Chapter 2955 Zhang Liang made a brilliant plan to decide Qingnan, and Su Lie''s flying cavalry attacked Langya (Part 1)
Chapter 2952: Zhang Liang’s clever plan to decide Qingnan, Su Lie’s flying cavalry attacks Langya (Part 1)
"Although Qingnan has temporarily returned to stability, there are still many hidden dangers under the tranquility, and a large number of dark spies lurk here."
Hearing Zhang Liang''s words, Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang instantly understood, and both understood the reason why the other party took the initiative to lower the defenders.
If the defenders stay too many, these people will not dare to emerge. Only when the defenders are young and give these people hope of success will they dare to come out on their own initiative.
Obviously, Zhang Liang wanted to lure the snake out of the hole and be caught in one go, and solve the hidden dangers in Qingnan once and for all, so that the rear of the Qin army would be completely stable.
“It’s amazing.”
Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang couldn''t help but exclaim in their hearts. After all, although this plan was simple, it was a naked open plot.
Even though Zhu Di knew that this might be a trap set by Zhang Liang, it was true that Qingnanzhi established 10,000 defenders, so he would not miss this opportunity to disrupt the Qin army''s rear.
Zhang Liang had the intention to set up a plan to completely eliminate hidden dangers in Qingnan, so Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang naturally had no reason to refuse.
After the three of them finalized the details and the division of labor for sending troops, they formally issued an order to send troops.
The next morning, Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang joined forces and issued a declaration of sending troops in public, and led an army of 210,000 to the south together, leaving only 10,000 defenders to guard the three counties in Qingnan.
As Zhang Liang expected, as soon as Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang left, the Ming army spies lurking in Qingnan began to get ready to move, and then large-scale rumors broke out in Qingnan.
The rumor is also very simple, saying that Zhang Liang was just the nominal governor of Qingxu, and was jointly isolated by Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang, and had no real power at all, so he only left him with 10,000 defenders, and Qingnan would also fall into chaos again due to the internal struggle of the Qin army.
As the rumors continued to spread, Zhang Liang also "had to" stand up to explain. Although he comforted most people, some people also believed that he was indeed excluded, otherwise he would not have explained so urgently, and this also made a bigger storm begin to brew in the three counties of Qingnan.
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Xuzhou, Xiapi County, Xiapi City.
As the second capital of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Pi is not in a good geographical location.
To be precise, Xuzhou, which is located on the plains and flat, has no good geographical location.
But it is precisely because of this that Zhu Di was able to defend the acre of three-point land left to him by Zhu Yuanzhang under the siege of Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin, and even develop stronger, which made it more rare and valuable.
The territory of the Ming Dynasty during the Zhu Yuanzhang period not only encompassed the entire Xuzhou, but also occupied the entire territory of Lu County in Yuzhou, most of Pei County, eastern Liang County, and southern Taishan County in Yanzhou. It was only half a step away from becoming the overlord of the Central Plains.
If Zhu Yuanzhang had not been greedy for the millions of Taihang people and was in danger and went up Taihang Mountain to deal with Ying Hao himself, he would have probably wiped out all the princes of the Central Plains and became the lord of the four states.
By the time of Zhu Di, although the three Central Plains wars caused the Ming Dynasty to lose all the territory outside Xuzhou, Guangling County, the southern gate was also taken away by Zhao Song half of the western county, and even the eastern gate and even the former capital Pengcheng County were captured by Cao Wei.
On the surface, Zhu Di seemed to be very miserable and could enter the situation of destruction at any time. However, as Zhu Tianpeng led his army to surrender to the entire Qi Kingdom, the overall strength of the Ming Kingdom increased instead of decline, and its overall national strength was still above the Wei and Song dynasties.
After Pengcheng was lost, there were actually few cities suitable for the capital of the Ming Dynasty. They were nothing more than the three capitals of Xia Pi, Guangling and Kaiyang (Langya County Capital), and these three cities represented three different development directions.
