Yang Rui first explained the purpose of this meeting. Then, under the lead of Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Du Yang, Han Fu, Xun You, and the others, the others also came up with ideas, truly displaying the effectiveness of brainstorming.
Yang Rui's cadre of generals were all historical figures. Under their own talents and specialties, they thoroughly considered the main military methods, logistics, and post-war management of the crusade against Cao Cao.
At this time, Yang Rui decided to crusade against Cao Cao and take over the territory controlled by Cao Cao in Si Lizhou. In terms of strength, there was not much of a problem. First, Hulao Pass, Shanshui Pass, Shanshui City, and a few other cities were already under Yang Rui's control. Yang Rui could send troops into Cao Cao's hinterland and then attack in an orderly manner.
In fact, the most important thing was to do well in the defense of one's own territory. Sending troops to start a war was not a small matter. It could be said that pulling one hair would affect the whole situation. Now that Yang Rui decided to crusade against Cao Cao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Chen Gong, and the surrounding feudal lords would inevitably try to work together to prevent being defeated one by one.
As a result, Yang Rui's greatest defensive pressure was still on Yuan Shao's Hebei side. If it were any other season, it would be easier. Yang Rui's naval forces were not just for show. As long as the naval warships only strengthened the defense of the Yellow River and Ji River, it would be difficult for the Hebei forces to make any moves.
However, it was currently winter, and it was a severe winter that had not been seen in many years. It was the last few days of the ninth month, and the coldest period had not yet passed. The entire Yellow River and Ji River were completely frozen. Yang Rui's ships were still frozen on the shore of the harbor.
As a result, Yang Rui needed to set up a large number of troops to defend the Yellow River and Ji River. At the same time, he needed to strengthen the monitoring of Yuan Shao's troops in Hebei to effectively dispatch them to alleviate the inconvenience of the overly long defensive line.
At the same time, Yang Rui also needed to properly defend against Liu Biao. Although the two sides were not directly connected, Yang Rui's military attack against Si Lizhou meant that Liu Biao could intervene from Dongling Pass and Yuzhou.
If they came out from Dongling Pass, Liu Biao's troops could directly reinforce Cao and stop Yang Rui's troops in Si Lizhou. If they came out from Yuzhou, they could once again take over Yuan Shu's original territory territory territory territory and take the opportunity to threaten Yanzhou and Yanzhou. region.
Liu Biao's two possible reactions had to be guarded against. At the same time, he could also send out his navy to harass Yang Rui's navy in the Yangtze River basin. At this time, Yang Rui was busy transferring resources and people between Yizhou and Xuzhou. The strength of his navy was also insufficient.
As a result, Yang Rui had to make preparations from three directions. Needless to say, within Si Lizhou, that was a direct contact between the two sides. When the time came, he would block the soldiers with arms and water with earth. As for the other two directions, Yang Rui needed to be more vigilant.
In reality, the most likely place to be directly attacked was in the direction of Hanoi. This area, which could temporarily be called an enclave of Yang Rui's territory, would be attacked by Cao Cao's, Yuan Shao's, Chen Gong's, and some small powers in Bing Province.
The area around Bing Province was a territory that Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, and the others had worked together to conquer. Yuan Shao's influence in this province was still very large. Thus, it was entirely possible that he would join forces with some small local powers to attack Yang Rui's Hanoi territory.
While the group of civil and military officials were discussing, Yang Rui listened to everyone's various suggestions. In reality, he was also secretly considering the candidates for command and garrison. At the same time, Yang Rui was also secretly planning that if the military operation did not progress well, he would give up on the all-encompassing approach. He would choose to give up on some weak and unimportant areas and focus on the most important military operation.
At this time, Yang Rui's thinking could be said to be out of the ordinary. He had always used a method of steadily advancing. As he attacked and expanded, he developed and built. At the same time, he stationed troops in various areas to guard and defend.
This way, it was naturally incomparably safe. At this moment, the prosperity of Yang Rui's territory also proved that his actions were correct. However, at this time, in the face of the second national war that would greatly affect his development, time waited for no man. Yang Rui could only give it his all.
