Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1644 Build a line of defense

"No one can avoid this war. The Ming Dynasty is so powerful that its ambition to unify the world cannot be hidden!" Xi Zhicai said analytically: "Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce are not heroes who can be inferior to others. So we will have a battle with them sooner or later, it's just a matter of time!"

"There is another question, and that is whether they will launch the war against us first, or we will attack first!"

"This question is also important."

"It even matters where the battlefield is!"

Xi Zhicai sighed, and said: "We have put a lot of thought into the local area. Once a war breaks out in our territory, it will directly destroy our hard work in the past few years!"

"For example, during the Battle of Wancheng that year, our management of Nanzhou managed to improve. Because of this battle, Nanzhou's economic population fell directly from the best in the Daming Realm to the worst!"

"War brings destructive power, which is too terrifying!"

"So how to avoid the outbreak of war in our territory is a very huge problem. I advocate that we should act first!"

What Xi Zhicai said was categorical.

Mu Jing also became a little moved when he heard this, but he was more rational: "But at present, we are facing two problems. First, in front of the people of the world, I promised not to use weapons easily. My reputation alone does not matter, but Daming cannot It gives people an impression that words don’t count, this time Daming’s image among the people has been severely damaged, and the reputation of an imperial court is very difficult to manage, but it is very easy to destroy it!”

The reputation of the imperial court is equivalent to the credibility of a country, which cannot be destroyed.

"Second point!"

Mu Jing stared forward, and the scenery of Yudu City in front of him was shrouded in his eyes. He said in a low voice: "Our war reserves are not enough to be able to unify the world. If we act first and start the war in advance, it will be difficult for us. Our impact is huge!"

In the past few years, he has been perfecting the ability of war reserves. The Ming army has been reorganized and expanded, all of which are in preparation for the war.

Another point is the Artillery Army.

The Artillery Army is his trump card, but the adaptation and manufacture of the second-generation artillery are still at a critical stage. Without this trump card, he would have to pay a greater price if he wanted to dominate the world.

This is what he doesn't want.

That's why he has some helpless anxiety. On the one hand, he wants to take the initiative to start a war and throw the battlefield into someone else's territory. On the other hand, he hopes to have more time to delay the war.

Contradictory, very contradictory.

It is precisely because of these contradictions that it is difficult for him to make a decision.

"Your Majesty, if we start the war early, will our losses be great?" Xi Zhicai pondered for a moment before asking a crucial question.

"meeting!"

Mu Jing said: "If you give me one or two more years, I am absolutely sure that I can directly unify the world with the least cost!"

"Artillery Army?" Xi Zhicai's sense of touch is very, very keen. He can already guess one or two of the trump card in Mu Jing's hand. Others are afraid of new weapons. As one of the giants of the Privy Council of the Ming Dynasty, he knows this aspect well. Deeper.

"Ok!"

Mu Jing nodded: "I am indeed waiting for the Artillery Army to complete its expansion and improve its combat effectiveness. As long as the Artillery Army can achieve this, I have [-]% certainty that I will be able to dominate the world within two years, instead of beating him four or five times." In a few years, I can't afford to spend too much energy, if everything is wasted on war, I still hope that more time can be wasted on improving the lives of the people!"

He came to this era not to fight wars. Fighting wars is just a means to make the world more obedient to his blueprint.

He brought the thought of the future, in this era, to make life better in this era. War is full of destructiveness, and life is always beautiful.

That's why he hopes to use better means and faster ways to quickly solve this troubled world.

It's just that many things are not as beautiful as he thought. Even as a contemporary person with a future thinking soul, his talent is still limited.

To be honest, playing with heroes like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, I don't know how many brain cells will die in a day.

It is equivalent to a powerful weapon, it also depends on who is in control, a child with a big knife can't beat an adult with a wooden stick.

Talent is the basic core competitiveness, and everything else is just a means.

After these years of fighting, Mu Jing made himself more mature, and also made the weapons in his hands more powerful, so he gradually gained the upper hand.

In fact, he never thought of developing something like gunpowder at the beginning. This kind of war weapon is equivalent to Pandora's box, and what is released is definitely a terrifying demon.

