On August 23, the 23rd year of Zheng, the Yuan army sent troops to attack Xiangyang and De'an respectively, and the main force of the Han army was mainly stationed in Xiangyang, so the Yuan army took out more than 400,000 people to attack Xiangyang, and 100,000 people were responsible for attacking De'an.

On August 24, the twenty-third year of Zheng, Li Siqi and the Han army had a confrontation, Li Siqi dragged part of the Han army to a large extent, how can it be fuel-efficient to play a piece of the sky in this era, etc., this time Li Siqi sent 100,000 troops, dragging the Han army of 150,000 people, that is to say, in fact, only 250,000 people participated in the defense of Xiangyang, and they had to face more than 100,000 people than them, a total of 35 Yuan troops, and the commander of the other party was Wang Baobao, the strongest commander of the Northern Yuan, This Wang Baobao also put a lot of pressure on Zhu Yuanzhang in the future, which was greater than the pressure on the rebels before.

On August 26, the 23rd year of Zheng, Wang Baobao's army and the Xiangyang army exchanged fire, the Yuan army still used the usual tricks, and the cavalry went on a rampage, but this trick was indeed very effective against the Han army that did not use firearms, and the Han army was defeated by the Yuan army many times, which also proves that this trick is really very useful, since the Han army has not changed much, then why change the army structure, and it costs money to train new troops, if Timur had this money, he would have trained new troops a long time ago, because he and Zhu Yuanzhang felt tight at war.

On August 28, the 23rd year of Zheng, Chen Youliang formed a vanguard to attract He Zhen's attention and brought He Zhen to send part of the army to pursue, He Zhen did not know what the purpose of the enemy army was, but he did not dare to despise it, so he sent the advance army to inquire about the news in the front, and then there were 10,000 people in the rear, just in case.

In order to let He Zhen know about this, Chen Youliang spent a lot of effort, and even used He Zhen's army. Han army spy

Then Chen Youliang sent a group of troops out, the direction was Changsha, He Zhen didn't understand what trajectory Chen Youliang was going to do for a while, the previous first batch of troops set off in the direction of Jianchang, He Zhen even suspected that they went to Jianchang to find Zhu Yuanzhang for help, so they sent a large wave of troops to follow.

This time, a group of Han troops retreated in the direction of Changsha, what was their purpose, He Zhen suddenly understood that this Chen Youliang was probably interfering with himself, but he was afraid that in case, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang really reached an alliance, so what should they do, once they didn't stop it, Zhu Yuanzhang's army pressed the border, and it was not something they could deal with.

He Zhen still decided to adopt a conservative strategy, war is not child's play after all, it is better to be careful, in case the other side really invites the Wu army, intercept them halfway, so that the support of the Wu army arrives later.

Chen Youliang saw that He Zhen was fooled, and he was very happy, this kid was really fooled, the smarter the person will be, the more cautious he is, the first two groups of troops have already led away nearly 20,000 people, if he uses it a few more times, and then leads away some of the troops, then he can launch a decisive battle against He Zhen.

So Chen Youliang lined up three more times to the east, west and north, and successfully lured He Zhen's army away.

He Zhen naturally also sensed Chen Youliang's purpose, he had a plan in his heart, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang would never form an alliance, this was probably Chen Youliang's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but he didn't dare to bet, in case he said that the other party just wanted to interfere with his vision, so as to ask Wu Jun for help, that consequence was not something he could afford.

So He Zhen's troops plummeted to more than 100,000 people, Chen Youliang saw that the opportunity had come, and hurriedly stopped the army from a decisive battle, losing tens of thousands of troops, and the army's combat power also declined. ”

The general's face was not very good, he didn't expect Chen Youliang to play tricks, and he would have to let the other party be fooled, so he was caught off guard.

"Deliver the news to the soldiers of the five parties, let them withdraw directly to Shaoguan, and when they are safely evacuated, we are retreating." He Zhen sighed again.

"Yes."

On August 29, the twenty-third year of Zhengzheng, Ji'an City was besieged by many parties, the city wall was broken, and even the original number of 100,000 people dropped to more than 10,000 now, it can be said that they swore to defend Ji'an City, with the sound of cannons, the original broken city wall instantly became a piece of gravel, with the charge of Chen Youding's army, the control of Ji'an was finally taken by Chen Youding, and the next thing was to go to Hengzhou to defeat Chen Youliang, but before that, you need to rest for a while, after all, the siege is very energy-consuming.

On August 30, the 23rd year of Zheng, He Zhen's army fully withdrew and retreated to Shaoguan, marking the victory of Chen Youliang in the first confrontation.

On August 31, the 23rd year of Zhizheng, just as Chen Youding was preparing to send troops to attack Hengzhou, they learned that He Zhen's army was defeated and fled to Shaoguan, and Chen Youliang's army also withdrew to Changsha City.

He Zhen replied: "You can do it, Chen Youliang has so many people, and he has been transferred away a lot from the mountain." ”

Chen Youding was actually not sure that he would be able to defeat Chen Youliang, after all, in terms of military talent, he thought that he was no match for Chen Youliang.

Since He Zhen has been defeated, it is also a fixed number, and there is no way to change it, so he has to think about the next battle plan, the east of Ji'an is Zhu Yuanzhang's territory, Hongdu and Jianchang are nearby, and the west is Hengzhou and Changsha.

On September 1, the twenty-third year of Zheng, Chen Youliang finally received news from the Han army in the north at this time.

"Sure enough, these Tartars did go south." Chen Youliang had long expected that the major forces in the south would declare war on him at the same time, and in terms of influence, I am afraid that only the current Yuan Court could do this kind of thing.

Chen Youliang's face was a little solemn, he was militarily threatened by the Yuan army in the north, and he must go back to command, after all, the opponent is the Yuan army, and he can't be sloppy. But the southern army can't just give up, after all, the military threat to the south is no better than that of the north, and now is the time for his Han to survive.

Chen Youliang naturally had his own plans, as long as the Yuan army surrendered, other allies would naturally not attack them again.

So Chen Youliang went north to the Northern Han non-stop, hoping to find an opportunity to repel the Yuan army.