Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2706 Li Jing launched the Fourth Army to attack Xiliang, a battle with great advantages and wealth

Chapter 2702: Li Jing launched the Fourth Army to attack Xiliang, a battle with great advantages and wealth

Under Yang Su's persuasion, Yang Guang only dispatched [-] troops to conquer the Western Regions out of caution, and the remaining troops were naturally to guard against the Great Qin. There is absolutely no need to take risks and fight on two fronts.

How could Yang Guang have thought that Daqin would really take a risky move. Long before the start of the war, he had already decided to go to war with the four countries at the same time.

The Sui Kingdom is weaker than the three Central Plains countries. Although Tubo on the plateau is an ally, it is difficult to go up the plateau, and it is not easy to come down, and Tubo may not be willing to die for Sui and Great Qin.

Therefore, Sui State did not know the depth of Great Qin, so long as it relaxed its vigilance against Great Qin, Li Jing launched a surprise attack, and with an absolute superiority in force, if he blitzed Sui State, Yang Guang would not have much power to fight back.

If Li Jing's plan is successful, it will be easier to destroy Sui than Wei.

It was precisely because of this that Li Jing was so forbearing, and even made preparations to send troops half a year after the start of the Central Plains War, just to prevent Yang Guang from being alarmed and let Yang Guang let go of his vigilance against Daqin.

But what Li Jing never expected was that Yang Guanghui would be so impatient that he would send troops to attack the Western Regions less than two months after the start of the Great War in the Central Plains
Li Jing was cautious at first, thinking that Yang Guang was trying to test him, but when the Sui army really entered the Western Regions, he realized that it was not a very tentative, after all, the army will not return after a short time in the Western Regions. It is enough to show that Yang Guang really attacked the Western Regions again.

As soon as this news came out, all the generals of the Yongliang Qin army were excited. After all, the Eighth Route Qin army in the Eastern Expedition was making meritorious deeds, and only the Yongliang army was watching from behind, but they were so envious. They also wanted to make meritorious deeds.

In response to the turbulent call for battle from the general below, Li Jing just said indifferently: "Don't worry, wait a little longer."

Directly poured a basin of cold water on the enthusiastic generals.

"Governor, you are too cautious. The Sui army has entered the Western Regions, so what are you waiting for?" Tu Xingsun said impatiently.

Because of his great achievements in the Battle of Hanzhong, Tu Xingsun was named a brigadier general, and he was considered a senior general in the Qin army, but his desire to make contributions was still very urgent.

He didn't want to compare with those brothers from the same sect, but some of Li Tang's descendants were on an equal footing with him, and there were even some people who were above him, such as Li Mu, who had a bad stomach.

To Li Mu, Tu Xingsun is full of grievances. At the beginning, it was Li Mu who vowed to introduce Changsun Wuji's daughter to him as his wife, and Tu Xingsun was tempted by beauty to oppose Da Qin.For this, Tu Xingsun was excited for a long time.

But later Tu Xingsun found out that Changsun Wuji had a higher rank and status than Li Mu no matter before or after he surrendered to Qin Dynasty.

What qualifications did Li Mu have to let his elder grandson Wuji marry his daughter to him?

This was nothing at all, with Tu Xingsun's current status, it wasn't that he couldn't marry a woman, but after being disturbed by Li Mu, he also became a general like Li Mu's eldest grandson Wuji.

Although everyone is a surrender general, there are also ranks of surrender generals.

Li Mu led his troops to surrender under the persuasion of Da Qin after Li Tang's subjugation. He not only lost his loyalty but also preserved his reputation, and his status among the surrendered generals was undoubtedly the highest.

Tu Xingsun was a surrendered general who surrendered out of fear of death after being defeated and captured alive. He is undoubtedly at the bottom of the surrendered generals.

This made Tu Xingsun a little unbalanced. After all, from his point of view, if it weren't for Li Mu, he wouldn't even be a general.

Li Mu received all the fame and wealth, but he was ruined, how could Tu Xingsun let go of this?

The reason why Tu Xingsun is eager to make contributions is that he is holding back his anger, and he doesn't want to be ridden on top of Li Mu, who has a bad belly.

After Li Jing heard Tu Xingsun's words, he didn't say anything, just looked at Tu Xingsun indifferently, then he felt scared after seeing Tu Xingsun, and backed away with a smile on his face.

