In Jiangxia, the already tense momentum between the two sides was finally ignited.
Li Xiang brought Xiang Yu here just to let him break the situation. Naturally, he would not really let the three parties just stand there like that. And given Xiang Yu's character, Li said that if he were to take the initiative to fight, wouldn't it be something that could be easily captured by just using a little trick?
Xiang Yu is different from Qin Zheng, Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Bang, and Liu Che. Qin Zheng, Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Bang, and Liu Che have no obvious character weaknesses, and they will not be controlled by their emotions.
People like Qin Zheng, Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Bang, Liu Che, etc., even if you try every means to set them up, they may not jump into the trap. Unless they use a conspiracy like Yang Jian and Wu Wenhua to force them to make a choice.
And for people like Xiang Yu who have obvious shortcomings and are easily controlled by their own emotions, it is much easier to plot against them.
Moreover, it's not just Xiang Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't matter, but Liu Xiu is also starting to get a little anxious.
When a cannon is fired, there is ten thousand taels of gold. Fighting a war does not require paying anything. The daily consumption of money and food is an astronomical figure. If the confrontation continues like this, Liu Xiu cannot afford to delay it.
The Jin army has the Hetao, a major grain-producing area. In the past few years, the Guanzhong area has also been undergoing large-scale construction, and it is about to develop into a second major grain-producing area. With supplies from the Hetao and Guanzhong areas, Yue Fei's logistics here will not have any problems.
It is precisely because of the importance of the Hetao area to the Jin army that no matter when, even if the grassland is in chaos, Li Xiang will always leave sufficient defensive generals just in case.
But the Jin army had the confidence to continue the stalemate, but Liu Xiu did not have the confidence!
Is Jingbei rich? Of course he is rich, which is famous among the entire Han Dynasty!
However, no matter how prosperous the area was, it could not withstand Liu Xiu's constant wars in the past few years. To be more precise, he was forced to fight constantly. Although they got a year or two of breathing space, it was not enough to make up for the energy lost in the successive wars in the past few years.
With just one or two years of breathing space, Liu Xiu could fill up his granary as much as possible!
Moreover, among the Jingbei, Nanyang, the richest one, disappeared not long after the war started. This was no less than a direct stab in Liu Xiu's body!
Therefore, in fact, Liu Xiu was not rich in food and grass. Although the coalition forces lost a lot of troops in Jiangxia, if understood from another perspective, Yue Fei also helped Liu Xiu relieve his food and grass pressure to a certain extent.
However, even if it is relieved, it cannot be tolerated for a long time! Therefore, Liu Xiu himself was actually very anxious when the situation continued to be confrontational like before!
Of course, although Liu Xiu was short of food and grass, his two allies were big business owners and could definitely be considered landlords. The land of Bashu is one of the top granaries in the world. As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he followed the route of obscene development in the early stage, and he didn't know how much wealth he had accumulated.
However, there is no need to think about Liu Che's side for now, transporting grain from Yizhou is not easy.
And another ally, Zhu Yuanzhang, was a scheming master. How could he help Liu Xiu without enough benefits? Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely not a kind person who gives things to others for free!
If Liu Xiu wanted to get something from Zhu Yuanzhang, especially if he took the initiative to ask for help from the other party, he himself would have to have a few mouthfuls of blood sucked out by Zhu Yuanzhang!
At this stage, if Zhu Yuanzhang agrees to help Liu Xiu, what benefits Liu Xiu can give Zhu Yuanzhang to help is the last limited thing!
Therefore, unless the situation is truly desperate, Liu Xiu will never come to give Zhu Yuanzhang a chance to kill him!
But fortunately, the confrontation between the two sides was finally broken.
An army of 30,000 people slowly came out from Xiakou. Although there were only 30,000 people, half of them were cavalry. From this point of view alone, it is enough to see Yu Ji's help to Xiang Yu.
Although there is a certain gap between the Yunnan horses and the northern horses, they are still cavalry after all. Although not as good as the cavalry of the northern princes, in the south, this cavalry is a force that any prince can envy.
On the side of the coalition forces, elites also came out. Zhu Yuanzhang paid more attention to this battle than Liu Xiu. After all, if Xiang Yu could be defeated in this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang's road to dominating the south would not be far away.
Once he can hold Yang and be diplomatic and add Jingnan, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength will rise to another level.
Moreover, Jiaozhou at this time was different from Jiaozhou many years ago. After all, Yu Ji could still talk to Xiang Yu. He insisted on developing Jiaozhou, so how could Xiang Yu support him?
If Zhu Yuanzhang can win Jiaozhou at this time, he can directly pick the peaches of Xiang Yu and Yu Ji and further develop Jiaozhou based on the foundation laid by these two people!
Therefore, for this battle, the coalition forces directly mobilized 50,000 troops. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang still accounts for the majority of the 50,000 troops. Even this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also pulled out the Three Thousand Battalion, which had always been a trump card.
You know, even in the previous battle with Yue Fei, this three thousand battalion was always firmly in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands and refused to be sent out easily. Every time it comes time to send out, it will be as a key force.
Of course, when fighting the Jin army, Zhu Yuanzhang could not easily dispatch the three thousand battalion. The three thousand battalion was the only cavalry force in his hands. For this, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know how much food he spent.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not stupid, so it was naturally impossible for him to use the only cavalry force in his hand to fight the Jin army against the cavalry.
For the Jin army, although the loss of 10,000 cavalry is not a big deal, with the size of the Jin army's cavalry, this is not an irreparable loss.
After all, Bing, He, and Liang prefectures all produced war horses. It was not a problem for the Jin army to replenish war horses. The only trouble was the training of the soldiers.
After all, even if there are three treasures in the horse, it still takes a long time to train a qualified knight, which is much more troublesome than training an infantry.
But unlike the Jin army, if Zhu Yuanzhang's 3,000 battalions were gone, he would probably never have the chance to build another 3,000 battalions in his life. Without the three thousand battalions, Zhu Yuanzhang's losses would be absolutely immeasurable, even irreparable!
