In the end, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Zhou Fashang, Wang Jian, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen and others chose to temporarily defect to Zhao Kuangyin, preparing to stay with Zhao Kuangyin temporarily and look for opportunities to make a comeback.
Sun Chengzong, Lu Fan, Ding Feng, Xu Sheng and others chose to defect to Li Xiang, but it was not an easy journey for these people. Sun Chengzong also knew that it was not easy to get from Cao Cao to Sizhou. At this time, Cao Cao was absolutely strict in his investigation.
Therefore, Sun Chengzong simply went all the way south, disguised as a passing merchant and went south to Yangzhou, preparing to cross Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and enter Li Xiang's territory from Jingzhou.
Although this path requires a large circle, it is much safer than directly crossing Lao Cao's territory. What's more, people from the floating house will also be there to pick them up along the way.
In the past few years, the two forces in the world have been destroyed, and during this time, the winners and losers have already been determined among the three forces in Jingyang and Yangzhou.
At the beginning, after Xiang Yu received the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was launching a large-scale attack on Jingnan, he quickly led his troops back to support Jingnan.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's side was full of famous generals and advisers. It was natural to expect that Xiang Yu would definitely return to Jingnan to aid Jingnan after receiving the news. Therefore, Fu Youde's 50,000 navy troops had already been ambushing on the Yangtze River.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty scholar Jiao Hong commented in "Guochao Xianzhenglu": The Ming Dynasty had a fierce general called Yun Cong, and none of them were more famous for their bravery than Chang Kaiping, followed by Fu Ying Guo'er. This means that when Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he had many famous generals under his command, but the most brave and skilled general was Chang Yuchun. After Chang Yuchun, Fu Youde ranked second.
At the same time, after Xu Da and other famous generals passed away one after another, Fu Youde was even called by Zhu Yuanzhang: "In terms of general merits, Fu Youde ranks first." During his life, he defeated Bashu, traveled to Mobei, and conquered Yunnan and Guizhou.
In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang finally found out the whereabouts of Yuan Zhaozong and decided to devote all his country's efforts to the Northern Expedition. Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Xu Da as the general, Li Wenzhong as the left deputy general, and Feng Sheng as the right deputy general, and the troops were divided into three routes for the northern expedition.
However, Wang Baobao was well prepared to meet Zhu Yuanzhang's three-pronged army. In the middle, due to Lan Yu's underestimation of the enemy, tens of thousands of people were ultimately lost. Li Wenzhong's army on the left was also ambushed. Only Feng Sheng's army on the right marched forward triumphantly, because the pioneer officer on the right was Fu Youde.
Fu Youde led 5,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard. He was harassed by a small group of Mongolian soldiers along the way. He turned a blind eye and quickly bypassed Wang Baobao's strategic deployment. Next, Fu Youde faced the main force of the Mongolian soldiers and won seven battles and seven victories. "History of the Ming Dynasty" says: If a teacher comes out of three ways, his only friend will be completely victorious in virtue.
If it weren't for Feng Sheng and Fu Youde on the right, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition plan in Hongwu's fifth year would probably have become a joke. One handsome man covers all the ugly ones, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde helped Zhu Yuanzhang save his face.
Because they had already guessed that Xiang Yu would return to Jingnan, Fu Youde and his 50,000 naval troops did not immediately attack Jingnan. Instead, they set up pocket formations on the Yangtze River and waited for Xiang Yu.
Although Fu Youde was good at fighting, Sima Yi on Xiang Yu's side was not a vegetarian. He noticed the ambush ahead and used a fire boat trick to lure Fu Youde to reveal himself.
In desperation, Fu Youde had no choice but to reveal his army and fight Xiang Yu head-on. The two sides fought dozens of battles, large and small, on the Yangtze River, but in the end it was difficult to determine the winner.
Although Xiang Yu is brave, he is not as powerful in water as on land, which limits Xiang Yu's force a lot. Xiang Yu comes from the land of Jingxiang, so naturally he cannot be a landlubber, but he can only do it without losing his combat power on the water. It is impossible to be as reckless as Wu Zhiqi in the water!
Xiang Yu was anxious to return to Jingbei, and when it was difficult to defeat the enemy quickly, he had no choice but to adopt Sima Yi's strategy of doubting his troops, abandoning his plan to return directly from Jiangxia to Changsha, and instead returned through other ferries.
Among the nine counties in Jingxiang, Jiangxia is special. Part of it is north of the Yangtze River and part of it is south of the Yangtze River. Jingnan has always been the territory of the Xiang family. Therefore, even before the northern expedition to Jingbei, the small half of Jiangxia south of the Yangtze River was still in Xiang Yu's hands.
But even if Xiang Yu's reinforcements returned, they would still be at a disadvantage against Zhu Yuanzhang's 150,000 troops by land and water.
During this period, Lu Er of the Jiangdong Lu family first defeated Xiang Liu, and then three of the five tiger generals joined forces, and finally forced Xiang Yu to personally fight against the generals. In this battle, although Lu Er was defeated by Xiang Yu, he still established his reputation as the most powerful general in Yangzhou.
In addition, Yangzhou warrior Wang Qingji and Jingzhou warrior Zhang Churang also had a terrifying battle. Although Wang Qingji was defeated by Zhang Churang, it was obvious that the gap between the two men was not too big. Although Zhang Churang could defeat Wang Qingji, he was unable to kill this great warrior of the Spring and Autumn Period.
During the battle between Xiang Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Xiu also launched an action against Jiangxia. Especially when Yuan Shu turned his attention to Sun Ce, Liu Xiu was finally able to free up some of his troops. As a result, Liu Xiu's actions became smoother, from land and water to All parties worked together to trap Jiangxia into an isolated city.
In less than a month, Han Guozhong, who was guarding Jiangxia, knew that he could not continue to sit here and wait for death. Otherwise, if the delay continued, they would really have no power to resist when the last bit of supplies were exhausted.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to use all the troops to break through while there is still the strength to fight. As for Han Guozhong's breakout, Liu Xiu did not stop him, but allowed him to leave like that.
Although after freeing up part of Nanyang's troops, Liu Xiu was confident enough to deal with this part of Guo Zhong's troops.
However, although there is a deep hatred between the two parties, Liu Xiu is definitely a rational person. If we deal with Han Guozhong's group at this time, isn't this equivalent to doing Zhu Yuanzhang a favor?
Instead of doing this, it would be better to send Han Guozhong's troops back to Jingnan to cause some trouble for Zhu Yuanzhang!
Even Liu Xiu not only spared Guo Zhong's troops, but also sent naval forces on the Yangtze River to attract the attention of the Yangzhou navy, secretly helping Guo Zhong successfully prevent Jingnan.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely jealous of Jiangxia, he separated a group of troops and prepared to attack here, but was blocked halfway by Liu Yu's men.
Zhu Yuanzhang's reason for sending troops was to avenge the people of Jiangxia, while Liu Yu's reason was to reward Yangzhou soldiers and horses. Under this situation, it was impossible for Yangzhou soldiers and horses to attack Liu Yu. Otherwise, wouldn't this be equivalent to fighting? Your own face?
Once the Yangzhou Army takes action against Liu Yu, the great cause of Zhu Yuanzhang's sending troops will be lost in one fell swoop!
It is precisely because of this that Liu Yu bought some time for Liu Xiu, and finally allowed Liu Xiu to complete all his arrangements, so that Jiangxia finally returned to his hands again.
