Because of this kind of thinking, Xun Chen's plan became very clear. It would be best to pull Cao on the boat. If you can't pull him up, there would be nothing to lose. On the contrary, when he said this, Xun Chen didn't believe that his younger brother and nephew were not moved.

If Beigui was willing to come down, it would be a treasure land for Cao Cao, and there would be no problem as the foundation for establishing a career. Moreover, even if the younger generations were guarding the land, it would be easy for them to stabilize their foundation. However, in exchange, Beigui, as a fief, also restricted Cao Cao's development ability.

It can be said that in the future of Cao, there are actually very few external expansion directions. It is almost a very reasonable way to travel to Africa through the Persian Gulf, and one of the expansion plans that can be achieved. However, there is a considerable problem with this plan that the enemy is too strong.

The Roman Empire was the strongest empire ever seen by the Central Plains families. In terms of performance, it may be more shocking than the Han Dynasty. Don’t mention how much potential the Han Dynasty still has not been realized, don’t mention that the Han Dynasty experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and that before the Artemisia annua soup came out, the Han Dynasty suffered three or four large waves of plague. In short, horizontal comparison, the Roman Empire was indeed so strong that it was terrifying.

If the Cao family wants to set foot in Africa, the first thing they have to face is the Roman Empire, which is inevitable. This is the most reliable choice among the Cao family's few expansion directions. For the Cao family, other solutions are better than staying in place and watching the clouds roll and unfold.

Xun Chen's way of persuasion is very simple and straightforward, without too many words, which is completely different from Zhuge Liang's way of presenting facts and reasonings.

In fact, Xun Chen himself knew very well that the people present were all the top intelligence, not the Jiangdong Miscellaneous Fish with narrow vision during the Battle of Red Cliff in history.

Even if Xun Chen has the thinking templates of these people and can analyze and argue with the thinking of these people, it is impossible to convince these people present by relying solely on these things.

To be precise, the only one who can convince these people is themselves. Only they themselves are willing to accept this matter will be promoted. If these people are not willing, no matter how much Xun Chen says, it will be useless, so the words are useless, the reasons are useless, and only like-minded people are like-minded!

Therefore, Xun Chen's words became very simple. Our Yuan family will sooner or later fight against Rome because of the current situation. It can be said that it is only a matter of time to fight hard. Even if you can't defeat now, you will have to fight again in the future. See if you want to join us then.

This straightforward inquiry made a headache for the core counselors of the Cao family, because the fact is as Xun Chen said, they don’t have many choices in the future, and Africa is the most suitable choice. If the Cao family does not want to fight in the internal struggle, stagnating in Africa can be said to be the only correct choice.

More importantly, everyone present could hear Xun Chen's meaning at this level, and the Yuan family was basically destined to fight Rome to the death.

Although Xun, Cheng Yu and others were a little surprised by the Yuan family, Xun and others had basically understood the courage shown by Xun Chen and the determination of the Yuan family.

It is roughly because the Yuan family has such ambitions. They want to go further with the desire to turn their ambitions into strength. Then the Eastern European plains are an indispensable puzzle for the old Yuan family. In this way, no matter whether the opponent is Rome or not, the Yuan family cannot retreat.

Unlike Anxi, Rome and the Yuan family did not have any mortal grudges. Even now, it seems to be more like beating. What is more important is what can you get if you defeat the Yuan family? Is it really a good place, but the level of Rome's short legs is enough to make people desperate.

A place without substantial output cannot be occupied for a long time unless that position is a strategic impulse, while the Eastern European plains are not a strategic impulse. Even if the black soil has extremely high output, this alone cannot win over Rome.

The Eastern European plains were useless land for the Romans with short legs. Even if the Don River was embedded in Eastern Europe, the Romans could not truly gain a foothold in Eastern Europe by relying on this river alone, unless the Romans could connect the Volga River and the Don River.

Technically speaking, both Rome and Han Dynasty belong to the only country in the world that can build this canal. However, the difference between Rome and Han Dynasty is that after the Han Dynasty arrives in a new place, it will first study the water network because it needs to farm...

