Chapter 423

Liu Bu withdrew from Yangzhou because of the change of strategy, and the main force went north, rather than being afraid of the majesty of the imperial court. He left disheartened under the pressure of the imperial court, which is impossible. Now the Ming Court has no authority over him.

He Liu Bu calculated that the imperial court would send a large army to collect him, and at least more than 200000 people would be mobilized. It would be equivalent to fighting on the fourth front. Imagine that the imperial court has sent more than 100000 troops to the southwest to continue to calm the extravagance and security rebellion.

The main troops in the central plains are encircling and suppressing the roving bandits. All their elite troops on the nine sides are used to deal with JianNu and Mongolia. Where can he spare the strength to spare more than 200000 troops to deal with forces such as Liu Bu?

Therefore, Liu Bu believes that the threat of the other party to him is limited, but it does not mean that the imperial court will always be like this. His current practice is also a practice of hiding one's strength and biding time. He has scattered his troops so widely, and it is estimated that the imperial court will not regard him as a confidant. After all, there is no wolf around, so terrible.

The imperial court thinks that Liu Bu's practice is to develop and disperse his troops everywhere, and it is also a concession of hiding one's strength and biding one's time. Generally speaking, they divide their power so little that it is really easy for the imperial court or local forces to devour them, but they are different. They are Liu Jiajun.

If others spread their power so widely, it will certainly be swallowed up by the imperial court, and the local government will integrate it. However, they are Liu Jiajun, the most difficult army to fight. What's more, they are not short of money, and they are richer than the imperial court.

Liu Jiajun's welfare is several times that of the imperial court, which is the standard of the professional army. How can the soldiers of the professional army take refuge in a slave army? All along, only the imperial court's army and capable people in the army secretly prepare to change their face and join Liu Jiajun. Indeed, no Liu Jiajun's soldiers have changed to the imperial court's army.

Moreover, among these local forces, seeing the main force retreat, they must want to swallow up their forces, but they also have to have such good teeth. How can they be the opponents of Liu Jiajun? The end of high hope is the most telling thing.

Moreover, this kind of thing happened in every state government in Fengyang area. When the local government saw that the main force of Liu's army was retreating, and some of the remaining disabled and defeated soldiers were staying in the barracks, they thought they could be bullied, so they attacked them one after another, ready to Annex their forces and take away their territory. As a result, they all broke their teeth, All this was secretly planned and presided over by Liu bu.

The Jianghuai area is a water town. There are vertical and horizontal rivers here. Liu Jiajun can quickly transport troops through the river. If there is an accident in any place, he can quickly transport troops here by river. Therefore, in more than a dozen states of the four governments of Fengyang, they are obedient. If the emperor knows Liu Jiajun's so-called retreat, On the contrary, it makes the power bigger. I don't know what he will think?

What is greater power? In the past, the Liu family army was directly together. Tens of thousands of people and horses were mighty and magnificent, but it also made it inconvenient for them to recruit troops and horses on a large scale. If the number of their troops exceeded 50000 or tens of thousands, it would make the imperial court more afraid. But now they are scattered everywhere and are not so conspicuous. They have secret recruitment and expansion forces everywhere, Therefore, the main force of Liu Jiajun apparently withdrew from Fengyang area. In fact, the number of troops he stayed here will not be lower than the previous quantity, but the quality is temporarily inferior, but I believe it will change after time.

Liu Buhe's practice of military presence has been greatly appreciated by several generals under him. Since they have temporarily been unable to establish a foothold in Yangzhou, they have established their Qi army base in Xuzhou, which is equivalent to their military division. They have established a base for Liu Jiajun outside Shandong. On the one hand, this base depends on official ethics, On the one hand, relying on the canal, they can transport materials and send troops at the fastest speed, so that they can get reinforcements or retreat quickly.

Liu Bu gathered a large number of main forces in Xuzhou, and he was also optimistic about this place. He knew that this place was the most important place in the North-South struggle, as if it had not changed in the future history.

For example, in the later Anti Japanese War, China and Japan had a final battle in Xuzhou. Why did both sides choose Xuzhou as the location of the finals.

In the later war of liberation, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party also gathered their main forces in xubeng area and launched the famous Huaihai Campaign, which was also a decisive battle related to the fate of the whole country, because everyone knows that whoever controls this place is equivalent to controlling the initiative of the north and the South and mastering the national movement, Liu Buhe has not yet raised troops to revolt, but it can indeed control these strategic points in advance by secretly deploying troops. He believes that once he raises troops to revolt, the whole Jianghuai region will soon fall into his hands.

