Soon, Cao Cao finished reading 80% of the test questions in the Military Strategy Paper, and then moved on to the final and most difficult final question.

There was a question that was extremely difficult to write when answering. Cao Cao reviewed the question again and titled it, "From the northern border of the Han Dynasty, across the grassland in the north, across the wilderness, through the forest sea, across the glacier, across eight thousand miles, until it has been frozen for thousands of years."

There are hundreds of thousands of people living in the polar regions.

Ask, how to take the land to expand the country's territory?]

The answer to this question that made Cao Cao extremely curious was, "From the northern border, eight thousand miles away, separated by dangerous mountains and rivers, and an uninhabited land, even if you raise millions of troops and control the country's food and wealth, it will be difficult to succeed."

If the road is difficult by land, you can find another way. The way is by sea.

Build ten large ships, carry troops and supplies, and sail from the East China Sea to the north along the coast.

The land route is blocked and difficult to pass, and the wind and waves are strong in the distant sea. The fleet can go northward near the edge of the sea. The shore of the sea is less likely to have strong winds and waves, and there is no worry about going in a disorderly direction.

Going eight thousand miles to the far north, there are ten large ships, carrying thousands of troops, carrying food and grass for half a year. The sea can travel a hundred miles a day, and it can cover more than ten thousand miles in half a year.

Eight thousand miles can be reached in half a year.

There is no country at the end of the world and no strong soldiers. Thousands of elite soldiers can be easily captured.]

This is the way to conquer the polar country eight thousand miles away.

After Cao Cao read the strategy, he held his head high, his eyes widened, his mouth opened, and his face was full of astonishment.

Cao Cao, like all the people in the Central Plains, rarely set his sights on the sea, but now, Cao Cao's eyes were suddenly drawn from the land to the sea.

When Cao Cao's eyesight, which was limited to the land, broke out of its limitations and focused on the sea, his horizons suddenly opened up and he suddenly became enlightened.

If we say that we can sweep away the grassland barbarians from the northern grasslands to the north, and then mobilize terrifying human and material resources to cross the long and inaccessible land and fight all the way north to the pole, if this is a crazy idea that is almost impossible to complete, then, if

In the East China Sea, form a fleet and head northward along the coast. This method of traveling the sea is very easy to do and has a high probability of success.

Cao Cao became excited when he thought of this.

Although the polar regions are cold and have few people, they are still one territory and one territory. Taking them can still be a great cause of opening up and expanding the territory. The territory can be expanded to 8,000 miles away. This is comparable to the victory of the champion.

Still far away!

Cao Cao, who didn't know much about engineering skills, did a quick calculation. He calculated the money to build the big ship, the amount of food and grass needed by thousands of people for half a year, and then calculated the cost of the round trip. After such calculations, Cao Cao discovered that,

It's not difficult, it doesn't seem to be difficult. It seems that my own money is enough to build a fleet.

If, by heading north from the edge of the coast, we can really reach the pole eight thousand miles away in half a year...

Cao Cao had endless reveries in his heart.

When Cao Cao came back from his reverie, he looked at Yuan Shao beside him. He originally wanted to ask Yuan Shao if he wanted to collect some money to form a fleet and run north. Anyway, there were only a dozen or so ships, and it was only a few thousand.

After all, it was only half a year. If the important thing could not be accomplished, the loss would not be big. Cao Cao touched Yuan Shao's arm. Yuan Shao remained motionless. He asked a question, but Yuan Shao did not respond.

A closer look revealed that Yuan Shao was looking up blankly, completely unaware of any foreign objects.

Cao Cao opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak. He retracted his gaze and looked up.

Moving on to the next question, the question is, [To the west there are Da Yueshi, Guishuang, An'an, and the Qin kingdoms. If you lead your troops out to the west and sweep away the kingdoms, what can you do?]

When he saw this question, Cao Cao had many associations. He thought of the time of the Han Dynasty, when Li Guangli led an army of 200,000 to attack Mobei, but the entire army was wiped out.

During the reign of Emperor Wu, the army was strong and powerful, and there were Wei Huo, Ban Chao and other extraordinary talents in the court, but they could only conquer the thirty-six countries in the Western Region.

Now that the country is in decline, how can we sweep away the Parthian and Kushan kingdoms that are farther away than the Western Regions?

Cao Cao knew that there were countless difficulties in this. To capture the eight thousand miles of the extreme land, he could still abandon the land route and go northward by the sea. However, Guishuang and the rest of the country had no sea route to pass, so how could he take it lightly?

With deep doubts, Cao Cao stared at the answer.

