Tian Feng is indeed not wrong!

The situation in the Central Plains in front of him, on the surface, seems to be Cao Cao's victory, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, and Sima Fang also took advantage, but from the strategic level, Cao Cao won Yingchuan, basically closed the door from Sili to Runan, if Cao Cao out of defensive considerations, occupying Yingchuan is equivalent to greatly shrinking his own defensive surface, by the way, but also to completely clean up the southern part of Runan, if you can win control of Tongbai Mountain, then Cao Cao's strategic situation is quite active.

But from Cao Cao's eastern front, Cao Cao's territory in Yanzhou was almost all lost, and these territories fell into the hands of Yuan Shao, not to mention whether Yuan Shao could effectively use these territories, just from the sense of exchange, Cao Cao can only be said to have a draw, a slight advantage, although the strategic situation in the west is good, but the east is relatively bad.

Look at Yuan Shao again, on the surface, Yuan Shao is undoubtedly a big winner, not only destroyed Han Sui, the unlucky child, but also took back what Henan lost, and added Shanyang, Dongping, Dongjun, Rencheng, Jiyin, and Chen Liu, who is about to arrive, and even a part of Henan Yin, this large area of land looks gratifying on the map, the only thing that is not good is that the population of these places seems to be too small, these six counties combined, the population is less than two million, and most of them have been relocated to Hebei by Yuan Shao, now the huge Yanzhou is a hollow ball.

Therefore, what Yuan Shao actually got was not as beautiful as it seemed on the surface, and he was even careless. It will also become a huge burden, even if Yuan Shao's strategic level is raised as much as possible, it will be difficult for Yuan Shao to digest this huge territory at once. So Yuan Shao's gains and losses are really not easy to evaluate.

As for Sima Fang and Gongsun Zhan, at this stage, they are basically playing soy sauce, at most, they are taking the opportunity to adjust their strategic posture a little, trying to try to get a piece of the pie in the upcoming feast of dividing up the subordinates, and they are not the ultimate beneficiaries.

So looking at the entire Central Plains War in the past year, it has developed to the current situation. Who is benefiting?

Tian Feng's conclusion is Liu Bei!

Liu Bei started out of Jingzhou and was about to return to Jingzhou, what did Liu Bei get during this period of time? What was lost? Just take a closer look and you'll find out. In fact, Liu Bei's loss of his subordinate is not a great loss, on the contrary, Liu Bei without his subordinate has greater potential, and his burden is more active and solid strategically. In the future, whether you choose to go west or go east. It is more advantageous than being dragged down by the division of the entire war potential.

And Liu Bei, who is good at agitating the people, will also get huge benefits from the transfer of the population of the division, even if the population of the division cannot be emptied, but a large number of people move south, it can still enrich the sparsely populated Jingzhou.

Looking at the strategic situation of Jingzhou, the main force of the Inhumans in the south is in the direction of the Indochina Peninsula, and the southern part of Jingzhou is mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Liu Bei's defensive pressure is very small; East. Needless to say, Zhu Zhi has no ability to attack. Unless Fang Zhiwen wants to annex Jingzhou, but no matter how you look at it, Fang Zhiwen should annex Jizhou first and then talk about the south; Finally, Cao Cao in the direction of Jiangxia and Tongbai Mountain, Tongbai Mountain is now in the hands of Liu Bei, and Runan City is also in Liu Bei's hands, Cao Cao wants to open up Tongbai Mountain, and Liu Bei also wants to invade Runan County! To the north is blocked by Bear's Ears Mountain, and to the west are Hanzhong and Shuzhong, and those two places will be the object of annexation, not a threat, for Liu Bei.

Therefore, after the dust settled in the Central Plains, he took a look at it and found that Liu Bei, who had originally lost his subordinates and suffered a big loss, was the one with the best strategic situation, and it was not Cao Cao's turn to count any further, so Tian Feng came to such a different conclusion.

Tian Feng's words inspired everyone, Fang Zhiwen connected Pang Yuan and Jiang Yong almost instantly, it couldn't be a partnership between these two guys, right?! The player's energy is really not to be underestimated!

Fang Zhiwen frowned slightly and said, "Someone is opening a new chess game1."

A group of smart people from the staff department nodded together, and Li Ru said: "My lord, I'm afraid that the southwest will be troublesome from now on1."

"Yes, we should also shift our focus westward, what does my lord think?" Tian Feng nodded and continued.

Fang Zhiwen pondered for a moment, looked up at Jia Xu, and Jia Xu said knowingly: "Lord, he is his, we are ours, there is no need to follow their pace, on the contrary, we can use our pace to mobilize them1."

"Hehe, I like Wenhe's opinion, think about it, what should we do next. As for the southwest, the southwest is good, the world is vast, the sky is high on the plateau, and there is fertile land beyond the plateau! Hehe. ”

Everyone was stunned, this lord was thinking too far!

