Chapter 369: Before the plan goes through, the general must be defeated first
To unite vertically means to unite vertically and destroy the enemy. Sun Ce discussed this with Cheng Pu when he was retreating.
But there is a big hurdle in joining forces to destroy the enemy. In the past, the counties controlled by Lu Su were Xinye and Nanxiang. However, after the Xiangyang Battle, it expanded to Xiangyang County and the neighboring counties.
Shangyong County.
Originally, Lu Su's power was connected with three princes: Cao Cao, the Liu family of Jingzhou, and Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang. Now it borders Cao Cao, the Liu family of Jingchu, Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong.[
Cao Cao's general Cao Ren fought with Lu Su and broke the general Niu Jin. This news has been confirmed. This is a big revenge. The Liu family of Jingzhou even indirectly or directly killed two generations of lords at the hands of Lu Su.
The hatred is as deep as the sea.
Needless to say, Liu Xun was Lu Su's force. He was dependent on Lu Su and could not rely on him. As for his Jiangdong force, it bordered Liu Xun and could directly attack Liu Xun from the side.
Lu Su started fighting.
Because these three parties have a common enemy, they should theoretically be able to unite. In this battle where Lu Su fought one against three, the three parties did make use of the other two parties and reached a tacit understanding, wanting to directly destroy Lu Su.
Sober.
But it didn't work out.
In addition to the fact that Liu Qi was too weak and Cao Ren fell into the trap, the other reason was that the three parties had never contacted each other and only had a tacit understanding.
As for why it is theoretically possible to join forces to deal with Lu Su, let's put it down first. Because now there is another person next to Lu Su, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong.
This Zhang Lu was of Taoist origin and was originally a subordinate of Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan. It was Liu Yan who sent Zhang Lu to Hanzhong and then ordered Zhang Lu to disguise himself as a rice thief and roam around Hanzhong to cut off the connection between Yizhou and the imperial court.
Liu Yan was an ambitious man. He did this in order to gain supreme prestige in Yizhou, and even built carriages to the emperor's specifications for himself to ride on.
However, later there was a fire and all these things were lost. Liu Yan fell ill because of this and finally died. In addition to these, there is also news that when Liu Yan was still alive, Zhang Lu's mother was good at keeping her appearance because of her Taoist skills.
He also often visited Liu Yan's mansion.
It is enough to prove that Zhang Lu, a rice thief, was actually just a watchdog of Liu Yan. Later, Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, and the two of them fell out for some reason.
Liu Zhang also killed Zhang Lu's mother.
Anyway, the situation in Yizhou is actually a bit complicated. But to put it simply, Zhang Lu has strong soldiers and horses, while Liu Zhang is weak.
Zhang Lu wanted to devour Liu Zhang and seemed to have no interest in the war in the Central Plains. This made it very difficult for Zhang Lu and Zhang Lu to deal with Lu Su together.
However, later Sun Ce thought about it, this man died for money and the bird died for food. Since Zhang Lu was very interested in Yizhou, he should also be interested in the land.
Lu Su's power in Shangyong County is now bordering Hanzhong. If he gains Shangyong County, Zhang Lu's power will increase by one county.
After some discussion, it might still be reliable.
However, this is difficult. Because if Shangyong County is divided up to Zhang Lu, the city of Xiangyang will be even more narrow, and it will be a bit difficult to support alone.
Moreover, if Zhang Lu was too ambitious and had any ill intentions, I guess Kuai Yue might not agree.