"What a pity!" Looking at Liu Xiu who was slowly retreating, Yue Fei couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.
The other party is indeed a capable person. He stays awake at all times and does not attack the city lightly. Otherwise, if the opponent attacks the city at this time, Yue Fei is sure to defeat him again.
In fact, after just taking Fancheng, Yue Fei was planning to trick Liu Xiubo by pretending that the battle in the city was not over yet.
However, this idea had just emerged and was already rejected by Yue Fei. If one person is not doing well and is discovered by the other party, it will easily cause the opposite effect.
Anyway, now that their Jin army has taken enough advantage, playing it safe is the best choice. When there is no adequate balance between returns and risks, there is no need to take risks.
After all, the men Yue Fei used to attack Fancheng before were even less than the garrison in Fancheng. Although he successfully opened the city gate, it was not easy to completely annihilate the enemy with a small force. So many people were out.
As long as one of these people relays the battle situation in Fancheng to Liu Xiu's ears, Liu Xiu's military vision will definitely be able to guess the current status of Fancheng.
"Send the order and order General Dou Xian to lead 20,000 troops and garrison Fancheng."
"I ordered General Chang Yuchun to lead 30,000 troops to continue sweeping the counties in western Nanyang, and then march towards Wancheng."
"General A Shu, Wang Baobao, Huo Qubing... are ordered to lead 50,000 Qiang troops south to Jiangxia. General Qi Jiguang will cooperate with them to attack in several directions. They will be disturbed and have no peace!" Yue Fei issued several orders in succession.
"General Wu Qi!" Yue Fei looked at a general beside him. In this battle, this man performed well. Half of the 6,000 people captured were forced to surrender by Wu Qi.
"The general is here!" As soon as he heard Yue Fei summoning him, Wu Qi immediately became excited, knowing that he had another task to give him. In other words, his opportunity to make a meritorious deed is coming again, and he still has this confidence.
Wu Qi also admired Yue Fei's series of operations. Almost overnight last night, Yue Fei brought the advantage of the battle to their side.
Just now, Yue Fei's series of orders further expanded this advantage. Since they were already guarding Fancheng, Liu Xiu had to be cautious when he wanted to send reinforcements from the direction of Xiangyang to Nanyang.
But if Xiangyang fails, Liu Xiu can still send reinforcements from the direction of Jiangxia. But Yue Fei changed hands and directly sent 50,000 Qiang troops to Jiangxia, and ordered the 50,000 Qiang troops to divide into groups and attack. You know, these 50,000 Qiang troops are all cavalry, and the Chu army in the direction of Jiangxia will also be busy.
Even with the strength of these 50,000 cavalry, if the Chu army fails to cope with it, it is not impossible to lose another county. However, it is cavalry after all. Under normal circumstances, the Jin army will not waste cavalry in such a frontal siege battle.
"When General Dou's 20,000-strong army arrives, you can detach 10,000 troops. With you as the main general and Yue Yun as the vanguard, they will sweep through the counties in Nanyang to the east. After that, they will also converge towards Wancheng!" Yue Fei ordered to Wu Qi! .
When sending troops this time, his lord Wu Qi had already hinted that he would promote Wu Qi, a rising star.
Therefore, Yue Fei directly handed over such a large task to Wu Qi, and also sent Yue Yun to him as a vanguard, just to prevent the inexperienced Wu Qi from being able to command other generals in the army.
Of course, the reason why Yue Fei was willing to hand over such a large task to Wu Qi was because he had a sufficient understanding of Wu Qi's talents.
"General Qin, General Yuchi, you two and General Dou will continue to garrison Fan. General Li, as soon as General Dou's troops arrive, the general will immediately lead the Feihu Army and Beiwei Army to Wancheng to join the other armies!" Yue Fei once again ordered.
The troops here cannot leave before Dou Xian's troops arrive. But now, Yue Fei has to rush to Wancheng before others, and there is still a hard nut to gnaw on!
If they can't chew off that tough nut, Nanyang won't be considered defeated by them!
Moreover, with him leading Huang Feihu, Zheng En and other generals into Wancheng, Chang Yuchun and Wu Qi could also concentrate all their energy on sweeping away the counties in Nanyang.
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There is no airtight wall in the world. The Jin army sent troops to Nanyang in a large scale, and soon spread to the ears of the princes in the world.
The three princes, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xiang Yu, and Liu Che, were all neighbors of Liu Xiu, and they were also the first three princes to receive the news.
In particular, Liu Xiu also sent Kuai Tong and Liao Li as lobbyists to Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Che to seek help. Therefore, the two princes received the news in a more timely manner.
As for Xiang Yu, Liu Xiu did not send lobbyists forward to ask for help. The impact of what happened back then is still there. The relationship between Xiang Yu and Jingbei is not only a military relationship, but also a political relationship and a relationship between people. If we unite with Xiang Yu, the pros and cons involved are difficult to distinguish.
The Jin army sent troops again. Even if he didn't take the initiative to ask for help, if the other party was smart, he should know what to do!
Yangzhou, Wu County.
"Incompetent, this Liu Xiu is really incompetent. It has only been a few days, and the battle has already reached this level!" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be furious, but deep in his words, there was a deep sense of helplessness.
In just a few days, Nanyang had been beaten into a mess. Even if he was willing to send troops to support him, the battle would definitely not be easy if he lost the opportunity.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang has received news that among the Jin army, there are already 50,000 cavalry mobilized in the direction of Jiangxia. With so many cavalry, the southern princes Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xiang Yu, and Liu Che could barely reach it together.
Not to mention Liu Che, among the three princes Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Xiang Yu, Liu Xiu's cavalry strength was the weakest. In the successive battles in the past few years, half of Jingbei's cavalry strength was lost, and Liu Xiu could not gain anything. With sufficient sources of war horses, he could only purchase them in small quantities from the north. If there were too many, he simply couldn't afford them.
Therefore, by this time, Liu Xiu only had five or six thousand cavalry left at most.
Among the three princes, if Liu Xiu's cavalry is the weakest, then Xiang Yu's cavalry is the strongest. He purchased war horses from Nanzhong several times, plus the three cavalry he originally owned, Xiang Yu established a A cavalry force of twenty thousand.
Twenty thousand cavalry is indeed nothing to Li Xiang, and the Yunnan horses are not as good as the northern horses, but for the south, they are already a force that can change the situation of the war.
At that time, Xiang Yu's cavalry strength was also a small part of the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did not continue the war.
Speaking of the origin of Xiang Yu's war horses, Zhu Yuanzhang had already relied on the power of Jin Yiwei to find out, but it was of no use because his territory was not bordering Nanzhong. Moreover, the Southern Barbarians have been pacified by Liu Che, and now Xiang Yu has lost this channel for purchasing horses.
The remaining Zhu Yuanzhang relied on the harvest from the grassland war that year and some high-priced horses purchased from the north at a large price. Zhu Yuanzhang's cavalry strength was not bad. He combined the grassland prisoners he obtained that year with the Han people to form a cavalry force. A battalion of 3,000 people.
