Chapter 2901 Qin Ming and Qingnan Battle, the superiority of the navy


    Chapter 2898: Qin Ming and Qingnan Battle, the superiority of the navy


    The fuse of the Sixth Central Plains War was actually the Qin army divided into three groups to attack the Ming Dynasty.


    It was also the move of Daqin that aroused the vigilance of Cao Wei and Zhao Song, and then triggered the alliance between the Wei, Song and Ming dynasties to join forces to fight against Daqin, which kicked off the Sixth Central Plains War.


    The protagonist of this scene was Qin and Ming at the beginning, and the center of the battlefield was also the Qingnan region in the eastern part of the Central Plains. However, with the establishment of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, not only did the protagonist not only change from Qin Ming to Qin and Wei, but the center of the battlefield also moved to Yanzhou in the west.


    So, to a certain extent, Cao Cao was abused so miserably, and he was fighting against thunder for Zhu Di.


    If it weren''t for the alliance between the Three Kingdoms, the Qin Dynasty had to divert its attention from Zhu Ming, Zhu Di''s fate might be worse than Cao Cao.


    Zhu Di naturally knew this well. He knew very well that in the Three Kingdoms Alliance, no other country could survive alone.


    Therefore, after the Qingnan war reached a stalemate, Zhu Di transferred a large number of reinforcements from the rear without hesitation, and even sent Niu Mowang to support Cao Wei.


    Among the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming, Cao Wei was besieged by the four Qin troops, and the pressure was the greatest, Zhu Ming was besieged by the three kingdoms, and the pressure was the second, while Song State had only one kingdom, and the pressure was the least.


    Faced with the attacks of Su Dingfang, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and the Qin army from the three sides of the water and land, Zhu Ming was actually not much less pressure than Cao Wei.


    But since the Ming Kingdom had the strongest national strength and the largest military force in the Three Kingdoms Alliance, a full 400,000 troops, even if it was under great pressure, it still had great support to Cao Wei.


    In addition to supporting the army and generals, when Cao Wei expanded his army due to excessive losses in the war, Zhu Ming even provided food and grass support to Cao Wei.


    As for allies, Zhu Ming is undoubtedly qualified for such a great amount of support, and Zhu Di, his teammate, has also achieved the ultimate.


    On the other hand, Zhao Song only faced Xue Rengui and the Qin army, but with absolute military strength advantages, it was really embarrassing that he had not gained an advantage on the battlefield for nearly three months.


    Zhao Kuangyin could not defeat Xue Rengui, mainly because the gap in the number of cavalry between the two sides was too big, and the early defeat caused the Song army to lose the opportunity, so he was unable to defeat Xue Rengui for a long time and even forced him into danger.


    Of course, as an ally, Zhao Kuangyin was also qualified. While leading his army to block Xue Rengui''s offensive, he also sent reinforcements to both Wei and Ming.


    The troops led by Zhao Song and Zhao She were blocked by Han Xin as soon as they entered Yanzhou, and then were blocked by Arthur, so they did not play much role in the war in Yanzhou. They only responded to the withdrawn Cao Wei army. However, the 100,000 troops led by Zhang Xutuo and Yuan Chonghuan played a decisive role in the Qingxu battlefield.


    Although the battle between the Qin and Zhu Ming in Qingxu was not as fierce as the battle between Qin and Wei and Yanzhou, it was also a huge war.


    As the strongest country in the Three Kingdoms Alliance, Zhu Ming has a total of 400,000 elite troops and is still on defense. In theory, he should have the advantage, but in fact, he is in a passive state of being beaten throughout the whole process.


    The main reason for this situation is Zhou Yu’s 80,000 navy troops.


    The Qin army''s main attack direction changed from east to west. Although Zhu Ming barely won a game in heaven, even if he was on the defensive side, he still did not have the advantage of the territory. The reason was that Qing Xu Huaihai''s defense line was too long.


    The long sea defense line allowed the Qin naval army to easily invade the hinterland of the Ming army, thus destroying the logistics supply in the rear of the Ming army, which forced Zhu Di to distribute more troops to guard against Zhou Yu''s naval army.


    Although Zhou Yu has not fought many wars since the war started, his role has been extremely huge. Even if he does nothing, he can deter him and restrain the 220,000 Ming army.


    The Ming army used more troops to guard against Zhou Yu, so naturally there were fewer troops to fight against Su Lie and Zhuge Liang.


