Chapter 1580: Sweeping Liangshan (I)

Sun Wu is known as the Sun family's most promising person to become a great grandmaster.

Before he was captured, Sun Wu was a peak grandmaster, if he hadn't been captured for so many years, he would definitely be a half-step great grandmaster now, and in a dozen years at most, the Sun family would have one more great grandmaster.

A family with the protection of a great grandmaster, and a family without it, is not the same concept at all.

However, Sun Wu, who was almost certain to become a great grandmaster, was abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang halfway through the promotion, which is equivalent to the loss of a great grandmaster by the Sun family.

Sun Jian was even more angry, and even almost lost his mind, and was ready to continue to stay in Hefei and fight with Zhu Ming.

However, under Sun Wu's persuasion, Sun Jian gradually calmed down and understood that this was not a good opportunity to seize Jianghuai, and preventing Liu Xiu from occupying Jiaozhou was the top priority of Eastern Wu.

"Although Zhu Yuanzhang is dead now, Zhu Ming is still there, and Sun Jian will never just forget the revenge of his brother's skills."

Hearing Sun Jian say this, Sun Wu was afraid that he would not be able to see it, so he was ready to continue to persuade him, but he interrupted Sun Jian before he could speak.

"This time, I, Sun Jian, will keep my promise and withdraw my troops and let Zhu Ming go, but this matter is not over, and in the future, I will settle with Zhu Ming slowly."

Sun Jian looked at Hefei City in the distance, and coldly ordered: "Pass the order, withdraw the troops, and return to Jiangdong." ”

"No."

On the city of Hefei, Zhu Wenzheng, who was leading the guards on inspection, was relieved to see that the Wu army outside the city had retreated.

"Finally retreated."

Zhu Wenzheng exhaled a long breath of turbidity, and the string that had been tight in his heart for a long time could finally be relaxed.

Don't look at it, plus blow Zhu Wenzheng to the sky, saying that he easily defended Hefei City with outnumbered enemies, but only Zhu Wenzheng himself knew that Hefei City was not easy to defend at all, but it was very difficult.

Zhu Wenzheng is indeed a city defense wizard, but Sun Jian is also a famous siege general, and the duel between the two is like a spear and a shield.

Zhu Wenzheng was not easy at all to defend Hefei, he had been forced into a desperate situation by Sun Jian several times, if he hadn't had an idea and thought of a way to crack it in time, I am afraid that Hefei City would have been broken by Sun Jian.

This time, Sun Jian led the army to attack and was even more prepared, not only did his subordinates come out with fierce generals, but all the siege equipment was also readily available.

The original rock-solid Hefei City, under the continuous bombardment of the Dongwu catapult, has also been smashed into a broken state, and most of the materials in the city have been consumed, and Hefei City has almost reached the point of exhaustion.

If Sun Jian did not take the initiative to withdraw his troops, Zhu Wenzheng estimated that if he held on for another month at most, Hefei City would be breached by Sun Jian, but fortunately, Sun Jian still took the initiative to withdraw his troops.

"Although Sun Jian has retreated along the way, the situation facing our army is still not optimistic, and now there are not many defenders in Hefei City, and there is no way to divide troops to support the lord, so he can only rely on the lord himself to survive this catastrophe."

Zhu Wenzheng said to himself with a wry smile, and then hurriedly wrote a letter, telling Zhu Di and Fan Zeng about the current situation in Hefei City.

As Fan Zeng expected, after Sun Jian withdrew his troops, Huang Zu's army became a little timid, and Huang Zu gave the order to withdraw soon after.

However, what Fan Zeng didn't know was that the reason why Huang Zu withdrew his troops was not because Sun Jian withdrew his troops, but because Zhang Liang was afraid that Zhu Ming would not be able to stop the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and once Wei and Song annexed Zhu Ming, it would also affect the Qin army to occupy Hebei.

Therefore, Zhang Liang asked Qin Hao to use the name of the imperial court to order Huang Zu to withdraw his troops and return to Jiangxia.

Huang Zu's sworn enemy Liu Xiu has belonged to the Southern Han court, and it is impossible for him to join the Southern Han, and the Northern Han is too far away from Jiangxia, and has been suppressed by the Qin army, so he can't count on it at all.

Huang Zu was already scared by Qin Hao, and he couldn't get out of the Luoyang Imperial Court, so he naturally didn't dare to disobey Qin Hao's orders.

After Sun Jian retired from the army, it was indeed difficult to rely on Huang Zu's family alone, so he would withdraw so happily.

After Sun Jian and Huang Zuzu retreated, the enemies that Zhu Ming had to face also changed from four countries to two countries, but Wei and Song were the strongest two countries, and the challenges faced by Zhu Ming were still extremely difficult.

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Qingzhou, Beihai.

Speaking of Li Jing's side, after finalizing the strategy of attacking first and breaking them one by one, Li Jing began to choose targets between Song Jiang and Zhu Tianpeng.

If you want to pick persimmons, Song Jiang is undoubtedly a soft persimmon compared to Zhu Tianpeng, and if he attacks with the combat power of the Qin army, he can definitely hit Liangshan in one fell swoop.

But if it is taken by surprise, the Qi army will definitely not think that the Qin army will take the initiative to attack at this time, and if it attacks the Qi army, it is also very likely to defeat the border Qi army in one fell swoop.

After pondering for a long time, Li Jing decided to fight Song Jiang first.

The main force of the Qi army has not yet arrived, and the Qi army stationed at the border is only 5,000, even if it is completely annihilated, it will not be able to reach the Qi army at all, but will still startle the snake.

On the contrary, if Song Jiang is defeated first, it is equivalent to cutting off the enemy's arm...... Well, it may be an exaggeration to say that one arm has one, but at least one finger is there, and it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers.

"Where are Jintai, Lin Chong, and Chao Gai?" Li Jing ordered.

"The end will be."

The three generals stood up together, and Jin Tai and Lin Chong both stood up a little excitedly.

"You and the other three are responsible for guarding the North Sea, and there must be no mistakes."

"Uh, No."

The two thought it was a battle at first, but they didn't expect Li Jing to play his cards according to the routine, and the first to point was the defender, so they were naturally a little disappointed in their hearts.

Chao Gai is different, although he has betrayed Liangshan, he still doesn't want to fight with his former brother, and leaving to defend the city is with him.

Li Jing didn't care about so much, and continued to order: "Where are Ran Min, Tai Shici, and Qin Ming?" ”

"The end will be."

"You and the other three of you, although they are too guarded, will go to Liangshan together."

The three generals were all shocked, and Tai Shici asked, "Lord Taishou, do you want to go out in person?" ”

"That's right, this operation is very important, once it doesn't go well, the future battle will be difficult, and Ben Taishou must go out in person." Li Jing said in a deep voice.

Hearing Li Jing say this, the three generals who originally wanted to persuade Li Jing to stay didn't say anything more.

The Qin army in Beihai totaled 43,000 people, Li Jing left Jintai, Lin Chong, and Chao Gai to lead 18,000 to guard Beihai City, and he personally led 25,000 troops, as well as Ran Min, Tai Shici, and Qin Ming.

After Chao Gai defected to the Qin army, he explained all the situation in Liangshan, coupled with the infiltration of the Qin army's secret agents, so Li Jing already knew the layout of the Liang army in all aspects, even if he didn't use Chao Gai as the leading party.