If the capital was moved to Guangling, or Kaiyang, these two cities, one south and one north, it means that Zhu Di was afraid of being beaten by Wei and Song, and had no confidence to defeat Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin, so he was prepared to give up the Central Plains and develop towards Yangzhou in the south or Qingzhou in the north.
But if the capital was moved to Xia Pi, it would show Zhu Di and Wei Song''s determination to fight to the end. After all, Xia Pi, like Pengcheng, is still on the front line of the melee of the Three Kingdoms.
The emperor guards the country''s gates and the king dies in the country, which shows Zhu Di''s determination and courage to fight to the end.
Facts have proved that Zhu Di''s decision to move the capital to Xia Pi was extremely correct.
If Zhu Di moved the capital to Guangling at that time, no matter how much Zhu Tianpeng looked at him, he would never be able to convince the senior officials of Qi to surrender to a coward who had no courage to fight and only knew that he was in a stable position.
If Zhu Di moved the capital to Kaiyang, even if Zhu Tianpeng was unwilling, he would have to endure the pain of sending troops to eliminate him, because the Ming Kingdom, which changed its development direction, was destined to become an enemy of Qi.
But it was Zhu Di who moved the capital to Xia Pi. This action not only stabilized the turbulent people''s hearts internally, but also showed that he had no intention of becoming an enemy with Qi, thus conquering the pro-Ming faction of Qi, led by Zhu Tianpeng.
Among the three Central Plains wars that Zhu Di experienced, the first Xia Pi offensive and defensive battle was the most thrilling, because Pengcheng, the capital, had just lost it for a while, and the morale of the Ming army was extremely weak, and Xu Shiji and Xu Da were both restrained and could not provide effective support, so Xia Pi City could only be defended by Zhu Di himself.
Once Zhu Di cannot defend Xia Pi and the capital is captured for the second time, the Ming army will have no morale and the Ming Kingdom will be doomed to perish.
But Zhu Di just kept it, and waited for Zhu Tianpeng''s reinforcements, thus reversing the embarrassing situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak, and we were always passively beaten.
It has to be said that every step that Zhu Di can get to this day is extremely difficult. The difficulty of starting a business is actually above Cao Cao, but he did better than Cao Cao. The Ming Dynasty is much better than Cao Wei in terms of economic, military, or support from the people.
This shows how powerful Zhu Di''s ability is.
If Zhu Di is given more than ten years, he may be able to grow to the point where he is comparable to the two top talented players Liu Xiugang and Li Shimin, and then threatens Ying Hao, but unfortunately he doesn''t have that much time. If the Qin army cannot be repelled this time, Zhu Di''s dominance will end, and there is no other room for anything else.
On the surface, the Qin army this time was only 210,000, which was more than 100,000 less than the Ming army. The danger was far from that of the Ming Dynasty during the Central Plains War, and the Ming Dynasty could be destroyed at any time, but is this really the case?
Obviously not.
Although the Qin army was less than the coalition forces on the Qingxu battlefield, this Central Plains War was about the overall situation, not the outcome of a single battle.
As long as any of the Allied Forces fails in the three major battlefields of Yanzhou, Qingxu and Runan, it will become the last straw that will overwhelm the camel, thus forming a situation where it breaks through the surface and falls thousands of miles away.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Di''s purpose in this battle was not to defend it, but to repel or even defeat the Qing Xu Qin army, because only in this way can he support Cao Cao in Yanzhou and then maintain the balance of the entire Central Plains war situation.
But the reality has far exceeded expectations.
Faced with the three thirty-three Qin troops led by Zhuge Liang, Su Dingfang and Zhou Yu, Zhu Di could not win even if he had 500,000 coalition forces in his hand, and even fell into a dilemma of being suppressed due to insufficient water power.
It was finally severely damaged Zhou Yu''s naval army, but the land war was at a disadvantage in the continuous consumption. In order to minimize the losses, they had to give up Qingnan. However, they still couldn''t win when their morale was low, and it took time to restore morale, but the Qin army did not give him time.
