Chapter 2467 Baling offensive and defensive battle, Li Shimin vs. Wang Jian
Chapter 2464: Baling offensive and defensive battle, Li Shimin vs. Wang Jian
Wu Qi is a person who has reached the extreme and even perverted control of casualties.
In the Battle of the Japanese War, Wu Qi led his army to fight the entire Japanese Kingdom and achieved dozens of times his own results, but the army he commanded had never suffered large-scale casualties.
This shows that Wu Qi will not fight a tough battle unless he has to be invincible.
But now Tu Xingsun failed to assassinate Li Mu. No, it cannot be said that it was a failure, but he did not take action at all.
If Li Mu cannot be solved, then Wu Qi will only have the only way to attack.
Even the wise Wu Qi was forced by Li Mu and had to launch a strong attack, which shows that the strong attack on Baling is inevitable.
Wu Qi doesn’t like to fight tough battles, and once they fight tough battles, they will surely be full of corpses.
After discussing with Sima Cuo, Fu Cunshen, and Sun Lingming, who led cavalry to aid, Wu Qi finally decided to adopt the tactic of three sieges and one missing one and main attack.
The Baling offensive and defensive battle has officially begun.
Wu Qi cherished his soldiers and was reluctant to let them go too much casualties. In order to minimize casualties, he did his best from the beginning.
Wu Qi directly used 300 catapult cars, 50 well railings, 100 siege crossbows, and 10,000 powerful crossbows to attack the East Gate of Baling. At the same time, the Tang army, who surrendered, launched a charge.
Wu Qi''s usual method was to let the Qin army control the siege equipment and let the surrendered army launch a charge.
A fresh move will be eaten all over the world.
This is what he did in Japan and conquered the entire Kanto Plain.
Therefore, Wu Qi did not kill anyone in the war, but he transferred the casualties. Most of the deaths were surrendered, not his own.
After the Qin army in the three eastern routes met, Wu Qi''s 50,000 troops, of which 15,000 were surrendered.
Don’t look at these surrendered troops, when they were fighting the Qin army, they were all submissive, and their morale was so low that they didn’t even dare to swing their swords, and even opened the city to surrender directly.
But if they attacked the Tang army, they would be brave enough to kill their former colleagues, even more ruthless than the Qin army.
This is also the main reason why the traitors who deal with the Han people during the Yuan and Qing dynasties'' entry into the Central Plains were even more ruthless than foreigners.
After all, only when the Tang Kingdom was destroyed can they get rid of their traitor status and completely integrate into the Qin army.
Therefore, after the Li Tang surrendered to Qin, the combat power of the Li Tang army was stronger than before surrender. No one was willing to bear the reputation of a traitor for the rest of his life.
Wu Qi only wanted to use the surrendered army to reduce combat losses and did not regard the surrendered army as a human being at all, but the surrendered army was still grateful and fought for the main attack task one by one.
The first day of the siege began.
Jiang Shang stood on the Baling City Tower. When he saw the scattered catapult chariot array and the crossbow array under the city, he felt dizzy in front of him, and he felt so envious.
He was also a general of the Han Dynasty and commanded the entire northern border army.
But the great man at that time was too weak. Even if he concentrated the entire northern force, he could only barely launch an army of 200,000.
Unlike now, any prince who has survived to this day has the strength to launch an army of 200,000 and can arm tens of thousands of iron cavalry at will.
Not to mention, there are so many excellent weapons, such as catapults, powerful crossbows, and siege crossbows.
Times are really different. Jiang Shang sighed in his heart.
Wu Qi did not start attacking the city directly, but sent a fierce general to challenge. After all, if Sun Lingming is in his hands and he doesn''t fight the general, wouldn''t that be stupid?
The Qin army sent Sun Lingming, so Li Mu could only send Yang Jian to fight. After all, in addition to Yang Jian, even Li Yuanba, who had broken his hand, may not be Sun Lingming''s opponent.
