In the provocation of Wei and the Marquis of Qi, Chu has always behaved very "modest", and the only target of resolute counterattack is Haikou.

As for Wei and Qi Hou, they still mainly sent envoys to accountability, and they didn't want to go to war.

As for the reason...... Everyone generally believes that this is the main force of the navy that Gan Ning took away has not yet returned, so the state of Chu is not willing to fight a decisive battle in the sea far away from the local logistics!

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Kang has the courage to mix with these three families in the Bohai Sea.

However, after thinking clearly about the relationship between Wei and the Marquis of Qi, Gongsun Kang decided to send an envoy to the Marquis of Qi......

After Liu Bei received a letter from Gongsun Kang, he also discussed with Zhuge Liang and others about the intention of the Gongsun clan to form an alliance.

"It seems that Gongsun Kang does not fully trust Wei Guo...... It's not stupid. Zhang Fei, who had a slight beard, said lightly.

"Yide, don't despise anyone." Liu Bei said solemnly.

"I didn't despise it, I didn't despise it, if I hadn't known about the bad idea of the military advisor, maybe I would have been similar to this grandson boy, hahaha." When Zhang Fei heard this, he smirked heartily.

Liu Bei glared at him, and then looked at Zhuge Liang apologetically, but Zhuge Liang only shook his fan and didn't care.

Truly.

From beginning to end, only Gongsun Kang believed that Wei and the Marquis of Qi were just for the Bohai Sea and just for a few ports.

Although he didn't stupidly believe in Wei, he only saw through the layer that the Marquis of Qi was also involved in, but neither the Marquis of Qi nor the King of Wei was thinking about a few ports or a few counties along the coast......

Of course, it can be Liaodong Port, Andong Port, Beiping Port, Donglai East Port, Donglai West Port...... If all the five ports of the Bohai Rim enclave are captured, in fact, it is theoretically possible to directly kick the Chu State out of the Bohai Sea without naval battles.

After all, if all the ports are captured, you just need to be careful that the Chu State counterattacks by harassing the coast.

But there's actually one biggest problem......

Liaodong Port!

Not only is it the only ice-free port, but it is also geographically easy to defend and difficult to attack, and for the defender, the water and land linkage is very convenient and efficient.

If you want to capture simply by land warfare, I am afraid that Yan Guo will not be able to do it with the strength of milk, and it will be a simple land battle...... The peninsula in the southeast of Liaodong could not be penetrated, especially in the south, where the mountains were dense and the cavalry did not have much room to play.

Gongsun Kang has also discovered this now, and he often sulks at the resolution of his father and his staff to give up Yujin to him......

As for Wei and Qi Hou, from the very beginning, they did not lock their strategic goals on the port!

Indeed, just as Gongsun Kangzhong's brain thought (after Liang Mao's reminder), there was a covenant between the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi.

It's just that the content of the covenant is a little different from what Gongsun Kang imagined.

After all, Yanhou here, there is still a lack of top strategists to be a think tank, Liu Yi is in the Chu State, I am afraid that Lang officials are reluctant, Liang Mao has the talent of Taishou, but he is not the same heart as Gongsun Clan, and is only responsible for "being stupid just right", which not only makes Gongsun Kang believe, but also misleading, even if it is a complete deed.

The main agreement between the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi was that after the war in Hanzhong, the Wei State would attack the Yan State with all its might, trying to annex the somewhat eye-catching and slightly fat territory in the rear in the shortest possible time!

And the basis for this covenant to take effect is that Ma Teng and Han Sui of the Xiliang system, as well as Yang Feng and Zhang Yan of the Yellow Turban system, have pacified the rear of Liangzhou and Guanzhong respectively!

Ma Teng Han was preparing to join forces and attack Hanzhong, when the Han princes naturally did not want the Wei State in the north or the Chu State in the south to come out to find something for themselves.

At that time, Yang Feng and Zhang Yan will be responsible for approaching Wancheng in the south, and Liu Bei will be responsible for guarding against Wei - not for merit, but for no fault...... Dragging the two until Hanzhong is taken down and making the auxiliary Han forces unite is the greatest credit!

From this point of view, it would be in the interests of the Han family for Wei to go to war with Yan, and it would even be better if Chu might even be involved.

Of course, this is just an "agreement" between the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi.

As a matter of fact...... Between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, what kind of integrity can there be? Even if the old fox in the letter mountain is vegetarian, the two will never believe each other's mouth! It's useless to write a document!

Cao Cao is indeed preparing to attack the Yan Kingdom, but will he really "do his best"?

