After listening to Li Su's analysis, Liu Bei also knew that the third brother's impulsive words should not be true. He immediately persuaded everyone to just drink and make plans for the follow-up strategy.

"Third brother, please continue to drink. Eat and drink well tonight. Don't talk about those when rewarding merits and practices!" Then, Liu Bei personally advised all the generals to drink, and announced the reward and the title of the people who had made meritorious contributions.

During the process of admiration, Li Su further asked Fa Zheng about the detailed process of obtaining Fan Chou's head, including how Hu Chuquan led his troops to fight.

It was also at this time that Fa Zheng said more details, including "After Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu received the news of the first wave of defeated soldiers, he immediately withdrew from the camp east of Hechi County, which gave Hu Chuquan the opportunity to deal with Fan Chou's defeated soldiers alone."

He also said that Hu Chuquan could not intercept all Fan Chou's troops, but only raided the head, and then surrounded three missing one, "only cut off the waist and hit the tail but not the head." So Fan Chou's defeated soldiers did not fight to the death, but wanted to escape. Hu Chuquan killed and captured more than a thousand people without paying much money, seized their horses, and two thousand Fan Chou's remaining cavalry fled back.

Li Su touched the turtle and thought about it, and immediately analyzed Jia Xu's viciousness: This old boy probably because Dong Yue and Fan Chou refused to obey him, so he refused to obey him. Only Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew respectfully gave him whatever he wanted, so he took advantage of Fan Chou's main force being annihilated and did not want to let Fan Chou go back to hold him accountable.

Now Fan Chou is dead, and the thousands of cavalrymen who fled back from Dong Yue's army have no heads, have been annexed by Jia Xu and Zhang Ji. These Xiliang dogs really have to annex each other within themselves, and sooner or later they will be destroyed!

Thinking of this, Li Su felt that Fan Chou was actually not profitable if he died. After he died, no one went back to argue with the slander. The reason for his defeat was all due to Jia Xu's verbal nonsense. Li Jue and Guo Si would not pursue justice.

Unfortunately, I still have to pay overtime for Hu Chuquan, otherwise I won’t help you fight next time.

...

After Liu Bei persuaded him to go to the main seat, the generals continued to drink openly, and soon they were drunk without any etiquette.

Liu Bei had something in his mind, and waved to Li Su to sit next to him, quietly continuing the topic that Zhang Fei raised just now:

"Boya, since you oppose Yide's proposal to quickly take Chen Cang, when do you think the future of the Northern Expedition is better? How long will we prepare?"

Li Su picked up the wine glass and carefully helped Liu Bei settle the score: "Lord, although some words are only in assumptions, I still have to say: In fact, if Dong Zhuo was not killed or Wang Yun at the beginning, our established rhythm should be that we can go to the Northern Expedition at the end of the first month next year.

First of all, Yide has returned. On the other side of Yunchang, we don’t know whether Yueli Gaoyi was successfully attacked by Yunchang, but I think there is no problem. In addition, it is absolutely time for Yunchang to return to Hanzhong in November. Of course, because the Qinling Mountains are heavily snowed in winter, it is definitely impossible to send troops in winter. It will take the spring of the snow to transform into the end of the first month of the next year before the march.

Our 50,000 Han soldiers and 50,000 barbarian soldiers were trained in Yizhou for 100,000 soldiers and horses, and we would have seen blood after the basic training was completed. In addition, Xiaozhi had previously rectified the road between Sanguan County and Hechi County, digging deep into the silt of the ancient rivers and exploring geology.

I originally planned to use the "Book of Han" to say that on January 27, 2018, the Wudu earthquake and landslide, and the Western Han Dynasty waters were diverted, and the dredging construction was completed. On January 27, next year (193), the landslide digs the Chencang Road landslide on January 27, so that the source of the Western Han Dynasty waters would return north, and still flow to Chencang during the Han Xin period. In this way, the logistics transportation pressure of our army's northern expedition would be reduced by more than half, and it could also be utilizing the miracle of Emperor Gaozu's protection.

