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- Volume 4
Chapter 145 "The Bottom Line on the Strength of the Three Parties"
When Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and his party approached Chengdu, Liu Jia, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Fazheng, Zhang Liao, Wei Yan and others who had just settled in Chengdu for a few days came out ten miles away to greet them. *[]
The reason why Liu Jia was so solemn was that Ma Chao was the first general who took the initiative to lead his troops to join Liu Jia since he was in charge of the army. He should do this in order for more people to come in the future. Secondly, apart from the more than 30,000 soldiers brought by Ma Chao, behind Ma Chao there is Xiliang Prefecture, which has been influenced by the Ma family for a long time. In a certain respect, the network resources that the Ma Chao family has in Xiliang are even more important than the more than 30,000 tiger and wolf troops, and it will have an even greater impact on Liu Jia's future development. In order to make Ma Chao fight for Liu Jia wholeheartedly, almost everyone agreed with Liu Jia to do this.
When Pang Tong and others saw Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and others approaching, they quickly took a step back.
Liu Jia greeted him with a smile, stretched out his hand from a distance, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Meng Qi!"
When Ma Chao saw it, he quickly knelt down and said to Liu Jia, a young man in his twenties, "I will finally pay homage to my lord!"
When Ma Chao knelt down, Ma Dai and Pang Tong also knelt down quickly and said loudly: "The general will pay homage to the lord."
Not to mention how excited and surprised Liu Jia was, Zhao Yun, who accompanied Ma Chao and the others back to Chengdu, was a little embarrassed now: Although his heart had long belonged to Liu Jia, he had never said the word "lord". Now I saw that the three generals around me were kneeling down. I was moved in my heart. After hesitating for a moment, I knelt down and said, "The last general will see you, my lord." Although the voice was not as loud as that of Ma Chao and others, people around him could still hear it clearly. Clearly.
Pang Tong and Xu Shu, who were behind Liu Jia, smiled lightly at each other.
Liu Jia quickly picked up Ma Chao. Then he picked up Zhao Yun, and then picked up Pang Tong and Ma Dai. Everyone entered the city laughing.
The next step is naturally to hold a big banquet to welcome Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and others.
After settling down Ma Chao and others, in December of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Liu Jia, the king of Shu, established a small army with the help of Liu Ba, Pang Tong, Huang Quan and the leisurely Liu Zhang according to Liu Bei's practice in history. governance team.
Except that Zhang Liao had already been granted the title of Marquis of Jingxi by the emperor and could not be granted another title. Other civil and military officials have their own promotions and awards:
?????? Confess Huang Quan as Tai Tu and Fazheng as Shangshu Ling;
Feng Pang Tong was responsible for important military affairs for the left Sima, and Xu Shu was responsible for the foreign expeditions for the right Sima;
Liu Ba was Situ and Wang Lei was Tingwei;
The remaining literati such as Hua Tuo, Peng Yi, Zhang Song, Ma Di, and Li Hui each have relevant job arrangements.
Conferring the title of Five Tiger Generals to Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, and Wei Yan;
Feng Yanyan, Yu Jin, Shamoke, Wutu Gu, Li Yan, Gao Pei, Lingbao, E Huan, Meng Da, Pang De, Ma Dai and Zhang Ren were appointed as the Twelve Lieutenant Generals;
The rest of Tu'an, Yang Hong, Lei Tong, Qiao Zhou, Lu Yi, Zhuo Ying, Zhang Yi, Tang Fang and others were promoted, especially Tu'an, Yang Hong and Lei Tong were all appointed as generals.
?Obviously this can be seen from these job arrangements. The level of position is not only related to the size of contribution and ability, but also to the length of time with Liu Jia. For example, Pang De, a barbarian general, may have better fighting skills than Wei Yan, but he just joined him, so he Among the twelve generals, he ranked third from the bottom.
In short, this result is a relatively comprehensive comprehensive reflection. Although some people are a little unconvinced, it is generally quite satisfactory.
As soon as the new organizational system is announced. It was lively for several days. Officials in Chengdu congratulated each other, and officials in other places thanked each other after receiving their appointments. The entire five states under Liu Jia's rule was a scene of high morale.
Seeing that the entire team was operating smoothly under the command of Liu Ba, Pang Tong and others, Liu Jia's mind naturally turned to the war.
On this day, he summoned Pang Tong, the left Sima, Xu Shu, the right Sima, Situ Liu Ba, Zhang Song, who was in charge of information, and others to discuss future military development issues.
After listening to Liu Ba¡¯s confident analysis of the economic situation, several people listened carefully to Zhang Song¡¯s report:
Zhang Song leisurely elaborated on the relevant information collected by his subordinates:
Now it is very clear that the world is divided into three parts: Cao Cao in the north, Sun Quan in the east, and Liu Jia in the southwest.