Rome did not study this. Because the Romans were close to the Mediterranean, they did not need to study water networks at all. Even if they had the technology, the Romans did not conduct professional field tests and did not think of connecting these two rivers and controlling the entire Eastern Europe.

To be honest, if it were not for the discovery of a 100-kilometer drop of less than 100 meters between the Volga River and the Don River, the old Yuan family would not have had the ambition to win over the entire Eastern Europe.

The problem after taking over Eastern Europe is how to control Eastern Europe. The Eastern European plains are close to four million square kilometers. In terms of territory, they are actually not weaker than the Han Dynasty in those days, and they are all plains. The only drawback is that Yanbian is close to Rome, and the road traffic is not convenient enough.

If you rely on land transportation to control it, the population of the Yuan family is not realistic at all. What's more, if you really want to say, there are considerable problems in building roads under that temperature. After the opening of the Volga-Don River canal, most parts of Eastern Europe can be controlled by water.

This is also the reason why the Yuan family decided to fight. If God doesn’t win, he will be punished by God!

Of course, the old Yuan family would never excavate this canal before they were sure of it. Once they chose to excavate, there would be no way out of the old Yuan family and Rome, and one of them would definitely die.

Because the Don River connects to the Black Sea, the Black Sea connects to the Mediterranean Sea, and the Volga River includes about 80,000 kilometers of tributaries, with more than 200 tributaries spread throughout the Eastern European plains.

Relying on the Volga-Don Canal, you can enter the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Baltic Sea to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the southeast, and the Black Sea to the west, and then the Mediterranean Sea. In short, after this canal is opened, Eastern Europe can be controlled by waterways.

On the other hand, once this route is opened, one of Rome and the Yuan family, which owns Eastern Europe, must die. The former must keep the Mediterranean intact, because once there is a gap in the Mediterranean, relying on this gap, the enemy can attack Rome's essence areas on the Mediterranean coast at any time, and its maneuverability is extremely abnormal.

You should know that the Mediterranean is the calmest ocean in the world. It is a sea where you can pass by a bathtub. There are countless people doing this. Therefore, once the Volga-Don Canal is successfully built, the Yuan family will explode two thousand warships in the Caspian Sea. Once the opportunity is seized and enter the Mediterranean, the Romans will not be dead. The decades of accumulation will be gone.

Similarly, for the Romans, once the Volga-Don canal is opened, Eastern Europe will be the same as their hometown. You can reach every corner of Eastern Europe in a maximum of two months by boat.

In this case, how mentally retarded Rome would give up on the strategy of Eastern Europe?

Therefore, this canal has been pressed by the Yuan family. As the biggest secret, it can be revealed to Huangfu Song and used it to inform the core level of the Han Dynasty about the Yuan family's thoughts, but others, sorry, are related to life and death, and no one is stupid.

The old Yuan family would rather show a little inflated ambition and a little rampant in front of their future allies, but the old Yuan family would never release their own fatal key points. This is not a worry-free allies, but a self-protection as a huge force.

"It's still early. Even if we really have this idea, we can't tell if there will be any changes in the future." Xun squinted his eyes and said, even if Xun Chen said it very casually, without revealing any hidden dangers of the old Yuan family, and only revealing a little ambition, but Xun still found some things from it.

"Let's talk about the future, our Yuan family's thoughts will never affect you who are located in Beigui. If you even say an excessive thing, just for the terrain of Beigui, our Yuan family will not bite this turtle shell even if they have any ideas." Xun Chen waved his hand and said.

Xun Mo said nothing and glanced at his nephew Xun You, and saw Xun You nodding slightly. It was obvious that Xun You also agreed with Yuan's proposal. As for the hidden things, Xun You had no intention of analyzing them carefully. At worst, if something really happened, you would just sell the Yuan family.

"Okay." Xun looked at his brother calmly, and Xun Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "Happy cooperation, don't worry, you will definitely not charge you at that time. You can feel at ease. Our Yuan family will stand in front."

Xun Chen did not really have the idea of ​​calculating others in this regard. As he said, the Yuan family would definitely be at the forefront. After all, this battle is the great cause of the Yuan family, not the foundation of other families. Some things are placing themselves at the hands of others, but they will really leave hidden dangers.

