Liu Bei looked at Zhou Yu, who was frowning slightly. He knew that the pressure on the other party was very high now. Liu Bei deeply felt that after such a military parade, anyone who had the idea of continuing to fight with him would probably be under great pressure. To be honest, the military parade
Before, Liu Bei didn't know how strong he was.
Liu Bei actually respected Zhou Yu very much, just like all the generals after Northern Xinjiang respected Zhou Yu.
This is entirely due to ordinary people's heartfelt admiration for the strong. Hundreds of thousands of troops can be commanded at will on the battlefield. This is not something you can do if you want to do it. And now you are only 23 or 24 years old.
Zhou Yu is already at the pinnacle of this era.
It can be said that for the current Han Dynasty, Chen Xi, who is a civil servant, is a peak that cannot be overcome by life or death. Similarly, by the commander-in-chief, Zhou Yu seems to have become a sinkhole that there is no way around. In addition to being very capable, these two guys are very capable.
, there is another big problem, youth!
Therefore, even if Zhou Yu chooses the path of self-destruction, Liu Bei will still respect Zhou Yu. He is a strong man, but his fate is too bad, and he encounters an opponent like Chen Xi who does not play according to common sense.
"That's it, Mr. Xuande, who is your opponent?" Zhou Yu paused for a while, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows trembled twice, looking a little older for some reason.
"My opponent?" Liu Bei was silent for a moment.
"Yes, if you cut off half of the elite of your military parade this time, it can probably be said that you are trying to defeat us. But with your current strength, you are no longer on the same level as us. Who is your opponent?
Who?" As soon as Zhou Yu spoke, he no longer hesitated.
"Your current strength cannot be accumulated in a short while. That is to say, as early as two years ago, or even earlier, or it should be said that at the end of the Battle of Yuan Liu, you already had what we have now.
Half of the power you have seen is the unified capital you already possess at that time." Zhou Yu asked with a solemn expression, and Brother Xiahou also stopped drinking and looked at Liu Bei.
"Zichuan, you answer it." Liu Bei patted Chen Xi on the back, "This military parade should be said to be a reflection of all your work so far. You know why better than me."
"It's not a good idea to leave the power of interpretation to me," Chen Xi said with a smile, but still stood up and prepared to explain with a smile.
"Because you know best." Liu Bei patted Chen Xi on the shoulder and sat back.
"Okay, let me explain why." Chen Xi nodded and said.
"Gong Jin, actually many people say that what I do is very weird." Chen Xi stood up and said to Zhou Yu with a smile. Zhou Yu nodded and acknowledged this statement.
"The problem is, I don't want to do it this way, but I'm not sure if I don't do it this way. I'm planning, and I can't say that I'm a scumbag in terms of military strategy. But if I really want to fight you, the chance of winning is very small. Even Jia Wenhe, Guo Fengxiao, and Fa Xiaozhi
How can I put it this way, people who are good at planning can stabilize you?" Chen Xi turned around and looked at Jia Xu and others, then looked at Zhou Yu.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't get involved in the quarrel." Guo Jia and Fazheng said to Chen Xi in almost the same tone.
"No, Jia Wenhe has tried his best, Xun Gongda is not a vegetarian, Guo Fengxiao, Fa Xiao is amazingly talented, but we are not unable to deal with it." Zhou Yu said slowly, Fazheng stared at Zhou Yu very unhappily, although this
It's true, but I feel very unhappy when you say that!
"Isn't that right? Since there is too much pressure to defeat you tactically, then it is a very correct choice to defeat you strategically. The core of the art of war is to rely on the strong to bully the weak, and to use the long to attack the weak. In fact, simply speaking, the most correct use of the art of war is
The method is, you bring out 10,000 civilians, and we bring out 20,000 elite soldiers." Chen Xi spread his hands and said speechlessly.
"Well, this is what I thought at the beginning, because it is too hard to fight with you, so my plan from the beginning is to remain unchanged and adapt to any changes. No matter what your strategy is, my army will crush it and destroy the city.
When the water is cut off, the Yangtze River is too wide and there is nothing we can do about it, right? A thousand fifth-generation warships will sink and form a barrier lake, and another two thousand ships will not come back!" Chen Xi pressed his left hand on his chest and said rather wildly.
"In short, that's it. As for why we didn't directly start to unify the world after the Battle of Yuan and Liu, in fact, if we follow your thinking at that time, we can indeed unify. Half of the Central Plains will be destroyed, and the people's livelihood will be ruined. In a few years
If we can unify, how many of you here can stand in front of us?" Chen Xi asked with disdain.
"Although we also know that you really want to preserve the vitality of the Central Plains, what we are more curious about is what kind of pressure did you face to make such a choice? What kind of enemies does the Central Plains have that are worth giving up on the great cause of reunification?
"Zhou Yu asked slowly.
"No." Chen Xi raised his right hand, shook his index finger, and rejected Zhou Yu's words.
"Perhaps there were enemies in this world that were enough to threaten us or even defeat us head-on, but now." Chen Xi said proudly, "We are already standing on top of the world. We have opponents and enemies, but
The enemy that is enough to threaten us and make us fatal no longer exists."
