or was caught, but that the persona he wanted to establish collapsed.

At least in the future, it would be impossible for Li Heng to advance in this area.

Therefore, Li Heng carefully thought through his thoughts before saying: "Prime Minister, the so-called fortification of the stronghold and the fighting of the war are to encircle all the fields in the village, and surround as many villages as there are. As the fields in the village continue to increase, the encirclement will increase." The land will become larger, and it is not impossible to encircle it from Xi County to the foot of Chang'an City."

Yang Yi immediately said: "What do you think you have to say? How many people will be needed to surround us like this, and how much land will be planted?" Li Heng smiled and said: "I'm afraid I have to trouble Yang Changshi to be the prime minister for this kind of thing. Coordinated.”

Before Yang Yi could speak, Jiang Wei spoke first. He asked, "Will Sima Yi just watch us surround the fields?"

Li Heng said: "Don't we just want Sima Yi to come out?"

"Li Langjun, you may not be familiar with fighting." Jiang Wei warned in shock, "We are currently farming in Wuzhangyuan and nearby areas. When there are not many fields, there will be no problem. After all, our The force is sufficient to protect those fields from being invaded by the Wei army, and the Wei army will not attack at will, but if the number of fields increases, our people will inevitably be scattered, and the Wei army will seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the fields."

As if worried that Li Heng still didn't understand, Jiang Wei further explained: "When our soldiers are farming, they are scattered. Such soldiers do not have combat effectiveness. We will be caught off guard by the Wei army."

When Jiang Wei said this, he knew that he had been on the battlefield in person and knew all the details of the battlefield, rather than those who talk about military affairs on paper and discuss grand strategy all day long.

Yang Yi looked at Li Heng with an even more contemptuous look, as if Li Heng had been choked by Jiang Wei's words.

But Li Heng said: "General, a great talent, I need to learn from you, but this can also be solved."

"How to solve it?"

"What I just talked about is enclosing the fields. The first step in enclosing the fields is not to cultivate the fields, but to build strongholds and build walls. After all the defenses are in place, the land can be reclaimed."

After hearing these words, Jiang Wei and Yang Yi looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other.

Good guy, does Li Heng want to build a city here?
And from what I hear, it’s not just one or two.

Zhuge Liang, who had been silent all this time, smiled and asked Jiang Wei: "Bo Yue, what do you think?"

"The general thinks it's not feasible. It would take too long. The progress of farming is already very slow. It's not that easy to open up wasteland."

Li Heng said no more. He stood up, saluted Zhuge Liang, saluted Jiang Wei and Yang Yi, and then said: "I am just the son of an imperial doctor. I don't know much about fighting. I just acted on a whim. The Prime Minister has pity on me and listens. After I said these superficial words, I was so grateful that I didn’t dare to show my shame any more.”

Jiang Wei said: "You are young and can think of these things, which is pretty good."

"Thank you for your compliment, General."

After finishing speaking, he said to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, I'll take my leave."

"Walk slowly."

Li Heng immediately saluted Jiang Wei and Yang Yi, then turned around and left the camp.

At this time, Yang Yicai said: "According to Li Heng, the great delay in the war on the Western Front has given Cao Rui the opportunity to dispatch troops and reinforcements. Li Heng is a typical talk on paper."

Jiang Wei also sighed: "I hope Lord Wu can hold Cao Rui back."

Zhuge Liang didn't say much, but he thought deeply about what Li Heng just said.

On April [-]th, early in the morning, Li Heng had just finished breakfast when he saw soldiers gathering in the tent in front.

Li Heng knew that the Han army was about to use troops against the Wei army again.

Li Heng seized the opportunity and followed quietly, staying far away to peek.

After the Han army crossed the Xianshui River, they arrayed themselves in front of the Wei army's camp.

As expected, Wei Jun did not come out.

The Han army began to call for formation.

Li Heng stayed far away and listened with his ears pricked up.

One of the slogans was exactly the same as a line from a movie before Li Heng traveled through time.

"Old thief Sima! If you have the ability, come forward! Don't say you are not the prime minister's opponent, you are me. Just give it a try.

"I'll let you go in with the white knife, and come out with the green knife, and I'll prick your gall."

"I let you go in with a white knife, or come out with a white knife, I choose your brains."

"I'll let you go in with a white knife and come out with a yellow knife, and I'll pierce your shit bag!"

Hundreds of soldiers shouted together, and their voices were like waves, rushing into the enemy camp one after another.

In the Wei camp, some generals were so angry that they went crazy.

(End of this chapter)