Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2222: Zhu Di led his troops to Jianghuai and hid Ziyi under Shouchun City

The reason why Yuan Chonghuan and Xie Ai were able to get in touch with Zhu Yuanzhang so smoothly was actually related to another person.

In other words, Yuan Chonghuan and Xie Ai did not actually contact Zhu Yuanzhang so quickly. Zhu Yuanzhang was still far away at the junction of Jingnan and Jiaozhou at that time. How could they contact him in just a few days?

The person Yuan Chonghuan contacted with Xie Ai at this time was actually not Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang's son Zhu Di!

Now, only Zhu Di has the courage to make this decision for Zhu Yuanzhang! It can even be said that he made this decision on behalf of Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, Zhu Di happened to be in the Jianghuai region. It was because of this coincidence that Xie Ai and his group were helped, allowing Yuan Chonghuan's vanguard troops to enter the Jianghuai region so quickly.

Even if they are allies, they are not our own people after all. If we enter someone else's territory without prior consultation, conflicts are likely to break out.

Not to mention, this time it was not just about entering someone else's territory, but even about assisting in the defense from the side. And to achieve this, there was actually a limit to intervening or supervising the defense of Zhu Yuanzhang's forces in the Jianghuai region.

Even if they are allies, you can't just do this without their consent!

This is why it is said that Zhu Di played a role in this incident!

At the beginning, Zhu Di was responsible for the Jiaozhou area under the edict of Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, originally in the Jiaozhou area, even if there was a gap in the military strength between Zhu Yuanzhang and the Jin army, the difference was not that big. Overall, they were actually in a situation of equal strength.

However, because of a great defeat suffered by Zhu Di, the main force of Jiaozhou was completely lost. Such a far-reaching defeat directly changed the situation of the southern battlefield.

Even though Zhu Di was Zhu Yuanzhang's son, he could not escape punishment.

Therefore, Zhu Di was directly demoted and could only serve as Wang Ling's deputy for the time being. What happened next would depend on his performance on the battlefield.

Later on, because of Chen Qianzhi's position in Yangzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang really had no way to deal with him. All the qualified generals under him were now in various important and crucial battlefields, and it was impossible for them to withdraw to deal with Chen Qianzhi at this time.

After all, Lu Kang, Deng Yu and others were not incompetent, nor were they good-for-nothings. They were all defeated so miserably at the hands of Chen Qianzhi. The people who were sent to deal with Chen Qianzhi next had to be at least as capable as Lu Kang and Deng Yu to be qualified.

After counting all the battlefields, the only suitable person left was Zhu Di.

After Zhu Di entered Yangzhou, he cooperated with Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of fighting at all costs, which indeed allowed Yangzhou to gain 100,000 soldiers in an instant.

Of course, these so-called 100,000 troops must be exaggerated to a certain extent.

Although the troops mobilized by these aristocratic families are in their own interests and they are bound to fight to the death, they all have their own little thoughts and internal disunity is inevitable.

The Eastern Wu in history was a typical country that was deeply troubled by Cao Wei. Its defensive operations were simply god-like, but in terms of external expansion, it was Cao Wei that took turns to gain merit.

However, under the command of Zhu Di, these people reorganized the remnants of Lu Kang and Zhu Biao, and Chen Qingzhi began to have trouble staying in Yangzhou. It was at this time that he received an order from Li Xiang to go to the Central Plains battlefield to break the deadlock.

Therefore, Yangzhou finally got rid of the threat posed by Chen Qianzhi.

But shortly after this, the brutal battle in Xuzhou broke out.

After this battle, Liu Bei's forces were severely damaged, and after experiencing this battle, Zhu Di also realized that there was completely no hope on the battlefield in the Central Plains.

From that time on, he had been keenly aware that with the Central Plains battlefield in a state of decline, the Jianghuai region would become their biggest weakness in the south.

Therefore, from that time on, Zhu Di had actually been prepared.

First of all, he strictly ordered Zhu Tianpeng's 10,000 naval forces not to return to the Yangtze River battlefield, but instead to let them enter the Huai River from the Yangtze River and enter the Huai River basin to strengthen the defense of the Jianghuai region.

After that, he immediately picked out 8,000 elite soldiers from the remnants of Lu Kang, Deng Yu and others, and entered the Jianghuai area with him.

As for the remaining remnants and the private soldiers of the aristocratic families, Zhu Di did not let them enter the Jianghuai area immediately, but asked Deng Yu to train these people.

Before, it was because Chen Qianzhi had few men, and the White Robe Army was actually exhausted after continuous blitzkrieg. In this way, Zhu Di was able to rely on the number of these troops to suppress Chen Qianzhi's living space.

However, the Jianghuai battlefield is different from the one against Chen Qianzhi. This is the weak point exposed in their southern battlefield, and it will definitely become a major direction for the Jin army to dispatch troops in the future.

In other words, this place will sooner or later face Li Xiang's main force.

Given the quality of these soldiers, Zhu Di was not confident in sending them directly to such a cruel battlefield. Therefore, he had to temporarily reorganize them.

Shortly after Yuan Chonghuan entered the Jianghuai region, Guo Ziyi's troops also bypassed Xuzhou and headed towards the Jianghuai region.

However, he was still one step later than Yuan Chonghuan.

After receiving the news about Guo Ziyi's troops, Zhu Di secretly sent the Guanning Iron Cavalry out of the city in the middle of the night to hide, but he pretended that the Guanning Iron Cavalry was still in Shouchun City.

In order to make it more realistic, Zhu Di even had the two most important generals of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Shen, still in the city, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was temporarily commanded by other people.

After Guo Ziyi arrived at the city of Shouchun and discovered that Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Cavalry had already entered the city, he certainly would not rashly attack a fortified city. After all, he was only a vanguard force and did not have the ability to break into the city.

His first choice was to retreat temporarily and wait until the main force arrived before taking further action.

But just as he was about to evacuate, the Guanning Cavalry hidden outside the city suddenly rushed out and caught Guo Ziyi off guard.

Although he was ambushed for a while, Guo Ziyi remained calm. He ruthlessly abandoned the cavalry troops that were involved in the battle and led the rest of the troops to withdraw from the battlefield.