Chapter 1131: Liu Biao's Countermeasures
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After Yang Tian and Xun Yu discussed the decision, the rest of the matter was to negotiate with Chen Wen, so Yang Tian didn't need to worry about it. In Yang Tian's opinion, let Chen Wen serve as the Taishou of Wu County, Chen Wen should not have any opinions, the only more troublesome thing is to reorganize the army under Chen Wen, it is estimated that Chen Wen will not agree so lightly.
Of course, Yang Tian didn't worry too much about this matter, if Chen Wen wasn't cornered, he would never choose to surrender to himself, since he had reached a dead end, why not let himself knead it? If it weren't for the fact that this matter was beneficial to his reputation, Yang Tian didn't plan to give Chen Wen the position of county guard at all, and it would be good to arrange a small island for him to retire.
Things quickly came to an end, and Chen Wen also knew that Baiyun City's military strength was getting stronger and stronger, and once Baiyun City digested the benefits of the Battle of Xuzhou, it would be effortless to take Lujiang County. At that time, his bargaining chips will be much smaller. Therefore, for the conditions offered by Baiyun City, Chen Wen only accepted them after a little argument.
The next day, Sun Ce, the county guard of Jiujiang County, led his army into Lujiang County and took over the administrative affairs of Lujiang County. At the same time, Tai Shici led the Yanlong Legion to Lujiang County at the first time, deploying the defense between Lujiang County and Jingzhou, and at the same time receiving the surrendered troops under Chen Wen. Although Chen Wen had suffered heavy losses in the battle with Baiyun City before, his main army did not suffer much losses, and the number of troops with strength above the seventh order in Chen Wen's hands was close to three million, and now the troops were completely owned by Baiyun City.
It's just that for this part of the people, Yang Tian didn't plan to stay in Lujiang County, because he planned to hand over Lujiang County to Sun Ce to take care of, although the Sun clan has improved its strength after this period of development, but it is still not enough to control these three million main soldiers.
With the ability of Sun Ce and his subordinate generals, if they only govern one Jiujiang County, it will be a bit of a waste of talent. Moreover, Lujiang County is located to the west of Jiujiang County, if Yang Tian keeps Lujiang County in his hands. It is equivalent to protecting the Sun family in the middle, which is inconsistent with its original plan, and can no longer play a role in containing Liu Biao and Yuan Shu. Although the Sun clan has not officially joined the forces of Baiyun City now, it is also one of the subsidiary forces of Baiyun City, and Yang Tian still has a certain ability to control it. And with the current strength of Baiyun City, it is almost ten times that of the Sun family, as long as Sun Ce's head is not kicked by the donkey. You won't do things you shouldn't do.
The hand that Bai Yuncheng played with Chen Wen immediately frightened some people, and none of them could feel the threat the most than Liu Biao. Originally, Jingzhou, Lujiang, and Xuzhou were missing one state, which already made him feel very unsafe, but after all, there were still millions of troops in Lujiang County at the front! Although Chen Wen was not expected to be able to compete with Baiyun City, it was still no problem to contain the other party's two or three main legions.
But he didn't expect Chen Wen to be so willing to fall, and he actually chose to surrender to Baiyun City. This caught Liu Biao off guard. As soon as he thought that the army of Baiyun City might attack Jingzhou at any time, Liu Biao's forehead began to sweat. What's more, now that Lujiang County has been assigned to Sun Ce's name, with the hatred between himself and Sun Ce, there is absolutely no possibility of peaceful coexistence between the two sides.
Almost without much thought, Liu Biao mobilized a large army from other parts of Jingzhou and deployed defenses in the east of Jingzhou. to prevent the Baiyun City army from attacking Jingzhou. Not only that, Liu Biao also began to build a pass fortress at the junction to ensure that his side had an absolute geographical advantage in the face of the attack of the Baiyun City army.
As for the attack, Liu Biaoxi didn't even think about it, the prestige of the Tiger and Wolf Division of Baiyun City was well known to the world, and he was not arrogant enough to think that he could attack the hinterland of Yangzhou with his Jingzhou army.
Liu Biao felt that these fortifications built by himself alone were not enough to ensure the safety of Jingzhou, and began to travel everywhere in search of allies. But how could this ally be so easy to find? Those who are far away from Baiyun City don't want to wade into this troubled water at all. And even if he joined, he would not be able to pose a threat to Baiyun City, but would instead provoke the resentment of Baiyun City. The only borders on the Baiyun City are Yuzhou in the north and Jiaozhou in the south. Yuzhou belongs to Yuan Shu's territory, and there is still the possibility of wooing. But Jiaozhou in the south is still a plate of scattered sand, and no force can control the whole county. Although Jiaozhou also has a history of assassination, his control over Jiaozhou is weak, and perhaps Jiaozhi County Taishou Shixie is a figure. But after all, it is only a Taishou, and it is located in the southwest corner of Jiaozhou, even if it is wooed, it will play a very little role.
Ultimately. Liu Biao did only bring Yuan Shu over, and after having this ally, Liu Biao finally felt a little more at ease.
Yang Tian knew everything about Liu Biao's actions, but he didn't say anything about it, or he didn't take the two major forces of Yuan Shu and Liu Biao into account at all. Don't look at the current situation of these two major forces uniting like that, but after waiting for a while, the strength of White Cloud City will inevitably skyrocket, even if White Cloud City alone can compete with these two states. What's more, Xuanyuan Sword and Baiyun City are in the honeymoon period, and now the military forces represented by Xuanyuan Sword have occupied most of the Xuzhou region, as long as it develops for a period of time, its strength should be able to compete with Yuan Shu's forces. If Baiyun City really wants to move Jingzhou, it is possible to let Xuanyuan Sword contain Yuan Shu, and Baiyun City will go all out, and it will not be a problem to take Jingzhou at all.
However, now Yang Tian did not plan to move Jingzhou, the reason is very simple, Baiyun City is in a period of skyrocketing strength, and it needs a period of peaceful development. As for Liu Biao, in addition to being able to expand to the south, it is unlikely that his strength will increase greatly in a short period of time. Compared with the two, the temporary calm is more beneficial to Baiyun City.
Of course, it was not only Liu Biao and Yuan Shu who were shocked by Baiyun City's takeover of Lujiang County, but also a large number of princes in the Han territory such as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. However, they are very far away from Yangzhou, and although they have some ideas, they can only watch Baiyun City grow and develop. These people also know very well that if they let Baiyun City develop like this, when they really fight in the future, I am afraid that there will be a big trouble.
On the surface, it seems to be calm, but secretly there are already people who have begun to take action, and they are connected with each other to resist the development of Baiyun City. Although they can't directly confront Baiyun City now, they are ready to support Liu Biao and Yuan Shu's forces financially and materially, so that they have enough strength to maintain an advantage in the confrontation with Baiyun City and curb the continued development of Baiyun City. Of course, they kept it strictly secret for the last time, and no one wanted to offend Baiyun City by being this bird. (To be continued)