Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2219: Xie Ai led his troops into Jianghuai, and the troops in Runan split

In Runan, there are still wise men like Wen Zhong, Lou Huan and Zou Ji.

No matter what their original intentions were, the three of them had to find out what the other people around them were thinking.

If you have a clear idea in mind, you can roughly judge who will be your friend and who will be your enemy in the future! And how they will proceed next, you can make targeted moves.

As a result of the actions of the three of them, many people were fooled by them and exposed their positions in advance.

There might be some resourceful men in the army, but if they really played tricks, they were still no match for these civil officials and counselors, and many of them jumped out. Only a handful of people could really hide their positions under the joint calculations of these people.

However, it is precisely because of this that the situation in Runan has become increasingly complicated.

Xie Ai and Wen Zhong both knew very well that the problems they were facing internally were the same as those faced by Zhao Kuangyin at that time.

There are so many people with ulterior motives inside. No matter what they do in the end, they will end up dead.

Even unity is not enough to defeat the enemy, let alone a state of division.

It is precisely because of this that they all know that Runan is now a dead end.

If they continue to be trapped in Runan, it will only be a matter of death sooner or later! There is no second possibility.

It was at this time that Wen Zhong proposed a bold plan to Xie Ai. While the internal problems had just been exposed but had not yet erupted, they wanted to escape from Runan, this deadly place, and preserve the only strength in their hands.

There are 80,000 troops in Runan, including Xie Ai and Zhe Keqiu. It is actually not a problem to take away half of them.

With these 40,000 soldiers and horses, they at least have some confidence.

Xie Ai was somewhat hesitant about Wen Zhong's bold plan.

He said he wanted to leave Runan, this deadly place, but although Wen Zhong did not say clearly where he was going, couldn't he guess?
To the west and southwest are Nanyang and Jiangxia.

The north used to be their vast territory, but now it has all fallen into the hands of Jin rebel Li Xiang.

To the east and southeast is Zhu Yuanzhang's territory of Yangzhou, which belongs to the Jianghuai region.

They definitely couldn't go to Li Xiang's territory, so the two directions of the west and the north were directly blocked by them.

There are only a few directions left to go.

The Jiangxia direction in the southwest sounds like a good choice!

But Jiangxia County is now one of Zhu Yuanzhang's important battlefields. If they want to take their troops there, they will first face Bai Qi's obstruction.

Faced with Bai Qi's army of over 100,000, their situation of 40,000 soldiers and horses was not optimistic at all.

Some people may say that if they go to Jiangxia, they can cooperate with Zhu Yuanzhang's troops to attack Bai Qi's troops from the front and back. However, don't think that the 100,000 soldiers in the Hanzhong camp in the west are dead.

If things really go in this direction, who will be the one being made the fool? That's something to be said!

To be on the safe side, the only way left is to go east and southeast!

If you go southeast, this should be the safest place. It is next to Jiangxia and has not been affected by the war yet. At least you don't have to worry about encountering the Jin army while walking!

However, if they dare to go in this direction, they have to ask whether Zhu Yuanzhang is happy with it, right?

Although it looks like 40,000 soldiers are delivered to the door, however, it is one thing for these 40,000 soldiers to come to the door to help you fight, but it is another thing for them to come to the door and want to hide under your wings!
At least, if it was the latter, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably scold them directly.

Therefore, the only direction they could choose was to go east.

The east is also Zhu Yuanzhang’s territory, the real Jianghuai region.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, the story of Zhang Liao's might at Xiaoyaojin happened here!

This place was not originally Zhu Yuanzhang's focus of defense.

After all, when the war just started, the north of the Jianghuai region was Zhao Kuangyin's territory. At least at that time, Zhao Kuangyin would never threaten the Jianghuai region.

But this is a different time. Because of the betrayal of Di Qing's force, the Jianghuai region was directly exposed to Di Qing's blade.

When the war in the south started, Zhu Yuanzhang put all his troops on various battlefields. The Jianghuai region was extremely empty, which was extremely disadvantageous to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Fortunately, at that critical moment, Liu Bei stepped up in time. Although he and Di Qing were both injured in the end, at least, although this incident was a bad thing for the Central Plains battlefield, it was a good thing for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Firstly, because of this battle, the White Robe Army, which had troubled Zhu Yuanzhang, left the south. In a sense, this helped Zhu Yuanzhang get out of trouble.

Secondly, because of this battle, both sides suffered heavy losses. Di Qing, who was also seriously injured, temporarily no longer posed a threat to the Jianghuai region.

From this point of view, it is also a good thing for Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, although Di Qing was temporarily unable to threaten the Jianghuai region, the Central Plains War was coming to an end. It would not be long before Li Xiang, who had freed up his hands, would have enough troops to ravage this area.

Therefore, if their 40,000 troops withdrew to the Jianghuai area, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be very happy to accept them and provide them with food.

At that time, let alone anything else, at least their Central Plains troops would not be like before, where their generals and soldiers were obviously not inferior to the enemy in bravery, but they kept suffering at the hands of the enemy just because of the problem of not having enough food.

However, once they really embark on this path, in the future, will they be considered Zhao Kuangyin’s people or Zhu Yuanzhang’s people?

Moreover, even if they temporarily left Runan, this deadly place, the Jin army would sooner or later attack them. How much better would their situation be than it is now?
However, Wen Zhong was obviously a very eloquent person, and there was also a man named Lou Huan next to him to cooperate with him. After repeated persuasion, Xie Ai was finally persuaded by these two people.

Now that the opinions of several people have finally reached a consensus, the next step is to enter the stage of specific implementation of this plan.

However, if they want to implement this plan, there are indeed a few problems that they have to solve.