Chapter 1873 Drive away tigers and devour wolves, making fakes come true
The situation on the Central Plains is changing rapidly, which makes people overwhelmed, but because of the speed of information transmission, the reaction of the surrounding guys who poke their heads out is somewhat delayed.
The changes brought about by Feiqian are like that stick, which suddenly disrupted the dull and decayed Han Dynasty and the Shandong area!
He just received the news of Fei Qian''s dispatch of troops, and then he just started preparing to deduce the strength comparison between the two sides to see which side has a higher chance of winning. It was just a head start, and then he received the news that Fei Qian had conquered Luo Yang …
With a little surprise, many gentry children overthrew the original counting chips, military flags, etc., and then put them up again. Before they could figure out anything, Yangcheng fell.
After overthrowing again, it was heard that Yang Zhai had fallen into the hands of Hussar General Fei Qian.
This made many people unable to sit still...
The pace of life in ancient times was very slow. Many gentry''s thinking was not as quick as first-rate strategists. Most of them were ordinary people. They were used to fighting a battle from spring to winter, and then from winter to summer for half a year. In their impression, it is fast to conquer a city. It is not uncommon to conquer a city every two or three years, but now how much time did it take for General Hussars to conquer three cities in a row? !
Most of the gentry children thought that it would be very good if they could deduce the direction of the situation in one or two months, but they didn''t expect that the situation would change, and they could no longer keep up with Fei Qian''s footsteps.
Isn''t this the same as General Hussar''s soldiers pointing at Cao Cao''s heart? !
Ever since, the Shandong gentry, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yangzhou were shaken. Many people took a breath, and then a thought began to appear in their hearts, Cao Cao, I am afraid that this time, he will take jujube pills...
These guys immediately threw away the calculations used to calculate the military comparison between Fei Qian and Cao Cao, and began to think about how to gnaw the biggest piece of fat on Cao Cao''s body after Cao Cao fell.
For example, Sun Quan.
The reason why Sun Quan is as eager as ants on a hot pot to send troops is because he is afraid that he will not be able to catch a bite of hot food if he sends troops too late...
If Cao Cao was really defeated and fell, Sun Quan felt that Feiqian would definitely go to occupy Jizhou and Yuzhou first, then Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and finally turn around and go south, and no matter how fast Feiqian was, he would occupy and rule such a large area , is also something that needs to be calculated in units of years, so Sun Quan can expand his front to a relatively safe state by attacking Jingzhou first.
If there is a real confrontation between the two sides on that day, Sun Quan can use the Yangtze River to quickly mobilize and transfer troops. Whether it is reinforcements or attacks from behind, it is very convenient. And population, it is impossible to defeat Fei Qian, who owns Jizhou and Yuzhou, so sending troops to Jingzhou has become an urgent matter for Sun Quan at the moment.
Regarding Cao Cao''s final outcome, except for those who were besieged like Yuan Shang and had no knowledge of the inside and outside, most of the so-called "informed people" were not very optimistic.
The world of this big man is afraid to change again...
Sun Quan wanted soldiers, so it was naturally impossible for the Jiangdong gentry to honestly hand over the number of tenants who farmed and produced food in their own fields. However, since all parties have unified their opinions and determined the distribution of benefits, of course they also need to follow the agreement. There can be no problems, so the best way is to arrest the people from South Vietnam.
So, when Sun Quan was about to send troops, the first unlucky ones were not the people of Jingzhou, but the natives in South Vietnam.
Sun Quan naturally doesn''t care about this kind of thing. Anyway, he just needs soldiers and weapons. Of course, Sun Quan didn''t have time to pay attention to these things, he is now full of pride and high spirits, as the so-called man is alive, how can he be such a slut, as long as killing and stabbing is fun, isn''t it?
The recruits formed by these Yue people can only be used as consumables strictly speaking. The real combat power is still a group of Sun family veterans led by Zhou Yu. For these main combat powers, it is natural not to treat them badly. Thanks to Zhang Zhao, Zhu Gu and others from the Jiangdong family, they have already discussed things in their sleeves. In the past few days, all kinds of supplies have been sent to Zhou Yu in a steady stream. The food and grass are not enough. Having said that, other things such as cloth, knives, guns, equipment, etc. are also piled up like a mountain. It can be seen that Jiangdong, which has not had many wars for a long time, has actually accumulated a lot of wealth!
