Chapter 130 The Great Wei and Wu King Proclaimed Emperor
Chapter 130 King Wu of the Wei Dynasty proclaimed himself emperor (please vote for me!)
However, although there are many strategies that can contain Wei and Wu, there are currently only two that are most effective.
The first is to provoke internal infighting or foreign aggression between Wei and Wu, causing them to be overwhelmed, stop developing and even decline in national strength; the second is to provoke Wei and Wu to go to war, which will simply and crudely consume the national strength of the two countries.
Among the Three Kingdoms, Wei had the most complicated domestic worries and the most foreign enemies.
In terms of internal worries, the Wei State not only faced the problem of an increasingly large gentry, but also faced a power struggle between the old military groups and the new aristocracy. This depleted the Wei State's national power and destroyed the cohesion to a considerable extent. Therefore, even if the Wei State
It has the strength to destroy Shu and Wu, but due to this congenital defect, Wei's progress is very slow.
In terms of foreign aggression, in the north of the Wei Kingdom, there was Kebineng, the heroic lord of the desert, who had more than 100,000 people who controlled the strings; in the northeast, there was the Liaodong Emperor Gongsun Yuan, who was ready to make a move; in the southwest, there was the ferocious Shu Han, who came to fight from time to time; in the south, there was the Great Han Dynasty.
The king of Wei and Wu had one hundred thousand descendants, and they came to provoke him every now and then.
Especially the seriousness of the border troubles in the north was ignored by many people in later generations. They always thought that the only threats to Cao Wei were the Shu Han and Wu.
In fact, for a long period of time, the northern Xianbei tribe led by Kebineng created threats and troubles for Wei that were even far greater than the troubles caused by Shu and Wu.
Xianbei has more than 100,000 string-controlled cavalry!
What's more, Ke Bineng himself is an extremely outstanding hero. Although he was born in the Xianbei branch, he fought bravely, enforced the law fairly, and was not greedy for money. For this reason, he was elected as a leader (leader) by the Xianbei people.
After becoming an adult, Kebi was able to actively learn the advanced technology and culture of the Han people, which made the Xianbei tribe stronger day by day. The tribes under his command followed the law and had strong combat effectiveness.
Previously, because Kebineng was repeatedly interfered by Wei during the tribal unification war, he held a grudge against Wei. On the surface, he presented a letter to Wei to express his loyalty, in order to paralyze Wei Ting and make it relax its vigilance. Secretly, Kebineng continued to unify.
The tribe often ordered its subordinates to lead thousands of cavalry to attack the borders of Wei State, confiscate property and plunder people, in order to establish a more powerful Xianbei government.
For a time, the State of Wei had no choice but to deal with this problem and suffered from a headache.
Later (235), Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou in Wei State, who felt deeply threatened, sent the assassin Han Long to kill Kebi Neng. The Xianbei regime collapsed, and the Xianbei tribes once again fell into melee, unable to threaten the Central Plains for the time being.
Of course, it is only the year 229, and the desert hero Kirby is not dead yet, so there is still room for maneuver.
In other words, the world seems to be one of three kingdoms, but Wei is actually facing four fronts. They are the front against Shu, the front against Wu, the front against Xianbei in the north, and the front against the Gongsun family in Liaodong. These four fronts,
None of them is a fuel-saving lamp. If the Wei State puts all its troops on the front against Shu, the Wu State will definitely take the opportunity to go north. Kebineng's Xianbei tribe and the Liaodong Gongsun family will also take advantage of the situation. In this situation, the Wei State can only
Being able to divide troops and look around, multiple threats must be dealt with at different times and locations.
However, even though Wei State had so many problems, Shu and Wu failed to take the opportunity to destroy Wei State. Instead, they were eventually destroyed by Wei State and the Western Jin Dynasty that replaced Wei State.
The State of Wu is also full of hidden dangers. Local aristocratic families in the east of the Yangtze River are restricting their efforts. There are constant rebellions in Baiyue within the territory, and Jiaozhou is always uneasy.
As far as Ma Su knows, from 203 AD to 242 AD, there were dozens of rebellions in Wu County, Kuaiji County, Yuzhang County, Poyang County, and Danyang County in Jiangdong. Small-scale thousands of people, medium-scale rebellions
Thousands of people, tens of thousands of people on a large scale. Counterinsurgency can take as short as a few months, as medium as one year, and as long as several years.
