Chapter 2253 The three armies met and the troops surrounded Chang''an


    Chapter 2250: The three armies meet and the troops surround Chang''an


    Just two days before Li Shimin returned to Chang''an, the decisive battle between Li Jing and Yang Jian officially broke out.


    Shortly after Yang Jian left Lantian, Huang Zhong led his army to take over Lantian.


    As Li Jing expected, Sima Yi did have a backup plan in Lantian, and there was more than one secret move.


    As soon as Huang Zhong''s army entered Lantian, a fire broke out in the grain warehouse, and then the whole city ignited a fire, which showed Sima Yi''s ruthlessness.


    In order to ruin Huang Zhong''s army, he did not hesitate to burn Lantian and sacrificed the lives of more than 100,000 people. He was simply crazy.


    Fortunately, during the fight with Sima Yi, Li Jing had already understood Sima Yi''s nature and guessed that he would come like this, so he instructed Huang Zhong in advance, so he saved more than 10,000 troops from the sea of ??fire and saved the people of the whole city.


    Sima Yi''s fire did not burn the Qin army, but instead burned the people of Lantian. Half of the buildings that had been opened were burned down by the fire, which completely angered the people of Lantian.


    Later, under the propaganda and conscript of the Qin army, the people of Lantian enthusiastically signed up to join the army and joined the ranks against the Tang Dynasty. The number of people joining the army was the highest among the counties in Guanzhong.


    In other words, the poisonous plan that Sima Yi set up this time not only failed, but also helped the Qin army.


    At the same time, Yang Jian also received news that his lord Li Shimin had withdrawn from Wuzhangyuan, and asked him to hold Li Jing until the army retreated into Chang''an.


    Yang Jian''s troops had only 30,000 troops. Facing Li Jing''s 80,000 elite troops, there was only a dead end to confront each other, so he chose to attack indirectly, mainly to delay Li Jing''s advance.


    Yang Jian wanted to delay, so Li Jing naturally would not let him do it. The 80,000 troops were spread out directly, divided into three groups, and surrounded Yang Jian''s troops directly.


    At this time, the Lantian behind Yang Jian had been occupied by Huang Zhong. Li Jing''s 80,000 troops roared from three directions in front, obviously wanting to fight directly and not preparing to give him any chance to delay time.


    Now there are only two ways in front of Yang Jian:


    1. The battle against Li Jing was fought head-on by a small number, but the chance of winning was slim, almost equivalent to sending death.


    2. Withdraw troops northward, as long as you flee into other county towns and rely on the city to defend, you will not be afraid of the siege of the 80,000 troops.


    Of course, the Qin army could not have besieged a small county town. After all, it would be better to go directly to Chang''an if you have the skills.


    In addition, there is another great risk of retreat, that is, it is likely to be caught up by the Qin army halfway, after all, the Qin army''s marching speed is notoriously fast.


    Just as Yang Jian was in a dilemma, Sima Yi proposed to withdraw his troops to the north, so that he could not only lead the Qin army away, but also delay the Qin army''s speed of entering Chang''an.


    After all, the proposal adopted by Yang Jian is that if the decisive battle is in front of the battle, there will be a glimmer of hope if the Qin army retreats northward.


    In order to prevent it, Sima Yi made plans to use half of the army as abandoned sons to attract the attention of Li Jing''s army to ensure that his other half of the army could successfully escape into Baling City.


    Yang Jian didn''t want to use this plan, but there was a huge difference between us. He had to give up the small and protect the big one. He reluctantly adopted Sima Yi''s poisonous plan and gave Li Jing a golden cicada to escape.


    Yang Jian personally led 15,000 troops to abandon his troops, and under the banner of a 30,000 army, he retreated to Xinfeng City openly. However, the hidden 15,000 troops retreated to Baling City. Just as Sima Yi used his trick, Li Jing also received a message from Huo Qubing and Lu Bu. He knew that Li Shimin had withdrawn from Wuzhangyuan, and began to wonder whether to destroy Yang Jian''s 30,000 first, or to encircle Chang''an and prevent Li Shimin from returning to the city.


