Chapter 895 Confident Lao Cao

Wang Yan went to the doctor of agronomy who was studying seeds, and then went to see the experimental fields to learn about the current data of various crops in detail, which was naturally the top priority.

Wang Yan didn't know what Liu Bei was thinking, but it was okay to be a little shocked. The advantage of seeds is there. From 200 years after the seeds were found to 208 years ago, eight years of research have increased the yield from the original yield, which was similar to that of Chinese native grains, to more than double the yield now. If we continue to study, it will double again in the future.

With sweet potatoes and potatoes, we can make up for the gap in people's food. Potatoes can be used to make a lot of dishes, and they can all be made into vermicelli, which also enriches the people's dining tables. The excess yield can well make up for the food gap of poultry. It can be very luxurious to feed cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese with grain, which has prospered the livestock of meat and supplemented the meat of the people.

Not to mention corn, although the yield is not as high as sweet potatoes and potatoes, it is actually higher than the current grain. The most important thing is that corn does not require high soil quality, and many inferior and poor lands can be cultivated. Moreover, corn as feed is more valuable than potatoes and sweet potatoes, and deep processing can also be used to brew beer.

In Liangzhou, after more than ten years of development, cotton planting has been thoroughly rolled out, and the yield is still quite good. Although the journey is long and the transportation cost is high, Wang Yan still pressed it to a level that the people can afford. Today, cotton-padded clothes and quilts have been completely popularized.

In this way, Wang Yan has also initially achieved the goal of freeing the people under his rule from the suffering of cold and hunger, and it can be said that the whole people have achieved food and clothing. This level can be said to have reached the peak before 1949. All the prosperous times that followed were not as good as it.

Of course, it was only the more than 20 million people under his rule, and the more than 10 million people on Lao Cao's side were still hungry, and there was still a long way to go.

Over the years, the navy has not stopped developing. Warships are still being built, soldiers are still being trained, and they are still going to sea. They are still exploring the ocean and obtaining external resources. An Eastern Fleet perfects the route to America, and a Southern Fleet perfects the route to Southeast Asia. In recent years, a large number of spices, minerals, and foreign species have been brought back, which is also a prosperous route.

After all, squeezing the value of natives in other places to subsidize the lives of their own people is undoubtedly the right way to be a king.

Regarding this point, Japan, which has always been close to China, feels the most deeply. There is no way, it is too close. In the early years, Japan sent people to ask for help, and Wang Yan sent the navy there. After so many years, Yamatai has long passed the crisis and worked for General Wang. They are very happy.

Of course, they can't be unhappy, and the consequences of being unhappy are something they can't afford...

Since the situation stabilized and they got Jing and Yi states, Cao Cao moved the base camp from Chaisang to Linxiang (Changsha City). He admitted that Wang Yan was powerful, so it was right to stay away from the river and the area controlled by Wang Yan in Yangzhou. Otherwise, once the war really started, Cao Cao had no doubt that Wang Yan's generals would definitely rush to his base camp and kill him, Cao Cao, and then everything would be over.

The most important thing is that Wang Yan's generals are really fierce. Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Liao Hua, Taishi Ci, etc. are all top in the world today. His subordinates Xu Chu and others can indeed fight, but in a one-to-one situation, Wang Yan still has extra fierce generals, which he does not have. The high-quality generals are a little worse in comparison.

Linxiang is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with terrain advantages, which can be attacked and defended, giving him a lot of security. It is true that Wang Yan is too strong. After six years of development, he has seen how the eastern part of Yangzhou has become richer year by year. Wang Yan's development is too fast and too terrifying, and he can't sleep.

Another important reason is that he wants to strengthen his control over Jing and Yi states.

He knew the terror of the powerful families before. After all, his old Cao family was a powerful family, and he was highly expected by the family. Otherwise, he would not have taken him to find someone to make him famous. He knew more clearly what kind of power his family held.

But he was immersed in that atmosphere. He was in the ruling class, and he would actually ignore this kind of power, making him think it was normal, because it had been like that since ancient times. This was a very kidnapping idea. Just like "others say so", "others do so", and so on. It's not to oppose for the sake of opposition, to be a nitpicker. But in this process, people don't seem to use their brains.

People may be aware of these for a short time, but they won't feel anything after a while, and people will be paralyzed.

But this time, the changes in Jing and Yi states, although the beneficiary was old Cao, still made him feel shocked. He also really understood why Wang Yan was so hostile to the powerful families, and he had to kill the powerful families. That's it, can he not kill them?

