Chapter 1438: Jiaozhou Rebellion

Seeing that Sun Jian retreated without a fight, Liu Xiu was also relieved in his heart, after all, Jingnan was also not suitable for a big war.

The four counties of Jingnan have just been filled with barbarian population, and it is a good time to concentrate on development, and at this moment, if you fight Sun Jian to the death, even if you win, you can only lose both.

Therefore, Sun Jian took the initiative to strike the war, which was also in line with Liu Xiu's intentions, but he also knew that Sun Jian would never give up Lujiang County, and there would be a war between the two families in the future.

Jiangdong is much richer than Jingnan, of course Liu Xiu also wants to occupy Jiangdong, but he also knows that it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to encroach on Jiangdong only by relying on the strength of the four counties of Jingnan, but if Jiaozhou is unified, he can send troops to attack Jiangdong from the two directions of Jiaozhou and Lujiang, so that Sun Jian can take care of the head but not the end, so it will be much easier to occupy Jiangdong.

In order to achieve his strategic goal of completely conquering Jiangnan, Liu Xiu took a defensive position in Lujiang in the east and Nanjun in the north, while cultivating and recuperating in the interior to accumulate strength, while collecting intelligence on Jiaozhou and dividing its officials, and using all means to prepare for the capture of Jiaozhou.

A year later, Jingnan initially digested the Wuling barbarians, as well as the new Lujiang County, and ushered in the Great Rule, and Liu Xiu took advantage of this to expand his army to 150,000.

At the same time, there was a change in Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie raised troops against Hong Xiuquan.

After Hong Xiuquan led the army into Jiaozhou, he relied on Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, and Li Xiucheng, the three famous generals during the Yellow Turban period.

Of the 57 counties of the seven counties of Jiaozhou, Hong Xiuquan only occupied the four counties of Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, and Hepu, as well as most of the Jiaozhi counties, and the remaining half of the Jiaozhi counties, as well as the two counties of Jiuzhen and Rinan, were occupied by the original Han forces headed by Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie.

At the beginning, Hong Xiuquan defeated the native Han forces in Jiaozhou and drove them all to the remote and impoverished south in one fell swoop, hoping to annex this remnant force in one fell swoop, but the Baiyue tribes in Jiaozhou launched a rebellion together at this time.

In desperation, Hong Xiuquan could only temporarily bypass Shixie and turn his gun to suppress the Baiyue Rebellion, but on the way to suppress the Baiyue Rebellion, the Han forces led by Shixie actually surrendered on their own initiative.

When Shi Hongxiu was busy suppressing Baiyue, he didn't have time to deal with Li Shixie, so he naturally accepted his surrender.

After the suppression of Baiyue, Shi Xie's performance has always been very deferential, and he will do whatever Hong Xiuquan says.

At that time, Hong Xiuquan's credibility had not yet been extinguished, and seeing that Shixie was so obedient, he thought that he had been completely attached, and wanted Shixie to set a good example for the surrendered Shixie, and he did not settle accounts after the autumn, and still retained Shixie's military and political autonomy, but only nominally accepted the allegiance of Shixie and other Han officials.

After that, Hong Xiuquan personally led the northern expedition to Jingzhou, but not only did not win, but was defeated and returned, and even his sister was snatched away by Lu Bu.

Since this battle, Hong Xiuquan's ambition has gradually faded, and he doesn't mention going north to the Central Plains, and he is addicted to wine all day long, so he naturally doesn't care about Shixie.

Although Liu Xiu's actions against Jiaozhou are secret, it is impossible to completely hide Hong Xiuquan.

When he learned that his neighbor Liu Xiu in the north was coveting his own territory, and that he had a total of 150,000 troops, this greatly stimulated Hong Xiuquan's sense of crisis.

Although Hong Xiuquan has no ambition to continue the war, he also wants to guard his one-third of an acre of land and be a soil overlord.

