After listening to Cui Qian’s story about the change in Jingzhou, Li Tai’s biggest feeling was that the Western Wei really did not attach enough importance to this important Han Mianzhen town.
Of course, it is also because Jingzhou is not a complete form today. Xiangyang is neither in hand, and it cannot effectively control the entire Nanyang Basin, let alone strategic radiation to larger regions, which is more or less a bit useless.
In the early years of the reign of the reign, the two Wei competitions were fierce, mainly because the long-term stable confrontation between the two countries had not yet been formed. Faced with the opportunity to expand their territory, it was naturally a battle for an inch of land.
However, when the confrontation between them gradually stabilizes, Jingzhou, a useless place without much strategic value, is no longer worth investing a lot of manpower and material resources to compete. Therefore, after the Battle of Heqiao in the fifth year of the Great Commission, Hou Jing’s attempt was fruitless, and since then he no longer competed for this place.
In the past few years, Changsun Jian has been in charge of Jingzhou, the governance and defense of Jingzhou have mainly relied on the local wealthy families. When he first settled Jingzhou, because his subordinate county magistrate Quan Can violated the law, Changsun Jian not only did not punish him, but even exposed his body instead of Quan Can to apologize. At this point, it can be seen that the local powerful forces are not weak, and the Bafu did not provide too many people and things to support them. It is entirely up to the people to attract and gather local forces to maintain the control of Jingzhou.
Perhaps because of this situation, Wang Sizheng simply gave up Jingzhou when facing other choices and led his troops to Henan to change his family. The people he took were basically all the armed forces that the Jingzhou government has been able to master over the years.
So Jingzhou today still has its strategic value in theory. Whether it is going south to Xiangyang and even Jiangling, or going deep into the heart of Henan, Jingzhou is a very important base for advancement.
But in fact, the power of the Western Wei Dynasty was just like this. Jingzhou was just an enclave far away from the Qinling Mountains. It had no value except to prevent hostile forces from entering Guanzhong through Wuguan. After all, he could not do any target in these two directions. Not to mention the victory or defeat on the battlefield, the long supply line from Wuguan to Jingzhou alone could not stand it.
In a few years in history, Yang Zhong went south to conquer counties between the Han and Mian, and all he had to rely on the enthusiastic supply of food and grass relief from local villagers, so that the war could continue.
After learning about this, Li Tai was also a little suspicious for a moment. Is it right that he chose to go to Jingzhou now?
It is important to know that when the Nanliang was in chaos, Hou Jing continued to move south and entered Jiankang City to encircle Taicheng. Even though the current situation was deeply influenced by him, the time nodes in history were no longer enough reference.
But without external force, there is no problem with Bodhisattva Xiao for a few more years. This old guy is not dead or there are no other major changes, so it is not realistic to expect civil strife to break out in Nanliang.
He rushed to Jingzhou rashly, the country’s junior high school cannot provide effective support, so don’t accidentally make you feel like Wang Sizheng’s troubled city and lose your stubbornness.
However, after careful consideration, he decided to continue the plan. No matter how the situation develops in the future, what is certain is that opportunities and power will never fall from the sky out of thin air. Only by working hard to get more operational space.
If Nanliang was not in chaos for a while, he would have been developing in Jingzhou for a few years with peace of mind. If he really rushes over, it will be difficult to get along with those powerful forces with his temper. Without a stable foundation, it will be difficult to make greater plans.
Although Jingzhou is an enclave outside, it can be considered as a relatively more independent situation from another perspective, allowing him to make more common sense and changes according to his own wishes.
Thinking of this, Li Tai asked Cui Qian to write for him and write a plan for him to build a strategy based in Jingxiang.
It was not that he didn’t want to write it himself, but that Cui Qian obviously understood the situation in Jingzhou better than him. With his writing and some of his forward-looking opinions and predictions, it was naturally more convincing.
Although Li Tai took advantage of Yuwen Tai’s intention, he obviously could not reach the level of asking for it. Yuwen Tai must have his own considerations for the appointment of such a Fangzhen position, and it is impossible for Li Tai to agree.
Although the significance of Jingzhou is not very important at the moment, its strategic prospects are very broad. Moreover, because it is far away from the core of Guanzhong, it is easy to develop into a local force with strong independence.
So choosing who is out of control is also a difficult problem for Yuwen Tai. Quan Zhongzun, who was in charge before, just borrowed the stopgap plan of the Shangluo tyrants owning their troops. Once the situation stabilizes, of course, he should choose a more suitable candidate.
First of all, the strong ministers such as Dugu Xin did not consider it. Before, Yuwen Tai removed Dugu Xin from his military and political position in Longyou, but the situation is still stable. Of course, it is impossible to allow a similar existence to rise again.