But he later figured it out, if gunpowder will appear sooner or later, and hot weapons will cover the battlefield of cold weapons sooner or later, then he will not be able to stop it.

He personally came to start this era of hot weapons, but it can make this world a better place.

But now time has become the biggest problem.

Perhaps Cao Cao felt the threat, the deadly threat, and made the old fox join forces with Jiangdong at any cost, eat Hebei, and form an alliance with Beiyan.

In all of this, Cao Cao is making concessions. His purpose is very obvious, which is to gather all the forces that can be united as soon as possible to deal with the Ming court.

In Cao Cao's view, the greatest enemy in the world today is the Ming court. As long as the Ming court is destroyed, everything else seems to be within easy reach.

So he's already sped up the timing of the attack.

Once Hebei is stabilized and the three princes form an alliance, their attack on Ming Dynasty will not be far away.

"Even if there is no artillery army, with our current strength, we may not be afraid of them!" Xi Zhicai said softly.

"Half a catty eight taels!"

Mu Jing said: "I'm not afraid of them, but if I want to sink them, it may not be possible. To rule the world, at least ten or even twenty years of chaotic wars will take place. I can't bear it, and the soldiers can't accept it." , fighting means death, no one can avoid this, the longer the war, the more people will die!"

He sighed and said: "And let's not forget that the Central Plains is not without any scruples. Once we suffer heavy losses in the civil war and the number of people becomes smaller and smaller, which leads to a decrease in the productivity of the entire Central Plains and weakened combat effectiveness, then the people on the grassland Will those nomads in the country remain indifferent to this!"

He thought of the direction of history, and it was chaotic.

Every time the civil war on the land of Shenzhou is too serious, foreign enemies will invade. After the Three Kingdoms, the Sima family established the Jin Dynasty, but at that time, the rituals and music had collapsed, there was no absolute order, and the entire court was in chaos Very much, it led to the rise of the Xianbei Hu tribe, and later entered an era when the Han people were like two-legged sheep.

Such a dark age was even worse than the Anti-Japanese War of the later generations. The entire north fell, and most of the gentry traveled to the south in full clothes, and they had to go to the south to take refuge.

Even if Mu Jing had not experienced that era, he could still feel the horror brought about by that era.

Compared with the people of later generations, when learning the history of the Anti-Japanese War, many things cannot be empathized with behind, but they can also arouse some resonance.

Mujing sometimes feels that he will come to an era when the Three Kingdoms are fighting for power, maybe it is the fate of the Han people who are struggling, and they are unwilling to repeat that dark era.

My mission is more to make the Han people in the Central Plains stronger and avoid the dark age of falling.

Solving the civil war is the first priority.

He must unify the world, this point, he has long been firm in his mind, and now all he has to consider is the issue of time.

"Xianbei?"

Xi Zhicai squinted his eyes: "Aren't the Xiongnu more aggressive?"

"The Xiongnu have been around for hundreds of years. How much potential can they have after the division of the North and the South!" Mu Jing shook his head: "I think that the Xianbei tribe is even more terrifying, and they have more vitality. Once they are given a chance, they will Occupy the best land to feed their tribe!"

Historically, Xianbei was able to live in the Central Plains. Not to mention other things, even the royal family of Li and Tang had Xianbei blood.

He said in a low voice: "It's really up to me to choose. I would rather join forces with the Huns than defeat Shen Xianbei. In fact, I am more afraid of Xianbei!"

"Beiyan should have a certain connection with Xianbei!" Xi Zhicai said, "Otherwise, Uncle Liu's backyard would not be so stable. If he dared to send the main force south, Xianbei would have driven straight in!"

"Not surprisingly!"

Shepherd nodded.

I have never experienced the era when Xianbei killed blood into rivers. People in this era do not have much aversion to Xianbei tribes. Liu Bei is not the first to cooperate with grassland nomads.

When Mu Jing fought against the princes of the Guandong, he joined forces with the Huns cavalry. In Mu Jing's mind, using the Huns cavalry was not a big deal.

In Liu Bei's eyes, it is not a big problem for him to use the cavalry of the Xianbei tribe, and he also fought against the Karasuma tribe to stabilize Liaodong.

"Actually, I..." Mu Jing narrowed his eyes: "I want to solve the North first!"