And Yang Rui's decision was indeed influenced by his experience in the players' Foreign Adventure. In just three game days, Yang Rui completed the unification of all 18 cities in Luoyi World. Although the process was rough, the results were indisputable.
From this, Yang Rui also understood the essence of using battle to nurture battle. At the same time, he also understood the importance of time limits in war. For example, Yang Rui had taken the initiative to suppress Cao Cao twice. In fact, there were many opportunities to continue weakening his strength and even eliminate his forces in one fell swoop. However, due to various constraints, Yang Rui did not pursue the victory. To a certain extent, this also allowed Cao Cao's forces to grow again.
Everyone first discussed military matters. At the same time, another problem was logistics.
If it were in other seasons, Yang Rui could completely rely on water transportation to transport supplies. However, due to the frozen river surface, this was obviously impossible and could only rely on land transportation.
At this moment, Yang Rui's ability to transport supplies on land was tested. Fortunately, Yang Rui had always been more focused on this aspect of development. At the same time, the business that he controlled also required a strong ability to transport supplies. A long time ago, Yang Rui formed a carriage team with Wei Xiu 'er.
Later on, Yang Rui obtained the blueprint of the Four Boat Carriage. Yang Rui's carriage team was greatly improved. This carriage that could carry 5,000 kilograms of weight almost became the symbol of Yang Rui's trade ability. It carried a large amount of daily transportation across the three civilizations and also created a lot of wealth for Yang Rui and A pint of incense.
Especially since Yang Rui's several industrial workshops were established, Yang Rui's carriage team was greatly expanded due to the huge demand for trade. This also provided a lot of transportation capacity for Yang Rui's transportation during wartime.
It just so happened that the Battle of Guandu had just ended, and it happened to be winter. The trade between the various regions was greatly restricted. Yang Rui used this spare transportation capacity to carry out military logistics.
The only thing that Yang Rui needed to pay attention to was that there were fewer transportation routes to Si Lizhou. When the time came, they would probably have to transport supplies day and night. The transportation route would definitely not be short. Yang Rui would also need to expend a lot of energy to protect the logistics and transportation team.
After the military and logistics discussion, Yang Rui and the civil and military officials discussed the specific policies to deal with the enemy, as well as the direction of post-war rectification.
The so-called post-war did not refer to completely pacifying Cao Cao's forces. It referred to the strategy after the war ended. Should they continue to develop steadily and immediately start the war to stabilize the people's hearts, or should they use other methods to govern?
Of course, this also depended on the situation at the time. However, Yang Rui had already made up his mind. He would no longer use the method of dividing his forces and stationing them. Wasting his forces in the various cities or other territories would create a situation where it would be difficult to form a united force.
It could be said that although Cao Cao had already gotten many immigrants to Si Lizhou, the situation of nine out of ten households left empty after Dong Zhuo's departure had not been well alleviated. Whether it was in terms of population or resources, there was still a lot of debt.
Under such circumstances, even if Yang Rui wanted to operate quickly, there might not be any good results. It could be said that the areas with the densest population, the most developed production, and the most prosperous and stable had long become Yang Rui's Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou.
The destination of the migration of a large number of foreigners was the three provinces under Yang Rui's jurisdiction. Si Lizhou had long lost its status as the center of culture, wealth, and prosperity. Even Ji Zhou, a region widely recognized as the world's granary, had been left far behind.
Furthermore, at this time, the other two good places to migrate under Yang Rui's jurisdiction had gradually been recognized by the world. One of them was Shrimp Island, which had been in the world for many years, and the other was Yizhou, which Yang Rui had just discovered. The reputation of the two places was also spreading among the people of the three civilizations.
In reality, Yang Rui felt that Si Lizhou, which was originally a prosperous place, was not worth operating, at least in the short term. He had only led the army there to be able to effectively control the situation of the three civilizations.
After everyone discussed a series of measures to send troops, Guo Jia led the topic to foreign aid. Cao Cao's possible allies had been discussed by Yang Rui's subordinates for a long time. Yang Rui's side could actually pull in some foreign aid.
The first to bear the brunt was the large player organization in reality. It had always had a close cooperation with Yang Rui. Currently, this power was entrenched in a dozen or so cities of various sizes in the western part of Si Lizhou. At one point, it had become a power that cooperated with Yang Rui to contain Cao Cao.
