Chapter 2427: A surprise attack on Chen Cang, and then announced the battle


    Chapter 2424: Surprise attack on Chen Cang, and later announced the battle


    After hearing what Li Jing said, everyone present was shocked.


    What did they just hear? This time, the attack on the Tang Dynasty not only mobilized 170,000 elite soldiers, but also many famous generals such as Li Jing, Wu Qi, Wang Jian, Gongsun Xuanyuan, and even a group of peerless generals such as Li Cunxiao, Sun Lingming, Yuwen Chengdu, and Jiang Song?


    Such a lineup is more than enough to defeat Guanzhong, not to mention defeating the Tang Kingdom!


    All the civil and military officials present thought that this battle was sure to win, but Li Jing did not think so.


    Although the national strength of the Tang State was weak and the morale of the army was not high, there were many top civil officials and generals.


    There are seven gods of war on the bright side, namely: Li Yuanba, Yang Jian, Ma Shanwei, Gao Siji, Kong Peng, Wang Shi, and Wang Xiang.


    There are a lot of gods, including: Xin Wenli, Shang Master and Apprentice, Kang Anyu, Gao Xingzhou, Kang Junli, etc.


    As for famous coaches, there are many: Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, Zhao She, Yuwen Tai, Li Siyuan, Li Mu, Li Zuoche, etc.


    To be honest, the Tang Kingdom is the country with the strongest talent lineup besides the Qin Dynasty.


    If it weren''t for the three kingdoms of Qin, Sui and Shu, and there was no room for development, and the development momentum was completely interrupted by the Qin Dynasty, the scale of the power of the Tang Kingdom would never be limited to Guanxi.


    In addition to these open things, the Tang State also has a more terrifying force behind it, that is Taoism.


    Taoism is the strongest and most mysterious sect among the hundreds of schools. Once it fully supports the Tang Kingdom, God knows what other powerful figures will emerge?


    Therefore, it is easy for the Qin Dynasty to defeat the Tang Kingdom, and it is easier to occupy Guanzhong, but it is not easy to destroy the Tang Dynasty. At least it is not the time yet.


    Ying Hao launched the second battle in Guanzhong. He did not want to destroy Tang from the beginning. He just occupied Guanzhong in advance, and at the same time severely weakened the strength of Tang State and then tested the Taoist reaction.


    "Grandmaster, just say, how should we fight this battle?" Qin Yong asked impatiently.


    Li Jing tapped the table with his fingertips and said sixteen words with a sneer.


    "First seize Chen Cang, then break the sanshu, seal the sank, and catch the turtle in the jar."


    Wu Qi, Wang Jian, Gongsun Xuanyuan and others suddenly burst into sight when they heard this.


    Although Li Jing said little, he had a lot of information, which basically pointed out the strategy of this battle.


    The third of the four major gates in Guanzhong have been occupied by the Qin Dynasty, and only Sanguan is still in the hands of Li Tang. If you want to break Sanguan, you must first seize Chen Cang.


    Once the Sanguan is successfully captured, all the roads to the outside world will be completely blocked. Even if other forces want to support Guanzhong, there will be no way, so the initiative will be completely on the side of Daqin.


    The Qin Dynasty would deal with the Tang army as it wanted, and it was not impossible to capture Tang Duke Li Shimin alive and wipe out the Tang army in Guanzhong.


    But it is obviously not easy to seize the San Pass.


    As the only channel to the outside world, Li Jing knew the importance of Sanguan, and Li Shimin naturally knew it, so he attached great importance to Sanguan''s defense.


    There were 120,000 Tang troops in Guanzhong, of which 60,000 veterans were garrisons of Sanguan, and the guard was Li Siyuan, a general of the Li Tang royal family.


    As early as the first Guanzhong War, Li Jing proposed the strategy of "grasping the four passes and locking the Guanzhong", but he failed to reach the foot of Sanguan City and was blocked by Li Siyuan outside Chencang City.


    If you want to seize the San Pass this time, Li Siyuan is the biggest obstacle.


    Neither Wu Qi nor Wang Jian expected that Li Jing would reiterate the old saying and proposed the strategy of blocking Guanzhong again. To be fair, this strategy is very good, but it is also very difficult to implement.


    Wang Jian stood up and said, "Governor, if you want to seize the Sanguan, you must first take Chen Cang.


    For our army, there is only one chance of sneak attack, and no matter success or failure, it will surely alarm the enemy.


    If Chen Cang is attacked, even if Chen Cang can be captured, San Pass will definitely receive news. It is not easy to break San Pass when you are on guard.


    The last general believes that instead of using this opportunity to Chen Cang, it is better to send troops to attack Chang''an directly.


    If Chang''an City is broken, Guanzhong will be settled. ”


    "That''s right, the Deputy Governor''s words are reasonable."


    Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan and others will all agree.


    After all, if you have the opportunity to directly break through Chang''an, why do you have to beat around the bush to break the San Pass?


    Li Jing smiled and explained: "The reinforcements in Sizhou have not arrived yet, and General Li Cunxiao, Sun Lingming and others have not arrived. With the generals and soldiers of Yongzhou, even if they can break in by sneak attacks, it is probably difficult to completely occupy Chang''an City. It is better to seize the Sanguan Pass and trap the Tang army first, so as to minimize the losses."


    Hearing this, everyone realized.


    Although the 100,000 elite army of Sizhou, as well as generals such as Li Cunxiao and Sun Lingming, will participate in this Guanzhong war, they have not arrived in Guanzhong yet, so they still have to rely on themselves in the early stage.


