Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2005 Jiangling Offensive and Defensive Battle
Chapter 2003: Battle of Jiangling
After Shu and Chu invaded Jingbei, they attacked the city and plundered land while absorbing local forces. The Qin soldiers who surrendered after being captured, as well as the miscellaneous soldiers in the county, were completely developing towards the trend of becoming stronger and stronger.

At its peak, in addition to the regular army, the Shu-Chu Allied Forces had [-] soldiers to attack the city.

With the shrewdness of Liu Xiu and Liu Ji, naturally they would not be so stupid as to use the elite to attack the city, and these newly recruited troops naturally became the best cannon fodder.

This is also the reason why Shu Chu and Qin fought for so long, and there were countless dead bodies under the cities of Jiangling and Xiangyang, but the regular army only suffered [-] casualties, because most of those who died in the battle were cannon fodder.

The Shu-Chu Allied Forces lost [-] regular troops and [-] cannon fodder, and still failed to capture Jiangling and Xiangyang, but it doesn't matter, just continue to recruit.

Just when Liu Ji was about to recruit the people to join the army on the spot and let the people in Jingbei serve as cannon fodder to attack Xiangyang City, Chen Ping stepped forward to stop him.

Chen Ping said that Jingbei is a newly acquired land. If the local people are too strict, it will not be conducive to the support of the people.

After thinking about it, Liu Ji thought it made sense. He was deeply annoyed that the people in Jingbei supported the Qin army with all their strength, and he didn't regard the people in Jingbei as his own people in his heart. This was because the people in Jingbei supported the Qin army too much. up.

During the Yiling confrontation, Qin Qiong promulgated a "Wartime Grain Requisition Order", which directly confiscated all the stored grain in the hands of the people and hoarded it in the two cities of Jiangling and Xiangyang. The people were only allowed to keep basic rations.

After Liu Ji learned about it, he laughed and laughed at Qin Qiong, thinking that Qin Qiong was messing up.

Food is the most important thing for the people, Qin Qiong forcibly confiscated the food and grass of the people, how could the people agree?Isn't this forcing the people to rebel against the Qin army?

Liu Ji had a high prestige in Yizhou, and the people of Yizhou also supported the Shu army, but if the Qin army invaded Yizhou, he would not dare to do it, but Qin Qiong did it.

Therefore, Liu Ji concluded that Qin Qiong's move was asking for trouble, but what happened next made Liu Ji completely dumbfounded.

Not only did the people in Jingbei not rebel, but they voluntarily handed in their grain and grass, and joined the army one after another. In a very short period of time, they gathered [-] new troops.

Only then did Liu Ji know that Qin Jun was so popular with the common people in Jingbei.

The people's support for the Qin army made the progress of the Shu-Chu coalition army, which was supposed to be invincible, extremely slow in the attack in Jingbei. In addition, the grain and grass in the hands of the people were taken away. To transport grain and grass from Jingnan and Berkshire, the grain road has been stretched for hundreds of miles, which undoubtedly increased the transportation burden of the two countries.

The originally smooth situation turned into such a situation because of the people, which made Liu Ji extremely annoyed at the ignorance of the people in Jingbei, which is why they treated the local people so harshly.

Under Chen Ping's point of view, Liu Ji came to his senses. After he completely occupied Jingbei, these people will be his people in the future. If he only cares about the present like this, it will definitely leave a huge hidden danger for the future governance of Jingbei.

In addition, if the people could not bear the oppression and rebelled against the Shu Kingdom, it would be an even more troublesome problem.

Why did the big man end up where he is today?It's not that the people couldn't survive anymore, so they rebelled one after another.

The people are not sheep, if they are in a hurry, they will bite.

The common people can overthrow even a big Han, let alone the mere Shu Kingdom?
Thinking of this moment, Liu Ji immediately gave up his plan of forced conscription. He was afraid of leaving hidden dangers for the future governance of Jingbei, and he was also afraid that he would force the people of Jingbei to rebel.

In order to capture the two cities of Jiangling and Xiangyang, the Shu-Chu coalition forces not only lost [-] cannon fodder casualties, but also lost [-] main forces. Seeing that the reinforcements of the Qin army are approaching, the gap in strength between the two sides will be further narrowed. Liu Ji and Liu Xiu I dare not continue such a strong attack.