    After Li Yuanba broke his arm, Yang Jian became the most powerful general in the Tang Dynasty. Unlike Li Yuanba''s recklessness, Yang Jian was a Confucian general with both wisdom and courage, and his difficulty was not much worse than Li Shimin.


    Li Jing was more inclined to destroy Yang Jian first. After all, Yang Jian was close to him. Now that there is such a good opportunity, if Yang Jian escapes, I don’t know when I will have a chance next time.


    So Li Jing ordered Lu Bu''s five thousand iron cavalry to delay Li Shimin''s advance in guerrilla ways, and he personally led an army of 80,000 to pursue Yang Jian.


    I have to say that Li Jing’s military use is perfect, and he has considered everything in all aspects, but it is because he is too thorough, so there will inevitably be mistakes.


    For example, this time, he did not expect that Lu Bu would not continue guerrilla tactics because of Li Shimin''s participation in the war himself, but chose to fight with the Tang army, and eventually defeated and let Li Shimin escape back to Chang''an.


    Lu Bu was careless, and Li Jing was also careless, and ended up being Sima Yi''s plan to escape.


    Li Jing''s vision was so tricky. He found something was wrong halfway through the pursuit. Although the Tang army''s military flags and stoves were all equipped with 30,000, the traces of marching were obviously not as high as 30,000.


    What does this mean? It means that I fell into a trap, and the Tang army ahead did not have 30,000 at all.


    After Li Jing reacted, he immediately realized that he had fallen into Sima Yi''s plan to escape, and quickly ordered Zhao Yun to lead a 40,000 army to pursue Baling.


    Li Jing''s reaction must be quick, but unfortunately he was still one step too late in the end.


    When Zhao Yun arrived at the city of Baling, Sima Yi had already led his army into the city, so he showed off his troops outside the city and raised his troops to challenge him, but Sima Yi ignored him and had no choice but to besiege the city for the time being and sent someone to report to Li Jing.


    Li Jing was much smoother than Zhao Yun. Yang Jian''s 15,000 army had almost no resistance and was defeated by Li Jing''s 40,000 Qin army, and the total casualties of the Qin army were less than 1,000.


    After the war, the Qin army suffered 700 casualties, killing 3,000 enemies and capturing 10,000 prisoners. Only two thousand remaining troops fled back to Xinfeng City, while Yang Jian, the Tang army, broke through alone and was missing.


    After receiving Zhao Yun''s message, Li Jing couldn''t help but fall into reflection. He found that under the continuous victory, even he became careless, and even underestimated Sima Yi. This was really inappropriate.


    After reflection, Li Jing adjusted his mindset and immediately led an army of 80,000 to Chang''an. When he arrived in Chang''an, Huo Qubing''s cavalry had already arrived one step ahead of him.


    On the other hand, Zhang Liao, who had attacked Guanzhong from Fenglingdu, defeated Yuwen Tai and Yin Kaishan one after another, and occupied the Xiayang City closest to Fenglingdu, and completely gained a firm foothold in Guanzhong.


    As for the heavy losses of Yuwen Tai and Yin Kaishan, they joined forces to retreat to Linjin City, and were unable to stop Zhang Liao from advancing to Chang''an.


    Zhang Liao captured Xiayang City and did not take advantage of the situation to attack Heyang City in the south. Instead, he chose to detour and directly led his army to Chang''an, and arrived in Chang''an smoothly five days later.


    Since then, Li Jing''s army of 80,000, Huo Qubing, 40,000, Zhang Liao''s army of 30,000, and three Qin troops, totaling 150,000 troops, officially completed the meeting under Chang''an City.


    The battle in Chang''an is about to break out.


    (This chapter ends)