"Ming Jin withdraws his troops!"
The sky was gradually setting, and Yue Fei also issued an order to withdraw his troops. The battle lasted almost the entire day without a result, and there was no need to continue the fight.
Although the generals like Li Cunkao were fighting lively, Yang Su and Yue Fei, as commanders of both sides, were not relaxed at all.
After the war started, Yue Fei continued to send troops across the river. However, Yang Su was already prepared. Thousands of archers were dispatched on the river to attack the remaining fast boats, firing a burst of rapid fire. Yue Fei ordered the catapults on the river formation to launch a bombardment, while Yang Su made the next move.
Yang Su and Yue Fei were going back and forth. Just as the former took action, the other had already come up with countermeasures.
In the end, under the command of Yue Fei, there were still troops that could break through Yang Su's blockade and successfully cross the river from time to time, but the number was extremely limited.
After the first batch of vanguard troops crossed the bank, although they were prepared for the ambush that followed, they were always at a disadvantage due to their inferior strength.
In addition, the war had been going on for a long time, so Yue Fei gave the order to retreat. Anyway, today was just a tentative attack.
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"Okay, it's been a day of fighting. Let's sit down and eat first!" Li Xiang looked at the generals in the tent and waved his hand.
The generals have been fighting for a day, and naturally they are already hungry. Now that Li Xiang has given the order, he no longer continues to hold the food, and immediately takes seats on both sides.
Among them, some of the rough-tempered ones have already picked up their chopsticks and are ready to eat.
"What are the casualties on both sides?" He swallowed a piece of bread and asked the general below in a muffled voice.
"Lord, our army suffered 8,000 casualties today. We lost three generals, five generals and lieutenants, and three generals Huang Tianhua, Wei Ben, and Li Cunxian were seriously injured!
The Sui army suffered nine thousand casualties and lost two generals. I don't know the generals for the time being, but Wu Yunzhao, Yang Xuangan, Kang Anyu, and Mai Tiezhang were seriously injured! "
Speaking of which, Wu Yunzhao and Wu Tianci are also unlucky. With their strength, if they join forces, it will not be a problem even against low-level divine generals.
However, the two of them encountered Pei Yuanqing, an explosive general, as soon as they came on the field.
As soon as the battle began, Pei Yuanqing was caught off guard. Both of them suffered serious injuries and were unable to effectively display their strength.
Moreover, half of the suppression that these two were good at was completely eliminated under the effect of Long Tu's skills.
By the time the battle ended, Wu Yunzhao could almost be said to be seriously injured and dying, and he was also the most seriously injured in the battle.
If other people rested for a month or a month and a half, they would be able to recover almost as well. Then, Wu Yunzhao may have to lie in bed within a month. Without four months, he may not be able to return to his original intact state.
If the two sides fought for even a moment longer, Wu Yunzhao might not be able to hold on any longer. At this moment, Wu Yunzhao was on his way back to Chang'an due to his injury.
What is gratifying is the battle between Li Cunxiao and Yang Jian. The basic force can be upgraded by tying three times with low basic force in one-on-one battles with high basic force. Of course, this tie must be defined by a criterion, that is, there is no obvious disadvantage within Sanbaihe. Otherwise, it would be very rash if a person with a low base just hit a few rounds and escaped and then considered it a tie.
Based on today's fighting situation, Yang Jian is still very likely to do this. Unfortunately, after Yang Jian injured Pei Yuanqing, Yang Jiao and Li Huanzhang also joined the fight for a short time. Although they were attracted away by Yang Dayan later, Yang Jian wasted a great opportunity.
In this battle, it was the Jin army that was actually at a disadvantage. Regardless of the fact that the Sui army suffered more casualties, that was because there were some second-line troops such as county soldiers among the Sui army.
"The pensions for the soldiers who died in the battle must be distributed as soon as possible, and the injured soldiers must be properly accommodated!" After hearing the casualties in this battle, Li Xiang had no appetite to continue eating, and turned to the counselor at the next office Wang Meng asked.
