When the three forces competed against each other for dominance in the southeast.
As a powerful party, every move of the Daxia Dynasty would attract the attention of the Ming and Song armies.
For example, Wang Jing sent 50,000 soldiers to leave Wuxi, which became important information that the two forces were eager to find out.
Given the elite level of Xia's army, if 50,000 soldiers are deployed somewhere on the three battlefields of Jurong, Jiaxing or Changxing, it might be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
As top commanders, Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and others will definitely not be careless in the slightest.
At the beginning, the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Army exposed many spies in order to gather intelligence, and lost dozens of experienced elites.
It was already three days later when Jin Yiwei found out about Xia Jun's troop movements.
"Fifty thousand soldiers were actually dispersed to garrison in important prefectures and counties in the two major southern provinces... What does Wang Jing want to do?"
Xu Da, as well as Yu Yunwen and Meng Gong, who led the Song army to the north, were a little puzzled after receiving this military information.
Only Zhu Yuanzhang of Jinling seemed to have thought of something, but he was not sure for a while.
Although I don't know Xia Jun's intention to disperse the soldiers.
But neither the Ming army nor the Song army dared to be negligent in the slightest. When discussing the battle situation, they would not forget to include these 50,000 soldiers.
In order to avoid losses due to omissions when calculating the strength of both sides.
Inside the Wuxi Palace.
After Wang Jing handed over the task of cleaning up the various prefectures and counties in the south to Zhang Juzheng and Xie Hui, he no longer paid attention to the process. When they finished the matter, he only wanted to see the results.
"Changxing, Huzhou, Jiaxing and other places are all rare high-yield grain areas in the south. If these places can be included in Daxia, the grain harvest in Daxia every year can be increased by several percent!"
Wang Jingfan couldn't help but said after seeing the information about Changxing Land.
The good news that Chen Qingzhi defeated the Song army's vanguard in Changxing had already reached Wuxi. After all, Wuxi and Changxing are only separated by Taihu Lake.
The water thieves and bandits in Taihu Lake were also cleaned up by Daxia's navy.
The connection between the two places is very smooth.
After repelling the enemy vanguard, Chen Qingzhi withdrew his troops, set up military forts outside Changxing City, and quickly established a defense system. From time to time, Pan Zhang and Yu Ziqi were sent to lead a small number of elite troops to engage in small-scale fights with the Song army.
However, as the soldiers under the command of Wei Rui continued to move south, the main force of the Song army came quickly, and after both sides stationed a large number of soldiers, the frequency of fighting became much lower.
This situation is quite normal.
The two armies fought each other, testing each other, and then continuously dispatched small forces, using hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers as a chessboard to fight back and forth to test the opponent's weaknesses.
This kind of stalemate is very common when neither side has much chance of winning.
Especially since both sides are short of food and grass, the confrontation may last for half a year or even a year. Only by seeing the enemy's weaknesses exposed can one side win quickly.
This is the case with all the great battles that have gone down in history, such as the Battle of Changping. The Qin and Zhao sides fought for several years. After finding the enemy's weaknesses, it took five months to decide the winner.
For example, in the process of Wang Jing's rise, it was a small probability that he would directly engage in a decisive battle in the wilderness with forces such as the former Qin Deng Qiang, Yang Xingmi, and the Western Chu Xiang Jiajun in a very short period of time.
Wang Jing also had such expectations.
Of course he wanted to have a decisive victory with the Ming and Song armies in the wild.
If the two major forces can be wiped out at once, even the loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses will be worthwhile.
But Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Xing would never think so. Knowing that they were not as powerful as the Xia army, they would definitely choose to rely on the city fortress, resist step by step, and use space and time to resolve the Xia army's attack.
Anyway, when Wang Jing went south this time, he already had the psychological expectation of fighting the Ming and Song armies for a year or two.
Of course, if Wei Rui's plan succeeds and rips out the hearts of the Ming army at once, then the duration of the war will be greatly shortened.
At this time, Wei Rui had arrived in Changxing to take charge.
With this famous historical general, Wang Jing withdrew most of his attention from Changxing, and even looked at the field conditions in Changxing, as well as farmland information in Huzhou, Jiaxing and other places.
In the history of the world, the Hangjiahu Plain composed of Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou was the largest plain in the south of the Yangtze River and the largest grain-producing land in the southeast.
As the saying goes, if Suhu is familiar with it, the world is sufficient, which refers to the plains of Suzhou, Huzhou and Hangzhou.
It's a pity that in the original history, Jiangnan was converted from rice to mulberry, and gradually it became Huguang, which is ripe all over the world... In the world of China, this plain whose area has expanded ten times has not been converted from rice to mulberry.
After bringing Jiaxing and Huzhou under its control for more than half a year, the Southern Song Dynasty harvested a large amount of grain.
