Novellv Chapter 2707 Zhu and Qiu Join Forces to Seize the Qian Dao; It Is Difficult for Anyone to Remain Una
Chapter 2707 Zhu and Qiu Join Forces to Seize the Qian Dao; It Is Difficult for Anyone to Remain Una
Chapter 2707 Zhu and Qiu Join Forces to Seize the Qian Dao; It Is Difficult for Anyone to Remain Unaffected by the Circumstances of the World.
South of Daqian, the Ming army camp.
Zhu Di sat in the central command tent, clutching the military report that had just been sent back from the north, and had been reading it for a long time.
The military report in his hand was none other than a report on the progress of the Han Dynasty on the northern front of Daqian.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's Embroidered Uniform Guard could not transmit news from the northern part of Daqian back to the southernmost part of Daqian so quickly, if it were Daqian's own people who relayed the news, they would be much faster than the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
If the Embroidered Uniform Guard could obtain information from the people of the Great Qian Dynasty, they would naturally not need to wait for their own people to pass on the message before they would know.
Inside the tent, the candlelight flickered, casting shifting shadows on Zhu Di's face.
The military report didn't have many words, and he recognized each one individually, but when put together, they seemed somewhat jarring to him.
In just three months, the Great Han had already conquered the three provinces of the Great Qian Dynasty.
Zhu Di put down the military report, stood up, walked to the map hanging in the tent, and traced his finger down from the northern border of Daqian, Dongye, Jianye, Wangbei, and Xingbei Road, which was originally in the hands of Dahan. The four roads connected together, almost occupying the entire northern and northeastern parts of Daqian.
Meanwhile, the Ming army fought in the south for so long, expending so much effort and losing so many soldiers, before finally managing to capture a territory.
No one spoke in the tent. The guards who had followed Zhu Di for many years had all left. Only a few high-ranking generals and a few of Zhu Di's trusted generals sat at the lower level. No one dared to speak first. They could all see that the Prince of Yan was not in a good mood.
“Three months.” Zhu Di’s voice rang out in the tent. “The Han Dynasty took three months to conquer three fronts. In the same amount of time, we have only conquered one front since the start of the war.”
No one answered from inside the tent. Zhu Di turned around, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the generals. Some lowered their heads, some avoided his gaze, and some moved their lips but ultimately said nothing.
"Although Xue Rengui was also a loyal subject of Wang Pengfei, before this, his reputation was far inferior to that of Han Xin and Li Jing. I didn't expect him to have such abilities." After a brief silence, the first general sitting next to Zhu Di spoke up.
Judging from the general's position in the main tent, his status was second only to Zhu Di among everyone in the tent.
This person was none other than Qiu Yan, Qiu Taiping, one of the top generals under Zhu Yuanzhang.
In this campaign against the Qianlong Emperor, Zhu Di, Qiu Taiping, and Xu Da each led an army. The southern states of Wu and Chu possessed extremely strong naval forces, and Zhu Di was adept at leveraging their naval advantages. Thus, a breakthrough was achieved from the sea.
However, a navy alone is not enough. After all, they cannot stay at sea forever. Once they go ashore, the navy's weaknesses will be exposed. This is why most famous generals advance by both land and sea, coordinating their operations. Zhu Di and Qiu Taiping were no exception.
It was precisely because of their cooperation that they were able to take over a territory of the Great Qian Dynasty. And because of this, the two armies that were originally separated are now united.
When the Han Dynasty was mentioned, Qiu Taiping's expression became somewhat complicated. After all, the Han Dynasty now occupied most of the ancient Cang lands, and he himself was a Cang person. In addition, he was also a member of the Nangong family. Although he did not have Nangong blood in his veins, his adoptive father, Nangong Bo, was a legitimate direct descendant of the Nangong family, and he had also entered the Nangong family's ancestral temple. Legally, he was a legitimate member of the Nangong family.
Even though his past with his biological parents led to a special relationship between him and the Nangong family, this point remains difficult to change.
Furthermore, after the successive destruction of Dongcang and Zhongcang, his adoptive father, Nangong Bo, did not follow in the footsteps of others in destruction because of his merit in surrendering the city. Instead, he received certain rewards.
However, with the destruction of his family, Nangong Bo, who had already been suffering from illness due to the events of his youth, eventually died of depression a few months later.
Qiu Taiping didn't necessarily hate the Han Dynasty, but he always felt somewhat complicated whenever he mentioned those two words.
"The Han Dynasty first had figures like Han, Li, and Meng, and now Xue Rengui has also shown such a capable and valiant side. I can't help but wonder if cooperating with the Han Dynasty to destroy the Qian Dynasty was the right decision?" Zhu Di sighed helplessly.
Prior to this, among the many generals of the Han Dynasty, Xue Rengui was somewhat famous, but he was not as famous as Han Xin, Li Jing, and Meng Tian.
During the campaigns against Yan and Song, Xue Rengui led a large army, but his performance was not as good as that of Li Jing and Yue Fei. Overall, he could only be described as mediocre.
In this battle, Xue Rengui's performance almost directly shocked the world. Before this, no one who was paying attention to this battle expected that a breakthrough would be made from Xue Rengui's direction, and such a thorough breakthrough at that.
Of course, although Zhu Di said this, he was also very clear that cooperating with the Han Dynasty to deal with the Qian Dynasty was a path that they had to take due to practical factors.
Without cooperating with the Han Dynasty, they alone would have no chance of conquering the Qian Dynasty.
Let alone the Ming Dynasty, even the Han Dynasty, with its stronger national power, could not possibly conquer the Qian Dynasty on its own.
In the early stages, each dynasty had its own problems, and the various forces had not yet completed their initial integration. At that time, each party was naturally unable to attend to the surrounding forces.
But things are different now. With the initial integration of various forces across the land completed, any party that wants to expand its power will inevitably face the efforts of all surrounding forces to hinder it.
Under such circumstances, unless one power in the world develops a qualitative advantage over the other powers, it is impossible to completely abandon allies and go it alone.
However, among all the forces in the world, even the most powerful Han and Xiao do not have this strength. Whether it is the Han or the Xiao, they are still engaging in diplomatic alliances and are still trying to divide the opposing alliance forces.
If the Ming Dynasty doesn't ally with the Han Dynasty, the Xiao Dynasty will still collude with the Yu Dynasty, and might even include the Li Dynasty. At that time, if the Ming Dynasty doesn't have the Han Dynasty as an ally, let alone march north, they might be the ones to be devoured.
Therefore, this is inherently a process of either advancing or retreating; one either devours the other to expand one's own power, or is devoured by the other. With the world's situation developing to this point, who can remain unscathed?