Liu Bei looked at Zhou Yu, who was frowning slightly. It was clear that the pressure on the other party was very high. Liu Bei deeply felt that after such a military parade, anyone who had the idea of ????continuing to fight with him would probably be under great pressure. To be honest, the military parade Before, Liu Bei didn't know how strong he was. Liu Bei actually respected Zhou Yu, just like all the generals after Northern Xinjiang respected Zhou Yu. This is entirely due to ordinary people's heartfelt respect for the strong. Hundreds of thousands of troops can be commanded at will on the battlefield. This is not something you can do if you want to do it. And now you are only 23 or 24 years old. Zhou Yu is already at the pinnacle of this era. It can be said that for the current Han Dynasty, Chen Xi, who is a civil servant, is a peak that he cannot cross life or death. Similarly, in terms of commander-in-chief, Zhou Yu seems to have become a sinkhole that he cannot get around. In addition to being very capable, these two guys , there is another big problem, youth! Therefore, even if Zhou Yu chooses the path of self-destruction, Liu Bei will still respect Zhou Yu. He is a strong man, but his fate is too bad, and he encounters an opponent like Chen Xi who does not play according to common sense. "That's it, Mr. Xuande, who is your opponent?" After a while, Zhou Yu's wrinkles between his eyebrows trembled twice, and he looked a little older for some reason. "My opponent?" Liu Bei was silent for a moment. "Yes, if you cut off half of the elite of your military parade this time, it can probably be said that you are trying to defeat us. But with your current strength, you are no longer on the same level as us. Who is your opponent? Who?" Zhou Yu no longer hesitated as soon as he spoke. "Your current strength cannot be accumulated in a short while. That is to say, as early as two years ago, or even earlier, or it should be said that at the end of the Battle of Yuan Liu, you already had what we have now. Half of the power I saw was the unified capital you already had at that time." Zhou Yu asked with a solemn expression, and Brother Xiahou also stopped drinking and looked at Liu Bei. "Zichuan, you answer it." Liu Bei patted Chen Xi on the back, "This military parade should be said to be a reflection of all your work so far. You know why better than me." "Give the power of commentary to I'm not okay." Chen Xi said with a smile, but still stood up and smiled to explain. "Because you know best." Liu Bei patted Chen Xi on the shoulder and sat back. "Okay, let me explain why." Chen Xi nodded and said. "Gong Jin, actually many people say that what I do is very weird." Chen Xi stood up and said to Zhou Yu with a smile. Zhou Yu nodded and acknowledged this statement. "The problem is, I don't want to do it this way, but if I don't do it this way, I'm not sure. I'm planning. I can't say that I'm a scumbag in terms of military strategy. But if I really want to fight you, the chance of winning is very small. Even Jia Wenhe, Guo Fengxiao, and Fa Xiaozhi How can someone who is good at planning control you?" Chen Xi turned around and looked at Jia Xu and others, then looked at Zhou Yu. "Hey, hey, hey, don't get us involved in the quarrel." Guo Jia and Fazheng said to Chen Xi in almost the same tone. "No, Jia Wenhe has no plans left, Xun Gongda is not a vegetarian, Guo Fengxiao, Faxiao is amazing and talented, but we are not unable to deal with it." Zhou Yu said slowly, Fazheng stared at Zhou Yu very unhappily, although this The words are true, but I feel very unhappy when you say that! "Isn't that right? Since there is too much pressure to defeat you tactically, then it is a very correct choice to defeat you strategically. The core of the art of war is to rely on the strong to bully the weak, and to use the long to attack the weak. In fact, in simple terms, the most correct use of the art of war is The method is, you bring out 10,000 civilians, and we bring out 20,000 elite soldiers." Chen Xi spread his hands and said speechlessly. "Well, this is what I thought at the beginning, because it is too hard to fight with you, so my plan from the beginning is to remain unchanged and adapt to changes. No matter what your strategy is, my army will run over and destroy the city. When the water is cut off, the Yangtze River is too wide and there is nothing we can do about it, right? A thousand fifth-generation warships will sink and form a barrier lake, and there will be no way for another two thousand!" Chen Xi pressed his left hand on his chest and said rather arrogantly. "In short, that's it. As for why we didn't just start to unify the world after the Yuan-Liu War, in fact, if we follow your thinking at that time, we can indeed unify. Half of the Central Plains will be destroyed, and people's livelihood will be ruined. In a few years If we can unify, how many of you here can stand in front of us?" Chen Xi asked with disdain. "Although we also know that you really want to preserve the vitality of the Central Plains, we are more curious about what kind of pressure you faced to make such a choice. What kind of enemies does the Central Plains have that are worth giving up on the great cause of reunification? Zhou Yu asked slowly. "No." Chen Xi raised his right hand, shook his index finger, and rejected Zhou Yu's words. "Perhaps there were enemies in the world that were powerful enough to threaten us or even defeat us head-on, but now." Chen Xi said proudly, "We are already standing on top of the world, and we have opponents and enemies. , But the enemy that is enough to threaten us and make us deadly no longer exists. "When Yuan Liu fought, to put it bluntly, it was a collision between two peak kingdoms, even two kingdoms close to the empire. Although after the war between the two, even the victor's strength dropped to the level of a powerful kingdom, but as the conqueror digested and absorbed the loser's