In Yuan Ji's view, their rule in Jiangnan has collapsed, so they must stop their losses in time, instead of continuing to fight the large army procrastinatingly and consuming all their only soldiers.
At this time, Zhao Yun thought for a while and said: "General, Chang Shi is right. Now we want to fight against Da Gan in Jingzhou. Even with the support of the local nobles and nobles, we cannot be the opponent of Da Gan. We can only defeat Da Gan first." Only by recuperating in places that are difficult to reach can we make a comeback!"
"But Wuling County is too remote and sparsely populated to be able to shoulder the mission of reviving the Han Dynasty! The general can occupy Jiaozhou with his soldiers!"
"Jiaozhou?" This is something Liu Bei has never thought about. Jingnan is already very remote. To the world at this time, Jiaozhou is equivalent to the end of the world. Moreover, even though Jiaozhou has a vast area, its population is only one million, and it is only along the coast. There are some signs of civilization, but other places can be said to be barbaric lands. How can such a place possibly revive the Han Dynasty!
But for the other generals present, this was a hope. No matter how remote Jiaozhou was, it was still a big state, and it could also save them from the attack of the Daqian Army. It was better than living in Changsha County.
Zhang Fei said fiercely: "That's right, let's go to Jiaozhou to teach those guys a lesson and see whose rice they eat!"
"What Zilong said is beneficial. General, let's go to Jiaozhou and make a comeback. Then we will fight Thunder Lord!" Wei Yan said fiercely!
Liu Bei saw that all the generals wanted to go to Jiaozhou, so he did not want to violate the generals' wishes, so he could only prepare to retreat from Changsha County with his remaining troops to Guilin County, and then enter Jiaozhou from Guilin County. Liu Bei also sent people Contact Guan Yu in Yuzhang and ask him to lead the army to retreat from Yuzhang to Jiaozhou. Now Guan Yu still has more than 10,000 troops in his hands, which is a big force for Liu Bei at this time!
But after everyone left, Yuan Ji whispered to Liu Bei: "General, now we have to think about our retreat!"
"A retreat? Aren't we preparing a retreat?" Liu Bei asked strangely.
Yuan Ji approached Liu Bei and said: "General, this time the Han Dynasty lost the three states in the south of the Yangtze River, and even His Majesty was captured by Thunder Lord. It can be said that the Han Dynasty has been completely defeated. Even if the General fled to Jiaozhou, he would not be able to withstand it for long, because Daqian's navy is powerful, and they transported tens of thousands of Daqian troops from the sea into Jiaozhou. It is impossible for us defeated soldiers to withstand Daqian's elite!"
Liu Bei, who has been fighting on the front line, naturally knows how powerful the elite troops are. It can be said that as long as ten thousand such an army appears in Jiaozhou, it will be enough to sweep across the entire Jiaozhou! If it really takes tens of thousands, he is really a defeated general. It is impossible to be the opponent of Da Gan's army! If he had a choice, Liu Bei didn't want to become an enemy with a powerful opponent like Da Gan, because he couldn't see a glimmer of hope!
But Liu Bei had no choice. He could only reply resolutely: "If it comes to this level, Bei can only fight to the death for the big man!"
When Yuan Ji heard this, he was heartbroken and said: "General, if you die on the battlefield, the Han Dynasty will really be destroyed!"
But Liu Bei said sadly: "Your Majesty has been captured by Da Qian's army, how long can the Da Han exist?"
Yuan Ji immediately said: "Although the Han Dynasty cannot restore its prosperity, it can still survive and survive. Even a hundred years later, the Han Dynasty may not be able to counterattack the Central Plains!"
Liu Bei looked at Yuan Jida and said, "What can Shiji do?"
Yuan Jidao: "General, with the strength of Da Gan, it is now very easy to send a navy to capture Jiaozhou. In this way, Da Gan will surround our Jingzhou from three sides. Even if we want to escape, it will be difficult for us to escape. But Da Gan is just in the sky." You are doing business in Jiaozhou, but you have no intention of occupying Jiaozhou. Do you know why?"
Liu Bei frowned and said, "Lei Gong wants to drive us to Jiaozhou?"
Yuan Jidao: "Lei Gong does not want to drive us to Jiaozhou, but he wants to drive the entire southern noble family to Jiaozhou!"
"The general knows Lei Gong. He hates the nobles and doesn't even want them to stay in the Han Dynasty. For this purpose, even if he is an enemy like Cao Cao, as long as he is willing to take away tens of thousands of nobles from Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Lei Gong is willing to let go After passing Cao Cao, now they even use the island occupied by Cao Cao as a place of exile, and exile the noble families in Daqian to Crab Island!"
