Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2323 Qi Jiguang fought against the state, Ruan Yue declared himself a minister to Qin

Chapter 2319: Qi Jiguang fought against Jiaozhou, Ruan Yue became a minister to Qin

When Ye Qingmei learned that there were not only Li Xiucheng, Lin Fengxiang and other famous generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on the side of the Chu army, but also Guo Ziyi who quelled the Anshi Rebellion, and the second emperor Chai Rong in the later Zhou Dynasty, he knew that the Annan coalition army might be defeated this time. It's over.

Although Ruan Fuying and Li Gongyun were also horse emperors who were born in the army, in terms of leading the army and fighting, compared with these famous generals in China, they are obviously not at the same level.

As Ye Qingmei expected, although the equipment of the 12 Annan coalition army was no worse than that of the Chu army, it was still crushed by the Chu army in terms of the individual combat power of the soldiers and the command ability of the generals.

Before Ye Qingmei returned to Annan, the war between Chu and Yue had been going on for two months. Apart from occupying three empty cities that were strategically abandoned by the Chu army, the Annan coalition forces failed to even capture a single city garrisoned by the Chu army. captured.

General Annan's commanding ability, army coordination ability, siege ability, and tactical use were all extremely poor. It is no wonder that the previous [-] troops were defeated by Chu's [-] second-line troops.

After all, the number of the Chu army in Jiaozhou was far inferior to that of the Annan coalition army, so the defensive counterattack tactics were adopted at the beginning, looking for opportunities to counterattack while defending.

Under the command of Li Xiucheng, Lin Fengxiang, Chen Yucheng and other generals, the Chu army's counterattacks were basically one-on-one, and every time they could inflict a lot of casualties on the Annan coalition forces, bit by bit wearing down the strength and morale of the Annan coalition forces, until Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong's [-] elites did not launch a counterattack until they arrived.

Although Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong only led [-] troops, they were the most powerful elites in the Chu Kingdom, including [-] cavalry, which was even stronger than the [-] Jiaozhou defenders in terms of combat power alone.

Moreover, with the addition of Guo Ziyi's [-] elites, both the morale and combat power of the Chu army have risen to a higher level. How could Annan's army be able to resist it?

After Guo Ziyi arrived in Jiaozhou, within half a month, he won three battles and three victories, and only [-] of Annan's army remained.

Only two months after the start of the war, the Annan coalition forces suffered more than half of their casualties, which made Ruan Fuying and Li Gongyun's intestines almost green with regret.

It won't be long before you guard your own one-acre three-point land, why do you want to actively provoke an invincible opponent like Chu State?
But it's too late for them to regret it, and now they can't even retreat if they want to.

The army of Guo Ziyi and Li Xiucheng was biting hard, and they did not give the Annan coalition army a chance to slip away. They were even more deadly in terms of troop deployment and formation. They vowed to wipe out the 12 Annan coalition forces in Jiaozhou.

The Annan coalition army could not advance or retreat, and the entire army was about to be wiped out, but they received the news of Ye Qingmei's return, so they all regarded Ye Qingmei as the last straw.

The Annan coalition forces sent envoys to ask for help from Ye Qingmei who had arrived at Qingmei Port, and promised that as long as Daqin could rescue them, they would be willing to submit to Daqin, respect Daqin as the suzerain state, and pay tribute to Daqin every year.

Ye Qingmei was also extremely speechless when she found out that the 12 troops of the Annan Allied Forces could not defeat the [-] to [-] troops of the Chu State, but now they even asked her for help.

She only has five thousand sailors in her hands, how can she save them?

It can't be saved at all.

Ye Qingmei was actually very moved by the conditions for the Annan countries to claim their vassal status, but she was even more aware that with her five thousand sailors, it was impossible to rescue the [-] Annan who was trapped and unable to advance or retreat under the heavy siege of the Chu army. military.

Just when Ye Qingmei was about to refuse, Qi Jiguang offered a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Qi Jiguang asserted that once the Qin army appeared in the coastal waters of Jiaozhou, it would definitely cause a shock to the Chu army. At that time, he would lead the army to land and surprise the city of Panyu, Nanhai County, the Jiaozhou government.

Now most of Jiaozhou's troops are concentrated in the Interweave and Jiuzhen Allied Forces, but Nanhai County, where the government is located, is extremely empty, and the defenders will not exceed [-] at most.

The [-] Qin soldiers were able to threaten the safety of the entire Nanhai County and even break through the city of Panyu.

Li Xiucheng and Guo Ziyi on the front line, once they learned that the Qin army had appeared in Jiaozhou and that the soldiers were pointing directly at the government office, they would most likely lead their troops back to aid.

The strength of the Chu army was originally smaller than that of the Annan coalition army. After part of the troops were divided, there would be loopholes in the encirclement, and the besieged Annan coalition army would naturally be able to escape.

