Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2254 Chongba's incredible opportunity leads to the entry of the Xuanxiao Twin Heroes into the Ming Dynasty

After that, Zhu Yuanzhang did not take advantage of Jiang Che's weakness after Jiang Che's defeat at Xiao Ping'an's hands to attack him directly.

Instead, Zhu Yuanzhang maintained his alliance with the weakened Jiang Che. Having already dealt with the rebel king Li Zheng, Zhu Yuanzhang once again invited Jiang Che to join him in attacking Xiao Ping'an.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Jiang Che, who had suffered a major defeat and heavy losses, was someone he could easily swallow up at this point.

However, precisely because Jiang Che is practically a piece of meat in his mouth, ready to be devoured at any time, it would be better to win him over first and eliminate the stronger Xiao Ping'an ahead of time.

After all, this was when Xiao Ping'an was at his weakest.

After a series of major battles, Xiao Ping'an's national strength and military power were at their weakest at this time.

Moreover, with his only son dead and no heir, Xiao Ping'an was in a state of panic within the organization.

If we don't take advantage of his weakness to finish him off now, it will be a big problem to deal with him once he catches his breath.

And if we can get rid of Xiao Ping'an, what is a little Jiang Che?
And Daqian can be said to have become a blessed land for Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was at his strongest. After uniting with other rebel kings to completely destroy the Great Wu, he had a period of recuperation and restoration, and restored the country's strength and military power, allowing himself to reach the peak he could achieve.

In contrast, the Great Qian Dynasty at this time was at its weakest, both in terms of the imperial court and the rebel kings.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's luck took a dramatic turn after the establishment of the Daqian Dynasty.

Not only did they first gain the allegiance of the Ming Cult, represented by Zhang Wuji, but soon after, through Zhang Wuji's connections, they also received support from Wudang Mountain.

Wudang Mountain is the largest sect of the Taoist Human Sect in the Great Qian Dynasty. It is one of the most prestigious sects of the Human Sect. Their status in the Great Qian Dynasty is equivalent to that of Longhu Mountain in the Great Cang Dynasty.

Furthermore, during the Great Qian Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang finally obtained a truly peerless and valiant general, Yuan Jiao.

Before this, Zhu Yuanzhang only had a few capable generals under his command, the strongest of whom were only the likes of Zhang Chongjiang, the original Wu general.

The remaining Yu Gao, Tian Zaibiao, Jiang Zhong, and Xue Kui were all just beginner-level divine generals. Xue Kui, in particular, was a beginner-level divine general who had not yet matured.

In the original historical trajectory, Xiao Ping'an would naturally not have only Mu Xuanyang as a powerful general, and Yuan Jiao was the other one after Mu Xuanyang.

In fact, he was second only to Mu Xuanyang, the second fiercest general under Shi Xiaoping, and one of the Xuanxiao Twin Heroes.

However, in the original historical trajectory, he ultimately betrayed Xiao Ping'an, but he did not have a good ending. He and the other member of the Xuan-Xiao Twin Heroes died at the hands of Luo Tian, ​​one of the Five Dragon Generals of the New Dynasty.

At the same time, Yuan Jiao was also Yuan Meng's younger brother. After completing his studies and leaving the mountain, he initially planned to join his elder brother and work together for Xiao Ping'an.

However, he heard on the way that Xiao Ping'an's only son had died. In addition, he had the opportunity to meet Zhu Yuanzhang earlier and was attracted by Zhu Yuanzhang's son Zhu Di. In the end, he abandoned his original idea and joined Zhu Yuanzhang's army.

The lack of offspring to carry on the family line has a significant impact on any power.

In particular, given Xiao Ping'an's age and the fact that he has no heirs, many people see his power as a force without a future.

On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang was not only wise and powerful himself, but even his sons showed the demeanor of an enlightened ruler. At this time, Yuan Jiao was far too obvious in comparison to Xiao Ping'an.

After Zhu Yuanzhang entered the Qianlong era, he enjoyed smooth sailing all the way. Xiao Ping'an, once the biggest rebel king in the Qianlong era, suffered repeated defeats against Zhu Yuanzhang despite being beset by internal and external troubles.

Even Tian Hu, who had followed Xiao Ping'an for many years, recently betrayed Xiao Ping'an and led 30,000 troops and two cities to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, in the past year or two, the situation in the Great Qian in the south has been changing almost daily.

With the situation within the Great Qian constantly changing, Jiang Chaoyu inevitably had to shift his attention back to the internal affairs of the Great Qian.

After all, for Jiang Chaoyu, Daqian was his base of operations, and the former Dacang territory in the north was just a place for him to take advantage of. He would never give up his base of operations just to gain some advantage.

This point also has some benefit for the Han Dynasty in launching a war against the Song Dynasty at this time.

All these external conditions became the direct reason why the Han Dynasty immediately launched the war against Song after the war against Yan.

In preparation for the war against the Song Dynasty, the Han Dynasty launched a three-pronged attack. Xue Rengui, leading the central force, had a combined force of 150,000 after Feng Yi returned with 50,000 Imperial Guards.

Chang Yuchun, who led the northern route, had the largest army of all. The Tiger Legion and the Fierce Whale Legion, plus half of the government troops transferred from Hebei Province and Yannan Province, brought the total number of troops to 300,000.

After all, Xue Rengui's journey was blocked by Liangguan Pass.

Such a strategically important location would naturally not be the main direction for the Han Dynasty to break through.

In comparison, crossing the river from the east bank to the west bank and launching an attack from this route would be much simpler than breaking through from the Liangguan direction.

Moreover, among the several circuits controlled by the Song Dynasty, only the Hexi Circuit was the most prosperous.

The remaining three paths are among the most barren of the original eighteen paths of Da Cang.

If they could take over Hexi Road, it would be the most direct blow to the Song Dynasty, almost halving its national strength.

As for the southern route, Li Jing also had a considerable number of troops.

The combined forces of the Barbarian Bear Army and the Flying Feather Army numbered a staggering 200,000.

In particular, among these 200,000 troops, there is also the Flying Feather Army, a legion of pure cavalry.

It can be said that among the three armies, Li Jing's army may not appear to have the largest number of troops, but it is actually the strongest in terms of combat power.

With these three armies combined, the Han Dynasty mobilized a total of 650,000 troops for the war against Song.

The number of troops deployed seems to be less than that of the campaign against Yan.

In reality, Yue Fei's troops were entirely intended as reserves for the war against the Song Dynasty.

In addition to the Iron Lion Army, Yue Fei's troops also nominally included the 120,000-strong Zhennan Army, as well as the Great Yan prisoners who had been left behind by various corps.

The total number is a staggering 400,000.