So, although Zhu Di still holds hundreds of thousands of troops in his hand and is also backing the entire Xuzhou, he has actually fallen into a vicious cycle. Not to mention defeating Qing Xu Qin''s army and then supporting Yanzhou, it is difficult to even repel Qing Xu Qin''s army.
Therefore, after receiving the news that the Qingnan secret agents were sent back by Qingnan, Zhang Liang might be isolated, Zhu Di keenly realized that this might be his only chance to turn the tables, and immediately summoned Fan Zeng, Yao Guangxiao, Xianzhen, Li Yan, Jingxiang, Li Zhen and other advisers for discussion.
But after learning the news, the strategists were divided into two factions.
The conservatives in Qi, led by Xian Zhen, Jing Xiang and Li Zhen, believed that this was a trap set by Zhang Liang. After all, with Zhang Liang''s status and behavior, they would never turn against each other with Zhuge Liang and Su Lie. The purpose of his doing this was to lead the snake out of the hole and catch it all in one go, so they would never be fooled.
The Ming radicals led by Fan Zeng and Yao Guangxiao believed that even if they were a trap, they could also counterattack Zhang Liang''s army as long as they were careful enough and planned properly. Moreover, given the current situation of the Ming army, if they did not grasp this time, there would be no other chance.
Why are Qi conservative and Ming gang radical?
The reason is very simple. Most of the secret soldiers of the Ming army in Qingnan are from the same rank. If the action fails, these people will definitely be dead, and the loss of the same rank power, so naturally they are unwilling to die in vain.
But in the Ming Dynasty, risks and opportunities coexist.
But where are the opportunities?
Qingnan may be a trap, but the defenders do have only 10,000. As long as Zhu Di’s backhand was properly operated, it is not impossible to overturn the table, but it just depends on who has the better means.
Besides, it doesn’t matter if you fail. It will not be affected on the front battlefield, and the losses are just abandoned children who cannot come back.
But once it succeeds, the Qin army''s rear will be disrupted, which will affect the food supply and even morale, and the impact will be immeasurable.
Thinking of this, Zhu Di no longer hesitated and made a quick decision to order the secret agents lurking in Qingnan to create chaos in Qingnan, seize the city, and assassinate Zhang Liang at all costs.
For Zhu Di, Zhang Liang''s threat was too great. He did not go to the battlefield. Just working in Qingnan caused a large number of believers to turn against each other. What would be the case if he came to Xuzhou?
Therefore, if Zhang Liang can be removed, it must be removed as soon as possible. If it really cannot be solved, then we can only go all out.
Qingnan, in the cellar of a tavern, Zhu Youxiao, the highest officer left by the Ming army, suddenly turned pale after reading Zhu Di''s message.
"This is a trap, it''s a trap. How could the lord be so unwise?" Zhu Youxiao said with disbelief.
"hehe."
Zhu Youjian smiled bitterly and said with a tragic look on his face: "Lord is not unwise, he just wants to take a gamble when he has no way out, and we and Qingnan''s brothers are abandoned."
Logically speaking, when the Ming army withdrew from Qingnan, Zhu Youxiao, a relative of the clan, must have been among the retreating ranks.
But in order to prevent the people who stayed behind, Zhu Di specially left Zhu Youjian, which shows that he did not give up on everyone, but just retreated strategically and would lead the army to fight back sooner or later.
Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian brothers thought so before, but they didn''t expect to become abandoned children like this. Even though they knew there was a trap ahead, they asked their brothers to try it out with their lives.
To be honest, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian were a little disappointed at this moment. Obviously, he didn''t expect Zhu Di to be so cruel. After all, they and Zhu Di are cousins, and they even gave up even if they said they were giving up.
The two brothers'' faces were extremely ugly, but when they read the next letter, their faces improved a little. After all, although what Zhu Di asked them to do was dangerous, they gave detailed and meticulous arrangements. As long as they went smoothly, there was no possibility of success.
Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian brothers themselves cannot violate Zhu Di. Now Zhu Di has given a comprehensive plan, so they can only do what Zhu Di said honestly.
(This chapter ends)