Three Kingdoms

Everyone's thoughts are obviously different.

Emperor Liu Xie worked hard and thought a lot, but once he entered the implementation stage, some deviations would occur due to the collision between ideals and reality...

Xi Xi's suggestion is actually not very well-intentioned.

For Xi Liu, compiling history is not a purpose, but more like a proof of identity.

Just like football in later generations.

Later men's football teams proved that the market economy is not omnipotent.

Compared with the current salary reductions and delays in the Han Dynasty, of course, profitable business is more important. How much money can you get for studying history?

How much money can you get if you risk your life for the emperor?

And then in the club, ah, bah, how much money can you get for playing a friendly match in front of the Yingchuan kids?

Even if you really go to great lengths for the emperor, what if you get injured? Because of the serious injury, he withdrew from the court queue. Who will bear the loss?

Anyway, being a history editor is just an identity. Of course, when you swear an oath in front of the emperor, you are extremely serious. When you actually go into battle, I can’t help but realize that the sun is too strong during the day, not enough light at night, too sunny on a sunny day, and too slippery on a rainy day...

But it is impossible to lose the title of "Revising History". .

It is impossible to write history in a serious way, it is just a matter of doing it here and there.

But with this status, the net worth can be higher, so Xi Li is not really thinking from the perspective of the emperor. He just wants such a national team, uh, the status of revising history, and then the work of revising history will naturally The sooner it's over, the better. It's best to wander around for a while before going home, so Xi Lu found the excuse of "offering captives". Firstly, it short-circuited the matter in front of him, and secondly, it was a show of his face, and then he really ended up Now, my hair is not messy, and I don’t have to work too hard. After finishing the game, I can still walk home and play with my mobile phone. Bah, playing with women, ahem, no, I just need to take a good rest and reflect...

It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, what matters is participation.

The spirit of participation is important.

As for the Emperor Liu Xie, he was also very helpless. He thought that he had to establish such a name first, otherwise he would not even be able to gather the people. But in fact, this is just a falsehood that has been formed for him over the years. It's just cognition. He didn't dare to break the original restrictions, so naturally he could only be limited by these rules and regulations.

It's just that these matters are all follow-up issues. As for the current war between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, it is indeed as Xi Lu speculated that Cao Cao won a great victory?

It's unnecessary.

Cao Cao was considered victorious, but it didn't count.

Sun Quan is also not considered a failure.

But what's interesting is that, whether it's Cao Cao or Sun Quan, both sides are claiming victory. Just like the men's football team of later generations, even if they are at the bottom of the group and are beaten to pieces, they will still declare with a smile what style they have promoted. , showing what spirit is the same.

This is a war that exists in the mind, and both sides have won!

Cao Cao said that he played well, Sun Quan said that his family played well...

Well, actually this is what happened. In order to transport wealth back to Jiangdong, Sun Quan greatly reduced the number of ships that could be used for combat. It also made it impossible to respond to troops in time during the battle, control the water network area, and hinder Cao Jun's attack. Therefore, Sun Quan received Zhou Yu's letter Afterwards, he was inspired and sent people to go by sea, bypassing the frontal fighting area, and sent to Xu County a seal indicating his family's loyalty and the so-called righteous act of "clearing the emperor's side" for the sake of the emperor.

Interestingly, this seal was intercepted on the way before being sent to the emperor.

Just like the prisoners coming from Guanzhong, Sun Quan's seal cannot be delivered directly to Liu Xie.

Although everyone from Cao Cao to Xun Yu knew that Sun Quan was full of nonsense in the chapter, it was like a fart, but this fart also had some flavor...

The letter can be sent to Xu County bypassing the front, which means that if Sun Quan is determined, he can also bypass the Guangling Xiapi front and land directly at the rear of Cao Jun!

Of course, as Cao Cao and Xun Yu, it was impossible for them to know that the Sun family's ships were actually transporting goods back to Jiangdong, and they could not transport them at the moment. Moreover, taking the sea route was not that easy for the Sun family's current ships. A small fleet is easy to talk about, but if it is a large fleet, everything will be quite troublesome. This is the same as on a land battlefield, where it is easy for small units to infiltrate, but the advance of large units is very restricted.

But the problem is that neither Cao Cao nor Xun Yu dare to gamble, or they don't have much capital to gamble at the moment.

