Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms

Because of this kind of thinking, Xun Chen's plan became very clear. It would be best if he could get Cao's family on board. If he couldn't, then there was nothing to be disappointed about. On the contrary, Xun Chen didn't believe in himself Brother and nephew are not moved.

If Beigui is willing to come down, with the Indus River as the boundary, it is indeed a treasure land for Cao Cao. The fief also restricted Cao Cao's ability to develop.

It can be said that in the future of the Cao family, there are actually very few expansion directions to choose from. Traveling to the Persian Gulf to Africa is almost one of the few reasonable and feasible expansion plans. However, this plan has a considerable problem that the enemy is too powerful.

The Roman Empire is the strongest empire the Central Plains family has ever seen. Even in terms of performance, it may be more frightening than the Han Dynasty. Don't mention how much potential the Han Dynasty has yet to realize, and don't mention the experience of the Han Dynasty The Yellow Turban Rebellion, and before the Artemisia annua soup came out, the Han Dynasty suffered three or four waves of large-scale plagues. In short, the Roman Empire is indeed powerful and frightening.

And if the Cao family wants to set foot in Africa, the first thing they have to face is the Roman Empire. This is inevitable, and the same point is the most reliable choice among Cao's few expansion directions. As far as Mrs. Cao is concerned, it is better to just sit there and watch the clouds roll and the clouds relax.

Xun Chen's persuasion method is very simple and straightforward, without too many words, which is completely different from Zhuge Liang's way of presenting facts and giving reasons.

In fact, Xun Chen himself knew very well that these people present were the top-level intellectuals, not those narrow-minded Jiangdong miscellaneous fishes during the Battle of Chibi in history.

Even if Xun Chen has the thinking template of these people and can analyze and argue with the thinking of these people, these things alone cannot convince these people present.

To be precise, the only ones who can convince these people are themselves, and only if they themselves are willing to accept this matter, will this matter be carried forward. If these people are unwilling, it will be useless for Xun Chen to say more. Techniques are useless, reasons are useless, only like-minded people!

Therefore, Xun Chen’s words became very simple. Due to the current situation, our old Yuan’s family will sooner or later fight against Rome. It can be said that it is only a matter of time before we can fight hard. Even if we can’t fight now, we have to fight again in the future. Look Do you want to be together then?

This kind of straightforward questioning caused a lot of headaches for Cao's core advisers, because the fact is that, as Xun Chen said, they don't have many choices in the future. Africa is the most suitable choice, if Cao doesn't want to fight among himself , Stepping into Africa can be said to be the only correct choice.

More importantly, Xun Chen's words were said to such an extent that everyone present could hear Xun Chen's meaning. The old Yuan family was basically doomed to smash Rome.

Although Xun, Cheng Yu and others were a little strange about the Yuan family's reasons, Xun Chen and the others basically already knew the courage shown by Xun Chen and the determination of the Yuan family.

Roughly speaking, who made the Yuan family's ambitions so great, and wanted to go further with the mentality of looking forward to Shu, and to transform their ambitions into strength, then the Eastern European Plain is an indispensable puzzle for the old Yuan family, so that no matter whether the opponent is Rome or not , it is impossible for the Yuan family to back down.

At most, the Yuan family can endure when their strength is not enough, and when they are strong enough, they will definitely counterattack. This future battle is inevitable.

This is of great benefit to the aristocratic families in Central Asia, the noble Cao family in the north, and even the Sun family in Southeast Asia. Regardless of whether the Yuan family can obtain the Eastern European plains, as long as the Yuan family has accumulated enough strength to fight with Rome, Yuan will be Without the size of the home, the water will be muddied.

At that time, only the various clans and families who still have ambitions, want to go further, and want to leave a more magnificent history will inevitably be unable to hold back their hands and feet and make a move.

