Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2189 Battle of Xiangyang
Chapter 2185: Battle of Xiangyang
"My lord, with the 21 troops dispatched to attack the Tang Dynasty this time, the grain reserves in Luoyang are definitely not enough, and the grain reserves in Hetao and Bingzhou are not much left. Even if the granaries in the two places are emptied, it may only be enough for the army to fight for two months. "Han Fei said worriedly.

Li Tang is not a weak country. The country has a total force of 30. It is too difficult a task to capture Guanzhong within two months with an army of 21.

"Don't worry, the food and grass after two months, my heart has already been settled again."

As he said that, Qin Hao pointed to Xiangyang on the map, and said: "Yue Fei and Han Xin have turned the tide after joining forces. Now the battle in Jingbei is very beneficial to us, and the winner will be completely determined in the near future. At that time, we can move from Jingbei Food support to the front line."

If the Jingbei War is won, then it will not only be food and grass, but also the army that will be able to support it.

In other words, Qin Hao actually used three armies in his plot to seize Guanzhong, Li Jing's 14 troops, Huo Qubing's [-] cavalry, and the troops withdrawn from the Jingbei battlefield.

Only with the cooperation of these three parties, can Qin Hao be confident enough to snatch the food from the hands of the mighty Li Tang and snatch the guarantee in Guanzhong.

Of course, there are three prerequisites for this:

First, the Qin army must win the war in Jingbei, and if it loses, it is naturally impossible to support Guanzhong;
Second, after defeating the allied forces of Shu and Chu, the Qin army's own casualties should not be too large;
Third, the Jingbei War must end within a month, otherwise, it may be too late to participate in the Guanzhong War.

All three are indispensable.

As far as the Jingbei War is concerned, it is definitely the most intense and anxious front, and it is also the only battlefield where the Qin Army has lost its city and territory and has been losing battles.

Before Han Xin and Zhao Yun's reinforcements could reach Jingbei, the Qin army lost another important town, Jiangling City, the seat of Nanjun.

There are only [-] defenders in Jiangling City. Even if Meng Gong, who is good at defending, is guarding the city, even if Meng Gong mobilizes the whole city to help defend the city, even if Meng Gong and Huo Jun activate the combo skill 'Bronze Wall and Iron Wall', they still cannot defend Jiangling City.

Although Meng Gong failed to defend Jiangling, he overfulfilled the task and made the Shu-Chu allied forces pay a great price.

After Jiangling broke the city, Meng Gong, Han Shizhong, Huo Jun and other generals led [-] remnants to break through and fled to Jiangdong for refuge.

The fall of Jiangling is of great significance. It means that the entire territory of Nanjun has fallen. The land south of Xiangyang is no longer owned by the Qin army. The Shu-Chu coalition forces have completely established a foothold in Jingbei.

After the allied forces of Shu and Chu captured Jiangling, if they defended the city, digested the results of the battle, and did not continue to march, even if Yue Fei and Han Xin joined forces, Liu Ji and Liu Xiu would still be helpless.

But Liu Ji's heart is higher than the sky. Seeing that Qin Hao has unified Hebei, he feels envious and jealous in his heart.

Under the persuasion of his confidant counselor Gao Yao, Liu Ji gave birth to the idea of ​​completely occupying Jingbei and weakening the Qin army while growing stronger. So he continued to go north with Liu Xiu, and attacked Jingbei with 23 Shu-Chu allied forces, and stood in front of him. The biggest obstacle is Yue Fei from Xiangyang.

At this time, Han Xin and Zhao Yun's 21 reinforcements had arrived, and the total strength of the Qin Army in Jingbei rose to [-].

The 23 Shu-Chu allied forces want to defeat the 21 Qin army, and then break through Xiangyang and occupy Jingbei. This is obviously not an easy task.

Stimulated by a series of victories, Liu Jibian became a little swollen.

Counselor Gao Yao also said: Most of the reinforcements from the Qin army who came to support were recruited by prisoners of war from Yanzhao. They were weak in combat power and low in morale.

What Gao Yao said was true, the [-] troops under Han Xin's command were indeed surrendered troops.

After learning this, Liu Ji secretly heaved a sigh of relief. After all, the combat strength of these troops descended from Hebei is definitely not as strong as the main force of the Qin army, and it must be easier to defeat them.

Liu Ji secretly analyzed the Jingbei Qin army by himself, but found that the Qin army he was facing had nothing to be afraid of.

Among Yue Fei's 11 new and old mixed troops, there are at least [-] new recruits, while Han Xin's [-] army has the advantage of surrendering the army. The main force of the Qin army that can really fight is only [-] Jingbei veterans, and Zhao Yun's [-] Hetao cavalry.

In other words, of the Qin army facing the 23 Shu-Chu coalition forces, only 11 are the main force, and the remaining [-] are weak troops.

If he can't win this fight, what qualifications does Liu Ji have to compete with Qin Hao?
Liu Ji made up his mind that he must defeat the Qin army and seize Jingbei, but there was a big problem before him, that is how to motivate Yue Fei to fight.

Although it has been said that half of the Qin army's combat power is not strong, the total number of people is 21 after all, and Xiangyang's defense is stronger than Jiangling. If Yue Fei is dedicated to defending, the Shu-Chu coalition forces will not be able to attack Jiangling.

The only way to defeat the Qin army is to fight outside the city, but how can Yue Fei go out of the city to fight?

Just when Liu Ji was thinking hard and to no avail, the counselor Gao Yao once again offered a plan to humiliate Yue Fei by sending women's clothing, forcing Yue Fei to leave the city for a decisive battle.

Wang Mang used to humiliate Su Dingfang before, but it was used by Su Dingfang to boost the morale of the Qin army. In the end, it was self-defeating and lost to Su Dingfang.

With the example of Wang Mang in front, Liu Ji naturally didn't think that Gao Yao's gift of women's clothes would be effective, but Gao Yao said that sending women's clothes was obviously a humiliation, but in fact it was an opportunity for Yue Fei to do his tricks.

Only when Yue Fei thinks that he can win the decisive battle with the coalition forces, will he lead the army to fight in the decisive battle with the coalition forces, and the gift of women's clothes is a reason for him to fight.

Gao Yao's rhetoric not only convinced Liu Ji, but also Liu Xiu and Chen Ping.

Liu Xiu has dealt with Yue Fei the most and knows Yue Fei best. He knows that Yue Fei is not a person who cares about personal honor or disgrace.

Yue Fei never did anything he was not sure of. If he didn't want to fight, no matter how humiliated he was, it was impossible to motivate him to fight. If he was sure of winning, he would take the initiative to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle.

I have to say that Gao Yao's acting skills are really good, not only did he fool Liu Ji and Liu Xiu, even Chen Ping didn't realize his disguise.

Of course, the premise of not being discovered is that Gao Yao's schemes are indeed helpful to the Kingdom of Shu, which is why he can deceive so many old foxes.

But all of these, if Yue Fei and Gao Yao did it intentionally, the situation would be completely different.

What followed was that Gao Yao entered the Qin camp alone, humiliated Yue Fei with women's clothing, and brought Yue Fei back to prepare for the scheme, but he didn't know that he had fallen into the scheme of the coalition forces, which made Liu Ji and Liu Xiu very excited.

With Gao Yao's plan and Yue Fei's cooperation, a decisive battle broke out between Qin, Shu and Chu.

Yue Fei came to the 21 Qin army in person to face Liu Ji and Liu Xiu's 23 Shu-Chu allied army, and this battle was called the Battle of Xiangyang in later generations.

(End of this chapter)