Apart from Jinling, those who pay the most attention to the Huai army's movements are Liu Yu and Sun Quan.
Liu Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang had somewhat similar ideas. They both wanted to join forces with the Sun family in Jiangdong to deal with the powerful Huai army first, and then the princes in the south of the Yangtze River would differentiate themselves based on their abilities.
However, Liu Yu had just ended the war with the Ming army, suffered heavy losses, was powerless, and was temporarily unable to send troops.
You must know that before Liu Yu came, Liu Song's soldiers and horses were already in a very dangerous situation when Liu Yilong was in power. If Liu Lao hadn't been invited in time, coupled with the support of the Huai Army's grain and grass supplies, Liu Song would have been unable to support it. Living.
Wait until Liu Yu arrives.
The combat effectiveness of Liu Song's army suddenly increased, but the early losses were too great, and the high-level generals in the army were not strong enough, so they were often at a disadvantage against the Ming army.
If the Ming army lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses and needed to recover some strength, then the number of soldiers and horses lost by Liu Song was two or three times that of the Ming army.
Moreover, the rule was chaotic, and bandits and water thieves frequently caused trouble. If it weren't for Liu Yu's strength and Liu Muzhi's guidance, Liu Song would have collapsed long ago. The most important thing for them now is to sort out the internal affairs and reorganize the army.
Jinling can still send troops to some extent, but Liu Song has reached its limit.
can only say.
The timing of the Huai army's crossing of the Yangtze River was well chosen, leaving no room for intervention between the Ming army and the Liu and Song princes. They only had to deal with the Sun family of Soochow in a short period of time.
The boundary of Changzhou is Gaoqiao.
The flags were fluttering in the wind, the fort was dense, and groups of soldiers patrolled along the fort.
There were still sounds of men and horses neighing in the camp, as if the cavalry was training. There was a small river flowing southward on the south side of the camp, and many soldiers were fetching water by the river.
At this time, the gate of the big camp opened, and from time to time a galloping messenger appeared, running towards the big tent.
Many soldiers in the military camp couldn't help but murmur in their hearts when they saw it.
Inside the big tent.
While Sun Jian was caressing his family's ancient divine weapon, the Gudian Sword, he listened to the messenger's continuous reports on the Huai army's situation.
On both sides of the big tent, there were four generals, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zu Mao, and Han Dang, as well as Sun Jing and Sun Bi, who were outstanding disciples of the Sun family.
And Zhu Zhi, who was used by Sun Jian as his chief secretary and military advisor.
The Sun family has many civil and military generals. If Sun Jian, the head of the family, wants to mobilize ninth-level experts like Gu Yong and Tai Shici, it is just a matter of words.
But Sun Jian has been on the battlefield all year round, and has long been accustomed to cooperating with the four generals and Zhu Zhi who have been following him.
Taishi Ci and Sun Ce cherished each other, and Gan Ning was a general promoted by Sun Quan...
Compared with the happy life of Zhu Yuanzhang and his son, there were many embarrassments within Soochow. For example, Sun Jian valued Sun Ce more and was somewhat dissatisfied with Sun Quan, who founded Soochow in history.
After all, Sun Quan went too far. He obviously inherited the inheritance of his father and brother, but after he became emperor, he gave his eldest brother the title of King Heng of Changsha, and he was very wary of his nephew.
Compared with him, although Sima Zhao and Sima Yan of the Western Jin Dynasty had a bad reputation, they respected Sima Shi very much. Even if they usurped the throne and proclaimed themselves emperor, they also gave Sima Shi the posthumous title of emperor.
In ancient times, posthumous titles and posthumous titles were given great importance and were considered to be the final word on a person.
A good reputation can bring blessings to future generations. For example, Liu Bei often calls himself Queen Jing of Zhongshan. No matter what others think in their hearts, they should not treat him as a civilian on the surface, or at least treat him with courtesy.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties, an ancestor with a good reputation could allow his descendants to be recognized by other families and be regarded as members of the ruling class, rather than as ants who would be destroyed at any time.
It's just that... Sun Quan seemed to deliberately ignore Sun Ce in order to prove that his legal tradition originated from his father Sun Jian. He completely ignored the kindness that Sun Ce entrusted Jiangdong to him before his death.
If this is the Origin World and Sun Ce is dead, as long as Sun Quan doesn't kill his nephew, no matter what he does, the civil and military men under his command will not fight against their monarch for a dead man.
Even Zhou Yu could only respond in silence.
But this is the world of China. Whether it is Sun Ce or others, they can see their original ending through history books.
After seeing his death, his son was excluded and suppressed by Sun Quan. Although Sun Ce could understand Sun Quan's thoughts, he felt a little uncomfortable deep in his heart.
At this time, the three of them, father and son, each have their own teams. Without Sun Jian as the core, there will definitely be divisions within the Soochow Sun family.
Sun Jian didn't want to make it so complicated, nor did he want to think about how to resolve the estrangement between Sun Ce and Sun Quan.
So when he led the army on an expedition, he didn't take any of his two sons' team with him.
Now that the princes in the south of the Yangtze River are competing for hegemony, Sun still doesn't know if he can fight against Liu Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang. The struggle for power and estrangement between brothers are not important under the strong pressure.
If the Sun family can completely establish a foothold in Jiangnan and have the strength to form a separate faction, the three of them, father and son, will slowly solve their internal problems.
If you lose halfway in the fight for hegemony.
Then there is no need to solve the internal problems. Everyone is dead and it is over.
The three of them, father and son, all understood this, so they all worked hard for the future of the Sun family. In the end, a pattern was formed in which Sun Quan sat in the rear, and Sun Jian and Sun Ce led the expansion.
"Wang Jing'er, he crossed the Yangtze River and chose us as his opponent...an army of one million, sounds like a mountain of pressure!"
Wait until the messenger reports the military situation.
Sun Jian's majestic face also showed heaviness and he sighed.
Several generals in the camp also looked solemn.
Although in history, Cao Cao and Liu Bei claimed to have 830,000 and 720,000 armies to conquer Soochow, but they were defeated by Soochow with a small number and a large number. Two of the three major battles in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were related to Soochow.
Two battles sent Zhou Yu and Lu Xun to the martial arts temple respectively.
However, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops were just in name only, and the actual combat troops dispatched were only more than 200,000 and 50,000 elite soldiers.
And the news that Sun Jian and the others received.
It was the Huai Army that really mobilized millions of soldiers... The Huai Army never exaggerated the number of soldiers and horses when it dispatched troops. It always dispatched as many soldiers as there were troops.
Really millions of soldiers.
Just thinking about it makes me feel that a huge mountain is covered by the spirit of heaven, making people unable to escape and avoiding the despair.
Sun Jian was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Conquering the Yellow Turbans, attacking Xiqiang in Liangzhou, attacking Dong Zhuo... It can be said that he has experienced hundreds of battles. No matter what enemy he faces, his will is as determined as iron and as fierce as a tiger.
Xiao Daocheng, who founded Southern Qi in history, was defeated steadily by his troops.
but now.
Facing the crushing force of the Huai army, he felt really unsure, and even more confused, not knowing how to deal with the crisis in front of him.
"Lord, the Huai army has not yet crossed the river. Our army should retreat to Wuxi first and gather the separated troops first!"
Seeing this, Zhu Zhi sighed inwardly and said.
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