You must know that this idiot from the Sun family has sailed ships in history, not only as far north as Liaodong, but also as far south as Wanwan and Jiaozhi!

If you really force the fool to break the pot, send ships to bypass the front, and then invade the rear, even a small team will not be able to attack the city and capture the ground, but what about burning the wheat fields? What about destroying facilities? What about attacking the caravan?

The only navy Cao Cao has on hand is in Jingzhou, and it is a second-level unit, belonging to the descending army series. There is no navy at all in other places. At most, there are only some civilian ships used to transport supplies. If When encountering the Jiangdong navy, they really can't come up with anything if they don't respect martial ethics.

Therefore, after Xun Yu intercepted Sun Quan's seal, he felt very embarrassed after thinking about it, and then hurriedly contacted Cao Cao...

Cao Cao was on the front line. Although he won the battle and conquered Ling County, there were originally no people in Ling County, and all valuable things had been taken away long ago, so he got a piece of nothing. The land is fruitful, indeed it is, but it is said that it is beneficial, it is true that it is not.

Especially at the end of the battle in Ling County, although Zhu Ran's attack was successfully repelled and many soldiers from Jiangdong were killed, many soldiers from Jiangdong were still able to escape. At the same time, it also showed the advantage of Jiangdong's soldiers on the waterway. Cao Jun cannot control the waterway, or in other words, cannot control the entire waterway. Even if it is stuck at a certain point, there is no guarantee that it will be able to stop the Jiangdong navy. As long as the Jiangdong Navy does not disembark, Cao Jun will have nothing to do with the Jiangdong Navy most of the time.

Ordinary bows and arrows have a limited range, and trebuchets and the like run much slower than ships. If it is like the middle and upper reaches of the river, the river surface is not wide, and there are some methods, such as in the lower reaches of the river, or in the swampy lake area, it is really exciting to watch the boat.

In addition to the combat reasons, Cao Cao's side was also under great economic pressure. Although it is a good thing to have more soldiers and generals, military expenditures are an astonishing amount. You must know that under Cao Cao, the proportion of soldiers in the field is not small. Just like Cao Cao's rear camp is the army of General Ren Jun, the general in the field, and there will be busy summer and autumn harvest. If the battle continues...

Money, a penny cannot defeat a heroic man. Naturally, Cao Cao had no worries about food and drink, but what about the soldiers under his command and the people under his direct jurisdiction? Originally, it was Yin and Mao Liang, but if the economy worsened again, Cao Cao really couldn't imagine what it would be like.

After weighing many factors, both Cao Cao and Xun Yu felt that they should give up when they saw fit. After all, although Cao Cao's army said they had lost Guangling, Guangling was originally not within Cao Cao's direct jurisdiction, and they defeated Taishan's army continuously and killed them. Chang Xi crippled Yin Li and greatly weakened Qing Xu's threat. At the same time, he also took the opportunity to oppress the Xiapi Chen family, which dealt a serious blow to the Chen family's strength.

In terms of performance, they defeated Zhou Tai, defeated Xie Zan, and defeated Zhu Ran, which is also remarkable. Therefore, the two sides have temporarily suspended the truce and divided Guangling into two, which is a relatively acceptable result. .

After all, even if they continue to attack, it doesn't make much sense. Cao Cao doesn't have a boat now. If Sun Quan greases his feet and runs away in a boat, Cao Cao can only look at the river and sigh helplessly. As for why the dividing line is not drawn at the Yangtze River, it is because Guangling itself has been abandoned, and there is no point in having so much more land. In addition, if it is governed across the river, Cao Cao does not have a navy to defend the east of the river, so it is better to open up a section of the area , which is equivalent to fortifying the wall and clearing the country, so that even if Jiangdong Army wants to advance, it will not be able to get any supplies from Guangling.

So Cao Cao used the name of the Emperor to send an envoy to express a truce between the two sides, and promoted Sun Quan to a higher level, from a fifth-grade miscellaneous general who was not very popular, to a fourth-grade miscellaneous general who was also not very popular. Pinglu Zhonglang general, and then secretly warned Sun Quan that young people should practice martial ethics and use mouse tail juice...

On Sun Quan's side, it is indeed "somewhat difficult" to expand the results.