"Don't worry, my lord, there will be no mistake in this matter!" Wang Meng replied immediately after hearing Li Xiang's instructions.
"How is the situation at Bai Qi's place?" Li Xiang continued to ask.
"My lord, General Bai Qi has finished reorganizing his army and is now launching another attack on Fu Jian and other princes!"
"Send an order to Bai Qi to speed up his offensive and make sure to capture Liangzhou before winter!" Li Xiang said with a slight frown.
This has been going on for several months, and in more than a month, winter will gradually begin. The north is no better than the south. After winter, it will become more troublesome to continue fighting.
"promise!"
Now that the war has started, Li Xiang is actually under a lot of pressure. Especially after he broke through Pubanjin and entered Guanzhong, various approaches also had different reactions.
In the land of Yanzhou, under Wang Mang's persuasion, Chi You sent some troops to station at the junction of his forces and Cao Mengde's forces to help Yuan Shu contain Cao Mengde's forces.
But as Li Xiang continued to gain advantages in Yongliang, Chiyou quietly withdrew this part of his troops. The meaning behind this move is self-evident. This was clearly to allow Cao Mengde to attack with Yuan Shao with confidence. Hulao Pass.
In the land of Youzhou, Qin Shihuang's reaction was similar to Chi You's. After hearing that Li Xiang had truly entered Guanzhong, Qin Zheng immediately took the initiative to transfer most of his troops to the east and the border with Goguryeo, also to allow Liu Bang to move around Yanmen Pass with confidence.
What surprised Li Xiang the most was that Liu Xiu and Xiang Yu in Jiangxia had actually ceased fighting. Moreover, according to the news from the floating house, the Xiang family actually sent people to start contact with Liu Biao.
However, this kind of contact with the other party must be quite concealed, and no matter how many things happened, it is impossible to detect it now, but this has already given Li Xiang some bad premonitions.
Therefore, Li Xiang immediately asked Cen Peng stationed at Guangcheng Pass to be more vigilant. Since we can no longer send excess troops, we can only do this for the time being.
And this is another reason why Li Xiang forced Bai Qi to resolve the Liangzhou war as soon as possible. If Bai Qi can solve the problem in Liangzhou, when Bai Qi's army enters Yongliang, Li Xiang can allocate troops to support other battlefields where troops are tight.
However, I don’t know whose idea it was for the Xiang family to make such a move, but even Xiang Yu didn’t object.
In fact, how did Li Xiang know, and why didn't Xiang Yu object? Regarding the matter of contacting Liu Biao, Xiang Yu was unwilling to do so.
Even though Yu Ji and Fan Zeng took turns to persuade Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu never made any compromise. The furious Xiang Yu even got angry at Fan Zeng because of this. Fan Zeng was so angry that he blew his beard, stared at him, and cursed several times.
However, when Yu Ji and Fan Zeng failed to persuade him, they actually invited Xiang Yan, who had gradually become indifferent to worldly affairs, to come out. Compared to Xiang Yu, Xiang Yan could see clearly the stakes at a glance.
Of course, Xiang Yu can actually gradually see clearly the stakes involved, but seeing clearly is one thing, and how to choose is another.
With Xiang Yan taking action, Xiang Yu had no choice but to endure it no matter how much he was unwilling to do so. He could oppose Yu Ji and Fan Zeng, but he did not dare and could not oppose Xiang Yan's decision.
However, although the two sides have begun to contact each other, they have hundreds of years of enmity, and the process of this contact has not been smooth.
Liu Yu and Liu Xiu are talented and strategists, and they have seen through Li Xiang's threat. It would be great if they could join forces with the Xiang family to contain the resistance to Li Xiang. However, this time Liu Biao, the eldest of the three brothers, lost his temper.
Compared with Liu Yu and Liu Xiu, Liu Biao was afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the back, so that although the two parties began to have secret contact, they never reached a true alliance.