[With the power of the Central Plains, even if the whole country's people are exhausted, the whole country's wealth is used up, the whole country's food is exhausted, and the whole country's food is not enough to survive thousands of miles away, and the whole country's soldiers are not enough to fight thousands of miles away, they are exhausted.

Therefore, if we want to sweep away the countries in the Western Region, and even the Guishan Kingdoms further west, and the Qin Dynasty further west, since the country's soldiers are not enough to exhaust them, and the country's food is not enough to survive, then there is no need to use the country's soldiers, and the country's food and grass are not needed.

Use the method of mopping up the enemy's country with troops, food from the enemy's country, soldiers from the enemy's country, craftsmen and civilians from the enemy's country, and all necessary supplies for the war are taken from the enemy's country.

The law is to send 10,000 elite soldiers from the Central Plains, go out to the Western Regions, attack and destroy a country, wipe out its king, ministers and nobles, and take all its food, grass, horses, soldiers, armor and craftsmen. Every country has its own superiors and inferiors, rich and poor.

The palaces, horse farms, and fields of the rich were given to the poor and poor people of the enemy's country.

In this way, the people of the enemy country will all belong to my heart.

Having gained the people's support, we can take the entire nation's food, the entire nation's war horses, the entire nation's armor, and the entire nation's craftsmen, recruit half of the nation's men, and then attack Xiangyuan to capture the second kingdom.

Attack the second country, then take all the food, grass, horses, armor, craftsmen, and soldiers of the second country, then move westward, and then move towards the third country.

Then attack the fourth country, take all the food, grass and money of the fourth country, and then attack far west.

According to this method, all the necessary supplies for the war can be obtained from other countries, and there is no need to worry about the depletion of troops, lack of food and grass, or lack of craftsmen.

Moreover, war is the basis of war, and the number of soldiers and horses who want to fight is too many, and those who are too many to fight are too strong.

To take one country, take five thousand troops. To take two countries, take another five thousand troops. To three countries, take five thousand troops. To four countries, take twenty thousand troops...

By the time the thirty-six countries in the Western Region have been swept away, they will have hundreds of thousands of horsemen, they will have gathered all the good generals from the thirty-six countries, and they will have won all the warriors from the thirty-six countries.

At this time, when we advance west again, with hundreds of thousands of powerful cavalry, Kuishang and An'an are strong, but they are far from able to defeat hundreds of thousands of powerful troops. Overnight, Kushan, An'an will be destroyed.

Destroying these two countries, killing all their princes and nobles, sharing all the wealth of the princes and nobles, and impoverishing the country, will greatly win over the hearts of their citizens.

With the people's support in mind, we conquered the two countries' 100,000 brave men, took all the food and grass, war horses, soldiers' armor, and good generals from the two countries, and totaled 200,000 elite cavalry, and then attacked westward.

With 200,000 elite cavalry, even with the strength of the Han Dynasty, it would be difficult to stop them. The foreign barbarians outside the territory, the country is weak and there are few soldiers, and there are very few who can stop this sharp force.

In the far west is the country of Qin, which is thousands of miles away. It has destroyed the two kingdoms of Kuishang and Anxi. Further west, there may be a journey of thousands of miles, or there may be hundreds of kingdoms across it. When all the hundreds of kingdoms are wiped out, when the power of Qin comes, there will be two hundred thousand elites.

The cavalry may have become an army of millions.

At this time, even if the Great Qin was really as powerful as the Strong Qin, with millions of elite troops pressing in, even the Strong Qin could not stop it.

Even if they can be blocked, behind me are millions of elite soldiers, hundreds of countries with hearts and minds attached to them, a territory of thousands of miles, hundreds of millions of people, tens of millions of soldiers to serve as successors.

How could it be possible to support a country like the Qin Dynasty that could resist a country with thousands of frontiers?

So far, 10,000 elite soldiers have left the Han Dynasty, and they have been fighting for thirty years without stopping. After thousands of battles, they have wiped out thousands of countries, large and small, and expanded their territory tens of thousands of miles. An unparalleled achievement has been achieved.]

(Hahahaha! Ahahahaha! Hahahaha!) Cao Cao suddenly raised his head and laughed wildly. He looked crazy and trembled as he laughed, making others look sideways.

After a long time, Cao Cao's mind recovered. He raised his head and stared at the long scroll hanging high on the city wall. His eyes were fixed on the four characters "immortal merit" written by Dou Da. This immortal merit is too small.

, it’s really too small.

Winning thousands of battles, wiping out thousands of countries, and expanding the territory tens of thousands of miles away, this is more than just a small and unparalleled achievement.

