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The Evolution of the Three Kingdoms Volume Chapter 47 Targeting Xuzhou

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    Xuzhou!  This goal is really a bit unrealistic.

    There is no shortage of food in Xuzhou. Li Zhe knows that Mi Zhu was once a famous wealthy businessman in Xuzhou who dealt in food and salt!  That place is the modern Jiangsu and Shandong area, but it is a flat area with no dangers to defend. It is not a strategic location in the Three Kingdoms.  Except for Jiangdong, it would be easy for anyone to attack here.  Moreover, Runan is still far away from Xuzhou. There is a Qiao County in Nuoda, Cao Cao's hometown, in the middle.

    Li Zhe was greatly confused, "Yuan Zhi! What are the benefits of capturing Xuzhou? Can you explain it to me?"

    Xu Shu saw that Li Zhe had a good attitude, and his confidence increased greatly. He was a little excited for a while: "My lord, Xuzhou has food. Needless to say, my lord must know it, and more importantly, there is salt here. The salt industry is a major military matter.  , people are indispensable for ten days. Looking at the world, in addition to Qingxu Prefecture, Yizhou also has some production. The lord is in Xuzhou, and the profit of this salt alone is enough to support the lord¡¯s military expenditure and solve the lord¡¯s most troublesome problem.  "

    Well, according to Li Zhe¡¯s understanding, this is an economic issue.  Salt was one of the largest traded commodities in ancient times, and the profits were very high. It was indeed enough to support an army.  Li Zhe nodded to Xu Shu and signaled to continue.

    "Furthermore, according to what I personally see, the world has been in war for a long time, and the population is withering. The war in the north continues, and the common people and scholars have fled to the south. Now the Central Plains is full of displaced people. This trend will continue.  , time has changed, and there are not enough people. The fight for the world will become a complete fight for people. This is the main point for the lord to consider the overall strategic situation.

    Xuzhou was one of the most populous states in the world at that time. Although it experienced the Cao Cao and Lu Liu rebellions, they were all limited to the northern part of Xuzhou. Only the short-lived Zharong Rebellion occurred in the southern part, and the population was not too large.  It has been greatly reduced. Now that Jiangdong is stable, most of Xuzhou's population is migrating to Jiangdong. The Lord's attack is just in time to curb this trend!  From now on, I will take advantage of the situation to conquer Jiangdong.  "

    Good guy!  After listening to these words, Li Zhe discovered that Xu Shu was a super strategist!  The eyes are too sharp!

    population!

    It is the core of the strategic conquests of various countries in the middle and late period of the Three Kingdoms era!

    After the Three Kingdoms reached the mid-term period, the consequences of the warlord wars and natural and man-made disasters in the early stage finally emerged. That is, the economy was damaged, the population was greatly reduced, and all countries faced the problem of insufficient labor.  Several warlords fought back and forth, and in the end, every time they went to a place, they would quickly organize a large-scale relocation.  The robbing of human beings was the root cause of several major battles in the late Three Kingdoms period.

    In the end, the reason why Wei was able to defeat Shu and Wu was not because Wei's military strength was indeed stronger than the two countries, but the most fundamental reason was because the two countries' population and social productivity were insufficient and they could not consume Wei.

    When the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin in the later period, the population of Shu State was 940,000, the population of Wu State was 2.3 million, and the population of Wei State was 4.43 million. The two countries combined were not as good as Wei State, and the long-term war  As a result, the country's population has withered, its social productivity has gradually declined, and its continuous combat capabilities have also continued to shrink. This is the fundamental reason for the demise of the two countries.

    Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan seven times, and no one could stop his troops. The Wei State had to demolish the east wall to repair the west wall and barely cover it up, but even so, Zhuge Liang was unable to save his life.  Without him, the comprehensive national strength is already far behind.  At the end of the Shu Kingdom, the ratio of soldiers to civilians was shockingly more than ten to one, with less than ten people having to support one soldier.  Moreover, its operations were conducted in the Qinling Mountains, which had the most complex terrain and the most stringent logistics. It was almost entirely militarily forceful.  If you don't fail, it's really called hell.