The reason why the country is not just a false saying is that Yuan's plan was to accumulate grain, build high walls, and wait for the opportunity to come. Other families assisted the Yuan family. The real main force would only be the Yuan family, and the others were at most the wings of the Yuan family, the power of the Yuan family, rather than the real power.

In the study room of Cao's house, Cao Cao and Yuan Tan were chatting about some recent situations, and Yuan Tan had no intention of hiding this aspect. Basically, they did not involve confidential matters of the Yuan family. Yuan Tan was all in all knowledge, and Cao Cao was also an tactful person. He did not ask about those confidential issues carefully, but was just sighing about Yuan Tan's changes and the prosperity of Yuan's family.

"To be honest, remember correctly, the army in Rome should have arrived in Eastern Europe. Will it not have any impact if you leave at this time?" Cao Cao looked at Yuan Tan curiously. At this time, Yuan Tan left Sizhao City and always felt like he was running away at the fortress.

"It has no impact. I have said everything I should say. Moreover, the Roman army is not very strong. The four Eagle Flag Legions and a large number of auxiliary troops transported food and grass from the Don River. It has combat effectiveness, but the Eastern European plains are too large, and some are still procrastinated." Yuan Tan shook his head and said.

The Yuan family has been preparing for the past year, but the result was that Rome only had three Eagle Flag Legion plus a group of auxiliary soldiers, making all the preparations made by the Yuan family have become a joke. The only three Eagle Flag Legion plus a bunch of auxiliary soldiers, the old Yuan family did not even need to ask for help from the Han Dynasty to solve the problem.

What's more, the Han Dynasty sent the largest local card and a large number of elite soldiers to Sizhao City. It can be said that it was really not easy for Rome to chew Eastern Europe in Huangfu Song's hands.

By this year, although Rome added a Ninth Spanish Legion and the personal guards of the Duke of Albinus County, it really doesn't change much in essence.

Even if Huangfu Song did not help, the Yuan family would not be too dangerous to face this batch. What's more, Huangfu Song is now in the Yuan family, so Yuan Tan handed over the position of Supreme Commander to Huangfu Song and left.

With Huangfu Song's reputation, others cannot be dissatisfied. Huangfu Song, who quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion for a year, was really not a joke. Needless to say, all the generals and schoolmen of the Yuan family must be convinced. The people under their rule have also heard of Huangfu Song's reputation and know who should be chosen if they choose the commander among Yuan Tan and Huangfu Song.

After all, Yuan Tan is more like a spiritual flag. If you really want to say that his ability is not very strong, but he and everyone in the wilderness, Jiansizhaocheng, led all the military and civilians from nothing to now to build a territory, which brought him a lot of prestige.

Yuan Tan relies on prestige, not ability to accomplish all this. Therefore, as long as the general Yuan Tan chose is suitable, no one will stare at Yuan Tan. As the best, you can choose talents and abilities. Your abilities only account for a small part of them.

"In other words, the situation is quite good now?" Cao Cao asked with a smile. He admired Yuan Tan's confidence very much because he looked very much like him, and when Yuan Benchu ​​was young and frivolous.

"There will be no major ups and downs. I have the advantage of troops, strength, commander, food, and supplies. Even Eastern Europe still belongs to my Yuan family. There will be no trouble. Unless Rome changes its generals and changes the atmosphere of this battle, the situation will not change significantly." Yuan Tan said calmly.

Yuan Tan left Sizhaocheng in part because he was worried that someone would sue Huangfu Song for complaints. On the one hand, his departure showed his trust in Huangfu Song, and on the other hand, he was also for Huangfu Song to let go. Huangfu Song must be careful when he is behind. It may not be smooth to play. It is better to get out of here and leave it to Huangfu Song to play it at will.

Anyway, with Huangfu Song's situation, the Yuan family even explained the truth. Under this premise, if Huangfu Song didn't know whether to protect or abandon him, then the Yuan family would have to wait to die.

Because if Huangfu Song was doing something nonsense in this matter, it would only mean that the Han Dynasty not only gave up the Yuan family because of insufficient strength, but wanted to send the Yuan family to death. Since the above situation could not happen, what else is there to worry about Yuan Tan?
Chapter completed!