Chapter 648 Farewell My Concubine (Class)
Chapter 646: Farewell My Concubine (Class)
The Qingyou Alliance fought against Huang Chao for six battles, and they all won, and the one who made the greatest contribution was naturally Gongsun Xuanyuan.
Zhu Wen, Wang Xianzhi, Huang Kui and Shangrang, the four generals joined forces, but were easily defeated by Gongsun Xuanyuan. If Huang Chao had not seen the situation was not good, he would have killed the army, the four generals would have died at Gongsun Xuanyuan''s hands.
Subsequently, Gongsun Xuanyuan commanded Bai Ma Yicong and directly drilled through Huang Chao''s central army, destroying nearly half of Huang Chao''s main force in one battle, which led to the subsequent six battles and six victories.
Under the strangulation of the Qingyou Alliance, Huang Chao was also forced into a desperate situation. The Qingzhou county and the Three Kingdoms land they originally owned are now only one Qi State and most of Donglai County.
Faced with the still aggressive Qingyou coalition, Huang Chao had no choice but to submit a letter to surrender, and was soon named the prefect of Qi.
After Huang Chao surrendered, although most of the Qingyou coalition forces had returned, the elite continued to move south and prepared to participate in the final action of hunting Xiang Yu.
In Jizhou, after Zhang Sheng retreated into Taihang Mountain, Zhuzehou of Jizhou was busy robbing the territory he had given up, so naturally he couldn''t take care of Zhang Sheng.
The two counties and two countries originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but have now been all taken back. All the major princes of Jizhou have taken great benefits, and Yuan Shao has monopolized Zhao State and most of Julu.
Yuan Shao occupied so much territory alone, which naturally made Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang jealous. If Huangfu Song had not been for his tough attitude, the Jizhou coalition might have been fighting.
Afterwards, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng were busy consolidating their territory, while Yuan Shao led his elite troops to continue to go south to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Xiang Yu, and Han Fu also arranged Han Xin to lead the troops to go together.
In November, Xiang Yu led his troops to break through the siege to Jianghuai, but he was blocked by the Yangzhou coalition forces.
This time, Xiang Yu did not retreat, but led the remaining army of more than 10,000 to fight the Yangzhou coalition forces head-on.
Xiang Yu had no way to retreat. Behind him were Li Shimin, Yang Jian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Yu, Liu Bei, Song Jiang, Yuan Shao, Han Xin, Gongsun Xuanyuan, etc. More than a dozen princes surrounded and blocked each other. Only by advancing can there be a glimmer of hope.
In order to prevent Xiang Yu from escaping into the farewell, the 100,000 Yangzhou coalition forces were divided into two parts, one led by Liu Yao to fight against Xiang Yu, and the other led by Sun Jian to blockade Zhu Yuanzhang''s rescue route.
Dabie Mountains, the Ming army’s camp, and Zhu Yuanzhang’s camp.
"How is this possible?"
Looking at the secret edict in his hand, Zhu Yuanzhang said in disbelief: "How could Your Majesty issue such an order?"
Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn''t believe that Zhang Sheng would order him not to send troops to rescue Xiang Yu.
If it weren''t for the secret edict and the Ming Emperor seal, Zhu Yuanzhang even thought the secret edict was fake, but it was precisely because it was true that it was even more terrifying.
At such a crisis, why did Your Majesty cut off his arms and use the hands of the Han army to kill him?
Xiang Yu has always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty and has never acted contrary to the rules. Besides, hasn’t he always been His Majesty’s man?
Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn''t know why Zhang Sheng wanted to kill someone with a knife, he knew that Zhang Sheng must have had such a reason, but what was the reason why Zhang Sheng, who had always been wise, made such a brainless act of cutting off his arms?
Why didn’t Zhang Liang advise Your Majesty? Is it okay if he knows it? If he knows...
As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt cold all over his body, and a coldness surged out of his heart unconsciously.
In Zhu Yuanzhang''s eyes, Zhang Sheng was a kind and strong woman, and the Ming Dynasty was a united and bright group.
But this secret edict gave Zhu Yuanzhang a new understanding of His Majesty he admired and the Ming Dynasty he was loyal to. Your Majesty is not as kind as he thinks, and Daming is much darker than he thinks, and Zhang Liang is the same...
Looking at the north, Zhu Yuanzhang murmured to himself: "Your Majesty, Zhang Liang, what are you hiding?"
Because of his admiration, Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to think about Zhang Sheng in a bad way. He just hoped that Zhang Sheng did have any difficulties, so he was also ready to obey the order.
At this moment, the arrival of Xiang Zhuang and other members of the Xiang clan made Zhu Yuanzhang change his mind.
"General, you and Brother Xiang Yu are both pillars of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can do without it."
Xiang Zhuang led the Xiang clan members to kneel down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and begged: "General, you seconded the Overlord Cavalry to Brother Xiang Yu. Brother Xiang Yu sent us here without thinking. Now Xiang Yu is trapped in a group of siege. Please send troops to save Brother Xiang Yu."
Zhu Yuanzhang''s pupils shrank when he heard this, and then he helped Xiang Zhuang up and said seriously: "Don''t worry, General Xiang Zhuang, Zhu Yuanzhang will never refuse to save him."
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang''s expression that was not fake, Xiang Zhuang finally felt relieved.
"General Xie." The Xiang clan said in unison.
On November 5, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Shiji led an army in two directions, went out of Dabie Mountain to rescue Xiang Yu.
However, after breaking through several blockades, Xu Shiji was blocked by Gongsun Xuanyuan, who was leading the army. He still did not survive several battles, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also blocked by Sun Jian.
On November 10, Xiang Yu and Liu Yao officially fought in Hefei.
In order to monopolize the credit for killing Xiang Yu, Liu Yao launched a decisive battle in advance without waiting for the major princes to complete the encirclement, and the result was naturally a disastrous defeat.
Liu Yao''s 70,000 Han troops were chased by Xiang Yu''s 10,000 remaining troops, and only more than 40,000 were killed or injured, and Xiang Yu''s also took advantage of this to break out.
Zhu Yuanzhang has not broken all the blockades of the Han Dynasty yet, so Xiang Yu must be unable to wait. He can''t go to Dabie Mountains and can only continue to break south.
At this time, the Han army''s princes had successfully joined forces. The princes such as Li Shimin, Yang Jian, Li Yuan, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Yu, Liu Bei, Song Jiang, Yuan Shao, Han Xin gathered together to form a feast of princes again.
"Everyone, Liu Yao was greedy for me and started a war in advance before we arrived. As a result, he was defeated by Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu''s thief also broke out."
As soon as Cao Cao said this, the scene immediately became quiet and waited for Cao Cao''s later words.
"We have more than ten princes and more than 200,000 troops gathered here. If we attack each other, even if we can kill Xiang Yu in the end, the casualties will definitely be extremely serious."
Everyone nodded subconsciously when they heard this. Cao Cao smiled indifferently when he saw this and continued:
"Without rules, there is no order. I, Cao Mengde, proposed to elect a leader, and we all obey his command, integrate the strength of the entire army, and eliminate Xiang Yu at the lowest cost. Do you think it''s okay?"
"good."
Yuan Shao stood up and smiled and said, "This idea is good, but who should be the leader?"
"Of course, the one with the most troops is responsible."
Yuan Shu quickly stood up to make a proposal, but immediately he was opposed by Liu Yu.
(This chapter ends)