Not only that, Fan Ju not only attracted the attention of the bandits again, but also got Han Xin's idea.
If it doesn't work in the end, Fan Ju is even ready to suggest to Qin Zheng to find a reason to mobilize Han Xin's team back. If we really have to go to this point, it will be easy to find the reason then, which is not difficult at all.
But what really makes Fan Ju difficult to decide is whether he should make this move next. After all, many decisions have to be made after considering the pros and cons from all aspects, rather than just doing whatever comes to mind.
Han Xin only had 10,000 troops there. Theoretically speaking, whether the coalition forces in front of Hulao Pass had these 10,000 troops or not did not have much impact.
But it would be nice if that was really the case. In terms of military strength, it is indeed not inferior to Han Xin's ten thousand troops. However, for the sake of morale, if Han Xin's ten thousand troops were to withdraw easily, it would not be possible without affecting the morale of the coalition forces.
Suddenly a group of princes withdrew from the coalition, how could this not have an impact!
However, if people like Han Xin are really mobilized back, it will definitely be beneficial. At that time, Sima Cuo can mobilize his troops again in the shortest possible time.
Shaking his head, he temporarily swept away the extra thoughts in his mind. As for the final outcome of this matter, Fan Ju only had the right to make suggestions. As for the person who made the final decision, it was Qin Zheng, and only Qin Zheng.
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Jingnan, Jiangling!
Hundreds of catapults continued to vent their anger, and huge rocks fell on the city wall, making rumbling sounds.
To this day, the Jin army has been attacking Jiangling for half a month. Or to be more precise, it has been nearly a month. Because in the first half of the month, the Jin army did not launch attacks easily, but was mobilizing various supplies.
The barbarian soldiers huddled and hid behind the chop of the city wall. They had been bombarded for a long time. Even without the command of the generals, they knew how to survive in this situation. To be more precise, You should know how to make yourself more likely to survive.
Before this, although these barbarian soldiers had seen the power of catapults, they had never seen hundreds of catapults blasting together.
Moreover, the most doubtful thing is that the Jin army has all pointed the spearheads of heavy equipment such as catapults, bed crossbows, and well lanterns at the barbarians, while the Chu army and the Yangzhou army have been relatively quiet. .
Although the Chu Army, Yangzhou Army, and Barbarian Army had exchanged defenses with each other before, the Jin Army was not afraid of trouble. Wherever these barbarian soldiers moved, these siege equipment also moved to wherever they were. .
Therefore, during the half month of the Jin army's strong attack, the barbarians suffered the greatest casualties. In half a month, the coalition forces lost a total of 10,000 people, half of whom were casualties of barbarians.
The remaining half were the casualties of the Chu Army and the Yangzhou Army, and most of this half were recruits of the Chu Army.
From this point of view, it is conceivable that the Jin army targeted the barbarians during this period.
Of course, the Jin army caused 10,000 casualties to the coalition forces, and their own casualties were certainly not small. The elite Jin army lost a total of eight thousand people, and those who surrendered lost nearly fifteen thousand.
One to two and a half casualties, which in a siege battle, this casualty ratio is already quite acceptable.
After such a long period of preparation, the various plans of the Jin army have basically been launched.
During this period of time, when facing the city walls in several directions of the barbarian army, the Jin army mainly used the surrendered troops of the Chu army reorganized by Wu Qi. At that time, they also used barbarian soldiers and surrendered soldiers.
During the war in the Cold Weapon Age, after the daily war, both sides would send soldiers to collect the remains of the soldiers on both sides who died during the war.
After all, on such a large battlefield, if the bodies of the soldiers who died in battle are not cleared away as soon as possible, some diseases may occur. If that happens, it will be a huge disaster for both the enemy and ourselves.
In ancient times, when medical technology was backward, the occurrence of such a large-scale epidemic was definitely one of the most terrifying things.
Therefore, during the period of collecting the remains, both sides reached a tacit agreement not to start a war. At this time, the Jin army deliberately left the remains of those surrendered barbarians without taking care of them, and handed them over to the coalition forces for disposal.
Therefore, after a while, the barbarians in Jiangling City will naturally know that a large number of their own people died at the hands of the soldiers of the Chu Army and the Yangzhou Army.
Although Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang would deliberately conceal these matters, how could the paper really cover up the fire, and how could these information never be leaked. What's more, there are people outside who specifically want this news to leak out.
Especially in the recent period, some soldiers within the Chu Army and Yangzhou Army have quietly discussed these aspects. If a few more busybodies chat with each other, what they talk about will inevitably reach the ears of the barbarian army.
As a result, conflicts and conflicts inevitably arise. The two sides have even gone so far as to use weapons, which has also led to bloodshed.
Behind this series of events, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Xiu could tell at a glance that the Jin army was definitely causing trouble.
Because the two sides only had some verbal conflicts at the beginning, and when the two sides actually took action, it was not the barbarian soldiers who made the first move, but a Yangzhou Army soldier. When the quarrel between the two parties became fierce, they stabbed two barbarian soldiers to death with one shot while the other party was not paying attention.
Then, stimulated by the blood, the soldiers on both sides began to get excited.
Fortunately, the generals of both sides stopped it as soon as possible that day, and the final casualties were not large, only about twenty people.
However, although this incident was stopped in time, what Liu Xiu, Zhu Yuanzhang and others are worried about now is that after this series of events, the barbarian soldiers and the Yangzhou Army and the Chu Army had a severe thorn in their side. do not know when. This thorn will touch both sides again!
But now, looking at Liu Xiu and Yang Su who came in a hurry, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was probably in trouble again.
