Chapter 2004: The Battle of Jingbei


    Chapter 2002: The Battle of Jingbei


    When Qin Qiong was the governor of Jingzhou and confronted Liu Ji on the front line of Yiling, Jiangling in the rear was besieged by Liu Xiu''s 50,000 troops.


    In order to ensure that the front-line army had continuous food and supplies and successfully retreated from the Yiling line, Qin Qiong ordered Meng Gong to guard Jiangling City for one month.


    Meng Gong and Han Shizhong had only eight thousand defenders, of which 5,000 were new recruits. It was almost impossible to defend Jiangling City for one month under the fierce attack of 50,000 Chu troops, but the fact is that he had been guarding for two months.


    Even Liu Xiu and Liu Ji have to admit that it is a miracle that Jiangling City can stand firm until now.


    If you just defend the enemy, even if you have a famous general like Meng Gong who is good at defending, you will not be able to hold Jiangling for two months if the enemy is ten times more powerful than you, and your combat power is not strong, and your morale is not high. The main reason why you can hold Jiangling for such a long time is actually because of the support of Qin Zheng and Yue Fei.


    Qin Zheng failed to send reinforcements for the first time, not only did General Wang Gui lose, but also 10,000 reinforcements lost 7,000. So he personally led 3,000 Beiwei troops to support Jiangling.


    Qin Zheng led the Beiwei Army to fight for more than 300 miles and went through various battles. Although he could not help Meng Gong directly, he also dispersed Liu Xiu''s energy and troops, making it impossible for him to attack Jiangling City with all his strength, and indirectly helped Meng Gong through the most difficult period.


    Later, Qin Zheng adopted Lin Xiangru''s plan and used himself as bait to attract Liu Xiu to encircle and suppress him. He secretly ordered Zhang Xian to lead another 10,000 troops to support Jiangling.


    On a dark and windy night, Meng Gong in the city deliberately made a move to abandon the city and break through, leading the Chu army outside the city to the north gate to set up an ambush, but led the army of Zhang Xian from the south gate into the city from the south gate. It was precisely with the support of this ten thousand troops that Meng Gong could defend Jiangling for two months.


    Later, while Liu Xiu attacked Jiangling, he also used the spies in the city to provoke, hoping to make the military and civilians of the aristocratic families in the city fall into internal struggle, thus putting the Qin army in a situation of internal and external difficulties.


    Meng Gong promptly took a look at Liu Xiu''s conspiracy and set up a trap. He waited for the rebels to stand up and then carried out an iron-blooded suppression, killing more than 3,000 people. Naturally, there were both families and the people, and completely eradicating the hidden dangers in the city in one fell swoop.


    Seeing that conspiracy was useless to Meng Gong, Liu Xiu could only attack the city in a dignified manner, fight steadily, and use cannon fodder to consume the strength of the defenders in the city little by little.


    Within the next half month, Qin Qiong led his troops back to Xiangyang from Yiling, while Liu Ji sent troops to pursue him, but was ambushed by Qin Qiong, losing more than 3,000 elite troops.


    After Qin Qiong retreated, Liu Ji did not march into Xiangyang immediately. Instead, he was afraid that Liu Xiu would seize his Nanjun, so the army came to Jiangling City to meet with Liu Xiu, but in fact he was here to grab territory.


    Liu Xiu naturally knew Liu Ji''s purpose, but he didn''t care, because he was not prepared to occupy Jiangling, so he took the initiative to give up the newly occupied counties to the Shu army.


    Liu Ji wanted to force Liu Xiu to retreat with his power, but he did not expect that Liu Xiu was so aware of the situation and took the initiative to give up the territory he had captured. So he boldly sent troops to capture the other counties of Nanjun. In less than ten days, he occupied the entire Nanjun except Jiangling City.


    Jiangling City is a strong city with tens of thousands of defenders, and Meng Gong, a general who is good at guarding, cannot be defeated in a short period of time.


