Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2426 You think I think everyone is thinking

  Everyone obviously thinks differently.

  Emperor Liu Xie has thought hard and thought a lot, but once it enters the stage of implementation, there will be some deviations due to the collision between ideals and reality...

  Xi Xi's suggestion is actually not very kind.

  For Xi Ji, compiling history is not a purpose, but more like a proof of identity.

   It's like football in later generations.

  The men's football of later generations proved that the market economy is not a panacea.

  Compared with the current salary in the Great Han Dynasty, which has to be reduced or delayed from time to time, of course, the business that can make money is more important. How much money can Xiushi get?

   Give the emperor his life, how much money can he get?

   Then in the club, ah, bah, how much money can I get for playing a friendly match in front of the Yingchuan kids?

  Even if you really put in all your strength for the Son of Heaven, what if you get injured? Because of his serious injury, he withdrew from the court queue, so who will bear the loss?

  Anyway, Xiushi is just an identity. Of course, it is not serious when you swear an oath in front of the emperor. When you really go to the battle, I will be embarrassed. The sun is too big during the day, and the lights are not enough at night, too sunny on sunny days, too slippery on rainy days...

  But it is impossible to lose the title of Xiushi.

   It is impossible to revise history seriously, that is, to make do with it here and there.

But with this status, the value can be higher, so Xi Xi is not really thinking about the problem from the perspective of the emperor, he just wants such a national team, er, the status of writing history, and then the work of writing history is natural The sooner it ends, the better, and it’s best to go home after wandering around for a while, so Xi Ji found the excuse of "sacrificing captives". Firstly, it is a short-term matter that is in front of him, and secondly, it can be regarded as showing his face, and then it really ends. Now, my hair won’t be messed up, and I don’t need to work too hard. After playing the whole game, I can still walk home and play with my mobile phone. Bah, playing with women, cough cough, no, it’s time to rest and reflect...

   It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, the important thing is to participate.

   Participation is important.

As for the emperor Liu Xie, he is also very helpless. He thinks that he must establish such a name first, otherwise he will not even be able to gather people, but in fact, this is just a falsehood that has been formed for him all the year round. It's all about cognition, he dare not break the original confinement, so naturally he can only be limited by these rules and regulations.

   It’s just that these matters are all follow-up questions, and for the current war between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, it is indeed like Xi Xi speculated that Cao Cao won a big victory?

   Unnecessary.

  Cao Cao is considered a victory, but it is not counted.

  Sun Quan is also not considered a failure.

But what's interesting is that whether it's Cao Cao or Sun Quan, both sides are claiming to have won, just like the men's football team of later generations, even if they are at the bottom of the group and are cut all over the ground, they will laugh and declare what style they have promoted , showing what spirit the same.

   This is a war that exists in the mind, and both sides have won!

  Cao Cao said that he played well, and Sun Quan said that he played energetically...

   Well, in fact, what happened is like this. In order to transport wealth back to Jiangdong, Sun Quan greatly reduced the number of ships that can be used for combat. It also made it impossible to respond to the troops in time during the battle, control the water network area, and hinder Cao's attack. Therefore, Sun Quan received Zhou Yu's letter Afterwards, he was inspired and sent people to take the sea route, bypassing the frontal fighting area, and sent a seal to Xu County to express his loyalty and the so-called "Qing Jun's side" for the sake of the emperor.

   Interestingly, this seal was intercepted halfway before it was sent to the emperor.

   Just like stopping the captives coming from Guanzhong, Sun Quan's seal could not be delivered directly to Liu Xie.

  Although everyone from Cao Cao to Xun Yu knew that Sun Quan was full of nonsense in his watch, like a fart, but this fart also has some taste...

  The letter could bypass the front and be sent to Xu County, which meant that if Sun Quan had the will, he could bypass the Guangling Xiapi front and land directly behind Cao Jun!

Of course, as Cao Cao and Xun Yu, it is impossible to know that the second fool of the Sun family is actually transporting goods back to Jiangdong, and they cannot be transported at all for a while, and it is not so easy for Sun's current ships to go by sea. The small fleet is easy to say, if the scale is large, various things will be quite troublesome. This is the same as in the battlefield on land, where it is easy for small troops to infiltrate, the advance of large troops is greatly restricted.

