Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2427 Kneeling down is easy to stand up
Chapter 2416: Kneeling is easy and standing up is difficult
In the first Guanzhong War, Daqin dispatched an army of more than [-] troops and divided it into five groups to attack Tang. Although due to various factors, they could not do their best, but they also achieved extremely impressive results.

In this battle, Daqin captured Wuguan, Tongguan, Xiaoguan, and Yaoguan. These four fortresses were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Guanzhong was completely exposed to Daqin's iron hooves.

Without the barrier of Xiongguan Fortress, Guanzhong, which is as flat as a map, is like a naked beauty in the eyes of Qin Jun, who can be ravaged whenever he wants.

In addition, the Qin army also occupied half of Guanzhong and wiped out [-] elites of the Tang army, which greatly weakened the war potential of the Tang state, making it impossible for the Tang state to recover.

Of course, the most important point is to force Tang to cede land, pay compensation, become a minister and pay tribute, and has since become a subsidiary state of Daqin.

This is the deadliest thing. After all, in the confrontation between countries, confidence is also extremely important.

Only with enough confidence can we have the confidence and certainty to persevere, and the resistance will naturally be stronger.

But once the confidence is insufficient, if there is no certainty of winning, the ability to resist will become weak, and even the heart of resistance will not be born.

In the past, the Tang army was based on its own strength, and on the other hand, the status of both sides was equal, so they had the confidence to dare to attack the strong with the weak and challenge the overlord Qin army.

But now, Tang is not only defeated by Daqin, but also a subordinate state of Daqin. His backbone has been broken, so how can he still have confidence?

In addition, over the past year and a half, Great Qin has also implemented a policy of dividing and wooing Tang from various aspects, which greatly disintegrated Tang's internal will to resist.

Therefore, if the second Guanzhong War is launched, the Tang army's resistance will definitely not be as strong as before.

This is the main reason why Ying Hao is confident that he will end the Guanzhong War within a month or two.

"Teacher Jia, you are in charge of intelligence, tell me, what is the strength of the Tang army in Guanzhong now?" Ying Hao asked.

Jia Xu immediately stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, nearly half of the Tang army in Guanzhong are recruits who have never seen blood.

Over the past year, although Li Shimin has increased military expenditures and increased training hours, reaching six training sessions a week, the overall effect is not obvious. "

With the advent of the Warring States Period, in order to increase the combat power of the army, in addition to increasing the study of equipment and ordnance, the princes also spent a lot of effort on soldier training. After all, training is the cheapest way.

Before the start of the troubled times, the army of the big man trained three times a week, basically resting every other day.

But when the troubled times began, in order to survive and develop, the princes would not let the soldiers be so easy, that is, as long as they can't die, they will practice to death.

The training time of soldiers continued to increase, from the third training to the fourth training, and it was not stable until the fifth training.

Daqin is currently training every Friday, but Li Tang has increased it to Saturday training, which shows how urgent Li Shimin wants to improve the army's combat power in order to deal with the threat of Daqin.

As for the training method?Countries are different, but without exception, soldiers are asked to practice external skills to strengthen their physique.

Why not let the soldiers practice internal strength?
Naturally, internal strength relies heavily on resources in the early stage. If all soldiers are to practice internal strength, it will really be a bottomless pit.

Among the countries, even the richest Daqin can barely afford it, let alone other countries.

On the other hand, for external skills, the dependence on resources is small in the early stage, and if you really practice to a high level, you only need to increase the food and keep up with the nutrition, and you don't have to worry about yourself being useless.

In the later stage of internal strength training, you don't rely so much on external objects, and the later you get to the later stage, the less you rely on resources, mainly relying on your own understanding.

On the contrary, it is external skills, the more you practice to the later stage, the greater your dependence on resources.

Yue Yun, Huang Tianhua, Jin Tai, Jiao Moxiang, these war-god-level external kungfu masters, spent at least a thousand taels of silver every month just for medicinal baths and medicinal meals.

Of course, ninety-nine out of ten soldiers would definitely not be able to reach this level. If they really had that qualification, they would definitely be promoted to general because of their military exploits, so naturally they wouldn't need to worry about resources.

As for the physical exercises popularized by the military, each country is naturally different, and they are all easy to learn external exercises with low barriers to entry, so I won't discuss them one by one.

Li Shimin increased military expenditures and increased training time, but the effect was not good. Naturally, this was not because Tang was not good at training soldiers, but because the Qin army had broken his spine.

The morale of the army has been lost, and it is naturally difficult to improve the combat power only by training.

It is easy for the country to kneel down, but it is not so easy to stand up again.

