The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 333 You said that armored soldiers were a small army! ?

Faced with heavy pressure from Liu Bei, even Yuan Shao had to find a few allies to share some of the pressure.

However, there are only a few princes in the entire Han Dynasty who can help Yuan Shao share the pressure.

Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou were ruled out first. After all, one of them was a fellow apprentice of Liu Bei, and the other was a relative of the Han royal family, making them natural allies of Liu Bei.

Apart from these two, Yuan Shao's only options were Yuan Shu and Sun Ce. However, there was a gap between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and Sun Ce, who inherited Yuan Shu's power, would not necessarily form an alliance with Yuan Shao, but would choose to deal with the pressure from Liu Bei alone.

There is also Liu Biao of Jingzhou. Although he and Liu Bei are both relatives of the Han royal family, Liu Biao, who has lost the wealthy land in northern Jingzhou, may not necessarily choose Liu Bei. How could Liu Biao be willing to accept his failure when facing Yuan Shu?

Even though the guy who helped him was Yuan Shao, a relative of Yuan Shu, for Liu Biao, as long as he could help him regain control of Jingzhou, the rest were just details.

For Yuan Shao, helping Liu Biao regain the land of northern Jing could not directly help him share some of the pressure from Liu Bei.

But it can stir up the forces under Yuan Shu's rule, although the forces under Yuan Shu have now gradually transferred to Sun Ce's rule.

However, this was not a big problem. Yuan Shao and his men's goal was to stir up chaos in the southern states, induce the Xuzhou families to rebel against Liu Bei, and attract Liu Bei's attention as much as possible.

As long as the southern states were in chaos, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would definitely take advantage of the chaos to conquer Jiangdong and Jingchu, and even take over Jiaozhou.

Li You's actions in Xuzhou were to try his best to stir up internal struggles among the Xuzhou families, and to turn a blind eye to Jizhou's small moves to invade Xuzhou.

When Liu Bei first took control of Xuzhou, he did not take much action against most of the aristocratic families in Xuzhou because he wanted to maintain stability in Xuzhou.

Faced with the transfer order from the Fenggao Government Affairs Office, the officials in Xuzhou delayed as much as possible and always acted as if the handover had not been completed yet. They had no intention of going to Qingzhou to take up the post at all.

Now, under the instigation of Jizhou and Li You's indulgence, the Xuzhou families have begun to actively contact each other and prepare to resist Li You's high-pressure rule.

Of course, if the Xuzhou noble families really raised the banner of rebellion, they would not dare to do so. After all, Li You’s high-pressure rule in Xuzhou only made them feel suffocated, and did not actually threaten their lives and safety.

However, once Liu Biao of Jingzhou made a move, the aristocratic families of Xuzhou had no choice but to move. It all depended on whether the aristocratic families of Xuzhou could suppress their greed.

"As long as Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou makes a move, Sun Bofu will definitely send troops, and then the Xuzhou aristocratic families will also take action. Who knows, Yizhou may also send troops from Ba County to Nan County." Chen Xi looked at Fa Zheng and said.

"So, the key on the southern battlefield is whether Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou wants to take back the land in northern Jingzhou?" Fa Zheng frowned.

"Not necessarily. Maybe it was Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin. After all, they want to strengthen themselves. In addition to Jiangdong, Jingchu is also a very good place. What's more, it can also avenge Sun Jian, killing two birds with one stone." Chen Xi said with a sneer.

"You mean, Yuan Gonglu has Yuan Benchu's men under his command?" Fa Zheng clearly heard this meaning from Chen Xi's words.

"That's not necessarily true. Although the civil and military officials under Yuan Gonglu's command are not top-notch, they are worthy of the word loyalty. They will not choose to betray Yuan Gonglu."

Chen Xi waved his hand. Of course there were Yuan Shao's people under Yuan Shu's rule, but those people were not Yuan Shu's civil officials or generals. Chen Xi was referring to the aristocratic families under Yuan Shu's rule.

"In other words, if Liu Jingsheng did not plan to return to Jingbei, would the noble families under Yuan Gonglu's rule also encourage and advise Sun Bofu to attack the four counties of Jingnan?" Fa Zheng said thoughtfully.

"Anyway, Yuan Benchu's goal is to create chaos in the south, then attract our attention there and reduce their pressure when fighting against Youzhou." Chen Xi said.

"Are Master Jia and Feng Xiao just going to watch the people from Jizhou stir up trouble here, aren't they afraid that Sun Bofu will become too powerful to be eliminated after he swallows up Jingzhou?" Fa Zheng asked in confusion.

