Chapter 149

the forces of Yuan Shu and the Yizhou aristocratic group will definitely be improved to a certain degree in the near future.

At the same time, the Sun Ce faction is temporarily in a low-health state.

Without outside help, even if he is fierce, I'm afraid he won't be able to turn the situation around quickly.

At this time, a third-party force is needed to enter the game to balance the gap between the two sides!

This third-party force must not be Dong Zhuo.

Because once Dong Zhuo sends troops to Guandong, the Guandong warlords will definitely form a coalition in minutes.

Everything will be disrupted.

Then, who should play this third-party force?

The answer is Liu Biao!

Jingzhou, where Liu Biao is located, is south of Yizhou.

The largest commandery in the world, Nanyang Commandery, originally belonged to Jingzhou.

When the Guandong coalition was attacking Dong Zhuo, the Nanyang Administrator was killed by the executioner Sun Jian.

At that time, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu were in a cooperative relationship of mutual employment.

Therefore, after the Nanyang Administrator was killed by Sun Jian, Yuan Shu quickly sent troops to station in Nanyang.

After the Guandong coalition disbanded,

Sun Jian nominally joined the Dong Zhuo camp and became the Yizhou Governor appointed by Dong Zhuo, completely falling out with Yuan Shu.

Subsequently, he raised an army to attack Nanyang

and snatched Nanyang back into his own hands.

Recently, due to the fierce fighting between the two sides,

and coupled with the fact that Yuan Shu received the full support of the Yizhou aristocratic group,

Nanyang Commandery has returned to Yuan Shu's hands.

But... whether it was Sun Jian or Yuan Shu, they both forgot a very important thing.

From the map, Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou's territory!

Jingzhou Inspector Liu Biao has always wanted to take Nanyang Commandery back into his own hands,

but he hasn't found a suitable opportunity.

Now, this opportunity is placed before his eyes.

Due to Sun Jian's death and the recent wars, Sun Ce's military equipment and strength have been weakened not insignificantly.

In the short term, he no longer has the power to covet Nanyang.

And Yuan Shu, although he killed Sun Jian, the losses he paid were not few either.

If Liu Biao raises an army at this time,

the success probability of capturing Nanyang will be very high!

But...

Liu Biao, as all you handsome guys know,

is a typical lord who defends his territory.

His steady-as-a-dog character allowed him to sit in the Jingxiang region for eighteen years in history!

In eighteen years, no force could break Liu Biao's absolute defense!

Of course, there were many external factors involved in this,

but it cannot be denied that during the period Liu Biao served as Jingzhou Inspector, the people of Jingzhou lived and worked in peace and contentment, and their lives were prosperous.

Compared with the chaos in the Central Plains, the Jingxiang region was simply a paradise on earth.

However,

although a warlord with Liu Biao's character is very steady, he also has huge flaws.

Although his defensive means are very strong,

his offensive means are not prominent.

Records of Jingzhou troops taking the initiative to go on an expedition are very few.

Except for the time he rescued Zhang Xiu in Wancheng, in the history books, almost all the rest were defensive battles.

This is not because the combat strength of the Jingzhou troops is not strong,

but because Liu Biao's steady character leads him not to want to fight battles he is not sure about.

Just like the current situation.

If Gu Yi were replaced in the position Liu Biao sits in,

I'm afraid he would soon order an army to recapture Nanyang.

But Liu Biao?

He worries that this battle will fail.

As the saying goes,

hesitation leads to defeat.

This character of Liu Biao destined him not to be able to sweep away the chaotic world, at most becoming a "lord who defends his territory."

Sun Ce wants Dong Zhuo to send troops to help him.

However... once Dong Zhuo sends troops into Guandong, that group of Guandong warlords will definitely become frightened birds!

They even have a huge possibility of temporarily setting aside their previous grievances and forming a coalition again to conquer Dong Zhuo.

As the big boss-level Dong Zhuo faction in the world today,

in that Guandong region, he must not easily enter the field.

Otherwise, the Guandong warlords who were originally fighting endlessly would stop their civil war in minutes and switch to a group-fighting-the-boss mode!

Since Dong Zhuo cannot enter the field personally,

then it is better to let Liu Biao appear as a third-party force.

Capture Nanyang, weaken Yuan Shu's forces,

and while helping Sun Ce stabilize the situation, it also indirectly weakens Sun Ce's development ceiling!

In this way, Sun Ce can only honestly take over for his father Sun Jian and become the vicious dog Dong Zhuo placed in Guandong to sweep away the aristocratic group!

I have to say,

what Gu Yi is thinking in his heart is truly vicious.

But the key to the problem now is

how to persuade Liu Biao, this person who is "steady as a dog," to take the initiative to send troops to attack Nanyang.