At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

This kind of voice is getting louder and more supporters are getting more and more, and gradually overwhelmed the main combat faction that once had the upper hand.

The world of dynamic balance will never support the continuation of one thing all the time. It is only a matter of time before the main fighters fall behind. Originally, this time will be extended later, but now, it has arrived earlier.

Not only the civil servants of the Dongzhou faction, but also a large number of vacillators among the generals. They feel that it is meaningless to continue to resist. It is unrealistic for a state to compete with the king of a country. Continuing to resist can only lead to perdition. No chance of victory.

It's all here, can we still counterattack Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and divide the world with Wei Guo?

Impossible to think about.

Counterattack is hopeless, and persistence is futile. What's the point of continuing to fight?

Wu Yi's mansion was visited by a large number of officials and generals, and it was crowded. Unfortunately, this was not something to be happy about. Instead, Wu Yi could not eat well and sleep well, and he was very worried, with dark circles under his eyes getting heavier day by day.

After all, such a matter cannot be resolved in private, after all, it must be discussed in the open.

But this time, the boundary between the Dongzhou faction and the Yizhou faction is not so clear, and the main combat faction and the main descendant faction have become the main two sides in the struggle.

Both the Yizhou faction and the Dongzhou faction have the main combat faction and the main descendant faction. The two sides are you and me, and I have you. Although there is no trend of converging for the time being, it will be a matter of time.

However, it is clear that, on the whole, the power of the descendant faction is far greater than that of the main combat faction for the time being, and this has been the case since Guo Peng occupied Guanzhong and Hanzhong.

Guo Peng actually had a very deep understanding of this point, so at the battle meeting in the Hall of Qinzheng, Guo Peng had no doubts about whether the Yizhou people would obey the central government after the war.

Guo Peng did not agree with the worry that some people in the Central Plains would rebel under the banner of restoring the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty by taking advantage of the establishment of the Shu Han.

He told the officers of the staff department what he thought, and let them think along their own lines of thought.

"What is orthodoxy? Great unification is orthodox! Ever since the first emperor ruled the world, great unification has been the standard that all Chinese Miao descendants have recognized in their hearts. Yizhou people think that they are Chinese Miao descendants, so they naturally agree with great unification. Who can achieve great unification? Who is orthodox, and to be orthodox, one must be unified.

Separatism is unpopular, and only great unification can win the hearts of the people. If Liu Zhang wants to break the situation, he must go to the Northern Expedition, not only to shout slogans, but also to make a real Northern Expedition, so as to convince the people of Yizhou that Liu Zhang can become orthodox.

In this way, Yizhou people will follow him. Therefore, the Northern Expedition is his destiny, which is the legitimacy of his separatist rule of Yizhou. He needs to make Yizhou people believe and recognize him as orthodox through the Northern Expedition and victory, and he will continue to struggle for this. If not, he is a thief, an unpopular thief. "

The staff officers nodded one after another, agreeing with what Guo Peng said.

If the Yizhou separatist regime, or any separatist regime, wants to gain real support and gain a long-term foothold, it must convince the local people that this regime can be unified and can become orthodox. This is inevitable.

It can't rest on its laurels, and can't just think about a corner. It must continue to conquer and try to unify, otherwise, it will inevitably perish quickly.

Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han recorded a genetic fragment called Great Unification for the Huaxia people. Every Chinese Miao descendant agrees with the existence of Great Unification, and yearns for and pursues Great Unification from the bottom of their hearts.

A unified regime is a regime that wins the hearts of the people, and only a unified regime can win the hearts of the people, which is the real orthodoxy.

Even if you can't for a while, you must make your subordinates and subjects believe that you can, and make enough gestures and actions.

And Liu Zhang doesn't have this ability, he can't do it, he can't make people believe that he is orthodox.

Therefore, no fool will respond to him.

Chapter 818 820 The Seven Wei Army Suppresses Shuzhong

Facing the Guowei regime that was close to unification, Liu Zhang's Shuhan regime even occupied the main route out of Shu, Hanzhong, and could not go out of Shu to fight at all.

