When Qin Qiong served as the governor of Jingzhou and confronted Liu Ji on the Yiling front line, Jiangling in the rear was besieged by Liu Xiu's 50,000-strong army.
In order to ensure constant food and fodder for the frontline army and a smooth retreat from the Yiling front line, Qin Qiong ordered Meng Gong to defend Jiangling City for a month.
Meng Gong and Han Shizhong only had 8,000 defenders, of which 5,000 were new soldiers. It was almost impossible to defend the general for a month under the fierce attack of 50,000 Chu troops, but the fact was that he had already defended
For two months.
Even Liu Xiu and Liu Ji had to admit that it was a miracle that Jiangling City could persist until now.
If we just defend to the death, even if there are famous generals like Meng Gong who are good at defending, it is impossible to hold on to Jiangling for two months when the enemy is ten times greater than our own and our own combat power is not strong and our morale is low.
The main reason for the long time is actually because Qin Zheng and Yue Fei successively provided support to Jiangling.
Qin Zheng failed to send reinforcements for the first time, not only losing his general Wang Gui, but also losing 7,000 of his 10,000 reinforcements, so he personally led 3,000 Wei troops to support Jiangling.
Qin Zheng led the Wei army to fight for more than 300 miles and went through numerous large and small battles. Although he could not directly help Meng Gong, it also distracted Liu Xiu's energy and troops, making it impossible for him to attack Jiangling City with all his strength.
Meng Gong survived the most difficult period.
Later, Qin Zheng adopted Lin Xiangru's plan and used himself as bait to attract Liu Xiu to encircle and suppress him personally, but secretly ordered Zhang Xian to lead another 10,000 troops to support Jiangling.
On a dark and windy night, Meng Gong in the city deliberately made a gesture of abandoning the city and breaking out of the siege. He lured the Chu army outside the city to the north gate to set up an ambush, but instead led Zhang Xian's army into the city from the south gate.
It was precisely with the support of this 10,000-strong army that Meng Gong was able to defend Jiangling for two full months.
Later, while Liu Xiu stormed Jiangling, he also used spies in the city to instigate, hoping to cause the soldiers and civilians of the aristocratic families in the city to fall into internal fighting, thus putting the Qin army into internal and external troubles.
Meng Gong discovered Liu Xiu's conspiracy in time and set a trap. He waited for the rebels to take the initiative, and then launched an iron-blooded suppression. He killed more than 3,000 people, both aristocratic families and ordinary people, and eliminated all hidden dangers in the city in one fell swoop.
eradicate.
Liu Xiu saw that Meng Gong had no control over the conspiracy, so he could only attack the city openly and steadily, gradually consuming the strength of the defenders in the city.
Within the next half month, Qin Qiong led his army back to Xiangyang from Yiling smoothly. However, Liu Ji sent troops to pursue but were ambushed by Qin Qiong, losing more than 3,000 elite troops.
After Qin Qiong retreated, Liu Ji did not immediately march to Xiangyang. Instead, he was afraid that Liu Xiu would seize his Nanjun, so his army came to Jiangling City to join forces with Liu Xiu. In fact, they came to seize territory.
Liu Xiu naturally knew Liu Ji's purpose, but he didn't care, because he had no intention of occupying Jiangling, so he took the initiative to give up the land of several newly occupied counties to the Shu army.
Liu Ji originally wanted to use force to force Liu Xiu to retreat, but he didn't expect Liu Xiu to be so understanding and take the initiative to give up the captured territory. So he boldly sent troops to capture the remaining counties in Nanjun, and they occupied it in less than ten days.
The entire territory of Nanjun except Gangneung City.
Jiangling City is a fortified city, with tens of thousands of defenders, and Meng Gong, a good defensive general, guarding it. It cannot be broken in a short time.
Liu Ji and Liu Xiu naturally knew this, so they each left 30,000 troops behind, with 60,000 troops dedicated to attacking Jiangling, while the two of them led the remaining troops north to attack Xiangyang County.
