Chapter 1439: Attacking Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang

Liu Xiu thought that the preparations before the war were sufficient, but he didn't expect that such a big chain reaction would be triggered, directly attracting the joint attack of Qin Hao, Sun Jian, and Huang Zu.

Although Liu Xiu left 100,000 defenders in Jingnan, the total strength of the three coalition forces was as high as 160,000, and the attitude of the three families of Qin, Sun and Huang was very resolute, preferring to send troops directly rather than occupying Jiaozhou.

Therefore, if Liu Xiu continues to attack Jiaozhou, it is difficult to guarantee that the three families will not continue to increase their troops, and by then Jiaozhou may not be defeated, and Jingnan will have already been lost.

As for Jiaozhou's side, Hong Xiuquan's troops are already more than Liu Xiu's, and there are two generals, Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai, even if Shixie has some of the energy of the Taiping Army, Liu Xiu will not be able to occupy Jiaozhou in the short term.

But if the troops are dismissed and returned to Jingnan, not only will all the previous preparations be in vain, but also Hong Xiuquan's vigilance has been aroused, and it will not be so easy to enter Jiaozhou in the future.

The three families of Qin, Sun and Huang jointly sent troops to Jingnan, which made Liu Xiu fall into a situation where it was difficult to ride a tiger, but after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to continue to fight in Jiaozhou.

In the world of great contention, those who follow will die, and those who will go against will be strong!

Liu Xiu's goal is not to be in a corner of peace, just to be a soil overlord, what he wants is to dominate the world.

Now that only the three princes are attacking, if he retreats, how can he talk about competing with Qin Hao for hegemony, and how can he talk about dominating the world?

The three princes jointly attacked, although this situation was difficult for Liu Xiu, but it could not be more difficult than when he led an army of 10,000 to the south to conquer Jingnan.

With Shixie in the internal strategy, now is the best time for Liu Xiu to enter the Jiaozhou, if he only retreats because of the persecution of the princes, then he will never be able to occupy Jiaozhou in the future, let alone annex Jiangdong and unify Jiangnan.

Jingnan has 100,000 defenders, and it is on the defensive, even if the three families come together, there will be no accidents in the short term.

Therefore, Liu Xiu was ready to break the cauldron and let Jingnan's 100,000 army block the alliance of the three princes, while he himself led the 50,000 army to continue the battle.

In the face of the attack of the three princes, Liu Xiu not only did not retreat, but chose to carry it hard, and at the same time started a war with the four princes, which was a shock to the world.

Many people can't help but sigh at Liu Xiu's boldness, and at the same time feel sorry for Liu Xiu, after all, the three princes united this time are not small princes, including not only Qin Hao, who is the overlord of the princes, but also Jiangdong Sun Jian's strength is not inferior to Jingnan, and Hong Xiuquan has occupied Jiaozhou for many years and has a deep heritage.

It didn't take long for Liu Xiu to unify Jingnan, but he dared to start a war with these three princes at the same time, which was obviously extremely unwise, so most people in the world were not optimistic about Liu Xiu.

Sun Jian's 60,000-strong army attacked the Lujiang River, and Cen Peng led 40,000 troops to defend;

Huang Xie's 30,000 army attacked Changsha, and Feng Yi led the army to defend it;

Yue Fei's 70,000-strong army attacked Nanjun, and Deng Yu led 40,000 troops to defend

Liu Xiu's 50,000 troops attacked and fought, and Yang Xiuqing led 60,000 troops to defend;

Shi Dakai opened an army of 30,000 to attack Jiaozhi, and Shi Xie led 20,000 troops to defend;

In this way, Liu Xiu's invasion of Jiaozhou completely lit the fuse, and all the southern princes fell into a melee at once, and this war also made the princes of the world look sideways.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang of Xuzhou finally expelled Liu Bei and completely unified the land of Xuzhou.

In fact, as early as a year ago, Zhu Yuanzhang had already defeated Liu Bei.

Even with the help of Zhuge Liang, the 20,000 improvised Qin army, and Jiang Song and Yuwen Chengdu, Liu Bei still failed to hold Xuzhou under Zhu Yuanzhang.

The arrival of Zhuge Liang made up for Liu Bei's shortcomings in strategy, troops, and generals, but compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Bei's background is still too shallow.

The decisive battle in Xiapi was extremely miserable, and even the battle of the God of War was carried out more than once, but in the end, Xiapi City was still broken by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the city was broken, the Xuzhou family was slaughtered by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Liu Bei led the remnants to escape into the mountains at the junction of Xu and Yan.

Liu Bei has lost Xuzhou, and Zhuge Liang naturally has no reason to stay, but Liu Bei is unwilling to fail, still wants to recapture Xuzhou, and begs Zhuge Liang to help him.

Although Zhuge Liang knew that it was impossible for Liu Bei to recapture Xuzhou, he considered that Liu Bei could be used to reduce Zhu Yuanzhang's development speed, so he persuaded Liu Bei and Zhu Yuanzhang to fight guerrilla warfare, and took Jiang Song and Yuwen Chengdu to stay and continue to give advice to Liu Bei.

After Zhu Yuanzhang unified Xuzhou, he wanted to recuperate, but Liu Bei's remnants attacked and hindered his development everywhere, so he could only send troops to encircle and suppress Liu Bei while cultivating, but Liu Bei, who was assisted by Zhuge Liang and supported by Qin Hao, was so easy to exterminate?

Although the scale of the encirclement and suppression battle in Xuzhou was not large, it was fought for a whole year, which seriously delayed Zhu Yuanzhang's development.

In the end, Liu Bei lost nothing, all the troops in his hands were damaged, even his wife and concubine were lost, and the whereabouts of his two righteous brothers Guan Zhang were also unknown.

After a long time, Liu Bei learned that Guan Yu had to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang in order to keep his wife and concubine, and Zhang Fei's whereabouts have been unknown.

Zhuge Liang led 20,000 slaves into Xuzhou, and when he came back, there were only more than 2,000 people left, but he also exceeded the task laid by Qin Hao.

Although Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang caused a lot of trouble to Zhu Yuanzhang, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he never regarded Liu Bei as an opponent, and in his opinion, Liu Bei was just a small trouble, so while encircling and suppressing Liu Bei, he was also planning to attack Yuan Shu's Jianghuai land.

The geographical location of Xuzhou is more embarrassing, its terrain is flat, except for the city, there is almost no danger to defend, and it is not suitable as the starting place for hegemony, but if you get Qingzhou or Jianghuai, you can enter the world and retreat to one side.

As for the Qi State in the south of Qingzhou, even the King of Qi Zhu Tianpeng is Zhu Yuanzhang's person, so the southern part of Qingzhou is actually under Zhu Yuanzhang's command.

However, if you want to merge the Qi State under Zhu Yuanzhang, it will take time, and it will not be something that can be achieved overnight.

Therefore, for Qingzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry at all, but focused on Jianghuai and Yanzhou.

There is Li Zicheng here in Yanzhou, Li Zicheng is an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, since he is eyeing Yanzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang is not good to cross him to attack Yanzhou, so he can only support him to go to confront Cao Cao, and he himself is secretly plotting Yuan Shu's Jianghuai.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not the only one who is eyeing Jianghuai, Jiangdong Sun Jian and Yuzhou Zhao Kuangyin are all coveting Jianghuai, a place that is about to be creamy.