Chapter 1471 Chu and Shu retreat
Chapter 1469: Chu and Shu retreat
The battle of Jiangling lasted for two months, with more than 20,000 troops lost. In the end, the Qin army captured Jiangling and the Chu army ended with the defeat and fleeing.
After conquering Jiangling, Nanjun had basically all been in the hands of the Qin army. Although the Chu army still had territory in Jingbei, even the strong cities like Jiangling were captured, and the rest of the cities were basically impossible to defend.
The Chu army, who lost Jiangling City, had no power to turn the world back. Apart from withdrawing from Jingbei, there was no other way to go, and staying in Jingbei would only cause losses to lose troops.
As for whether the Qin army will cross the river and attack Jingnan after taking Nanjun?
This depends on Liu Xiu''s performance.
If Liu Xiu had retreated from Jiaozhou with a cognitive attitude, Qin Hao would naturally not allow Yue Fei to attack Jingnan.
But if Liu Xiu insisted on unifying Jiaozhou, the Qin army would definitely fight the Yangtze River. Even if Qin Hao himself didn''t want Jingnan, he would still help Sun Jian or Huang Zu and bit off a piece of meat from Liu Xiu.
Therefore, whether the Qin army will fight the Yangtze River is not the Qin army, but Liu Xiu, which is undoubtedly another difficult choice for Liu Xiu.
On the other hand, after Yue Fei led his troops to Jiangling, he immediately sent troops to fight fires and disaster relief. After a day of settlement, the fire and disaster situation in Jiangling finally settled down.
"Governor, Deng Yu is too cruel. His fire burned down one-third of the houses in Jiangling, leaving 50,000 or 60,000 people homeless.
In addition, half of the grain warehouses were also burned by the fire. If Mr. Cai Mao had not arrived in time and stopped the Chu army from continuing to set fire, he might have been burned by the Chu army. Lin Xiangru said with a heavy face.
When Yue Fei heard this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. He was obviously also angry at Deng Yu''s actions that ignored the lives and death of the people. Then he bowed to Cai Mao below and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cai, for taking action in time."
Deng Yu did not kill Cai Mao because Liu Xiu said he would keep Cai Mao''s life, and the situation was extremely critical at that time, and Deng Yu had no time to waste on Cai Mao, so he let Cai Mao go and led the army and left.
Cai Mao, who was lucky enough to save his life, saw that the Chu army wanted to set fire to the grain warehouse, so he followed the trend to stop the Chu army from preventing fire and helped the Qin army protect the grain warehouse, which was considered a great contribution.
"I dare not take it, I dare not take it. This is all Cai can do." Cai Mao said restrainedly.
Although Yue Fei was polite to Cai Mao, Cai Mao did not dare to be arrogant because of his merits. After all, the Qin army obviously did not trust him. In the battle to capture Jiangling, he relied on him and the Jingzhou family on the surface, but in fact he regarded him and the Jingzhou family as cannon fodder. Kuai Qi was the real killing skill of the Qin army.
After learning this, Cai Mao once again saw the unfaithful hearts of the princes, and he thought he was in control of his destiny, but he was used from beginning to end, both under Liu Xiu and invading the Qin army.
Cai Mao was afraid and completely discouraged, but he also knew that he could not escape from it at all, so he could only continue to struggle in this purgatory on earth.
Yue Fei looked at Cai Mao suspiciously. The feeling that Cai Mao gave him was too far from the past, and he even felt that he was completely two people.
Yue Fei shook his head and then said to Lin Xiangru: "Military advisor, the people''s disaster relief will be left to you. Be sure to win the hearts of the people of Nanjun as soon as possible."
"Well, Nanjun now has a small population, and the total is only more than 300,000. Most of the people have been moved to Jingnan by Liu Xiu. It is not difficult to gain the hearts of the people of Nanjun. As long as we give kindness to the people and implement our army''s policies."
"What? There are only 300,000 people left in Nanjun?"
Yue Fei screamed, while Lin Xiangru showed helplessness. His governor only focused on the military affairs of the Chu army but ignored the policies. Liu Xiu did not hide the people of Nanjun into Jingnan, but he did not know until now.
"Damn Liu Xiu." Yue Fei said angrily.
In order to capture Nanjun, Yue Fei personally led his troops to attack three times, and the three attacks cost no less than 50,000 troops. But in the end, he only got a Nanjun with a population of 300,000. So did he make a profit or lose?
"Governor, Nanjun is an important town in Jingbei, and its geographical location is extremely important. Once it is advanced, it can attack and retreat or defend, its role does not lie in the population. It is acceptable to sacrifice some troops." Lin Xiangru advised. Hearing this, Yue Fei''s face improved a lot. If he lost money, he might have to write a letter to apologize to Qin Hao.
"Report to the Grand Governor, Deputy Governor Qin and General Yuchi are back."
"Hurry, let them in." Yue Fei said happily.
However, when he saw Yuchi Gong, who was injured and his son with a bruised nose and a swollen face, Yue Fei could no longer laugh.
Yue Fei thought at first that Deng Yu set up an ambush, and he was secretly surprised. How could Deng Yu set up an ambush under that situation?
But after listening to Qin Qiong''s story, Yue Fei realized that it was the Shu army of Ba County who came out from the east, blocked the Qin army''s pursuers, and saved the lives of the defeated Deng Yu and the Chu army.
"Hmph, the governor didn''t take the initiative to provoke Liu Ji, so he should burn incense and worship Buddha. He had not even solved Li Shimin and Liu Yu, so he dared to provoke our Qin army on his own initiative. He was simply seeking death."
Yue Fei snorted coldly and ordered: "Send a letter to the governor, asking him to send 20,000 troops to guard Jiangling, and the 50,000 troops under the command of the general and Cao Shen fought to the death."
As soon as Yue Fei''s order was released, all the generals were very excited, but Lin Xiangru frowned and said, "Governor, I''m afraid this battle will not be fought."
"Oh? Why is this?"
"The Chu army now has only 15,000 defeated troops, and there is only one Zhijiang left in the city. The Shu army has no foundation in Jingbei. Although it took advantage of the situation to occupy Yiling and other counties when it went east, it was not enough to provide food and grass for the Shu army.
In addition, although I don’t know what alliance there is between the Shu army and the Chu army, it is already the limit to rescue the Chu army. Liu Ji cannot fight to the death with our army for Liu Xiu. ”
Although Yue Fei is a political idiot, he is definitely not a fool. Lin Xiangru has said this, so how could he not understand it?
"Military advisor, do you mean that the Shu army is going to run away?"
"It should be almost the same as everyone else." Lin Xiangru said confidently.
Yue Fei''s tiger body was shocked and shouted: "Send the order and attack the entire army. The Shu army must not easily escape from Jingzhou."
"No."
With Yue Fei''s order, 50,000 Qin troops roared out and headed west, but they were still one step too late.
After Qin Qiong''s battle, Cao Shen decisively ordered a retreat, and when Yue Fei was about to catch up, the Shu army had already retreated to Ba County.
Of course, Yue Fei did not have any gains on the way. The Shu army fled back to Ba County in a panic, while Yue Fei recovered several counties such as Yiling, Yidao, Wu County one by one.
After recapturing several counties east of Nanjun, Yue Fei''s army immediately went south to surround Deng Yu''s remaining troops in Zhijiang. However, Deng Yu had already run away and forced to move away forty thousand people in Zhijiang County.
Since then, the Qin army completely occupied the entire Nanjun county and officially expanded its power to the north of the Yangtze River.
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