Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 477 This is the crisis of life and death
On the third day of the Chu calendar year.

This year should be the most unstable year for the people of Jinling and even the entire Chu State in recent years!
Originally, the people of Chu State had lived a good life for several years due to the rapid increase in land production and productivity, and taking advantage of the substantial increase in population density. Even the grassroots people in Jingzhou had eaten a lot in the past two years. The gentry in Jingzhou were also slightly suppressed by the dividends of the development of Chu State.

In order to attract people's hearts and occupy the market, Yangzhou's emerging workshop gentry even gave a lot of benefits to the common people in Jingzhou...

However, just recently, bad news came!
The Marquis of Shu and the Marquis of Yong join forces to target Chu!There are even conspiracy theorists who claim that there is the shadow of the Han Dynasty and the imperial court behind it...

Many people of the Chu State originally had strong confidence in the Chu State's court and the Chu State's army. At first, everyone did not pay much attention to this matter.

But at this time, many "experts" who often published situation analysis in the Di newspaper began to put forward some speculations that made the people of Chu uneasy...

For example, some historians, from the perspective of pre-Qin wars and the absolute geographical advantage Qin had over the pre-Qin Chu State after occupying Bashu, argued that once the Shu lords had great geographical advantages over Chu;
For example, there are experts in martial arts schools. From the perspective of Xichuan general Zhang Ren, who is suspected to be Tong Yuan's eldest disciple, and Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun are both his junior disciples, they argue that Xichuan's fierce generals are actually about [-]% comparable to those of Chu. Slightly better;
For example, Gan, an anonymous businessman who travels between Yizhou and Jingzhou, actively argued that Yizhou has great advantages in trade with Chu from the perspective of Yizhou's trade blockade against Chu, and that Chu's commodity economy is stable. , in the face of the attack of Shuhou, it may be difficult to protect oneself;

For example, Fa Mou, an anonymous official who entered Chu from Yizhou, analyzed Yizhou's strength from the perspective of Yizhou's peace for a long time, not even inferior to Chu State. These humanistic strengths espoused;

For example... the official even hinted that the reason why more than ten generals who were guarding various places suddenly returned to Jinling this time was because of the Shuhou's intention to destroy Chu!
It doesn't matter if one or two people talk nonsense, but if a group of people talks nonsense, how can the people not believe it?
There were even some officials who wanted to refute the rumors angrily at first - what kind of nonsense are they talking about?
However, it seemed that everyone had received some kind of warning, and they all stopped.

For a time, the Chu Kingdom was about to be hit by a storm, and the people even imagined that the King of Chu and the princes in the court were worried...

If it were other princes, whether it was the King of Wei or the Marquis of Qi, if this kind of argument appeared among the people, they would definitely be in panic all day long, with people's hearts unstable and even thinking of change, and all aspects would be debuffed!

However, in the Chu State, after the argument that "this is a critical moment for our survival" emerged, whether it was the old place of Yangzhou or the new capital of Jingzhou, the enthusiasm of various places to respond to the conscription increased significantly...

There are even young and strong people who have not returned to their hometowns this year in order to subsidize their families. They take the initiative to go to the official iron and steel forging workshops, hoping to do volunteer work. It would be good to make more steel for the Chu State.

As the center of Chu State, Jinling is the most sensitive to all aspects of reaction. After a month of fermentation, the people have obvious mood to fight!

What's more, they began to criticize the Ministry of Rites' attitude towards the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, demanding a complete break between Chu and the Han Dynasty.

In the end, the city guards had to arrest a group of radicals, but they were released within a few days...

The Han Dynasty has been in power for 400 years, and the people are nostalgic for the past.

But...the best catalyst for nostalgia is "the present is not the same as it used to be" and vice versa!

If it is going through decades of turbulent times where the wind and rain are precarious and human life is worse than a dog, the common people must all miss the old dynasty, and temporarily shield from their hearts the exploitation of the powerful and cruel officials in the Han Dynasty and the emperor's injustice.

However, when everyone's lives were improving and they were preparing to enter the prosperous age, someone jumped out to destroy Chu?

Old dynasty?What old dynasty?They are all enemies!

Originally, although the state of Chu did not emphasize that it was a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, in fact, the people of the state of Chu had a certain degree of recognition for the Han Dynasty, so the state of Chu would never deny this on the surface, at most through operas, etc. Means, subtle influence.

For example, I would like to tell you about "The Legend of Jianghou" to make you regret the ending of the Jianghou family. For example, I would like to tell you about "The Controversy between Chu and Han" to popularize Gaozu's classic operations. For example, I would like to tell you about "Farewell My Concubine" to wake up. The remembrance of Chu Bawang in Xia Chu Di...

Different angles of storytelling can tell different stories.

The essence of Confucianism, Spring and Autumn brushwork, nothing more than the same.

Of course, the story belongs to the story, the people will not have any empathy for those princes and nobles for no reason, as long as the people get benefits, killing brothers and fathers is not a big deal.

Basically, it was still under the rule of the Chu State. The continuous improvement of living standards and the continuous improvement of social status made ordinary people's recognition of "Han" less and less.

And this time it was an epic plunge...

Originally, there were some intellectuals who commented on Chu's dramas and smeared the Han Dynasty too much, but from now on... they can only talk secretly.

As a farming civilization, people are not willing to fight. Fighting is not as enjoyable as farming.

