Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2235: Two Months of Siege, Hundreds of Thousands of Dead, God Will Fight for His Life, and Die Together

Bai Qi's fierce attack lasted for two months in one go.

Xu Da established several large land and water camps near the fortified city of Jiangxia, with the city as the center.

In the past two months, hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both sides have fought in the small area of ​​Jiangxia, killing everyone in their way and turning the world upside down.

In this battle, Lu Er, Zhang Xiantu, Jiao Benzhong, Yao Zilin, Ying Bu and other great generals, although under the command of Xu Da, used their defensive advantages to repeatedly repel Li Cunxiao, Tan Tai Yu, Bai Jue, Huang Tianhua and other great generals.

However, their losses were not small.

Zhu Youjian, the deputy governor of Jingzhou, followed General Feng Guoyong to inspect the city wall.

Zhu Youjian was a famous emperor, and he was also a talented person among the sons of the Zhu family. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not let him be the chief official of a state, he made him the second in command of a state, which showed that he still valued him very much.

Feng Guoyong, like his younger brother Feng Sheng, was also a hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

His elder brother Feng Guoyong was ranked eighth in the Temple of Meritorious Officials, and his younger brother Feng Sheng was one of the six founding dukes!

Feng Guoyong's influence on Zhu Yuanzhang was too important. If he had not died early, he could have competed with famous generals such as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun and been among the top three in the Temple of Meritorious Officials.

When Zhu Yuanzhang had no foothold in the early days, he asked Feng Guoyong for advice on future development directions.

Feng Guoyong first said six words: With virtue, you will prosper; with power, you will be strong.

Afterwards, Feng Guoyong, with a long-term strategic vision, said something that influenced Zhu Yuanzhang's life: "Nanjing is a place where tigers and dragons crouch and it has been the capital of emperors throughout the dynasties.

You can first occupy Jinling as your base, then conquer everywhere, advocate benevolence and righteousness, win the hearts of the people, and not covet children and wealth. In this way, it will not be difficult to pacify the world! "

The strategic plan that Feng Guoyong proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang, who had no territory at the time, was not proposed by Xu Da, the best among the Twenty-Four Generals of Huaixi.

After Feng Guoyong, Li Shanchang, who came to Zhu Yuanzhang and later grew into the first of the six founding dukes of the Ming Dynasty, also did not raise the issue.

This strategy enabled Zhu Yuanzhang to establish his own regime in the south of the Yangtze River and laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty's hegemony.

From this we can see that this man was not only a great general, but also an outstanding strategist.

Because of his outstanding ability, Xu Da appointed him as his deputy general, and he could even take his place in command at critical moments.

The reason why Xu Da trusted Feng Guoyong so much was not only because of his ability, but also because Feng Guoyong had once saved his life on the battlefield.

But such a person was shot dead by Houyi with two arrows while he and Zhu Youjian were inspecting the city wall.

As a sharpshooter, Hou Yi is indeed the general with the most achievements since the war began, far surpassing the strongest Li Cunxiao.

After all, a fierce general like Li Cunxiao would hardly even have the chance to approach the city wall during a defensive battle. As soon as they appeared, they would face concentrated fire from archers.

In two months, Xu Da lost 30,000 soldiers, while Bai Qi lost 70,000. Together, the two sides left behind a total of 100,000 corpses, lying under the city of Jiangxia.

Bai Qi was good at field battles, and among the many generals of the Jin army, his field battle skills were unparalleled.

However, Bai Qi invited Xu Da to fight several times, but Xu Da refused to accept the invitation. If you want to attack, then attack quickly. If you want to let them go, there is no way.

As for Wu Zixu, he wanted to have a battle with Bai Qi in the field.

However, the problem was that the premise was to fight a battle on the Yangtze River. It was impossible for his main navy to be sent to land to confront the Jin army's cavalry.

Now, with Xu Da, Wu Zixu no longer had to go to the infantry camp to fight Wang Jian as before, but instead concentrated on staying in the navy camp. Even though Liu Bei's Qingzhou navy was missing, their navy strength was still superior.

The only thing that made Wu Zixu a little regretful about the departure of the Qingzhou navy was that Gan Ning, the brave and capable vanguard general, and the Jinfanying, an elite naval battalion, also left his command.

Although Gan Ning's strength is not ranked among the many naval generals, the bravery of the vanguard general is only one factor. Being able to seize the fleeting opportunity and break through the enemy's formation in an instant also requires them to have certain leadership capabilities.

You don't need to be able to take charge of the overall situation like a general, but at least you need to have the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and make decisive decisions at critical moments.

Obviously, Gan Ning is very qualified in this regard.

In the absence of Gan Ning, Wu Zixu had no choice but to transfer Fu Youde, who had temporarily replaced him in the navy camp, to the vanguard position. With Fu Youde's ability, he was certainly more qualified than Gan Ning.

However, with Fu Youde's ability, it would be a pity if he were to become just a naval vanguard general like Gan Ning.

Therefore, no matter how fiercely the battle was fought on Xu Da's side, Wu Zixu was still the one who took the initiative to seek a decisive battle with Qi Jiguang.

Wu Zixu even once made a move to launch a surprise attack on Nanjun, but even so, he could not force Qi Jiguang to come.

Of course it is impossible to force Qi Jiguang out!

After Wang Jian and Bai Qi joined forces, how many troops of the Jin army had been concentrated in this small area of ​​Jingbei?
Now in northern Jing, the Jin army is definitely not short of manpower.

Even if there were only 20,000 or 30,000 people left in Nanjun, even if Wu Zixu really launched a fierce attack on Nanjun, he would not be able to do anything to Nanjun.

Firstly, after the navy landed, its combat effectiveness could naturally not be compared with that of the professional infantry units.

Secondly, Nanjun is also a fortified city. If there are 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers guarding it, even if all your navy is deployed, it will still be a long-term task to take it down. It may take several months to take it down.

Moreover, the prerequisite for this is that all kinds of engineering equipment are complete.

However, even if Wu Zixu's navy landed, how could his siege equipment be complete?
It is extremely difficult to transport those large-scale engineering equipment even by warships.

Moreover, how much can be transported?

But if transportation is not an option, then the only option is to build it on site. Although Nanjun is not short of wood, in theory, as long as a group of skilled craftsmen are gathered, it is not difficult to build a batch of equipment.

However, this still takes time, one or two months, or even two or three months.

Such a long time, is it enough for Bai Qi's troops to counterattack several times?
Therefore, knowing full well that Wu Zixu would never really attack Nanjun and was only making such a gesture, why would Qi Jiguang come out?

Therefore, Qi Jiguang was still avoiding collisions between the main forces of the navy and was only conducting some tentative attacks by small-scale naval forces.

However, this small-scale exploratory attack caused both sides to suffer unbearable losses.

Who could have thought?

In the previous battle between the main forces of the navy, although the Jin navy suffered heavy losses, none of its most important generals, those god-level warriors in the past, were lost.

On the contrary, it was such a tentative attack by a small-scale force that resulted in the death of a god-level warrior.

Who could have thought?

In the previous battle between the main forces of the navy, neither the coalition forces nor the joint navy lost any important generals, and the god-level generals were all well preserved. However, in this battle, they also lost a god-level general.