Chapter 1778: The State of Chu Won Without a Fight

In the process of suppressing the Japanese, although Sun Wu pacified Danyang Shanyue by the way, he also delayed the time, and after arriving in Wu County, the Japanese had already fled in advance.

Tokugawa Ieyasu and Akechi Mitsuhide had already grabbed enough grain, and when they learned that the main force of Jiangxia's Wu army had returned, they decisively chose to return to Dongying, which made Sun Wu, who had gone to encircle and suppress the Japanese invaders, pounce.

At this point, Sun Wu also became the only defeated Han prince among the Japanese princes.

You must know that even Wang Mang of Sanhan wiped out all the Japanese invaders who invaded the border, and the powerful country that owned the entire Jiangdong allowed the Japanese to run away, which also greatly hit the prestige of Sun Jian and Wu Guo.

Let's go back to Liu Xiu's side.

Liu Xiucai occupied 57 counties of the seven counties of Jiaozhou, the best time to recuperate and recuperate, but Shu Han came to him at this time to join forces against Qin.

This opportunity is really rare, since Liu Ji is willing to be this up-and-coming bird, Liu Xiu naturally can't let go of this opportunity, so Shu Han joined forces to crusade against Qin Hao.

However, Liu Xiu was not stupid, and was unwilling to directly confront the Qin army, so he sent 50,000 troops to attack Qin Hao's doglegs, Jiangxia Huangzu.

After occupying Jiangxia, Chu will gain an absolute advantage in its strategy against Wu.

In the future, if Wu is attacking, Chu can send troops from the three directions of Jiangxia, Changsha, and Jiaozhou, so that Wu can take care of the head but not the tail, and is already invincible in terms of strategy.

Liu Xiu knew the importance of Jiangxia, and Sun Jian naturally knew it, so in order to prevent Liu Xiu from occupying Jiangxia and seize Jiangxia, a strategic place, Sun Jian personally led an army of 100,000 to support Huang Zu.

Liu Xiu didn't expect Sun Jian to be so fierce this time, and he actually led an army of 100,000 to Jiangxia at one time, this is to fight a national war with him!

If it was ordinary, Liu Xiu was naturally not afraid of Sun Jian, but at this time, when he was in Jiaozhou at the beginning, the people's hearts had not returned, and the foreign races had not yet been completely annexed, so it was impossible to gather troops from all over the world.

However, since Sun Jian wants to fight, Liu Xiu naturally can't retreat without a fight.

The total strength of the Soochow and Jiangxia alliances was as high as 130,000.

In order to fight against the Sun-Huang Alliance, Liu Xiu had to increase his troops, and requisitioned 10,000 troops from the three counties of Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang, and the total strength of the Chu State in Jiangxia also reached 80,000.

The odds of winning 80,000 against 130,000 are still not big, not to mention that Dongwu still has Sun Wu, a master of contemporary military art, so Liu Xiu gritted his teeth and requisitioned 30,000 Taiping troops from Jiaozhou.

In this way, the total strength of the Chu army in Jiangxia can reach 110,000, although it is still at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but the gap will not be too big.

For the sake of a Jiangxia, Liu Xiuzheng transferred a full 110,000 troops, which is already the limit of the Chu State, if it is in the transfer of troops, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no turmoil in the rear.

In fact, when the battle came to this point, Liu Xiu also knew that it might be difficult to occupy Jiangxia this time, but he was still unwilling to retreat, just because once he lost to Sun Jian in terms of momentum, it would mean that Chu State lost to Wu State.

In the confrontation between countries, if one move is frustrated, it may fall for thousands of miles, so Liu Xiu will never be weak to Sun Jian.

The forces of Sun, Liu and Huang, with a total of 240,000 troops, are gathered in such a small place as Jiangxia, and the daily consumption of money and food is an astronomical amount, and no one will be able to bear it for a long time, but the three parties don't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Sun, Liu and Huang all have an extremely tacit understanding, and no one directly provokes a big battle or a decisive battle, but constantly tests the opponent through small battles.

In the month-long tripartite competition, the three waterway amphibious battles were no less than 100 times, and they all paid a lot of casualties, but no one could help anyone, but in general, Liu Xiu's side was at a disadvantage.

Just when Liu Xiudu was about to lose his ability and was about to stop with the Sun and Huang families, the news of the attack of the Japanese invaders suddenly came, and the Japanese invaders burned and looted along the coast of Jiangdong, which greatly damaged the stability and prosperity of the Wu State, which gave Liu Xiukang a glimmer of hope for success.

Liu Xiu had been holding on to not withdrawing his troops before, because he knew that once he retreated, Sun Jian would inevitably directly annex Huang Zu, and when the time came, if he wanted Sun Jian to recapture Jiangxia, it would be ten times more difficult than in Huang Zu's hands.

However, the strength of the Sun-Huang alliance is too strong, and before the Chu State completely achieves the results of the Jiaozhou War, it will not be able to gnaw at the alliance of the two families at all, and even if it continues to stay and hold on, it will only be a waste of money and food, so it is better to withdraw the army as soon as possible.

But now the situation is different.

The destructiveness of the Japanese invaders along the Jiangdong coast was too great, and it was impossible for Sun Jian to watch the destruction of these Japanese invaders and be indifferent, so sooner or later he would draw some troops back to suppress the Japanese invaders, and this was Liu Xiu's chance to win.

What Liu Xiu didn't expect was that even if the Japanese invaded the coast, Sun Jian did not draw troops from the front line, but sent his two sons back to preside over the overall situation.

Sun Jian's style also made Liu Xiu realize his determination to occupy Jiangxia, if he continued to lead the army to stay in Jiangxia, sooner or later a decisive battle would break out in the state of Wu.

Just when Liu Xiu moved the idea of withdrawing his troops again, there was another good news in Jiangdong's favor, Sun Quan failed to suppress the Japanese and was defeated by the Japanese Invaders, and the disaster of the Japanese Invaders was already difficult to contain.

After learning the news, to be honest, Liu Xiu was not very happy, but was surprised that the Japanese would have such a strong combat power?

After that, Liu Xiu still didn't do anything, just held the camp, but the news that was favorable to him came one after another.

The coastal pirates were completely flooded, and 300,000 people lost their homes in the disaster, and a large amount of money and grain were needed to resettle them.

The Shanyue alien race was ready to move, and finally rebelled together, and the entire Wu country was full of flames.

After these news were returned, the people of Chu State were immediately jubilant.

They obviously didn't do anything, and they were even ready to withdraw their troops and return to China, but the state of Wu inexplicably caused a series of disasters, and even brought the entire country to the brink of extinction, which was as if the heavens were holding their state of Chu.

In this regard, Liu Xiu was naturally very happy, he knew that Sun Jian would definitely not be able to hold on, and sooner or later he would definitely withdraw his troops and return to Wu to suppress the Shanyue encirclement and suppression of the Japanese invaders.

Sure enough, a few days later, the Wu army was all evacuated from Jiangxia, and it was naturally impossible for the Jiangxia army alone to be the opponent of the 110,000 Chu army.

The state of Chu has already won without a fight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Sun Jian acted against the sky and has been convicted of heaven, as evidenced by the natural and man-made disasters in Wu this time."

Liu Xiu looked at the opposite crowd with burning eyes, and said with a smile: "And my Chu State obeys the mandate of heaven, so it is naturally blessed by heaven, and this Jiangxia County should be owned by my Chu State."

The order went down, attacked on all fronts, and occupied Jiangxia. ”

"No." The generals responded in unison.