From a strategic point of view, there is no doubt that Lu Guangda misjudged Pei Zilie's strategic goal. From a tactical point of view, the blocking position chosen by Lu Guangda was not a good one. Of course, he may have underestimated Pei Zilie's determination to win this battle. After all,
In the end, according to statistics, Pei Zilie's troops suffered a lot of losses, and it can be said to be a tragic victory.
As a general who was born in Nanchen, Pei Zilie is obviously very aware of the common problems of Nanchen generals.
For a long time, Nan Chen's strategy towards the north has been defensive. This has led to many generals being too cautious when fighting, lacking the overall situation and the ability to take the initiative to attack, and can only pursue defensive counterattacks. This is why Wu Mingche attacked Huaibei.
This was not going well, firstly, because the resistance of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was very tenacious, and secondly, because the generals on the Nanchen front line had different opinions on whether to attack and how to attack. It was normal for everyone to hesitate and hesitate to move forward because they did not have a correct and unified strategic goal.
Even at that time, including Chen Xu and Wu Mingche, they all imagined that they could withstand the reinforcements of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and then seek to counterattack. They did not take into account the gap in the strength of the two sides, baggage, etc. In Li Xingchen's view, if Wu Mingche could grab the lead at that time,
If the Northern Zhou Dynasty launched a fierce attack to seize Northern Xuzhou before the main force arrived, or retreated earlier, it would not be as dangerous as later, let alone destroy the last main force of the Southern Chen Dynasty like in history.
Therefore, Pei Zilie did not give Lu Guangda a chance to counterattack after defending, and pushed directly in one go. This style is actually not very like Pei Zilie's, but more like Li Xinchen's usual style of play, and the main force of the army commanded by Pei Zilie is
They are all Li Xingchen's old subordinates, so they are naturally comfortable in attacking.
Li Xingchen was not surprised by the battle in Wuning, but Ren Zhong's performance made him a little curious. Although Zhangchuan County is located on one side of Zhangshan, it is not directly threatened by the flank. Ren Zhong retreated in such a hurry.
, the message conveyed in it is very thought-provoking.
Ren Zhong was called "Ren Man Slave" and could deserve the word "man". This shows that he was not a timid person, so it was more likely that Ren Zhong was taking the initiative to show his kindness to Li Xingchen.
After all, once Lu Guangda was defeated, Xiao Mohe would have fewer generals. It would naturally become more difficult to defend Jiangling, and Ren Zhong would have nothing to fear.
"Send someone to contact Old General Ren Zhong," Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "If we can get Ren Zhong's support, your father will really have no one around him."
Xiao Shilian twitched the corner of his mouth, this plan to draw out the firepower was really cruel: "Old General Ren Zhong had taken the initiative to contact us during the Battle of Xiangyang, so I think it is not difficult to get his support. The problem now is that we
Where do we need to attack next?”
"First seize the Jingzhou Navy. Without the Navy, the Chen people will no longer be able to stop our progress," Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Then attack the Public Security and Songling."
"South Bank?"
"That's right, Jiangling can be handed over to Master Pei. An isolated city cannot survive the storm. What we have to deal with is the enemy from Xiangzhou." Li Xingchen answered decisively, "Compared to Jiangling, Xiangzhou is the most powerful city in the world.
People are the real heart of the Western Front.”
Xiao Shilian's expression condensed. This was indeed a problem that he had not considered before.
Before taking Jiangling, all Nanchen's operations on the west side were centered on Xiangzhou. Now Xiangzhou is still the support point of Nanchen's second line of defense on the west. Obviously Li Xinchen did not intend to do this.
Give Nan Chen any chance to gather troops and counterattack!
"But isn't it a bit risky for us to ignore Jiangling and directly attack Xiangzhou?" Xiao Xiang thought of something and said worriedly, "If the attack on Jiangling is unfavorable, then it will be equivalent to exposing our flanks."
Li Xingchen laughed, and Li Ping next to him had already spread out the map very knowingly. Li Xingchen pointed at the location of Xiangzhou marked on the map: "Did you see it? Xiangzhou is here, and to the north is the river where Uncle Pei is.
As long as we can capture Xiangzhou, we can connect Jiangzhou, Suizhou and Yingzhou to the north and cut off the connection between Jiangnan and Jiangling. What choice will your father make then?"
Xiao Shilian took a breath: "If we return to rescue, then Jiangling will not be protected. If we do not rescue, then Jiangling is destined to be an isolated city, and the isolated city will definitely not be able to defend it for long."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "The main reason why I am so anxious to capture Xiangzhou is because we must open the road to Jiankang Mansion as soon as possible. Although I don't know whether it was Chen Xu or someone in the East Palace who made the decision, at least from the current stage
, It is not a bad thing to let Chen Shuling return to Guangling to preside over the war. It will be difficult for Wu Huijue and Lu Zicai to break through Chen Shuling's obstruction for a while."
After a pause, Li Xingchen's hand fell on Xiangzhou again: "If I guessed correctly, Chen Shujian should also be on the way to Xiangzhou."
Xiao Shilian's expression was a bit solemn. He was from Nanchen, and of course he knew Chen Shujian very well. Chen Shujian's title was the King of Changsha. Before that, he served as the governor of Xiangzhou and presided over the military training of this important military town in the west. It can be said that now
Xiangzhou's ability to become Nanchen's important town in the west is inseparable from Chen Shujian's efforts.
It is precisely because he has a large number of troops that Chen Shujian himself feels panicked. When Nanchen's attack direction is still Huainan, as a prince, it is naturally not a good thing for him to hold a large number of troops. Who knows whether his father, who is suspicious by nature, will worry about him.
One day, he led his army into the empty Jiankang Mansion, so he invited himself back to the capital.
But no matter what, the soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou were brought out by Chen Shujian after all. If Chen Shujian was stationed in Xiangzhou, this battle would not be easy to fight.
"We have to hurry up." Xiao Shilian said decisively.
Li Xingchen nodded: "The top priority is to find the Jingzhou Navy. As long as we press forward step by step, the Jingzhou Navy will not show up."
Just when Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian were about to go down to the city, a scout rushed over quickly: "Your Highness, Jingzhou Navy has been discovered!"
"Where?"
"Yiling!"
Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian looked at each other and took a deep breath.
Historically, Liu Bei, the Zhaolie Emperor of Ji Han, led his army out of the Three Gorges to attack Soochow. However, Lu Xun burned down his camp for 700 miles in Yiling. Half of Liu Bei's life-long efforts were wiped out. As a result, Ji Han's national power was greatly reduced, and he lost the opportunity to go eastward.
Sun Quan's strength in fighting for supremacy has completely transformed into "Shu Han".
Now that Li Xingchen is a new generation of King of Hanzhong, he has the same country title, and he has led an army out of the Three Gorges, is he going to be defeated in Yiling again?
Obviously, the Jingzhou Navy also took a fancy to the good fortune of this place, not to mention that the line from Yiling to Qiting was the natural danger to Jiangling after leaving the Three Gorges. If Li Xingchen wanted to go down the river, he had to conquer the defense line in this area. (