But when he learned that Liu Xiu's strength was so strong and he was ready to attack him, this naturally made Hong Xiuquan sit on pins and needles.

Hong Xiuquan finally stopped enjoying the decadence, he tried his best to increase his strength to resist Liu Xiu's invasion soon after, in order to protect himself, and the fastest way was naturally to completely annex Shixie, after all, the soldiers and horses in Shixie's hands were ready-made.

The reason why Shixie surrendered to Hong Xiuquan was nominally subordinated to him, just so that he could retain the right of autonomy, and now Hong Xiuquan wants Shixie to hand over the military power, which is like directly pinching Shixie's throat, how can Shixie be willing to do it?

After several fruitless negotiations, Shi Xie chose to use a drastic method and directly raised troops to fight against the flood.

Shixie, who has a team of soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou, is naturally one of Liu Xiu's targets.

Shi Xie also knew that relying only on his own soldiers and horses, fighting against Hong Xiuquan was undoubtedly a mantis arm, and only when the other force intervened and completely muddied the situation in Jiaozhou, he could have another chance of life.

So Shi Xie agreed to Liu Xiu's wooing, and made an alliance with him, and agreed to divide Jiaozhou equally after defeating Hong Xiuquan.

Youshixie attracted the main force of the Taiping army in front, and indeed led most of the Taiping army over, while Liu Xiu took the opportunity to personally lead the army into Jiaozhou.

Although Liu Xiu wanted to capture the entire territory of Jiaozhou as soon as possible, he didn't dare to take too many soldiers and horses, after all, there were many princes who coveted his territory around, and he didn't want to get Jiaozhou but lost Jingnan.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, Liu Xiu only led 50,000 troops into Jiaozhou, leaving 100,000 troops to guard various places.

Because the main force of the Taiping army was attracted by Shixie, after Liu Xiu led the army into Jiaozhou, he did not encounter much resistance, and occupied the 6 counties of Yulin County without paying many casualties.

Liu Xiu's 50,000-strong army attacked Jiaozhou and had already conquered half of Yulin County, which naturally made Hong Xiuquan very frightened.

Hong Xiuquan immediately Yang Xiuqing and Li Xiucheng, ordered him to lead 30,000 Taiping troops, and 30,000 Taiping troops composed of various ethnic groups in Baiyue, and quickly returned to help resist Liu Xiu's invasion, while letting Shi Dakai continue to lead the army to suppress Shixie.

In order to avoid being attacked by Liu Xiu and Shixie on both sides, Hong Xiuquan's Taiping army could only choose to fight on two fronts, and this was undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

It will also take time for Yang Xiuqing's army to come back, and it will also take time for Shi Dakai to suppress Shixie, and the Taiping army must hurry up to race against time.

At this time, Hong Xiuquan's younger brother Hong Ren took the initiative to ask for orders and first persuaded Sun Jian to send troops to attack Jingnan in order to force Liu Xiu to withdraw his troops.

After Hong Ren arrived in Jiangdong, he stated the benefits and disadvantages to Sun Jian, and Sun Jian hated Liu Xiu for taking Lujiang River, so it was naturally impossible to watch Liu Xiu capture Jiaozhou, so he sent 60,000 troops to attack Lujiang County.

After saying that Sun Jian was moved, Hong Ren rushed to Jiangxia County non-stop, and said that Huang Zu also joined forces to send troops, and Huang Zu led his son Huang Xie to lead 30,000 troops to attack the Changsha army.

After that, Hong Ren was ready to go to persuade Yue Fei, but before the others arrived in Xiangyang, Yue Fei had already taken the initiative to join in, and personally led an army of 70,000 to capture Nanjun.

During the period of recuperation, although Qin Hao did not want to start the war lightly, he also did not want Liu Xiu to occupy Jiaozhou, and it was inevitable to directly send troops to stop it.

The battle of Yue Fei's attack on Nanjun was also the only battle after the Qin army's two-year cultivation, and it was at the end of the two-year cultivation period.