Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2361: Xu Da committed suicide facing south

Xu Da organized three counterattacks, but due to his exhausted troops, he suffered successive setbacks and did not gain any advantage at the hands of Zhang Liao.

Even his general Xiang Zilong was killed by Huang Tianhua.

After Xu Da's third counterattack, with General Huang Feihu leading 50,000 troops as the second batch of Jin troops to land, it meant that even if Xu Da continued to launch a counterattack, it would be useless.

Logically speaking, Huang Feihu was actually a general of the Yizhou army and should have obeyed Wang Jian's orders.

However, as Bai Qi was the commander-in-chief of the southern battlefield, Huang Feihu was naturally also under his jurisdiction.

In the current war in the south, only those in the Central Plains battlefield have a certain degree of autonomy, relatively speaking.

The total number of troops in these two landings alone exceeded the number of troops Xu Da could control, and was twice the number of troops Xu Da could control.

Even if there was no third batch of troops led by Bai Qi, Xu Da would have been in a desperate situation given his current military situation.

At this point, the outcome of the Battle of Red Cliffs can be said to have been decided.

Ten days later, Bai Qi personally led the third batch of troops across the Yangtze River to fight Xu Da who was still resisting stubbornly.

In this battle, Bai Qi did not hold back at all. After crossing the river, he gathered all his forces and launched a general attack on Xu Da.

This is his respect for Xu Da!

As a famous general, dying on the battlefield may be the best destination.

The two families fought bloody battles for three days. In the end, Xu Da, who was seriously outnumbered, was unable to turn the tide even though he risked his life.

After a bloody battle to the last soldier, Xu Da committed suicide facing south while being surrounded by Bai Qi's troops.

Afterwards, Bai Qi personally collected Xu Da's body.

As a southern battlefield, respect for the greatest obstacle they faced.

The battle of Jiangxia alone was enough to establish Xu Da's position in this war in the south.

During the more than half a year of attack and defense of Jiangxia, the Jin army lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses here alone.

If we expand this scope to the entire Battle of Jingbei and add the Battle of Chibi not long ago, how many troops did the Jin army lose because of Xu Da's presence?

Although the Battle of Red Cliffs was unusually smooth after the enemy's navy was dispersed, their losses in this battle were limited overall.

However, no matter how small the loss is, it is still a loss!
Since the establishment of the Jin Army, there has never been such a heavy loss at the hands of any general!
In this regard, Xu Da is the number one general in the world that the many generals of the Jin army have faced!

Although I hate it, I also respect it!
Under Xu Da's command, famous generals such as Yang Hu and Lu Tong, and fierce generals such as Xu Wen and Guo Deng were all killed in battle.

Xu Wen and Guo Deng, one was killed by a piercing blow from Huang Tianhua, while the other was stabbed in the heart by Huang Feihu.

Yang Hu and Lu Tong were ambushed by Xu Huang while trying to break out, and were killed by Xu Huang and Yu Jin.

Yang Hu, as a famous strategist, politician, and writer in history, was definitely a man of both civil and military talents. But he was born at the wrong time. After he came under Zhu Yuanzhang, he actually did not make any outstanding contributions. He only made some small achievements here and there, and he did not even have the experience of leading the battlefield a few times. Now, he died on the battlefield, which is a great pity.

However, Lu Tong encountered Zhang Liao in the chaos of the army. After a battle with Zhang Wenyuan, he was killed by Zhang Wenyuan with a single sword.

The counselors Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong originally wanted to surrender to Jin, but Bai Qi ordered them to be beheaded, along with three thousand captives.

For a hero like Xu Da, it is natural that there will be several people buried with him on his road to the underworld.

Although Xu Da was an opponent, he was not an enemy. He was an opponent recognized by Bai Qi.

The counselors Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were originally in the base camp in Yangzhou. However, when Chen Qianzhi invaded Nanjing, these two people were lucky. While Chen Qianzhi had no time to deal with these two small figures, they managed to escape.

If these two people were placed in the original history of the Eastern Wu, they would indeed be the top figures.

However, in today's Zhu and Wu, they can only be regarded as the upper-middle class, and the top figures have nothing to do with them at all.

In the entire Yangzhou city, Chen Qianzhi would not keep an eye on these two, otherwise, he would not give them the chance to leave.

After escaping from Yangzhou, the two men fled to Chaisang. At that time, there was a troop stationed in Chaisang. Perhaps in the eyes of these two men, they felt safe there.

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After that, Zhu Yuanzhang simply used these two people as military clerks for Xu Da to allocate food and fodder to Xu Da.

Therefore, it appeared from the original rear to the current Chaisang battlefield.

These two people had some status after all. In Bai Qi's opinion, they were qualified to be buried alive with their opponent Xu Da.

However, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, under the rule of Zhu Yuanzhang in this life, were not as prosperous as they were in the Eastern Wu in history.

The reason why the two of them were able to occupy a place in the Sun Wu officialdom was, in fact, more because of their identity as foreign factions. They were pawns used by Zhu Yuanzhang to balance the local forces in Yangzhou, which enabled them to take advantage of the situation and rise to prominence.

However, that was all they were able to do. Even though they tried their best, they still failed to get into Zhu Yuanzhang's inner circle.

In addition, Zhu Sheng, one of Zhu Yuanzhang's most important and earliest advisers, also died in this battle.

After Yao Guangxiao was shot dead by Houyi, Xu Da was already in a situation where he was alone and had no one around to give him advice.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily transferred Zhu Sheng, who was by his side, over here.

Zhu Yuanzhang also had Jing Xiang by his side. It was not to say that Zhu Sheng was completely useless by his side, but at least he was not that useful. It would be better to put him by Xu Da's side to help him find out his shortcomings and fill in the gaps.

However, given the current war situation in the south, there is no way to resolve it, let alone a Zhu Sheng. Even if they were given a Zhang Liang, there would be no way to resolve it.

Therefore, even if Zhu Sheng was transferred to Xu Da, it would be of no use. It would just be one more person to add to Xu Da's troubles.

He even died in this battle.

However, considering the current situation of the war in the south, even if Zhu Sheng escaped this time, he could not escape his final fate. It was only a matter of sooner or later.