A single Jin country, or a single Liang country, Jing Xiang and Li Zhen will not be too worried, with the strength of Liang State, they can always be stopped.

But if they were enemies of Jin and Wu at the same time, the strength of Liang would obviously not be enough.

Not only is there a lack of strength, but more importantly, Wu and Jin happen to be on the north and south sides of Liang, which means that once the two decide to join forces, Liang will have to fall into a situation of fighting on the north and south fronts, which is a taboo for soldiers.

So the only way is to make enemies of only one of them, and to win over or divide the other.

But how easy is it to do that?

When Zhu Wen was there, in order to avoid a situation of being attacked on both sides, Zhu Wen's strategy was to let Wu deal with Ma Yin and other forces in the south, and he first concentrated his forces to suppress Jin.

It's a pity that the war against the Jin State has not been smooth in those years, especially in the Battle of Gaoyi, the Liang army suffered heavy losses, and even the strategic advantage over the Jin State was completely lost in that war.

After this, the military strength of the Jin State prevailed, and it repeatedly launched attacks on the side of the Liang State.

On the other hand, on the Wu side, the process of unifying the south has been smooth, whether it is Wang Zhenzhi or Lu Guangchou, or Ma Yin, the strongest in the south, they were quickly defeated under the attack of the Wu army.

Especially Ma Yin, who was originally pinned on by Zhu Wen, this person's army has good combat power, and all the generals under his command are veterans of the battlefield who have fought for many years, and their ability to command troops is strong, coupled with the geographical advantages of Hunan, according to Zhu Wen's original idea, there is no problem in holding Wu for five or six years.

However, he did not expect that after only two or three years, Ma Yin surrendered to Wu and ceded all the vast territories, including Hunan and Jingjiang, to Wu.

When this change first reached Luoyang, he almost didn't vomit blood from Zhu Wenqi.

The suppression of the Jin state by the north did not achieve any effect, but instead lost a lot of troops; However, the state of Wu in the south successfully eliminated many hostile forces such as Ma Yin and Wang Shenzhi, which made Zhu Wen's original plan to win over the state of Wu and suppress the state of Jin completely failed.

After that, it can be said that Liang Guo no longer has a strategic policy, and he is completely fighting in a mess.

The Jin State wanted to attack the Yan State, and the Liang State sent troops to rescue the Yan State; When Wu wanted to march into Jingxiang, the Liang army united with the Shu army to stop the Wu army's actions.

However, Zhu Wen forgot that relying only on the strength of Liang State, he wanted to use troops on both sides, which in itself was somewhat unrealistic.

In the end, whether it was to prevent the Jin army from attacking Yan or preventing the Wu army from capturing Jingxiang, both plans ended in failure.

The defeat is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that the current Liang State still does not have a suitable strategic policy, just like Li Zhen said, blindfolded, the Wu army will resist Wu when it comes, and the Jin army will resist Jin when it comes.

If this continues, sooner or later the Liang Kingdom will embark on the road of destruction.

This is also why Li Zhen came to Jingxiang to ask for countermeasures worriedly.

The two of them briefly analyzed the situation, and both felt that the situation was dangerous and difficult to parry, and they couldn't think of any suitable way out.

After a while, Li Zhen spoke: "Brother Jing, do you think it is possible for our country to have another truce with Wu State?" Thinking about it, Yang Wu, the king of Wu, does not want to wipe out our country now, so as not to let the Jin State reap the benefits. In this way, maybe we have a chance to negotiate peace with Wu Guo? ”

Jing Xiang pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "According to what you said, it is indeed possible for us to negotiate peace with Wu Guo, but is such a peace really useful?" It's nothing more than delaying the clock for a few years. And it can't solve the current problem, King Wu is obviously determined to win Xuzhou, and it is impossible to cede war with our army before capturing Xuzhou, do you want Your Majesty to cede Xuzhou directly? ”

Li Zhen sighed: "What you said is that I was almost confused. ”

On the one hand, the grudge between the two families is too great, and decades of conquest have long made the grudge deeply rooted in the hearts of everyone in the two armies, and neither of them wants to cease war with the other.

On the other hand, the Jin State was about to destroy the Yan State, and after the fall of the Yan State, only the Jin State and its allies, as well as the Liang State, were left in the entire north.

It is impossible for the Jin State to attack its own allies, so it can only attack the old enemy of the Liang State.

And no more than Yang Wu, the king of Wu, who is young but "cunning and cunning", Li Cunmiao's character is more belligerent and a typical militant, and it is impossible for him to choose a truce with Liang to recuperate.

It is difficult to stop the war with the Jin State, and the rest can only be an armistice with the Wu State.

Both Li Zhen and Jing Xiang felt that this was possible, because judging from Yang Wu's character, this person would probably not immediately go north to the Central Plains, but would sit back and wait for the Jin State and the Liang State to defeat both before sending troops to the Northern Expedition.