Liu Bei said: "In other words, Jiaozhou is now the crab island of the whole world. Thunder God wants to exile all the noble families in the world to Jiaozhou?"
Yuan Ji nodded and said: "Yes, Lei Gong not only regarded Jiaozhou as the crab island in the world, but also regarded Jiaozhou as a logistics base for exiled noble families. His subordinates discovered that Daqian's fleet often came to Jiaozhou, and they traded everything, not only Whether it's weapons and equipment, agricultural tools or food, as long as it's suitable for land development, Daqian sells it and doesn't care whether these things may be used by us."
"Judging from Lei Gong's past experience, Lei Gong obviously wants to drive us out of Dahan's territory, and transporting these weapons and equipment to us is to facilitate our establishment of foundations in lands other than Dahan. As long as we don't keep Dahan, we will Not only will Lei Gong not hunt us down, he may even support us in establishing a country outside the Han Dynasty!"
Then Yuan Ji said excitedly: "As long as this foundation is there, Dahan can keep the flame. With our efforts, Dahan may not be unable to re-establish overseas. You must know that Cao Cao is just an island, but after this After several years of development, it has almost become a country with a population of one million! And since we have a continent, we may not be able to develop a country with a radius of thousands of miles!"
Originally, after Emperor Xian was captured, Liu Bei was heartbroken, but when he heard that the big man could still be resurrected, and that there was a certain possibility, Liu Bei felt that he was full of strength again. He also paid attention to the army in his hands. This was the time when he established the big man. The only capital left!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Bei retreated very quickly. Guan Hai had just pried open the gate of Changsha County and rushed to Linxiang, only to find that it had become an empty city. Liu Bei left Linxiang three days ago and disappeared into the mountains and rivers. Guan Hai was so angry that he slapped his thigh.
He already knew where Xu Wei was coming from in Jingzhou, and he planned to use a clean and thorough battle to annihilate the remnants of the Han Dynasty, capture Liu Bei, and pay tribute to Xu Wei, but it was a pity that Liu Bei escaped.
Guan Hai continued to pursue, but he led his men to pursue Liu Bei and others as far as Guilin County. Even after asking local people, he found that the distance between him and Liu Bei had actually been extended to 6 days. Liu Bei had already arrived in such a long time. Went to Jiaozhou.
In addition, many of his soldiers were no longer adapted to the climate of Guilin, so Guan Hai could only lead his army to station in Guilin County, report the situation here to Xu Wei, and wait for the next instructions.
After Xu Wei and others in Jiangling got Guan Hai's battle report!
Xu Wei smiled helplessly and said: "This Liu Bei is really a long-distance running general. It is difficult to catch him! Forget it, he can't make any trouble now anyway!"
Then he looked at Yang Feng and said: "Now that Liu Bei has run away, it seems that he wants to go to Jiaozhou. There will be no enemies in Jingzhou. Just send people to completely occupy Jingzhou. I will go back to Jidu to discuss with everyone." Anyone who wants to deal with the noble families in Jiangnan!"
Yang Feng could only say: "No!"
Not catching Liu Bei is a small regret, but now Liu Bei is no longer an enemy of Daqian. Rather than catching Liu Bei, how to deal with the noble families in Jiangnan is more important to Xu Wei! This is related to the future development of Jiangnan. .
People of this era still regarded Jiangnan as a smoky land, but Xu Wei knew the potential of Jiangnan. This would be the economic center of the world in later generations. The potential was even greater than that of the Central Plains and Hebei. Now this area is full of work. Well, of course Xu Wei must pay attention to the development of Jiangnan!
In this way, Xu Wei took a boat from Jiangling and continued southward to Yangzhou!
Fan Xian personally received Xu Wei and explained: "Wang Lei is chasing Guan Yu's army and is still in Ji County. It is difficult to receive the ruler for a while!"
Xu Wei didn't pay attention and said: "The war is serious. Guan Yu has fled to Xu County. It seems that Yangzhou has been pacified!"
Fan Xian nodded and said: "Yangzhou is too big, and there are still many defeated soldiers and defeated generals in the surrounding wilderness. This is the target we will focus on next. Only when the environment is safe can Yangzhou develop!"
Then Fan Xian said helplessly: "Yangzhou is too big and the population is too small, especially in Yuzhang and other counties. You may not be able to find a village within a hundred miles. It is too primitive. Compared with the northern states and counties, the development of Chengdu is too low. !”
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Now that the war in the world is almost over, since you are so concerned about the development of Yangzhou, do you want to be the governor of Yangzhou so that Yangzhou can develop according to your own ideas!"