Jiang Xia is the primary goal, but it is not the end of Sun Quan''s ambitious plan. It is just a springboard, or a beginning. If Sun Quan is a little bit more in the second grade, he might have to shout out the famous saying of the stars and the sea... Uh , Comrade Lu Xun, please sit down, I know it''s not what you said...
All in all, Sun Quan, who originally shrank in the shadows in the east of the Yangtze River, stumbled in the east and stabbed in the west, now thinks that although the big man is still called a big man, the situation is completely different. Sun Quan is going to swear in the Yangtze River. We must capture Jiangxia in one fell swoop, and then we can seek Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places!
Sun Quan stood upwind, thinking of the excitement, couldn''t help laughing up to the sky, but accidentally swallowed a breath of wind, choking and coughing again and again...
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Jingzhou.
Xiangyang City.
This city, in the Han Dynasty, was naturally much more prosperous and wealthy than Jiangdong, which looked like a gathering area for hillbillies in the Central Plains.
Jingzhou has been developed since the Spring and Autumn Period, and Jiangdong was mostly a barren land when it was in Chu State, so it is natural to form a chain of contempt, and the title of bumpkin is indispensable. In addition, Jingxiang has indeed It is peace and stability, and Xiangyang City, an important town in Jingxiang, has been built and repaired successively, and it is even more majestic and magnificent.
Even the Mongolian cavalry of the later generations stayed under the city of Xiangyang for five or six years, and took a lot of lives before taking Xiangyang.
Regarding the matter of Feiqian Lianketuo City, different people have different ideas. Sun Quan is eager to take advantage of the opportunity to get some money and get some cheap money. He is like a pervert who got on a tram. It''s a place to rub, but Liu Biao is old after all, he is not as anxious as Sun Quan, and more wants to protect Jingzhou, which he finally defeated...
Xiangyang City is the base that Liu Biao has been operating for many years. Whether it is the fertile land outside the city or the Piyong (imitation) inside the city, it is Liu Biao''s painstaking effort, so how could he willingly give it to others?
No one can move!
Including Fei Qian, Cai Shi, Huang Shi, etc...
So Liu Biao''s actions were more like a warning from an old dog guarding the food. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Jing Xiang, threatening the surroundings regardless, don''t touch my bones, whoever dares to touch me will bite!
Now Bamen Twelfth Street in Xiangyang is full of Liu Biao’s soldiers, all of whom look like they are facing a big enemy, guarding the street solemnly and controlling traffic. Among the eight city gates, only two city gates were open, but the streets that appeared wide due to the decrease in pedestrians were quiet and empty, only from time to time, cavalry were ordered to gallop past on horseback.
At present, the city walls of Xiangyang are still so tall, and the soldiers stationed at the top of the city still seem to be in good order, and the cold light on the spears in their hands does not seem to have diminished at all, but the whole city is still permeated with an uneasy feeling. The breath of metaphor is like the smell emanating from Liu Biao...
It was a smell of approaching death, devouring the breath of the living!
The Cai family in Liubiao''s government office has been placed under house arrest. When Liu Biao suddenly appeared in front of Cai, Cai realized something was wrong, but it was too late.
There were also some confidantes around Mrs. Cai, who were on the verge of fighting, but Mrs. Cai did not choose to fight in the end. Is it because of the relationship between husband and wife, and it is not about having feelings for a long time, but that the Cai family is still the "subject" under Liu Biao. Betrayed the master, unless he really wanted to fight Liu Biao forever, otherwise it would not have reached that level.
More importantly, although Cai did not care about the "seriously ill" Liu Biao, at least he did not take the initiative to kill Liu Biao. "My husband is really good at planning..." Cai laughed, "And I don''t know when to start plotting against my concubine..."
Liu Biao glanced at Liu Cong beside him, "Since you brought your niece to see Cong''er..."
『The concubine did this for the sake of Cong''er...Is it wrong for Cong''er? Cai did not appear humble or begged for mercy because of this, but raised his head, "If the Lu family wiped out Chen and Zhou, there would be no chaos among the seven kings!" 』
Liu Biao wants to beat the Cai family, but he cannot leave the Cai family for the time being, just like the emperor of the Han Dynasty cannot do without his relatives. Unless he can find a replacement, most of them will be like this. They need their relatives to be their minions to control other gentry. But beware that the minions cannot hurt themselves.