When the Song army went north, the hundreds of thousands of troops did not have to worry about lack of food and grass.
After seeing the approximate amount of grain produced in Huzhou and Jiaxing.
Wang Jingdu was a little jealous.
"As long as the Song army can be defeated, Jiaxing, Huzhou and other places will naturally fall into the hands of our army. Moreover, there are almost no natural dangers from Huzhou to Hangzhou except that the river has a little more water!"
"The main force of the Song Army is defeated, and Hangzhou cannot be saved!"
Gao Xi said from the side.
In his opinion, after Daxia captured Suzhou and Zhenjiang, both the Ming army and the Southern Song Dynasty were in an extremely unfavorable strategic situation.
Zhenjiang is a great threat to the east of Jinling, and Suzhou is a sharp sword hanging over Hangzhou's head!
As long as Daxia takes action against the two opposing forces, it will naturally have a huge advantage.
It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Yu didn't have strategic vision, but that when they arrived, the surrounding situation was different from the current situation.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was surrounded by enemies. Although Liu Song in the east occupied Zhenjiang, it did not pose a great threat to Jinling. Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to capture Zhenjiang and Danyang and block the east gate of Jinling.
It's just that the Ming army was not strong enough at the time and could not defeat Liu Yu.
Zhao Min had the same reason.
After the emergence of the Southern Song Dynasty, it first annexed Qian Miao, Dong Chang, Yan Baihu and other large and small forces. When it grew to a certain extent, Huzhou had fallen into the hands of Liu Yu.
When Wang Jing and the Southern Song Dynasty formed an alliance to jointly deal with Soochow, the main reason why the Song army agreed was to capture Jiaxing and other places in Huzhou and expand Hangzhou's strategic space.
However, if Jiaxing Huzhou is won, as long as Suzhou is not won, there will still be loopholes in the defense line.
"That makes sense. This victory or defeat is very crucial for the Ming and Song armies. If they lose, I can easily capture Jinling and Hangzhou!"
"Without these two places, the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty will exist in name only!"
Wang Jing laughed.
Now the two people are more and more confident, because until now, the intelligence returned by the Military Intelligence Department has not shown that the Ming army has sent more troops to Gao Chun.
This means that the other party did not see through Da Xia's plan. As long as Xie Xuanneng led his elite troops to quickly attack and capture Gaochun.
The defeat of the Ming army can no longer be saved!
When chatting.
Gao Xi was still sorting out military reports sent from various places. In addition to military reports from various places in the south of the Yangtze River, there was also more important information transferred from Yangzhou.
Several of the pieces of information were relatively critical and attracted some of Gao Xi's attention.
"Your Majesty, this is the information sent by Cao Jingzong, the general manager of the Huaixi camp, and Chen Gong of Xuzhou... It is related to Cao Wei and is more important to us!"
The smile on Gao Xi's face faded, and his eyes became slightly solemn.
Before Wang Jing led millions of elites to cross the river south again, Cao Cao, the leader of Cao Wei in Daliang, asked his son Cao Pi to stay in Daliang while he personally led the army to attack Gao Huan of Qi.
After the Xia army went south, Cao Wei put down his vigilance to the south, used the troops and horses in the south to defend Daxia, and assembled a large army to prepare to completely capture Qilu.
Gao Huan also led hundreds of thousands of elite troops, with Gao Cheng sitting in the rear to handle civil affairs, and leading generals such as Gao Yang, Duan Shao, and Gao Changgong to fight.
The outcome of the battle between these two forces will give birth to a powerful force in the Central Plains and Qilu lands.
Half of the Central Plains plus Qilu had the foundation to become a powerful dynasty.
"Cao Cao and Gao Huan...they have long wanted to fight!"
Wang Jing was not surprised to see such military situation.
Before he went south, Gao Huan sent envoys to form an alliance, but Daxia's strategy was to go south, so he did not agree to the other party.
Gao Huan's ability to lead troops... is just that, mainly cunning, able to see into people's hearts, and good at playing tricks.
When leading troops in a battle, although he could come up with some strange strategies, as soon as his generals mentioned the strategies he came up with, he was shaken and no longer adopted...
If it weren't for his son Gao Yang and grandsons Gao Changgong and Duan Shao, Gao Huan would definitely be defeated but not victorious against Cao Cao.
The military information sent by Cao Jingzong was that the number of soldiers and horses under Zhang Liao's command in Bozhou was reduced, while the information sent by Chen Gong was the latest battle situation between Cao Cao and Gao Huan.
The battle between the two did not start a strategic decisive battle for the time being. Instead, they fought several small and medium-sized battles, with both sides winning or losing.
Generally speaking, Cao Cao has a certain advantage. Every time he wins, he can seize some cities in Qi and is gradually advancing towards Linzi.
"If Cao Cao is allowed to occupy the land of Qilu, plus half of the Central Plains...Cao Wei will become a powerful enemy to the north of our army!"
Gao Xi frowned slightly and reminded.
Wang Jing was not as worried as he was. He just smiled and said: "Don't worry, I understand! But you must also understand that the Central Plains is the place where the Four Wars took place. Even if Cao Cao can establish Cao Wei, there is still a Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu to the west. Woolen cloth!"
"That is to say, Liu Xiu had just pacified Nanyang and had no time to go east. If he had waited until Liu Xiu had rectified his internal affairs, recuperated, and restored the morale of his army, Cao Cao would not have defeated Gao Huan..."
"You can imagine his fate!"
Wang Jing saw the situation in the north very clearly.
Sooner or later, the Central Plains will be Liu Xiu's territory, and Cao Wei's background is not as good as that of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In terms of personality charm, Cao Cao has the blessing of romance and various illusory worlds, which can attract many opposition generals to defect to him.
But there will only be more talents who defect to Liu Xiu.
Not only military generals, but also a large number of top civil servants who admired Liu Xiu...
Cao Cao has a very high reputation in later generations, but in history books, his reputation is not very good.
Anyone who has read history books, if they have a choice, will only go to Liu Xiu, who is kind and tolerant, rather than Cao Cao, who is suspicious and makes his ministers tremble...
If Wang Jing had not risen, it would have been possible for him to go all the way through the mountains and rivers and travel thousands of miles to join Liu Xiu.
When Wang Jing was in the original world, he also admired Wei Wu and Cao Cao very much. But if he was really asked to become Cao Cao's minister, he would be somewhat resistant.
throughout the history of the dynasty.
Only Liu Xiu, Li Shimin and Liu Bei were the most friendly to later generations like Wang Jing.
Don't worry about whether Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness are fake. There is no difference between being able to pretend for a lifetime and being real. Moreover, Liu Bei has never killed his own officials and generals without any reason in his life...
Cao Cao has feelings, and Liu Bei also has feelings.
However, Li Shimin and Liu Bei were too far away from Wang Jing. If there were no special events, Wang Jing would not go to Bashu and the Three Jins at all.
What Wang Jing said was not unexpected by Gao Xi.
But as a privy envoy in charge of military affairs, after seeing that a powerful enemy is about to appear in the north of Daxia, he will naturally feel a sense of warning and threat in his heart.
But when Wang Jing mentioned Liu Xiu, Gao Xi reacted immediately.
Yes, Cao Wei was the main sufferer of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Although historically Cao Cao maintained Han rule when he was alive, once he died, Cao Wei replaced the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The greater the reputation of Cao Cao as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, the greater the stimulation to the Eastern Han Dynasty who occupied Luoyang.
Liu Xiu would never tolerate Cao Cao dividing the Central Plains equally with him.
Even if Cao Cao can defeat Gao Huan, he will face Liu Xiu's twenty-eight generals of Yuntai!
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Jinling.
In the spacious school grounds of Purple Mountain outside the city, tens of thousands of soldiers are undergoing rigorous training. The main training of these soldiers is not personal strength, but changes in military formations.
The military formation is like a huge millstone. The rotation of yin and yang seems to be able to crush the mountains, rivers and earth.
While the military formation was rotating.
A trace of biting and pure evil energy also stimulated the bodies of these soldiers through the changes in the military formation.
Each soldier, after practicing military formations several times, was sweating on his forehead and back, and his face was a little red.
Woohoo!
With the sound of the horn, tens of thousands of exhausted soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and almost collapsed to the ground.
"Stand up straight, don't lie down!"
"Take advantage of the opportunity to vomit immediately, quickly! Quick! After vomiting, put the food in immediately!"
Many small flags and general flags holding military sticks came quickly. When they saw any soldier wanting to lie down, they immediately rushed up and shouted.
The many soldiers in the school grounds seemed to be used to it.
After being shouted at by these people, they all insisted on standing, and then continued to breathe and exhale. While breathing and exhaling, a trace of power from the universe was drawn into the body.
The body that had been stimulated to the extreme immediately became calmer.
These soldiers also had an extra strength out of thin air.
next moment.
Tens of thousands of soldiers, led by hundreds and thousands of households, pushed their tired bodies to a nearby place, where the aroma of food had risen, and the aroma also contained some herbs and a little meat from exotic animals.
If you want to train elite soldiers, if you don't have enough resources to replenish the soldiers' energy and blood, they will only make the soldiers pee blood and wear out their bodies.
To become strong, people need enough food.
Only with enough food can we have enough soldiers! This is the unchanging truth no matter in any world or anywhere.
far away.
Several people looked at the lively scene in the school grounds and smiled a little.
