Vol 2 Chapter 2636: Sun Quan missed the opportunity to attack Chu, and Liu Xiu withdrew from the Fo

Chapter 2636 Sun Quan missed the opportunity to attack Chu, Liu Xiu withdrew from the four-nation coalition

Chapter 2632: Sun Quan missed the opportunity to attack Chu, Liu Xiu withdrew from the four-nation coalition

Shortly after the two countries in southern Shu stopped fighting, the Chu army, which was blocked outside Shengjingguan, also chose to retreat. After all, the main purpose of the Chu army's crusade against the southern country was to support the Shu state. As a result, the Shu state itself did not fight anymore. Naturally, there is no reason for the Chu State to continue to fight with the Southern State.

In addition, there is another reason for the Chu State to withdraw its troops, that is, the Wu State to the east is too restless.

Sun Quan saw that the main force of the Chu army in Jiaozhou and Guangzhou was marching westward, and the Ruan and Yue countries took the opportunity to invade Jiaozhou. Guangzhou's troops were also empty, so he planned to take the opportunity to attack Guangzhou.

For this reason, Sun Quan even dispatched the Yizhou navy to contain Chu's Guangzhou navy to prevent the Ruan-Vietnam coalition from being defeated too quickly under the combined forces of the Chu army and water.

Under the constraints of the Wu navy, the Chu navy did not dare to participate in the Jiaozhou war. The pressure on the Ruan-Vietnam coalition was indeed reduced, wasn't it? Coupled with the intervention of Han Shizhong, Kan Ze, Nong Yu and other Qin personnel, the war was The war did not reach a stalemate.

Everything was pretty much as Sun Quan expected, but when he learned that the Chu army had suffered heavy casualties in the battle, when he was about to order troops to be dispatched to Guangzhou, Liu Xiu also ordered more troops to be sent to Lujiang and Changsha.

The troops in Chu State's southern Jiaozhou and Guangzhou states are indeed restrained by the three southern Ruan and Yue countries, but most of Chu State's troops are gathered in the north. These armies are still fresh forces that have not yet been mobilized.

Liu Xiu's move was tantamount to telling Sun Quan that if you dare to attack my Nanhai, I will send troops from Lujiang and Changsha to attack Danyang and Yuzhang counties of Wu State. It seems that he is going to start an all-out war with Wu State. Posture.

 After receiving the news, the top officials of Wu State, with Sun Wu as the leader, were in a state of excitement.

Chu State is now fighting on multiple fronts, but it still dares to threaten Wu State in this way. Wu State is not taken seriously at all.

Sun Wu was not afraid of Liu Xiu's war threat at all, and proposed to unite the four kingdoms of Qin, Nan, Ruan and Yue to jointly attack Chu, and took the initiative to request orders to go to the front line to guard against Chu troops' sneak attacks.

The whole country of Wu was clamoring to avenge the arrogance of Chu and teach the arrogant Chu a lesson, but Sun Quan, the king of Wu, gave in.

It was Sun Quan who proposed taking advantage of the situation to seize Hainan in order to break Chu's three-sided attack. However, after Liu Xiu really became tough, he did not dare to confront Liu Xiu head-on.

 No matter how Sun Wu and others persuaded him, Sun Quan refused Sun Wu and others' request to send troops on the grounds that the country's strength had not yet been restored and it was not appropriate to go to war.

The contrast between Sun Quan's external weakness and internal coercion is extremely sharp, and this made Sun Wu and many other generals completely disappointed in him. After all, he missed this great opportunity to attack the Chu State. From now on, the Wu State will only I can challenge the state of Chu alone.

Liu Xiu was secretly relieved when he saw that Sun Quan was timid.

Even though he was so tough on Wu, if a war really broke out, he actually didn't have the confidence in his heart. After all, if a fight really broke out, it would be a war with the five kingdoms of Qin, Wu, Nan, Ruan and Yue at the same time.

With Yang Xiuqing's death in battle, the Jiaozhou War reached a stalemate, and Liu Xiu no longer looked down upon the Ruan and Yue countries as before.

Although Chu State is the hegemon in the south of the Yangtze River, if it starts a war with the five countries at the same time, it will inevitably be unable to cope with it.

However, fortunately, Sun Quan was stupid. Just for his own status, he still refused the request of Sun Wu and others to go to war even though he knew that going to war would be more beneficial to the state of Wu.

Sun Wu only thought that Sun Quan was weak, so he was intimidated by the Chu State and did not dare to go to war with the Wu State even if he had the upper hand.

But Liu Xiu knew that the deeper reason why Sun Quan did not dare to go to war was actually because he did not want Sun Wu to take control of the military.

