Chapter 643: Shocking Jianghuai
Chapter 641: Shocking Jianghuai
"Emistress Tao, you must never fight the Ming army." Sun Wu said to Tao Qian with a serious face.
Tao Qian glanced at him indifferently and said lightly: "Oh? Why?"
Seeing this, Sun Wu suddenly felt a sudden slap in his heart, and then tried hard to explain: "Although the number of Ming army is far inferior to our army, they are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles. Our army was attacked by Zhu Yuanzhang for a while, and the morale and morale of the army have dropped a lot. It is still unknown at this time the final victory or defeat is."
A hint of displeasure flashed in Tao Qian''s eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "What you mean is that my 30,000 troops in Xuzhou cannot defeat Zhu Yuanzhang''s 6,000 troops?"
"Uh... I don''t mean this, but the decisive battle is not rational at this time..."
Before Sun Wu could finish his words, he was interrupted by the angry Tao Qian.
"That''s what you mean."
Tao Qian was like a furious lion, glaring at Sun Wu and saying, "Today, I, Tao Qian, will have a **** shame and avenge my son."
Tao Qian''s son Tao Shang was unlucky to be hit by Zhu Yuanzhang during Zhu Yuanzhang''s first night attack and was directly beheaded.
The old age loses his son, and the white-haired man gives away the black-haired man. For Tao Qian, it is like a bolt from the blue, and he wishes that he can swallow Zhu Yuanzhang alive.
Now Tao Qian is already blinded by hatred and can''t listen to anyone''s words. He just wants to kill Zhu Yuanzhang to avenge his son. So after Zhu Yuanzhang''s letter of war was sent, Tao Qian accepted it without thinking.
Seeing that Tao Qian did not listen to the advice, Sun Wu was anxious and said in a panic: "Eunuch, use the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in Xuzhou to vent his anger for himself. You are taking human life."
Sun Wu''s bitter words not only did not calm Tao Qian down, but instead made him even more angry.
"What did you say? I have been guarding Xuzhou for the Han Dynasty for several years. How dare you say that I am taking human life?"
Tao Qian glared at Sun Wu and gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Wu, don''t think that if I help a little, I will not dare to kill you? I have the final say in the Xuzhou army."
"Empress, there is no need for your army to fight Zhu Yuanzhang in decisive battle, as long as..."
Sun Wu wanted to persuade him again, but Tao Qian had obviously lost his patience and shouted, "Come on, take this person who disrupts our morale and locks me up. After our army wins, we will deal with it separately."
Sun Wu felt a chill. He was about to let go and persuade him, but Tao Qian had already turned around and left, and then Sun Wu was imprisoned by him.
In the fifth year of Zhongping, on April 5, Zhu Yuanzhang led more than 6,000 troops and fought against more than 36,000 Tao Qian''s army in Jianghuai.
When Tao Qian''s army headed south, there were only 35,000 troops. After siege and camp, some Ming troops were surrendered. With the support of the aristocratic families in the city, their troops increased instead of reducing, reaching an astonishingly more than 40,000.
In the previous battle with Zhu Yuanzhang, although Tao Qian''s army suffered more than 6,000 casualties, there were more than 36,000 troops left, which was still more than six times that of Zhu Yuanzhang''s army. Therefore, Tao Qian dared to fight the Ming army directly.
"Lord, look, Sun Wu is not in Tao Qian''s army. The command of this battle is not Sun Wu, but Tao Qian''s old man."
After looking in the direction of Li Wenzhong''s finger, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed.
"God really helps me. If it were commanders of Sun Wu, I would still be afraid of it, but this battle was his old Tao Qian. What''s the fear of me?"
Zhu Yuanzhang showed a sneer on his lips and said coldly: "Since the old man Tao Qian is here to die, he will fulfill his wish."
“Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Sheng.”
"The last one will be there."
"You two lead 1,500 troops, and be sure to block Tao Qian''s right army for me."
"No."
"Xiang Bo, Zhou Yin."
"The last one will be there."
"You two lead 1,500 troops, and be sure to block Tao Qian''s left army for me."
"No." Looking at the central army where Tao Qian was located, a sneer flashed across Zhu Yuanzhang''s mouth, and then continued to order: "Li Wenzhong, Xiang Bo, Fan Wuqi, and Wu Rui."
"The last general is here." The four generals shouted in unison.
"You four lead three thousand overlord cavalry and follow me to attack Tao Qian''s central army."
"No."
"Soldiers, the survival of the Ming Dynasty is here to fight."
Zhu Yuanzhang slowly pulled out the long swords of his waist, pointed directly at Tao Qian''s army opposite, and shouted loudly: "Kill."
"kill…"
Six thousand elites roared in unison, and their momentum resounded through the sky.
The momentum caused by the three thousand overlord cavalry even exceeded the 30,000 army, and Tao Qian was shocked when he saw this.
"Lord, the Ming army opposite seems to be... the Overlord Cavalry." Cao Bao said hesitantly.
Tao Qian suddenly widened his eyes when he heard this and said in horror: "What? How could it be the Overlord Cavalry? Isn''t Xiang Yu on the Eastern Front of Yanzhou? How could the Overlord Cavalry survive?"
Cao Bao looked at Tao Qian speechlessly and smiled bitterly: "Lord, the Overlord Cavalry is... a cavalry."
Tao Qian''s eyes were still full of shock. He really couldn''t believe that the Overlord Cavalry could arrive at Jianghuai from the Yanzhou East Line in such a short time.
Tao Qian was originally a civil servant, and Xuzhou did not produce war horses, so his understanding of cavalry was basically equal to zero, so it is naturally difficult to understand what a thousand-mile raid is.
Whether Tao Qian understands or not, the formations of both sides have been spread out, and it will definitely not work without fighting.
Tao Qian suppressed the fear in his heart, looked at the cavalry opposite that had defeated him more than thirty times and now charged him again, and waved his long sword in his hand and immediately issued a large attack order.
"Xuzhou Army, attack."
Two armies collided in the Jianghuai land, and then...the blood flowed into a river.
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Under the iron hoof of the Overlord Cavalry, the Xuzhou army was defeated in the end, and it was defeated in a mess. It was directly crushed by the Ming army with its weak forces, which was so embarrassing.
In this battle, the Ming army killed 10,000 enemies, captured 10,000, and lost two thousand of them.
Zhu Yuanzhang led a 6,000 army, but defeated the Xuzhou army, which was more than six times his head. From then on, he naturally became famous and powerful.
Tao Qian led 15,000 remaining troops and retreated back to Xuzhou in an extremely embarrassing manner. From then on, he left a gloomy heart and never dared to lead the army in person again.
It is worth mentioning that Sun Wu, who was taken into custody by Tao Qian, ended up falling into Zhu Yuanzhang''s hands after Tao Qian''s defeat because no one was taken care of.
A generation of military saints who have won every battle were captured because of this method. It has to be said that Sun Wu is really unlucky.
After learning that Sun Wu was captured, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and hurried to persuade him to surrender.
Of course, Sun Wu could not surrender, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn''t care about this, so he treated him well and prepared to slowly impress Sun Wu.
After defeating Tao Qian, Shouchun''s threat to the north was resolved, and with Zhu Yuanzhang''s return, there was no loophole in Shouchun''s defense.
When Sun Jian learned that Sun Wu was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was naturally extremely anxious and quickly asked Liu Yao for all his efforts to break the city, but he refused because of the heavy casualties.
Sun Jian also knew that it would take only one day to break Shouchun, so he could only suppress the anxiety in his heart and wait for the real opportunity to break the city to rescue Sun Wu.
(This chapter ends)