Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2703 Yang Guang's third western expedition, Ji Chang and Li Siyuan separatist

Chapter 2699: Yang Guang sent troops to the Western Regions for the third time, and Ji Chang and Li Siyuan separated the Western Regions

Li Jing originally thought that with Yang Guang's vigilance towards Daqin, it would take at least three or four months, or even half a year, after the start of the Central Plains War before he could let go of his vigilance.

After all, only such a long period of transition will allow Sui Ting, headed by Yang Guang, to believe that Daqin has put all his power into the Central Plains, so that he will relax his guard against Daqin.

Li Jing had also already made preparations to wait three to four months, or even half a year, before sending troops to crusade against the Sui Kingdom.

But what Li Jing never expected was that only one and a half months after the start of the Great War in the Central Plains, Yang Guang couldn't bear it any longer and relaxed his defense against Daqin.

At the beginning, Li Jing was a little skeptical whether Yang Guang was trying to test himself, but Yang Guang suddenly decided to conquer the Western Regions three times, and the army had already entered the Western Regions, which made Li Jing believe that Yang Guang was not trying to test himself, but was really following his patience. Can't stop.

Why did Yang Guang decide to attack the Western Regions suddenly?Naturally, he was frightened by Daqin's offensive against the Central Plains.

You know, after so many years of mergers and hegemony, the original thirteen states of the Han Dynasty are now only left with eight countries: Qin, Wei, Song, Ming, Shu, Chu, Wu, and Sui, and the power ranking of Sui among these eight countries is the weakest.

The Great Qin had an army of nearly one million, and the Eighth Route Great Qin came out together, single-handedly singled out Wei, Song and Wu, three countries that were stronger than the Sui Kingdom, but the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms that were still fighting were retreating steadily.

Yang Guang used to think that he would not be afraid, but when this day came, he was still stimulated by this cruel reality.

Yang Guang refused to pay Ji Chang, so Ji Chang, under the banner of the Sui Army, led the army to plunder the countries in the Western Regions to support the army. At the same time, it also aggravated the conflicts in the Western Regions, and let Yang Guang come to take the blame, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

The profit is too small, the risk is too great, and the completion is not proportional. How dare Songtsan Gampo and Yang Guang join forces to attack Qin?
In addition to the four kingdoms of Yuan, Jin, Qing, and Tubo, there is also a kingdom of Korea established by Wang Mang.

Li Siyuan was the king of Longxi conferred by the Shu Han. This status was of little use in the Shu Han, but it was of great use in Sui, the ally of the Shu Han.

The road to surrender was completely blocked, and Yang Guang couldn't see any hope of revenge, and he didn't want the Sui Kingdom to be wiped out by the Great Qin, but in order to leave a way for the Sui Kingdom, he set his sights on the Western Regions.

Yang Guang couldn't even take care of the immediate matter, so he didn't think about the future, he could only take one step at a time.

After Yang Guang heard this, he frowned immediately. He already regarded the Western Regions as his own, so he naturally didn't want Ji Chang and Li Siyuan to share his cake.

Yang Guang just wanted to wait for Ji Chang to enter the Western Regions, and use Ka Jichang's food and salary, or other political means, to force Ji Chang to gradually retreat until he completely gave up his military power and served him. He expected to be much smarter.

With the size of the Sui Kingdom, there is no difference between defeating Qin alone and courting death, but joining forces with other forces to defeat Qin together?However, no force will send troops.

However, Ji Chang would be troubled by Yang Guang from time to time, and he also had to be wary of the retaliation of the countries in the Western Regions. It can be seen that his life in the Western Regions was not easy, even if he was not walking on thin ice, it would not be too bad.

The two families of Ji and Li joined forces to deal with the local forces in the Western Regions, and quickly wiped out two small countries with lightning speed. Only then did they gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions.

Except for Qin, Wei, Song, Wu, Sui and Wu, Wu was invaded by Chu due to internal strife, and Wu and Chu were engaged in a national war, so naturally it was impossible to send troops.

If the countries in the Western Regions can be destroyed and all the lands in the Western Regions can be occupied, one can increase the strength of the country, and the other can leave a way for Sui to retreat.

The Great Qin crusade against the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, although most of the troops were mobilized, the remaining forces were still strong.

If troops are sent to the Western Regions at this time, if the situation in the Central Plains changes, even if the Sui Kingdom wants to participate, it will be too late.

As for whether Daqin will focus on the Western Regions again?That's for later, it's too early to think about it now.

