Three Kingdoms: Summon the Heroic Soul Yue Fei at the beginning

Chapter 363

Chapter 364

Among the five vassals, because Yuan Shao was far away in Bingzhou, and what he did when he attacked Bingzhou, Yuan Shao lost the qualification to compete in the Central Plains and enter the world. Fortunately, Yuan Shao's support from the Xianbei people outside the country may Become a variable in the struggle of the world.

At this time, among the four families of Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei and Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao deserved to be number one in terms of geography and strength, while Liu Bei became the least powerful of the four families, and the land transformed by Sun Quan, From Jiangxi to Yizhou in the south, its area is only under Ye Xiao. As for Cao Cao owning the northern part of Yizhou and Yongzhou, the strength of Liangzhou should not be underestimated.

In addition, Cao Cao captured Hanzhong and some areas. During the time he occupied Yizhou, he vigorously developed the territory, turning the territory into Cao Cao's granary. At this time, only Sun Quan in the south could pose a threat to Cao Cao. As for Liu Bei in the east, Cao Cao didn't think he would go up the river to attack Yizhou.

And Ye Xiao's side is actually not easy, Ye Xiao's territory is too large, and has a long coastline, so Ye Xiao had to adjust the battle line, and summoned a large number of generals again, this time Ye Xiao summoned Zheng Chenggong, Zheng He, and Wei Qing were three fierce generals.

Among them, Ye Xiao ordered Zheng He and Zheng Chenggong to garrison the coastal line and build a large number of warships, while Huo Qubing went to Youzhou in the north to clean up Goguryeo and Wuhuan, and Wei Qing was placed in Sizhou and other places by Ye Xiao to frighten the Qiang people.

In his hometown of Yingchuan, Ye Xiao sent his confidant general Bai Qi to defend, while Zhang Liao, Yue Fei, and Han Xin were dispatched by Ye Xiao to Hulao Pass and Hangu Pass to defend.

The land of Xuzhou was still handed over to Chen Gong, and Chen Gong led Kong Rong's subordinates to station in various counties of Xuzhou. After years of training, Ye Yong has become a generation of military commanders in charge of his own generation. As for Zhao Yun and others, Ye Xiao stay around.

At this time, because Sun Quan moved most of his forces to Yizhou, Jiaozhou and other places, no one on the banks of the Yangtze River could threaten Ye Xiao except Liu Bei, and Liu Bei had been in Jingzhou for many years. A lot of sailors were left on the ground, and facing the threat of Liu Bei's navy, Ye Xiao naturally did not dare to underestimate it.

Ye Xiao knew very well that most of his soldiers came from the north and were not good at water warfare, and Yangzhou and other places had just been taken back, so it would take a lot of effort to recruit soldiers from there, so Ye Xiao decided to call out to defend the coast Zheng He, who was born in the Yangtze River, entered the Yangtze River to assist in the training of the navy, and Zheng He's skills were just right, suitable for naval operations.

An overly large territory destined Ye Xiao to disperse a large number of troops. At this time, there were only about 8 soldiers left in Ye Xiao's hands who could move freely. Of course, the main reason for remaining these people was that after years During the years of war, Ye Xiao was unwilling to hastily expand the army, wasting people and money, but it was precisely because of Ye Xiao's unwillingness to expand the army that Ye Xiao's soldiers were all veterans of many battles.

And Ye Xiao didn't want new recruits at all, but strictly raised the threshold and requirements for the selection of recruits, and increased the anger of the soldiers, which not only ensured the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but also ensured the replenishment of the source of soldiers. All the places are rich and prosperous. After several years of recuperation and Ye Xiao's vigorous support of agriculture, many refugees entered Ye Xiao's territory, and Ye Xiao encouraged childbirth to promote education. For a while, Ye Xiao's population had reached nearly 8000 million, basically reached the production level of the Tang Dynasty. Facing the huge population, Ye Xiao didn't feel any pressure.

Because with Song Yingxing's continuous reform, agricultural tools have been refurbished again and again, and a large number of new seeds have also been developed by Song Yunyun in the reform bureau, rice seeds have also been improved time and time again, and grain production has increased time after time. According to Ye Xiao's estimate, it is not a problem to feed another 2000 million people with Ye Xiao's current grain output.

And with such a huge population, if you follow the operation of other princes, you will definitely recruit millions of soldiers to use one basket to conquer the world, but Ye Xiao did not do this. Its proportion to the total population does not exceed 100%.

And Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei, who fought against Ye Xiao, would not underestimate Ye Xiao just because Ye Xiao only had 100 million soldiers.

Three months after Liu Feng's death, Sun Quan's subordinate Cheng Pu suddenly led his troops up Chishui to attack Jiangyang. Due to Sun Quan's sudden attack, Cao Xiu, who was defending Jiangyang under Cao Cao, was caught off guard and did not react. It was completely lost in just one month. After Sun Quan got Jiangyang, he took advantage of the momentum to take Berkshire, and the blade was close to the two counties of Brazil and Zitong.

Fortunately, under the leadership of Cao Xiu in this battle, the losses of Cao Cao's army were not too great, and at this time Hanzhong and other places were still in Cao Cao's hands.Facing Sun Quan's sneak attack, Cao Cao was very angry, and immediately prepared to send troops to Sun Quan. At this time, after Sun Quan attacked, Yuan Shao in the northern Bingzhou also began to move around.

As the fourth generation and third prince, Yuan Shao lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and he has long been accustomed to the rich clothes, fine food, and endless luxury in the Central Plains, but now Ye Xiao has driven him to this marginal place in Bingzhou, how can Yuan Shao be reconciled?

So Yuan Shao, who was not reconciled, knew that he was not Ye Xiao's opponent, so he sent an envoy to contact Sun Quan, trying to send troops from Bingzhou to win the Central Plains again. After seeing Yuan Shao's envoy, Sun Quan was also very happy, because Sun Quan knew that although he had There are countless soldiers, but if he attacks Yizhou, Ye Xiao will free his hand to attack Jiaozhou and other places and cut off the food and grass behind him, then Sun Quan will starve to death in Yizhou.

So it was convenient for Yuan Shao to agree that as long as Yuan Shao could help Sun Quan hold Ye Xiao back, after Sun Quan eliminated Cao Cao, he would attack Ye Xiao together with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao naturally coveted Jizhou and other places for a long time. Having said that, the two hit it off immediately.

Following Sun Quan's actions, Yuan Shao also set out and immediately sent troops to attack Taining and other places in Sizhou. The news of the outbreak of the war drifted into Yingchuan where Ye Xiao was located like snowflakes.

In Ye Xiao's mansion, in an inconspicuous corner, all kinds of people in the mansion are busy coming in and out. If you observe carefully, you can find that these people coming in and out are the ones that Ye Xiao had set up before. The Cabinet Scholars and others, and the small room in the mansion, where Ye Xiao temporarily formed the cabinet, followed Liu Dun's departure, and Ye Xiao did not proclaim himself emperor immediately.

Because he knows very well that although he is the strongest in today's world, if the other four families join forces, Ye Xiao will not be able to bear it. As a result, they were attacked by the four families.

(End of this chapter)