Chapter 739 Bai Qi fought against Jingzhou
Chapter 737: Bai Qi fights Jingzhou
There are seven counties in Jingzhou, three counties in northern Jing, namely: Nanyang, Nanjun and Jiangxia; while the four counties in Jingnan are: Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang.
Most of the essence of Jingzhou is concentrated in Jingbei, while Nanyang and Nanjun counties account for 80% of the essence of Jingbei, and the other five counties can only compare to one of the two.
Originally, Nanyang''s comprehensive strength was only slightly better than Nanjun, but after Qin Hao''s years of hard work, Nanyang has completely surpassed Nanjun in all aspects of population and economy.
Today, Nanjun has a territory area of ??more than Nanyang, but you should know that Nanjun only has seventeen counties, while Nanyang has thirty-six counties. It can be seen that although the total population of Nanjun is not as good as Nanyang, the average population of the county is even higher than that of Nanyang.
The total population of Nanjun is nearly two million, and the smallest among the seventeen counties under its jurisdiction is 60,000 to 70,000. The population of big cities such as Jiangling and Xiangyang exceeds 200,000.
After Qin Hao captured Xiangyang, he ordered Bai Qi to continue his strategy. After Bai Qi received the help of Wen Pin, the army passed by was even more bloodless.
Within half a month, Bai Qi captured nearly half of the Nanjun area. At this point, Qin Hao added seven new counties, and the population expanded by more than 800,000.
Later, due to the obstruction of the Jingzhou family, Bai Qi was temporarily blocked under Jiangling City.
In addition, Huang Zu and other five princes of Jingzhou all sent troops to grab territory.
After weighing the pros and cons, Bai Qi decided not to care about the gains and losses of a city and a land, but stopped to defend the newly occupied land, and quietly fought over the five major princes over interest disputes.
Common sense, the five princes will definitely fight because of uneven distribution of spoils. Bai Qi''s decision was not wrong, but he calculated a little bit, and then Liu Biao and Liu Xiu brothers also wade into this muddy water.
Shortly after the five major princes sent troops, the Jingzhou family led Liu Biao to Jingzhou. As Liu Xiu led 30,000 Jingliang coalition forces to Jiangling, most of the remaining ten counties in Jiangling also belonged to Liu Biao.
After Liu Biao and Liu Xiu entered Jiangling, the two were ones in charge of the inner and the other in charge of the outer division, and the division of labor was very clear.
Liu Biao married the daughter of the Cai family to gain the full support of the Jingzhou family and stabilized the interior of Nanjun in the shortest time.
As for Liu Xiu, he was in the outside world and was responsible for defending his territory and fighting against the five foreign invading princes.
In just one month, Liu Xiu fought with the five princes more than ten times, and won every battle.
Huang Zu and other five princes also realized that the New South Wales governors were not easy to mess with, and they also thought of stopping when they saw it.
But at this moment, Liu Xiu sent Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue as an envoy to lobby the five princes, saying that Qin Hao was the biggest threat to Jingzhou, and everyone should work together to drive Qin Hao back to Nanyang to speak.
Under the persuasion of Liu Xiu''s envoy, the five major princes finally came to the scene. The strongest prince in Jingzhou was Qin Hao, and this time he captured nearly half of Nanjun. If they could not be expelled, they would sooner or later be annexed by Qin Hao.
In the end, Liu Xiu reached a reconciliation among the five princes and the six parties formed an alliance.
Among the six princes, Liu Biao sent 30,000 troops, Huang Zu sent 20,000 troops, Han Xuan and Zhao each sent 15,000 troops, and Liu Du and Jin Xuan each sent 10,000 troops.
The coalition forces had a total of 100,000 troops, while the external propaganda said that the army was 200,000. Under the leadership of Liu Xiu, they rushed towards Xiangyang in a mighty manner, preparing to completely rush back to Nanyang. From the more than a month when Liu Xiu fought with the five princes to the formation of a coalition, Bai Qi neither sent troops to attack or sent envoys to destroy his alliance, but instead allowed his alliance to be successfully formed.
Bai Qi''s abnormal behavior of inaction made all the Qin generals anxious, but Bai Qi still had no reaction, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
"General Bai, you say something, the coalition forces are coming." Wen Pin said anxiously.
Wen Pin had just joined the Qin army, so he didn''t know anything about Bai Qi. If he hadn''t known that Bai Qi was the lord''s confidant, Wen Pin would even think that Bai Qi had secretly defected to Liu Xiu.
Seeing that Wen Pin took the lead, the other generals also persuaded each other, but Bai Qi took a sip of tea slowly and said lightly: "Don''t be anxious, don''t be anxious."
"Isn''t it urgent? Do you have to wait until the troops are at the city before Lao Bai, you will start to dispatch troops?"
Li Cunxiao was also impatient. Seeing that Bai Qi was still not concerned, he immediately shouted: "Old Bai, this is not your military style. If you have any plans, just tell everyone quickly. There are no outsiders here."
Bai Qi raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Cunxiao, and said lightly: "General Li Cunxiao, you can call me whatever you want in private, but in the army, you should call me General."
Li Cunxiao was so angry that his teeth were itchy when he heard this, but who made the senior official to death? He could only say, "Yes, general."
Bai Qi felt relieved when he saw this.
As the most powerful general of the Qin army, Li Cunxiao was loved by his lord Qin Hao. In addition, he was generous and generous, and his connections among the generals were also very good.
Bai Qi was actually afraid that Li Cunxiao would fight him, so that he would really not be able to get out of Taiwan. Fortunately, Li Cunxiao knew the difference between generals and commanders well, and did not really hold on to him and was fond of him.
Originally, Bai Qi was preparing to disclose the reason for his inaction before the war, but because Li Cunxiao''s reaction made him very satisfied, Bai Qi decided to tell some of the generals in advance.
"I know that the inaction of this period has made you very anxious, but it should be noted that sometimes inaction is also a kind of action."
Inaction is also a kind of action?
Although the generals could not understand what Bai Qi said, it was obvious that Bai Qi did it on purpose, not what they thought was arrogance, and they finally felt relieved.
"Old... General, you said it earlier. Look, I''ll scare everyone." Li Cunxiao complained.
Bai Qi looked at Li Cunxiao and said lightly: "Our army is far above the various armies in Jingzhou, whether it is the source of troops, equipment, or training. If we take the initiative to attack, the opponent will definitely not defend it, and our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties in a strong attack. But if the opponent attacks, the situation will be completely different."
Qin Hao also sent the Jiulong Guard to Bai Qi this time, and Zhou Yu, who was standing at the end, suddenly had his eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said excitedly: "The reason why the general is inaction is to let the other party take the initiative to concentrate the troops, and our army will be wiped out in a good battle?"
Bai Qi looked at Zhou Yu in surprise. The young man guessed his intention so quickly. He was really a good seedling. It was indeed a crouching tiger and hidden dragon in the Nine Dragon Guard.
Huang Zhong, who was standing behind Li Cunxiao, frowned after hearing this and said in a deep voice: "General, you have ordered the division of troops to be stationed in various counties in advance. The forces of our army gathered together are less than 30,000. Do you think if you want to recall the scattered troops before the decisive battle?"
(This chapter ends)