The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the blue sky.
No matter in reality or in the game, Qin Tian has not had the opportunity to visit the Shu Road. He used to be busy with the future of Qingtian City, running around here and there, and had no leisure time to visit the mountains and rivers. Now, Qingtian City has risen in his hands, but
The family has a big business, and although he still has a lot of free time, Qingtian City is surrounded by enemies on three sides, so he needs to be in charge.
Therefore, it has always been difficult to understand this sentence. Now, although he cannot understand the difficulty of the Shu Road, the terrain of Nanzhong also makes Qin Tian sigh.
Entering Nanzhong from Bushan County, there is a large blank area. This area is basically deep mountains and old forests, with few human contacts. Even though the troops sent out this time are mostly Shanyue elite soldiers who are proficient in mountain warfare, there are still many difficulties.
When walking on a road that is not considered a road at all, you will encounter attacks from poisonous insects and ferocious beasts from time to time. Even if you have Yue people who are familiar with the terrain to lead the way, you will still encounter many difficulties from time to time. The most important one is the miasma. Once you are trapped in it,
Even top-grade generals will fall into a state of poisoning. Without a special antidote, they can only watch as their energy and blood continue to decline, but there is nothing they can do.
Fortunately, Qin Tian was fully prepared for this dispatch. Most of the barbarian generals, Shan Yue, were familiar with the terrain here and could usually find ways to crack it. In addition, Zhang Ning's spells could affect some terrain and even dispel some miasma, but even so
Walking all the way down, it originally looked like only one day's journey on the map, but we walked for more than ten days. The 100,000 troops we brought with us lost 10% of their non-combat strength. This is a terrible loss. On the frontal battlefield, this is
A 10% loss may even lead to a rout
Therefore, after the army walked out of the jungle, Qin Tian had to choose to stop the army and rest for a few days. Even if Jia Xu was like a god, he was still human after all. Although he had predicted the danger of the jungle, he had never experienced it personally.
"Teacher, how long do you think it will take to open a passage to Jiaozhou?" After coming out of this primeval forest, Qin Tian led the generals and Jia Xu to inspect the military camp, comforted the soldiers, and discussed with Jia Xu in a low voice.
All the generals, including Jia Xu, looked back at the jungle with deep fear in their eyes. Here, they faced not only poisonous insects and beasts in the forest, but also all kinds of unimaginable enemies.
Natural disasters. If Qin Tian had not protected the monarch-type artifact Fang Tianyin, which could reduce this disaster to a minimum, it would still reduce the number of troops by 10%. If this problem is not solved, even if the troops sent this time can regain Nanzhong and connect Jiangdong,
Jiaozhou and Nanzhong are also a huge problem.
Jia Xu frowned and was silent for a long time before slowly sighing: "My lord, if we want to build a direct passage from Jiaozhou to Nanzhong, even if we have already opened the prototype of a road during the march, if we want to
The cost of building a passage that can accommodate marching troops may be..."
In fact, the distance from Jiaozhou to here is not that long, but it is full of dangers. To build a road, the problems we have to face are far more than other places. Therefore, the cost is probably comparable to building a road that runs through Qingtian City.
The cost of roads in all cities.
"Money is not a problem." Qin Tian shook his head. Now under the rule of Qingtian City, although the land is vast and sparsely populated, Qin Tian's move of using business as his blade has not only attracted a large number of businessmen to Qingtian City, but also attracted countless people.
Funds, money is meant to be spent, it just depends on whether the money spent is worth it.
Capturing Yizhou, sending troops to Qishan, and dividing the world from east to west is currently the most suitable path for Qingtian City, and it is also the only path that Qingtian City can take.
Qin Tian finally understood why in history, Sun Ce had clearly captured Jiaozhou, and could have followed Jia Xu's plan to establish Yizhou, but abandoned it and made a thankless effort to make a fuss about Jingzhou. With Zhou Yu's wisdom,
You may not be able to figure out the reason behind it.
Now it seems that it's not that Zhou Yu didn't think of it, but that he had already thought of it. It's just that the same problem also trapped Zhou Yu. The road was blocked. If Yizhou was to be taken by force, the trouble caused by this jungle alone would make it difficult for him to conquer Yizhou.
People were timid, and Soochow at that time did not only have this option. Not to mention occupying Jingzhou and Bashu in the west, they could also march into Huainan and go eastward with all their strength. In fact, when Sun Ce was still alive, he did
It was like this, but unfortunately Xuzhou was owned by Cao Cao at that time, and Sun Ce's progress was blocked by Chen Deng. Afterwards, Sun Ce died, and Soochow's vitality was seriously injured. When it regained its vitality, Cao Cao had already conquered the Central Plains.
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At present, the environment between Qin Tian and Soochow at that time is surprisingly similar, but the problem is that Qin Tian only has one choice, which is to take the road from Jiaozhou to Yizhou. He has no choice.
If we can seize the opportunity of Dingding Tianxia, what does it mean to spend a little money? If we can successfully capture Yizhou, we can quickly earn back today's comeback.
Jia Xu nodded, now the name of Qin Tian's rebellious ministers and traitors, except for Jiangdong, although the Central Plains is large, there is no place to set foot. If he abandons this road, even if he plans, he may not be defeated, but now the general trend of the world
, the wind is surging, and it is changing every moment. He really doesn't know if Qingtian City will still have a chance to win the world if he gives up this road.
