Seeing the news that Kuai Yue personally raised troops to the north, Bai Tu's first reaction was that Liu Biao must have been unable to govern, and even ...... It has basically lost control of Jingzhou Mansion!

At this time, the goal of sending troops to Wancheng was very clear for Jingzhou Mansion - to connect with the auxiliary Han forces.

Regardless of Guanzhong, or even the entire division, there are also the warlords of the old Xiliang lineage, and if the Xudu area is still nominally under Cao Cao's control, the forces of "assisting the imperial court" are now almost connected.

Starting from the westernmost Liangzhou, passing through the Guanzhong and Luoyang, to the easternmost Xuzhou, there is only the area of Xuxian in the middle, which used to be Cao Cao's base camp, stuck at the east and west ends, and ...... Probably won't be stuck for long!

As long as the area around Xuxian is connected, the auxiliary Han forces are like a huge "dumbbell", the middle section is a little thinner, but things can be taken care of.

In terms of the popular word 500 years ago, that is, during the Warring States period, this can be regarded as a perfect "lianheng......

Combining the weak and resisting the strong Qin is "joining the vertical", and even the strong and swallowing the weak is "even horizontal", which are the two major forces on the battlefield of diplomats in the pre-Qin period.

During the Warring States Period, Qin was in Guanzhong, and then swallowed Bashu, and it was always in the west, and the Qi State was on the eastern coast, that is, the Xuzhou area in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Chu State took the current Jingbei as its original destiny, annexed Wu Yuehou, and occupied the south, and in the middle from top to bottom, or from Hebei to the Central Plains, it was the Three Jin Dynasty - Zhao State, Wei State, and South Korea, and Yan State was far away in today's Youzhou, including part of the Liaodong region......

When the Qin State wanted to dominate the world, its foreign policy was "Lian Heng", and when it first began to advance eastward, it did not directly shout "I can fight six", but focused on befriending one or two of them - mainly Qi State, which is also the origin of "distant friendship and close attack".

Between the Qin State and the Qi State, separated by the Three Jin Dynasty, it is natural to find them first......

Moreover, when Qi was in the Warring States Period, relying on the benefits of fish and salt, he was basically in the position of "the richest man" for a long time, and let Qi sit on the sidelines first, so that Qin's eastward expansion could proceed smoothly, and Qi was too late to react.

Nowadays, even if Xuzhou loses Guangling County in Huainan, it also covers all the territory of Qi State, and it is slightly more, and "Sili + Liangzhou + Yizhou" is more than when Qin destroyed Bashu and got Hedong, and there is more Hexi Corridor, but Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is very obstructive to isolate Yizhou......

Therefore, to a certain extent, the Fuhan forces are now straighter, and they do have his confidence.

Of course, it is no longer possible to copy the situation in the pre-Qin period.

Xuzhou did not have the wealth of the Qi State, and Si Li no longer had the heritage of the Qin State at that time, and Guanzhong was even dilapidated.

Yizhou is far richer than the original Bashu, and the population is even more incomparable, but ...... There is also Hanzhong Heng there.

The same is true of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, in the broad sense of the south, in the past 400 years, has advanced from "Bashan Chushui, barren land" to "somewhat deserted", and in the past ten years, after the Central Plains chaos and the general's mansion was resettled, it has further developed to "although there is more miasma, the land is not bad".

Chu? In the pre-Qin period, the state of Chu was just big, and there was no one in the south at all, and now the population of Jingyang and Yangyang far exceeds that of Sili + Xuzhou, especially if Nanyang County is counted, the auxiliary Han forces are not as good as Yizhou.

It's just that if Jingzhou Mansion really opens up the front from Xinye to Wancheng all the way, it will be a little uncomfortable for Bai Tu - even to think about fighting to completely turn the face with the imperial court, and to get Xiangfan back!

However, this move to the north to assist the Han is definitely not Liu Biao's handiwork, nine times out of ten...... Liu Biao didn't know about it.

