Chapter 259: A Million Army
"million!"
Millions of elite soldiers, at least all of them have been soldiers for more than three years, they are definitely elite.
"My lord, do you want to send troops?"
Zang Ba couldn't help asking, he was a little disappointed that he didn't become the coach when he sent troops to Wu County.
"Send troops? What does Wen Ruo think?"
"Now the East China Sea Territory has sufficient armaments, and it's time to expand it."
Xun Yu didn't refuse when he heard the words. After all, Donghai Territory was not other princes, who lacked food and soldiers. Donghai Territory lacked nothing, but land and population.
"If Wen Ruo thinks, where should we win?"
Hearing the words, Su Fan continued to ask, and he also had a thought in his heart, after all, all the princes in the world are expanding.
They Donghai leader can also continue to move, one is to brush up his reputation, and the other is to train soldiers and horses.
Half of his millions of troops have never actually been on the battlefield. Today's Donghai County and the surrounding area are thousands of miles away, and the bandits and bandits have long been wiped out.
Even the beasts in the wilderness can only nest in the mountains and rivers.
Donghai County is rich and prosperous, but there are not many bandits and bandits.
Over the years, there were no fewer than one hundred thousand bandits who died leading the army in the East China Sea.
Any gangster would tremble when they heard about Donghai Territory.
But there are some differences between bandits and real troops.
Although the army of the East China Sea Territory, especially the regular army, has undergone training in one year, which may exceed the training of other princes in ten years.
However, I haven't seen blood, and I'm still a little weak after all.
So Su Fan had no problem letting the recruits see their blood.
"How about choosing Pengcheng County? There are several families controlling Pengcheng County, and they often intercept and detain caravans traveling to and from our East China Sea Territory."
"Those families are close to the Yuan family, why not take them down and give a warning to other people in Xuzhou!"
Xun Yu said after being silent for a while.
Killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, Su Fan nodded upon hearing this.
Two years ago, Tao Qian from Xuzhou had already spoken out that he wanted to entrust Xuzhou to Su Fan. At that time, some people objected, especially the Cao family and Chen family from 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 idiot, which does not mean that the Cao family is not strong. The Cao family in Xiapi has more influence than Cao Cao's family in terms of family influence.
Even Xiapi's influence is still higher than Chen's.
The two families objected, which made Su Fan's stay in Xiapi an empty talk. Of course, Su Fan didn't want to go to Xiapi at that time.
The Cao family objected, because the Cao family had ambitions for Xiapi and Xuzhou, and they hoped to take over Tao Qian's position.
Although they don't have the heart to fight for hegemony, if they can control a state, it will greatly promote the development of the family.
At the same time, no matter which prince dominates the Central Plains in the future, he cannot ignore the Cao family.
At that time, the Chen family didn't like Su Fan. Although Su Fan showed his hand in the process of begging Dong, he was still not favored by the Chen family.
Su Fan was also upset about this at the time, but he couldn't take care of it at that time.
It was different now, his strength had already formed, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were caught in a life-and-death battle, and they couldn't take him into consideration at all.
In the Central Plains, there is no force against him now, but Cao Cao in Yanzhou has slowly developed in the past two years, and his strength is good.
He successively occupied the three counties of Chenliu and Jiyin County of Dongjun, with more than 300,000 soldiers and horses.
It is not a small prince.
Even though Su Fan had captured many counselors and generals who originally belonged to Lao Cao, especially the counselors, almost all of Lao Cao's five counselors were with him.
But Lao Cao is worthy of being that man, without those counselors, he can still develop.
It can only be said that Lao Cao is indeed powerful. Even among the many emperors in history, Lao Cao's ability is considered to be in the forefront.
Lao Cao is not weak in internal affairs and military affairs. If the full score is 100, Lao Cao at his peak can achieve 90 points in both of these two items.
Double ninety, it can be said that there are more than 400 emperors in history, and there are really very few who can achieve this.
In terms of internal affairs and military affairs, there are many emperors who surpass Lao Cao. In terms of military affairs, whether it is Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, etc., they are definitely not inferior to Lao Cao, and they may even be superior to Lao Cao.
After all, Lao Cao did not rule the world until his death.
Maybe Da Zhao's military ability is close to that of Lao Cao.
As for internal affairs, then Qin Dada and Liu Dada must surpass him.
However, Lao Cao's abilities are balanced, and Qin Da's internal affairs are full, but in terms of military affairs, there is not much performance.
After all, Qin Dada almost never led troops in battle. Although he said he unified the six kingdoms, he was defeated by famous generals like Wang Jian.
You can say that Qin Da has military talents, but if you want to say that he surpasses Lao Cao and the others, then Su Fan will not approve.
But no matter what, Lao Cao's ability is at least among the top twenty of the emperors of all dynasties.
So even if he doesn't have those counselors to advise him, he can still develop, but if he wants to be like history, it is impossible.
Now that there are 300,000 soldiers, it may be no problem to unify Yanzhou, but if he wants to expand his enrollment, he will not be able to, whether it is Yuzhou or Xuzhou.
The strength of Yuzhou Yuan Shu is far superior to him. If he insists on strength, it will be very difficult for Lao Cao to fight.
Just like the current Sun Jian, in the battle for Yangzhou, he has gradually been at a disadvantage.
At this moment, Yuan Shu's winning rate increased infinitely.
Cao Cao may have a stronger family background than Sun Jian, but not too much. In history, if he did not have Xun Yu, it is really not certain whether he could break through.
Moreover, the old Cao in the early stage was not very good in terms of strategy. If he was replaced by other talented and bold heroes, he would not think that he would do that.
Because of the massacre of the city, Lao Cao's reputation has dropped a lot, and it took a lot of effort to attack Xuzhou.
If he hadn't slaughtered the city at that time, then those aristocratic families in Xuzhou might have come to life just like Jingzhou later.
So looking around, there were not many people around Su Fan that could threaten him. Even if several princes joined forces, he didn't have much scruples.
The fight between Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in the past two years has consumed a lot of strength.
It is also difficult for the two sides to join hands.
So he can also make a move, take Xuzhou down first, and then wait for the final result of Sun Jian and Yuan Shu.
As for Lao Cao, to be honest, Yanzhou's upper limit is there, and Yanzhou is too ruthless by the Yellow Turban.
There is no potential. The entire population of Yanzhou is less than ten million, only a few million.
So much potential.
The upper limit is like that, even if Lao Cao has the ability to defy the sky, there is nothing he can do, just like Zhuge Wuhou.
Moreover, Su Fan didn't think that Lao Cao could compare to Zhuge Wuhou.
In terms of perfect talents, Zhuge is the top one. If Zhuge is an emperor, he can definitely be sent to the forefront, and there are almost only a few who can surpass him.
But even Zhuge couldn't make a comeback with Yizhou, and neither could Lao Cao.