Chapter 2525 Five Kingdoms Game? No, it''s the seven countries
Chapter 2522: Game between the five countries? No, it''s the seven countries
Today is different from the past. Due to the popularity of carrier pigeons, information transmission is much more convenient, and embassies will basically be set up among allies.
Just as Shu had an ambassador to Chu in Chu, Qin had an ambassador to Wei, Song and Wu in the embassy of Wei, Song and Wu, and the ambassador to Wu was Xiang Tiao, the son of Xiang Lang.
Although Xiang Lang had a low presence in the Qin Dynasty, because he followed Ying Hao early, he had always been loyal, diligent, and had good political achievements, he was also named one of the 108th Princes after the founding of the People''s Republic of China.
Xiang Lang, who was originally from a Jingzhou family, now holds a position in Jingzhou, assisting the governor Zhang Jiuling in governing Jingzhou. His status is second only to Zhang Jiuling and Xue Rengui, and he is on the same level as Guan Zhong.
Although Xiang Lang is at the same level as Guan Zhong in his official position, his title is higher than Guan Zhong.
Xiang Lang was the earl, while Guan Zhong was the viscount, and he had not been included in the 108 founding kingdoms.
As Xiang Tiao, the son of Xiang Lang, since he can be released as an ambassador of a country, it can prove that he has real talent and knowledge.
After receiving Guan Zhong''s letter, Xiang Tiao immediately asked to meet King Sun Jian of Wu and lobby for the King of Wu as Guan Zhong ordered.
After learning that the 50,000 Qin troops in Sizhou had set out and the Wei State agreed to send troops to aid Qin, Sun Jian basically decided to send troops to Jiangxia.
Wu and Chu will never stop. If they send troops at this time, they will not only benefit from the Qin Dynasty, but also seize Jiangxia County, and weaken Chu.
If you do one thing, you will get three benefits. What reason does the State of Wu not send troops?
Although Sun Jian wanted to send troops to attack Chu immediately, he could not show it too clearly.
After dismissing Xiang Jie, Sun Jian summoned Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Jing, Wu Jing, Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Zhang Zhao, Lu Su, Bu Zhi, Pang Juan, Tian Ji and others overnight to discuss whether to send troops and specific matters.
The senior executives of the Eastern Wu naturally supported the dispatch of troops.
In the past two years, the Eastern Wu has followed the pace of the Qin Dynasty, disarmament and development of internal affairs, and crossed the seas to attack Japan.
In addition, Sun Jian also listened to Sun Bin''s suggestion and moved the Han people, Shanyue people, and Japanese people to develop the newly established Yizhou County to alleviate the land conflicts in the country.
With all the ultimate moves being used together, the national strength of Wu can be said to be rising rapidly.
According to the current development speed of Eastern Wu, the Chu State, which is trapped in the Jingjie area, is definitely far inferior. If this continues, the gap between the two countries will definitely widen.
Therefore, the whole country of Wu was full of confidence in defeating Chu and unifying Jiangnan.
But what the top leaders of the Wu State did not expect was that when Wu State was striving to develop, the Chu State did not stagnate and also found a way to quickly increase its national strength.
While developing internal affairs, Chu State also sent troops to plunder the Annan area.
The State of Chu had no intention of occupying Annan at all. It just used the plunder of the resources and population of the barbarian forces to serve as funds for the development of its internal affairs, and its development speed was no slower than that of the Eastern Wu.
So far, all small forces in Annan except Ruan and Yue have been wiped out by Chu.
Ruan and Yue have also formed an alliance to jointly resist the invasion of Chu.
The State of Chu was completely unwilling to do with the alliance between the two countries. After all, no matter how ants jumped around, it would be impossible to defeat the giants, so there was no intention of increasing troops, and the focus of development was still at home.
The contempt of Chu also made Ruan and Yue relieved. They both actively sent envoys to ask for help from the Qin Dynasty, using resources and wealth to exchange for the Qin Dynasty''s excellent equipment to increase the combat effectiveness of the army.
The Eastern Wu sucked blood from Japan to gain resources to develop its own country, while the Chu sucked blood from Annan.
The two countries have developed and grown in the same way, and the development speed is similar, so the gap in national strength is naturally not big.
If this continues, the two countries will be in a stalemate again.
Wu was eager to break this balance, so in addition to sucking blood from Japan, Wu also had to **** blood from other channels, so naturally he focused on the Nanyang area, but it was not Annan, but Siam.
