Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 577 Xingshun Seven Years
The seventh year of Xingshun is also the "13th year of Jian'an" in history...

If there was no White Rabbit Effect, this winter would be Cao Cao's back-breaking moment - the Battle of Chibi directly ended Cao Cao's dream of unifying the world during his lifetime and created a corner of the Three Kingdoms pattern.

In Cheng Ji's world, Cao Cao got over his bad luck about seven years ago, and this year is relatively smooth.

But the same thing is that this year is "still" a year of great changes in the world!
One is the Battle of Hanzhong...

If the Han Dynasty takes control of Hanzhong, it can consolidate the horizontal power and merge the foundations of the north and south. If the Chu State takes control of Hanzhong, it can annex Xichuan, unify the south, and gain half of the country.

Facts have proved that after all, it was Chu Guo who had the better move.
Not only did it magically go all the way north from the Han River, but it also shocked the world by the explosion at Yangping Pass...

On the one hand, Zhang Lu's surrender was obtained, and with the great cause of stabilizing Hanzhong, he swept across the Hanzhong Basin, and relied on the trenches and bunkers built in a short period of time to firmly block the Xiliang army in Chencang.

The Chu State, which had not made any big moves in six or seven years, now stretched its waist and broke through the previous shackles in one fell swoop. It now regarded Xichuan as its own!

Another "big event" that caused less waves was that the Wei State defeated the Yan State's cavalry in one fell swoop, crossed the Liaoze River, and had already dealt with the enemy...

The Yan State, which originally had thousands of plate-armored cavalry and the natural dangers of Liaoze, could at least block the enemy outside Liaodong even if it could not protect western Liaoning.

However, Gongsun Kang fell into Tian Yu's plan. To be precise... it was Yang Xiu's plan!

Tian Yu was from a noble family in Youzhou. He first served Gongsun Zan. When Gongsun Zan was weak and faint, Tian Yu separated from him and did not work hard at first. Later, he joined the Wei State and was reused by Cao Cao.

He had already become the governor of Youzhou in the Wei State before - although Wei himself only had half of Youzhou, it did not delay him from being appointed the governor of Youzhou.

Mainly responsible for mediating with Yan State!
This time, Yang Xiu came up with the idea to use Tian Yu to mislead Gongsun Kang...

Tian Yu "improved" all the plate-armored cavalry of the Wei state into armored chariots. In addition to the heavy armored horses and heavy armored men, there were also four horsemen with a "war chariot" on which there were not only men with axes and axes, but also men with axes and axes. And the body also has iron spikes and sabers...

Anyway, the plate armor cavalry can't get up fast, so they simply further increase their crushing destructive power, which is quite retro!

Tian Yu used this formation to break the submission to Yan State and test some grassland tribes of Wei State.

That's a breeze.

After all, with plate armor, it is difficult for cavalry archers with insufficient grassland to cause damage to plate armor cavalry, and the firing range of Wei's crossbow is also longer than that of its opponents. As for frontal charge...

Three to five times as many Wuhuan people collided with an armored chariot, and the result was that the people were turned upside down and crushed!
After easily eliminating the Wuhuan people, Gongsun Kang also noticed the armored chariot - unlike plate armor, the chariot had no technical content. It was made of a wooden cart and then caged with shields, swords and guns.

Although the Wuhuan people were seriously injured, Gongsun Kang still laughed at the time, thinking that Tian Yu was clever but was mistaken by his cleverness, and gave him a good strategy.

After all, in terms of plate armored cavalry, Yan Guo is the most!

however……

When Gongsun Kang turned all the plate-armored cavalry into armored chariots, he thought he had a plan, but it played into Guo Jia's hands.

In Liaoze, taking advantage of the slightly frozen cold current in September, they dug out an ice-covered ditch that was "allowable for passing people but not for vehicles", and in one fell swoop, most of the plate armor of the Yan Kingdom was trapped and killed here!

The chariots that were popular in the Spring and Autumn Period originally had the disadvantages of being inconvenient to turn, too slow, and easily dragging each other down after formation. That's why after King Wuling of Zhao and his cavalry in Hufu, all countries began to transform into cavalry.

Xia Houyuan and military adviser Guo Jia took advantage of Gongsun Kang's greed and the weakness of the chariot to destroy Gongsun Kang's biggest support in one fell swoop. Taking advantage of the situation, they even crossed Liaoze directly and got in Gongsun Kang's face...

The so-called armored chariots have no ability to stop on slippery ice. The ditch is not too deep or wide, but it cannot hold up rows of people smashing into it!

Liu Bei didn't even expect that Gongsun Kang would be such a bad guy. Although he had previously planned to attack the Wei Kingdom in the north, he was blocked by Xiahou Dun who was stationed in Le'an.

After all, Hanzhong was in a tight situation all the way, and Liu Bei had to be ready to support at any time, so he didn't dare to attack with all his strength!

Originally, Liu Bei only wanted to contain it, and he also thought that Yan Guo could at least block it...

If he had known this, Liu Bei would have definitely forced the Northern Expedition!
However, when I got the news, it was already too late...

Moreover, the situation in Hanzhong is not as simple as "failed to defeat". Chu State's fight in Badong and Hanzhong was so smooth that Liu Bei was so frightened!
Where can I still fight with Cao Cao?
Although the changes in Liaodong were not as far-reaching as the Battle of Hanzhong in terms of the world.

But for the Wei State, it was crucial - in the original history, the Gongsun family was not only "relatively good" and settled in Liaodong, but more importantly, for Cao Wei, who had a vast territory and abundant people, Liaodong was not worth mentioning even if it was useless. Not that important.

Therefore, after Gongsun Kang presented the heads of the two Yuans, Cao Wei also accepted his attachment.

However, not only is Gongsun Kang much stronger now, but Cao Wei is much weaker than before Chibi in history!

This also means that the Gongsun family has become a "bag worth licking" in Cao Wei's eyes...

Especially after Cao Cao promoted the transformation, occupying Liaodong not only meant a stable backyard, but also meant that he could take over Samhan and Fuyu in the Seafood Peninsula, as well as Yilou, Goguryeo and other countries in the northeast of Youzhou.

At least for the Chu State, after the news of Youzhou came in October, it successfully attracted the focus of the palace from Hanzhong to Liaodong.

Of course, among the people, and even among the officials of Jiangshanyuan, what everyone cares more about is the victory of Hanzhong.

It's just that as the head of Chu State, the palace always has to take one step and see three steps!
After learning that Wei State's attack on Yan State was so successful, Bai Tu was already hesitating whether to focus on Youzhou in the future...

After all, after occupying Hanzhong, as well as Badong, Bazhong, and even southern Xinjiang under the influence of Chu State, Xichuan is already a fish on the anvil.

And if Wei is allowed to do so, once the Chu navy is expelled from the Bohai Sea, it will take several times more effort to re-enter in the future!
It is related to Chu State's future foreign strategy, and this matter has also triggered discussions in the palace.

At this time, Bai Tu also thought of Gan Ning again, and couldn't help but feel: "It would be great if Governor Gan could come back in time... Then there would be no choice, and we can fight on two fronts!"

Only in the palace pavilion, Bai Tu could sigh with emotion. After all, they were all the central leaders of the Chu Kingdom, and they knew nothing about the expeditionary navy.

Otherwise, if it were outside, Bai Tu would not be a bad-mouthing lead...

　Dongdong: Tomorrow, Dongdong's future father-in-law and mother-in-law will come to Shenyang, and the day after tomorrow, he and Dongdong's parents will have an in-laws meeting... The next few days will definitely be busy, the update may be as usual, or it may be delayed, just let it happen...

　　
　
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