If the Han princes' attack on Hanzhong goes well, then Cao Cao will indeed consider taking advantage of the fact that Hanzhong has not been taken, and sweep his rear first, but once the battle situation in Hanzhong is stalemate, Cao Cao will definitely directly release the "wolves" to bite Yan State, and at the same time, his main force will go directly south to Qingxu, or even south to attack Guanzhong!

As for Liu Bei......

It is said that it is agreed that each will fight his own fight, but will he really fight his own one?

As long as everything goes well in Hanzhong, Liu Bei will definitely take the opportunity to go on a northern expedition - Wei seems to be strong, but there is a very serious problem, that is, Cao Wei's real elite of a hundred battles, the source of troops is Qingzhou or the Central Plains, and now a large part of it, the source of troops is no longer in Cao Cao's control.

It can only use the "manpower" of other military source areas to recharge every year, which will undoubtedly reduce the elite degree of this part of the elite of a hundred battles, and because the source of troops is not under the rule, the morale is inflated......

That is, after training, encouragement, and reward, the morale of this part of the Wei army can be maintained at a high level, but it ...... Easy to collapse!

In fact, Baitu's Bingzhou wolf ride and Xiliang iron ride also had the same dilemma, but ...... During the era of the General's Palace, Bai Tu also rapidly developed a real local main force, and then got rid of his dependence on these starting cavalry.

The cavalry that was filled later was all Jingyang's native soldiers.

As for Cao Wei's current "main force", they are all from Jizhou, the original Yuan's territory!

Although Cao Cao has been in business for five or six years in many places, after all, it is not as easy to use as the place where he started.

This is also one of the reasons why Cao Cao is eyeing Yan Guo......

In the original history, the Gongsun clan was undoubtedly only a weak local warlord to Cao Cao, the superlord of the north, so when he behaved obediently and gave Cao Cao the heads of the Yuan brothers, Cao Cao chose to temporarily accept him as his vassal.

It wasn't until later that the Gongsun clan took the initiative to rebel, and Sima Yi went out to pacify Liaodong.

However, the situation is obviously different now, the Wei State previously accepted the Gongsun clan as a vassal, and also listed it as the Marquis of Yan, more because in the face of the pressure of the Han family, Cao Cao was anxious to pull a few allies - no longer because he was "weak" and became a vassal, but because he was "relatively strong", he deserved to become a "vassal ally"!

Such a relationship, in the era of warlord melee in the late Han Dynasty, was undoubtedly untrustworthy, especially Cao Cao.

After all, this was the kind of relationship between him and Yuan Shao at the beginning.

And for the current Wei State, the annexation of the Gongsun clan is also a great benefit to itself.

Especially after the Gongsun clan traded with the Chu State, the accumulation became stronger and stronger, and more importantly, the potential of Liaodong was discovered.

Just talk about those thousands of sets of plate armor...... That's thousands of plate cavalry!

Even if this thing has its limitations and is easy to target, its power on the frontal battlefield is undoubted.

For Wei Guo, although Yan Guo is far less powerful than himself, he already has the ability to stab a knife in the back!

There is an even more important point......

Wei Guoming's plan on the face is nothing more than to seize the Bohai Sea?

If the Yan State can be destroyed, and then the Wei State can completely attack Fuyu and the Fried Seafood Peninsula by land, and then the ownership of the Bohai Sea will still need to be decided by the navy?

The entire continent around the Bohai Sea belongs to the Wei State, what else can the Chu State think about the Bohai Sea?

And for Liu Bei, from beginning to end, he regarded Cao Cao as his biggest enemy - Bai Tu was the biggest stumbling block on the way to realizing his ideals, but not the biggest "enemy".

Cao Cao naturally knows this, the so-called covenant is just for everyone to set the tone first, and then see how to break the covenant.

After all, between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, there is no trade in necessities, and there is no guarantee for a simple piece of paper?

At present, the princes who can form "credible strength" in empty vernacular are only white pictures, after all, they still have some Chu Xue baggage.

If the battle of Hanzhong and the Han family go well, Liu Bei will definitely take advantage of the northern expedition, no matter whether he can inflict heavy damage on the Wei State, at least it will not make Cao Cao feel too comfortable!

Liu Bei's only concern was whether the battle of Hanzhong would really go well.

At the same time, what Liu Bei didn't know was that Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu were now worried about the diametrically opposite......

After Liu Bei received Yanhou's letter, he preliminarily identified Yanhou's IQ with everyone, and after the meeting, Jian Yong specially found Zhuge Liang, and even invited him to the same car - and he went to rub Zhuge Liang's car by himself!

For Jian Yong, a "senior" who is known for his favorability, Zhuge Liang naturally will not dislike it, counting him, the so-called military advisor, may not be as good as Jian Yong, the "old minister", in terms of real power.