If you just attack Nanhai County, you don't need to dispatch Sun Wu. Once Chu and Wu start a full-scale war, Sun Wu will definitely take over the military power. After all, Sun Wu is the only one in Wu who can resist the Chu army, so it is unreasonable not to let him lead the army.

Sun Quan relied on patricide to force his brother to become the King of Wu. Naturally, he was unwilling to let Sun Wu, an uncle who was loyal to his father, take charge of the military. After all, if Sun Wu learned the truth about Sun Jian's death, he would definitely support Sun Ce and force him to abdicate.

 Therefore, Sun Quan would rather give up this great opportunity than go to full-scale war with Chu.

“Sun Quan, Sun Quan, I am so lucky to have you as my rival.”

Liu Xiu looked at the map of the nine counties in Jiangdong and muttered to himself with a smile on his face. After all, if it were the staunch Sun Ce, he would definitely join Qin Nan and Ruan Yue in attacking the Chu State. This would be the worst case scenario.

Wu State did not dare to go to war. Although Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, the dilemma faced by Chu State has not yet been completely resolved. The top priority is to defeat the four-nation coalition forces in Jiaozhou and regain the lost territory.

Liu Xiu originally planned to mobilize 20,000 troops to rush to Jiaozhou as an emergency. Even though this might cause Sun Quan to send troops, he never thought of withdrawing his troops from Shengjing Pass.

I have to say that having Liu Xiu as an ally really makes him feel at ease. He has never cheated his teammates, but has been cheated by his teammates many times.

Even before Liu Xiu's reinforcements arrived, he received news that Liu Yu was preparing to make a truce with the Southern Kingdom.

This time Liu Yu did not trick Liu Xiu. Even if he unilaterally made a truce with the Southern Kingdom, he notified Liu Xiu in advance. After all, Chu was already his last ally.

Now that the Shu Han has lost both the north and the south, it can be said that it has suffered heavy losses. If even Chu, its ally, is dragged down and suffers heavy losses, then the Shu Han will really have to fight alone in the future.

After Liu Xiu received the news, he decisively ordered Li Xiucheng and Cao Shen in front of Shengjing Pass to retreat, and then went south to support Ma Yuan's headquarters in Jiaozhou. This move directly caused the four-nation coalition to fall apart.

Chu State dispatched 50,000 troops to conquer the Southern Kingdom this time. Although they captured nearly 10,000 troops and killed the Southern General Shi Gonghu, they also lost a lot of troops in the siege.

After careful calculation, the Chu army had lost more than 13,000 troops, leaving a total strength of nearly 37,000 troops. This battle could be regarded as a win-lose battle against the Southern Kingdom.

Li Xiucheng, Cao Shen, and Shi Dakai led 37,000 Chu troops and easily withdrew from Shengjing Pass. The defender Zhu Rong did not pursue them. After all, the main force of the Chu army was not lost. If they really pursued them, they would most likely be ambushed.

Zhu Rong first spread the news of the Chu army's withdrawal to Jiaozhou, and then to Kunming. After all, after the 37,000 Chu troops withdrew from Shengjing Pass, their next destination was almost certainly Jiaozhou.

At the Jiaozhou battlefield, with the arrival of generals such as Yi Shunchen, Huang Xie, Lu Junyi, and Tachibana Doyuki, as well as Oyama Tsumi, a war-god-level warrior, and 5,000 Yingzhou soldiers, Han Shizhong finally reversed the situation and won successive victories by virtue of his military superiority. .

Under the command of Han Shizhong, the Allied Forces of the Four Nations have now conquered Wugong City and occupied the entire Jiuzhen County. After entering Jiaozhi County, they captured the four counties of Anguang, Zhuji, Gouluo, and Yingtui south of the Red River. . In these battles, Oyama Tsumi's performance was the most outstanding when he was demoted. He singled out the three great generals Ma Yuan, Ma Wu, and Ma Cheng and actually won.

If it weren't for Oyama Tsumi, the four-nation coalition would have to pay 10,000 more casualties if they wanted to capture these five cities.

After Han Shizhong captured the south of the Red River, he immediately began to formulate a battle plan to cross the Red River and directly take the Longbian of the Jiaozhi Administration. However, at this time, he received a message from Zhu Rong.

 After learning that the three famous generals Li Xiucheng, Cao Shen and Shi Dakai were about to lead 37,000 Chu troops to Jiaozhou, Ruan King Ruan Fuying and Yue King Li Gongyun were almost frightened.

From Rinan County, to Jiuzhen County, and then to Jiaozhi County, the Chu army's military strength has been changing. However, no matter how the Chu army's military strength changes, the maximum strength is only 35,000.

In other words, from the Ruan-Vietnam Allied Forces to the Four-Nation Allied Forces, the number of troops dispatched by the coalition forces has exceeded 100,000 without counting casualties, but their opponents have always been the 35,000 Chu troops.

