At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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In a blink of an eye, the eight countries changed into four countries. Who knows if there will be other changes in the future?

Chapter 531 .530 Tri-State Alliance

The first ten days of the first month of the fifth year of Xingping

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I don't know if I can still use this year name.

The emperor is gone, the court is gone, but the new emperor has not appeared, and the people of the world will acquiesce that this year is the fifth year of Xingping.

Anyway, before everything is settled, let's settle it like this.

At this time, Liu Biao received letters from Liu Pan and Sun Ce. After reading them, Liu Biao remained silent, and it took a long time before he found Cai Mao and Kuai Yue.

"Sun Bofu wants to cease fighting with me."

In a nutshell, that's it.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue looked at each other and probably understood what Liu Biao meant.

The pattern of the world has changed drastically. In just a few months, the pattern has changed beyond recognition.

When they started the war, the general situation in the world was chaotic, but now, it is even more chaotic.

Obviously, this time is not the time to continue the war with Sun Ce, because the threat from the north is too great.

Guo Peng pacified Xuzhou, the last obstacle in the Central Plains disappeared, and no one could hinder Guo Peng's footsteps in the Central Plains.

Guo Peng's forces and Yangzhou are governed by the river, and Jingzhou is based on Nanyang County.

It seems that Guo Peng has no plans to go south. After the upheaval of Hongnong, he returned to Yecheng directly, and he didn't seem to plan to go south. It is estimated that the next focus will be in Kansai, not in the south.

Having said that, Guo Peng has unified Hebei and the Central Plains, and his power is unmatched in the world. If he continues to develop, and Liu Biao continues to fight against Sun Ce, doesn't it mean that everyone commits suicide together?

"If Guo Zifeng intends to go south, and Sun Bofu and I continue to fight, it will be a laughing stock in the eyes of the world. Will there be any difference between me and Tao Qian?"

Liu Biao took a deep breath, and tapped the table slowly: "Chen Yuanlong from Xuzhou, together with the major families in Xuzhou, rebelled against Tao Qian and invited Guo Zifeng to go south to Xuzhou. Isn't this a conspiracy instructed by Guo Zifeng?

His mouth was full of national righteousness, benevolence, justice and morality, until the last moment he looked helpless, made three speeches and gave way, not only won the world's reputation, but also won the title of Duke Wei, feuding the country and establishing the country, taking advantage, Guo Zifeng !How hypocritical!How terrible! "

Cai Mao glanced at Liu Biao, seeing Liu Biao's frightened face, he felt a little disdainful.

You were the one who looked down on Guo Peng before, and you were the one who said Guo Peng was a yellow-mouthed child, but now you find him scary?

It was scary enough when he defeated Yuan Shao, and even more terrifying when he defeated Yuan Shu, isn't it like this?

Just found out now?

Liu Jingsheng, you are too arrogant, the queen mother realized it.

"If the war continues, Jingzhou will definitely follow in Xuzhou's footsteps."

Liu Biao looked at Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, his eyes became a little cold: "Or, I have already followed in Tao Qian's footsteps?"

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue's heart skipped a beat, their pupils shrank, and they immediately fell to their knees together.

Sensing Liu Biao's mental state, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, who were not prepared for anything, were shocked.

"My lord, there is absolutely no such thing!"

"My lord, we have worked together for several years, do you think your lord will doubt us?"

The two hurriedly expressed their loyalty and unyielding will, and Liu Biao looked at it for a long time before letting them stand up with a sigh of relief.

"You didn't let me be the king of Chu. I was very angry in the past, but when I saw Tao Gongzu's end, I knew that there would be no good end for me to be the king against the will of the people. I will not insist on this matter. Now, I am still the Mu of Jingzhou, not the king of Chu."

Liu Biao backed down and compromised, which surprised Cai Mao and Kuai Yue.

Did Liu Biao wake up to Guo Peng's huge threat and the emperor's death until this time, and decided to keep a low profile?

"Not only that, but I also want to form an alliance with Sun Bofu to fight against Guo Zifeng. It is best to send people into Sichuan to form an alliance with Liu Jiyu to fight against Guo Zifeng. If he wants to go south, we will send troops to go north together on three sides, and we will never let him go. He succeeded!"

Liu Biao narrowed his eyes and said his plan.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue suddenly felt that Liu Biao had been confused for so long, and only this decision made at this time was very correct.

If Jing, Yiyang and the three prefectures can reach an offensive and defensive alliance, Guo Peng will attack one family, and the other two will send troops to the north to restrain them, then Guo Peng will definitely be in great trouble.

However, not to mention whether this agreement can be reached, even if it is reached, isn't it a bit too late?

It has not been a day or two since Guo Peng became the number one vassal in the world. In the past, Liu Biao was afraid of Guo Peng because of his strength and did not dare to offend him, so he did not dare to do anything. Now seeing Guo Peng annexing Xuzhou, he finally felt blindly afraid Is it pointless?

