Jiangxia, with Li Mu voluntarily withdrawing from this place in order to preserve his strength, there is no obstacle to Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to take Jiangxia!
The main force of the Jin army was gone. Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang did not encounter any decent resistance. He even just saw the flag of the Yangzhou army from a distance on the top of the city. The remaining local Jiangxia defenders often fled!
Many generals under Zhu Yuanzhang were extremely happy when they saw this. They were defeated at the hands of the Jin army in the Battle of Jingbei, and today they finally avenged their humiliation!
Jiangxia has been conquered, and immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his people to hand over all the household registration and fields in Jiangxia to Shang Ren. Shang Ren was temporarily appointed as the governor of Jiangxia, and General Zhu Wenzheng led the troops to guard Jiangxia.
Generally speaking, although the counties in the south are not as densely populated as those in the Central Plains, their area is twice or even several times that of those in the Central Plains. Coupled with its unique geographical location, the value of Jiangxia is self-evident.
Metaphor.
"Next...it's Zhuge Liang who should be guarding Nanjun!" Zhu Yuanzhang thought as he looked at the map.
As far as Zhu Yuanzhang knew, although Zhuge Liang had no power, he still relied on his solid military exploits to rise to the top. Zhu Yuanzhang had always heard about Zhuge Liang's reputation for being resourceful and resourceful!
"And that Li Mu! He's not an easy character to deal with either!" Zhu Yuanzhang said worriedly.
Although Li Mu lost Jiangxia, he had preserved most of the strength of Jiangxia's defenders after all.
"My lord, even though Zhuge Liang is resourceful and Li Mu is a god with his troops, but, my lord, these two are only two people after all!"
"And our army is three times larger than the enemy's, and has as many generals as the clouds, so why should we be afraid of it!" Yao Guangxiao said thoughtfully.
"The military advisor wants to bypass these two people first!" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have something in mind!
Indeed, even though Zhuge Liang is resourceful and Li Mu is a god with troops, they are not bad when facing each other, and they will be stronger. Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Wu Zixu, Liu Xiu, Zhou Yu, Xu Shiji, which one of these people is worse than the two of them?
Moreover, the troops in their hands are almost three times the strength of the opponent!
Even if Zhuge Liang and Li Mu were difficult to deal with, at best they could be let go for the time being. The enemy had 20,000 troops, so they used 30,000 or even 40,000 troops to watch them.
After that, they can still squeeze out some of their strength to attack other places in Nan County!
"That's right!" After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang finally reacting, Yao Guangxiao's face became more joyful.
Using one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses is a major means of winning in battle.
"My lord, we can have three thousand battalions on standby at any time, and order General Zhou and General Zhu to patrol the Nanjun water system as a maneuver!" Wu Zixu added.
The Three Thousand Battalion is Zhu Yuanzhang's elite cavalry. Any war horses purchased from the north will be equipped with some equipment in the Three Thousand Battalion to eliminate some of the horses currently in service in the Three Thousand Battalion!
In the south, there are many river systems. If the navy and cavalry are the main mobile forces, in most cases, they will definitely be faster than the infantry rushing on two legs.
Even if the troops who were watching Zhuge Liang and Li Mu did not keep these two men prisoner, as long as they retained enough maneuverability in their hands, it would be enough to deal with them!
Moreover, for Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, after all, they had an absolute advantage in military strength, and they were not afraid of engaging in field battles with their opponents.
Therefore, even if they did not keep these two people in prison and gave them the opportunity to cause trouble, as long as they had the mobile power in their hands, they could entangle these two people at the critical moment. For Zhu Yuanzhang, on the contrary,
is a good thing!
"Lord, Yiling is still the top priority of Nanjun. If troops are sent to Nanjun, the enemy must not sit idly by and ignore it!" Another general, Xu Da, also expressed his opinion.
Until now, Yiling is still the weak spot of Nanjun and the whole of Jingbei. As long as they are willing to grasp the enemy's weak spot and attack it, they can always force the enemy to reveal their weaknesses.
"Okay! In this way, with a multi-pronged approach, there is no need to worry about the defeat of Nanjun!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice!
Immediately, it was decided that Zhu Di and Wu Zixu would lead 20,000 troops to help Liu Xiu attack Yiling!
As for Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da, one led the troops to watch Li Mu, while the other led the remaining troops to knock down the other cities in Nanjun one by one.
As for Zhuge Liang, having Xu Shiji is enough!
Zhu Yuanzhang is bound to turn Jiangling into an isolated city that cannot be defended. They have already made up their minds about Jiangling!
In Jiangling, when Zhuge Liang heard what the scouts had discovered about the mobilization of enemy troops and horses, he himself sighed, a trace of sadness locked in his brow, which could not be resolved.
The other party's generals and counselors are only above them, not below them. Under this situation, the gap between the two sides in terms of hard power is too difficult to find a way to make up for it!
Zhu Yuanzhang's current mobilization of troops and horses is clearly to bully your few soldiers!
Especially when a piece of information came from the Floating Water House, it made him feel a lot more urgent.
"Send a message to General Li and ask him to detach 10,000 troops and horses to cooperate with Li, the governor of Xiangyang, to guard Linju and protect our army's retreat when necessary!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's current momentum forced Zhuge Liang to think about defeat before thinking about victory, and make preparations for the next step.
Moreover, according to the rumors in Floating House, Zhu Yuanzhang has already made plans to march into Linju. Such important news can be received. If Zhuge Liang's guess is correct, there should be some of their people in Yangzhou.
After guarding Linju, even if Nanjun really can't hold on anymore, they will still have enough time to retreat to Xiangyang!
On the contrary, if the opponent takes Linju first, if they need to retreat to Xiangyang in the future, then they will be in a lot of trouble!
"Prefect, General Li has sent a letter, and Prefect Yu has already led troops to garrison Linju!" a general said.
This is the news that I just received from Li Mu, and I haven't had time to report it to Zhuge Liang.
After Li Mu received the news about Zhu Yuanzhang, he also responded immediately. The situation was urgent, and the man in the Yangzhou Army had to activate a special communication channel to directly open contact with Li Mu. To avoid being confused by the intelligence
The Jin army suffered a big loss due to the lack of timely attack.
"Okay, General Li is worthy of being a good general of our army!" Zhuge Liang said with a sigh of relief.
By holding on to this important city when they need to retreat to Xiangyang in the future, they can be targeted no matter how they attack now.
At least, as long as Yu Qian can defend this city, at least they will not be forced to a dead end.
"Yiling!" Zhuge Liang said these two words gently, but he was in constant trouble!
Zhu Di's 20,000 troops marched swaggeringly, not avoiding their scouts at all. This was obviously to let them know more about the situation, and also to let Zhuge Liang understand the crisis in Yiling more intuitively, forcing Zhuge Liang to think
Find ways to send troops to support.
However, if we really send troops to support, there may be many enemy ambushes along the way! Zhuge Liang was also forced into a dilemma!