What Xun Chen said is very clear. Picking up rabbits on New Year’s Eve, celebrating the New Year with you, and celebrating the New Year without you, the old Yuan’s family really needs allies, but that doesn’t mean they won’t choose this path without allies. On the contrary, Yuan As far as the situation of the family is concerned, it is actually doomed to have a real fight with Rome sooner or later, at most when this battle will happen in the future.

Even if you just admit to making small troubles now and let Rome Hammer calm down, you will fight back sooner or later in the future. It is not because of the face problem of He Ximo bullying young people and poor people in the past 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in the past, but it is very simple. If the Yuan family wants to rise, it must go west!

Unless the old Yuan's family gave up their ambitions, gave up their future, and just confessed, otherwise, this battle is inevitable.

"You are now facing the Roman Empire. Well, what I'm talking about is that if both sides go all out, what is the chance of winning?" Xun asked considering the situation.

"If there were five of our Yuan family, it would be worthy of a battle." Xun Chen said very seriously.

Cheng Yu, Chen Qun, and Xun You's faces sank when they heard the words. The five Yuan families could stand up to a fight, and they couldn't even guarantee that they would win. With this kind of gap, it means that the difference is still very, very far.

"The Roman Empire is very powerful, but we are not desperate. The problems of the Roman Empire make it possible for us to win at some point." Xun Chen's eyes were extremely calm, and he knew that the other party was already moved.

"Victory without victory." Xun Chen looked cautious, even though he already understood what Xun Chen was seeking, but some things might not develop as humans predicted.

"Yes, win without victory. When we have accumulated enough cards on the table, Rome will consider whether it is worth fighting such a war." Xun Chen sat up straight, extremely solemn, "Only It will take a long time for us to achieve this step, but we not only have ourselves, but also you, and those of us."

Wars don’t happen for no reason. Even if Rome wants to fight, it still needs to consider some interests. When the Yuan family, the Central Asian family, and the Cao family have enough cards on the card table, Rome will also think about these things. .

This level does not need to be strong enough to defeat Rome, it only needs to be strong enough to make Rome feel that it is not worth fighting for these things. In the opinion of the Yuan family, as long as it can show about three times the current strength is enough.

That is to say, all the power of the three Yuan family appeared on the outer circle of Rome's empire, and Rome would stop and think about whether it was worth it to work so hard with the Yuan family, even if it would not be exploited by others, but with Waiting for the opponent to die, can the capital be recovered?

Unlike Anxi, Rome and the Yuan family have no death feud, even now it seems more like beating, and more importantly, what can be gained by defeating the Yuan family? Eastern Europe? It is indeed a very good place, but the extent of Rome's short legs is enough to make people despair.

A place without substantial output cannot be occupied for a long time, unless that location is a strategic point, and the Eastern European Plain is not a strategic point, even if the black land has extremely high output, but this alone cannot win over Rome. field.

The Eastern European Plain is useless land for the short-legged Romans. Even if the Don River is embedded in Eastern Europe, the Romans cannot really gain a foothold in Eastern Europe just by relying on this river, unless the Romans can connect the Volga River and the Don River. .

Technically speaking, both Rome and the Han Dynasty belong to the only country in the world that can build this canal. However, the difference between Rome and the Han Dynasty is that the Han Dynasty will first study it after arriving in a new place. Get off the water net, because you need to farm...

Rome did not study this. The Romans did not need to study the water network because they were close to the Mediterranean Sea. Even if they had technology, the Romans did not conduct professional field research, and it was impossible for the Romans to think of connecting the two rivers to control the entire Eastern Europe.

To be honest, without the discovery that the Volga River and the Don River are less than 100 meters apart, the old Yuan family would not have had the ambition to take over the entire Eastern Europe.

The problem after taking over Eastern Europe is how to control Eastern Europe. The Eastern European Plain is close to 4 million square kilometers. In terms of size, it is not weaker than the Han Dynasty back then, and all of them are plains. The only shortcoming is that the Yanbian area is close to Rome. , and the road traffic is not convenient enough.

