Time is like water, fleeting, Now two years have passed, and this is the twenty-seventh year that Liu Wei has been in this world.
Liu Wei is also over forty years old, and his crown prince, the eldest princess, is also twenty-six.
The battle between Xiang Yu and Liu Bei and Cao Cao is over, and under the disparity in strength and logistics, even Xiang Yu and Wang Jian are powerless, and the Xiang clan retreats to the vicinity of Jiaozhi County, and the troop reserve is less than 30,000.
In addition, the territory that originally belonged to Xiang Yu was also divided by Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and there is no need to say much about the two counties of Guiyang and Yuzhang.
Nanhai County belongs to Cao Cao, and the rest of the counties belong to Liu Bei, it seems that Cao Cao suffered a loss, but in fact, Cao Cao used Wei Yan's matter, plus the division of power, to obtain a number of good benefits.
Of course, the reason why Cao Cao is indisputable is not only because of his private interests, but more importantly, for Cao Cao, the land of Jiaozhou is not important, the entire Jiaozhou people are only one million, and the language is not clear, and the location is inconvenient, which is a trouble for Cao Cao.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei's strength has been improved, and each has reached the level of about 300,000 soldiers and horses, but because of the battles two years ago, the soldiers in the two of them are now a little uneven.
As for Yizhou, it is a little unlucky, because Yizhou is already barren, and the original foundation has been consumed, even if the strength has not improved after a few years.
As for the reason, it is naturally because of Meng Tian in the north of them, Meng Tian's soldiers and horses still put pressure on the Yizhou border from time to time, so that the army of Yizhou has always been in a highly concentrated state, and the daily consumption is extremely large.
Yizhou's strength did not increase because of Meng Tian's pressure, but the strength under Meng Tian's command has increased, and the number of troops has reached 140,000, and because of Liu Bei, Cao Cao's emperor, Meng Tian's troops are putting more and more pressure on Yizhou.
Now Meng Tian's army has entered the territory of Yizhou, and it is only about six hundred miles away from Liu Bang's so-called capital.
Don't underestimate these 600 miles, although it sounds like 600 miles is very close, but these 600 miles are heavily blocked by Liu Bang's soldiers and horses, and there are also high mountains and dangers.
Meng Tian had 140,000 soldiers and horses, and the strength of the other armies under Liu Wei was even stronger, Wei Qing and Yue Fei's army were separated again in the battle two years ago, and now Wei Qing's Imperial Forest Army has 80,000 people, while Yue Fei's Nanyang Army has 200,000 people.
Xu Huang's subordinates of the Tang State still only have 50,000 soldiers and horses, Qi Jiguang, and Han Shizhong's sailors have developed rapidly, and now there are 50,000 people, and there are countless ships under them, which are very powerful.
In addition, because there are a lot of people who want to join the army in Youzhou, but there is only a forbidden army in Youzhou, but the number of forbidden troops has been fixed, so Liu Wei has built a new tiger camp in the past two years, and there are currently 20,000 people, and the leader of this army is Liu Gen and Yuwen Chengdu's son Yuwen Tuo.
Li Jing, who was stationed on the front line of Yanzhou, also changed his army, and now there are 100,000 people under his command, and there are actually so many soldiers in Yanzhou under Li Jing, but there are more soldiers in Jizhou and Qingzhou.
Xu Da now has 200,000 soldiers and horses, but compared to Li Jing and Wei Qing, the people are scrambling to become soldiers, and the soldiers who enlisted in the army here are quite a few reasons for life, although Liu Wei's people try their best to govern Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou, but this is not Youzhou after all, there are too many troubles, and the situation in these places is not very good for years of war.
Counting up, plus the more than 800,000 soldiers and horses under the sailor Liu Wei, not including the white horse and the righteous servants, and some local armed forces, if you really want to count Liu Wei's army, there are nearly one million divisions under Liu Wei.
The reason for this lies in the governance of the famous ministers in history under Liu Wei, coupled with the fact that there are more and more new generations in the past two years, although there are many veterans who have left the army, but they are insignificant compared to the young people who have joined the army, so this is also the reason for the rapid development of Liu Wei's strength.
