Hit Xia Liang flourish Jiang

Before the battle with the Jiangzuo League, an alliance of the same size as the Jiangyou League had emerged in the eastern part of Jiangdong. Even before the Jiangyou League had fought, its scale had occupied the first place in the entire Eastern Han League. He was the Taoyuan League. .

Today, the Jingchu war has been victorious, and the Taoyuan League is not to be outdone. The Jiangyou League is stable and good-hearted. After a period of rest, the Taoyuan League, the Jiangyou League, and the Taoyue League have discussed whether to enter Jianghan first, or to divide into three routes. Taoyuan The League and Taoyue League went to Jianghan from Gongangang and Xi'an respectively, and let the Jiangyou League attack Shandong.

Zhu Queqing and Sun Lu, who were present, knew that the leader of the Taoyue League and the Taoyuan League were brothers, and they had to be let go. Neither of them could offend them, so they made a relief: "I hope to defeat the Xia Liang League and other major leagues and occupy the After Shandong, we will set off from Bowang Pass and occupy Zhili, please don’t mind the two adults.” Wu Kui, the leader of the Taoyue League, was about to stand up to oppose the Taoyuan League leader Wu Dang, but he raised his arm to signal him to sit down, got up and said with a smile, “It’s all Jiangdong people are all brothers, what you said is what we all think. Just follow the method of Brother Zhu Queqing. "

After the meeting, Zhu Queqing and Sun Lu rushed back to the barracks and ordered a few elite soldiers from Jingchu, half of the defenders in Jiangdong, and four assault troops used by the leader of the alliance to gather in Jiangdong Jianye, but different from usual, Zhu Queqing. The Jianye army was not allowed to set up camps, and at the same time, 100,000 people from the Panyang Army (most of the defenders of Panyang County) were ordered to camp for more than 10 miles in Wankou, and they deliberately had to feint several times recently.

"My lord, do you want to keep the mouth of the beard or the mouth of Anhui? Please let me know!"

"I have a million troops (1.35 million to be precise), and I have sent 500,000 troops to Anhui. If the enemy doesn't capture it, our troops will not attack. As for Ruxukou, 150,000 troops will be fine. , don’t need too much, the remaining 700,000 people gather to attack Bowang, they must attack Jiangling, control all areas west of Jiangling, and do not allow the arrogant forces in Jiangdong to grow.”

"Yes! Your Majesty! I'll give orders here!"

Zhu Queqing had been drinking with the generals at the banquet. After hearing this, he couldn't help laughing. He then ordered the army to capture Ruxukou in the early morning of the next day, cross the river south, and quickly capture Xuchang. But Zhu Queqing made a big mistake. He believed that the enemy's defense should be messed up, and despite the opposition of several generals, he ordered the 100,000 troops stationed at Anhuikou to attack the pass at the same time as the officers and soldiers who attacked Ruxukou. Although Luxukou was captured under the cover of night, Anhui's attack also alerted the main force of Anhui's 500,000 Xia Liang army. Liang Junzhan, the leader of the main force of Xia Liang's army, decided to capture Wankou and disrupt Zhu Queqing's attack.

After Pan Yangjun finished resting, he wanted to enter Shandong again, but found that there was a black bear rushing towards them on the plain in the distance. Pan Yang's army messed up for a while, but when they got close, they found that they were heavy cavalry of Xia Liang's army. The heavy cavalry defeated Pan Yang's army in one fell swoop. With almost no casualties, 50,000 Pan Yang troops were captured. The Pan Yang army defenders saw that the situation was wrong and had to retreat.

Xia Liang's army pressed hard step by step, without giving the Jiangdong defenders a chance to breathe, and continued to attack. The defenders collapsed for thousands of miles, and in less than a month, Panyang County was completely occupied. Xia Liang's army suffered very few losses, only a few thousand men.

Zhu Queqing had already attacked Xuzhou, but when he heard the news of Pan Yang's fall, he was frightened and panicked, not knowing whether to attack Licheng or return to defend Jianye. Sun Lu said at this time: "Your Majesty, I don't think it is necessary to go back to defend Jianye. Jianye is the core of Jiangdong, and it is also the site occupied by the Taoyuan League. It was heavily fortified, with 450,000 defenders. Nearby cities have hundreds of thousands of defenders. So the king does not have to worry, this Xia Liang army will eventually end in failure. After Zhu Queqing heard this, he finally felt relieved, decided to speed up the attack, and ordered the army to capture Xuchang as soon as possible.

Sure enough, although Xia Liang's army was ferocious, but due to the logistical failure to keep up, coupled with many days of fighting, physical and mental fatigue, had to greatly slow down the attack, after Zhu Queqing heard it, he secretly praised Sun Lu's shrewdness.

In December 201, after Zhu Queqing captured Licheng, he quickly marched into Wankou, and quickly captured it. Xia Liangjun had to retreat. At this time, 100,000 people from Shiqimeng, the Northern Alliance, set out from Zhili and wanted to capture Licheng, but they were defeated by Sun Lu and only returned with more than 10,000 people.

In January 202, Zhu Queqing joined forces and marched north. After capturing Jizhou and Jinzhou, the leader of the Shiqi League suffered repeated defeats and was very afraid, so despite the opposition of the officials, he personally handed over the map of the Zhili area to Zhu Queqing, declaring his surrender. . At this point, Zhu Queqing's Northern Expedition ended. At the same time, the Taoyue League and Taoyuan League also occupied Jianghan. At this point, Jiangdong's strength began to flourish, but a crisis was also quietly emerging......