Chapter 632: The Five Route Han Army Attacks the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 632 The Five Han Army Attacks the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 630: The Five Han Army Attacks the Ming Dynasty
The country of Ming Dynasty has been in a very difficult situation since its founding, with 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 did not want to go to war with the Ming Dynasty. After all, he also knew that there were many fierce generals in the Ming army.
However, since being 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 never 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 was 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 in the front. 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 capture it, it will be like cutting off Fan 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 many times by Qin Hao, he still had extremely high power in the Ming Dynasty.
Fang La appointed the generals stationed in Xuzhou. Seeing Xiang Yu leading the army, they did not dare to resist at all, and most of them chose to surrender directly.
In this way, in just one month, Xiang Yu directly wiped out the one county and two kingdoms owned by Fang La 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.
On May 20, the fourth year of Zhongping, 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 generals such as Li Shimin, Li Yuanba, Li Xiaogong, Yang Guang, Yuwen Chengdu, Wu Yunzhao, and Wu Tianci, leading a hundred thousand Han-Liang coalition forces to leave Hulao Pass directly east. , attacking Yanzhou, the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.
On the south road, with Liu Yao as the chief general, he joined forces with the four great princes, 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 Jingyang coalition force of 100,000 to cross the Yangtze River to threaten Xuzhou.
On the North Road, with Huangfu Song as the main 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 Coalition Army, led by Liu Yu, who went south, joined forces with the three princes Liu Bei, the governor of the Liaodong Plain, Song Jiang, the governor of Liangshan, and Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai. They led a hundred thousand Youqing coalition troops and went south to attack Huangchao, which contained one county and three kingdoms in Qingzhou.
As for the Yuan-Cao coalition, Yuan Shu, the prefect of Runan, joined forces with Cao Cao, the prefect of Yingchuan, and led an army of 60,000 to attack Li Mi, who still had two counties in Yuzhou.
Five armies and twenty princes, a total of 460,000 troops, falsely claiming to be 700,000 troops, as if they would never give up if the Ming Dynasty is not destroyed.
When Liaodong attacked Gongsun Zan, the governor, he needed to be on guard against Wuhuan, so he did not participate in this operation to exterminate the Ming Dynasty.
As for Qin Hao, the prefect of Nanyang, because his territory does not border the Ming Dynasty, he is not on the list 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 of the Han Dynasty, 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 strength of Xiang Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang's coalition forces, 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.
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 trouble.
After hearing this, Zhang Sheng felt that 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 Just win.
Although the troops in the hands of Dou Jiande and Huang Chao are not as good as Huangfu Song 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 Yuan and Cao's coalition forces, so he urged Zhang Sheng to send reinforcements to Li Mi to prevent the southwest defense line from collapsing, and Yuan and Cao's coalition forces marched straight in to attack Chenliu.
After careful consideration, Zhang Sheng decided to send Li Zicheng to lead 20,000 troops to support Li Mi. He did not seek to defeat the enemy, but to ensure that he did not make any 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.
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Even if the army is handed over to a peerless commander like Bai Qi, he will not be able to break such a difficult situation when enemies are scattered on all sides.
Of course, it is not impossible. The only hope is for external forces to intervene, because this situation cannot be reversed by human power.
Qin Hao is ready to be this 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 a lot of 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.
(End of this chapter)