Chapter 2005 Jiangling Offensive and Defensive Battle (Part 1)


    Chapter 2003: Jiangling Offensive and Defensive Battle (Part 1)


    After Shu and Chu attacked Jingbei, they captured cities and land while absorbing local forces. The Qin soldiers who captured and surrendered after being captured and surrendered, as well as the miscellaneous soldiers in the county, were completely developing towards the trend of becoming stronger and stronger.


    At its peak, in addition to the regular army, the Shuchu coalition also had 50,000 surrendered soldiers, which were used to attack the city.


    With Liu Xiu and Liu Ji''s shrewdness, they would naturally not be so stupid as to use their elite troops to attack the city, and these newly absorbed surrendered troops naturally became the best cannon fodder.


    This is also the reason why Shu Chu and Qin fought for so long, and there were countless dead bodies under Jiangling and Xiangyang cities, but the regular army only suffered 20,000 casualties, because most of the people who died in battle were cannon fodder.


    The Shuchu coalition lost 20,000 regular troops and 50,000 cannon fodder, but it still failed to capture Jiangling and Xiangyang, but it didn''t matter, just continue to recruit them.


    Just as Liu Ji was preparing to recruit the people to join the army on the spot and let the people of Jingbei act as cannon fodder to attack Xiangyang City, Chen Ping stood up and stopped him.


    Chen Ping said that Jingbei is a newly obtained land. If it is too strict with the local people, it will not be conducive to the support of the people, and it will completely turn the people of the unoccupied land towards the Qin army, and may even force the local people to rebel.


    After thinking about it, Liu Ji felt it made sense. He was deeply annoyed that the people of Jingbei fully supported the Qin army and did not regard the people of Jingbei as their own people. This was because the people of Jingbei supported the Qin army too much.


    During the confrontation between Yiling, Qin Qiong issued a "Wartime Grain Collection Order", which directly confiscated all the grain stored in the hands of the people and hoarded them in Jiangling and Xiangyang, allowing the people to leave only basic food.


    After Liu Ji learned about it, he laughed and laughed at Qin Qiong, thinking that Qin Qiong was in trouble.


    Food is the most important thing for the people. Qin Qiong forcibly confiscates the people''s food and grass. How could the people agree? Isn’t this a rebellion that forces the people to instigate the Qin army?


    Liu Ji had a high prestige in Yizhou, and the people of Yizhou also supported the Shu army. But if the Qin army invaded Yizhou, he would not dare to do this, but Qin Qiong did this.


    Therefore, Liu Ji concluded that Qin Qiong''s move was asking for trouble, but what happened next made Liu Ji completely stunned.


    The people of Jingbei not only did not rebel, but also took the initiative to hand over food and grass, and joined the army one after another, gathering 70,000 new troops in a very short time.


    At this time, Liu Ji knew that the Qin army was so popular in Jingbei.


    The support of the people for the Qin army made the Shu-Chu coalition, which should have been unstoppable, extremely slow in the strategy progress in Jingbei. In addition, the food and grass in the hands of the people were taken away. The Shu-Chu coalition had no way to collect grain on the spot, so it could only transport food and grass from Jingnan and Ba County. The grain route was extended by hundreds of miles, which undoubtedly increased the transportation burden of the two countries.


    The originally smooth situation turned into this due to the people''s reasons, which made Liu Ji extremely angry with the people of Jingbei''s ignorance of their ignorance, so he treated the local people so harshly.


    Liu Ji woke up from Chen Ping''s awakening. After he completely occupied Jingbei, these people will be his people in the future. If he only cares about the present, he will definitely leave huge hidden dangers for the future governance of Jingbei.


    In addition, if the people are unable to bear the oppression and rebellion of Shu Kingdom, it will be an even more troublesome problem.


    Why did the great man end up today? It’s just that the people can’t survive anymore, so they rebel one after another.


    People are not sheep, and if they are really impatient, they will bite people.


    The people can even overthrow the Han Dynasty, let alone the mere Shu Kingdom?


    Thinking of this, Liu Ji immediately gave up his plan to force the recruitment. He was afraid of leaving hidden dangers for the future governance of Jingbei, and he was also afraid of forcing the people of Jingbei to resist.


    In order to capture Jiangling and Xiangyang, the Shuchu coalition forces not only suffered 50,000 cannon fodder and also lost 20,000 main forces. Seeing that the Qin reinforcements were approaching, the gap between the two sides would further narrow, and Liu Ji and Liu Xiu did not dare to continue to attack like this.


    After some discussion, Liu Ji and Liu Xiu both decided to withdraw from Xiangyang temporarily and concentrate their forces to capture Jiangling City first. Even if the Qin reinforcements arrive, at least there will be no worries in the rear.