Although they could take this opportunity to clean up Xuzhou and completely destroy the aristocratic families in Xuzhou, making them no longer able to restrain Xuzhou's military and political affairs.

However, if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were really allowed to send troops to Jingzhou, wouldn't Sun Ce instantly become much stronger?
As we all know, Liu Biao, who was hiding in southern Jing, was no match for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

The reason why Liu Biao can still stay in southern Jing and plan for northern Jing is just because Zhou Yu wants to use Liu Biao's head to make Sun Ce realize his mistake.

Liu Biao wouldn't really think that the only 50,000 or 60,000 troops he had left could fight against Sun Ce and take back northern Jing, right?
Liu Biao, who fled to Jingnan, had lost his spirit and vitality, and the morale of the army under his command was also low. It was even a question whether he could maintain his elite talents.

Oh, by the way, it is still unclear whether the Jingzhou army under Liu Biao has elite talents, and I don’t know whether there is such a thing as maintaining elite talents.

Therefore, if Liu Biao wanted to face Zhou Yu, who had already grasped the essence of elite talent, he would be far behind.

"It's okay. We will have to dispatch a detachment of troops to fight against the enemy at that time anyway." Chen Xi said to Fa Zheng with a smile, but did not give a precise answer.

"A partial army?" Fa Zheng looked at the smiling Chen Xi in astonishment, and then he remembered that it seemed inappropriate for them to mobilize a large number of troops in recent years.

According to Chen Xi's plan, the main theme of Liu Bei's rule in the next few years will be to develop people's livelihood rather than to eliminate disobedient people.

Because Chen Xi, who was in charge of Liu Bei's rule, had already mastered the kingly way, there was no need to start the treacherous mode of fighting to support war in order to unify the Han Dynasty.

Although the military strength under Liu Bei's command was already capable of suppressing the princes in all directions at this time, the other princes were not just there to sit there and do nothing.

Moreover, the most important point is that Chen Xi cannot be sure what kind of combat power the other princes can unleash once the war of unification of the Han Dynasty is launched.

You have to know that the entire war of unification during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period was either about turning the tide in adversity or being on the road to being overturned.

This was the case with Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei. They were all pushed off the altar when they were at the strongest, and then watched others successfully turn the tables in desperate situations while they themselves fell into the abyss.

Therefore, Chen Xi felt that it would be better for him to play it safe, so as to avoid being caught in the same misfortune that continued to occur during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

If it succeeds, it will be a story that will be sung for thousands of years; if it fails, it will be an accident that will be sung for thousands of years.

Although Liu Bei's forces could withstand one, two, or even four or five defeats, with the foundation built by Chen Xi, Liu Bei's forces could continue to be defeated until victory came. However, even Chen Xi and Yang Ji could not guarantee that they could win the battle and wipe out Sun Ce, Yuan Shao and other princes in one fell swoop.

If they failed to capture these people in one battle, then Chen Xi, Yang Ji and the others would have to face endless security battles and harassment battles, as well as repeated sit-ups by the stubborn princes.

Especially this guy Yuan Shao, if he is not captured in the first place, he will be in the god mode all the time.

Therefore, Chen Xi did not want to unify the Han Dynasty by quickly wiping out the remaining princes. Doing so would definitely leave countless hidden dangers.

Moreover, what Chen Xi wanted was the complete Han Dynasty, including the people and heroes around him. These were the foundation for Chen Xi to control the world in the future.

"Yes, it's a partial army. You also know what the main theme of our next few years will be." Chen Xi nodded and said.

"So unless it is necessary, we will not take the initiative to participate in large-scale battles." Chen Xi said to Fa Zheng seriously.

"Even if a war breaks out in the north between Yuan Benchu ​​of Jizhou and Gongsun Bogui of Youzhou, we will not get overly involved. At most we will send a detachment of 50,000 troops." Chen Xi stretched out his finger to illustrate what a detachment of 50,000 troops meant.

Fa Zheng looked at the distance between the two pieces in Chen Xi's hand, and the corners of his eyes twitched violently.

A 50,000-man detachment? It was indeed a 50,000-man detachment, but it was composed of 50,000 gifted armored soldiers, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other soldiers with inner energy as generals, Yang Ji as commander, and Chen Xi, Jia Xu, Li You, Guo Jia and other civil officials as military advisors.

Fa Zheng was sure that when Chen Xi was promoting the fact that he would not send out troops on a large scale, he would definitely form this so-called detachment and then drag it to the northern battlefield to cause havoc.

