The influence of the Wei-Wu alliance is indeed very unfavorable to the Han Dynasty.

If they don't attack the big man, they won't believe it if they kill Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi.

But what about this matter, Dahan really can only do this.

After all, what should be done has been done, what should be fought for has been fought for, the situation in the world is like this, Cao Wei is unlikely to be willing to lose like this again, and it is impossible for Eastern Wu to sit back and watch the Han Dynasty unify the Central Plains and Hebei, and turn around and clean them up alone. The alliance between Wei and Wu is not occasional, but inevitable.

"This time, Wei and Wu will discuss the dismissal of the army, Cao Wei will transfer the troops of Yanzhou to the west to Luoyang, and Wu may also draw the troops of Huainan to realize Jingnan. Jing, Luo war is likely to be repeated, the chief should carefully observe it. At the beginning, Zhuge Liang directly told Zhang Xidao.

But Zhang Xi pondered for a while, hesitated for a moment, and then raised his head and asked, "The prime minister thinks that the two families will really easily transfer troops elsewhere when they negotiate peace?!" ”

Zhuge Liang was slightly stunned, but then understood the meaning of Zhang Xi's words.

Although Wei and Wu made an alliance, the problem is that the covenant is not a complete guarantee.

Dongwu's credibility in this regard is really not trustworthy, when he made an alliance with the Han twice and betrayed the alliance twice, wouldn't Cao Wei weigh it again? !

For the first time, there was an edict from the Son of Heaven as a reason, at that time Sun Quan was the king of Wu of the Han Dynasty, regardless of whether Emperor Han Xian was a puppet or not, as a Han minister, he abided by the edict of the Son of Heaven, even if the world knew that he was a sneak attack on Jingzhou by betraying the alliance, but at least there was a fig leaf.

But the second time, there really is no reason, it is completely a face-to-cheek trick, and the only thing that can be put on the table is Liu Bei's so-called "promise" back then.

This matter is really unclear, after all, Liu Bei is already Emperor Zhaolie now.

is such a capricious country, even if Cao Wei is forced to make an alliance with the Eastern Wu side due to the situation, it is difficult to say whether he will trust the other party.

The unauthorized deployment of Yanzhou soldiers to attack Luoyang will inevitably lead to the weakening of Yanzhou's defense against Xuzhou and Huainan. Will Cao Wei take this risk?!

And for Soochow. It's really not Zhang Xi belittling his second brother, it's mainly Sun Quan, in terms of bearing, he really can't compare with heroes in troubled times like Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

The pattern is not half a star.

Based on Zhang Xi's understanding of the Eastern Wu monarchs, if Cao Wei did not first dispatch troops from the Yanzhou region to Luoyang, they would not easily transfer troops from the Huainan region.

After all, we are used to sneaking up on others, and when things change, the first thing that comes to mind is whether others will sneak attack us.

With a mere paper covenant, there is really no way for the Cao and Wei families to withdraw their troops with peace of mind, let alone cooperate with each other to attack Jingzhou and Luoyang.

The meaning that Zhang Xi wanted to express was this, and Zhuge Liang also understood.

But Zhuge Liang still said to Zhang Xi with a serious expression, "What the Yuan Chang said, although it is reasonable, but you and I are in charge of the power of a place, report to the Son of Heaven, and go down to the people, you must not have such a fluke." ”

It is normal to have such an idea, and there is some truth to it, but we must not use this as a basis to relax our guard against the two countries.

After all, in the current situation, Dahan can't bet on this possibility.

Other than that

"According to Liang's opinion, even if the Wei and Wu families do not trust, it is just a delay in the time that Eastern Wu has coveted Jingzhou for a long time, and the Wei thieves also need to counterattack Luoyang, and sooner or later there will be a battle."

The first sentence is to remind Zhang Xi not to be careless, and this second sentence is Zhuge Liang's true view of the alliance between Wei and Wu.

These two will indeed be in the early stage of the alliance, because of mutual distrust, resulting in mutual defense and slow withdrawal of troops. But as long as time goes by, the two families will eventually slowly disengage in Huainan and Xuzhou, and transfer troops to attack the Han Dynasty.

This is a common political need of the two companies, which cannot be changed, and the difference is only a matter of time.

Therefore, it is always good to prepare early.

After Zhang Xi heard Zhuge Liang say this, thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is much better to prepare in advance than to respond to the situation.

"In this way, the prime minister has a good plan?!" Zhang Xi asked.

"The land of Heluo has its own brightness, and the land of Jingzhou really needs to bother the Yuan Chang, but I don't know, what is the situation in Jingzhou?!" Zhuge Liang asked rhetorically.

How could he not know what the actual situation in Jingzhou was Zhang Xi had to report to Zhuge Liang every six months on Jingzhou's military and government affairs.

The reason why Zhuge Liang asked this was to put the initiative in Zhang Xi's hands, and what he really wanted to ask was whether Zhang Xi was sure enough to hold Jingzhou.

After all, if Dongwu invaded Jingzhou this time, it would not be a small fight like before, and it would be impossible to use more than 100,000 troops at once.

Zhang Xi actually knew about this, so he seriously calculated it in his heart.