Qi Jiguang's plan is bold. After all, it requires the navy to land and fight, which is tantamount to giving up the biggest advantage of the navy, and the risks it takes are self-evident.

Qi Jiguang's proposal made Ye Qingmei extremely hesitant. She was hesitant to take such a big risk for foreigners like Annan. Is it worth it?
After hesitating again and again, Ye Qingmei decided to trust Qi Jiguang. After all, Qi Jiguang has created many feats during this journey, which fully proved his ability to complete this plan.

Ye Qingmei asked Qi Jiguang to use it as he wished, but there was one condition, that is, he must bring the army back in its entirety.

Qi Jiguang nodded to accept the order, and then led an army of [-] sailors, landed on the coast of Nanhai County with great fanfare, and broke through Sihui and Zhongsu counties within one day.

The Qin army came so fast and suddenly that the defenders of the two counties had no time to prepare for it. After Qi Jiguang seized the city gate, they easily broke through the city, and all the [-] defenders of the two counties surrendered to the Qin army.

After Qi Jiguang broke through the two counties, he divided the army into two, let the army enter the city during the day, quietly leave the city at night, enter the city during the day, and so on.

Qi Jiguang used this method to pretend that there were a large number of Deng Qin troops, and he would fight steadily, vowing to break through Nanjun, so as to confuse the Chu troops in Jiaozhou.

After the news that Sihui and Zhongsu counties were breached by the Qin army was sent back to the governor's mansion, Liu Xian, the governor of Jiaozhou, was completely dumbfounded.

Liu Xian, courtesy name Shizong, was born in Lingling County.

During Liu Biao's period, Liu Xian served as Jingzhou Biejia, and continued to assist Liu Xiu after Liu Biao's death, and was later appointed by Liu Xiu as the governor of Jiaozhou.

Liu Xian is a pure literati, so it's okay to let him govern the country, but fighting is not his specialty.

What's more, the Qin army, which was supposed to be in the north, appeared in the southernmost Jiaozhou and launched a surprise attack on Nanhai County.

The amount of information in it is too large, and it is too weird, it is not something that Liu Xian, a civil servant, can handle.

Not to mention Liu Xian, even Liu Xiu, faced with such a complicated situation, would definitely be dazed for a while.

Liu Xian couldn't cope with such a situation, so he made a decision that most people would make, that is, to let Li Xiucheng lead the army back to the South China Sea, and at the same time mobilize the strong men in the city to prepare to defend the city.

When Li Xiucheng, Guo Ziyi and others received the news that the Qin army had appeared in Jiaozhou and that Lian Xu had broken through two counties, their reaction was not much different from that of Liu Xian. It took him a long time to wake up, and his first reaction was to dream.

This news is so outrageous that people can hardly believe it is true.

But Liu Xian's handwritten letter is here, and Li Xiucheng and Guo Ziyi can't tolerate it.

Realizing that the Qin army had really appeared in Jiaozhou, and there were still a lot of them, neither Li Xiucheng nor Guo Ziyi panicked, and decided to divide their troops to rescue the South China Sea.

In their eyes, the weak Annan coalition army is not a threat from Chu State at all. Even if they are allowed to escape this time, they will just be wiped out next time.

On the contrary, if the Jiaozhou government was breached by the Qin army, the Chu army would suffer a great loss.

So Li Xiucheng and Guo Ziyi split into two groups.

Guo Ziyi led [-] elite troops and [-] troops to rescue the South Navy.

Li Xiucheng led the remaining troops to continue to besiege the Annan coalition forces.

Guo Ziyi's troops marched at the fastest speed, for fear that the support would be late and the government would be breached by the Qin army, but unfortunately, he was still one step too late.

Guo Ziyi's army had just entered the border of Nanhai County when they received the news that Panyu City had been breached and the governor Liu Xian had been captured.

To be honest, after breaking through Panyu City, Qi Jiguang himself thought it was incredible, but he did it easily, and the biggest hero was Liu Xian, the governor of Jiaozhou.

After Liu Xian learned that the Qin army was coming to Panyu City, because he didn't know the reality of the Qin army, but was afraid of the Qin army's combat power, he made a lot of overreactions.

For example: Forcibly conscripted people into the army to participate in the defense of the city, including even Baiyue people.

Another example: forcibly confiscating the entire city's grain and grass to store food for war.

Liu Xian's strategy is not wrong, these actions can indeed increase the defense of the city, but it is a pity that he used the wrong place.

If Liu Xian used it in the Central Plains, there would definitely be no problem, but he would have a big problem using it in Jiaozhou.

The state of Chu has not occupied Jiaozhou for a long time, only a few years, and the people's hearts have not completely returned.

It is natural for Liu Xian to conscript the Han people to guard the city, but it is impossible for the people of Baiyue to agree to forcibly conscripting the people of Baiyue to guard the city and confiscating their grain and grass.

After Qi Jiguang besieged Panyu City, the Chu army in the south that he wanted to lure back immediately withdrew, but he never expected that the Chu army in the city would become chaotic by itself.

