Chapter 2916 Making a fortune in war, Jianye’s offensive and defensive war


    Chapter 2913: Make a fortune in war and Jianye''s offensive and defensive war


    Although Liu Yu, who was the emperor, was the biggest anti-Qin leader at present, his anti-Qin was also resolved that Liu Ji became the King of Shu. Only Liu Xiu was rebelling against Qin from beginning to end. No matter who opposed Qin, he would basically help.


    Liu Che rebelled against Qin and Liu Xiu to help;


    Li Shimin also helped when he opposed Qin Liu Xiu;


    Liu Yu was still helping against Qin Liu Xiu...


    Let’s take a look at the consequences of the other princes who were against Ying Hao. Whether it was Liu Che, Yuan Shao, Li Shimin, Temujin and Nurhaci, the grass on the tomb was basically three feet tall, and only Liu Xiu has survived to this day.


    Faced with the strong suppression of the Qin Dynasty and the crushing of Sun Wu''s strength, Liu Xiu not only did not weaken, but also developed stronger and stronger. He is probably the only one among the princes in the world who can do this.


    Liu Xiu was a monarch who had never lacked a view of the overall situation. He knew very well the consequences of the defeat of the Three Kingdoms in the Central Plains.


    For the current Chu State, destroying Wu is the biggest strategic goal at present. Only by destroying Wu State and Chu State occupying the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River can it be initially qualified to challenge the Qin Dynasty.


    But the Wu Kingdom is obviously not that easy to destroy.


    Wu and Chu have been fighting for so many years, but overall, Chu lost more and won less. Although under the leadership of Liu Xiu, Chu was already stronger than Wu, it did not reach the point of crushing.


    If it weren''t for the internal struggle between Sun Ce and Sun Quan''s brothers, causing the split of the Wu Kingdom, and the Sima Yi around Sun Quan was his own person, Liu Xiu would not have destroyed Wu at this critical moment.


    Relying on the internal strife of Sun Wu and the two aces of Sima Yi, Liu Xiu had already gained the absolute advantage of the Wu-Chu battle after winning the Panyang Lake War. As long as he advances step by step, it is only a matter of time before he destroys Wu.


    But if the centipede insect dies without being stiff, Sun Ce will not surrender. It will obviously take a long time to completely eliminate Sun Ce and Sun Wu.


    But if the Qin Dynasty defeated the Three Kingdoms Alliance and completely occupied the Central Plains during this period, the Chu State would probably not even be able to protect itself, let alone destroying Wu.


    Therefore, although Liu Xiu knew that the most important thing for Chu was to destroy Wu, he would not be able to distribute some of his power to support the Three Kingdoms Alliance, so that he could hold the Qin Dynasty for a longer time? It would be better to continue fighting.


    "The Sui Kingdom has been destroyed, and Yang Guang died. Fortunately, the Yongliang army of the Great Qin Dynasty was dragged into the quagmire of the Western Regions and could not return in the short term, otherwise the pressure on the three countries in the Central Plains would probably be greater.


    Not long ago, the four countries of Qin, Wei, Song and Ming dynasties broke out in the East China Sea, and the power of the three countries of the Central Plains was greatly damaged. Zhu Di learned that our army had defeated the Wu naval army, so he wanted to buy prisoners of war from our army to restore the naval forces as soon as possible and fight against the Qin army.


    After repeated thought, the king decided to sell all the prisoners of war in the Eastern Wu to the Three Kingdoms Alliance in exchange for money and food. ”


    As Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao expected, Liu Xiu did not refuse after learning that they wanted to buy prisoners of war.


    After all, for the Chu State, selling these prisoners of war can eliminate hidden dangers, obtain money and food, and allow the Three Kingdoms to continue to fight against the Qin Dynasty. This is a great thing that is beneficial but not harmful. Liu Xiu naturally has no reason to refuse.


    In addition to selling prisoners of war to the Three Kingdoms, Liu Xiu even wanted to continue to attack Jiangdong after capturing Jianye and killing Sun Ce, and to divide a portion of the navy army to join forces with the Three Kingdoms navy to prevent the Three Kingdoms navy from being defeated by the Qin army again.


    Of course, although Liu Xiu had this intention, the premise was to capture Jianye, kill Sun Ce, and completely lose his worries, and then he could only go to support other battlefields.


    But as of now, Jianye is obviously not easy to fight. Sun Ce not only has an army of 20,000, but also mobilizes the people of the whole city to defend the city. If the attack is strong, it will obviously be bloody.


