What's more, during the Three Hundred Years' War, the two sides fought back and forth on both sides of the Huai River. It seems not wrong to say that the two Huai Rivers have been completely destroyed.
In the land of Lianghuai, there are far more garrison cities than towns where trade and commerce gather, not to mention the land cultivated by the people. The food and grass for the armies of both sides in the land of Lianghuai mainly rely on supplies from the rear. Fortunately, both in Guanzhong, Hebei
Jiangnan is still considered a large granary at this time, and it is more than enough to supply the army for fighting and confrontation. However, once the army crosses the Huai River to attack, this food and grass will not be so easy to guarantee. After all, in Huainan or Huaibei, you can only rely on local supplies.
Supplies and long-distance transportation are difficult to ensure a complete supply of grain and grass.
The land of Lianghuai is like a barrier set up by the Northern and Southern Dynasties for themselves. It is difficult for the enemy to break in, but it is also difficult for oneself to get out.
But now with the Northern Zhou Dynasty annexing the Northern Qi Dynasty, the situation on both sides of the Huai River has undergone changes that are difficult to ignore.
Although it has been developed for hundreds of years in four generations of the Southern Dynasties, the land south of the Yangtze River is still far from being the granary of the world in this era. It is even very different from the fertile areas such as Guanzhong and Hebei. At that time, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty Cao Cao
They all want to gain access to Hebei and then enter the world.
Needless to say, Guanzhong, as the vitality gradually recovered in the late Three Kingdoms, Guanzhong's unique geographical conditions and environment quickly made it a wealthy place in the world. This can be seen from the fact that the capitals of the Northern Dynasties and later the Sui and Tang Dynasties were all established in Guanzhong Chang'an.
A spot.
Therefore, the Northern Dynasty was in a long-term split before, and the Southern Chen Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty were able to compete with each other. But now that the Northern Dynasty is unified, it is still possible for the Southern Chen Dynasty to rely on the defense line in Huainan to resist, but the He and Chen Dynasties want to cross the Huai River like this time in the Battle of Luliang.
Attacking may be a bit overestimating one's capabilities.
No matter from the perspective of the wealth managed and accumulated by both parties, or from the current general trend of the world, there is nothing wrong with what Xiao Mohe said. Now, whether it is the Southern Chen Dynasty or the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it is difficult to make progress on the Lianghuai defense line. It must be
It's time to change direction.
Li Xingchen gently rubbed his chin, and slowly shifted his gaze towards Huaixi. To the east was the sea, and Li Xingchen was not as bold as Sun Quan's cross-sea attack during the Three Kingdoms period. What's more, for Nan Chen, it was not desperate yet.
At least compared to Nanchen who experienced the Luliang War in history, Nanchen at this time is much better. Even if it does not maintain an advantage in the frontline theater, it is not considered a disadvantage. This means that Nanchen still has enough power to launch
Attack or adjust the defense.
"After Huaixi... you will reach Jinghu Lake." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, turning to look at the Xiao family father and son next to him.
Xiao Shilian frowned: "Brother Li, are you plotting against Xi Liang?"
After Huaixi is Jinghu Lake, but now only the southern half of Jinghu Lake is actually in the hands of Nanchen, which is the four Jingnan counties where Liu Bei once settled during the Three Kingdoms period. The richest and most important Jiangling area in Jinghu Lake is
It was Xiliang, and all the strategic areas in Xiangyang to the north of Jiangling fell into the hands of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
At the same time, continuing westward from Jinghu, the dividing line between Nanchen and Northern Zhou is not a big river, but diagonally to the southwest along the Wujiang, Shennongjia, and Wushan areas, and then sharply turns south along the Shiwan Mountains in the Yunnan-Guizhou area in later generations.
It is very different from the later Southern Song Dynasty, which first followed the Sichuan-Shu Mountains, and then along the river and the dividing line with the north, forming the most "weird" dividing line in the history of the confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, because of this era, the southwest of Jinghu was actually still
It is a desolate land, so it is reasonable for such a dividing line to be formed. Obviously, neither side has much interest in Jinghu continuing to the southwest, which is the southern Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou areas in later generations.
However, the Yunnan-Guizhou land is deserted, which does not mean that the Jinghu land is also deserted. Especially Jiangling, which is now occupied by Xiliang, was already one of the richest lands in the world as early as the Han Dynasty, especially since it has not experienced too many wars in recent years.
So it is definitely a treasure land, but even such a treasure land is not in Nan Chen's hands.
Western Liang was just a small country in front of the two behemoths, the Southern Chen and the Northern Zhou. It was founded by the descendants of the Southern Liang royal family who were supported by the Northern Dynasties. It had only a few soldiers. However, because of the backing of the Northern Zhou, the Southern Chen did not attack Xi Liang for so many years.
, but it is impossible to say that Nanchen did not covet the wealthy land of Xiliang at all.
Just because the main energy and army were previously involved in the Lianghuai River, so we could only take a defensive stance in the Jinghu area, and we could only have more than enough ambition but not enough power for Xiliang.
Seeing Li Xingchen turn his eyes to Jinghu, Xiao Mohe and Xiao Shilian naturally understood what he meant. For Nan Chen, instead of continuing to hit his head on the turtle shell of Huaibei, it would be better to turn his troops around and start with
Take Jiangling and Xiangyang, and then plan to move north. After all, compared to the Huaihe River, the Northern Zhou Dynasty's defenses in the Jingxiang area were far from strict.
Xiao Mohe said in a deep voice: "Although Xiliang is a small country, it was established with the support of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. If we attack Jiangling, it will actually be equivalent to declaring war on the Northern Zhou Dynasty."
Li Xingchen chuckled: "I didn't say we would attack Xiliang now."
"Oh?" Xiao Mohe was startled.
But Li Xingchen was not in a hurry to explain, because he had no way to explain this problem. In history, Yuwen Yong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who was definitely considered a tycoon of the previous generation in terms of literary and military skills, would pass away in a few months. It is now the spring of 578 AD.
, although Li Xingchen did not remember how long Yu Wenyong lived, he remembered clearly that he had not survived this summer.
(Author's note: Yu Wenyong died in June 578)
Yu Wenyong was only thirty-six years old this year. It was just when he was looking down on the world and showing off his grand plans. No one thought that this young and promising emperor would pass away so soon. Therefore, both in terms of successor and other preparations, he was quite unsatisfied.
Fully, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which had just annexed the Northern Qi Dynasty and was preparing to solve the Turkic problem, was actually still in the panic of the war.
Yu Wenyong died in a hurry, and Yu Wen Yun succeeded to the throne in a hurry. This emperor who was fatuous to a certain extent was actually just a puppet supported by Yang Jian and others in their struggle for power, and he also "lived up to the expectations" of large-scale construction projects and was extravagant, and was soon hollowed out.
The body - which is not at all the same level as another comrade Song Duzong who fought for seven consecutive years - finally gave in in a hurry after one year in office.
It can be said that from 578 to 579, it was the most chaotic year in the entire Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yuwen Yun was mediocre and inactive, and the conflicts between Yang Jian, Yuchi Jiong and other courtiers became increasingly obvious without Yu Wenyong's suppression, and even reached a fever pitch.
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It will definitely be a year of great opportunity for Nan Chen.
Especially now that Nanchen still has an army that has been tempered by blood and fire for hundreds of battles, as well as most of the elite generals who were not destroyed in Luliang, and the Nanchen in history who could only watch helplessly even during the civil strife in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.