Chapter 3 Fight or Not Fight

Xiao Yiren has not yet returned to Jinling, but the news of the alliance between Chu and Shu has already been sent to Jinling by him. [No pop-ups. 】

The reason is very simple, Meng Chang and Wang Zhaoyuan are so radical, which greatly surprises Chu State. Due to the rapid expansion of Chu's territory, the manpower of the wind hunting house was tight, and Chu did not have a deep understanding of Shu. Chu Guo is still worried about Meng Chang, for fear that this kid will be content with the status quo and not want to make progress like Liu Chan. Meng Chang wants to close the country with an iron heart and get by, and it will be difficult for Da Chu to exert influence on Guanzhong. Therefore, what Chu pondered the most was how to persuade Meng Chang to form an alliance. Unexpectedly, Meng Chang had a very revolutionary fearless spirit and revolutionary romanticism, and under blind confidence, he took it for granted that he was ready for the Northern Expedition.

This is very different from the policy of the Chu State. Ma Yun held many military and political meetings, defining the current situation in Chu and Zhou as a "short-term confrontation", in other words, Chu is active and eager to fight across the Huai River and unify the whole country, but now that Jiangnan is newly served, the Chu army is a little powerless. And what about this "ephemeral"? The time defined is two to three years.

But there are pros and cons. The past two or three years have been a rare period of adjustment, rest and vigorous development for the Chu State, but for the Great Zhou of the Central Plains, these three years are also a rare recovery period. The Great Zhou Emperor Guo Wei is different from the previous emperors who changed around like a marquee, this guy is really talented: abolishing the old government, eliminating malpractices, collecting military power, and winning people's hearts. In this way, three years later, I am stronger, and the enemy is stronger. In particular, if Guanzhong is revived, then the "short-term confrontation" between Chu and Zhou may develop into a "long-term confrontation".

If it ends up moving towards a long-term confrontation, then the state of Chu is obviously unfavorable. Since ancient times, most of them have unified the south from the north, and those who have unified the north from the south, and there have been no successful examples until the Five Dynasties. In the 5,000-year history of China, there is only one successful example of the unification of the north from the south, and that is that the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China are not truly unified.

Moreover, compared with the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which had been confronted for more than 100 years, the Great Chu strategic defense line was incomplete, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty also lost Sichuan, but it could survive for a long time as long as it was because of the chaos in the Central Plains and its inability to go south. Since ancient times, guarding the river must guard Huai, guarding the downstream must guard the tour, although Huainan is under the control of the Chu State, but the fact of Sichuan is independent. This can't help but make the court a little worried.

Ma Yun, the emperor of Great Chu, immediately summoned the important ministers of the three provinces, six ministries, one courtyard and one court to discuss.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if he rushes north, even with the cooperation of Shu, I am afraid it will not have much effect. The reason is simple, we are not ready. Huainan was pardoned for a year's tax, Jiangnan East Province was also pardoned for a year's tax, and Jiangnan West Province had another major disaster last year, which lost a lot of money. Although the tax revenue of the maritime trade is a little more, even if there is a small surplus in the treasury at the end of the year, I am afraid that it will not be enough for military spending. Xu Zhongya was the first to stand up and say. After Ma Yun became emperor, Ma Xiyin, the titular prime minister and the leader of the regime, resigned and went to retire for the rest of his life. Among the ZF of the Chu State, Xu Zhongya is the leader. This Xu Zhongya has also become a veritable prime minister, but when discussing politics, this prime minister usually concludes and rarely takes the lead.

Ma Yun glanced at Xu Zhongya in surprise, and asked in a deep voice again: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any other opinions?" Xu Zhongya's words are so clear, of course Ma Yun knows what he means. However, due to the influence of Murong Yanchao's incident, Ma Yun still muttered in his heart.

At that time, he was eyebrow-to-eye with Murong Yanchao, playing ambiguous, and making hazy beauty, but he didn't say it clearly, which made Murong Yanchao mistakenly think that Chu Guo was firm in him, and the old guy was arrogant and confident, and he was caught off guard by Guo Wei, and he was destroyed in less than a month. Let the state of Chu lose a great opportunity. Think about it, if Yanzhou is now in the hands of the Chu State, what will the Central Plains look like? Yanzhou is holding Shandong's neck. Yanzhou fell into the hands of the Chu State, and more than ten prefectures and counties in Shandong could only be connected to Bianjing by crossing the Yellow River.

The loss of such a great opportunity is a blow to Jack Ma. But now, Ma Yun suddenly felt that he was very likely to encounter the Murong Yanchao incident again.

Shu raised the banner of attack, and shouted that he would "go with him". Should I go with you? Although the treasury has no money, it is not so difficult for the Chu State to raise money. Four years ago, Chu State issued treasury bonds, and the response was very good. There should be no problem with reissuing government bonds now. But the key issue is that when he issued treasury bonds four years ago, he laid down the Southern Han Dynasty, which had been founded for 40 or 50 years, and now he is advancing northward, whether he can conquer Songzhou or not, is between the two countries.

Shang Cao Yun of the Ministry of War stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister thought it was too hasty. The army in Huainan has just been reorganized and is well trained, while the army in the eastern province of Shannan is small in number. What's more, there are not enough weapons and ordnance. If the war drags on, I'm afraid the military department won't be able to produce enough ordnance. ”

The state of Chu has now begun to develop high-tech weapons, such as thunderbolts for arson, plum blossom bombs for smoke prevention, which are added with anesthesia, a type of herbs, crossbow beds, ballistas, and the loud but lethal earth-shattering thunder that uses huge sounds to frighten the enemy's war horses and then rout. The earth-shattering thunder was so loud that it could make everyone nearby temporarily deaf. However, this is only a theory and has not yet been put into practice. Whether it will be effective in the big war, no one knows. But in the experiment, the earth-shaking thunder did scare cows, lambs and other animals into insanity, endocrine disorders, mania, and difficult to control. However, there are few horses in the Chu State, especially the lack of war horses, and this test has not been used in the war horses of the dragon spirit and the tiger.

Ma Yun nodded, and Cao Yun was reasonable. Compared with the infantry army, no one in the Chu army is afraid, but when dealing with the horse army, the Chu army is a little vague. The Chu army also fought a horse war, and Zhao Kuangyin's white-clothed army taught them a good lesson. Now if you encounter the white-clothed army again, no one can say for sure whether your own diversion formation will not be able to play left and right. Since the Chu State has few horses, it can only be considered from the ordnance. Although there are no cannons or muskets, ghosts such as sky-shaking thunder may play a key role.

"Your Majesty. From Lord Xiao's secret letter, it can be seen that if our army does not move, it is very likely that the Shu army will act alone. The minister thought that the Shu army was inferior to the Zhou soldiers, and if they acted alone, they would probably be defeated. As soon as the Shu army was defeated, Guanzhong settled down. The minister thinks that we should send troops. Li Xiangli said against the crowd.