"Report to my lord, there is an urgent report from Jingnan. Zhu Yuanzhang sent 100,000 troops to attack Changsha. Chen Bi's rebels rebelled on the battlefield, and the gate of Changsha was lost. Then our army lost seven counties in a row. General Xiang Liang and Military Advisor Fan Zeng asked your lord to come back for reinforcements as soon as possible!
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Xiang Yu was in a desperate situation, but the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was sending troops to Jingnan came suddenly.
"Chen Shu is a thief!" Xiang Yu cursed angrily after hearing the news.
Xiang Yu went out to fight, so naturally he would not completely ignore his hometown. He had already made a lot of preparations, and the veteran Xiang Liang was stationed in Jingnan. If Chen Bi hadn't rebelled on the battlefield, it would have been impossible to lose three counties in a row.
"Send orders to Xiang Sheng and Xiang Liu to give up the attack on Nanjun and return to Changsha with me as soon as possible!" Xiang Yu ordered in a deep voice. He could still tell which side was more important at this time.
In this northern expedition to Jingbei, he mobilized 90,000 troops from Jingnan and Jiaozhou respectively, and most of them were mobilized from Jingnan. Therefore, Jingnan is slightly empty. If he does not return to support the army as soon as possible, it may take a long time.
Something unexpected will happen.
In fact, what Xiang Yu didn't know at this time was that Chen Bi's rebellion had a huge relationship with Xiang Yu!
Chen Bi originally came from Jingbei, but his background was not good, and he was not an indispensable talent. Therefore, it was difficult to find a place in the hands of Liu Biao, who valued the aristocratic family, so he was picked up by Yu Ji.
A leak.
Unfortunately, Chen Bi happened to be a talented person in Jiangxia, Jingbei. Therefore, when news came back about what Xiang Yu had done in Jiangxia, Chen Bi had already turned against him. Not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang invaded in large numbers.
Only then did Chen Bi rebel against the Xiang clan.
This can be regarded as what kind of cause is planted and what kind of fruit is obtained!
"Lord, Mr. Sima has come to report that there are traces of Wu's navy in the Yangtze River, with about 50,000 troops!" Another urgent report came, and Zhu Yuanzhang's second group of troops also appeared.
"What, Zhu Yuanzhang actually dispatched so many troops and horses!" Xiang Jun generals, big and small, began to become uneasy.
With so many troops and horses, even if they rushed back to Jingzhou, there would still be a big gap between them and the opponent's troops. After all, just like Zhu Yuanzhang had to leave troops and horses to defend Shanyue, Jiaozhou troops and horses could not be easily mobilized on a large scale.
"Why are you panicking!" Looking at these panicked generals, Xiang Yu angrily shouted with dissatisfaction, "In the past, our ancestors were in Julu, and we faced many enemy forces in the Battle of Gucheng. Today, they are just a kid from Yangzhou, so what are they doing!"
Xiang Yu has great prestige in the army. As soon as these words came out, the mood of the generals, large and small, finally calmed down.
It stands to reason that after having just experienced a series of sacrifices, the military's morale is in turmoil, so it is time to take some rest.
However, Jingnan was in a critical situation, and Xiang Yu had no time to rest and recuperate at this time. He could only bring the remaining troops back to Jiangxia and join Sima Yi, Xiang Liu and others before making the next plan.
Jingnan and Jingbei are only separated by the Yangtze River, and as old enemies, the two families are very concerned about each other's situation. Therefore, only half a day later than Xiang Yu, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu had already received the
Information about Zhu Yuanzhang's large-scale military campaign.
Until this moment, these two people finally let go of their worries. With Zhu Yuanzhang's move, Xiang Na's threat to Jingbei was lifted.
Therefore, Liu Xiu immediately transferred Wenzhong, Wu Zhiqi and other strong generals back to Nanyang to prevent losses in the north.
At the same time, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu were also secretly frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's strength. Zhu Yuanzhang had Shanyue to the south and had not completely solved it. In the north, he had to guard against Zhao Kuangyin who occupied Xuzhou. But even so, he could still use 150,000 troops.
This shows how strong the opponent is.
You must know that at their peak in Jingbei, they only had 150,000 soldiers and horses. However, with the successive battles with Yuan Shu, Jiangxia's soldiers and horses were almost wiped out, and in the battle just now, only 70,000 Nanyang soldiers were well preserved.
Just soldiers and horses.
Moreover, because of Yuan Shu, these 70,000 soldiers and horses could not be mobilized. Otherwise, they would have worked so hard to defeat Xiang Yu, and even almost lost everything in the battle.
In addition to the 70,000 soldiers and horses in Nanyang, there are only 5,000 remnant soldiers brought by Wang Zhene in Jiangxia. As for the original 20,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, only 10,000 are left, and these 10,000 are
Among the people, there are still two thousand people who will never be able to go to the battlefield.
After all, Xiang’s army was not the only one who was hit with stones. Chu’s army also died in the battle, and many were injured and disabled.
It can be said that Jingbei has become extremely weak and will have to breathe for the next two or three years.
"This Zhu Yuanzhang has such a profound calculation. Now he has won the hearts of the people, the territory, and the future!" Liu Xiu said with an extremely solemn expression.
We are not fools. When we relax and think about this matter from the beginning, we can naturally clearly guess the purpose and reason of Zhu Yuanzhang's large-scale invasion of Jingnan this time.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiang Yu was crippled. Among the princes in the south, Zhu Yuanzhang's family was the only one. Next, Zhu Yuanzhang only needed to start unifying the south step by step.
Moreover, they had already received the news that Zhu Yuanzhang's reason for sending troops was to avenge the people of Jiangxia. After this wave, the people's support also increased.
In the future, if Zhu Yuanzhang attacks Jingbei, it will be impossible for the army and people of Jingbei to resist Zhu Yuanzhang as they desperately resisted Xiang Yu. In fact, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu can already imagine that Zhu Yuanzhang will attack Jingbei soon.
After successive battles, Jingbei has become so weak that Zhu Yuanzhang cannot give them time to recuperate. It is very likely that after the battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Xiang Yu, after some time to recuperate, the next target will be their turn.
In fact, when Fushui Fang sent the news back to Luoyang, Li Xiang was shocked by the development of the war in the south. If he had known about it, he would not have issued such an edict, which would have given Zhu Yuanzhang a righteous reason to send troops.
He really didn't expect that Xiang Yu would actually turn the battle into such a mess when the troops from Northern Jing gathered in Nanyang and Xiangyang was empty. If he had known that Er Liu was so powerful, why would he have bothered to issue an edict to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Originally he wanted to prevent Xiang Yu from annexing Jingbei, but now it seems that he has to find a way to restrict Zhu Yuanzhang.
At the same time, some people will think that the battle in Xiangyang is a coincidence, and some people will be superstitious about the luck of the Han Dynasty, but Li Xiang knows that this is definitely the effect of a certain skill.
It's a pity that he doesn't know the specific effect of this skill for the time being. It is precisely because of this that he is also a little wary of the specific effect of this unknown skill.
