Xuzhou! This goal is really a bit imaginative.

Xuzhou is not short of food. Li Zhe knew that Mi Zhu was once a famous tycoon who operated grain and salt in Xuzhou! That place was in the modern Jiangsu and Shandong area, but it was flat and safe, and it was not a strategic location in the Three Kingdoms. Except for Jiangdong, it was easy for anyone to attack here. Moreover, Runan is still far from Xuzhou, with a large Qiao County in the middle.

Li Zhe was very confused, "Yuan Zhi! What are the benefits of capturing Xuzhou? Let's explain it to me?"

Seeing that Li Zhe had a good attitude, Xu Shu was very confident and became a little excited for a moment: "Lord, Xuzhou has food, it goes without saying that, the lord must know, and more importantly, there is salt here. The salt industry is a major military and national event, and the people are indispensable for a few days. Looking at the world, in addition to Qingxu and the two states of Yizhou, there are also some productions in Yizhou. The lord is dominant in Xuzhou, and the benefits of salt alone are enough to support the lord's military expenditure and solve the lord's most troublesome problem."

Well, according to Li Zhe's understanding, this is an economic problem. Salt was one of the largest trading commodities in ancient times, and its profit was also very high, which was indeed enough to support the army. Li Zhe nodded to Xu Shu and signaled to continue.

"Also, according to what I see, today, the people have experienced wars and the population has withered, the wars in the north continue, and the people have all evaded the south. Now, the Central Plains are full of displaced refugees. If this trend continues, the times change, and the population is insufficient, and the struggle for the world will become a complete struggle for the population. This is the key point for the lord to consider the overall strategic situation.

Xuzhou was one of the most prosperous states in the world. Although it experienced the rebellion between Cao Cao and Lu Liu, it was all limited to the northern part of Xuzhou. There was only a brief rebellion in the south. The population did not decrease much. Now that Jiangdong is stable, the population of Xuzhou is moving to Jiangdong. The lord fought over it, just to curb this trend! It is better to follow the trend in the future to conquer Jiangdong."

Good guy! After hearing these words, Li Zhe found that Xu Shu was completely a super strategist! His eyes were too sharp!

population!

It was the core of strategic conquests in various countries in the middle and late Three Kingdoms era!

After the Three Kingdoms reached the middle stage, the early warlords' melee, and the consequences of natural and man-made disasters finally emerged, that is, the economy was damaged, the population was greatly reduced, and all countries were facing the problem of insufficient labor. Several warlords fought each other, and every time they arrived at a place, they quickly organized a large-scale migration. The robbery of the population was the fundamental reason for the several major battles in the later stages of the Three Kingdoms.

The reason why Wei was able to defeat Shu and Wu in the end was not because Wei's military strength was indeed stronger than the two countries, but the most fundamental reason was that the population and social productivity of the two countries were insufficient, and they could not consume Wei.

When the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin in the later period, the population of Shu was 940,000, the population of Wu was 2.3 million, and the population of Wei was 4.43 million. The two countries were not as good as that of Wei. The long-term war caused the country's population to wither, the social productivity gradually declined, and the continuous combat capability continued to shrink. This was the fundamental reason for the demise of the two countries.

Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan seven times, and no one could stop the military attack. Wei State barely covered up the east and west walls, but even so, Zhuge Liang was unable to make up for the situation. No, the overall national strength was far inferior. In the end, the ratio of soldiers and civilians in Shu State was terrifyingly more than 10 to 1, and less than ten people had to support a soldier. Moreover, its combat was still in the Qinling Mountains, where the terrain was the most complex and the logistics was the most harsh, and almost completely the military was holding on. If it did not fail, it was really called a ghost.

Zhuge Liang actually did it even though he had no choice, because he knew that if his efforts could not be successful, the Shu Kingdom would be completely finished.

This is the fundamental gap in national strength, and no matter how amazing the talent is, it cannot be made up for it.

Xu Shu actually saw this at this moment, and his strategic vision was indeed amazing. The wisdom of these people from the Three Kingdoms era really makes people dare not look at it.

In Li Zhe's mind, he had a more consideration. Xuzhou Linhai could develop a naval force. This service is a real high-tech service. Although there was a sporadic navigation industry during the Three Kingdoms period, its scale and technology were far from later generations. This kind of technological monopoly is an obstacle that is difficult to overcome in a short period of time. Li Zhe can completely have super competitiveness in the navigation industry by relying on the gap between the times. In other words, for Li Zhe, it is a sea route to the road to the sky, but it may be beyond the reach of other countries.

With the advantage of the navy, the current national strategic situation has become completely different. With the navy, Li Zhe can fully regard the coast as his own inner lake. The coastal road, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou, and even Jiaozhou are unprepared for Li Zhe. It is so good to only attack others by yourself, but not others by yourself. How cool it is! Plundering population, robbing resources, and even developing the economy in a regular manner, the advantages are indescribable. Jiaozhou's wood, Qingzhou's gold, Xuzhou's Huainan coal, Youzhou's ginseng fur and good horses can all exert their value in advance.

After the Navy developed, it cultivated a group of long-distance navigation teams, which might even be able to set off a vigorous era of navigation for the Chinese. In ancient times, although sea routes were dangerous, the traffic efficiency was much higher than land routes!

In the future, will it still be a dream to explore the wilderness and dominate the world? No doubt, a bright future is being summoned to Li Zhe!

Thinking of this, Li Zhe couldn't help but feel excited.

Xuzhou, you must go to Xuzhou!

Now is the best time to occupy Xuzhou. Cao Cao is weak and powerless, Sun Quan is busy with internal struggle. Li Zhe also has the brothers of Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, a wealthy family in northern Xuzhou. With them as the leader party, the current wealthy families in Xuzhou, such as Chen Gui and Chen Deng, and his son, should not resist too much.

Therefore, the military obstacles to entering Xuzhou will not be particularly great, and the only enemy is Cao Cao. But even if you don’t attack Xuzhou, can Li Zhe reconcile with Cao Cao? It is obviously impossible. On the road to fighting for dominance of the world, all enemies have only two ways to go, and there is no room for maneuver.

In this way, Li Zhe attacked Xuzhou just to open up another broad front to the war with Cao Cao. It really doesn't work for Xuzhou, and it doesn't matter if he abandons Runan.

Compared to going to Xuzhou and developing in Jingzhou, although you can also obtain food and population, the resistance is much greater. Today, Jingzhou has a harmonious political system and a prosperous people, which is the peak period of the Liu Biao regime. It is definitely a great resistance to fight, and it is not worth the loss. Moreover, Jingzhou's development potential is also small. The south is a barbarian mountainous area, Cao Cao in the north, poor mountains and rivers in the west, and a long lake front with the Eastern Wu in the east, which is very annoying when fighting.

Therefore, Xuzhou is the most suitable place for Li Zhe's development. After it develops, there will be no worries, while the enemy will be full of flaws everywhere! This is the real strategic location of military strategists!

After some trouble, Xu Shu and Li Zhe finally set their strategic direction for the future.

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