    But without Li Cunxiao, Sun Lingming and others, even if the generals of Sizhou were alone, even if they attacked Chang''an, they might not have stopped Li Yuanba, Yang Jian, Kong Peng and others from counterattack. Li Jing’s implication is that if Li Cunxiao and Sun Lingming don’t come, they will not be able to break Chang’an by relying on everyone present. It is better to retreat and attack Sanguan second.


    But in everyone''s opinion, although it is less difficult to break through the San Pass than Chang''an, it is not much lower.


    If you want to break through the San Pass, you must first break Chen Cang, but if you break through Chen Cang, you will definitely be prepared for such a big move.


    With the defense of San Pass, the difficulty of breaking through the San Pass is different from the unprepared San Pass.


    All the generals present realized this, and Li Jing naturally could not have realized it. Since he dared to propose the strategy of "locking Guanzhong" again, he was naturally confident that he would seize Chen Cang and Sanguan at the same time.


    Li Jing looked at a blond and blue-eyed alien below and asked, "Prince Bi, you are responsible for the matters of the internal affairs of Li Tang. Has the General Chen Cang successfully instigated the rebellion?"


    "Reporting to the Grand Governor, the magistrate Chen Cang County has decided to surrender to our Daqin, but the magistrate Chen Cang does not have much military power, so it is impossible to open the city gate."


    Although this person does not look like a Han person, he speaks fluent Chinese and has been Chineseized, which is exactly Bismarck.


    Bismarck''s identity was mixed with Han and Hu. He was originally a Tang minister, but he was discriminated against by senior officials. Even if his political achievements were significant, he would not be promoted. He was just a county magistrate.


    After the Qin army attacked the Tang Dynasty, Bismarck seized the opportunity and opened the city to surrender to the Qin army, and persuaded Zuo Fengling to surrender together. He was promoted to Zuo Fengling''s county minister.


    After becoming a county minister, Bismarck made many great contributions in the past year, so he was promoted to prefect.


    Bismarck was just a small county magistrate in Tang, but after surrendering to the Qin Dynasty, he became a county prefect. His experience made many Tang ministers envious, and they all thought that if he surrendered to Qin, he would be the same as Bismarck.


    It was precisely because Li Jing took this into consideration that Bismarck was responsible for the separation and was responsible for the officials and generals who were specifically responsible for the rebellion of Li Tang.


    Over the past year, with Bismarck''s continuous efforts, he has naturally achieved considerable success.


    Among the 17 counties in Guanzhong, the magistrates of many counties have been instigated by Bismarck and secretly surrendered to the Qin Dynasty. Once the Qin army sends troops, these counties will also turn against each other directly.


    At the same time, many of the surrendered civil officials and generals in Chang''an have been instigated by Bismarck, but they just lack a suitable opportunity to turn against each other.


    Everyone was a little disappointed when they heard Bismarck say that they had just instigated the magistrate of Chencang.


    Unlike other county towns, Chen Cang is an important town, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you have special guards, you will naturally be less important than the county magistrate without military power.


    "Although Chen Cangling could not control Chen Cang, his subordinates also came up with another line through Chen Cangling. Then Li Cunjin, the deputy general of Chen Cang''s guard general Li Siben, and he had agreed to abandon the secret and surrender to our Qin Dynasty." Bismarck said slowly.


    "Okay, with Li Cunjin as his internal support, Chen Cang can be defeated every day.


    After the army captured Chen Cang, it was possible to continue to attack San Pass without stopping, without giving Li Siyuan any chance to react, and to break San Pass in one fell swoop. Jia Fu said with an excited look on his face.


    All the generals nodded, obviously they all thought that this method was feasible, at least much more reliable than directly raiding Chang''an.


    "There are not only Li Siyuan in Sanguan, but also three powerful generals, Kong Peng, Wang Shi and Wang Xiang, so this operation cannot be careless at all."


    After saying that, Li Jing''s eyes fell on Gongsun Xuanyuan below and ordered: "General Gongsun, the task of a surprise attack on Sanguan will be handed over to you. This governor will give you 20,000 elite cavalry. In addition, the five generals Yuwen Chengdu, Pei Yuanqing, Huang Tianhua, Qin Yong and Yue Yun will also help you."


    "Thank you for your trust, Gongsun Xuanyuan Ding lives up to his trust."


    Gongsun Xuanyuan said in a deep voice with his fist.


    After saying that, Gongsun Xuanyuan took the order directly and left, while the five generals of Yuwen Chengdu, Pei Yuanqing, Huang Tianhua, Qin Yong and Yue Yun followed closely.


    After Xuanyuan and others left, Li Jing said again: "My Qin Dynasty is in power and the war is undeclared, which is a disgrace. Therefore, this governor is preparing to send one person as an envoy to Chang''an to hold Tang Duke accountable and declare war on Tang."


    Wu Qi, Baili Xi and others looked at each other and showed a strange look. It was obvious that they knew what trick Li Jing wanted to do.


    Li Jing only said that he would send an envoy to declare war, but he did not say how the envoy would go. If he walked slowly, by the time the envoy arrived in Chang''an, Sanguan would probably have taken it down. After all, Xuanyuan''s command was full of cavalry.


    This cannot be called a war without declaration, but should be called a war after declaration. Although it is only a word different, the tricks are quite big.


    Your Tang Kingdom accused me of the Qin Dynasty of not proclaiming the war, but I clearly announced it, but the messenger was just slowing down. When the war was over, the war was over.


    Who should blame this? Anyway, I can’t blame me for Daqin. If you want to blame, you, Tang Guo, is too weak, and you can’t hold on for such a mere two days.


    Li Jing was thinking about the overall plan in his mind, and then asked, "Sir, who would like to be a messenger?"


    Ban Chao, the youngest and least qualified civil servant, stood up first and said with a fist, "I''m willing to go."


    (This chapter ends)