If you want to fight for the orthodox position of Shu, you must first get Hanzhong, but Liu Zhang can't get it.

His military strength was not enough for him to get Hanzhong, so he simply gave up and took the defensive position, which was tantamount to telling the Yizhou people that he could not compete for orthodoxy.

He couldn't make Yizhou people believe that his regime was an orthodox regime, and he couldn't make Yizhou people believe that his regime had a future, so the Shuhan regime couldn't make Yizhou people throw their heads and blood for it.

This regime was unstable from the moment it was established, it was just a political product, not a national entity.

If Liu Zhang is strong enough, he should know that he must either surrender, or immediately raise troops to fight for Hanzhong to show his attitude.

But he didn't, he was scared by Wei Jun.

The longer it takes now, the more Yizhou people can't believe him.

Since you can't be orthodox, don't stop us from pursuing orthodoxy.

Most Yizhou people think so, and even those Dongzhou people who have the same idea also think about the problem in this way.

They are about to lose confidence in this regime, and they don't believe that this regime can seize orthodoxy from the powerful Guo Wei regime.

So at the Luoyang Military Conference, someone followed Guo Peng's words, saying that the people of Yizhou would definitely surrender voluntarily, and there was no need for a large army to fight.

However, this overly optimistic idea was rejected by Guo Peng.

"Liu Zhang will not surrender easily. He is not Liu Cong. He has not had time to promote any cronies just now. Liu Zhang has a basis for ruling. If he decides to resist, we still have to fight. Having said that, as long as we defeat them in one battle, Liu Zhang will Lose confidence quickly."

Liu Zhang will resist, but not to the end.

Guo Peng finalized his idea.

We still have to mobilize troops, we must mobilize troops, and we must defeat Liu Zhang, otherwise, Liu Zhang will never surrender easily.

No matter how loud the main peace faction is, in Yizhou, the army is mainly in the hands of the main war faction. The main peace faction has a loud voice but lacks decisive power.

Liu Zhang is the greatest common denominator of the two forces, and his decision will affect the actions of the entire Yizhou.

At present, Liu Zhang's opinion is very important. If Liu Zhang surrenders, it is meaningless for the main fighters to continue to fight. If Liu Zhang takes the main battle, then the battle of Yizhou must be fought.

Liu Zhang hesitated for a long time, unable to make a decision.

In his heart, he was reluctant to let him give up his status and power and become a prisoner of others.

Although he knew that he couldn't resist, but if he was to take the initiative to be a prisoner, it is estimated that few people have such a heart.

But if you don't want to encounter such an ending, you must have the strength to fight against someone like Guo.

Liu Zhang did not.

Looking left and right, I found that there are not many people around me who are willing to support me, and there are not many people who want to surrender.

Of course, it is much better than Liu Cong. At least there are a group of old officials around me, and they must support and protect themselves in order to abide by the political rules.

So Liu Zhang was a little bit entangled, he didn't want to die, and he didn't want to be a prisoner. He just wanted to live this kind of life, maintain a separate regime and independence, even if he became a minister and paid tribute.

But Liu Zhang himself knew that Guo Peng was constantly winning victories, and unification was already the mainstream trend, which could not be changed, and it was impossible to allow himself to maintain de facto independence. Guo Peng would definitely send troops to fight and seize Yizhou.

By then, will I still have a way to live?

Liu Zhang fell into a deep entanglement.

But Liu Zhang couldn't make a choice, the quarrel between the main combat faction and the main descendant faction became more and more intense, and the game between them became more and more intense. It continued from the court to the outside of the court, and they were fighting all the time. In arguing, they are all trying to convince the other party.

And at this time, Guo Peng had already determined that Liu Zhang would never surrender easily, and he would not give up the position he had already obtained. Although he was not strong enough, his self-consciousness as a ruler would allow him to persist for a while until he had to.

Liu Zhang didn't have the courage to die, which is why he couldn't keep his foundation.

So Guo Peng began to put pressure on Yizhou under the premise of Jingzhou's pacification.

