Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 464 Ten Academicians
After sending away Bu Zhi, Zhou Cang, Zhou Wen, Yang Rui, and Deng Ai repeatedly deduced various possibilities for Cao Cao to enter Jingzhou.

The side hall of Baihu Hall was transformed into a war room, and a large map hung in the center of the war room, which Yang Rui and Deng Ai spent a lot of time putting together.The mountains, rivers, cities, lush forests, roads, cities, etc. are painted very delicately, and the proportions are relatively more accurate.

Zhou Cang has always wondered why the Yangtze River is so long, no matter where Cao Cao crosses the river, he can attack Jiangdong by land. Why did he have to fight Zhou Yu on the water?The course of the Yangtze River is twists and turns, and the Cao army's superiority in military strength is unfavorable at the twists and turns. It is difficult to defeat the Jiangdong navy without an advantage in military strength!There are only three or four places that are relatively flat and easy to use troops. One is the area around Jiangling, the other is the area around Chibi and Wulin, and the third is the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is our own sphere of influence.Crossing Jiangling is Jingnan, and attacking Jiangdong from Jingnan is separated by Dongting and Poyang. This large area is full of swamps, and it is impossible to march. Even from Jiangling to Huarong is a wetland.In other words, Cao Cao had no choice but to choose to fight Zhou Yu in Chibi and Wulin.Looking at the map, Zhou Cang worried about Liu Bei, whether Liu Bei would retreat according to the route he had drawn for him, and whether he could escape Cao Cao's pursuit.

When Deng Ai was drawing the map, he was thinking about how Cao Cao would march into Jiangdong after occupying Jingzhou. He put forward his own theory.Cao Cao will not only consider where to cross the river, but will also give Jiangdong enough time to mobilize troops and let Jiangdong choose a main battlefield. First, Cao Cao feels that he has a large number of troops, and as long as he has room to display, he is not afraid that Jiangdong will face the enemy head-on. The second is that Cao Cao is eager for Jiangdong to gather his troops in one place, so that the outcome of the first battle will be decided. As long as Sun Quan's main force is wiped out, Jiangdong can be won in one go.As for where Jiangdong will choose as the main battlefield, Deng Ai pointed to Chibi without hesitation, because Chibi is located in the northwest corner of the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the southwest of Xiakou corresponds to Xiakou. If Cao Cao can be defeated here, he will When Cao Cao was forced into Wulin, Cao Cao's retreat would have to pass through Huarong and go southward. In other words, as long as the water battle is won, it is possible to wrap Cao's army in this generation.

Zhou Wen applauded Deng Ai's analysis. He also believed that Jiangdong would use Chibi as the main battlefield. At the same time, he also believed that Cao Cao would not be at the mercy of Jiangdong. Cao Cao would definitely choose to launch in winter. First, Cao Cao needed to use several One month's time to appease Jingzhou, reorganize and surrender troops, and train his own navy. Second, the winter wind direction is conducive to Cao's army.

Zhou Cang kept silent, but he was muttering in his heart. In winter, the northwest wind is always the wind. How could there be a southeast wind? Zhou Wen thought about the wind direction, so it is impossible for Cao Cao and Zhou Yu not to think that Zhuge Liang must have borrowed the east wind. Sounds good, so what's the problem?Could it be that Cao Cao's fate was really bad, and he encountered an accidental natural phenomenon?That's bad enough.If Luo Guanzhong made it up, then what is Du Mu's explanation for Dongfeng not being with Zhou Lang?Or is there another possibility that Zhou Yu hid a navy and detoured behind Cao Cao to gain the upper hand?
Zhou Cang's thoughts were flustered, but Zhou Wen and others were in high spirits. After they reached an agreement on the battlefield and the time, they began to deduce how Sun Quan could defeat Cao Cao. They pushed back and forth, except for a lightning strike from the sky, Cao Cao seemed to have nothing at all. possibility of winning.