It's really late.

The most elite places in the whole Han Dynasty are occupied by Guo Peng, whether in terms of population or materials, the three prefectures of Jingyiyang and Jiaozhou in the south cannot compete with Guo Peng at all. The development potential of population and materials is much weaker than that of the north, which is not an order of magnitude at all.

It's only now that I wake up, it's really too late, the overall situation has been settled.

I thought so in my heart, but Liu Biao's order still had to be obeyed. Kuai Yue was in charge of contacting Sun Ce, and Cai Mao was in charge of contacting Liu Zhang.

The two sides contacted together to prepare to sign an offensive and defensive alliance treaty, to fight against Guo Peng together, and to resist Guo Peng's possible invasion together.

In addition, Liu Biao is also very concerned about the public opinion in the Central Plains and Yangzhou and Yizhou after the death of the emperor, and wants to know how people in the world view this matter, as well as the most critical and core issues.

Liu Xie is dead, who will continue to be the emperor?

Liu Biao felt that this decision must be difficult to make.

No matter which Liu family member wants to be the emperor, it must be recognized by the major princes, otherwise everyone will support an emperor, and the world will be divided directly.

Of course, the most critical person in this is Guo Peng.

Only with Guo Peng's strong strength and vast territory, the emperor he elected has the most qualifications to become the emperor, while the other forces are really not qualified.

That person is like the central emperor, while my side is like the local emperor in a corner.

No matter how you look at it, you are pitiful, weak and helpless.

However, will everyone agree with the emperor elected by Guo Peng?

The Emperor Xie gave Guo Peng the qualifications to make the princes, and the title of righteousness to Guo Peng, so he didn't point out where to fight?

So there is still a way out for everyone?

The result will inevitably be that it will not be recognized, and it will inevitably be launched as a representative of its own emperor.

That would really be a full-scale confrontation of the Warring States Period.

Liu Biao suddenly thought of such a terrible future.

We must pre-empt strikes, we must plan ahead, and we must be prepared before everything is settled.

Times have changed, really.

The three prefectures of Jing, Yi and Yang must unite to fight against Guo Peng and any threats and risks. Everyone must be tied together and resist together.

In the ultimate situation, the three families will elect an emperor together, and use the land in the south of the Yangtze River and the defense line of the Yangtze River to resist firmly and never admit defeat.

Chapter 532

After Sun Ce learned of Liu Biao's thoughts, he was greatly relieved.

"Liu Jingsheng agreed to a truce, and the Jingzhou army retreated to Jingzhou territory. All this can be regarded as never happened. The two sides put aside their previous suspicions and worked together to deal with Wei Gong's threat."

Sun Ce handed Liu Biao's letter to Zhou Yu, who took a look at it and nodded with a smile.

"It seems that Liu Jingsheng is not stupid. He knows that the current situation can no longer tolerate us continuing to fight."

"Yes, the emperor died, the imperial court collapsed, how should the general situation of the world go, I am afraid that the strong will be respected, Wei Gong occupied the Central Plains of Hebei, with more than 20 armored soldiers, and countless good soldiers. If we don't give up The former suspects are working together, I'm afraid they will be defeated by Duke Wei one by one."

Sun Ce said calmly: "Having said that, Duke Wei is also a rare hero. If I can compete with Duke Wei on the battlefield, that is something I would like to see. Man, if I can compete with a hero like Duke Wei in this battle How happy it is to decide to die."

"Definitely not now."

Zhou Yu said with a helpless smile: "Jiangdong is a waste of time, there are still many things to do, and the rebellion has not subsided, and after Bofu, Xuzhou was occupied by Wei Gong, Xuzhou scholars have taken refuge in Wei Gong. What can I do for you?" All the friends you have contacted have defected to Duke Wei, without exception."

Sun Ce sighed.

"This is human nature, so what is there to regret? Perhaps Gong Jin is the only person in the world who can reject Duke Wei and take refuge with me?"

"What if it's just me?"

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly: "Bo Fu, I know there are some things you don't want to do, but you have to do them. If you don't do them, Jiangdong scholars will not accept you."

"That's not now either!"

Sun Ce clenched his fists: "Military force is the foundation. I will use force to subdue them, and then negotiate terms with them. Otherwise, is this Wu State my Wu State or their Wu State? Gong Jin, what did you say? I understand it all, but only when I am strong can I not be underestimated!"

Zhou Yu felt that what Sun Ce said was right, but for some reason, Zhou Yu felt that what Sun Ce did was wrong.

At the end of the first month of the fifth year of Xingping, Zhou Yu, the plenipotentiary representative of Sun Ce's party, brought Wu's envoy team to Jiangxia County in Jingzhou, where he had discussions with Kuai Yue, the plenipotentiary envoy of Liu Biao's party, and determined the content of the covenant signed by the two parties.