Sun Lingming and Yang Jian are old opponents. In the first Guanzhong battle, the two fought for two days and two nights without a decision. Now they have fought again after a year, so they are naturally more intense. The battle is so dark that the sky is dark and the sun and the moon are gone.
The showdown between Sun Lingming, who is second in the list of military generals and Yang Jian, who is third in the list, is obviously not something that can be decided in a short time. If you really fight a protracted battle, it is possible to fight for two or three days.
Wu Qi obviously couldn''t wait for two or three days. Seeing that Sun Lingming and Yang Jian had not decided on the victory, they immediately sent Huang Tianxiang to drown, while Li Mu sent Lei Zhenzi.
Huang Tianxiang Jiwu 106, Lei Zhenzi Jiwu 107.
After experiencing the battle with Gongsun Xuanyuan, Lei Zhenzi''s combat experience has been greatly improved. However, after the duel with Huang Tianxiang, he clearly had a little bit of the advantage in the martial arts, but he still only had a match.
Even if Lei Zhenzi put all his strength into it, he would have just gained a little advantage, and he might even be driven back by Huang Tianxiang.
This once again reveals the characteristics of the general strength of the Yuqing Sect disciples, which are weak in combat.
However, as the successor of the great sect, Lei Zhenzi still has great potential. He constantly honed himself in battle and made great progress.
Seeing that Lei Zhenzi could not take down Huang Tianxiang for a long time, he relied on his profound skills and began to attack without rushing to consume.
After 120 rounds, Huang Tianxiang began to lose his energy, so he took the initiative to withdraw, which also made the Tang army win for a while.
Lei Zhenzi naturally did not want to let Huang Tianxiang go, so he rode his horse to chase him, but was stopped by Zhang Xiu and Luo Cheng, and then the three of them started a big battle.
Although Zhang Xiu is a peak **** general, his combat power is amazing and he can barely exert the strength of the **** of war.
Luo Cheng''s presence in the Qin army has never been very high, mainly because he has been active in the north, without any outstanding record, nor has he encountered too strong opponents, so his growth rate is relatively slow.
But Luo Cheng''s actual combat power is still very strong. He is very similar to Zhao Yun''s type and has strong explosive power, so he often defeats the strong with weak, and is nicknamed "Cold-faced Cold Gun".
Luo Chengjiwu 103, and Zhang Xiu of 104, the two joined forces to block Lei Zhenzi of 107 and also gained an advantage.
Zhang Xiu and Luo Cheng both have combat power that exceeds their own strength, and they can completely defeat the God of War together.
Lei Zhenzi''s combat power is already weaker than his strength, and he fought with Huang Tianxiang for more than a hundred rounds, and his physical strength has been almost exhausted, which gives the two of them an advantage.
[Dingdong, Zhang Xiu’s skill ‘Golden Spear’ is activated…]
[Dingdong, Luo Cheng''s skill "Silver Spear" is activated...]
Luo Cheng and Zhang Xiu became more and more courageous in the battle. They tied in five rounds and had the advantage in ten rounds. In twenty rounds, Lei Zhenzi completely suppressed, and Lei Zhenzi was injured and in a mess.
Seeing that the two of them were so powerful and their internal strength was about to be exhausted, Lei Zhenzi knew that if he continued to fight, he would undoubtedly lose, so he began to retreat.
After 26 rounds, Lei Zhenzi forced Luo Cheng to retreat with one stick. He was about to escape, but was blocked by Zhang Xiu, and then Luo Cheng made up again.
Zhang Xiu and Luo Cheng cooperated too well. Lei Zhenzi, who was exhausted, couldn''t even escape. Seeing that Lei Zhenzi was about to be defeated and even fell, a cavalry rushed over from outside the field and blocked Zhang Xiu, and Lei Zhenzi was able to escape, and this person was Yang Ren.
After Yang Ren rescued Lei Zhenzi, the two rode their horses back to Baling, which ended the battle.
