The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

And some of the newly recruited imperial guards who only belong to the royal family in Gyeonggi.

Of course, they can also let the surrounding princes and kings unite to crusade.

For example, Ma Teng from Liangzhou.Liu Zhang of Yizhou.

These people are also people who can be manipulated by the little emperor for the time being.

As long as the little emperor decides to continue to use troops against Liu, he can still organize another wave of troops in a short time.

Now that the little emperor continues to use troops, what is lacking is not whether he has soldiers and horses for him to use.

It's that he doesn't have enough food, whether it's food or salary.

The treasury is empty.

There was a quarrel in the lobby of love over whether to continue to send troops or to recuperate.

These people represented by Zhong Ji naturally agreed to send troops.

They think that they only need to send troops to seize this opportunity.

Taking advantage of Liu Zheng's focus on those alien races in the north, deal a heavy blow to Liu Zheng and weaken his strength, even if he can't annihilate Liu Zheng in one fell swoop, he can still hit him hard.

Such a good opportunity is not available every time. If I miss this time, I still want to wait for such an opportunity next time, but I don’t know when it will be.

Of course, these generals headed by Liu Bei really don't think so.

Although Liu Zheng lost a lot of troops in the Northern Expedition this time, his vitality was not damaged.

Not to mention being stationed in Hanzhong, the troops in Jingzhou and other places have not yet been used.

In some counties in the south of Liu Zheng alone, there are still many troops remaining. Once the battle is tight, he can also summon a large number of soldiers in a short time. Not to mention, 20 soldiers and horses, Liu Zheng's current Ability can be summoned casually.

It is not a wise move to attack Liu Zheng at this moment.

Moreover, this time the imperial court also lost a lot of troops in order to deal with Liu Zheng.

It is difficult to gather enough soldiers to attack Liu Zheng again. ?

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With the current capabilities of the imperial court, these soldiers and horses are more than enough to protect themselves, and attacking is absolutely impossible.

Liu Bei is very clear about this, so he naturally disagrees with continuing to use troops.

After losing consecutive battles with Liu Zheng, he already understood the gap between himself and Liu Zheng.

Now, the most important thing should be to recuperate, let the people get a breather, and wait for the strength to increase before going to war.

However, Liu Bei's ideas did not get the approval of other civil servants. They could only see that Liu Bei was unfavorable in the war, and that his failure to defeat Liu Zheng was a sign of incompetence.

In addition, now is a good opportunity, and they really want to seize this opportunity to completely defeat Liu Zheng.

Those civil servants represented by Zhong Ji immediately began to remonstrate with the little emperor.

I hope to get the support of the little emperor and continue to use troops at this moment.

Increase the crusade against Liu Zheng.

In the imperial court, people from the two factions were arguing endlessly.

As Sikong, Xun You has not spoken at this moment, waiting for the outcome of these people's arguments.

However, the little emperor couldn't decide to pay attention for a while. The two factions insisted on their own opinions. Naturally, it was not easy to ask the leaders of the two factions, so he could only look at Xun You, the middleman.

"Xun Sikong, what do you think?"

The little emperor turned his gaze to Xun You.

Xun You, who had been silent all this time, was waiting for this moment.

When the little emperor asked him a question, he took a step forward and bowed.

Then he spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty also thinks that we shouldn't have any more incidents."

Xun You's words immediately quieted down the civil servants and generals who were still arguing at this moment.

All eyes fell on Xun You.

Those who support the continued crusade against Liu Zheng.His eyes fell on Xun You, in fact, he wanted to understand why Xun You said that.

And these people headed by Liu Bei opposed the continuation of the crusade, and Liu Zheng also wanted to know what Xun You's reasons were?

Everyone looked at Xun You.

Xun You immediately opened his mouth to express his opinion.

"Your Majesty, ministers, as you said just now, Liu Zheng suffered heavy losses this time when he went north to crusade against foreign races, but everyone should not forget that the latest news came that Yuan Xi had been defeated by Liu Zheng, and even the Xianbei people in the north He was also repulsed by Liu Zheng, and now there is no threat from the north."

"If we attack rashly at this time, not only will there be no reinforcements to help us deal with Liu Zheng and contain Liu Zheng's troops, but we will also be surrounded by Liu Zheng's heavy troops. He can completely free his hands to deal with us."

"It's okay if we have an advantage, but once we are in a disadvantage, Liu Zheng can even take the opportunity to attack Luoyang in one fell swoop."

Xun You said his own opinion, those who were still clamoring to continue to send troops to besiege Liu Zheng, at this time, died down.

But Xun You hadn't finished speaking.

"Taking a step back, we don't have many people under our command now. We have been fighting for two years, and our national power is already empty. Now we have suffered a lot of losses. If we continue to fight abroad, I am afraid that our treasury will not be able to bear it." Get up, let's take it easy."

Xun You is still a sensible person, and he still has a good understanding of whether the current imperial court can start another big war.

With Xun You's words, several colleagues around him also nodded, as if they agreed with Xun You's meaning.

Even Liu Bei immediately showed his favor to Xun You.

"Gongda (expressed by Xun You), these words are deafening and sober."

The thoughts in Liu Bei's mind are actually similar to those of Xun You.

Doesn't he want to attack Liu Zheng? More than anyone else present, he wants to defeat Liu Zheng and restore peace to the world, but he can't.

There is only one result of militarism, and that is to make oneself perish faster.

