Chapter 2455 Wu Qi VS Li Mu + Jiang Shang (Part 1)


    Chapter 2452: Wu Qi VS Li Mu + Jiang Shang (Part 1)


    The 100,000 Central Army led by Li Jing is large and powerful. In addition, it comes from Sizhou, and is the farthest away, so the speed is naturally the slowest.


    Li Jing''s troops had just passed Hangu Pass and received news that Li Shimin from Chang''an divided his troops to support Baling.


    Although there are only Yang Jian’s 5,000 troops this time, if it continues to increase, it will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the Qin army in striking Baling.


    So Li Jing wrote a letter and ordered the three armies in the west that he had joined forces at Wuzhangyuan to rush straight to Chang''an.


    There were three armies on the west road watching outside Chang''an City, so the Tang army naturally did not dare to leave the city, because once they left the city, it meant that they would have to fight the Qin army in the field.


    Although there are more Tang troops in Chang''an City, if there is a field battle, even if the Tang army is defeated by two groups of Qin and its morale is recovered a little, it will never be an opponent of the three armies of the Qin army on the west route.


    Li Jing transferred Wang Jian, Gongsun Xuanyuan, and Gongsun Yan to Chang''an, and directly blocked the gate of the Tang army in Chang''an. Now the Tang army in Baling will be in a state of fighting alone.


    Although Gongsun Xuanyuan and Gongsun Yan both wanted to go to Baling to find Jiang Shang to find the place, Yixue''s previous defeat was humiliated, but they belonged to the Western Route Army after all, and Baling was on the offensive line of the Eastern Route Army.


    Before, when Wuji''s troops were still in the western border, Gongsun Xuanyuan could naturally lead a thousand cavalry to drive straight in, and go deep into the enemy''s belly to pursue Wuji.


    But now Bukit''s troops have retreated into Baling and are no longer within the attack range of the Western Route Army.


    If the Western Route Army runs to the chassis of the Eastern Route Army without consent to destroy the Eastern Route Army''s opponents, it will be a clear victory in the eyes of the Eastern Route Generals, which is obviously easy to cause internal inconsistency.


    Although Xuanyuan and Gongsun Yan both knew this, they were a little unwilling to give up. After all, they both suffered losses at Jiang Shang''s hands. Wang Jian, who had no losses, naturally could not understand their feelings.


    Now the Grand Governor Li Jing directly ordered the Western Army to attack Chang''an, which also cut off the last stubbornness of the two, and could only go to Chang''an honestly.


    Li Jing guessed that it was good at all. In addition to Yang Jian, Li Shimin was indeed planning to send another reinforcement army to Baling, but after receiving the news that the third route of Daqin West Road rushed to Chang''an, he could only give up this idea.


    After all, although the number of the Three Route Army in the West Road of Daqin is not large, it is only 30,000, the combat power army is stronger than the Three Route Army in the East Road except Li Jing’s headquarters.


    The reason is that the cavalry troops in Yongzhou were basically concentrated on the West Road.


    In order to complete the strategy of surprise attack on Chen Cang and seize Sanguan, Li Jing handed over all the cavalry in Yongzhou to Gongsun Xuanyuan.


    After Gongsun Xuanyuan succeeded, he divided the cavalry under his command into three, and most of them remained under his command, but they divided two cavalry and handed them over to the command of Wang Jian and Gongsun Yan, so the Western three armies had cavalry.


    Li Jing transferred all the cavalry in Yongzhou to the Western Front, which caused the three armies on the Eastern Front, with Wu Qi, Sima Cuo and Fu Cunshen not having any cavalry under his command.


    This is also the main reason why Wu Qi watched Li Mu leave the city and go to pick up Wu Ji''s troops.


    Li Mu led the cavalry out of Baling, and Wu Qi received the news, but he had no cavalry under his command, and he could not catch up with the cavalry with infantry, so naturally there was no way to stop Li Mu.


    In addition, Li Mu''s response speed in this rescue operation was also very fast. It took only half a day from leaving the city to returning to the city.


    Before Wu Qi''s troops arrived at Baling, Li Mu had already fled back to the city.


    It is precisely because the East Third Route Army is full of infantry that the marching speed and strategy progress are so slow.


    Although the Western Route Army was defeated two games, the strategy speed was much faster than that of the Eastern Route Army. They had already pushed down all the cities of the Tang army on the western front and rushed straight to Chang''an.


    In contrast, in addition to the big trouble of Baling, the Eastern Route Army has two other cities that have not yet been decided, and the overall results are not as good as those of the Western Route Army that defeated the two battles. "Oh, it''s really hard to live without cavalry."


    "Who said no? If we also have cavalry, we will definitely be able to fight to Chang''an in front of the Western Route Army."


    "That''s right, among the three armies on the Western Front, both of them were defeated by the Tang army, which is simply embarrassing our Qin army."


    "You can''t say that, it''s just a small defeat, and the loss is not big."


    "That''s embarrassing. When will our Qin army be defeated by a national army twice?"


    "Shut up, Lord Governor is here."


    Wu Qi''s arrival interrupted the communication between the Qin generals.


    Yang Hu stood up and said, "Mr. Governor, the number of Tang army cavalry in Baling City will not be less than 2,000. Once you break out of the city, it will pose a great threat to our army."


    Wu Qi smiled calmly and said, "This governor is not worried about Li Mu leaving the city, but is afraid that he will not dare to leave the city, so he will be determined to defend himself."


    Even though Wu Qi''s subordinates are all infantry, they have powerful weapons such as crossbows and modao. In addition, the infantry under his command are well-trained and all elite soldiers, even if they are fighting against cavalry, they are still sure to win.


    But if Li Mu was determined to defend himself, unless the main army arrived, the Qin army would have to suffer a considerable casualties if it wanted to break the city by force.


    "Governor Li Jing has ordered that the cavalry troops in the rear should take the 7th Route Army to support the three armies on the Eastern Front, so at most, there will be cavalry in the three armies on the Eastern Front in just two days."


    Wu Qixiao told everyone this good news, and when the generals learned about it, they all looked happy.


    They felt that it was because of the lack of cavalry, so they were restricted everywhere and could not quickly push the Western Front like the three armies on the west front.


    Now with cavalry support, it is only a matter of time to completely advance the Eastern Front.


    Wu Qi is not as optimistic as the generals. Even with the support of cavalry, it can only ensure that the Qin army is invincible to the plains, and its mobility has increased greatly, and its role in siege is not very good.


    To break through Baling, it is far from enough to rely on his army alone. The three armies on the Eastern Front must join forces.


    "Where are Sima Cuo and Fu Cunshen''s department now?" Wu Qi asked.


    "Report to the governor, there is still a city on General Fu Cunshen''s route. General Sima Cuo has broken through all the cities on the route. He will arrive at Baling in a few days and join our army to attack Baling City." Zhang Xiu reported.


    "So, among the three armies on the Eastern Front, this governor is still dragging his feet on this journey."


    Wu Qi laughed silently. After all, if we strictly count, Baling is a city that he must break through on this line.


    In addition to Baling, there is another city on Wuqi''s route, that is Quyou City not far from the northeast of Baling, which is in a horn with Baling.


    Originally, Wu Qi was going to get Quyi first, after all, the magistrate of Baling County was ready to surrender, but Li Mu took the lead in entering Baling, disrupting Wu Qi''s plan.


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    (This chapter ends)