This was the case in China in the late Qing Dynasty. The backbone was completely broken by the great powers, and he knelt in humiliation for more than a hundred years.

The situation Tang Jun is facing now is not much better than that of China in the late Qing Dynasty.

Daqin, the most powerful force in the world, is blocking the door of his house, and he can fight over at any time, and Tang is still in danger.

Who wouldn't despair after this change?
The Tang army in Guanzhong knew that they could not defeat Qin, and that they could die at any time. It would be very difficult not to rebel, and it would be too difficult for them to guarantee high combat power.

Li Shimin thought that after becoming a minister, he could save the army's morale and restore the Tang army's fighting strength by means of his wrists, but he still overestimated himself and underestimated Ying Hao after all.

Li Shimin can use tactics to save the army's morale, but the premise is that Ying Hao does not interfere, but Ying Hao is not a fool, how could he not react at all?

No matter what tricks Li Shimin uses, Ying Hao only uses one trick, which is to disintegrate and disintegrate, making all of Li Shimin's efforts go to waste.

"According to the news sent back by the spies who lurked into the Tang army on the Black Ice Terrace, the Tang army in Guanzhong generally changed their face when they heard about our army, and they are generally pessimistic about whether Tang can keep Guanzhong."

Although Jia Xu didn't say clearly about the strength of the Tang army's combat power, the meaning behind his words was already obvious.

The Tang army in Guanzhong is now weaker than it was a year and a half ago.

Not only the Tang army in Guanzhong, but also the Tang army in Hanzhong and Longxi, their combat effectiveness has also dropped drastically.

Who told Li Shimin to withdraw too many elites to make up for the lack of troops in Guanzhong? The decline in combat effectiveness is also inevitable.

The combat power of the Tang army declined, but on the other hand, the Qin army, through disarmament and cutting down the Japanese, not only did not decrease in combat power, but it further improved.

Under the ebb and flow, how could Tang Jun stop Qin Jun?
"Okay, this time we must win Guanzhong and unify Sili." Ying Hao said confidently.

As for whether the Shuchu and other congresses would prevent Daqin from occupying Guanzhong because of fear, or even directly send troops to start a war?
After discussing with all the counselors, Ying Hao thought it was unlikely.

The goal of Daqin's dispatch of troops this time is only a county and a half in Guanzhong, not the whole of Kansai.

Daqin has already occupied one and a half counties in Guanzhong, and after capturing one and a half counties including Chang'an, there will be no qualitative leap.

All-out war with Daqin just because of a county and a half?
This is obviously not a cost-effective thing.

Besides, even if there is a real war, there is no certainty of victory.

Therefore, after Daqin fully occupied Guanzhong, as long as it was good, it would accept it. If the countries were not overly stimulated, the war would not expand further.

"The matter of dispatching troops to Guanzhong this time will be entirely in charge of by Li Jing, the governor of Yongzhou. I only have one request, to occupy Guanzhong as quickly as possible." Ying Hao ordered in a deep voice.

"According to the order."

Ying Hao's will soon spread to Guanzhong.

After Li Jing received the imperial edict, he secretly summoned all the civil and military personnel in Guanzhong to hold a high-level meeting in Lantian to discuss how to start this battle.

In the Lantian deliberation hall, Li Jing, the governor of Yongzhou, sat at the main seat, and the civil and military officials below him stood on the left and right respectively.

Behind Wang Jian are: Sima Cuo, the general soldier of Tongguan, Gongsun Yan, the general soldier of Xiaoguan, Hu Luguang, the general soldier of Wuguan, and Fu Cunjian, the general soldier of Gaoguan.

In addition to these four generals, there are: Gongsun Xuanyuan, Yuwen Chengdu, Jia Fu, Pei Yuanqing, Huang Tianhua, Qin Yong, Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan, Zhang Xiu and many other famous generals.

The founding princes like Gongsun Xuanyuan, Yuwen Chengdu, and Jia Fu are all above Wang Jian, regardless of their official positions or titles, and logically speaking, they should not be ranked behind Wang Jian.

But Wang Jian still has the position of deputy governor of Yongzhou. He is second only to Wu Qi in the Yongzhou military circle, and Daqin has always been in terms of position regardless of seniority, so everyone consciously stood behind Wang Jian, the deputy governor.

Unlike Wang Jian, Wu Qi, who was the governor of Yongzhou, was a veritable leader among civil servants in Yongzhou. At the same time, because of the special situation in Yongzhou, the boundaries between civil officials and generals were blurred.

Although Wu Qi, the prefect of the state, is a civil official, he is also in charge of the military, so he and Li Jing are actually on equal footing.