Although Lei Zhenzi defeated Huang Tianxiang, he also lost to Zhang Xiu and Luo Cheng''s joint efforts and failed to achieve the feat of winning streak.
[Dingdong, Luo Cheng defeated Lei Zhenzi, broke through his own limits, and his force was permanent +1. Currently, Luo Cheng: Commander 85 (+1), Force 104 (+4), Intelligence 73, Politics 64, Charm 97. 】
Zhang Xiu and Luo Cheng returned to victory, and the morale of the Qin army rose sharply. Wu Qi also took advantage of the situation to launch a general attack, but left a piece of area for Sun Lingming and Yang Jian because the two still had not decided the outcome.
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Chang''an, the Tang Duke''s Mansion.
“…After Yuqing disciple Yang Ren and Lei Zhenzi retreated into the city, the Qin army launched a general attack on Baling.
General Li Mu fought hard to defend Baling City. After a day and night of fierce battle, although he repelled the first round of offensive of the Qin army, he also paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties, and the Qin army killed two thousand soldiers in battle. ”
After hearing his subordinates’ report, Li Shimin stood up and said excitedly, "I just kept it, I actually kept it."
Since the Qin army provoked the war, there has not been a city that can last for more than one day under the fierce attack of the Qin army.
Either surrender directly or breaking the city within half a day, Li Mu was able to defend Baling for one day, which was a precedent.
Although Li Shimin sent reinforcements to Baling, he was just a slaughter. He didn''t have much confidence in Li Mu, but he didn''t expect Li Mu to really hold on for a day.
The main focus of offensive and defensive battle is the first three days. After all, one move will decline again and again. If you can''t conquer three days, it may evolve into a war of attrition.
Since Li Mu can hold on for one day, he will definitely be able to hold on for the second day, the third day, or even one month.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin was very excited. What he lacked the most now was time. As long as he could delay the arrival of reinforcements from Shu and Sui, there might be some variables in the war in Guanzhong.
"Lord, Wu Qi only used rebels to attack the city on the first day. It is not surprising that General Li Mu can defend it. It mainly depends on the war today and tomorrow." Changsun Wuji said.
Li Shimin nodded seriously when he heard this, because on the second and third days, Wu Qi would definitely send the main force of the Qin army to attack the city.
The next day, the battle report of the next day was sent back to Chang''an. Even if Wu Qi dispatched the main force of the Qin army, Baling was still not captured.
However, the offensive and defensive battle on the second day was much more intense than the first day.
Half of the surrendered troops were siege, and the other half was the Qin army, and the casualties of the Tang army immediately came up.
After a day of offensive and defensive battle, nearly two thousand soldiers were killed and killed in the Tang army, while two thousand casualties were also killed and killed in the Qin army.
The casualties ratio between the offense and defense sides reached 1:1, which is simply outrageous.
Li Shimin didn''t care about that much. He only knew that Li Mu had kept it. Since he could hold it for the second day, he would definitely be able to hold it for the third day, so he began to feel moved.
Li Si is good at guessing people''s hearts, and when he saw Li Shimin''s expression, his heart moved.
After some thought, Li Si stood up and said, "Lord, in just a few days, our Tang army first defeated Gongsun Yan and then defeated Gongsun Xuanyuan. Now General Li Mu blocked the three armies of Wu Qi, Sima Cuo and Fu Cunshen in Baling, and was not allowed to make progress. It can be seen that the Qin army is not invincible, and our Tang army is not that weak.
Therefore, my subordinates believe that we should take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Qin army has not reached, and we should swallow the 30,000 Qin troops outside Chang''an City first. In this way, even if Li Jing''s main army comes, our army will be under much less pressure. ”
Li Si''s words were considered to have entered Li Shimin''s heart, and the successive victory also made him think he shouldn''t have, so Li Shimin agreed with Li Si''s words.
