Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 304 Nanzhou Shi’s Abacus
Jiangling, also known as the "Yingdu", the former capital of Chu State in the pre-Qin Dynasty, is now the most powerful city in the south. According to people's custom, it took the title of "Jingzhou City" from Xiangyang.

In the courtesy of Baidi Caiyun, Qianling Jiangling returned one day.

Li Bai's "Early Departure from Baidi City" indirectly explains the location of Jiangling - it is located at both ends of the Three Gorges with Baidi City. Baidi City is the starting point, and Jiangling is the end point.

Therefore, Jiangling can be said to be the strategic point from Sichuan to Jing. Compared with the military strategic point of Yiling, which is closer to the mouth of the Three Gorges, Jiangling is closer to the transportation strategic point.

Kuai Yue and Liu Biao said, "Govern Jiangling in the south and Xiangyang in the north. The eight counties of Jingzhou can be decided according to the mission." From another perspective, it expresses the location characteristics of Jiangling - one to the south and one to the north of Xiangyang, and divided into two ends of the southern county. !

Xiangyang is located in the north of Nanjun, adjacent to Nanyang County. It is also the intersection of the north and the south of the Han Dynasty, and the waist of the world.

Jiangling is located in the south of Nanjun, close to Yunmengze, with a developed water system and convenient waterways. It can be said to be the center of the entire south.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the most important area of ​​Jingzhou under the southern regime was the Jiangling area, while the northern Jingzhou was fortified in Xiangyang. As for Nanyang... it was almost by default part of the Central Plains.

Five years ago, Jiangdong was several levels lower than southern Nanjun. Yangzhou was only focused on Jiujiang and Lujiang in the north of the Yangtze River. Wujun and Danyang County in Jiangdong were only slightly better than the four counties in Jingnan, Kuaiji and Yuzhang. Considered barren.

As for Nanyang County, there is no need to compare it - the best county in the world.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Nanyang's water conservancy was as famous as Guanzhong's Zhengguo Canal and the city's Dujiangyan. The founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, and most of his generals were from Nanyang, so it was the place of Longxing in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Nanyang County had a population of 240 million, almost as much as Xuzhou.

However, the governor's office in Jingzhou was originally located in Hanshou, north of Wuling.

Firstly, because at that time the governor was mainly responsible for supervising local areas and had no administrative power, and Nanyang... was so close to the center of the imperial court and a key area, so there was no need for the governor to worry about it. The governor just looked at the Wuxi people in the four counties south of Jingjing. That’s it!
Secondly, it is due to Feng Shui... I don’t know which Feng Shui master in the imperial court recognized "Han Shou" as a treasure of Feng Shui. The name itself was to pray for the Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Wu State occupied this place and directly changed its name to "Wu Shou". " When Liu Bei saw that this was not possible, he renamed Jiameng County Hanshou. After the Jin State captured Sichuan and Shu, he renamed Jiameng County "Jinshou".

Fortunately, Qin Shihuang didn't think of this at first, or the name was too unpleasant...

When Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, the power of the governor had already been established. Naturally, he could not stay in Wuling and stare at the Wuxi people while praying for the Han Dynasty.

But he didn't dare to go to Nanyang at that time, because at that time the governor of Nanyang was Yuan Shu, a senior official... He should beat you and beat you!

The Nanjun family extended an olive branch to Liu Biao, and the two parties hit it off immediately. Naturally, Nanjun was the most stable place to govern, and there were only two places that could be considered - Nanjiangling and North Xiangyang.

In the end, Liu Biao chose Xiangyang. Although Jiangling was more prosperous, the situation at that time was that the threat from the north, that is, from Nanyang County, was greater, even now.

And according to Huang Chengyan, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others not only regarded the north as the land of Longxing, but also because the original rule was moved to Xiangyang, which made them closer to the Central Plains regime.

After all, the governance was in Xiangyang, so the interests and power of the major families in Jingzhou gradually moved northward, and they cooperated more with the families in the Central Plains - just like when the salt trade in Jiangdong just started, some families in Huainan also moved southward.

At the same time, the location of Xiangyang also determines that if the Nanjun family wants to live a stable life, it is more cost-effective to live in the north...