But old Cao had no choice. Of course he dared to kill the powerful families. In fact, at this point today, he killed many people who were dissatisfied. But he didn't have the courage to kill like Wang Yan, it was really no different from killing pigs and dogs.

Besides, he could suppress the powerful families now, and they all cooperated with him, obeyed, implemented, and carried out his orders. On the other hand, unlike Wang Yan, he had been carrying out education for more than 20 years to date. Although it was far from completing universal education, he did cultivate a large number of scholars and built a talent echelon.

These were things that Lao Cao couldn't do, or they had never thought of it before Wang Yan did this. If you can’t even think about it, how can you talk about doing it…

At the Prime Minister's Mansion in Changsha, when he saw Xun Yu coming in, Lao Cao waved the dancers and musicians to leave. He took a sip of wine and asked with a smile: "What's the matter with Wen Ruo?"

Xun Yu sat on his knees, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the spies reported that Wang Yan returned to Luoyang half a month ago. Six years have passed, and Wang Yan has enough food and supplies. The general is eager to attack me. He will definitely attack me after this autumn. My lord, you should prepare early." "

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and drank again.

The preparations in the past few years were all for this battle, but when the clouds of war really came, thinking of Wang Yan's terrifying strength, Lao Cao felt a little nervous for a moment.

It was a sudden and violent beating of the heart, an empty feeling of panic with nowhere to go.

But the reason why he is a strong person is that at such a time, he can stabilize his emotions and overcome fear. Just like before, he only had 100,000 troops, but he dared to fight the Battle of Guandu with Yuan Shao's 700,000 to 800,000 troops.

At that time, he couldn't do it without fighting, and now, he can't do it without fighting, because Wang Yan would come and beat him.

Lao Cao calmed down his turbulent emotions and asked, "If Wen Ruo thinks so, what should I do?"

"The enemy is strong and we are weak, so we should defend. The king said that we must divide our troops into two groups, one to capture Shu from Hanzhong, and the other to march westward from Yangzhou to our territory. Therefore, I should assemble our forces and defend Jianmen and Bajun, and prevent the enemy from passing through Jianmen and Du. Cross the Han River, cross the Bashan Mountain, and enter the Shu region. We must guard the river bank and prevent the warships from crossing the river. We will drive straight into Jingzhou. The king said that the main battle will be in Yangzhou. "

Xun Yu was not being polite, he was very honest.

Indeed, as he said, Wang Yan's offensive intention was very obvious, which was to attack Yizhou all the way, and then attack Yangzhou directly to attack Jingzhou. Throughout the twenty-four years of Wang Yan's rebellion, only when he attacked Liaodong did his soldiers make dangerous moves and put themselves in danger. Ever since he took root in Liaodong, he has always been upright in his military use. Watching Wang Yan fight, you can feel the aura of a king who spans all over the world.

Of course, this is also due to strong strength. It is so strong that there is no need for conspiracy. It is a simple, direct and efficient method to suppress a little bit. There is no need to deal with so many useless things.

Therefore, Xun Yu can say with certainty that Wang Yan's method of warfare has no tactics. They fought steadily step by step, continued to advance the front, constantly consumed their strength, and eroded the land and population. It was a very brainless way of pushing forward. What we are fighting for is national strength and logistics.

All they can do is defend and find Wang Yan's weaknesses in defense to counterattack.

Cao Cao nodded. He thought what Xun Yu said was correct. But Wang Yan has been wise for twenty-four years, and he also has Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others under his command. It is unlikely that he will have any weaknesses. Even if he does, it is a trap deliberately exposed.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Although the enemy is strong and we are weak, we cannot blindly defend. With deep accumulation, sufficient food and supplies, good soldiers and generals, and brave people, we can fight for three or even five years. This is beyond our reach. We It will be defeated.”

"The Lord's intention..."

Lao Cao laughed loudly: "Wang Yan will definitely attack me after the fall. Because he attaches great importance to people's livelihood, the soldiers and civilians are busy collecting food and have no intention of fighting. The so-called attacking him unprepared means taking him by surprise. In this case, I should attack Wang Yan first and force him to welcome me. He is in a hurry When facing a battle, there must be omissions and opportunities for us to take advantage of.

Wen Ruo, pass on my military order and assemble the army quickly and secretly. Don't let Wang Yan detect my movements. When the autumn harvest comes, the troops are divided into three groups. Attack Yangzhou all the way, take Hanzhong all the way, take advantage of Wang Yan's mobilization of troops and horses, cross Bashan and break Wuguan, and take Luoyang directly. Even if it fails, we can still go down to Nanyang and enter Henan to disrupt its hinterland. "

Xun Yu responded to his claim and hurriedly ran out to deliver military orders, gather people to coordinate matters such as food, grass and weapons, and everything had to be done in secret. Of course, Lao Cao didn't really let go of the boss. Now Xun Yu was just doing the work, and he had to consult him on all subsequent matters.

