Chapter 1783 Meng Gong guards Jiangling
Chapter 1781: Meng Gong guards Jiangling
Liu Xiu is undoubtedly a person who takes into account the overall situation. He knows that with his own family, he is far from being a match for Qin Hao, so he formed the South Han Alliance with Liu Ji and willingly surrendered to Liu Ji.
The Southern Han Alliance is already the largest anti-Qin force today, and Liu Ji, as the leader, is naturally the largest pioneer, but this pioneer is obviously not easy to do. After all, he must always be nailed to the front line of the anti-Qin.
It is precisely because Liu Jiding attracted Qin Hao''s firepower in front that Liu Xiu was able to hide behind and take the opportunity to gain benefits, and Jiangxia was one of the benefits that Liu Xiu got.
Liu Xiu, who tasted the sweetness, wanted to continue to be cheap, but Liu Ji stopped doing it.
As a member of the Southern Han Alliance, those who work hard did not get any benefits, but those who do their best have gained the benefits. Why are you Liu Xiu so handsome?
Therefore, shortly after Sun Jian withdrew his troops, Liu Ji sent an envoy to urge Liu Xiu to march towards Jingbei.
Liu Xiu didn''t care at that time, but after occupying Jiangxia, he realized after Deng Yu''s reminder that the Southern Han Alliance had ushered in the biggest crisis due to uneven divisions.
After the establishment of the Southern Han Alliance, hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Qin in five directions, and its momentum was shocked by the world, but so far, no great results have been achieved.
Shu Kingdom was blocked by Yiling and could not make any progress. Tang Kingdom only occupied half of Wuxiang County and was blocked by Yue Fei, while Yang, Ma and Han families suffered heavy casualties in Hetao.
At present, the only Chu State, which occupied Jiangxia, has truly made a profit from this dispatch of troops, and can be said to be the leader.
The original intention of the establishment of the Southern Han Alliance was to resist Qin, but the Chu State did not make much effort in resisting Qin, but took the opportunity to make profits and gain such great benefits, so other members would naturally feel unbalanced.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Xiu realized that if he did not work hard, the attack on Qin might end in vain, and even the alliance might fall apart.
Therefore, even in order to maintain the Anti-Qin Alliance, Liu Xiu must abandon Wu and attack Qin, otherwise once the Anti-Qin Alliance splits and Shu retreats, no one will stand in front and help him block Qin Hao.
I have to say that Liu Xiu’s calculations are indeed clever, at least he has gained real benefits. Although Liu Ji, the leader of the Southern Han Alliance, has gained great reputation for forming the alliance, these are invisible benefits, and the substantial benefits have not been gained much, which was considered to have been used by Liu Xiu.
Under Liu Xiu''s personal leadership, 50,000 Chu troops marched towards Nanjun in parallel, and were soon learned by the navy general Han Shizhong on the border.
"So quickly send back the news of the Chu army''s invasion and let the magistrates of each county be prepared to defend the enemy."
After saying that, Han Shizhong raised his head, his eyes full of determination, and said in a deep voice: "Although I only have five thousand naval troops under my command, it may not be possible to completely block the Chu army, but I can still do it if I delay it for ten days and half a month.
The command of the entire army to defend the water camp to the death. The general was going to fight Liu Xiu again. ”
"No."
At the junction of Jiangxia and Nanjun, Qin general Han Shizhong defended the water camp with 5,000 naval troops and launched a fierce battle with Liu Xiu''s 50,000 Chu troops.
After half a month of fierce fighting with the Chu army, the Qin army''s water camp was finally captured by the Chu army. General Su Can was killed by Chu general Chong Heihu. The navy commander Han Shizhong led two thousand remaining troops to flee to Jiangling.
After successfully boarding the road in Jingbei, the Chu army divided its troops into three groups to capture each county, and in less than ten days it broke through four counties. If this situation was done, it would probably take less than half a month before the three armies could converge under Jiangling City.
Yiling, within the Qin army camp.
When the Qin generals were shocked when they learned that Nanjun was attacked by Liu Xiu. After the Sun and Huang families joined forces, they had the upper hand in the face of Chu, so Qin Qiong drew the troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front to fight against Shu Han.
But neither Qin Qiong nor Lin Xiangru expected that this Japanese pirate rebellion and Shanyue''s rebellion would make Liu Xiu profitable, and eventually won without a fight and easily occupy Jiangxia.
Liu Xiu won this time for no reason, and it was too sudden, Qin Qiong had no time to prepare. After reacting, Jiangxia had been occupied by Liu Xiu.
After Liu Xiu occupied Jiangxia, he was not finished. He then focused on the Nanjun of Qin. However, at this time, the troops in Nanjun were very empty, and it was undoubtedly very difficult to resist the offensive of the 50,000 Chu troops.
"Grandmaster, 50,000 Chu troops are coming, and Nanjun is in danger."
Lin Xiangru''s eyes were full of solemn expression and said in a deep voice: "If Jiangling falls, our army''s food supply will be cut off, and it will be attacked by both sides of Chu and Shu. At that time, there may be a danger of annihilation of the entire army.
Grand Governor, Yiling is no longer in defense, so it is better to withdraw troops quickly to protect Jingbei. ”
Of course Qin Qiong knew the importance of Jiangling, but the importance of Yiling was also self-evident.
Yiling is the only dangerous place between Jingyi and the last place to defend. After Yiling, there is no danger to defend at all. Once the Shu army breaks through Yiling, the entire Jingbei will be under the threat of the Shu army.
But once Jiangling falls, the Qin army will face attacks on both sides, and may even be wiped out by then, Qin Qiong will have a decision in his heart.
"Retreat the troops, but you cannot withdraw immediately. If the Shu army detects our army''s intentions, it will definitely stick to it. It will be difficult to withdraw the troops at that time."
Qin Qiong stood up and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send orders to the generals Meng Gong, so that he must guard Jiangling for one month and buy time for this governor."
“One month?”
The generals exclaimed one after another, and Yue Yun even stood up and said, "Governor, the Jiangling defenders are only 3,000, and even if they add 5,000 new soldiers, they are only 8,000. How could they last for a month under the attack of 50,000 Chu troops?"
The total number of Jingzhou defenders was only 80,000, but they had to face the three southern Han troops. The troops were too tight. Therefore, Qin Hao urgently expanded his troops by 100,000 before the war, of which 70,000 were given to Jingzhou.
With the addition of 70,000 new recruits, the pressure on Jingzhou has also decreased a lot, but the new recruits are only new recruits after all, and can only be used to defend the city and cannot be used to fight in the field. Therefore, the crisis in Jingzhou has not been resolved.
After hearing Yue Yun''s words, Qin Qiong pondered for a moment and said, "Don''t worry, this governor will send a letter to the Xiangyang Governor''s Office and ask the Qinzheng Governor to send reinforcements to the generals."
Jiangling, the guards Meng Gong and Han Shizhong stood side by side on the city tower, looking at the Chu army under the city, with solemn expressions on their faces.
"Report..."
At this moment, Huo Jun ran over with a serious look on his face and reported: "Report to the reinforcements sent by General and the governor were intercepted by the Chu army and suffered heavy casualties."
"What?"
Han Shizhong exclaimed, while Meng Gong looked bitter and smiled bitterly: "I knew that Liu Xiu would not let our reinforcements arrive in Jiangling easily."
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(This chapter ends)