Under the threat of Chu, the Ruan Yue, who was afraid of being beaten, had already surrendered to the Qin Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Qin Dynasty.
Qin and Wu are allies, and Wu is not able to deal with the vassal states of the Qin Dynasty, so they can only shift their targets to the farther Siam region.
In addition, Wu also contacted Ruan and Yue, under the name of helping the two countries to fight against Chu, and traded with the two countries, and seized part of the arms market of Daqin in Annan.
Now, in order to weaken Chu, Wu has done everything he can. Now that Qin and Chu are fighting, Wu has the opportunity to benefit, so it is naturally impossible to let go.
After Sun Jian received the support of his ministers, he felt completely relieved and immediately decided to order Sun Ce as the main general and Sun Wu as the deputy general, and to command 80,000 troops to fight against Jiangxia.
Sun Jian asked Sun Ce as the main general, so he naturally paved the way for Sun Ce again.
As he grows older, Sun Jian feels more and more that he is inadequate and can no longer be in heavy government affairs and deal with this increasingly complex situation.
In addition, this year he relapsed due to an old injury and almost lost his body. This also made Sun Jian have the idea of ??letting his eldest son Sun Ce succeed to the throne, and he abdicated in advance to recuperate.
He knew that his second son Sun Quan was convinced by his elder brother Sun Ce and was always very dishonest. He was developing his own small group in private, trying to replace his elder brother Sun Ce as the crown prince of Wu.
Sun Jian didn''t want his two sons to be ill, so he beat Sun Quan and made it clear that Sun Quan was not allowed to compete with his elder brother for the position, but the effect was obviously not good.
Sun Quan agreed on the surface, and he had never coveted the throne, but secretly he still did his own thing.
Sun Jian was increasingly disappointed with Sun Quan, but he had no choice but to do anything. After all, although Sun Quan was ambitious, he did not do anything, so he could only remind his eldest son indirectly. Sun Ce thought his father was telling him that he would treat his younger brothers well even if his father was gone, so he agreed on the surface, but he still did not regard Sun Quan as a threat in his heart.
Sun Jian made Sun Ce the main general this time paving the way for Sun Ce. If he could win, no matter how much Sun Quan tried, he would not be able to shake Sun Ce''s position.
After finalizing the candidate for the head coach and the number of troops sent, Sun Jian urged Sun Ce not to go to war with Chu, but to station at the junction of the two countries, in order to mislead the Chu army and Wu Kingdom to come only to restrain it.
After the reinforcements of Wei State arrived in Jingzhou and the Qin and Wei armies officially fought with the Chu army, Wu State went to war with Chu State, and he would have greater confidence at that time.
Sun Jian was determined to be a fisherman, but he didn''t know that when he agreed to send troops, he had already been used by Guan Zhong.
King Cao Cao of Wei originally did not want to send troops. He did not care about the conditions for sending troops promised by Daqin, and even wanted Chu to occupy Jingzhou to weaken the strength of Daqin. After all, being a neighbor with Daqin is too tormenting.
But Wei State was too influenced by the Qin Dynasty. Although its dependence on the Qin Dynasty gradually decreased due to the great increase in national strength in recent years, it still failed to completely get rid of the control of the Qin Dynasty. In addition, it is nominally an ally of the Qin Dynasty, so it is impossible to refuse the Qin Dynasty''s request.
If the Wu Kingdom did not send troops, then the Wei Kingdom would have an excuse to not send troops, so Cao Cao was going to contact Sun Jian secretly and agreed not to send troops from both countries.
What Cao Cao did not expect was that before he could send out his news, he received the news that the State of Wu had sent troops. Although the war had not yet begun, this also left Wei without any reason to send troops.
Cao Cao had no choice but to send troops. He ordered his clan relative Cao Bin as the main general and the newly recruited general Zhang Guifang as the deputy general, leading the 30,000 troops from Yingchuan to Jingbei to support the Qin Dynasty.
Before the army set off, Cao Cao reminded Cao Bin that this time he sent troops was just a forced one, so he would not fight if he could, but the benefits of this battle must not be missed.
To put it bluntly, I just don’t want to work hard but still want benefits. But in fact, as long as 30,000 Wei troops entered Jingbei, it was the biggest benefit for the Qin army.
Nanyang County borders Yingchuan County, and the Qin Dynasty took the initiative to open the checkpoints to the Wei army, so Cao Bin''s 30,000 Wei army quickly entered Nanyang County and then headed south to Zhangling County.
