Chapter 630 The Five Han Army Attacks the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 630: Five Han armies attack the Ming Dynasty
The country of the Ming Dynasty has been in a very difficult situation since its founding, and has suffered from constant internal and external troubles.
After Yangzhou Governor Hong Xiuquan rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, Xuzhou Governor Fang La also completely fell out with the Ming court because he 'slandered' Ming Emperor Zhang Sheng as a woman.
Due to the deterrence of the Han army outside, both sides exercised great restraint and did not escalate into a war.
But as Liu Yao withdrew the garrison south of the Yangtze River, and Fang La no longer had the threat from the south, he naturally became bolder, and the relationship between the two sides became increasingly tense.
Fang La didn't want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty. After all, he also knew that there were many fierce generals in the Ming army.
But since he was defined as a traitor, Fang La has been spurned by all the Yellow Turbans, and the cohesion of his group has become worse and worse.
Fang La had not thought that Liu Yao's withdrawal was deliberately to induce him to start a war with the Ming army, but he could no longer drag it out because his team would collapse without fighting if it continued, so he could only fight
This last hope.
As Fang La became more and more arrogant, and war became inevitable, Zhang Sheng decided to take the initiative to catch Fang La off guard.
Zhang Sheng accepted Zhang Liang's plan and planned to take advantage of Fan La's main force in Huainan. On the one hand, he ordered Zhu Yuanzhang to lead an army of 100,000 to confront Fan La. On the other hand, he appointed Xiang Yu to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Xuzhou, where Fan La was weaker.
Land.
Xuzhou is the place where Fang La started. If he can occupy it, it will be like cutting off Fang La's arm. Later, Xiang Yu met Zhu Yuanzhang at the detour. The two armies attacked from left and right, and Fang La's rebellion could be put down in an instant.
Although Xiang Yu was defeated by Qin Hao many times, he still had extremely high power in the Ming Dynasty.
Fang La appointed the generals stationed in Xuzhou. When they saw Xiang Yu leading the army, they did not dare to resist at all, and most of them chose to surrender directly.
A small number of loyal ones were defeated by Xiang Yu easily due to lack of troops.
In this way, in just one month, Xiang Yu directly wiped out the one county and two kingdoms that Fang La owned in Xuzhou, and then prepared to attack from both sides with Zhu Yuanzhang to completely eliminate Fang La's rebellion.
Then what Zhang Liang was most worried about happened.
Of course, the Han Dynasty would not watch Fang La being destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, so he was stuck at the most important moment and decisively chose to send troops to defeat the Ming Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Zhongping, on May 20th, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty officially issued an edict, and all five armies came out together.
On the east road, with Lu Zhi as the main general, he met with the two great princes Li Yuan and Yang Jian, as well as Li Shimin, Li Yuanba, Li Xiaogong, Yang Guang, Yuwen Chengdu, Wu Yunzhao, Wu Tianci and other generals, leading a Han-Liang coalition army of 100,000 people to leave Hulao Pass directly eastward.
, attack Yanzhou, the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.
On the south road, with Liu Yao as the leader, he joined forces with Sun Jian, the governor of Wu County, Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, Wang Lang, the governor of Kuaiji, and Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia. They led a 100,000-strong Jingyang coalition to cross the Yangtze River to threaten Xuzhou.
On the north route, with Huangfu Song as the chief general, he met with the four princes, Han Fu, the governor of Hejian, Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai, Zhang Shicheng, the governor of Qinghe, and Chen Youliang, the governor of Changshan. They led a Jizhou coalition force of 100,000 people and went south to attack Dou Jiande, who held two counties and two kingdoms in Jizhou. As for the two armies, they are the Qingyou Alliance Army and Yuan Cao County.
