Chapter 36: The Southern Expeditionary Corps
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But what even Tu Sui himself didn't expect was that in the next two years, after he reorganized these Qin troops stationed in the three southern counties, he received the news of the arrival of troubled times.
At this time, Ren Huan had already died of illness, and Tu Sui decided to wait and see what happened after thinking about it for a long time.
After all, if you want to go north to rescue the Qin State, not only is the road far away, but you also have to consider that a large part of the officers and soldiers under the command of the Qin Army are people from the six countries of the Kwantung region before.
In such a situation, Tu Sui, who had been thinking about it for a long time, decided to wait and see what happened, just like Zhao Tuo knew in the history of Zhang Jiashi, and sent his henchmen to lead the army to block the road north into Qianzhong County, Hengshan County and Minyue Kingdom.
Of course, unlike the history that Zhang Jiashi knew, Tu Sui did not make this arrangement in order to be the king and hegemon, but planned and then acted.
After all, the preparations for sending troops were not completed, and Tu Sui also had to make arrangements for the defense of the south, in such a situation, even if Tu Sui was determined to send troops north immediately, he would not do such an unrealistic thing.
Of course, Tu Sui didn't know that after Zhang Jiashi captured Xianyang, he sent a few people south by chance, intending to contact him, but they were all blocked by Tu Sui's cronies.
In the matter of the return of these personnel, they encountered Liu Bangjun who went south to Jiujiang County, and in such a situation, Zhang Jiashi did not wait for the news of the personnel he sent out.
Zhang Jiashi, who mistakenly thought that the main force of the Qin army of the southern expedition was going like history, gave up the plan to contact the Qin army of the southern expedition again.
This also made Zhang Jiashi and Tu Sui almost not fight on the battlefield between the two leaders of the Qin army.
That's for later.
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At the same time that Liu Bang's army attacked many counties and counties of Wu Rui's army, the situation of Wu Rui's army, which was losing and retreating, made Wu Rui very helpless to face such a situation. It's not like he hasn't thought about what he's supposed to do.
For example, it is the surrender of Liu Bang.
But in the end, Wu Rui gave up this idea because of an unexpected circumstance.
That is, those Qin officers and soldiers in the south really went north.
Wu Rui gasped. That is, if Liu Bangjun is regarded as a hungry wolf, then these Qin officers and soldiers who went north are naturally a tiger that is a little old, but there will not be much loss of combat effectiveness.
Wu Rui decided to send someone to contact the commanders of these Qin officers and soldiers before making plans.
After all, compared to this precarious throne. Wu Rui didn't have much to think about this position. If it was impossible to go north to the Guanzhong region so easily, Wu Rui himself planned to defect to his son-in-law, and then with the help of Yingbu, he would find an official position under Zhang Jiashi, and he would have survived.
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On November 21, 205 BC, before Zhang Jiashi launched an offensive against the besieging Qi army, Tu Sui received a messenger captured by the front-line officers and soldiers. The other party wanted to be able to meet him.
Tu Sui didn't want to see such an individual. But after knowing that the other party was sent by Wu Rui, Tu Sui, who thought about it for a while, finally asked this messenger to be sent to him.
This messenger was Wu Rui's younger brother, Wu Ying. After he saw Tu Sui, he grew his mouth in surprise.
Tu Sui seemed to have already adapted to such a situation, and he said slowly: "I don't know if your envoy is coming, do you have anything to say?"
"Captain Tu, are you not dead yet?" Wu Ying said in some incredulity.
"Should I die?" Tu Sui looked at Wu Ying angrily, because he didn't have much time to talk to this person now.
After hearing Tu Sui's words, Wu Ying couldn't help but shake his head and showed a wry smile.
After he recovered his mood, he said to Tu Sui: "My lord is Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan. My lord does not want to fight with the army under the command of Tu Guowei, after all, my lord also wants to enter the rule of the Great Qin Empire again, and is willing to remove the king's name. β
After Tu Sui heard Wu Ying's words, something suddenly sounded, that is, according to what the other party said, that is, the Great Qin Empire did not seem to have been swallowed up by the chaos of the world.
