Seeing the news that Kuai Yue personally raised troops to go north, Bai Tu's first reaction was that Liu Biao must have been unable to govern, and had even... basically lost control of Jingzhou Mansion!
For the Jingzhou Prefecture, the goal of sending troops to Wancheng at this time was very clear - to join forces with the forces supporting the Han Dynasty.
Regardless of the fact that in Guanzhong, or even in the entire Sili, there are warlords from the old Xiliang line who are fighting on their own. If the Xudu area is still nominally under Cao Cao's control, the "assist the imperial court" forces are now almost in line.
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Starting from Liangzhou in the west, passing through Guanzhong, Luoyang, and ending in Xuzhou in the east, there is only the Xu County area in the middle, which was once the base camp of Cao Cao. It is stuck at both ends of the east and west, and... it may not be stuck for long!
As long as the Xu County area is connected, the forces supporting the Han Dynasty will be like a huge "dumbbell". The middle part is a little thin, but things can be taken care of.
To use a popular word from five hundred years ago, that is, during the Warring States Period, this can be regarded as a perfect "continuous horizontal"...
Uniting the weak and resisting the strong Qin is called "joining the vertical", and joining the strong and swallowing up the weak is called "joining the horizontal". These were the two major forces on the battlefield of the diplomats in the pre-Qin period.
During the Warring States Period, Qin was in Guanzhong, and later annexed Bashu, all the way to the west. Qi was on the eastern coast, which was the Xuzhou area in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Chu State took the current Jingbei as its original destiny. After annexing Wu and Yue, it occupied the south, with the middle from above.
Down to the bottom, or from Hebei to the Central Plains, are the Three Jin Dynasties - Zhao State, Wei State, South Korea, and the Yan State in the distance today's Youzhou, including part of Liaodong area...
The Qin State wanted to unify the world, and its foreign policy was "Lian Heng". When it first started to advance eastward, it did not directly yell "I can fight six", but focused on making good friends with one or two of them - mainly Qi State.
This is also the origin of "distant friendship and close attack".
There are three Jins between Qin and Qi, so naturally if you want to attack, you should attack them first...
Moreover, during the Warring States Period, Qi State relied on the profit of fish and salt to basically stay in the position of "the richest man" for a long time. Only by letting Qi State stand by and watch can Qin State's eastward advance proceed smoothly. And Qi State, this fool, did not react when he realized it.
It's too late.
Today, even if Xuzhou loses Guangling County in Huainan, it still covers all the territory of Qi State, and a little more. And "Sili Liangzhou Yizhou" has more Hexi Corridor than when Qin State destroyed Bashu and gained Hedong.
, but Zhang Lu of Hanzhong blocked Yizhou out of the way...
Therefore, to a certain extent, the Fuhan forces are now straighter and they do have confidence.
Of course, the situation in the pre-Qin period cannot be copied today.
Xuzhou was not as rich as Qi State, Sili also did not have the heritage of Qin State at that time, and Guanzhong was even ruined.
Yizhou is far richer than Bashu in the past, and its population is even different, but... there is still Hanzhong lying there.
The same goes for Jingzhou and Yangzhou. In the broad sense, the South has advanced from a "barren land with mountains and rivers" to "somewhat remote" in the past four hundred years. In the past ten years, the chaos in the Central Plains and the generals have
After the government reorganized the world, it further developed into "Although there is more miasma, the land turns out to be pretty good."
Chu State? The Chu State in the pre-Qin period was just big in appearance, with no one in the south at all. But now the population of Jingyang and Yangzhou far exceeds that of Sili Xuzhou, especially if Nanyang County is included, and the forces supporting the Han Dynasty include Yizhou.
Not as good as that either.
But if the Jingzhou Prefecture is really allowed to open up the front line from Xinye to Wancheng, it will be a bit uncomfortable for Bai Tu - he may even consider trying to completely break up with the court and regain Xiangfan!
However, this move to go north to assist the Han Dynasty was definitely not Liu Biao's handiwork. It was most likely... that Liu Biao did not know about it.
