In the history of the original world, Zhang Shicheng defeated the siege of hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops in Gaoyou, and later occupied Yangzhou, and went south to conquer Suzhou and other fertile places in the south of the Yangtze River. His early development speed was much faster than that of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang invaded Jinling, with Zhang Shicheng in the east and Chen Youliang in the west. There were strong enemies on both sides.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked his counselors which side would be more suitable for the Ming army to attack first? All the counselors under his command unanimously suggested attacking Chen Youliang first.
Why? Because Chen Youliang had great ambitions and knew the meaning of death, if the Ming army attacked Zhang Shicheng first, Chen Youliang would definitely send troops to rescue him.
If Chen Youliang is attacked first, Zhang Shicheng will definitely not send troops.
As expected, as these counselors expected, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang were fighting to the death in the Poyang Lake Battle and the Hongzhou Battle, Zhang Shicheng was still immersed in the gentle countryside.
Chen Youliang sent lobbyists to persuade Zhang Shicheng to send troops to attack. Zhang Shicheng promised well, but in the end Chen Youliang was defeated and died, and he did not send a single troop, which was equivalent to sitting back and watching Chen Youliang's destruction.
Chen Youliang was destroyed. Zhu Yuanzhang's army turned around and killed him.
For Zhang Shicheng.
The fate of the original history is a bloody lesson.
The current situation is somewhat similar to the history of the original world. The Huai army occupied Yangzhou, just like the Ming army in history, and Yang Shuang was like Chen Youliang who was about to be destroyed.
"Zhang Shicheng, you have learned your lesson!"
Inside Gaoyou City.
Wang Jing was a little surprised when he heard the news that Zhang Shicheng had sent out his army. He didn't expect that Yu Wenhuaji didn't jump out as expected, but Zhang Shicheng made a big move.
But then he thought about it.
Then I understood what Zhang Shicheng was thinking. The other party was afraid of repeating the same mistakes in history and had learned a lesson.
In the main hall.
After knowing that Zhang Shicheng sent troops, many generals and commanders of the Huai Army were a little commotion. Wang Bi and Lu Zhongheng were ready to move and wanted to ask for orders to serve as vanguards.
However, they thought of Wang Jing's words not long ago that it was better to slow down than to rush, so they suppressed their thoughts.
Li Kaifang asked: "Now that Zhang Shicheng has dispatched 150,000 troops, should we still stand still and hold on?"
Wang Jing nodded.
"Yes, Gu said before that Yang Shuang's 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers and horses require a lot of food and grass. Now plus Zhang Shicheng's 150,000 soldiers and horses, that's an army of about 400,000..."
"Such a force cannot be supported without millions of civilians and hundreds of thousands of stones and grass as a base!"
"How long can Zhang Shicheng's Taizhou last?"
A sneer appeared on Wang Jing's face.
Now that all the natural fortresses are in the hands of the Huai army, Wang Jing doesn't need to use any of the wonderful tactics of antelope hanging horns and moving freely. He only needs to follow Li Shimin's art of war to overwhelm Huaidong.
In Li Shimin's battles of Qianshuiyuan, Baibi, and against Liu Wuzhou in Hebei Province, he could not hold out and frustrate the enemy's spirit. He waited until the enemy's army was short of food and became impatient, and then defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.
Such tactics require a strong foundation and food. It is purely using national power to hurt people.
This kind of strategy is the most difficult one to deal with.
At this time, Yang Shuang had no foundation, and Zhang Shicheng only had a shallow foundation in Taizhou. Facing Wang Jing's tactics, there was no other way except to desperately attack the camp and defeat the Huai army before the food and grass were exhausted.
"However, after Yang Shuang and Zhang Shicheng joined forces, there were hundreds of thousands of troops. Fu Youde may not be able to support him with his current strength! Let's do this...Li Kaifang!"
"The general is here!"
"I will leave you a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to guard Gaoyou. With the strong city in hand, even if the Yuwen clan comes to attack, they will never be able to break the city in a short time. Gu Qin will lead the other soldiers and horses south to prevent the big fish from breaking the fishing net... "
Wang Jing thought for a moment and made new arrangements.
Li Kaifang naturally had no objection, and he directly accepted the order.
Half a day later.
The warships of the Huai Army entered the canal, carrying a large number of soldiers and a large amount of grain and supplies all the way south.
When entering the waters of Shaobo Lake.
The warships led by Fu Youde went north to meet them and merged with the warships heading south.
Wang Jing stood on the boat, the breeze blowing his sleeves. The scenery on both sides of the bank was unique. On the east side of the lake, there were many small rivers connected to Shaobo Lake. On the plains crisscrossed by these rivers, Yang Shuang's nearly 300,000 troops were blocked here. Unable to go south.
At this time, Fu Youde occupied an important area on the south side of Shaobo Lake. This area was set up as a county in Sui Tingzhong and a small city was built.
There are mountains in the north of the city, guarding the throat of the canal entering Yangzhou.
The Huai army set up a camp here. If they didn't capture it, Yang Shuang wouldn't be able to head south rashly even with 300,000 troops.
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The morale of Yang Shuang's troops was low, and they were surrounded by dense rivers and water networks, which was not suitable for launching a large army at all. If this place were a plain, and an army of 300,000 soldiers marched out, they would definitely drown Fu Youde.
"How is the situation now?"
After the navy reunited, Fu Youde took the initiative to come to see him after receiving the news.
Wang Jing asked immediately after seeing him.
Fu Youde said: "After the king captured Gaoyou, Yang Shuang kept sending troops to attack day and night. By rough calculation, the Sui army had more than 10,000 casualties..."
"Our army also lost more than two thousand people!"
"But please rest assured, Your Majesty, the general will never let the Sui army step into Yangzhou!"
Wang Jing said: "Yes, but Zhang Shicheng's army of more than 100,000 will join Yang Shuang soon. I will transfer another 50,000 troops to you. You must defend this place!"
"The last general takes command!"
Fu Youde now has 50,000 troops and horses in his hands, and with the troops allocated by Wang Jing, the number is 100,000.
One hundred thousand elites are more than enough for defense.
In addition to ordinary soldiers, Wang Jing also brought Wang Bi and Lu Zhongheng this time. In Gaoyou in the north there are Li Kaifang, Fei Ju, Wang Maozhang and others.
Lu Zhongheng was standing not far away. When Wang Jing was talking, his eyes fell on Fu Youde, with unspeakable envy and jealousy.
He defected to the Huai Army much earlier than Fu Youde.
But now Fu Youde can command an army of 100,000, and he can only serve as a vanguard under the general.
The gap between the two is getting wider and wider.
But no matter how jealous Lu Zhongheng was, he had to admit that Fu Youde was qualified to become a general with a hundred thousand troops.
The movement of the Huai Army naval warships alerted the Sui Army sentries on the east side.
After two or three consecutive days of strong attacks day and night, the Sui army's offensive became weaker and weaker. Yang Shuang seemed to have gotten the news about Zhang Shicheng and no longer wasted energy.
They began to withdraw their troops and wait for Zhang Shicheng's troops to arrive.
Under the watchful eye of Sui army sentries, the Huai army navy warships crossed the defense line and entered Yangzhou.
At this moment.
Spies from the Military Intelligence Department also sent detailed information about Yangzhou these days.
Before leaving, Wang Jing ordered to gather the remnants of the Sui army and receive the defeated Sui army.
This command is executed well.
In addition to most of the 300,000 troops under Yang Guang who died in battle, fled, disappeared, and were captured, there were also tens of thousands of elites wrapped in a few important officials of the Sui court who were gathered by the Huai army.
The most famous among them is Pei Ju.
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