Liu Bu is only considering that the Jianghuai area belongs to the four war zone. If the troops start here, they are easily surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court from all directions. There must be a corner, which is the East three mansion.

Facing the canal and backed by the sea, dongsanfu has unlimited strategic space. What's more impressive is that the Liu family has a strong navy. Their navy now dares to be called the Navy. The naval force of the imperial court is only called the Navy, which is only a subsidiary of the army, not to mention their ocean combat ability or naval combat strength, They are not opponents of Liu Jiajun's navy at all. I believe that once they start, they will soon take the initiative at sea.

Even if Liu Bu opened it on the map, he felt that the situation of the Liu family was very good now. If his father guarded the east third house, he guarded the Jianghuai area, and then attacked north and south, connecting the two places into one, it would have the strength to separate and dominate one side.

Of course, they all know that once the troops are launched, there can be no peace with the imperial court, because this is the confidant of the imperial court and the most important area. It is impossible to let it fall into the hands of the Liu family. They will try their best to send troops to attack and recapture it. Even they will give up Shaanxi, let the Liukou occupy it, give up the whole pass and let JianNu occupy it, But they are absolutely impossible to give up Shandong and Jianghuai.

That's why Liu Bu realized that it was not time for them to start fighting, because they knew that once they started, they would disturb the imperial court. At most, in half a year, the imperial court would gather hundreds of thousands of troops to annihilate them.

The current Liu family army is strong enough and has excellent weapons. It is far superior to the Imperial Army, but they do not have the ability to fight a war of hundreds of thousands of people.

This kind of ability is not something you say you have. You have to fight before you know. Now Liu Jiajun doesn't have a commander-in-chief who can be alone. If it is possible, it is just Liu Yuanqiao, Liu Bu, Zheng Zhibao and Zheng zining. Like veteran Liu Zhongyong, he can only be called a brave general, not a very excellent handsome talent. He doesn't have the ability to stand alone.

Liu Bu understood and knew that once they raised troops to revolt and the imperial court attacked from all directions, they had to meet the imperial court's troops from at least three directions. At present, they did not have enough strength to fight a total decisive battle with the imperial court.

The best way is to wait for the rogue bandits and JianNu to consume the elite main force of the imperial court and beat him shaky, and then send an elite army to encircle, suppress and attack him. At that time, it will be natural for the Liu family to replace Daming.

JianNu can defeat Daming with less than 200000 people, rule Daming with hundreds of millions of people, and create the myth that there is no one before and no one after the nomadic people. Since a person can do what the wilderness and barbarians of the nomadic people can do, why can't the Liu family do?

Liu Bu exchanged these ideas with his father and decided on such a strategy before he would raise troops to the north. Of course, Liu Bu ordered his army to enter the major prefectures under the rule of Fengyang Prefecture according to the predetermined plan. Nominally, he stationed everywhere according to Zhu Dadian's order. In fact, he secretly expanded his strength, deployed military presence and prepared for the future.

They are full of confidence. Liu Bu believes that if he is given 2-3 years to develop, once the army is launched, these places will echo and fall into his hands instantly. He thinks that when the emperor hears that Fengyang area in Zhongdu has fallen into the hands of the Liu rebels, he doesn't know what he will think.

Liu Bu is very proud and satisfied with his deployment. He is not a handsome man in charge, but he has some skills in strategic layout. Even Zheng Zhibao, who has a very high vision, appreciates his ability in this regard. He thinks that although he has no ability to kill the four sides and rush to the front, he has no courage of Lv Bu in his name, However, his layout ability lies far above Lv Bu.

Therefore, Liu Bu has also been recognized by everyone. He thinks that he is also a person who can stand alone and lead the army to fight.

In fact, after Liu Bu won the Anqing war and the battle of incubating silver now, he won the trust of everyone. Even if his eyes are as arrogant as Liu Yuanqiao, they all think that Liu Bu has the ability to command the overall situation, so they trust him to deliver the power of the South and let him develop here and make a world for the Liu family.

Now Liu Bu goes home to visit his relatives. On the other hand, at the request of his father, his father asks him to go back and discuss big plans. Now Liu Bu has become the No. 2 figure in the huge group of Liu Jiajun. His father, the eight faced Buddha, will also discuss with him on many important things.

It's not that Liu Bu's wisdom is so high that the whole group can't live without him, but that Liu Yuanqiao also has the same problem, that is, he is lonely, and there are not many people who can discuss big things with him.