Unfortunately, all kinds of chances and accidents have caused a tumultuous loss, so I thought that I would have to prepare for at least one year longer than originally planned to delay and launch a Northern Expedition on January 27, 194.”

Li Su chatted with Liu Bei in mid-September 192, and there were 16 and a half months left before the end of January 194.

Liu Bei didn't study much, did not do well in mathematics, and was not very good at determining accounts. After hearing Li Su's words, he just asked humbly: "Have we lost at least a whole year of preparation time?"

Li Su: "Of course, not to mention anything else. First of all, it was originally planned that the terraced wheat in Hechi County and Sanguan County will be harvested this year. Especially for more than a thousand households in the Monk Origin, don't underestimate the few people. That is only fifty or sixty miles away from Chencang City. The one stone of grain there can be worth four stone of grain in Nanzheng according to the original grain transport conditions.

Now not only all the military farmers retreated to Hechi, but in order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, the wheat in both counties has been turned into a mill. The shelf life of the mill is only two months. People can eat enough in these two months. From the twelfth lunar month, we have to open a government warehouse to help the people of these two counties.

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Moreover, the taxes for these people's autumn harvest this year cannot be paid. After a while, the annual grain harvest of several counties will be multiplied by three to four times to convert into the production in Nanzheng. How much is the loss? If the entire Hanzhong Basin does not properly rectify people's livelihood and reward farming to accumulate military rations, how can we break through Chencang for the future Northern Expedition and further gain a foothold in Youfufeng to supply grain?

I want to say that after Yide and Xingba won this battle, none of their 20,000 people could stay in Hanzhong to consume the food here. Instead, they should only leave enough troops to ensure the defense of Yangping Pass and recover the necessary elite troops from Sanguan. After the rest of the troops were still retreated south of Jiange Road, or retreated to Ba County to eat. Eat less food in Hanzhong in peacetime, which means saving more food for the Northern Expedition!

Although we have been rectifying the Jialing River shipping for several years, before we remedial, only one stone was left in Chengdu's four stone grain transported to Nanzheng. Now it can be increased to transport three stones to one stone, and Bajun even transported two and a half stones to transport one stone, but these consumption is still very huge. We must ensure that in addition to the necessary defense elite troops in Hanzhong, the rest of the others are as diligent as possible.

Even so, we still have to transport some surplus grain and water from Chengdu and Bajun to Hanzhong to fully fill the gap with high losses."

After hearing such a well-founded analysis, Liu Bei had to admire that Li Su's plan was originally very meticulous and precise.

It was at this moment that he realized that the decision of the Battle of Wuzhangyuan was mainly wrong. Li Su probably felt that those rebel generals did not dare to kill the lord, so there was no need to be so nervous to serve the king without preparation. Those rebels would only kill Wang Situ at most. In terms of consequences, it is indeed not worth Liu Bei's risk of saving.

In the Battle of Yangping Pass, a total of 40,000 enemies were wiped out, and it was a great military victory. All the casualties paid by our side, including peasant soldiers, and the previous casualties of Dasan Pass, totaling five or six thousand. Even if the losses of the previous defeat in Wuzhangyuan were added, it would be nearly ten thousand. The biggest loss was in the logistics link.

Liu Bei exchanged space for time and food for life. In order to save his soldiers, the people lost 10,000 or 20,000 fewer people, so they did not endure the Dasan Pass to the end, but they paid a huge price for food.

Fortunately, although the Xiliang Army walked back and forth several times on the Chencang Road, which is more than 300 miles away, there was nothing to destroy. At most, some empty houses of the people were burned slightly. The Xiliang Army could not destroy the largest infrastructure terraces in these counties.

So after repairing the house, I will come back to plant a land next year, and my future will be restored soon.

However, after calculating the account clearly, Liu Bei's unwillingness was not completely eliminated. He still asked expectantly: "If you really need to prepare for a year and a half to eliminate Jue, wouldn't the troops be idle? Boya, you have always had a record, so why don't you give us a top-notch policy for the best and the worst to choose? I hope to hear it second."

