Liu Xiu chose to retreat to the rear to recuperate, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not willing to give up. However, after what Zhuge Liang had experienced, it was not easy to get him to send troops again.
His remaining troops still need to stick to Jiangxia and Nanjun.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang also believed that a large part of the reason why the Jin army was stronger than the major princes was that it had endless famous and fierce generals. Although he could no longer provide military support to the three princes of the Central Plains, he could still provide them with general support.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhu Di and generals Wu Zixu, Xu Da, Ao Mo'ang, Lu Ya, Lu Er and other generals to assist the princes of the Central Plains.
Lu Ya and Lu Er are both the top warriors in the world. Even among the many warriors in the army, there are not many who can compare with them. These two people are definitely the biggest reinforcements.
Although Ao Moang is only a junior god-level warrior, his combat power is not what a junior god-level warrior can represent!
But now, the princes of the Central Plains have already scolded the princes of the south bloody, and all of them secretly hate their pig teammates for killing people.
Especially Zhao Kuangyin. In vain, he sent Zhou Yu and Tian Dan to help the southern princes to invade Jiangxia and Nanjun. Unexpectedly, the southern princes were so unlucky. Not long after his Zhou Yu and Tian Dan left, they fell into the hands of Zhuge Liang. Such a big loss.
The princes of the Central Plains originally thought that they would join forces with the princes of the north to go to Sizhou together, and the princes of the south would be responsible for confronting Yue Fei here. If the Central Plains princes and the northern princes join forces, and there is no longer the protection of the Eight Passes of Luoyang, the fall of Sizhou will only happen sooner or later.
As for Xu Shiji, the only god-level general under him has rebelled, and there are not even a few peerless generals left. Since the war in recent days, the generals under him have continued to suffer losses, even if he wants to send a few generals Even those who went to help the princes of the Central Plains were powerless.
Moreover, Huo Guang's arrival was not just to meet Liu Xiu and Zhu Yuanzhang, but also to meet him.
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Sizhou.
In just ten days, Yangwu, Jingxian and other four counties have been defeated. At this rate, I am afraid that the armies of the northern princes can approach Luoyang within a month.
Henan Yin is quite embarrassed to say that although there are eight Luoyang passes outside, after the eight Luoyang passes are opened, there is no danger to defend after that.
Although those counties and cities have temporarily recruited a large number of volunteers, with Chi You's cannon fodder there, and the talents of the county magistrates and county lieutenants, they are incomparable to the talents of generals like Han Xin. Therefore, Han Xin and the others attacked the city. The speed of sweeping the ground is quite fast.
During this period, the harvests of the northern princes were envied by the Central Plains princes and southern princes. After breaking the city, Chi You's cannon fodder troops naturally carried out various plunders. The primary goal was to steal food, and the secondary goal was to steal money and money. Steal a woman.
The northern princes did not do much to stop these people. If you want the horses to run away, how can you not give them grass to eat? If you want these cannon fodder to play some role, it is impossible not to give them some incentives!
And it is impossible for these people to grab everything. Moreover, after letting these people taste some sweetness, the people from the northern princes will naturally come out to deal with the aftermath. Speaking of which, the northern princes, these people have the real big deal.
Especially these few people are not short-sighted. After the city is broken, it is inevitable to relocate the people in the city.
Population is also a type of strength. If all the millions of people in Sizhou can be evacuated, it will be a devastating blow to Li Xiang.
The geographical location of Qin Zheng and Liu Bei naturally determines that even if they conquer Sizhou, they will not be able to occupy the territory. If they want to get a piece of cake that suits their use, these people will be an important part of their profit cutting.
Now, with the southern princes having no hope, even Yuan Shao had some doubts about whether they could achieve final victory in the future. Therefore, even Yuan Shao, who already regarded Sizhou as his own, started this feast of dividing the population.
Of course, it seems that the northern princes are just trying to cut their own interests, but hidden under this cut of interests is still this war.
If these princes are allowed to mess around like this, even after Yizhou is finally captured, the final interests of the Jin army will be greatly reduced. Even after the final calculation, the Jin army may not have much benefit left.
Therefore, the counselors of the northern princes did not believe that Li Xiang would ignore all this. Behind this division of interests, what they wanted to force was for Li Xiang to take the initiative to fight with them. A field battle would be comparable to a siege. War is much more beneficial to them.
Of course, Li Xiang couldn't bear what the northern princes had done. Although he knew that the northern princes could not empty out the population of Sizhou, after all, everyone had their own digestion limit, and the same was true for each prince. Eating too much would cause them indigestion. Sizhou has a population of several million. It is already the limit for these princes to be able to digest a million after joining forces.
Moreover, opening the Eight Passes of Luoyang does not mean that the other party can capture the entire Sizhou. The reason why these eight passes are called the Eight Passes of Luoyang is actually just because these eight passes are within Henan Yin. In other words, what they can get their hands on now is only half of Hanoi County, plus one Henan Yin.
Although these two places are the most densely populated places in Sizhou, they still do not represent the entire population of several million in Sizhou. Only after conquering Luoyang, they would be eligible to take over the remaining Hedong County and Hongnong County, and even Yongzhou next.
But even so, it is unbearable pain for Li Xiang!
Of course, it was impossible for Li Xiang to give up his advantage and leave the strong city of Luoyang undefended, instead going out to fight with the opponent in the field. When your own side has a low chance of winning, force a decisive battle with the opponent!
Therefore, Li Xiang could only ask Xue Rengui to divide 50,000 troops to guard Gong County, the throat of central Yin in Henan Province. Gong County, Ping County, Gucheng and other places in the north of Luoyang are the counties closest to Luoyang and the most populous in Henan Province. The most densely populated county towns, plus Luoyang, the first city, account for more than 60% of Henan's population.
Since Li Xiang was unwilling to start a decisive battle with the opponent, he could only use this method to stop the loss as much as possible! When the Eight Passes of Luoyang began to be breached, he was destined to be unable to do so without paying any price! However, the only thing he has to do is to control the price within his tolerance!
(End of chapter)
