"Seizing military power? Is Liu Bei awakening?" Bai Tu was equally surprised when he saw the news in front of him.
That's right, just now, an emergency report came back from Hanzhong - thanks to the Hanzhong River connection, Hanzhong is now included in the wireless coverage, and the news is almost real-time.
This urgent report is not because Hanzhong suffered any fatal attack, or even... In the past half month, Longxi seemed to have given up on the march.
Originally, the Qingxu reinforcements led by Guan Yu, after joining the Longyou Xiliang army, actually fought some beautiful battles in the Qinling Mountains, the northern barrier of Hanzhong, mainly on the Qishan Road, Chencang Road, and Baoxie Road.
In short, the Chu army defended the old site of Yangpingguan, and with the addition of Baoxiekou, no one could get in. However, they occasionally engaged in tentative battles on the three plank roads.
Bai Tu had already seen Guan Yu's ability. After all, they had briefly cooperated with him when they were in Xuzhou.
What caught Bai Tu's attention even more was that the commander of Qingxu's reinforcements was Guan Yu, and the military advisor was Zhuge Liang!
At first, Bai Tu even had the idea of taking charge personally, but then he thought about it, regardless of history or romance, Fazheng was at least as good as Zhuge Liang in terms of military strategy!
Even in history, Fazheng was obviously more "professional" in terms of military strategy, but it was a pity that he died early, otherwise the Shu Han's start would not have been so miserable.
And for the Chu army, there was no way to protect themselves from trench tactics, so the white plan did not take place...
In the past few months, it is true that the two sides only fought "wonderfully", which is far from being considered as who has the advantage. It must be said that the advantage is the advantage of the defending side - after all, no enemy troops have entered Hanzhong from beginning to end.
Basin step.
However, this time Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang made big news!
Unexpectedly, when Ma Teng and Han Sui were preparing to withdraw their troops in winter, they suddenly broke out and detained the two men, and then forcibly incorporated the Xiliang army.
The reason for this success is that some time ago, Guan Yu, as the reinforcements coach, partnered with Zhuge Liang, and took advantage of the Chu State. Although it was not big, at least the Xiliang Army could not do anything.
Arrived!
This made Guan Yu the backbone of the Longyou, Qingxu coalition forces, and even the real "coach".
Secondly, and more importantly - I don't know if it was Guan Yu or Zhuge Liang who actually convinced Ma Chao to participate in the class-stealing power grab...
As the spiritual leader of the Qiang people, Ma Chao's appeal among the Qiang people was even stronger than that of ordinary Qiang leaders. After convincing Ma Chao, most of the obstacles were cleared.
Of course, from the current point of view, Ma Chao was not directly "said" to surrender to Liu. After Ma Teng and Han Sui were sidelined, Ma Chao took over most of their Xiliang troops, and the Qiang people only obeyed Ma Chao. Counting him
is the biggest beneficiary.
"Even if Ma Chao leads this mutiny, the Xiliang army will definitely be temporarily dissatisfied. It's a pity that cotton will not be promoted until next year, otherwise we will give them a hard blow!" Yu Fan was very sorry!
tone.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, Yu Fan naturally knew about "cotton" - the cotton brought back by Gan Ning was trial planted and seeded this year, and will not be officially promoted until next year.
If there are a large number of cotton-padded clothes, the winter combat capability will be greatly improved.
However, given the current temperatures in Hanzhong and Longyou, as well as the Chu army's ability to withstand the cold, it's better not to attack rashly!
"After that, we need to pay close attention to the situation in Guanzhong and Guandong to determine how far Liu Bei wants to go." Chen Gong said warily.
"No, this time I think the Marquis of Qi may not know about it..." Jia Xu raised a rare objection.
Generally speaking, no one objects to this old guy.
"Could it be that Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang wanted to abolish Li Li on their own initiative?" Bai Tu didn't care about Jia Xu's "objection", but was confused about the basis of Jia Xu's judgment.
"It may not be to abolish the establishment, but it must be to allow the Marquis of Qi to have a greater say in the 'Han Dynasty' and to better unify the forces of the feudal lords supporting the Han Dynasty! If Liu Bei himself agreed, we should not only know about the Longyou mutiny.
That’s the right news.”
The reason for Jia Xu's judgment was very simple. It was not because he believed in Liu Bei's character, but because he felt that if Liu Bei had known about it in advance, he should have made excuses in advance, such as giving "New Year greetings" to the little emperor, leading troops into the pass, or even
"False road to conquer the fortress (Sai Hou Yang Feng)".
By then, Longyou and Guandong will all be there. The most important thing is that unlike Cao Cao, Liu Bei also has a clan status, and "I heard" that many clan members are even leaning towards Liu Bei!
As long as Liu Bei leads troops into the court at this time, he must at least "assist the King of Han", right?
Even if Liu Bei really had no intention of becoming emperor, he should not have no plan at all to revive the Han Dynasty, otherwise he should not have done this in Longxi at all.
The only possibility... is that Liu Bei didn't know about it at all!
"Your Majesty, I propose... Even if some of the spies of the Wind Guards are exposed, we must find out as soon as possible the extent of the tacit understanding between Ma Chao and the Marquis of Qi." Lu Su suggested from another angle.
No matter what level it reaches, since it is destined that the Chu State will not be able to take advantage of Longyou's unstable people to attack, then it is destined that this mutiny will not be good news for the Chu State, or in other words... it will be more beneficial to Liu Bei!
The lower limit is that Ma Chao and Guan Yu are using each other, and they are at odds with each other. The upper limit is that Ma Chao has been frightened by the king's aura, or choked by tears from thousands of miles away, and has bowed to Liu Bei.
Of course, everyone actually knows that the most likely scenario is somewhere in between.
However, judging from the current situation, even if Longyou is temporarily destabilized, it is definitely a "good thing" for the current feudal princes to lose part of their power in exchange for a higher degree of integration.
Even as Jia Xu said, Bai Tu also felt that if Liu Bei took advantage of the fight between himself and Cao Cao in the Bohai Sea to directly engage Guan Yu in Longyou, attack Guanzhong from both sides, and try to assist the Han princes, the overall vitality would be seriously injured, but
But being completely integrated is the most "profitable"!
However, Liu Bei obviously would not do this. Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang should make their own decisions regarding Longyou this time.
However, Liu Bei's reaction and Ma Chao's thoughts will be the focus of Chu's future.
Seeing that Jia Xu had no intention of speaking, Bai Tu secretly rolled his eyes and asked proactively: "I think we need someone to go to Wancheng to assist General Zhang Xiu. Who do Wen He think can take on this important task?"
Why do you need assistance?
Although it was not stated clearly, everyone here could tell that this was to be ready to send troops from Wancheng at all times - not to attack Saihou, but so that if Liu Bei was determined to advance westward, Chu State would also "support it in time"
"Yang Feng!
There is no problem for Zhang Xiu to lead the troops in the war. He is not just a vanguard general with force, but he is worse at judging the situation.
Jia Xu undoubtedly knows Zhang Xiu better, but with his character, Jia Xu will never take the initiative to recommend anyone to go to Wancheng. After all, the relationship between Zhang Xiu and him is deep enough...