The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 215
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was still obsessed with going to Yizhou, Guan Yu said: "Yizhou has 54 prefectures and counties with more than 3000 troops. How can we get them with our [-] troops?"

To be honest, Liu Zhang is not weak in terms of military strength, food and grass, talents, territory, etc. He occupies 54 counties and states in Xichuan, with more than [-] troops, and there are many generals and advisers.

The most important thing is that Yizhou's terrain is too dangerous, and it is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as troops are deployed to defend at key passes, even a 10,000+ army will find it difficult to attack.The most difficult thing to deal with in wars in this era is the problem of grain and grass. Yizhou is full of mountains, and it is even more difficult to transport grain.

If there is no progress in one or two years, you will be exhausted just by eating, and you may not be able to keep up with the food, and you will starve to death without others fighting back.

The three of Liu, Guan and Zhang have also fought for half their lives, how can they not know these basic common sense of war.Now I only have 3000 people on my side, but I want to seize the territory of more than [-] troops. This Kong Ming is too confident in himself!

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Although Liang has a small plan, he is not arrogant. If we face the enemy head-on, of course we have no chance of winning, but Liu Zhang and the lord are both clansmen of the Han Dynasty. If we help him resist Zhang Lu went to him for reasons, and he would not defend himself. If the lord goes, Liu Zhang will go out of the city to meet him. If the lord takes this opportunity to hold him or get rid of him, Yizhou will be in chaos. Under such internal strife and external troubles, the lord will have a chance to become the lord Nishikawa."

"Ah? This, isn't this making my elder brother an unrighteous person?" Zhang Fei said.

After hearing this, Liu Bei also said: "I and Liu Jiyu are both clansmen of the Han family. How could I do such an unrighteous thing? Wouldn't this make the world ridicule and scold me!"

Zhuge Liang sighed: "In today's world, the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty have all been occupied by people. In comparison, only Yizhou has a little chance. Otherwise, the lord can only go to Jiaozhou to settle down or continue to wait for the opportunity. But now The vassals are constantly being annihilated and merged, and I am afraid that in a few years, the situation in the world will have stabilized, and the chances will be even slimmer."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stopped talking, because what Zhuge Liang said made sense, and the situation now is different from ten years ago.At that time, there were still more than a dozen princes, large and small, in the world, and there were also some unowned lands to occupy.

Now Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Zhang Wu, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, Ma Teng, and Gongsun Kang are all left in the world, but everyone with a discerning eye knows that Zhang Lu, Ma Teng, and Gongsun Kang are either small or remote. If there is a potential for development, it will be wiped out or annexed sooner or later.Then in theory, only Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Zhang Wu and Liu Zhang have a chance to compete in the world.

Although Liu Zhang occupies a favorable geographical location, his own talents are insufficient, and Yizhou is also full of internal conflicts. It is okay to stay in his hometown for the time being, but it is simply a fantasy to fight out.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang is right. In a few years, the situation in the world will stabilize, and there will be a period of long-term confrontation. Small groups like Liu Bei who have no territory until now will have no chance.

Although Liu Bei has lived a comfortable life for several years, he is also a person who has experienced great waves after all. He is also one of the most famous people in the world. The dream in his heart has not been extinguished, and he also wants to achieve some achievements.

All Liu Bei also thought carefully about what Zhuge Liang said. Compared with other places, if he still wants to have a piece of land of his own, then the only way is to go to Yizhou.Although Jiaozhou also has opportunities, Liu Bei can certainly see that with Jiaozhou's geographical conditions and economic strength, after going there, at most it will be a few years of comfortable life, and it will be extremely difficult to develop again.

But Liu Bei still couldn't bear to use the name of refuge to harm Liu Zhang, and what Zhuge Liang said was simple, but people like himself took three thousand soldiers and horses deep into the hinterland of Yizhou. If they didn't succeed by then, wouldn't it be all over?

And if you want to go to Yizhou, you will definitely take the three elder brothers, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others with you. If there is an accident, the whole army will be wiped out, and the whole family will die!

So Liu Bei asked: "What do the military advisers think is the chance of winning if we go to Yizhou?"

"Thirty percent."

"Ah? Only a [-]% chance of winning! Aren't you going to die!" Zhang Fei shouted loudly.

Zhuge Liang was also a little helpless, and the [-]% chance of winning was already high.Now they have no roots and no evidence, only [-] soldiers and horses in their hands, and no logistics supplies, so they travel thousands of miles to Xichuan, which is in a dangerous terrain, to seize other people's foundations.

In the original book, Liu Bei entered Shu after capturing half of Jingzhou. At that time, he had tens of thousands of troops and a base area. If it doesn’t work, he can return it!
Moreover, Zhang Song, who held a high position in Yizhou and was deeply trusted by Liu Zhang, secretly took refuge in him. He also presented a geographic map of Xichuan, and there were leading parties along the way.In this way, it took nearly three years to take Chengdu and initially occupy Yizhou.

Now it's desperate, there is no way out, if you don't succeed, you will all die!

Therefore, Zhuge Liang proposed to kill Liu Zhang suddenly when Liu Zhang came out to meet Liu Bei, or hold Liu Zhang hostage, or force Liu Zhang to surrender, or cause chaos in Yizhou, so that Liu Bei would have a chance.

If they planned to attack by force from the beginning, even if Zhuge Liang was against the sky and Guan Zhangzhao was able to fight, and they didn't have a navy to go up the river, they would be finished if they couldn't even win Badong County.

"If you go to Yizhou now, you still have a [-]% chance of winning. If you wait another year, there is only a [-]% chance of winning, and after another two years, there is only a [-]% chance of winning. If you continue to stay in Jingzhou, there is no hope at all." there is none left!"

Now Zhuge Liang has no idea about Jingzhou. As long as Zhang Wu is around, there is no hope.Needless to say, now Zhang Wu can run the entire Jingzhou like an iron bucket with only one thing, money.

With a lot of money, you can really do whatever you want, and the ability to make money is really easy to use.

It’s like when The Flash asked Batman what his superpower was, and Batman replied, “I have money.”

Familiar with "Guanzi", Zhuge Liang, who is proficient in economics, knows too well the role of money in governing the country or striving for hegemony.In addition to relying on elite soldiers and counselors to fight wars, logistical factors such as food and grass supplies and armor replenishment are also very important. If Yuan Shao relied on sufficient food and grass to fight steadily and was not in a hurry for a decisive battle, hard work would also consume Cao Cao.

It can also be said that money is what we fight in wars. "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Combat Chapter" said at the beginning: "The method of using soldiers is to drive a thousand chariots, a thousand leather chariots, a hundred thousand armour, and food for thousands of miles. , the service of chariots and armor costs thousands of gold per day, and then a hundred thousand troops can lift them up."

When the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold!If you don't have money, you don't want to fight, and now Jingzhou is really rich, selling hardware for a book!Zhuge Liang now has all the printed books in his hands, but none of them were bought with his own money, and Huang She, the head of the Huang family, gave them to his cousin Zhuge Liang.If Zhuge Liang had to spend his own money to buy it, he would be able to afford at most one copy.

(End of this chapter)