Because of the threat of a powerful enemy, both parties consciously reduced the various red tapes that should have been involved in the negotiation, and directly chose the simplest and fastest way.

The two sides agreed to withdraw their troops from each other and not to fight any more. There would be no heavy troops on the border, but only patrol troops, and all troops would be placed northward to face Guo Peng's threat.

When Guo Peng sent troops to the south to attack any of the two families, the other family would send troops to the north to contain Guo Peng, so as to achieve the effect of besieging Wei and saving Zhao.

The two sides talked very quickly, and the whole process took only two days. In two days, the two sides negotiated the conditions they needed, and then signed the covenant.

Jingzhou and Wu Guo reached an alliance treaty of mutual assistance, faced Guo Peng's threat together, advanced and retreated together on world affairs, communicated with each other, and expressed their opinions together.

Their agreement was reached very quickly. When Guo Peng just led his army to Hanoi, the agreement was reached.

Kuai Yue's side reached an agreement very quickly, but Cai Mao's side and Liu Zhang's agreement was not so fast. It is a bit troublesome just for the envoy to enter Shu, and the situation in Shu is very delicate now.

Pang Xi led the [-] Shu army to attack Hanzhong in the north, and Zhang Lu led the [-] Hanzhong army to defend Hanzhong. The outpost battle between the two sides has already started.

Pang Xi was bound to win, and he exerted all his energy and ability, vowing to capture Hanzhong and make Yizhou complete, allowing him to attack and retreat as well as defend.

The attitude of Yizhou towards this war is more complicated, basically they support it, and of course there are some who oppose it, but because Hanzhong also belongs to Yizhou, there is not much opposition.

After Liu Zhang realized the threat of Pang Xi, he also worked hard to make a balance, such as promoting Gao Pei and Yang Huai, generals from Yizhou, promoting Wang Shang, a scholar from Yizhou, etc., and then he did some things for Dongzhou people. Squeeze to try to balance.

The atmosphere in Shuzhong is therefore very delicate, and one does not know what will happen afterwards.

But no matter what happens to them, the plan of Guo Peng's [-]-strong army to march west to Kansai will not change and is in progress.

Guo Peng held a swearing-in meeting on the first day of February in the fifth year of Xingping and swore to go to war.

The army marched in two ways, the first being Guo Peng's main force, who led [-] elite troops from Yecheng to Hanoi, joined Han Hao, Hanoi prefect, and [-] Hanoi garrison troops, making a total of [-] elite troops.

Then they marched west together, captured Hedong County on the north bank of the Yellow River, and after conquering the entire Hedong County, they went south to Hongnong County.

The Second Route Army started from Suanzao in Chenliu County, which was the starting point for the princes to seek Dong.

Unlike the last funny crusade, this time it's real.

Guo Peng took Cao Ren, the former general of the Wei State, as the commander-in-chief of this army, ordered Guan Yu, the general of Zhenxi Township of the Wei State, to be Cao Ren's deputy general, and ordered Chen Gong, the general of the military division, to rush to assist him. Go to Luoyang.

After Cao Ren took Luoyang, he would go all the way west to Hongnong County, and go hand in hand with Guo Peng's main force, and move westward across the Yellow River to launch a flat-push attack on the Kansai area.

For this war, Guo Peng mobilized a total of 15 civilians and auxiliary soldiers, [-] carts and [-] livestock in Jizhou and Yanzhou, and all the officials of the two states were mobilized.

All grass-roots village chiefs, county magistrates and county chiefs, including the governors of the two prefectures Cao Cao and Bao Xin, all had to work on the front line of logistics and food transportation.

The goal of this battle is Chang'an, which is to take Chang'an and cover the entire Sili area. The starting point is about 760 miles away from the final destination of Chang'an, which is nearly [-] miles.

Since Guo Peng raised his troops, he has not fought such a long distance. This is an extremely severe test for the entire Wei group.

It is an unprecedented and severe test for Wei Guo Group's bureaucracy and management system from top to bottom.

Any mistakes in any link may bring danger to the soldiers marching on the front line.

Don’t say that the enemy is not strong enough, it’s easy to escape, it’s safe. For Guo’s army, the enemy is not the most dangerous enemy. The most dangerous enemy is the logistics problem. That is the most dangerous.

Only Guo himself can defeat Guo, not others.

Mr. Guo deeply understands that at this point, no force can defeat him by force.

But in addition to force, poor traffic, steep terrain conditions, and population production conditions where it is difficult to obtain food locally are more terrible enemies.

It is impossible to lose to the enemy, but it is possible to lose to oneself, the world is so fucking.

Sending troops from a long distance, with an attack distance of nearly [-] miles from the end point to the starting point, this battle to conquer the west is definitely the largest unprecedented test since the establishment of the Guo Peng Group.