Chapter 2188 Battle in Xiangyang
Chapter 2185: Battle in Xiangyang
"Lord, this time, when 210,000 troops were dispatched to attack Tang, Luoyang''s grain storage is definitely not enough, and there is not much grain storage in Hetao and Bingzhou. Even if the granaries in the two places are hollowed out, it may only be enough for the army to fight for two months." Han Fei said worriedly.
Li Tang is not a weak country. The country has a total force of 300,000. It is a task that would be too arduous to capture Guanzhong within two months with an army of 210,000.
"Don''t worry, the food and grass in two months have already been settled in my heart."
As he said, Qin Hao pointed to Xiangyang on the map and said, "Yue Fei and Han Xin have reversed the decline after joining forces. The battle situation in Jingbei is very beneficial to us now. The winner will be completely decided soon. At that time, grain transport from Jingbei can be transported to support the front line."
If the Jingbei War is won, it will not only support food, but also the army.
In other words, Qin Hao''s plan to seize Guanzhong actually used three armies, Li Jing''s 140,000 army, Huo Qubing''s 70,000 cavalry, and the army retreated from the battlefield in Jingbei.
Only by joining forces with these three parties can Qin Hao be confident enough to seize food from the powerful country Li Tang and seize the guarantee of Guanzhong.
Of course, there are three prerequisites for doing this:
1. The Qin army must win the battle between Jingbei and the Qin army, and if they lose, they will naturally be impossible to support Guanzhong;
Second, after winning the Shu-Chu coalition, the Qin army itself should not suffer too much casualties;
3. The Jingbei War must end within one month, otherwise, I would probably not have time to participate in the Guanzhong War.
One of the three is indispensable.
The Battle of Jingbei was definitely the most intense and anxious front, and it was also the only battlefield where the Qin army lost its city and land and had been defeating the war.
Before Han Xin and Zhao Yun''s reinforcements were even in Jingbei, the Qin army lost another important town, Jiangling City, the capital of Nanjun.
There are only 8,000 defenders in Jiangling City. Even if Meng Gong is good at guarding her, even if Meng Gong mobilizes the people of the whole city to help defend the city, even if Meng Gong and Huo Jun inspire the combination of skills "copper walls and iron walls", they still fail to defend Jiangling City.
Although Meng Gong failed to defend Jiangling, he exceeded the task and made the Shu-Chu coalition forces pay a huge price.
After Jiangling broke through the city, Meng Gong, Han Shizhong, Huo Jun and other generals led 3,000 remaining troops to break through and fled to Jiangdong for refuge.
The fall of Jiangling is of great significance. This means that the entire territory of Nanjun is invaded, the land south of Xiangyang is not owned by the Qin army, and the Shu-Chu coalition completely gained a foothold in Jingbei, so it will be difficult to expel it in the future.
After the Shuchu coalition forces seized Jiangling, if they defended the city to the death, digested the results of the war, and did not continue to march, even if Yue Fei and Han Xin joined forces, they would still be unable to do anything to Liu Ji and Liu Xiu.
But Liu Ji''s heart was higher than the sky. Seeing Qin Hao unified Hebei, he felt so envious and jealous.
Under the persuasion of his confidant adviser Gao Yao, Liu Jisheng had the idea of ??completely occupying Jingbei and weakening the Qin army while growing. So he and Liu Xiu continued to go north and led to Jingbei with 230,000 Shu and Chu coalition forces. The biggest obstacle to him was Yue Fei in Xiangyang.
At this time, Han Xin and Zhao Yun''s 100,000 reinforcements had arrived, and the total strength of the Qin army in Jingbei increased to 210,000.
The 230,000 Shu and Chu coalition forces, it is obviously not easy to defeat the 210,000 Qin troops, and then attack Xiangyang and occupy Jingbei.
Under the stimulation of a series of victories, Liu Ji became a little inflamed.
