Chapter 869 Yuwen Chengdu’s Revenge
Chapter 867: Revenge in Yuwen Chengdu
After receiving Yang Su''s letter of help, Yang Jian attached great importance to it and immediately convened a military and political meeting for discussion. He then sent 20,000 troops to support him soon. So far, the troops at Yique Pass reached 45,000.
However, the increase in military strength cannot resolve the crisis of Yique Pass, because what Yique Pass lacks is not soldiers, but powerful generals who can stop them.
Currently, Yang Su is the only famous general who can be called in Yique Pass, and he is also a Confucian general. As for Wang Fang, he is just a second-rate warrior.
After the Kwantung Allied Forces met in the southeast and south, there were thirteen princes, and there were countless generals under his command. How could one Yang Su resist?
Li Shimin could see the dilemma of Yiqueguan at a glance, and after receiving Yang Su''s letter of help, he also held a military and political meeting to discuss who to send to support him. As for this candidate...
The murderous intent in Yuwen Chengdu''s eyes was almost solid, and he clasped his fists and said coldly: "General, the last general requested to go to support Yique Pass."
Seeing that Yuwen Chengdu was full of murderous aura, Li Shimin didn''t know that he wanted to avenge his father. However, at this time, Yuwen Chengdu was obviously going to lose his mind. It would be very likely that something would be bad if he did not let him take revenge. If he didn''t let him take revenge, he would definitely hate him.
It’s really difficult to deal with! Li Shimin sighed in his heart.
Just when Li Shimin was in a dilemma, Yang Guang quickly walked to Li Shimin''s ear and whispered: "Let the general of Chengdu go there. I will go with him this time. Don''t worry, I will never let him do anything."
“That’s all.”
Li Shimin sighed that the situation he faced was getting more and more difficult, and there must be no internal conflict at this time.
Just over the past month after the Guangcheng and Xuanyuan Passes were successively defeated, Dong Zhuo''s verdict on Li Shimin''s defeat was finally settled.
After repeated discussions among the civil and military officials in Chang''an, they could not find a general who could replace Li Shimin to defeat Qin Hao, so they finally decided to allow Li Shimin to make meritorious contributions and still let Li Shimin serve as the chief general of the Liang Army in Sizhou.
I have to say that Dong Zhuo has dragged Li Shimin this time. If this verdict could be brought down earlier, Li Shimin might be able to save Yu Wenji, but after the verdict was issued, Guangcheng Pass had been broken by Bai Qi.
Before Li Shimin could react, Sun Jian led the army and completely blocked Xuanyuan Pass''s retreat. At this time, even if Li Shimin wanted to save Yu Wenji, it would be too late.
Shortly afterwards, Yu Wen and his army were defeated and killed, and only one Yique Pass was left in the southern three passes of Sizhou.
After receiving this news, Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
The two heroic passes guarded by the 40,000 army did not hold on for a short period of time, and the casualties caused to the coalition forces were not even reached one to two...
Li Shimin couldn''t believe that this was true. How could Yang Jian''s vision be so bad?
In fact, regarding the defense of the three gates in southern Sizhou, the candidates for the guards were not sent by Li Shimin. They were all Yang Jian’s confidants, and Yang Jian personally assigned them.
Li Shimin actually wanted to replace his own people, but considering that he was just a new arrival, and changing Yang Jian''s people so eagerly would definitely cause dissatisfaction within Yang Jianjun. Li Shimin did not understand the abilities of the three, but he believed in Yang Jian''s vision of others. In addition, the main force of the coalition forces had been in Hulao Pass before, so the change of generals was temporarily delayed.
But the result of this order exceeded everyone''s expectations. In just one month, the two levels were successively broken.
Li Shimin cannot be blamed for the fall of the two passes this time. After all, the guards of the three passes are all Yang Jian’s people.
Yang Jian is actually quite unfair. He has a good view of people. Yu Wenhua and Han Qinhu can serve as a guard general, but this time they faced a strong opponent, which is completely beyond their ability. Even if Li Shimin personally designates the guard general, the result will probably not change.
It''s too late to say anything now. Two of the three passes have been lost. Yique Pass has assumed the same heavy responsibility as Hulao Pass. Once Yique Pass is broken, the coalition forces will drive straight into the city of Luoyang, so there must be no mistakes in Yique Pass.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin no longer hesitated and immediately ordered: "Yang Guang, Yuwen Chengdu, Shi Wansui, Chai Shao, Yu Juluo, now I order you and five others to help General Yang Su defend Yique Pass."
"No."
The five generals responded in unison, and a hint of gratitude flashed in Yuwen Chengdu''s eyes, and then left with the four of them.
As soon as the fifth general left, Du Ruhui stood up and said, "Lord, our army has consumed a lot of troops in the city for more than a month. If we continue to defend with our current troops, we may have a gap, so it is time to ask Luoyang for reinforcements."
The situation on Li Shimin''s side is completely different from the three southern passes. Li Shimin has always used 50,000 troops to fight against Qin Hao''s 330,000 troops. Facing the enemy army that is more than six times more, he has never asked Luoyang for help. The only time was that Yang Guang falsely circulated the order to transfer 10,000 cavalry.
However, after more than a month of offensive and defensive battles, both the coalition and the Liang army consumed a lot of troops.
Except for the all-out attack at the beginning, the coalition forces were organized and rational in the subsequent attacks, and while consuming the Liang army''s flying stones, they gradually wiped out the Liang army''s strength.
Gradually, there were not enough flying stones in Hulao Pass, and the coalition forces finally took out their catapult cart and started the most fierce counterattack with the collected flying stones. As one fell swoop, the casualties of the Liang army gradually increased.
In the offensive and defensive battle for more than a month, the Liang army had damaged more than 10,000 troops, and most of the remaining troops were extremely tired, while the coalition forces suffered more than 30,000 troops, and more than one-third of the troops in the army were also extremely tired.
If this trend continues, the coalition forces may be able to forcibly break through Hulao in half a month, but there are enough reinforcements in Luoyang behind Hulao Pass, and Li Shimin will definitely request reinforcements when necessary.
All the princes of the coalition army also knew that there would definitely be some fighting in this battle. It would be impossible to chew the hard bone of Hulaoguan without breaking a few teeth, so they were all ready to fight a protracted war and vomit blood.
Of course, Li Shimin also knew that Hulao Pass was about to reach its limit, and now it was time to ask for help, so he nodded directly without thinking: "What the military advisor said is very true, so I will write a letter to ask for help."
The troops in Hulao Pass were less than 40,000, most of them were still exhausted. So Li Shimin thought for a while and directly wrote, asking Yang Jian to send him 30,000 reinforcements.
At that time, the situation at Hulao Pass will become 70,000 defenders against the coalition forces and 300,000 troops. Li Shimin will have greater confidence in defending them as one grows and the other disappears.
(This chapter ends)