Chapter 2506 Sui and Tubo formed an alliance
Chapter 2503: Sui Dynasty and Tubo formed an alliance
It is naturally useless to just Cheng Gongying’s agreement, and Yang Guang must nod.
Cheng Gongying passed the treaty agreement back to Liangzhou through Feige''s letter. He thought the guild would not bear to let go of the ten counties of Wuwei, but he did not expect Yang Guang to agree.
Now Cheng Gongying never had any luck. After pressing the seal on the letter of nationality tremblingly, he fainted directly. It was already a day later when he woke up again.
The first thing Cheng Gongying did when she woke up was to go back to China. He wanted to question his lord Yang Guang why he was so weak?
If Yang Guang was tougher, Cheng Gongying would not have been so passive, and he would even be sure to only cut off half of Wuwei County.
However, Yang Guang withdrew his troops too quickly, which made Cheng Gongying not have any confidence in the negotiations. It would be great if he could negotiate like this.
After Ying Hao learned that Yang Guang agreed to cede the land, he was naturally very satisfied. After all, although Wuwei County is not very wealthy, its geographical location is still very important.
And after obtaining Wuwei County, the Qin Dynasty would have the three counties of Beidi, Anding and Wuwei in Liangzhou, and would have a semi-encirclement of the three counties of Longxi, and it would be easier to plan for the three counties of Longxi next.
So, if Ying Hao can get such a key place as Wuwei without spending one soldier, what else can Ying Hao not be satisfied with?
"I will visit Chang''an, inspect Guanzhong, and order the two camps of Tiewei and Huwei to protect the troops." Ying Hao said lightly.
“Abide by the order.”
Ying Hao left Prime Minister Wang Meng to take charge of the court and presided over all matters within the court. He himself personally brought Jia Xu, Zhang Liang and other leaders, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu Dianwei and other powerful generals, and under the protection of the two elite troops of the Tiger Guard Iron Guard.
It is worth mentioning that Ying Hao only brought one concubine during his trip, that is Li Xiuning.
The Emperor of Qin was naturally very arrogant when he traveled openly, so the process was naturally much more complicated, so that Ying Hao had just entered Guanzhong, and Cheng Gongying and his party had already arrived in Daye (Jincheng) City.
After Cheng Gongying returned to Daye, he came to Yang Guang with great momentum without taking any rest, questioning him about his weakness and his agreement to ced the ten cities of Wuwei?
Faced with the heartbroken Gongying, Yang Guang was also a little guilty, but asked back: "Military advisor, if the war with the Qin Dynasty starts, can Wuwei County be defended?"
Cheng Gongying was stunned, and after a little thought, he replied, "The terrain of Wuwei is flat, without stability as a barrier. Except for the city, there is almost no danger to defend. If you fight for a long time, you will lose it."
“Since you know you can’t hold on, but you still have to hold on to it, isn’t that stupid?
Without stability, the ten cities in the eastern plains of Wuwei are like chicken ribs to our Great Sui Dynasty. It tastes tasteless and a pity to abandon it.
It is better to take the initiative to hand over it and exchange space for time. Yang Guang said jokingly.
Wuwei County originally had thirteen counties.
After Yang Guang destroyed the Qiang, he moved more than 100,000 Qiang people to Liangzhou and set up four new cities in western Wuwei.
So now Wuwei actually has seventeen counties.
Although Yang Guang ceded the ten cities in the eastern part of Wuwei to the Qin Dynasty, he still owned seven cities in the western part of Wuwei.
The terrain of these seven cities in the west is relatively dangerous, and they are all easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Sui army sets up defense here, it is obviously much better than forging the ten cities in the east.
Therefore, from Yang Guang''s perspective, it is not too much to abandon the ten cities in the eastern region, in exchange for the retreat of the Qin army. After all, the Sui Kingdom could completely take advantage of this gap to expand elsewhere.
Yang Guang also had a goal, that is, the three Qiang counties in the Li Tang Dynasty and the three Longxi counties.
"What? Lord, are you going to grab Li Tang''s chassis?"
Cheng Gongying looked surprised. After hearing Yang Guang’s remarks, he had already understood his lord’s painstaking efforts, but he still did not expect that the lord would set his sights on Li Tang at this time.
