Chapter 1469: Chu Shu retreats

The Battle of Jiangling lasted two months, with more than 20,000 soldiers lost, and finally ended with the capture of Jiangling by the Qin army and the defeat and escape of the Chu army.

After the capture of Jiangling, Nanjun was basically in the hands of the Qin army, and although the Chu army still had a chassis in Jingbei, even strong cities such as Jiangling were breached, and the rest of the cities were basically impossible to hold.

The Chu army, which had lost Jiangling City, had no power to return to heaven, and there was no other way to go except to withdraw from Jingbei, and staying in Jingbei would only lose its troops.

As for after the Qin army takes Nanjun, will it cross the river and attack Jingnan?

It depends on Liu Xiu's performance.

If Liu Xiu was acquainted with the army and withdrew from Jiaozhou, Qin Hao would naturally not let Yue Fei attack Jingnan.

But if Liu Xiu insists on unifying Jiaozhou, then the Qin army will definitely fight across the Yangtze River, even if Qin Hao himself doesn't want Jingnan, he will help Sun Jian or Huang Zu to bite off a piece of meat from Liu Xiu.

Therefore, whether the Qin army will fight the Yangtze River or not, the choice is not in the Qin army, but in Liu Xiu, which is undoubtedly a difficult choice for Liu Xiu.

On the other side, after Yue Fei led the army into Jiangling, he immediately sent troops to fight the fire and provide disaster relief, and after a day of settlement, the fire and disaster situation in Jiangling finally calmed down.

"Governor, Deng Yu is too ruthless, his fire burned down one-third of the houses in Jiangling, leaving fifty or sixty thousand people homeless.

In addition, half of the grain depot was also burned by the fire, if Mr. Cai Mao had not arrived in time to prevent the Chu army from continuing to set fires, I am afraid that the other half of the grain depot would also be burned by the Chu army. Lin Xiangru said with a heavy face.

When Yue Fei heard this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he was obviously resentful of Deng Yu's actions of ignoring the lives of the people, and then he bowed to Cai Mao below and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cai, for making a timely move." ”

Deng Yu did not kill Cai Mao, because Liu Xiu said that he wanted to save Cai Mao's life, and the situation at that time was extremely critical, and Deng Yu had no time to waste on Cai Mao, so he let Cai Mao go and left directly.

Cai Mao, who was lucky enough to save one, saw that the Chu army wanted to burn the grain depot by fire, so he took the opportunity to prevent the Chu army from preventing fire and helped the Qin army keep the grain depot, which can be regarded as a great achievement.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, that's all Cai can do." Cai Mao said solemnly.

Although Yue Fei was polite to Cai Mao, Cai Mao did not dare to be proud of his achievements, after all, the Qin army obviously did not trust him, in the battle of Jiangling, on the surface, he and the Jingzhou family relied on him, but in fact, he and the Jingzhou family were used as cannon fodder, and Kuai Qi was the real nirvana of the Qin army.

After learning this, Cai Mao once again saw the black hearts of the princes, and he thought that he was in control of his fate, but he was the one who was used from beginning to end, whether it was under Liu Xiu, but because he took refuge in the Qin army.

Cai Mao was scared and completely disheartened, but she also knew that she couldn't get out at all, so she could only continue to struggle in this human purgatory.

Yue Feihu glanced at Cai Mao suspiciously, Cai Mao gave him the feeling that the gap was too big from before, and he even had the feeling that he was completely two people.

Yue Fei shook his head, and then said to Lin Xiangru: "Military Division, the people's disaster relief will be handed over to you, and you must harvest the hearts of the people of Nanjun as soon as possible." ”

"Well, now the population of Nanjun is not large, there are only more than 300,000 in total, most of the people have been relocated to Jingnan by Liu Xiu, it is not difficult to harvest the hearts of the people in Nanjun, as long as you show grace to the people and implement the policies of our army."

"What? There are only 300,000 people left in South County? ”

Yue Fei exclaimed, and Lin Xiangru showed a helpless look, his own governor only paid attention to the military affairs of the Chu army but ignored the policy, Liu Xiu did not hide the relocation of the people of Nanjun into Jingnan, but he didn't know until now.

"Abominable Liu Xiu." Yue Fei said angrily.

In order to capture Nanjun, Yue Fei personally led the army to attack three times, and the losses in the three attacks were no less than 50,000 soldiers, but in the end, what he got was only a Nanjun with a population of 300,000, so did he earn or lose?

"Governor, Nanjun is an important town in Jingbei, the geographical location is extremely important, once it is advanced, it can be attacked and defended, its role does not lie in the population, and it is acceptable to sacrifice some troops." Lin Xiangru persuaded.

Hearing this, Yue Fei's face was a lot better, if this was a loss-making deal, he was afraid that he would really have to write to Qin Hao to ask for guilt.

"Report ...... The Grand Governor of Qiqi, the Deputy Governor of Qin, and General Wei Chi returned. ”

"Quick, let them in." Yue Fei said overjoyed.

However, when he saw the injured Wei Chigong and his son with a blue nose and swollen face, Yue Fei couldn't laugh anymore.

Yue Fei thought that Deng Yu had set up an ambush at first, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, Deng Yu could still set up an ambush in that situation?

But after listening to Qin Qiong's story, Yue Fei learned that it was the Shu army of Ba County who went east, blocked the pursuit of the Qin army, and saved the lives of the defeated Deng Yu and the Chu army.

"Hmph, the governor of Pontus didn't take the initiative to provoke Liu Ji, he should burn incense and worship the Buddha, he hasn't even solved Li Shimin and Liu Yu, he dares to take the initiative to provoke my Qin army, it's like looking for death."

Yue Fei snorted coldly and ordered: "Send a message to the assassin and ask him to send 20,000 horses to guard the generals, and the 50,000 troops under the command of the generals of the Pontus Governor will fight to the death with Cao Sen." ”

As soon as Yue Fei's order came out, all the generals were excited, but Lin Xiangru frowned and said, "Dudu, I'm afraid this battle won't be able to be fought." ”

"Oh? Why is that? ”

"The Chu army now has only 15,000 defeated troops left, and there is only one Zhijiang left in the city, and the Shu army does not have any foundation in Jingbei.

In addition, although I don't know what kind of alliance there is between the Shu army and the Chu army, saving the Chu army is already the limit, and it is impossible for Liu Ji to fight to the death for Liu Xiu and our army. ”

Although Yue Fei is a political idiot, he is definitely not a stupid person, Lin Xiangru has said this, how can he not understand.

"Strategist, do you mean that the Shu army is going to run?"

"It should be 仈 Jiǔ is not far from ten." Lin Xiangru said confidently.

Yue Feihu's body was suddenly shocked, and he shouted and ordered: "Pass the order, the whole army will attack, and the data must not be allowed to escape from Jingzhou easily." ”

"No."

With Yue Fei's order, 50,000 Qin troops roared out and headed west, but after all, they were still one step too late.

After Qin Qiong's battle, Cao Shen decisively ordered a retreat, and by the time Yue Fei was about to catch up, the Shu army had already retreated to Ba County.

Of course, Yue Fei's journey was not without gains, the Shu army fled back to Ba County in a panic, while Yue Fei recovered Yiling, Yidao, Wuxian and other counties one by one.

After recovering several counties east of Nanjun, Yue Fei's army immediately went south and went to surround the remnants of Deng Yu's army in Zhijiang, but Deng Yu had already run away, and by the way, he forcibly moved away 40,000 people in Zhijiang County.

Since then, the Qin army has completely occupied the entire county of Nanjun and officially expanded its power to the north of the Yangtze River.