Chapter 179 Youzhou and Liaodong

Over the next half month, the players in the competition gradually determined the winner.

Nine princes will compete for the next round of supremacy, and finally five players will emerge.

The player who wins first will no longer participate in any battles. In other words, in the following period of time, the Dameng Dynasty will be in a period of peaceful development.

This has both advantages and disadvantages for the Dameng Dynasty.

The advantage is that the Dameng Dynasty does not have to expend a large amount of military manpower and can enjoy a rare period of comfort. During this period, the Dameng Dynasty can focus on developing its own military and economic strength.

As for the other eight players, although they have to spend a lot of energy on the next battle, the winning side will expand their power, incorporate the opponent’s army, expand their military strength, and also incorporate the opponent’s generals and counselors.

After all this, the strength of the Dameng Dynasty may not be able to surpass the other party.

So this matter has both advantages and disadvantages for the Dameng Dynasty.

But since it has come to this, there is nothing to complain about and I can only accept the reality calmly.

After Guo Jia spent half a month in the Dameng Dynasty, he had become familiar with the civil officials and counselors of the Dameng Dynasty. Counselors like Jiang Wei admired Guo Jia’s abilities from the bottom of their hearts and felt inferior to him.

During this half month, Guo Jia’s methods of governing the country, national development, future military plans, etc. were all shocking.

This kind of top-notch strategist only needs to show a little bit of his skills to completely conquer all the civil officials and strategists present.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Youzhou, the lord Han Youyou, has advisers Zhuge Jin, Yang Xiu, Jiang Ji, Kuai Yue, Tian Feng, Deng Ai, and military generals Zhang He, Zhang Xiu, Zhou Tai, and Wen Chou.

In this war, Youzhou was undoubtedly the winner. When giving out rewards, he asked for the opinions of Zhuge Jin and others.

Zhuge Jin and other counselors and generals all agreed that they should recruit a counselor first.

So Han Youyou immediately chose to recruit a strategist, and the strategist she recruited this time was also very good, Lu Xun!
After this victory over Youzhou, they will fight against Liaodong within three months.

Liaodong chose to recruit military generals, and recruited the second-rate general Taishi Ci!

Both sides still have three months to develop.

During this period, Zhuge Liang was still constantly improving his experience through hunting. He still had half of the experience points to be promoted to a third-rate general. There would be no war in the Dameng Dynasty for a long time, and Zhuge Liang could only gain experience points through hunting.

Although the improvement is slow, it is the only thing we can do now.

At the same time, under Guo Jia’s governance, the Dameng Dynasty began to train navy and scouts, which were very important to the future of the Dameng Dynasty. Guo Jia also formed a team of spies who were proficient in gathering intelligence.

These spies quietly observed the battle reports from Youzhou, Liaodong and other places on the border.

Three months passed quickly, and Youzhou and Liaodong began their official battle.

Liaodong took the initiative to send troops. With the development of national power, the regular military force of Liaodong has reached 70,000.

Although the Wu Dynasty’s military strength once accumulated to this large amount, don’t forget that the Wu Dynasty’s military strength increased to this large amount only after consuming all its economic resources. In other words, they were overdrawing the future and walking on a tightrope.

But this is not the case in Liaodong. They have actually developed a force of 70,000, with a stable economy in the rear and tight defense.

Youzhou also has about 60,000 troops, which is not much less than Liaodong. However, Youzhou’s main general is Zhang He, a third-rate general, while Liaodong has a second-rate general like Taishi Ci. If it is a fight between generals, Youzhou will definitely be defeated. But Youzhou has a top strategist Lu Xun, who suggested not to fight head-on and focus on defense.

Go around the enemy’s main force and attack their rear.

It is impossible that all the commanders of the opposing team are Taishi Ci. After all, they only have one super powerful general, so they will fight guerrilla warfare against the opposing team.

Lu Xun used the strategy of retreating when the enemy advances and pursuing when the enemy retreats to the fullest extent.

Taishi Ci had all the military power, but he couldn’t find the frontal troops of Youzhou.

He wanted to lead a large army to attack the city, and just as the border city of Youzhou was about to be captured, he suddenly received news from the rear that the main force of Youzhou was about to reach their main city.

After hearing this news, even though Taishi Ci was about to capture a city in Youzhou, he had to give up returning to defend and reinforce.

After Taishi Ci returned, the main force of Youzhou began to retreat again. They would always attack around Taishi Ci. As long as Taishi Ci was not there, they would attack fiercely. They would avoid places where Taishi Ci was, and would rather give up one or two cities to avoid Taishi Ci.

In the meeting hall of the Dameng Dynasty, when pieces of information reached Guo Jia’s ears, Guo Jia couldn’t help but admire and said: “If I were Youzhou, knowing that our commander was not as good as the opponent, I would fight like this.”

“It seems that there is also a very powerful strategist in Youzhou!”

The fact that he could gain Guo Jia’s recognition is enough to show how powerful the strategist in Youzhou is.

When choosing counselors in Youzhou, Zhuge Liang knew that the lord of Youzhou was no ordinary person.

Although Liaodong has chosen a powerful general, the current situation on the battlefield shows that the initiative is clearly in the hands of Youzhou.

If we continue to fight like this, Liaodong will soon lose its sense of proportion and order.

Guo Jia even spoke directly, saying: “There shouldn’t be any suspense in this war, Youzhou will definitely win in the end.”

Zhang Liao said in disbelief: “Liaodong has a brave general like Taishi Ci.”

Guo Jia shook his head: “If he can’t contribute, what good does it matter if his generals are too powerful? If Liaodong is destroyed, can Taishi Ci still turn the tide of the war alone? This is obviously impossible!”

“There are only two things we need to do now.”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked, “Mr. Guo, what’s the matter?”

Guo Jia said: “First, we need to collect more strategic intelligence about Youzhou so that we can know how to deal with them in the future.”

“Second, we must pay close attention to Taishi Ci’s movements.”

Zhuge Liang was somewhat puzzled. He asked, “Why should we pay attention to Taishi Ci’s movements?”

Guo Jia smiled and said, “If such a powerful general is finally conquered by Youzhou, it will undoubtedly be a huge threat to us.”

“If they are about to lose the battle, we will either capture Taishi Ci or find a way to kill him. We cannot let him enter Youzhou at any cost.”

Zhuge Liang finally understood what Guo Jia meant. He thought about it and realized that this was indeed the truth. If a brave general like Taishi Ci was conquered by Youzhou and brought under his command, it would undoubtedly pose a fatal threat to the Dameng Dynasty!

“Closely monitor the strategic movements of Youzhou and Liaodong.” Guo Jia spoke to the people from the Dameng Dynasty’s intelligence agency.

(End of this chapter)