The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 444 Next step, Liangzhou
Zhang Wu used the method of publicly casting spells to pray for rain, and within a month after he came to Hanzhong, he completely subdued the hearts of the people of all the families in Hanzhong, completely consolidated Zhang Wu's rule in Hanzhong, and paved the way for the next step of external expansion. The foundation is laid.

With the development of the situation up to now, Zhang Wu has taken the initiative a little bit, at least he is now invincible.Relying on a strong naval force on the eastern front prevented Cao Jun from going south, while the western front could take advantage of the dangerous terrain to hold on.Unless Cao Cao puts all the power of the whole country into a decisive battle with Zhang Wu, throwing a single bet on fate to win or lose in a battle, otherwise Cao Cao has nothing to do with Zhang Wu.

If you change your opponent, it is Liu Bei or Sun Quan who are facing Cao Cao in the north and south. Perhaps with the economic base and population in the north, it is still unknown who will die in the end.Moreover, in history, when the Three Kingdoms were at the same time, the Wei State actually had the upper hand, not only because Cao Wei's overall strength was stronger than that of Shu Han or Soochow Wu, but also because Shu Han and Soochow Wu were not united.

When Shu and Wu united, one attacked Hefei from the east, and the other attacked Yongliang from the west, and Wei was in trouble.But the alliance of the two is not one family after all, Cao Wei often wins over Soochow, and Sun Quan's vision is sometimes not far enough, so the main battlefield of the Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony is still the battle between Shu and Wei.

But now Cao Cao's opponent is Zhang Wu, a time traveler, a time traveler who has grown up, and an overlord who has completely unified the south of the Yangtze River. So in terms of the current situation, Cao Cao's future life will be a bit sad.

Now the strategic plan formulated by the Zhangwu Group two years ago has been successfully completed, and there are still great unexpected gains. Therefore, everyone in the Zhangwu Group is encouraged and full of confidence in defeating Cao Cao and unifying the world. I also deeply feel that the years are rushing, and I have been in this world for 14 years without knowing it.

It took 14 years to achieve such an achievement. From a deputy general with no power in Jiangxia City to the overlord of Jiangnan who controlled half of the country, Zhang Wu's family history can be said to be a legend. However, after Zhang Wu captured Hanzhong, he suddenly had a problem. A sense of boredom.

To be precise, I am tired of this endless civil war, fighting back and forth with Han people beating Han people, wasting the power of the Han nation itself, so many Han soldiers and advisers who died in battle would be great if they are used to expand the territory ah!

Since the feudal lords fought against Dong Zhuo, no less than 50 Han soldiers died in the civil war. What a pity!

Therefore, Zhang Wu wants to speed up the process, end this troubled world as soon as possible, and let the good son of the Chinese nation expand the territory and make contributions in the outward expansion. Even if he dies in such a war, he will have no regrets.

After Hanzhong was completely stabilized, Zhang Wu came to Chengdu and convened a meeting with the current high-level officials on the western front to discuss the next step.

The counselors who participated in the meeting included Jijiu Pang Tong, the military adviser of the general's mansion, Xu Shu, the general of the right army, Fa Zheng, the general of the right army, Shi Lusu, the chief of the general's mansion, Huang Quan, the chief secretary, and Ma Liang, who joined the army.

Generals Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Pang De, Zhang Ren, Li Yan, Yan Yan, etc.

Wen Chen Yizhou Inspector Zhang Song, Yizhou Biejia Xu Jing, the new Shu County Governor Meng Da and others.

Basically, the participants in the next military plan are all here, and the rest of the counselors and generals are distributed in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. In Zhang Wu's plan, Jingzhou and Yangzhou will focus on defense in recent years.

In fact, after taking Huainan, Gan Ning, Ding Feng, Zhuge Liang and others also proposed to Zhang Wu and discussed the capture of Guangling, Xiapi and other places in Xuzhou to the east.Because these two counties extend farther south, extending directly to the edge of the Yangtze River, and there are large waters such as Hongze Lake in the territory, which can give full play to the role of the navy.

But after discussion, everyone agreed that with the current strength of the Chu army and the geographic locations of Guangling and Xiapi, it was relatively easy to take down, and taking Xuzhou would further threaten the security of Xudu, but it was somewhat difficult to defend.

Because Xuzhou is the east gateway of Luoyang and Xudu, Cao Cao will definitely try his best to regain it, and there is no danger around Xuzhou, and the wide and flat geographical environment is very suitable for cavalry operations. Zhang Wu must deploy at least [-] to [-] soldiers for defense. It may not be able to hold on.

In history, after Sun Quan attacked Hefei many times to no avail, he also wanted to attack Xuzhou, but was dissuaded by Lu Meng.The reason is that Xuzhou's terrain is flat, and Soochow has neither cavalry nor infantry to defeat Cao's army, and even if it is defeated, it cannot be defended.

That's why Sun Quan finally adopted Lu Meng's other suggestion, that is to sneak attack Guan Yu's Nanjun, occupying the entire Yangtze River Basin, and then find a chance to capture Yizhou, so that he can occupy half of the country.

Although Zhuge Liang wanted to fight back to his hometown, under the current situation, it was still too early to attack Xuzhou, so in the end he could only give up this plan and wait for the opportunity.

And Wancheng in the middle road is more difficult to fight, the Nanyang Basin is also flat, and Wancheng is too close to Xudu, Xudu's cavalry will definitely arrive within five days.

Zhang Wu used the gunpowder bag to deal with Cao Cao's cavalry by surprise. Now that Cao Jun has prepared himself, this move is not easy to use. The kerosene and poisonous smoke have little effect on the cavalry, because the cavalry is highly mobile and can be used. go around.

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry was the most powerful arm. This situation has not changed fundamentally in the era of matchlock guns, or even in the early days of flintlock guns.It wasn't until the emergence of professional infantry with unprecedented discipline and organization that they were no longer scared away by cavalry cluster charges that the cavalry's advantage began to lose.When modern firearms such as machine guns and cannons appeared, cavalry finally gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

So Zhang Wu also knew that it was impossible to completely defeat Cao Jun's cavalry with gunpowder kits. In this era, only cavalry can deal with cavalry.

Therefore, if he wants to defeat Cao Cao as soon as possible, there is only one way before Zhang Wu, and that is to capture Liangzhou and build his own cavalry.

In the original book, after the Liu Bei Group occupied Yizhou and Hanzhong, they also planned to take this path.Occupy Yizhou and Jingzhou, wait for the opportunity to let Guan Yu go north from Jingzhou, Meng Da go down from Shangyong to the east, jointly attack Xiangyang, and threaten Xuchang;

But Guan Yu lost Jingzhou carelessly, and Ma Chao died of illness early, which made Zhuge Liang's plan come to naught. Later, Liu Bei suffered the defeat of Yiling in order to avenge Guan Yu. Can't afford to lose the battle.

And Zhang Wu's most important hole card in the game of capturing Liangzhou is Ma Chao, which is the influence of Ma Chao and the Ma family in Liangzhou.Although with Zhang Wu's current strength, it is possible to succeed even without Ma Chao's help, it may take three years, or five years.

With Ma Chao, Zhang Wu felt that his chances of winning could reach [-]%, and he could save a lot of time and energy.

(End of this chapter)