"Although the Sui army has marched into the Western Regions, their numbers are not large. As long as they haven't fought against the forces in the Western Regions, they can withdraw at any time. Do the Allied Forces of the Western Regions still dare to stalk the Sui Army? So? Wait a little longer." Li Jing said lightly.

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals did not speak. After all, if the Sui army really retreated, it would be too late for the allied forces in the Western Regions to be happy. How could they pester the Sui army and not let them go?
Moreover, the Sui army did not have a lot of troops for the westward expedition, so it was obvious that they were guarding against the Great Qin by keeping so many troops.

If the Qin army from Yongliang attacked the Sui Dynasty, the focus would not be on how many troops the Sui army sent to march westward, but whether they had let go of their guard against the Great Qin.

If the Sui army really let go of their vigilance, even if they only dispatched [-] generals to the west and left the rest of their troops on the mainland, they would still not be able to stop the Qin army's offensive.

But if the Sui army did not let go of its vigilance, even if half of the army was used for the western expedition, and the remaining half relied on the terrain and the city, it could still drag our Qin army into a war of attrition.

Therefore, no matter how eager the Great Qin generals are to fight, they can only continue to be patient before the time is ripe.

Seven days later, there was another urgent military situation from the Western Regions. Yang, Li and Ji's three armies had completely entered the Western Regions, and formally joined hands with the Western Regions Allied Forces.

At this time, if the Qin army sent troops, Yang Guang ordered the Western Expeditionary Army to retreat immediately, and it was obviously too late, but Li Jing still did not order to send troops, because he could see that the Sui army was still vigilant.

After the news that Gao Changgong defeated the [-] troops of the Western Regions with [-] Sui troops head-on, Li Jing could clearly feel that the vigilance of the Sui troops had relaxed by more than half. .

Perhaps in their opinion, if the Qin army really came to fight, it should have come as early as the battle between the Dajun and the Western Region coalition, but if they didn't come now, they wouldn't come.

Many people even complained about Yang Su, thinking that Yang Su was too cautious. If he hadn't repeatedly dissuaded him, the Sui Kingdom would not have sent only [-] troops to the west. It will be a bigger victory.

Great Qin put too much pressure on Sui State, so Sui State has always been tense up and down.

The good news of the victory in the first battle of the Western Expedition relieved Sui Guo from top to bottom, paralyzed their nerves, and greatly reduced their vigilance against Da Qin. Li Jing was waiting for this opportunity.

Although the vigilance of the Sui State dropped greatly, it was not that they were not defenseless against the Great Qin, but that was enough. It was impossible for the Sui State to be unprepared against the Great Qin at all.

As long as the Sui State relaxes its vigilance against the Great Qin, Li Jing is sure to defeat it in the first battle, and completely expel the Sui State forces from Xiliang.

The reason why it was expelled, not destroyed, was naturally because Sui Kingdom's territory in the Western Regions was not small, covering three counties.

If Yang Guang didn't want Xiliang and Haizhou, and retreated to the Western Regions with a reduced force, it would be impossible for Li Jing to chase them there. After all, Xiliang and Haizhou were the top priorities.

Even if Li Jing led his army to chase into the Western Regions, he had to take down the two dangerous passes of Yangguan and Yumenguan first. However, these two dangerous passes are located in dangerous places, and after Yang Guang has continuously strengthened them over the years, it is still very difficult to attack by force. big.

Therefore, even if Li Jing's plan is successful, it may not be difficult to occupy Xiliang and Haizhou, but it will still be difficult to completely destroy the Sui Dynasty.

However, if Xiliang and Haizhou were lost, only the Sui Kingdom in the three counties of the Western Regions would remain. Although the country had not yet perished, it was not much different from the country being subjugated.

"Everyone, the time has come to destroy the Sui Dynasty, and it's our Yongliang Army's turn to act."

Hearing Li Jing's words, all the generals in Yongliang were very excited.

"Nanai, it's finally time. I've been annoyed with Yang Guang for a long time. This time, I'm going to cut off his head to pay homage to Dong Gong's spirit in heaven."

Hua Xiong said excitedly, and also expressed the feelings of many generals from the Central Plains Liang Department who surrendered.