"Fifty thousand armored soldiers, are you sure it's just a small army?" Fa Zheng said dimly. He did not tell his guess. After all, those were fifty thousand double-talented super elite soldiers. He didn't know whether Yang Ji had gathered them together.

"Why can't it be considered a small troop? Compared to the 300,000 elite troops under Lord Xuande's command, can't 50,000 armored soldiers be considered a small troop?" Chen Xi said lazily.

There is still a certain difference between elite soldiers and armored soldiers. Elite soldiers are soldiers who have manifested elite talents, but this is not necessarily the case for armored soldiers.

Armored soldiers can be regular soldiers who have not yet manifested elite talents, elite soldiers who have manifested one elite talent, or even super elite soldiers who have manifested the effects of two elite talents.

Lu Xun behind Chen Xi couldn't help swallowing his saliva. What his teacher said was really too exciting.

Fifty thousand armored soldiers could be regarded as the main force in other princes' places, but in the end, Chen Xi only got a place as a detachment.

[This is an elite army of 300,000! ] Although Lu Xun didn't know what the elite army meant, the number of 300,000 troops alone was enough to amaze Lu Xun.

You should know that when Sun Ce and Zhou Yu besieged Shucheng before, they led only 60,000 troops, and the rate of wearing armor was not very high.

Moreover, among these 60,000 soldiers, more than half of them were miscellaneous soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. At most, there were only 30,000 regular soldiers.

Although Lu Xun didn't know the difference between the elite army and the regular army, since they were all described as elite, it must be an army mainly composed of regular soldiers.

Fa Zheng sighed. From Chen Xi's lazy tone, he was certain that Yang Ji must have already started gathering super elite soldiers with double talents.

Chen Xi and Yang Ji were definitely thinking that at the critical moment of the battle, Yang Ji or Guan Yu would lead this 50,000-strong "partial army" to attack the vital points of the Jizhou army and take down Yuan Shao in one fell swoop.

Moreover, the 50,000-man garrison has just enough deterrent power for the princes in all directions, but it will not be enough to put a big prince like Yuan Shao under great pressure.

There was pressure, but a 50,000-man troop would not cause panic in a great prince like Yuan Shao.

Even though these 50,000 troops were all armored soldiers, they were not difficult to deal with for a great prince like Yuan Shao.

It's just a regular soldier wearing armor. It's not like they can't take it out in Jizhou. Although it's leather armor, you can tell me whether it's a regular soldier wearing armor!
"Forget it. If you say it's a detachment, then it is a detachment. Anyway, we are not the ones who will suffer." Fa Zheng waved his hands with some fatigue. It seems that he still lacks experience, otherwise he would definitely join Chen Xi's plan.

"Oh, by the way, what were you two doing here just now?" Chen Xi didn't want to discuss the issue of forming a detachment anymore, and instead asked what Fa Zheng and Lu Xun were doing on the deck just now.

"Oh, nothing. I just want to see what kind of young man you, Zichuan, like." Fa Zheng looked at Lu Xun provocatively.

After meeting Fa Zheng's provocative eyes, Lu Xun's anger suddenly rose.

"You...are a rude person!" Lu Xun's face turned red, but he could only say such a meaningless word.

"Wow, you are still full of energy. Have you recovered? How about we debate again?" Fa Zheng challenged Lu Xun arrogantly.

Facing Fa Zheng's extremely arrogant face, Lu Xun blushed. He didn't know how to respond to Fa Zheng's words, so he had no choice but to look at Chen Xi.

"Okay, Xiaozhi, you're really something. Why are you competing with an eleven-year-old kid?" Chen Xi patted Lu Xun's shoulder and comforted the excited Lu Xun.

"Eleven years old..." Fa Zheng stretched out his voice, "I remember that Kong Ming had already awakened his spiritual talent when he was twelve years old."

After saying this, Fa Zheng stared at Lu Xun's expression, wanting to see what expression Lu Xun would show after knowing the existence of Zhuge Liang.

Fa Zheng knew that it was not the case that Lu Xun didn't know what spiritual talent was, because Chen Xi had already taught Lu Xun the common sense in this area.

What's more, Lu Xun himself was born into a noble family, so he must be aware of spiritual talent, a product of the utmost sublimation.

Just as Fa Zheng had expected, when Lu Xun heard that Zhuge Liang had awakened his spiritual talent at the age of twelve, his expression changed from excitement to shock.

Lu Xun subconsciously looked at Chen Xi, wanting to verify with Chen Xi whether what Fa Zheng said was true.

(End of this chapter)