Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 539: Each has its own script (big chapter)
During the provocations of Wei State and Qihou, Chu State has always been very "modest", and the only resolute counterattack target is the pirates.

As for Wei Guo and Qi Hou, they still focused on sending envoys to hold them accountable, and showed that they did not want to start a war.

As for the reason... everyone generally believes that the main force of the navy that Gan Ning took away has not returned yet, so the Chu State is not willing to fight a decisive battle at sea far away from local logistics!
It was precisely because of this that Gongsun Kang had the courage to interfere with these three families and divide the Bohai Sea.

However, after thinking clearly about the relationship between the State of Wei and the Marquis of Qi, Gongsun Kang decided to send an envoy to the Marquis of Qi...

After Liu Bei received Gongsun Kang's letter, he also discussed Gongsun's intention to form an alliance with Zhuge Liang and others.

"It seems that Gongsun Kang doesn't completely trust Wei Guo... he's not completely stupid." Zhang Fei, who had grown a slight beard, said frivolously.

"Yide, don't look down on anyone." Liu Bei advised him seriously.

"I'm not looking down on you, I'm not looking down on you. If I hadn't known about the military advisor's bad idea earlier, I might have been similar to this Gongsun boy, hahaha." Zhang Fei said with a hearty giggle after hearing this.

Liu Bei glared at him, and then looked at Zhuge Liang apologetically, but Zhuge Liang just shook his fan and didn't care.

indeed.

From the beginning to the end, only Gongsun Kang believed that Wei and Qi were just for the Bohai Sea and a few ports.

Although I am not stupid enough to believe in the Wei State, I have only seen through the fact that the Marquis of Qi is also involved. However, neither the Marquis of Qi nor the King of Wei are actually thinking about a few ports and a few counties along the coast...

Of course, if all five Bohai enclave ports including Liaodong Port, Andong Port, Peiping Port, Donglai East Port, and Donglai West Port can be captured, it is theoretically possible to directly kick Chu out of the Bohai Sea without a naval battle. of.

After all, if all the ports are captured, just be careful of Chu's counterattack by harassing the coast.

But actually there is one biggest problem...

Liaodong port!
Not only is it the only ice-free port, it is also geographically easy to defend and difficult to attack. For the defender, water and land linkage is very convenient and efficient.

If you want to conquer it purely by land warfare, I am afraid that the Yan State will not be able to do it with all its strength. Simply by land warfare... the peninsula in the southeast of Liaoning cannot be conquered, especially in the south, where the mountains are densely populated and the cavalry is not too large. Big room for play.

Gongsun Kang has also discovered this now. He often gets sulky about the decision made by his father and his staff to give up Tajin...

As for the Kingdom of Wei and the Marquis of Qi, they did not focus on the port as their strategic target from the very beginning!
Indeed, just as Gongsun Kang's brain, (after Liang Mao reminded him), there is an alliance between King Wei and Marquis Qi.

It's just that the content of the covenant is somewhat different from Gongsun Kang's imagination.

After all, Yanhou still lacks top counselors to serve as think tanks. If Liu Yi is placed in Chu State, even the Langguan will be reluctant. Liang Mao is talented as a prefect, but he and Gongsun are not of the same mind. He is only responsible for "being stupid just right." Not only did Gongsun Kang believe it, but it also misled him, it was regarded as a successful deed.

The main agreement between the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi is that after the war in Hanzhong, the Wei State will attack the Yan State with all its strength, trying to annex this somewhat unsightly and somewhat fat territory in the rear in the shortest possible time!

The basis for this covenant to take effect is that Ma Teng and Han Sui of the Xiliang Clan, as well as Yang Feng and Zhang Yan of the Yellow Turban Clan, have already pacified the rear of Liangzhou and Guanzhong respectively!

Ma Teng and Han Sui were preparing to join forces and attack Hanzhong. At this time, the Han princes naturally did not want Wei in the north or Chu in the south to come out to cause trouble for them.

At that time, Yang Feng and Zhang Yan will be responsible for heading south to approach Wancheng, and Liu Bei will be responsible for guarding Wei - not seeking merit, but seeking no faults... holding them back until Hanzhong is captured, and the forces supporting Han will be united, which will be the largest credit!

From this point of view, it would be in the interest of the Han Dynasty for the Wei State to go to war with the Yan State, and it might even involve the Chu State, which would be perfect.

Of course, this is just the "agreement" between King Wei and Marquis of Qi.

