The millions of elite soldiers, all of whom have been at least three years old, are definitely elite.
"Lord, are you going to send troops?"
Zang Ba couldn't help but ask, he was a little disappointed when he didn't become the commander-in-chief when he sent troops to Wu County.
"Sending troops? What does Wen Ruo think?"
“The East China Sea Territory is now well-armed, and it’s time to expand it.”
When Xun Yu heard this, he did not refuse. After all, the East China Sea Territory is not like other princes. It lacks food and soldiers. The East China Sea Territory lacks nothing but territory and population.
"If Wenruo thinks, where should we win?"
Su Fan continued to ask after hearing this. He also had an idea in his mind. After all, the princes in the world were expanding.
They, the East China Sea Territory, can continue to make some moves. Firstly, they can improve their reputation, and secondly, they can also train their troops.
Half of his million-strong army has never actually been on the battlefield. In today's Donghai County and the surrounding area of thousands of miles, bandits and bandits have long been wiped out.
Even the wild beasts can only nest in the mountains and rivers.
Donghai County is wealthy and has prosperous trade routes, but there are few bandits or bandits.
In recent years, no less than 100,000 bandits and bandits have died in the East China Sea.
Any gangster trembles when he hears about Donghai Territory.
But there are still some differences between bandits and real armies.
Although the army in the East China Sea Territory, especially the regular army, may undergo more training in one year than other princes in ten years.
However, I haven't seen any blood, so it's still a bit weak after all.
So Su Fan had no objection to letting the new recruits see blood.
"Then why not choose Pengcheng County? There are several families in Pengcheng County who control it, and they often intercept and deduct caravans traveling to and from our East China Sea Territory."
"Those families are close to the Yuan family, so why not capture them and give a warning to others in Xuzhou!"
Xun Yu said after being silent for a while.
Killing the chicken to scare the monkey, Su Fan nodded after hearing this.
Two years ago, Tao Qian of Xuzhou had already spoken out that he wanted to entrust Xuzhou to Su Fan. At that time, some people opposed it, especially the Cao family and Chen family in Xiapi.
Of course, the Xiapi Cao family is not Cao Cao's Cao family, but Cao Bao's Cao family, that big idiot.
Of course, Cao Bao is a big loser, but that doesn't mean that the Cao family is not strong. The Cao family in Xiapi is more influential than Cao Cao's family.
Even Xiapi's influence is still higher than that of Chen's.
Both major families opposed it, and Su Fan's move to Xiapi became an empty talk. Of course, Su Fan had no intention of going to Xiapi at that time.
The Cao family objected because the Cao family had ambitions towards Xiapi and Xuzhou, and they hoped to take over Tao Qian's position.
Although they have no intention of competing for hegemony, if they can control a state, it will greatly promote the development of the family.
At the same time, no matter which princes dominate the Central Plains in the future, they will not be able to ignore the Cao family.
Chen didn't like Su Fan at that time. Although Su Fan showed his hand in trying to challenge Dong Zhong, he was still not favored by Chen.
Su Fan was also unhappy about this at the time, but he couldn't take it into consideration at that time.
It was different now. His strength had already taken shape. Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were locked in a life-and-death battle and could not take care of him at all.
In the Central Plains, there is currently no force that can resist him. Cao Cao in Yanzhou has slowly developed in the past two years and has good strength.
They successively occupied the three counties of Chenliu and Dongjun and Jiyin County, with more than 300,000 soldiers and horses.
He is quite a prince.
Although Su Fan captured many counselors and generals who originally belonged to Lao Cao, especially counselors, almost all of Lao Cao's five great counselors were with him.
But Lao Cao is indeed the man he is, and he can still develop without those advisers.
It can only be said that Lao Cao is really powerful. Even among the many emperors in history, Lao Cao's ability is considered to be at the forefront.
Lao Cao was not weak in domestic affairs and military affairs. If he scored a perfect 100, Lao Cao at his peak would be able to reach 90 in both of these two areas.
Double ninety, it can be said that there are more than 400 emperors in history, and it is really rare to achieve this.
There were many emperors who surpassed Lao Cao in domestic affairs and military affairs. In terms of military affairs, whether it was Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang, or Zhu Di, they were definitely no worse than Lao Cao. In fact, they might even be better than Lao Cao.
After all, Lao Cao never unified the world until his death.
Maybe the military ability of Da Zhao is close to that of Lao Cao.
As for internal affairs, Qin Dada and Liu Dada will definitely surpass him.
However, Lao Cao's abilities were balanced and Qin's internal affairs were well managed, but in terms of military affairs, he did not have much performance.
After all, Qin almost never led troops in battle. Although he unified the six kingdoms, it was only by famous generals like Wang Jian who defeated him.
You can say that Qin Dynasty has military talents, but if you want to surpass Lao Cao and others, Su Fan will not recognize it.
But no matter what, Lao Cao's ability is at least among the top twenty among the emperors in the past.
Therefore, even if he does not have those counselors to advise him, he can still develop. But if he wants to be like history, it is impossible.
Now that he has 300,000 soldiers and horses, he may have no problem in unifying Yanzhou, but if he wants to expand his army, whether it is Yuzhou or Xuzhou, it will be impossible for him.
Yuan Shu's strength in Yuzhou far surpassed him. If he had a head-to-head fight, it would be difficult for Lao Cao to win.
Just like Sun Jian now, he is gradually at a disadvantage in the battle for Yangzhou.
At this moment, Yuan Shu's winning rate increased infinitely.
Cao Cao may have a stronger family background than Sun Jian, but he is not much stronger. Historically, it is not certain whether he would have been able to break out without Xun Yu.
Moreover, Lao Cao in the early stage was not very powerful in terms of strategy. If it were another hero with great talent and strategy, he would not have done the massacre of the city.
Because of the massacre, Lao Cao's reputation dropped a lot, and it took a lot of effort to conquer Xuzhou.
If he had not massacred the city at that time, then those aristocratic families in Xuzhou might have come to Japan just like they did in Jingzhou later.
So looking around, there aren't many people around Su Fan who can threaten him. Even if several major princes join forces, he doesn't have much scruples.
The fighting between Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in the past two years has consumed a lot of energy.
It is also difficult for both sides to join forces.
So he could also make a move, capture Xuzhou first, and then wait for the final result of Sun Jian and Yuan Shu.
As for Lao Cao, to be honest, the upper limit of Yanzhou is right there. Yanzhou was beaten too hard by the Yellow Turbans.
There is little potential. The entire population of Yanzhou is less than 10 million, only a few million.
How much potential there is.
The upper limit is like that. Even if Lao Cao has the ability to defy heaven, he can't do anything about it, just like Zhuge Wuhou.
And Su Fan didn't think that Lao Cao could compare to Zhuge Wuhou.
When it comes to perfect talents, Zhuge is the top one. If Zhuge were an emperor, he would definitely be sent to the forefront. There are almost only a few people who can surpass him.
However, even Zhuge couldn't make a comeback with Yizhou, and neither could Lao Cao.