Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 116

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the great unification for a long time, the princes of all parties did not have a deep understanding of the meaning of the Yellow River, Huai River, and Yangtze River, and the significance of the separatist forces.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, with the deepening of practice, various regimes will find that the Jiang, Huai, and rivers from south to north have great implications for the separatist regime.

Generally speaking, as long as the regime can set up defenses on the Yellow River to resist the Northern invaders, even if the land of Youyan is not preserved and the Hetao is no longer there, it will still have the foundation of the dynasty, and at least it can sit firmly in the Central Plains; if it can only defend the Huaihe River, then go to At best, it means "entering the Central Plains", at worst it means "locating on the Yangtze River and Huaihe River"; and if we can only deploy defenses along the Yangtze River, we will basically be hanging on and won't be able to last long.

800 years later, the Song Dynasty, as a small expert in partial security, gave the southern separatist forces and summed up the key points of "guarding the river must guard the Huaihe River".

Soochow broke down in Hefei, Huainan several times, and made no achievements in Fancheng, Jingbei. In fact, it was doomed to fail.

Now the map next to the white map focuses on drawing the river very wide, just to reflect this, so Huainan has been regarded by the white map as a place of contention.

And when Yuan Shao is about to become bigger in the north, instead of putting pressure on the Central Plains and making Yuan Shao become the "Dog King", it is better to leave the Central Plains alone and let the dogs... let the princes of the Central Plains and Guanzhong compete with Yuan Shao!
Bai Tu could take this opportunity to turn his attention to Jing Chu.

At this time, in Bai Tu's heart, there is still a third map - a nine-square grid that is not very regular...

Hetao, Hebei, Hebei;

Xiliang, Guanzhong, Central Plains;

Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou.

Of course, the scope of Liangzhou actually follows the Hexi Corridor in the northwest and extends to the northwest of Jiugongge. The west of the Hetao is Hexi, the west of Hexi is also part of Liangzhou, and there is Jiaozhou further south... ...are ignored at this time, and the huge Hebei occupies two squares.

There are three other places that are highlighted in the white map: "Hanzhong", the key point for Yizhou to enter Guanzhong, "Nanyang", the key point for Jingzhou to enter the Central Plains, and "Huainan", the key point for Yangzhou to enter the Central Plains.

It is precisely the existence of these key points that creates a strategic buffer between "South" and "North".

This is something that does not exist between "East" and "West". If we choose to fight all the way from Jiangdong to the Central Plains and then to Hebei, there will be no chance to breathe in the future.

The reason why the Three Kingdoms period existed is because the Kingdom of Shu was in Yizhou and the Kingdom of Wu was in Jiangdong and Jingnan. They were separated by north and south barriers, so they had the opportunity to establish separate countries.

For Bai Tu, only by having a chance to breathe can the advantages of "farming and technology" be brought into play, and it can also reduce the impact of the war on the people to a greater extent.

Although the development between the north and the south is very uneven at this time, and the more noble route should be to "unify the south from the north", Bai Tu has already settled in Jiangdong, and there is no reason to regret it, and... Bai Tu does not want to regret it, and starts in Jiangdong. Naturally, there are advantages to Jiangdong.

Farming and technology are his strengths, but now he just lacks time.

And as long as you hold Huainan in your hands first, it will never be worse than Soochow.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Soochow, which dominated Jingnan and Jiangdong, was at least slightly stronger than Shu in Yizhou in terms of national power. However, Soochow never posed any threat to Wei, while Shu made six expeditions to Qishan and nine expeditions to the Central Plains. The operation was very cool - although it did not achieve decisive results, it also forced Wei to move its capital.

The biggest difference is precisely because Hanzhong is under the control of Shu, while Soochow has never controlled Huainan and Jingbei.

Of the three major strategic points in the north and south, Shu has one, and Wei has the second. Therefore, even if Wei's national power is greater than the two countries combined, Shu still has room for maneuver, while Wu is crushed to death.

