Chapter 2635 Sun Quan lost the opportunity to attack Chu, and Liu Xiu retreated to the Four-Nation Alliance


    Chapter 2632: Sun Quan lost the opportunity to attack Chu, and Liu Xiu retreated to the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms


    Shortly after the two countries of Shunan stopped their troops and quit, the Chu army, who were blocked from Shengjing Pass, also chose to retreat. After all, the main purpose of the Chu army''s attack on the Southern Kingdom was to support Shu. As a result, Shu itself no longer fought, so naturally there was no reason for Chu to continue fighting with the Southern Kingdom.


    In addition, there is another reason for the Chu State to withdraw its troops, that is, the Wu State in the east was too restless.


    Sun Quan saw the main force of the Chu army in Jiaotong-Guangzhou, and Ruan and Yue countries took the opportunity to invade Jiaozhou. In this matter, Guangzhou''s troops were also empty, so he planned to take the opportunity to attack Guangzhou.


    To this end, Sun Quan even dispatched the Yizhou naval army to restrain the Guangzhou naval army of Chu State to prevent the Ruan Yue coalition from being defeated too quickly with the Chu army joining forces.


    Under the restraint of the Wu naval army, the Chu naval army did not dare to participate in the Jiaozhou war, and the pressure of the Ruan Yue coalition was indeed reduced. In addition, the intervention of the Qin personnel such as Han Shizhong, Kan Ze, and Nong Yu did not fall into a stalemate.


    Everything was similar to what Sun Quan expected, but when he learned that the Chu army was suffering a lot of casualties and was preparing to order troops to Guangzhou, Liu Xiu also ordered to increase troops to Lujiang and Changsha.


    The troops in the southern state of Chu, Jiaotong-Guangzhou were indeed restrained by the three countries of Southern Ruan and Yue, but most of the troops in Chu were concentrated in the north, and these troops were currently new forces that had not been mobilized.


    Liu Xiu''s move is like telling Sun Quan that if you dare to attack my South China Sea, I will send troops from Lujiang and Changsha to attack your Wu Kingdom''s Danyang and Yuzhang counties, as if he was going to go to a full-scale war with the Wu Kingdom.


    After receiving the news, the senior officials of the Wu State were in high spirits, and the military generals were headed by Sun Wu, which was very passionate.


    The Chu State is now starting wars on multiple fronts, but she still dares to threaten Wu like this, and she doesn''t take Wu seriously at all.


    Sun Wu was not afraid of Liu Xiu''s threat at all, and proposed to join forces with the four countries of Qin, Nan and Ruan and Yue to attack Chu, and took the initiative to ask for orders to go to the front line to prevent the Chu army from attacking.


    The whole country of Wu shouted to avenge his shame and taught the arrogant Chu a lesson, but Sun Quan, who was the King of Wu, was cowardly.


    It was Sun Quan who proposed to take advantage of the situation to seize Hainan and defeat the three-way attack of Chu. However, after Liu Xiu became really tough, he did not dare to confront Liu Xiu head-on.


    No matter how Sun Wu and others persuaded him, Sun Quan refused Sun Wu and others'' request for troops on the grounds that the national strength had not yet been restored and it was not appropriate to make a big move.


    The contrast between Sun Quan''s external weakness and internal force is extremely clear, and this made many military generals such as Sun Wu completely disappointed him. After all, he missed this great opportunity to beat Chu State in groups, and Wu State will have to fight Chu State in one in the future.


    Liu Xiu felt relieved when he saw Sun Quan being cowardly.


    Although he was so tough to Wu, if the war really started, he was actually unsure. After all, if it really fought, it would be a war with the five kingdoms of Qin, Wu, Nan and Ruan Yue.


    With Yang Xiuqing''s death in battle, the Jiaozhou War was in a stalemate, and Liu Xiu no longer looked down on Ruan and Yue as before.


    Although the Chu State is overlord of Jiangnan, if it goes to war with the five countries at the same time, it will inevitably be ineffective.


    Fortunately, Sun Quan was stupid and just for his own status. Even though he knew that going to war was more beneficial to Wu, he still refused Sun Wu and others'' request to start war.


    Sun Wu only thought that Sun Quan was weak, so he was frightened by Chu State. Even if he had the advantage, he would not dare to go to war with Wu State.


    But Liu Xiu knew that the deeper reason why Sun Quan dared not start a war was actually that he was unwilling to be in charge of the military power.


    If you attack Nanhai County, there is no need to send Sun Wu out. Once the full war begins in Chu and Wu, Sun Wu will definitely take over the military power. After all, Sun Wu is the only one in the Wu Kingdom who can resist the Chu army, so it would be unreasonable not to let him lead the army.


