Tian Feng is indeed not wrong!

On the surface, it seems that Cao Cao won, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Sima Fang also took advantage, but from a strategic perspective, Cao Cao got Yingchuan and basically closed the door to Runan from Sili. If Cao Cao occupied Yingchuan for defense purposes, it would be like a great contraction of his defense surface. By the way, he could completely clean up the southern part of Runan. If he could gain control of Tongbai Mountain, then Cao Cao's strategic situation would be quite proactive. High-quality update

However, from Cao Cao's eastern line, Cao Cao's territory in Yanzhou was almost completely lost, and these territory fell into Yuan Shao's hands. Let's not talk about whether Yuan Shao could effectively utilize these territory. From the perspective of exchange, Cao Cao can only say that he had a draw and took a slight advantage. Although the strategic situation in the west is improving, the east is relatively bad.

Looking at Yuan Shao again, on the surface, Yuan Shao is undoubtedly a big winner. Not only did he destroy Han Sui, the unlucky child, but he also took back all the lost Henan. The extras include Shanyang, Dongping, Dongjun, Rencheng, Jiyin, Chenliu, who is about to be obtained, and even some Henan Yin. This large area of ​​territory looks gratifying on the map. The only bad thing is that the population of these places seems to be too small. The combined population of these six counties is less than two million, and most of them have been moved to Hebei by Yuan Shao. Now, the huge Yanzhou is just a hollow bun.

Therefore, what Yuan Shao got is not as beautiful as it seems on the surface, or even if he is not careful, it will become a huge burden. Even if Yuan Shao's strategic level is as high as possible, it will be difficult for Yuan Shao to digest this huge territory in one go. Therefore, Yuan Shao's gains and losses are really not well received.

As for Sima Fang and Gongsun Zan, they are basically just making so-called music at this stage. At most, they only take the opportunity to slightly adjust their strategic situation and try every means to get a share of the upcoming feast of dividing Sili. They are not considered the ultimate beneficiary.

So looking at the entire Central Plains War in the past year, who has benefited from the current situation?

Tian Feng’s conclusion is Liu Bei!

Liu Bei’s departure from Jingzhou began, and until he was about to return to Jingzhou, what did Liu Bei gain? What did he lose? Just a careful measurement will reveal that high-quality updates are actually not a great loss for Liu Bei’s loss of Sili. On the contrary, Liu Bei without Sili has greater potential and less burden. He also appears to be more proactive and solid in strategy. In the future, whether he chooses to go west or go east, it is more beneficial than being dragged down by Sili.

Liu Bei, who is good at agitating the people, will also gain huge benefits from the transfer of Sili's population. Even if the population of Sili cannot be emptyed, a large number of people can still be moved south to enrich Jingzhou, which is sparsely populated.

Looking at the strategic situation of Jingzhou, the main force of Yiren in the south is in the direction of the Indochina Peninsula, and the southern part of Jingzhou is mountainous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Liu Bei's defense pressure is very small; there is no need to say about Zhu Zhi in the east, he does not have the ability to attack. Unless Fang Zhiwen wants to annex Jingzhou, but no matter how he looks at it, Fang Zhiwen should first annex Jizhou and then talk about the things in the south; finally, Cao Cao in the direction of Jiangxia and Tongbai Mountain. Tongbai Mountain is now in Liu Bei's hands, and Runan City is also in Liu Bei's hands. Cao Cao wants to open up Tongbai Mountain, and Liu Bei also wants to invade Runan County! There is Xionger Mountain in the north, and Hanzhong and Shuzhong in the west. Those two places will be the targets of annexation for Liu Bei, not a threat.

Therefore, after the dust of Zhongyuan settled, he found that Liu Bei, who had lost Sili and suffered a great loss, was the one with the best strategic position. It was not Cao Cao's turn to count down, so Tian Feng came to such a unique conclusion.

Tian Feng's words inspired everyone. Fang Zhiwen connected Pang Yuan and Jiang Yong almost instantly. It was not the action these two guys did together, right?! The players' energy cannot be underestimated!

Fang Zhiwen frowned slightly and said, "Someone is starting a new chess game!"

A group of smart people from the General Staff nodded together, Li Rudao: "Sir, I'm afraid the southwest will be in trouble from now on!"

"Yes, we should also move the focus westward. What do you think?" Tian Feng nodded and continued. High-quality update

Fang Zhiwen pondered for a moment, looked up at Jia Xu, and Jia Xu said understandingly: "Lord, he will be his, we will be ours, there is no need to follow their pace. On the contrary, we can mobilize them with our pace!"

"Haha, I like Wenhe's opinion. Think about it, how should we go next. As for the southwest, the southwest is good, the world is vast, the sky and the sky are far away on the plateau, and there is still fertile land when crossing the plateau! Haha."

Everyone was stunned. This... the lord is thinking too far!

Xiangxiang smiled secretly, Tian Zhi looked yearning, Tian Feng curled his lips and said, "The lord means to compress all the forces westward. Can you close them and move westward?"

