Jingbei!
Due to the rapid changes in the war situation, the princes of the Central Plains have given up the idea of taking Jingbei, and instead turned to helping the northern princes win the Luoyang offensive and defensive battle.
First, the sudden end of the Jin Army's Bashu War caught the Central Plains princes off guard, making the Central Plains princes even more aware of the threat to the Jin Army.
To say that this time the coalition of princes was not fruitless, not to mention the situation in Sizhou, just in the battle in Jingbei, the Jin army had already lost Nanjun, Jiangxia County and half of Nanyang County.
However, this loss is not enough for the Jin army!
If the Jin army cannot seize the last opportunity and severely damage the vitality of the Jin army, after a few years, the Jin army will completely digest the results of this battle. At that time, the Jin army may truly be able to fight the world alone!
Secondly, Yue Fei's ability to withstand pressure is really strong! And none of Xian Zhen, Xie An, Xie Xuan, Yu Yunwen, and Du Yu are easy to deal with!
Moreover, after the southern princes retreated, Li Mu, Shi Gandang and other generals were finally free to come to Nanyang to help Yue Fei.
Cao Cao and Chi You teamed up against Xie An and Xian Zhen, and indeed achieved several victories. Although they were only small victories, they were at least victories.
But Zhao Kuangyin fought against Yue Fei. Although he captured several cities several times, he kept forcing Yue Fei into Wancheng. However, these cities were all given up by Yue Fei on his own initiative after exerting their value!
Apart from these factors, Zhao Kuangyin actually did not achieve any real and complete victory. Although he always had the upper hand, he just couldn't defeat Yue Fei.
Furthermore, the northern princes were willing to pay a little reward so that the Central Plains princes could really help them block Li Jing.
For the Central Plains, what is most lacking is war horses from the north! Especially among the three princes of the Central Plains, except for Zhao Kuangyin, who has some money and can buy high-priced war horses from the north, the remaining two are miserable!
Although the northern princes cannot easily let their war horses flow out, they can still bear it if they are controlled within a certain number. After all, even if the price is lowered to supply a batch of war horses to the princes of the Central Plains, they still have profits to be found. Moreover, the princes of the Central Plains will most likely not use this war horse on the princes of the north.
Even if the Central Plains princes obtained a batch of war horses, the greatest probability would be to use them in their fights with each other, and then to deal with the Jin army. If this war horse can take its turn to deal with the northern princes, maybe the northern princes will be happier at that time. At least by that time, it means that the Jin army no longer poses a threat to them today.
Furthermore, it was also because of the sudden changes in the grasslands that it was an opportunity for the northern princes.
Although the northern princes did not have the energy to go to the grasslands to fight in the autumn wind like Li Tang, they could still carry out an arms trade between them.
Anyway, even the equipment that was eliminated by the soldiers and horses of the Han princes and was almost scrapped could be simply remade for them and sent to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they could still be sold at a good price!
Therefore, out of various considerations, after the Central Plains princes held a negotiation with the northern princes, Chi You finally led his troops to guard Nanxiang, while Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin continued what they had done before.
It's just that it's slightly different. Previously, the first goal of Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin was to attack the city and seize territory, but now the goal is to cover Chi You so that Chi You can safely block Li Jing's troops! After the goal changes, the difficulty and operation methods will also change!
Li Jing was originally a famous general in the world, but after this battle to conquer Shu, his reputation in the world has risen to a peak, and he is already suspected of being the best general in the world!
The Jin army was able to win the battle to conquer Shu in such a short period of time. Although Wu Qi, Wei Qing, Wang Meng, Wang Jian, Yang Xuangan and other generals and soldiers of the Jin army were responsible for their contribution, there was no secret. Fang and Chen Pingping also contributed a lot.
However, in this battle, the one with the greatest aura will always be Li Jing as the Commander-in-Chief of the Conquest of Shu. Compared with the generals who followed, what the world saw first was that Li Jing, as the commander-in-chief of the Conquest of Shu, led these generals and troops to win this battle!
As for the coming Li Jing, every prince in the Central Plains is ready to prepare!
Since the princes of the Central Plains were well prepared from the beginning, Li Jing's troops were firmly blocked after leaving Hanzhong.
Chi You's troops were not as good as Li Jing's, his ability to lead troops in battle was not as good as Li Jing's, and the generals in Chi You's army were not as good as those of the Jin army. However, Chi You was helped by some of the Yangzhou army generals sent by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang himself withdrew to Yangzhou after Zhuge Liang flooded his troops and horses almost completely. However, many generals were sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to help the princes of the Central Plains, and this lineup was very strong.
The leader was Zhu Yuanzhang's precious son Zhu Di. After that, there were commanders such as Xu Da, Wu Zixu, and Zhu Wenzheng, as well as powerful generals such as Lu Ya, Lu Er, and Wang Yanzhang.
Among them, more than half of the generals headed by Xu Da were sent to Chi You by Zhu Xiaosi to help Chi You.
When Xu Da and Chi You joined forces, Li Jing was unable to find each other's flaws in a short period of time. In particular, the main goal of Xu Da and Chi You was not to defeat Li Jing. Just to stop Li Jing as much as possible.
Li Cunxiao also challenged the generals of the Yangzhou Army several times. However, even if Chi You's ability was weaker than that of Li Cunxiao, the gap between the two men was not big.
Li Cunxiao, on the other hand, had to always be on guard against Lu Ya who was hiding in secret. Without the means to attack with all his strength, he was even suppressed by Chi You for a time.
Fortunately, the Jin army knew from the beginning that the generals of the Yangzhou army had come to Chi You's army, and they were on guard against Lu Ya, who was good at concealed weapons. Otherwise, any general in the world who was attacked by Lu Ya during a fight with Chi You would probably end up in a bad way.
Knowing that Chi You successfully stopped Li Jing's reinforcements, Sizhou's northern coalition forces fought even harder!
However, a real surprise occurred for the Northern Allied Forces. A 30,000-strong Jin cavalry force appeared on the land of Sizhou, and directly caught the northern armies off guard.
(End of chapter)
