Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 372

"Ziyan, my brother, personally, Brother Yu specially wrote a letter to apologize to you. It is really that I should not have broken the agreement and violated your state and county. Brother Yu knows that this matter is really wrong, so Brother Yu handed over Youzhou! I also hope that Brother Ziyan can let go of my brother and stop going south, if Ziyan you want to die with me, then I can only use all my army and horses, and I would rather die than die!"

After Liu Wei finished reading the letter, he threw the letter aside, and then said with a smile: "Yuan Benchu, Yuan Benchu, I knew why you wanted me to retreat today. You are dreaming!"

Guo Jia, who was at the side, said: "Master, we are not in a hurry, now that we have weakened Yuan Shao's strength, why should we continue to fight Yuan Shao? Yuan Shao continued to fight, so it would be easy for us to fight Yuan Shao's snipe and clam, and let others benefit!"

"Hehe, Fengxiao, this statement is wrong. Our army won the first battle, fought all the way here, even captured Youzhou, retreat? Haha!"

After Liu Wei finished speaking, he dragged Guo Jia and Xu Shu to the front of the sand table, then pointed to their positions and said, "Look, this is our current position, we can attack Jizhou if we go south, and retreat to Ji County if we go north. To the southeast is Qingzhou, and we have such a place, the strategic location can be said to be excellent, and I don't plan to confront Yuan Shao head-on!"

"What does the lord mean to attack Qingzhou?"

Xu Shu asked tentatively.

"That's right, you see, in order to guard against me, Yuan Shao mobilized all the soldiers from Qingzhou and Bingzhou to Jizhou, which is a bitterly cold place and the distance is far away. I don't plan to attack Bingzhou, but Qingzhou is different. Although Qingzhou is not rich, But it is not considered a barren land, and we have a navy, we can enter Qingzhou from two routes, and we will be able to control Qingzhou in less than a month, and Yuan Shao will definitely not dare to send troops to help Qingzhou in order to guard against me. , this Qingzhou is the fat on my lips, I don't want him to fly away!"

Liu Wei drew a circle above Qingzhou with his hand, encircling Qingzhou.

"According to what the lord said, then we can indeed take Qingzhou, but have you ever thought about it, you can take it, but as for the defense, although the soldiers under the lord's command are elite, their strength is really insufficient. If we divide the troops to control the city, then They will be defeated one by one by the enemy, if we gather the soldiers together, how many cities can we hold?"

Xu Shu looked at Liu Wei and asked back.

"this……!"

Liu Wei really didn't think about this issue. He only wanted to conquer Qingzhou, but he ignored the issue of defending the city.

"Look, my lord, if Qingzhou is taken down, how many people will be needed!"

Xu Shu pointed to Beihai and said: "Xuzhou is next to the south, so we must guard against Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao is to the west. How can the lord not guard against it? Besides, as the lord said, the coastal areas of Qingzhou and Dongwu are all naval forces. Can we still defend ourselves?" Aren't you on guard against Soochow's navy?"

"This! Soochow shouldn't invade Qingzhou, right? Cao Cao has an alliance with me, so he won't invade my territory! I should just be on guard against Yuan Shao!"

Although Liu Wei said so.But in terms of tone, it can be said to be weak.

"My lord, you must not have the intention of harming others, but you must have the heart of defense! My lord, why are you doing the opposite? You insist on attacking Yuan Shao but you don't want to defend yourself!"

Xu Shu complained.

"Hey, you can't say that. What is the purpose of the land I laid down? Isn't it for the population and supplies, and the main reason is the population!" Liu Wei clearly remembered.When the three families returned to Jin, the population of the Jin Dynasty was less than ten million.

Moreover, the reason why Shu and Wu could not beat Wei was because of insufficient population, especially Shu, coupled with their militarism and serious shortage of labor force, they could not compare with Wei in terms of national strength.

"My lord, now our permanent population in Liaozhou has reached more than 500 million including slaves. If you move the population of Qingzhou there, how can there be so many places in Liaozhou to house them!"

Guo Jia also spoke.

"It doesn't matter, let's talk about taking down Qingzhou first. After taking down Qingzhou, we will make plans!"

Liu Wei waved his hand and spoke.

"Here!"

Seeing that Liu Wei had already made a plan, Xu Shu and Guo Jia stopped trying to persuade Liu Wei.

The next day, Liu Wei gathered all the generals together.

"Xu Shu, Zhang He listen to the order!"

"The minister (the last general) is here!"

Liu Wei pulled out a command arrow, threw it to the two of them, and said, "I order you two to lead an army of [-] horses to defend this place. Zhang He is the general and Xu Shu is the army. If you have any questions about Junyi, you can go to Ask Yuanzhi!"

"Here! (The last general has orders!)"

The two took the token and stepped aside.

"Where is Tai Shici?"

"The end is here!"

Tai Shici stood up and bowed his hands to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei asked, "I ordered you to summon the Qingzhou Army. How are you doing?"

"My lord, the last general has already summoned 5 young and strong men from Qingzhou in various places in Liaozhou. After half a month of rectification, although these [-] horses are not considered elite soldiers, they can already form an army with strong fighting force." Weak people!"

Tai Shici answered.

"Okay, then you will be the vanguard in this crusade against Qingzhou! Open mountains when you meet mountains, build bridges when you meet water, and meet my army!"

Liu Weiyou drew out the straight arrow and threw it to Tai Shici.

"The end will be ordered!"

Tai Shici caught the token, and stepped aside.

But as soon as Liu Wei finished speaking, Yue Xi and Zhao Yun stood up together. Yue Xi took the lead and said, "My lord, the general thinks it's inappropriate for you to let Ziyi lead Qingzhou soldiers and horses as the vanguard!"

Zhao Yun also opened his mouth and said: "The last general seconded the proposal, and I also think it is inappropriate to let brother Ziyi be the vanguard!"

Liu Wei looked at Yue Xi and Zhao Yun suspiciously, and then asked, "Why?"

Yuexi said, "First, Ziyi has never been a pioneer and lacks experience. Second, the Qingzhou Army has just formed an army and has never experienced the baptism of blood. If you encounter an elite enemy army, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"That's right! If the Qingzhou Army had just been established, the morale of the army would be unstable. If the enemy attacked General Taishi at night, the Qingzhou Army would be defeated. This is not a good thing for us!"

Zhao Yun also opened his mouth to persuade.

"Hehe, since you know that if you want to become a strong army, you must go through the baptism of blood, so now is the baptism for them, isn't it?"

Liu Wei asked back.

"But, this is related to whether we can win Qingzhou!"

Zhao Yun continued.

"You don't have to worry about that. I have my own plan! All right, just follow what I said. Ziyi will be the vanguard, and Zilong will be the rear! The rest, follow me as the central army!"

After speaking, Liu Wei waved his hand, signaling them to go down and get ready.

(End of this chapter)