    This is also the reason why Zhao Kuangyin had to send Yuan Chonghuan and Zhang Xutuo to lead 50,000 reinforcements, a total of 100,000 reinforcements to support Zhu Ming.


    The Song and Ming coalition forces had a total of 500,000, including Zhu Ming''s 400,000 troops, Zhao Song''s reinforcements 100,000, and the total strength of the Qin army was 330,000, and the total strength of the two sides'' battles reached 880,000 troops.


    This number is not small anymore, it is almost breaking through the million mark.


    The Song and Ming coalition forces exceeded the Qin army by 170,000 more troops, but under the amphibious offensive of the three Qin army, even famous generals like Xu Shiji and Xu Da were somewhat difficult to adapt to in the early stages of the war.


    Su Dingfang came from Qingbei and Zhuge Liang came from Jizhou. These two routes had already made the Song and Ming coalition forces breathless. Zhou Yu''s 80,000 naval troops outside the mainland were like a sharp sword hanging above the head of the coalition forces, which could fall at any time, making the entire Zhu Ming coalition forces of Qingxu frightened.


    Even if Xu Da and Xu Shiji could block the Qin army on the front battlefield, Zhou Yu always broke through the weakness of the coalition coastline and then rushed to the rear of the coalition.


    Zhou Yu was not really going to attack the Zhu Ming coalition with Su Dingfang and Zhuge Liang. After all, the combat effectiveness of the navy will be greatly reduced after the navy lands. The Zhu Ming coalition on the front line has heavy troops. If one is not careful, there is a risk of being defeated. But just posing this posture is enough to make the coalition on the front line frightened and throw a weapon at scammers.


    Faced with this disadvantage, Zhu Di still couldn''t find a good solution after discussing with advisers such as Fan Zeng, Li Yan, Yao Guangxiao and other strategies. In the end, he could only arrange 100,000 defenders in Langya County and 80,000 defenders in the East China Sea. Zhu Di himself led 50,000 elite mobile troops to be vigilant at all times. Once he found out that Zhou Yu led his army ashore, he would immediately support him.


    Although Zhu Di''s response method is a bit stupid, there is no way to do it. The biggest advantage of doing so is stability. Although the defense line in Qingxuhai is long, it is actually only the three counties of Langya, Donghai and Guangling.


    Among them, Guangling County is located in the Jianghuai River and is far away from the Qingnan battlefield. Even if the Qin army lands here, it will not be able to threaten the rear of the coalition forces at all.


    Therefore, the territory that the coalition forces really need to be prepared for is actually only Langya and Donghai counties, and the top priority is Langya County.


    Langya County, the northernmost part of Xuzhou, is connected to Qingzhou in the north and Taishan County in the west, and its geographical location is extremely important.


    It is precisely because of this that Zhu Di released a total of 100,000 defenders in Langya County. First, he tried to ensure the safety of the entire Langya County, thereby ensuring the safety of the front battlefield. Second, Langya is not far from the Qingnan battlefield. The 100,000 troops can support the front line at any time and can play a role in each other.


    If this is true, the 100,000 troops of Langya County can not only defend Zhou Yu, but also join Xu Da and Xu Shiji''s army at any time to fight against Su Dingfang and Zhuge Liang''s army. It can be said that it will kill two birds with one stone.


    But Zhu Di thought it was beautiful, but after actual operation, he found that this was not the case at all.


    Zhou Yu''s water army is too mobile. In thirty days a month, he can launch fifteen landing operations, and he is ready to leave without any delay. But the coalition forces cannot ignore this, and every time Zhou Yu comes, they must come up with a response strategy.


    Under Zhou Yu''s exhausted tactics, even if there were 100,000 defenders in Langya, they were still exhausted by the struggle and could only barely protect themselves, let alone support the Qingnan battlefield, so Xu Da and Xu Shiji could only rely on themselves.


    It has to be said that although all countries are vigorously developing naval forces, their attention is still insufficient. Through the Battle of Qingxu, the superiority of naval forces in coastal areas was fully demonstrated by Zhou Yu.


    Under the threat of Zhou Yu''s 80,000 naval forces, Xu Da and Xu Shiji''s battle is useless, and there is even a risk of collapse in the Qingxu battlefield at any time.