Did the emperors of the Han Dynasty know that there would be problems with using foreign relatives? Not necessarily unknown, but because there is no reliable selection system, and there is no guarantee that the reuse of other people will still guarantee the inheritance of their own blood, so in many cases, the emperor deliberately strengthens his relatives to balance his own clan, gentry officials and eunuchs. Foreign relatives still have their own flesh and blood, but if they fall into the hands of other people, they are not their own.
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was unable to control the whole country, and he couldn''t bear to kill the previously entrusted kings with different surnames to strengthen the centralization of power. As a result, Empress Lu stepped forward and killed several people. This is the beginning of the power of foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty.
I don’t know if it’s because Empress Lu did so well, or Empress Lu didn’t do enough. After Liu Bang’s death, the Lu family was removed by Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others after the death of Empress Lu. Liu Fei''s eldest son Liu Fei''s bloodlines are more or less connected with the Lu family, so he can''t repeat the same mistakes, so he chose a Hanwen Emperor who was not hard-working. The country''s control power has declined...
Then Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty began to implement grace and push, which triggered the Seven Kings Rebellion.
After the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, the strength of kings of different surnames and kings of the same **** suffered a heavy blow, but at the same time, in the vacuum of power where these princes died, the gentry rose.
Cai used this example, on the one hand, to say that he is like Empress Lu, and would not rob Liu Biao of his fortune, and on the other hand, he also praised Liu Biao, because Cai also knew that Liu Biao''s favorite thing was to compare himself to someone similar to Duke Wen of Jin. Ah, people like Liu Bang...
Sure enough, after hearing what Mrs. Cai said, Liu Biao''s expression softened a little, he nodded and said, "If it wasn''t for this, would you still be alive today?" It''s good for Cong''er...but, it''s too early...』
Mrs. Cai raised her eyebrows and said, "Does your husband want to welcome a bride?" 』
Liu Biao laughed, with a bit of bitterness in his laughter, "If someone welcomes a newcomer, why are you still arguing with you!" 』Of course, it’s not that Liu Biao is so nostalgic. On the one hand, Liu Biao is really old. If he is ten years younger, he might really have such thoughts. On the other hand, Jingzhou has no suitable partner other than Cai’s. , I can''t go back and look for Huang or Pang.
『So,』Cai lowered her head, prostrated herself on the ground, "I made a mistake, please punish me..."
So Liu Biao also expressed his intention that if Cai wants to be the "Queen Dowager", it is also possible, but it is "early".
Cai said that if Liu Biao still maintains the position of Cai’s "relative", then it is still a conflict within the "family", and there is no need for outsiders to take advantage...
Cai''s word became a prophecy!
Although Liu Biao took control of Xiangyang in a blink of an eye, it also caught Cai Mao who was preparing to return to Xiangyang triumphantly by surprise. Wenpin led the troops in the front, and at the same time he had a righteous name in his hand, and he was aggressive. However, under the turmoil of Cai Hao''s army, and after Jiangxia''s repeated hard battles, he was exhausted. Naturally, he could not compete with Wenpin. Employed to take over Cai Mao''s army, Zhou Yu led Jiangdong soldiers and horses to kill the generals. Taking advantage of Jiang Xia''s confrontation with Cai Hao and Huang Zu, the city defense equipment and so on have not been fully restored, and with the blessing of Huang Gai and other fierce generals, With sufficient material preparations, Cai Mao''s defense in Jiangxia''s outskirts was defeated within one day, and the siege began, and then it took another three days to capture Jiangxia''s already dilapidated outer city, forcing Cai Mao to Break out in embarrassment with some remnants of defeated soldiers!
When the news came, Liu Biao was shocked. On the one hand, he took Cai Hao, who was defeated, and on the other hand, he had to temporarily put down the suppression of the Cai family. After all, Jiangxia fell into the hands of the Sun family, which meant that the south of Jingzhou was opened wide! Liu Biao played a game of driving tigers and devouring wolves, thinking that he could reap the benefits, but he didn''t expect to lead out a man-eating tiger!
(end of this chapter)