Staff Gao Yao also said: Most of the Qin reinforcements who came to support were collected by Yan and Zhao prisoners of war. They had weak combat power and low morale. They were definitely not the opponent of the elite Shu and Chu in front.
What Gao Yao said is a fact. Han Xin’s 70,000 troops were indeed surrendered. After learning this, Liu Ji felt relieved. After all, the combat power of these Hebei surrendered troops is definitely not as strong as the main force of the Qin army, and it will definitely be easier to defeat them.
Liu Ji secretly analyzed the Qin army in Jingbei, but found that the Qin army he was facing had nothing to be afraid of.
Yue Fei''s 110,000 new and old mixed army had at least 30,000 new soldiers, while Han Xin''s 70,000 army had the advantage of surrendering the army. The main force of the Qin army that could be defeated was only 70,000 old soldiers from Jingbei and Zhao Yun''s 30,000 Hetao Iron Cavalry.
In other words, the Qin army faced by the 230,000 Shu and Chu coalition forces, only 100,000 are the main force, and the remaining 110,000 are all army with weak combat power.
If he can''t win this, what qualifications does Liu Ji have to compete with Qin Hao for the world?
Liu Ji made up his mind to defeat the Qin army and seize Jingbei, but there was a big problem in front of him, that is, how to incite Yue Fei to fight.
Although more than half of the Qin army had poor combat power, the total number was 210,000. In addition, Xiangyang''s defense was stronger than Jiangling. If Yue Fei was determined to defend, the Shu-Chu coalition forces would not be able to conquer Jiangling even if they were completely destroyed.
The only way to defeat the Qin army is to fight outside the city, but how can we get Yue Fei out of the city to fight?
Just as Liu Ji thought hard and failed, his counselor Gao wanted to offer another suggestion, sending women''s clothing to humiliate Yue Fei and forcing Yue Fei out of the city to fight a decisive battle.
The strategy of giving women''s clothing was used by Wang Mang to humiliate Su Dingfang before, but it was used by Su Dingfang to make the Qin army''s morale soar. In the end, he backfired and was defeated by Su Dingfang.
With Wang Mang''s example in front, Liu Ji naturally did not think that giving women''s clothing could work, but Gao Yao called giving women''s clothing a humiliation, but in fact it was a chance to use a trick.
Only by letting Yue Fei think that the decisive battle with the coalition forces can he lead the army to fight in the decisive battle between the coalition forces, and giving women''s clothing is a reason to fight.
Gao Yao''s rhetoric not only convinced Liu Ji, but also convinced Liu Xiu and Chen Ping.
Liu Xiu and Yue Fei have the most dealing with each other and know Yue Fei the best. He knows that Yue Fei is not a person who cares about personal honor and disgrace.
Yue Fei never does something unsure. If he doesn''t want to fight, no matter how humiliated he is, he will not incite him to fight. If he is confident of winning, he will take the initiative to go out of the city to fight without being incited.
I have to say that Gao Yao''s acting skills are really good. Not only did he deceive Liu Ji and Liu Xiu, but even Chen Ping did not notice his disguise.
Of course, the premise that the Gaoyao strategy was not discovered was that all of them were helpful to Shu, so they deceived so many old foxes.
But if Yue Fei and Gao were willing to do all this, the situation would be completely different.
What followed was that Gao Yao entered the Qin camp alone, humiliated Yue Fei with women''s clothing, and brought Yue Fei back to prepare to take advantage of the plan, but he didn''t know that he had already been plotted by the coalition forces, which made Liu Ji and Liu Xiu very excited.
With Gao Yao''s planning and Yue Fei''s cooperation, a decisive battle broke out between the three kingdoms of Qin, Shu and Chu.
Yue Fei personally visited 210,000 Qin troops to fight against Liu Ji and Liu Xiu, 230,000 Shu and Chu coalition forces, and this battle was called the Battle of Xiangyang in later generations.
(This chapter ends)