He looked at Wu Ying and thought about it slightly. Or he said: "Until then, I think I would prefer to know the current situation in the Central Plains." β
After hearing Tu Sui's words, Wu Ying couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but he still quickly said what he knew.
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After a long time, after Tu Sui listened to Wu Ying's words, he entered into deep thought.
Because he didn't know anything about Zhang Jiashi, a person who appeared out of thin air. The other party was able to take charge of the state affairs of the Great Qin Empire in so many years, and his son was even the new monarch of the empire hand-picked by the first emperor Yingzheng, which made Tu Sui feel that Zhang Jiashi's luck was indeed outrageous.
But soon, after thinking about it, Tu Sui asked about something: "Wu Ying, you just said something." The current general of the empire is Li Xin?"
"Yes, although the news spread some time ago, the younger generation does not think that the news is false. Wu Ying quickly said this respectfully to Tu Sui.
Tu Sui was silent for a moment, he didn't expect that after Zhang Jiashi lost Mengwu, he still had the courage to appoint a non-trusted general as the highest officer under his command. Moreover, Li Xin was willing to serve under Zhang Jiashi, and Tu Sui himself felt a little surprised.
After all, he and Li Xin, Meng Wu, the father and son of the Meng family and the father and son of the Wang family are all old acquaintances.
Li Xin can be said to be a little proud, but the other party can be happy and convinced of Zhang Jiashi's dedication, and Zhang Jiashi's ability is indeed worthy of the attention of the first emperor.
When he thought of this, he took a deep look at Wu Ying and said a sentence:
"I can help you deal with this offensive, but in exchange, I hope to lead the way north to the Central Plains at the right time. β
"This ......" Wu Ying couldn't help but be silent after hearing Tu Sui's conditions, after all, compared to Liu Bang's offensive, Tu Sui's dynamics made them feel more frightened.
But after thinking about it for a long time. Wu Ying still accepted Tu Sui's suggestion on behalf of Wu Rui.
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On November 28, 205 B.C., while Zhang Jiashi was gradually recovering the cities he had abandoned, fierce fighting broke out between Wu Rui and Liu Bang in the area of Changsha County.
The combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers under Liu Bangjun's command is stronger than that of Wu Ruijun in many aspects.
Soon, Wu Rui's army was gradually suppressed by Liu Bangjun.
And Zhang Liang, who saw this situation, smiled and said to Liu Bang: "It is very likely that the king will be able to repel Wu Rui's army today." Take Changsha County as your own. β
"This matter is all up to Mr. Zhang's help and his subordinates, and there is not much that Gu can do. β
Liu Bang said this sentence at the same time. There really is no need to blush.
After all, after the battle of Jiaxian, Liu Bang, who lost Fan Hao and the Lu family brothers, really needed to do it himself in many things.
If Zhang Jiashi knew about this situation, he might have looked up at the sky to see if the sun had come out of the west.
During this period of time in Yingdu, Liu Bang accepted several beauties and gave birth to his other son, Liu Chang.
And such a thing appeared. also made Liu Bang quickly forget about Lu Pheasant and Liu Luyuan's sisters and brothers, and established his eldest son Liu Fei as the crown prince of Jiujiang.
However, before Liu Bang and Zhang Liang thought that their chances of victory had subsided, an unexpected situation appeared!
That is, more than 30,000 Qin officers and soldiers flanked the mountains and forests from the formation to the west of Liu Bang's army, and directly attacked Liu Bang's army's formation.
"This can't be !!" Liu Bang couldn't help but roar out after seeing this situation.
And Zhang Liang quickly thought of the source of this Qin army.
Liu Bang said that it is impossible, and this point is not wrong in a sense. That is, in order to attack Wu Rui's control area and capture Changsha County and Hengshan County, he even blocked his newly formed Lou Chuanshi troops to the west of the river, just to prevent the Qin army's Lou Chuanshi troops in Shu County from attacking them from the flank and back.