The senior leaders of Jingzhou, led by Xue Rengui and Guan Zhong, knew very well that they had not expected the Wei army to do much effort, as long as they could help Qin restrain the Chu army.
Xue Rengui ordered Huang Feihu to lead a five thousand army. After joining Cao Bin''s 30,000 army, 35,000 troops stationed in Zhangling to restrain the Chu army in the direction of Jiangxia.
Subsequently, Xue Rengui asked the governor Zhang Jiuling to lead 10,000 troops to defend Xiangyang, while he and Guan Zhong ordered 15,000 troops to enter Yicheng and Guiguo City respectively, and faced Deng Yu''s 55,000 Chu troops head-on.
Yes, Xue Rengui not only did not stand firm and wait for support, but chose to take the initiative, because he knew that if he chose to defend, even if he could defend Xiangyang City, the southern city would probably fall.
If there were no Wei and Wu to help, Xue Rengui might have abandoned several county towns to concentrate his efforts to ensure the safety of Xiangyang.
But since both Wei and Wu have sent troops, Xue Rengui can naturally be bolder and take the initiative to face the head-on battle with Deng Yu.
After learning that the two countries of Wei and Wu sent troops to help Qin, King Liu Xiu was so angry that he smashed three Qin-made glass bottles.
That’s right, even now, countries have not been able to crack the glass firing technology of Daqin.
As for the reason, in addition to Daqin''s excessive technical protection, Daqin also did not popularize glass technology, and the number of workers who mastered this technology was not too many, which naturally greatly reduced the possibility of technology leakage.
"Lord, both Wei and Wu have sent troops, and this attack on Qin will be difficult to succeed." Pang Tong said in a deep voice.
"I thought that Xue Lihui would recall Han Xin, temporarily expand his army, or transfer troops from Sizhou, but I didn''t expect that Xue Rengui would borrow power from Wei and Wu."
At this point, Liu Xiu''s face was full of resentment and cursed angrily: "Are Sun Jian and Cao Cao both fools? I wonder if the Qin Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger. Will they even clean up when they are ready to be unified?"
Sun Jian and Cao Cao naturally knew this, but with Guan Zhong''s operation, they could not see any hope of Chu winning this battle.
Since Chu is destined to be defeated, it is better to let Wei and Wu take the opportunity to gain some benefits and strengthen themselves. It is better than if the Qin army will not fight back when it comes to fight back in the future.
The situation of Chu is very embarrassing. Wei sends troops to help Qin. Wu is eyeing him covetously. If Chu continues to attack Qin, the outcome will not be predictable, and there is even a risk of being attacked by Wu.
Liu Xiu was also a little worried. After some thought, he decided to temporarily recruit 50,000 just in case.
He dared not call too many times, after all, rest and strengthening national strength is the mainstream.
If the army is expanded on a large scale, it will inevitably trigger a chain reaction and stimulate all countries to expand their troops together. Once it evolves to the extreme level of military expansion, this is not a good thing for all countries.
After all, the total population of the Qin Dynasty is 38 million. If the army is expanded at the limit, the combined military strength of the six kingdoms of Shu, Chu, Wei, Wu, Sui, Song and Ming will still not be as powerful as that of the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, adhering to the elite military strategy, resolving the extra military force to develop national strength is the smartest way.
Liu Xiu was not willing to withdraw his troops like this. He ordered Deng Yu''s troops to continue to advance, but asked Wei Zhang''s troops to stop advancing and confront Huang Feihu and Cao Bin''s troops. After all, fighting with Wei will only make the Qin Dynasty cheaper.
As for Sun Ce who was looking at Jiangxia, Liu Xiu sent envoys to Wu on the one hand to show his interests and expressed his interests, hoping to persuade the Wu army to retreat. At the same time, he increased 50,000 troops from Jingnan to Jiangxia and went to Jiangxia in person to take charge.
In order to support Liu Xiu and fight against the Qin Dynasty, Liu Yu really fought hard. Not only did he expand his army in the face of war, but he broke the Chu army''s strategy of rest and recuperation that had been adhered to for two years, but he also went to the front line to guard Jiangxia.
The first Yangpingguan Battle of Qin and Shu was really a tangle of the whole body. In addition to Qin and Shu, the three kingdoms of Chu, Wei and Wu were also involved, and the five countries were in chaos due to the war in Hanzhong.
But in fact, it is not only that. The Sui and Song dynasties were also affected later. This battle actually involved seven countries, and only the Ming Dynasty was excluded.
(This chapter ends)