Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2594: Yang Jian cheers, Zhang Yi makes Dian

After the Qin army increased its military strength and approached Yangping Pass, news soon spread that Sui Guofu was soft-spoken and refused to participate in Liu Yu's enthronement ceremony.

However, not many people blamed the Sui Kingdom. After all, facing the threat of Daqin, even the Wei and Song countries were subdued, not to mention the Sui Kingdom, which was the weakest among the Jiao Kingdoms.

After hearing the news that Sui Guofu was soft, Chu and Ming were naturally worried that they would be the next threat. After all, they were the only ones who had explicitly accepted Shu's invitation.

Chu Wang Liu Xiu and Ming Wang Zhu Di both held a meeting overnight, but made the same decision tacitly, even if they directly fought against Da Qin, they would never accept the threat.

The Wei, Song, and Sui kingdoms could compromise with Qin, but the Chu and Ming kingdoms could not do the same.

The Wei, Song, and Sui states could not bear the pressure and compromised softly with Daqin. One was that the country was weak, and the other was that they were more or less tied to Daqin's interests.

For them, just because they accepted the invitation of Shu Kingdom, they had to take the risk of war with Da Qin. The benefits and risks were completely disproportionate, but no sensible person would do this.

However, Chu and Ming are different. They and Da Qin are mortal enemies. There is no room for relaxation, and there is no binding of interests.

If Chu and Ming chose to back down on this issue, it would only expose their own weakness, thus fueling the arrogance of Chang Qin and making it even more aggressive.

In addition, compared with the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Sui, Chu and Ming countries have stronger national strength and more confidence.

The Ming Kingdom has repeatedly challenged the Wei-Song Alliance with one enemy and two heads-up. It is recognized as the strongest among the Three Kingdoms in the Central Plains, and it is backed by the Central Plains region.

As for Chu State, most of its territory is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it has enough strategic depth to provoke Da Qin many times, but it still exists to this day.

Even if they really fought with Daqin, Chu and Ming had absolute confidence that they would never be wiped out in a short period of time, so naturally they would not accept Daqin's threat.

In addition, if Liu Yu did not have an ally to support him this time, it would be a great blow to the anti-Qin forces in the world.

If everyone has hope for anti-Qin, what if they can resist the Qin army and prevent Da Qin from unifying the world?
Therefore, even in order to encourage anti-Qin people all over the world, Chu and Ming must stand with Shu.

Although Chu and Ming are not ready to compromise, they are also afraid that this will intensify the contradiction between the two sides, which will lead to war, so they are also prepared for war in advance.

But what Liu Xiu and Zhu Di didn't expect was that they were all ready, but Daqin didn't react at all, as if they were directly ignoring their two countries.

In this regard, while Liu Xiu and Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief, they felt extremely unhappy, but it is also a good thing that a conflict dissipated invisibly.

Afterwards, both Chu and Ming countries accelerated the pace of military expansion, and at the same time sent envoys to Shu to participate in Liu Yu's proclamation ceremony.

Zhu Di ordered Zhu Yunwen as his envoy, while Liu Xiu appointed Liu Qi as his envoy.

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Yangping Pass.

After Ying Hao's order was issued, Li Jing immediately dispatched troops to lead an army of [-] people in Guanzhong to advance to Yangping Pass.

Yangping Pass was not far from Guanzhong, and it was only the next day from the day of dispatching troops. Ten thousand iron cavalry arrived at the pass, and the leader was Yang Jian.

At this time, Yang Jian had lost the decadence and self-blame when he surrendered, and it seemed that he had come out of the blow of the Yang family's annihilation.

The reason why Yang Jian was able to walk out of the shadows so quickly was actually mainly due to Chang'e.

It's not that Yang Jian didn't know that the responsibility of the Yang family's annihilation was not on him. After all, he didn't have allegiance to Li Tang at the beginning, but was persuaded by Yang Biao and Yang Xiu and his son, and decided to give allegiance to Li Tang for the family.

What Yang Jian really hates is that he didn't see Li Shimin's true face earlier, so that he was still fighting for Li Tang on the front line, but his relatives in the rear were massacred instead, which made him completely reduced to a joke.

Yang Jian actually understands the truth, but there is a hurdle in his heart that he cannot overcome.

Therefore, no matter how others persuaded, even if Ying Hao and Taoist Yuqing came out, Yang Jian still listened to nothing and did not go in.

Only when he hurts himself, when he feels pain, will he feel better and feel less guilty.

