Chapter 2228: Strengthen the wall and clear the fields, Xiao Guan is in a hurry


    Chapter 2225: Strengthen the wall and clear the fields, Xiao Guan is in a hurry


    Although Shangluo is not as good as Wuguan, it is undoubtedly a strong city. However, after only ten days of persistence, it was captured by the powerful Qin army.


    In order to break through Shangluo County, Li Jing''s troops also paid a considerable price, with a total casualties of 20,000.


    You should know that the Qin army broke through Wu Pass by sneak attacks, and the casualties reached 20,000.


    The casualties caused by the strong attack on Shangluo actually reached 20,000, which shows how tragic the offensive and defensive battles in Shangluo were fought.


    Of course, not all the 20,000 troops were killed and killed, and at least 10,000 were prisoners of war in the Tang army.


    After the end of the Sizhou War, the Qin army captured nearly 30,000 Tang army prisoners, and fighting against the Tang army was naturally the best cannon fodder.


    Li Jing naturally couldn''t bear to consume all the elite Qin army on siege, so he decided to use Tang army prisoners of war to attack the city, thereby consuming the Tang army''s combat power.


    After Li Jing dispersed all the Tang army prisoners of war, he reorganized them into a single army, and promised them that as long as they attacked Chang''an, they could not only restore their freedom, but also give them the same treatment as the Qin army, which barely allowed this prisoner war army to obey orders.


    In other words, in addition to the 100,000 main forces, the Qin army also had a reorganized army of 30,000 prisoners of war, totaling 130,000 troops.


    In the battle of Shangluo, the prisoners of the Tang army cooperated with the Qin army to attack the city, which greatly reduced the casualty rate of the Qin army.


    In the end, the Qin army only paid 10,000 casualties and captured the strong city of Shangluo, and achieved the record of killing 7,000 enemies and capturing 5,000. Li Shimin and Yang Jian led 8,000 remaining troops to Raoguan.


    "General, before the Tang army withdrew, all the warehouses were burned, and all the young and strong were transferred to Xiulaoguan. What we captured was a abandoned city." Xu Huang reported with a solemn expression.


    "Li Shimin is so despicable. He deliberately left behind a city of old and weak to consume our army''s food and grass. What''s the matter?" Zhang He cursed angrily.


    Before Shangluo broke the city, the food and grass had been burned by Li Shimin, so that the people in the city now had no food to eat, and there would be a famine soon.


    If the Qin army did not provide food and grass for disaster relief, the people in the city would sooner or later starve to death, and this infamy would fall on Qin Hao.


    But if food is distributed to provide disaster relief, it will undoubtedly increase the burden on the Qin army.


    You should know that the Qin army''s food and grass pressure was already very high, and it was only enough to support the front-line army for two months at most.


    If Li Jing distributed food to provide relief to the victims, it would undoubtedly shorten the Qin army''s war time.


    Li Shimin is a naked plot. Whether Li Jing’s relief or not, the Tang State will benefit the people, but it only hurts the people of Lantian.


    After realizing Li Shimin''s sinister intentions, Li Jing felt very troublesome and immediately asked, "How many people are left in Shangluo City?"


    "The young and strong have been forced to conquer the Tang army, and now there are still 50,000 old and weak left in Shangluo City." Xu Huanghui reported.


    50,000 old and weak, that is, 50,000 mouths. Although it is not too much, it is also a lot. The Qin army can naturally afford it, but this will undoubtedly increase the burden on the Qin army''s food and supplies.


    "Send orders to provide disaster relief to the people."


    Li Jing finally chose to provide disaster relief. After all, the lord''s reputation is about to be called emperor, so the lord''s reputation must not be damaged.


    "But we can''t put too much. We can use the method of porridge to ensure food and clothing for the people. In this way, the pressure on our army will be much smaller."


    After the Battle of Sizhou and the Battle of Xiangyang, the food and grass in Sijing were not richer. If the battle could not be over in two months, Li Jing would have to withdraw his troops, so he naturally had to save the remaining food and grass.


    This incident also gave Li Jing a reminder. If Tang Jun still does this next time, how should Qin Jun deal with it?


    For the offensive side, firming the wall and clearing the field is really an unsolvable problem.


    Li Jing decided to write a letter to Ying Hao, asking Ying Hao to increase the supply of food and grass to deal with the tactics that Li Tang might adopt to clear the fields.