On October [-]th of the first year of Yande, Guo Peng sent an order to Zhu Ling, ordering Zhu Ling to march from Zigui to Wu County, build a new bridgehead in Wu County, speed up the delivery of strategic materials to Wu County, and open up a suitable marching route. Zhuge Liang's road to Shu.

Then Guo Peng directly sent an order to Zhang He, the commander of the Hanzhong garrison, and ordered Zhang He to conduct a large-scale martial arts exercise in Hanzhong County to conduct an exercise in attacking fortified battles.

The governor of Yongzhou, Chen Gong, was ordered by Guo Peng to start transporting grain and various strategic materials to Hanzhong to increase the strategic reserves of Hanzhong County.

Cao Ren, governor of Guanzhong Daying and general of Zhenxi, received Guo Peng's order to mobilize [-] troops from Guanzhong Daying to march to Hanzhong, stationed in Hanzhong, and prepare for war in Hanzhong.

Guan Yu, the commander of the Anding County garrison army, and Cao Xiu, the commander of the Jincheng County garrison army, went south together. Guan Yu joined Annan as general, with Zhang Yun and Cao Xiu as deputy generals, leading the Hanzhong Front Army.

Trained carefully, actively prepared for war, and waited for the order to go south to attack Yizhou. This way, Zhong Hui went south to destroy Shu.

Anyway, sooner or later, we have to fight. It is better to prepare late than to prepare early. Guo Peng ordered the army to be prepared, and the local government should also be prepared. Once there are changes in Yizhou, they can respond in time.

Attacking Jingzhou is a three-way attack, and attacking Yizhou can only be two-way.

In fact, Guo Peng also made preparations for Jingzhou to not resist at all and give him the whole Jingzhou for free, but he did not expect it to go so smoothly, and Jingzhou was given away for nothing in more than a month.

In this way, he directly obtained Jingzhou's soldiers, horses and food reserves, the main force of the Central Plains Corps remained intact, and he also got the help of Jingzhou people, so he could start the next war almost immediately.

This means that the main corps of the Wei army basically had no losses in this battle. Even the battles in the four counties of Jingnan were carried out with the surrendered troops in Jingzhou as the main force, and the main force of the Wei army was almost intact.

Under such circumstances, Guo Peng already had the confidence to start a war against Yizhou immediately.

It can be said that Guo Peng is bound to win Yizhou.

He wants Yizhou very much. The rich mineral resources and well salt resources in many places in Yizhou are what he needs very much. Therefore, Yizhou must be fought, and it must be fought hard, until Nanzhong is hit, and Yizhou is actually occupied. and access to abundant local resources.

Therefore, under Guo Peng's order, the Wei army assembled almost 3 people in Hanzhong, and Jingzhou took out 4 main forces for the southern expedition, plus 1 Jingzhou navy, a total of 5 people.

From this, an army of 8 people was gathered as the main force to destroy Yizhou.

The Wei army marched in two ways, one westward and one southward, with the westward division as the main force and the southward division as the partial division, and the army went to the designated place to assemble in a mighty manner, which brought extremely heavy pressure to the Shuhan regime.

To mobilize civilians and a large number of auxiliary soldiers from Hanzhong and Nanjun to deliver food and fodder to the army to enhance the army's continuous combat capability, Guo Peng required the two armies to guarantee at least half a year's supply of food and fodder.

Of course, the battle of Jingzhou has just been fought here, and it is now necessary to rest for a while, and it is impossible to attack Shuzhong immediately.

There is a high probability that the war will happen next year, but there is nothing wrong with showing off your muscles and making Yizhou people mess up.

Guo Peng wanted to put pressure on Liu Zhang and let Liu Zhang be his knife. Before the war, let Liu Zhang do it himself to clean up a group of local descendants in Yizhou.

The more Liu Zhang cleared away, the easier it would be for him to occupy Yizhou in the future.

Somebody Guo in Jingzhou mode is not willing to see it again.

