Chapter 1781: Meng Heng guards Jiangling

Liu Xiu is undoubtedly a person who takes care of the overall situation, he knows that with the strength of his own family, he is far from Qin Hao's opponent, so he formed the Southern Han Alliance with Liu Ji, and willingly succumbed to Liu Ji.

The Southern Han Alliance is already the biggest anti-Qin force today, and Liu Jizi, as the leader, is the biggest bird, but this bird is obviously not easy to do, after all, it must always be nailed to the front line of anti-Qin.

It was precisely because Liu Jiding was in front to attract Qin Hao's firepower that Liu Xiu could hide behind and take the opportunity to reap the benefits, and Jiangxia was one of the benefits that Liu Xiu reaped.

Liu Xiu, who tasted the sweetness, wanted to continue to be cheap, but Liu Ji quit.

is also a member of the Southern Han Alliance, and those who contributed did not get benefits, but those who paddled did get it, why are you Liu Xiu so good?

Therefore, not long after Sun Jiancai withdrew his troops, Liu Ji sent envoys to urge Liu Xiu to march to Jingbei.

Liu Xiu didn't care about it at that time, but after occupying Jiangxia, after Deng Yu's reminder, he found out that due to uneven division, the Southern Han Alliance had ushered in the biggest crisis.

After the establishment of the Southern Han Alliance, hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Qin in five directions, and its momentum can be described as shocking to the world, but so far, no big results have been achieved along the way.

The Shu State was blocked by Yiling and could not advance an inch, the Tang State only occupied half of Wuxiang County and was blocked by Yue Fei, and the Yang, Ma and Han families suffered heavy casualties in the Hetao.

At present, in the entire Southern Han Alliance, only the Chu State, which occupies Jiangxia, can be regarded as truly profiting from this military dispatch, which can be said to be the leader.

The original intention of the establishment of the Southern Han Alliance was to resist Qin, and the state of Chu did not contribute much to resist Qin, but took the opportunity to profit and take advantage of such a big benefit, the other members would naturally be unbalanced.

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Xiu realized that if he didn't make a contribution, this attack on Qin might end without a problem, and even the alliance might fall apart.

Therefore, even if it is to maintain the anti-Qin alliance, Liu Xiu must abandon Wu and Qin, otherwise once the anti-Qin alliance splits and Shu retreats, there will be no one to help him stop Qin Hao.

I have to say that Liu Xiu's calculations are indeed clever, at least he has obtained real benefits, and Liu Ji, as the leader of the Southern Han Alliance, although he has also gained great prestige because of the formation of the alliance, but these are invisible benefits, but the substantive benefits have not been much, and they have been ruthlessly used by Liu Xiu.

Under Liu Xiu's personal leadership, 50,000 Chu troops marched in parallel to Nanjun by water, and were soon informed by Han Shizhong, the general of the border navy.

"Quickly send back the news of the Chu army's attack, and let the county commanders prepare to defend to the death."

After speaking, Han Shizhong raised his head, his eyes were full of determination, and said in a deep voice: "Although there are only 5,000 sailors under the command of this general, I am afraid that it will not be possible to completely block the Chu army, but it can still be done by delaying it for ten days and half a month."

Ordered the whole army to defend the water village, and was going to fight with Liu Xiu again. ”

"No."

At the junction of Jiangxia and Nanjun, the Qin general Han Shizhong defended Shuizhai with 5,000 naval troops and fought fiercely with Liu Xiu's 50,000 Chu troops.

After half a month of fierce fighting with the Chu army, the Qin army's water village was finally broken by the Chu army, the general Su Can was killed by the Chu general Chongheihu, and the commander of the water army, Han Shizhong, led 2,000 remnants of the army to flee to Jiangling.

After the Chu army successfully landed on the road in Jingbei, it divided its troops into three ways to capture the counties, and broke through four counties in less than ten days.

Yiling, inside the camp of the Qin army.

Knowing that Nanjun was attacked by Liu Xiu, the generals of the Qin army were shocked.

After the Sun and Huang families joined forces, they had the upper hand in the face of Chu, so Qin Qiong would transfer the troops of the eastern front to the western front to fight against Shu Han.

But neither Qin Qiong nor Lin Xiangru expected that this time the Wokou Rebellion and Shanyue's rebellion would make Liu Xiu profit, and finally won without a fight and easily occupied Jiangxia.

Liu Xiu won inexplicably this time, and it was too sudden, Qin Qiong didn't have time to prepare at all, and after reacting, Jiangxia had already been occupied by Liu Xiu.

After Liu Xiu occupied Jiangxia, it was not over, and then he set his sights on the Nanjun of the Qin State, but at this time, the Nanjun army was very empty, and it was undoubtedly very difficult to resist the offensive of the 50,000 Chu army.

"Governor Dadu, 50,000 Chu troops are coming, and Nanjun is in danger."

Lin Xiangru's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Once Jiangling falls, our army's grain route will be cut off, and it will be attacked by Chu and Shu from both sides, and I am afraid that there will be a danger of annihilation of the entire army at that time."

Dadu Governor, Yiling is no longer defensible, so let's withdraw the army quickly to protect Jingbei. ”

Of course, Qin Qiong knew the importance of Jiangling, but the importance of Yiling was also self-evident.

Yiling is the only dangerous place between Jingyi, and it is also the last place to defend, after Yiling, there is no danger to defend at all, and once the Shu army breaks through Yiling, the entire Jingbei will be under the threat of the Shu army.

But once Jiangling falls, the Qin army will face a two-sided attack, and when the whole army may even be annihilated, Qin Qiong has already made a decision in his heart.

"Withdraw the army, but you can't withdraw it immediately, if the Shu army perceives the intentions of our army, it will definitely stick to it in a big way, and it will be difficult to withdraw the army when the time comes."

Qin Qiong stood up and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send an order to the general and guard Meng Heng, and ask him to be sure to defend Jiangling for a month and buy time for the governor of Pontus." ”

"A month?"

All the generals exclaimed in surprise, and Yue Yun even stood up and said: "Dudu, the Jiangling garrison is only 3,000, even if you add 5,000 recruits, it is only 8,000, how can you hold out for a month under the attack of 50,000 Chu troops?" ”

The total number of defenders in Jingzhou was only 80,000, but they had to face the three-way Southern Han army, and the strength was too tight, so before the war, Qin Hao urgently expanded the army by 100,000, of which 70,000 were given to Jingzhou.

With the addition of 70,000 recruits, the pressure on Jingzhou has become much smaller, but the recruits are recruits after all, and they can only be used to defend the city, not to fight in the field at all, so the crisis in Jingzhou has not been resolved.

After hearing Yue Yun's words, Qin Qiong pondered for a while, and said, "Don't worry, this governor will fly pigeons to pass a book to the Xiangyang Thorn History Mansion, and let Qin Zheng Assassin Shi send reinforcements to the generals." ”

In Jiangling, the guards Meng Heng and Han Shizhong stood side by side on the city tower, looking at the crowded Chu army under the city, their faces were full of solemnity.

"Report ......"

At this moment, Huo Jun ran over with a serious face and reported: "General Qiyu, the reinforcements sent by Lord Assassin Shi were intercepted by the Chu army and suffered heavy casualties. ”

"What?"

Han Shizhong exclaimed, and Meng Hui looked bitter and said with a wry smile: "I know that Liu Xiu will not let our army's reinforcements arrive in Jiangling easily." ”