Chapter 1564: Camp division
A big Han Dynasty has three Han courts and three Han emperors. What does this mean?
Naturally, the world is 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 and commanded 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 control the princes was basically of little use.
Of course, even so, Qin Hao couldn't kick Liu Xie away here, at least he had to wait until he unified Hebei, otherwise he would only be left with an excuse to be criticized.
"Report... to inform my lord, the puppet emperor Liu Che, has appointed Han Xin as the Grand Governor, 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 low voice with a solemn expression: "This is trouble. Liu Che deserves to be the Emperor of Hanwu, he is really not simple."
Qin Hao had always thought that Liu Che behaved in a relatively low-key manner. 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.
Although Liu Ji supported Liu Bian in proclaiming the emperor, he also had an influence on Qin Hao, but after all, he did not actually send troops to invade. Instead, Liu Che's actions after proclaiming the emperor directly hit Qin Hao's vital points.
First of all, it was Liu Che's appointment of Han Xin as the governor of the Northern Han Dynasty.
Although Han Zhaoyan 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. It was only in this way that Han Xin could 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 came directly and was granted the title of king.
Liu Che's move seemed to destroy the foundation of the Han Dynasty and bring cholera to 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 be faced with enemies on all sides.
Therefore, 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. The focus of the battle between the two sides changed from war to diplomacy, and this created another rule-based situation.
Although the Qin army is still unstoppable 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 army 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. They would not be able to interfere in the affairs of Hebei. Otherwise, the war in Hebei would be inevitable." There will be branches."
Under Zhang Liang's intervention, chaos arose in the Central Plains. Sun Jian had already sent troops to Hefei. Although Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin had not yet sent troops, they were not far away.
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 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, Duke Sun Jian of Wu, Duke Cao Cao of Wei, and Duke Zhao Kuangyin 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 single-handedly solve Liu Che's plot, 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 Dynasty.
Without the constraints of the two major princes, 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 an army of 500,000, but he still left 250,000 behind, which was enough to block the two opposing princes from the southwest.
"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. "
Upon hearing this, Qin Hao had 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, and Huang Zu.
The Chengdu Han Court 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.
The neutral ones include: Zhu Tianpeng, Gongsun Xuanyuan
Therefore, the next diplomatic battle between Qin Hao and Liu Che must be centered around winning over the neutral princes.
Zhu Tianpeng is in the Han camp and the master with a clear mind 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, and he could directly send troops to attack the Northern Han Dynasty's rear. Therefore, Gongsun Xuanyuan's position had become the key to victory in the first battle, and he would definitely become the target of Qin Hao and Liu Che's efforts to win over.
"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 to the Liao Kingdom."
"Thank you for your trust, Lord."