Among these three forces, Cao Cao is undoubtedly the strongest. He owns Youzhou, Yizhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yongzhou and Xiliang. In particular, the seven states of Youzhou, Yizhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou not only have large populations but are also rich in products, and can provide Cao Cao with sufficient soldiers and food.
Cao Cao now has more than 400,000 troops, and after passing through the battle with Ma Chao in Yongzhou,?A new round of conscription is underway. If no enemy breaks in, they can maintain a standing army of less than half a million men without a heavy burden. Once they encounter an invasion from a foreign enemy, they have the ability to increase their military strength to 600,000 or even 800,000 in a short period of time. Although the troops available for field combat will not change much. It will remain at around four to five million, but the remaining soldiers can still be used to defend the city.
Cao Cao¡¯s men can really be described as having advisers like clouds and generals like rain. Famous generals include: Xu Huang, Xu Chu, Zhang He, Xia Houyuan, Cao Hong, Wang Shuang, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Le Jin, Wenpin, Xiahou Dun, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang, etc. Famous counselors include: Xun Yu, Sima Yi, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Xun You, Liu Ye, Yan Pu, Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, Guo Huai, Yang Xiu, Man Chong, Dong Zhao, Jia Kui, Wang Lang, Xin Pi, Liu Zhen, Chen Jiao, Chen Qun, Huan Jie, Jiang Ji and so on.
One of Cao Cao¡¯s troubles is that the crop harvests in the past two years have not been good, especially in Yizhou, Qingzhou and other places that have suffered from drought for two consecutive years. There are reports of people starving to death everywhere.
The relatively weak one is Sun Quan who occupies Jiangdong. He only holds the land of Yangzhou. However, the population in this state is quite large, accounting for almost half of Liu Jia's five states. Moreover, it is rich in products. Under the governance of Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others, the people live and work in peace and contentment. Public sentiment is relatively stable.
Although they only have about 150,000 soldiers and horses, these soldiers are well-trained, especially the naval force. Of course, they don't have much capital to actively attack others. However, lakes are widely distributed in Yangzhou and there are many river branches. This is where their navy takes advantage. It can be said that if we only defend and block the invasion of foreign enemies, the existing troops are fully capable or even more than adequate. It is difficult for outsiders to invade the hinterland of Yangzhou. also. As soon as war breaks out, they can quickly increase their troops to 180,000 or even 200,000.
Although Sun Quan did not have as many advisers and generals as Cao Cao and Liu Jia. But it¡¯s quite a lot. Famous generals include: Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, Zhou Tai, Lu Xun, Lu Meng, Huang Gai, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, Han Dang, Bu Zhi, Guan Ping, Wang Ping, Liao Hua, etc. Famous counselors include: Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su, Zhuge Jin, Zhang Zhao, Jian Yong, Gu Yong, Yi Ji, etc.
After introducing the two major forces, Cao Cao and Sun Quan, Zhang Song naturally did not talk about the situation on his own side, because these situations were well known to several people sitting on the ground:
Liu Jia occupies five states. If only the area is compared, Liu Jia's territory will not be less than Cao Cao's territory. But this is only a superficial phenomenon. Although the Northern Wuzhou and Southern Myanmar states snatched from other countries in the south are two huge states, they have sparse populations. Taking away 100,000 troops from them will reach the limit of troop dispatch. It will be difficult to continue conscription in the future. Among these five states, only Yizhou and Jingzhou can truly compare with Cao Cao's several big states. Liu Jia now has 340,000 troops, most of whom came from these two states, about 180,000.
Of course, if it is to resist foreign invaders, it is still possible for Liu Jia to temporarily recruit 100,000 horses in the five states in a short period of time. However, if he wants to attack other forces and maintain armaments for a long time, he will need to increase the number of 50,000 horses at most. In other words, Liu Jia's troops can be maintained at around 390,000 at most. Get rid of those who stay behind. The number of troops capable of attacking Cao Cao or Sun Quan is only about 250,000.
Hearing Zhang Song list a lot of news, Liu Jia was not in a hurry to say anything, but looked towards the three generals in front of him. Although Liu Jia had set the tone of taking the initiative before the meeting, when Liu Jia glanced at Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and Liu Ba with inquiring eyes, these three people did not speak immediately, but frowned and thought. With.
Liu Jia smiled softly and said: "Where should we start first? Is it easier and harder to attack or to attack immediately? The main enemy Cao Cao is solved. The secondary Sun Quan is easily solved? Shiyuan, what do you think?"
Pang Tong just raised his head. When he was about to speak, Liu Ba, who was in charge of civil affairs, spoke first. He said: "Now our five states are slowly getting on the right track. It seems a bit early to talk about war now. But we The difficulties are even more difficult for others. There has been drought in Cao Cao's territory for the past two years, and he only had a large-scale battle with Ma Chao, which severely damaged his vitality. However, we have promoted potatoes and potatoes that do not have high requirements on soil and water sources in Hanzhong, Jingzhou and other places. Sweet potatoes, there is basically no problem for the people to eat. In the past, Yizhou's family background was good. The grain and grass reserves were not bad. We can fight Cao Cao. Babu is an expert in military matters. But Babu also makes a suggestion here. If we really want to fight, then just do it. Fighting Cao Cao is safer this way! There are more escape routes."
