Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2384: The lonely city of Nanjing, Zhu Biao fights to the death

At this time, Liu Rengui had indeed returned to Qingzhou.

The war in the South has already reached this point, so why is he still staying?
If they don't leave now, even their entire army will be sacrificed!

If they were really washed down from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River by Qi Jiguang, then it would not be certain that they would be able to escape so easily at that time.

Therefore, he must have left in advance before Qi Jiguang could kill his way down from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

As for Wu Zixu, he was indeed not with them at that time!
Liu Rengui really wanted to bring Wu Zixu back to Qingzhou. He even promised Wu Zixu that as long as Wu Zixu was willing to go to Qingzhou with him, he, Liu Rengui, would take the initiative to report to the Han Emperor Liu Bei, abdicate, and give the position of the Grand Admiral of the Navy to Wu Zixu.

After all, Wu Zixu was not only a man of both civil and military talents, but also made Liu Rengui feel ashamed of himself.

Moreover, Wu Zixu and Zhu Tianpeng together have a total of 40,000 naval forces under their command.

The quality of the Southern Navy is definitely better than that of their Qingzhou Navy.

If they could really get Wu Zixu and such a huge navy force to join their Han Dynasty, then what would it matter if they gave him the position of the Grand Admiral of the Navy? He, Liu Rengui, was also willing to be his deputy!

After all, he is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and his surname is Liu!
The world of the Han Dynasty is the world of their Liu family.

The Liu family's empire is something that the Liu family's descendants will protect until their death.

Originally, Wu Zixu had some intentions.

But Qu Na never expected that Jing Xiang returned to Yangzhou from Jingzhou not long ago. After meeting Wu Zixu, Wu Zixu's attitude changed completely. No matter how much he talked about this matter, Wu Zixu's attitude was a firm rejection.

Jing Xiang did convince Wu Zixu that it would be useless even if he went to Qingzhou.

Next, it was a foregone conclusion that the Jin army would take over the entire south, and no force could stop them.

In the Central Plains, except for the half of Yanzhou controlled by Liu Bei, which was still struggling, the remaining half of Yanzhou, as well as all of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, had already fallen into the hands of the Jin army.

Today, the Jin army has occupied 80% of the world.

So, isn’t the next target of the Jin army Hebei?

Hebei in a narrow sense naturally refers to Jizhou.

But Hebei in a broad sense refers to the north of the Yellow River, which refers to the entire northern area.

Judging from the fact that the Jin army has launched the war in the Central Plains and the war in the south at the same time this time, if they take action next, it will definitely not be just Jizhou, but the entire north of the Yellow River.

At that time, Qingzhou would naturally be the first to be hit.

Moreover, this time, Qingzhou was severely damaged in the battle in Central Plains.

In the battle of Xuzhou, it can be said that Liu Bei and Di Qing both suffered heavy losses.

According to his original strength, Liu Bei could indeed get rid of Di Qing smoothly. It was just a matter of the amount of loss. But the final result would ultimately end with Liu Bei's victory.

However, Chen Qianzhi's troops arrived at the critical moment.

The situation was originally about to be lost, but it was because of the sudden arrival of this army that it ended up in a lose-lose situation. Of course, if it weren't for Chen Qianzhi's army, Di Qing would naturally not have fought that decisive battle with Liu Bei.

For Di Qing, although that battle ended in a loss for both sides, they won strategically, and Zhao Kuangyin lost the possibility of taking back Xuzhou forever.

In that battle, Liu Bei and Di Qing were both severely injured. How long would it take for Liu Bei to recover?
If the Jin army attacks later, how will they resist?

Although the Jin army suffered heavy losses after the battles in the Central Plains and the South.

In the Central Plains, the Jin army was generally successful and did not suffer many casualties.

After all, Zhao Kuangyin in the Central Plains was short of food and supplies, and his hometown was stolen by Di Qing.

However, in the Battle of Xuzhou, Di Qing's troops suffered heavy losses.

The Jin army suffered heavy losses in many battles in the south, the most typical of which was the Battle of Jiangxia, where Bai Qi, Wang Jian and several others lost more than 100,000 lives before they gnawed off this turtle shell.

After all, the Central Plains War and the Southern War were unfolding at the same time, and the Jin army was under great pressure.

Moreover, this does not include the ongoing war between Xizhou and Liangzhou.

Not to mention, in addition to Bingzhou and Hezhou, there are also tens of thousands of Yuanmeng troops. Although it is said that there are tens of thousands of troops, it is impossible to really threaten Bingzhou and Hezhou. It is just that Yuanmeng uses the troops to contain the two states, but they cannot be completely treated as decorations!
Therefore, after this series of wars, the Jin army will not be in a good situation in the end.

Such a long battle line squeezed the Jin army's strength to the point that even the heartland of Siyong had fallen into the most empty state.

However, the Jin army, which now occupies 80% of the world, can never be compared with Qingzhou in terms of the speed of recovery of its strength.

In Jing Xiang's opinion, if Wu Zixu went to Qingzhou, he would have died a few years earlier or later.

When Huan Wen rebelled and before Chang Yuchun was about to lead his troops into Jingzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately sent Jing Xiang, his first strategist, back to Jingzhou at the most critical moment. This was the reason for this series of events.

After Yao Guangxiao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang had indeed become the undisputed first strategist around him.

In other words, in Zhu Yuanzhang's power, Jing Xiang's status was no worse than Yao Guangxiao's.

However, Yao Guangxiao, who was better at planning, had always been by Zhu Yuanzhang's side giving him advice, while Jing Xiang had long been assisting Zhu Biao in the rear for Zhu Yuanzhang.

On the other hand, Bai Qi, who had been unstoppable throughout his journey, had marched into Wujun and even into Nanjing without encountering any decent resistance. However, when he arrived in Nanjing, he finally encountered some resistance.

However, it was still different from what he imagined.

Although there were indeed 30,000 soldiers in Nanjing City, they were all old, weak, sick, disabled, wounded, or new recruits.

Although theoretically speaking, Yangzhou did not have many elite troops at that time, it was not to the point where there was no elite troops at all.

But now, the defense situation of Nanjing City is obviously different from what Bai Qi expected.

However, no matter what conspiracy or intrigue the other party was behind, Bai Qi had absolute power in his hands at this time.

With absolute power, he is not afraid of any conspiracy or tricks the other party may play against him. He has absolute confidence that he can handle everything.

(End of this chapter)