   But the problem is that neither Cao Cao nor Xun Yu dared to gamble, or they don’t have much capital to gamble at the moment.

   You must know that this fool of the Sun family has sailed in historical ships, not only to Liaodong in the north, but also to Wanwan and Jiaozhi in the south!

   If the two fools are really forced to break the cans and smash the cans, send ships around the front, and then invade the rear, even a small team can't attack the city, but what about burning the wheat fields? What about destroying facilities? What about attacking caravans?

Cao Cao's navy is only in Jingzhou, and it is a second-level force, which belongs to the surrender series, while there are no navy at all in other places, at most there are only some civilian ships used to transfer supplies. Encountered the Jiangdong navy who didn't talk about martial arts, so I really couldn't come up with any solution.

   Therefore, after Xun Yu stopped Sun Quan's letter, he was also very embarrassed after thinking about it, and then hurriedly got in touch with Cao Cao...

Cao Cao was on the front line. Although he said he won the battle in Ling County and conquered Ling County, there were no people in Ling County, and all valuable things had been taken away long ago, so he got a piece of money. Is there any fruit in the land, indeed there is, but it is true that there is no benefit.

  Especially at the end of the battle in Ling County, although they successfully repelled Zhu Ran's attack and killed many Jiangdong soldiers, they still allowed many Jiangdong soldiers to escape, and at the same time showed the advantages of Jiangdong soldiers on the waterway. Cao Jun couldn't control the waterway, or in other words, couldn't control the entire waterway. Even if he got stuck at a certain point, he couldn't be sure that he could stop the Jiangdong water army. As long as the Jiangdong navy does not disembark, Cao Jun has nothing to do with the Jiangdong navy most of the time.

  Ordinary bows and arrows have a limited range, and trebuchets run much slower than ships. If it is like the middle and upper reaches of the river, the river is not wide, and there are more or less means, like the lower reaches of the river, or the swampy lake area, I am really looking forward to it.

  In addition to the reasons for fighting, Cao Cao's side is also under great economic pressure. Although it is a good thing to have more soldiers and generals, the military expenditure is an astonishing amount. You must know that under Cao Cao, the proportion of soldiers in the field is not small, just like in Cao Cao's back camp is the army of General Ren Jun, who is in the field, and there will be a busy summer and autumn harvest. If you continue to fight...

   Money, a penny beats a hero. Cao Cao naturally has no worries about food and drink, but what about the soldiers under his command, and the people under his direct control? Originally, he was living without money. If the economy deteriorates again, Cao Cao really can't imagine what will happen.

Under the balance of many parties, both Cao Cao and Xun Yu felt that they would accept it as soon as it was good. After all, although Cao Jun said that he lost Guangling, Guangling was not under Cao Cao's direct jurisdiction, and he defeated the Taishan Army in succession, killing him. Changxi disabled Yin Li, greatly weakened the threat of Qingxu, and at the same time took the opportunity to oppress the Chen family of Xiapi, which severely hit the strength of the Chen family.

In terms of record, defeating Zhou Tai, beating off Xie Zan, and killing Zhu Ran is also remarkable, so now the two sides have a temporary truce and split Guangling into two, which is a relatively acceptable result .

   After all, even if you continue to attack, it doesn't make much sense. Cao Cao doesn't have a boat now, if Sun Quan runs away by boat with oil on his feet, Cao Cao can only look at the river and sigh helplessly. As for why the dividing line is not drawn at the Yangtze River, it is because Guangling itself has been abandoned, and there is no point in having more land. In addition, if it is ruled across the river, Cao Cao does not have a navy to defend the east of the river, so it is better to release a section of the area. , It is equivalent to strengthening the wall and clearing the field, so that even if the Jiangdong Army wants to march, it cannot get any supplies from Guangling.

So Cao Cao sent envoys in the name of the Son of Heaven to express a truce between the two sides, and raised Sun Quan to a higher level, from a fifth-rank general to a fourth-rank general, General Pinglu Zhonglang, and then secretly warned Sun Quan that young people should practice martial arts, and rat tail juice...

   On Sun Quan's side, it is indeed "somewhat difficult" to expand the results of the battle.

