Chapter 1441 Attacking Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang
Chapter 1439: Attacking Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang
Liu Xiu thought he had prepared well before the war, but he did not expect that such a big chain reaction would trigger, which directly led to the joint attack of the princes of Qin Hao, Sun Jian and Huang Zu. How afraid should these three princes be of him?
Although Liu Xiu left behind 100,000 defenders in Jingnan, the total force of the three coalition forces was as high as 160,000. Moreover, the Qin and Sun Huang families had a firm attitude and would rather send troops directly than occupy Jiaozhou.
Therefore, if Liu Xiu continued to attack Jiaozhou, it would be difficult to guarantee that the three families would not continue to increase their troops. By then, Jingnan might have been lost before Jiaozhou was captured.
As for Jiaozhou, Hong Xiuquan has more troops than Liu Xiu, and there are two generals Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai. Even if Shi Xie restrains some of the energy of the Taiping Army, Liu Xiu will not be able to occupy Jiaozhou in the short term.
But if we stop the troops and return to Jingnan, not only will all the previous preparations be wasted, but it will also arouse Hong Xiuquan''s alertness. It will not be so easy to enter Jiaozhou in the future.
The three Qin, Sun and Huang families jointly sent troops to Jingnan, which put Liu Xiu in a situation of difficulty, but after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to continue to fight in Jiaozhou.
In a world of great struggle, those who are in favor will perish, and those who are in opposition will be strong!
Liu Xiu’s goal is not to be in a corner, but to be a local tyrant. What he wants is to unify the world.
Now that only three princes invade, he retreats, how can he talk about fighting for hegemony with Qin Hao or unifying the world?
Although the three princes jointly attacked, this situation was difficult for Liu Xiu, it was impossible to be more difficult than when he led an army of 10,000 south to fight in Jingnan.
With Shi Xie in the back, now is the best time for Liu Xiu to take over Jiaozhou. If he retreated just because of the forced force of the princes, he would never be able to occupy Jiaozhou in the future, let alone to annex Jiangdong and unify Jiangnan.
Jingnan has 100,000 defenders and is on the defensive. Even if the three companies jointly invade, nothing will happen in the short term.
Therefore, Liu Xiu was preparing to burn his boats and let Jingnan''s 100,000 troops block the three princes'' coalition forces, while he himself led 50,000 troops to continue his battle in Jiaozhou.
Faced with the attacks of the three princes, Liu Xiu not only did not retreat, but chose to take it on his own and went to war with the four major princes at the same time. This move was shocking the world.
Many people couldn''t help but sigh at Liu Xiu''s boldness, and at the same time they felt a pity for Liu Xiu. After all, the three princes joined forces this time were not small princes. Among them, not only Qin Hao, who was the overlord of the princes, Sun Jian of Jiangdong was also not inferior to Jingnan. Hong Xiuquan also occupied Jiaozhou for many years and had a deep foundation.
It was not long before Liu Xiu unified Jingnan, but he dared to go to war at the same time. This was obviously extremely unwise, so most people in the world were not optimistic about Liu Xiu.
Sun Jian''s army of 60,000 attacked Lujiang, and Cen Peng led 40,000 troops to defend;
Huang Xie''s army of 30,000 attacked Changsha, and Feng Yi led 20,000 troops to defend;
Yue Fei''s army of 70,000 attacked Nanjun, and Deng Yu led 40,000 troops to defend
Liu Xiu''s army of 50,000 attacked Jiaozhou, and Yang Xiuqing led 60,000 troops to defend;
Shi Dakai''s army of 30,000 attacked Jiaozhi, and Shi Xie led 20,000 troops to defend;
In this way, Liu Xiu''s invasion of Jiaozhou completely ignited the fuse, and all the princes in the south were trapped in a melee, and this war also made the princes in the world look at him.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang from Xuzhou finally expelled Liu Bei and completely unified the land of Xuzhou.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had already defeated Liu Bei a year ago. Even with the help of Zhuge Liang, the temporary Qin army, and Jiang Song and Yuwen Chengdu, Liu Bei still failed to defend Xuzhou under Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although Zhuge Liang''s arrival made up for Liu Bei''s shortcomings in strategy, military strength, and generals, compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Bei''s background is still too shallow.
The decisive battle in Xia Pi was extremely fierce. Even the Battle of God of War was held more than one, but in the end, Xia Pi City was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang.
After the city was broken, the Xuzhou family was slaughtered by Zhu Yuanzhang, while Liu Bei led the remnants into the deep mountains at the junction of Xu and Yan.
Liu Bei had lost Xuzhou, so Zhuge Liang naturally had no reason to stay, but Liu Bei was unwilling to fail and still wanted to take back Xuzhou and begged Zhuge Liang to help him.
Although Zhuge Liang knew that Liu Bei could not retake Xuzhou, he considered that Liu Bei could be used to reduce Zhu Yuanzhang''s development speed, so he persuaded Liu Bei and Zhu Yuanzhang to fight guerrilla warfare, and took Jiang Song and Yuwen Chengdu to stay and continue to give advice for Liu Bei.
After Zhu Yuanzhang unified Xuzhou, he wanted to rest, but Liu Bei''s remaining troops attacked and hindered his development. So he could only send troops to encircle and suppress Liu Bei while cultivating. However, with Zhuge Liang''s assistance and Qin Hao''s support, how could it be so easy to wipe out?
Although the scale of the encirclement and suppression war in Xuzhou was not large, it fought for a whole year, seriously delaying Zhu Yuanzhang''s development pace.
In the end, Liu Bei lost nothing, all his troops were lost, and even his wives and concubines were lost. The whereabouts of the two brothers Guan and Zhang were unknown. In helplessness, Liu Bei could only lead nearly a hundred people and surrender to Qin Hao with Zhuge Liang.
After a long time, Liu Bei realized that in order to protect his wife and concubine, Guan Yu had to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang, while Zhang Fei''s whereabouts were unknown.
Zhuge Liang led a reorganized army of 20,000 slaves into Xuzhou. When he came back, he only had more than 2,000 people left, but he also exceeded the task assigned by Qin Hao.
Although Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang caused quite a lot of trouble to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang never regarded Liu Bei as an opponent in his eyes. In his opinion, Liu Bei was just a small problem, so while encircling Liu Bei, he was also planning to attack Yuan Shu''s Jianghuai land.
Xuzhou''s geographical location is relatively awkward. Its terrain is flat and there is almost no danger to defend except for the city. It is not suitable as a place to start a battle for hegemony. However, if you get Qingzhou or Jianghuai, you can advance and fight for hegemony and retreat to control one side.
As for the Qi State in southern Qingzhou, even the King of Qi Zhu Tianpeng was Zhu Yuanzhang''s man, so the southern Qingzhou was actually under Zhu Yuanzhang''s command.
However, it takes time to incorporate Qi into Zhu Yuanzhang''s command and it cannot be achieved overnight.
Therefore, for Qingzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry at all, but instead focused on Jianghuai and Yanzhou.
Li Zicheng is here in Yanzhou. Li Zicheng is an important official of the Ming Dynasty. Since he has set his sights on Yanzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang cannot cross him to attack Yanzhou, so he can only support him to fight against Cao Cao, while he himself is secretly planning Yuan Shu''s Jianghuai.
There are more than Zhu Yuanzhang who are eyeing Jianghuai. Sun Jian from Jiangdong and Zhao Kuangyin from Yuzhou are all coveting Jianghuai''s fast and fertile land.
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