The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 256

That's right, why do I have such conservative thoughts? Cheng Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment.

He didn't know why his requirements suddenly became so low!

As the biggest vassal in the world today, since the day when the [-]th princes crusade against Dong Zhuo, he seems to have opened up. He was not well-known at first (compared to the reputation of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Cao Cao and others, Cheng Yuanzhi’s Fame is not obvious), after stationing troops in Hanoi, stabbing Yuan Shao in the back, and saying Jiang Quyi, he instantly owned most of Jizhou, and became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

Later, sweeping Liehu, Dou Gongsun, destroying Cao Cao, entering Guanzhong, and occupying the land of eight states in just five or six years, with millions of troops under his jurisdiction, pushed his reputation to the peak.

Afterwards, no matter whether it was Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu who fought against each other, they reaped the benefits of fishermen and gained Xuzhou;

Along the way, no one is an enemy.

The opponents are as weak as three-year-old children.

But today, Cheng Yuanzhi vaguely feels that his good luck seems to be exhausted, and the trump card he can rely on no longer exists.

This is a very mysterious and ethereal premonition, as weird as Schrödinger's cat.

You can't touch it, you can't see it, but it feels very real.

Times have changed!

Especially when it came to the battle of Nanye, although Zhou Yu succeeded in calculating, he only took back Nanye City, but lost a city in the three counties of Jingnan.

Strictly speaking, Sun Quan actually won and Cheng Yuanzhi lost.

Because Nanye City was originally his territory, he only took back one county from Sun Quan, but lost three Jingnan counties because of it.

Zhou Yu's performance in Nanye City fully demonstrated the demeanor of a general who "does not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place".

As for Cheng Yuanzhi himself, his vision became a little short-sighted!
What is the reason that made me, who was invincible before, suddenly become in this state beyond my power?
Cheng Yuanzhi fell into deep thought.

Could it be that all luck has been exhausted?

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head, and realized that the reason was not limited to this one, it should be the effect of the superposition of multiple factors.

Before, all the opponents I met in the north had great personality flaws.

For example, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are two rich five generations with obvious shortcomings.

For example, Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu are just two impulsive young men.

Although the two were brave on the battlefield, they were average in terms of resourcefulness. The former was suppressed by Liu Yu for several years, and the latter could not even beat Li Jue and Guo Si, so they escaped from Chang'an in embarrassment.

Besides, on the battlefield, who has nothing to do with you all the time?
Therefore, when Cheng Yuanzhi confronted the above-mentioned people, it was almost equivalent to training all the soldiers under him and gaining experience.

These opponents are too simple, and they can be dealt with almost without much effort. At the same time, they have obtained the vast territory and population in the north, as well as a large amount of resources.

For the princes who gave away their heads and experience like this, even if there were ten more, Cheng Yuanzhi could easily eat them.

Later, his opponents were replaced by the Hu tribes entrenched in the north-Wuhuan and Xianbei.

It can be said that these two Hu talents are the most powerful opponents that Cheng Yuanzhi has encountered in the early stage.

But these two opponents are not enough for Cheng Yuanzhi who has trained a strong army from other princes and has millions of soldiers under his command.

Especially during the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan and Central Xianbei, Cheng Yuanzhi made full use of the internal conflicts between the two Hu people, wooed and divided them, sowed dissension, and then broke them one by one.

In short, since the opponents in the early stage are still in the stage of trying to save face, and there are traces to follow in their actions, they are naturally not opponents when they meet Cheng Yuanzhi who has no bottom line in actions.

In other words, most of the princes in the early days had fatal flaws, which were firmly grasped and used by Cheng Yuanzhi, so they could be destroyed and victorious in every battle.

When the north was pacified and wars started with Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the situation was obviously different.

The opponent's weight has not changed, but it has become more difficult to deal with.

First of all, after Jiangdong, which Sun Quan had been running for many years, was taken away by a sneak attack, he had long forgotten his face and bottom line. As long as he could win, he was willing to use any means.

He was originally such a person, but after the Jiangdong Incident, his dark personality was exposed in advance.

This time, in order to get Jingnan two counties, Sun Quan not only sacrificed his younger sister and married Liu Bei as his wife, but also almost lost Zhou Yu in Nanye.

After seeing Zhou Yu's strategy of "attacking the southern wilderness brightly and taking the southern part of Jingnan", he took action without hesitation.

