Chapter 1578: Sun Wu was imprisoned for nearly a thousand chapters
The 50,000 reinforcements from Qi State alone were obviously not enough to resolve the crisis faced by Zhu Ming, so Zhu Yuanzhang decided to lead the army to rescue Xuzhou personally after sweeping Beihai. However, the top priority was to get rid of Li Jing first.
"Xia Luqi, Wang Yanzhang, Wang Yantong, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou..."
Every time Zhu Tianpeng named a famous general, a general would be sent down to stand up. When Zhu Tianpeng finished naming, there were not many people left below.
"Although you and I are together, this time I will lead an army of 70,000 to wipe out Li Jing in Beihai in one fell swoop." Zhu Tianpeng shouted with great courage.
"We must win, we must win..." all the generals shouted.
Zhu Youjian stood up and said: "My lord, our army has a total of 130,000 troops. Fifty thousand have been sent to rescue Xuzhou. If we lead another 70,000 troops to fight, wouldn't there be only 10,000 defenders left in the country? This is a little bit Too dangerous.
In my opinion, the Northern Han Dynasty is the main force in this campaign against Li Jing, and our army will only dispatch 40,000 troops. "
"With only 40,000 troops dispatched, how can we compete with the Northern Han Dynasty for the Beihai Sea?"
Zhu Tianpeng smiled coldly, and then said in a deep voice: "Only an army of 70,000 can suppress the Northern Han Dynasty, so that they dare not become emperor with our army, and voluntarily give up Beihai County to our army."
"But what about the safety of the rear?"
"Don't worry, all the forces are now at war. Looking around, there is no force that can send troops to directly attack our country of Qi. Let alone leaving only 10,000 people, even if we don't leave these 10,000, we can still protect our country of Qi. No inch of soil was lost." Zhu Tianpeng said confidently.
Zhu Youjian couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized.
The only forces bordering Qi are the four forces of Zhu Ming, Cao Wei, Liangshan and Beihai.
Zhu Ming now has too much time to take care of himself, and Qi State still goes to help Zhu Ming, so it is naturally impossible to send troops to Qi State.
Liangshan has now joined the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Northern Han Dynasty is bent on winning over Qi to fight against the Qin army, so it is naturally impossible to steal Qi's home.
As for Cao Wei, Yanzhou's foundation is too weak after all. Although Cao Cao raised an army of 200,000 for self-protection, but this time he had such a good opportunity to attack Zhu Ming, he only dispatched an army of 100,000. This shows that this is already Cao Wei's The limit.
In addition, Cao Wei also needed to defend Zhao and Song from each other, so he was unable to send troops to fight on multiple fronts. Even if Cao Cao wanted to fight together, he would have to defeat Xuzhou first.
Looking around the Qi State, there was no force that could threaten the Qi State. That's why Zhu Tianpeng dared to be so bold and directly led an army of 70,000 to the expedition, leaving only an army of 10,000 to look after the country.
Although Zhu Tianpeng had decided to rescue Xuzhou, Zhu Di, who was far away in Xuzhou, did not put all his hopes on Zhu Tianpeng alone. He also racked his brains to find every way to save himself.
Now both Fan Zeng and Zhu Di know that behind Xue Ju's rebellion, there is actually Zhang Liang operating behind it, and the war will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of suppressing Xue Ju.
However, Xue Ju was also a bit headstrong, and he did not trust Zhang Liang. This was also caught by Fan Zeng, who used this to plot to finally break Xue Ju.
Originally, Fan Zeng was confident of annihilating Xue Ju in one fell swoop, but at the critical moment it was Zhang Liang's ingenious plan that allowed Xue Ju to escape, and ultimately caused Xue Ju to completely turn to Cao Cao.
Xue Ju would surrender to Cao Cao. Not only Fan Zeng, but also Zhang Liang did not expect this. After all, although Xue Ju had shown ambition before, he was still very loyal to the Ming Dynasty. However, he did not expect that after being forced into panic, he would even All my beliefs have been abandoned.
Not only did Zhang Liang and Fan Zeng not win in the air-to-air duel, but they also forced Xue Ju, who was regarded as a pawn, to the advantage of Cao Cao, an outsider in the end.
Xue Ju surrendered to Cao Cao, and with Xue Ju as a rebel general leading the way, the Wei army's Xuzhou offensive at Zeran also went more smoothly, which also worsened the situation facing Zhu Ming to the extreme.
Zhu Di and Fan Zeng quickly returned to Xuzhou, but at this time Zhao Kuangyin sent troops to Jianghuai.
Although Xu Shiji and Zhu Wenzheng were in charge of Jianghuai, they faced the three princes Sun Jian, Huang Zu and Zhao Kuangyin. Even Fan Zeng didn't know how long Xu Shiji could hold on.
As a last resort, Zhu Di could only send more troops to Jianghuai and then shamelessly ask Qi for help while thinking of other ways to save himself.
"Report, a great victory on the front line... General Guan Yu first defeated Cao Wei's general Wei Lai, and then killed Cao Wei's famous general Yin Hong, shocking Cao Wei's camp."
After hearing the news, Zhu Di's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Well done."
Since Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, Zhu Di has received mostly bad news, and the morale of the entire army has become increasingly low. Now that there is news that Guan Yu has defeated Yin Hong, it will definitely boost the morale of the entire army. .
Zhu Di naturally knew that General Yin Hong had defeated Zhang Yan in ten rounds, defeated Zang Ba in fifteen rounds, and fought with Xiang Zhuang in fifty rounds with no outcome. He was a capable general with the level of a god general, but he I didn't expect that it would fall into Guan Yu's hands so easily.
"What happened next?" Zhu Di asked impatiently.
"After General Guan Yu beheaded Yin Hong, Yin Hong's father Yin Zhou arrived with his army. Seeing that Yin Hong was beheaded, Yin Zhou took action in anger and defeated General Guan Yu. General Guan Yu was injured and returned to Xiaopei to defend."
"That's it."
Hearing that Guan Yu was safe, Zhu Di was relieved, and immediately ordered: "Immediately send an order to Xiang Zhuang, ordering him to lead five thousand troops to station in Xiaopei, and go to help General Guan Yu."
"promise."
Guan Yu would later lose to Yin Zhou. In Zhu Di's opinion, this was probably due to defeat and the later killing of Yin Hong, which consumed too much of Guan Yu's physical strength. If Guan Yu was in his prime, he might not be weaker than Yin Zhou. .
Zhu Di was extremely grateful to Guan Yu. Without his full strength, suppressing Xue Ju would not have been so easy, not to mention that Guan Yu was still the main force against Cao Wei.
Zhu Ming without Guan Yu would definitely not be able to resist Cao Wei's invasion, so this also strengthened Zhu Di's determination to completely conquer Guan Yu.
"Di'er, continuing the fight like this is not an option. Our army's strength is too tight. We must persuade one or two of the princes to retreat." Fan Zeng said with a serious face.
"But Yafu, Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin, Sun Jian, and the Huangzu family are all eager to carve up our Ming Dynasty. How can they retreat at this time." Zhu Di said with a bitter smile.
"Actually, there are still ways to persuade Sun Jian to retreat. If Sun Jian retreats, Huang Zu will be isolated and difficult to survive. Then the pressure on Jianghuai will be much less."
Hearing Fan Zeng's words, Zhu Di's eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly asked: "Father, how can we make Sun Jian withdraw his troops?"
"As long as you give up one person, you will be able to convince Sun Jian to withdraw his troops."
"Who?" Zhu Di asked curiously.
"Sun Wu." Fan Zeng said firmly.