And Zhang Jiashi's troops in Sanchuan County and the Guanzhong area are even more unlikely to fly over.
So Liu Bang's idea is indeed outrageous that can't be said wrong.
But Zhang Liang smiled bitterly. He muttered, "We've all ignored the Qin army in the south!"
He knew very well that it was indeed impossible for Zhang Jiashi in the north to lead his army south and suddenly appear in this place.
However, if the Qin officers and soldiers in the south wanted to go north, it was naturally impossible for them to know too much detailed information.
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Zhu Yuan is a fierce general under Tu Sui, and in the Southern Expeditionary Army under Ren Huan, both in terms of martial arts and resourcefulness. All are quite outstanding.
Therefore, Tu Sui was very relieved and asked Zhu Yuan to lead the army to support Wu Rui's officers and soldiers.
And Zhu Yuan also lived up to expectations, before Wu Rui's army in Changsha County was about to be defeated by Liu Bangjun, he detoured back to Liu Bangjun's flank and launched a fatal blow to Liu Bangjun.
Although different from the main force of the Qin army under Zhang Jiashi's command now, the troops of the Qin army in the southern expedition were almost all light infantry. However, the light infantry of these Southern Expeditionary Corps was not inferior to the Liaodong Army under Zhang Jiashi in terms of combat effectiveness, and even in terms of combat experience, they were much better.
Ji Xin, who was on the left flank of Liu Bang's army, was quickly defeated by Zhu Yuan's army, and 20,000 Liu Bang's army resisted the surprise attack of Zhu Yuan's army in a hurry, and before the moment the reserve sent by Liu Bang arrived, the 20,000 army under Ji Xin's command was defeated.
Holding a long beryllium still dripping with blood in his hand, Zhu Yuan took a slight look at the battlefield situation and decided to directly attack Liu Bangjun's home formation, forcing tens of thousands of Liu Bangjun's troops on the front line to return to rescue Liu Bang.
Of course, Zhu Yuan also kept a hand, that is, he had to guard against whether Wu Rui would "sell" him and his 30,000 brothers.
The reinforcements sent by Liu Bangjun were simply unable to effectively resist the group of reinforcements who immediately changed their formation and stormed their advancing queue.
In many respects, the older Southern Expeditionary Qin Army was inferior to the main force of the Qin Army under Zhang Jiashi in terms of physical strength and equipment, but in terms of combat experience and mutual coordination, only a very small number of officers and soldiers under Zhang Jiashi could compare with them.
Purely in terms of cooperative operations, the combat effectiveness of these southern expeditionary Qin troops was enough to throw off Liu Bangjun's army a few streets.
Many of Liu Bang's officers and men were quite brave despite the battle. But they were not facing more Qin warriors who fought with their personal strength, but with a fairly tacit team attack.
Perhaps, a soldier of Liu Bangjun can effectively fight against a soldier of the Qin army of the southern expedition, but when a soldier fights with each other, these Qin officers and soldiers can suppress the equal number of troops of the other party.
Zhu Yuan did not wait for Liu Bang to move his troops again, so he led the army to break Liu Bang's support army again.
Liu Bang's heart was very anxious, but he did not disappoint Zhang Liang. Because he himself knows one thing very well, that is, he will now transfer back to the front-line army under his command to fight against Wu Rui's army. What will happen to you?
He could only count on Zhou Bo on the front line to quickly defeat Wu Rui's army.
But what Liu Bang didn't expect was that he couldn't buy too much time for himself, or for Zhou Bo, after several troop transfers one after another.
And Zhu Yuan led the army to break through the three blocking troops under Liu Bang one after another in just one hour, which made Liu Bang have an urge to die.
In desperation, Liu Bang finally rang the bell to collect the troops.
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In this battle of Changsha, Liu Bang's losses were not as heavy as the battle of Jiaxian, the commander of the Qin army on the other side. The pursuit is not to bring effective damage to the army under his command, but to directly lead the army to break through his blocking forces, so that he has to mobilize more troops to reinforce.
