Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2333: Three Days to Go to Kuaiji and Raise the Army to Attack Yuzhang

Although Wu Qi's military style was not as steady and cautious as Wang Jian's, he was never known for his aggressiveness.

However, in the Battle of Yang, Wu Qi rarely showed his aggressive side.

However, within just three days, one of the four counties in Jiangdong had already fallen into Wu Qi's hands. With the attitude of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, there was almost no room for the Yangzhou military forces to resist.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's current forces are extremely lacking in generals who can stand on their own, which has further led to the current poor situation in Yangzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself might be qualified enough to fight Wu Qi, but he was remotely controlling the entire war situation in Jingnan, and also fighting against Yang Su by the way.

At this time, Xu Da, the Grand Commander of Jingzhou under Zhu Yuanzhang, was stationed on the bank of the Yangtze River, guarding against Bai Qi who was stationed at Chibi, and preventing him from landing at Chaisang. This was particularly important for Zhu Yuanzhang's forces at the moment.

As for Wu Zixu, he had an even greater task at this time. With Wu Qi raising troops in Yangzhou, he was the one with the greatest burden in Zhu Yuanzhang's forces. He was also the one with the greatest pressure.

Once Bai Qi's troops successfully land, or after the Jianghuai battlefield ends, the Jin army in the Jianghuai battlefield moves south, the entire Yangzhou and Jingnan will be hopeless.

At this time, Wu Zixu's role is self-evident. Whether the Jin army can be resisted north of the Yangtze River, his navy is the most important force.

As for the rest, Zhu Di was almost in a hopeless situation at this time. Deep in the Jianghuai battlefield, he was already in a desperate situation, unable to save himself.

Apart from these people, the last capable person, Wang He, had died in Jiaozhou. Including Song Que, he also did not survive the brutal battlefield in Jiaozhou.

As for the rest, such as Tang He, Lu Kang, Deng Yu, Hu Zongxian, and Huan Wen, if they were placed in a separate era, they would naturally be famous generals. Even in their own time, they are still called famous generals.

However, although they are both famous generals, there is no comparison between them and people like Wu Qi, and they are simply unable to truly stop Wu Qi.

General Hu Zongxian personally took charge of Kuaiji, but the situation almost collapsed at the first blow. In just three days, the entire county fell.

Could it be that Hu Zongxian is such an incompetent person that he is really so vulnerable?

But how is this possible?

Hu Zongxian is also a famous figure in history.

When talking about the national heroes who fought against the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty, most people think of General Qi Jiguang, who never lost a battle and beat the Japanese pirates so hard that they fled in panic. Some people also think of General Yu Dayou, who made many outstanding achievements in fighting against the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang and had a legendary life.

However, at the beginning, Qi Jiguang was still unknown in Shandong, Yu Dayou was demoted but retained, Xu Wei was still preparing for the provincial examination, Tang Shunzhi was still unemployed, and Tan Lun served as the prefect of Taizhou.

These people gradually became prominent in the next few years after Hu Zongxian became the governor of Zhejiang and took charge of the anti-Japanese affairs on the southeast coast. It was Hu Zongxian, the Bole, who discovered this group of talented horses.

Qi Jiguang was best at training soldiers, but the generals of the Ming Dynasty did not even have the most basic right to recruit soldiers. However, Hu Zongxian authorized Qi Jiguang without hesitation, allowing Qi Jiguang to complete the voluntary recruitment of soldiers, which was a turning point in his life. Not only that, Hu Zongxian also actively mobilized supplies and gave Qi's army generous treatment and equipment.

He also gave Qi Jiguang independent command, which enabled Qi's army to fight flexibly in the anti-Japanese battlefield, and finally defeated the Japanese pirates by surprise. It can be said that without Hu Zongxian's mediation in the court, Qi Jiguang would not have been able to kill the enemy without distraction, and without Hu Zongxian's strategic command, Qi Jiguang would have been exhausted day and night.

The key point is that Hu Zongxian was not someone who could only give orders from behind. As the chief commander of the anti-Japanese war on the southeast coast, he, as a civil servant, personally led the charge on the front line of the anti-Japanese war many times, breaking many people's stereotype that civil officials were weak. It can be said that the success of the anti-Japanese war on the southeast coast was largely due to Hu Zongxian's strategy of combining suppression and appeasement.

The book "Guoqie" refers to Hu Zongxian as Yu Shaobao together with Yu Qian during the reign of Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Qiyu.

Although he has many stains, from this perspective, he is worthy of the title of national hero.

It can be said that this is a person with outstanding comprehensive abilities.

However, in this battle, many famous generals including himself, as well as Yangzhou generals Dong Qi, Yang Wen, Huan Zhen, etc., were all killed.

Most of these people died in battle at the hands of Gou Chen. In comparison, Xuan Wu had a more peaceful personality and did not like killing.

Moreover, Xuanwu was a slow person and did not have so many ideas of making great achievements. His movements on the battlefield were also very slow. He stopped Yan Jun who was about to break out, but did not harm the opponent's life. After knocking him out with a punch, he directly asked the soldiers behind him to tie him up.

Compared to Gou Chen, whose attack can either kill or injure people, Xuan Wu can almost be regarded as a living Bodhisattva.

In this battle, not only was there a huge difference in the abilities of the two coaches,
Moreover, there is a qualitative difference in the military strength of the two sides. Not only is there a qualitative difference in quantity, but there is also a gap in quality.

Among the four counties in Jiangdong, with insufficient military strength, Kuaiji is the least important one in terms of various aspects, with only 10,000 soldiers left behind. Moreover, they are mainly composed of soldiers from aristocratic families.

Of the four counties in Jiangdong, the two in the north not only have the base camp Wu County, but also have to prevent the Jin army in the Jianghuai area from moving south after the end of the Jianghuai war, so the military force must be sufficient.

Yuzhang, next to Kuaiji, is Zhu Yuanzhang's flank, and military forces are equally essential.

On the other hand, Wu Qi's troops were like battle-hardened lions whose morale was the highest as they had won many victories along the way, and whose fighting capacity had been restored after resting.

In addition, Wu Qi has a number of generals under his command, including Xuanwu, Gou Chen, Jiu Feng, etc. In this respect, he is far from being comparable to Hu Zongxian.

After the deaths of many great generals including Wang Yanzhang, Zhang Xiantu, Jiao Benzhong, Wu Ge and Lu Er, Zhu Yuanzhang's forces are now left with only Zhu Quan, whose life or death is unknown, Ying Bu from the Jianghuai region, and Yao Zilin and Deng Zilong who were with Xu Da.

The last one is Lu Ya, who fled all the way from Jiaozhou to Yangzhou and is now guarding Zhu Yuanzhang’s base camp, Wujun.

Wu Qi led his troops to Kuaiji, leaving his generals Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong to lead 30,000 troops to guard Kuaiji and threaten Wujun. As for himself, he led the rest of the troops and marched westward to attack Yuzhang.