Seeing that Yang Jian, the peerless god of war, was getting thinner and thinner due to guilt and self-blame, the prefect of Wuwei also worked for a month, but he couldn't continue because of a serious illness, and even famous doctors couldn't cure him. No longer.

Sun Lingming's resignation to go west made Da Qin lack a top combat power.

Although Yang Jian could take Sun Lingming's place, he blamed himself for the Wei family's annihilation by Li Tang, and he has been half dead since he surrendered.

In order to cheer Yang Jian up, Ying Hao personally went to the door to enlighten him, and even hired Taoist Yuqing, but it was still useless.

Ying Hao didn't want Yang Jian to die of illness on the bed, so he sent Chang'e to go out with the idea of ​​trying it out. After all, Chang'e was the only person Yang Jian had ever loved, so Yang Jian should be willing to listen to her words.

Under Chang'e's patience and guidance, Yang Jian really came out, and his body recovered quickly, which is simply a medical miracle.

Seeing Yang Jian regain his strength, Ying Hao was also relieved.

In the past, there was Sun Lingming who went west for thousands of miles to save Zixia, and Yang Jian immediately became alive after seeing Chang'e.

In this regard, Ying Hao can only say that the power of love is really great.

Yang Jian had already cheered up, and Da Qin was expanding the army again, causing some generals to face promotion, and the three cavalry battalions in Yongzhou just lacked a general, so Ying Hao let Yang Jian command the three cavalry battalions.

After the order to send troops to Yangping Pass was issued, Li Jing thought that if the reaction speed was fast enough, he might be able to catch the defenders of Yangping Pass by surprise.

Since the Qin army retreated last time, in order to strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass, Shu State built three camps and more than twenty Wu Forts on various important roads and dangerous places outside the pass.

There are at least a thousand defenders in these camps, and no more than 3000 at most.

As for Wubao, there are at least hundreds of defenders, and no more than 300 at most.

Just relying on these camps and Wubao naturally pose little threat to the Qin army, but if there are more of them, it can also play a role of delaying time and warning, and buy time for the defenders of Yangping Pass.

Li Jing ordered Yang Jian and Long Qie to lead [-] cavalry each.

Long and go to Longxi, out of Longshan;
Yang Jian went through Guanzhong and out of Sanguan, marching in one day, and conquering the city in one day, and the Shu army had no time to prepare.

Under Yang Jian's personal participation in the war, the Shu army's camp and Wubao were naturally not much different from those made of paper.

It took the Qin army only one day to break even one camp and seven Wu Forts of the Shu army, killing more than a thousand Shu soldiers, taking [-] prisoners, and self-destructing less than [-];
Zhang Ren, the gatekeeper of Yangping, did not expect that the Qin army had already arrived at Yangping within one day after the warning was issued from the front line, which was too fast.

Zhang Ren was observing the Qin army, and Yang Jian was also observing the Shu army.

Yang Jian originally thought that he came so fast, Yangpingguan should not be able to react in time.

But when they came, they didn't find out that the Shu army was not flustered at all, and all defenses were arranged at Yangping Pass, as if they had been prepared for a long time.

"Perhaps the Shu army has never let up." Yang Jian sighed.

Looking at the sturdy Yangpingguan city wall, and the towers full of squatters and catapults, even Yang Jian couldn't help but feel that he had no idea what to do. After thinking for a long time, he said:

"Junior Brother Wuji, you go to call the formation and see if you can lead the Shu army into battle."

"Yes, brother."

When Wu Ji was in the Tang army, his rank was not too high. At the last moment of the battle, he surrendered with Li Mu and others, so he was demoted to captain after the war, and then transferred to a new barracks in Yongzhou as a lieutenant general.

However, after Yang Jian took over the command of the cavalry, he saw that Wu Ji was the worst among the Yuqing disciples, so he wanted to pull him, so he asked Li Jing to transfer Wu Ji to his own command as a cavalry commander of the first battalion. .

After being transferred to Yang Jian, Bu Ji was still a captain, but he was transferred from the recruits to the veteran cavalry battalion.

In addition to Bukit, Yang Jian also has two strong generals, Kang Anyu and Kang Junli.

Meishan's boss Kang Anyu and Yang Jian are sworn brothers. As a peak god general, he was naturally reused after he surrendered to Qin. He was appointed as a general by Ying Hao, and took charge of a reserve recruit battalion, and was implanted as his younger brother Kang Jun Lize is his lieutenant.