As for the Kingdom of Shu, it has just experienced the defeat of Hanzhong, and lost several counties in the south of Shu, and has not yet recovered.

And once Cao Wei loses, or even loses miserably, the Song and Ming countries will be isolated, and it will only be a matter of time before they are defeated one by one. At that time, the Sui Kingdom in Xiliang will definitely become the next goal of Daqin.

The Sui State also had great internal differences on whether to conquer the Western Regions.

Although Yang Su led the army to wipe out the nine countries in the Western Regions and established the conquered territories as Tianshan, Yizhou, and Gaochang counties, he still didn't pay much attention to the Western Regions.

The radical faction headed by Yang Shuang believed that the persimmons were weak, and that the benefits of sending troops to the Western Regions outweighed the disadvantages when they could not defeat the Great Qin, so they all supported sending troops to crusade against the Western Regions.

In the future, even if Xiliang and Haizhou fall, the Sui Kingdom can retreat to the Western Regions to linger on, so as not to be completely wiped out.

The opinions of the two factions within the Sui Kingdom cannot be said to be right or wrong, but two different choices.

Even if the Kingdom of Shu sends troops by force, it must break through Hanzhong in order to threaten the Great Qin. However, the Great Qin has left a large force in Hanzhong, and with the current strength of the Kingdom of Shu, it is impossible to break through.

Li Shimin did trap Yang Jian, but he did not kill him. Instead, Daqin's assassin took the opportunity to attack him, and threw the scapegoat to Li Shimin, thus provoking the two major forces of the Sui and Tang Dynasties to fight.

Ji Chang's political attributes are as high as 100 points, and he is a gold-level political genius. Yang Guang is a bit overconfident if he wants to fight political battles with him.

After Li Siyuan left Haizhou and entered the Western Regions, he stayed in the Western Regions and refused to leave. He also took the initiative to contact Ji Chang behind Yang Guang's back.

It wasn't until this time that Yang Guang realized that the Western Regions, which he had always looked down upon, turned out to be a treasure land in the eyes of many people.

Yang Guang had long guessed that Li Siyuan had bad intentions. After all, Li Siyuan had only 4 people, but he asked him for rations of 10 people. But what Yang Guang never expected was that Li Siyuan would target the Western Regions.

Yang Guang has already lost confidence in fighting against the Qin coalition army, and also believes that the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming will be destroyed by the Great Qin, and there is not much time left for him to prepare, so naturally it is impossible to waste precious time.

Therefore, the conservatives headed by Yang Su opposed sending troops to the Western Regions again, and believed that it should be safe to wait and see for a while.

As for Yang Guang's other coercive methods, they were also subtly resolved by Ji Chang.

In Yang Guang's view, once the three kingdoms of the Central Plains are all destroyed, and the Qin army will point the finger at the Sui Kingdom, it will definitely be difficult to protect itself with the strength of the Sui Kingdom.

Yang Guang has thoroughly found out the truth of the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Yang Guang's political attributes are stronger than Sun Ce's among the kings. It can be seen from the fact that he clearly occupied the Silk Road and was able to obtain wealth continuously through this business route, but he still developed the Sui Kingdom so poorly. Its political methods are not very clever.

The three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were stronger than the Sui Kingdom, even if the three kingdoms joined forces, they couldn't stop the Great Qin, how could the Sui Kingdom alone be able to stop the Great Qin?
The end is approaching, Yang Guang is also a mortal, so how can he not be afraid?
Yang Guang was originally very optimistic about the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but Cao Jun and Song Jun's performance on the battlefield was too poor. Although Ming Jun's performance was better, it did not play a decisive role.

There was Ji Chang in the front, and Li Siyuan in the back, and they all rushed to the Western Regions one after another.

Among the kings in the world, only Yang Guang and Zhu Di could not surrender, because both of them and Da Qin had the hatred of killing their father.

If the Sui Kingdom could wipe out all the forces and integrate them, it would also be a powerful force. Even without Xiliang and Haizhou, it would still be a powerful force.

If the Sui Kingdom guarded Xiliang, it would be safe, but once it sent out to attack Qin, it would really rush forward to give away the head.

Seeing that Yang Guang refused to listen to others' persuasion and insisted on conquering the West, Yang Su could only agree with the Sui army's expedition to the Western Regions, but proposed to bring Ji (Ji) Chang and Li Siyuan together.

Yang Guang knew very well that once the Great Qin conquered the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Kingdom would not be able to defend Xiliang and Haizhou. Although the environment in the Western Regions was a bit poor, with the Silk Road, they were not poor at all, and there were no strong forces. .