"Kong Ming was in Qingzhou before, and he got along well with Yun Chang, which was very unexpected for us." Jian Yong said with a look of praise.

Zhuge Liang did go to Qingzhou for a period of time before, mainly to appease Guan Yu and soothe his restless heart - otherwise Guan Yu would probably have started a war with Lu Meng.

"Liang is young and shallow, but he is only good at humility." Zhuge Liang said modestly.

But what Jian Yong wants to say is obviously not like this.

"No, Kong Ming is naturally very easy to get along with, but second brother Guan ...... Hahaha, even I wouldn't dare to joke with him. Jian Yong said with a smile.

"A man of pride has his own pride." Zhuge Liang praised Guan Yu.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was just playing officially, Jian Yong also made it clear: "Second brother and I usually don't smile, but ...... If there's anything, you'll discuss it with me...... Well, you don't listen to me. ”

Zhuge Liang stopped shaking the fan and said, "Oh? It seems that Brother Xianhe should be the person trusted by General Guan...... What does Ken and brother think? ”

Jian Yong saw that Zhuge Liang didn't panic at all, as if he was sure that he wouldn't tell Liu Bei, and couldn't help but say helplessly: "Kong Ming's plan is dangerous and sophisticated enough, but he doesn't tell the lord, it's not big, right?" ”

"Xianhe thinks the main guild agrees?" Zhuge Liang asked rhetorically.

"This ......"

"If Xianhe doesn't convince the lord to grasp it, and he must report it, then it will be Xianhe's fault to miss the opportunity in the future! In the future, it will be the turn of the historians of Wei or Chu to record history, and Liang must tell them to write today's dialogue into it. Zhuge Liang threatened with some child's play and half joking.

Jian Yong also rolled his eyes when he heard this, so he had to spread his hands and said, "That's it, I don't know about you." ”

That's right, Liu Bei and Cao Cao have their own "scripts", but even Zhuge Liang has a script that Liu Bei doesn't know......

That is, once the battle of Hanzhong is still in a bitter battle, especially if the state of Chu inserts a horizontal lever and endangers the situation, Guan Yu can firmly recommend himself to support at that time, and Zhuge Liang will also ask for help, as for the purpose...... It's not for Hanzhong, but to take the opportunity to seize the military power of Ma Teng and Han Sui!

After several years of court observation, Zhuge Liang has also deeply felt that the current situation of the six marquis of the Fu Han Dynasty is a drag on the "Kuang Fu Han Family".

The only one who had the hope of supporting the Han family, although he was the strongest among the princes of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, his influence was limited.

Just like now, the reason why Liu Bei was "assigned" a task to watch the Wei State was also the result of Ma Teng and Han Sui's performance-the two of the Xiliang Department were themselves on guard against other auxiliary Han princes!

If Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, and Liu Bei had nothing to do, they wouldn't dare to knock Hanzhong.

Otherwise, not to mention being stabbed by an ally, even if an ally has a "whim", he has to take more responsibility and control the court or something, isn't it a big trouble?

What makes Zhuge Liang feel even more urgent is that Han Tianzi's thinking is also very vague now, even if he really wants to be wary of all the princes, at least he should be more inclined to the one who is the lord of his own family and the one who is also beneficial to the state, right?

Now such a distribution, doesn't it give Ma Teng and Han Sui the opportunity to eat meat, and restrict Liu Bei?

Therefore, Zhuge Liang felt that in order to support the Han family, he must first increase the right of his own lord to speak in the Han family, even if it is ...... It's worth it to have some strife.

At the beginning, several imperial relatives wanted to make Liu Bei the emperor, Liu Bei did not tell others, but Zhuge Liang was able to guess some.

Although Zhuge Liang will not take the initiative to promote anything in this regard, but to strengthen Liu Bei's influence in the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang has done a good job.

Of course, you can "conspire" with Guan Yu, but you can't talk to Liu Beiming.

Jian Yong actually understood this, so he just came to Zhuge Liang a little bit and asked him not to overdo it, and he didn't mean to stir up the matter.

Zhuge Liang's "threat" is just a joke, but as Zhuge Liang said, if his lord doesn't work harder, I'm afraid that in the future, it will be the turn of the historians of Chu and Wei to be orthodox!

……

At this time, Bai Tu also received letters from the King of Wei and the Marquis of Qi.

Cao Cao is to inform Bai Tu, Liu Bei and Gongsun Kang are plotting against the Chu State, Liu Bei is to inform Bai Tu, Cao Cao and Gongsun Kang are plotting against the Chu State......

For the increasingly turbulent situation, Bai Tu was very calm, and immediately decided to put pressure on the culprit Shu Hou again.

The only thing that worries Bai Tu now is actually the situation of Gan Ning and the Expeditionary Army......