The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 42 Jingzhou has no shortage of talents
Zhang Wu is very excited now, he already has three generals under him, enough to guard Jiang Xia.

Gan Ning is already a top-notch general now, he is amphibious, and his arrow skills are also outstanding, this is the one who shot to death Jiangdong fierce general Ling Cao.

Although Wei Yan and Ding Feng are young, they are already very outstanding, and there is still a lot of room for growth in the future.In the original book, Ding Feng was a general in the later period of Soochow Wu, who was in charge of the military power of Soochow Wu.Wei Yan was also the number one general in the late Shu Han period. Not only did he often lead the army alone, he also shot off Cao Cao's two front teeth.

Zhang Wu couldn't help feeling a little bit, Jingzhou actually didn't lack talents at all, but Liu Biao didn't know how to employ people, and only valued family background and fame, so people like Wei Yan who came from humble backgrounds and ordinary people were underappreciated for their talents.

Among the generals in Jingzhou, not only Gan Ning and Wei Yan, but also Huang Zhong, who is nearly sixty years old, is still wasting in Changsha.This old general Huang was the one who had a hard life. He didn't follow Liu Bei to fight in the world until he was 60 years old. He became famous when he killed Xia Houyuan in Dingjun Mountain in 219, which laid the foundation for the victory of Liu Bei's army in the Battle of Hanzhong.

Unfortunately, in the second year, in 220 AD, Huang Zhong died of illness without even a descendant.

In addition to military generals, there are countless civil servants and counselors in Jingzhou. If they can all be conquered, they will be more than enough to dominate the world, and they will be no worse than Cao Cao and Sun Quan's men.

However, Zhang Wu knew that under the current situation, those top strategists would not come to rely on him.

Zhang Wu is not in a hurry, anyway, he only has Jiangxia at present, and he is still in the defensive stage. Now he has enough talents in his hands, and he already has a plan in his heart, and he can always get one or two by then. .

The more counselors like military advisers, the better, as long as there are one or two truly top-notch ones, and sometimes there will be differences of opinion if there are too many.

There are many counselors under Yuan Shao. Tian Feng, Ju Sue, Xu You, and Shen Pei are all people with outstanding intelligence. They are actually much worse than Cao Cao's Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, and Cheng Yu. But Yuan Shao's Many people formed factions to fight among themselves, stumbling each other, and forced the most powerful Yuan Shao army to collapse.

At that time, Lu Bu had only Chen Gong under him, and he almost took over Cao Cao's old nest.

Liu Bei also relied on Zhuge Liang to make suggestions and lay a foundation.

In wars, although the generals who lead the troops and the counselors who make plans are very important, they are ultimately compared with the overall strength, such as the training, equipment, morale of soldiers, sufficient logistics and food, the stability of the rear base camp and many other factors.

Zhang Xiu had a top strategist like Jia Xu under his command, and he was lucky enough to defeat Cao Cao once or twice, but when Cao Cao came to fight for the third time, Jia Xu persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender because he knew that Cao Cao was too powerful. , Losing once or twice will not hurt the root.

A few days later, the spies reported the situation in the north.

After Yuan Shao received reinforcements from Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan, and Gao Gan, he gathered another 30 troops and confronted Cao Jun in Xiazhai Cangting.

Cao Cao used Cheng Yu's plan of ambush from ten sides to kill Yuan Jun's corpses all over the field, and blood flowed into rivers. Yuan Shao and his son were so frightened that they fled with their lives.

Yuan Shao's army was completely dead. Yuan Shao hugged his three sons and cried bitterly. He passed out and had to retreat. , Yuan Shao led Yuan Shang and others back to Jizhou to recuperate.

Cao Cao felt that although Yuan Shao was defeated, Jizhou had a lot of food and grass, and the trial and allocation was very strategic.

It just so happened that Xun Yu sent a letter, reporting that Liu Bei had captured tens of thousands of people from Liu Pi and Gong Du in Runan, and seeing that Cao Cao led an expedition, he wanted to take advantage of the falsehood to attack Xuchang.

Cao Cao still attached great importance to Liu Bei. After hearing the news, he left Cao Hong to station his troops on the river, bluffing, and led his army to Runan to meet Liu Bei.

Zhang Wu knew that Yuan Shao was about to die, and Liu Bei must have been defeated by Cao Cao again, and then Uncle Liu Huang was about to come to Jingzhou.

It is not far from Cao Cao's unification of the north. At that time, Cao Cao will have enough troops and food, occupy the most developed area in the world, and become the most powerful prince in the world.

Although Zhang Wu traveled through the party, he did not think that he would definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao. Maybe he would be killed in a battle and become a passage in historical records.

But since God gave him a chance, wouldn't it be a pity not to do it vigorously? Regardless of the result, just do your best anyway.

Therefore, now Zhang Wu especially wants to cause trouble for Cao Cao. Even if he can't reverse the situation in the north, he can somewhat delay Cao Cao's process of unifying the north.

Cao Cao doesn't have many soldiers and horses left in Hebei now, and the general who leads them is Cao Hong, a somewhat brainless and money-grubbing guy. If Zhang Wu can lead a force and make a sneak attack, he might be able to overthrow Cao Cao's army who stays in Hebei.

Yuan Shao's top counselors, Ju Shou and Tian Feng, are both dead, but the judges guarding Yecheng are not weak, and they are not inferior to Xun You, Jia Xu and others in terms of strategy.If it can be found that Cao Hong's troops are in trouble, maybe Cao Cao's soldiers and horses left in Hebei will be taken over, and Yuan Shao's army may be able to slow down for a while.

But Zhang Wu found that he had no choice because he had no way to go north.

Although Jiangxia is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the north is Yuzhou, Cao Cao's territory, but the Dabie Mountains are separated in the middle, and the army cannot march.On the other hand, Jiangxia faces Sun Quan to the east and Liu Biao to the west. These two people will not allow Zhang Wu to lead troops through.Therefore, even if Zhang Wu wanted to trouble Cao Cao, there was nothing he could do.

From the geographical map of China, the Qinling and Huaihe Rivers divide China into north and south.Since ancient times, northerners ride horses, southerners drive boats, northerners are good at land warfare, and southerners are better at water warfare.Therefore, if the north wants to unify the south, it must have a navy, otherwise you will not be able to cross the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River.

The Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains is not completely connected. There is a gap in the middle, which is Xiangyang. That's why Xiangyang has become the key to the battle between the North and the South. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.If you occupy Xiangyang, you can occupy Jingzhou, and if you occupy Jingzhou, you can train the navy.Jingzhou is also in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is very advantageous to attack Jiangdong downstream.

Therefore, in history, Cao Cao attacked Xiangyang first when conquering the south, and the Mongol Empire also chose to attack Xiangyang when it attacked the Southern Song Dynasty. Once Xiangyang fell, the Southern Song Dynasty fell.Therefore, Cao Cao's strategy was correct, and it started well. Liu Cong surrendered directly, and Cao Cao won the second largest navy in the world for nothing.

Cao Cao's mistake was that he was too impatient. He wanted to defeat Sun Quan as soon as possible, and to unify China in his own lifetime, and made great achievements. As a result, the battle of Chibi made him understand what is not going against the wind!
If Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou for two years, drilled the navy, appeased the people, and then wiped out Liu Bei, it would be hard to say what the outcome would be. At that time, Liu Bei really had nowhere to vote.

(End of this chapter)