Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

What shocked me was the appearance of the "Anti-Wu Alliance"...

This actually happened...

Do the Jiangdong noble families really completely disregard the overall situation?

Even with Lu Bu's political ability, he could understand that if the anti-Wu coalition attacked Wujun at this time, it would be almost equivalent to standing completely on the opposite side of the anti-Dong coalition, and it would be a blow to the face of the entire anti-Dong coalition.

And what kind of group did the anti-Dong alliance bring together? It was a group of Han clansmen and princes from Guandong.

Especially after the anti-Dong Zhuo coalition defeated Dong Zhuo, what the anti-Dong Zhuo coalition represented was righteousness.

But what made Lu Bu and Chen Gong pay more attention was that the anti-Wu coalition army, which claimed to have an army of 300,000 but actually had a strength of 140,000, was actually defeated.

In a flash, they were defeated miserably and their entire army was wiped out.

At present, Lu Bu can only be regarded as a makeshift team. Naturally, he has no ability to plant any spies in Yangzhou.

The reason why Lu Bu was able to learn this news was that he learned about it through the Yingchuan Chen family, a famous family of the time.

Moreover, the information that Yingchuan Chen learned was also known through some of his students and former officials who were far away in Yangzhou, as well as aristocratic families with whom he had certain connections.

More importantly, after the anti-Wu coalition was defeated, the completely panicked Jiangdong aristocratic families were looking for connections all over the world.

He hoped to put pressure on Liu Bei through the union of many families, and then make Liu Bei compromise as much as possible, so as to protect the Jiangdong families from being punished by Liu Bei later.

However, compared with the short-sightedness of the Jiangdong family, who still had no idea about the direction of the current situation in the Central Plains, all the Central Plains families who learned of the news were almost silenced.

Liu Bei, who is that?
As the deputy leader of the anti-Dong alliance, this alone is enough to illustrate how great Liu Bei's connections and influence were.

Moreover, Liu Bei had the national scholar Li Ji under his command, and the three military men Zhao, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under his command. They were well-trained soldiers with sufficient food supplies. He made a great name for himself in the process of defeating Dong Zhuo, and was publicly honored as the emperor's uncle by Emperor Liu Xie and appointed as the governor of Yangzhou.

Therefore, even though the Yingchuan family was as arrogant as they were, and disliked Liu Bei in their hearts, they did not dare to be rude in public, and when Liu Bei visited them, they entertained him politely.

As a result, the Jiangdong family took a step ahead of the other Han families that they could not even imagine. They actually formed a so-called "Anti-Wu Alliance" to attack Liu Bei, the deputy leader of the Anti-Dong Alliance and the governor of Yangzhou.

The Han Dynasty had almost collapsed, but people's hearts still belonged to it. All the princes of the time still called themselves Han ministers, and all the aristocratic families never dared to deny their identity as Han people.

Therefore, this... isn't this the reversal of Tiangang?
Therefore, although the Jiangdong aristocratic families were almost crazy and kept contacting other aristocratic families in an attempt to put pressure on Liu Bei, no aristocratic family agreed at all.

Put pressure?

How to exert pressure?

If Liu Bei, as the governor of Yangzhou, suppressed and massacred a number of Jiangdong families for no reason in order to control Yangzhou, then the other families would naturally not turn a blind eye.

But now the Jiangdong noble families were raising the banner of rebellion with great momentum, and then they were beaten to the ground and swayed by a big fight due to their lack of military strength. What new angle could be used to blame Liu Bei from?
Therefore, when almost all the Central Plains families learned of this news.

The first reactions of all the noble families were not only bewilderment, but also ridicule and contempt. They even reached a consensus that the Jiangdong noble families were truly a disgrace to the Han noble families.

The reason why Chen family of Yingchuan specifically informed Lu Bu of this news was naturally that Chen family of Yingchuan gradually realized that the chaos was coming and chose to bet on Lu Bu.

