Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2231 Rang Ju Rejects Zhu Di, Zhu Tianpeng Enters Huai

In Shouchun, after Zhu Di inflicted a minor setback on Guo Ziyi, he actively reorganized the Jianghuai defense line to resist the Jin army.

The foundation of Zhu Di's layout of the Jianghuai defense line was still very solid, and he didn't even need to make too many additional arrangements.

After all, the Jianghuai region was the border between Zhu Yuanzhang's forces and Zhao Kuangyin's forces from the very beginning!

The troops here were withdrawn because of the outbreak of the war in the south and the important war. Before that, this was also a heavily defended area by Zhu Yuanzhang, and all kinds of defense had been almost complete.

The difficulty facing Zhu Di now is not how to build the Jianghuai defense line, but how to fill this defense line with enough troops.

No matter how solidly the city is built, or how reasonable the defense system is, if there are not enough troops, the so-called defense line is nothing but nonsense!
But the problem is that with the 8,000 elite soldiers he brought, even with the Guanning Iron Cavalry, it is far from enough to garrison the entire Jianghuai area. With such a small force, it is not enough to garrison the entire Jianghuai defense line.

Although Xie Ai's arrival later relieved his pressure to a certain extent and made him feel a lot more relaxed.

However, this amount of troops is definitely not enough, he needs more troops.

If the Jin army attacked the Jianghuai region, the entire Central Plains army would be their opponent. With their current strength, it was far from enough.

However, because of Xie Ai's troops, Zhu Di began to have some ideas about Tian Rangju in the Runan area.

If he could win over this troop, not only would the military strength in his hands be relieved to a certain extent, but he would also be able to use Runan as the flank of the Jianghuai region, better organize the defense line, and create a greater strategic depth.

However, although Zhu Di sent lobbyists, he was ruthlessly rejected by Tian Rangju.

The pro-war faction and the resistance faction are represented by Wen Zhong and Xie Ai, who have now entered the Jianghuai region.

Those who stayed in Runan were either people like Tian Rangju or surrenderists like Tian Pan.

With such a large group of people gathered together, Zhu Di sent a lobbyist and wanted to win them over with empty words. Isn't this a complete joke?
Even if Zhu Di raised Zhao Defang's banner, it would be useless!

Moreover, Zhang Yi, a lobbyist of the Jin army, also took action at the same time.

To say that Zhang Yi has no achievements is unfair to him!

Under his lobbying, Tian Pan and others who originally had that idea have now spontaneously gathered together to form another faction.

Although the group headed by Tian Pan was also a capitulationist before, Tian Rangju still had considerable influence on them, and Tian Rangju's words also had a certain effect on them.

However, under Zhang Yi's lobbying, Tian Rangju's influence on these people was obviously reduced.

However, the persuasion of Tian Rangju, the most critical person, has always been deadlocked. It is more difficult to make such a person surrender directly without resistance than to kill him.

This is Tian Rangju's last pride! For him, this is also his last self-esteem!

Of course, although Zhu Di sent lobbyists to Runan, he did not put all his hopes here. At the same time, he allowed Zhu Tianpeng's 10,000 navy to enter the Jianghuai area and stationed Zhu Tianpeng in the Ruxukou camp.

For Zhu Yuanzhang's northern defense line, apart from Shouchun and Hefei, the Ruxukou Camp is the most important place.

The reason why Hefei was named this way was because the water from the fertilizer and the fertilizer would gather here when the river water flooded in summer.

Later, a canal was dug artificially, and the Feishui and Shishui waters were merged. Its scientific name is "Chaofei Canal", which means Hefei Waterway.

The Hefei waterway is a life-and-death waterway for both the north and the south.

Not only is the waterway reliable and uncongested, it can facilitate the large-scale deployment of troops and supplies, and its location is extremely critical.

If the South controlled this waterway and Shouchun, it would be able to cross the entire Huai River and then travel around the Central Plains in warships.

You can’t kill him even if you block him!

Why did Sun Ce dare to plan to seize Emperor Xian from thousands of miles away during the Battle of Guandu?
Because you can follow the waterways of Hefei along the Huaihe and Yingshui rivers all the way to Xuchang!
This waterway is extremely important not only to the north, but also to the south.

Because once the Northern Army breaks through Ruxukou and gains access to the Yangtze River, the Central Plains' huge military and financial resources will continuously land in Jiangdong!

At the same time, complete the division of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River!

For example, if Sun Ce had not died during the Guandu War, not only would the outcome of the Battle of Guandu be unknown, but even if Cao Cao won at Guandu, it would have been difficult for him to concentrate on pacifying Hebei. Because the entire Huaihe River line would never be at peace again!

The entire Yuzhou and Xuzhou will deploy a large number of troops to be on high alert for the Little Overlord's armed self-driving tours every now and then!
After Sun Ce's death, Liu Fu's governor guarded the national border and nailed the front line to Hefei, which meant that not only the Jiangdong regime's way to the north was firmly blocked, but also a most reliable bridgehead was left for the Central Plains regime to move south to Jiangdong.

From then on, the Cao Wei regime only needed to deploy defenses in Hefei to trap the entire Jiangdong region within the Yangtze River.

If the southern regime owned the Huai River, then Yuzhou and Xuzhou would become important buffer zones in the confrontation between the north and the south. Both sides would fight over population and engage in armed robberies every now and then, making it impossible for anyone to produce in peace.

Not only did the North lose a lot of ways to make money, but the cost of setting up defenses everywhere also increased greatly. As a result, the advantage of the Northern regime will no longer be so obvious.

If the Huai River is held by the North, it means that it greatly reduces your defense costs and liberates a large area of ​​good land. In a sense, Hefei and Shouchun are the Hangu Pass of life and death for both the North and the South!

Therefore, in order to garrison the Jianghuai region, the main forces were concentrated in Shouchun, Hefei and Ruxukou. This was just the beginning, and Zhu Di still needed more naval forces.

Just at this time came the news of Wu Zixu's great victory in the Yangtze River, although the news of the loss of Nanjun that came at the same time made Zhu Di extremely sad.

But the news of Wu Zixu's great victory meant that the pressure on the Yangtze River was greatly reduced, and Wu Zixu could naturally allocate a force to support the Jianghuai region.

In the south, no matter when, if you can get the cooperation of the navy, you will always get twice the result with half the effort.