In 203, the mountain bandits resumed their attack and returned to Yuzhang. Sun Quan sent Lu Fan to ping Poyang and Cheng Pu to seek peace.
In 204, five thieves, including Hong Ming, Hong Jin, Yuan Yu, Wu Mian, and Hua Dang, each commanded 10,000 households each to camp in Hanxing, Wu with 5,000 or 6,000 households in their respective camps at Datan, and Zou Lin with 6,000 households in their respective camps at Gaizhu.
, with excessive sweating.
In 205, Sun Quan sent He Qi to attack Shangrao and divided it into Jianping County.
In 208, the bandits commander Jin Qi and 20,000 households were stationed in Anle Mountain, Maogan and Wuliao Mountain were stationed, and Yishuai Chen Pu, Zushan and other 20,000 households were stationed in Linli Mountain.
In 211, Minlang Zhihezong of Yuhang County in Wu County rebelled, numbering thousands of people. The bandits Lu He and Qin Lang from five counties in Dongye County of Kuaiji County caused chaos.
213. Peng Cai, Li Yu, Wang Hai and others from the eastern part of Yuzhang started a rebellion and gathered more than 10,000 people.
In 215, the people of Poyang Youtu received the seal of Cao Cao and turned the people into thieves. Lingyang, Shi'an, and Jing County all responded to the Tutu.
In 217, Fei Zhan, the leader of the Hui Dan Yang bandit, received Cao Gong's seal and ribbon, and moved Shan Yue as an internal response. (Sun) Quan sent (Lu) Xun to attack Zhan. Zhan had many branches and went to the three counties of Wudong, Bing Shaosui's tribe.
In 221, Danyang and Poyang mountain bandits arose, captured the city, killed the chief officials, and gathered everywhere (this was the year Liu Bei went on an eastern expedition).
In 225, Peng Qi, a thief from Poyang, claimed to be a general and conquered various counties with tens of thousands of people (in the same year, Wei State invaded Wu).
In 228, the people of Danyang, Wu, and Huishan became bandits again and attacked and conquered the county. They were pacified in a few years and thousands of people were recruited.
In 234, the Luling bandits Li Huan, Luo Li and others caused chaos.
Pingshan Yue people from 235 to 237 years.
In 236, the Poyang thief Peng Dan and others caused chaos.
In 242, the mountain people in the three counties of Jian'an, Poyang, and Xindu rebelled.
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It can be said that the number of rebellions by Shanyue, mountain people, and bandits in the Jiangdong area was only a few more than those mentioned above, and there were still many rebellions until the fall of Soochow.
In addition to the Yue Yi rebellion in Jiangdong, there was also a barbarian rebellion in Jiaozhou, Jingzhou. In 220, the bandit commander of Guiyang County rebelled in Jiaozhou, and Bu Zhao led his army to quell it, capturing 10,000 people. In 231, Dongwu mobilized 50,000 people, and it took three years to quell it.
Wuling Barbarians; tens of thousands of people in Jiaozhou rebelled in 239, and it took more than a year to put down the rebellion.
The four states of Jing, Yi, Yang, and Jiao are originally places where there are relatively many Rong, Man, Yue, and Yi tribes. The Shanyue, mountain people, and bandits in the east of the Yangtze River restrained a considerable amount of Soochow's military power.
In other words, whether it provokes a war between the two countries or provokes internal and external troubles between the two countries and makes them chaos, the conditions are ready.
But should we let the two countries fight first? Or should we let the two countries get into chaos first? Or should we use a two-pronged approach?
These are three questions, and they are also one question.
Ma Su frowned and analyzed them one by one.
Since the restoration of the alliance between the Shu Han and the Wu Kingdom, the Shu Han has always hoped that Soochow would give some response and work together on the Northern Expedition. However, Soochow often promised to work together, but they always lay there motionless, letting the Shu Han toss about it.
Moreover, Sun Quan often personally led his army in the Northern Expedition, and almost always retreated before Wei's reinforcements arrived, which only took a month or two. Almost every time, Quan retreated before Wei's reinforcements arrived; Quan retreated before Wei's reinforcements arrived in Shouchun;
Before the imperial army reached several hundred miles, Quan fled;
In other words, even if Soochow took action, each Northern Expedition would be very short-lived, and the troops would retreat if there was even the slightest disadvantage.
The main reason for this was that Sun Quan was cunning and wanted to preserve his strength and was unwilling to fight a decisive battle with Wei.