The little emperor had already been persuaded by those who advocated attacking. He already had some grudges against Liu Bei in his heart, and he didn't quite trust Liu Bei.

Thinking about changing to another person to fight Liu Zheng.

But now after hearing Xun You's words, his blood cooled down.

"Ai Qing means that we can't deal with Liu Zheng now?"

The little emperor was a little bit reluctant, but hesitantly asked Xun You.

"Of course not, Your Majesty, we don't have much money in our treasury, we can't support the consumption of a big war, and we can't even get food and grass. How can we recruit soldiers?"

Xun You raised his tone again.

"Besides, we have to rely on people like Ma Teng and Liu Zhang. It's not clear whether they are sincerely loyal to us. We can't completely put our hopes on them. To Liu Zheng's side, that would be an unbearable blow to us."

Xun You is still a relatively old and stable person. At this time, he does not suggest that the little emperor continue to fight Liu Zheng.

From all aspects, the little emperor does not have any advantage now. Only by resting and recuperating first, and improving the national strength, can he close the distance with Liu Zheng.

Although recuperating will miss the opportunity and give Liu Zheng a chance to breathe, as long as he can procrastinate, he will always find a better opportunity.

In the court hall, because of Xun You's opening, many civil servants who were with Zhong Ji before and wanted to start a war shut their mouths wisely.

More people, like Xun You, began to support Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei saw that everyone was inclined to self-cultivation, he still stood up again.

"Everyone, regarding Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers, I will go to Xiliang and Ma Teng to explain in person, and then I will go south again to Chengdu to invite Liu Zhang. Make sure Ma Teng and Liu Zhang stand by our side. After the strength of the army is stronger, we will send troops against Liu Zheng."

When Liu Bei told the court about his next plan, those people who had complained about Liu Bei obediently kept their mouths shut.

Although Liu Bei was unpopular in the court, and many people refused to accept Liu Bei, they had to admit that Liu Bei was powerful, and only he could take over the current mess.

"Then there will be Uncle Lao."

The little emperor said something respectful to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also nodded, and did not speak again. A noisy court meeting, under such circumstances, slowly dispersed.

The time also came from the end of August to September.

Liu Zheng also returned to his Jianye from Jizhou.

He first dealt with some memorials that were backlogged on the desk, and then planned to deal with the next battle.

But it was strangely discovered that Liu Bei did not send anyone to continue the attack. ?

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Liu Zheng was quite surprised by this.

They lost troops and generals in Jizhou, and lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Logically speaking, it is impossible for Liu Bei to miss this opportunity, but Liu Bei didn't continue to attack, which also surprised him.

Liu Bei did not continue to send people to attack, but it also gave Liu Zheng some breathing room.

After all, the Northern Expedition had a huge impact on Liu Zheng this time.

Although the Northern Expedition was victorious and successfully recovered Jizhou.

Let Jizhou, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Yuan Shang, become only under the jurisdiction of Liu Zheng.

Although Jizhou is not as good as it used to be after the damage caused by the war, Liu Zheng believes that he only needs a few more years, and Jizhou will definitely be able to return to the prosperity of the past.

Although he didn't take Youzhou back under his sphere of influence.

But Yuan Xi was eliminated, and Karasuma and the Xianbei army were defeated.

It can be regarded as achieving the ultimate goal of this Northern Expedition.

Anyway, it only takes a while for the chaos in Youzhou to be resolved, and then troops will be sent to take back Youzhou. This time the Northern Expedition will be considered a great success.

It's a pity that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were lost this time.

Even the cavalry under Liu Zheng's command lost more than half, leaving only a few thousand horses.

Fortunately, after regaining Youzhou now, it is only a matter of time before he can directly purchase horses from the north continuously and rebuild a powerful cavalry.

In the next period of time, Liu Zheng will start to recruit troops again to make up for the losses caused by the Northern Expedition.

The loss of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would be a blow to Liu Zheng's combat power if there was no continuous supply of fresh blood.

What's more, now that Jizhou has been recaptured, and even Youzhou will be captured in the near future, the expansion of the region is bound to bring greater pressure. Adding new troops is the most urgent thing right now.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng's domestic system is different from other princes.

The soldiers and horses under the command of other princes are all conscription systems.And Liu Zheng's is the recruitment system.

The biggest difference between the two is that other princes are coercive means, forcing young and middle-aged people to join the army.

Liu Zheng, on the other hand, used money to hire people under his command to join the army.

Doing so can have a greater chance of selecting stronger soldiers.

Although the price spent is several times that of other princes.

But the consequence of this is that the soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command are far superior to other princes in individual strength.

This can be seen from the results of the battle between the two armies on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition.

The soldiers and horses of any battalion under Liu Zheng's command can far outperform their opponents.

Not to mention one against ten, at least one against two against enemies twice as large as oneself.

The soldiers selected in this way are not about the number but the quality, each of them is a strong soldier.

Only soldiers and horses like the commander-in-chief can be given to the generals under Liu Zheng's command.Greater confidence repels opponents.

In addition to recruiting more soldiers, there is another important thing, which is to emigrate to the north.

There have been successive wars in the north, and wars have occurred year after year.

The population was small, but after Liu Zheng's Northern Expedition, the population in the north was even worse.

The entire huge counties like Jizhou and Youzhou are not even as large as the Central Plains, or even a county in the south.

At the peak of Youzhou, there were no more than a million Han Chinese.

But a peaceful area like Jingzhou may have millions of people in a single county.