Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2282 Jianghuai War Situation, Zhu Di is helpless

Zhu Xiaosi in the Jianghuai region also had a very difficult life.

Although we have the advantage of geographical location, that is all.

Because apart from the geographical advantage, Zhu Xiaosi has nothing else.

Because Liu Bei’s navy entered the Jianghuai region, it gave Zhu Xiaosi a certain strategic flexibility.

However, it still could not make up for the huge gap in military strength between the two sides.

The navy in the Jianghuai region could indeed enter the Central Plains along the rivers and threaten the heartland of the Central Plains, but sorry, this threat was only effective against Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.

However, if we were facing the current Jin army, it would be a bit of a letdown.

After all, their heartland is in Luoyang, not in the Central Plains. Although this threat is uncomfortable, it is not to the point of being unacceptable.

Of course, after all, there was no need for them to really send out such an army that would allow them to penetrate deep into the heartland of the Central Plains. Therefore, this navy, while cooperating with Zhu Tianpeng to blockade the Jianghuai River, did prevent the large-scale Jin army from moving lightly.

Although Zhu Xiaosi had the support of Xie Ai from Runan, the morale of this defeated army had already plummeted. It was no match for the Jin army that almost took over the entire Central Plains.

Finally, Zhu Xiaosi had no choice but to let the troops of the Yangzhou aristocratic families enter the Jianghuai region ahead of time.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's adoption of Zhu Sheng and Gu Yuantan's strategy would pose many hidden dangers, at least they had to overcome the current hurdle before they were qualified to discuss future hidden dangers.

Therefore, the purpose of obtaining 100,000 soldiers for no reason was to solve the problem of the White Robe Army that was still in Yangzhou at that time.

However, what was quite helpless was that not long after that, Chen Qianzhi took the initiative to leave Yangzhou, and even used a strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. What no one expected was that he actually went to the Central Plains battlefield.

However, gaining 100,000 soldiers and horses for free was great news for Zhu Yuanzhang, who was currently facing tight situations in all directions.

However, Zhu Di, who was transferred from Jiaozhou to Yangzhou at that time, did not relax at all.

It is true that this method, which is fraught with hidden dangers, was used to obtain 100,000 soldiers and horses. However, there are hidden dangers in the combat effectiveness of these 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Moreover, because of the problems that existed when the force was first formed, their control over this force is also a huge problem.

It was precisely because of this that when Zhu Di went to the Jianghuai region, he did not bring this army with him immediately. Instead, he asked his generals to reorganize this army as soon as possible.

Zhu Yuanzhang's adoption of this strategy was like releasing a caged tiger. Now that the tiger had been released, how could the aristocratic families and local tyrants, who had obtained power with great difficulty, let it go easily?

Therefore, Zhu Di's so-called reorganization was not actually to take these powers back into his hands, nor did he expect to increase his control over this army.

It is indeed possible to do this!
However, if you want to achieve this, it is an extremely long process. It is simply unrealistic to complete it overnight.

Therefore, the most fundamental reason why he reorganized this army before setting off was to improve its combat effectiveness. It was a fantasy to train them into veterans in a short period of time, but at least they could be made to look like peasants who had taken up arms to fight.

However, due to the pressure from the Jin army in various directions in the Jianghuai region, Zhu Di had no choice but to summon this army to the Jianghuai region in advance.

Of course, that is impossible. He transferred all 100,000 troops to the Jianghuai region.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang is short of troops on every battlefield, and many people are eyeing these 100,000 troops!
In fact, Zhu Di only transferred half of the troops to the Jianghuai battlefield. This was because he took into account the importance of the Jianghuai region to the security of Yangzhou, which allowed him to directly draw half of the troops.

Otherwise, with the current situation of tight manpower on the battlefields in all directions, how could the generals from other places agree?

The remaining 50,000 and 20,000 troops, together with the remnants of the defeated troops who were defeated by Chen Qianzhi in Yangzhou, guarded Yangzhou.

Although Chen Qianzhi had won a series of battles not long ago, his reputation was enough to stop the children in Jiangdong from crying in a short period of time.

However, the military forces he had at the time were indeed extremely limited, and he adopted a speed-based warfare strategy to achieve the goal of defeating the enemies one by one.

Therefore, we have always fought quickly and killed quickly, focusing on defeating the enemy, but there is not enough time to destroy the enemy's vitality on this basis.

Therefore, a considerable portion of the troops and horses before Yangzhou were still retained, but they were in a fragmented, disorganized, and useless state.

Of course, it also takes time to reorganize these people. Even if these people are useless, they are at least from regular military backgrounds and are still there. They are better than those soldiers from aristocratic families.

The reason why these people were left behind to guard Yangzhou was not for any other reason, but simply because they were afraid that another Chen Qianzhi would appear.

In the past, Huo Qubing once wandered around the Central Plains. Not long ago, Chen Qingzhi came to Yangzhou for a stroll. Who knows if there will be another Huo Qubing or another Chen Qingzhi in the future?

As for the remaining 30,000 troops, they were assigned to the Jiaozhou battlefield.

Zhu Di never expected that he would face such great pressure in the Jianghuai region and the siege of many Jin army generals led by Guo Ziyi and Hulugu. Even though the battle was so brutal, he still persisted until now.

On the contrary, the Jingbei front, which had been the most stable and had sufficient troops, was officially broken through by the enemy.

In fact, the entire southern battlefield is a matter of tangential importance. If there is a problem in any angle, it will not only affect the situation in that place, but will also be related to the situation in the entire south.

After the loss of Jingnan, it meant that in addition to besieging Jianghuai from the two directions of Xuzhou and Runan, the enemy could even send troops from the direction of Jiangxia to attack the Jianghuai region from both sides.

This was like a bolt from the blue for Zhu Di, who was already struggling to maintain his power.

The country was already stretched to the limit in all aspects, and now it was caught in a situation where it was outnumbered. From the moment the Battle of Jiangxia ended, the entire Jianghuai battlefield was in the most dangerous time.

(End of this chapter)