If it is controlled by land traffic, the population of the old Yuan's family is simply unrealistic. What's more, there are considerable problems in road construction under that kind of temperature. Some places can be controlled by waterways.

This is also the reason why the old Yuan's family decided to fight for it. If God does not take it, they will be punished by God!

Of course, the old Yuan family will never dig this canal until they are sure. Once they choose to dig, the old Yuan family and Rome will have no way out, and one of them will definitely die.

Because the Don River is connected to the Black Sea, and the Black Sea is connected to the Mediterranean Sea, and the Volga River is almost 80,000 kilometers long including its tributaries, and has more than 200 tributaries, spreading across the entire Eastern European Plain.

Relying on the Volga-Don Canal, you can enter the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Baltic Sea to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the southeast, and the Black Sea to the west, and then to the Mediterranean Sea. In short, after the canal is opened, Eastern Europe can be controlled by waterways.

On the other hand, once this route is opened, Rome and the Yuan family in Eastern Europe must die. The former must maintain the integrity of the Mediterranean Sea, because once there is a gap in the Mediterranean Sea, the enemy can rely on this gap at any time. Attacking the elite area of ​​Rome relying on the Mediterranean coast, and the mobility is extremely abnormal.

You must know that the Mediterranean Sea is the calmest ocean in the world. It belongs to the ocean that can be rowed across with a bathtub, and there are countless people who have done it. Therefore, once the Volga-Don River Canal is successfully built, the Yuan family will explode twice in the Caspian Sea. Thousands of warships, once they seize the opportunity to enter the Mediterranean Sea, the Romans will die, and decades of accumulation will be wiped out. It is absolutely no joke.

In the same way, for the Romans, once the Volga-Don Canal is opened, Eastern Europe will be the same as their hometown, and they can reach every corner of Eastern Europe by boat for up to two months.

In this case, how retarded is Rome to give up the strategy of Eastern Europe?

Therefore, this canal has always been suppressed by the Yuan family. As the biggest secret, it can be revealed to Huangfusong, and it can be used to inform the core members of the Han Dynasty what the Yuan family thinks. But for others, sorry, it is a matter of life and death, and no one stupid.

The old Yuan family would rather show slightly inflated ambitions and a little madness in front of future allies, but the old Yuan family will never release their own fatal vital points. This is not because they are worried about their allies, but because they are The self-protection of a huge force.

"It's still early. Even if we really have this idea, we don't know if there will be any changes in the future." Xun Chen squinted at Xun Chen and said, even though Xun Chen said it very casually, he didn't reveal anything The hidden dangers of the old Yuan's family only revealed a little ambition, but Xun still found something out of it.

"In the future, let's talk about future changes. Our Yuan family's thoughts are unlikely to affect you who are located in Beigui, and even say an exaggerated word. As far as the terrain of Beigui is concerned, our Yuan family will not bite this even if we have any ideas. Turtle shell." Xun Chen waved his hand and said.

Xun Mo kept silent, and glanced at his nephew Xun You, only to see Xun You nodding his head slightly. It was obvious that Xun You also agreed with Yuan's proposal. As for the hidden things, Xun You had no intention of analyzing them carefully. Just sell the Yuan family.

"Alright." Xun Chen looked at his elder brother calmly, and Xun Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a happy cooperation, don't worry, I will definitely not let you charge into battle when the time comes, you can rest assured about this, our Yuan family will support it in front."

Xun Chen really did not have the idea of ​​calculating other people in this respect. As he said, the Yuan family will definitely be at the forefront. After all, this is the great cause of the Yuan family, not the foundation of other families. Leaving things in the hands of others will really leave hidden dangers.

It is not a lie to say that the country is not right, so Yuan's early plan was to accumulate food widely, build walls high, and wait for the time to come. Other families will assist Yuan from the side. The real main force will only be the Yuan family. People are at most the wings of the Yuan family, the power of the Yuan family, rather than real power.