Watching Xun Yu leave, Lao Cao laughed again, very proud of his order. Wang Yan must have never imagined that his old Cao would not defend honestly, but attack first, or take advantage of the autumn harvest to attack.

Although we don’t know what the subsequent development will be like, whether Wang Yan is strong or not, Lao Cao confidently believes that he can take the lead in the early stage.

Moreover, the troops under his command have been trained intensively for six years. Although they are not elites with a million troops, they are still hundreds of thousands of front-line troops. The weapons have also been improved and equipped with most of the army.

He is very aware of Wang Yan's military system. He joins the army at the age of twenty, and those who have not become an officer at the age of thirty-two must retire. Six years have passed since the last time the two sides fought. Ten years have passed since Wang Yan unified Hebei. Those elite soldiers back then have all taken off their armor and returned to their fields early in the morning, serving as so-called police lieutenants.

The active reorganized troops are all a group of recruits who have never seen blood. Even if Wang Yan recruits veterans, those veterans have been away from the battlefield for a long time and have long been reduced to dead weight. They still have some fighting ability.

Indeed, Wang Yan's logistics are good, the soldiers have enough food and drink, there is no shortage of meat, and there is enough oil and water. The armor is lighter and thinner, and the defense capability is better. The texture of the weapons is tougher, and with a lighter weight, it has reached a level of hardness and sharpness that exceeds that of the original weapons. sharp.

But no matter how good the weapons are, they are only for human use, and Wang Yan's weapons are not really invulnerable or unstoppable. Therefore, Lao Cao did not think that Wang Yan's army could be much stronger than his army.

Lao Cao was very wild and waved his hands and said: "Sing and dance."

After the words fell, a group of dancers who had just withdrawn came in with small steps, and the musicians behind followed them, continuing to play music in a place that did not affect the field of vision and the transmission of sound.

Lao Cao squinted his eyes, poured himself a drink, occasionally ate food and wine, beat the rhythm with his hands, and didn't realize that he was drunk...

People two thousand years later probably couldn't live in this era, because there were no mobile phones, no various complicated information, and no way to fight against time. Of course, the environment will teach modern people how to be human, and if they can't get away, they have to adapt.

I had to be bored all day, and I felt that every day was very tormenting and long. When it was evening, I realized that a day had passed. Looking back, I found nothing, and I panicked for no reason.

Wang Yan was different. He could endure loneliness very well. Even if there was nothing, no books, no women, no intrigue, and he was just allowed to stay, he could stay.

Moreover, the literary style is flourishing under his rule, and the books to be published are even scheduled for half a year later. He has a lot of places to kill time.

The war is not a one-day or two-day war. After Wang Yan returned to Luoyang, he had already prepared for the unification war after autumn. He sent food and grass to various places where the war was to be started, so as to facilitate the use in wartime. The so-called food and grass should be sent before the troops move, which is the truth.

However, his original military plan was indeed to wait until after the autumn harvest to start the war. He always fought after the autumn harvest. Even during the spring plowing, if no one attacked him, he was unwilling to start, because there was still a lot of work in the spring. The strong laborers were used in the war, and not only the soldiers on the front line, but also the huge logistics system to operate.

Just like the previous battle in Hebei with Yuan Shao, the front-line combat troops were only about 50,000, but the logistics troops were more than 100,000.

This time, the unification war with Cao Cao was destined to be a comprehensive war. He sent out 100,000 people, and there had to be 200,000 people behind to follow.

So Lao Cao was right. Wang Yan did not expect his sudden move.

After all, the grain is ripe and waiting to be harvested. If it is not harvested in time, or the weather is not good, it will all rot in the fields, causing heavy losses.

But Cao Cao is ruthless here. Anyway, there is enough military rations. The grain in the fields belongs to the people, or the elderly, weak, women and children. It doesn’t matter if it can’t be harvested, it doesn’t matter if it is not enough to eat. The grain that should be collected cannot be less.

Wang Yan should have thought of it. Cao Cao is such a ruthless person. As long as he can win, as long as he wins in the end, it doesn’t matter. Otherwise, how can he be called a hero? He is ruthless. He is ruthless to himself and even more ruthless to others.

In recent days, several cavalry entered Luoyang. Cao Cao’s 150,000 troops took Hanzhong and 200,000 troops attacked Yangzhou. The haze of war once again shrouded the earth.

The difference is that this time there is light in the haze...

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