    Liu Xiu was really scared by Sun Wu. He knew that even if Sun Wu experienced this defeat, he was still a tough problem, so he wanted to bypass Sun Wu and solve Sun Ce first, then Wu Zixu, and then Sun Quan, and finally solve Sun Wu''s most difficult problem.


    But in this way, although Sun Ce is far inferior to Sun Wu, he is also a hard bone. I don’t know if this one is good and can be chewed.


    Liu Xiu suddenly realized that it was the most correct decision he had in his life to use Sima Yi''s strategy and secretly support Sun Quan to become the King of Wu.


    Look at these people from the Wu Kingdom. Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Sun Ce, Wu Zixu, and Lu Su. Except for Sun Quan, none of them are easy to deal with.


    Therefore, only when Sun Quan succeeds to the throne can the conflicts within Wu be completely intensified, so that he will have the opportunity to destroy Wu, otherwise Sun Ce and Sun Wu will lead the army to destroy Chu.


    Liu Xiu actually envied Sun Ce in his heart. With a good father like Sun Jian, he not only left him the treasure land of Jiangdong, but also had so many talented people to assist him. Unlike him, he had to accumulate everything by himself little by little.


    No one knows better than Liu Xiu’s that how difficult it is for him along the way, and every step is like walking on thin ice.


    Although Chu is the third largest country in the world, or even the second most powerful country, it is still facing the risk of destruction, and the sharp sword hanging above the head is the Great Qin.


    "The generals in the Central Plains water battle were not Zhou Yu''s opponents. The East China Sea battle could not beat Zhou Yu''s 35,000 yuan. Therefore, in addition to purchasing prisoners, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty also made a request to borrow generals from our country."


    After saying that, Liu Xiu looked at the counselors below and said in a deep voice: "Although I am willing to lend the generals to the Ming Dynasty, there may not be anyone who is stronger than Zhou Yu in the water war generals in our army."


    I have to say that Liu Xiu is too sober.


    Although the Chu State won the battle in Panyang Lake, Liu Xiu did not expand the view that the Chu State naval army was stronger than the Wu State because the water won in this battle was too great, and it would be impossible for Sima Yi to win.


    But in the East China Sea Battle, Zhou Yu won 30,000 to 50,000 to 85,000, which is truly unfavorable.


    Even Liu Xiu had to admit that there was no better general in Chu than Zhou Yu. Even if he led the army personally, he might not be able to achieve such a record as Zhou Yu.


    Zhu Di believes that there are water generals in the south that are comparable to Zhou Yu, which is not wrong, but Chu obviously does not have water generals that can compare to Zhou Yu. All water generals in the Wu Kingdom, such as Sun Wu and Wu Zixu. But even if Wu''s heroes emerge in many places and the quality of talents is much higher than that of Chu, he is still beaten by Liu Xiu and is about to destroy the country.


    It can be seen that the importance of a monarch is far higher than that of a minister, and the State of Wu is only inferior to that of Chu, because the monarch is not Liu Xiu.


    "Lord, that''s right, but even for the sake of the right to unite in the future, you still have to borrow it."


    Pang Tong stood up and said, obviously, as Feng Chu, he also saw that it was not difficult to destroy Wu. The difficulty was how to destroy Wu before the end of the Central Plains War.


    As soon as Pang Tong said this, he immediately received unanimous approval from the advisers such as Liao Li, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, and Huan Wen.


    After repeated consideration, Liu Xiu finally decided to send Guo Wei, Chai Rong and his son to represent the State of Chu to help the war in the joint navy.


    Liu Xiu''s best candidate is actually Sima Yi. The other party is the best in leading troops and strategy, but his lurking mission has not yet ended.


    Anyway, after the Battle of the East China Sea, the Qin Navy was also seriously injured and it was impossible to make a comeback in a short period of time. With the abilities of Guo Wei, Chai Rong and his son, it would be better to make them do it first.


    In the battle of Panyang Lake, 24,000 out of the 50,000 naval troops in Wu State were killed, and the remaining 26,000 were captured by the Chu army.


    Although the 26,000 prisoners of war are not a large number, if they are bought with money and grain, they will obviously not be able to afford it by relying on the Ming Dynasty alone. After all, the Ming Dynasty is also expanding its military force, and the consumption of money and grain is extremely large, so it is impossible to use them to buy prisoners of war.


    After some discussion with Yao Guangxiao, Pang Tong decided to sell 15,000 prisoners of war to the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining 11,000, 8,000, and 3,000, and all prisoners of war were sold completely.


