Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

What about Cao Hong?

What about Xu Huang?

What about Cao Zhen?

There are people like Cao Xiu, Guo Huai, Zhao Yong...

Even Sima Yi and Cao Cao himself!

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Xiahouyuan alone has gathered 5 people. How many of these famous Cao Wei generals are added together?

How many thousands did Liu Bei's party who defeated these famous Cao Wei generals have?

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When Zhang Yan was in later generations, he once read a very interesting saying on the Internet, that is, the ancient military strategists, whether they were from the East or the West, were limited by their own knowledge, education and other experiences. "The upper limit of force command".

If the scale of the battlefield is within this upper limit of command, then the general or strategist will be able to strategize, but once it exceeds this upper limit, mistakes will inevitably occur, and frequent "opportunities" will be given to the opponent.

Take Liu Bei as an example. When he had hundreds of people under his command, he commanded the battle to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turbans. Wasn't he doing a good job?

Later, he resisted Cao Cao's invasion in Xuzhou. Although he was defeated in a hurry under the attacks of Lu Bu and Cao Cao in the end, it can be regarded as a degree of advancement and retreat?

Then why did you pull your hips like this when it came to the Battle of Yiling?

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Regarding this incident, some people think that it was because Liu Bei lost his two godbrothers and was so anxious that he gave the famous Soochow general Lu Xun a chance.

But there is another saying that the scale of the battle of Yiling is too large, and it has exceeded Liu Bei's "command ceiling".

He had never commanded so many soldiers before, and he forcibly marched without the assistance of counselors, which left Lu Xun with a chance to win more with less.

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What happened to Liu Bei in the battle of Yiling back then... It is impossible to verify this point.

At the very least, judging from Zhang Yan's current development, the chances of the Yiling battle happening again are not too high.

However, this does not affect Zhang Yan's ability to use this "command upper limit" theory to understand Fazheng.

In his view, since Fazheng was able to command tens of thousands of people in the battle of Hanzhong and finally won, wouldn't it be easy for him to command a coalition of princes of the same level to challenge Dong?

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Zhang Yan, who knew the context of the matter in advance, knew very well that as long as there were no major changes, Dong Zhuo would at most fail this time, but he would not die in battle——

In other words, there is a high probability that he will retreat to Chang'an as in history, then set fire to Luoyang City, and let the imperial court reward the princes of the Kanto region to divide the troops of these coalition forces.

If this is the case, when rewarding the princes, whoever is more threatening and who has a better record must be rewarded more abundantly.

If it is said that Zhang Yan was more afraid of the idea of ​​beating Dong before, then he is looking forward to it now.

He is looking forward to what kind of results he can achieve in this "team boss battle" after two years of preparation this time.

At the same time, what kind of rewards can his achievements bring him.

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At the very least... the state shepherd dare not think about it, it should be no problem to be named a general and assassin, right?

If he has a name like General Zhengdong, he will find a way to get an entrance to the sea from his neighbor to the east, and it will not be considered as crossing the line.

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Zhang Yanke still remembers that when he first came into contact with Wonders, he got a blueprint for the construction of the "Venice Armory".

As a spectacle related to the development of the navy, that thing can bring a very obvious bonus to ship construction, and even draw him a ship design blueprint that he does not have.

Jiangdong is remote... Compared with the Central Plains, neither Fujian, Jiangxi nor the Guangdong and Guangxi areas near Jiaozhou are actually not suitable for development.

If not, Yangzhou, as the second largest state in the world, would not have only six counties of Lujiang, Danyang, Wujun, Kuaiji, Yuzhang, and Jiujiang as it is now.

If Zhang Yan can indirectly obtain an entrance to the sea by asking Dong, then in the next time, a pier can be built on the basis of the entrance to explore the ocean...

To put it closer, he can go to the Penghu Islands and the big and small Ryukyu Islands to carry out construction there and use them as his logistics base.

Speaking far away... the Fusang Kingdom in the north and the Pacific Spice Islands in the south are both rich and rich!

Even if it is not very helpful to Zhang Yan in terms of farming, whether it is the minerals in the north or the spices in the south, they can play too much role...

