Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 544 Chu's Response

"Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, the new news from Chu... what do you think?" Cao Cao asked Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others.

At this time, except for Xun Yu and Guo Jia, there were only three or five people in the hall such as Man Chong and Cheng Yu, which seemed much "deserted" than before.

It's not that Wei's talent has shrunk, but that after the King of Wei "changed his mind", released his shackles, and started the mad dog strategy, although Cao Cao was enough to suppress these wealthy families, it undoubtedly greatly reduced their credibility.

Therefore, Cao Cao's real "staff" has also shrunk significantly...

Of course, this is very different from Bai Tu's "Pavilion System" - in the Chu State's palace system at this time, the academicians not only acted as think tanks, but also acted as the glue for interest groups.

Just like Lu Bu was replaced by Chen Gong and Lu Kang was replaced by Yu Fan, the person who replaced Huang Chengyan was also Jiang Wan, who was also born in Jingzhou.

But now the few people in front of Cao Cao can only play half of the role of "the palace" - think tanks.

Because no one among them can coordinate the radical gentry, or the new wealthy families, who account for a large proportion of Wei's forces!

With the barbaric and crazy progress of the workshop in Wei State in another form different from Chu State, the division of the northern gentry became more and more obvious. Some conservative gentry could not accept this kind of sacrifice, including the increase of inheritance interruption. Dangerous, but only to get "immediate benefits" approach.

In this land where "princes, generals, ministers, would rather have sex" has been resounding for 400 years, using enslavement and extreme oppression of most people to obtain profits makes them feel unreliable...

Money and silk attract people's hearts, especially when human productivity advances greatly and more surplus value will be created.

However, in the land of China, the roar from the bottom farmers and even slaves 400 years ago, and the continuous roars during the period, ranged from chaos to a township or a county, to as big as the Yellow Turban Rebellion 20 years ago, directly The "loud noise" that shook the foundation of the Han Dynasty always reminded the great nobles that we are all human beings.

It is not a seriously wrong idea to regard the people at the bottom as objects that can be oppressed, humiliated, and fooled, and need to be disciplined and served by oneself. However, when did one feel that the people at the bottom are no longer the same species as oneself and have fundamental differences? The difference... is basically not far from defeat.

Therefore, there are many different voices among the nobles. This is one of the reasons why Cao Cao was able to control the mad dog situation!

Some of the conservative factions even split into the innovative faction, also known as the "Chu School", which proposes to fully imitate the Chu State and carry forward the Chu School. Of course...the proportion of these people among the conservative faction is not large, and besides The most radical part, others dare not blatantly promote it like this.

The representative of the conservative faction is undoubtedly Xun Yu...

Therefore, even Xun Yu cannot represent the radical rightists who accounted for a large proportion of Wei's strength.

But precisely because of this, Xun Yu would not consider their interests, but only cared about their influence. This is only Cao Cao's "mind", not a place to weigh the pros and cons of all parties like the "Dian Pavilion".

"Lü Bu led [-] troops and was appointed as the Governor of Wangjing Road; Sun Ce was appointed as the Governor of Jinghu North Road; Huang Jun was appointed as the Chief Envoy of Jinghu North Road and assisted in the government affairs of Jinghu North Road... It seems that Chu State has also done a good job and will deal with it later We are preparing for changes in the situation, and it seems that King Chu’s decision is still leaning towards us."

Xun Yu skipped the first of the three new pieces of information from Chu, and started analyzing the second directly, without saying much about the third.

It is true that Chu State's layout of Jingzhou North Road and Wangjing Road is a greater threat to the Han Dynasty.

Jingzhou North Road refers to the northern part of Jingzhou in a narrow sense centered on Jiangling, and Wangjing Road refers to the real northern part of "Jingzhou" starting from Xiangfan in the south and ending in Wancheng in the north!

Lu Bu personally put on armor and took command, leading [-] Chu troops, including most of Chu's group cavalry, into Wangjing Road... If you rush here for a hundred miles, you can reach the distance of Xu County!

No matter the Marquis of Zheng Zhang Yan, Marquis of Sai Yang Feng, or Marquis of Qi Liu Bei, I am afraid they will all raise their hearts at this time!
The reason why it is called "group cavalry" is actually a concept that has only emerged in recent years. The state of Chu broke up the cavalry into small groups of 150 to 3000 people, which are called "cavalry companies". Generally, there are only [-] "brigades". It will be paired with a cavalry company.

The other is the configuration of the animal horses responsible for carrying heavy loads...

The cavalry army that consists of cavalry alone is very rare in Chu State. The largest one is the 3000-man Wolf Cavalry Brigade - led by Zhang Liao, and now following Lu Bu!
Three thousand cavalry should not be underestimated on the battlefield, but to the princes of all parties, it is not a big number - just when Bai Tu paid homage to his adoptive father, more than 4000 cavalry came to him...

Naturally, the princes of all parties would not ignore such a major reform of the cavalry military system of Chu State, but... I don't quite understand Chu State's thinking. I can only understand that Chu State has fewer horses, so it is arranged in this way.

On the other hand, in fact, in the transactions in Liaodong, or after influencing the princes of Shu to open Yizhou trading channels, the Chu State had a lot of horses. Looking at the military transport horses, we know that the elite infantry can fully realize the animal power to carry baggage, and cooperate with the Chu State. The official roads within the territory transport troops at an astonishing speed!

And even in terms of war horses, the number of cavalry currently displayed by the Chu State is nearly [-] - incomparable to the Wei and Yan states in the north, but even Yonghou Ma Teng and Zhaihou Han Sui, if only regular cavalry are counted, Neither of the two alone has this quantity.

Of course, Ma Teng and Han Sui also "hired" a large number of Qiang cavalry and even some Xiongnu tribes. Counting that number is too large...

It's just that the Chu State's use of cavalry is confusing. After Zhang Liao's preliminary training, they were all scattered among the 30 Chu troops. The Chu State usually keeps the number of regular troops at around 12, but some of them, It is training and farming in rotation. After all mobilization, there will be 30 regular troops!
Compared with other princes, the Chu State's army has always been "restrained".

There are only about 20 Chu troops mobilized by the Chu State, and a quarter of them have gone directly to Wangjing Road, and... You must know that Zhang Xiu had a division of troops in Wancheng, and now they are stationed on Wangjing Road. Nearly one-third of Chu’s current main battle force!
Moreover, there were at least three divisions of naval forces in Jinghu North Road. Huang Chengyan was specially sent to Jinghu North Road to help Sun Ce coordinate the Nanjun nobles...

Starting from Wancheng, Xu County is not far away. Even if Xu County is no longer the "Xu Capital", if Xu County and even Yingchuan are lost, the situation in the entire Central Plains will be greatly affected. The "small waist" of the princes of the Han Dynasty.

Once interrupted, the two states of Qingxu and Guanzhong will be directly divided into two.

On the other hand, although it is difficult to set off from Jiangling to Badong, Yizhou, facts have proved... If Chu State really makes up its mind, it is not impossible!
When the Chu State transferred its troops in this way, the Han Dynasty immediately became nervous. There were numerous excuses for the troop transfer, but everyone knew that the Chu State's move was specifically in response to the recent plans of Yonghou and Zhaihou to attack Hanzhong...

(End of this chapter)