    After more than a month of war, Zhu Di, who had a coalition of 500,000, was forced into danger by the 330,000 Qin army. This sense of aggrievance was really unspeakable. At the same time, he also realized that if Zhou Yu''s navy was not solved in one day, the coalition would not be able to gain an advantage in one day.


    In order to completely solve the big trouble of Zhou Yu, Zhu Di and his advisers discussed it for a while and decided not to avoid war, and prepared to join forces with the naval armies of the Song and Wei countries, and join forces with the three countries'' naval armies to launch a decisive battle against the Qin naval army.


    Among the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming dynasties, Song''s naval forces were the strongest, Ming dynasties followed, and Wei''s weakest, but the three kingdoms were not as good as the Qin dynasties.


    It is also true that when facing the strong Zhou Yu navy, the coalition navy has always adopted a strategy of avoiding war, and at the same time it has developed vulgarly and accumulated strength, which has given Zhou Yu the opportunity to rage along the eastern coast.


    But what Zhu Di never expected was that the impact of the navy on land war would be so great. Zhou Yu''s series of actions seriously affected the front battlefield. If he continued to do this, he might not have enough power and the front line would be completely unable to withstand it.


    Therefore, even if you know that this water battle cannot be won, Zhu Di must fight.


    Zhu Di''s idea was also supported by Zhao Kuangyin and Cao Cao. They did not want to defeat Zhou Yu, but just wanted to fight for both sides and lose so that they could not continue to threaten the rear of the coalition forces.


    Therefore, in order to fight this naval army well, the Three Kingdoms summoned all the water forces, and even half of the navy troops in Yingzhou came back, which was considered to have used all the energy to eat.


    In the end, the State of Song dispatched 40,000 naval troops, the State of Ming dispatched 35,000, and the State of Wei dispatched 10,000, barely gathered 85,000 naval troops to fight Zhou Yu''s 80,000 Qin naval troops.


    Although the coalition forces were 5,000 more than the Qin army in terms of numbers, the number of people was not the number of people, but the warships, equipment, training and commander.


    Zhu Di obviously knew this. After carefully comparing the strength of both sides, he found that the Qin naval army was above them in terms of attack, defense, or speed. If the decisive battle was really held, the coalition side seemed to have no chance of winning, and even if it was a defeat, it would be difficult to fight.


    Zhu Di was also in a dilemma now, but the arrow was already on the string and he couldn''t fire it.


    At the critical moment, Ming Guo Military Normal School Zeng offered a vicious plan, which was to deliberately expose his flaws and let Zhu Di use his body as bait to lure Zhou Yu to the nearshore of the East China Sea and then fight to the decisive battle. At that time, with the cooperation between the water and the land and the army, even if they cannot defeat Zhou Yu, they can still fight with him and both sides.


    I have to say that Fan Zeng’s strategy is still quite poisonous. One side of the coalition forces cannot resist Ying Hao’s temptation. Even if they know they are fishing, they will still be trapped. The Qin army naturally cannot resist Zhu Di’s temptation. After all, he is one of the three kings of the coalition forces.


    Fan Zeng naturally didn''t want Zhu Di to take risks, but in such a bad and unsolvable situation, there was indeed no better bait than Zhu Di.


    Zhu Di was not dissatisfied with this. After all, if he was defeated, the Ming Kingdom would not exist and he would lose everything. What if he took some risks for this? So he decisively agreed to Fan Zeng''s strategy of using his body as bait.


    In order to get Zhou Yu to be trapped, Zhu Di also performed a special play. He deliberately revealed that the father-in-law of Feng Guoyong, the guard of the coastal city of Ganyu, was imprisoned and punished for corruption and reselling materials, which aroused Feng Guoyong''s dissatisfaction and then rebel, and he himself would personally lead a five thousand army to quickly quell the rebellion.


    Ganyu County is located in the northeast corner of Donghai County, and further north is Xihai County in Langya County, which is also the Dayanchi of the Ming Dynasty, and is one of the major tax counties in the Ming Dynasty.


    Once Ganyu County is lost, Xihai County will be unstable, which will have a relatively significant impact on the economy of Ming Dynasty and the supply of salt.


    In addition, there is no suitable location for the Tibetan army in the offshore waters near Ganyu County, so if this place is used as the decisive battle site, Zhou Yu''s suspicion can be dispelled to the greatest extent.


    (This chapter ends)