The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 296 Who Is That Fool?
Cheng Yuanzhi is well aware that the unification war in this era (ancient China) has its inherent laws. Due to the terrain, it is normal and the general trend for the north to unify the south and the west to suppress the east.

Therefore, there is no problem with the strategy of unifying the world from north to south, and the delay in unification is due to the useless method.

And this method, many dynasties in later generations gave the answer.

How did the later northern dynasties annex the area south of the Yangtze River?
The unification war during the Southern and Northern Dynasties finally came down to Sui's attack on Nanchen.In order to conquer Southern Chen, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, first defeated the Turks on the northern border and consolidated the rear.

Then, the Sui Dynasty adopted the strategy of attacking Nanchen by land and water instead of just attacking by water.

After unifying the north, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty continued to build the Great Wall to consolidate the northern frontier defense. At the same time, he sent Yang Su to attack the Shu region in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and conquer Xiliang, thus having the conditions to attack Nanchen from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

After several years of careful preparation, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty dispatched an eight-way army to advance from the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, both land and water. In just two months, Nanchen was defeated, ending the troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and unifying the world.

In the original time and space, the battle between Jin and Wu was also done in the same way.

In November of 279 A.D., Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty Sima Yan sent 20 troops to destroy Wu, and marched in six directions by water and land, and took Jianye directly. It took only four months to destroy Dongwu in one fell swoop in March 280.

As a comparison, Cao Cao in the original time and space, when his rear was not stable, and he did not occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and was unable to advance both land and water, underestimated the enemy, and only relied on the water army to attack Wu all the way. , Attack the other's strengths (the Soochow navy is the only one in the world).The defeat of Chibi is no surprise.

In another well-known battle in the original time and space, the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei went out to attack Soochow, but was defeated by Soochow with fewer victories and more defeats.The fundamental reason for the failure of the Battle of Yiling is very similar to the Battle of Chibi. Shuhan and Soochow share the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Although Liu Bei occupies the upper reaches of the terrain, Sun Quan also has the advantage of sitting on the land of three continents. There is no absolute gap between them. .

However, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are under the control of Soochow and Cao Wei. The Shu Han was limited by the lack of strength of the navy, so they had to abandon water warfare and attack from the upper reaches with infantry. Under the situation of the tacit truce between Soochow and Cao Wei, it was difficult for the Shu Han to break through Soochow's defense line, let alone break through and point directly at Jianye.

Limited by the times, Cao Cao and Liu Bei could not realize this point, and later generations could realize this point only on the basis of the failure of the predecessors, and gradually summed up the law of war.

Cheng Yuanzhi has always believed that his identity as a visitor from later generations is the biggest cheat in this era.

Although he didn't occupy the land of Shu at the moment, he could easily arrange the scene of advancing both land and water, and attacking from multiple directions, because the four counties in Jiangdong were already in his hands.

Although the combat effectiveness of Sun Quan's navy is still unmatched in the world, after years of preparation and training, the Wei Kingdom's navy has already possessed the combat effectiveness it wants to be high.

The most important thing is that Cheng Yuanzhi can also take advantage of the momentum, Liu Bei's eastward conquest, and Wuxi's rebellion against Sun Quan's rule, to create a situation of internal and external attacks and multiple routes.

Of course, this is just a plan, and it needs to be implemented step by step. The most urgent task is to persuade Shamoke to abandon Liu and vote for Wei.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi endured his fear of the tiger, got off his horse and said, "If you join forces with Liu Bei, you will bring your own destruction. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Shamo Ke Lang laughed loudly and said: "You Han people are like this. You like to compare everything. Your king must have seen Liu Bei join forces with me and his strength has greatly increased, so he sent you to lobby me! You say yes Neither?"

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at the tiger under Sha Moke's crotch holding a pair of tiger eyes the size of a copper bell, and stared at him emotionlessly. His heart suddenly became a little hairy, his palms were sweating, and his calves were a little weak. Let’s get him a set meal of “哩吧”. For a while, he is full of economics and peerless eloquence, and he is tongue-tied and said:

"This... well... it's like this in theory, but in fact, my king is thinking of the king, yes, thinking of the king!"

Sha Moke looked at his lack of reasoning, his face sank, he drove the tiger to take a step forward, and asked: "Since your king said that it is wrong for me to join forces with Liu Bei. Well, then tell me what's wrong? Today If you can't say one, two, three, my majesty will never forgive you lightly!"

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at the fangs of the colorful tiger in front of him, his calves were a little cramped, he quickly took a few steps back, quickly organized his words, and said:
"Today Sun Quan is strong and Liu Bei is weak, and Wei Guo is stronger than Sun and Liu combined. The great king is strong but the alliance is weak. If we don't win, wouldn't it be self-destruction?"

