"What a pity!" Looking at Liu Xiu who was slowly retreating, Yue Fei could not help but sigh softly in his heart.
The opponent is indeed a capable person, he is always awake and does not attack the city lightly. Otherwise, if the opponent attacks the city at this time, Yue Fei is sure to defeat him again.
In fact, after just taking Fancheng, Yue Fei was planning to trick Liu Xiubo by pretending that the battle in the city was not over yet.
However, this idea has just emerged, and it has already been self-denied by Yue Fei. If one person does not do it well and is discovered by the other party, it will easily cause the opposite effect.
Anyway, now that the Jin army has taken enough advantage, being more prudent is the best choice. When the benefits and risks are not sufficiently balanced, there is no need to take risks.
After all, the men and horses Yue Fei used to attack Fan City before were even less than the garrison in Fan City. Although he successfully opened the city gate, it was not easy to completely annihilate the enemy with a small force.
There are so many people out.
As long as one of these people relays the battle situation in Fancheng to Liu Xiu's ears, Liu Xiu's military vision will definitely be able to guess the current status of Fancheng.
"Send the order and order General Dou Xian to lead 20,000 troops and garrison Fancheng."
"I ordered General Chang Yuchun to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to continue sweeping the counties in the west of Nanyang, and then march towards Wancheng."
"General Ashu, Wang Baobao, Huo Qubing... are ordered to lead 50,000 Qiang troops south to Jiangxia. General Qi Jiguang will cooperate with them to attack in several directions, which will disturb their peace!" Yue Fei issued several orders in succession.
"General Wu Qi!" Yue Fei looked at a general beside him. In this battle, this man performed well. Half of the 6,000 people captured were forced to surrender by Wu Qi.
"The general is here!" As soon as he heard Yue Fei summoning him, Wu Qi immediately became excited and knew that he had another task to give him. In other words, his opportunity to make meritorious deeds was coming again, and he still had this confidence.
Wu Qi also admired Yue Fei's series of operations. Almost overnight last night, Yue Fei brought the advantage of the battle to their side.
Just now, Yue Fei's series of orders further expanded this advantage. Since they were already guarding Fancheng, Liu Xiu had to be cautious when he wanted to send reinforcements from the direction of Xiangyang to Nanyang.
But if Xiangyang failed, Liu Xiu could still send reinforcements from the direction of Jiangxia. But Yue Fei changed hands and directly sent 50,000 Qiang troops to Jiangxia, and ordered the 50,000 Qiang troops to split up and attack. You know, these 50,000 Qiang troops are all cavalry
, then the Chu army in the direction of Jiangxia was also very busy.
Even with the strength of these 50,000 cavalry, if the Chu army fails to deal with it, it is not impossible to lose another county. However, they are cavalry after all. Under normal circumstances, the Jin army will not waste their cavalry on such
In a frontal siege.
"When General Dou's 20,000-strong army arrives, you can detach 10,000 troops. With you as the main general and Yue Yun as the vanguard, they will sweep through the counties in Nanyang to the east. After that, they will also converge towards Wancheng!" Yue Fei ordered to Wu Qi!
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When sending troops this time, his lord Wu Qi had already hinted that he would promote Wu Qi, a rising star.
Therefore, Yue Fei directly handed over such a large task to Wu Qi, and also sent Yue Yun to him as a vanguard, just to prevent the inexperienced Wu Qi from being able to command other generals in the army.
Of course, the reason why Yue Fei was willing to hand over such a large task to Wu Qi was because he had a sufficient understanding of Wu Qi's talents before making such a decision.
"General Qin, General Yuchi, you and General Dou will continue to garrison Fan General. General Li, as soon as General Dou's troops arrive, the general will immediately lead the Feihu Army and Beiwei Army to Wancheng to join the other armies!" Yue Fei once again
ordered.
Before Dou Xian's soldiers and horses arrived, the soldiers and horses here could not leave. But now, Yue Fei has to rush to complete Wancheng ahead of others, and there is still a hard nut to gnaw on!
If they can't knock off that hard nut, Nanyang won't be considered defeated by them!
Moreover, with him leading Huang Feihu, Zheng En and other generals to march into Wancheng, Chang Yuchun, Wu Qi and others could concentrate all their energy on raiding the counties in Nanyang.
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There is no airtight wall in the world. The Jin army sent troops to Nanyang in a large scale, and soon the news reached the ears of the princes all over the world.
The three princes, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xiang Yu, and Liu Che, were all neighbors of Liu Xiu, and they were also the first three princes to receive the news.
In particular, Liu Xiu also sent Kuai Tong and Liao Li as lobbyists to Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Che to seek help. Therefore, the two princes received the news in a more timely manner.
As for Xiang Yu, Liu Xiu did not send lobbyists forward to ask for help. The impact of what happened back then is still there. The relationship between Xiang Yu and Jingbei is not only a military relationship, but also a political relationship and a relationship between people. If they unite with Xiang Yu, among them
The various pros and cons involved are difficult to discern.
The Jin army sent troops again. Even if he didn't take the initiative to ask for help, if the other party was smart, he should know what to do!
Yangzhou, Wu County.
"Incompetent, this Liu Xiu is really incompetent. It has only been a few days, and the battle has already reached this level!" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be furious, but deep in his words, there was a deep sense of helplessness.
In just a few days, Nanyang had been beaten to a pulp. Even if he was willing to send troops to support him, the battle would definitely not be easy to fight if he lost the opportunity.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang has received news that among the Jin army, there are already 50,000 cavalry mobilized in the direction of Jiangxia. With such a large number of cavalry, Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xiang Yu, Liu Che and other southern princes must join forces.
You can barely reach it until you get up.
Not to mention Liu Che, Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Xiang Yu, among the three princes, Liu Xiu's cavalry strength was the weakest. In the successive battles in the past few years, Jingbei's cavalry strength was lost by half, and Liu Xiu could not gain anything.
With sufficient sources of war horses, he could only purchase them in small quantities from the north. If there were too many, he simply couldn't afford them.
Therefore, by this time, Liu Xiu only had five or six thousand cavalry left at most.
Among the three princes, if Liu Xiu's cavalry is the weakest, then Xiang Yu's cavalry is the strongest. He purchased war horses from Nanzhong several times, plus the three cavalry he originally owned, Xiang Yu established a
Twenty thousand cavalry troops.
Twenty thousand cavalry is indeed nothing to Li Xiang, and the Yunnan horses are not as good as the northern horses, but to the south, they are already a force that can change the situation of the war.
At that time, Xiang Yu's cavalry strength was also a small part of the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did not continue the war.
Speaking of the source of Xiang Yu's war horses, Zhu Yuanzhang had relied on the power of Jin Yiwei to find out, but it was of no use. His territory was not bordering Nanzhong. Moreover, Nanman had been pacified by Liu Che, and now Xiang Yu had lost this channel for purchasing horses.
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The remaining Zhu Yuanzhang relied on the harvest from the grassland war that year and some high-priced horses purchased from the north at a large price. Zhu Yuanzhang's cavalry strength was not bad. He combined the grassland prisoners he obtained that year with the Han people to form a cavalry force.
A 3,000-person battalion with a capacity of 10,000 people.
