[Those who fly to Huainan are only Mi and Jin]
Yang Xingmi is currently facing two powerful enemies: Zhu Wen in the north and Qian Liu in the south. It is obviously not wise to fight on two fronts, so Yang Xingmi needs to choose between the two as the next strategic target.
Judging from the comprehensive strength of the two, Zhu Wen is obviously stronger than Qian Liu. But Yang Xingmi still pointed the finger at Zhu Wen resolutely. Avoiding weakness and becoming strong fully reflects Yang Xingmi's talent and strategy.
First, it is due to geopolitical considerations.
Qian Liu, with his back to the sea, was in a corner; Zhu Wen not only faced a strong enemy in the north (Li Keyong), but also was surrounded by many small minions who were on the fence with the forces in Huainan.
The same is true of winning battles. If you win against Zhu Wen, you will get many additional political benefits. For example, after the "Battle of Qingkou", Xiangzhou, Caizhou, etc. all turned to Huainan.
Secondly, Qian Liu has been active in the two Zhejiang areas since his debut. Now he has unified the two Zhejiang areas. It can be said that it is deeply rooted, supported by the military and civilians, and the mass base is extremely solid and difficult to shake; while Zhu Wen's base camp is in Henan, and for eastern lands such as Xuzhou , which was just annexed in recent years, has a relatively weak mass base and is easy to capture.
Furthermore, Yang Xingmi's newly recruited general Zhu Jin had a deep hatred for Zhu Wen and a high desire for war. Moreover, Zhu Jin had been in charge of the Taining Army in Yanzhou for more than ten years and had a certain degree of influence and appeal in southwestern Shandong. His masses The foundation is even higher than that of Zhu Wen.
Therefore, after comprehensive analysis, Yang Xingmi decided to make amends with Qian Liu and focus on dealing with Zhu Wen first. As for the main target, of course it was Xuzhou, the eastern land that Zhu Wenxin had annexed.
Yang Xingmi and Zhu Jin led tens of thousands of troops to cross the Huaihe River north and attack Xuzhou.
Zhu Wen sent Zhang Guihou to lead his troops to rescue.
[Xiang Zhiwei Bo, the cave head is flourishing]
Compared with Yang Xingmi, Youzhou Liu Rengong cannot be called a "talented man". Although he himself does not agree with my point of view, I can only describe him as "ambitious".
The player who ends the super god may not be a super god himself. However, Liu Rengong, who defeated Li Keyong, did not think so. The "Victory at Papaya Stream" gave him extremely inflated self-confidence. The successful annexation of the Yichang Army in Cangzhou gave this self-confidence wings to take off. From then on, Liu Rengong made up his mind to unify. The determination of Heshuo area.
The reason why I say that Liu Rengong is not worthy of a "great talent and great strategy" is precisely because he only knows how to work hard, knows himself but not the enemy, has no geopolitical perspective, does not have overall thinking, and treats massively multiplayer online games as stand-alone games.
The reason why he disagreed was because he did have a grand and clear strategic goal: to unify Heshuo. I need to advise him: Don’t confuse concepts. Goals are not equal to processes, but are different from results.
Setting goals is easy. The more long-term and ambitious the goal, the easier it is. The difficult thing is to build a framework for this goal.
If Liu Rengong could hear these words, he would not die so tragically in the future.
Liu Rengong selected Wei Bojun in Weizhou as his primary target of conquest. Because Luo Hongxin, the military governor of Wei Bo, had just passed away, and his son Luo Shaowei took over the position of military governor.
The young ruler ascends the throne, and the young ruler is in doubt. Wei Bojun faces the issue of the transfer of supreme power, and there may be a political purge of one son and one courtier.
Liu Rengong chose this opportunity to take advantage of the mourning to send troops to attack Wei Bo's army in a large scale.
His choice exposed his unkindness and disrespect, and even more so, his arrogance and stupidity. Since he doesn’t understand geopolitics, let me give him some advice:
Among the towns in Hebei, there are currently Wang Gao (son of Wang Chucun) of the Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, Wang Rong of the Chengde Army in Zhenzhou, and Luo Shaowei of the Wei Bo Army in Weizhou.
Among them, Wang Gao of Dingzhou has a marriage relationship with Li Keyong, and the Dingzhou Yiwu Army has long been a loyal younger brother and strategic ally of Li Keyong in Hedong;
Wang Rong of Zhenzhou is a typical wall-rider. The young Wang Rong was not good at fighting. He had long been adhering to the idea of spending money to eliminate disasters. He was capricious and never truly attached himself to any force;
Weizhou Luo Shaowei initially fought between Li Keyong and Zhu Wen, then killed Li Keyong's son, then completely severed ties with Li Keyong and became attached to Zhu Wen. Recently, he also fought with Li Keyong.
