Daming: Spoilers about the future, Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed

Liu Bei looked at Han Cheng and asked him again about his plan to raise troops to attack Eastern Wu.

Want to see myself

Taking action against Jiang Dong brought about a good result.

Let out the depressed mood in your heart.

Also, make him feel better.

In his opinion, the result this time was completely different from what he had thought at the beginning, that his side would be able to crush Jiangdong with ease.

But the result won't be that bad.

Even if there is no big victory, it is not a problem to achieve some small victories.

Compared with his own side, Lu Xun can only be regarded as a child.

Too far!

No matter how you put it, I have spent my whole life in the military.

He has so many elite soldiers and generals under his command.

Moreover, this time the army was raised to avenge Yunchang.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers must fight to the death.

So Liu Bei still has confidence in this matter!
If I can't even achieve a small victory, I might as well not lead an army to fight in the future.

After hearing what Liu Bei said, Han Cheng once again told Liu Bei about the Battle of Yiling.

"…In the first month of the Zhangwu reign, the naval forces of Wu Ban and Chen Shi of Shu Han entered the Yiling area and stationed troops on both sides of the Yangtze River.

In February, the emperor's uncle personally led the main force from Zigui to Yiling and established a base camp.

At this time, the Shu army had penetrated four to five hundred miles into Wu territory.

As they were initially blocked and resisted by the Wu army, their eastward advance came to a halt.

As the Wu army was guarding the key locations and refusing to fight, the Shu army had no choice but to set up dozens of camps along the hundreds of miles line from Wu Gorge to Jianping to Yiling.

In order to mobilize Lu Xun to go into battle, the emperor's uncle sent Zhang Nan, the commander of the front corps, to lead his troops and divide their forces to besiege Sun Huan who was stationed in Yidao.

Sun Huan was Sun Quan's nephew, so all the generals of the Wu army requested to send troops to rescue him.
However, Lu Xun knew very well that Sun Huan had won the hearts of the people and that Yidao City was strong and had sufficient food, so he firmly rejected the suggestion of sending troops to aid Yidao.

Avoiding the dispersion and premature consumption of forces..."

Liu Bei nodded slightly when he heard this, thinking that Lu Xun's method was really abominable.

He has been playing cowardly there, hiding his head and refusing to come out.

This matter is indeed a bit difficult to handle.

However, after this thought came to his mind, Liu Bei threw it out of his mind.

He believed that at that time, he would definitely be able to come up with a good plan and fight the battle beautifully...

"From the first month to the sixth month, the two armies remained at a stalemate.

In order to quickly engage in a decisive battle with the Wu army, you, the Imperial Uncle, appointed General Feng Xi as the commander-in-chief, Zhang Nan as the vanguard, and Fu Kuang, Zhao Rong, Liao Chun, Fu Rong and others as separate commanders.

The advance man Wu Ban led several thousand men to set up camp on the plain and went to the front of the battle line to insult and challenge.

But Lu Xunjun kept his temper and ignored it.

Later, Liu Bei sent Wu Ban to lead thousands of people to set up camp on the plain, and also ambushed another 8,000 troops in the valley.

He attempted to lure the Wu army into battle and wait for an opportunity to annihilate them.

But this plan still failed.

Lu Xun held his ground and refused to fight, thus destroying the emperor's uncle's strategic intention of relying on superior military force to achieve a quick victory.

The Shu army's soldiers gradually lost their morale and lost their initiative and advantage.

June was the hottest month of the year and the heat was oppressive, making the Shu army suffer greatly.

The emperor's uncle had no choice but to abandon the boats and move the navy to land, setting up military camps in the deep mountains and dense forests.

They stationed their troops beside a stream to rest and prepare to launch an attack in the autumn.

Because the Shu army was on a rugged mountain road four or five hundred miles away from the Wu territory, far away from the rear.

Therefore, logistical support is often difficult.

In addition, the emperor's uncle had set up camps for hundreds of miles, and his troops were dispersed, which provided Lu Xun with an opportunity to launch a strategic counterattack..."

When Liu Bei heard Han Cheng's words, he couldn't help but frowned.

I started to have some bad feelings in my heart.

Why does it sound like we are fighting this battle in a rather passive position?
Could it be...that something really happened?

But thinking about it carefully, I always feel that there is something wrong with this matter.

With my own abilities, there shouldn't be any major mistakes.

“…seeing that the Shu army’s morale was low, he gave up the strategy of advancing both on land and on sea.

Lu Xun believed that the time was ripe for a strategic counterattack.

For this reason, he wrote to Sun Quan, the King of Wu:

At the beginning of the battle, the concern was that the Shu army would advance both by land and sea and go straight down the river.

Right now the Shu army has abandoned their boats and gone ashore, setting up camps everywhere, and judging from their deployment, there will be no changes.

In this way, there will be an opportunity to take advantage of it, and there will be no difficulty in defeating the Shu army.

Sun Quan immediately approved Lu Xun's battle plan to shift from defense to counterattack.

On the eve of a large-scale counterattack, Sun first sent a small force to launch a tentative attack.