However, as Jing Xiang said, the current truce with Wu is just a drink to quench thirst, and Wu will still go north to the Central Plains in the future; The current truce can only delay the time of the fall of the Liang State at most, and will not play any other role.

After thinking about it for a long time, neither of them had any good ideas, and for a while, the atmosphere in the room was extremely melancholy, and the two looked at each other speechlessly.

After a long time, Jing Xiang suddenly spoke: "Perhaps, we can persuade Your Majesty to move the capital to Chang'an?" ”

"Move the capital to Chang'an?" Li Zhen was a little surprised and said: "Isn't Chang'an already ......?"

At the beginning, after Zhu Wen broke through Chang'an and moved Tang Zhaozong to Luoyang, in order to prevent Chang'an from falling into the hands of Li Maozhen, he directly ordered Chang'an to be turned into ashes with a fire, and even those ruins were thrown into the river and washed away along the Yellow River.

If the capital is moved to Chang'an now, will it be moved to the ruins? And Li Zhen didn't see the use of doing this.

Jing Xiang explained: "Moving the capital to Chang'an, after the northern expedition of Wu to the Central Plains in the future, coupled with the strength of the Jin State, it will be difficult for us to block the attack of the two families at the same time. Therefore, it is better to give up the Central Plains and let the Jin State and the Wu State face each other directly. At that time......"

Before Jing Xiang finished speaking, Li Zhen's eyes lit up, and he said: "At that time, the Jin Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom contain each other, and we can survive in the gap between the two families." ”

"Not bad! Rather than being caught in the middle and being attacked by two families, it is better to withdraw and let the other two face each other, so that a situation of three kingdoms can be formed. This is the way to survive in death. Jing Xiang said.

Li Zhen was encouraged by his thoughts, but then he hesitated: "It's just that in this case, we will have to give up the vast territory of the Central Plains, and our strength will inevitably decline greatly at that time." And, will His Majesty agree? How did King Li Maozhen deal with it? ”

The current Guanzhong is not the Guanzhong of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, whoever controlled the land of Guanzhong had the strength to unify the world; However, with the overdevelopment of these hundreds of years, the current land of Guanzhong has become extremely barren, coupled with the successive conquests in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the population here is sparse, and it is no longer the fertile field of the past.

The real core of the Liang State is still the Central Plains region, once the Central Plains is abandoned, the Liang State will be greatly reduced in terms of economic base, population, number of troops, etc., not to mention competing with the Wu State and the Jin State, even compared with the second-rate forces such as the Qi State, it may not be able to gain the upper hand.

More critically, will Zhu Youzhen agree to such a plan? It seems feasible to abandon the Central Plains and retreat to Guanzhong, but if Zhu Youzhen does not agree, even the best plan is useless.

Thinking that he and Jing Xiang are not very important now, but Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie are reused by Zhu Youzhen, Li Zhen is extremely unoptimistic about the feasibility of this plan.

Jing Xiang smiled bitterly: "Don't the old man know the difficulty of this plan? However, no matter how difficult it is, we must give it a try, otherwise we will be trapped in Kaifeng and suffer from the north and south of Wu and Jin, and our country will undoubtedly lose. ”

Li Zhen nodded, obviously extremely convinced of Jing Xiang's judgment.

"Perhaps, we can try to persuade Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie first, if they agree, the relocation of the capital may be successful. In addition, we don't need to move the capital to Chang'an directly at the beginning, we can persuade Your Majesty to move the capital to Luoyang first, so that there will be room for turnaround. At this time, Jing Xiang then added.

"Yes, move the capital to Luoyang first, even if the hinterland of the Central Plains falls, relying on the benefits of mountains and rivers can hold on for a period of time, and then persuade His Majesty to move the capital to Guanzhong, it must be much easier." Li Zhen nodded.

"As for Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, this person is currently bent on fighting with Shu and has no intention of making trouble for us; And if it really comes time for us to move the capital to Chang'an, I am afraid that the power of Jin and Wu will inevitably make Li Maozhen feel afraid. At that time, maybe Li Maozhen would choose to join forces with us to fight against Wu and Jin. ”

Jing Xiang and Li Zhen discussed a stop, and immediately agreed to write together to request that the capital be moved back to Luoyang.

At the same time, the two began to try to persuade Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie to explain part of their plans to the two, hoping to get their support.

Of course, this plan is not going to be realized now, Jing Xiang and the others also understand that now Zhu Youzhen has not yet felt hopeless, he still has a fluke mentality, and he still hopes to defeat the Wu army, and even achieve the goal of rejecting the Wu army in the south and resisting the Jin army in the north.

Until his ideas are completely defeated, or until his illusions are completely shattered, it is almost impossible to expect him to make the decision to move the capital to Chang'an and abandon the Central Plains.