It can be seen from this that although Yang Guang accepted Ji Chang on the surface, he never let go of his guard against Ji Chang in his heart.

The Shu Han was the only other force that the Sui Kingdom could win over in Kansai, besides Tubo. Under the banner of the Shu Han, Li Siyuan led 1 troops and [-] military dependents and craftsmen to take refuge here. As an ally, the Sui Kingdom naturally Can't do anything about it.

It wasn't until Li Siyuan also entered the Western Regions that Ji Chang's life became easier.

Of course it can be one thing, willing or not is another.

Yang Guang looked at the map of Shenzhou over and over again, but he couldn't find a force that might join forces to send troops. Sui Guo and his family had no chance of winning if they sent troops to attack Qin alone, so they aimed at the countries in the Western Regions. After all, persimmons have to be picky. .

Yang Guang has now given up hope for the war in the Central Plains, but he didn't have the courage to send troops to attack the rear of Daqin during the four-nation war between Qin, Wei, Song and Ming.

At present, Daqin has won many battles and victories on the western front of the Central Plains, and Cao Wei has no intention of stopping Daqin's offensive.

Yang Guang didn't take Wang Mang seriously at all, and he didn't think that after the integration of San Han, he would be able to rival Sui and threaten Da Qin's strength, so he never considered Wang Mang at all.

As for surrendering to Daqin to preserve wealth and life?Yang Guang never thought about it.

If the Great Qin wants to destroy the Sui Kingdom, Tubo can send troops to rescue the Sui Kingdom, because saving the Sui Kingdom is to protect itself, but Tubo must not have the guts to jointly send troops to attack Qin with the Sui Kingdom. After all, most of the benefits of winning are Sui country, but if you lose, you will definitely destroy the country.

As for Tubo on the plateau, although the relationship with Sui is the best, the two countries are still allies, but Songtsan Gampo is not a fool.

Although Ji Chang was named the prefect of Yizhou by Yang Guang, it was only in name. There was only one city under his jurisdiction, and the population was not large enough to support an army of [-].

Although Ji Chang was forced to surrender in the Sui Dynasty, his identity was Li Tang Longxi prefect after all, and there were [-] Han and Qiang mixed troops under him, so Yang Guangfeng was appointed as Yizhou prefect after surrendering.

Yang Guang and Da Qin also have the hatred of killing their father, so it is naturally impossible to surrender to Da Qin, an enemy.

The conservatives headed by Yang Su believed that the previous two conquests failed to wipe out all the countries in the Western Regions. Central Plains.

Yang Su felt that the east was the center of the world. Once the center of gravity of the Sui Kingdom shifted to the west, he might not be able to fight back in this life, so he was extremely opposed to Yang Guang's conquest of the west at this time.

Yizhou County, also known as the Hami area of ​​later generations, has a large territory, but is sparsely populated, with a total of thirteen counties.

Among the kings of the world, the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu are related by marriage, so Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin, and Sun Quan can surrender to Ying Hao,
Even Liu Xiu, who was born in the clan of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Yu, who proclaimed himself emperor, can surrender, and they will be treated favorably if they voluntarily surrender.

In addition to the Eight Kingdoms of the Central Plains, foreign countries can also use it, but Yuanmeng was beaten by Daqin, and Jinman and Jinman are still in civil war.

Yang Guang no longer has any hope for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, and once the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains perish, the Sui Kingdom will definitely become the next goal of Daqin, so he is so eager to expand abroad.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the father of Zhu Di, died under the sword of Ying Hao, and Yang Jian, the father of Yang Guang, did not die at the hands of Ying Hao, but was murdered by Jia Xu.

This also made Yang Guang realize the importance of the Western Regions, so after being completely disappointed with the situation in the Central Plains, he regarded the Western Regions as the Sui Kingdom's retreat and launched the third Western Expedition.

It's just that Yang Guang woke up a little too late, because of his laissez-faire, the Ji and Li families have formed a separate regime in the Western Regions, and they will not lose their tails.

Yang Guang already regarded the Western Regions as a forbidden area, and wanted to suppress the Ji-Li Alliance, so he naturally didn't want to share the land and population of the Western Regions with him, but Yang Su proposed to bring Ji Chang and Li Siyuan together to send troops, which naturally made him very dissatisfied.

　I went to watch The Wandering Earth II on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The plot and rhythm are quite good. Book friends who haven’t read it can go and watch it.

　　
　
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