Although this attack failed, it allowed Lu Xun to find a way to defeat the enemy - fire attack!
Because it was the hot summer season and the weather was hot and humid.

The camps of the emperor's uncle's troops were built with wooden fences and were surrounded by trees and thatched roofs.

Once the fire starts, it will burn into a whole piece.

After the decisive battle began, Lu Xun ordered Wu's soldiers to each hold a handful of thatch, raid the Shu army camp at night, and set fire to the wind.

Suddenly the fire became fierce and the Shu army was in chaos.

Lu Xun took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack, forcing the Shu army to retreat westward.

Wu general Zhu Ran led an army of 5,000 and first broke through the Shu army's vanguard, and then rushed to the rear of the Shu army. Together with Han Dang's troops, they surrounded the Shu army in Zhuoxiang and cut off the Shu army's retreat.

Pan Zhang's troops launched a fierce attack on Feng Xi's army of Shu and defeated it.

Zhuge Jin, Luo Tong, Zhou Yin and other troops cooperated with Lu Xun's main force to attack the Shu army at Yiling.

Sun Huan's troops, who were guarding Yidao, also took the initiative to attack and join the battle.

The Wu army made good progress and soon captured more than 40 Shu army camps.

He also used the navy to cut off the Shu army's connection with both sides of the Yangtze River.

Shu army generals Zhang Nan, Feng Xi and indigenous tribal leader Shamoke were killed in the battle.

Du Lu, Liu Ning and others took off their armor and surrendered.

Seeing that the whole line had collapsed, the emperor's uncle fled to Ma'anshan, northwest of Yiling.

He ordered the Shu army to surround the mountains and defend themselves.

Lu Xun concentrated his forces, surrounded the enemy from all sides, and annihilated nearly 10,000 Shu troops.

At this point, the Shu army was completely routed, most of them were killed, wounded or fled, and all of their vehicles, ships and other military supplies were lost..."

Inside the study, Liu Bei was stunned.

Like being struck by lightning!

All the impatience before is gone.

I can’t even describe how I felt.

what's the situation?
How could this be? !
This time, I have made many preparations to raise an army to fight the enemy.

But we are ready to defeat the bandits in one battle!
Avenge my second brother!
After listening to what Han Cheng said, I lowered my expectations very low.

We have reached the point where we don’t seek big victories, but small victories are fine.

Who would have thought that the final result would not even be a small victory.

But it was our own miserable defeat.

This result is really too unbelievable.

In his opinion, such a thing would never happen.

It is obvious that I am the one who has been fighting for many years and has been struggling in battles for most of my life.

When he met Lu Xun, a young man, he turned into a...

This is so painful to think about!
The original intention was to avenge my second brother.

As a result, instead of avenging his brother, he suffered heavy losses and returned in defeat.

This matter is as frustrating as it can be!
At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly knew and understood.

Why did I ask about my attack on Dongwu Jiangdong before?

Mr. Han, this is why people like Zhu Yuanzhang look a little strange.

It turns out that the real battle situation is like this!

Liu Bei's body was a little shaky.

This unexpected and extremely frustrating thing had a huge impact on him!

"Uncle, it's okay. Winning and losing are common in the military."

Zhu Biao comforted him from the side.

"Now that the emperor's uncle has come here and knows all this, he will definitely not let this happen again."

Hearing what Crown Prince Zhu Biao said, Liu Bei forced a smile.

He nodded to indicate that he understood.

However, faced with such a result, no matter how much I comfort myself by saying that it is a matter of the future.

But Liu Bei wasn't in a good mood either.

After taking a few deep breaths, Liu Bei picked up his pen and began to write down the characters on his side that appeared in Han Cheng's words.

Prepare to make good use of the outstanding people in the future.

I have always felt that I do not have enough talented people under my command and that they are not enough.

Now, what I heard from Mr. Han gave me a particularly good opportunity.

Han Cheng waited here for a while and saw that Liu Bei's mood had eased a lot.

This time I really held on and started writing down people's names.

I felt much relieved now.

After waiting for a while, Liu Bei finished recording these people.

Han Cheng then told Liu Bei what to do next...

"…The emperor's uncle escaped at night, and the Shu general Fu Zhun led his troops to follow him.

When all his soldiers were killed in the battle, Fu Rong's morale became even stronger.

The people of Wu tried to persuade Fu Rong to surrender.

Fu Zhu cursed, "You dog of Wu! How can a Han general surrender?"
In the end, Fu Wei fought hard and died.

However, the troops of Wu general Sun Huan, who set out earlier, got ahead of the emperor's uncle and cut off his way back to Yizhou.

When the emperor's uncle reached Shimen Mountain, he was almost captured by Sun Huan's troops.

The uncle crossed the mountains and crossed the dangers before he was able to escape from the pursuers and escape into Baidi City...

At this time, Huang Quan, the general of the Shu Army in Zhenbei, was defending the Wei army in the north of the Yangtze River.

