Chapter 2004: Battle of Jingbei
Chapter 2004 The Battle of Jingbei
Chapter 2002: Battle of Jingbei
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 that the frontline army had constant food and grass and could successfully retreat from the Yiling 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 Jiangling City for a month under the fierce attack of 50,000 Chu troops, but the fact was that they had already Guarded for two months.
Even Liu Xiu and Liu Ji have to admit that it is a miracle that Jiangling City can persist until now.
If we just defend, even if there are famous generals like Meng Gong who are good at defending, it is impossible to defend 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 did he lose his general Wang Gui, but he also lost 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 failed to 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. Indirectly, Helped Meng Gong survive the most difficult period.
After that, Qin Zheng adopted Lin Xiangru's plan and used himself as bait to attract Liu Xiu to go 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. 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.
After that, while Liu Xiu stormed Jiangling, he also used spies in the city to provoke, 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 common people, and eliminated all hidden dangers in the city in one fell swoop. eradicate.
Liu Xiu saw that conspiracy and tricks were useless against Meng Gong, so he could only attack the city openly and steadily, using cannon fodder to gradually consume 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 the 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 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 of Nanjun, and they occupied it in less than ten days. The entire territory of Nanjun except Jiangling City.
Jiangling City is a fortified city with tens of thousands of defenders. It is also guarded by Meng Gong, a good defensive general. It cannot be broken in a short time.
Liu Ji and Liu Xiu naturally knew this, so they each left 30,000 troops and used 60,000 troops to attack Jiangling. The two of them led the remaining troops north to attack Xiangyang County.
All the elites from each county in Xiangyang County have been mobilized, and most of the defenders in the city are newly recruited soldiers. 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 him to help Liu Ji attack the city now. After all, the captured cities were not his.
Before the two armies of Liu Ji and Liu Xiu reached Xiangyang City, Yue Fei had already led his army south from Nanyang and stationed in Xiangyang, replacing Qin Qiong and once again becoming the governor of Jingzhou.
The Jingbei Qin Army was trained by Yue Fei after all. Under Yue Fei's command, he had only been bullying others for so many years. How could he have been bullied on his own initiative?
So, 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 the Shu Kingdom. After Yue Fei took over the military power, The decline of the Qin army stopped immediately.
As Liu Ji and Liu Xiu went north, the battle situation in Jingbei also became 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, but 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, 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 personally led the remaining army to stay in Xiangyang to confront Erliu.
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 into the hands of other countries.
Wei Zhang saw that the Xinye garrison was sufficient and well-equipped. He knew that he was a step late, but he did not feel sorry for him and retreated. So he decisively led his troops to attack the city, but was easily repulsed by Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong, the deputy governor of Jingzhou, was repeatedly defeated by Liu Ji and Liu Xiu this time, but it does not mean that he is an incompetent general. The opponent is really too strong, and it is naturally no problem to deal with Wei Zhang with his ability.
Wei Zhang stormed Xinye for two days, but could not shake the enemy at all, so he could only retreat temporarily.
At the same time, in Xiangyang, Yue Fei also officially became friends with Liu Ji and Liu Xiu.
Yue Fei's ability in commanding the army goes without saying. No one in the Shu-Chu coalition could surpass him, but there was a top strategist in the coalition, 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.
Yue Fei, who had been plotted against, had his vigilance raised to the highest level. With Lin Xiangru, Qin Zheng and others around, it was difficult for even Chen Ping to plot against Yue Fei.
In half a month, Yue Fei fought eight times with Er Liu, winning three and drawing five, killing more than 10,000 enemies, while he only suffered 5,000 casualties.
The whole army was very excited when they heard about it.
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