Sun Wu is known as the most promising person in the Sun family to become a grand master in the past century.
Before he was captured, Sun Wu was the pinnacle grandmaster. If he had not been captured for so many years, he would definitely be a half-step grandmaster now, and in at most ten years, the Sun family will have another grandmaster.
A family with a great master's protection and a family without one are completely different concepts.
However, Sun Wu, who was almost certain to become a Grand Master, was deposed by Zhu Yuanzhang in the middle of his promotion. This meant that the Sun family lost a Grand Master. This hatred cannot be expressed in words.
Sun Jian was even more angry and almost lost his mind, preparing to stay in Hefei and fight Zhu Ming to death.
However, under Sun Wu's persuasion, Sun Jian gradually calmed down and understood that this was not a good opportunity to seize Jianghuai. It was Soochow's top priority to prevent Liu Xiu from occupying Jiaozhou.
"Although Zhu Yuanzhang is dead now, Zhu Ming is still there. Sun Jian will never let go of his hatred of destroying his brother's skills."
Hearing what Sun Jian said, Sun Wu was afraid that he still couldn't take it away, so he was about to continue to persuade him, but Sun Jian interrupted him before he could speak.
"This time I, Sun Jian, will keep my promise and withdraw my troops to let Zhu Ming go. However, this matter is not over yet. From now on, I, Soochow Ding, and Zhu Ming will slowly settle the matter."
Sun Jian looked at Hefei City in the distance and coldly ordered: "Send the order, withdraw the troops and return to Jiangdong."
"promise."
In Hefei City, Zhu Wenzheng, who was leading his guards on inspection, saw that the Wu army outside the city had retreated, and he felt relieved.
"Finally retreated."
Zhu Wenzheng let out a long breath, and the string that had been tense in his heart for a long time finally relaxed.
Although Zhu Wenzheng was exaggerated by others, saying that he easily defended the city of Hefei with a small number of enemies, only Zhu Wenzheng himself knew that defending the city of Hefei was not easy at all, but very difficult.
It is true that Zhu Wenzheng was a genius in defending the city, but Sun Jian was also a famous general in attacking the city. The duel between the two was like a spear and a shield, it could be said that a general met a good man and met his opponent.
Zhu Wenzheng's defense of Hefei was not easy at all. He was forced into desperate situations by Sun Jian several times. If he hadn't had an idea and thought of a way to break it in time, Hefei City would have been captured by Sun Jian long ago.
This time, Sun Jian's army was well prepared for the invasion. Not only did he have all his capable ministers and generals, but he also had all the siege equipment available.
The originally rock-solid Hefei City has been smashed into pieces under the continuous bombardment of Soochow's catapults. Most of the city's defense materials have been consumed. Hefei City is almost at the end of its rope.
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If Sun Jian had not taken the initiative to withdraw his troops, Zhu Wenzheng estimated that if he persisted for another month at most, Hefei City would be captured by Sun Jian. Fortunately, Sun Jian still took the initiative to withdraw his troops.
"Although Sun Jian has retreated this way, the situation facing our army is still not optimistic. There are not many defenders in Hefei City now, and there is no way to divide the troops to support the lord. We can only rely on the lord to survive this disaster."
Zhu Wenzheng said to himself with a wry smile, and then quickly wrote a letter to report the current situation in Hefei City to Zhu Di and Fan Zeng.
As Fan Zeng expected, Huang Zu's army became a little timid after Sun Jian withdrew his troops, and Huang Zu issued an order to withdraw soon afterwards.
However, what Fan Zeng didn't know was that the reason why Huang Zu withdrew his troops was not because of Sun Jian's withdrawal, but because Zhang Liang was afraid that Zhu Ming would not be able to stop the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. If Wei and Song were allowed to annex Zhu Ming, it would also affect the Qin army.
Occupy Hebei.
Therefore, Zhang Liang asked Qin Hao to use the name of the court to order Huang Zu to withdraw his troops and return to Jiangxia.
Huang Zu's mortal enemy Liu Xiu had already belonged to the Southern Han Dynasty, and it was impossible for him to join the Southern Han Dynasty. The Northern Han Dynasty was too far away from Jiangxia and had been suppressed by the Qin army, so there was no hope.
Huang Zu was already frightened by Qin Hao and could not leave the Luoyang court, so he naturally did not dare to disobey Qin Hao's orders.
After Sun Jian's withdrawal, Huang Zu's family was indeed isolated and unable to support them alone, so they retreated so readily.
After Sun Jian and Huang Zu retreated, the enemies Zhu Ming faced changed from four countries to two. However, Wei and Song were the two strongest countries, and the challenges Zhu Ming faced were still extremely difficult.
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Qingzhou, Beihai.
Back to Li Jing, after finalizing the strategy of striking first and defeating them one by one, Li Jing began to choose targets between Song Jiang and Zhu Tianpeng.
If we want to pick a persimmon, Song Jiang is undoubtedly a soft persimmon compared to Zhu Tianpeng. With the Qin army's combat power, if they attack with all their strength, they can definitely hit Liangshan in one fell swoop.
But in terms of surprise, the Qi army certainly did not expect that the Qin army would take the initiative to attack at this time. If it attacked the Qi army, it would be very likely to defeat the border Qi army in one fell swoop.
After pondering for a long time, Li Jing decided to attack Song Jiang first.
The main force of the Qi army has not yet arrived, and there are only 5,000 Qi troops stationed at the border. Even if they are completely wiped out, they will not be able to defeat the Qi army. Instead, they will only scare the enemy.
On the contrary, if we defeat Song Jiang first, it will be equivalent to cutting off an arm of the enemy... Well, saying one arm may be an exaggeration, but at least there is one finger, and it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of them.
"Where are Jintai, Lin Chong and Chao Gai?" Li Jing ordered.
"The end will be here."
The three generals stood up together, while Jin Tai and Lin Chong both stood up excitedly.
"You and the other three are responsible for guarding Beihai, and there must be no mistakes."
"Uh, No."
The two of them thought they were going to fight at first, but they didn't expect that Li Jing didn't follow the routine and chose the defensive figure first. Naturally, they were a little disappointed.
Chao Gai was not like that. Although he had rebelled and left Liangshan, he still did not want to fight swords with his former brothers, so staying behind to defend the city was in line with his wishes.
Li Jing didn't care about so many things and continued to order: "Ran Min, Tai Shi Ci, where is Qin Ming?"
"The end will be here."
"You and the three of you are going to Liangshan together, even though we are governors."
The three generals all looked shocked, and Taishi Ci asked: "Master Taishou, do you want to go out personally?"
"Yes, this battle is very important. If things go wrong, future battles will be very difficult. I must personally take action." Li Jing said solemnly.
After hearing what Li Jing said, the three generals who originally wanted to persuade Li Jing to stay didn't say anything more.
The Qin army in Beihai totaled 43,000. Li Jing left behind Jintai, Lin Chong, and Chao Gai to lead 18,000 to guard Beihai City. He himself led an army of 25,000, as well as Ran Min, Taishi Ci, and Qin and Ming generals.
, and went straight to the main force of the Liangshan Army at top speed, at night and day.
After Chao Gai defected to the Qin army, he fully explained the situation in Liangshan. Coupled with the infiltration of the Qin army's spies, Li Jing already knew the layout of all aspects of the Liang army, even if Chao Gai was not required to lead the way.