“No, absolutely not.
Now that Liu Yu''s army has entered Hanzhong, after learning that Li Shimin had died, he will definitely covet the three counties in Hanzhong.
If our Sui Kingdom also adds trouble, Li Tang may be destroyed. At that time, in this northwest, our Sui Kingdom will really fight alone.
The lord must not lose his big name because of the small, just because he lost the ten counties of Wuwei. He took advantage of Li Tang''s weakness and Li Tang''s side to get back. This is a move to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. ”
Cheng Gongying''s attitude was very clear, which was to oppose Yang Guang''s annexation of Longxi and Qiang lands.
In Cheng Gongying''s opinion, these six counties are not rich places. Even if they get them, they will not get much benefit. On the contrary, they will put themselves in a situation of fighting alone, which will definitely be worth the loss.
Cheng Gongying explained the truth thoroughly and persuaded her for a long time, but Yang Guang had no intention of changing his mind at all.
Cheng Gongying was completely anxious and said to Ban Gu and Gao Feng: "Two sirs, please persuade your lord quickly, so you must not lose the big picture because of the small."
Hearing this, Ban Gu Gaobin looked at each other and set off, "Mr. Cheng, is here to persuade the lord to annex the Qiang land."
Cheng Gongying was stunned and pointed at Ban Gu, so angry that she couldn''t speak. She turned to Gao Yang and said, "Why didn''t Mr. Gao persuade me? Isn''t such a short-sighted person?"
Gao Feng smiled and said, "Brother Cheng, don''t worry, the situation in the northwest has changed, so I''ll tell you one by one."
"Hmph, then I want to hear the great opinions of my lord."
After a cold snorting, Cheng Gongying found a chair and sat down, but when he heard what Gao Feng said, he stood up in shock.
"What? You said Tubo was unified?"
"That''s right, Songtsen Gampo has unified the Tubo tribes and has taken the initiative to send envoys to communicate with us in the Great Sui Dynasty."
Although Songtsen Gampo was a Tubo native, he admired Central Plains culture very much.
When Li Tang was the overlord of the northwest, he once asked Li Shimin for marriage to marry Li Xiuning, but Li Xiuning directly refused.
When the founding of the Qin Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo not only sent envoys to Luoyang, but also pretended to be a follower to watch the ceremony in person.
The prosperity and strength of the Qin Dynasty made Songtsen Gampo long for it. After returning to China, he proposed to Daqian again, hoping to marry the princess Ying Hongye, but Ying Hao refused again.
After being rejected for two consecutive times, Songtsen Gampo felt deeply ashamed, so he worked hard to strengthen his efforts and finally unified the Tubo tribes. After the unification, Tubo had a population of 3 million and a military force of 250,000. It was also considered a powerful country in this northwest region.
However, in terms of science and technology, Tubo was still too backward. Songtsen Gampo wanted to learn the advanced skills of the Central Plains, so he took the initiative to send envoys to contact the Sui Kingdom.
This connection scared Songtsen Gampo. The Tang Kingdom, who had made him look up to, and the Tang King Li Shimin, died in the war with the Qin Dynasty. The strength of the Qin Dynasty had reached Liangzhou and was not far from Tubo.
Songtsen Gampo believed that the Qin Dynasty was a very aggressive country, and did not think that the plateau terrain could block the Qin Dynasty''s fierce sole terrain.
When she thought that Daqin was about to hit the door, Songtsen Gampo couldn''t even sleep. After all, with Tubo''s family background, it might not be enough to face the giant Daqin.
At this time, the Sui State took the initiative to form an alliance, offense and defense, which was tantamount to the sound of nature for Songtsen Gampo.
Gao Bing was born in Tubo himself and signed an alliance with Songtsen Gampo. With the ally of Tubo, the Sui Kingdom naturally did not need Li Tang.
It is precisely because of this that Yang Guang had the idea of ??annexing Qiang land and Longxi. After all, if the Sui Kingdom was not strong enough, it would not be dominant in its alliance with Tubo.
Tubo has a population of three million and an army of two hundred and fifty thousand.
