The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 119 The Alliance of Princes
Linzi Theater is about to form a 20 army, but it has not been formed yet, let alone all recruits, who have no combat effectiveness at all.Calculated in this way, Liu Bei now has nearly 40 soldiers and horses, of which 20 are recruits, and there are not many that can be used.

The minimum number of troops in the three war zones is [-], especially in places like Xuzhou, where [-] soldiers and horses are not enough, and some more soldiers and horses must be added.

Not to mention the Jinan War Zone bordering Jizhou. Once winter is over, troops must be increased immediately. At least the number of soldiers in the Jinan War Zone must reach more than [-] in order to effectively defend and contain part of Yuan Shao's army.At least [-] soldiers and horses should be left here in Linzi just in case.

In this way, only 20 soldiers and horses can be mobilized, and Cao Cao, who now has [-] soldiers and horses, can completely spare [-] to attack Yuzhou.

Liu Bei can mobilize [-] soldiers to go to Yuzhou to drink some soup, but if he goes to rob Yuzhou with Cao Cao now, will Cao Cao agree? If Cao Cao gets angry and runs to join Yuan Shao to attack Liu Bei together, it will be fun. It's not that Cao Cao can't do such a thing.

Anyway, if he doesn't occupy Yuzhou, he will be killed by Yuan Shao or Liu Bei sooner or later. It doesn't matter, just give Liu Bei a hand before he dies, and in this way, he may find a way out between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei.

After the alliance with Sun Jian was confirmed, Liu Bei left everything to Chen Ziming, and asked Chen Ziming to communicate with those forces who wanted to form an alliance with Liu Bei first, and determine the basic alliance conditions. After Liu Bei got married, he could send people to Talk about details.

There is no way, Liu Bei only has Chen Ziming's ability and rights here. Others, whether it is Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Chen Gong, or Guan Yu, Sun Gan, etc., either do not have such great rights, or they do not have the ability to reassure Liu Bei.

What Zhou Yu said was right, in the entire Liu Bei Group, only Chen Ziming could make the decision on Liu Bei's behalf, and no one else had the right to make decisions such as forming an alliance.

The so-called alliance is just an interface for a temporary truce, and the one who gets it is his own, so Chen Ziming's negotiation conditions are very clear, if there is no money and no one, then give it the territory.

The conversation with Cao Ang was actually with Xun You who accompanied Cao Ang, which wasted a lot of words from Chen Ziming. Chen Ziming originally proposed that Cao Cao would exchange Jiyin County in Yanzhou for Liu Bei not to interfere with Cao Cao's capture of Yuzhou. Unfortunately, after a long discussion, Xun You only accepted Ruo Hand over the southern city of Jiyin County to Liu Bei.

This is still Chen Ziming's firm insistence that he must get Nancheng, otherwise, Liu Bei will not even get Nancheng in the end.

Nancheng, connecting Xuzhou and Mount Tai, is definitely a strategic location. Before Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, he entered Xuzhou from Nancheng.

Chen Ziming was satisfied with taking this strategic location without spending a single soldier. If Nancheng fell into Liu Bei's hands, it would cut off Cao Cao's way to attack Xuzhou from Yanzhou.

Now if Cao Cao wants to attack Xuzhou, he must take Yuzhou and attack from Yuzhou. In this way, Liu Bei only needs to defend against the attack from the direction of Yuzhou, and the land of Xuzhou does not need to fight on both sides.

The initial conditions for Liu Bei and Cao Cao's alliance were reached. Cao Cao exchanged the Nancheng of Jiyin County for a year, and Liu Bei could not send troops to threaten Cao Cao or send troops to Yuzhou.

Originally, Chen Ziming wanted a county of Yuzhou, but Xun You firmly disagreed. Even if Chen Ziming said that he would lead his troops to capture it, Xun You would not agree. If Liu Bei dared to mess around, Cao Cao would turn to Yuan Shao and attack Liu Bei together.

Chen Ziming believes that Cao Cao can definitely do it, because this is indeed a way out for Cao Cao. Although it is very dangerous, at least there is still a chance of survival, which is better than being trapped in Yanzhou.

As for the alliance with Yuan Shao, that's easy. The so-called alliance is nothing more than verbal talk. Although Xu You said that he wanted Liu Bei and Yuan Shao to reach a two-year covenant not to attack each other, Chen Ziming is not an idiot.

Two years is enough for Yuan Shao to capture the entire Youzhou and digest the land of Youzhou, so that Youzhou can truly become Yuan Shao's help. At that time, Liu Bei will not be able to stop the war if he wants to.

The land of three states, and the land of the three states is fertile and has a large population. It is not a big problem to have an army of one million. In the end, it is Liu Bei who is unlucky.

As for the alliance with Cao Cao to fight against Yuan Shao, Chen Ziming did not believe that Cao Cao would sincerely help Liu Bei. If Yuan Shao attacked Liu Bei with all his strength, Cao Cao, who was sitting in two states, would definitely watch the show and wait for the opportunity. You can beat the dog in the water, and the final winner must be Cao Cao.

Of course, if Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao first, Chen Ziming would also choose to sit aside and watch the show. When the strength of both sides was greatly damaged, he could send troops to destroy one side, and then find an opportunity to dominate the northern land.

Both Chen Ziming and Cao Cao knew that although Yuan Shao was strong, he did not have the ability to crush Cao Cao or Liu Bei. The final result would be that both sides would suffer, or one side would win miserably.

The reason why Chen Ziming did not form an alliance with Yuan Shao and reached a so-called two-year agreement was because he had made up his mind not to allow Yuan Shao to easily occupy Youzhou.

Although Youzhou and Qingzhou do not directly border each other, with Jizhou separated by land, the sea route is unimpeded. From Qingzhou to Youzhou, the sea route is very fast. It only takes one day to reach the coast of Youzhou from Linqu Military Port. When Gan Ning's navy went to sea for drills, they had already found out the route.

In the end, Xu You still failed to convince Chen Ziming. Of course, it was not fruitless. How could such a big man like Yuan Shang come in person to negotiate such a boring matter? Ever since he showed his face on the first day, he didn't know where he went .

Chen Ziming also used this to flirt with Xu You. At first Xu You didn't know what Chen Ziming meant, but after a while, Xu You realized that Chen Ziming was going to instigate him.

The smart Xu You has this opportunity, of course he is willing to find a way out for himself. In his opinion, Yuan Shao is indeed very powerful now, but no one can tell what will happen in the future.

But Xu You was not an idiot, he didn't make any promises to Chen Ziming, and he didn't give Chen Ziming any excuses, which made Chen Ziming a little disappointed.

Although he didn't complete the task, Xu You didn't care, because he knew that his master Yuan Shao didn't care about forming an alliance with Liu Bei at all, and besides, he still had Yuan Shang on his head, so it didn't matter to him.

Chen Ziming finally received Gongsun Zan's son, Gongsun Xu.Gongsun Xu is about the same age as Chen Ziming, but Gongsun Xu does not have the talents of his father and the others, and is completely a standard second-generation official.

Looking at the honest Gongsun Xu in front of him, Chen Ziming decided not to bully the children, and directly negotiated terms with Tian Yu who accompanied Gongsun Xu.

(End of this chapter)