"Yes, that's what it means. All our strategies revolve around this. Sun Ce went to the east, there were Yiren in the south, and the Yellow Turban in the north, and the west, the situation was the most complicated and the environment was the worst. Of course, the most powerful person was to go there. I heard that Cao Cao wanted to be the general of the Western Expedition back then, to be honest, I think this position is more suitable for him than the Prime Minister."

"hehe....."

Everyone laughed, and Jia Xu said with some emotion: "Lord, is it about to force everyone to open up thousands of miles of territory for the Han Dynasty!"

"Haha...If possible, I hope that the footprints of our Han people will spread throughout the world. However, we should wait for our descendants to do this kind of thing. We will start and pass on it!"

"Lord's great wish! We will devote ourselves to our dedication to our death!"

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It is not difficult to negotiate with the two countries of Taiping and Beixia. After all, he has a favorable position to be at the same time and the powerful Youzhou army behind it.

The two new countries are responsible for negotiating in Youzhou, Dou Jing and Liu Yan. They are both smart people, so things are much easier to do, and each takes the needs. In addition, they have an accurate position of their status, and the negotiations are also very fast.

The bilateral agreement between the three parties was soon reached. The goal that Fang Zhiwen originally planned was completely realized, and he also gained additional power to cross the border. Judging from the substantive relationship between the two sides, it is somewhat of a vassal state.

Afterwards, Liu Yan met Fang Zhiwen alone through Li Xueyin, and then happily returned to Taiping.

Lu Su did all the follow-up matters well before he gave Fang Zhiwen a complete report on the case.

Fang Zhiwen carefully read the last word of Lu Su's report and closed the document. Fang Zhiwen nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

"Zi Jing has overcompleted the task. How did you think of fighting for the power of the army to cross the border?"

"This is a foreshadowing to directly intervene in the internal affairs of the two countries in the future. I think the strategic balance between these two countries is very important, and the high-level power structures of these two countries are unstable. Maybe we will need to assist you at any time!"

"Haha, Zi Jingzhi is talented enough to join the General Staff Department, but you are also indispensable to the Foreign Affairs Department."

"Haha, the lord is praised, and my subordinates did this after going to the General Staff to inquire!"

"Very good, I'm relieved if you are in charge of the Foreign Affairs Department!"

"I dare not let my lord down!"

Fang Zhiwen smiled and patted the thick copy in front of him, looked up at Lu Su and said, "After this matter is finished, new things will come. Next, I want Zijing to go to Taiyuan."

"Taiyuan?" Lu Su was slightly surprised. He had been busy negotiating with Liu Yan and Dou Jing recently, and he didn't care much about the situation in the Central Plains. He just knew that there were signs of sudden easing in the Central Plains. As for how the General Staff and the lord would deal with it, Lu Su was not clear.

"Yes, Taiyuan, go to meet Gongsun Zan, and tell Gongsun Zan what he should do, and point him out a clear way!"

Lu Su was curious: "Lord, why did you suddenly think of Gongsun Zan? Do you need Gongsun Zan to go south to the Central Plains to disrupt the situation? What should I talk to Gongsun Zan?"

"No, no, it's not that I hope Gongsun Zan goes south to Sili. On the contrary, I advise him not to go to Sili's muddy waters. That's not a place where he can play. We hope Gongsun Zan can develop westward."

"To the west? Hexi, Xihe, Hedong?"

"Yes, Xihe County is now mostly controlled by Gongsun Zan. We hope that he can further control Hexi and Beidi counties. This is now an unattended area and has become a den for bandits, which is increasingly affecting our Western Front trade routes."

Lu Su nodded and said nothing. This was obviously not the point, it could only be a piggyback task, and the next one might be the focus.

Fang Zhiwen pulled the corner of his mouth and continued, "As for Hedong... Huangfu Song in Hedong is alone, with a large population. Now Sima Fang has to pay attention to Sili, look at Hanzhong in the south, Ma Teng and us in the north, and Qiang people on the plateau in the west. At this time, instead of fighting for Sili's leftovers, it is better to swallow the fat piece of Hedong in one bite."

Lu Su frowned. Isn’t this all good for Gongsun Zan? How can it help Youzhou?

"Lord, my subordinate is ignorant, what is this good for our army? Or, what does our army want?"

"Taihang Mountain! Li Yuanzhi will enter Taihang Mountain and separate Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao."

Lu Su suddenly realized, and then suddenly had a sense of suspicion. Does the lord want Jizhou? This...

Lu Su looked at Fang Zhiwen in surprise. Fang Zhiwen's face looked dull and a relaxed smile, and he could not tell anything.

Lu Su thought about it and asked: "Does the lord want to plot against Jizhou?"

Fang Zhiwen smiled and waved his hand: "How could this happen? Even so, it is not the time to take down Taihang Mountains to prepare for the future, or to be guarded against others, it can also be said to be a warning to Yuan Shao!"
Chapter completed!