After some discussions, both Liu Ji and Liu Xiu decided to withdraw their troops from Xiangyang temporarily, and concentrate their forces to take down Jiangling City first. Even if the reinforcements from the Qin army arrive at that time, at least there will be no worries in the rear.

It is not an easy task to withdraw troops under Yue Fei's nose.

Chen Ping offered advice to Liu Ji, deliberately pretending to withdraw the troops, and exposed the ambush intentionally or unintentionally, making Yue Fei think that the coalition forces were withdrawing falsely, but what they really did was for the purpose of ambush. The coalition forces can retreat back aboveboard.

Liu Ji obeyed Chen Pingyan's advice, and naturally acted according to the plan, so he pretended to set up an ambush, but actually withdrew his troops.

Yue Fei, Qin Zheng and other high-ranking officials of the Qin army learned about it. Although they were unwilling to let the coalition forces retreat and wanted to pursue them, they were concerned about the coalition forces ambush. In addition, the coalition forces were stronger than the Qin army, and it was not suitable for a decisive battle before the reinforcements arrived, so they did not pursue them.

After the Shu-Chu allied forces withdrew for a hundred miles, under Lin Xiangru's reminder, Yue Fei realized that he had been tricked. Liu Ji was pretending to set up an ambush, but his real purpose was to retreat.

Yue Fei naturally regretted this very much, and wanted to make up for it, but the Shu-Chu coalition forces had already run far away, and it was no longer effective to pursue them.

If Liu Ji and Liu Xiu are allowed to retreat, it will undoubtedly increase the burden on Jiangling City. Jiangling, which has been defending for a month, is likely to be broken by the coalition forces.

Jiangling is one of the most fortified cities in Jingzhou. When Yue Fei attacked Jiangling, due to various factors, he fought three times before taking it down.

Therefore, once it falls into the hands of the Shu army, it will be difficult for the Qin army to regain it.

In addition, the Shu army will also use Jiangling as its base camp, and firmly control more than [-] surrounding counties, so as to gain a firm foothold in Jingbei.

Despite the fact that the Shu army occupied a lot of cities, the control was actually not that great. The people in the city were all loyal to the Qin army, and they basically had an attitude of obedience to the Shu army.
Nearly half of the land in Jingbei will not be owned by the Qin army.

Therefore, Jiangling must be saved.

After some deliberation, even though reinforcements were coming soon, and even if Jiangling might not be saved, Yue Fei still decided to send troops to Nanjun.

A total of [-] troops were dispatched for this operation. Yue Fei and Qin Zheng each led [-] troops. The troops were divided into east and west and went south to Jiangling. If they could enter Jiangling City, they would enter the city. city.

Yue Fei's method is exactly the same as Qin Zheng's method of saving Jiangling before, but the matter has come to this point, even he has no other way, he can only have the mentality of giving it a try.

Liu Xiu had suffered from Qin Zheng before, so it was naturally impossible for Yue Fei, or Qin Zheng's army, to enter Jiangling City again this time.

Liu Ji sent his generals Zhou Bo and Xia Houying to lead [-] troops each, and sent Xing Tian and Hou Yi Kuafu to guard Yue Fei's East Route Army.

Liu Xiu appointed the newly defected general Ma Yuan to lead an army of [-] to be responsible for Qin Zheng who blocked the west road.

Under the strict defense of Erliu, the two Qin armies were blocked in the middle, unable to approach Jiangling City, but they also restrained the [-] troops of the Shu-Chu coalition army.

Although the pressure facing Jiangling City has eased relatively, it has not been completely resolved. The more than [-] Shu-Chu coalition forces outside the city are still huge, and it is far from something the defenders inside the city can resist.

Under Meng Gong's one-month-long defense, the defenders in the city had suffered nearly half of the casualties, and one-third of the supplies for the defense had been consumed.

　This is the guarantee of NO.30. There are a lot of things in the two days, and I really can’t spare the code words, and I’m a little out of shape.

　　Thanks to the lord Xiangyun Huanyue for rewarding 25000 starting coins and adding two more chapters.

　　There is no update on the 29th, and I owe a chapter guarantee.

　　In addition, the September monthly pass has broken through from 700 to [-], and two chapters have been added.

　　I owed two chapters before adding it, and now I owe a total of seven chapters.

　　With so much owed at the very beginning of October, it looks like it's going to be a busy October.

　　Today's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to wish the motherland a happy birthday, and wish all books a happy double festival.

　　
　
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