It's just that Li Jing has accumulated prestige for a long time, and he is also the coach appointed by His Majesty, so Wu Qi took the initiative to submit to Li Jing.

The lineup behind Wu Qi was equally luxurious, including: Military Adviser Bailixi, Biejia Di Renjie, Master Secretary Wang Xizhi, Chief Envoy Qin Guan, Governor Liu Yong of You Fufeng, Governor Yang Ku, Governor Zuo Fengling Bismarck, Governor Ban Chao... …

Among the civil servants, Ban Chao, the new top scholar in science and literature, has the lowest qualifications, and he is also the youngest among the civil servants.

In addition, Bailixi, the military commander Jijiu, was originally the governor of Hedong, but because of his outstanding achievements in the past year, he was promoted by Ying Hao to be the military commander Jijiu of Yongzhou, assisting the governor in managing the military administration.

Daqin is only a county and a half in Yongzhou, but this place with a big sesame seed has gathered so many capable ministers and generals. The strength of the lineup is not inferior to those of the complete big states, and even better.

It can be seen from this that Daqin attaches great importance to Guanzhong, and even a blind person can see Daqin's ambitions for Guanzhong.

This is also the main reason why Li Shimin wanted to upgrade the army so urgently, but unfortunately it was all destroyed by Ying Hao.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Jing said, "Everyone, Your Majesty has an order, ordering me to recover Guanzhong in advance."

As soon as this remark came out, the generals present immediately exploded, and Jia Fu was even more excited: "That's great, I didn't agree with the withdrawal of the army back then, and now we can finally win Guanzhong."

The reason why Daqin stopped fighting with Tang to make peace when it had all the advantages at the beginning was naturally due to multiple considerations.

But the generals in the army don't care about this, they only know that they are about to take Chang'an, but the court has dragged them back and affected their achievements, so they will naturally feel dissatisfied.

However, at the founding ceremony later, all the generals in Kansai were awarded quite a lot of titles, which resolved this dissatisfaction. However, the complete occupation of Guanzhong is still the obsession in the hearts of the generals in Yongzhou.

Daqin has only one and a half counties in Guanzhong, but has gathered so many capable ministers and generals, which has caused many people to have overlapping functions and decline in power.

The governor is used as a captain, and the general is used as a school lieutenant.

The governor was used as the prefect, and the prefect was used as the county magistrate.

It's okay for a short time, but if things go on like this, who can bear it?
Therefore, what the civil and military forces in Yongzhou hope most is to subdue Guanzhong, so that they can truly return to their posts and enjoy the rights that should belong to them.

Not long ago, all the civil and military forces in Yongzhou were planning to collectively write a letter to the emperor to send troops to attack Tang, but Li Jing forcibly suppressed it.

Li Jing is not stupid, he naturally knows that Daqin only has one and a half counties in Yongzhou, yet it is crowded with senior officials from a big state, which is obviously abnormal.

His Majesty must have the idea of ​​sending troops ahead of time, but it has not been made public yet.

If these people are really allowed to make trouble, His Majesty must think that he let it go.

If His Majesty's dissatisfaction is caused and the responsibility of conquering Yongzhou is handed over to others, wouldn't Li Jing's hard work for more than a year be a wedding dress for others.

Li Jing hadn't been idle in the past year. Apart from training, he also sent troops to the border every now and then, provoking the Tang army like a show of power, but he chose not to start a war with the Tang army.

Like a blunt knife cutting flesh, it bit by bit the heart of Tang Jun and disintegrated Tang Jun's will.

The morale of the Tang army in Guanzhong could not be improved, mainly because of Li Jing.

In addition, Li Jing also made good use of alienation tactics, constantly alienating Li and Tang generals, which made Tang soldiers panic. Under internal and external difficulties, it would be a ghost to improve their combat effectiveness.

The decision to go to war made everyone extremely excited, and they calmed down after discussing for a long time.

At this time, Wu Qi, the governor, stood up and said: "Even if the morale of the Tang army in Guanzhong is low and the combat power is weak, after all, there are still 12 troops.

Relying solely on the strength of our army in Yongzhou, it will be a bit difficult, so I dare to ask the governor, how many troops will the imperial court send to support? "

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals also reacted.

That's right, the Yongzhou Army only has 12 troops, so we can't let them use [-] troops to storm Li Tang's [-] defenders, right?Even if it can win, the casualties will be huge.

Li Jing smiled calmly and said: "The imperial court will not only send one hundred thousand elites here this time, but also send generals such as Li Cunxiao, Sun Lingming, Jiang Song, Gao Chong, etc. to participate in this battle together."

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