Guo Jia's words were very clear. Such a force was controllable in the short term, so it should be used to its fullest potential. Even if Yang Rui took out enough benefits to exchange with it, or even if he still maintained its power in Si Li Province or gave it more benefits, it was fine to co-rule Si Li Province with it, except for Hanoi County.
Such a statement could be said to be like a stone that stirred up a thousand ripples. Yang Rui naturally knew that Guo Jia's starting point was the entire northern region, but most people present did not know Yang Rui's follow-up plans. Therefore, most people had different opinions about Guo Jia's words.
Most people's opinions were that the players' power was a power that could not be ignored. At the same time, their own power had always had a close relationship with them. However, it was only suitable to let them submit or have a certain degree of autonomy. There was no need to give them more benefits.
After all, the uncertainty of the player group's orientation was foreseeable. Most people believed that the player group was very likely to be a potential threat, so they could not be overly indulged.
The civil and military officials could not come to an agreement. The seven people who knew about Yang Rui's overall plan in advance supported Guo Jia's opinion. They advocated working together with the major player organizations as much as possible to eliminate Cao Cao's forces as soon as possible. However, there were too many voices of objection, and they could not come to a decision immediately. In the end, Yang Rui had to personally make the decision.
Yang Rui naturally had nothing to say. After weighing the pros and cons, he agreed to Guo Jia's point of view. He fixed the topic on how to unite the player organizations, the specific division of labor, and what benefits to give to the other party in the end.
Although many people did not understand this, with Yang Rui setting the premise, they naturally expressed their own opinions and tried to obtain the most benefits with the best plan.
While everyone was discussing, Yang Rui also paid some attention to the reactions of Princess Fengqi, Burning Snow, and Princess Yongyi, Rose. He found that the two did not have any intention of avoiding the topic. They were paying attention to the discussion of the alliance with the large player organizations. However, they did not express their personal opinions.
Of course, the two female Players never spoke up when faced with other issues. That included the twenty-eight Queens and Consorts who stood on both sides of the table. They rarely spoke up and participated in the discussion. Unless it was something that truly concerned them, they basically did not participate in the discussion.
This was probably one of the hidden rules of the game. Yang Rui did not feel that it was inappropriate, so he did not take the initiative to ask for the opinions of the women.
After some discussion, the matter of how to deal with the large player organizations had mostly been settled. Cheng Yu then directed the topic to another ally of Youzhou in the North — Gongsun Zan.
Almost everyone knew that Yang Rui and Gongsun Zan were allies. It had existed for a long time, but now Gongsun Zan's forces were at their wits' end. Even though Yang Rui had greatly restrained Yuan Shao's forces from the South, Gongsun Zan was still very passive against Yuan Shao. A lot of his territory had even been eaten away.
It could be said that if it were not for Yang Rui's existence, Gongsun Zan would have been at the end of his road. According to historical facts and the timeline of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Gongsun Zan would have long been killed.
However, even with Yang Rui's existence, the System Advancement should not have prepared more scenes for him. This caused his forces to wither irreversibly. Just like Qiao Mao before, Yang Rui might not be able to change his fate.
Based on this situation, Gongsun Zan's forces probably could only play a role of restraint and support. It was hard to say how effective they would be.
In fact, after Yang Rui became the master of the Luoyi Small World, he thought of a good home for Gongsun Zan when he was at the end of his road. If Yang Rui could have obtained the Luoyi Small World Token earlier, perhaps he should have considered including Qiao Mao …
"… Requesting the Eastern Sea King's order …"
While Yang Rui was in deep thought, the Civil and Martial Generals had already discussed and decided to ask for Yang Rui's order.
"Pass on the King's order. Where is General Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong?"
"This general is present!"
"Order General Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong, to be the vanguard general. After today, he will head to Puyang City and lead 100,000 elite cavalry. After 10 days, he will enter Sili Province from Hulao Pass and enter Cao Cao's hinterland. At the same time, he will bring 100 Ethereal Ninjas. I will encrypt the order through the Ethereal Ninjas."
"Yes!"
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