    It is not an easy task to withdraw troops under Yue Fei''s nose.


    Chen Ping offered Liu Ji''s advice, deliberately posing as withdrawing troops, and intentionally or unintentionally exposed the ambush, making Yue Fei think that the coalition forces were withdrawing troops on purpose, but what they really did was to ambush. Yue Fei naturally would not chase after him, and the coalition forces could retreat openly.


    Liu Ji followed Chen Ping''s advice and naturally acted according to the plan, so he pretended to set up an ambush, but in fact he took the initiative to withdraw his troops.


    After learning about it, Yue Fei and Qin Zheng and other senior officials of the Qin army were unwilling to let the coalition forces withdraw and were willing to pursue, but they were concerned about the coalition ambush. In addition, the coalition forces were stronger than the Qin army, and it was not suitable to fight decisively before reinforcements arrived, so they did not pursue them. After the Shuchu coalition forces withdrew hundreds of miles, Yue Fei realized that he had been trapped at Lin Xiangru''s reminder. Liu Ji was pretending to set up an ambush, but his real purpose was to withdraw his troops.


    Yue Fei naturally regretted this and wanted to make up for it, but the Shuchu coalition forces had already run away and could no longer have the effect of chasing them.


    If Liu Ji and Liu Xiu retreated, it would undoubtedly increase the burden on Jiangling City. Jiangling, which had been in charge for a month, is likely to be captured by the coalition forces.


    Jiangling is one of the most solid cities in Jingzhou. When Yue Fei attacked Jiangling, he fought three times due to various factors.


    Therefore, once it falls into the hands of the Shu army, it will be difficult for the Qin army to retake it.


    In addition, the Shu army would also use Jiangling as its base camp and firmly control more than 20 surrounding counties, so as to completely gain a foothold in Jingbei.


    Although the Shu army occupied many cities, the control strength was not large. The people in the city were all interested in the Qin army and basically had a lip service to the Shu army, but relying on their huge military strength.


    Nearly half of the land in Jingbei will not belong to the Qin army.


    Therefore, Jiangling must be saved.


    After some discussion, even though reinforcements were coming soon, even if Jiangling might not be able to save Jiangling, Yue Fei decided to send troops to Nanjun.


    The total number of troops sent in this operation was 50,000, Yue Fei and Qin Zheng each led 25,000 troops, and the troops were divided into east and west routes to Jiangling. If they could enter Jiangling City, they would enter the city. If they could not enter the city, they would restrain the coalition forces and prevent them from attacking Jiangling City with all their strength.


    Yue Fei''s method is exactly the same as the previous Qin Zheng''s method of saving Jiangling, but now that things have come to this point, even he has no other way, so he can only take a try-out mentality.


    Liu Xiu had suffered from Qin Zheng''s losses before, so this time it was naturally impossible for Yue Fei, or Qin Zheng''s army to enter Jiangling City again.


    Liu Ji sent generals Zhou Bo and Xiahou Ying to lead 25,000 troops each, and sent all the three generals Xing Tian and Houyi and Kuafu to strictly guard Yue Fei''s Eastern Route Army.


    Liu Xiu appointed the newly resigned general Ma Yuan to lead 30,000 troops to be responsible for blocking Qin Zheng on the west road.


    Under the strict defense of the Er Liu, both Qin troops were blocked halfway and could not get close to Jiangling City, but they also restrained the 80,000 troops of the Shu-Chu coalition.


    Although the pressure faced by Jiangling City has been relatively slowed down, this has not been completely resolved. The more than 100,000 Shu and Chu coalition forces outside the city are still huge, far from what the defenders in the city can resist.


    Under Meng Gong''s month-long persistence, nearly half of the defenders in the city had suffered casualties, and one-third of the materials were consumed, which led to the repelling of the coalition''s attacks again and again.


    This is the guarantee for the 30th day. There are a lot of things in two days. I really can’t get enough time to write, and I’m a little out of shape. I’m also a little out of the way. Please forgive me, please forgive me. I will definitely update it in my spare time during my National Day.


    Thanks to the 25,000 starting point coins rewarded by the leader Xiangyun Huanyue, two additional chapters.


    ??No. 29, I owe a guaranteed chapter.


    In addition, September monthly tickets broke through from 500 to 700, and two additional chapters were added.


    ??I owe two chapters before, but now I owe a total of seven chapters.


    ??I owe so much just now, and it seems that this is a busy October.


    ??Today’s National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to congratulate my motherland on a happy birthday and wish all books a happy Double Day.


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