Qi is located to the west of Liaodong. It faces Liaodong across the mountains, and there are endless mountains and rivers in the middle. Gongsun Du has been recuperating here since he was driven out of Liaodong County by Yuan Shu by Zhang Liao, waiting for an opportunity to attack back to Liaodong.

However, after Chen Gong, a master of strategic defense, came to Liaodong, he launched a series of strategic defense deployments. As soon as dozens of forts and three large cities were built at key points between the mountains and rivers, Gongsun Du was completely put to rest.

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The airtight and interconnected defenses gave Gongsundu no chance of successfully sending troops. No matter where he attacked, he had to face several strong forts. Moreover, the opponent's defense system was extremely three-dimensional. Once his traces were discovered,

, they will quickly respond and encircle and intercept them.

The restless Gongsun Du sent elite troops several times to conduct sneak attacks, hoping to test out the real situation in Liaodong or wait for opportunities to harass. However, none of them succeeded, and half of the army was directly wiped out, and many others were damaged.

Although Chen Gong is late in his wisdom, he is definitely the best in the world in terms of strategic deduction and layout. When Yuan Shu allowed his command to squander manpower and material resources, he built Liaodong like an iron barrel, and all aspects of its defensive deployment were useless.

There were no flaws at all, especially against the left and right defenses of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du had no good commanders and good plans, and his troops numbered only tens of thousands, and they were not elite. There was no possibility of breaking the defense. They even attacked a Wu fort.

No less.

After that, Gongsun Du accepted his fate. He temporarily gave up the idea of ​​​​taking back Liaodong, and instead focused on developing his power, conquering the three Koreas, and gathering momentum to wait for the opportunity.

It has to be said that although Gongsun Du's ability does not seem to be very good, it does not live up to the name Gongsun. Although he has always been beaten in domestic battles, like Gongsun Zan, he is as fierce as a lion and a tiger against foreigners. He is like Fuyu.

, Goguryeo, and other countries surrounding Liaodong were easily defeated by him and all submitted to him. Even Wuhuan was afraid of him. In Liaodong, he was the famous King of Liaodong.

Although he was driven out of Liaodong by Zhang Liao like a prodigal dog with his remaining troops, Gongsun Du easily captured Qi and used it as a foundation for development, and even waited for an opportunity to capture the Three Hans to expand his power.

However, after Yuan Shu defeated Cao Cao and Liu Bei one after another, and finally defeated Yuan Shao and unified the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Du was helpless. After being defeated by Yuan Shu, he finally understood what his own strength was.

In Liaodong, facing countries like Fuyu and Goguryeo, he was invincible. But among the warlords of the Han Dynasty, he really couldn't be ranked high. Any princes who came along would probably beat him, after all, he could only occupy two counties.

The land has a population of only a few hundred thousand, and only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Moreover, with the combat strength of a single soldier, after another fight with Zhang Liao, he no longer dared to call himself an elite.

Resolutely giving up other thoughts, Gongsun Du concentrated on the Korean Peninsula and no longer planned to involve the Han Dynasty. He wanted to resume his old career here and become a local emperor.

Because of his feud with Da Chu, Gongsun Du behaved very low-key. During this period, he kept to himself and did not dare to cross the line at all, as if he hoped that Da Chu would forget about him.

But, will Yuan Shu be as he thinks?

"It will probably take at least three months to reorganize the military, plan the layout, and weigh the officials and titles. It will probably take at least three months to hold the ceremony. Before the ceremony, let's do something to celebrate." Yuan Shu had nothing to do, glanced at the map, and said calmly

road.

"Your Majesty plans to take action against Gongsun Du and Sanhan?" Jia Xu said without any surprise.

"The northern grasslands have been captured, and the southern Xiongnu and Wuhuan have all surrendered. The others should also be solved along the way. The distance between Ding and Ling is too far and the environment is too harsh, so we will leave it alone for the time being. Fuyu and Goguryeo have also been conquered by Bofu and the others in these years.

Take it easily. Now there is only this blank space on the map." Looking at the vacant peninsula in the southeast direction on the map, Yuan Shu said calmly.

"Both Gongsundu and Sanhan are not strong, and can be captured with tens of thousands of troops. However, the Korean Peninsula is covered with mountains, forests, swamps, and dense rivers. Moreover, because these small countries have weakened national power, backward production, and extremely inconvenient roads, if they want to capture it before the ceremony,

I'm afraid time is a bit tight."

"It's natural to travel by land. But if we travel along waterways and rivers, the time required will be greatly reduced."

"It seems that Your Majesty has already had an idea." Jia Xu said calmly.

"I have a certain degree of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Seeing such a gap in such a huge territory makes me feel uncomfortable."

"Then who does Your Majesty plan to send there? Gan Xingba?"

"Wen He, see through it but don't tell it off." Yuan Shu said with a slight twitch in the corner of his mouth.

"Your Majesty really takes good care of Xingba." Jia Xu said with a slight smile.

"Among the navy, apart from Gong Jin, there is currently only one person who can take charge of his own role. Although Gong Yi and De are capable, they each have their own shortcomings and are difficult to lead. Gong Jin's position is not suitable to be limited to the navy.

Above all, I can naturally only push Xing Ba to take on this responsibility." Yuan Shu sighed lightly.

After the unification of the world, Yuan Shu changed all the naval forces into the navy. As one of the four great empires, Dachu's army was second to none, but its navy was still weak. Although it has been developing vigorously in the past ten years, it is still

He lives in seclusion behind Kushan.

This is also a common problem in ancient China, which was obsessed with land. It attached great importance to the army and had very few good generals in the navy. Even people like Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were only good at water warfare rather than naval warfare. The entire Chu State could win

The only naval generals who took action were Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, Jiang Qin, and Cai Mao.

"Our army in Dachu is invincible, so there is no need to worry, but the navy is still lacking. Although the navy has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and countless good ships, it lacks generals who are good at naval warfare."

"General Wentai's four generals, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, are all capable of commanding the navy. With a little training, they can also command the navy. His Majesty's adopted sons Lu Xun and Lu Meng,

All of them have shown amazing talents and will definitely become good commanders of the navy in the future. There are also generals such as Yu Jin, Ling Tong, and Ding Feng, all of whom seem to have considerable experience in naval warfare and can be trained." Jia Xu thought for a while and then said.

He naturally understands Yuan Shu's thoughts. There is no shortage of army generals in Chu. It can even be said that there are too many good army generals, so that hundreds of thousands of troops are not enough. There is no way, there are many generals and countless junior generals, just like the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Soochow

Each level can only command 10,000 troops, which is indeed overkill.

As for the navy, there are three to four hundred thousand soldiers. There are only a few naval generals. Even if Cheng, Huang, and Hanzu are added in, they cannot make up the number of ten. The difference in proportion is really huge.

Yuan Shu's ambition is to conquer the world. In the future, the importance of the navy will become more and more prominent, even as important as that of the army. Naturally, it will be necessary to adjust the naval generals.

"Previously, Xingba made a mistake and was demoted by me and moved to the left. Now it is time to give him a chance to restore his position as the general of the army. Otherwise, above the generals of the Four Expeditions, the three generals are all in the army, which will be detrimental to the navy. The navy will be disadvantaged.

His status must be raised, and the generals of the four expeditions and the generals of the four towns must also have the name of navy." Yuan Shu said.
Chapter completed!