After hearing this, Li Kui and Changsun Wuji''s expressions changed drastically. Li Kui directly retorted: "No, absolutely not."
Li Shimin frowned and asked, "Why?"
"Although there are more troops in Chang''an City than the Qin army outside the city, the Qin army has strong combat power, while our army has low morale. Only by defending the city can we compete with it, and if we go out of the city and fight in the field, we will undoubtedly lose."
Li Kui said this as if he was right, but Li Shimin was unhappy after hearing this.
Always, Li Ji, Li Si, or Changsun Wuji, they told him that the Qin army was so strong and the Tang army was so weak, so they could not fight head-on at all, and could only rely on the advantage of defending the city to fight.
Didn’t Li Shimin know that the Tang army is weaker than the Qin army? Of course he knew, but knowing it is one thing, accepting it is another, and the situation is a little different now.
The Tang army had been defeating wars before. Even if you say Tang was weaker than Qin, Li Shimin couldn''t refute it. After all, it was a fact that he lost.
But now that the Tang army has won a battle, you still say that Tang is weaker than Qin, and he will lose if he leaves the city. Isn’t that a bit too enhancing others’ ambitions and destroying his own prestige?
Or do you think I, Li Shimin, cannot compare to Li Mu and Jiang Shang? Li Mu and Jiang Shang can win the battle, but I, Li Shimin, cannot win the battle?
Li Shimin is a proud person. He doesn''t think he is worse than anyone else. He can naturally do what Jiang Shang and Li Mu can do.
Besides, the power in his hands is much stronger than that in Li Mu.
Jiang Shang and Li Mu can fight against the strong with weak, and Li Shimin can fight against the weak with strong. Can he still not win?
As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin made a decision in his heart and said in a deep voice: "I decided to lead a 60,000 infantry and cavalry army out of the city to wipe out the 30,000 Qin troops outside the city."
Li Shimin actually used the word "sweeping", which was obviously the previous two small victories and Li Mu defended Baling City, which gave him confidence.
When Li Si heard this, although he was calm on the surface, he couldn''t stop ecstasy in his heart. At the same time, he was thinking about how to persuade Li Shimin to take all his confidants out of the city to participate in the war.
Li Kui and Changsun Wuji both changed their colors and changed drastically. They all advised Li Shimin to dispel this idea and just defend Chang''an to the death. There is no need to go out of the city to take risks.
But Li Shimin had already made up his mind and refused to listen to advice at all. He must go out of the city to "sweep away" Wang Jian.
Seeing this, Li Si said, "Lord, what the two lords said is right. The Qin army is indeed powerful. On the grounds of caution, it is better to bring all the elites such as the Xuanjia Army and Feixiong Army."
Li Shimin nodded and agreed after a little thought. After all, without these elite camps, if they want to defeat the Qin army, they can only rely on the number of people. If the casualties are too great, it will not be easy to defend Chang''an in the future.
The next day, the attack and defense of Baling City reached the third day, and Li Shimin from Chang''an personally led an army of 60,000 out of the city to fight to the death with the 30,000 Qin troops of Wang Jian, Gongsun Xuanyuan and Gongsun Yan.
Wang Jian was shocked after receiving the letter of war. He never expected that this was the case now. Li Shimin dared to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight. Is his brain broken?
But after listening to the analysis of Wen Zhong, Ji Dan and others, Wang Jian realized that Li Shimin was not mentally damaged, but was under too much pressure, so a little victory made his confidence soar. He thought that if Li Mu and Jiang Shang were good, he would be fine, and twice the force would definitely win their 30,000 Qin troops.
Li Shimin took the initiative to seek death, so Wang Jian naturally had no reason to refuse. After all, the advantage of 30,000 Qin troops fighting 60,000 Tang troops is my!
Wang Jian decisively took over the book of fighting against Li Shimin and made an appointment to execute the death battle ten miles west of Chang''an City.
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(This chapter ends)