But, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was not the only one who had a pie fall from the sky. On Liu Bei's side, a big pie also fell from the sky.
It's just that Liu Bei's pie is still halfway down, still in the process of falling, and it hasn't really hit his head yet.
As for the origin of these two pies, we have to start with Liu Che.
Liu Che's initial territory included Yizhou, Nanzhong and most of Jiaozhou.
If Liu Che did not have Yizhou, he could actually retreat to Jiaozhou.
After all, there has always been Nanzhong between Yizhou and Jiaozhou. As Nanzhong is the territory of the Southern Barbarians, the biggest threat to the Han people here has never been the barbarians, but its natural environment.
It also took Liu Che several years to initially conquer this place. Could it be that the strength of the Southern Barbarians was really enough to fight against Liu Che for several years? Not so. What really stopped Liu Che for such a long time was the natural environment here.
Due to water and soil conditions, Han soldiers would suffer from various illnesses and their combat effectiveness would be seriously reduced just by staying in this territory for a long time, even if they did not fight.
Not to mention the poisonous insects and weeds that can be seen everywhere in the virgin forest environment, as well as large-scale miasma.
Liu Che spent such a long time here in Nanman. In fact, most of the time was spent on allowing the soldiers to adapt to the natural environment here, at least so that their combat effectiveness would not be greatly reduced due to acclimatization problems, and then they conquered Nanman step by step.
Just like most ordinary people will suffer from altitude sickness when they reach the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it takes a certain amount of time to adapt.
Therefore, even if Yizhou is lost, Liu Che's forces can retreat to Jiaozhou. With Nanzhong in the middle, the battle of the Jin army will only end after capturing Yizhou, and there is no time to continue the pursuit.
However, Liu Che happened to be a man with a long-term vision. He clearly saw that although there was indeed an option to retreat to Jiaozhou, this path was ultimately just a slow wait for destruction.
The Shu army could take several years to adapt to the natural environment in Nanzhong, and the Jin army could certainly spend time doing the same.
After a few years, when the Jin army has also pacified the Southern Barbarians, what can Jiaozhou do to resist the huge Jin army at that time? At its peak, it had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and no dangers from the mountains and rivers of Bashu.
Blocking it, just based on most of Jiaozhou, although Liu Che is a bit proud, but not to the extent that he has no self-awareness!
Furthermore, Zhu Yuanzhang had been peeping at the remaining half of Jiaozhou for a long time. Before the war that swept the world started, the Zhu and Liu families had been in a state of confrontation.
I am afraid that once this great war sweeping the world is over, the Jin army may be blocked by Nanzhong and unable to get through for the time being, but Zhu Yuanzhang will probably come first.
If the two sides continue to fight, it will be of no benefit to either side and will only make the Jin army easier in the end. Now, the Jin army already owns half of the country. If the entire southern land is pacified in one fell swoop, Hebei and the Central Plains combined
It can’t turn the world upside down!
As a result, the world with the surname Liu will really have to change to a different surname!
After much thought, Liu Che finally gave up on this path!
In fact, Liu Che was quite courageous. For the sake of the Han Dynasty, he even sacrificed himself. He voluntarily gave up this escape route and gave as much of his power to the remaining Han clan clan member as his replacement.
He is the last hope of fighting for the Han Dynasty.
It was precisely because of this that Liu Che finally sent Huo Guang as envoy to Zhu Yuanzhang and reached a deal with Zhu Yuanzhang on his behalf.
The reason why Huo Guang appeared in Jingbei at that time was to prepare in advance. If Liu Che really failed to survive this time, he did not wait for a week, but let the Jin army obtain the land of Bashu, and officially started this battle with Zhu Yuanzhang.
Market transactions.
Judging from this point alone, as Huo Guang was Liu Che's first minister, Liu Che indeed had great trust in him and left all his posthumous affairs to Huo Guang. After all, when Huo Guang replaced Liu Che and Zhu Yuanzhang to start this
At the time of the transaction, Liu Che was most likely no longer alive at that time!
It was precisely because of the existence of this transaction that Liu Che achieved his final goal and saved the last strength for the Han Dynasty. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bei each got a huge pie.
The content of this transaction is naturally related to the majority of Jiaozhou in Liu Che's hands.
Precisely because Liu Che knew that even retreating to Jiaozhou would be nothing more than a slow death, he regarded him as the last bargaining chip in his hand and started this deal with Zhu Yuanzhang.
The specific content of the transaction is nothing more than that Zhu Yuanzhang opened the road and even helped his people to take the sea route in batches to Liu Bei's territory. If you take the land route from Jiaozhou to Qingzhou, it will almost span the north and south of the Han Dynasty.
There are too many variables, and the number of Liu Che's group is also quite large, making it even more difficult to hide their whereabouts halfway along the way.
If it was just a few people traveling in a light vehicle, it might not be impossible to walk there if they spent more time. But the manpower Liu Che prepared for Liu Bei, plus the families of these people, just let them walk such a long distance by themselves.
Even if Liu Che had prepared in advance, this road would have been impossible to pass.
It’s difficult to travel by land, so the only option is to travel by sea!
However, Liu Che's people had no experience in sea voyages. They alone were not enough to experience such a long sea voyage, so they had no choice but to seek help from Zhu Yuanzhang.
Even in order to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from playing tricks on the way, in Liu Che's plan, his group of people would not only arrive in batches, but they would not actually hand over Jiaozhou to Zhu Yuanzhang until the last moment.
If something unexpected happens, Liu Che's last remaining manpower will use Jiaozhou to fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the end.
Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Liu Che, they can clearly see the Jin army's next target, which is probably the entire southern land. In other words, it is Zhu Yuanzhang's territory.
If the remaining troops of Liu Che's forces use Jiaozhou to fight to the death with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang will still be able to unify the entire Jiaozhou in the end, but it will take a lot of effort. As the next target of the Jin army, he must be easier.
It’s heavy yet clear enough to weigh!
Zhu Yuanzhang, as the next target of the Jin army, does not have so much time to waste!