Chapter 1566: Camp division
Chapter 1566: Camp division
Chapter 1564: Camp division
A great Han Dynasty has three Han courts and three Han emperors. What does this mean?
The world is naturally in chaos.
There used to be only one Luoyang court, and Qin Hao's Qin army, as the overlord of the princes, held the emperor in power to control the princes, and could barely frighten the princes everywhere.
But now that there are three Han emperors, the major princes will naturally choose a court that is beneficial to them for their own interests, and they can legitimately fight against Qin Hao's orthodox court.
Therefore, from the moment the three Han emperors appeared, Qin Hao's strategy of coercing the emperor to order the princes was basically of no use.
Of course, even so, Qin Hao cannot kick Liu Xie away here, at least until he unifies Hebei, otherwise he will only be left with an excuse to be criticized.
"Report...to report to my lord, the puppet emperor Liu Che, who has appointed Han Xin as the governor-general, commanding the 400,000 Hebei army and taking charge of the war in Hebei."
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Qin Hao couldn't help but frown, and said in a solemn voice: "This is troublesome. Liu Che deserves to be the Emperor of Hanwu, he is really not simple."
Previously, Qin Hao had always thought that Liu Che behaved relatively low-key. In addition, his territory was in Youzhou and he was surrounded by enemies on all sides, so he was destined not to pose much of a threat to him.
But now it seems that Liu Che's threat is even greater than Liu Ji's.
Liu Ji supported Liu Bian in proclaiming the emperor, which had an influence on Qin Hao, but after all, he did not really send troops to attack. Instead, Liu Che's various actions after he proclaimed the emperor directly hit Qin Hao's vital points.
First of all, it is the matter of Liu Che appointing Han Xin as the governor of the Northern Han Dynasty.
Although Han and Zhao Yan formed an alliance before, they still fought on their own, so even with a huge army, the coalition was still defeated by the Qin army.
But things are different now. The three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Liang all surrendered to the Han court in Yanjing and became tributaries of the Northern Han Dynasty. The alliance relationship became more indestructible. This is why Han Xin was able to lead the Hebei coalition.
Han Xin is a genius commander who is no less than Bai Qi. The combat effectiveness of the Hebei Allied Forces under his command is definitely not at the same level as that of the Hebei Allied Forces that previously fought independently. Therefore, the Qin Army's strategy in Hebei is destined to become even more difficult. difficult.
Secondly, after Liu Che proclaimed himself emperor, he made a direct move and made a large number of kings.
Liu Che's move seemed to be destroying the foundation of the Han Dynasty, causing cholera in the world, but it also hit Qin Hao's weakness, causing the Qin army to suffer unspeakably.
Although the relationship between the Cao and Sun families and the Qin army has always been very good, and the alliance has been maintained for several years, there is no friendship between countries, only interests.
If Gongsun Xuanyuan, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Zhao Kuangyin and other princes did not resist the temptation and accepted Liu Che's canonization, then the Qin army would really face a situation where it was surrounded by enemies on all sides.
So, Liu Che's threat to Qin Hao is now even greater than that of Liu Ji.
Under Liu Che's various operations, the frontal battlefield was temporarily irrelevant, and the focus of the battle between the two sides changed from war to diplomacy, which created another strange situation.
Although the Qin army is still invincible on the frontal battlefield, it is full of dangers secretly. It is very likely that if a diplomatic decision is made incorrectly, the whole game will be lost, or even the troops will be withdrawn directly.
At this thought, Qin Hao felt extremely solemn in his heart, and at the same time he said to himself somewhat thankfully: "Fortunately, Zhang Liang had arranged the situation in advance and restricted Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin to the Central Plains, unable to interfere in the Hebei war. Otherwise, the Hebei war would have caused many complications. ”
Under Zhang Liang's intervention, chaos has arisen in the Central Plains. Sun Jian has already sent troops to Hefei. Although Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin have not yet sent troops, they are not far away from sending troops.
Before eating up the two cakes of Xuzhou and Jianghuai, at least Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin will never betray the Luoyang court, because once they defect to the other courts of the Northern and Southern Han Dynasties, the Qin army will contain their forces behind them, and they will not want to destroy the Ming Dynasty. So easy.
“My lord, Sun Jian, Duke of Wu, Cao Cao, Duke of Wei, and Zhao Kuangyin, Duke of Song, all rejected the canonization of Liu Che and Liu Ji, and wrote to the court stating that they would never betray them.”
Hearing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but smile and said to himself: "Zhang Liang's plan worked."
This time Zhang Liang really amazed Qin Hao. Not only did he defuse Liu Che's plot with his own efforts, but he also temporarily tied Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin to the Qin army's chariot in an almost forcible manner. At least he was able to destroy Zhu. Before the Ming Dynasty, Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin would never leave the Luoyang court. Without the constraints of Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin, the situation faced by the Qin army was much better. Only the enemies in the southwest needed to be on guard.
In order to capture Hebei in one fell swoop, Qin Hao dispatched half a million troops, but he still had 250,000 left behind, which was enough to block the princes coming from the southwest and two directions.
“Which princes accepted the canonization of the two false emperors in the north and south?” Qin Hao asked.
“Yang Guang, Ma Teng and Han Sui all supported the puppet emperor Liu Bian.
As for Zhu Tianpeng and Gongsun Xuanyuan, they have not yet stated their positions. "
Hearing this, Qin Hao had already roughly divided the major camps in his mind.
First of all, there are still two major camps in the world, the Han camp and the anti-Han camp. Among them, there are only two anti-Han camps: Zhu Di and Hong Xiuquan. The Han camp is divided into four parts: Chinese Han, Northern Han, Southern Han, and Neutral.
The Luoyang Han court of the Chinese Han Dynasty represented by Qin Hao: Qin Hao, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Xie, Huang Zu.
The Han Court in Chengdu of the Southern Han Dynasty headed by Liu Ji: Liu Ji, Li Shimin, Liu Yu, Liu Xiu, Yang Guang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui.
The Yanjing Han Court of the Northern Han Dynasty headed by Liu Che: Liu Che, Yuan Shao, Han Xin, and Song Jiang.
Neutral ones include: Zhu Tianpeng, Gongsun Xuanyuan
So the next diplomatic war between Qin Hao and Liu Che must be centered around winning over the neutral camp princes.
Zhu Tianpeng is the master who is in the Han camp and has a bright mind, so he can basically be excluded, so the only one left is Gongsun Xuanyuan of the Liao Kingdom.
It happened that Gongsun Xuanyuan's Liao Kingdom was still located in Youzhou, so he could directly send troops to attack the Northern Han Dynasty's rear.
Therefore, Gongsun Xuanyuan's current position has become the key to the victory of this battle.
“Military advisor, do you think Gongsun Xuanyuan will fall to Liu Che or us?” Qin Hao asked Liu Bowen and Zhuge Liang on the side.
After Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen looked at each other, Liu Bowen stood up and said, "It's hard to say, but no matter what, we still have to send envoys to win over."
"Even if we can't win him over, we must keep Gongsun Xuanyuan neutral." Zhuge Liang said.
Qin Hao nodded, then looked down and asked, "Who is willing to serve as an envoy to lobby Gongsun Xuanyuan?"
A young scribe quickly stood up and said loudly: "My subordinate Li Hongzhang is willing to go."
Qin Hao saw that Li Hongzhang's special attribute was diplomacy, and it was as high as 96 points. He immediately nodded and said: "In that case, Li Hongzhang, I will send you as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom."
“Thank you, Lord, for your trust.”
The second update is here, and there are still four more chapters to be updated.
(End of this chapter)