Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2271: Three routes to attack Jiangxia, bloody battle for half a year finally breaks the city
Central Plains.

After it was decided that Wang Zhongsi would lead the troops to Xuzhou as the main general, the next step was how to cooperate with Wu Qi, Bai Qi and others to win the battle in the south.

First, Li Xiang personally led 100,000 troops and stationed in Yanzhou to fight against Liu Bei in an attempt to eliminate the last bit of the Central Plains War.

As the emperor of Qing Han, Liu Bei had been fighting against the enemy for such a long time with Di Qing on his behalf. It was time for him, the real emperor, to face him face to face.

In addition, Hulugu led the troops of the Hanzhong camp and transferred 30,000 troops from Guo Ziyi's troops to attack Jianghuai from the directions of Xuzhou and Runan.

Zhang Liao led 40,000 troops and attacked Jiangxia from the direction of Runan, on the basis of Wang Jian's naval and land troops and Bai Qi's troops, as the third force.

The Battle of Jiangxia actually did not involve any skills.

In Jiangxia, there is Xu Da in military affairs, Yao Guangxiao in literature, and Wu Zixu above the water. It is basically unrealistic to win by wisdom.

Even if all the god-level strategists of the Jin army were gathered together, they might not be able to succeed in their plan.

These few people, three cobblers, can be as good as one Zhuge Liang. But it does not mean that three Zhuge Liangs can be three times as powerful as Zhuge Liang.

Moreover, although Zhu Yuanzhang did not have abundant food and grass, he was not short of food either. It was impossible for him to delay the enemy's war to the point where they collapsed due to lack of food, like Wei Qing and others did in the Central Plains War.

Therefore, in fact, at the end of this battle, all that was left was continuous fierce attacks.

If two strong enough people meet each other, there is indeed no skill left and no room for maneuver. At this time, it is a head-on collision, which is a very clumsy way of fighting.

This battle is destined to be a bitter one with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

It was a fight of life and death, and now it was a test of perseverance on both sides. Whoever could hold on to the last moment would be the winner. Everything depended on which side could hold on longer.

Before Zhang Liao arrived, Bai Qi and Wang Jian had already joined forces to attack Jiangxia for months. After Zhang Liao arrived, he directly replaced Bai Qi and Wang Jian and launched the most brutal attack on their behalf at the first opportunity.

While maintaining the intensity of the attack, the troops of Bai Qi and Wang Jian, who had been attacking for a long time, were given a brief rest to give them time to recover their combat effectiveness so that they could be in a better state for the next siege.

What followed was that these three troops took turns to attack each other.

Jiangxia City has experienced the most brutal and bloody battle in the past six months.

Over the past six months, the total number of Jin troops who fell under the city of Jiangxia has almost reached 80,000.

Moreover, over the past six months, the Jin army has mobilized 3,000 catapults, more than 5,000 crossbows, and 80,000 cans of kerosene under the city of Jiangxia.

In the past six months, half of the catapults and crossbows alone have been lost.

The Battle of Jiangxia was far more brutal than the Battle of Yangping Pass that year. This battle was the one with the heaviest casualties in all the years that Li Xiang had fought.

Moreover, during the siege, Yang Huaixing and Yang Huai'en charged ahead. The former was killed by Wu General Shen Yu after he climbed the city first, and the latter was shot in the thigh by a stray arrow during the charge, and then, when he couldn't dodge in time, he was hit in the head by a flying stone. Fortunately, although Yang Huaixing was killed by the enemy general after he climbed the city first, Wu General Shen Yu was shot in the head by Hou Yi on the same day. Not only him, but also his father Shen Jian was killed by Fei Peng, who also climbed the city first that day.

However, although Fei Peng was the first to arrive that day, he did not successfully capture Jiangxia. As the number of soldiers behind him decreased, he had to retreat.

And during these six months, Yang Huaixing, Yang Huai'en, Shen Yu, and Shen Jian were just the epitome of this battle.

In the past six months, both sides have lost too many soldiers.

Thirteen generals including Yin Shi, Jiang Xiong, Cao Zhijian, Meng Biao, Meng Jiuhuan, and Li Cunzhang died on the battlefield.

The worst off one here is Cao Zhijian. He was just born during the last balance and was implanted into the Cao family. Like Jiang Xiong, he was a general of the Cao family who followed Zhang Liao to the Jiangxia battlefield.

However, his strength was limited, and he didn't even make a wave before falling in this brutal battle.

As for Jiang Xiong, he should be the strongest Jin army general who died in the six-month battle of Jiangxia. With a basic military strength of 104, he is also a master in the world.

However, after climbing up the city wall, he was blocked by enemy soldiers on the wall because he did not withdraw in time. After being seriously injured, he was killed by the enemy general Hu Dahai.

During this period, although the Yangzhou army had the advantage in defense, countless generals were killed in the battle.

In order to stop Li Cunxiao from climbing up the city wall, Zhu You, a member of the Zhu family, was grabbed by the neck on the ladder by Li Cunxiao and thrown to the bottom of the city wall, where he turned into a puddle of mud.

Of course, his sacrifice was worthwhile, as Li Cunxiao was forced down the ladder by the three elders who followed closely behind.

After all, although Li Cunxiao's strength was superior to those of these three men, he was on the ladder at the time and had no leverage, so it was impossible for him to fight against the enemy in such an environment.

There was also the strategist Zhang Fujing, who was inspecting military situation on the city wall at night when he was attacked by Bai Qi and was shot dead on the spot by a stray arrow.

Zhang Fujing’s accidental death was a huge loss to Zhu Yuanzhang. In addition to serving as a counselor, he was also an expert in local governance under Zhu Yuanzhang.

He was a politician and reformer of the Ming Dynasty and the initiator of the reforms in the mid-Ming Dynasty. After taking office, he resolutely cleaned up the manors and relatively eased social contradictions, laying the foundation for the "Jiajing Restoration". Later generations evaluated that Zhang Cong's achievements ranked first in the Jiajing Dynasty. In recent years, the academic community has called him "the first minister of reform in the Ming Dynasty."

Under Zhu Yuanzhang, he served as governor of many places in Yangzhou and also served as governor of Jingzhou for a period of time.

However, he ended up dying in such an unexpected way.

There were also eight other generals, including General Pei Lun, Captain Ding Xiu, and Lieutenant Dou Bo, who were either shot dead by Houyi on the battlefield or died in the chaos.

However, after more than half a year of bloody fighting, Jiangxia, the originally unbreakable fortress, finally began to crumble.

Finally, with a rumbling sound, the sinking city gate was completely destroyed. Countless blood-soaked Jin army soldiers subconsciously poured into Jiangxia City through the opened gap.