    As for where does the large amount of food and grass come from? Then Li Jing couldn''t control it anymore. He believed that the lord would definitely have a way. Anyway, he didn''t believe that a country as big as Qin would really fall to the point where he would run out of food and grass.


    After receiving Li Jing''s letter, Ying Hao was so angry that he wanted to curse. Qin State does have surplus grain, but they are all in Jizhou and Hetao, and thousands of miles away from Wuguan. It will be a few months later when the transportation has passed.


    Currently, there are only Sijing and other places that can directly supply grain to the front line of Wuguan. However, due to the previous two battles, the grain storage in these two places is really exhausted.


    Ying Hao could not change his food, so he could only urge Li Jing to end the battle before the founding ceremony. Otherwise, no matter how great the result was, he would have to suspend the attack on Tang, accumulate strength, and leave it to the future.


    Ying Hao''s response made Li Jing feel stressed. The lack of food and grass in the rear also means that once the Tang army is firm and clears the fields, the Qin army has no other way to deal with it except to consume military rations.


    Li Jing was extremely uneasy in this regard, but there was no way to avoid it. He could only hope that Li Shimin still had some human nature, not to transfer the transition of the war to the people, and end the Guanzhong War as soon as possible.


    Just as Li Jing was about to march into Raoguan, he received news that Gao Chong and Yuwen Chengdu were defeated.


    After capturing Shangluo, Gao Chong and Yuwen Chengdu were ordered to chase Li Shimin''s defeated army, but were caught by Sima Yi''s plan to lure the enemy. They were careless and were ambushed by the Tang army and lost 3,000 troops.


    Li Jing naturally had heard of Sima Yi for a long time. The second son of Sima Fang, a veteran of Jin, was also one of the only survivors of the imperial party in the Luoyang coup.


    Li Jing only had two words of comment about Sima Yi, that is: cheating.


    As a veteran of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Fang should have a higher future, but was implicated by Sima Yi''s son and had to commit suicide to apologize. The entire Sima family was also implicated, and his future career was worrying.


    It’s really a misfortune for the family!


    Li Jing sighed in his heart that his sense of Sima Fang was pretty good, but he didn''t expect that he would end up like this in the end.


    On November 15, Li Jing led his army to Shipeng Pass. He thought that what he saw would be a broken scene, but he did not expect that Shipeng Pass had already taken shape.


    If the Tang army was allowed to repair it for another month or two, it might really help the Tang army restore the grand occasion of Guzhi Pass.


    "How did the Tang army do it in such a short time?" Zhang He asked with confusion.


    "The Tang army gave up building the city walls, but instead built a village on the former site of Shiguan. Although the defense was reduced, it saved time and could fully utilize the geographical advantages of Shiguan."


    Li Jing said with a look of admiration, and was curious about who could build such a city from scratch in such a short time.


    Relying on the geographical advantages of Guyu Pass, the defense of this city in front of us is not as good as that of Wu Pass and other heroic passes, but it is no worse than a strong city like Shangluo.


    This is destined to be another tough battle.


    Li Jing said in his heart, but there was no fear at all.


    After capturing Lantian, the Qin army captured another 5,000 Tang troops, which restored the number of prisoners of war to 25,000.


    With more than 90,000 elite Qin troops and 25,000 cannon fodders, it is only a matter of time to capture this mere Raoguan City.


    Inside the island.


    Li Shimin helped Sima Yi up and said, "General Sima, I didn''t expect you to complete the task on time. It''s a pity that the Qin army''s offensive was too fierce, and Shangluo failed to hold on for longer, otherwise the side of the Yuguan would definitely be stronger."


    After saying that, Li Shimin showed shame on his face. Sima Yi completed the task of rebuilding Raoguan as promised, but he lost the city Lantian before he even arrived for a month, so that the Yuguan city has now become the last barrier in Guanzhong.


    But how long can this short-term city be blocked?


    "Immediately, I will order Changsun Wuji to lead the 40,000 troops from Chang''an to come to the public. I will decide the victory and defeat with Li Jing at this Guanguan. If the guard is there, the guard will be destroyed and the guard will be destroyed." Li Shimin ordered with a decisive look on his face.


    "No."


    "Report... Report to the lord, a large number of Qin troops appeared in the west, and Xiaoguan was in an emergency."


    "What?"


    Li Shimin, Sima Yi, Yang Jian and others were shocked.


    (This chapter ends)