Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2254 The three armies join forces and encircle Chang'an

Chapter 2250: The three armies join forces and encircle Chang'an

Just two days before Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, the decisive battle between Li Jing and Yang Jian officially broke out.

Not long after Yang Jian left Lantian, Huang Zhong led his army to take over Lantian.

As expected by Li Jing, Sima Yi really left behind in Lantian, and there were more than one tricks.

As soon as Huang Zhong's army entered Lantian, the grain depot caught fire, and then the whole city followed suit, which shows Sima Yi's ruthlessness.

In order to ruin Huang Zhong's army, he did not hesitate to burn Lantian and sacrifice the lives of more than [-] people.

Fortunately, during the fight with Sima Yi, Li Jing had already understood Sima Yi's temperament, and guessed that he would come out like this, so he ordered Huang Zhong in advance, so that more than ten thousand troops were saved from the flames and the whole city was saved. of the people.

The fire fired by Sima Yi did not reach the Qin army, but burned the people of Lantian. Half of the buildings were destroyed by the fire, which completely angered the people of Lantian.

Afterwards, under the propaganda and recruitment of the Qin Army, the people of Lantian enthusiastically signed up to join the army and joined the ranks of fighting against the Tang Dynasty. The number of soldiers joining the army was the largest among all counties in Guanzhong.

In other words, Sima Yi's poisonous plan this time not only failed, but also helped Qin Jun.

At the same time, Yang Jian also received news that the lord Li Shimin had withdrawn his troops from Wuzhangyuan, and asked him to delay Li Jing until the army withdrew into Chang'an.

Yang Jian's army only had [-] troops. Facing Li Jing's [-] elite, there was only one dead end in a head-on confrontation, so he chose to attack on the sidelines, mainly to delay Li Jing's marching speed.

Yang Jian wanted to procrastinate, but Li Jing naturally wouldn't let him go. The [-] troops spread out directly, divided into three groups, and directly surrounded Yang Jian's troops.

At this time, the Lantian behind Yang Jian was already occupied by Huang Zhong, and Li Jing's [-] troops came roaring from three directions in front, obviously wanting to fight directly, and he was not prepared to give him any chance to delay.

Now there are only two paths before Yang Jian:

1. With few enemies, face Li Jing in a decisive battle, but the chance of winning is very small, almost equivalent to death.

2. To withdraw troops to the north, as long as they escape into other counties and rely on the city for defense, they will not be afraid of the siege of [-] troops.

Of course, it is impossible for the Qin army to besiege a small county. After all, it is better to go directly to Chang'an if you have that skill.

In addition, there is a big risk of retreating, that is, it is very likely that the Qin army will catch up halfway. After all, the Qin army is famous for its fast marching speed.

Just when Yang Jian was in a dilemma, Sima Yi proposed to withdraw his troops to the north, which would not only lead the Qin army away, but also delay the speed of the Qin army's march into Chang'an.

Yang Jian adopted Sima Yi's proposal. After all, there would be no survival in a decisive battle. However, if the Qin army was led away by the north retreat, there would be a glimmer of life.

Just in case, Sima Yi offered a plan to use half of the army as abandoned sons to attract the attention of Li Jing's army, so as to ensure that the other half of the army could escape into Baling City smoothly.

Yang Jian didn't want to use this trick, but the difference between the enemy and us was so great that he had to give up the small to protect the big, reluctantly adopted Sima Yi's poisonous trick, and gave Li Jing a golden cicada to escape.

Yang Jian personally led [-] abandoned troops, under the banner of a [-]-strong army, and blatantly withdrew to Xinfeng City, but the hidden [-] troops retreated to Baling City.

At the same time as Sima Yi was planning, Li Jing also received messages from Huo Qubing and Lu Bu, knowing that Li Shimin had withdrawn from Wuzhangyuan, and began to wonder whether to destroy Yang Jian's [-] troops first, or to surround Chang'an to prevent Li Shimin from returning to the city. .

After Li Yuanba broke his arm, Yang Jian became the number one general in the Tang Dynasty, and unlike Li Yuanba's recklessness, Yang Jian was a Confucian general with both wisdom and courage, and his difficulty was not much worse than Li Shimin's.

In Li Jing's mind, he was more inclined to kill Yang Jian first. After all, Yang Jian was right in front of him. If Yang Jian escapes with such a good opportunity now, then he doesn't know when he will have the chance next time.

So Li Jing ordered Lu Bu's five thousand cavalry to delay Li Shimin's marching speed by means of guerrilla warfare, while he personally led an army of [-] to pursue Yang Jian.

It has to be said that Li Jing's use of troops can be described as flawless, and he has considered every aspect of everything, but it is also because his consideration is too thorough, so it is inevitable that there will be mistakes.

For example, this time, he didn't expect that Lu Bu would not continue guerrilla tactics because of Li Shimin's personal participation in the battle. Instead, he chose to fight the Tang army. In the end, he was defeated and Li Shimin fled back to Chang'an.

Lu Bu was careless, and Li Jing was also careless, but they fell into Sima Yi's plan to escape.

Li Jing's vision is so tricky, he found something wrong when he chased halfway, although Tang Jun's military flags and stoves were equipped with 3 people, but the marching traces obviously did not reach [-] people.

What does this mean?It shows that it has been tricked, the Tang army in front does not have [-] at all.

After Li Jing came to his senses, he immediately realized that he had been tricked by Sima Yi's plan to escape the shell, and quickly ordered Zhao Yun to lead an army of [-] to pursue in the direction of Ba Ling.

Li Jing's reaction could not have been quicker, but it was a pity that he was one step too late in the end.

When Zhao Yun arrived at Baling City, Sima Yi had already led his army into the city, so Chen Bing showed off his power outside the city and raised his troops to challenge him, but Sima Yi ignored him. In desperation, he besieged the city temporarily and sent someone to report to Li Jing.

Li Jing's side was much smoother than Zhao Yun's. Yang Jian's [-] army, barely able to resist, was defeated by Li Jing's [-] Qin army, and the total casualties of the Qin army were less than [-].

According to statistics after the war, the Qin army suffered [-] casualties, killed [-] enemies in total, and captured [-] prisoners. Only [-] remnants fled back to Xinfeng City, while Tang Jun Yang Jian broke through alone and his whereabouts are unknown.

After receiving Zhao Yun's subpoena, Li Jing couldn't help but fell into reflection. He found that under the successive victories, even he had become careless and underestimated Sima Yi, which was really inappropriate.

After reflection, Li Jing readjusted his mentality, and immediately led an army of [-] to Chang'an. When he arrived in Chang'an, Huo Qubing's cavalry had already arrived one step ahead of him.

On the other side, Zhang Liao, who entered Guanzhong from Fenglingdu, defeated Yuwentai and Yin Kaishan successively, and then occupied Xiayang City, which is the closest to Fenglingdu, and gained a firm foothold in Guanzhong.

As for Yu Wentai and Yin Kaishan, who had suffered heavy losses, they joined forces and retreated to Linjin City, unable to stop Zhang Liao from marching towards Chang'an.

When Zhang Liao captured Xiayang City, he did not take advantage of the situation to attack Jayang City in the south, but chose to take a detour and lead his army directly to Chang'an, and arrived in Chang'an smoothly five days later.

Since then, Li Jing's 15 troops, Huo Qubing's [-] troops, Zhang Liao's [-] troops, and three Qin armies, totaling [-] troops, formally joined forces under the city of Chang'an.

The Chang'an war is about to start.

(End of this chapter)