The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 399 Xia Houyuan is a breakthrough
Hanzhong is far away from Xuchang or Yecheng, and the roads are difficult. Once a war breaks out, Cao’s reinforcements will be slow to come, and there are no other famous generals in Guanzhong except Xiahouyuan and Zhang He, like Xiahoushang, Xiahoude, Han Hao and other generals. Some unrefined tricks.Xia Houyuan's marching Sima Guo Huai had some resourcefulness among the others, but he was far behind Xu Shu and Fazheng.

But Zhang Wu will not launch a war in a short time, because he is not ready. Yizhou has just been pacified, but Jiaozhou has not been dealt with. He needs some time to completely digest these two states.Moreover, Yizhou soldiers must be the main force in the Battle of Hanzhong, but Yizhou soldiers did not meet the required requirements in terms of training or equipment.

It will take Zhang Wu about a year to make preparations to turn Jiaozhou into a food producing area, at the same time sell Jiaozhou's jewelry to the north to make money, and then complete the reorganization and training of Yizhou soldiers.

The printing of the annotated version of the book brought two benefits to Zhang Wu.

The first advantage is that Zhang Wu's prestige will be raised to a higher level, especially among the scholars, the world's top aristocratic families have connections with Zhang Wu.Although some northern aristocratic families did not take refuge in him, they deepened their understanding of Zhang Wu himself and his ruling philosophy. In case Zhang Wu took advantage of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, they might secretly flirt with him.

The second advantage is that Zhang Wu can make a lot of money again.Although the book has been out for a long time, people from aristocratic families and even poor families have basically bought it all, but buying a book does not mean that you can understand the meaning of the words written in the book.People from wealthy families have family knowledge and the financial resources to ask teachers to explain it, but people from poor families or ordinary people do not have that condition.

Now that there are annotated books, anyone who can read can understand what the content in the book means, and there is no need to spend money to hire a teacher. Therefore, once this annotated book is printed and published, it will definitely be enthusiastic in the market. welcome.

Zhang Wu intends to divide the money from selling books into three parts, one part is used for expenses, one part is turned over to the treasury as tax, and one part is distributed to the various aristocratic families.

From ancient times to the present, the most solid alliance is the alliance of interests. Why do the aristocratic families under Zhang Wu's rule follow Zhang Wu wholeheartedly?It is because Zhang Wu can bring them benefits, can bring them the most direct and attractive financial benefits!
After taking over Jiaozhou, Zhang Wu has preliminarily built the Great Jiangnan Trade Zone. The development of commercial trade can be said to be world-leading, which also makes up for the shortcomings of Jiangnan's agriculture that is not as developed as in the north.

As a time traveler, Zhang Wu did not major in economics, but based on his knowledge, his understanding of the basic principles and functions of business is far superior to that of people in the world.

As the saying goes, there is no stability without agriculture, no wealth without work, and no life without business.In this era, food is still the foundation of survival, and it is one of the basic prerequisites for war.There have been many wars in history, and the superior side had to retreat due to lack of food.

As long as it is not a protracted war, Zhang Wu is not short of food. After all, there are many famous grain producing areas on his site. rain.After taking Jiaozhou, the road to Vietnam was opened up. Vietnam is a high-yielding area of ​​rice, and Champa rice is very famous in history.

There is no shortage of money, no shortage of food, no shortage of counselors and generals, and now Zhang Wu is short of horses.

In fact, if both sides fought with infantry, Zhang Wu would not be afraid of Cao Jun.Although the combat effectiveness of the Chu army's infantry is slightly inferior to that of Cao's army, it can make up for it in training, equipment, logistics and other aspects. Even Zhang Wu dared to use the Chu army's infantry to fight against Cao's cavalry.

Because the equipment of the Chu Army is indeed very advanced, and all kinds of long-range weapons are very complete, especially the Liannu that Zhang Wu summoned a group of craftsmen to research and improve according to his memory of the "Zhuge Liannu", which is very lethal.

But the greatest role of cavalry is not for frontal decisive battles, nor for charging into infantry phalanxes, but for its mobility and flexibility.Cao Cao has many experts who use cavalry in combat. They will use the speed of cavalry to quickly make detours, or to conduct surprise attacks while the opponent is marching, or to rob the opponent's food routes.

This is where Zhang Wu is most afraid of cavalry, because it is impossible for infantry to stand in formation all the time, especially on the northern plains, if the army is suddenly attacked by cavalry during its march, there is no time to form at all. Array.

In an era without machine guns and cannons, the only thing that could fight against cavalry was cavalry.

Even in modern times, cavalry is still active on the battlefield. For example, during the Anti-Japanese War, the main field forces also had cavalry regiments, which also played a great role on the battlefield.

The big man was able to beat the Huns to death because the cavalry of the big man was stronger than the cavalry of the Huns.Now the big Han is about to die, but the cavalry under Cao Cao's command is still extremely powerful, and has been suppressing the nomads in the north until now, preventing them from taking advantage of the war in the Central Plains to loot.

Therefore, the short-term strategic goal formulated by Zhang Wu and a group of military advisers and generals is to take Hanzhong, occupy Liangzhou, and train cavalry.

Hanzhong is also difficult terrain, surrounded by mountains.It was very difficult for Cao Cao to attack Yizhou from Hanzhong, and it was not easy for Zhang Wu to attack Hanzhong from Yizhou.If Cao Jun sticks to the dangerous point, Zhang Wu may not be able to take Hanzhong even if he wipes out all his infantry.

Fortunately, the commander-in-chief of Cao's army on the western front was Xia Houyuan, a brave and foolhardy "General Bai Di". Although his deputy Zhang He was a little more clever than Xia Houyuan, he was not a man who knew how to use tactics.Moreover, Zhang He's best skill is running away. He is very cunning. He will run away as soon as he thinks he can't defeat him. He has been defeated so many times and nothing has happened to him!
If Xiahou Dun or Cao Ren were the commander in chief on the western front, then Zhang Wu would have to be more careful, especially Cao Ren, whose defense was like a tortoise.

In fact, it's not that Cao Cao didn't assign counselors to Xia Houyuan, such as Xia Houyuan's current marching commander Guo Huai, Du Xi, who stayed in Hanzhong Nanzheng, and Zhang Ji who stayed in Chang'an.The real talents of these three people are actually not bad at all. Although they are inferior to Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fazheng and other super-class military advisers, if Xia Houyuan can humbly listen to the opinions of these people, he will definitely not die so badly.

Guo Huai replaced Xia Houyuan in the later period of the Three Kingdoms period. He became the general who conquered the west, supervised the military forces in Liangzhou, Yongzhou, and prevented Zhuge Liang from the Northern Expedition.

Du Xi was one of the "Four Famous Scholars" in Yingchuan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He defected to Cao Cao very early. Cao Cao was well aware of Du Xi's talents, so he asked Xia Houyuan to guard Junshan and Zhang He to guard Mengtou Rock. Hanzhong, supervising the military affairs of Hanzhong.

Zhang Ji was born in a humble family, and he became a small official when he was 16 years old. When Cao Cao was appointed Sikong, he recruited Zhang Ji.When Cao Cao called Wei Gong, Zhang not only served as Minister of Wei Duke, Mao Jie, Cui Yan, etc., but also served as governor of Yongzhou.

These three people can be regarded as very powerful characters in Cao Wei's later period. If these three people join forces, they really may not lose to the combination of Xu Shu and Fazheng.

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