In the study room of Cao's house, Cao Cao and Yuan Tan chatted about some recent situations, and Yuan Tan didn't mean to hide this aspect, and basically didn't involve the Yuan family's confidential matters. Yuan Tan knew everything and said everything. However, Cao Cao is also a knowledgeable person, and he didn't inquire carefully about those confidential questions, but was only moved by the changes in Yuan Tan and the strength of the Yuan family.

"Speaking of which, if I remember correctly, the Roman army should have arrived in Eastern Europe, right? If you leave at this time, won't it cause any impact?" Cao Cao looked at Yuan Tan curiously. Yuan Tan left at this time. Thinking of Zhaocheng, there is always a feeling of fleeing.

"It doesn't have any impact, everything that needs to be said has been said, and Rome's army is actually not very strong. The four Eagle Banner Legions plus a large number of auxiliary troops transport food and grass by the Don River. They have combat effectiveness, but the Eastern European Plain is too large. There are still some delays." Yuan Tan shook his head and said.

The Yuan family has been making preparations since last year. As a result, Rome only came to Rome with three Eagle Banner regiments and a group of auxiliary soldiers. Bing, the old Yuan's family didn't even need to ask the Han Dynasty for help to solve the problem.

What's more, the Han Dynasty also dispatched the largest local brand and a large number of elites to Sizhao City. It can be said that it is really not easy for Rome to win Eastern Europe in the hands of Huangfusong.

This year, although Rome has added the Ninth Spanish Legion and the personal guard of the Duke of Albinus, the essence has not changed much.

Even if Huangfusong didn't help, the Yuan family wouldn't be in too much danger against this batch, not to mention that Huangfusong is now in the Yuan's family, so Yuan Tan left after handing over the position of Supreme Commander to Huangfusong.

With Huangfusong's prestige, it is impossible for others to be dissatisfied. Huangfusong, who put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion for a year, really didn't blow it out. Needless to say, all the generals of the Yuan family must be convinced, and the people under his rule are also convinced. I have heard of Huangfusong's reputation, and I know who to choose as the commander-in-chief between Yuan Tan and Huangfusong.

After all, Yuan Tan is more like a spiritual banner. To be honest, his ability is not very strong, but he and everyone built Sizhao City in the wilderness, and led all the soldiers and civilians to build a country from nothing to now. It brought him a lot of prestige.

Yuan Tan accomplished all this by relying on prestige, not ability. Therefore, as long as Yuan Tan chooses the right general, no one will stare at Yuan Tan. a small part of it.

"In other words, the situation is quite good now?" Cao Cao asked with a smile. He admired Yuan Tan's self-confidence, because he was very similar to Yuan Benchu ​​when he was young and frivolous.

"There will be no big ups and downs. I have the upper hand in terms of military strength, strength, commander, food, grass and supplies. Even Eastern Europe still belongs to my Yuan family's homeland. There is no possibility of trouble. Unless Rome changes generals and changes the atmosphere of this battle, otherwise The situation won't change much." Yuan Tan said flatly.

Part of the reason why Yuan Tan left from Sizhao City was that he was worried that someone would sue Huangfusong for treachery. On the one hand, he left to show his trust in Huangfusong, and on the other hand, he left for Huangfusong to do whatever he wanted. , it may not be smooth to play, it's better to get out and let Huangfusong play as he pleases.

Anyway, with Huangfusong's situation, the Yuan family even confessed to the old man. Under this premise, if Huangfusong didn't know whether to protect him or abandon him, then the old Yuan family would really have to wait to die.

Because if Huangfusong is messing around with this matter, it can only show that the Han Dynasty not only abandoned the Yuan family because of lack of strength, but also sent the Yuan family to die. Since the above situation is impossible, then Yuan Tan has nothing to worry about.

All the strength of my Yuan family can be used at will, just maintain the balance of power and reduce losses, and the other generals can do whatever they want!