Liu Biao's identity as a clan relative was very embarrassing when facing the imperial court.

Princes with foreign surnames can directly be used as the imperial court is a group of tools, but ...... As a prince surnamed Liu, lowering the prestige of the imperial court is to deny its own legitimacy.

Of course, if virtue (fist) is only (head) and (enough) preparation (big), he will directly kick Liu Xie out and form the court by himself, which is more justifiable than other princes with foreign surnames, but it is just ...... If you don't have enough moral integrity, you will definitely become the target of public criticism.

The current Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Liu Bei together do not have this "moral talent", so if the princes surnamed Liu are out of their own considerations, they should be reluctant to get involved in the imperial court.

Cao Cao fell into a misunderstanding of thinking before, and he was stunned by Liu Bei's hand......

And Liu Zhang of Yizhou, not to mention, he is now a mortal enemy with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, but it was his father Liu Yan who specially supported Zhang Lu and blocked the connection between the imperial court and Yizhou in Hanzhong!

Bai Tu really didn't believe it, Liu Biao suddenly came to his senses, not only violated the previous strategic thinking of "defending the territory" as the core, but also began to take the initiative to get close to the imperial court......

On the contrary, it is actually more beneficial to the Nanjun Shi clan, or rather...... More in line with the logic of their actions before!

Because of geographical reasons, Xiangfan, or the north of Nanjun, is destined to be a big battlefield between the Central Plains and the south, and it is a plain battlefield.

Therefore, in the hands of the northern regime, the southern county will be the backing for transportation and storage of materials, and there is no need to worry too much about being directly attacked, and there will even be more opportunities for development, while in the hands of the southern regime, it will be a meat shield directly facing the pressure of the north, just waiting to be tossed......

As a scholar of Nanjun, of course, they want to throw themselves into the arms of the north, whether it is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, or the imperial court...... Whoever is in power can consider it!

What should I do if the General's Mansion succeeds in going north in the future?

Not to mention that in their judgment, there will be no winner or loser in a short period of time, and the general's mansion should also take the road of Huainan to attack the Central Plains.

At that time, the north will be more defensive, and the attention will be on the Central Plains, and they will be more comfortable.

When Xuzhou and Yuzhou can't bear it, they will turn around and surrender to the General's Mansion......

At most, they are marginalized, and it is impossible for anyone to pull them to sacrifice to heaven because they surrender in time!

Being a "backing" is much stronger than being a "meat shield...... It can only be said that compared with gambling, the Nanjun clan hopes to be more "stable".

This is also the point of separation of interests between the Nanjun Shi clan and Liu Biao!

This reason Lu Su, Huang Chengyan and others have already analyzed Bai Tu clearly, so Bai Tu realized the content behind this battle report for the first time.

Also as a student of Jia Xu, Zhang Chunhua even if he didn't immediately realize that Liu Biao had something wrong, he also understood the importance of Wancheng to the General's Mansion.

Taking advantage of Lei Xu and Zhang Xian, because of the previous ambush, when they really trusted Zhang Chunhua, Zhang Chunhua also told Lei and Zhang the two generals this truth.

That is, to inform them that the General's Mansion will never let Wancheng fall and inspire their confidence to defend it!

"Don't worry! What imperial court...... Their nonsense, our brothers in Liangzhou won't believe a word, the grain and grass in Wancheng are enough for March, and their weak chickens in Jingzhou want to come in, it's not so easy! Lei Xu patted his chest and reassured.

"I also learned some art of war with my teacher, and I hope to help the two generals." Zhang Chunhua felt that this was a wonderful opportunity to show her face for meritorious service, and she understood Jia Xu's meaning before and gambled once.

In other places, she is a "head of the household department", and she has no chance to intervene in military affairs at all, but in Wancheng, she has already moved out of the "teacher", Lei and Zhang Erjiang of course agreed, and even consciously put on a look of Zhang Chunhua......