Chapter 2256 Sun Lingming vs. Yang Jian (Part 1)


    Chapter 2253: Sun Lingming vs. Yang Jian (Part 1)


    Although Li Jing is not ready to get all four passes for the time being, Tongguan is still not ready to let go. After all, there are still 40,000 Tang troops in Tongguan, of which 20,000 are the elite troops alone.


    If this army is liberated, it will be a big threat to the Qin army, so it will be solved as soon as possible.


    In addition, once the Qin army captured Tongguan, it would be like completely opening up the eastern gate of Guanzhong. At that time, not only would the 20,000 elite troops from Hangu Pass Tan Daoji be able to enter Guanzhong to participate in the war, but it would also be more convenient to transport grain from Sizhou.


    "Zhang Liao, this governor ordered you to lead 30,000 infantrymen and cooperate with Tan Daoji''s 20,000 army to attack Tongguan on both sides. It will take half a month to capture Tongguan."


    "No."


    Zhang Liao led the army with confidence.


    The level is different from the city. Although Tongguan is dangerous, it is only targeted on one side. Under the attack on both sides, the defense of any level will be greatly weakened.


    When Zhenbei Pass was captured by Yuan Meng, the Qin army relied on both sides to capture Zhenbei Pass from Yuan Meng.


    Therefore, Zhang Liao was full of confidence in attacking Tongguan this time.


    "Huo Qubing, this governor ordered you to lead 30,000 cavalry to use Chang''an as the center to patrol the entire Guanzhong. If a Tang army comes out of the city to support Chang''an, send troops to defeat him immediately."


    "No."


    Huo Qubing also led the army with confidence. After all, the strongest Xuanjia Army and Feixiong Army, the Tang army, had been forced to escape into Chang''an City by Huo Qubing, and the rest of the Tang army were even more capable of fighting.


    The entire Guanzhong Plain is only 800 miles, and Chang''an is located in the center of Guanzhong. If it is calculated based on the east-west horizontal direction of 400 miles, Huo Qubing can travel 150 miles a day at full speed.


    In other words, once the Tang army in Guanzhong cities leaves the city, Huo Qubing can lead his army to arrive in at most two days, and they can''t even escape if they want to.


    Li Jing asked Huo Qubing to lead a cavalry to parade Guanzhong, which was equivalent to blocking the city''s way out to support Chang''an. After all, leaving the city means actually killing him.


    Zhang Liao led a 30,000 army to attack Tongguan, and Huo Qubing led the cavalry to patrol and sweep Guanzhong. Although the two generals led their troops to leave, the powerful generals such as Sun Lingming and Gongsun Xuanyuan stayed. After all, they still need to contribute their efforts in the next siege.


    With the departure of the two generals, Li Jing''s direct control of troops dropped to 90,000, which was less than the defenders in Chang''an City, but he had no intention of giving up.


    "How many defenders are there in the fourteen counties that surrendered to our army?" Li Jing asked.


    "After the general, Xiaoguan was captured by our army, Li Shimin ignored the lives of the people and implemented a sketch of the whole people''s soldiers and forced a large-scale expansion.


    Nowadays, among the counties in Guanzhong, there are cities with a large population such as Huaili and Gaoling, with at least 20,000 to 30,000 defenders, while those with a small population such as Yunyang and Wuxu, with a small population, with a large number of five or 6,000 defenders.


    After statistics, there were about 100,000 defenders in the surrendered troops of the fourteen counties that surrendered to our army. ”


    The Qin army invaded Guanzhong was only 150,000, but the Tang army surrendered to the top 100,000. If the prisoners of war were added, the number of surrendered soldiers was probably higher than that of the Qin army.


    Although the Qin army consumed a lot of elite troops, the number of troops was increasing. The pressure on food and grass not only did not decrease, but also became heavier.


    "But more than half of these defenders are new troops, less than one-quarter of the old county soldiers. Many defenders in the county have not even equipped with weapons. They are simply vulnerable and can only be used to defend the city and cannot engage in field battles."


    After hearing the report, Li Jing frowned, which was the biggest reason why he was unwilling to force Li Shimin into a hurry.


