Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 354 The World Situation (1)

In mid-November 196 AD, Zhu Wei settled the affairs of the four counties in Jingnan, and finally returned to Yuzhang.

At this time, the overall situation of the world is also changing like the original history. Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty into Xu County, and then made Xu County his capital, and from then on he took the emperor to order the world.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao's power, which originally only occupied Gunzhou, quickly spread to Luoyang, Henan, and even Guo Si, Li Jue and others who had originally separatist Guanzhong also came to join in name, which made Cao Cao's power seem to swell all of a sudden. a lot of.

With the help of the name of the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao has expanded a lot of land in the Central Plains for nothing. Although many places are still in a state of self-government, Cao Cao still has some real ground.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao can fight whoever he wants in the name of the emperor, instead of having to find an excuse to start a war like Zhu Wei.

However, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty initially appointed Cao Cao as a general, but after Cao Cao was forced by Yuan Shao's pressure in the north, he gave up the general to Yuan Shao. .

At first, Yuan Shao wanted Cao Cao to send Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Juancheng under his control, but Cao Cao would not spit out the meat he ate, so Yuan Shao had no choice but to accept the title of general given by Cao Cao. , In addition, it has also officially obtained the official control of the four prefectures of Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou.

After that, Yuan Shao put his energy into attacking Gongsun Zan in Youzhou. Obviously, Yuan Shao was going to calm down Gongsun Zan behind him first, and then he came back to talk to his younger brother Cao Cao about the emperor's affairs. This is also the origin of the later battle of Guandu. .

Then, Yuan Shu in Huainan failed to gain anything by attacking Xuzhou, so he returned to Huainan for the time being. According to Zhu Wei's calculation, he would soon become emperor.

If Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, then Zhu Wei will have another excuse to attack Liu Biao, because judging from the information currently known, Liu Biao and Yuan Shu actually have an alliance.

Although Yuan Shu was driven from Nanyang County to Huainan by Liu Biao, in order to seize Jiangdong, Yuan Shu naturally hoped that Liu Biao would not hinder him anymore, so the two made some deals secretly. Perhaps Yuan Shu could get Danyang, Kuaiji, and Wu in Jiangdong. County and other counties, Liu Biao can get Yuzhang County.

But now if Yuan Shu became emperor, Liu Biao, who was allied with Yuan Shu, would naturally become a rebel, and Zhu Wei would have an excuse to send troops to Jingbei to seek rebellion.

Well, this is something for the time being, we can only see if Yuan Shu will become emperor.

In addition, at this stage of time, Xuzhou is still under the control of Lu Bu for the time being, and Liu Bei is stationed in Xiaopei for repairs. As for Guangling County, which is nominally occupied by Yuan Shu, nothing special seems to happen on the surface.

However, Zhu Wei has already confirmed through the intelligence investigation of the Three Kingdoms game system that Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and other members of the Sun family are indeed in Guangling County. It seems that Zhu Wei's previous judgment is correct. Sun Ce has secretly controlled Guangling County. .

On the Jingzhou side, Liu Biao has already said that Zhang Xiu will be surrendered, and Zhang Xiu will be stationed in Wancheng, Nanyang County. He is going to use Zhang Xiu as a buffer between Liu Biao and Cao Cao in the north, and help Liu Biao defend Cao Cao.

It's a pity that Liu Biao's thoughts were obviously in vain. Later, under Jia Xu's persuasion, Zhang Xiu quickly turned to Cao Cao, which was tantamount to letting Cao Cao get Liu Biao's Nanyang County Wancheng for nothing, and finally Liu Biao lost his Nanyang County.

If it wasn't for the fact that when Zhang Xiu surrendered for the first time, Cao Cao's lustful heart took a fancy to Zhang Xiu's uncle and aunt, Zou Shi, which caused Zhang Xiu to turn against him again, and Liu Biao would probably be jumping and scolding his mother soon.

Unfortunately, in the original history, Zhang Xiu eventually surrendered to Cao Cao, allowing Cao Cao's power to spread to Nanyang County in Jingzhou. Of course, now that Zhu Wei has appeared, it is hard to say what the future will be like.