The political positions of the three vassals are very typical and very obvious. One is on the side of Li Keyong, the other is on the side of Zhu Wen, and the other is a peaceful, neutral and good old man.
And Liu Rengong had just left the Hedong forces, fell out with Li Keyong, and hugged Zhu Wen to keep warm, forming an "anti-Li Keyong" united front.
Therefore, his wisest approach should be to attack the neutral Zhenzhou Chengde Army first.
The Chengde Army of Zhenzhou and the Lulong Army of Youzhou had an ongoing feud. Li Kuangwei, the former governor of Lulong, had rescued Wang Rong of Zhenzhou many times. It was precisely because of his generous help to Zhenzhou that he lost Youzhou. Prefecture, his younger brother Li Kuangchou rebelled and seized power, but he himself was killed by Wang Rong. This was Li Kuangchou's excuse for later invading Zhenzhou. It could also be Liu Rengong's excuse to avenge his old master and seek an explanation for Li Kuangwei.
Going out with a reputation does not count as sending troops without permission.
Moreover, he can move freely between the two camps of Li Keyong and Zhu Wen.
Secondly, you can also take the Dingzhou Yiwu Army sacrificial flag first.
Li Keyong will definitely not sit idly by when attacking Dingzhou. Dingzhou is not only Li Keyong's in-laws, but also the only strategic ally of Hedong forces in Hebei. In the same way, Zhu Wen will not stand idly by, especially if Li Keyong If Ke Yong goes on an expedition to Youzhou, if Zhu Wen does not come to Hebei, he will use Zhaoyi in the east and west as springboards to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and then attack Taiyuan Prefecture in the east of Hedong to relieve the pressure on Youzhou.
Now, Li Keyong and Zhu Wen have already started a tug-of-war in East and West Zhaoyi. If Liu Rengong opens a second battlefield in Dingzhou at this moment, he will definitely get support from Zhu Wen. Taking advantage of Zhu Wen's influence, he annexed Dingzhou.
Liu Rengong avoided all the correct options. Among the three vassals, Wei Bo was the only one who could not take advantage of him, and Liu Rengong wanted to attack Wei Bo.
Regardless of political stance, Wei Bo had the greatest influence on Zhu Wen from a geographical point of view, which is one of the reasons why the two have had many intersections over the years.
Due to its special geographical location, Wei Bojun has always been the focus of competition between Li Keyong and Zhu Wen. Later, Zhu Wen did not hesitate to marry both of his daughters to Luo Shaowei's son in a double marriage to win over Wei Bo; and the Hedong forces were eventually destroyed. To lose Zhu and Wen's power is to take Weibo first and move south from Weibo. Of course, this is all for later, but it is enough to prove that both Shanxi and Bian - especially Zhu Wen, attach great importance to the Weibo area.
Zhu Wen would never allow any third party force to annex and control Wei Bo, nor would he allow Wei Bo to substantively fall to the forces in Hedong. For this reason, Zhu Wen did not hesitate to borrow military power twice to attack Wei Bo to demonstrate his "power". He married Wei Boluo Hongxin in a righteous manner and called him "sixth brother", but treated him like an uncle and condescended to please Luo Hongxin to show his "favor". The combination of kindness and power, and the clever killing of Li Keyong's son made Wei Bo completely draw a clear line with the forces in Hedong.
How much effort Zhu Wen put in to control Wei Bo!
Now, you Liu Rengong wants to touch Wei Bo, can Zhu Wen agree?
"No-haha..."
I laughed at Kutou for being too crazy, but I couldn’t see through Kutou’s laughter.
Liu Rengong posted an emoticon in the Hebei chat group: Don’t get me wrong, I’m not targeting Wei Bo, I’m saying that everyone here is rubbish.
What happened to Li Keyong? What happened to Zhu Wen? What happened to the Heshuo vassals? Even if you all come together as a group, what will happen? Me——Liu Rengong! What is "first" and "last"? Is there any difference? is it necessary? As the saying goes, a big country doesn't care about power and tactics, just push it flatly.
When Liu Rengong wrote a letter of apology to Li Keyong after he won the "Victory at Papaya Stream", Li Keyong had an accurate evaluation of Liu Rengong. In summary, he said: Please start your performance!
Therefore, while Yang Xingmi in Huainan attacked Xuzhou in the north, Liu Rengong mobilized a total of 100,000 troops from Youzhou Lulong Army and Cangzhou Yichang Army. He announced to the outside world that he had a force of 300,000 troops and marched south into Weibo territory.