During the war between Yuan and Liu, to put it bluntly, it was a collision between two peak kingdoms, or even two kingdoms close to the empire.
Although after the war between the two, even the victor's strength dropped to the level of a powerful kingdom, but as the conqueror digested and absorbed the loser's territory, population, and resources, when Liu Bei met the Roman envoy, he already had
The capital of the empire.
Yuan Shao already had almost all the capital for the imperial military. What he lacked was only two things, the system of commanding an entire empire, and the war potential of a complete empire.
What do you say about the former one? When a kingdom reaches the level of an empire, the land, population, and resources will undergo great changes in all aspects, and the entire country will undergo painful system reforms, but this is something that has to be done.
When the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms, it would die if it did not reform its system. However, if there is not enough stability after the reform, it would also die. The collapse of an empire often starts with the system.
Liu Bei's destruction of Yuan Shao is equivalent to the merger of two big countries into an empire. They are of the same culture and race, there is no cultural conflict, there is no blood feud, and the system has obvious continuity. This is the best opportunity for all big countries to upgrade their empires.
However, this is not so much an upgrade from a great power to an empire, but rather a reconstruction of another new empire on the corpse of the empire that inherited the unfinished system of the previous empire.
This is how the so-called Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, because although the Qin Dynasty died, it did leave a complete system. If the Han Dynasty still wanted to reform the system, I am afraid that one of them would not play well and cause social turmoil. The Han Dynasty
Maybe he and Qin Chao will go to the streets together.
But even if the new empire is rebuilt from the corpses of the previous generation, there will still be a period of chaos. Generally speaking, it can be as short as five years or as long as ten years. At this time, the country's national strength has not been restored, and the country is still in the running-in and adjustment stage.
, there are various hidden dangers.
After these problems are solved, a new empire will be born.
However, Liu Bei solved the institutional problems from the beginning, and Chen Xi suppressed the period of chaos to less than two years. Later, he relied on building roads everywhere and integrating all county-level administration into the system, forcibly ending the period of local policy chaos.
In fact, at that time, Liu Bei had already planned a new empire with a population of nearly 30 million, and then implemented the policies prepared early in the morning step by step. Liu Bei's men could liberate more and more people from agricultural production.
This means that Liu Bei's military strength is getting stronger and stronger.
By this time, Chen Xi no longer cared about the domestic situation at all, because everyone was smart and not anti-human saboteurs, so they would not seek death when Chen Xi had obvious leeway.
Chen Xi thought about it carefully. Needless to say, the four great empires in Europe and Asia during this period should rest in peace. Guishan was very strong, but if the complicated domestic conflicts in Guishan were not resolved, they would never be qualified.
Win the final victory from the Central Plains.
Well, Rome, I have to say that Rome was very powerful during this period. Any army that could strangle the empire was the strongest elite in the cold weapon era.
It doesn't matter whether Rome obtained this power through military force or other methods, it doesn't matter. Strong is strong, and there is no need for any explanation.
Although Parthia was suppressed by Rome for so long, it was not dead after all. The huge territory, large population, and strong foundation all represented their terrifying war potential. However, in official history, it was not far away from Severus.
Fighting thousands of miles to Ctesiphon, the country will be destroyed directly!
This model of directly attacking Huanglong is similar to the Han Dynasty's annihilation of the Xiongnu. Was the situation in the country bad during Emperor Wu's period? No, it was indeed very bad. There is no way to compare it with the Wenjing period.
But when it comes to the military affairs during Emperor Wu's period, Emperor Wu, who was in a mess in the country, was definitely the strongest among the early Han dynasties, and he was strong enough to make everyone in front and behind tremble.
However, this did not scare Chen Xi. It was not that Chen Xi looked down on Rome. Before Rome could not solve the internal transportation network, the Romans stopped at Ctesiphon.
The Kingdom of Parthia was defeated by the Romans several times. Why did the Romans always give up after defeating it? To put it bluntly, isn't it because it exceeded the scope of their rule and had no way to control it?
Severus was so rampant that he plundered almost all of the western part of Parthia. He would win every battle, and in the end he would have no choice but to go back to Rome. With this ability to deploy troops, Chen Xi said there was nothing to be afraid of.
In this way, in the world, those who can sit on the card table and play cards, those who are qualified to threaten the Han Dynasty, are too far away, and they can only wait until they develop. When the Han Dynasty comes to their noses, they will compete, and other cards
When facing the behemoth of the Han Dynasty, unless you do well every time, you shouldn't even think about winning without making mistakes. It's a joke.
"Gong Jin, whether you believe it or not, our opponent has never been you. To us, you are descendants of the same culture, race, and ancestors, so we have never thought of turning you into losers. This world is very big.
There is more than one family of strong men. Although we are now proudly standing at the top, there are still those who covet us, and there are still those who are equal to the Han Dynasty. We have not yet become the only one!" Chen Xi tilted his head slightly and looked at Zhou Yu with calm eyes.