For several days in a row, several people did not find a good strategy to defeat Cao Cao. Zhou Wen even started to deduce what will happen after Cao Cao wins, and what should Xuzhou do.The deduction failed, but Kan Ze and Lu Ji came back, and Liu Hong came back with them.

Kan Ze and Lu Ji went to Shanyang and learned a lot from studying for more than a month, but they didn't convince Liu Hong to come to Xuzhou. They planned to return to Xuzhou after they finished their studies, but Cao Cao beheaded Kong Rong and marched south to Jingzhou, which angered old Liu Hong In a fit of anger, Liu Hong resigned from his post as prefect of Shanyang, and brought his family and companions to Xuzhou.

Zhou Cang was overjoyed, and immediately conferred the academician of Liu Hong College, where he gave lectures, taught arithmetic and calendar.Liu Hong's son, Liu Xiang, shined brilliantly and won the first place in the big exams. Mathematical Sciences and Calendar Science came out on top in the three big exams, which led to a rapid increase in the number of students in these two subjects. Sun Qian and Guan Ning were deeply worried about this. However, Zhou Cang was very happy. He discussed with Liu Hong to implement the "Qianxiang Calendar" in Liaodong from the 15th year of Jian'an, and persuaded Liu Xiang to give lectures at Liaodong College and prepare for the new calendar.

Then Zhou Cang summoned Ge Jun, Kan Ze, Lu Ji, and Liu Hong to discuss how to improve counting methods and calculation symbols, and put forward concepts such as Arabic numerals, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, decimals, and fractions. The four called Zhou Cang a heavenly man According to this method, counting and calculation will be extremely simple, and all agree to implement it in Xuzhou and other places. Liu Hong even calculated that a year should be 365 and 145/589 days, which made Zhou Cang almost worship. How did he calculate it? .Several people finally agreed to adopt a new algorithm starting from the 14th year of Jian'an. Zhou Cang knew that these people's mathematical talents were much higher than his own, but the counting methods in ancient times were different.

Zhou Cang called Zhang Shuang, Su Ping, and Zhang Jin to study and use new figures for bookkeeping in the future. Unfortunately, Zhou Cang didn't know accounting, otherwise he would use the debit and credit bookkeeping method.

The academicians of Huaxia College increased to ten at once: Guan Ning and Bing Yuan in Confucianism; Lu Ji in Mathematics; Ge Jun in Engineering; Liu Hong in History; Mi Fang in Agriculture; Hua Tuo in Medicine; Liu Li in Mining; , Chen Jiao; Hydraulics, Yuan Huan.Among the reserve talents: Engineering, Wang Dahui; Mathematics, Kan Ze; History, Liu Xiang, son of Liu Hong; Agriculture, Mi Zhen, son of Mi Fang; Mining, Zhang Xiong, son of Zhang Jaw, I hope Zhang Xiong will not be taken away by Liu Li Digging the grave.In addition, there can be economics in the future. Han Yue, Zhang Jin, and Su Yang are all outstanding young people.The more Zhou Cang thinks about it, the happier he is. If the number of academicians under him can reach 50, then the overall strength will at least double, and the speed of development will increase by leaps and bounds.Regrettably, the whereabouts of Zhang Zhongjing, the medical sage, has been unknown. Some people say that he lived in seclusion in the mountains and wrote books, while others said that he stayed among the people to treat diseases for the people.

Zhou Cang was delighted to have ten academicians, but Sun Gan felt that it was unfair. With Sun Qian’s self-cultivation, he would not feel unfair that he did not become an academician. He thought that although various miscellaneous subjects were also very important, the number of Confucian scholars was too large. is too little.In this regard, Zhou Cang can only forgive, explaining that the establishment of academicians is not to show how much knowledge an individual has, but the achievements these people have made in these fields and the benefits they have brought to the people of the world, which is hardly a contribution to the development of human society.

(End of this chapter)