Chapter 1228: Yue Fei is confused and Liu Xiu is even more confused
Chapter 1228: Yue Fei is confused and Liu Xiu is even more confused
Zhangling County.
After being ordered by Jia Xu, Yue Fei ended the battle of Nanjun in a tangled and painful way. After leaving enough troops in Xiangyang, he personally led 40,000 elite troops to rescue Zhangling County.
Zhangling County is the east gate of Northern Jing, and once the war between Qin and Yu breaks out, the Zhangling Army will definitely become a battlefield.
The garrison in Zhangling County was only 20,000, and the terrain was not dangerous. It was obviously impossible to block the Yuzhou Army, which was several times larger, with the city. So Jia Xu ordered Yue Fei to lead the army to Zhangling.
in case for need.
After Yue Fei received the news, he decisively led his 40,000 elite troops to Zhangling without stopping, but when he arrived, he was confused.
Zhao Kuangyin retreated and rebelled against Yuan Zili. The Qin army won without a fight. The battle was over as soon as it started.
After learning the news, Yue Fei also realized that his trip was in vain, not to mention how depressed he felt.
You must know that in order to come to rescue Zhangling County, he gave up Nanjun, which was within easy reach. As a result, the war ended as soon as others came. So wouldn't it be meaningless for him to abandon Nanjun?
Xin Qiji, the prefect of Zhangling County, saw Yue Fei's face turning blue and red, and couldn't help but smile and persuade: "Brother Pengju, our army will win without a fight, and the soldiers will not die again. You should be happy.
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"Oh, yes, yes."
Yue Fei responded with a forced smile, but he didn't look happy at all.
Yue Fei was not a war madman who only wanted to make meritorious deeds. He just felt that he had paid so much for Nanjun, but what he gave up had no meaning at all. This made him confused for a while.
"Report...Master Jia Xu sent a message from a flying pigeon..."
"Bring it over quickly."
Xin Qiji said hurriedly. After taking it from the soldier, he looked at it and said to Yue Fei with a smile: "Zhao Kuangyin promised to cede the three southeastern counties of Runan to our army. Mr. Jia ordered me to go and receive it. Brother Pengju, I will not accompany you any longer."
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"Brother Jiaxuan, you go and do your work first." Yue Fei cupped his hands and said.
Not long after Xin Qiji left, Yue Fei also received a letter from Jia Xu. After reading it, he was so angry that he tore up the letter and cursed: "Jia Wenhe deceived people too much. I will impeach him with my lord."
Jia Xu told Yue Fei in the letter that he could lead his army back to continue the attack on Nanjun, but things were different now.
Although Nanjun's military strength has not increased much now, Liu Xiu has returned to Nanjun. With Liu Xiu in Nanjun, the generals of the famous families all obey his orders, and the difficulty of the strategy is definitely more than ten times higher than before.
From Yue Fei's point of view, Jia Xu was deliberately torturing him. He had given Yue Fei ten days to capture Jiangling and completely expel Liu Xiu from Jingbei. However, Jia Xu's edict made Yue Fei give up what was so easy for him.
of South County.
After Yue Fei came to Zhangling County with the overall situation in mind, he found that it made no difference whether he came or not. Then why did you, Jia Xu, give this order indiscriminately? Isn't this just because you are full?
Wenpin also knew that what Yue Fei said was angry, but Jia Xu, out of caution for the overall situation, ruined the Qin army's opportunity to occupy Nanjun. This is also an indisputable fact, so he asked with a wry smile: "Prefect, what should we do now?"
[Update soon] "Huh, what can I do?"
Yue Fei snorted coldly and said with an unhappy look on his face: "Go back to Xiangyang and continue to attack Nanjun."
In this way, just a few days after Yue Fei's 40,000-strong army arrived in Zhangling, they returned home and returned to Xiangyang, where they continued to attack Nanjun.
The scholar opens his mouth, the general runs and breaks his leg, nothing more than that.
Liu Xiu, who was far away in Jiangling, didn't know that Yue Fei was back.
Yue Fei was not the only one who made a wasted trip, Liu Xiu was the same.
When Liu Xiu received news of the crisis in Nanjun on his way to conquer Jingnan, he was also in a critical period of conquering Jingnan.
