Chu Li is three years old.

This year should be the most unstable year for Jinling, and even the people of the entire Chu State, in recent years!

Originally, the people of Chu State, because of the sharp increase in land production and productivity, took advantage of the significant increase in population density ceiling, and really lived a good life for several years, even the grassroots people in Jingzhou have also eaten a lot of dividends from the development of Chu in the past two years, and it is the scholars of Jingzhou who have been slightly suppressed.

In order to invite people's hearts and occupy the market, the emerging workshop scholars in Yangzhou even gave a lot of benefits to the common people of Jingzhou......

Recently, however, there was bad news!

The Marquis of Shu and the Marquis of Yong have joined forces and will target the State of Chu! There are even conspiracy theorists, saying that there is a shadow of the Han court behind it......

Originally, many of the people of Chu State had strong confidence in the Chu court and the Chu army, and everyone didn't pay much attention to this matter at first.

However, at this moment, many "experts" who often published analysis of the situation in the Di newspaper began to throw out some speculations that uneasy the people of Chu State......

For example, some historians, from the perspective of the pre-Qin war, and from the absolute geographical advantage of the pre-Qin state after the Qin state occupied Bashu, argue that once the marquis of Shu was against the Chu state, he actually occupied a great advantage;

For example, there are experts in the martial arts school, from the perspective of Zhang Ren, the general of Xichuan, who is suspected to be Tong Yuan's eldest disciple, and Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun are both his junior disciples, it is argued that the fierce generals of Xichuan are actually five or five different from the Chu State, or even slightly better;

For example, Gan, a businessman who traveled between Yizhou and Jingzhou and did not want to be named, actively demonstrated that Yizhou had a great advantage over Chu's trade from the perspective of Yizhou's trade blockade of Chu, and that Chu's commodity economy was stable and difficult to protect itself in the face of Shuhou's blow;

For example, from the perspective of Fa, an anonymous official who entered Chu from Yizhou, and from the perspective of Yizhou's long-term peace, the strength of Yizhou is analyzed, even no less than that of Chu, and the only one that is weaker than Chu...... There are only these humanistic advantages of the military and people of Chu State and the support of the people;

Like what...... The official even hinted that the reason why more than a dozen generals who were guarding various places suddenly returned to Jinling this time was precisely because of the Marquis of Shu's intention to destroy Chu!

One or two nonsense is enough, a group of people are talking nonsense, how can this people not believe it?

There were even officials who were angry and wanted to refute the rumors - what kind of was all about?

However, they all seemed to have received some warnings, and they all died down.

For a while, the mountains and rains in the country of Chu were coming, and the common people had even made up their brains, and the king of Chu and the princes of the court were worried......

If it were other princes, whether it was the King of Wei or the Marquis of Qi, the people would have this kind of argument now, and they would definitely be in a panic all day long, and people's hearts would be unstable, and even thinking about changes, and all sides would be hung with debuffs!

However, in the state of Chu, after the argument of "this sincerity is in danger of survival" appeared, whether it was the hometown of Yangzhou or the new mansion of Jingzhou, the enthusiasm of all places to respond to conscription has been significantly improved......

Even in order to subsidize the family, young people who did not return to their hometowns this year took the initiative to go to the official workshop of iron-making and forging steel, hoping to be able to do volunteer work, and it is also good to make more steel for a knife for the Chu State.

As the center of the Chu State and the most sensitive to all aspects of the reaction, after a month of fermentation, the people already have obvious feelings of asking for war!

What's more, he began to criticize the attitude of the Ministry of Rites towards the Han court, demanding that the state of Chu completely break with the Han court.

Eventually, the city guards had to arrest a group of activists, but they were released within a few days......

The Han dynasty has been in the country for 400 years, and the people are nostalgic for the old.

But...... The best catalyst for nostalgia is "not as good as it used to be" and vice versa!

If it is a decades of turbulent times that have experienced ups and downs and human lives are not as good as dogs, the people must miss their old dynasty and temporarily shield the exploitation of the powerful and cool officials of the Han Dynasty and the emperor's unreasonableness from their hearts.

However, when everyone's life is improving, and they are preparing to meet the prosperity, someone jumps out to destroy Chu?

The old dynasty? What dynasty? It's all enemies!

Originally, although the state of Chu did not emphasize that it was a subject of the Han Dynasty, in fact, the people of the state of Chu also had a certain degree of recognition of the Han family, so the state of Chu would never deny this on the surface, at most, through opera and other means, subtle influence.

For example, I will tell you about "The Legend of the Marquis of Jiang", so that everyone can choke the ending of the Marquis of Jianghou's family, such as "The Dispute between Chu and Han", the classic operation of Gaozu under the popularization of science, such as "Farewell My Concubine", and awaken the remembrance of the overlord of Chu in Chu......

Different angles of storytelling can tell different stories.

The essence of Confucianism, the penmanship of the Spring and Autumn Period, is nothing more than that.

Of course, the story is the story, the people will not have any empathy for those princes and nobles for no reason, as long as the people are benefited, it is not a matter to kill brothers and fathers.

Fundamentally, it was still under the rule of the Chu State, the continuous improvement of living standards and the continuous improvement of social status made the recognition of "Han" by ordinary people lower and lower.

And this time it was an epic plunge......

Originally, there were cultural people who evaluated the drama of the Chu State and smeared the Han family too much, but from now on, it will ...... I can only say it secretly.

As an agrarian civilization, the people are reluctant to fight, and fighting a war is not as happy as farming.