Kang Anyu originally commanded an army of [-] troops, but after learning that Yang Jian had recovered, he took the initiative to submit his resignation to Li Jing, preferring to be demoted and serve under Yang Jian.

Kang Anyu's move seems righteous, but it is actually a smart move.

It was only after he was in charge of an army of [-] that he realized that it was so troublesome to manage the army of [-] Qin.

The rules of the Qin army are completely different from those of the Tang army. In addition, Kang Anyu manages all recruits, and he is not good at training soldiers.

When a person is in a position beyond his ability, this is not a good thing.

Kang Anyu naturally understood this, so he decided to take the initiative to resign and become a captain under Yang Jian, so that he could grow better.

Now that Kang Anyu is here, Kang Junli, who was implanted as his younger brother, naturally had to go, so he also defected to Yang Jian with Kang Anyu.

For Kang Anyu and Kang Junli, Yang Jian naturally would not treat him badly, so he appointed Kang Anyu as his lieutenant and commanded a special-class cavalry battalion, while Kang Junli commanded a first-class cavalry battalion like Bukit.

Regardless of the fact that Yang Jian's troops only had [-] cavalrymen, there were not only Yang Jian, the superhero general, but also Kang Anyu, the peak superhero general, as well as two super-first-class generals, Wu Ji and Kang Junli.

It is precisely because of this that it is possible to destroy one camp and seven Wu Forts of the Shu army in one day.

"Listen to the thieves of Shu on the tower, I am the general Wu Ji under the command of Yang Jian, the prefect of Wuwei, who would dare to die with me..."

Before Bukit's words were finished, Zhang Ren on the tower had already ordered the shooting of arrows.

For a time, arrows rained down from Yangping Pass.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Bukit hurriedly raised his shield to help each other, and at the same time galloped on his horse, so that he was not hit by an arrow.

Seeing that Zhang Ren was so cautious, Yang Jian knew that it would be difficult to provoke him to fight, so he simply chose to withdraw his troops.

Yang Jian ordered Wuji to re-establish a 10-strong camp on the site of the previously destroyed Qinzhai, while he himself led [-] iron weapons to attack the unbroken camp and Wu Fort.

Two days later, Long Qie, who set out from Longxi, also arrived at Yangping Pass after breaking the Liuwu Fortress, the first village of the Shu army, and joined forces with Yang Jian, who had returned victoriously.

As for Li Jing's main force, Yang Jian and Longqi were leading the way, and they were not far from Yangping Pass.

Five days later, Li Jing's main force arrived at Yangping Pass, but they did not immediately attack the city.

The generals didn't quite understand Li Jing's intentions, but based on their trust in Li Jing, they still chose to obey orders.

Li Jing didn't mean to explain it at all. After all, how should this be explained?Could it be that this battle is just a pretense, for the world to see?

How could such a thing be said clearly?

Li Jing actually hoped to start a war this time. He felt that this was a good opportunity to seize Hanzhong.

In addition, Li Jing also received some rumors that the court will have a big move next, and will reform the military system.

The general level will be further divided into five levels: brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, admiral general, and general general.

At the general level, it is estimated that there will only be one general, Bai Qi.

Like Li Jing, Yue Fei and other state governors, as well as Li Cunxiao, the world's most powerful general, should all be generals;

Among the many commanders in Daqin, Li Jing's credit is one of the best, and his status is second only to Bai Qi, so he naturally wants to go a step further, challenge Bai Qi's position, and compete for the second general of Daqin. position.

Now there is a great opportunity in front of Li Jing.

This time when Liu Yu became emperor, once Qin and Shu really went to war, if Li Jing could attack Hanzhong, Daqin would be able to advance and retreat and defend, and he would no longer be afraid of the threat of Shu.

After waiting until the end of the army expansion, if Li Jing was leading Yongliang's army to destroy the Sui Kingdom in one fell swoop, then the second general after Bai Qi must be Li Jing's.

Of course, the imagination is full, but the reality is very skinny.

The choice between Qin and Shu this time is not in Li Jing's hands, but in Chiyou, the king of the southern barbarians. Li Jing can only send troops to attack Hanzhong if he agrees to join forces with Da Qin to attack Shu from the north and south.

Li Jing looked in the direction of Shuzhong from afar, and secretly said in his heart, "Lord Zhang Yi, you must convince this Nanman king this time. It's up to you whether I, Li Jing, can catch up with Bai Qi."

As for Zhang Yi, whom Li Jing was thinking about, under the protection of the new seven swords, he successfully entered the southwestern Yunnan, that is, the territory of the southern barbarian kingdom.