Considering that Jiangling was the strongest barrier against the Qin army, if Nanjun fell, it would be difficult to fight back to Jiangbei, so Liu Xiu decisively ordered Deng Yu to take his place and continue to attack Jingnan, while he himself led
Returning with 10,000 troops to rescue Nanjun.
Liu Xiu just returned to Jiangling from Jingnan, only to find that Yue Fei had withdrawn his troops inexplicably, which made Liu Xiu a little confused.
At first, Liu Xiu thought that the Qin army was trying to lure him out of the city to ambush him, so he did not dare to go out of the city to pursue him.
However, when it was later discovered that it was Yuan Shu who attacked Sizhou and caused Yue Fei to retreat, it was already too late. Although Yue Fei left, Xiangyang was surrounded by iron and steel, and Nanjun's troops were unable to counterattack Xiangyang.
The Qin army has retreated, the crisis in Nanjun has been resolved, and Liu Xiu is preparing to return to Jingnan. After all, the four counties in Jingnan are his first springboard to conquer the world, so there is absolutely no room for any mistakes.
"Cen Peng, after I leave, Nanjun will be handed over to you."
Liu Xiu grabbed Cen Peng's hand and warned with a serious face: "Remember, the garrison of Jiangling City must not be less than 20,000. All the cities in Nanjun have fallen. It's okay. As long as Jiangling City is still there, our army is here."
Jiangbei has a chance to make a comeback."
"My subordinates must remember this," Cen Peng said solemnly, cupping his fists.
Liu Xiu nodded, and then ordered: "I now order Cen Peng to be the chief general, Cai Mao to be the deputy general, and Kuai Liang to be the military advisor, and lead an army of 25,000 to guard Nanjun. There must be no mistakes."
Upon hearing this, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang stood up at the same time, and together with Cen Peng took the order: "No."
When Liu Xiucai led his army to leave Nanjun, he left most of his troops behind Nanjun and took only 10,000 troops with him to attack Jingnan.
After Liu Xiu entered Jingnan, his territory continued to expand, and his military strength also continued to increase. He had already left Nanjun's remaining troops.
However, under Yue Fei's continuous conquests in Nanjun, Liu Xiu's troops and horses left behind were less than one-third of the original number. If the Jingzhou family had not sent troops to help defend the city, Liu Xiu would not have been able to return to Jiangling.
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Although Liu Xiu is returning to Jingnan now, he has kept the 10,000 troops he brought back. But even with these 10,000 troops, the total strength of Nanjun is only 25,000, which is obviously no match for the 60,000 Qin troops in Xiangyang.
, so Liu Xiucai asked Cen Peng to just defend Jiangling City.
Jiangling is the heart of Nanjun. As long as Jiangling City is still there, even if all the other cities in Nanjun are lost, the Jingzhou Army will still have a chance to make a comeback. But once Jiangling City is lost, the other cities cannot save Nanjun.
After explaining everything, Liu Xiu took his guard camp of 500 people and embarked on the way back to Jingnan. However, as soon as the group arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River, they received news that Yue Fei was once again leading an army to attack Nanjun.
"Reporting to my lord, Yue Fei led an army of 50,000 men and suddenly attacked. The county guards were beaten and unable to catch up. Now four counties have fallen. Yue Fei's army will soon be approaching Jiangling City again."
"What?"
Liu Xiu couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this. He didn't expect Yue Fei to come back so soon. But since Yue Fei has come back, it proves that the war between Qin and Yu is over. But is this too soon?
It has only been a few days. How could a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people end so quickly?
After thinking hard to no avail, Liu Xiu ordered in a deep voice: "Inquire immediately about all the information about Yuzhou. I want to know why Yue Fei came back so soon."
"promise."
After the spies left, Zhang Yun stepped forward and asked, "My lord, are we still going back to Jingnan now?"
"If you don't want to go back, return to Jiangling immediately. In addition, you send an order to Deng Yu to mobilize 15,000 troops back to Jiangling to aid."
Liu Xiu's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "This time Yue Fei is coming fiercely. It is difficult to defend Jiangling with the current military strength. We must increase the number of defenders to stop Yue Fei." bdshare();