Chapter 2322 Qi Jiguang fought against Jiaozhou, Ruan Yue became a minister to Qin


    Chapter 2319: Qi Jiguang fought against Jiaozhou, and Ruan Yue became a minister to Qin


    When Ye Qingmei learned that there were not only famous generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom such as Li Xiucheng and Lin Fengxiang, but also Guo Ziyi, who quelled the Anshi Rebellion, and Chai Rong, the second emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, he knew that the Annan Alliance was probably defeated this time.


    Although both Nguyen Phucing and Li Gongyun were from the army, they were obviously not at the same level when it comes to leading the army and fighting.


    As Ye Qingmei expected, although the equipment of the 120,000 Annan Allied Forces was not inferior to that of the Chu army, they were still crushed by the Chu army in terms of the individual combat power of the soldiers and the command ability of the generals.


    Before Ye Qingmei returned to Annan, war had begun between Chu and Yue. In addition to occupying three empty cities that were strategically abandoned by the Chu army, the Annan coalition forces failed to capture even a city with the Chu army stationed.


    The command ability of the Annan general, the coordination ability of the army, the siege ability, and the use of tactics were extremely poor. It is no wonder that the 100,000 troops were defeated head-on by the 100,000 second-line troops of the Chu State.


    After all, the number of Chu troops in Jiaozhou is far inferior to that of the Annan Alliance, so they used defensive counterattack tactics at the beginning, looking for opportunities to counterattack while defending.


    Under the command of generals such as Li Xiucheng, Lin Fengxiang, Chen Yucheng, etc., the Chu army''s counterattack was basically accurate, and each time it could give the Annan coalition a considerable casualties, which little by little consumed the strength and morale of the Annan coalition. It was not until Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong''s three thousand elite troops arrived, launching a counterattack.


    Although Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong only led 3,000 troops, they were the strongest elites in Chu State, including 1,500 cavalry, which was even stronger than the 20,000 Jiaozhou defenders based on combat power alone.


    Moreover, with the addition of Guo Ziyi''s three thousand elite troops, the Chu army has risen to a higher level in terms of morale and combat power. How could the Annan army resist?


    After Guo Ziyi arrived in Jiaozhou, he achieved three victories in just half a month, and only 60,000 of the Annan army remained.


    Just two months after the war started, more than half of the Annan Alliance''s casualties were killed, which made Nguyen Phuc Ying and Li Gongyun''s hearts almost clear.


    It’s not long before I can hold my own one-acre and three-point land. Why do I need to take the initiative to provoke an invincible opponent like Chu?


    But it’s too late for them to regret it. Now they can’t even retreat.


    Guo Ziyi and Li Xiucheng''s army bit the enemy tightly, and did not give the Annan coalition any chance to slip away. They even caused fatal moves in the deployment of troops and the deployment of troops, and vowed to wipe out the 120,000 Annan coalition forces in Jiaozhou.


    The Annan coalition forces were unable to advance and retreat. They were about to be wiped out, but they received the news that Ye Qingmei had returned, so they all regarded Ye Qingmei as the last straw.


    The Annan Allied Forces sent envoys to ask for help from Ye Qingmei who arrived at Qingmei Port, and promised that as long as the Qin Dynasty could save them, they would be willing to submit to the Qin Dynasty, respect the Qin Dynasty as its sect leader, and pay tribute to the Qin Dynasty every year.


    Ye Qingmei was speechless after learning about it. The 120,000-strong Annan Allied Forces could not defeat the 30,000-40,000-strong Chu army, but now he still wants to ask her for help.


    She only has five thousand navy troops in her hands. How can she save her?


    I can''t save it at all.


    Ye Qingmei was actually very moved by the conditions for the surrender of Annan countries, but she knew even more that with her five thousand naval troops, it was impossible for her to rescue the trapped 60,000 Annan troops who could not advance or retreat under the heavy encirclement of the Chu army.


    Just when Ye Qingmei was about to refuse, Qi Jiguang offered up the plan to surround Wei and save Zhao.


    Qi Jiguang asserted that once the Qin army appeared near the coast of Jiaozhou, it would definitely cause shock to the Chu army. At that time, he would lead the army to land and surprise attack Panyu City, Nanhai County, the capital of Jiaozhou.


    Nowadays, most of the troops in Jiaozhou are gathering in the Interwoven and Jiuzhen Alliance. The Nanhai County where the capital is located is extremely empty, and the defenders will not exceed 6,000 at most.


    The five thousand Qin troops had the intention to make mistakes without intention, which was enough to threaten the safety of the entire Nanhai County, and even defeated the capital Panyu City.


    Li Xiucheng and Guo Ziyi from the front line, once they learn that the Qin army appears in Jiaozhou and the troops are directly aimed at the capital, they are very likely to lead their troops back to aid.


    The Chu army''s troops were originally less than that of the Annan Alliance. After distributing some of the troops, there would definitely be loopholes in the encirclement, and the besieged Annan Alliance would naturally escape.