   Zhou Tai was seriously injured, which made Sun Quan feel distressed...

   Xie Zan was also injured, and Sun Quan was so angry that his nose almost crooked.

  Zhou Tai was really injured, and he came back stained with blood. If it wasn't for Zhou Tai's phoenix attribute blessing, um, or some kind of luck, he might have just died on the front line! And even if the injury can heal this time, let alone whether there are any hidden dangers, just talking about the recovery period, don't even think about going out for a year or two.

  Xie Zan's injury, compared with Zhou Tai, is like a child's play. Sun Quan even wondered if Xie Zan's wound would heal automatically if he came later. The bandage was quite big, and his voice was extremely weak, but his face was ruddy. According to Sun Quan's private dispatch of personnel to inquire, Xie Zan can eat and sleep freely...

   Then Zhu Ran also lost.

  Sun Quan didn't have much opinion on Zhu Ran's failure. After all, Zhu Ran was facing Cao Cao. It is naturally best to win, and it is normal to lose, but the war equipment that Cao Cao displayed during the battle sounded the alarm for Sun Quan.

On the one hand, there are not enough ships, and on the other hand, defending the city on land may not be the opponent of Cao Jun's siege equipment. It is an inevitable choice.

  At the same time, Sun Quan is the same as Cao Cao. In addition to the reasons of the frontal battlefield, Sun Quan's rear is also threatened...

  Sometimes, a person's position does not represent the person's ability, but under certain conditions, the level of the position will affect many problems.

Sun Jian was just a general who broke the captives before, and although Sun Quan claimed to be the lord of Jiangdong, in fact, his previous position was still a low-ranking fifth-rank miscellaneous number. Such a title caused Sun Quan to have insufficient influence in some matters in Jiangdong, because in some Relatively speaking, areas that are relatively closed, especially the land of Shanyue, are somewhat disapproving when they hear that it is just a miscellaneous general and a rank five.

  Many Shanyue said, "I think that Lao Tzu's Lao Tzu's Lao Tzu fought against General Pingnan and General Du Liao in the past. What kind of general is General Polu now?" 』

In addition, the Sun family is considered an outsider. For Jiangdong scholars, it is not only the difference between outsiders and locals, but also the feeling of **** and oppression, which leads to this contradictory relationship at certain times. Not only will it affect Sun Quan's rule, but it will even lead to the subsequent development of Jiangdong.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Shanyue and the Jiangdong gentry have some problems to pull Sun Quan's crotch, but this time Sun Quan has been promoted to a level, and I don't know if he can still feast, drink and laugh when he returns to the army. come out?

  Let’s put aside Sun Quan’s follow-up actions. Along the southeast coast of the Han Dynasty, besides Sun Quan, there is another person who is also full of interest in overseas sailing.

  Since Liu Bei arrived in Jiaozhi, beat Shi Xie away, and officially took office as the prefect of Jiaozhi, he also began to have some interest in the two major local ports.

In the place of Cochin, because the fields are relatively barren and the sea breeze invades, the planting industry is not as developed as the inland areas, and there has been a custom of fishing boats going out to sea since ancient times. In the south, there is still a large area of ​​land suitable for cultivation, which can be harvested twice or even three times a year, which naturally made Liu Bei pay more attention to navigation technology.

   Liu Bei’s ability in civil affairs may not be much stronger than that of ordinary gentry children, but Liu Bei has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, he can put down his figure...

  So during the period of Jiaozhi, since Liu Bei decided to take his brothers to take root in this land, he waved his double-pronged sword and released "good intentions" towards the local aborigines.

Especially in front of Guan and Zhang, with the blessing of the big man's iron armor, the force of these natives is like a child's play house. When they meet a real guy, they are at a loss and it is difficult to resist. Under such circumstances, Submission, or a temporary compromise, has become the only way for these natives.

   On this day, in the lobby of Liu Bei's military conference, a huge "sea chart" was hung.

In the chart, about several cities in Jiaozhi are marked, and at the bottom of the chart, they are relatively abbreviated, but even so, there is still a large area of ​​land, which is obviously larger than the area of ​​Jiaozhi to be bigger.