"With the current power of Qingtian City, even if we use the power of the whole country, it will take five years to make the two places unimpeded." Jia Xu still felt a little bitter when he said this. In five years, a lot of things can happen.
, and all this is still based on Qin Tian's ability to successfully conquer the Southern Barbarians and get help from the Southern Barbarians.
"We have no way out. This road is our only chance of survival. Besides, it's only five years. It's not short, but it's not long. Why should the teacher bother himself." Qin Tian smiled slightly, since he had already made his decision.
Having made a decision, no matter how bumpy the future may be, he will go all the way.
"What my lord said is absolutely true." Jia Xu nodded and seemed to be infected by Qin Tian's magnanimity. The gloom in his eyes disappeared and he once again regained his former calmness and calmness.
"Lord, our army's food and fodder are no longer enough for three days." Guan Hai hurried to Qin Tian's side and said with a somewhat solemn expression.
This time we sent troops to cross mountains and ridges. Although the problem of food and grass had been considered before, each person brought three days of food and grass with him, and the army also had food and grass delivered to him. However, he did not expect that the journey would be difficult. The large amount of food and grass had been consumed during the march.
, everyone only has the dry food they carry with them.
Qin Tian frowned slightly when he heard this. It is basically a luxury to expect the next batch of grain and grass from Jiaozhou. Although there are traces left by their army's march, it will take at least ten days to transport the grain and grass.
There was no time to transport it.
His eyes couldn't help but turn to Jia Xu. Qin Tian still had some food and grass stored in his personal space. However, although his personal space had been expanded, it was ultimately limited. Ninety thousand people could eat the food and grass they chewed. The food and grass in his personal space could only be more than 90,000 people.
A day's work is just a drop in the bucket. How to overcome the current predicament depends on Jia Xu.
Jia Xu smiled indifferently, obviously well prepared, and asked Wang Shuang who was accompanying him to take out the map, spread it out on the spot, pointed to a place and said: "Look, my lord, our army should be here now, located south of the center of the Southern Barbarians.
There is a cave nearby. One of the eight barbarian kings of the Southern Barbarians is Zhu Rong. According to legend, he is a descendant of the God of Fire. He is quite prestigious among the Southern Barbarians. If we can capture this cave, we will not only temporarily relieve the food shortage, but also
It can also scare the barbarians."
Qin Tian nodded, turned to look at Guan Hai and said: "Look for people who are familiar with the mountain terrain, explore the surrounding environment and the specific location of Zhurong Cave, and order the generals of each battalion to rectify the sergeants and prepare for battle."
"Here" Guan Hai took the order and left.
After Guan Hai left, Qin Tian looked at Jia Xu and said, "Is it necessary to use a plan to attack Zhu Rong this time?"
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "The barbarians respect martial arts. In order to win their hearts, the lord must show off his methods. Moreover, the people of the Southern Barbarians have not accepted the king's rule for a long time, and their information is blocked. It is inevitable that Yelang will be arrogant. All he needs to do is to fight head-on."
Yes, ten thousand bloodthirsty troops can defeat it."
Zhurong Cave, one of the eight major caves of the Southern Barbarians, and Yinkeng Cave in Sanjiang City, one in the south and one in the north, each dominates the other. The owner of Zhurong Cave is the wife of the barbarian king Meng Huo in history and the father of Mrs. Zhu Rong. Although she is in a poor place,
, but in between, there is also a strict hierarchy.
Most of the barbarians like to live in caves. Although some people live in the few cities here, they are a minority after all. Most of them are accustomed to living in caves and being with wild beasts.
Zhurong Cave is more than just a pothole. First of all, it is unique in terrain, surrounded by water and mountains, and it also built various defense measures according to the way the Han people marched and formed their formations. Although this defense, in the eyes of Qin Tian and others,
It is more like a large mountain stronghold. Even if it is a water stronghold established by a famous general like Gan Ning, its defensive capabilities will be much stronger than that of Zhurong Cave.
But it is undeniable that as far as the Southern Barbarians are concerned, it is already very good to be able to build such a cave. Every man among the Southern Barbarians is a born warrior, and the most common type of soldier, the barbarian soldiers, can be as good as those recruited from a Han-style barracks.
The five-level arms, and the elite among them, are unstoppable flying troops that can compete with the top special arms such as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. However, in terms of technology, they are far inferior to the Han people. In this cave in front of you, even with the strength of the troops
Equally, Qin Tian is also confident that he can win.
Early the next morning, Qin Tian led only 10,000 bloodthirsty troops out of the camp and went to Zhurong Cave to fight. The master of Zhurong Cave had already learned about the arrival of the Qingtian City army. When he heard that Qin Tian was coming with troops and horses, he immediately brought the entire Zhurong Cave with him.
Soldiers and horses come out of the cave.
A group of people, led by Zhu Rongdongzhu, rushed out of Zhurong Cave together. Although they were not as strict as the regular army, every barbarian soldier had a wild nature, as if they were not human troops, but heads and tails.
The troops composed of wild beasts are average. With this momentum alone, ordinary soldiers are likely to be timid before fighting.
But it is a pity that what Qin Tian brought is the most elite military unit below Qingtian City's special arms - the bloodthirsty army.