    After learning about the proceeds of the prisoner-of-war transaction, even Liu Xiu was shocked.


    After robbing Ruan Yue and Siam and other countries, although Chu did not lack money and food, the more this thing, the better. No one would think it was too small, even if it could not be used, it could be stored.


    After the transaction with the Wei, Song and Ming dynasties, the logistical pressure of the Chu army will be greatly reduced, and we will no longer be afraid of food shortage in the future.


    After learning about the huge benefits, a gleam flashed in Liu Xiu''s eyes. He felt that this kind of prisoner war transaction could be carried out all the time.


    Although all the Wu navy captured by Chu State had been sold, as the process of destroying Wu accelerated, the Chu army would definitely capture more Wu army prisoners.


    You should know that the troops of Sun Ce and Sun Quan''s family have a total of 300,000. Even if half of them are killed in battle, 150,000 prisoners of war can be born.


    With the progress of the Central Plains War, the gap in the military source of the Wei, Song and Ming dynasties would only grow bigger and bigger. At that time, the transaction between the Chu State and the Wei, Song and Ming dynasties would probably not be limited to naval prisoners of war, and even infantry prisoners could be sold.


    After all, for the Three Kingdoms Alliance, instead of recruiting new recruits and spending a lot of money to retrain, it is better to buy prisoners of war directly for reorganization. After all, the prisoners of war in the Wu army are definitely much stronger than the new recruits.


    As soon as he thought of this, Liu Xiu seemed to have opened the door to a new world. Now he always understands why Ying Hao had to open up a sea route, because the speed of making money from war was too fast.


    The Qin Dynasty relied on selling arms to make great money for Nanyang and Tianzhu countries, making huge profits, so its development speed was so fast.


    The Chu State can''t eat the big cake of maritime military equipment trade for the time being, but during the Central Plains War, he could open up a new track and use prisoners of war to make a fortune in war, thereby overtaking on the curve to improve the comprehensive national strength of Chu State.


    Thinking of this, Liu Xiu could no longer hold back and quickly ordered: "Send the entire army to march towards Jianye immediately."


    At the same time, in Jianye and the King of Wu Palace, Sun Ce and his subordinates gathered together, but the atmosphere was extremely dull.


    No one expected that the invincible Grand Governor Sun Wu was not only defeated this time, but also defeated so miserably that the 50,000 naval troops were wiped out.


    But the failure of this battle cannot be blamed on Sun Wu. If Sun Quan''s 15,000 reinforcements did not arrive on time and refused to fight on the battlefield, no matter how hard he fought in this battle, the entire army would not have been wiped out.


    At this time, Sun Ce also looked regretful. If he had known that it would be the current situation, he would have been better than not asking for help from Sun Quan. As a result, reinforcements came, but it would have been better not to come. Not only did he not help a little, he also dragged Sun Wu down, which eventually led to this shameful defeat.


    With the entire 50,000 naval forces being wiped out, the entire Wu State will be the back garden of the Chu State''s naval forces. In the future, the Chu State''s naval forces will come and go as they want.


    Of course, this is not the most serious. The most serious thing is that without the protection of the navy, the Chu navy can march straight in and attack Jianye directly.


    This is no less than a bolt from the blue for Jianye. After all, although Jianye, as the capital, is a strong city, but only has 20,000 defenders. How long can it last? Once Jianye falls, this attack on the Wu army will undoubtedly be fatal.


    Sun Ce naturally knew this, so he had already organized the people to prepare for defending the city before the water war began, because he was worried that the Chu army would directly attack Jianye after the great losses of the navy. However, he did not expect that his navy would lose so badly this time.


    The matter has happened, and no matter how much regret it, it is useless. All Sun Ce can do is strengthen Jianye''s garrison and use Jianye as much as possible to consume the Chu army.


    But this is also a treatment of symptoms but not root causes. Faced with the continuous stream of Chu army, it is only a matter of time before Jianye falls.


    But Sun Ce had no other way. He could only hope for Sun Wu, hoping that Sun Wu could win a big victory before Jianye fell to inspire people.


    Sun Ce stood at the head of Jianye City, looking at the Chu naval army on the Yangtze River waterway, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Xiu, let''s break in Jianye."


    Sun Ce had sent his mother, the elderly, young, women and children in the family, to the Qin Dynasty for resettlement, and left a will to be succeeded by Sun Wu after his death. He was obviously ready to die in Jianye.


    (This chapter ends)