Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2238 Not enough elites, miscellaneous soldiers come together

Chapter 2234: Not enough elites, miscellaneous soldiers come to join

While Huo Qubing was still cleaning the battlefield, Li Shimin had already returned to Chang'an.

The Qin army that invaded Guanzhong was too great a threat to the Tang State. Li Shimin immediately summoned Li Kui and other advisers after returning to Chang'an to discuss how to wipe out Huo Qubing's troops in the shortest possible time and where to send troops to encircle and suppress.

In the Sizhou War, 15 Tang troops invaded Sizhou, and only 8 people fled back to Guanzhong.

After Qin and Tang confronted each other on the front line of Tongguan, Li Shimin mobilized another [-] troops to Tongguan, gathered [-] troops to confront the Qin army, and at the same time ordered emergency military expansion in various places.

Li Shimin's tricks were exhausted, but he never expected that Li Jing would attack Tongguan and attack Wuguan secretly.

The fall of Wuguan made the Qin army's main attack direction change from Tongguan in the east to Wuguan in the southeast.

In order to prevent the Qin army from going straight to Chang'an from Wuguan, Li Shimin went to Lantian with an army of [-] in person, leaving Li Keyong to guard Tongguan with an army of [-].

Li Shimin wanted to block Li Jing in Lantian, but unfortunately he was unsuccessful. Lantian was quickly captured by the Qin army, and the Tang army lost [-] elite soldiers and retreated to Yaoguan.

In addition to the 10,000 elite Tang troops in Gaoguan, there were also [-] county soldiers, but this [-] army could not stop Li Jing's [-]+ army, so Li Shimin planned to transfer [-] elites from Chang'an to Gaoguan.

But something happened that Li Shimin didn't expect. The state of Qin sent Huo Qubing and his cavalry to attack Xiaoguan with a long distance of more than [-] li.

Not only did Xiaoguan be broken in less than a day, but the [-] troops who went to support them were unable to advance or retreat, and had to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army.

The Tang army fought a hasty decisive battle, and the result was as expected. Only [-] of the [-] elite remained, which made Tang's situation even worse.

Before the war with Qin, although the Tang State had 30 troops nationwide, there were only 23 elite soldiers, and the rest were county soldiers with weak combat capabilities.

In the battle of Sizhou, the loss was [-], Wuguan [-], Lantian [-], Xiaoguan [-], and Qianxian [-].

The Tang State has already lost 12 elite troops. Although the total force has not decreased after the expansion of the army, there are only [-] elite troops left.

The Tang State has no shortage of troops, what is lacking is elite soldiers.

Of the last [-] elite soldiers, [-] were in Tongguan, [-] were in Gaoguan, and [-] were in Hanzhong, and the remaining elite soldiers added up to no more than [-].

Judging from the current situation, the Tang State has been driven to a dead end. If you don't pay attention, not only will the Guanzhong be lost, but the country will even be in danger of subjugation.

To wipe out Huo Qubing's cavalry, he had to dispatch elite troops, but under the current situation in Tang State, it was obviously impossible to mobilize so many elite soldiers.

So the question is, where to deploy troops from?

In addition to the three counties of Guanzhong, the Tang State also had three counties of Hanzhong (Hanzhong, Shangyong, and Xincheng), three counties of Longxi (Longxi, Wudu, and Hanyang), and three counties of Qiangdi, a total of twelve counties.

Hanzhong is now being threatened by Han Xin, and Li Xiaogong is too busy to take care of himself, so the troops in Hanzhong must not be moved.

The elite soldiers from Longxi and Qiang had already been transferred to Guanzhong before the war, and the new army after the expansion could not be used, and it was too late even if they were recruited.

So we can only rely on the army in Guanzhong.

After some discussion, Li Shimin made the following adjustments:
[-] troops were transferred from Tongguan, [-] infantry were transferred to Gaoguan, and the other [-] infantry were transferred to Wuzhangyuan.