territory, population, and resources, when Liu Bei met the Roman envoy, he already had The capital of the empire. Yuan Shao already had almost all the capital for the imperial military. What he lacked was only two things, the system of commanding an entire empire, and the war potential of a complete empire. How to say the former one? When a kingdom reaches the level of an empire, the land, population, and resources will undergo great changes in all aspects, and the entire country will undergo painful system reforms, but this is something that has to be done. When Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, it would die if it did not reform its system. But after the reform, it would die if there was not enough stability. The collapse of an empire often starts with the system. Liu Bei's destruction of Yuan Shao is equivalent to the merger of two great powers into an empire. They have the same culture and race, no cultural conflicts, no blood feuds, and obvious continuity in the system. This is the best opportunity for all great powers to upgrade their empires. However, this is not so much an upgrade from a great power to an empire, but rather a reconstruction of another new empire on the corpse of the empire that inherits the unfinished system of the previous empire. This is how the so-called Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, because although the Qin Dynasty died, it did leave behind a complete system. If the Han Dynasty still wanted to reform the system, I am afraid that one of them would not play well and cause social turmoil. The Han Dynasty Maybe he and Qin Chao will go to the streets together. But even if the new empire is rebuilt from the corpses of the previous generation, there will still be a period of chaos. Generally speaking, it can be as short as five years or as long as ten years. At this time, the country's national strength has not been restored, and the country is still in the running-in and adjustment stage. , there are various hidden dangers. After these problems are solved, a new empire will be born. However, Liu Bei solved the system problems from the beginning, and Chen Xi suppressed the period of chaos to less than two years. Later, he relied on building roads everywhere and integrating all county-level administration into the system, forcibly ending the period of local policy chaos. In fact, at that time, Liu Bei had already planned a new empire with a population of nearly 30 million. After that, he implemented the policies prepared early in the morning step by step. Liu Bei's men could liberate more and more people from agricultural production. This means that Liu Bei's military strength is getting stronger and stronger. By this time, Chen Xi no longer cares about the domestic situation, because everyone is smart and not anti-human saboteurs, so they will not seek death when Chen Xi has obvious leeway. Chen Xi thought about it carefully. Needless to say, the four great empires in Europe and Asia during this period should rest in peace. Guishan was very strong, but if the complicated domestic conflicts in Guishan were not resolved, they would never be qualified. Win the final victory from the Central Plains. Rome, well, I have to say that Rome was very powerful during this period. Any army that could strangle the empire was the strongest elite in the cold weapon era. "It doesn't matter whether Rome obtained this power through militarism or other methods, it doesn't matter. Strong is strong, and there is no need for any explanation. Although Parthia was suppressed by Rome for so long, it was not dead after all. The huge territory, large population, and strong foundation all represented their terrifying war potential. However, in official history, it was not far away from Severus. Fighting thousands of miles to Ctesiphon, the country will be destroyed directly! This model of directly attacking Huanglong is similar to the Han Dynasty's attempt to destroy the Xiongnu. Was the situation in the country bad during the period of Emperor Wu? Oops, it¡¯s really bad, incomparable to the Wenjing period. Speaking of the military affairs during Emperor Wu's period, Emperor Wu, who was in a mess in the country, was definitely the strongest among the early Han dynasties, and he was strong enough to make everyone in front and behind tremble. However, this did not scare Chen Xi. It was not that Chen Xi looked down on Rome. Before Rome could not solve the internal transportation network, the Romans stopped at Ctesiphon. The Kingdom of Parthia was defeated by the Romans several times. Why did the Romans always give up after defeating it? To put it bluntly, isn't it because it has exceeded the scope of their rule and there is no way to control it? Severus was so rampant that he plundered almost all the west of Parthia. He would win every battle, and in the end he would have no choice but to go back to Rome. With this ability to deploy troops, Chen Xi said there was nothing to fear. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?In the next room, those who can sit on the card table and play cards, those who are qualified to threaten the Han Dynasty, are too far away, and they can only wait until they develop. When the Han Dynasty comes to their noses, they will see who is better, and other players Facing the giant Han Dynasty, unless you do well every time, otherwise don't even think about winning without making mistakes, it's a joke. "Gong Jin, whether you believe it or not, our opponent has never been you. To us, you are descendants of the same culture, race, and ancestors, so we have never thought of turning you into losers. This world is very big. There is more than one strong person, and although we are now proudly standing at the top, there are still people who covet it, and there are still people who are equal to the Han Dynasty, and we have not yet become the only one!" Chen Xi tilted his head slightly and looked at Zhou Yu with calm eyes.