Also, apart from these places, Jiaozhou Lingnan has given people a primitive and barbaric feeling since ancient times.

It seems that the forces that occupied that area, whether it was Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period, or later Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen, did not really regard it as a core area for development.

But is the terrain there really bad?

Not really,

Among the seven counties in Jiaozhou, there are four counties in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas.

The characteristics of these four counties are that there are many mountains, and the mountains are stretched into stretches, and there is almost no way to build roads.

But once you cross Jiaozhou and come to the locations of the remaining three counties, the situation will be different...

In the south of Guangdong and Guangxi, the remaining three counties of Jiaozhou are in the territory of the later Vietnam Kingdom. Not to mention that the land is fertile and suitable for farming, the climate is hot and humid throughout the year. Rice can be cooked twice or even three times a year, which can be called a ruthless food. production machine.

A large part of the reason why Soochow did not develop the territory of Nanyue Kingdom, especially Vietnam, is that there are "impassable land routes". Starting from the capital Jianye, it is necessary to cross the mountains and mountains of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi, and then break through. You can only see it after the rainforest.

This is too much development cost for a classical dynasty.

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But for Zhang Yan, Vietnam... well, the land of Nanyue is really fat as hell.

The high-quality grain seeds, the huge plain like Yizhou, and the weather that is extremely suitable for grain cultivation made Zhang Yan regard it as his grain production base from the very beginning.

As long as people and food are transported back and forth by excellent ships, it may take only one month to go back and forth.

In this way, the mountains in the middle are no longer a problem.

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In this way, while thinking about his various plans after participating in the feudal lords' bid for Dong, Zhang Yan handled Lujiang's affairs in an orderly manner, quietly waiting for that day to approach.

And soon, with the passage of time, the military parade and military exercises in Lujiang also came to an end.

On the afternoon before the end of the exercise, the Marquis of Wanguo's Mansion once again welcomed an uninvited guest.

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"Master, Marquis Wu Cheng sent someone to look for you at the mansion again, and he is waiting in the side hall now, do you think you want to go there now?"

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Hearing the report from his subordinates, Zhang Yan thought it was Sun Jian who finally couldn't sit still, and took the initiative to send someone to his house, wanting to chat with him about the artillery procurement plan.

It's just that he rushed to the side hall in a hurry, and when he glanced over, the people present were not messengers at all.

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His eldest son, Sun Ce, who is not yet an adult, is sitting on his seat with a face full of resentment, as if he is secretly complaining about something.

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"This...how is it you?"

He glanced at the other party in disbelief, but Zhang Yan never thought that the emissary mentioned by the servant just now was none other than Sun Ce who was dressed as a messenger.

"Sun family boy, what are you doing here?"

"Just now the attendant in my mansion said that it was Wu Chenghou's envoy who came to visit, so the envoy was talking about you?"

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Seeing Zhang Yan appear, Sun Ce's eyes lit up.

It's not the kind of shining when seeing a good friend, but shining like seeing an enemy.

He immediately got up from the ground and hurried towards Zhang Yan's direction.

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"Marquis of the Kingdom of Wan, I see you again!"

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Chapter 51 Guzhang tribute tea...and the philosophy of life 2000 years ahead

"Hmph, it's me, why, isn't the Marquis of Wan not welcome?"

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As soon as Sun Ce opened his mouth, Zhang Yan felt a strong smell of a bear from the other party.

I don't know why, the young people in ancient times, like some he came into contact with, were obviously precocious.But when it came to Sun Ce, it looked like his brain hadn't developed yet.

"Nothing, what are you doing here?"

Shaking his head lightly, Zhang Yan didn't care if the other party came or not, he was just a little curious.

"Of course I come to your house because I have something important to do."

Sun Ce didn't talk too much.

"I came to you today because my father wanted to bring you some of our Changsha specialties."

"Father said, let me deliver these boxes to you with my own hands. These are all gifts from Jingnan."

He raised his face, his expression was a bit complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

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"Gift?"

"I thought it was... no, nothing."

"A gift? This is not unusual."

"Can I open it and see?"

Looking at the several boxes in front of him curiously, Zhang Yan couldn't guess what the other party gave him for a while.

Looking at Changsha... you say rich... not particularly rich.