With the death of Dong Zhuo, although the Xiliang Army split into two factions of the Tang and Sui Dynasty, Dong Zhuo’s influence is still great. Generals like Hua Xiong, Li Jue, and Xu Rong all returned the kindness of the reporter Dong Zhuo, which is why it is so He was easily won over by Dong Xiaowan.

Generals like Hua Xiong and Xu Rong who still remember Dong Zhuo's kindness, and Dong Zhuo died at the hands of Yang Jian, and Yang Guang was Yang Jian's son, so they naturally didn't like Yang Guang.

If there was a chance, he would naturally not mind killing Yang Guang to avenge Dong Zhuo.

Among the generals of the former Xiliang faction, only Li Jue had a certain degree of political awareness. After hearing Hua Xiong's words, his face immediately changed, and he quickly interrupted Hua Xiong who was getting more and more talkative, and gave him a wink.

"Hua Xiong, shut up."

Seeing Li Jue's expression, Hua Xiong also realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and immediately pleaded guilty to Li Jing with a silly smile, but Li Jing did not blame him.

The Western Han Dynasty inherited the Pre-Qin Dynasty, and the present Qin Dynasty inherited the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the things Dong Zhuo did were too bad, so it is naturally impossible for the Great Qin to clean up Dong Zhuo, but it is not enough to treat him as a scourge and not even mention it.

After discussing excitedly, all the generals looked at Li Jing with burning eyes.

Long Qi asked: "Great Governor, please give an order quickly, how should we fight this battle?"

"This Western Expedition will dispatch 30 troops, and the troops will march in four directions at the same time."

As soon as Li Jing said this, all the generals present were stunned.

The specific number of soldiers and horses in Daqin is the top secret. Except for a very small number of high-level officials, even some generals don't know the exact number, let alone those lieutenant generals, major generals, and even brigadier generals.

It is precisely because of such strict confidentiality measures that the Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui countries can be concealed and misled, making them think that the main force of the Great Qin Dynasty has devoted itself to the Central Plains battlefield and is unable to open another front.

Among the Yongliang army, except for the governor Li Jing and the governor Wu Qi, the rest did not know this secret.

Unknowingly, the Yongliang generals thought that this Western Expedition could only dispatch 30 to 4 soldiers and horses at most, but they did not expect Li Jing to say [-], which was nearly thirteen more than expected. Thousands of horses really shocked everyone.

Tu Xingsun couldn't help but muttered to himself: "Has my Daqin already possessed so many soldiers and horses?"

The Great Qin had already mobilized 90 troops in its eastern campaign against the Wei, Song, and Ming Dynasties, and now it was about to dispatch another 30 troops to the west, so the number of troops dispatched would reach 120 million.

There must still be troops left behind in Daqin, if added up...

Thinking of this, many generals, including Tu Xingsun, felt their scalps go numb. This is too terrifying.

Now they understand why His Majesty took the risk and at the same time went to war with the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui, because under the absolute strength, there is not much risk in this shit at all.

"Since joining the Qin army, this general has never been fought in such a rich battle." Long Qie said with a smile.

You must know that the total army strength of the Sui Kingdom was only 25, of which 21 were still conquering the Western Regions, and the number of troops staying in the country was only [-].

The Qin army dispatched 30 troops to deal with the 21 Sui army when the Sui army was slack. Not only did it take the lead, but it also had an absolute advantage in strength, which was greater than the advantage of attacking Wei on the eastern front.

In fact, even if the Sui Kingdom didn't relax, Li Jing's troops could push the Sui Kingdom flat, but considering that the Sui Kingdom also had Tubo as an ally, Li Jing would be so forbearing. Give Tubo a chance to rescue Sui.

"Let's not say it's you, even the governor, and Li Dadu, have never fought such a rich battle."

Wu Qi sighed and said, after all, if you talk too much, you will cry.

When he first conquered the Japanese, Wu Qi had a total of three thousand soldiers in his hands, but he had to move to various places to fight several times, or even ten times the number of enemy troops, so he fought every battle with extreme caution, because he had to win the battle. , there must not be too many casualties, otherwise the battle will not continue.

However, it was also because of those difficult years that Wu Qi was able to quickly stand out due to his military exploits and become the fastest promoted official in the Great Qin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)