Zhou Tai was seriously injured, which made Sun Quan feel heartbroken...

Xie Zan was also injured, which made Sun Quan so angry that his nose almost became crooked.

Zhou Tai was really injured and returned with blood. If it weren't for Zhou Tai's phoenix attribute blessing, well, or maybe he was lucky to some extent, he might not have died on the front line! And even if the injury can be healed this time, let's not talk about whether there are any hidden dangers. Just talking about the recovery period, don't think about going out in the next two years.

Xie Zan's injury was like child's play compared to Zhou Tai's. Sun Quan even doubted whether Xie Zan's injury would have healed on its own if it had come a little later. The bandage was quite large, and his voice was extremely weak, but his face was rosy. According to Sun Quan's private investigation, Xie Zan could eat and sleep freely...

Then Zhu Ran also failed.

Sun Quan didn't have much objection to Zhu Ran's failure. After all, Zhu Ran faced Cao Cao. It is best to win, and it is normal to lose. However, the war equipment displayed by Cao Cao during the battle sounded the alarm to Sun Quan.

On the one hand, there are not enough ships, and on the other hand, defending the city on land may not be the opponent of Cao Jun's siege equipment. Under such circumstances, Sun Quan, who is strong on the outside and capable on the inside, has to curb his other majestic ambitions in the face of the cold reality, and also It's an inevitable choice.

At the same time, Sun Quan, like Cao Cao, in addition to the frontal battlefield, Sun Quan's rear is also threatened...

Sometimes, a person's position does not represent that person's ability, but under certain conditions, the level of this position will affect many issues.

Sun Jian was just a Polu general before, and although Sun Quan claimed to be the lord of Jiangdong, in fact, his previous position was still a low-ranking fifth-grade miscellaneous title. Such a title caused Sun Quan to have insufficient influence on some matters in Jiangdong, because in some cases Relatively speaking, relatively closed areas, especially places beyond mountains, were somewhat disapproving when they heard that he was just a general with a general name, and a fifth-grade general.

Many Shanyue said, "I think back then, I fought against General Pingnan and General Duliao. How good of a general is General Polu now?" 』

In addition, the Sun family is considered an outsider. For Jiangdong scholars, it is not only the difference between outsiders and locals, but also the feeling of domination and oppression. This leads to this contradictory relationship at certain times. Not only will it affect Sun Quan's rule, it will even lead to the subsequent development of Jiangdong.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Shanyue and Jiangdong nobles have caused some problems to pull Sun Quan's crotch. But this time Sun Quan has been promoted to a level. I don't know if he can still party and drink after returning to the army. He laughed. come out?

Putting aside Sun Quan's subsequent actions, on the southeastern coast of the Han Dynasty, besides Sun Quan, there was another person who was also very interested in overseas navigation.

Since Liu Bei arrived in Jiaozhi, drove away Shi Xie, and officially took office as the prefect of Jiaozhi, he also began to have some interest in the two large local ports.

In Jiaozhi, because the fields are relatively barren and the sea breeze blows, the planting industry is not as developed as inland. Moreover, there has been a custom of fishing boats out to sea since ancient times. In addition, Liu Bei learned from Fei Qian about the journey from Jiaozhi to Jiaozhi. In the south, there is also a large area of ​​land suitable for farming, with two or even three crops a year. This naturally made Liu Bei pay some extra attention to navigation technology.

Liu Bei's ability in civil affairs may not be much better than that of ordinary noblemen, but Liu Bei's biggest characteristic is that he can put aside his stature...

Therefore, during this period of time in Jiaozhi, since Liu Bei decided to take his brothers to take root in this land, he waved his double sword and released his "good intentions" towards the local indigenous people.

Especially in front of Guan and Zhang, and with the blessing of the big man's iron armor, the force of these indigenous people is just like children playing house. When they meet the real guys, they are at a loss and find it difficult to resist. Under such circumstances, Surrender, or temporary compromise, has become the only way for these natives.

On this day, in the lobby of Liu Bei's military meeting, a huge "sea chart" was hung.

In the chart, several cities in Jiaozhi are marked, and at the bottom of the chart, it is relatively abbreviated, but even so, there is a large land area, which is obviously larger than the area of ​​​​Jiaozhi. Be bigger.

