Chapter 1641: Five Roads to Conquer Qin (II)

After listening to Deng Yu's suggestion, Liu Xiu felt that it was very reasonable, the Chu army had just been handed over to the state, and the power was not yet stable, so it was indeed not appropriate to send too many troops to fight Qin.

After all, Qin Jun is not an ordinary hard bone, it is a hard bone among hard bones.

Liu Xiu has fought with the Qin army so many times, and none of them have taken advantage of the country, so he will be cautious to dispatch an army of 150,000.

After occupying Jiaozhou, the Chu army was indeed able to dispatch 150,000 troops, but in the end, whether it won or lost, it was a bit more than worth the loss for the Chu army.

Of course, the most important point is that if so many troops are really dispatched, they may not be able to successfully capture Jingbei.

Even if the tooth is finally successfully extracted, the Chu army will definitely pay an unbearable price, and it will inevitably face a counterattack by the Qin army in the future.

Therefore, for Liu Xiu, Jingbei is not only not a piece of fatty meat, but also a hot potato.

Rather than this, it is better to give up the fight for Jingbei and instead attack Qin Hao's solid dog-legged, Huang Zu.

The benefits of winning Jiangxia are not much worse than Jingbei for Liu Xiu.

First of all, the combat power of the Jiangxia army is weak, so Jiangxia is better to fight.

Secondly, after taking Jiangxia, the state of Chu will suppress the state of Wu in terms of overall strategy.

In the end, Liu Xiu won Jiangxia, Liu Ji occupied Jingbei, and even if Qin Hao retaliated, he would not look for him Liu Xiu, but went back to find Liu Ji.

Liu Xiu was ready to let Liu Ji block him in front and act as a barrier between the Chu State and the Qin State, so that the Chu State could develop and grow with peace of mind.

After making up his mind, Liu Xiu responded to Liu Ji's troops, but the army sent was only 50,000, and the rest assured of attacking was not Nanjun, but Jiangxia.

Now the national army of Chu has 180,000, and this is not the limit, after digesting Jiaozhou and completely recovering Baiyue, the national army will exceed 250,000.

Liu Xiu had an army of 180,000, but only sent an army of 50,000 to attack Qin, and the remaining 130,000 troops consolidated the rear, digested the results of the battle, and at the same time conquered the Shiyi who had not yet been attached.

Liu Xiu personally led an army of 50,000 to attack Jiangxia in response to Liu Ji's attack on Qin, and at the same time sent Deng Yu to lead 100,000 troops to sit in Jiaozhou, rectify the Taiping army, guard Jiangdong Sun Jian, and sent Cen Peng to lead 20,000 troops to conquer Shiyi.

There is Deng Yu leading 100,000 troops in Jiaozhou, which is naturally foolproof, and Sun Jian saw that he could not find the slightest opportunity, so he took the initiative to withdraw his troops and stop fighting.

As for Shiyi, who occupies Jiuzhen and Rinan counties, it is not as unbearable as Liu Xiu said.

In the face of Cen Peng's crusade against the army to play with you, Shi Yi persevered for half a year, and ran out of ammunition and food, so he finally chose to surrender in Kaesong.

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Liu Xiu was the first to respond to Liu Ji's dispatch of troops and sent 50,000 troops to attack Hejiangxia, while the second to respond was Li Shimin.

Li Shimin is now facing a very embarrassing situation, neither Yizhou nor Liangzhou is suitable for attacking, the only direction of expansion is only the Qin State in the east, but the strength of the Qin State is too strong, and the Tang State is not an opponent at all when it fights alone.

Therefore, when Liu Ji's message against Qin came out, Li Shimin agreed without much thought, because this may be Li Tang's only chance to snatch back Sizhou.

Li Shimin's strength in conquering Qin was different from Liu Xiuke, and the Tang State owned Yongzhou, Hanzhong, and Liangzhou, as well as two hundred miles of Qiang land, most of which were rich lands, so Li Tang's total army in the country was as many as 220,000.