    Qi Jiguang''s plan is bold. After all, this requires the navy to land on the battlefield, which is equivalent to giving up the navy''s greatest advantage, and the risks it bears are naturally self-evident.


    Qi Jiguang''s proposal made Ye Qingmei extremely hesitant. She was hesitating to take such a great risk for foreigners like Annan. Is it worth it to do so?


    After hesitating for a while, Ye Qingmei decided to believe in Qi Jiguang. After all, Qi Jiguang had created many feats after sailing along the way, which fully proved that he was able to complete this plan.


    Ye Qingmei asked Qi Jiguang to perform his skills at will, but there was one condition, that is, he must bring the army back intact.


    Qi Jiguang nodded his head and then led a 5,000 naval army to land on the coast of Nanhai County with great fanfare, and defeated Sihui and Zhongsu County in one day.


    The Qin army came too quickly and suddenly. The defenders of the two counties had no time to prepare for the defense. After Qi Jiguang seized the city gate, the city was easily broken. The thousand defenders of the two counties also surrendered to the Qin army.


    After Qi Jiguang conquered the two counties, he divided the army into two, let the army enter the city during the day, and quietly left the city at night, and entered the city during the day, and went back and forth.


    Qi Jiguang used this method to pretend that he had a large number of Qin troops and he had to fight steadily, and vowed to break through Nanjun to confuse the Chu army in Jiaozhou.


    After the news that Sihui and Zhongsu were captured by the Qin army was passed back to the governor''s mansion, Jiaozhou governor Liu Xian was completely stunned.


    Liu Xian''s courtesy name is Shizong, and he is from Lingling County. He is well-informed and has a strong memory. His nephew is Zhou Buyi, a prodigy with a destiny in the late Han Dynasty.


    During the reign of Liu Biao, Liu Xian served as the deputy governor of Jingzhou. After Liu Biao died, he continued to assist Liu Xiu, and was later appointed as the governor of Jiaozhou by Liu Xiu.


    Liu Xian was a pure literati, so it was okay to let him manage the land, but fighting war was not his profession.


    What''s more, the Qin army, which should have been in the north, appeared in Jiaozhou, the southernmost part and launched a sudden attack on Nanhai County.


    The amount of information in it is too large and too weird, and it is not something that Liu Xian, a civil servant, can handle.


    Not to mention Liu Xian, even Liu Xiu will be confused for a while when facing such a complicated situation.


    Liu Xian could not deal with this situation, so he made a decision that most people would make, that is, to let Li Xiucheng lead his army back to the South China Sea, and at the same time mobilize the strong men in the city to prepare for defending the city.


    When Li Xiucheng and Guo Ziyi and others received the news that the Qin army appeared in Jiaozhou and had even captured the two counties, they were not much different from Liu Xian''s reaction. They were stunned for a long time before they woke up, and their first reaction was to dream.


    The news is so outrageous that it is hard to believe it is true.


    But Liu Xian''s handwritten letter was placed here, and Li Xiucheng and Guo Ziyi did not allow him to believe it.


    When they realized that the Qin army really appeared in Jiaozhou and there were still a lot of them, neither Li Xiucheng nor Guo Ziyi was too panicked, and decisively divided their troops to rescue the South China Sea. In their eyes, the Annan Alliance, with weak combat power, is not a threat to Chu. Even if they are asked to escape this time, they will be destroyed next time.


    On the contrary, if the Jiaozhou capital was captured by the Qin army, the Chu army would suffer great losses.


    So Li Xiucheng and Guo Ziyi divided into two groups.


    Guo Ziyi led 3,000 elite troops and 15,000 troops to rescue the South China Sea.


    Li Xiucheng led the remaining troops to continue to siege the Annan coalition.


    Guo Ziyi''s troops marched as fast as possible, for fear that the support would be too late, and the capital would be captured by the Qin army, but unfortunately, he was still one step too late.


    Guo Ziyi''s army had just entered the territory of Nanhai County and received news that Panyu City had been captured and the governor Liu Xian was captured.


    To be honest, after breaking through Panyu City, Qi Jiguang himself found it incredible, but he easily broke through, and the biggest contributor was Liu Xian, the governor of Jiaozhou.


    After Liu Xian learned that the Qin army was coming to Panyu City, he did not know the reality of the Qin army, but was afraid of the Qin army''s combat power, and under the army, he made many overreactions.


    For example: forcibly recruiting the people to join the army to participate in defending the city, including even the Baiyue people.


    For example: forcibly confiscate the whole city''s grain and grass for war reserves.


    Liu Xian’s strategies were not wrong. These actions could indeed increase the city’s defense, but unfortunately he used the wrong place.


    If Liu Xian used it in the Central Plains, there would definitely be no problem, but he would have a big problem with it in Jiaozhou.


    The Chu State did not occupy Jiaozhou for a long time, only a few years, and the people''s hearts did not completely surrender.


    It is natural for Liu Xian to recruit Han people to defend the city, but it is impossible for the Baiyue people to force the Baiyue people to defend the city and to confiscate the food and supplies of the Baiyue people.


