At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

"Shiyuan, what you said makes sense, this time I took it for granted..."

Liu Zhang came to his senses very quickly and admitted his mistakes even faster!

He is not Cao Cao, he will not know his mistakes and correct them without admitting them.

Not to mention I would blame others, but no one would blame me!

For Liu Zhang, there is no shame in admitting mistakes to his trusted advisers!

"In the future, if I do something wrong, Shi Yuan will point it out in time!"

"My lord, my lord, don't say that."

Liu Zhang changed his face faster than turning the pages of a book, which immediately caught Pang Tong by surprise.

"My lord, please forgive Pang Tong for his crime of disrespect!"

"Could it be that Shi Yuan thought that Ben would be a small-bellied person?"

Pang Tongtong saw at a glance that Liu Zhang was deliberately acting angry, and he was even more moved.

"My lord's broad mind is hard to find in ancient times!"

"Hahaha…!"

The two monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled, and the previous unhappiness was instantly swept away.

After all, it is the side that wins the war, and all crises and omissions will not change the situation of the war.

The debate between Liu Zhang and Pang Tong this time is more similar to the post-war summary, so it is more acceptable to everyone.

"Gongda, you have already seen it, but you didn't point it out, did you?"

From the moment Xun You stood by Pang Tong's side without the slightest hesitation, Liu Zhang understood everything.

"The lord is wise, I can't hide it from the lord!"

Xun You didn't make a fuss, and readily admitted it.

"Gongda, Han Sui's army of 300,000 troops is more than five times that of ours! Are you really so sure that we can win?"

Whether it is Guo Jia's theory of ten victories and ten defeats, or Xun You's theory of five victories and five losses, they are actually more about boosting morale, and they cannot be relied on as a reason for victory.

Without Xu You's defection, it would be difficult for Cao Cao to win ten victories and ten defeats!

Xun You showed a smile, then shook his head.

"My lord, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, the difference is huge! Who can guarantee that the weak will defeat the strong?"

"It's just that when the lord asked me to distribute food and grass to the people, I already saw the lord's determination to win!"

"My lord is so confident. As a strategist, I will try my best to help my lord win, instead of discouraging my lord from staying behind."

Liu Zhang was very pleased, and couldn't help praising secretly in his heart.

It is worthy of being the counselor who has followed him for the longest time. Just this tacit understanding is not comparable to Pang Tong and others!

Pang Tong's eyes also reflected strong respect, and Xun You's words inspired him a lot.

"Junshi Xun's vision is far-sighted, which is admirable to all!"

Seeing Pang Tong bowing his hands in salute, Xun You quickly stepped forward to help him up.

"Shiyuan is too famous! You have only followed the lord for a short time, and it is understandable if you don't understand the reason."

Pang Tong raised his frivolous eyebrows, but he became interested.

"I also ask Master Xun to enlighten me!"

Xun You glanced at Liu Zhang first, and then couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hehe...Shiyuan, since the lord led the army, he has always defeated the crowd with the few, and defeated the strong with the weak!"

"Suppressing the Yellow Turban is like this, and it's like this when fighting against the Liangzhou rebels. Even after entering Sichuan, every time the troops are on the weak side!"

Pang Tong nodded slightly, and suddenly thought of something.

"No wonder General Dian complained that our advantage was too great and we couldn't fight happily. It turned out that we were influenced by the lord!"

Liu Zhang repeatedly shook his head in denial, saying that he would not take the blame.

"Shiyuan, don't listen to that stupid big man talking nonsense, if it is not forced to help, who would like to be at a disadvantage all the time?"

Thinking that he had never fought a battle of wealth before, Liu Zhang couldn't help complaining in his heart.

It's strange to say that no matter how many soldiers and horses you have, the enemy can always conjure up more!

When leading tens of thousands at the beginning, there were more than one hundred thousand enemy troops!

Now Yizhou can also mobilize an army of 100,000, but the total number of enemy troops exceeds 600,000 to 700,000!

For other forces, the more enemies you encounter in the future, the more troops you will encounter.

Liu Zhang was just the opposite. The enemy's strength was astronomical in the beginning.

If it was Liu Zhang in history, seeing that the number of enemy troops was between 500 and 600,000, he would have been scared to death!

"The lord, Xiongcai, is the lord of benevolence and righteousness, and I can understand how he loves the common people. It's just that the loss this time is really a bit big!"

Willing to spend millions of stones, food and grass for 200,000 people, no historian will be stingy with the word benevolence and righteousness.

"Fortunately, I won this time, otherwise I would really regret it!"

Liu Zhang sighed unceasingly, he really did not expect to consume so much military rations.

On the way back just now, when Liu Zhang asked Cheng Gongying to take up the post of Dunhuang prefect, he was also debating whether to send troops immediately or wait until the spring of the new year.

Thinking of taking over Jincheng County and Wuwei County, the number of refugees under his command will increase again.

Liu Zhang could only make a temporary decision to let Cheng Gongying temporarily lead the prefect of Jincheng to assist Tai Shici in conquering the counties.

"Xiaozhi, now you know why I didn't march into Hexi immediately!"

Fazheng nodded in embarrassment, how could he not understand now.

"My lord, I am being reckless!"

If you don't march into Hexi, you'll be short of food and grass!

If the several counties in Hexi were taken hastily, there would still be tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 refugees there, and the rations of the Yizhou Army would really be emptied.

Liu Zhang waved his hand lightly, indicating that Fazheng didn't need to pay attention, and then looked at Xun You.

"Master, I still have two problems right now."

Xun You nodded slightly, then looked at Liu Zhang.

"Also ask the lord to make it clear."

Liu Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly, and spoke out six words lightly.

"Qiang people and Xianbei people."

"My lord means..."

When Xun You asked Liu Zhang, a fierce look flashed in his eyes.

At present, the Yizhou Army has only two attitudes towards aliens, kill or accept.

The Qiang people had no power to resist, and it was entirely at Liu Zhang's whim to kill or accept them.

But collecting is far more difficult than killing!

The Xianbei people are also relatively clear, and it is almost impossible to subdue them.

Xun You's killing intent was obvious, and it was aimed at the Xianbei people.

However, whether Xun You's killing intent spread to the Qiang people depends entirely on Liu Zhang's attitude.

"Receive the Qiangs, Tu Xianbei!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Zhang stated his decision harshly.

"The Xianbei people, like the Huns, are all ambitious people. We will always have only one attitude towards them, and that is to kill them!"

"My lord, the Qiang people are also capricious. The number of times they rebelled is even much higher than that of the Xianbei and the Huns."

Fazheng quickly reminded him that he had lived in Guanzhong since he was a child, and nothing he hated more than the Qiang people.

Rebelling against the imperial court is completely commonplace for the Qiang people, and sometimes there will be several rebellions within a year!

The frequency of Qiang rebellion is completely staggering. It seems that they rebelled whenever they wanted, never considering the consequences.

Liu Zhang nodded, he understood the situation very well.

More recently, the largest rebellion initiated by Beigong Boyu was repelled by Liu Zhang himself.

(end of this chapter)