Chapter 176 Bribing and Winning Over Officials in Jiangnan



But in this era, those guys have no bottom line whatsoever.

It's just one son; some of them are truly willing to sacrifice him.

Being careful is fine.

Aside from taking action against himself, he had only one goal: to head north to Shaanxi.

Li Qin then turned his attention to the Hanzhong region of Shaanxi on the map.

That area is the gateway to Sichuan and Chongqing, and it is also a weak area under Hong Chengchou's control. Now Hong Chengchou is also being restrained by Gansu Town.

This is simply a perfect opportunity for Liu Sixiu to seize Hanzhong.

Li Qin looked at the location of Hanzhong on the map. If Liu Sixiu really attacked the Hanzhong area...

He will not only not stop it, but will even secretly help it.

The reason is simple: if Hanzhong were in the hands of Liu Sixiu of Bashu, he could effectively restrain Hong Chengchou of Shaanxi.

Of course, there is another point: historically, many Guanzhong tribes conquered Bashu from Hanzhong, but very few conquered Guanzhong from Hanzhong.

That vast Qinling Mountains, especially after a massive earthquake more than a thousand years ago severed the waterway from Hanzhong to Guanzhong.

The Qinling Mountains were a hell for logistics and transportation.

Especially when facing a unified Guanzhong region, with capable people in charge.

For Bashu to break out of Hanzhong, that would be hellish difficulty.

However, although it was extremely difficult for Guanzhong to take over Bashu from Hanzhong, there were quite a few successful examples.

It can be said that Hanzhong was more reassuring to him in the hands of Bashu than it was in the hands of Hong Chengchou in Guanzhong.

If it were in Hong Chengchou's hands, and one day he were to launch a surprise attack on Sichuan and Chongqing from Hanzhong, taking a risky shortcut and actually capturing Sichuan and Chongqing, then we would be finished.

That would really get out of control.

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