    Sun Quan relied on killing his father and forcing his brother to advance to the King of Wu, so he naturally did not want Sun Wu, his uncle who was loyal to his father, to take charge of military power. After all, if Sun Wu learned the truth about Sun Jian''s death, he would definitely support Sun Ce to force him to abdicate.


    Therefore, Sun Quan would rather give up this great opportunity than go to war with Chu.


    "Sun Quan, Sun Quan, it''s really a lucky thing to have you as your opponent."


    Liu Xiu looked at the map of Jiangdong Jiujun and said to himself with a smile. After all, if it were the strong Sun Ce, he would definitely fight against Chu State with Qin Nan and Ruan Yue. This would be the worst situation.


    The Wu State did not dare to start a war. Although Liu Xiu was relieved, the dilemma faced by the Chu State had not been completely resolved. The most urgent task was to defeat the four-nation coalition forces in Jiaozhou first and recover the lost territory.


    Liu Xiu was originally planning to transfer 20,000 troops to urgently rush to Jiaozhou. Even if this move might cause Sun Quan to send troops, he never thought about withdrawing troops from Shengjing Pass.


    I have to say that having Liu Xiu as an ally made him feel relieved. He has never cheated his teammates before. Instead, he has been cheated by his teammates many times.


    Before Liu Xiu''s reinforcements could be sent out, he received news that Liu Yu was preparing to truce with the South.


    This time, Liu Yu did not cheat Liu Xiu. Even if he unilaterally truces with the Southern Kingdom, he would notify Liu Xiu in advance. After all, Chu was already his last ally.


    Now Shu Han has lost both north and south, which can be said to have suffered heavy losses. If even the ally of Chu State was dragged down by it and suffered heavy losses, then Shu Han will really have to fight alone in the future.


    After receiving the news, Liu Xiu decisively ordered Li Xiucheng and Cao Shen to retreat before Shengjing Pass, and then went south to support Ma Yuan''s troops in Jiaozhou. This move directly caused the four-national coalition forces to fall apart.


    This time, the State of Chu dispatched 50,000 troops to conquer the southern country. Although he had won nearly 10,000 and killed the southern general Shi Gonghu, he also lost a lot of troops in the siege.


    After calculations, the Chu army also lost more than 13,000 troops, and the total strength was still nearly 37,000 troops. This battle was a defeat against the Southern Kingdom.


    Li Xiucheng, Cao Shen and Shi Dakai led 37,000 Chu troops to easily retreat from Shengjing Pass, and the defending general Zhu Rong did not pursue him. After all, the main force of the Chu army was not damaged, and if he really chased him out, he would probably be ambushed.


    Zhurong first spread the news of the withdrawal of the Chu army to Jiaozhou, and then to Kunming. After all, after these 37,000 Chu troops were withdrawn from Shengjing Pass, the next destination must be Jiaozhou.


    In the Jiaozhou battlefield, with the arrival of Li Shunchen, Huang Xie, Lu Junyi, Li Han Daoxue and other generals, as well as Dashan Tsushi, this war-level general and five thousand Yingzhou soldiers, Han Shizhong finally reversed the situation and won one after another with his military advantage.


    Under Han Shizhong''s command, the four-nation coalition forces have now broken through Wugong City and occupied the entire Jiuzhen County. After invading Jiaozhi County, they seized the four counties of Anguang, Zhuji, Goulu and Ying Gu, south of the Honghe River. In these battles, the surrendered generals, Tsumi Oyama, performed the most outstandingly, and he defeated the three fierce generals Ma Yuan, Ma Wu and Ma Cheng alone.


    If it weren''t for the fact that the Four-Nation Alliance would have to pay 10,000 more casualties if it wanted to capture these five cities.


    After Han Shizhong captured the south of the Honghe River, he immediately began to formulate a combat plan to cross the Honghe River and take the Longbian directly to Jiaozhizhu District, but at this time he received a message from Zhurong.


    After learning that Li Xiucheng, Cao Shen and Shi Dakai, the three famous generals, were about to lead 37,000 Chu troops to Jiaozhou, King Ruan Phoe Ying and King Yue Li Gongyun were almost scared.


    From Rinan County, to Jiuzhen County, and then to Jiaozhi County, the Chu army''s military strength has been changing, but no matter how the Chu army''s military strength changes, the maximum strength is only 35,000.


    In other words, from the Ruan Yue coalition to the four-nation coalition, without counting casualties, the coalition forces dispatched more than 100,000 troops, while their opponents have always been these 35,000 Chu troops.