Wei State had heavy troops stationed in the three strategic locations of Shu and Wu, especially Hefei and Xiangyang, with no less than 200,000 troops. Sun Quan only attacked Hefei and not Xiangyang, but he was unwilling to fight a decisive battle with Wei State. Because Xiangyang
It is relatively close to Luoyang, the capital of Wei State. Wei State still has 100,000 Chinese troops stationed in Luoyang. Once the war begins, it will be a decisive battle. As for Hefei, because it is relatively far from Luoyang, Wei State reinforcements can arrive even if the war goes wrong.
We retreated by water.
Since Wei's strategy is to defend from the west and attack from the east, it is necessary to defend against Shu Han and not fight in the field with the Shu army. When the food is exhausted, it will retreat. However, when dealing with Wu, it is to attack at any time. As long as Wu dares to show its head, it will immediately attack with thunderous force.
Beat it.
In other words, it seems a bit unrealistic to provoke Wu State to attack Wei State.
Then we can only do the opposite and provoke Wei to attack Wu.
There happens to be an opportunity right now.
Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor!
In the past, Wei and Wu frequently went to war, but Sun Quan was still nominally the king of Wu conferred by the Wei Dynasty. The two countries still maintained a considerable degree of restraint and did not go to war like a burning pot.
But after the Shu Han Dynasty was established and he claimed to be the orthodox Han Dynasty, Sun Quan's status suddenly became embarrassing.
This era is an era that pays attention to what is right and what is right.
If Sun Quan did not take any action, he would be the king of Wei and Wu, and attacking Wei would be committing rebellion; if he chose to support the Han Dynasty, he would have to submit to the Shu Han, but who is willing to submit to a regime that is weaker than himself?
Therefore, Sun Quan's determination to stand on his own has always been strong.
However, due to the immature conditions, it was postponed until this year (April 13, 229). Taking advantage of the fact that Shu and Wei had just been fighting on the Western Front for a year and were exhausted, Sun Quan made a decisive decision and proclaimed himself emperor in Wuchang and changed his name to Huanglong.
, the name of the country was established as Wu, and the world was amnesty. His father Sun Jian was honored as Emperor Wu Lie, his brother Sun Ce was honored as Prince Huan of Changsha, and his descendants Sun Deng were crown princes.
In September, half a month ago, Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye.
After Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, he sent envoys to Shu and proposed that the two emperors should be honored simultaneously, and the two families divided the Wei Kingdom on paper.
Xu, Yu, You, and Qing belong to the Wu Kingdom, and Bing, Liang, Ji, and Yan belong to the Shu Kingdom. The land of Wei Sizhou is bounded by Hangu Pass, and each of the two families takes half. The covenant states: If there is any harm to the Han,
Then Wu will attack it. If it harms Wu, then Han will attack it. Each will defend its own territory and will not invade each other. After passing on, the victory will end as it began.
Once this alliance is established, Soochow has solved its worries about looking to the west and can concentrate on dealing with Cao Wei and the rebellion of Baiyue in its territory. Shu Han also no longer has worries about looking eastward. In addition, the southern barbarians have been pacified and there are no internal worries. There is only one thing left.
One thing, the Northern Expedition.
Once such a situation is formed, it will be a good thing for Shu and Wu, but it will make Wei extremely unhappy.
As a result, the most intense war era in the Three Kingdoms completely kicked off after Cao Rui came to power, that is, after Wu and Shu established a strong alliance.
Since Wei's national policy is to defend from the west and attack from the east, even if Sun Quan does not attack Wei, Wei still has to find time to attack Wu.
When Sun Quan became emperor, it happened to give Wei an opportunity to take action.
Now, it depends on what means are used to encourage the Wei State to take action against the Wu State.
Thinking of this, Ma Su wrote two letters.
A letter was sent to the Ministry of Energy in Kirby, Monan. The letter said: "Your Excellency is well-equipped with both literary and military skills. Just like Sun Ce, the little overlord of the east of the Yangtze River in the past, he is actually a great lord of the desert. When he is in power, he must beware of villains plotting against him." Wang Xiong, the governor of the state, has sent someone to kill you. The assassin's name is Han Long. At this moment, this person is most likely lurking in your tribe... You're welcome, my name is Lei Feng."
Another letter was sent to Wei Emperor Cao Rui.
What the letter said can be summed up in one sentence: "I wonder what you think of the king of Wei and Wu proclaiming himself emperor?"