Of course, this piece of sea chart could not have been drawn by Liu Bei himself, but was copied from Fei Qian before Liu Bei set off. Don't think too much about whether the picture is in proportion, the details of the city and mountains, the river's estuary, etc.

  At least, at the moment, in Jiaozhi, when Liu Bei showed it, it still shocked many local indigenous people. Especially these dark-skinned people.

  At the same time, what Liu Bei obtained from Fei Qian was not only this copy of the sea chart, but also Fei Qian's war mode of using war to promote trade and trade to support war!

  『From Nichinan to west, you have to cross mountains and ridges, and the mountains are high and densely forested. For thousands of years, there are few people inhabited, and there is no suitable road. It may not be possible to get out after walking for several months...』

Liu Bei pointed to the marks on the chart and said, "But taking a boat is different. You can continue down from the south. There are large islands along the way, and there are also people inhabited. With sailing and oars as power, you can rest for more than ten days. You don’t have to worry about being adrift at sea, and you don’t have to worry too much about resupply...』

   These days, from Nichinan County to the south, there is simply nothing. There is no information, and there is no so-called county system. It is an unknown area over there, and even the aborigines are not very clear about the situation there.

  『The most important thing is, these places,』 Liu Bei tapped on the chart, indicating that it is the key point, 『It is said that rice can be cooked twice a year! There are also rare treasures such as pearls, tortoiseshell spices, etc., which are naturally inconvenient to transfer on mountain roads. If they are carried by boats, even a single shipment is worth a lot! 』

  Having rice that is harvested twice a year means that you can support people and soldiers, and having these rare goods means that you can be profitable!

  Shi Xie was in Jiaozhi before, and he also had a shipyard and built some ships at the same time, but the purpose of Shi Xie building ships was only for the convenience of his own travel, and he never thought about expanding outward. After Liu Bei occupied Jiaozhi, he felt that the shipyard was too small, and the timber stored for shipbuilding was too little, which was not enough at all.

   So where is the wood in abundance?

  Naturally, it is the area occupied by people.

  Pull Zhanren to the bed, uh, boat, let these Zhanren willingly provide shipbuilding wood for free, after all, they are "partners", isn't it more cost-effective than Liu Bei himself having to spend money to find Zhanren to buy?

  Although Liu Bei's description is quite attractive, the indigenous representatives still have some worries about taking the lead.

After all, for these people, the big man is a fearsome person, but at the same time, the sea is also a fearsome person. People in the coastal areas die in the sea every year, either because they are too late to run when the tide is high, or because the canoe Overturned by the sea, or damaged by a typhoon...

   Moreover, Zhan Ren believes that the biggest problems facing the sea are not only these...

"direction? ”Liu Bei listened to the interpreter’s strenuous report, and some couldn’t understand, “What direction? Oh, I see…"

  Liu Bei turned his head and smiled with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. In this smile, there was the ease with which Zhanren asked the question, and also the pride of being a big man.

Because the so-called sailing along the coastline, it is impossible to walk close to the seaside all the time, because there are many hidden reefs on the shore, if you accidentally touch it, you will be finished, so generally speaking, you will sail about ten or twenty miles away from the coastline. But in this way, when it is clear, you can still see which direction the land is in. Once the weather is bad, or a sudden gust of wind blows the ship off the course, Zhanren, who has no ability to distinguish the direction, will be in the vast sea. Above, there is no reference, it is close to death!

  Liu Bei laughed and said: "This matter is easy... We people can "stretch the stars" to distinguish east, west, north and south! 』

After translating, I don’t know how Zhan Ren understood this so-called “star-stretching art”. It should generally represent the power of the stars, or represent the moon or something, but I was surprised, and my heart was inevitably overwhelmed. A little envious, and then a little greedy.

   After all, for Liu Bei and others, the technology of occupying people is quite low, and this technology that can almost change their plight at sea is like seeing a clear spring in the desert for a thirsty person.

"Want to learn? Liu Bei raised his eyebrows, "It's not that I can't teach you... But if you learn it, your people will run away. Aren't we teaching for nothing? In this way, you can send people to learn, but you have to work here for at least twenty years... No, no, ten years is too short, so, fifteen years, this is the bottom line! fifteen years! That `s a deal! 』

  (end of this chapter)