The Qingyou Allied Forces, led by Liu Yu who went south, joined forces with the three princes Liu Bei, the governor of the Liaodong Plain, Song Jiang, the prefect of Liangshan, and Kong Rong, the governor of the Beihai. They led a hundred thousand Youqing coalition troops and went south to attack Huangchao, which held one county and three kingdoms in Qingzhou. p>
As for the Yuan-Cao coalition, Yuan Shu, the prefect of Runan, will join forces with Cao Cao, the prefect of Yingchuan, and lead an army of 60,000 to attack Li Mi, who has two remaining counties in Yuzhou.
There are five armies and twenty princes, a total of 460,000 troops, falsely claiming to be an army of 700,000, as if they will never give up if the Ming Dynasty is not destroyed.
Qin Wen, the pastor of Bingzhou, had just ended the Hetao War and was already destitute of men and horses, so he was powerless.
Gongsun Zan, the governor of Liaodong, needed to be on guard against Wuhuan, so he did not participate in the campaign to exterminate the Ming Dynasty.
As for Qin Hao, the governor of Nanyang, because his territory does not border the Ming Dynasty, he is not on the list for this recruitment at all.
The civil strife in the Ming Dynasty has not been eliminated, and foreign enemies have arrived again. In the eyes of most people, the country's destruction is just around the corner.
Facing the menacing Five Route Han Army, Ming Dynasty did not have the slightest fear, but chose to fight bravely.
Although there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Ming Dynasty will never give up.
Originally, Zhang Sheng was prepared to temporarily shake hands with Fang La, but Zhang Liang persuaded her to buy some time for Xiang Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhang Liang believed that Fang La did not have a general under his command, but with the combined strength of Xiang Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang, they would be able to completely defeat Fang La's army in a short period of time, and he would be more certain of leading a great victory in a battle with the Han army. p>
And if Fang La cannot be completely eliminated, keeping him in the rear will be a disaster after all. Now that the Ming Dynasty is surrounded by enemies on all sides, it must not keep such a big problem.
After hearing this, Zhang Sheng thought it made sense, so he decided to personally lead 80,000 troops to resist Lu Zhi, and ordered Dou Jiande, Huang Chao and Li Mi to hold on until Xiang Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang returned. Naturally, this battle was also
You win.
Although the forces in the hands of Dou Jiande and Huang Chao are not as good as Huangfusong and Liu Yu, there is still no problem in defending, but Li Mike is more miserable.
Li Mi fought against Yuan Shu and Cao Cao and suffered repeated defeats. Yuan Shu also took away the land of the four kingdoms of Yuzhou that he originally owned. It was impossible for the remaining two countries to resist Yuan and Cao's coalition forces.
Zhang Liang knew that Li Mi could not stop the Yuan-Cao coalition forces, so he urged Zhang Sheng to send reinforcements to Li Mi to prevent the southwest defense line from collapsing, and the Yuan-Cao coalition forces marched straight in to attack Chenliu.
After much thought, Zhang Sheng decided to send Li Zicheng to lead an army of 20,000 men to support Li Mi. He did not seek to defeat the enemy, but to avoid making mistakes.
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Nanyang, Wancheng.
After Qin Hao received the news that the Five Han armies were attacking the Ming Dynasty, he immediately drew several strategic maps.
There is the worry of Fangla's rebellion within the daimyo, and there is the danger of the invasion of the Han Dynasty's five armies outside. This is an almost dead situation.
Even if the army is handed over to a peerless commander like Bai Qi, he cannot break such a difficult situation with enemies on all sides and scattered troops.
Of course, it is not impossible at all. The only hope is for external forces to intervene, because this situation cannot be reversed by human power.
Qin Hao is ready to be an external force to help Ming. Of course, he will not betray the Han. His help will only trigger the balance system, so that Ming will have more talents to fight against the Han.
Qin Hao is currently only one summon away from triggering the balance, and due to Qin Hao's deliberate delay, this time has also been delayed for a long time. Once the balance is triggered, there will definitely be many characters.
Qin Hao can only help Ming Dynasty to this point. As for whether he can completely overcome this disaster, it depends on how Ming Dynasty operates internally.