Even before the Chu State, it had been working to improve the army's sense of honor, that is, using modern thinking and "feelings" to maintain the cohesion of the army - for the first time, all grassroots generals were elevated to the category of "honor".

However, the people of Chu State are still not warlike. This is a common feature of farming civilization...

However, as a civilization that has "Princes, Generals, and Prime Ministers would rather have their own kind" engraved in its bones, not being wary does not mean that it will always be averse to war.

On the third day of the Chu calendar year, when Bai Tu was in Jinling city during the day, participating in the float parade and enjoying the fun with the people, a riot broke out - countless people ignored the fact that Chu State had promoted the abandonment of kneeling ceremony after promoting chairs. With this attitude, they all fell in front of Bai Tu's chariot, please fight for Yizhou!
At this time, in the understanding of ordinary people, if Hanzhong is destroyed, the next target of the princes of Shu is Chu...

The reason why the Chu State did not strike first was because the King of Chu was kind and righteous, and because there were still people in the government and the public who favored the Han Dynasty.

If this continues, the princes of Shu will have a huge advantage when facing Chu and will show their fangs!
Therefore, countless people spontaneously asked the King of Chu for a battle, hoping that the King of Chu would hear everyone's voices and know that the people of Chu were not afraid of a battle...

Of course, it can actually be seen that the Han Dynasty still has some status in the hearts of the people, even if it is only a few straws away - at least at this moment, the general target of the war is still the "Shuhou".

Although some people are clamoring that once the Chu State and the Shu State go to war, the Han soldiers will definitely fight from Xuzhou. We should attack both sides first, and recover the old capital of the Chu State during the Chu-Han dispute... Bai Tu estimated these You should be a fan of the drama "The Conflict between Chu and Han".

But these are not considered universal consensus. The most unified argument among the people is that they must go to war with the princes of Shu. If they seek common ground while reserving differences, this is the most common will.

For the safety of King Chu, the guards originally wanted to disperse the surrounding people, but were stopped by King Chu...

Bai Tu bowed his head to the people ninety times in return, and made it clear that he was unwilling to use his sword lightly.

A few emotional people took the lead in howling and crying, as if tomorrow the Marquis of Shu would show his teeth and claws and lead Yizhou's elite soldiers down the river to capture the king of Chu alive and kill the people of Chu...

The other people also cried and bowed again, and Baitu returned the courtesy again. The people bowed again, and Baitu returned the courtesy again...

After three attempts, Bai Tu, with tears streaming down his face, pulled out his sword and cut off a corner of his own sword at the request of the people. He promised the people that since the King of Chu was "ordered by the people", he would not allow it. Anyone who destroys the stability of the people of Chu State!
The people of Jinling then surrounded King Chu in cheers and continued their parade.

Even if the common people were like this, the Chu army in various places became even more excited. Fortunately, because military discipline had always been emphasized, this was just anger.

Of course, the more important reason is that the real high-level generals in the army were confused at first, but now... they finally came to their senses.

What are you talking about?

Yizhou will give us a [-]-[-] lead?

There is an article that uses the populations of Dian horses and Shu horses in Yizhou to infer that there are [-] cavalry in Yizhou Prefecture?

All kinds of data are well organized, but there is no brain...

It was only now that the high-ranking generals from various places finally began to understand that the imperial court had allowed and even promoted these rumors, and all of them tacitly followed suit!

Of course, their invitation to fight is also sincere.

But it's not because of "anger", but another kind of excitement and urgency...

Although they all understood that since it was just a momentum building and the Privy Council did not take any action, thinking about it...the imperial court probably did not intend a big fight, but they all thought that no big war or small actions would be better than suppressing bandits. It's awesome, right?
What's more, even the bandits are almost gone now...

And what if the Lord of Shu is really as ferocious as the rumors say, and takes the initiative to fight back, eventually starting a full-scale war?

Well, let’s not talk about anything else. While bragging about the Lord of Shu, I’m asking for a battle at the same time!
At the New Year's Eve banquet in the evening, more than a dozen high-ranking generals in Jinling also asked Bai Tu to fight. However, except for some who were mature and solemn, their expressions were almost uncontrollable. Sun Ce suppressed his laughter...

Their request for a fight was just their attitude. After Bai Tu appeased them a little, no one mentioned it. After all, due to their level, even Bai Tu wouldn't believe them if they insisted on pretending to "have full faith in me"!
Even if Yizhou can fight, it won't really fight a tough battle.

After all, the narrowest place in the Wuxia, Jianping, and Yiling areas is only about ten feet... ah, no, it's only a few meters - pay attention to the official terminology.

In the romance, Liu Bei took this route to attack Jingzhou, with an army of 70, and the camp was spread out over 5 miles. In the official history, it was also [-], and the camp was spread out over [-] to [-] miles.

It shows how bad the terrain is!

Even in the world of Cheng Ji, the area along the coast is still a few meters wide, often stretching for dozens of miles or hundreds of miles. If there is really a war, the attacking party will have to pay a too high price.

The only breaking point is that if the Yizhou side has a strong backing, works hard to build a warship and train sailors, it will indeed have an absolute geographical advantage over Jingzhou, and the "experts" are not lying about this.

It's just that the current Yizhou Prefecture doesn't pay much attention to the navy. There are only a few warships. Even if he wanted to train, he has no generals and no money. What's more... Liu Zhang didn't want to train any sailors at all, and the sailors couldn't help him guard the sword pavilion. !

(End of this chapter)