Anyway, now Liu Biao has lost Jingnan four counties and Jiangxia County, and given Zhang Xiuwan City to garrison troops, so the actual area controlled by Liu Yao is actually only a part of Nanjun and Nanyang County.

However, with the outbreak of the Great Plague in Nanyang County before, Liu Biao was indeed in the stage of greatly weakening his strength.

Therefore, Liu Biao didn't have anything to think about. He didn't have the strength to take action against the four counties of Jiangxia and Jingnan under Zhu Wei's control, but he could continue to fight with Zhu Wei on the official side.

Liu Biao seems to have written a letter to Xudu, asking the little emperor to make decisions for him.

But Zhu Wei also wrote a letter to Xu Du, explaining the legitimacy of his attack on the four counties of Jingnan. As for the actual control of the four counties of Jingnan, it was also to protect the people of the four counties of Jingnan from being invaded by barbarians.

At the same time, Zhu Wei had the cheek to ask Emperor Xian of Han for an official, saying that he wanted the title of general, so that he could continue to help Emperor Xian of Han take care of the people in the southeast like his cheap father Zhu Jun.

Of course, the content of the letter drafted by Wang Yuyan for Zhu Wei is much more polite, not these two seemingly shameless words, which on the one hand express Zhu Wei's so-called loyalty, and on the other hand take Zhu Jun's It's all about some high-sounding reasons anyway.

It's just that there is no news from the Eastern Han court in Xudu under Cao Cao's control, but according to Wang Yuyan's analysis for Zhu Wei, the court under Cao Cao's control may satisfy Zhu Wei's request.

Because there is no need for Cao Cao to express any hostility towards Zhu Wei. Anyway, Zhu Wei's territory and Cao Cao's territory in the Central Plains are separated by Jingzhou and Huainan, and there is no direct conflict of interest between the two sides.

And Zhu Wei controls Liu Biao and Yuan Shu's strong strength behind Liu Biao and Yuan Shu. Cao Cao may show his favor to Zhu Wei because of this, so that Zhu Wei will help Cao Cao contain Liu Biao and Yuan Shu in Jingzhou and Huainan.

After all, the current alliance between Liu Biao and Yuan Shu is not a good thing for Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu's strong strength in the Jianghuai area is also a threat to Cao Cao.

In the original history, Yuan Shu once sent troops to capture Chen State, directly threatening Xudu controlled by Cao Cao.

So Cao Cao had to send troops to attack Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu was too useless. Cao Cao captured and beheaded four of his generals Qiao Rui, Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Le Jiu in the battle of Qiyang. In the end, Yuan Shu was defeated and fled back. After leaving Huainan, he entered the end of his life.

But now Yuan Shu has not encountered such a big defeat, so Cao Cao will still be afraid of his superficial power in controlling the troops. Even if Cao Cao thinks that Yuan Shu is a dead bone in the grave, this bone is still piercing.

What's more, as Yuan Shu's ally, Liu Biao can also send troops from Nanyang County to flank Cao Cao with Yuan Shu at any time, and Cao Cao will have a big head at that time.

In addition, don't forget that Cao Cao still has a great enemy like Yuan Shao in the north, and Lu Bu is also eyeing him here in Xuzhou. Therefore, although Cao Cao is now coercing the emperor to order the world, he is actually putting himself in the situation of the world's public enemy. There are big enemies threatening.

Therefore, Cao Cao naturally hopes to make allies to help him restrain the powerful enemies around him.

So Zhu Wei is obviously hostile to Liu Biao now, and Zhu Wei is subordinate to Liu Yao, so he is also in hostile status with Yuan Shu. For Cao Cao, Zhu Wei is definitely a natural ally.

Under this premise, Cao Cao should adopt a gesture of friendship with Zhu Wei. He needs to use Zhu Wei to contain Liu Biao and Yuan Shu.

After Wang Yuyan analyzed the situation, she gave Zhu Wei a very optimistic result. She thought that Cao Cao might satisfy Zhu Wei's request for the title of general, and maybe he could get other benefits...

(End of this chapter)