The seeds of crazy ambition took root in Cao Cao's heart.

The premise of all this is just 10,000 strong soldiers, and only the food and grass that can support the 10,000-strong army heading west, but it only needs to be able to destroy one country in the Western Region first. This kind of thing is not difficult for Cao Cao to think about.

Suddenly, Cao Cao suddenly remembered the method Liu Bei said to cure the land's bearing limit.

The methods to radically cure the land's carrying limit include the industrial and agricultural method and the boundary expansion method.

If the territory that is expanded is faster than the growth of the people, then the country will never have to worry about the land carrying it, and the country will last for thousands of years.

When Cao Cao saw the method of sweeping away all nations, Cao Cao originally thought that it would be difficult to solve the land shortage by expanding the territory, because it was difficult to expand the territory.

Now I am shocked to know that it is not impossible to wipe out all the countries. It is possible to expand the territory to acquire infinite land and make the country dynasty for ten thousand years. This method can be achieved. The dynasty can really last for ten thousand years.

Those who were ignited with Cao Cao's ambitions were Yuan Shao, many of the imperial examination scholars gathered under the rankings, perhaps the Han Dynasty court, and perhaps the Han people.

And if you ask, whether it is possible or impossible to sweep away all nations, the answer is, it must be possible.

This method has been tested in later generations. The Mongolian iron cavalry fought from the land of sunrise to the land of sunset. The front of Mongolian iron weapons destroyed thousands of countries, and no one could stop it.

Cao Cao was so excited that he held his head high and read the last part of the method of sweeping away all nations.

[The army of retinues is used to fight. The soldiers of hundreds of countries and the people of thousands of tribes are difficult to understand through words. This is the first difficulty. Therefore, you should focus on speaking talents.

Thousands of tribes gather together, and it is difficult for the hearts of the people to unite. The second difficulty is to unite the hearts of the people. To solve this difficulty, one can use military discipline or rewards and punishments. Those who are rewarded can take prisoners from country A, attack country B, and then capture the royal family of country B.

The American scrolls reward the captured soldiers of country A, and then attack country C, take the wealth of country C and capture the women, and reward the prisoners of war of country B as a reward.

Third, when marching thousands of miles, crossing thousands of rivers and hundreds of cities, and fighting in remote places, the guide is the first priority.

Fourth, the mountains and rivers are in foreign lands, and the water and soil are different. People in cold areas cannot stand the heat, and people in hot areas cannot stand the severe cold. Therefore, when conquering a place, the local soldiers and people should be used more heavily.

Fifth, with thousands of countries and millions of troops, this army is so powerful that it is difficult to defeat it, and it is only afraid of the plague. If the plague breaks out, millions of strong soldiers will disappear overnight. Therefore, we must pay attention to the method of epidemic prevention.]

When Cao Cao saw this and saw the mention of the plague, he suddenly realized that even if a million strong troops were trapped, they might be wiped out in one day. The crazy ambition that was growing wantonly in Cao Cao's heart was slightly extinguished.

Looking up again, the sixth method of mopping up is: [Thousands of tribes gather together, but their tribes have different beliefs. For example, the Han believes in the Emperor Tianhou Tu, and the Hu believes in the gray wolf, eagle, and falcon. Thousands of tribes gather in crowds, but their tribes have thousands of beliefs.

If one tribe eats snakes as food, and another tribe worships snakes as gods, how can the soldiers of the two tribes work together? Therefore, if you want to control the army of thousands of tribes, you must unite the tribes' beliefs.

In the past, the King of Qin swept Liuhe and made all the chariots and chariots in the world ride on the same track and the writings with the same text. We can use this method to make the territory of thousands of miles and the people of thousands of countries ride on the same track and the writings with the same text.]

[Seventh, manpower is sometimes exhausted, separated by dangerous mountains and dangerous rivers, and blocked by strong passes and fortified cities, even with millions of troops, it is difficult to overcome. Therefore, we should have the craftsmanship to overcome dangerous mountains and dangerous rivers, and we should have methods to defeat strong passes and fortified cities.

So that it will not be hindered.]

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Cao Cao read all the methods to wipe out the kingdoms, and remembered them deeply in his heart. Cao Cao realized the many difficulties encountered in sweeping away the kingdoms, but knowing these problems, he became more confident.

Those who are ignorant will be fearless, and those who know the truth will be fearless if they have confidence.

Cao Cao didn't know anything about methods to guard against plagues, craftsmanship techniques for crossing dangerous mountains and rivers, or siege weapons to defeat all powerful officials and fortified cities, but there was one person who knew them all.
Chapter completed!