Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2291 The Initial Establishment of the Slave Army

Although Zhu Di widely publicized the results of this battle in the Jianghuai region, he exaggerated it as much as possible.

However, now, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is in southern Jing, does not dare to be so optimistic.

Zhu Di needed to mobilize the military spirit in the Jianghuai region to do this. However, as Zhu Yuanzhang was in charge of the overall situation, he needed to have a clear enough understanding.

This is determined by the different positions of the two parties.

If Zhu Yuanzhang were in Zhu Di's position, he might also behave as optimistically as Zhu Di, because the reality forced him to be optimistic. Even if he knew what was going on, he had to pretend to be optimistic.

If Zhu Di were in Zhu Yuanzhang's position, he would not be able to focus on just one battlefield, but would need to consider the entire war situation. Naturally, he would not be optimistic because of a small victory.

The loss of Jiaozhou left Yangzhou vulnerable to Wu Qi's attack at any time.

However, Yangzhou at that time did not have enough troops. Moreover, the only tens of thousands of troops in Yangzhou today were either the remnants of Chen Qianzhi's repeated defeats, whose morale was limited and could not be used. Otherwise, they were the organized soldiers of the aristocratic families, whose combat effectiveness was definitely inferior to that of the regular army.

The Jianghuai region did achieve victory for a while, but it had no substantive significance at all.

In this battle, we only captured more than 3,000 troops of Wang Jian. What is the significance of this in terms of the overall situation?
In this battle, the Jin army deployed tens of millions of troops in several battlefields, but the mere 3,000 troops were not even a fraction of the enemy's. A few more troops would not be much, but a few less troops would not be a lot, and the Jin army was not hurt at all.

In the northern Jing area, Bai Qi was always ready to cross the river to the south, forcing Xu Da to be on high alert. Wu Zixu also sent a large number of warships to patrol the river at any time to avoid the possibility of the enemy crossing the river suddenly.

The only place that was worth watching was the southern part of Jing, where he was stationed personally. Under his obstruction, Yang Su could not advance an inch, and even suffered heavy casualties. Although Yang Su was very anxious about the current situation, he had no idea what to do when Zhu Yuanzhang was in charge and Zhu Wenzheng, a famous defensive general, was actually operating on the front line.

There were water leaks everywhere. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang had the ability to see through the sky, he couldn't think of any solution at this time.

He has been asking for advice from many of his advisers over the past few days, but no one can give him any feasible suggestions.

Internally, Yangzhou had been forced to release even the ferocious beast that was its private army, and only then did it gain a hundred thousand troops in an instant.

In the Jianghuai region, the whole nation is now mobilized to become a soldier.

If you want to seek opportunities internally again, it's true that you have reached a dead end.

But if it doesn't work internally, then we can only think of a way to deal with it externally.

However, the princes in the Central Plains and the south are now all in retreat.

Zhao Kuangyin's power was already in name only, with only Tian Dan left, who supported Zhao Kuangyin's son and struggled to support the cause.

However, with the support of generals such as Bi Han, Xia Geng, Hei Lian, Hei Pao, and with the help of Liu Bei, the situation began to stabilize.

The northern princes include Dou Jiande and Liu Bei who were able to send troops.

Speaking of Dou Jiande, he is definitely a thorn in the hearts of the princes of the world. If it weren't for this guy, the war in the Central Plains would not have been defeated so quickly to such an extent.

As for Liu Bei, he fought with all his might, but after the Battle of Xuzhou, he suffered heavy losses and could only barely defend himself.

As for the remaining two northern princes, they had not yet recovered from years of war and were truly powerless.

To put it bluntly, now, all they can count on is the Li Tang navy that is taking advantage of the situation to rob them, and the Yuan Mongols that are mobilizing all their national strength to move south.

Therefore, the Jianghuai region, which was in despair, was made prosperous by Zhu Di.

However, these senior officials in Zhu Yuanzhang's camp were all dejected and almost in despair.

After all, those who have managed to reach high levels still have some basic knowledge, and will not be as easily fooled by Zhu Di as the soldiers and horses of the people in the Jianghuai region.

Zhu Yuanzhang, looking at these good-for-nothings under his command, realized that no one could share his worries at such a critical moment. He couldn't help but think more and more of Yao Guangxiao who had been shot dead by Houyi.

If only Yao Guangxiao were still alive, perhaps he could share my worries in this time of crisis!

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's wish was destined to become a beautiful wish.

Given his current situation, let alone if Yao Guangxiao were resurrected, even if he were given a Zhang Liang, what else could he do?
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Yanzhou, where Liu Bei lives!

Liu Bei, who was fighting against Li Xiang, was also very excited after hearing about the Battle of Dabie Mountains.

Although it was only a small victory, in this critical situation, this small victory was infinitely magnified.

And double happiness came. The first batch of Western slaves from the grassland also entered Qingzhou through Yuan Shao's hands and began to be reorganized in the rear.

Although the first batch of slaves from the Western Regions was not large in number, with only less than three thousand people, it was just a beginning.

Now that we have this first batch, the second and third batches will follow soon.

In short, when these slaves arrive one after another, they will be well equipped and reorganized. Then, Liu Bei will at least have the confidence to resist Li Xiang.

In particular, these slaves were not just simple slaves. Most of them were captives captured by the defeated big countries in the Western Regions. They were soldiers themselves.

Although the soldiers from the Western Regions were a little inferior to those from the Han Dynasty or the grasslands, they still had at least a basic foundation. After all, it was better than directly recruiting ordinary people who had never been exposed to the battlefield.

In addition, Liu Bei also gathered some captives with good attitudes and active cooperation, voluntarily released their status as slaves, and granted them land. In addition, according to the abilities of these people, he reused them to varying degrees in the entire captive army.

In this way, he can, through this small group of people, give hope to those who come after them, and also let this small group of people serve as a role model for those who come after them.

Human beings, once they have hope, are likely to burst out with greater fighting power!