At this time, the Central Plains was far more prosperous than Jiangdong, and Huainan was even more important to Jiangdong. Without Huainan, Jiangdong would need a variety of tricks and calculations to conquer the Central Plains. However, if the Central Plains with Huainan wanted to conquer Jiangdong, it would only need one move - —Slow and steady.

After Lu Su zoomed out to the battlefield in Hebei, especially when Chen Gong proved that Yuan Shaozhen had gained a decisive advantage and Gongsun Zan was unable to save his life and was just lingering on, the dispute between Shouchun and Moling was unanimous.

Of course, if Yuan Shu knew the content of the Lunar New Year Meeting in the Yangzhou Prefectural Mufu, he would probably be furious - I still live in Shouchun!I still have 10,000+ troops in Huainan!Can't you see me?
As time passed, three months passed in the blink of an eye, amidst the eager expectations of Jiangdong's officials for Yuan Shu's proclaiming emperor.

I wonder if Yuan Shu will be moved. At this time, Bai Tu is more looking forward to him becoming emperor than Huainan Civil and Military...

Although the good news of proclaiming himself emperor has not yet come, there is already news that Shouchun is undergoing extensive construction work. The new mansion built is completely the size of an imperial palace, and there are also illegal buildings such as a rooftop sacrificial platform.

However, Lu Su still didn't find any signs of severe drought in Huainan - judging from the earth's atmosphere, next year should be a good year!
However, Bai Tu's plan to reserve relief grains and dig wells has attracted a lot of criticism.

Because digging deep wells will be a key assessment project for grassroots officials, both Danyang and the northern part of Wu County are busy with this task.

It is said that there are some rumors among the people that Bai Tu's condition is named "Shenjing Disease" - it is no wonder that in the pre-Qin Dynasty, there was a joke that "the king of Chu has such a thin waist, many people in the palace starve to death". Bai Tu, as a Adult men don't like small waists or anything, they like to be dug wells, isn't it a disease?
However, the term "deep well disease" is said to have begun to spread in the seat of a certain family in Wu County...

Although Bai Tu closed his eyes, he knew who was causing trouble, but he kept silent for the time being. After all... the source was Xu's, but the fact that it spread, it means that everyone indeed thinks he is sick!
But that's all - given Bai Tu's achievements in erecting a statue next to Shen Nong, the people could only joke about it behind his back at most. Digging wells does not mean that they don't care about food. Those who are willing to put in effort to make a living during the slack time of the farm have something to gain. Yes, it won't cause any public resentment.

Lu Su came to Bai Tu specifically to talk about this matter, but Bai Tu had the opposite opinion!

Bai Tu didn't want to divert this so-called "criticism" at all, but wanted to secretly add fuel to the flames. After all, in Bai Tu's view, a severe drought would definitely happen next year.

How much fun it is to laugh at him now, and how highly he will be worshiped when the drought comes next year.

Those demons and monsters who want to use this to undermine his reputation will only trap themselves and reap the consequences.

Now, because someone spread a few gossips, they are going to war, which shows that Bai Tu has no sense, and even causes the other party to control public opinion. Next year, these wells will become the lifeblood of the people, and Bai Tu will rub them at will, and the people will only applaud!

Lu Su believed that letting the rumors go would damage Bai Tu's prestige. The most important thing was that he was not optimistic about the drought, so he only followed Bai Tu's suggestion and did not overly suppress the spread of the "deep well disease". As for the opposite, Lu Su refused to hype this kind of saucy operation.

In Lu Su's words, this matter will probably be written down in the history books. Maybe King Chu Ling will be saved by Bai Tu in the future. From now on, when talking about good and effective examples, it will not be "King Chu has such a slim waist" but " The hard drive is suffering from deep well disease!

It was not until the first month of the second year of Jian'an that Lu Su suddenly realized that the atmosphere in the northeastern part of the Yangtze River had changed drastically, and that the source of the change was Huainan. Only then did he change his view. At the same time, Yuan Shu finally received "good news"...

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