After the emperor's uncle was defeated, Huang Quan's route back to the west was cut off by the Wu army, and Huang Quan was ashamed to surrender to the Wu army.

He had no choice but to lead his troops north in August and surrender to Cao Wei.

In the same month, Ma Liang was intercepted and killed by Wu general Bu Zhi while retreating from the south to the northwest.

Only Xiang Chong’s army returned to Shu intact from Yiling..."

Liu Bei's face turned even more pale when he heard Han Cheng's words.

The hand holding the pen was shaking a little.

These are all loyal and righteous men!
As a result, he was killed by his own battle!

Instead of avenging the second brother, the losses were even greater.

Suddenly, Liu Bei wanted to slap himself!
"After the emperor's uncle fled to Baidi City, Wu generals Pan Zhang, Xu Sheng and others advocated pursuing the victory and expanding the results of the battle.

But at this time, the emperor's uncle gathered the scattered soldiers, and Zhao Yun's rear army came to support, and the garrison in Baidi City was close to 20,000.

Lu Xun had lost the opportunity to capture Baidi.

In addition, he was worried that Cao Wei would take advantage of the situation and attack the rear, so he stopped the pursuit.

Take the initiative to withdraw troops.

In September, Cao Wei indeed attacked Wu.

But because Lu Xun was well prepared, the Wei army finally returned empty-handed...

The Battle of Yiling is one of the three famous battles during the Three Kingdoms period in which a smaller force won.

The first was the Battle of Guandu fought between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

After the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao completely reversed the passive situation facing Yuan Shao.

This laid a solid foundation for completely destroying Yuan Shao and unifying the north in the future.

The second time was the Battle of Red Cliffs.

The emperor's uncle has joined forces with Jiangdong.

Cao Cao's idea of ​​going south to destroy Jiangdong and clean up the world was completely destroyed.

This laid the foundation for a three-way balance of power.

The third time was the Battle of Yiling.

The Battle of Yiling can be said to have directly destroyed most of the wealth that the emperor's uncle had worked so hard to accumulate.

This caused the newly established Shu Han to lose its foundation.

There is almost a talent gap.

The subsequent impact was particularly great..."

Listening to Han Cheng's story, Liu Bei's face looked extremely ugly!
I feel ashamed and angry...

All kinds of emotions are boiling back and forth in my chest.

Especially after hearing Han Cheng say that this battle caused him to destroy the foundation of Shu Han, he felt even more upset.

I am determined to support the Han Dynasty.

But in the end it ended up like this.

Years of accumulation, destroyed in an instant...

It also caused the death of so many people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty...

I had heard Mr. Han talk about it before, saying that when the three families returned to Jin, I didn’t understand it.

After he had taken control of Yizhou, Hanzhong and other places, he also had some areas in Jingzhou in his hands.

Why does this still happen?
As a result, my second brother suffered a crushing defeat in Jingzhou and lost a vital route.

Immediately afterwards, he led his entire country's army to suffer a great defeat.

Under such circumstances, how can we fight back?
How to restore the Han Dynasty?

"Uncle, let me tell you something. You should…you should not…should not lead troops anymore!
You...you are really...really not good at leading troops in battle!

This battle, but...if you had asked Prime Minister Zhuge, or some other people to follow, it would...not have turned out like this.

Uncle, you...you just need to promote and appoint people.

When it comes to leading troops to fight, you... you are really not suitable.

I remember that when you, my uncle, led the army alone, you never fought many brilliant battles…"

Zhu Chong, the Prince of Qin, who had been quiet all this time, couldn't help it anymore.

Looking at Liu Bei, he said these words...

Zhu Chong has a loud voice.

As soon as he said this, everyone present heard what he said.

"Xian'er, stop talking nonsense!"

Queen Ma spoke up immediately to stop Zhu Chong.

He then looked at Liu Bei and said, "He speaks without restraint, please don't blame me, uncle..."

Liu Bei shook his head when he heard this, and then stood up.

He bowed very seriously towards Zhu Chong.

“Very teachable.

Before, I thought that I had some ability in leading a team.

Having fought for half of his life, he can't be that bad.

However, I learned from Mr. Han about the Battle of Yiling, and how disastrous the defeat was.

Then he suddenly woke up.

When it comes to fighting, especially personally leading troops and directing the troops, the preparation is really not good enough.
War, like many other things,

It doesn't mean that being older and having more experience means you are more capable.
When it comes to commanding an army, what matters is often talent.

If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.

Thank you, Your Highness, Prince Qin, for your words of enlightenment."

Liu Bei said this very sincerely.

After hearing Liu Bei say this and seeing his actions.

All of a sudden, everyone present admired Liu Bei even more.

Be able to recognize your own shortcomings and correct them.

It's really not easy.

This is especially true for those in high positions.

How could someone like Liu Bei not be looked up to by others?
"Mr. Han, what did Bei do next?"

Liu Bei looked at Han Cheng and asked again.

Han Cheng's mouth twitched slightly, and the next step was to entrust his son to the care of others in Baidi City.

It’s a bit hard to say…”

(End of this chapter)