The news of Wang Liao's lightning raid in Jingnan was not only received by Li Xiang, but also by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's place was earlier than Li Xiang's.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang is now much closer to Jingnan than Li Xiang is to Jingnan. Moreover, after all, the Jin Yiwei is the most powerful in the south.
Holding several letters and newspapers in his hand that came almost at the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether he should be angry or happy!
This first letter was naturally good news from Jinyiwei. After Fan Zeng passed away from illness, another pillar of Jingbei, Sun Shuao, had also resigned and retired to seclusion.
When Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to deal with Xiang Yu, the two most troublesome people were Fan Zeng and Sun Shuao. The former person is very scheming, and on the battlefield, casual calculations will not have any effect at all. Moreover, you must always be wary of the other party's calculations.
The latter person stabilizes the rear for Xiang Yu and balances the forces in the rear, just like the Shi family who stabilized Jiaozhou at the critical moment. Moreover, the presence of people here is the greatest guarantee for Xiang Yu's logistics.
Now, with the loss of Fan Zeng and Sun Shuao, the remaining Xiang Yu is not a concern at all. Even if Xiang Yu could fight, it would be of no use if he only had muscles and no brain. Even if he can fight again, if the rations of the army below him cannot be guaranteed, it will have no effect.
What's more, when it comes to uniting troops in combat, Zhu Yuanzhang never thinks that he is inferior to others.
Not only that, Yingbu, one of Xiang Yu's five tiger generals, has also agreed to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang. With a general like Yingbu who has an incomparable understanding of all aspects of the Xiang family, it will be easier to deal with the Xiang family with twice the result.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang not only valued Yingbu's own talents, but also valued his Thunder Leopard Legion. It is a pity that in the final mission, the Thunder Leopard Legion suffered heavy losses, and only a few hundred people were left to surrender with Yingbu.
But with these hundreds of people on the basis, Zhu Yuanzhang can then establish another Thunder Leopard Army. As for the horses needed by this cavalry unit, Zhu Yuanzhang has now thought of a solution.
It was out of habitual thinking that Zhu Yuanzhang did not set his sights on the sea. But as the Japanese from small overseas countries came across the sea, Zhu Yuanzhang once again focused his attention on the confrontation between the various princes in the Central Plains, and he was also thinking about the role of the sea.
Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but also all the princes in the Central Plains are now more or less aware of the role of the sea. At least the princes on the coast have also begun to realize that the coastal areas do not need to sit back and relax and do not need to be defended.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already thought about whether he could reach the north directly by sea, so as to buy war horses from the north by sea.
In this era, some talents appeared but not just themselves. For example, Yi Sun-shin brought the technology of turtle-shell ships to Li Shimin. Similar situations were not unknown in Han Dynasty and Japan, but they were not like turtle-shell ships. That's all.
Therefore, in this era, the shipbuilding technology is somewhat higher than the technology that should have been available in the same period.
Moreover, although the Central Plains did not have extensive exposure to the sea, there have actually been records of naval battles since the Spring and Autumn Period.
Therefore, if Zhu Yuanzhang really took the sea route, he would actually have a certain foundation.
After all, even Japanese people can go to sea, let alone Han people. However, the various princes of the Han Dynasty had not focused their attention on the sea before.
In fact, Yu Ji had already had the idea of taking the sea route to the north to buy war horses. However, due to various reasons at that time, it was not successfully implemented in the end. Moreover, at that time, they also developed the Yunnan horse as a source of war horses.
Although Yu Ji had this idea at the time, it was not implemented in the end, but now Zhu Yuanzhang also has this idea.
It can be said that with the two old ministers Fan Zeng and Sun Shuao no longer helping Xiang Yu, and Zhu Yuanzhang got General Yingbu here, the conditions for completely reconciling Xiang Yu are already very mature.
However, another piece of news about Liu Xiu came, which ruined Zhu Yuanzhang's good mood.
Zhu Yuanzhang never underestimated Liu Xiu. Over the years, Jingbei was beaten in turn by the Yellow Turbans, Xiang Yu, and Yuan Shu, but it was still well preserved. It was only after encountering the behemoth of the Jin army that they fell to the point where they are today.
Moreover, during this period of contact between the two parties, Zhu Yuanzhang was also deeply touched by Liu Xiu's difficulty.
Fortunately, while there is another Liu Xiu in Jingbei, there is also a Liu Yu. There are two tigers in one mountain. Although these two tigers can sometimes exert great power when they cooperate, there are definitely disadvantages in putting the two tigers together.
At least, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu were fighting each other, which invisibly slowed down the other party's development time.
But even though Zhu Yuanzhang had never underestimated Liu Xiu, when the news came, he found that he seemed to have underestimated this guy, and he could even think of such a method.
Although in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this method was just to survive, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that he would never give Liu Xiu any chance.
However, as long as it has the right to survive and is not immediately eliminated, there is still a glimmer of hope left.
At least, Zhu Yuanzhang was not sure whether he could come up with such a method if he were in Liu Xiu's position.
"Military advisor, what do you think about this matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang casually leaned on his chair, threw the letters and newspapers aside and asked casually.
"Lord, until now, the Jin army should still be the main force, and you must not lose the big for the small!" Yao Guangxiao reminded him at the right time.
Liu Xiu's timing was particularly good. Not only did he grasp that the Xiang family was not prepared for the current Liu Xiu and others, but he also calculated that the current Zhu Yuanzhang would not fall out immediately.
Nowadays, Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest enemy is the Jin army. It can even be said that the situation in the world has developed to the current point. The most powerful among the princes in the world is the Jin army. If the princes in the world cannot join forces to restrain the Jin army, then sooner or later, the princes in the world will be defeated one by one by the Jin army.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang still needs Liu Xiu, and he also wants to use Liu Xiu to consume the Jin army's power as much as possible in northern Jing. In other words, their alliance must continue to be maintained, so now is not the time for Zhu Yuanzhang to fall out with Liu Xiu.
"And, judging from my subordinates, we might as well keep Liu Xiu and the rest for now!" Yao Guangxiao continued to say while thinking about the situation in Jingnan.