    There are 100,000 defenders in the fourteen counties that surrendered. How many defenders are there in the twenty-four counties that have not yet surrendered?


    If this is conquered by one city, the 150,000 elite Qin troops will be killed and it will be impossible for them to take down the entire Guanzhong.


    Li Shimin is really cruel. He would rather be in a barren land than leave a clean Guanzhong for me.


    Li Jing said in his heart, and immediately ordered: "I ordered the magistrates of the fourteen counties to order them to select 50,000 soldiers from the 100,000 defenders to send them to Chang''an to participate in the war."


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    After a little thought, Li Jing asked again: "How many Tang army prisoners of war are there in our army now?"


    "Report to the Governor, so far, our army has captured a total of 60,000 Tang troops, but the only one who can obey the orders is General Xuanyuan''s 20,000 surrendered troops, and the remaining 40,000 have not been completed yet."


    "There is not so much time to train these guys slowly. Please transfer them all to Chang''an. If you don''t obey, just kill them until you are obedient." Li Jing said indifferently.


    All the generals shivered unconsciously.


    50,000 surrendered troops + 60,000 prisoners of war + 90,000 elite Qin troops, the total force used by Li Jing to attack Chang''an will reach 200,000.


    Although more than half of them were surrendered troops, the number reached 200,000 after all, and this formation alone was so big that it was terrifying.


    In the next few days, troops continued to flock to Chang''an from all over Guanzhong, but not the Tang army that supported Chang''an, but the surrendered army that surrendered to the Qin army and the prisoner-of-war army.


    The county magistrates who surrendered to Xiancheng naturally did not dare to slack off after receiving Li Jing''s order. They immediately selected elite troops from the defenders and sent them to Chang''an to assist in the war.


    Before surrendering to various cities, most of them ignored the surrendered troops and allowed them to leave when they saw the surrendered troops. However, many guards chose to lead their troops out of the city to block the attack.


    The surrendered troops from Wuxu and Suyi were ambushed by Tang troops in a county town along the way, led by Li Siyuan and Yuwen Tai, and lost more than half of them and returned home in a crushing defeat.


    However, the Tang army that ambushed the surrendered army was even more miserable. After winning, most of them were attacked by the Qin cavalry who rushed to the city. They were either wiped out or suffered heavy casualties.


    Huo Qubing divided his troops into six groups, each with 5,000 cavalry, patrolling various parts of Guanzhong to ensure that most areas are under the attack range of the cavalry.


    Although there are not many 5,000 iron cavalry, facing the newly conquered county soldiers, even if 5,000 is not enough to kill 5,000 iron cavalry, only Li Siyuan and Yuwen Tai''s army have the power to resist, but they are still no match.


    In just a few days, Huo Qubing''s cavalry defeated nearly 50,000 Tang troops who went out of the city to block them, killed 20,000, captured 30,000, and captured three counties without troops. However, the total casualties were only more than a thousand.


    This shows how weak the Tang army in each county is.


    After this battle, the garrisons of various counties, including Li Siyuan and Yuwen Tai, no longer dared to go out of the city to provoke the Qin army, and the Qin army''s troops in Chang''an were becoming more and more powerful.


    Soon Li Jing was ready. Just when he was about to attack Chang''an, the Tang army in the city took the initiative to go out of the city to challenge, and the general who came to challenge was the missing Yang Jian.


    Seeing that the visitor was really Yang Jian, Sun Lingming was so excited. After all, this was the only opponent in Tang State at the same level as him, so he quickly asked Li Jing for battle, "Grandmaster, please make sure that I, Old Sun, fight."


    Li Jing and Yang Jian have had **** with each other more than once, and they know how powerful Yang Jian is.


    Gao Chong and Yuwen Chengdu joined forces but failed to win. At present, Sun Lingming is probably the only one in the army who can defeat Yang Jian one-on-one, so Li Jing naturally has no reason to reject Sun Lingming.


    "Go, you won''t be defeated." Li Jing nodded.


    "No."


    Sun Lingming was overjoyed, and rushed towards Yang Jian.


    Although Sun Lingming won the previous battle with Kong Peng, he failed to enjoy it. He hoped that the battle with Yang Jian would be enjoyable.


    (This chapter ends)