Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 362 Changes in Nanjun
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 to send troops to Wancheng at this time, the goal was very clear - to join forces with the Fu Han forces.

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 "auxiliary imperial court" forces are now almost in line. .

Starting from Liangzhou in the west, passing through Guanzhong and 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 the east and west ends, and... it may not be stuck for long!
As long as the Xu County area is connected, the Fuhan forces 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 500 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 vertically", and joining the strong and swallowing up all the weak is called "joining horizontally". 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 State was on the eastern coast, which was the Qingzhou 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 the top Down, or in other words, from Hebei to the Central Plains, are the Three Jin Dynasties - Zhao State, Wei State, and South Korea, and the Yan State in the distance is now Youzhou, including part of Liaodong area...

The Qin State wanted to unify the world, and its foreign policy was to "connect and cross". 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, would not react when he realized it. It's too late.

Today, even if Xuzhou Prefecture loses Guangling County in Huainan, it still has almost all the territory of Qi State, and a lot more parts of Chu State. And "Sili + Liangzhou + Yizhou" is better than Qin State's defeat of Bashu and Hedong. At that time, there was also the Hexi Corridor, but Zhang Lu of Hanzhong blocked Yizhou from it...

Therefore, to a certain extent, the Fuhan forces are now straighter and they do have their confidence.

Of course, the situation in the pre-Qin period cannot be copied today.

Although the Xuzhou Prefecture is large, it is far less wealthy than the Qi State. Sili no longer has the heritage of the Qin State at that time, and Guanzhong is even in ruins.

Yizhou is far more prosperous than Bashu, and its population is even different, but... Hanzhong is still 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 400 years. In the past ten years, due to the chaos in the Central Plains and the General's Mansion, After resetting the universe, it further developed into "Although there is more miasma, the land is not bad".

Chu State?The Chu State in the pre-Qin Dynasty was only large in appearance, with no one in the south. But now the population of Jingyang and Yangzhou far exceeds that of "Sili + Xuzhou + Qingzhou", especially if Nanyang County is included, the forces supporting the Han Dynasty have conquered Yizhou. Not even close to that.

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) and talent (sufficient) and preparation (great), 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 that he not only violated his previous strategic thinking of "defending the territory" as the core, but 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 "a boat in the south and a horse in the north", when the southern army goes north, it will definitely prefer Huainan, which has rich water systems. It would be more convenient for the Northern Army to go south through Nanjun.

Therefore, in the hands of the northern regime, Nanjun will be the backing for transporting and storing 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 from Nanjun, of course, they would rather fall into the arms of the north. Whether it is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, or the imperial court... whoever gains power can be considered!

What will happen if the General Mansion succeeds in moving north?
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 of Huainan's attack on the Central Plains.

At that time, the North will be more defensive and focus on the Central Plains, which will make them feel more comfortable.

When Xuzhou and Yuzhou can't hold it any longer, they can 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 "steady" compared to 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 truth 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 truly 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? We brothers in Liangzhou won't believe a word of it. The food and grass in Wancheng is enough for three months. If they, the weak chickens in Jingzhou, want to come in, they won't believe it." Easy!" Lei Xu promised, 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 of the "teacher". Of course, Generals Lei and Zhang agreed, and even consciously showed off With Zhang Chunhua's calm attitude...

(End of this chapter)