Fan Xian thought for a moment and said, "If the government wants me to stay in Yangzhou, I would be willing to be the governor of Yangzhou!"
Xu Weidao said: "We can't conquer the world immediately, we have to govern the world under the horse's control. Now you have to start thinking about developing Yangzhou! When I go to Jidu, your life will be in danger!"
Then Xu Wei did not wait for Wang Lei, but transferred to the naval warship Daqian in Yangzhou, followed the continental shelf all the way, disembarked from the docks in Youzhou and Quanzhou County, and then rode back to Jixian!
Niu Gui naturally led the entire Daqian high-level officials to welcome Xu Wei, and even the whole of Ji thought that Xu Wei's road had been decorated. When Xu Wei entered Jidu, hundreds of thousands of people cheered for Xu Wei's arrival.
Although Xu Wei did not come to Jidu with the army this time, General Xu Wei's achievements were huge. Half of the entire Han Dynasty was completely occupied by Daqian. Although Jiaozhou has not been occupied yet, everyone in the world knows that Xin. The new era has arrived, and Xu Wei is the king of this new era!
The celebration prepared for Xu Wei lasted for three consecutive days before Jidu returned to its former peace!
And Xu Wei got busy. Although he gave Niu Gui, the prime minister, great autonomy, there were still many people in Daqian who did not give Niu Gui the face of the prime minister. There were some things that could only be decided by Xu Wei.
This time, Xu Wei had to solve the financial budget and financial allocation issues of the military cadres, which had been fought for more than two years. Although the military cadres had always had the upper hand, the money spent was just like water, and many things that were originally done had to be done. The projects had all given way because of the war, but now that the war was finally over, the court finally had money.
The governors from all over Daqian asked their long history and Ji who came with their new plans to ask for funds, which gave Niu Gui a headache. Even though he was senior, facing such competition for development funds, the army could not Not many people gave him face. If you want to develop the place these days, being gentle, courteous, thrifty and kind is a must!
Faced with so many governors who needed funds, Niu Gui could only hold a financial meeting. Everyone decided together to decide what projects to launch, what projects to reduce, etc. Such a meeting could only be chaired by Xu Weilai.
And this meeting was very intense from the beginning!
"You Bingzhou's steel production is already the best in the world, but you actually want to build a large steel plant. Will you use up so much iron? Are you planning to eat steel?" the representative from Yuzhou said almost filial piety.
Because the large-scale steel plant proposed by Bingzhou is a factory with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons of steel. A ton is a unit of weight created by the government. One ton is 4,000 kilograms, and 100,000 tons is equivalent to 400 million kilograms. This is almost the peak of the Han Dynasty. The output of the period is one year.
Such a large-scale steel plant requires 3 billion funds to build, and it is not just a matter of money. Such a steel plant also requires a large amount of cement, ceramic components, steel machinery, and a large number of senior craftsmen to build blast furnaces and open-hearth furnaces. Waiting for supporting facilities, such a project involves a lot of manpower and material resources, and these manpower and material resources are used by the steel plant, other projects can only wait, especially in places that also want to build a steel plant, don’t even think about building a steel plant. There are no senior technical workers!
But Governor Shi looked at the other representatives with a cold face and said: "What do you all know? The train for the administration has been built. The track from China Unicom Hanzhong to Guanzhong has been changed from wooden rails to railway tracks. This is what the track will be like after we work hard." The trend is that if the entire Daqian track uses rails, instead of 100,000 tons, even a 1 million-ton steel plant will not be enough."
The representative from Yanzhou wondered: "Why should we use extravagant rails for rails? The current iron-clad wooden rails are not very good. They are strong, durable, and cheap!"
Governor Shi looked down on everyone and said: "Short-sighted people, using rails can increase the transportation volume by more than five times, and it also greatly extends the life of the rails. In the past, iron-clad wood rails, if they lasted for three months, it was considered lucky. Okay, but the rails will not rot even if they are used for 10 years. Although the one-time investment is high, it can reduce a large number of personnel to maintain the tracks. In the long run, using rails is more cost-effective!"
"Not to mention that the power of a steam locomotive is greater than that of 20 horses, and more goods can be transported at one time, which requires stronger tracks. If you don't want Daqian trains to overturn frequently, you can only think The solution is to use stronger and more durable rails, and as more rails are used, steel will naturally have to keep up. Is there any place in Daqian that is more suitable for opening such a large steel plant than our Bingzhou! Build such a large steel plant elsewhere. A large steel plant, do you have so much coal?"
Thinking of the coal in Bingzhou, these representatives were really speechless!