All the elites from every county in Xiangyang County have been mobilized, and most of the defenders in the city are soldiers of the New Omen. How can they stop the wolves and tigers of Shu and Chu?
Within ten days, Liu Ji captured four cities one after another, while Liu Xiu followed behind, waving flags and shouting. There was no need for her to help Liu Ji attack the city now, after all, the city he captured was not his.
Before Liu Ji and Liu Xiu's armies reached Xiangyang City, Yue Fei led his army south from Nanyang and stationed in Xiangyang, replacing Qin Qiong and once again becoming the governor of Jingzhou.
After all, the Jingbei Qin Army was trained by Yue Fei. Under Yue Fei's leadership, he had only bullied others for so many years. How had he ever been bullied on his own initiative?
Therefore, after Yue Fei regained military power, the morale of the Qin army immediately increased.
Almost all the soldiers firmly believed that Yue Fei would lead them to defeat the Shu-Chu coalition, and Yue Fei indeed lived up to the expectations of the Jingzhou Army.
Although Qin Qiong did not make any mistakes when he was in charge of the military power in Jingzhou, the Qin army lost consecutive battles and retreated all the way from Yiling to Xiangyang. Most of northern Jingzhou was occupied by Shu. After Yue Fei took over the military power,
The decline of the Qin army was immediately stopped.
As Liu Ji and Liu Xiu went north, the battle situation in Jingbei also turned into two major battlefields, namely: Jiangling and Xiangyang.
It is difficult to determine the winner on the Jiangling side in the short term, but the core of the struggle on the Xiangyang side was not Xiangyang City at the beginning, but Xinye County.
Xinye County is connected to Nanyang to the north and Xiangyang to the south. It can be said that it is a battleground for military strategists. In the hands of the Qin army, Xiangyang has no worries. If it is captured by the Shu and Chu coalition forces, the situation will completely collapse.
Yue Fei ordered Qin Qiong to lead an army of 20,000 men and be responsible for guarding the front line of Fancheng in Xinye to prevent sneak attacks by the Shu-Chu coalition forces and cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Nanyang, while he himself left the rest of the army in Xiangyang to fight against Er Liu.
Less than two days after Qin Qiong returned to defend Xinye, 30,000 Chu troops under the command of Wei Zhang arrived at Xinye City. If it had been two or three days late, Xinye would have fallen to another country.
Wei Zhang saw that the Xinye garrison was sufficient and well-organized. Although he knew that he was a step too late, he did not feel uncomfortable and retreated. He decisively led his troops to attack the city, but was easily repulsed by Qin Qiong.
Although Qin Qiong, the deputy governor of Jingzhou, was repeatedly defeated by Liu Ji and Liu Xiu this time, it did not mean that he was an incompetent general. His opponent was simply too strong, and his ability to deal with Wei Zhang would not be a problem.
Wei Zhang forcibly attacked Xinye for two days, but could not shake the enemy at all, so he could only temporarily retreat.
At the same time, over in Xiangyang, Yue Fei also officially became friends with Liu Ji and Liu Xiu.
Needless to say, Yue Fei's ability in commanding an army was unparalleled. No one in the Sichuan-Chu coalition forces could surpass him, but there was a top strategist in the coalition forces, Chen Ping.
When Yue Fei first took over the military power, he wanted to win a battle to boost morale, but he almost fell into Chen Ping's plan. If Lin Xiangru hadn't woken him up in time, even Yue Fei would have suffered a small defeat.
Having been plotted against, Yue Fei's vigilance was raised to the highest level. With the presence of Lin Xiangru, Qin Zheng and others, it was difficult for even Chen Pinghe to plot against Yue Fei.
In half a month, Yue Fei fought against Er Liu eight times, winning three times and drawing five, killing more than 10,000 enemies, while he only suffered 5,000 casualties.
When the whole army heard this, they were extremely excited.