Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2486: Liu Bei goes to Qingnan, Tian Dan guards Mount Tai

Qingzhou.

When Qinghan received the news of the Jin army's large-scale mobilization, coincidentally, all the civil and military officials of Qinghan were also assembled by Liu Bei at the first opportunity.

Qinghan is not like Jizhou where there are only a few big fish and a few small fish. It can be said that there are a lot of talents. Now, the scale between the two sides is completely different.

At the meeting, a group of generals or advisers led by Feng Hou, Gongsun Yan, and Liu Bingzhong were also very sensitive to the fact that Qinghan’s battle line was now long.

After five years of recovery, although Qinghan's situation is much better than Jizhou, it has definitely not recovered to its original peak state. In this regard, it is definitely no match for the current Jin army.

Once the battle line is too long, it means that every place has to be defended, and thus the forces in each place will be forced to disperse.

However, the various troops of the Jin army can concentrate their strength on one point.

In the situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, they are now at a great disadvantage. With their forces dispersed, it is a nightmare for them as the weaker party.

Therefore, Gongsun Yan and Liu Bingzhong also had the idea of ​​clearing the countryside, but they did not do it as thoroughly as Jizhou did.

After all, even if Qinghan has not recovered to its peak, it is not as degraded as Jizhou. At least, Qinghan is still capable of a head-on battle.

Therefore, in the view of a group of generals or strategists headed by Feng Hou, Gongsun Yan, and Liu Bingzhong, in order to cope with the situation that the terrain of Qingzhou and Yanzhou are long in width and narrow in length, and the battle line is long, they decided to abandon part of Yanzhou and only retain Taishan in Yanzhou.

After all, Qing Han only occupies a small area in Yanzhou, and is constantly facing threats from Si, Yu, Yan, and Xu. Therefore, it is better to give up all the rest and stick to only keeping Mount Tai, which has certain geographical advantages.

Taking advantage of the geographical advantages of Mount Tai, it is used to protect the southwest of Qingzhou.

Liu Bei even generously rewarded Zhao Defang with the title of King of Mount Tai and handed the place over to the remnants of Zhao Kuangyin headed by Tian Dan to guard.

After the Central Plains War that year, the remnants of Zhao Kuangyin, represented by Tian Dan, naturally fell under the protection of Qing Han.

However, although the remnants of Zhao Kuangyin, represented by Tian Dan, had always respected the Han Dynasty, they still held on to their last bit of stubbornness and regarded Zhao Kuangyin's son Zhao Defang as their new leader.

It can be said that they are not from Qinghan, but they have been under the protection of Qinghan for all these years, and their food, drink, defecation and urination are basically provided by Qinghan. These people also maintain the due respect for Qinghan Emperor Liu Bei.

They can be said to be Qinghan's people, but they always feel a little bit off! At least, compared with the group of people under Liu Bei, they are a little bit off!

However, at this time, this did not prevent Liu Bei from using this power.

After all, although this group of Zhao Kuangyin's remnants have become insignificant after Zhao Kuangyin's demise, they still have some elite members.

The Central Plains troops were not able to exert their combat effectiveness during the Central Plains War because they had no food or money. However, this does not mean that they are really bad!

However, although part of Yanzhou's territory was abandoned and only Mount Tai was left to guard Qingzhou's flank, how to fight this battle was still a huge headache for Qingzhou.

Because, their biggest problem, in addition to the long battle line, is that the entire Qingzhou is divided into two parts, Qingnan and Qingbei. The Yellow River separates Qingzhou in the middle.

What they feared was not anything else but that their navy would not be able to guard the Yellow River and would be cut in half by others.

The key point is that although they can unite with You Qin and the Youzhou navy to assist in defense, this is still only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

After all, the area they have to defend this time is too large.

Not only do we need to control the Yellow River, but we also need to take good care of the Bohai Sea.

After all, once the Jin army's navy entered Bohai Sea, both Youzhou and Jizhou would be threatened.

Therefore, even if their Qingzhou navy joined forces with the Youqin navy, it is still inferior to the current Jin navy.

The most crucial thing is that when the time comes, the Youzhou navy will naturally have to take care of Youzhou first, and Jizhou’s Bohai County will be in danger.

Yuan Tan is now serving as Qingzhou's eastern barrier. Before this eastern barrier is broken, they in Qingzhou only need to take care of the south.

As for their Qingzhou navy, they were so busy just watching the Yellow River that they had no spare energy to pay attention to the Bohai Sea.

In short, it now seems that in this war in the north, due to the lack of naval power, they have loopholes everywhere!
However, the key point is that this lack of hard power is not so easy to make up for.

Just like during the war in the south, the navy under Qi Jiguang's command was not strong enough. At the beginning, they could not win the battle and could only barely maintain the situation.

However, if they deploy troops to defend various places along the coast, it will be a huge test for their current troops.

After all, even if they were not sure how many troops the Jin army would send out, at least, the number of troops would definitely be on them! In other words, it would be more than the three northern families combined!
Now, their three northern states, Jizhou and Youzhou, each have no more than 100,000 troops!
Needless to say, due to internal problems in Jizhou, their recovery efficiency was the worst during the five years of recovery.

As for Youzhou, they have also been properly recovered during these five years.

However, the problem is that five years ago, or more precisely, before the epidemic, the Qing Dynasty and Li Tang had already suffered severe losses in strength and even lost a large amount of land due to the joint attack.

Now, it is the Qinghan people, if we add the remnants of Zhao Kuangyin, who, after five years of recovery and development, now have a total of 18 horses including water, infantry and cavalry.

In terms of strength, it is even equivalent to the sum of their two families.

But, in short, these three countries currently have absolutely no basis for deploying large numbers of troops for coastal defense.

However, although these problems exist, the most urgent task at present is the defense of Qingnan, which must be the front line of the confrontation between Qing and Han.

Everyone in Qing and Han understood that this battle would be a battle of life and death. If they could not win this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Kuangyin would become their lessons.

For this battle, Liu Bei personally went south to Qingnan, ready to sit at the front line and even prepare to go to the battlefield again.