"Report to my lord, there is an urgent report from Jingnan. Zhu Yuanzhang sent 100,000 troops to attack Changsha. Chen Bi's rebels rebelled on the battlefield, and Changsha's gate was lost. Then our army lost seven counties in a row. General Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng asked the lord to come back for reinforcements as soon as possible! "
Xiang Yu's side was in a state of embarrassment, but the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was sending troops to Jingnan came suddenly.
"Chen Shu is a thief!" Xiang Yu cursed angrily after hearing the news.
When Xiang Yu went out to fight, he naturally would not completely ignore his hometown. He had already made a lot of preparations, and the veteran Xiang Liang was stationed in Jingnan. If Chen Bi hadn't rebelled on the battlefield, it would have been impossible to lose three counties in a row.
"Send orders to Xiang Sheng and Xiang Liu to give up their attack on Nanjun and return to Changsha with me as soon as possible!" Xiang Yu ordered in a deep voice. He could still tell which side was more important at this time.
In this Northern Expedition to Jingbei, he mobilized 90,000 troops from Jingnan and Jiaozhou respectively, and most of them were mobilized from Jingnan. Therefore, Jingnan is a little empty. If he does not return to support the army as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will take a long time. Something unexpected will happen.
In fact, what Xiang Yu didn't know at this time was that Chen Bi's rebellion had a huge relationship with Xiang Yu!
Chen Bi was originally from Jingbei, but his background was not good, and he was not an indispensable talent. Therefore, it was difficult to find a place in the hands of Liu Biao, who valued the aristocratic family, so he was picked up by Yu Ji. A leak.
Unfortunately, Chen Bi happened to be a talented person from Jiangxia in northern Jingbei. Therefore, when news came back about what Xiang Yu had done in Jiangxia, Chen Bi had already turned against him. It happened that not long after this, Zhu Yuanzhang entered the army in large numbers, which led to Chen Bi's rebellion against the Xiang family.
This can be regarded as what kind of cause is planted and what kind of result is obtained!
"Lord, Mr. Sima has come to report that there are traces of Wu's naval forces in the Yangtze River, with about 50,000 troops!" Another urgent report came, and Zhu Yuanzhang's second group of troops also appeared.
"What, Zhu Yuanzhang actually dispatched so many troops and horses!" Xiang Jun generals, big and small, began to become uneasy.
With so many soldiers and horses, even if they rushed back to Jingzhou, there would still be a big gap between them and the opponent's troops. After all, just like Zhu Yuanzhang had to leave troops and horses to defend Shanyue, Jiaozhou troops and horses cannot be easily mobilized on a large scale.
"Why are you panicking!" Looking at these panicked generals, Xiang Yu angrily shouted with dissatisfaction, "In the past, our ancestors faced many enemy armies in the battles of Julu and Gucheng. Today, they are just a kid from Yangzhou, so what's the matter!"
Jingzhou has great prestige in the army. As soon as these words came out, the mood of the generals in the army finally calmed down.
It stands to reason that they have just experienced a baptism of death and the military's morale is in turmoil. At this time, they should take a rest first.
However, Jingnan was at a critical moment, and Xiang Yu had no time to rest and recuperate at this time. He could only bring the remaining troops back to Jiangxia and join Sima Yi, Xiang Liu and others before making the next plan.
Jingnan and Jingbei are only separated by the Yangtze River, and as old enemies, the two families are very concerned about each other's situation. Therefore, just half a day later than Xiang Yu, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu had already received the information that Zhu Yuanzhang was sending troops.
Until this moment, these two people finally let go of their worries. With Zhu Yuanzhang's move, Xiang Na's threat to Jingbei was lifted.
Therefore, Liu Xiu immediately transferred Wen Zhong, Wu Zhiqi and other strong generals back to Nanyang to prevent losses in the north.
At the same time, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu were also secretly frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's strength. Zhu Yuanzhang had Shanyue to the south and had not completely solved it. He also had to guard against Zhao Kuangyin who occupied Xuzhou in the north. But even so, he could still use 150,000 troops. This shows how strong the opponent is.
You know, at their peak in Jingbei, they only had 150,000 troops. However, with the successive battles with Yuan Shu, Jiangxia's troops and horses were almost completely lost, and in the battle just now, only 70,000 Nanyang troops and horses were preserved intact.
Moreover, because of Yuan Shu, these 70,000 soldiers and horses could not be mobilized. Otherwise, they would have had so hard to defeat Xiang Yu, and they would have almost lost everything in the battle.
In addition to the 70,000 soldiers and horses in Nanyang, there are only 5,000 remnants of Jiangxia soldiers brought by Wang Zhene. As for the original 20,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, only 10,000 were left, and of these 10,000, there were still 2,000 who would never be able to go to the battlefield.
After all, it was not only Xiang Jun who was hit with stones, but also many Chu soldiers were killed or injured in the battle.
It can be said that Jingbei has become extremely weak at this time and will have to breathe for the next two or three years.
"This is Zhu Yuanzhang's deep calculation. Now, he has won the people's hearts, territory, and future!" Liu Xiu said with an extremely solemn expression.
We are not fools. When we relax and think about this matter from the beginning, we can naturally clearly guess the purpose and reason of Zhu Yuanzhang's large-scale invasion of Jingnan this time.
Taking this opportunity to cripple Xiang Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang's family became the dominant one among the princes in the south. Next, Zhu Yuanzhang only needs to start unifying the south step by step.
Moreover, they had already received the news that Zhu Yuanzhang's reason for sending troops was to avenge the people of Jiangxia. After this wave, people's support has also improved.
In the future, if Zhu Yuanzhang takes action against Jingbei, it will be impossible for the soldiers and civilians of Jingbei to resist Zhu Yuanzhang like they desperately resisted Xiang Yu. In fact, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu could already imagine that it would not be long before Zhu Yuanzhang would take action against Jingbei.
After successive battles, Jingbei had become so weak that Zhu Yuanzhang could not give them time to recuperate. It is very likely that after the battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Xiang Yu, and some time to recuperate, the next target will be their turn.
In fact, when Floating Water House sent the news back to Luoyang, Li Xiang was shocked by the development of the war in the south. If he had known earlier, he would not have issued such an edict. It would have given Zhu Yuanzhang a righteous reason to send troops in vain.
He really didn't expect that Xiang Yu would actually turn the battle into such a mess when the troops from Northern Jing gathered in Nanyang and Xiangyang was empty. If he had known that Er Liu was so powerful, why would he have bothered to issue an edict to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Originally he wanted to prevent Xiang Yu from annexing Jingbei, but now it seems that he has to find a way to restrict Zhu Yuanzhang.
At the same time, some people will think that the battle in Xiangyang is a coincidence, and some people will be superstitious that the man is not aware of his luck, but Li Xiang knows that this is definitely the effect of a certain skill.
Unfortunately, he doesn't know the specific effect of this skill yet. It is precisely because of this that he is also a little wary of the specific effects of this unknown skill.