Sha Moke was startled when he heard the words, pondered for a moment and said: "It makes sense, let's go on!"

It seems that this reason is not enough... Cheng Yuanzhi continued:

"Sun Quan has been running Jiaozhou and Jingnan for a long time, and the foundation has been stabilized; Liu Bei has not long entered Shu, and the people's hearts have not been attached. If we wait for him to send troops to the east, it will take at least two or three years. During this period, if Sun Quan comes to attack, the king should How to deal with it?"

"And my Great Wei will have thousands of soldiers and millions of troops, and we can send troops to attack Sun Quan at any time and save Wuxi Man from fire and water."

"Comparing the two, it is the right way to abandon Liu and vote for Wei Fang. I wonder what your majesty thinks?"

Shamoke didn't know that Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition would take several years to prepare, so he frowned immediately and asked, "How did you know about this secret matter in Shu?"

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded, motioning for Sha Moke to take a step to speak.

Sha Moke turned over and got off his tiger's back, and followed him to the side.

Finally, without having to face the tiger, Cheng Yuanzhi let out a sigh of relief, listing when Liu Bei would enter Sichuan, how long it would take to regain the hearts of the people in Shu, and how long it would take to prepare for the Eastern Expedition. As for whether Liu Bei would be overwhelmed.Regardless of the possibility of the Eastern Expedition regardless, I will skip it.

Sha Moke listened to this well-founded and well-founded words, which sounded like Chuanzhong's falsehood, and he was stunned for a while, then said: "Liu Bei sent an envoy to say that he will send troops to the east in the near future. I have always been skeptical about this. After hearing what you said, I feel that my suspicion is true. If you hadn't seen the truth in Sichuan, it would be impossible for you to say it outright."


Cheng Yuanzhi saw that he was moved, and took the heat to hit the iron: "Then, the king's choice is..."

Sha Moke glanced at him with a half-smile, and said: "A gentleman says, a horse is hard to chase. Since I have already promised Liu Bei, it is natural not to go back on my word."


Cheng Yuanzhi was taken aback when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, it is very dangerous to join forces with Liu Bei!"

He said so on the lips, but he secretly slandered in his heart: "You Shamoke, are you stupid? I have told you the facts and reasoned, and I have explained that joining forces with Liu Bei will kill you, why don't you turn your back on it!"

Sha Moke smiled slightly, and said: "You Han people have a saying, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, the greater the risk, the greater the return. This king knows that it is indeed dangerous to join forces with Liu Bei, but..."

Speaking of this, Sha Moke changed his voice: "However, he gave too much! There are three boxes of gold, it is really hard for me to refuse..."

Your sister, you are a money junkie... Cheng Yuanzhi smiled wryly and said, "I, Dawei, would like to offer four boxes of gold coins!"

Sha Moke twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "Liu Bei returned a hundred pieces of Shu brocade..."

Cheng Yuanzhi had no choice but to say: "My Great Wei is willing to give the king another two hundred pieces of Shu brocade."

Sha Moke laughed three times, "Liu Bei also promised that after defeating Sun Quan, he would make me the lord of the Southern Man forever, and the descendants would inherit the throne..."

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded: "I, Da Wei, can also make this promise!"

Sha Moke hurriedly asked: "Is this true?"

Although Cheng Yuanzhi really wanted to say "I'm just kidding you", for the sake of his own life, he nodded against his will.

"I have a token bestowed by the Prince of Wei here. I will write another letter, and the king will send someone to send it to Ye City. It will be delivered soon after the reward is received."

Hearing this, Shamoke was overjoyed and laughed loudly: "Good! Good! Good!"

After laughing, he hugged Cheng Yuanzhi's shoulders tightly, and said enthusiastically: "The honored guest is coming from far away, I don't treat you well, I hope you can forgive me, please do me a favor by going to my cottage, and let me do my best." The friendship of the landlord! Come on, lead the tiger!"

Cheng Yuanzhi was shocked when he heard this. He took a few steps back and waved his hands repeatedly: "Your Majesty, you can ride on your own. I can't get used to sitting on a tiger, I can't get used to sitting on a tiger..."

Shamoke laughed, took a scroll of painting from his sleeve, and handed it over: "Does the envoy still recognize this person?"

After all, turn over and ride the tiger, and lead the way first.

Cheng Yuanzhi took the painting, spread it out for a look, and his expression changed immediately.

When Sha Moke walked away, he murmured to himself: "What a cunning barbarian king!"

"Made, it turns out that the clown is actually me..."

(End of this chapter)