Chapter 1471: Chu and Shu retreated
Chapter 1471 Chu and Shu retreat
Chapter 1469: Chu and Shu retreat
The Battle of Jiangling lasted for two months and resulted in the loss of more than 20,000 troops. In the end, the Qin army captured Jiangling and the Chu army was defeated and fled.
After capturing Jiangling, Nanjun was basically in the hands of the Qin army. Although the Chu army still had territory in Jingbei, even strong cities such as Jiangling were defeated, and it was basically impossible to defend the remaining cities.
The Chu army lost Jiangling City and had no hope of recovery. There was no other way to go except to withdraw from Jingbei, and staying in Jingbei would only result in the loss of troops and generals.
As for the Qin army after taking Nanjun, will they cross the river and invade Jingnan?
This depends on Liu Xiu's performance.
If Liu Xiu had the sense to withdraw from Jiaozhou, Qin Hao would naturally not let Yue Fei invade Jingnan.
But if Liu Xiu insisted on unifying Jiaozhou, the Qin army would definitely fight across the Yangtze River. Even if Qin Hao himself did not want Jingnan, he would still help Sun Jian or Huang Zu and bite off a piece of meat from Liu Xiu.
Therefore, the choice of whether the Qin Army will cross the Yangtze River does not lie with the Qin Army, but with Liu Xiu. This is undoubtedly another difficult choice for Liu Xiu.
On the other side, after Yue Fei led his army to Jiangling, he immediately sent troops to fight the fire and provide disaster relief. After a day of settling in, the fire and disaster in Jiangling finally calmed down.
“Captain, Deng Yu is too cruel. His fire burned down one-third of the houses in Jiangling, leaving 50,000 to 60,000 people homeless.
In addition, half of the grain depot was also burned down by the fire. If Mr. Cai Mao had not arrived in time and prevented the Chu army from setting fire to the fire, the other half of the grain depot would have been burned down by the Chu army. Lin Xiangru said with a serious face.
When Yue Fei heard this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. He was obviously angry at Deng Yu's actions of disregarding the lives of the people. Then he bowed his hands to Cai Mao below and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cai, for your timely action."
Deng Yu did not kill Cai Hao completely because Liu Xiu said he wanted to spare Cai Hao's life, and the situation was extremely critical at that time. Deng Yu had no time to waste on Cai Hao, so he let Cai Hao go and left directly with his army.
Cai Mao, who was lucky enough to survive, saw that the Chu army was about to set fire to the grain depot, so he took advantage of the situation to prevent the Chu army from setting fire and helped the Qin army save the grain depot, which was considered a great contribution.
"I don't dare to take it. I don't dare to take it. This is all Cai can do." Cai Mao said cautiously.
Although Yue Fei was polite to Cai Mao, Cai Mao did not dare to be arrogant. After all, the Qin army obviously did not trust him. In the battle to capture Jiangling, they relied on him and the Jingzhou family on the surface, but in fact they regarded him as the Jingzhou family. Cannon fodder, Kuai Qi is the real nirvana of the Qin army.
After learning this, Cai Hao once again saw the evil intentions of the princes, and he thought he was in control of his destiny, but he was the one being used from the beginning to the end, whether he was under Liu Xiu or defected to the Qin army.
Cai Mao was scared and completely discouraged, but he also knew that he could not escape at all and could only continue to struggle in this **** on earth.
Yue Fei glanced at Cai Mao suspiciously. The feeling that Cai Mao gave him was so different from before that he even felt like they were two different people.
Yue Fei shook his head, and then said to Lin Xiangru: "Military advisor, I leave the relief work to you. You must win the hearts and minds of the people of Nanjun as soon as possible."
"Well, now the population of Nanjun is not large, only more than 300,000 in total. Most of the people have been moved to Jingnan by Liu Xiu. It is not difficult to win the hearts of the people of Nanjun. As long as we show kindness to the people and bring our army Just implement the policy.”
“What? There are only 300,000 people left in Nan County?”
Yue Fei screamed, while Lin Xiangru looked helpless. His governor only paid attention to the military affairs of the Chu army but ignored the policy. Liu Xiu did not hide it when he moved the people of Nanjun to Jingnan, but he didn't know it until now.
“Damn Liu Xiu.” Yue Fei said angrily.
In order to capture Nanjun, Yue Fei personally led the army to attack three times. The three attacks resulted in no less than 50,000 casualties. But in the end, what he got was only Nanjun with a population of 300,000. So did he gain or lose?
"Captain, Nanjun is an important town in northern Jing Dynasty. Its geographical location is extremely important. Once it can be advanced, it can be attacked, retreated and defended. Its role does not lie in the population. It is acceptable to sacrifice some troops." Lin Xiangru advised. Hearing this, Yue Fei's complexion improved a lot. If this was a loss-making transaction, he might really have to write a letter to Qin Hao to apologize.
“Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Deputy Governor Qin and General Yuchi are back.”
“Hurry, let them in.” Yue Fei said happily.
However, when he saw Yu Chigong, who was injured, and his son with a bruised nose and face, Yue Fei could no longer laugh.
Yue Fei initially thought that Deng Yu had set up an ambush, and was secretly surprised. How could Deng Yu set up an ambush under such circumstances?
But after listening to Qin Qiong's story, Yue Fei realized that it was the Shu army from Bajun who came eastward, blocked the Qin army's pursuit, and saved the lives of Deng Yu and the Chu army who fled.
“Hmph, I didn’t take the initiative to provoke Liu Ji. He should have burned incense and prayed to Buddha. He hasn’t even solved Li Shimin and Liu Yu yet, yet he dares to take the initiative to provoke our Qin army. He is simply looking for death.”
Yue Fei snorted coldly and ordered: "Send a message to the governor and ask him to send 20,000 horses to guard Jiangling. The governor general will lead his 50,000 troops to fight Cao Shen to the death."
As soon as Yue Fei issued this order, all the generals were excited, but Lin Xiangru frowned and said, "Captain, I'm afraid this battle won't be fought."
“Oh? Why is this?”
"The Chu army now has only 15,000 defeated troops, and only one Zhijiang remains in the city. The Shu army has no foundation in Jingbei. Although it took advantage of the situation to occupy Yiling and other counties when it came east, it was not enough to support the Shu army. Provide food and grass.
In addition, although I don’t know what alliance there is between the Shu army and the Chu army, saving the Chu army is already the limit. Liu Ji cannot fight with my army for Liu Xiu. "
Although Yue Fei is a political idiot, he is definitely not a fool. Lin Xiangru said this, so how could he not understand.
“Sir, do you mean that the Shu army is going to run away?”
"They should be inseparable." Lin Xiangru said confidently.
Yue Fei's tiger body suddenly trembled, and he shouted and ordered: "Send the order, the whole army will attack, and the Shu army must not be allowed to escape Jingzhou easily."
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With Yue Fei's order, fifty thousand Qin troops roared out and headed west, but in the end it was still a step too late.
After Yu Qin Qiong's battle, Cao Shen decisively ordered a retreat. By the time Yue Fei was about to catch up, the Shu army had already retreated to Bajun.
Of course, Yue Fei's journey was not without gains. The Shu army fled back to Bajun in a panic, while Yue Fei later regained Yiling, Yidao, Wuxian and other counties one by one.
After retaking several counties east of Nanjun, Yue Fei's army immediately went south to surround Deng Yu's remnant army in Zhijiang. However, Deng Yu had already run away, and by the way, he forcibly moved away the remaining troops in Zhijiang County. Forty thousand people.
Since then, the Qin army has completely occupied Nanjun and officially expanded its power to the north of the Yangtze River.
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