Among them, Youzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou, these three states were the first to be obtained by Liu Bian, especially Youzhou, under Liu Bian's intentional governance back then, even after the war, the population of these states did not decrease but increased.
Like today, the people of Youzhou are three times as many as before Liu Wei arrived in Youzhou, and they have exceeded the population of Youzhou in its heyday, and the population of Jizhou and Qingzhou is also developing rapidly, more than before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and even the state, Sizhou, and Liangzhou are also developing rapidly.
According to the statistics of officials in the DPRK and China, there are now 16 million people under Liu Wei's rule, which is more than the population of less than 10 million at the end of the Three Kingdoms in history.
Compared with the rapid development under the rule of Liu Wei, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yizhou are different, Yizhou needless to say that it was originally a place where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and could be self-sufficient, but due to the war over the years, Yizhou's deficiencies were instantly exposed, and the development was slow, and the development could not catch up with the consumption at all, and now the population of Yizhou is only one-third of the original.
Speaking of Jingzhou, Jingzhou can be said to be the richest state, there are almost eight million people in Jingzhou's counties, but now the situation is very different, originally according to the population of Jingzhou, in addition to Nanyang, Guiyang should have nearly six million people.
But now even if Guiyang is recovered and most of Jiaozhou is taken, the population under Liu Bei's rule is only about four million, and the reason is that there have been wars for many years, although there are Zhuge Liang and Wei Zheng's governance, but Jingzhou has always been in a state of Jingzhou being surrounded by enemies on all sides, and Liu Bei has a bit of a reckless military appearance.
Under Cao Cao's rule, after losing Jiujiang and Lujiang, the population under his rule is now less than three million, which is not better than Jingzhou at all, or even worse.
Because Cao Cao's gang is not the local force in Jiangdong, Cao Cao became the ruler of Jiangdong, but he did not do anything lacking in virtue, many people in Jiangdong, their families have run away, less than 3 million people, but there are 300,000 troops, this is a proper poor army, and many soldiers are forced by life, or even forcibly conscripted, and the purpose is naturally to deal with Liu Wei in the north.
"Your Majesty" On the Taiji Palace, the ministers worshipped.
"Let's be flat" Liu Wei raised his hand, "Your Majesty" "Today's court meeting starts with me."
Liu Wei said solemnly, this time Liu Wei did not arrange in advance, did not discuss with any minister in advance, and it was completely his own intention.
"Listen to your ears" The ministers were solemn and waited for Liu Bian's speech.
"Now it has been twenty-seven years since I escaped from Luoyang and escaped from Dong Zhuo's hands, and in these twenty-seven years, with the efforts of me and the Zhongqing family, I finally pacified the turmoil in one state after another, and eliminated one rebel force after another.
After a pause, Liu Wei continued to speak, "At the beginning, the three of Liu were called emperors, although I made a move, I did not start a big war in one fell swoop, not because I was afraid, but because I was worried, I was worried that because after this war, the court fell into turmoil, and the people of the world fell into suffering, I hope to calm the world, but I also hope that the people can live and work in peace and contentment." ” "There is a saying that you can hide from the first day of the first month, but you can't hide from the fifteenth, and now the power of the imperial court is enough, enough to destroy the power of these three chaotic ministers and thieves in one fell swoop, I plan to lead the troops south in the near future to calm the world in one fell swoop, restore the great rivers and mountains of my Han Dynasty, and return the world to a peaceful and prosperous world."
"The ministers are willing to serve His Majesty, and they are willing to do their best for the Han" The ministers said in unison, no one objected to Liu Bian's words, and everyone agreed, the reason why this is so is because they have been waiting for Liu Bian's order for a long time, and now that Liu Biao finally spoke, Mo said that he was against it, and the excitement was almost the same.
"I have already sent people to inform the generals from all over the country to return to Yanjing, and what you have to do during this time is to actively mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, mobilize grain and grass, mobilize materials, and prepare for the upcoming battle of the Southern Expedition."
Liu Wei commanded in a deep voice.
"Obey the Order" S: Thank you for the reward from the Emperor of the Heavenly Desolation
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