At least, Lu Bu's cards are no worse than those of other princes. He even controls Sili and the imperial court. His advantage is the best among all the princes. Lu Bu is the best general in the world. He also has a group of fierce generals and Bingzhou Wolf Riders under his command. What he lacks is the support of aristocratic families and a large number of civil officials.

Therefore, as the two Yuan dynasties gradually became more powerful in the Central Plains, the Chen family of Yingchuan had no better choice than Lu Bu.

The fact that Lu Bu was able to successfully establish a "small court" and gain complete control of the entire Sili at an extremely fast speed even though Chen Gong did not support his establishment of such a court was naturally due to the strong support of the Yingchuan Chen family.

In other words, Lu Bu was a nostalgic person. Even though he was somewhat dissatisfied with Chen Gong's previous attitude against establishing a "small court", he still allowed Chen Gong to continue to maintain his position as "strategist".

As for Chen Qun, the representative of the Yingchuan Chen family, his status in Lu Bu's "small court" was second only to Chen Gong.

As the legitimate son of the Yingchuan Chen family, Chen Qun's demeanor is undoubtedly the most standard of a son of an aristocratic family, with the demeanor of an elegant and noble man without being aggressive.

When he began to talk about the "Anti-Wu Alliance", he spoke clearly and gave details, mentioning a series of key points in just a few words.

In terms of grace and demeanor, Chen Qun was undoubtedly much better than Chen Gong.

Even though Chen Gong stood in front of Chen Qun, the impression given by people was that the ordinary-looking Chen Gong was far inferior to Chen Qun.

After Chen Qun shared the relevant information, he also carefully analyzed the various subsequent impacts of the incident.

Chen Qun directly stated that how Liu Bei would deal with the Jiangdong families who participated in the rebellion was not the key point. The key point was that from now on Yangzhou would be completely controlled by Liu Bei, and dominating Jiangdong was no longer just a matter of time, but would become a reality.

This is not the time when, after several dynasties had changed, a consensus had been reached that "it is easy to go from north to south, but difficult to go from south to north".

On the contrary, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was never a shortage of overlords emerging in the Jiangdong area.

Chu, Wu and Yue were all overlords located on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, when the King of Chu, Xiang Yu, destroyed the Qin Dynasty, he also started his army in Kuaiji County, and then fought all the way from south to north through the entire Qin Dynasty, filling the last handful of soil for the Qin Dynasty.

Therefore, when Liu Bei was about to completely unify Jiangdong, the first feeling everyone had was a thorn in the side of the threat.

Yangzhou seems to be far away from the Central Plains, but once Yangzhou swallows up Xuzhou or Yuzhou, it will be able to enter the Central Plains immediately. Moreover, the huge Yangzhou will become a grain-producing area that no one can threaten, and will continuously supply food to the front.

Chen Gong originally planned a route to hegemony for Lu Bu, but after controlling Sili, he waited for an opportunity to go out of Hulao Pass to seize Yanzhou, and then use Yanzhou as a base to sweep across the Central Plains, defend against Liu Bei in the south, and attack Ji, You, and Bingzhou in the north, so as to completely establish his hegemony.

By then, Lu Bu, who had already established his hegemony, would slowly eliminate the troublesome Han royal relatives such as Liu Yan, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei.

But if Liu Bei entered the Central Plains first, it would undoubtedly pose a huge threat to Lu Bu's strategic intentions.

With Lu Bu's arrogance, he might look down on the rats in Guandong, but he was very wary of Liu Bei and secretly regarded him as a great enemy.

Therefore, this made Lu Bu very dissatisfied with Chen Gong, who had previously persuaded him to let Liu Bei serve as the governor of Yangzhou, and he frowned and questioned Chen Gong.

"Gongtai, this is somewhat different from what you said before. Didn't you say that it might take nearly two years for Liu Bei to completely control Yangzhou?"

Chen Gong opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Perhaps Chen Gong knew that in order to send away the anti-Dong allied forces, if he did not give Liu Bei the title of "Yangzhou Mu", how could he appease Liu Bei? (End of this chapter)