Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 984 Liu Xiu Zheng Jingnan

Chapter 982: Liu Xiu conquers Jingnan

Just when Liu Bei led the army back to the plains and Zhuge Liang and others headed to Taihang, Qin Hao also launched an offensive against Yin in Henan.

Henan Yin has a total of 21 counties, namely: Luoyang, Kaifeng, Xinzheng, Chenggao, Xingyang, Pingxian, Pingyin, Gucheng, Henan, Xincheng, Liangxian, Yanshi, Goushi, Gongxian, Juanxian, Yuanwu , Yangwu, Zhongmou, Yuanling, Mi County, Jing County.

As the center of Sizhou, the center of the world, Henan Yin has many famous cities. For example, Chenggao and Xingyang are famous strong cities. Xinzheng was the capital of South Korea during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, while Kaifeng was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

If Luoyang is added to it, Henan Yin Nei has a total of three major capitals, and absolutely no other county can have such a heritage.

At present, Qin Hao has only occupied Luoyang in Henan Province, and the twenty counties that have not yet been occupied are large. However, with the defeat of the Liang army, they may not even be able to gather 5,000 county soldiers. How can they resist Qin Hao's 40,000 elite troops? An army?

No matter the strength of the troops or the lineup of generals, the Qin army was almost overwhelming, and ten days was more than enough.

In fact, no accidents occurred. When the magistrates of these twenty counties saw the Qin army coming and were led by famous generals such as Bai Qi, most of them surrendered directly to the city.

The four-pronged army marched all the way to the city without encountering much fierce resistance. Only a small number of die-hard elements resisted stubbornly, but because they were too weak, the Qin army easily broke through the city.

Qin Hao set a time limit of ten days, but Bai Qi and other generals only took eight days to capture all twenty counties.

 But within these eight days, something big happened again, and the initiator was Liu Xiu, who was also a relatively late prince who withdrew from the alliance.

 Liu Xiu's threat was no less than that of Li Shimin. Qin Hao would never let him leave safely, so he had set up a dragnet for Liu Xiu in advance.

Although Qin Hao had promised Xun Kan before that he would never send assassins to assassinate Liu Xiu, but using the army cannot be considered an assassination, right?

In order to prevent Liu Xiu from returning to Nanjun alive, Qin Hao immediately sent an order to Yue Fei as soon as he got the news of Liu Xiu's departure, ordering him to secretly set up an ambush to ambush Liu Xiu on his way back.

To Qin Hao's surprise, Liu Xiu did not go all the way back to Nanyang. Instead, he took a detour through Runan, Lujiang, and Jiangxia, and made a big circle before returning to Jiangling.

It was Qin Hao's credit that Liu Xiu was so cautious. After the Hulao Yu war, Liu Xiu was really plotted and feared by Qin Hao. After that, he was extremely cautious in everything he did. And his caution saved him more than once, and eventually Qin Hao's All the arrangements were in vain.

Although Liu Xiu returned to Jiangling, he knew that Qin Hao would not let him go just like that, so his power had to grow stronger, and Jingnan, which had been in chaos, was the best target, so he started to do something Preparations for going south to pacify the four counties in Jingnan.

 At the beginning, Liu Xiu united with the five major princes of Jingzhou to attack Qin Hao, but was defeated by Bai Qi in a battle and almost the entire army was wiped out. Even four princes, including Liu Biao, died in the battle.

After signing the unequal treaty, Qin Hao released Huang Zu and Han Xuan as princes, but the remaining three counties in Jingnan fell into civil strife.

　Nearly a year has passed since the original battle, and the chaos in Jingnan has also undergone great changes.

Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha, saw that the three counties were in civil strife, so he joined forces with Huang Zu to send troops to occupy the three counties. However, they were repelled by the local forces of the three counties, which eventually led to the occupation of several counties. Soon after the local forces in the three counties jointly defeated Han Xuan, they fell into internal fighting. In the end, the Zhang family, the first family in Jingzhou, advocated xian, defeated all forces and won the final victory.

Zhang Xian took advantage of the situation and occupied nearly half of the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling, thus becoming the fifth prince in Jingzhou besides Qin Hao, Liu Xiu, Huang Zu, and Han Xuan. However, because he had been fighting, he became the fifth prince in Jingzhou. On the contrary, he is the weakest among the princes in Jingzhou.

After Liu Xiu returned to Jiangling, he immediately targeted Zhang Xian. This was also the best time for him to annex Zhang Xian's strength. Otherwise, after Zhang Xian recovered, it would not be so easy to occupy Jingnan. .

Although Liu Xiu wanted to occupy Jingnan, he did not lose his mind. He still had a big concern in his mind, which was Yue Fei in Xiangyang and the 60,000 Qin army. After all, Qin Hao would never let him occupy Jingnan.

Liu Xiu was afraid that as soon as he left Nanjun, Yue Fei would lead his army to attack Jiangling City. If Zhang Xian could not be eliminated this time, it would be more difficult to occupy Jingnan, so Liu Xiu could not be cautious in sending troops this time. .

Liu Xiu hesitated again and again but could not make up his mind. It was not until he learned that Qin Hao had transferred 10,000 troops from Xiangyang that he truly determined to conquer Jingnan.

Qin Hao had to fight to capture Sizhou, let alone Liu Xiu?

In order to ensure that Nanjun was not lost, Liu Xiu decided to lead a small number of elite troops southward, leaving most of his troops to defend Yue Fei in Xiangyang.

When Liu Xiu's subordinates learned about it, they were shocked and stepped forward to dissuade Liu Xiu from increasing his troops. However, Liu Xiu laughed and said, "Zhang Xian is just a clown. It is enough to deal with his 10,000-strong army. You should do your best first." Get ready to celebrate your victory."

 Zhang Xian's army did not exceed 30,000. Was Liu Xiu really confident in annexing Zhang Xian? I'm afraid that's not the case, but if he doesn't even have confidence in himself, how can he give confidence to his subordinates?

In this way, although Liu Xiu knew that the road ahead was full of thorns, he still led an army of 10,000 southward without turning back, breaking into the chaos in Jingnan like a dragon crossing the river.

 Qin Hao, who was far away in Luoyang, after learning the news that Liu Xiu was going south, his first reaction was to order Yue Fei to lead the army to attack Nanjun, absolutely not giving Liu Xiu any chance to grow.

However, the current situation of the Qin army is not as good as Qin Hao imagined. Most of the grain in the Nanyang granary has been consumed, leaving only enough to support the 100,000 Qin army for half a year.

Since Bingzhou has promoted new grain varieties, the grain storage in the grain depot is very abundant. However, because there are four Bingnan counties separated from Sizhou, grain and grass cannot be transported to Luoyang at all.

Next, Qin Hao will have to compete with Dong Zhuo for Sizhou. If he cannot win it within five months, the Qin army will face the risk of running out of food in Sizhou. Naturally, there will be no leftover food to divide the troops to contain Liu Xiu.

“Liu Xiu is really lucky to have picked such a good time.”

Qin Hao sighed helplessly. Although he was a little depressed, he decided to give up sending troops to Jiangling for the time being.

 A few days later, Nanyang's 50,000 troops arrived in Luoyang, and the offices of the Qinhou Mansion had also been moved to Luoyang and began to officially settle and work in Luoyang.

 (End of this chapter)