I have to say that the Chu army is still very resilient and quite capable and durable.

Although the coalition forces dispatched a large number of troops, the casualties were also very high. So far, they have lost 40,000 to 50,000 people, while the Chu army has suffered less than 20,000 casualties.

 At present, there are still 15,000 Chu troops in Jiaozhi County, locked in a stalemate with 60,000 allied troops.

 When the 37,000 Chu troops of Li Xiucheng, Cao Shen, and Shi Dakai arrive in Jiaozhi, the total strength of the Chu army will soar to 52,000.

 So, after learning that 37,000 people were about to arrive in Jiaozhi, both Ruan King Ruan Fuying and Yue King Li Gongyun were frightened by this huge number.

The Chu army's combat power is much stronger than that of the coalition forces. The coalition forces need to deploy more than 100,000 troops to win against a mere 35,000 Chu troops.

Now the remaining troops of the coalition army are less than 60,000, so how can they be the opponent of the 52,000 Chu army?

Both Ruan Fuying and Li Gongyun believed that it was no longer a question of whether they could capture Jiaozhou, but that the gap between the Four Nations Allied Forces and the Chu Army was too big. If they continued to fight, not only would the entire army be annihilated, but the country would also be in danger of subjugation. So they all retreated.

As the leader of the Four Kingdoms Alliance, Nong Yu felt very helpless after learning about the thoughts of King Ruan and Yue. Naturally, she was unwilling to retreat like this. After all, there were not many opportunities to kill someone without borrowing a sword, but someone spoke lightly, and she This alliance leader is just a mascot.

Although Da Qin sent 5,000 Japanese soldiers from Yingzhou, and Nanguo also sent Chi Li to lead 2,000 Nanjun, both armies had already lost a lot of people after several battles.

At present, the Qin and Southern countries only account for 10% of the total strength of the Four-Nation Alliance, while the troops of Ruan and Yue account for 90% of the Four-Nation Alliance.

Since King Ruan and King Yue do not want to continue fighting, it is of no use to Qin and Nan even if they object.

From the moment the two kings of Ruan and Yue retreated, it was destined that this battle would not go on, but how to end it still required careful planning.

Both the kings of Ruan and Yue were inclined to negotiate with the Chu State. It would be best if the two sides set the border south of Hong and refrain from invading each other from then on.

After Ma Yuan saw Ruan Yue's peace envoy, he immediately showed a victorious smile. Although he was not the one who won the battle, he still smiled very happily.

Ma Yuan naturally has no idea of ​​​​peace talks. He can just push back as soon as the reinforcements arrive, and peace talks are useless.

But using peace talks to delay time, and even returning to all the cities without giving a single soldier, Ma Yuan was still happy to do this kind of low-cost and high-return thing.

When the reinforcements arrive, whether there will be a fight or a peace is not a matter for him to say.

 As for breaking one's word and breaking the covenant?

 Sorry, an uncivilized barbarian country like Ruan Yue is not worthy of talking to Chu State. After all, how can people be honest with barbarians?

During the negotiations, Ma Yuan required the Nguyen and Vietnam to give up all the territory they occupied and compensate Chu for its losses before agreeing to peace talks with Nguyen and Vietnam.

However, Ma Yuan's attitude is not tough. After all, the reinforcements have not arrived yet, which really puts the two countries in a hurry. It is not worthwhile to fight with him.

King Ruan and King Yue were also ready to bleed. After all, there must be a price for actively seeking peace, but after hearing Ma Yuan's conditions, they couldn't help but feel their veins twitching.

The two countries of Ruan and Yue dispatched 100,000 troops this time, and nearly half of them died in the battle before they captured the two counties of Rinan and Jiuzhen.

Ma Yuan wanted them to give up all the territory they had captured and return to their own country naked. If they all agreed, someone would overthrow them and replace them when they returned to the country.

 Fortunately, Chu State's attitude is not tough. If the negotiations continue, the conditions may be lowered.

Nguyen and Vietnam sent envoys to continue negotiations with Ma Yuan. After several days of war of words, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

Nguyen Yue ceded the four counties south of the Red River as a condition in exchange for the two sides to stop fighting and make peace, and the two countries were not allowed to go to war within five years.

  Both parties are very satisfied with this result.

Ma Yuan was satisfied because he had delayed the battle and recovered four counties without even using a single soldier.

The two kings of Ruan and Yue were satisfied because the four counties south of the Red River were all located in the vast Red River plain, and there was almost no danger to defend them.

Once Chu's reinforcements arrive, Ruan and Yue will not be able to hold on at all, so it is better to cede them as a condition for peace talks.

 (End of this chapter)