Li Su was speechless: "Since entering Shu, although there has not been a long-term full-scale war in Yizhou, there are always several counties in war every year. In the first year of Zhongping, Hanzhong and Ba County, in the first year of Chuping, in the second year of Chuping, in the second year of Chuping, in the south central area, in the entire Yizhou area, in the first year of Chuping, was not good to completely let the entire Yizhou area rest for a year? The only alternative plan is to waste the people and damage the money too much, and I don't know the second.

If you have to move troops in this year and a half, it depends on whether Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are willing to cooperate with our army to fight against the rebels. If you find the crime of colluding with the thieves or unwilling to fight against the thieves, you can punish the people and seize Nanjun, Xiangyang and Nanyang, but Nanyang, you can attack Wuguan from Nanyang, and in the future, you can achieve the attack from Yizhou and Jingzhou.

Entering Wuguan to seize Chang'an was the method of Emperor Gaozu initially decided on Chang'an according to King Huai's agreement. Chen Cang seized Chang'an was the method of Emperor Gaozu being named the Queen of Han to attack Guanzhong.

But if Yuan Shu and Liu Biao did not give us an excuse to punish the people and punish the crimes, and did not want the army to be idle, he could only promote a partial army in Nanzhong, completely conquered the county of Jing, and even sent a letter to Jiaozhou. Apart from this, there was no teacher to make a famous battle. If the lord is unwilling to give up, he could ask for his son's respect and filial piety and straightforwardness, which is not my knowledge. If you listen to both sides, you will be clear and partial, and you will be secret. After all, I am young and may not see the world."

Li Su also felt that at this point, she should take the initiative to express her humility and retreat, so that Liu Bei could listen to both sides and make it clear.

After all, he is no longer the shogunate of the general who conquered the West. In the future, the King of Hanzhong might have to punish the people and save the emperor. He should act like a small court. In this way, Li Su is both easy to avoid suspicion and relax, and Lu Su may not necessarily disagree with him.

Liu Bei quickly said that he would consider it in the future, but don’t be suspicious now. Then, Liu Bei continued: "If the troops were completely stopped and the people were raised, would these soldiers be taken to the army in the past year and a half? Unfortunately, the fields in Shu County and other places have been completely expanded, and there is almost no wasteland except the mountains and forests. It has been known as the Tianfu for hundreds of years and has nowhere to be cultivated. If it were Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others, I would have let the soldiers concentrate on farming. All of them were sent to repair terraces, and they could not make a quick return of their capital."

The development rate of the Tianfu Country in the Chengdu Plain is indeed too high, and the Chengdu Plain, including Bajun, has a total population of 4 million. It has not suffered too much losses so far, and there are not many fields left to be empty and people are short of people to cultivate.

In contrast, Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, because of the repeated washing of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, there were many wastes to be opened.

It is indeed a matter of 100,000 strong men who eat military pay and don’t work.

Li Su thought for a while and analyzed: "If the soldiers were to be in labor service, there was no waste to be reclaimed, and water conservancy could be slightly improved. Last year, two years ago, I relied on hydraulic power to promote industry and commerce in several counties in Shu County, and I should have made great achievements. When I returned to Shu County, I was about to find Gongda and Ziyu to accept it.

The Minjiang shipping has not been rectified yet. At the intersection of Minjiang River and Moshui in Nan'an County (Leshan) in Jianwei County, Jianwei County, it is still necessary to unload cargo and replace ships. If you can compare the Dujiangyan method in Nan'an, repair the weir and divert the vortex, which is not only conducive to shipping, but also irrigation. You can also make more water trucks to reel and spin and grind rice and wrought iron, which is a century-old plan.

In addition, the excuse I just said, "Please persuade Yuan Shu and Liu Biao to attack Li Jue and Guo Si together" can also be used according to the virtual and the real. If Yuan Shu is really unofficial, it is okay to attack him. If there is no excuse, our army can also pretend to be arrogant and make a noise and say, "The Shu road is difficult, and it is not easy to rebuild the plank road from Baoxie to attack Mao. I want to first visit Nanyang and follow the old tricks of Wuguan Road entering Qin."
Chapter completed!