Jingbei.
Liu Yu looked at Liu Xiu who said that Zhu Yuanzhang was very calculating, but he cursed secretly in his heart, you are also very calculating!
It was not until the end of the battle that Liu Yu discovered that he had unknowingly fallen into Liu Xiu's scheme again.
Previously, Liu Yu used Xiang Yu's head as a bet for the two of them to become the lords of Jingzhou. This was Liu Yu's delaying strategy. After all, after the battle of Jiangxia, his troops had been almost destroyed.
Liu Xiu also agreed to the bet on the condition that he would temporarily act as the lord of Jingzhou until the outcome of the bet was determined.
At first, Liu Yu thought that Liu Xiu did not want civil strife in front of foreign enemies, but after the war, he realized that he was overthinking. Although Liu Xiu really didn't want to continue the civil strife at this time, he had no shortage of calculations.
During the Xiangyang War, Liu Xiu temporarily took over as the lord of Jingzhou and officially became the leader of this war. After Xiang Yu retreated, in the eyes of the people below, it was Liu Xiu who led the army and people of Jingbei to repel the great devil Xiang Yu.
Therefore, after this battle, Liu Xiu's prestige in Jingbei has been raised to a new height. Now, Liu Xiu is not only far behind Liu Yu in terms of strength, but also far behind Liu Yu in terms of prestige.
Now, Liu Xiu can be said to have both dignity and respect. On the other hand, Liu Yu's gap with Liu Xiu in all aspects is getting wider and wider, and his position as the Lord of Jingzhou seems to be getting further and further away.
"No, we must get Jiang Xia back!" Liu Xiu said with an extremely solemn expression while thinking.
The geographical location of Jiangxia is really important, and it is an important town that the Jingyang princes all strive for. Xiang Yu's first goal now must be to return to Jingbei. If he loses sight of one thing and loses another, Jiang Xia will be in trouble if Zhu Yuanzhang captures it!
Liu Yu, however, slightly glanced at Liu Xiu and took back Jiangxia. Although he also knew that this matter was very important, to put it nicely, how could they have the troops to take back Jiangxia?
Deploying troops from Nanyang? But what to do in Nanyang? Although Jiangxia is important to Jingbei, it is far from comparable to Nanyang. Compared with Nanyang, in terms of strategic position, the gap between Jiangxia and Jingbei is limited, but in terms of money, food, and population, the two sides are not on the same level at all.
"You should know that we don't have that many troops!" Liu Yu couldn't help but remind him.
At the same time, he also wanted to see what his brother was thinking. Since the other party is talking about getting Jiang Xia back, it must be more than just talk. At least he already has a rough plan in mind.
"No, we have troops, and we still have 80,000 troops!" Liu Xiu said in a flash.
"Where did we come from..." Liu Yu just wanted to subconsciously refute, but suddenly he seemed to think of something again, and his tone changed, "You should know that those 80,000 people just picked up weapons. They are just common people with no fighting power at all! Let these people go to Jiangxia and die in vain!"
When Li Xiang attacked Yongliang, princes such as Li Xiang, Yang Jian, Ma Teng, and Fu Jian all had a history of temporarily recruiting troops.
At the beginning, when Jiang Xia was first broken, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu were naturally not so stupid as not to even think of temporarily recruiting a soldier.
However, although the soldiers and horses were recruited, and these two men were so fierce that they recruited 80,000 soldiers and horses at once. After all, that was the time when the soldiers and people of Jingbei were aroused to resist, and it was much more convenient to recruit soldiers and horses.
However, later, due to various reasons, Liu Xiu decided to face the enemy head-on. However, the combat effectiveness of these ordinary people who had just picked up weapons was too weak. If they were really used in field battles, it would only affect the few elite soldiers they had. horse.
After all, with the combat effectiveness of this part of the army, facing the wave of elites under Xiang Yu, I am afraid that a wave of attacks will be dispersed.
If there is a bad situation, if there is a rout, their elite soldiers and horses will also be dragged down, and they will be left in the cold.
Therefore, Liu Xiu never used these troops.
"Second brother, Xiang Yu is in a hurry to return to Jingnan and won't leave too many troops in Jiangxia. We don't need to attack head-on at all!" Liu Xiu said without hesitation.
"Boom!" Countless thoughts emerged in his mind. Liu Yu didn't think much about it just now, but now that Liu Xiu reminded him, he finally guessed what Liu Xiu wanted to do!
After all, when it comes to uniting troops in combat, there is not much difference between these two people.
Liu Xiu was right. Xiang Yu would not be able to leave too many troops in Jiangxia at this time. The most likely number would be 10,000, and no matter how many, it would never exceed 15,000.
Therefore, the opponent will definitely concentrate its forces in one city in Jiangxia, and I am afraid that there will not be too many troops stationed in the other counties in Jiangxia County.
These newly mobilized soldiers and horses indeed have little combat effectiveness. If they attack Jiangxia City, it will be no different than death.
But it was different if it targeted other counties in Jiangxia County. Xiang Jun had completely lost the hearts and minds of the people in Jiangxia, and secretly instigated the people to cooperate with them inside and outside. It could be said that it would be effortless to capture these counties.
And when they take over the surrounding counties one by one, leaving only the city of Jiangxia, what can the other side do? How can an isolated city be defended?
When Li Xiang attacked Yongzhou, although Yang Jian concentrated his troops in one city, he was trapped in an isolated city! At that time, Yang Jian had no hope of repelling Li Xiang on his own. He thought that the princes of Guandong could attack Hangu and force Li Xiang to retreat.
Therefore, in order to persist long enough and to prevent being defeated one by one, Yang Jian concentrated all his troops in Chang'an City and guarded the isolated city.
Moreover, at that time, Yang Jian had already stocked up a large amount of food, grass and supplies in Chang'an City. Even if it was an isolated city, he was not worried about any problems.
However, the situation in Jiangxia is different. There is not enough food, grass and materials there at all. Wang Zhen'e is also a famous general. He can be ranked among the Tang and Song Dynasty martial arts temples. How could he leave the food and supplies originally in Jiangxia City to Xiang Yu?
As the situation in Jingnan is urgent, is it possible that instead of rushing back to help, we can leave a batch of supplies for them?
Therefore, capture the surrounding counties and, if possible, cut off the water supply. When the time comes, they don't have to take the initiative to attack, and the other party has to obediently make room for them.
Now, the only problem is Zhu Yuanzhang. Once Zhu Yuanzhang's people take Jiangxia City first, there will be nothing they can do. In their current situation, they did not have the confidence to take the initiative to provoke Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, when Liu Yu saw Liu Xiu's appearance, he knew that the other party must have found a way.