"Based on the current situation, it is not so easy to solve the north, and Cao Mengde will not give us such a chance if he pulls his whole body!"

Xi Zhicai didn't quite agree with Mujing's idea.

In his opinion, the north is a bit far away, and it has always been the iron bar of foreign teachers to attack the far away and then the closer ones. Fundamentally speaking, the order is somewhat reversed.

"It's not impossible!"

Mu Jing’s analysis: “There must be certain problems in the cooperation between Liu Bei and Cao Cao. The alliance between Cao Cao and Sun Ce is more due to Sun Ce’s willingness to give way, and Jiangdong is geographically separated from the Central Plains by the Yangtze River, which can solve many problems. disputes, so their alliance will be more resilient!"

"As for the north, the north is what Cao Cao is determined to win. Without the support of the power of the north, he dare not go to war with me, because he is also afraid of fire in the backyard!"

"But Liu Bei is not worthy of Cao Cao's trust. Cao Cao will definitely guard against him even more!"

Mu Jing analyzed it and said: "So, if we have hope to build a defense line in the Central Plains, it may not be hopeless to start a war in the north. Under such circumstances, Cao Cao will even help us. He hopes that Liu Bei can Lose more of our combat power!"

"Your Majesty probably has more than that!" Xi Zhicai had a keen sense that Mu Jing seemed to have other thoughts about the north.

"Practice!"

Mu Jing didn't deny it, and said directly: "I hope to train our elite on the northern battlefield!"

"Let's not talk about whether we can build a line of defense in the Central Plains!" Xi Zhicai thought over and over again and said: "Just talking about the north, the main force of the Yan army is not weak and it is not easy to fight. If it is used for training, we are afraid that our soldiers will not be trained. If you do, you will lose your troops and lose your generals instead!"

"Although the main force of the Yan Army is not weak, its cohesion is insufficient. Liu Xuande is a good hero, but he is too tolerant, making his soldiers and horses messy!"

Mu Jing said: "If you let me pick one to fight, not to fight Jiangdong, not to fight Cao Wei, I will fight Liu Bei, jumping soft persimmons, pinch, that's how it is!"

In Mu Jing's mind, both Jiang Dong and Cao Wei had certain fighting power, but Bei Yan didn't have much to fear.

The northern territory is also suitable for combat, which can broaden the Ming army's combat thinking.

"Your Majesty, this matter needs a long-term plan!"

Xi Zhi was a little upset.

He was distracted by Mujing. What Mujing said was very convincing, but it was not quite right with the plan they made before.

This is a big problem.

"I know, so I just told you and didn't tell anyone!" Mu Jing said with a smile: "You can think about it, if you fight like this, there is no hope!"

"The minister will think about it!"

Xi Zhi nodded.

He knew that Mujing was providing himself with an alternative way of thinking about combat, so that he could jump out of some of the plans he had made and make another combat plan.

This is also a good thing.

Only with more plans for reference can the Ming army be more flexible on the battlefield. If one plan does not work, there is another plan, which will not be restricted.

"Let's get down to business!" Mu Jing said, "I'm still saying the same thing, I hope to delay the arrival of the war, so I'll act first, or else, the task of the Privy Council is to build a long line of defense that can stop the enemy! "

Mu Jing walked over, and there was a huge map hanging on the side wall, he pointed to the map, and said: "The border defense line between our Ming and Liu Han borders is very long, and you must be vigilant in any place that may be breached. Woke up!"

"To construct a line of defense like this, we must not have enough troops. From south to north, it is not simply a few thousand miles, but a long one that cannot be defended!"

Xi Zhicai smiled wryly.

"That's why you asked the Privy Council to find a way!" Mu Jing said, "I will tell you directly that I need at least a year!"

"One year?"

Xi Zhicai gritted his teeth.

His eyes fell on the north side of Runan, and he said: "You can think about it. In Yuzhou, attract the main force of the Wei army, and then hold back the Yan army in Bingzhou. Jiangdong is still dominated by waterway battlefields. To defend these places, they want to break through on a large scale. , it’s definitely not that easy, but with a small force, it’s definitely impossible to defend against it!”

(End of this chapter)