Naturally, it was impossible for Qi Jiguang to give up such a good opportunity. In the end, with the cooperation of inside and outside, he easily broke into the Jiaozhou government, Panyu City.

Seeing the Qin army entering the city, Liu Xian knew that the general situation was over, so he decisively chose to break out of the siege. Unfortunately, his luck was not very good. He chose the wrong city gate to break out of the siege, and ran into Qi Jiguang head-on, and was captured alive by Qi Jiguang.

Liu Xian, who was the governor, was arrested, and the Chu army in the city did not dare to resist, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered. This allowed Qi Jiguang to easily occupy Panyu City and surrender [-] Chu troops.

When Qi Jiguang landed, there were only [-] sailors, but after breaking through three cities in succession, the number of troops increased to [-] instead of decreasing.

Now that Qi Jiguang has [-] troops in his hands, and the city of Panyu, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if all the Chu troops in Jiaozhou return to aid, he is sure to stick to it for half a year, but he did not do so, but chose carefully. Take it when you see it.

Although the Qin army surrendered four thousand Chu troops, once the situation turned critical, these four thousand Chu troops might rebel at any time, and only five thousand navy troops could really be relied on.

It is no exaggeration to say that these five thousand sailors are looking for death to fight against the Chu army in the entire Jiaozhou on land.

Therefore, after receiving the news that Guo Ziyi's army was about to enter Nanhai County, Qi Jiguang decisively chose to run away.

When Guo Ziyi returned to Panyu City, Qi Jiguang had already run away, and the treasury in the city was also empty. All the money was taken away by the Qin army, and the grain and grass that could not be taken away were distributed to the people in the city. To buy people's hearts.

Guo Ziyi originally thought that there were at least [-] to [-] Qin troops who invaded, but Qi Jiguang's act of distributing the food and grass that could not be taken away made him realize that the Qin army did not have so many people, otherwise all the food and grass would not be divided among the people.

Guo Ziyi, who realized this, was even more annoyed. The invading Qin army obviously could not threaten Chu, but they deceived all of them, and even the Jiaozhou government was occupied by the Qin army.

Guo Ziyi wanted to continue chasing, but he couldn't swallow his breath if he didn't chase him, but it was obviously too late to chase now. If he led the cavalry to chase, there should be time, but with [-] cavalry, can he defeat the unknown Qin army?

Guo Ziyi was not absolutely sure, but he decided to take a gamble, so he left the army in Panyu City, and only led [-] cavalry to pursue it.

When Guo Ziyi chased to Sihui County and Zhongsu County, the situation in the two counties was the same as that of Panyu City. The money was taken away by the Qin army, and the food and grass were distributed to the local people to buy people's hearts.

This made Guo Ziyi more convinced that the number of Qin's army was decided to be small, and more convinced of his decision to pursue.

Guo Ziyi chased all the way to the beach, and finally caught up with Qi Jiguang.

At this time, Qi Jiguang was commanding the army to board the ship, and more than half of the army had not boarded the ship, which was at the most vulnerable time.

When Qi Jiguang saw that Guo Ziyi was chasing him, and all the chasing soldiers were cavalry, Qi Jiguang's face instantly became extremely ugly.

But soon Qi Jiguang calmed down, commanded [-] crossbowmen and [-] subduing troops, and lined up on the coast with their backs to the sea, preparing to delay the time as much as possible.

Guo Ziyi's cavalry is not weak in combat power. After carrying the total number of crossbow formations of the Qin army, it only took one charge to smash the phalanx laid down by Qi Jiguang.

Facing the charge of [-] Chu cavalry, the [-] army hardly had any chance to fight back, and could only howl and howl under the trample of the iron cavalry.

Although Qi Jiguang failed to stop Guo Ziyi, he delayed enough time for the rest of the navy to board the warship, leaving Guo Ziyi impotent and furious on the coast.

On the other hand, Li Xiucheng immediately realized the seriousness of the problem after learning the news that Panyu City had been breached, so after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to allow the Annan coalition forces to withdraw from Jiaozhou, and then led the army to support Guo Ziyi, who was understrength.

But when the Annan coalition forces withdrew, Li Xiucheng received news from Guo Ziyi that they were all deceived by the Qin army, but at this time the Annan coalition forces had already fled, and it was too late for Li Xiucheng to pursue them.

Of the 12 Annan coalition forces, only [-] fled back, and their morale was very low.

After two crushing defeats, the Annan countries were completely broken. Facing the Chu State, they only dared to stick to their own territory, and dared not mention revenge again.

As for Ruan Fuying and Li Gongyun, they did not violate their promises to Daqin, and wrote down the Qin Qin Memorial in front of Ye Qingmei, acknowledging that Daqin was the suzerain of Ruanyue and other countries, promised to pay tribute every year, and sent their sons to Beijing to face the emperor to accept Canonized.

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