The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

There is a huge map hanging on the side wall of the main hall, and the territory of the Han family is contained in it.

The northernmost from west to east is Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. The south of Youzhou is Jizhou, the south of Bingzhou is the Weibu of Sili School, the south of Liangzhou is Yizhou, the east of Yizhou is Jingzhou, the south of Jingzhou is Jiaozhou, and the east is Jiaozhou. Yangzhou, to the north of Yangzhou are the four states of Yu, Yan, Xu and Qing.

Xun Zhen stood in front of the map.

At this time, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Xun Yu, Xuan Kang, Guo Jia, Xu Zhuo and others had all left, leaving Xun Zhen alone in the hall.

"Xuzhou's water and land transportation, controlling the north and the south, is the throat of the north and the south. If you don't have this place, it is difficult for Jiangdong to see the Central Plains. If you get this place, the dangers of the river will be shared by the Central Plains and Jiangdong. It is the throat of the north and the south, and it is an important place for military strategists to fight for it. Therefore, it must be a place of peace. If you only seek to protect yourself, you will die sooner or later! The state has been roughly settled. The next step is to go south? To the north? Or take Yan? You can speak freely."

This was the tone that Xun Zhen agreed to the military, and it was a speech he made before the military conference was officially held.

After his opening remarks, Xi Zhicai and others opened their mouths one after another, expounding their opinions.

The point of view is nothing more than the three directions mentioned by Xun Zhen in his opening speech: taking Yang and Jing in the south, Qingzhou in the north, and Yanzhou in the west. Among the three viewpoints, Qingzhou in the north and Yanzhou in the west occupy the mainstream. In fact, Qing and Yan can be regarded as one, compared to Yang and Jing, which are both in the north.

Xun Zhen knew the trend of history, and knew better than other people about the ability of the current states and counties to separate the heroes, so although he was inclined to go north in his heart, it was much more difficult when he made a choice.

Although Yangzhou and Jingzhou are large, these two prefectures account for a third of the Han family, but the economy is not very developed, and there are many barbarians in the prefectures, such as Yangzhou, Kuaiji and Yuzhang. It accounts for half of the prefecture, and there are many barbarians in these two counties. Once Yangzhou is the key target of attack in the early stage, even after winning this prefecture, it will take a lot of effort to only exterminate and pacify the barbarians inside. A lot of troops, money and grain are spent on this, I am afraid there will not be too much spare time to fight for the Central Plains.

This is the disadvantage of Yangzhou and Jingzhou.

From the perspective of the general trend of the whole world, no matter in terms of people's strength, economy, culture, talents, etc., it is reasonable to strive for the young and the young.

However, it is also disadvantageous to compete for the young and Yan first.

The biggest disadvantage is that Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and Cao Cao of Yanzhou are all heroes of the moment, especially Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. In the interim, the soldiers will enter Qing and Yan, but once the soldiers enter Qing and Yan, sooner or later, sooner or later, they will have to face Yuan Shao and Cao Cao directly.

In the original history, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had a falling out, but now, Xun Zhenru is now in Xuzhou's situation, and then shows the state of competition and Yan, Yuan and Cao, especially Cao Cao, are in the same situation. Weak, then he will definitely not turn against Yuan Shao again, but will definitely join forces with Yuan Shao to jointly defend and even attack Xun Zhen. Xun Zhen knew that Gongsun Zan had failed. After defeating Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao's strength greatly increased. With Yuan Shao's support, Cao Cao would turn from a friend into a formidable enemy.

Unlike Liu Bei, Liu Bei's soldiers are not very good, his strength is in his indomitable character, but Cao Cao is very good at using soldiers. Afterwards, Yuan Shao continued to supply support, and the leading general in front of him was a rare famous general in contemporary times, and he had a very charming personality. In this way, can the alliance of Xun Zhen and Sun Jian defeat the alliance of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao? To be honest, Xun Zhen had no idea in his heart.

Guo Jia put forward a proposal in the military meeting: formally form an alliance with Gongsun Zan.

It's a choice.

Form a covenant with Gongsun Zan, then, with Gongsun Jian's strength, attack Ji, Qing, and Yanzhou together with Gongsun Zan. With the help of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, maybe Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan will have another direction in their struggle, but this is the case. Political risk is required.

After all, between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao was more favored by scholars and more "popular".

And, to be honest, even if they officially formed an alliance with Gongsun Zan, it would be difficult for Xun Zhen and Sun Jian to directly give him much help in the military. Xuzhou and Gongsun Zan's easternmost position, Pingyuan County, are separated by three counties of Jinan, Qi, and Beihai. To join forces with Gongsun Zan in Pingyuan, Xunzhen's troops need to pass through these three counties. First, the chief officials of these three counties will not They all agree. Secondly, there are many yellow scarves in these three counties. In other words, Xunzhen needs to fight all the way, which is unrealistic; Yuzhou and Pingyuan County are separated by a Yanzhou. If Sun Jian wants to send troops north, Liu Dai, Cao Cao, etc. It is inevitable to block, and even Zhang Miao will block it with all his strength, which is not realistic.

Since it is impossible to directly give Gongsun Zan much help in the military, then the alliance with Gongsun Zan is not much "practical" for Gongsun Zan. The final result of the battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao is very likely to remain unchanged~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In other words, Xun Zhen and Sun Jian will still have to face the Yuan and Cao allied forces.

On the surface, Xun Zhen and Sun Jian each had one prefecture in hand, and by that time, Xun Zhen might have already captured parts of Qing and Yan, and the opponent's Yuan and Cao should have had more than two prefectures in total at that time. It seems that in terms of strength alone, they are evenly matched, but don’t forget that Runan is Yuan Shao’s hometown. Once the two are hostile, Runan will inevitably defect everywhere, which will lead to Sun Jian’s ability to use the military force he has used outside to fight one. A big discount, that is, in terms of overall military strength, Xun and Sun Shi would have the disadvantage.

The military power has already prevailed. Yuan and Cao have a strong political appeal, and the other has an outstanding military ability. Both of them are heroes of the world.

So, having said that, if you let go of Qing and Yan, and don't take it for the time being, what are the possibilities if you go all out to Nantu?

Xun Zhen thought about it and thought that there were two possibilities.

The two possibilities have a common premise, namely: Yuan Shao destroys Gongsun Zan, and Cao Cao occupies all Yan.

In this case, Ji is Yuan Shao, Yu is Sun Jian, Xu is Xunzhen, and Yan is Cao Cao. In such a situation, one possibility is that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao still join forces to attack Sun Jian and Xun Zhen together; one possibility is: Cao Cao turned an alliance with Xun Zhen and Sun Jian, and divided Qingzhou to Xunzhen.

No matter what the possibility is, they still have to face a decisive battle with Cao Cao. The only difference is: if Yangzhou is taken first, there will be a Jiangdong area to become the rear, but at that time, Cao Cao's strength will definitely be far superior to today.

Xun Zhen thought about it and listened to the arguments of the people. When the military meeting was held, he did not make a decision. At this time, after everyone left, he looked at the map for a long time and finally made a choice.