Of course, there are not a few troops in Li Tang who need to stay behind, and this time, in order to occupy Sizhou in one fell swoop, Li Shimin directly dispatched 120,000 troops, and the troops were divided into two ways to attack Qin.

One route was led by Li Shimin personally, with a total of 70,000 troops, which were drawn from Wuguan and Hanzhong to attack the two counties of Nanxiang and Nanyang, and if the two counties were successfully occupied, they would continue to attack Guangchengguan from south to north.

The other route was led by Yang Jian, with a total of 50,000 troops, out of Tongguan and attacked Hangu Pass.

This time, Li Shimin can be described as menacing, as if he will not recapture Sizhou and will not give up.

After Li Shimin, the king of Tang, those who responded to Liu Ji's call were the three major princes of Liangzhou: Yang Guang, Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Yang Guang responded that the army was sent to avenge his father, and he had already found out that his father Yang Jian was not killed by Li Shimin, but someone planted the blame, intending to make the Sui and Tang Liang armies kill each other.

Although Dugu's handling of defeat is quite clean, it is not seamless, Yang Guang has deliberately investigated for so many years, and it is normal to find out something.

With the situation at that time, if Yang Guang and Li Shimin were fighting, who would be the most beneficial? The answer is naturally Qin Hao.

That's why Yang Guang joined the Southern Han camp.

Seeing Liu Ji organize a bureau to deal with Qin Hao this time, Yang Guang, after careful consideration, felt that this was an opportunity to pay off, so he decided to join forces with Ma and Han to send troops and merge states.

Although Ma Teng was born as a thief, he was a loyal Han faction, and he believed that Qin Hao was coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Liu Bian of Yizhou was the orthodox Han Dynasty, so he would respond to Liu Ji's unification and send troops to attack Qin.

As for Han Sui, he was completely coerced by Yang Guang and Ma Teng, after all, among the three major princes of Liangzhou, two were involved, could he Han Sui not come?

Although Yang Guang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui jointly sent troops, they still checked and balanced each other, so even if the three were united, they only dispatched 100,000 troops to attack the three counties of Hetao of Qin.

Liu Ji in Chengdu chose to invite Liu Yu to send troops together, but Liu Yu decisively refused.

Liu Yu's territory does not border Jingzhou, even if he lays down a territory in Jingbei, it is just an enclave, and Liu Yu is not stupid, of course it is impossible to do a thankless thing.

Liu Yu's non-cooperation made Liu Ji very angry, thinking that Liu Yu really didn't know how to lift, so he wanted to use this to beat him.

But Liu Ji thought about it, if he forced Liu Yu too much at this time, it would be worth the loss if he forced him to Qin Hao's side, so he temporarily suppressed the plan to beat Liu Yu and decided to clean up Liu Yu after the victory.

The country of Bashu Tianfu is already densely populated and rich, and Liu Ji accounts for most of the elite area of Yizhou, so the total army of Shu is as much as 250,000.

Because he still had to guard against Chi You and Liu Yu, Liu Ji naturally couldn't transfer troops unscrupulously, and finally decided to personally lead an army of 130,000 to attack Nanjun.

At this point, the Invasion of Qin Coalition Army was officially established:

On the first road, Liu Ji, the king of Shu, sent 130,000 troops to attack Nanjun from Ba County.

On the second road, Liu Xiu, the king of Chu, sent 50,000 troops to attack Jiangxia from Changsha.

On the third and fourth routes, Li Shimin, the king of Tang, sent 120,000 troops, 70,000 all the way, and attacked Dawuxiang County from Hanzhong and Wuguan. The other way, 50,000, attacked Hangu Pass from Tongguan.

On the fifth road, the Liangzhou Yangmahan Three Kingdoms Alliance, sent 100,000 troops to attack Hetao from Liangzhou.

The six major princes, a total of 400,000 troops, were sent to kill the Qin State in five ways, and for a time the world shook, and the government and the opposition shook.

Four more, two chapters are still owed......

(End of chapter)