Chapter 2005: Battle of Gangneung (Part 1)
Chapter 2005 Battle of Jiangling (Part 1)
Chapter 2003: Battle of Jiangling (Part 1)
After Shu Chu invaded Jingbei, they attacked the city and captured the territory while absorbing local forces. The Qin soldiers who surrendered after being captured, as well as the miscellaneous soldiers in the county, were completely developing towards becoming stronger and stronger as they fought.
At its peak, in addition to the regular army, the Shu-Chu coalition had 50,000 soldiers for siege.
With the shrewdness of Liu Xiu and Liu Ji, they would not be stupid enough to use elite troops to attack the city, and these newly recruited surrendered troops naturally became the best cannon fodder.
This is also the reason why Shu Chu and Qin fought for so long, and there were countless dead bodies under Jiangling and Xiangyang cities, but the regular army only suffered 20,000 casualties, because most of those who died in the battle were cannon fodder.
The Shu-Chu coalition lost 20,000 regular troops and 50,000 cannon fodder, and still failed to capture Jiangling and Xiangyang, but it didn't matter, they just continued to recruit.
Just when Liu Ji was about to recruit people to join the army on the spot and let the people in Jingbei serve as cannon fodder for the attack on Xiangyang City, Chen Ping stood up to stop him.
Chen Ping said that Jingbei is a newly acquired land. If the local people are too harsh, it will not be conducive to the people's attachment. It will also make the people in the unoccupied land completely turn to the Qin army, and may even force the local people to rebel.
After Liu Ji thought about it, he felt that it made sense. He was deeply annoyed that the people in Jingbei fully supported the Qin army and did not regard the people in Jingbei as his own people. This was because the people in Jingbei supported the Qin army too much. .
During the confrontation in Yiling, Qin Qiong issued a "Wartime Grain Requisition Order", which directly confiscated all the grain reserves in the hands of the people and hoarded them in Jiangling and Xiangyang, leaving only basic rations for the people.
Liu Ji laughed and laughed at Qin Qiong after learning about it, thinking that Qin Qiong was messing up his position.
Food is the most important thing for the people. Qin Qiong forcibly confiscated the people's grain and grass. How could the people agree? Isn’t this forcing the people to rebel against the Qin army?
Liu Ji has a high prestige in Yizhou, and the people of Yizhou also support the Shu army. However, if the Qin army invaded Yizhou, he would not dare to do so, but Qin Qiong did so.
So, Liu Ji concluded that Qin Qiong was asking for trouble, but what happened next made Liu Ji completely dumbfounded.
Not only did the people in Jingbei not rebel, but they also took the initiative to hand over grain and grass, and actively joined the army, gathering 70,000 new troops in a very short period of time.
At this time Liu Jicai knew that the Qin army was so supported by the people in Jingbei.
The common people's support for the Qin Army made the Shu-Chu Allied Forces, which was supposed to be unstoppable, extremely slow in its attack on Jingbei. In addition, all the food and grass in the hands of the people were taken away. The Shu-Chu Allied Forces had no way to collect food on the spot and had to To transport grain and grass from Jingnan and Bajun, the grain road was stretched for hundreds of miles, which undoubtedly increased the transportation burden of the two countries.
The originally smooth situation turned into such a situation because of the people. This made Liu Ji extremely angry that the people in Jingbei did not know how to appreciate them, so he treated the local people so harshly.
With Chen Ping's reminder, Liu Ji came to his senses. After he completely occupied Jingbei, these people would be his subjects in the future. If he only focused on the present, he would definitely leave huge hidden dangers for the future governance of Jingbei.
In addition, if the people cannot bear the oppression and raise troops to rebel against the Shu Kingdom, it will also be an even more troublesome problem.
Why did the big man end up like he did today? It's not that the people couldn't survive anymore, so they started to rebel.
The common people are not sheep. If they are really pressed, they will bite.
The common people can overthrow even the Han Dynasty, let alone the Shu Kingdom?
Thinking of this, Liu Ji immediately gave up his plan to forcefully recruit troops. He was not only afraid of leaving hidden dangers for the future governance of Jingbei, but also afraid of forcing the people of Jingbei to rebel.
In order to capture the two cities of Jiangling and Xiangyang, the Shu-Chu coalition not only lost all 50,000 cannon fodder casualties, but also lost 20,000 main troops. Seeing the reinforcements of the Qin army approaching, the gap in strength between the two sides will further narrow. Liu Ji and Liu Xiu They didn't dare to continue such a forceful attack.