    Liu Ji and Liu Xiu naturally knew this, so they each left behind 30,000 troops, and 60,000 troops were specifically responsible for attacking Jiangling, while the two of them led the remaining troops north to attack Xiangyang County.


    The elite troops in each county of Xiangyang County were all drawn cleanly. Most of the defenders in the city were newly conquered soldiers. How could they stop the two countries of Shu and Chu, which were like wolves and tigers?


    Within ten days, Liu Ji captured four cities one after another, while Liu Xiu followed behind and waved flags and shouted. Now he didn''t need to help Liu Ji attack the city, after all, the city he captured was not his.


    Before Liu Ji and Liu Xiu could reach the city of Xiangyang, Yue Fei had already led his troops from Nanyang to the south and marched into Xiangyang, replacing Qin Qiong and becoming the governor of Jingzhou again.


    After all, the Qin army in Jingbei was trained by Yue Fei. Under Yue Fei''s leadership, he had only bullied others for so many years. How could he be bullied by others?


    Therefore, after Yue Fei regained military power, the morale of the Qin army suddenly rose sharply. Almost all soldiers firmly believed that Yue Fei would lead them to defeat the Shu-Chu coalition, and Yue Fei did not disappoint the expectations of the Jingzhou army.


    Although Qin Qiong did not make any mistakes when he was in charge of the military power of Jingzhou, the Qin army lost consecutive battles and retreated from Yiling to Xiangyang. Most of the Jingbei was occupied by Shu. After Yue Fei took over the military power, the Qin army''s decline immediately stopped.


    As Liu Ji and Liu Xiu went north, the battle situation in Jingbei also became two major battlefields, namely: Jiangling and Xiangyang.


    It is difficult to decide the winner in the short term, but the core of the struggle on Xiangyang was not Xiangyang City at the beginning, but Xinye County.


    Xinye County connects Nanyang to the north and Xiangyang to the south. It can be said to be a place that military strategists must fight for. In the hands of the Qin army, Xiangyang has no worries. If it is captured by the Shu-Chu coalition forces, the situation will be completely destroyed.


    Yue Fei ordered Qin Qiong to lead 20,000 troops to guard the front line of Fancheng in Xinye to prevent the Shu-Chu coalition forces from attacking and to cut off the ties between Xiangyang and Nanyang. He himself personally led the remaining army to stay in Xiangyang to fight against Er Liu.


    Less than two days after Qin Qiong returned to defend Xinye, 30,000 Chu troops arrived at Xinye City under Wei Zhang. If it were two or three days late, Xinye would definitely fall into the hands of other countries.


    Seeing that Xinye defenders were sufficient and the military preparations were neat, Wei Zhang knew that he was one step late, but he was not moved to retreat like this, so he decisively led his army to attack the city, but was easily defeated by Qin Qiong.


    Qin Qiong, the deputy governor of Jingzhou, has been repeatedly defeated by Liu Ji and Liu Xiu, but it does not mean that he is an incompetent general. He is really too strong, and using his ability to deal with Wei Zhang is naturally no problem.


    Wei Zhang attacked Xinye for two days, but could not shake it at all, so he could only retreat temporarily.


    At the same time, in Xiangyang, Yue Fei also officially fought with Liu Ji and Liu Xiu.


    There is no need to say much about Yue Fei''s ability to command the army. No one in the Shu and Chu coalition forces could surpass him, but there was a top strategist in the coalition forces.


    Yue Fei was in charge of military power and wanted to win a battle to stimulate morale, but he almost fell into Chen Ping''s plan. If Lin Xiangru hadn''t woken up in time, even Yue Fei would have been defeated.


    Yue Fei, who was plotted for a while, was vigilant to the highest point. With Lin Xiangru and Qin Zheng and others, it would be difficult for Chen Ping to plot against Yue Fei.


    In half a month, Yue Fei fought with Er Liu eight times, three victories and five draws, killing more than 10,000 enemies, while he himself suffered only five thousand casualties.


    When the entire army heard about it, they were extremely excited.


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