Then from Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengling, [-] county soldiers were transferred each, and a total of [-] county soldiers were stationed in Tongguan.

Under this arrangement, the Tongguan defenders will drop to [-], including [-] elite soldiers and [-] county soldiers.

The number of guards at Gaoguan increased to [-], including [-] elite soldiers and [-] county soldiers.

Such an arrangement can only cure the symptoms, but not the root cause, so Huo Qubing must be defeated as soon as possible.

In the barracks of Chang'an City, there are still [-] troops, including [-] elite soldiers and [-] county soldiers.

Li Shimin decided to personally visit [-] Jingqi and [-] troops to Wuzhangyuan.

Including the [-] elite infantry in Tongguan and the [-] garrison in Wuzhangyuan, the total is [-] troops.

In addition, Li Shimin also ordered Li Siyuan, the prefect of Youfufeng, to lead an army of [-] to support, including Gao Siji's [-] elite cavalry.

After all the troops from all sides arrive, the Tang army will have [-] troops in Wuzhangyuan, including [-] elites and [-] cavalry.

As long as they are dispatched properly, it will be no problem to deal with Huo Qubing's [-] cavalry.

There are not enough elite soldiers, and miscellaneous soldiers come to join.

Li Shimin had already made up his mind, even if it cost him his life, he would wipe out Huo Qubing's army.

On the way to Wuzhangyuan, Li Shimin was suddenly informed.

"Reporting to my lord, the Qin army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but chose to stay in Qian County to rest."

After hearing the news, Li Shimin couldn't help but secretly thought it was a pity.
The Qin army came after a long journey, and experienced two consecutive battles, and suffered a lot of losses. Now they must be exhausted and their combat power has dropped drastically.

If the general of the Qin army is arrogant and arrogant, and continues to advance greedily for merit, Li Shimin will lead the army to wait for work in Wuzhangyuan, and he is absolutely sure to defeat this Qin army head-on.

It's a pity that Huo Qubing is not that kind of person, and he would never give Li Shimin this chance.

"Report... My lord, after the Qin army rested in Qian County for two days, they left [-] defenders to guard Qian County, and the remaining [-] cavalry, under the command of Lord General Huo Bing, are coming to Wuzhangyuan. "

"Haha, Huo Bing'er has only [-] troops. The lonely army went deep, and did not concentrate its forces to fight, but still divide the troops. It is simply asking for death."

Huo Qubing had already left [-] troops in Xiaoguan, and now he has left [-] troops in Qian County, which is naturally good news for Li Shimin.

Huo Qubing's army went deep alone, with insufficient troops, no logistics, and no retreat, but he still dared to divide his troops like this, which obviously violated the taboo of military strategists.

The Qin army's iron cavalry is extremely powerful. If [-] iron cavalry gathered together and fought head-on, Li Shimin would not dare to confront the Qin army without an army of [-].

But now Huo Qubing chose to divide his troops, which is tantamount to abolishing his martial arts, and Li Shimin's confidence in dealing with him is even greater.

After getting rid of Huo Qubing's main force, it will be easier to wipe out the remaining [-] Qin cavalry.

"Huo Bing, who was almost sealed off as a wolf, is nothing more than that."

Li Shimin sneered, and at the same time he felt a little rejoiced that he had received the news that Huo Qubing had sent [-] cavalry to support Ma Chao because Liangzhou was about to be unified, otherwise Tang would face [-] Qin troops alone.

To deal with the [-] cavalry of the Qin army, Li Shimin mobilized troops everywhere, but only gathered [-] troops. If all the [-] cavalry of the Qin army came to Guanzhong, this battle would really be impossible.

Wuzhangyuan is only two hundred miles away from Chang'an, with the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Weishui River in the north. There are deep ditches in the east and west, and the situation is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhuge Liang once stationed troops in Wuzhangyuan, and fought against Sima Yi across the Weihe River. Later, he died of illness in Wuzhangyuan due to overwork, and Wuzhangyuan is also famous all over the world.

(End of this chapter)