Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2257 Sun Lingming vs. Yang Jian
Chapter 2253: Sun Lingming vs. Yang Jian
Although Li Jing was not planning to take all four passes for the time being, Tongguan was still not going to let it go. After all, there were [-] Tang troops at Tongguan, of which [-] were elite.

If this army is liberated, it will also be a big threat to the Qin army, so it can be resolved as soon as possible.

In addition, once the Qin army captures Tongguan, it will be equivalent to completely breaking through the east gate of Guanzhong. At that time, not only the [-] elites of Hanguguan Tan Daoji will be able to enter Guanzhong to participate in the war, but it will also be more convenient to transport grain from Sizhou .

"Zhang Liao, the governor ordered you to lead [-] infantry, cooperate with Tan Daoji's [-] troops, and attack Tongguan from both sides. Within half a month, Tongguan must be captured."

"promise."

Zhang Liao confidently led the army away.

Checkpoints are different from cities. Although Tongguan is dangerous, it is only aimed at one side. Under attack from two sides, the defense of any checkpoint will be greatly weakened.

When Zhenbei Pass was captured by Yuan Meng, the Qin army took back Zhenbei Pass from Yuan Meng's hands by attacking from both sides.

Therefore, Zhang Liao was full of confidence in attacking Tongguan this time.

"Huo Qubing, the governor ordered you to lead [-] cavalry to patrol the entire Guanzhong with Chang'an as the center. If any Tang army comes out of the city to support Chang'an, send troops to defeat them immediately."

"promise."

Huo Qubing also confidently led the army away. After all, the Tang army's strongest Xuanjia army and Feixiong army had already been forced by Huo Qubing to flee into Chang'an City, and the rest of the Tang army was even more capable of fighting.

The entire Guanzhong Plain is only 150 miles away, and Chang'an is located in the center of Guanzhong. If it is calculated as [-] miles from east to west, Huo Qubing can travel [-] miles a day at full speed.

That is to say, once the Tang troops in the cities of Guanzhong left the city, Huo Qubing would be able to lead his army to arrive in two days at most, and they would not be able to escape even if they wanted to.

Li Jing asked Huo Qubing to lead his cavalry to patrol Guanzhong, which was tantamount to blocking the way for all cities to support Chang'an. After all, going out of the city meant sending them to death.

Zhang Liao led an army of [-] to attack Tongguan, and Huo Qubing led cavalry to patrol and sweep through the pass. Although the second general led his troops to leave, Sun Lingming, Gongsun Xuanyuan and other fierce generals stayed behind. After all, they will be needed in the next siege.

With the departure of the second general, the troops under Li Jing's direct control dropped to [-], already less than the defenders in Chang'an City, but he had no intention of giving up at all.

"How many defenders are there in the fourteen counties that surrendered to our army?" Li Jing asked.

"I would like to report to the Governor, after Xiaoguan was captured by our army, Li Shimin disregarded the life and death of the people, implemented the strategy of all the people, and forcibly expanded the army.

Now among the counties in Guanzhong, cities with a large population, such as Huaili and Gaoling, have at least [-] to [-] defenders, while cities with a small population, such as Yunyang and Meixu, also have [-] to [-] defenders.

Surrendered troops in [-] counties surrendered to our army. According to statistics, there are about [-] defenders. "

The Qin army that invaded Guanzhong was only 15, but the Tang army that surrendered reached [-]. If the prisoners of war are added, the number of surrendered troops may have exceeded the Qin army.

Although the elite of the Qin army was consumed a lot, the number of troops was increasing. Not only did the pressure on food and grass not decrease, but it became even heavier.

"However, more than half of these defenders are new troops, and less than a quarter of the old county soldiers. Many defenders in the county are not even equipped with weapons. They are simply vulnerable. They can only be used to defend the city and cannot carry out military operations Field battle."

After hearing the report, Li Jing frowned, which was also the biggest reason why he didn't want to push Li Shimin into a hurry.

There are 24 defenders in the [-] counties that surrendered. How many defenders are there in the [-] counties that have not yet surrendered?
If this is to attack one city after another, the 15 elite Qin army will die, and it is impossible to win the entire Guanzhong.