Even if Eastern Wu and Cao Wei formed an alliance and wanted to transfer Huainan troops to attack Jingzhou, it would be impossible to transfer all the troops, and they would have to stay in Huainan.

Therefore, Zhang Xi estimated that the 50,000 Eastern Wu troops in Huainan would most likely transfer 30,000 people, and no more than 40,000 at most.

And now the total strength of Eastern Wu in Jingnan and Jiangxia has a total of 40,000 naval troops, and more than 30,000 army troops, including Huainan troops, the total strength should be about 110,000.

If Sun Quan wanted to decide Jingzhou in a war, then it was also possible to transfer troops from Jiangdong itself, so it was not impossible for the strength of Eastern Wu to attack Jingzhou to rise to 150,000.

And Zhang Xi thought about the belongings in his hands.

In Gangneung, there are 30,000 army troops, 20,000 naval troops, and 10,000 people in Gong'an and Lingyang on the south bank of the Yangtze River, a total of 60,000.

In Xiangyang, Wen Pin has 20,000 sailors and 10,000 armies, a total of 30,000 people, as well as the Xiangfan defense system.

In Nanyang County, Xu Shu led 30,000 people to garrison here, including 5,000 people from Zhang Wei's department, who occupied Xiangcheng.

After such calculations, if you look at it purely from the troop data, it doesn't seem to be a big problem to defend Jingzhou.

But the danger that Zhang Xi is facing now is that the attack of Eastern Wu can concentrate on a breakthrough.

In other words, if necessary, Soochow could concentrate most of the 150,000 men on attacking one place, either Gangneung or Xiangyang.

Well, there is a high probability that it is Jiangling, after all, if you attack Xiangyang, it will be more difficult, not to mention, the supply line of the Eastern Wu Army is too long, which is not conducive to sending troops.

Although the Jingzhou army in Zhang Xi's hands also has more than 100,000, the troops are scattered in the three important nodes of Jiangling, Xiangyang, and Nanyang, and the worst thing is that Zhang Xi cannot afford to defend these three nodes at all, and even dispatch soldiers from these places to rescue Jiangling, they must be careful to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the chaos to sneak attack.

In other words, once the two sides start a war, Zhang Xi will most likely use Jiangling's 50,000 soldiers to first resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of Eastern Wu to besiege for a period of time, and then make adjustments and choose to send reinforcements for reinforcements.

And so it goes. Who is the commander of the Soochow Army is is very important.

If Zhou Yu led the troops, then Zhang Xi would most likely have to rely on the hard defense of Jiangling, Xiangyang and other places, and he would not dare to transfer troops from other places.

After all, it was Zhou Yu, and he could do 200,000 to lay down 200,000. Although there are many accidental factors in the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu's ability to grasp the fighter is also undoubted.

easily transferred troops, it is very likely to be taken advantage of by Zhou Yu.

In this case, even if you can hold important cities such as Gangneung and Yangyang, other cities that are not strategic points will have to be abandoned. In the end, even if Jingzhou can be held, there is a high probability that Jingzhou will be half destroyed.

If Lu Xun led the troops to attack Jingzhou, then Zhang Xi would be relatively easy.

Of course, it is not that Lu Xun's ability to lead troops is inferior to Zhou Yu, but Lu Xun is a person, according to the historical information that Zhang Xi learned, as well as Lu Xun's performance when commanding the Battle of Shouchun, Zhang Xi believes that Lu Xun has some defects in the use of troops.

In terms of strategic arrangement, Lu Xun's ability is not inferior to Zhou Yu's, and even for large corps operations, Lu Xun's strategic planning ability may be stronger than Zhou Yu's.

Therefore, once Lu Xun led the troops to attack Jingzhou, then in the early battle, Zhang Xi could only rely on the strong city defense to defend it.

But Lu Xun has a problem that he doesn't know if it is a habit of using soldiers, and his ability to execute his strategy is not high.

Once there is a change in the battlefield, or an unexpected response by the enemy army, Lu Xun's response will be hesitant, and once a part of Lu Xun's strategy is recognized and destroyed by the enemy, Lu Xun often does not have the confidence to continue the stalemate, or to take risks.

This is actually very similar to Zhang Xi.

And when facing Lu Xun, who is quite similar to his combat style, Zhang Xi naturally knows how to deal with it. Only you know yourself best.

As long as you can seize the opportunity to fight a large-scale counterattack in the process of defense, strive to annihilate the Eastern Wu Army all the way, and then use suspicious tactics to contain Lu Xun, there is a high probability that you can force Lu Xun to take the initiative to retreat.

Of course, this is also a great test of Zhang Xi's ability to adapt to the situation. After all, this product is actually not much better than Lu Xun's use of soldiers, and it is easy to think too much.

As for the rest of Zhu Ran, Sun Sheng and others led the troops to attack Jingzhou, Zhang Xi was not worried at all, and even Zhang Xi could resist step by step, maybe on the outskirts of Jiangling City, he would be able to find a fighter to defeat the enemy.

Therefore, in the final analysis, Jingzhou has to see how determined he Sun Quan is and who he sends to be the commander.

Guarding is able to guard, but at what cost, Zhang Xi is not easy to say.

(End of chapter)