    After Qi Jiguang surrounded Panyu City, he wanted to lead the Chu army in the south to return to the aid and retreated immediately, but he never expected that the Chu army in the city would become in chaos.


    Qi Jiguang naturally could not give up such a good opportunity. In the end, he easily invaded Jiaozhou''s capital and Panyu City with internal and external cooperation.


    Liu Xian saw the Qin army entering the city and knew that the situation was hopeless, so he decided to break through. Unfortunately, his luck was not good. He chose the wrong city gate to break through and ran into Qi Jiguang head-on, but Qi Jiguang captured alive.


    As the governor, Liu Xian was arrested, and the Chu army in the city did not dare to resist and surrendered one after another. This allowed Qi Jiguang to easily occupy Panyu City and surrender 3,000 Chu troops.


    When Qi Jiguang landed, there were only five thousand navy troops, but after conquering three cities in succession, the troops increased instead of decreasing, and soared to nine thousand.


    Now Qi Jiguang has a nine thousand army in his hand, as well as this Panyu City that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the Chu army in Jiaozhou returns to help, he is sure to stick to it for half a year, but he did not do so, but chose to stop when he sees the opportunity.


    Although the Qin army conquered 4,000 Chu troops, once the situation turned dangerous, these 4,000 Chu troops might rebel at any time, and only five thousand navy troops could rely on.


    It is no exaggeration to rely on these five thousand navy troops to fight against the Chu army in Jiaozhou on land.


    Therefore, after receiving the news that Guo Ziyi''s army was about to enter Nanhai County, Qi Jiguang decisively chose to run away.


    When Guo Ziyi returned to Panyu City, Qi Jiguang had already run away, and the treasury in the city was empty, all the money was taken away by the Qin army, and the food and grass that could not be taken away were distributed to the people in the city to win people''s hearts.


    Guo Ziyi originally thought that the invading Qin army had at least 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, but Qi Jiguang''s move to distribute the food and grass that he could not take away to the people made him realize that there were not so many people in the Qin army, otherwise he would not have separated all the food and grass from the people.


    Guo Ziyi was even more angry when she realized this. The invading Qin army could not threaten the State of Chu, but she deceived them all around, and even the capital of Jiaozhou was occupied by the Qin army.


    Guo Ziyi wanted to continue chasing, but he couldn''t swallow his breath if he didn''t pursue him, but it was obviously a bit late to chase him now. It should be too late to lead the cavalry to chase him. But can he defeat the Qin army with unknown troops with 1,500 cavalry?


    Guo Ziyi was not sure, but he decided to take a gamble, so he left the army in Panyu City and led only 1,500 cavalry to pursue.


    When Guo Ziyi chased Sihui County, like Zhongsu County, the situation in the two counties was the same as that in Panyu City. Money was taken away by the Qin army, and food was distributed to the local people to win people''s hearts.


    This made Guo Ziyi more convinced that the number of Qin troops was not large, and he was even more convinced of his decision to pursue.


    Guo Ziyi chased after him until the beach before finally catching up with Qi Jiguang.


    At this time, Qi Jiguang was commanding the army to board the ship, and more than half of the army had not boarded the ship, and was at the most vulnerable time.


    When Qi Jiguang saw that Guo Ziyi was chasing him, and those who were chasing him were all cavalrymen, his face instantly became extremely ugly.


    But soon Qi Jiguang calmed down and commanded 300 crossbowmen and 4,000 surrendered troops, lined up the sea on the coast, ready to delay time as much as possible.


    Guo Ziyi''s cavalry had a strong combat power. After carrying the Qin army''s crossbow formation, he used only one charge to destroy the square formation set up by Qi Jiguang.


    Faced with the charge of 1,500 Chu cavalry, the 4,300 army had almost no fight back, and could only wail and cry under the trampling of the iron cavalry.


    Although Qi Jiguang failed to stop Guo Ziyi, it delayed enough time to allow the remaining naval forces to board the warships, leaving Guo Ziyi incompetent on the coast to furious.


    On the other hand, after learning that Panyu City was broken, Li Xiucheng immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to allow the Annan coalition forces to withdraw from Jiaozhou and then lead the army to support Guo Ziyi, who was short of troops.


    But when the Annan coalition forces withdrew, Li Xiucheng received another news from Guo Ziyi that they were all deceived by the Qin army, but at this time the Annan coalition forces had already run away, and Li Xiucheng was too late to chase them.


    The 120,000 Annan Allied Forces, only 50,000 escaped, and their morale was very low.


    After two crushing defeats, the countries in Annan were completely broken. Facing the Chu State''s only dared to defend its own territory, they dared not mention revenge.


    As for Ruan Phoe and Li Gongyun, they did not violate their promise to the Qin Dynasty. They also wrote a memorial to surrender to Qin in front of Ye Qingmei, admitting that the Qin Dynasty was the culprit of Ruan Yue and other countries, promising to pay tribute every year, and sending the crown prince to the capital to meet the saints to accept the enthronement.


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