It can be said that this one thing is the key to the decisive victory of the other party.
Liu Bang completely lost the opportunity to attack Wu Rui.
The only thing that made Liu Bang feel a little comfortable was that the military strength that he had finally developed again did not suffer too many losses......
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And Wu Rui won the battle. But he also lost the capital to negotiate terms with Tu Sui.
After the heavy losses of the army under his command, Wu Rui simply accepted Zhu Yuan's hint, took the initiative to give up the title of King of Hengshan and handed over the commanders of some troops to Zhu Yuan.
This situation means that Wu Rui officially threw himself into the Qin army's formation again.
After such a news reached Tu Sui's ears, Tu Sui showed a smile, that is, the recovery of Hengshan County was a good start in a sense.
He even couldn't wait to send an envoy north to Guanzhong to inform Zhang Jiashi. That is, the officers and soldiers of the Southern Expedition to Qin still obeyed the orders of Xianyang.
Of course, Tu Sui has not heard of some thoughts of his subordinate martial arts, that is, even if Tu Sui is to rule the river with Zhang Jiashi, it is not difficult.
Tu Suidang had never heard such a statement. After all, in his heart, he never had such ambitions. And, now that this step has been taken. So if you want to do some things, you have to think about whether he has this kind of strength.
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The officers and soldiers of the Southern Expedition to Qin did have considerable combat effectiveness, but in many ways, even if Tu Sui occupied all the land south of the river, what could it do?
Once the Central Plains area is reoccupied by Zhang Jiashi, then even if the two sides are engaged in a stalemate and tug-of-war, the other side is completely fearless.
Because although the Central Plains is broken, if Zhang Jiashi is given a certain amount of time, it is still not difficult for the other party to recover a certain degree of lost strength.
In such a situation, the gap between the two sides will only widen. Moreover, Zhang Jiashi is good at using the building boat soldiers, once the other party sends a large number of building boat soldiers, and a steady stream of transport troops reinforce from the sea, then the entire coastal area is simply unable to defend.
In that case, why should he let himself be burdened with an infamy that blocks the general trend and makes life miserable?
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In the following months, between the Battle of Changsha and March 204 BC, the New Southern Expeditionary Corps, led by Tu Sui, Wu Rui, Zhu Yuan, and other Qin civil and military forces, engaged in a tug-of-war with Liu Bang's army in the area around Changsha County.
Although Tu Sui didn't want his strength to lose too much, Liu Bang could be regarded as ruthless.
In the past four months, more than 200,000 major battles have broken out between the two sides, and there have been countless small-scale encounters or corresponding battles.
After this series of battles was pulled down, Liu Bang lost a large area south of the river, and if it weren't for the Jiujiang area still in his hands, Liu Bang could be said to be a big defeat.
Of course, this time, Wu Rui became the biggest loser.
Because Wu Rui was in the Southern Expeditionary Army, under Tu Sui's deliberate ignorance, his influence gradually faded.
In the end, after Zhang Jiashi and Tu Sui merged, Zhang Jiashi saw Yingbu's face and arranged for Wu Rui to continue to serve as the county guard of Jiujiang County of the Great Qin Empire.
That's for later.
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On December 17, 205 BC, Zhang Han looked at the Qin army camp tent in the distance and the Xuanniao flag fluttering on the city wall, and his heart couldn't help but be gloomy.
After all, this situation is what he does not want to see.
And he didn't expect that the first emperor Yingzheng really didn't see the wrong person.
Zhang Jiashi really relied on his own efforts and luck to lead Daqin again and achieve the general trend of being able to unify the world.
But so what?
Will he still be able to return to the Great Qin Empire?
He himself knows very well that since he led the army to hunt down Dong Fei and Sima Xin, Zhang Jiashi and the Great Qin Empire have no room to turn back with him.
At such a time, there is no turning back.
Not to mention......
The curse of the more than 100,000 unjust souls in Thorn Plain......
Zhang Han sighed silently, he didn't attack Han Xin, mainly because he hoped that he could see with his own eyes the young man who turned the tide...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )