The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 524 Qujiang War, defeating Liu Rengui
After the end of the Peng Ze League, its leader Xiang Yan issued a unified order, calling for 50 coalition troops to attack Qi.

For a while, 50 coalition troops continued to march westward, and in a short time, soldiers came to Yuzhang and the second county of Jiangxia.

Its power first rushed to the land of Luzhou, followed by the coalition forces stationed in Yongxing and Jianchang respectively.

These two cities are where the communication between Jiangxia and Yuzhang is located, and being cut off at this time also shows that the connection between the two counties was cut off by the coalition forces.

At this moment, the situation is very unfavorable to the Qi State. If there is no suitable plan, the coalition forces will definitely break through the defense line of the Qi Army.

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However, Qi Wang Gaoqi also made a decision at this time. On the one hand, he urgently ordered Wei Qing to fortify the wall and clear the field, and retreat slowly.

Withdrew to the Baling area, backed by Dongting Lake and stood firm, echoed with Yue Fei's troops in Changsha, and resisted the coalition forces.

Later, he also ordered General Zhengdong and Jiangxia prefect Qi Jiguang to gather troops in the county to defend Jiangxia with all his strength.

Join forces with Li Jing, the governor of Luzhou, to ensure the safety of the northern area of ​​Jiangling, the king's city.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Qi also mobilized an army of [-] from Jiangling, the royal city, with Zhang Xian and Xue Dingshan as generals, and counselors such as Jia Xu and Fang Xuanling as joiners, and went to Changsha and Baling in person.

This time since the founding of Qi State, its crisis is the most critical situation, Gao Qi must pay attention to it.

Otherwise, I am afraid that Qi State may not be able to survive the large-scale attack of the coalition forces this time.

This time, the forces Gao Qi assembled to fight against the coalition forces were the Wangcheng Jiangling Army, the standing armies from various places, and the Hunan Army under Yue Fei.

Its total number of soldiers and horses is about 30, and the frontier troops in other places still perform their duties to defend the safety of various places.

Immediately afterwards, important officials such as Liu Bowen, Di Renjie, and Zhang Juzheng stayed in the court hall, summoned the people, delivered supplies, and maintained logistics.

This battle will be a battle that will determine the fate of Qi!
As Gao Qi went south in person, he finally joined forces with Yue Fei's troops in Yiyang, Changsha, and then stationed in Liuyang, where he and Wei Qing stayed on the front lines of Baling and Changsha respectively.

Immediately afterwards, under the response of Qi State, the leader of the alliance, Xiang Yan, saw the tricks, and on the one hand ordered his grandson Xiang Yu to lead [-] soldiers and horses to gallop south to attack the Lingnan Army.

The reason why he chose to attack the front line of Lingnan was also the result of discussions among the anti-kings.

The reason is: Qi State has just pacified Lingnan, and its foothold in the territory is still unstable. Under the fierce offensive, it may be able to open up a second battlefield.

At this time, the strength of the coalition army is stronger than that of the Qi army. Opening up more fronts will benefit the coalition army and disadvantage the Qi army.

However, the only shortcoming is that all the rebel kings have selfish intentions and are unwilling to give Xiang Yu too many troops.

Therefore, in this battle, Xiang Yu will lead the Huaixi [-] cavalry and nearly [-] Jiangdong soldiers to fight south.

After arranging the battle situation for going south, Xiang Yan also personally assembled an army with the anti-kings and headed towards Changsha and Baling.

The final ownership of this battle is still in Changsha. As long as Gao Qi's main force cannot be defeated, then the significance of the coalition forces will no longer exist.

Moreover, in order to restrain Qi Jiguang's subordinates in Jiangxia County, Zhu Yuanzhang also suggested sending troops to the Jiangxia area to contain Jiangxia County and avoid riots in the rear.

This suggestion was also unanimously approved by all the rebel kings, and the leader Xiang Yan used Chen Youliang's general Shi Lang to send [-] sailors to contain it.

For a while, it was the cold winter season, and the war situation in the north had already calmed down, and each of them prepared their armies for war, preparing to fight again in the coming year.

However, at this time, Jiangnan's territory was full of excitement and noise, and logistics supplies from all parties were almost continuously being transported to the front line.

A few days later, the coalition forces officially arrived at the boundary of Changsha, facing off against the main force of the Qi army in the city.

Seeing the continuous military tents of the coalition forces, the formation can be described as majestic and majestic, quite a majestic situation.

It's just that Gao Qi also gathered the main force here, and his defense line also stretched for dozens of miles, and his defense line was already ready to go.

Xiang Yan, who is familiar with the use of troops, also knows that a strong attack is not a good way, so she also chose to confront the enemy temporarily, and then think of countermeasures to meet the enemy.

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Lingnan, Namhae County
South China Sea, located in the central and eastern part of Lingnan, is regarded as an economically prosperous area in Lingnan, almost supporting the lifeline of Lingnan.

Therefore, after Lingnan was pacified, Wang Xuance was appointed the governor of Lingnan for his meritorious service, and appointed Liu Rengui to guard the South China Sea area, garrison the army and support the people, and guard against Jiangdong forces.

At this moment, Liu Rengui also received the news that Xiang Yu's [-] troops in the coalition army were attacking, which aroused Liu Rengui's desire to do meritorious service.

He discussed with the generals under his command and decided to go out of the city to fight, and beat the incoming coalition forces hard, so as to increase the belief that his army would win.

In fact, it was the troops brought by Xiang Yu that made Liu Rengui eclectic and strongly go out of the city to fight.

According to the information Liu Rengui got, Xiang Yu only led [-] soldiers and horses, which also gave Liu Rengui the illusion that it was nothing to worry about!

Therefore, Liu Rengui also thought about using Qujiang, the barrier in the South China Sea, as a point to destroy Xiang Yu's army.

After a decision, Liu Rengui first ordered Wenpin to lead [-] troops to Qujiang to deploy, and strive to defeat Xiang Yu's army in one battle.

Wenpin was originally Xue Rengui who belonged to the Nanyang Group, but because Huo Qubing was good at cavalry raids, after Lingnan was pacified, Gao Qi made adjustments.

Huo Qubing was transferred to Nanyang, and Wenpin was dispatched to the south, as Liu Rengui's deputy, responsible for assisting him in defending the South China Sea.

"promise!"

Hearing this, Wenpin didn't disobey at all, he accepted the order and resigned in a big stride.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Rengui did not stop at all. On the one hand, he continued to reorganize the army, and on the other hand, he also informed the governor Wang Xuance of the situation of the coalition attack, so that he could make early preparations.

After marching for nearly half a month, Xiang Yu, as the chief general, finally led [-] troops into Lingnan territory and attacked Nanhai County.

On the way, Xiang Yu did something in Nankang County, after crossing the Ganjiang River.

Xiang Yu summoned his subordinates on the other side of the Gan River, destroyed the ships in public, and ordered unnecessary military rations to be discarded, leaving only dry rations for several days.

Afterwards, Xiang Yu swung his sharp sword around his waist, slowly stood at the highest point of the turbulence, and said loudly: "Jiangdong sons, why did I, Xiang Yu, let you destroy the ships and discard the rations today?"

"Because, in my opinion, you are all Jiangdong athletes, and you are more than enough to deal with the mobs of the Qi army. The army rations are enough for a few days!"

"I think back then, when the Qin Dynasty was in chaos, the overlord of Chu broke the boat after crossing the Zhang River. This move almost greatly increased the combat power of his subordinates."

"In the end, the overlord of Chu also led his Jiangdong disciples to fight back, defeating the Qin army, taking control of Xianyang, and enfeoffing the princes."

"Today, I, Xiang Yu, will follow the example of the overlord of Chu in those days. I will fight to the death and defeat the Qi army in Lingnan, recover Lingnan, and attack Xiangzhou."

"Brothers, we are all sons of Jiang Dong, how can we embarrass the former Overlord, kill!"

All of a sudden, Xiang Yu's voice was like a bell, and his aura was extraordinary. Coordinating with his incomparable body, it was unmatched by anyone.

All of a sudden, Long Qie, the general of the headquarters under his command, stood up first and echoed: "The general is right!"

"This time, our Xiang family army will be invincible and invincible, defeat the Qi army, attack Jiangling like a dead man, and capture Gao Qi alive."

Immediately, the soldiers of the Xiang family under his command were deeply infected by him, and shouted loudly: "Kill, kill!"

After shouting continuously for a while, even Huaixi's thousands of cavalry were encouraged by it, and they couldn't help roaring from the bottom of their hearts.

Seeing this, Xiang Yu couldn't help showing a smile, and this move was considered to have achieved his goal.

In fact, Xiang Yu is also familiar with the art of war and is good at using troops. This time he knows the gap between his own and the Qi army's strength.

Xiang Yu knew very well that if his side could not defeat the Qi army in one fell swoop, then once the Qi army was prepared, they only had to stick to the various parts of Lingnan and not fight!
So no matter how Xiang Yu attacked, he still had no chance of breaking through the Lingnan front line and opening up a second battlefield.

Therefore, after Xiang Yu thought hard, he came up with Cai Yong's risky strategy.

Breaking the pot and sinking the boat sounds very exciting, but it is a dangerous move by soldiers. Once the Xiang family army fails to defeat the Qi army in the shortest time.

After the Qi army is ready, then the Xiang family army will fall into a situation of food shortage, so that they can't attack themselves!
However, this can be regarded as a big hand of Xiang Yu, as long as the enemy can be defeated, then all this will no longer be a problem.

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Qujiang, Yinshan

At this time, Wenpin had already led the army to Yinshan, and began to prepare to attack Xiang Yu's army.

Immediately afterwards, Xiang Yu also led the army to arrive at its vicinity. As early as the arrival, the tall and burly general Long Qie reported the military situation to Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu, who learned of the military situation, immediately became active in his mind. In an instant, he had a plan to defeat the enemy and began to give orders.

"Xiang Zhuang, Yu Ziqi, you two each led [-] infantry and quickly advanced to the two wings of Yinshan to encircle and wipe out the Qi army."

"But pay attention, be sure to find out that the Qi army is launching an attack when it is flustered."

"Otherwise, never act rashly!"

After arranging the combat instructions for the two, he continued: "Long Qi, together with this general, you will lead the cavalry straight into the middle, and use your force to attack the Qi army."

"Be sure to cut through the enemy's formation!"

"promise!"

All of a sudden, the generals didn't hesitate and took orders directly.

As the order was issued, Xiang Yu was on a black horse with his crotch, holding the Overlord's Halberd, which can be described as magnificent and menacing.

The dragon beside him also has a fanatical will to fight, and the thousands of warriors behind him are like a pack of blood-drinking wolves, staring at the soldiers of the Qi army.

This feeling is like the wolves seeing the sheep, so happy.

"bouncing!"

Suddenly, Xiang Yu's leading cavalry entered the Qi army's formation in a split second.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Qi army were powerless to resist among the cavalry, and their army formation was gradually being pierced and disintegrated.

In fact, this is also Wenpin's negligence, one is that he has not yet organized a line of defense, and the other is that he has neglected Xiang Yu's strength.

In this short moment, Xiang Yu had already led the cavalry into the formation of the Qi army by virtue of his own bravery.

In addition, there is a fierce general Long Qi beside him, which makes the situation of the Qi army even worse.

After a fierce battle, the situation of the Qi army became more and more unfavorable, and the sergeants of the Qi army became more and more panicked.

It just so happened that the leak in the house coincided with continuous rain, just when the Qi army was unable to withstand the impact of the war cavalry.

At this time, Yu Ziqi and Xiang Zhuang each led [-] infantry to outflank the two wings.

Suddenly, the Qi army's situation became more and more unfavorable, and its defeat seemed to be a foregone conclusion!

(End of this chapter)