Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 395 Xuzhou Commercial Affairs Settled
It's not that Chen Deng didn't believe in the three land merchants, Chen Deng felt that it was not good, the main reason was the batch of Xuzhou armor that was robbed by Cao Wei.

In Chen Deng's view, the ambush arranged by his side at that time could completely wipe out the Cao Wei spies who came to receive Xuzhou's armor.

At that time, Qian's side will be safe, and Xuzhou's armor will not have to be sent to Cao Wei's side, just adding a certain amount of combat power to his future enemies.

Chen Deng's thoughts cannot be miscalculated. After all, although he is good at military affairs, it was because of Yuan Tan's sudden birth.

At this time in the official history, Chen Deng had been appointed by Cao Cao as the prefect of Guangling, fought back and forth with Sun Ce, and then went to war with Sun Quan.

Only then did Chen Deng hone his strategic vision and combat ability.

But now Chen Deng, compared with the official history, undoubtedly has a much stronger ability in internal affairs, but his strategic vision is relatively weaker.

So it's not surprising to have such thoughts.

Yuan Tan explained: "If we follow Yuanlong's idea, we can earn more this time, but Cao Wei will be more afraid of us."

As Yuan Tan spoke, his eyes turned to the distance, as if he saw Xudu thousands of miles away.

Although Cao Cao has been defeated repeatedly, he is a hero who can realize the three kingdoms in the official history, and even once touched the point of unifying the world.

Although the power is greatly damaged at the moment, the foundation of starting a family is still there. Among the generals of Cao Wei's clan, although Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren have been damaged.

But Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong can still support Cao Wei's big frame.

Not to mention, among the generals of Cao Wei's clan in history, the famous Ba Xiaoqi, now there are Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang, and Cao Chun.

There is only one Cao Zhen who is young enough to worry about, but there are the remaining five people.

Commanding Cao Wei's core forces, Cao Cao doesn't have to worry about the risk of mutiny.

According to official history, the Guanzhong family concentrated power in the hands of the Cao Wei clan because Cao Cao held the emperor hostage.

Although the Guanzhong family was the initial angel investor of Cao Wei Group, after Cao Cao developed, he turned his back on these investors.

Naturally, the Guanzhong family would not let it go, and caused a lot of trouble behind Cao Cao.

But now, the official history has long been changed beyond recognition by Yuan Tan. The Guanzhong family looked around, except for supporting Cao Cao, any other princes along the way would attack Cao Cao.

Nothing good will happen to them locals.

Therefore, although Cao Cao's current power has weakened, he has not yet fallen out of the second echelon.

"The power of today's princes can be divided into three levels."

In the Hou Mansion, Yuan Tan pointed at the huge map of the world behind him. Standing next to him were his two disciples, Xu Shu and Deng Ai.

Zhuge Jin had already bid farewell and left, but Chen Deng was kept by Yuan Tan.

He was going to take advantage of this opportunity to teach his disciples and Chen Deng the lesson of strategic vision.

Yuan Tan pointed at the four states of the Central Plains and the four states of the Northland, Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Yongzhou, which had been painted gold.

"My Yuan family currently occupies half of the world, with the land of eight states in hand, it can be called the first echelon."

"As for Sun Ce, the tiger occupied the east of the Yangtze River, separatist Yangzhou, and one after another Jiaozhou Shikui, and recruited Shanyue as soldiers. It can be called occupying two states. This is the benchmark of the second echelon."

"Except for Sun Ce, the rest, Zhang Lu in Xichuan, Ma Teng in Liangzhou, Liu Bei in Xinye, and Liu Zhang in Yizhou, these few just occupy a state or even a city, relying on their strong generals, The soldiers are elite, and they can barely be called the princes of the third echelon."

"However, Liu Biao of Jingzhou is different from Cao Cao of Sili. For these two, Jingzhou is rich enough to support 50 troops. Their background cannot be underestimated. In addition, although Liu Biao has a weak and conservative character, he has accumulated power in Jingzhou for a long time."

Yuan Tan looked at the map of Jingzhou and pondered for a while.

Liu Biao is a typical farming maniac, who just hides in Jingzhou honestly when no one comes to attack him.

Once someone commits an offense, even Yuan Tan will feel a headache.

Don't think that in the official history, Jingzhou was defeated by Cao Cao without a fight, and you think that Liu Biao in Jingzhou is vulnerable.

At that time, Liu Biao was already old, and his body was so weak that he could not even command the army. In addition, his successor was Liu Cong who only inherited cowardice, but did not inherit the decisive and resolute character Liu Biao retained when he was young.

This gave Cao Cao a chance to break through.

But now, although Liu Biao is getting old, he is only fifty years old, and he still has physical strength and spirit.

The power of Jingzhou is still firmly in his hands.

If Liu Biao felt that Liu Biao was weak and could be bullied, he would suffer a big loss.

So Yuan Tan specially brought him and Cao Cao together for comparison.

"Cao Cao and Liu Biao are roughly equal in power at the moment. Although Sili has suffered repeated wars, the heritage of the Guanzhong family is still there. This is one. The second is the prestige of Cao Cao himself and the support of Cao Wei's clan."

With these two items in place, Cao Cao's forces are still a tough nut to crack.

If he, Yuan Tan, really mobilized a large army to attack, it didn't mean that he couldn't take down Sili, but after the capture, Xuzhou's troops and savings accumulated over a year's hard work would definitely suffer huge losses.

In this way, his original idea of ​​quickly unifying the world will be hindered.

It was precisely because of this consideration that when the army had already surrounded the front line of Mount Tai, Yuan Tan finally ordered those spies to leave safely with Xuzhou armor.

With the help of Xuzhou Kaizhi, Cao Cao will definitely despise him, not to mention seeing the rapid resumption of production in the four states of the Central Plains.

Yuan Tan didn't think that Cao Cao would be able to keep a calm head and sit back and watch the Yuan family's power continue to expand.

And once Cao Cao lost his temper and sent troops to harass the four states of the Central Plains.

It was the best time for Yuan Tan to launch a counterattack.

As long as you think about it for a while, you will know that there have been incidents of foreign generals defecting to the enemy one after another.

Cao Cao may not have such a big heart to lead troops to harass the four states of the Central Plains and destroy the important tasks of production, so he continued to appoint a general with a foreign surname as the commander of Fang.

There are very few candidates for harassing generals.

It was nothing more than one or even more of the few active members of the Eight Tiger Riders.

And Yuan Tan wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to try his best to cut off Cao Wei's wings before the official start of the war!

After listening to Yuan Tan's analysis, Chen Deng couldn't help taking a breath, and looked at his lord with surprise and admiration in his eyes.

This level of connection, if Yuan Tan did not point it out, he would never have thought of it.

Seeing Chen Deng's astonished gaze, Yuan Tan smiled slightly, patted Chen Deng, and encouraged: "Yuanlong has great talent and ambition, but he also needs to think more. Don't just look at the surface in everything. In troubled times, war The battles are frequent, even if you are a rear assistant minister, it is hard to guarantee that you will not have a day to go to the battle, the man's fame should be obtained from the horse, Yuanlong can work harder."

Hearing Yuan Tan's encouragement, Chen Deng couldn't help trembling, with a little more gratitude in his eyes, he immediately clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "My lord's teachings, I will definitely remember them in my heart."

Deng Ai and Xu Shu on the side were also deeply aware of Yuan Tan's long-term strategic vision at this time, and they both bowed and bowed down: "Thank you for your teaching!"

"Ding, your performance shocked Chen Deng, Xu Shu, and Deng Ai. The shock point is +200!"

(End of this chapter)