After Yuan Ji and Zhao Yun separated, they came to the Hanzhong military camp to find Liu Bei, and then persuaded Liu Bei earnestly: "General, now that Lei Gong has won the trust of the people all over the world, do you think you can still compete with Lei Gong for the hearts and minds of the common people? "
Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Although Bei claims to protect the country and the people, his treatment of the people is far worse than Lei Gong. The land of Hebei has been transformed by Lei Gong, and the people are rich and happy. The Han Dynasty has done too bad in this regard. Yes, even I am in Jiangnan and I know that the people of Daqian live better than the Han people."
Yuan Ji continued: "Unable to win the hearts and minds of the people, the general can only win the hearts and minds of the nobles and nobles in the world. This is something we all know well. The Han Dynasty can still occupy the land south of the Yangtze River and compete with the large-scale army, because there are All the noble families in the world support the general."
Liu Bei nodded, he also knew that without the support of the entire Han clan, he would not be able to easily stabilize the Jiangnan area, let alone resist the Daqian army until now!
"Why did the army ask Zhao Yun to do something that would damage your relationship with the nobles and nobles in the world? How did Dong Zhuo fall? It was not because he had a bad relationship with the nobles and nobles and had difficulty stabilizing the internal affairs, which led to the collapse of Dong Zhuo's power. I think the general knows this."
"Now that you want Zhao Yun to rob the nobles and nobles in the middle of Shu, it will definitely affect the relationship between you and the nobles. If they rebel against the general, I'm afraid Dong Zhuo will end up like the general. Especially. The general is now dealing with the large army, and if you are not careful, the entire Han Dynasty may be defeated."
But Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "Everything Brother Shiji said is reasonable and far-sighted. But if Bei cannot defend Hanzhong now, the Han Dynasty will have no future. Then I, a great general, have a good relationship with the powerful gentry." What's the difference between being bad and bad?" "What Brother Shiji said, one prerequisite is that Bei can defend Hanzhong, and everything Bei is doing now is to defend Hanzhong. The hope of the Han Dynasty in his hands, as long as he can defend Hanzhong , any means can be used by Bei. But now only the nobles in Yizhou have food in their hands. If we don’t take food from them, where will we get food from? So even though Bei knows that doing this will make the nobles dissatisfied, but now he can This is the only way to resolve the crisis in Hanzhong."
Yuan Ji was speechless by Liu Bei. The war has reached this point in Chengdu, and any strategy is useless. The two sides are nakedly competing for logistics and food. Although Yizhou is a dangerous place, it is because of the natural danger. Determines the degree of isolation in Shu.
Even though Liu Bei has a large amount of grain in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, the grain cannot be transported to central Shu, let alone the front line of Hanzhong. The only thing that can really solve the problem at hand is the grain in the hands of the Yizhou clan and nobles. It can be said that this is a problem for both sides. Irreconcilable contradiction. Liu Bei has used food from Jingzhou and Yangzhou to ease this contradiction. Otherwise, I am afraid that the entire Shuzhong clan will really rebel now!
Yuan Ji understood that if he did not win the battle of Hanzhong, the conflict between Liu Bei and the Yizhou nobles would not be alleviated! But at this time, Liu Bei in Hanzhong had tried his best to resist Lei Gong, and he had even begun to not care about his relationship with the nobles. , obviously Liu Bei no longer has the energy to think about the future. Just like Liu Bei said that if Hanzhong cannot be saved, the Han Dynasty will have no future.
He thought for a while and said: "Even if the general has all the food of the powerful clans in Shuzhong, he still cannot decide the outcome of this war. If we really want to defend Hanzhong, we can only defeat the Daqian army."
Liu Beinai said: "The Daqian army has strong armor, powerful artillery, and elite soldiers. If they fight head-on, our big men cannot be their opponents. Now we can only rely on the mountainous areas to maintain the Hanzhong front. If we can really defeat Lei Gong, Bei will not be able to defeat him." We will be trapped on Micang Mountain for two years!"
Yuan Ji said: "No matter how difficult it is, we must find a way to repel Daqian's army. Even if the nobles and nobles in the middle of Shu give their food to the general, the food will help the general to maintain the battle for one year at most. General, don't forget , compared with grain and grass, the large army of cadres is far more than that of our big men. Even if a Sili has hundreds of millions of grains of grain, we can't compare with them. If this batch of grain is used up again, the whole of Shu will be destroyed again. There is no food left. If this situation really happens, not only Hanzhong will not be safe, but Shuzhong will not be safe either!"
Liu Bei looked dejected. If there was a way, he would have used it long ago, but the problem is that he just doesn't have this way. Now he can only delay it year by year and see if a miracle can happen!
Yuan Ji thought for a while and said: "General, it is impossible for us to defeat the Daqian army just relying on the strength of Hanzhong. We can only find ways to mobilize the strength of the Daqian army from other places and let Lei Gong support the soldiers of Hanzhong to other places." We need to go to other places so that we can have a chance to drive Da Gan’s army out of Hanzhong.”
Yuan Ji looked at the map and said: "The only way to make Lei Gong mobilize Hanzhong's large army is to let General Zhang Fei lead the Jingzhou Army to attack Yuzhou, and let General Guan Yu lead the Yangzhou Army to attack Xuzhou. As long as the fighting on these two battlefields is fierce. , putting the Central Plains in a dangerous state, Lei Gong had to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong to support these two battlefields in order to protect the Central Plains. He might even give up Hanzhong, after all, Hanzhong is far less important than the Central Plains to Lei Gong! "
Hearing Yuan Ji's words, Liu Bei looked hesitant. Of course he had thought of using this method to create two new battlefields in the Central Plains, using Lei Gong's energy to mobilize a large army to join the battlefield in the Central Plains!
But Liu Bei has never done this. The main reason is that his strength is not as good as Lei Gong. Although Liu Bei and others continue to recruit the tribes of southern barbarians, the population of Jiangnan, which originally only had a population of five to six million, has exceeded ten million. There is still a possibility. Gathered a large number of Nanman to join his army.
But it cannot be denied that the wealth of Jiangnan cannot be compared with that of the Central Plains. The population of Dahan alone is three times worse than that of Dagan, and the gap in finance is ten times worse. Therefore, he is far behind in terms of military equipment and even artillery. Great work.
Now the fighting in Hanzhong is fierce, and the total strength of both sides is close to 400,000. But the investment of both sides is completely different. Liu Bei's side invested 30,000 troops in Hanzhong, 50,000 troops in Yizhou, and 80,000 troops in Jingzhou. , a total of 160,000 people came to resist the Daqian army. If two years of consumption are added, the Han Dynasty invested more than 200,000 troops on the Hanzhong battlefield. This was already all Liu Bei's elite forces, and 70% of the Han Dynasty's strength was Concentrating in the direction of Hanzhong, the Han Dynasty has tried its best in this battle of Hanzhong.