Chapter 244: Solid as a Rock (Part II)
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Update Total: "Dead! Meng Yan shouted, cut the Han army in front of him into two, and kicked the lower half of the Han army colonel off the building, and then looked around, only to see that the dead soldiers of the Han army who grabbed the head of the city had basically been killed, only about a few dozen people were still resisting, but it was a matter of time before they were killed.
Losing the support of wells, ladders, and siege vehicles, the Han army suddenly suffered a major setback.
The heavy armor and light soldiers of the Han army, which were originally crowded outside the north gate, were even more shocked by Meng Keng's 300 heavy cavalry and the follow-up nearly 1,000 light cavalry, and it was difficult to organize a decent offensive.
"Woo woo woo woo ......" Suddenly, a low horn sounded outside the city.
When Meng Yan hurriedly looked back, he saw that the Han troops lined up in the distance suddenly turned back and began to retreat slowly.
In less than half an hour before and after, a team of Han troops completely disappeared from the field of vision of the soldiers of the Chu army, seeing this scene, Meng Yan couldn't help but secretly scream that it was a pity, if the soldiers under his command were full of physical strength, at this time they took advantage of the situation to kill for a while, even if they could not completely defeat the three-way Han army, but it was more than enough to severely damage them.
In the hurried footsteps, Meng Keng, who was dressed in heavy armor, also went to the head of the city, and bowed to Meng Xun again: "General, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”
Meng Yan patted Meng Keng's shoulder and said, "Meng Keng, it's good!" ”
After saying that, Meng Yan took two steps forward and jumped onto the battlement, and then immediately raised his horizontal knife and roared: "Great Chu is mighty!" ”
"Great Chu is mighty!" First Meng Keng and the nearby veterans of the Chu army, then the veterans of the Chu army in the distance, and then all the prisoners who had survived the battle, all of them roared hysterically, and in the end, the chaotic roars converged into a neat line, and the sound of a trumpet was like thunder about to break through the sky.
Meng Yan put his sword back into its sheath, but the roar of the veterans and prisoners continued.
As a veteran of a hundred battles, Meng Yan did not stop them, because Meng Yan knew that whether it was a veteran or those prisoners, they would need to vent the emotions in their chests.
However, Meng Yan believes that after venting, these prisoners will fully grow up and grow into veterans of the Chu Army whose spiritual will is stronger than a rock, and in the near future, the remaining more than 5,000 prisoners will become a force that cannot be taken lightly.
More than ten miles away, Li Zuoche was leading his army to slowly retreat.
Hearing the trumpet-like sound of the mountain roaring behind him, Li Zuoche couldn't help but change color slightly, and various emotions such as frustration, helplessness, shock, and disappointment surged into his chest in an instant, where did this little-known Meng come from, and where did Xiang Zhuang recruit him? His defenses are stronger than a rock!
Li Zuoche knows better that after this battle, it will be difficult for the Han army to threaten Jiangdong again, unless the Han prince personally raises a large army to attack Jiangdong, but within three or five years, the Han king is afraid that he will not be able to go out of Kanto again.
Li Zuoche never believed that Xiang Zhuang would give up.
Jiangdong has not really suffered the devastation of the war, manpower, material resources, and national strength still exist, no matter how difficult it is, it is absolutely no problem to send tens of thousands of elite soldiers to cross the river to the north to attack Jiujiang, once Xiang Zhuang's soldiers are in Jiujiang, Zhou Yin, Jin She and others are also blind, and they will only calculate their own interests, how can the Han army resist?
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To this day, Li Zuoche can't help but think about his future and fate, once Xiang Zhuang's troops come to Jiujiang, the loss of Jiujiang is inevitable.
Once Jiujiang is lost, what should the more than 20,000 remnants of his Li Zuoche army do?
It is obviously unrealistic to return to Guanzhong, whether it is Linjiang or Liangguo, they will not let him go, Li Zuoche does not think that he has the ability of Xiangzhuang, and he can take 20,000 remnants of soldiers to fight thousands of miles and fight back to Kanto.
Jiujiang can't hold it, and Guanzhong can't go back, where should he Li Zuoche go?
On the way back to the six counties, Zhou Yin, Zhou Huan and his son were also worried about their future.
Zhou Huan whipped the horse stock of the mount under his crotch, chased after Zhou Yin on the horse, and said depressedly: "Father, did you really withdraw the troops like this?" ”
Zhou Yin said: "If you don't withdraw your troops, what else can you do?" ”
Zhou Huan said: "If you can't take Liyang, you can't pull out this nail in Jiangbei, the Chu army can cross the river and go north at any time, once Xiang Zhuang's troops are in Jiujiang, Jin She and Li Zuoche are afraid that they will not join forces with us to fight against the Chu army at all, and when the time comes, with the more than 30,000 troops under my father's command, how can they compete with Xiang Zhuang?" ”
Zhou Yin sighed: "Let's take a step and see a step." ”
After saying this, Zhou Yin said again: "It's really not good, you just cut off your father's head and go to see Xiang Zhuang, no matter what, my Zhou family is the old Chu family, betrayed Da Chu, and killed the first king for his father, which has nothing to do with the Zhou family, and his father heard that Xiang Zhuang is a person and a person who is not like the first king, as long as his father dies, he will not pursue the past." ”
"Father! Zhou Huan said miserably, "How can this work?" Even if a child fights to the death, he will never do this! ”
"Good boy." Seeing Zhou Huan's resolute expression, Zhou Yin couldn't help but feel relieved, giving birth to a child like this, what more could a husband ask for? However, the thoughts in Zhou Yin's heart were more resolute, if the situation was really irreparable, he could only ......
