Chapter 1358: The Tang Dynasty fell into the quagmire and Sui Deli
Chapter 1358: Tang Dynasty fell into quagmire and Sui Dynasty gained profit
Long before Qin Hao won the Battle of Hetao, the battle in Yizhou was over, and Chi You's third expedition to Yizhou ended in a major defeat.
With Liu Ji and Liu Yu joining forces, although Chi You had an advantage in the early stages of the war, it became increasingly difficult in the later stages of the war until he was overwhelmed by the two coalition forces.
At this point in the battle, the Southern Barbarians were only at a disadvantage and did not show any signs of defeat. Of course, if this trend could not be reversed, the defeat of the Southern Barbarians would only be a matter of time. However, the arrival of one person accelerated the Southern Barbarians' defeat.
The army was defeated, and he was Hou Yi who betrayed Yang Guang.
After Hou Yi left Yang Guang, he went to Shu alone and came to seek refuge with Liu Ji, the king of Shu.
Regarding Hou Yi's initiative to join him, Liu Ji was both happy and hesitant. He was overjoyed that he was about to gain a top warrior, but he was hesitant because Hou Yi shot Liu Yu and his reputation was completely ruined. He accepted Hou Yi.
It may even affect Liu Ji's reputation.
Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Dynasty has been in constant war, but when it comes to the danger of national subjugation and annihilation, there have only been two in total.
The second time, Temujin's entire army marched south to Hetao, and the Qin Army and the Jin Army were responsible for confronting them.
If Qin Hao loses this battle, the Yuanmeng alien race will definitely take over the Central Plains.
Therefore, during the war, the major princes ceased fighting one after another in order to prevent Qin Hao from defeating the enemy.
Of course, Qin Hao won, which can be said to have saved the world, and his reputation reached its peak.
As for the first time, after the Han princes forced the Ming Dynasty into the Three Mountains, the Xianbei army invaded Youzhou.
In that battle, Liu Yu formed a coalition of Hebei princes and concentrated all the power of Hebei to resist Xianbei's invasion. Han Xin even set up an ambush and shot Xianbei Shan and became famous in the first battle. However, the Han court wanted to hand over Han Xin to please Xianbei in order to cease the war.
However, Liu Yu tried his best to protect Han Xin and eventually led to the rebellion of deposing the emperor.
Liu Yu repelled Xianbei's invasion, but Xianbei fell into internal strife due to the death of his Chanyu in battle, and was eventually annexed and destroyed by the Manchus and Yuanmeng.
Liu Yu, like Qin Hao, also made contributions to saving the world, and is a well-deserved hero.
But such a great hero who was admired by the world was shot to death by Hou Yi with an arrow during the alliance's fight against Dong. You can imagine how many people in the world hated and beat Hou Yi.
Hou Yi's reputation was so bad that anyone who took in Hou Yi would have to bear part of the infamy for shooting Liu Yu.
Therefore, to be fair, Liu Ji did not want to take in Hou Yi, but Xing Tian, Kua Fu and other generals persuaded Liu Ji to take in Hou Yi.
As Liu Hong's general Tuogu, Hou Yi and Xing Tian Kua Fu were as close as brothers. Seeing their good brother reduced to this, Xing Tian and Kua Fu felt uncomfortable, so naturally they could not ignore Hou Yi.
Although Liu Ji did not want to take in Hou Yi, he had to consider the feelings of Xing Tian and Kua Fu. After all, they were the first and second best generals under his command, so in the end Liu Ji took in Hou Yi.
Hou Yi also knew how bad his reputation was, and also knew that except for Liu Ji and Yang Guang, there was no place for him in the world. He was very grateful to Liu Ji for taking him in, so he naturally worked very hard after joining Liu Ji.
In the first battle, he severely wounded the Southern Barbarian King Chi You with a sun-shooting arrow.
That's right, Hou Yi used the seventh sun-shooting arrow, and only two of the nine sun-shooting arrows were left. Although he failed to kill Chi You with one arrow, he also severely damaged him, which can be said to be a great achievement.
