Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2320: Attack the enemy where they must rescue, Ziyi cuts off the sky canopy
As for Tang Shengzong, the main general of Hefei City, he fought against Guo Ziyi, the main general of the Jin army.

However, it is obvious that although Tang Shengzong is also a top-notch master, his own strength is not that strong among the top-notch masters, so he naturally cannot be a match for Guo Ziyi.

After the two men fought for thirty rounds, Guo Ziyi finally pierced the opponent's chest with his halberd, bringing the battle of Yifei to an end.

In the Battle of Yifei, as the second strongest city in the entire Jianghuai region except Shouchun, facing the massive attack of Guo Ziyi's troops, it only lasted two days before being completely defeated.

Even before Guo Ziyi could launch any decent offensive, the attack was completely defeated.

Afterwards, Guo Ziyi reused Bu Zhi and a group of Hefei families who performed outstandingly in this incident.

In other words, whenever Guo Ziyi attacked, he would either wipe out the captured cities completely, or the other side would voluntarily surrender. After the surrender, Guo Ziyi would make great use of the officials who took the lead in surrendering and the local noble families.

Guo Ziyi had to make use of local noble families. After Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the policy of universal military service, he organized almost all the people in the Jianghuai region.

After these militiamen surrendered the city, Guo Ziyi's troops certainly could not recruit these rubbish soldiers with almost no combat effectiveness. The only way was to turn them into civilians again.

Moreover, he couldn't really kill everyone in the Jianghuai region.

After such a huge force is organized, the process of turning soldiers into civilians is more difficult than the process of organizing them to become soldiers. If you are not careful, it is likely to cause chaos. Once these militiamen are released, it won't take long for them to become bandits. If this is the case, I am afraid that the entire Jianghuai area will be full of large and small bandits.

In order to complete the transition of this process, or to complete this process safely, Guo Ziyi utilized the power of local aristocratic families. This was the best choice for him.

Therefore, Guo Ziyi appointed Bu Zhi as the temporary magistrate of Hefei, and generals Tian Chongjin, Wang Yanqiu, Tian Qi, and Tu Xingsun led 30,000 troops to cooperate with Bu Zhi in guarding Hefei.

The reason why so many powerful generals and soldiers were left in Hefei, which had already been conquered, was of course because this location was important.

In fact, from this time on, Guo Ziyi had been thinking about how to keep Zhu Di in the Jianghuai region forever.

As one of the two sons that Zhu Yuanzhang valued most, Zhu Di radiated a scorching brilliance in the military field. He was present in all the battles with the Jin army, which posed considerable obstacles and troubles to the Jin army, causing many Jin army generals a headache.

Now Zhu Di is personally guarding Shouchun. Under his defense, the troops of the entire Hanzhong camp of Hulugu could hardly advance and were kept outside Shouchun.

And if possible, Guo Ziyi would certainly want to keep such a person in the Jianghuai region forever.

Shouchun is located almost in the northernmost part of the Jianghuai region. Now, after Hefei was taken, only Zhu Di in Shouchun and Xie Ai in Dabie Mountain have not been dealt with by them. As for the rest of the Jianghuai region, they have all fallen into the control of Guo Ziyi.

If Zhu Di wanted to escape, it was not realistic to take the land route. With such a long distance, Zhu Di had no chance of escaping. Even if the enemy really dared to do so, the shortest way from Shouchun to the south of the Yangtze River was through Hefei. If he took other roads, the possibility of Zhu Di escaping would be even slimmer.

Therefore, if the enemy is defeated one day and really wants to escape, the most likely option is to take the water route.

When Qi Jiguang's navy was still blocked by Wu Zixu in the Yangtze River, the enemy had two forces, Zhu Tianpeng and Liu Bei's navy, in the Jianghuai region, and the enemy was most likely to choose the water route.

Unfortunately, if you want to go from Shouchun along the river to Chaohu Lake and reach the Yangtze River, Hefei is stuck at a key position. If you want to enter Chaohu Lake, Hefei is also a point that cannot be avoided.

Therefore, another task that Guo Ziyi gave to Tian Chongjin and his men was to mobilize a large number of farmers to place wooden stakes and iron chains on the river to prevent the enemy's ships from passing.

Although this method was a bit passive, it was the best solution Guo Ziyi could come up with when Qi Jiguang's navy was unable to arrive.

In fact, Zhu Tianpeng's 10,000 naval forces, plus Liu Bei's 30,000 naval forces, only add up to 40,000 people, which has caused Guo Ziyi a headache during this period of time.

The other side took advantage of the large number of waterways in the Jianghuai region. Although many cities in the Jianghuai region had been captured by them, they were still within the attack range of Zhu Tianpeng and Liu Bei's navy.

In such a large Jianghuai region, Guo Ziyi could not leave a large number of troops to guard every city. If that were the case, no matter how many troops he had, they would not be enough and would be wasted here.

Besides, the other side would not really use sailors to attack the city. Each time it was just a simple attack, just to disgust people.

But it was this disgusting way that made Guo Ziyi extremely disgusted.

Therefore, it is estimated that we can only focus on guarding a few important places, and as for other places, we can only sacrifice the car to save the king.

Anyway, Guo Ziyi was not afraid that Zhu Tianpeng and his men would reoccupy those places. What he was afraid of was that the other party would use the water system in the Jianghuai region to appear and disappear in secret, making it impossible for him to catch them.

But if the other party dares to take the initiative to enter a city, Guo Ziyi will naturally have plenty of ways to deal with them.

However, because of the presence of these naval forces that they had no way to deal with for the time being, their food supply routes were severely disrupted, and every time they transported food, they needed a large number of troops to escort it.

It is precisely because of this that the consumption of food and fodder during the grain transportation process has made them somewhat overwhelmed.

This time, Guo Ziyi stationed so many troops in Hefei City, actually trying to attack the enemy's place. If there was any problem in Shouchun, he didn't believe that Zhu Tianpeng would not be anxious.

And once Zhu Tianpeng gets anxious, as long as they can firmly control the key location of Hefei City, they can at least take the initiative strategically.