    And Zhuge Liang actually did it knowingly, because he knew that if his efforts failed again, the Kingdom of Shu would be completely over.

    This is a fundamental gap in national strength, and no matter how amazing the talent is, it cannot make up for it.

    And Xu Shu actually saw this at this moment, and his strategic vision was indeed remarkable.  The wisdom of these people from the Three Kingdoms era is really something that no one dares to take a peek at.

    In Li Zhe's mind, there was even more consideration. Xuzhou is close to the sea and can develop a navy. This military branch is a real high-tech military branch. Although there was a sporadic navigation industry during the Three Kingdoms period, the scale and technology were far behind those of later generations. This  This technological monopoly is an obstacle that is difficult to overcome in a short period of time.  Li Zhe can fully possess super competitiveness in the navigation industry by virtue of the age gap. In other words, for Li Zhe, the sea route is a gateway to the sky, but it may be beyond the reach of other countries.

    With naval superiority, the current national strategic situation becomes completely different. With the navy, Li Zhe can completely treat the coast as his own inner lake.  Along the coast, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou, and even Jiaozhou were all undefended against Li Zhe.  How refreshing it is to have only yourself to hit others and no one to hit you.?Plundering the population and resources, even if it is just developing the economy in a regular manner, the advantages will be indescribably great.  The timber in Jiaozhou, the gold in Qingzhou, the coal in Huainan, Xuzhou, the ginseng fur and fine horses in Youzhou can all show their value in advance.

    After the development of the naval service, a group of sailing teams were trained for ocean voyages, which may even be able to kick off a vigorous era of navigation for the Chinese more than a thousand years in advance.  In ancient times, although the sea route was dangerous, it was much more efficient than land transportation!

    In the future, will it still be a dream to open up wild areas and dominate the world?  There is no doubt that a bright future is beckoning to Li Zhe!

    Thinking of this, Li Zhe couldn't help but get excited.

    Xuzhou, you must go to Xuzhou!

    Now is the best time to capture Xuzhou. Cao Cao is weak, Sun Quan is busy with internal fighting, and Li Zhe also has brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang from the north of Xuzhou. With them as the leading party, Xuzhou's current wealthy families, such as Chen Gui  Chen Deng and his son should not be too resistant.

    Therefore, the military obstacles to taking control of Xuzhou will not be particularly large, and the only enemy is Cao Cao.  But even if he doesn't attack Xuzhou, can Li Zhe and Cao Cao be reconciled? It's obviously impossible.  On the road to world hegemony, all enemies have only two paths to take. Surrender or die. There is not much room for maneuver.

    In this way, Li Zhe's attack on Xuzhou is just opening another broad front in the war with Cao Cao. For Xuzhou, it doesn't matter, even if he abandons Runan, it doesn't matter.

    Compared to going to Xuzhou, going to Jingzhou to develop, although it can also obtain food and population, but the resistance is much greater. Today's Jingzhou has a well-connected government and rich people, which is the peak period of Liu Biao's regime.  There will definitely be a lot of resistance in fighting, and the gains outweigh the losses.  Moreover, Jingzhou's development potential is also small. It is surrounded by barbarian mountainous areas in the south, Cao Cao in the north, barren mountains and rivers in the west, and the long lake front with Soochow in the east. It is very troublesome to fight.

    Therefore, Xuzhou is the most suitable place for Li Zhe to develop. After it develops, he will have nothing to worry about, while the enemy will have flaws everywhere!  This is the real strategic location for military strategists!

    After some tossing, Xu Shu and Li Zhe finally decided on their future strategic direction.

    PS: Let¡¯s go first!  Everyone hurries to eat after watching, there will be another update at 8:30 in the evening.  grateful

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