As soon as Yue Fei and Zhang Liang came up with their plan, the area where the Chu army's remaining troops in northern Jingbei fell into chaos instantly.
In just seven days, the gates of four counties in Nanjun and Jiangxia were already opened, and the magistrates of these counties had already expressed their surrender to the Jin army.
Don't look at just four county towns, but even with these four county towns, if the other side did not take the initiative to surrender, but resisted to the end, the Jin army would have to pay at least thousands of casualties.
In fact, these county magistrates had to surrender. There were very few elite garrison troops in these cities, and they were mainly recruits who had just been recruited. With the military morale gradually collapsing, how could these county magistrates have the courage to continue? Resist?
Once these soldiers break out under the threat of the Jin army, then these county magistrates alone will not be able to stabilize the situation. Not only will the city be unable to defend in the end, but they themselves will also die without burial. place.
Moreover, this is just the beginning. Under the continuous psychological offensive of the Jin army, except for a small number of areas guarded by Liu Xiu's confidants, other places will be unable to hold on sooner or later.
Nowadays, the generals in Jingbei are fighting less and less. Liu Xiu can't divide his manpower to garrison county by county. He can only concentrate on garrisoning a few important areas. Therefore, other county towns can only be defended by their own county magistrates.
And just because of those small county magistrates, how many of them have the backbone to keep going!
"King Chu, this time you steal the chicken but lose the rice!" After the situation from various places came one after another, Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay attention to the battle situation at the first time. Instead, he sneered directly at Liu Xiu.
Zhu Yuanzhang originally hoped to let Liu Xiu use his last strength to consume the Jin army as much as possible, but this Liu Xiu actually had the same idea and tried every means to let Zhu Yuanzhang take the lead.
What Zhu Yuanzhang was alluding to was not anything else, but the matter of Liu Yu. If Liu Xiu hadn't developed murderous intentions towards Liu Yu so quickly, how could Liu Yu have sent people to send Liu Yilong and Liu Yigong to Shu.
If Liu Yu hadn't been involved this time, even if Yue Fei and Zhang Liang had used this tactic, it would have been greatly compromised in the end.
However, Liu Yu played this trick but it was difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang. Not to mention the impact of this incident on the war situation, why did Zhu Yuanzhang help Liu Yu escape in the first place? Wasn't he thinking that he could use Liu Yu to contain Liu Xiu in the future?
However, now Liu Yu has sent Liu Yilong and Liu Yigong to Yizhou. So, if Jingbei falls in the future, Liu Yu may also enter Yizhou instead of following Liu Xiu to Jingnan.
If this situation really occurs in the end, how can Zhu Yuanzhang use Liu Yu to contain Liu Xiu!
Of course, whether Liu Yu can survive next is also a question. After all, although Liu Yu only has 20,000 troops in his hands, 15,000 of them are new soldiers. Whether he can survive Yue Fei's hands is really a question.
If Liu Yu is still as useful to Zhu Yuanzhang as before, Zhu Yuanzhang might be willing to help him again. However, judging from the current situation, Liu Yu will most likely enter Shu even if he survives. In this case, Liu Yu will be of little use to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang will naturally be unable to continue to support him.
And it was precisely because Liu Yu saw Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose of helping him that he continued to garrison Zhijiang City. If he had revealed other purposes at that time, Liu Yu would not only have to guard against Liu Xiu, but also against Zhu Yuanzhang.
With all parties being enemies, it was impossible for Liu Yu to leave Jingbei. And when he went to garrison Zhijiang City, he could at least buy time to release Liu Yilong and Liu Yigong first.
As for Liu Yu himself, once the city where Liu Yu is stationed is destroyed, whether Liu Yu can escape can only depend on his own true ability. Now, Liu Xiu will not help Liu Yu, and Zhu Yuanzhang has basically no chance.
"What does King Jiaozhou mean?" Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's allusion, Liu Xiu seemed not to understand or know at all. There are some things that he would never admit to.
Liu Xiu was also well aware of Liu Yu's situation. Liu Yu is in a crisis, which can definitely be considered a good thing for Liu Xiu now.
Liu Xiu's chips in Jingnan were too small. Even if he tried his best, it would be difficult to win more. If Liu Yu is added to restrain him, then Liu Xiu will basically have no hope of developing in the future.
Therefore, Liu Xiu must be ruthless and use the Jin army to send his brother off.
At the same time, Liu Xiu was secretly regretting that Zhuge Kunlong was such a powerful general. In Liu Yu's absence, it was certainly impossible for Liu Xiu not to take this opportunity to win over Zhuge Kunlong.
It's a pity that this guy is really stubborn. No matter how many things Liu Xiu promises to him, he can't seduce him at all. He is determined to fight Liu Yu to the end.
Even after arriving in Nanjun, Zhuge Kunlong had already looked for opportunities to leave Liu Xiu and go looking for Liu Yu. In the end, Liu Xiu could only feel joy, hate, sigh and pity for such a powerful general as Zhuge Kunlong!
Afterwards, after Zhuge Kunlong took the initiative to leave Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu also recalled Deng Xia and even other generals belonging to him from Liu Yu's side.
Wu Zhiqi was far away in Jingnan, and Zhuge Kunlong returned to Liu Yu's side. Liu Xiu had no other strong generals in his hands. In fact, even the peerless ones are almost impossible to pick out, especially when Jingbei veteran Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng disappeared inexplicably.
Therefore, Liu Xiu could only recall Deng Xia from Liu Yu's side.
In fact, Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng disappeared inexplicably. The real reason was that Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng had to betray Liu Xiu under the coercion of the Jin army.
However, Huang Zhong also made a gentleman's agreement with the Jin army. He could betray Liu Xiulai and join the Jin army, but he would not take action against Liu Xiu or any Chu army or even do anything detrimental to them. Only if the Jin army agrees to Huang Zhong's condition will Huang Zhong be willing to surrender to the Jin army.
After much thought, Yue Fei did not reject Huang Zhong's condition. In any case, Huang Zhong's martial arts is not weak, and his shooting skills are also quite difficult to deal with. One less enemy will save him one less trouble.
Moreover, although Huang Zhong's conditions could not provide much help to the Jin army in defeating Liu Xiu, Huang Zhong's surrender could at least weaken Liu Xiu's power. Moreover, deep down in his heart, Yue Fei himself admired Huang Zhong as a loyal person.