Xiangxiang smiled secretly, Tian Zhi looked yearning, Tian Feng pouted and said: "The lord means to compress all the forces to the west, and close them to the west, right?" ”

"yes, that's what it means, and all of our strategies revolve around that. Sun Ce went to the east, there are strangers in the south, there are yellow turbans in the north, and the west is the most complicated, the environment is the worst, of course, the most powerful people go, I heard that Cao Cao wanted to be the general of the expedition to the west, to be honest, I think this position is more suitable for him than the prime minister. ”

"Huh"

Everyone laughed, and Jia Xu said with some emotion: "Is this going to force everyone to open up a territory of thousands of miles for the Han Dynasty?"

"Haha, if possible, I hope that the footprints of our Han people will be all over the world, but this kind of thing, let's wait for our children and grandchildren to do it, we just start and pass it on1

"The Lord wishes! We will bow down and die with all our might.1

Lu Su's negotiations with the Taiping and Northern Xia countries are not difficult, after all, he has a favorable position on the left and right, and has a powerful Youzhou army behind him.

The two new countries are responsible for negotiating in Youzhou are Dou Jing and Liu Yan, everyone is a smart person, things are much easier, each takes what he needs, plus they have an accurate position for their own status, and the progress of the negotiations is also very fast.

The bilateral agreement between the three parties was reached quickly, and the goal that Fang Zhiwen had originally envisioned was completely achieved, and he also won the power of the army to cross the border.

Afterwards, Liu Yan met with Fang Zhiwen alone through Li Xueyin, and then happily returned to Taiping.

Lu Su did all the follow-up things well, and only then did he make a complete closing report to Fang Zhiwen

Fang Zhiwen carefully read the last word of Lu Su's report, closed the document, and Fang Zhiwen nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

"Zijing has overfulfilled the task, how did you think of fighting for the right of the army to cross the border?"

"This is a foreshadowing for the future to directly intervene in the internal affairs of the two countries, and the subordinates think that the strategic balance between the two countries is very important, and the high-level power structures of both countries are unstable, and we may need our assistance at any time.1

"Hehe, Zi Jingzhi is enough to enter the General Staff, but the Department of Foreign Affairs is also indispensable to you."

"Hehe, the lord praised it falsely, and his subordinates also did this after going to the staff headquarters to inquire1

"Very well, I am relieved that you are in charge of the Foreign Affairs Department1

"The subordinates dare not live up to the trust of the lord and the public1

Fang Zhiwen smiled and patted the thick copywriting in front of him, looked up at Lu Su and said: "This thing is done, new things are coming, next, I want Zijing to go to Taiyuan." ”

"Taiyuan?" Lu Su was slightly surprised, he had been busy negotiating with Liu Yan and Dou Jing recently, and he didn't care much about the situation in the Central Plains, he just roughly knew that the situation in the Central Plains was showing signs of sudden easing, and as for how the General Staff and the Lord would deal with it, Lu Su was not clear.

"Yes, Taiyuan, go and meet Gongsun Zhan, go and tell Gongsun Chan what he should do, and show him a clear path1

Lu Su was curious: "Lord, why did you suddenly think of Gongsun Zhan, does it need Gongsun Chan to go south to the Central Plains to stir up the situation?" What should the subordinates talk about with Gongsun Zhan? ”

"No, no, it's not that I want Gongsun Chan to go south to Sili, on the contrary, it is to persuade him not to go to the muddy water of Sili, that is not a place where he can play, we hope that Gongsun Chan can develop westward."

"To the west? Hexi, Xihe, Hedong? ”

"Yes, Xihe County is now mostly controlled by Gongsun Zhan, and we hope that he can further control the two counties of Hexi and Beidi, which are now unmanaged areas and have become a den of bandits, which is increasingly affecting our western trade routes."

Lu Su nodded and didn't speak, this is obviously not the point, it can only be a piggyback task, and the next thing is probably the point.

Fang Zhiwen pulled the corners of his mouth and continued: "As for the Huangfu Song in Hedong and Hedong, there are many people hanging outside, now Sima Fang has to pay attention to Si Li, look at Hanzhong in the south, Ma Teng and us in the north, and the Qiang people on the plateau in the west. ”

Lu Su frowned, isn't this all a benefit to Gongsun Zhan? How does it help Youzhou?

"My lord, my subordinates are foolish, what good is this for our army? Or rather, what does our army want? ”

"Taihang Mountain! Li Yuanzhi will enter Taihang Mountain and separate Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao. ”

Lu Su was stunned, and then suddenly had a suspicion, could it be that the lord wants Jizhou? this

Lu Su looked at Fang Zhiwen in surprise, Fang Zhiwen had a flat expression on his face, with a relaxed smile, and he couldn't see anything.

Lu Su thought about it, but still asked, "Isn't the lord trying to plot against Jizhou?" ”

Fang Zhiwen smiled and waved his hand: "How can there be such a thing?" Even if it is, it is not the right time to take Taihang Mountain, it is to prepare for the future, or to defend against people, it can also be said to be a warning to Yuan Shao1

Lu Su thought hard, but the intention of the other party Zhiwen was still unclear So, Lu Su shook his head in frustration, after all, he is not from the General Staff, but the Department of Foreign Affairs, there is no need to think about the General Staff, it is better to think about how to do his job well, even if the lord really wants to annex Jizhou, he will only be happy. To be continued...