Before Xiang Zhuang's army arrived in Wuzhong, the news of Yingbu's retreat and Liyang's victory was delivered one after another, Xiang Zhuang immediately asked Jin Xiang to call Baili Xian to his account, and now, the seven-way coalition army besieging Jiangdong has collapsed, and after the Chu State turns the corner, it is bound to have something to say next, and it is not rude to come, isn't it?
To paraphrase the terminology of later generations, it is time for the Chu army to collect war dividends next!
While thinking about it, Bai Lixian had already entered the big tent and bowed to Xiang Zhuang and said, "King." ”
Xiang Zhuang got up to return the salute, and invited Bai Lixian to the table, and then said: "Ziliang, Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche have suffered a heavy setback in Liyang and have already withdrawn!" ”
"Oh?" Baili said happily, "Congratulations to the king." ”
Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Ziliang, now is a good opportunity to recover Jiujiang!" ”
"King Mingjian." Baili Xian thought so, after the war, of course, the Chu army had to say something, if he didn't take this opportunity to punish these princes who dared to provoke Great Chu, where would the prestige of Chu be located? Where does the military prestige of the Chu army exist?
Since it is a punishment, it is necessary to control the mode of the battle, so Huainan and Minyue are obviously inappropriate, Huainan is too strong, Minyue is too far away, and the labor expedition is easy to shake the national capital of Chu, in addition to Huainan and Minyue, Hengshan and Dongou have been destroyed, so only Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche of Jiujiang are left.
And from the perspective of the strategic situation, Jiujiang cannot be left alone, regardless of whether Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche are still as loyal to Liu Bang as before, at least nominally, Jiujiang is still the territory of the Han State, and the existence of such an enclave of the Han State is like putting a sharp knife on the soft underbelly of the Chu State, how can the Chu State be negligent?
Xiang Zhuang touched the corner of his lips and saw a thick beard, and said, "Ziliang, how do you say this battle should be fought?" ”
Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said in a deep voice: "King, the minister thinks that Jiujiang must be taken, but in what way to take Jiujiang, you need to think about it, Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche add up to at least fifty or sixty thousand troops, and they are all elites, although they can't be compared with the Chu army, but they are also veterans of a hundred battles." ”
"yes." Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said thoughtfully, "We must not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Han army because of the fiasco of Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche in Liyang. ”…,
In the battle of Liyang, the reason why the Han army was defeated, on the one hand, was because of the strong defense of Mengyang, which can be described as solid as a rock, but on the other hand, Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche secretly intrigued, all thinking about consuming others and saving themselves, which gave the Chu army a chance to breathe.
Baili Yuan paused, and then said, "King, let's wait for the doctor to come back." ”
"Ziliang, your thoughts coincide with the widow, hehe." Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, and said, "The widow has already repaired a book, and sent someone to send it to Yiyi day and night to forward it to the doctor, after receiving the book, the doctor will go straight from Yiyi to the six counties to lobby Zhou Yin, if nothing else, Zhou Yin should return to Dachu." ”
Bai Lixian continued: "Therefore, this time to raise the army, it is Jin She and Li Zuoche who really need to be defeated!" ”
When Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian got up at the same time, they strode to the screen hanging with the map, Bai Lixian pointed to the map with the feather fan in his hand and said: "Look, the king, this is Jiujiang, Zhou Yin occupies the central, western and southern parts of Jiujiang, and Jin She and Li Zuoche are entrenched in the area of Quyang, Yinling, Dongcheng and Zhongli in the northeast of Jiujiang, which is very close to Huainan Kingdom!" ”
Xiang Zhuang's eyes narrowed suddenly, Bai Lixian's meaning had already been made very clear, if the Chu army wanted to send troops to the northeastern counties of Jiujiang, and if it wanted to spend a small effort to achieve the goal of punishing Jin She and Li Zuoche, it was impossible not to consider the factors of Huainan State, as long as the Huainan army intervened, the situation in Jiujiang would have many changes.
Baili Xian said: "The king, the minister suggests forming an alliance with Huainan and joining forces to punish Jin She and Li Zuoche!" ”
"An alliance with Huainan?" Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard this, Chu State borders Huainan, and there is only a river apart, not to mention the iron rule of distant friendship and close attack, from a geopolitical point of view alone, the two countries are natural enemies, and an alliance is obviously not advisable, but for now, an alliance is acceptable.
Because in the next few years, Xiang Zhuang will devote himself to domestic reform.
Once the reform is pushed forward, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the whole country in the early stage, and it will also cause confusion in the minds of the aristocracy and scholars, and the national strength and military strength of the Chu State will also decline...... )