Having been brothers for many years, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu know a lot about each other!
Therefore, Liu Xiu knew that Liu Yu had done in-depth research on using feet to fight against cavalry, and even designed a formation specifically for this purpose.
Now, Jiangxia's tens of thousands of cavalry troops are almost on their heads. As a last resort, although this may give Liu Yu a chance to breathe again, or even allow him to find a chance, Liu Xiu still chooses in the end. Liu Yu was asked to help.
The lesser of two evils, for Liu Xiu at this time, the threat from the Jin army was ultimately greater.
Afterwards, Liu Yu did live up to Liu Xiu's expectations. In the end, Liu Yu deployed less than 3,000 infantry along the river. There was no naval force in the river to respond. He fought against A Shu and Xiao Dalin, who totaled 20,000 cavalry, and won a great victory. Returned and wiped out A Shu and Xiao Dalin, a total of 5,000 Qiang cavalry, in one battle.
Of course, although Liu Yu has the ability to defeat the enemy, he does not have the power to annihilate the enemy. With the speed of the cavalry, it would be impossible for Liu Yu to pursue him.
Moreover, once Liu Yu pursues, the formation will inevitably be scattered. At that time, if the opponent seizes the opportunity, it is very likely that the opponent will reverse the situation.
Therefore, even though they suffered a huge defeat, A Shu and Xiao Dalin wanted to temporarily withdraw their troops to fight again in the future, but Liu Yu could only sit back and watch them leave.
After putting away the letter, Yue Fei thought for a while, and still issued an order for Ah Shu and the others to focus on harassment for the time being, act according to the situation, and avoid direct confrontation for the time being.
Although the specific situation of Liu Yu's Queyue Formation is not yet clear, Yue Fei knows very well that as long as A Shu makes full use of their speed advantage, Liu Yu will not really threaten them.
Moreover, with the resistance of Zhu Yuanzhang's 100,000 troops, the opponent had the confidence to fight them head-on even without the Queyue Formation.
At this time, it's better to be on the safe side for the time being. After he solves Wancheng, there will naturally be a real duel between the two sides again.
At present, the biggest role of Ashu and Wang Baobao is not to attack the enemy directly, but to harass the Zhu and Liu coalition forces in Jiangxia from the side, buying him time to completely solve Nanyang.
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Wancheng, the atmosphere here is even more solemn.
In the lobby, there are Deng Yu, Du Yan, Ji Li, Xin Huan, Deng Zhong, Zhang Jie, Tao Rong, Liu Long, Geng Chun, Huo Jun, Liu Xian, Fu Xun, Song Zhong, Mou Rong and other literary figures of all sizes. Their faces were so gloomy that they could almost drip with water.
They have all heard about the results of this battle. Fu Kuang did cause huge losses to the Jin army's siege equipment, but they still did not burn them all. It was still a huge threat to them.
However, it is not easy for everyone to blame Fu Kuang, because the dead person is the most important. What's more, they all knew that Fu Kuang had tried his best. Like Wenzhong, Fu Kuang died a heroic death.
After this battle, the eight thousand soldiers brought out by Wenzhong and Fu Kuang were all wiped out, and Wancheng's military strength dropped to 20,000. The most serious thing is that the death of General Wen Zhong undoubtedly added a lot of gloom to everyone's whereabouts.
Since then, Jingbei’s white jade pillars supporting the sky and the purple golden beams that support the sea have truly lost one!
"General Deng, given the current situation of our army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold on for too long. I don't know when the Lord's reinforcements will arrive!" Liu Xian's expression moved slightly, and finally he couldn't help but ask Deng Yu.
Judging from the situation in Wancheng, if there are no reinforcements, they will be in trouble sooner or later. The issue of reinforcements has also become the most concerned issue among everyone present.
In fact, people like Liu Xian and Fu Xun were famous surrenderers in Jingzhou in history. In history, Liu Cong's surrender to Cao Cao was inseparable from the advice of these people.
The same is true in this world. The strength gap between Jin and Chu is huge, and they are simply unwilling to continue this battle.
However, they dared to persuade Liu Cong to surrender, but they did not dare to persuade Liu Xiu to surrender. As one of the smart people, they know how to identify what kind of person their boss is.
With Liu Xiu's character, if they dared to demote easily, Liu Xiu might not do anything to them, but secretly he would definitely choose to attack them.
And Deng Yu was Liu Xiu's diehard loyalist. In front of Deng Yu, they did not dare to say anything about Kaicheng's surrender. Otherwise, Deng Yu wouldn't mind using the two of them to sacrifice the flag.
Moreover, although they are surrenderers, they cherish their own feathers very much. The people above are unwilling to surrender, and they are not willing to take the initiative to ask for surrender and bear the bad reputation of betraying their master.
Unless someone above them is willing to surrender, they will make plans to follow suit and surrender in order to protect their reputation.
"Don't worry, everyone, Zhu Yuanzhang's 100,000 reinforcements from Yangzhou have arrived. It is said that the King of Shu in Yizhou has sent troops from three directions, and the reinforcements will arrive in Nanjun soon! As long as we hold on to the end, the lord's reinforcements will definitely arrive!" Deng Yu stood up and comforted Said to the crowd.
However, having said that, Deng Yu himself felt gloomy in his heart. As long as the Jin cavalry in Jiangxia are not eliminated, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Xiu dare not send reinforcements lightly. Otherwise, once these Jin cavalry cut off their food routes, not only will they not be able to save Jiangxia, but even the reinforcements sent will have to come in.
Therefore, in a short period of time, reinforcements are still a thing that has disappeared.
However, what you think is one thing, but how you tell your subordinates is another. These people must be told that reinforcements will arrive to strengthen their resistance. Otherwise, their situation will only become more corrupt.
As soon as Deng Yu's words came out, the generals Du Yan, Ji Li, Xin Huan, Deng Zhong, Zhang Jie, and Tao Rong did not have any suspicion.
As members of the Yuntai generals, Liu Long and Geng Chun, like Deng Yu, were Liu Xiu's confidants. Whether they saw it or not, they would not try to undermine Deng Yu.
However, Liu Xian, Fu Xun, Mou Rong and other counselors could see that there were many problems in this, and they did not really take Deng Yu's words as truth. However, even if they saw that there would be some problems, there was no need to speak out and make Deng Yu unhappy.
What's more, these civil servants are different from those generals. Even after the city is broken, as long as they stay safe, there is a high probability that their lives will not be in danger, and they may even have the opportunity to serve as officials.
If the Jin army wanted to seize the territory they had captured as quickly as possible, the help of these local officials was indispensable.
Therefore, when the two armies are fighting, in a certain respect, the safety factor of civilian officials is many times better than that of military generals. As long as they are not diehards who would rather die than surrender, generally speaking, nothing will happen to them even if their side is defeated.