Even before the state of Chu, it had always set out to enhance the army's sense of honor, that is, to maintain the cohesion of the army with modern thinking and "feelings" - for the first time, the grassroots generals were elevated to the category of "glory".

However, the people of Chu will still not be warlike, which is the common characteristic of agricultural civilization......

However, as a civilization that has engraved "princes and generals, rather have a kind of" in its bones, it is not warlike, and it does not mean that it will always be averse to war.

On the third year of the Chu calendar, when Bai Tu was routinely in Jinling City during the day, personally participating in the parade of floats and having fun with the people, there was a riot - hundreds of people, ignoring the fact that after the Chu State promoted the chair, they had advocated the abandonment of the kneeling ceremony, and they all bowed down in front of Bai Tu's car, please fight Yizhou!

At this time, in the cognition of ordinary people, if Hanzhong perishes, the next target of the Marquis of Shu is the state of Chu......

And the reason why the state of Chu did not strike first was because of the benevolence and righteousness of the king of Chu, and because there were still people in the government and the opposition who were loyal to the Han family.

If this continues, the Marquis of Shu will have a big advantage in the face of the Chu State, and he will also show his fangs!

Therefore, hundreds of people spontaneously asked the king of Chu to fight, hoping that the king of Chu would hear everyone's voice and know that the people of Chu were not afraid of a war......

Of course, in fact, it can also be seen that the Han family still has some status in the hearts of the people, even if there are only a few straws left - at least at this moment, the goal of the general war is still "Shu Hou".

Although some people shouted that once the war between Chu and Shu started, the Han soldiers would definitely be defeated from Xuzhou, and we should strike first on both sides to recover the former capital of Chu during the dispute between Chu and Han...... Bai Tu estimates that these should be fans of "Chu and Han Battles".

But these are not a universal consensus, and the most unified argument among the people is that we must go to war with the Marquis of Shu, and if we seek common ground while reserving differences, this is the most common will.

For the safety of the King of Chu, the guards originally wanted to disperse the surrounding people, but they were stopped by the King of Chu......

Bai Tu returned the salute to the people at 90 degrees, and made it clear that he did not want to start the sword lightly.

Several emotional people took the lead in crying, as if tomorrow the Marquis of Shu would take the elite soldiers of Yizhou with his teeth and claws, go down the river, capture the king of Chu alive, and punish the people of Chu......

The other people also cried and bowed again, and the white picture returned the salute, and the people worshiped again, and the white picture returned the salute......

Three times later, under the invitation of the people, Bai Tu also pulled out the imperial sword with tears in his eyes, cut off a corner of his royal drive, and promised the people that since the king of Chu was "ordered by the people", he would not allow anyone to destroy the stability of the people of Chu!

The people of Jinling continued to parade around the King of Chu in cheers.

The common people are still like this, and the Chu troops in various places are even more excited, but fortunately, because they emphasize military discipline, this is only anger.

Of course, the main reason is that the real high-level generals in the army were all confused at first, and now they are ...... I finally came to my senses.

What are you talking about?

Yizhou takes the head and opens with us?

There is an article that also uses the population of Yizhou Dian horse and Shu horse to infer that there are 100,000 cavalry in Yizhou Mansion?

All kinds of data, there are boards and eyes, but there are no brains......

It is only now that the high-level generals in various places have finally begun to understand that the imperial court has allowed and even promoted these rumors, and they have tacitly followed the war!

Of course, their invitation to fight is also sincere.

However, it is not because of "anger", but because of another kind of excitement and urgency......

Although they all understand that since it is just to build momentum, the Privy Council has not made any moves, and wants to ...... The imperial court shouldn't have the intention of fighting hard, but they all thought that if there was no big war, it would be better to make a small move than to suppress bandits, right?

What's more, even the bandits are now fast and can't be suppressed......

And what if the Marquis of Shu is really as fierce as rumored, takes the initiative to fight back and finally starts a full-scale war?

Well, let's not talk about anything else, while blowing the Marquis of Shu, please fight!

At the New Year's Day banquet in the evening, more than a dozen high-level generals in Jinling also asked Bai Tu to fight, but except for Lao Cheng, his other expressions were almost uncontrollable, and Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh......

Their invitation to fight is just an attitude, and after Bai Tu appeased him a little, no one mentioned this stubble, after all, their level, if they insist on pretending to be "I believe it", Bai Tu will not believe it!

Even if Yizhou can fight, it will not really fight any hard battles.

After all, the area of Wuxia, Jianping, and Yiling, the narrowest place, is also a ...... Ah no, it's only a few meters – pay attention to the official wording.

In the romance, Liu Bei took this road to attack Jingzhou, with an army of 700,000 and a company camp of 800 li, and in the official history, it was also 50,000 people, and the camp was spread in two or three hundred li.

It can be seen that the terrain is terrible!

Even in the world of Chengji, it is also a few meters wide along the coast, and it often stretches for dozens of miles and hundreds of miles, and if you really have to exchange troops, the price you have to pay for the attacking side is too great.

The only breakthrough is that if the Yizhou side has a strong backing, makes great efforts, and settles down to build warships and train sailors, it does have an absolute geographical advantage over Jingzhou, and the "experts" are not lying.

It's just that the current Yizhou Mansion doesn't care too much about the navy, and there are not a few warships, even if you want to practice, you don't have generals or money, not to mention ...... Liu Zhang didn't want to train any sailors at all, and the sailors couldn't help him defend the Sword Pavilion!