In fact... what kind of integrity can there be between Cao Cao and Liu Bei?Even if the old fox in Xinshan becomes a vegetarian, the two of them will never believe each other's mouth!It’s useless to establish written documents!
Cao Cao is indeed preparing to attack Yan, but will he really "try his best"?
If the Han Dynasty princes attack Hanzhong smoothly, then Cao Cao will indeed consider leveling his own rear while Hanzhong is not taken. However, once the Hanzhong battle is stalemate, Cao Cao will definitely release "wolves" directly to bite Yan. His main force went directly south to Qingxu, and even went south to attack Guanzhong!
As for Liu Bei...

It is said that everyone has agreed to fight each other, but does it really mean that everyone should fight his own people?

As long as everything goes well in Hanzhong, Liu Bei will definitely take the opportunity to make the Northern Expedition - Wei seems to be powerful, but there is a very serious problem, that is, Cao Wei's real elites in hundreds of battles are all from Qingzhou or the Central Plains, and now many of them Most of the sources of troops are no longer under Cao Cao's control.

Only the "manpower" from other sources of troops can be used for annual recharging, which will undoubtedly reduce the elite level of these elites, and because the source of troops is not under the control, the morale will be falsely high...

That is to say, after training, encouragement, and rewards, the morale of this part of the Wei army can be maintained at a high level, but... it can easily collapse!

In fact, Baitu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and Xiliang Iron Cavalry were also in the same predicament. However... during the General's Mansion era, Baitu also quickly developed a real local main force, and then got rid of its dependence on these cavalry.

The cavalry added later were all from Jingyang's local troops.

As for Cao Wei's current "main force", they all come from Jizhou - the original territory of the Yuan family!

Although Cao Cao has been operating many places for five or six years, after all, they are not as easy to use as where he started.

This is one of the reasons why Cao Cao is eyeing the Yan Kingdom...

In the original history, Gongsun was undoubtedly just a weak local warlord to the northern super overlord Cao Cao, so when he showed obedience and gave the heads of the Yuan brothers to Cao Cao, Cao Cao chose to temporarily accept him as his own. vassal.

It wasn't until the Gongsun family took the initiative to cause chaos that Sima Yi went out to pacify Liaodong.

However, the situation is obviously different now. Wei Guo previously accepted the Gongsun family as a vassal, and even listed him as the Marquis of Yan. It was more because of the pressure from the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was anxious to win some allies—no longer because "Weak" and become a vassal, but because "relatively strong", it is worthy of being a "vassal ally"!
Such a relationship was undoubtedly untrustworthy, especially by Cao Cao, in the era of warlord warfare at the end of the Han Dynasty.

After all, this was the relationship between him and Yuan Shao at the beginning.

And for the current state of Wei, annexing the Gongsun family will also benefit him a lot.

Especially after the Gongsun family's transaction with the Chu State, their accumulation became increasingly powerful, and more importantly, the potential of Liaodong was discovered.

Just talking about those thousands of sets of plate armor... those are thousands of plate armor cavalry!

Even though this thing has its limitations and is easy to target, its power on the frontal battlefield is unquestionable.

For the Wei State, although the Yan State is far less powerful than itself, it has initially begun to have the ability to stab someone in the back!

There is a more important point...

Wei Guoming's plan on the surface is nothing more than to seize the Bohai Sea?

If the Yan State can be destroyed, then the Wei State can completely capture Fuyu and the Seafood Peninsula by land. Will the navy still need to decide the ownership of the Bohai Sea?
The entire continent surrounding the Bohai Sea belongs to the Wei State. What else can the Chu State think about the Bohai Sea?
For Liu Bei, from beginning to end, he regarded Cao Cao as his biggest enemy - Bai Tu was the biggest stumbling block on the road to realizing his ideals, but not the biggest "enemy".

Cao Cao naturally knew this. The so-called covenant was just for everyone to set a tone first and then see how to break the covenant.

After all, there is no trade in necessities between Cao Cao and Liu Bei. How can there be any guarantee for a mere piece of paper?

At present, the only princes who can form "credible strength" with empty words are Bai Tu. After all, they still have some baggage of Chu learning.

If everything goes well for the Han Dynasty in the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei will definitely take advantage of the situation to make the Northern Expedition. No matter whether it can cause serious damage to Wei State, at least it will not make Cao Cao feel too good!
Liu Bei's only worry was whether the Battle of Hanzhong would really go smoothly.

At the same time, what Liu Bei didn't know was that Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu were worried about the opposite...

After Liu Bei received the letter from Marquis Yan, he made a preliminary assessment of Marquis Yan's IQ with everyone. After the meeting, Jian Yong went to Zhuge Liang and even invited him to ride in Zhuge Liang's car - and he went to Zhuge Liang's car!

For Jian Yong, a "senior" known for his goodwill, Zhuge Liang naturally would not dislike him. After all, his so-called military adviser may not be comparable to Jian Yong, an "veteran minister" in terms of real power.