This guy Li Shimin is really ruthless, he would rather fight a piece of red land than leave a intact Guanzhong for Daqin.

Li Jing thought to himself, and then gave an order: "Decree the county magistrates of fourteen counties, and order them to select [-] capable fighters from the [-] defenders and send them to Chang'an to participate in the battle."

"promise."

A casual order gave Li Jing another 5 cannon fodder, but the combat power of these [-] people is too weak, and even if they were all included, it might not consume many people in Chang'an.

After pondering for a while, Li Jing asked again: "How many prisoners of war from the Tang army are there in our army?"

"I would like to report to the governor, so far, our three armies have captured a total of [-] Tang troops, but I am afraid that only the [-] surrendered troops of General Xuanyuan can obey orders, and the remaining [-] have not yet completed training."

"There is not so much time to train these guys slowly, let's transfer them all to Chang'an, and kill them until they are obedient." Li Jing said indifferently.

The generals shivered unconsciously.

With 20 surrendered troops + [-] prisoners of war + [-] elite Qin troops, Li Jing's total force to attack Chang'an will reach [-].

Although it is said that half of them are descended troops, the number has reached 20 after all, and this formation alone is so large that it is frightening.

In the next few days, troops from all over Guanzhong continued to flock to Chang'an, but they were not the Tang army supporting Chang'an, but the surrendered army and prisoners of war who surrendered to the Qin army.

After receiving Li Jing's order, the county magistrates who offered the city to surrender naturally did not dare to slack off in the slightest. They immediately selected elite soldiers from the defenders and sent them to Chang'an to assist in the battle.

The cities that have not yet surrendered, and when they saw the surrendered troops passing through their jurisdiction, most of them ignored them and let them leave, but there were also many guards who chose to lead their troops out of the city to stop them.

The troops from Meixu and Suyi were on their way to Chang'an. They were ambushed by the Tang army in the counties along the way, led by Li Siyuan and Yu Wentai. They lost more than half and returned in a disastrous defeat.

However, it was even worse for the Tang army who ambushed and surrendered. After the victory, most of them were attacked by the cavalry of the Qin army who rushed to the city.

Huo Qubing divided the [-] cavalry into six groups, each with [-] cavalry, and patrolled all parts of Guanzhong to ensure that most areas were under the attack range of the cavalry.

Although five thousand cavalry were not many, facing the newly conscripted county soldiers, even fifty thousand cavalry were not enough to kill five thousand cavalry. Only Li Siyuan and Yu Wentai's army had the strength to resist, but they were still not opponents.

In just a few days, Huo Qubing's iron cavalry defeated nearly [-] Tang troops who went out of the city to intercept them, killed [-], captured [-], and broke through three county towns that had no soldiers to defend, while their total casualties were less than a thousand.

This also shows how weak the combat power of the Tang army in each county is.

After this battle, the county guards including Li Siyuan and Yu Wentai no longer dared to go out of the city to provoke the Qin army, and the Qin army's strength in Chang'an was also increasing.

Soon Li Jing was ready. Just as he was about to storm Chang'an, the Tang army in the city took the initiative to go out of the city to challenge, and the general who came to challenge was the missing Yang Jian.

Seeing that it was Yang Jian who came, Sun Lingming was so excited. After all, he was the only opponent in the Tang Kingdom at the same level as him, so he quickly challenged Li Jing, "Governor, please let my old grandson fight."

Li Jing and Yang Jian have fought each other more than once, and they know how powerful Yang Jian is.

Gao Chong and Yuwen Chengdu failed to win together. At present, the only person in the army who can defeat Yang Jian one-on-one is Sun Lingming, so Li Jing naturally has no reason to reject Sun Lingming.

"Go, Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose." Li Jing nodded.

"promise."

Sun Lingming was overjoyed, and rushed towards Yang Jian.

Although Sun Lingming won the previous battle with Kong Peng, he couldn't enjoy himself to the fullest. He hoped that the battle with Yang Jian would be enjoyable.

(End of this chapter)