After some deliberation, both Liu Ji and Liu Xiu decided to temporarily withdraw from Xiangyang and concentrate their forces to capture Jiangling City first. Even if the Qin army's reinforcements arrived, at least there would be no worries in the rear.
It is not an easy task to withdraw the troops under Yue Fei's nose.
Chen Ping proposed a plan to Liu Ji, deliberately pretending to withdraw his troops, and exposed the ambush intentionally or unintentionally, making Yue Fei think that the coalition forces were pretending to withdraw, but what they really did was to ambush Yue Fei. Naturally, Yue Fei would not pursue him, but The coalition forces can then retreat openly.
Liu Ji followed Chen Pingyan's plan and naturally acted according to the plan, so he pretended to set up an ambush, but actually withdrew his troops.
After Yue Fei, Qin Zheng and other senior officials of the Qin army learned about it, they were unwilling to let the coalition forces withdraw and wanted to pursue them, but they were concerned about the coalition ambush. In addition, the coalition forces were stronger than the Qin army and it was not suitable for a decisive battle before reinforcements arrived, so they did not pursue it. After the Shu-Chu allied forces withdrew a hundred miles, Yue Fei realized that he had fallen into a trap after being reminded by Lin Xiangru. Liu Ji was pretending to set up an ambush, but his real purpose was to retreat.
Yue Fei naturally regretted this and wanted to make up for it, but the Shu-Chu coalition had already run far away and was no longer effective in pursuit.
If Liu Ji and Liu Xiu are allowed to retreat, it will undoubtedly increase the burden on Jiangling City. Jiangling, which has been holding on for a month, is likely to be broken by the coalition forces.
Jiangling is one of the most fortified cities in Jingzhou. When Yue Fei attacked Jiangling, due to various factors, he had to fight three times before defeating it.
So, once it falls into the hands of the Shu army, it will be difficult for the Qin army to recapture it.
In addition, the Shu army will also use Jiangling as its base camp to firmly control more than 20 surrounding counties and cities, thus establishing a firm foothold in northern Jing.
Even though the Shu army occupied many cities, their control was actually not that great. The people in the city all supported the Qin army, and they basically had an attitude of subservience to the Shu army. They just relied on the huge military strength.
Nearly half of the land in northern Jing will not be owned by the Qin army.
So, Jiangling must be saved.
After some deliberation, even though reinforcements were coming soon and even though Jiangling might not be saved, Yue Fei decided to send troops to Nanjun.
A total of 50,000 troops were dispatched for this operation. Yue Fei and Qin Zheng each received 25,000 troops. The troops were divided into east and west routes and went south to Jiangling. If they could enter Jiangling City, they would enter the city. If they could not enter the city, they would contain the strength of the coalition forces and prevent them from attacking Jiangling with all their strength. city.
Yue Fei's method was exactly the same as Qin Zheng's method of saving Jiangling, but at this point, even he had no other choice but to give it a try.
Liu Xiu had suffered losses from Qin Zheng before, so it was naturally impossible for Yue Fei or Qin Zheng's army to enter Jiangling City again this time.
Liu Ji sent his generals Zhou Bo and Xia Houying, each with an army of 25,000, and also sent three generals, Xing Tian and Hou Yi Kua Fu, to strictly defend Yue Fei's Eastern Route Army.
Liu Xiu then appointed Ma Yuan, the newly defected general, to lead an army of 30,000 people and take charge of the Qin government blocking the west road.
Under the strict defense of Er Liu, both Qin armies were blocked halfway and were unable to approach Jiangling City. However, they were able to contain the 80,000 troops of the Shu-Chu coalition.
Although the pressure faced by Jiangling City has been relatively relieved, it has not been completely resolved. The more than 100,000 Shu-Chu coalition forces outside the city are still huge, which is far beyond what the defenders inside the city can resist.
Under Meng Gong's month-long defense, nearly half of the city's defenders had suffered casualties and one-third of the city's defense supplies had been consumed. Only then were repeated attacks by the coalition forces repelled.
This is a guarantee for the 30th. I have a lot of things to do in two days, and I really can’t find time to write, and I am a little out of shape. I also ask for your forgiveness, book friends, and I will definitely update it in my spare time during the National Day.
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In addition, the number of monthly votes in September exceeded 500 to 700, and two chapters were added.
After adding the two chapters owed before, the total is currently owed seven chapters.
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