"Kong Ming was in Qingzhou before, and he got along well with Yunchang, which was beyond our expectations." Jian Yong said with seeming praise.

Zhuge Liang did go to Qingzhou for a period of time before, mainly to appease Guan Yu and calm his restless heart - otherwise Guan Yu might have started a war with Lu Meng.

"Liang is young and inexperienced, but his strength is humility." Zhuge Liang said very modestly.

But what Jian Yong wants to say is obviously not the case.

"No, Kong Ming is naturally easy to get along with, but Brother Guan... Hahaha, even I don't dare to joke with him." Jian Yong said with a smile.

"A proud man has his own arrogance." Zhuge Liang praised Guan Yu.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was just speaking in an official tone, Jian Yong also made it clear: "Second brother and I are usually stoic, but... if there is anything, he will still discuss it with me... Well, although he basically won't listen to my opinion."

Zhuge Liang then stopped shaking the fan and said, "Oh? It seems that Brother Xianhe is probably someone General Guan trusts... What do you think, Brother Xianhe?"

Jian Yong saw that Zhuge Liang didn't look flustered at all, as if he was sure that he would not tell Liu Bei, he couldn't help but said helplessly: "Kong Ming's plan is dangerous and sophisticated enough, but it's not good not to tell the lord?"

"Xianhe thinks the Lord will agree?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"This one……"

"If Xianhe is not sure of persuading the lord and still has to report it, then it will be Xianhe's fault if he misses the opportunity in the future! In the future, it will be the historians of Wei or Chu's turn to record history, and Liang will definitely tell them, Write down today's conversation." Zhuge Liang threatened in a childish and half-joking way.

Jian Yong rolled his eyes when he heard this, and could only spread his hands and said, "That's all, I don't know about your affairs."

Yes, Liu Bei and Cao Cao have their own "scripts", but even Zhuge Liang also has a script that Liu Bei doesn't know about...

That is, once the Battle of Hanzhong is still in a hard fight, especially if the Chu State intervenes and endangers the situation, Guan Yu can firmly recommend himself to support, and Zhuge Liang will also ask for it. As for the purpose... it is not For the sake of Hanzhong, he took the opportunity to seize the military power of Ma Teng and Han Sui!

After several years of observation in the court, Zhuge Liang has also deeply felt that the current situation of assisting the six princes of the Han Dynasty is a drag on "Kuangfu Hanshi".

The only one who had any hope of supporting the Han Dynasty was his own lord. Although he was the strongest among the feudal lords who supported the Han Dynasty, his influence was limited.

Just like now, the reason why Liu Bei was "assigned" the task of guarding Wei was also the result of Ma Teng and Han Sui's performance - the two Xiliang faction were also wary of other princes who were supporting the Han Dynasty!

If Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, and Liu Bei had nothing to do, they would not dare to go to Hanzhong.

Otherwise, let alone being stabbed by an ally, even if an ally has a "whim" to take on more responsibilities and control the court, wouldn't it be a big trouble?
What makes Zhuge Liang feel even more urgent is that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is also very confused now. Even if he really wants to be on guard against all the princes, he should at least be more inclined to his own lord and the one in Yizhou, right?
Doesn't the current distribution give the opportunity to eat meat to Ma Teng and Han Sui, but restrict Liu Bei?
Therefore, Zhuge Liang felt that in order to help the Han Dynasty, he must first increase his master's say in the Han Dynasty. Even if there are some disputes, it is worth it.

When several royal relatives wanted to make Liu Bei emperor, Liu Bei didn't tell anyone else, but Zhuge Liang was able to guess some of it.

Although Zhuge Liang will not take the initiative to promote anything in this regard, Zhuge Liang has done a good job of strengthening Liu Bei's influence in the Han Dynasty.

Of course, you can "conspire" with Guan Yu, but you can't tell Liu Beiming.

Jian Yong actually understood this, so he just wanted to remind Zhuge Liang not to go too far, but he had no intention of stirring up the matter.

Zhuge Liang's "threat" was just a joke, but as Zhuge Liang said, if his lord doesn't work harder, it may be the turn of the historians of Chu and Wei to be orthodox in the future!

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At this time, Bai Tu also received letters from the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi.

Cao Cao informed Bai Tu that Liu Bei and Gongsun Kang were plotting against Chu. Liu Bei was informing Bai Tu that Cao Cao and Gongsun Kang were plotting against Chu...

Facing the increasingly tumultuous situation, Bai Tu was very calm and immediately decided to put more pressure on the culprit, Lord Shu.

The only thing that worries Bai Tu now is actually the situation of Gan Ning and the Yuanhang Army...

(End of this chapter)