    I have to say that the Chu army is still very resilient and is quite capable and resistant to fighting.


    Although the coalition forces dispatched many troops, the casualties were also very large. So far, 40,000 to 50,000 people have been lost, while the Chu army''s casualties are less than 20,000.


    Now in Jiaozhi County, there are still 15,000 Chu troops, who are entangled with the 60,000 coalition forces and are in a stalemate.


    When the 37,000 Chu troops from Li Xiucheng, Cao Shen and Shi Dakai arrive in Jiaozhi, the total strength of the Chu army will soar to 52,000.


    Therefore, after learning that 37,000 were about to arrive in Jiaozhi, both King Ruan Phoe-ying and King Yue Li Gongyun were frightened by this huge number.


    The Chu army''s combat power is much stronger than the coalition forces. The coalition forces need to dispatch more than 100,000 troops to win against a mere 35,000 Chu army.


    Now the coalition forces have less than 60,000 troops left, so how can they be the opponent of the 52,000 Chu army?


    Both Nguyen Phuc Ying and Li Gongyun believed that it was no longer a question of whether they could seize Jiaozhou, but that the gap between the four-national coalition forces and the Chu army was too big. If they continued to fight, they would not only be wiped out, but they would also be in danger of national destruction, so they all retreated.


    As the leader of the Four-Nation Alliance, Nong Yu felt very helpless after learning about the two kings of Ruan Yue. Naturally, she was unwilling to retreat like this. After all, there were not many opportunities to kill people without using a knife, but no one was willing to say anything, and the leader of her was just a mascot.


    Although the Qin Dynasty sent 5,000 Japanese soldiers from Yingzhou, and the Southern Kingdom also sent Chili to lead 2,000 Nanjun, after several major battles, the two armies had lost a lot of people.


    Now, Qin and Nan only account for 10% of the total force of the four-nation coalition forces, while Ruan and Yue account for 90% of the four-nation coalition forces.


    Since King Ruan and King Yue do not want to continue fighting, it will be useless even if Qin and Nan oppose it.


    From the moment when the two kings of Ruan Yue retreated, they were destined to be unable to fight this battle, but they still had to plan carefully how to end it.


    Both Kings of Ruan and Yue tend to negotiate with Chu, and it is best for both sides to use the Red South as the boundary and never violate each other from now on.


    After seeing Ruan Yue''s peace talks envoy, Ma Yuan immediately showed a victorious smile. Although he was not the one who won this battle, he still smiled very happily.


    Ma Yuan naturally had no idea of ??peace talks. When reinforcements arrived, they could push them directly. What a big deal.


    But if you use peace talks to delay time, and even if you don’t give a soldier, you will have to come back to all the cities. Ma Yuan is still willing to do such low-cost and high-rewards.


    After the reinforcements arrived, whether to fight or reconcile was not his words.


    As for the lack of faith in words and tearing up the covenant?


    Sorry, an uncivilized barbarian country like Ruan Yue is not worthy of telling Chu this. After all, how can people be honest with the savages?


    During the negotiations, Ma Yuan asked Ruan and Yue to give up all the occupied territory and compensate Chu for the losses, so he agreed to negotiate with Ruan and Yue.


    However, Ma Yuan''s attitude was not tough. After all, reinforcements had not arrived yet. He really forced these two countries to be in a hurry, and fighting with him would not be worth it.


    King Ruan and King Yue were also prepared to bleed. After all, there must be a price to take the initiative to seek peace, but after hearing Ma Yuan''s conditions, they still couldn''t help but veins leapt.


    This time, Ruan and Yue dispatched 100,000 troops and nearly half of them died in battle before they captured the territory of the two counties of Rinan and Jiuzhen.


    Ma Yuan wanted them to give up all the captured territory and return to their country naked. If they all agreed, someone would overthrow them and replace them when they returned to the country.


    Fortunately, Chu State was not tough. If the negotiations continued, the conditions might be suppressed.


    Ruan and Yue sent envoys to continue negotiations with Ma Yuan. After several days of verbal battles, the two sides finally reached an agreement.


    Ruan Yue used the conditions to cede the four counties south of the Honghe River to exchange for the two sides to stop their troops and make peace, and the two countries were not allowed to go to war within five years.


    Both sides were very satisfied with this result.


    Ma Yuan was satisfied because he delayed the time and recovered four counties without any effort.


    The two kings of Ruan and Yue were satisfied because the four counties south of the Honghe River were all in the Honghe Plain area, with almost no danger to defend.


    Once the Chu reinforcements arrive, Ruan and Yue cannot defend at all. It is better to cede them as a condition for peace talks.


    (This chapter ends)