It is precisely because of this that Wu Qi's plan was only half successful.
According to Wu Qi's original plan, after capturing Jiangzhou City, the Shu army and the Yangzhou army, who were short of food and grass, should be trapped in the waterway between Jiangzhou City and the Three Gorges, and waited until the Shu army and Yangzhou army had exhausted their food and grass.
You can definitely defeat the enemy's army without fighting.
Wu Qi even came up with the idea of using the food and grass issue to cause the Shu army and the Yangzhou army to kill each other.
The Yangzhou army came all the way, and although it certainly wouldn't bring much food and grass, it was at least better than the Shu army directly clearing it out after losing Jiangzhou City.
The Shu army was out of food, but the Yangzhou army still had food. This was the crux of the conflict between the two sides. The higher-ups might exercise some restraint, but the hungry Shu army's leading soldiers did not have so many scruples.
If they are really hungry to a certain level, no matter how powerful the generals above are, there is nothing they can do! Because when these soldiers are hungry to a certain level, when the animality and greed in their bones are aroused, by that time they may have already given up.
It's not a human being, it's not much better than the wild beasts that instinctively look for food.
At that time, Tan Daoji on the front line of Baidi City will lay a large number of iron stakes and hidden ropes on the Yangtze River. When Wu Qi attacked Baidi City before, he finally separated 5,000 people from his 100,000 army and handed them over to Tan Daoji.
Responsible for guarding Baidi City.
Coupled with the 10,000 navy troops that Qi Jiguang originally left in Jingbei, you must know that considering the huge pressure on Yue Fei's side, the navy army left by Qi Jiguang may include the Tengjia navy. This force
With such power, even if the opponent is supported by Zhu Yuanzhang's other naval forces, they can still block the opponent for at least seven days.
In addition, from the waters of the Yangtze River near Jiangzhou City to the east, although it is going down the river, it will definitely take time, no matter how fast it is, it will still take time.
Adding up the time before and after, it is absolutely impossible for the enemy's food and grass to last until that time. Qi Jiguang, who is following closely, will definitely be able to defeat the enemy without any effort.
The effect of this road can even have a very beneficial impact on the Jingbei battlefield.
However, in the end, Xu Shiji discovered some flaws and took away part of the food and grass. If this happened, the previous plan would need to be changed.
If we continue to move forward according to the previous plan, I am afraid it will be difficult to get through.
With the amount of food and grass Xu Shiji currently has in hand, Baidi City may not be able to hold on for that long.
However, since this road is no longer feasible, Wu Qi is not too entangled in Xu Shiji and Zhu Tianpeng's side. In addition to this road, he also thought of another road to take.
Jiangzhou and Baidi City are located on the eastern border of Bashu, and their significance is to protect the eastern border of Bashu. As a waterway transportation hub of Bashu, Jiangzhou can reach Yong'an to the east, Nanzhong to the south, and Chengdu to the west.
You can go north to Hanzhong.
After grasping such a key point, the path Wu Qi can take next has become much smoother and more flexible.
Therefore, after Wu Qi captured such an important geographical location as Jiangzhou, he was actually not far from Chengdu, and could even be said to have posed a real threat to Chengdu. At this moment, if Wu Qi attacked Chengdu
, before Chengdu there were only a few places left in Mianyang and Luocheng.
Another name for Mianyang is Fu County. Fu County (Mianyang) is located in the northeast of Chengdu. It is the most important barrier to the north of Chengdu and the choke point from Chengdu to Hanzhong. It is connected by water and land, and its strategic position is very important. In the late Shu Han Dynasty,
It even became the command center for the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han Dynasty and the resistance against the Wei Dynasty.
If this place is captured, the resistance of Zhou Yafu and others on the front line will be meaningless at all. This means that if Wu Qi marches in this direction, Zhou Yafu and others on the front line will definitely be anxious.
"Tell General Tan that if the enemy attacks Baidi City, if you can, defend it, but if you can't, retreat to Jiangzhou!" Wu Qi quickly wrote down a military order while giving instructions to the left and right.
Xu Shiji's soldiers and horses have been cut off from Chengdu by Wu Qi. If Wu Qi is Xu Shiji, he will definitely try his best to break through Jiangzhou and once again open up the connection with Chengdu while protecting the rear.
contact.
How should Xu Shiji protect the rear? Naturally, the cities in the rear would no longer be controlled by the Jin army. This was no longer Zhu Tianpeng's sneak attack. He thought that after they arrived at their destination, Shu would naturally
to protect their food and grass.
Since Shuzhong can no longer guarantee that Yangzhou will have food and grass, or even guarantee their own food and grass, as long as they still want to fight, they can only ask Jingnan to guarantee food and grass for them. In this way, just to ensure the safety of food and grass, they
We must control Baidi City and other cities.
Although Baidi City is located at the forefront of the defense of Yizhou, Wu Qi has no nostalgia for this place. With the strength in their hands, it is impossible to defend this place in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands in the future.
In contrast, the most important thing is to let the next nail in Jiangzhou be hammered here. As long as this nail is still there, Xu Shiji's soldiers and horses will always be interrupted from Chengdu, and some of Wu Qi's
Horses can more flexibly attack the Shu army in various places.
In the history of China, there has always been a saying about the gods of the five directions, also known as the "Five Heavenly Emperors", who are worshiped and worshiped in the world, and there are constant fireworks.
The ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, was originally the pavilion chief of Sishui. He escorted a group of laborers to build the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin. Many people fled on the way. According to the Qin law, all the supervisors were killed. Seeing that there was no way to survive, Liu Bang simply gathered the crowd to drink heavily and released all the laborers.
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Seeing Liu Bang's heroic spirit, some people were willing to follow him and decided to go up Mangdang Mountain to Luocao. However, they encountered a big white snake on the way. Everyone was afraid and dared not go forward. However, Liu Bang relied on his drunkenness to draw his sword and kill the white snake, and then called himself "Pei Gong".
, joined the torrent of uprising against Qin...
And during this period of time, Liu Bang had another legend about killing the white snake.
More than two hundred years later, the throne was passed to Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty (Pingdi), and Wang Mang was born. He killed Emperor Ping and usurped the Han Dynasty to establish itself. According to legend, he was the son of the White Emperor, also known as the White Snake, who came to collect debts!
The theory of the Red Emperor's son and the White Emperor's son was naturally made up by Liu Bang to win over people's hearts and raise his social status. Otherwise, how could a Surabaya pavilion chief claim the title of king and emperor?
Just like Chen Sheng and Wu Guangda, during the Zexiang uprising, they sent people to imitate the fox's cry: "Great Chu is rising, King Chen Sheng" is the same principle. It is an old trick played for thousands of years, but the Chinese people believe in this - destiny!
Wu Qi was also thinking that although Baidi City did not intend to defend it any longer, he still wanted to make a fuss about this place and stage a similar drama between the bloodlines of Baidi and Red Emperor.
