The news of Ye Tian's return had spread like wildfire, and he was riding with a beautiful woman, attracting the attention of many. The man was handsome, and the woman was beautiful. It would be strange if he didn't kill both men and women.
As soon as he entered the hall, the servant girl Xiao He came to report that Tao Gong and Guo Junshi had led a group of officials to visit.
Ye Tian immediately summoned them and bowed to them, only returning to business after tea was served.
Tao Qian pondered for a while and sorted out his thoughts before saying,"My Lord, I received news not long ago that Yuan Shu had wanted to attack Xuzhou. However, after he learned that we had defeated Cao Cao's 120,000 elite soldiers with tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, he completely changed his attitude. Now he has formed an alliance with Xuzhou. Now, there are two forces in total. One is Yuan Shu, and the other is Yuan Shao. For some reason, these two brothers actually have such a big conflict and are confronting each other. Yuan Shu has joined forces with Gongsun Zan, Guo Si, and our Xuzhou forces to deal with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao is also unwilling to be weak. They have allied with Cao Cao and Liu Biao and surrounded Yuan Shu. As for Ma Teng of Xiliang and Liu Yan of the southwest, they have not made any moves for the time being. However, I reckon that they will not hide in their hometown. They must have great plans for Chang 'an.”
"Oh, I didn't expect that so many things would happen in the few months I was away. However, this Yuan Shu isn't a good person. Why would we ally with him?”Ye Tian was confused. Thinking of Yuan Shu's fate in history, he wished he could break the alliance agreement with him right now.
Guo Jia put down his teacup and looked at Ye Tian,"" My lord, you still don't understand the current situation. The era of vassals contending for hegemony has arrived. Although Xu Prefecture is strong, it can't face all the powerful forces alone. If we don't form an alliance…we will only be isolated by all the vassals. If that really happens, we will be the first to be destroyed. The general trend of events forced them to form an alliance! Although Xuzhou has been recuperating for two years, its foundation is still too weak. Even now, it has yet to reach the level of the Yuan brothers. Both of them have 200,000 soldiers, and their troops are strong and strong. However, Xuzhou only has 100,000 soldiers, and only 1,000 cavalry. This is already the limit that Xuzhou can bear. Xuzhou is only a province, and its land is not very large. Its resources are limited, and it cannot raise so many soldiers, unless…"
Guo Jia didn't need to continue. Everyone present wasn't stupid and could understand what he meant.
Using war to nurture war, plundering resources!
Ye Tian rubbed his chin, a sinister smile on his face. He had never been a timid person, and just because others didn't dare to do anything didn't mean he didn't dare to. Now that this stalemate had been broken, he would be the one to take the lead.
Of course, Ye Tian had also considered the current situation. Cao Cao was busy cleaning up his internal affairs, and the southeast Yangzhou was under Sun Jian's jurisdiction, who was his ally. More importantly, Tao Qian had a deep relationship with Sun Jian and had once saved his life. If Xu Prefecture sent troops, Yangzhou would definitely not take advantage of the situation.
Only Liu Biao of Jingzhou was left adjacent to Xuzhou.
"If the land is scarce and the food is scarce, then let's go rob it. This opportunity will never come again. Now that Cao Cao has no time to care about us, it's a good day for us to show our skills.”
Hearing that there was going to be a war, Tao Qian frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask,""My lord, who…are we going to fight?”
Obviously, he was conservative by nature and did not like to fight.
Ye Tian smiled and sipped his tea, saying lightly,""Let Feng Xiao talk about the war. Otherwise, he will become a passerby.”
"Me, I only have a life of toiling." Guo Jia shook his head and sighed."Sun Jian is still our ally in name, so we can't do anything to him for now. Cao Cao is too powerful, so it's not wise to fight him now. If we want to send troops, then it can only be that unlucky Liu Biao of Jing State.”
"My lord, military counselor, if you want to fight Liu Biao, I'm afraid there will be many problems in the future. The entire Jingzhou is even more fertile than our Xuzhou. Liu Biao has occupied Jingzhou for more than ten years, and I'm afraid I can't wait for him to have such a deep foundation. Moreover, Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao rely on each other.”
The person who spoke was Chen Deng, who was in charge of Xuzhou's farming. His worries were not without reason. If Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao joined forces, it would be a little troublesome.
"The expedition won't be that fast. What we need to do now…is to train soldiers. The quality of soldiers is more important than quantity.”The ancient training methods were too simple, time-consuming and inefficient. Ye Tian wanted to use his own skills and modern knowledge to train a special forces unit. If he used this unit as the vanguard, the results would be very good.
Of course, the training of these troops wasn't simple. The first step was to select the best of the best, and in addition to giving them different training methods, Ye Tian also had to give them special treatment!
"My lord, you want to train soldiers?" Guo Jia stared at Ye Tian in disbelief. If Ye Tian really knew how to train soldiers, then he really would have to be a passerby.
The other officials also looked at Ye Tian suspiciously. It was true that the lord was good at martial arts, but training soldiers wasn't something that could be achieved just by being good at martial arts.
How to arrange the soldiers, how to position the archers, how to distribute the soldiers, how to beat the drums, how many times to beat the drums, when to charge, when to retreat…these were all things that Ye Tian had never encountered before. Asking him to train the soldiers, wasn't that ruining the soldiers 'bright future?
Although they didn't want to dampen their lord's enthusiasm, the officials had to admit that Ye Tian wasn't suited to lead troops.
"Eh, what are all of you looking at me with? Am I that bad?”Ye Tian felt wronged. He was a man from the twenty-first century, after all, and couldn't even manage a few soldiers." Fengxiao, come with me to the military camp later and gather all the soldiers. I plan to select a thousand soldiers with excellent qualifications and strong personalities and train them in my own way. The training programs for these soldiers are quite monotonous, and when they go to the battlefield, what they learn won't be enough.”
"Alright, 1,000 soldiers is not a lot. I'll treat it as a companion for you, my lord.”Guo Jia was helpless. Since Ye Tian insisted on leading the army, he couldn't refuse. He also wanted to see what kind of surprise Ye Tian could bring him.
After some more discussion, Ye Tian finally had a grasp of the situation before he dismissed the group and led Guo Jia back to the camp.
Walking along the bustling streets, Ye Tian felt a sense of relief as he listened to the peddlers. Compared to two years ago, Peng City was indeed much more prosperous, with more people coming and going. The people had enough to eat and wear, and this was enough to satisfy them.
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