Chapter 918 (1/2)

What is the most important thing to ask the heroes to compete for hegemony? It is not land, nor a general in charge of his own affairs, but a population.

In the ancient times when the productive forces were backward, the population represented the productive forces. With a large population, we can provide more food and grass and more soldiers.

The Han Dynasty divided the world into 13 states. Why were the northern and Central Plains States generally small in size, while Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou and Jiaozhou in the South had vast territory? This is because in the Han Dynasty, the main basis for the division of States and counties was not land, but population. Because of the dense population in the north, the territory was small, the population in the South was sparse, and the size was naturally large.

The importance of population to the country is self-evident. Zhuge Liang was included in the ten sages of wumiao in Tang and Song Dynasties, and there was never a big mistake in leading the army. However, the northern expedition of Shu Han still failed repeatedly and was eventually annexed by Wei state. The reason is that the population of Wei state far exceeds that of Shu state.

No matter how brave and skillful your Shu army is, you can't equal the number of Cao Wei people. If I kill you alone, you have to kill three or even four of me to be a tie. In the long run, more and more people died in the state of Shu, so they had to recruit people and Zhuang people to serve as soldiers, which inevitably affected food production. Naturally, Shu was not the rival of Wei.

In fact, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the main battle was population. For example, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and got Jizhou, he checked his household accounts and found that Jizhou had a population of 300000.

In the famous battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei was elated. Cao Cao, who was defeated in the first World War, was called ”chicken ribs”. In fact, the population of Hanzhong had been moved away by Cao's army. Liu Bei had only his own place but not his own person, which could only be regarded as a tactical success.

Now, although Cao's troops came to help, and the Yuzhou army had to retreat, Liu Bei was determined to move the population of Huainan, which was a success.

In the evening of that day, Liu Bei ordered the army to withdraw. More than 20000 Yuzhou troops took advantage of the night and quietly left the camp without being exposed.

Shouchun was once designated as the capital city by Yuan Shu, which was naturally prosperous and prosperous in Yangzhou. Although Yuan Shu wantonly built palaces, misdeeds and wars, the local population was still more than 100000.

Liu Bei moved more than 30000 surnames to the west of Shouchun city and headed for Runan County.

The next day.

”Well? How can there be birds on Liu Bei's barracks? Han Hao stood on the head of Shouchun city and looked at the Yuzhou army barracks outside the city. He was puzzled.

”Come on, go out of town and have a look!” Cao Hao, however, did not let Han's troops, but Cao Hao ordered several soldiers to fight.

Suddenly, Cao Mimi's shield came out of the camp and shot out of the camp.

But no.

Dozens of Cao's troops breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to feel the past, but there was no resistance in the camp, so they felt relieved to touch the past.

Soon after, dozens of Cao troops rushed out and yelled at the head of the city: ”Han guard! There is no enemy in the camp. ”

”Did the Yuzhou army withdraw?” Han Hao couldn't help but feel relieved, but he couldn't help wondering: ”why did Liu Bei retreat at night? Is there something wrong with Yuzhou

Now Liu Bei and Cao's army are at a stalemate in Shouchun, and the two armies are on a par. Why did Liu Bei suddenly withdraw? Han Hao couldn't figure it out.

At this time, several riders came from the north, rushed to Shouchun City, and yelled at the head of the city: ”can general Xia Hou be here? We are the sentries under the command of the Duwei Cao Zhen. ”

”General Xia Hou is cultivating himself. I'm Han Hao, the guard. Please tell me what you want.” Han Hao, lying on the top of the city, called down.