Liu Biao's status as a clan relative was very embarrassing when facing the court.
The princes with a foreign surname can directly regard the court as a bunch of tools, but...as a prince with the surname Liu, lowering the prestige of the court is to deny one's own legitimacy.
Of course, if you have both virtue (boxing), talent (head) and (enough) preparation (big), you can directly kick out Liu Xie and form your own court. It will be more legitimate than other princes with other surnames. But... if your virtue and talent are not enough,
It will definitely become the target of public criticism.
The current Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Liu Bei combined do not have this kind of "virtue and talent", so the princes surnamed Liu should not be willing to get involved with the imperial court for their own reasons.
Cao Cao had fallen into a misunderstanding before, and was stunned by Liu Bei's trick...
Not to mention Liu Zhang of Yizhou, he is now a mortal enemy of Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, but it was his father Liu Yan who specifically supported Zhang Lu and blocked the connection between the imperial court and Yizhou in Hanzhong!
Bai Tu really didn't believe it. Liu Biao suddenly realized something. Not only did he violate his previous strategic thinking of "defending the territory" as the core, but he also began to take the initiative to get close to the imperial court...
On the contrary, doing this is actually more beneficial to the Nanjun nobles, or... it is more in line with the logic of their previous actions!
Due to geographical reasons, Xiangfan, or the northern part of Nanjun, is destined to be a major battlefield between the Central Plains and the South, and it is a plain battlefield. From the perspective of "Southern Ships and Northern Horses", when the Southern Army goes north, it will definitely prefer Huainan, which has rich water systems.
For the Northern Army to move south, it would be more convenient for them to go through Nanjun.
Therefore, in the hands of the northern regime, Nanjun will be the backing for transportation and storage of supplies. There is no need to worry too much about being directly attacked, and there will even be more development opportunities. However, in the hands of the southern regime, it will be a human shield directly facing the pressure from the north.
, just wait to be tortured...
As a noble in Nanjun, of course, they would rather join the arms of the north. Whether it is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, or the imperial court... whoever is in power can be considered!
What will happen if the General Mansion succeeds in moving north in the future?
Not to mention that in their judgment, the winner will not be determined in a short period of time, and the general's mansion heading north should also take the route from Huainan to the Central Plains.
At that time, the North will be more defensive and focus on the Central Plains, which will make them feel more at ease.
When Xuzhou and Yuzhou can no longer hold back, they will just turn around and surrender to the General's Mansion...
At most, they are marginalized. It is impossible for anyone to drag them to sacrifice because they did not surrender in time!
Being a "backing force" is much better than being a "human shield"... It can only be said that the Nanjun nobles hope to be more "stable" than gambling.
This is also the point where the interests of the Nanjun gentry and Liu Biao split!
Lu Su, Huang Chengyan and others had already analyzed this clearly for Bai Tu, so Bai Tu immediately realized the content behind the battle report.
As a student of Jia Xu, Zhang Chunhua also understood the importance of Wancheng to the general's mansion even if he did not immediately realize that something was wrong with Liu Biao.
When Lei Xu and Zhang Xian really trusted Zhang Chunhua because of the previous ambush, Zhang Chunhua also explained this truth to Lei and Zhang.
That is to tell them that the General's Mansion will never let Wancheng fall and inspire their confidence to defend!
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang! What court...their lies? Our brothers in Liangzhou won't believe a word of their lies. The food and grass in Wancheng is enough for three months. If they, the weaklings in Jingzhou, want to come in, they won't be able to do that."
Easy!" Lei Xu assured, patting his chest.
"I also learned some military skills from my teacher, and I hope I can help the two generals." Zhang Chunhua felt that this was a wonderful opportunity to make a contribution. She understood Jia Xu's meaning before and took a big gamble.
In other places, she was the "chief secretary of the Department of Household Affairs" and had no chance to intervene in military affairs. However, in Wancheng, she had already moved out as "teacher". Of course, Lei and Zhang second generals agreed, and even consciously showed off