Why did the Mongolian cavalry compete with the Southern Song Dynasty in Xiangyang for so many years instead of attacking the Song Dynasty from Huainan?

It's not that the Mongols are so stupid that they don't know that Xiangyang City has thick walls, but that the water system in Huainan is complicated, which is not conducive to Mongolian warfare. Although the Song Dynasty was weak, neither the Later Jin Dynasty nor the Mongols took advantage of Huainan, and Xiangyang was at least located In the plains, no matter how strong the city is, it is also conducive to land and horse battles.

As for Xiangyang now, it is not as strong as it was in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Nanjun gentry, on the other hand, calculated this comparison very clearly - if Xiangyang is in the hands of the southern regime, the north will definitely use this as a breakthrough, and then they will not be the most unlucky local snakes?
On the contrary, if Xiangyang is in the hands of the northern government, for the southerners, they can go directly from Huainan to the Central Plains. There is no reason to use their own shortcomings to defeat the enemy's strong points.

This is indeed the case. During the Three Kingdoms era, except for the threat to Xiangfan when Guan Yu was in charge of Southern Jingzhou in the early period, the Wu Kingdom in Southern Jingzhou always had few attacks. Generally, [-] troops went north to Hefei, and [-] troops went north to Guangling... …

From this point of view, the calculations of the Nanjun nobles should not be too precise.

If the Huainan nobles had a choice, they would probably want to be closer to the south. Unfortunately, in the history of Huainan, those who were deposed after Yuan Shu ascended the throne had no choice at all.

Even Bai Tu couldn't help but write the word "convinced" after hearing Huang Chengyan's analysis - he really thought about it for his family!

Let’s not talk about who is strong and who is weak, first choose a plan that will have the least negative impact on you...

Therefore, even if Huang Chengyan vowed to "saw it with his own eyes" as a guarantee, the Nanjun gentry still didn't want to put themselves on the side of the general's mansion.

After all, the current judgment of Kuai Yue and others is that the current situation in the world is likely to fall into long-term division, and they need to create a safe position, especially... No matter how you look at it, the Central Plains + Hebei have greater advantages than Jiangdong + Southern Jingzhou big.

Huang Chengyan has been distracted from them for a long time, so how can he make them change their minds?

"So Mr. Huang can't persuade them to surrender, right?" Bai Tu wasn't too disappointed, just a little regretful.

Originally, Bai Tu was planning to take three to five years to fight hard, but it has only been a year...

It is already the fifth year of Jian'an, and the princes in various places are becoming more and more entrenched. No one can expect to win overnight. Historically, Xuzhou changed hands several times in a short period of time in the early years of Jian'an, which will become increasingly rare.

"No, I can at least persuade Mrs. Cai." Huang Chengyan said righteously.

"Liu Biao is still alive, I hope Mrs. Cai..." Bai Tu said, shaking his head, and then said: "And as the link between the Nanjun nobles, Mrs. Cai will not easily have a good impression of the General's Mansion."

"Mr. Bai is so worried, how can my sister-in-law not be of the same mind as me!" Upon hearing this, Huang Chengyan said in a tone that seemed indifferent but was actually arrogant.

Baitu: ...

I always feel that Jingzhou seems to be in chaos, but the dialogue picture is quite good news.

"Then there is Mr. Lao Huang. Although he is not talented, he has been able to get where he is today with the help of countless talented people in the civil and military fields, but he still dares to guarantee his credibility... No matter what happens in the future, the General's Mansion will serve both government and military affairs and will never involve his family. If it really happens in the future, It is thanks to the Cai family and Liu Jingzhou that they present the city, and they will be treated as county princes and enfeoffed cities."

The "Liu Jingzhou" mentioned by Bai Tu is obviously not Liu Biao, and it is "presenting the city" instead of Xianzhou. This obviously means that Bai Tu will not put all his hopes here, and the battlefields in Jingzhou will not cease fighting.

After all, Liu Biao won't be finished for a while. This "good news" cannot be fulfilled for the time being. It only gives Bai Tu a little more confidence. At the same time, he can urgently send a message to the front line and tell them to "fight steadily" without taking risks. Tactics such as soldiers descending from the sky.

(End of this chapter)