Chapter 819 820 Eight Guo Wei regime's belief in calming the world in one go is unprecedentedly strong

When the emperor gave an order, the army must of course move.

Many people were very excited, especially Guan Yu and Cao Xiu. They didn't expect them to join in the fun of the southern expedition to Yizhou.

Cao Ren's elite soldiers and generals have been farming, accumulating, and training cavalry after the Battle of Liangzhou.

Up to now, although the cavalry has practiced a lot, they have never had the opportunity to actually fight.

To the west of Jincheng County, those Qiang people, Huns and Han people were all intimidated by the Wei army's front, and they dared not advance, only dared to shrink back.

Without Guo Peng's order, the Liangzhou Front Army would certainly not be able to march westward and continue to expand their territories. They could only train day after day, practice, and get familiar with the climate in the northwest.

When they were bored, Guan Yu and Cao Xiu were relieved, and they could go to Hanzhong to participate in the war and get credit for it.

The two excitedly set off on the road to Hanzhong, leaving Xia Houyuan, Gao Lan, Yan Liang and others envious and jealous.

Their main task is to practice cavalry with the horses domesticated by Tai Pu Xianyu Yin, train more cavalry, and train better and more combat-friendly cavalry, laying the foundation for occupying the entire Liangzhou, sweeping away foreign races, and re-opening the Western Regions.

The foundation laid today is for tomorrow's success.

Guo Peng fooled them like this, just like he fooled Yu Jin and the Northeast generals.

No way, who made him the emperor, who made him powerful.

Because of obtaining a large amount of food, fodder and property from Jingzhou, Le Jin's military expenses for this part of the army can already be solved with local materials, and there is no need to use additional resources.

Guo Peng only needs to take a part of the Luoyang treasury, and then mobilize the savings in the Yongzhou treasury, which is enough to support the Hanzhong Front Army to participate in the war, and will not cause too much financial burden.

After careful management over the years, God can be regarded as a reward for food, and the food and materials in the treasuries of various places are still very sufficient.

Disasters occurred in some places in some years, but through population relocation and timely disaster relief, they did not cause much impact.

Especially the locust plagues that would appear every few years in the past, through Guo’s strategy of raising ducks and controlling locusts in Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places, there have been no large-scale locust plagues for many years.

There are still small-scale locusts, but they will soon be discovered by experienced local officials, and then organized to extinguish them in time. Basically, there will be no locust plagues that will cause people to have nothing to eat.

The treasuries of various places are full, especially because the population is actually not large, and the grain output of each place is enough to feed a larger population, so more of these grains are put into the treasury, and more are supplied to the army.

For so many years, the entire high-level Wei State has not heard of people starving to death for so many years.

Under such circumstances, people's and material resources can be fully mobilized without wasting them. In fact, it does not need such a high cost as imagined to start a war. The powerful accounting and official team will do everything possible to achieve the effect of saving money. The spent part will also be earned from the results of the war.

For example, the plundering of those tyrannical manors that resisted all their strength, through such plundering to supplement war expenditures.

There have been many wars and chaos in Yizhou in recent years, and the losses of the powerful are not small. Fortunately, the foundation is solid, and there are not many natural and man-made disasters. There are also fist products such as Shu brocade, which are in great demand in Wei, so the economic level is very passable. .

After all, the Wei army was going to enter Shuzhong. Facing the Shu people and the barbarians from various counties and countries, it was necessary to fight and open up Nanzhong, and the benefits would not be small.

At the end of October in the first year of Yande, after the pacification of Jingzhou and the war against bandits in the four counties of Jingnan, Jingzhou entered a state of construction.

As the new governor of Jingzhou, Kuai Yue is doing his best to appease the local area and restore order.

Jingzhou quickly recovered, and the only unsafe Jiangxia County was also taken over by Guo Peng's trusted officials, who sent a large number of officials to carry out rural transformation.

Guo Peng intends to make Jiangxia County a model among the three counties in Jingbei.

And the Jingnan four counties also freed up a lot of space through the war, which gave someone Guo an opportunity to send people south.