Of course, this sea map could not have been drawn by Liu Bei himself, but was copied from Feiqian before Liu Bei set out. Of course, according to Liu Bei's level, it is considered good to be able to copy it like this. Only the sea map Don't think too much about whether the pictures are in proportion, the cities and mountains, the rivers flowing into the sea, and other details.

At least, at the moment, in Jiaozhi, when Liu Bei displayed it, it still shocked many local natives. Especially these dark-skinned people.

At the same time, what Liu Bei obtained from Fei Qian was not only this copied sea map, but also Fei Qian's war model of using war to promote trade and trade to support war!

"To go from Ninan to the west, you have to climb over mountains and ridges. The mountains are high and densely forested. There have been few people inhabited for thousands of years. There are no suitable roads. You may not be able to get out even if you walk for several months..."

Liu Bei pointed to the marks on the chart and said, "But taking a boat is different. You can continue down from the south. There are large islands along the way, and there are also people. With the help of sails and oars, you can rest in more than ten days." You won’t have to worry about drifting on the sea, nor will you have to worry too much about supply issues...』

These days, from Nichinan County to the south, there is simply a blank. There is no information, and there is no so-called county system. It is an unknown area over there, and even the indigenous people are not very clear about the situation there.

"The most important thing is that in these places," Liu Bei tapped on the chart to indicate that they were the key points, "it is said that rice can be harvested twice a year!" There are also rare treasures such as pearls, tortoise shells, spices, etc. It is naturally inconvenient to transport them on mountain roads. If they are carried by boat, even a shipload of goods is worth a lot! 』

Having rice that is harvested twice a year means that you can feed people and soldiers, and having these rare goods means that you can make a profit!

Shi Xie had a shipyard in Jiaozhi before, and also built some ships. However, Shi Xie's purpose of building ships was only to facilitate his own travel, and he never thought about expanding outwards. After Liu Bei occupied Jiaozhi, he felt that the shipyard was too small, and there was too little wood stored for shipbuilding, which was not enough.

So where is the abundance of wood?

Naturally, it occupies a human area.

Pulling the Zhan people onto the bed, uh, boat, and making these Zhan people willingly provide shipbuilding wood for free. After all, they are "partners". Isn't it much more cost-effective than Liu Bei having to spend money to go to the Zhan people to buy it?

Although Liu Bei's description is quite attractive, the indigenous representatives and leaders still have some worries.

After all, for these people, the big man is scary, but the sea is also scary. People die in the sea every year in coastal areas, either because there is no time to run when the tide is high, or because the canoe Capsized in the sea, or suffered damage from a typhoon...

And Zhan people believe that the biggest problems faced by going to sea are not just these...

"direction? "Liu Bei listened to the translator's laborious explanation, and he couldn't understand. "What direction? Oh, I see……"

Liu Bei turned around and smiled at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. In this smile, there was relief for the questions raised by Zhan Ren, and there was also pride in being a big man.

Because the so-called sailing along the coastline means that it is impossible to stay close to the seaside all the time, because there are many reefs on the shore, and you will be ruined if you accidentally hit it, so generally speaking, you will sail about ten or twenty miles away from the coastline. But in this way, when it is clear, you can still see clearly which direction the land is in. However, once the weather is bad, or a sudden strong wind blows the ship off the route, Zhan Ren, who has no ability to discern direction, will be stuck in the vast sea. Above, there is no reference, it is a narrow escape!

Liu Bei laughed and said: "This is easy... Our people can "draw the stars" and can distinguish between east, west, north and south! 』

According to the translator, I don’t know how fortune-tellers understand this so-called "star-pulling technique". Generally speaking, it should represent the power of the stars, or it may represent the moon or something. I am surprised, but inevitably feel more. A bit envious, and then a bit greedy.

After all, for Liu Bei and others, the technology of occupying people is quite low, and this technology that can almost change their plight at sea is like a thirsty person in the desert seeing a clear spring.

"Want to learn? Liu Bei raised his eyebrows, "It's not like I can't teach you... But if you learn it and your people run away, wouldn't it be in vain for us to teach you?" In this way, you can send people to learn, but they have to work here for at least twenty years... No, no, ten years is too short, so, fifteen years, this is the bottom line! fifteen years! That `s a deal! 』