Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2221 Tian Pan informs Lord Mengchang, Hulu and Zhang Liao join forces

Although Tian Pan was severely scolded by Tian Rangju, he still refused to let go of this opportunity and was not likely to give up.

After discussing with Tian Chongjin, they decided to reveal this matter to Tian Wen who came here secretly, and through Tian Wen's mouth, this matter would be further revealed to the Jin army.

At this time, Tian Wen was already a member of the Jin army. Telling this matter to Tian Wen was actually no different from telling the Jin army directly.

Hulugu and Zhang Liao, who received the news, passed it back to Li Xiang and actively dispatched troops to attack.

After receiving the news, Li Xiang knew that now was a time to race against time and he absolutely could not delay any further.

According to his original plan, he wanted to sort out some important things before finishing off the Central Plains War. At the same time, he would send troops from the Central Plains to Jianghuai to once again launch a powerful blow to the southern battlefield.

However, time waits for no one!

If Xie Ai's troops were really allowed to attack Jianghuai, the effect of the same thing would be greatly reduced.

To a certain extent, the Jianghuai region also has a certain degree of defense. If they want to take it down in one battle, it will be difficult.

Therefore, he immediately asked Guo Ziyi to lead 8,000 cavalry as the vanguard and march southward to the Jianghuai area.

However, Guo Ziyi was still a step too slow. Although Xie Ai's troops were far from arriving, Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Cavalry had already arrived a few days ago and successfully contacted Zhu Yuanzhang's men.

As for Xie Ai, changing defense is not a trivial matter. It cannot be done just like that. After all, the Hanzhong camp and Zhang Liao's troops are watching outside!
It would take a certain amount of time to complete this process. Otherwise, if a large-scale action was taken directly, it would likely cause the entire defense line to collapse.

However, Tian Rangju did cooperate with them quite well!
As for Yu Tian Rangju, it was impossible for him to retreat to Jianghuai like Xie Ai and Wen Zhong. Although he was unwilling to surrender without a fight, he did not have a deep hatred with the Jin army like Xie Ai and Wen Zhong, and it was even more impossible for him to fight to the death with the Jin army.

Not to mention, for Yu Tian Rangju, even if they really retreated to Jianghuai, it would only be a matter of time before they were pushed from one desperate situation to another, even bigger desperate situation.

I'm afraid that as soon as they reach Jianghuai, the Jin army's pursuers will catch up with them before they have taken a few steps.

Helping Xie Ai and his men successfully retreat to Jianghuai is the only thing Tian Rangju can do now for his former compatriots.

However, as one of the four great military strategists, although Tian Rangju's ability to command troops is not comparable to Zhang Liao or Hulugu, his ability to command troops in battle can narrow the gap in strength between the two sides. But once the gap in strength between the two sides is widened to a certain extent, there will always be a time when simple ability cannot make up for it.

And now, this is the situation. The gap in strength between the two sides can no longer be made up simply by the quality of the generals.

Not to mention, although Zhang Liao was far from being comparable to Tian Rangju, now that he had all five generals and the combined power enhancement, he finally had the confidence to challenge the four military saints. As for Hulugu, although he did not have the combined power enhancement, the overall strength of the Hanzhong camp was stronger than Zhang Liao's Guangwu camp, and beside Hulugu, there were many famous generals such as Gao Changgong and Wang Ben to assist him.

Therefore, despite the superior military force, Hulugu, who only had half of Runan's troops left, finally began to suffer defeat.

Although Tian Rangju had taken advantage of Cao Ren, Zhang Liao, and even Hulugu before, they were basically small advantages. For the Jin army, which had the upper hand, such small advantages taken by the other side were simply insignificant matters and had no impact on the overall situation.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the morale of the troops in the Hanzhong Camp and the Guangwu Camp has been damaged because of the existence of Tian Rangju alone!
Therefore, Hulugu and Zhang Liao wanted to take a short break before continuing their attack.

But it was during this short break that Xie Ai caused this trouble for them, so these two people were very anxious this time.

This time, relying on their absolute superior military strength and the impact on Tian Rangju's military morale after the news of Zhao Kuangyin's death reached Runan, they finally tipped the balance of victory and defeat on the battlefield back to their side.

With more than four times the number of troops, and the combined efforts of Zhang Liao and Hulugu, Tian Rangju had a very difficult time resisting this battle.

At this time, Xie Ai and Wen Zhong finally believed him and tried to persuade Tian Rangju to lead his troops and retreat to the Jianghuai area with them.

If they could persuade such a capable and warlike general to come over, that would be a good thing, and it would be a huge help to them in the future.

However, Tian Rangju certainly couldn't agree to it.

He told Xie Ai and Wen Zhong very directly that if he also left with his troops and no one stopped the Jin army, the final result would be that no one would be able to escape!
If Xie Ai and Wen Zhong's troops want to retreat to the Jianghuai area, they can only leave him here.

Moreover, even if Tian Rangju really wanted to leave, it was absolutely impossible for him to take the people under him with him.

The group of people headed by Tian Pan and Tian Chongjin were already Sima Zhao's intentions, and everyone knew about them. If these people followed into Jianghuai, they would become a huge hidden danger and a huge failure.

If Tian Rangju left, these people would just pack up Runan and hand it over to the Jin army. If Tian Rangju was watching, at least these people would be more restrained.

Although Xie Ai and Wen Zhong felt very sorry that they could not take this capable and brave general with them when they left, now that the time had come to leave, they had no regrets.

That night, after Xie Ai and Wen Zhong had completed all the preparations, they led their soldiers and headed directly towards the Jianghuai direction.

At this time, Zhang Liao and Hulugu were still blocked by Tian Rangju. Even though they knew that the other party had already started to leave, they could do nothing.