, and directly reversed the situation of the entire war.
Chi You was the spiritual pillar of the Southern Barbarian army. Once he was injured, the Southern Barbarian army was immediately in chaos and its morale dropped drastically. After losing Chi You, there was only one Gonggong left in the Southern Barbarian army, who was unable to resist Xing Tian and Kuafu.
Liu Ji and Liu Yu took advantage of this opportunity and led a large army to attack the Nanman camp. The Nanman army retreated due to defeat. The two coalition forces pursued the victory and defeated the Nanman invading army.
Although the Southern Barbarians were defeated and nearly half of the 200,000-strong army was lost, they still had 100,000 troops and were capable of fighting a war.
At the critical juncture, Chi You went out to fight despite being wounded to reverse the situation, decisively gave up all the land gained from three expeditions to Yizhou, and finally led 80,000 defeated troops back to the land of Nanzhong.
Twenty armies vowed to fight for the Northern Expedition, but only 80,000 defeated troops returned. Chi You's third expedition to Yizhou was a complete defeat.
Chi You wanted to use the land in southern Sichuan to hold off the pursuers of Er Liu. He knew that as long as he gave up the captured territory, the two Liu Liu would definitely fight over the battle for southern Sichuan, and he could take this opportunity to recuperate and fight again.
As Chi You expected, after the Southern Barbarian army retreated, Liu Ji and Liu fought fiercely because of the uneven distribution of benefits. Both Liu Ji and Liu Yu wanted the territory Chi You had given up.
From Chi You's third expedition to Yizhou, to the formation of an alliance between the two Liu clans to compete, to Chi You's defeat and internal fighting between the two Liu clans, the situation in Yizhou changed at a dizzying pace.
Although Liu Yu was a wise master, what he took over from Liu Yan was also a mess. Although he tried his best to mend the loopholes in this broken ship, how could he defeat Liu Ji's new building?
Where is the ship?
The battle between Liu Ji and Liu Yu ended with Liu Ji's victory, and several counties in southern Sichuan were also occupied by Liu Ji.
At this point, Yizhou has three pillars;
Liu Ji occupied the counties in eastern Sichuan and southern Sichuan and was the strongest;
Liu Yu occupied the counties in central and western Sichuan and had the strongest foundation;
Li Shimin occupies Hanzhong County in northern Sichuan, and his strength and foundation are the weakest.
Liu Ji, who owns eastern and southern Sichuan, can be said to have greatly increased his strength, and his ambition has further expanded, and he wants to directly annex Liu Yu.
The defeat in the battle for southern Sichuan also made Liu Yu realize that he could not fight against Liu Ji on his own, and if he wanted to maintain this hard-won foundation, he had to bring in foreign aid.
Under desperation, Liu Yu decided to lure Li Shimin into Shu. He also knew that cooperating with Li Shimin was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger. It would not be easy for Li Shimin to leave once he came in. But Liu Yu also knew that if he did not introduce a third force, he would be defeated sooner or later.
Liu Ji annexed it, so he had to introduce Li Shimin to Shu.
On the frontal battlefield, Liu Yu was defeated by Liu Ji. It was not until Li Tang's 50,000-strong army entering Shu arrived, especially the arrival of Yang Jian, that Liu Yu's situation became better.
The three battles between Yang Jian and Xing Tian shocked the world, and all three battles ended in a draw!
The situation in Yizhou was complicated and the Shu generals were tyrannical, far beyond the expectations of Li Shimin and his advisers.
Li Shiben wanted to take advantage of the melee between Liu Yu and Liu Yu to make a profit, but he did not know that he also fell into Liu Yu's plan, causing the entire Tang army to fall into the quagmire of Yizhou.
Liu Ji's strength forced Li Shimin to increase his troops. So when the melee between the three major princes in Liangzhou began, the Tang army was too deep in Yizhou to withdraw its troops. It could only rely on its weak troops to withdraw from Liangzhou.
Seizing a small piece of territory eventually allowed Yang Guang, his mortal enemy, to swallow up most of Liangzhou's territory.