This means that Sun Quan agreed in his heart to use Zhou Yu as a bait to attract the Northern Army to the ground in Jiangdong, and he was unable to respond to the situation in Jingnan in a timely manner.

Needless to say, Liu Bei has been wandering for most of his life, and his face is thicker than that of Cheng Yuanzhi.Furthermore, after many years of frustration, he finally got the assistance of "Crouching Dragon" Zhuge Liang, adding wings to a tiger.

For Zhuge Liang, who is so wise and close to a demon, who knew three parts of the world before he was a fledgling, Cheng Yuanzhi actually felt very empty.

At the same time, I also faintly regretted that I was too confident at the beginning, and regarded the heroes of the world as nothing, so I didn't lose face and tied Zhuge Liang here, and raised him with high salary and preferential treatment.

If I really did this at the time, even if Zhuge Liang didn't work for him, at least he wouldn't work for Liu Bei.

The main reason was that Guo Jia was still there, Xun Yu hadn't changed his mind, Jia Xu was not old, and Tian Feng and others seemed to be enough.

But that moment, this moment.

At that time, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu and other princes did not have top-level counselors, and they died as soon as they counted. The only Cao Cao who had a top-level counselor committed suicide by killing celebrities first, and then massacring the common people. The chance to live is gone.

At this time, Sun Quan had Lu Su and Zhou Yu; Liu Bei had Zhuge Liang.In the comparison of top strategists, Cheng Yuanzhi has no advantage.

To sum up, it can be seen that in terms of face, top talents, and naval combat effectiveness, the two sides are actually evenly split, or in other words, Sun Liu is stronger.

Of course, if you go to the north of Yimapingchuan, then Cheng Yuanzhi will have a huge advantage.

Since ancient times, strength and weakness are relative and will change over time, not constant.

The tactics that Cheng Yuanzhi used on other princes in the past are useless to Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Today, as soon as one side tricks out, the other side will immediately see through it, and will use the tricks to ruthlessly overshadow the Northern Army. .

Even the so-called "coercing the emperor to order the princes" has lost its effect.

Because according to what Xu Shu said, Liu Bei had the clothes and belt edict in his hand (it was clearly checked at the beginning, and Liu Bei did not participate in the matter of the clothes and belt edict).

With the Yidai Zhao in hand, Liu Bei can prove that Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was coerced by Cheng Yuanzhi.Therefore, no matter what order Cheng Yuanzhi sends in the name of the emperor, Liu Bei can cover his ears with his hands and say, "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen, I can't hear the scriptures, no matter what you say, I can't hear clearly."

Similarly, this trick was of no use to Sun Quan. After all, Jiaozhou was located in the south and was too far away from the north. Who would care if the order of Emperor Han came to Jiaozhou?
Dissatisfied?Then you travel three thousand miles to beat me!

Therefore, the many advantages that Cheng Yuanzhi possessed will be gone by this time. Except that the population of soldiers and horses is much larger than that of Sun and Liu combined, there are no advantages in other aspects.

With such a basic disk, Cheng Yuanzhi faced a new problem.

For a long time, Cheng Yuanzhi used three axes (holding the emperor to order the princes, conspiracies and tricks to separate people and plots, and soldiers to suppress the border) to conquer the world. Water town, not sharp anymore.

After all, the three-axes strategy has formed a habit for more than ten years. This habit has also made Cheng Yuanzhi the northern overlord. He has used all the moves smoothly, and he is eager to think of new coups to deal with the situation.

All the cards are on the bright side, you know me and he knows it too.

Therefore, when Cheng Yuanzhi failed in the strategy for the first time, he realized that his hole cards were not very good.

But at this time, Cheng Yuanzhi is already 48 years old, and he is used to it naturally. Even if he wants to change his strategy and direction now, is it so easy?
As mentioned earlier, when everyone reaches the stage of 50 to [-] years, the most important thing is to consolidate the original situation and maintain stability, rather than suddenly changing strategies and changing goals.

He Jin's fate is a lesson for others.

Of course, from another point of view, after Guo Jia’s death, Cheng Yuanzhi faced the same situation as Cao Cao in the original time and space——for other princes, especially Sun and Liu, their IQ could not be crushed.
It is also equivalent to running out of good luck, so I feel powerless.

(End of this chapter)