Liu Jia glanced at Pang Tongyi in surprise and asked quickly: "Can Ziche explain in detail why it is safer to fight against Cao Cao than to fight for power?"
Liu Ba smiled and said: "Ba is thinking about it from an economic point of view. How much income can Sun Quan make in a state in a year? They used to have higher grain yields per mu than us, but less mulberry, hemp, copper and iron than us. We promote After the introduction of improved seeds, the grain yield per unit area of ??Jingzhou and Yizhou far exceeded theirs.Yangzhou is also close to Yangzhou. In a few years, Northern Wuzhou and Southern Myanmar will surpass Yangzhou. Of course, grain seeds will inevitably flow into their hands in the future, but they cannot do so in one state. Catch up with our five-state land. Moreover, our steel production is incomparable to them. It can be said that if Yangzhou compares with us, the gap between them and us will become wider as time goes by. So we don't need to take them seriously, just deal with Cao Cao with our heart. "
Liu Ba continued: "On the contrary, Cao Cao has a large population. Compared with their Jiuzhou land, the only thing we can keep up with them in the future may be grain and grass, and potatoes and sweet potatoes are very suitable for growing in the north. As long as these grains flow Once they get there, they will have vast land for them to grow, and there will soon be extra space for food and grass. Once food and grass are no longer a problem, we will have nothing to surpass them. The longer time goes by, the greater the gap between us and them."
At this point, Liu Ba raised his hand and gestured and said: "In other words, as time goes by, Cao Cao is getting stronger and stronger than us, and Sun Quan is getting weaker and weaker than us. Then of course we must take advantage of Cao Cao's weakness. Go and beat him, otherwise you won¡¯t be able to eat him anymore, and Sun Quan will be left to eat him when we are stronger. Haha, Ba is just trying to do what he wants to say, you just have to listen to it for fun, after all, Ba doesn¡¯t know anything about fighting. "
After hearing what Liu Ba said, Pang Tong also smiled and said: "With Ziche's words, Tong has more reason to suggest that the King of Shu attack Cao Cao first."
Liu Jia smiled and said: "Since Ziche talked about it from the economic aspect, Shi Yuan will talk about it from the military aspect, why did he attack Cao Cao first?"
Pang Tong also started talking:
Just like the economic situation, the more stable the place Cao Cao governs, the more soldiers he will have and the greater his power will be. Now Cao Cao is in a period of rest, and his strength is at its lowest. Once the rest is over, his strength will definitely continue to rise. Although Cao Cao has many troops, he also has many places to defend. The top line of the river holds back his 100,000 elite troops, and the 50,000 elite troops on the northern front line may not be enough. Moreover, Zhang He's 80,000 elite troops are on an expedition in Xiliang. It can be said that Cao Cao is empty internally, and now is the best time for Liu Jia to attack.
But Sun Quan is different. They have more than 100,000 soldiers stationed in one state, and there are so many good generals and counselors. Although they dare not take the initiative to attack, anyone who wants to eat him probably doesn't have such good teeth - Sun Quan's military strength The density was too high, and every land occupied required a bloody battle.
As long as Liu Jia's army can block Zhang He's elite troops in Xiliang or even eliminate them, there will be more hope of attacking the Central Plains.
Liu Jia asked: "Will Sun Quan attack us when we attack Cao Cao?"
Pang Tong said: "It's hard to say. But they must have been sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight at first."
Liu Jia asked: "What happens next? Take advantage of the situation?"
Pang Tong said: "No! Sun Quan's current strength is not qualified to take advantage of the situation. If they take advantage of the situation, they will be harmed."
Liu Jia, Liu Ba, and Zhang Song all exclaimed in surprise, and asked almost in unison: "Why?"
Pang Tong said: "Whether we win or Cao Cao wins, our strength must have skyrocketed. If they still take advantage of the situation at this time, they will only be doing a favor to the strong and training themselves to be invincible opponents in the future. Yi Tong estimates that they should be ready in due course." It¡¯s time to form an alliance with the party that is about to lose, and try to maintain the situation of three parts of the world. We and Cao Cao both want to unify the world, but although Sun Quan thinks in his heart, they dare not do so in action. What they hope most is that the three parties will coexist forever. , until there is internal chaos between us and Cao Cao or their strength suddenly increases, Sun Quan may have other ideas."
Liu Jia was startled and blurted out: "Then our work is in vain? Once Cao Cao is about to lose and Sun Quan forms an alliance with them, how can we fight against them?"
Volume 4
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