Obviously, the generals led by Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were optimistic about continuing to compete with Da Gan in the Central Plains.
Moreover, they do not think that Daqian's occupation of the Qingxu Land will have much influence on Jiangnan. After all, obtaining the Qingxu Land is just the icing on the cake for Lei Gong. The increase in the strength of Daqian's army is limited.
Because the subsequent battlefield reached the land of Jiangnan, the main force of the war has become the boat division, the mode of war has completely changed, and Daqian's most powerful cavalry has completely lost its role!
But Liu Bei said: "If Cao Cao is lost as a prince, the Han Dynasty will really lose the Central Plains, and even lose the ability to counterattack Daqian! Cao Cao can at least contain the 300,000-strong army of Daqian in the Central Plains. If I Without Cao Cao and other princes, we will have 300,000 more enemies when Lei Gong attacks us!"
"And we also need to consider the military morale of the common people and officials in Jiangnan. After all, Cao Cao is a prince who occupies two states. If he surrenders without a fight and takes the two states to join Lei Gong, this will make the people and officials in Jiangnan How do you view this issue?”
"Even powerful princes like Cao Cao have surrendered to Duke Lei. Will they think that Daqian is impossible to defeat? Will they imitate Cao Cao and surrender to Duke Lei without a fight? If all the officials, soldiers and people in Jiangnan are lost There is no hope of defeating Daqian. Even if we have the advantage of the Jianghuai River and the danger of the Yangtze River, if the officials, soldiers and people all flee, we will not be able to defend Jiangnan."
For Liu Bei, the greatest significance of Cao Cao's presence in the Central Plains was to retain the Han's presence in the Central Plains, while also retaining a hope of counterattacking the Central Plains.
If Cao Cao is really abandoned like this, the court in Jiangnan will really become a peaceful one. How can local separatist forces have the face to call the Han Dynasty the orthodoxy of the world?
Not to mention the negative impact of surrender. It can be seen from last year's Battle of Sili that surrender is contagious. Starting from the surrender of Zhang He, Sili, who has thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, watched the wind and surrendered all the way. He didn't persist for a month. This was basically the speed of Daqian's march, which was equal to the speed of capturing the place. Liu Bei didn't want this situation to happen again in Jiangnan.
When everyone heard what Liu Bei said, they felt it made sense.
Although Cao Cao did not send troops to help Yuan Tan last year, in order to defend Cao Cao, Da Qian deployed more than 300,000 troops around Qingxu to defend Cao Cao. This effectively contained Da Qian's military strength. If Yuan Tan had not been defeated, Sili and Yuzhou It’s not so easy to be taken over by Thunder God!
Yuan Ji thought for a while and then said: "If the general really wants to fight this war, the issue of food and grass is the easiest problem to solve. Although Cao Cao said that the land of Qingxu is full of dangers.
But judging from the information we have received, Lei Gong has mainly focused his energy on his internal affairs for the past six months. He seems to be working on some new policy. He has no intention of gathering troops to attack Qingxu Land, so in the short term Cao Cao is safe. , we have enough time to prepare food and grass supplies."
"But the difficulty is that we don't have enough money to build various weapons and equipment. Based on the scale of each battle of Lei Gong, hundreds of thousands of troops will swarm out if we start a war. Even if we are defending at our doorstep, , but without preparing enough weapons and equipment and various military equipment for 200,000 people, it is impossible to severely damage Dagan, and it is even possible to be defeated by Dagan.
To build so many weapons and equipment, it is simply impossible without tens of billions of dollars. Last year, the imperial court experienced the Battle of Yuzhou, floods, and plagues, and also spent huge sums of money to support Cao Cao. Now the imperial court no longer has enough money. Support the general to continue fighting.
Moreover, setting the battlefield in Nanyang County is also a big trouble. You must know that Nanyang County is the hometown of the emperor. Most of the heroes of Emperor Shizu were enfeoffed here. Several queens also came from Nanyang. It can be said that the entire Nanyang County is full of wealthy families. , the general wants to set the battlefield here, but I’m afraid these people won’t agree.”
After Lei Gong launched an attack on these meritorious officials, they had no way to stop him, but if Liu Bei dared to take the initiative to lead Lei Gong to attack Nanyang County, even if Liu Bei is now a general, I'm afraid he will be drowned by the spittle of these founding heroes.
But when Liu Bei heard Yuan Ji's words, his eyes lit up and he said: "I have raised them for more than 200 years, and when it comes time for them to donate, aren't they short of tens of billions of war funds? We can definitely learn from Daqian's methods and let the people of Nanyang County The nobles bought these bonds. With their family wealth, buying tens of billions of bonds should be nothing.
After Daqian's troops were directed towards Jingzhou last year, Nanyang County has become the forefront of the war.
Although Nanyang County is the hometown of the emperor, there are many noble families, founding heroes and descendants of the country. In the past, the stomping of their feet by these people would make a big man tremble.
But in the face of the thunderous man who confiscated the family and exterminated the clan, their identity no longer became a capital to show off, but instead became the source of all evil.
They could only escape across the Yangtze River like refugees and take refuge in Xiangyang County.
The scene at that time was extremely exciting. Each of these people's family had enjoyed wealth for more than 200 years. The accumulated wealth was countless. The carriages used by these people to transport money and treasures formed a long queue, and even blocked the main road to Xiangyang City. It was almost difficult for several of Liu Bei's supporting troops to join him.
It can be said that the Han Dynasty has not yet suffered serious damage to the noble families, that is, Nanyang County. Their wealth, land, and disciples and old officials have not yet been wiped out by the Daqian. It can be said that they are the last powerful noble families in the Han Dynasty.
That's why Liu Bei had the idea to ask them to contribute some money. At this time, they were the only people in the Han Dynasty who had the money and materials to support him.
Yuan Ji was surprised and said: "General, the situation of Da Han and Da Qian is completely different. We cannot copy Da Qian's system!"
But Liu Bei said: "You want to say that after being the founding hero of Dahan, I have enjoyed the glory and wealth of Dahan for 200 years, but I am not as loyal as a few businessmen in Dagan. Those businessmen were willing to lend tens of billions to Dagan, but I, Dahan, After the founding hero of the country, he is unwilling to introduce 10 billion to us!"
Yuan Ji smiled bitterly and said: "General, these are completely different things!"
Well, actually this is the same thing, but this kind of thing cannot be said openly. Daqian is now at the peak of its strength. Not only is the safety of those businessmen buying bonds not a problem, but they can also make a small profit.
But as far as the current situation of Dahan is concerned, it may not matter whether there will be Dahan in 10 years. People who buy bonds will have nothing to earn, and they may lose all their money. Under such circumstances, how can there be a few people buying bonds.
Of course, Yuan Ji couldn't say these words clearly, but everyone knew what he meant. Chasing the rise and killing the fall was a general herd mentality, and he, a big man, was one of those who fell. Not to mention that they took the money.
If you want to destroy these people's hometown, no normal person would be willing to take advantage of it.