After encouraging childbirth and plundering population from the Western Regions, the Sui State now has a population of 2.6 million.
As for the army, although the Sui State only had 160,000 yuan, it was just to save military expenses and develop internal affairs.
If the army is really expanded at its limit, the Sui Kingdom can also expand to 250,000.
But this time the Qin and Sui Dynasty started the war, and the Sui State lost half of Anding County and the ten cities of Wuwei, and at least 200,000 people were lost.
If the lost population cannot be replenished, the Sui State will naturally not be able to expand its army to that number, and now the only one that can still be used for its annexation is Li Tang''s chassis.
Cheng Gongying didn''t expect that so many things would happen during the period when he left. After thinking for a long time, he spoke: "Lord, it is indeed a good thing to form an offensive and defensive alliance with Tubo, but his subordinates still do not agree with the annexation of Tang territory.
Although Li Tang is now extremely weak, it is still a great helper to resist Qin. The Great Sui Dynasty should unite all forces that can be united. ”
"But have you ever thought about the military advisor? Li Shimin is no longer here. Li Tang is in chaos. Whether he can survive or not is a question.
Even if I don’t add any harm to the wrong side, will Qin and Shu still not add any harm to the wrong side?
Instead of being swallowed by the Qin and Sui countries, our Great Sui Dynasty took action in advance. ”
Yang Guang said in a deep voice, his words were firm.
"well…"
Cheng Gongying sighed and said, "I won''t persuade you more, because what Yang Guang said is indeed reasonable."
On that day, Yang Guang ordered Yang Su from Wuwei County to give up the ten cities of Wuwei little by little, but he could not give up too quickly, so that the Sui army could relocate the people in the rear.
There are more than 200,000 people in the eastern ten cities of Wuwei County. Yang Guang cannot completely throw it to Daqin, and at least he would have to secretly move more than 100,000 people away.
At the same time, with Yang Suwuwei attracting the attention of the Qin army, Yang Guang can boldly plot against the three counties of Qiang and the three counties of Longxi.
But what Yang Guang didn''t know was that he thought that after the Qin army won the Guanzhong and the Ten Cities of Wuwei, he would stop and rest again, but he did not expect that Ying Hao would also target the three counties of Longxi like him.
The next day, Yang Su withdrew all the defenders of Zuli City, and at the same time emptied all the treasury palaces, but did not move the people.
The plan for relocation of the Sui State was not to move from the front, but from the back.
After all, if we moved in the past, after Qin entered the first city and counted the household registration, we would soon find that the population was not logarithmic, and then the Sui State would not be able to move people away.
Therefore, when Yang Guang moved people directly from the six counties in the rear, and when Yang Su retreated one by one to the rear, almost all the people who should be moved away were moved.
After Li Jing successfully took over Zu Licheng from Yang Su, he immediately reported to Ying Hao, who had arrived in Chang''an.
After receiving the news, Ying Hao ordered Li Jing to lead his army to take charge of Wuwei and Meng Tian fights Anding County to attract the attention of Yang Su and Yang Guang.
At the same time, Ying Hao also ordered Gongsun Xuanyuan to lead 20,000 to Zuli City, Wuwei County, Long Qi to lead 20,000 troops to Wushi City, Anding County, and Wu Qi to lead 20,000 troops to Chencang City, Youfufeng.
Just when the time comes, the Qin army divided into three groups to advance. Gongsun Nanxuanyuan attacked Longxi County, Longqi attacked Hanyang County, Wuqi attacked Wudu County and captured the three counties in Longxi.
As for when will the time come? Of course, it was when Liu Yu took action against Hanzhong.
Ying Hao actually thought that when Shu Tang broke, he took the opportunity to send troops to capture the three counties in Hanzhong together.
But the three counties in Hanzhong are easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Tang army also strictly guarded the Qin Dynasty. All major roads and checkpoints have garrisons to defend, and the losses of forced attacks are too great.
In addition, it may also force Li Tang to completely turn to Shu. If this is the case, it will be really not worth the loss.
Therefore, Ying Hao retreated and did not fight against the three counties of Hanzhong, which were difficult to seize the three counties of Longxi, which were relatively difficult to seize.
Using the Qin army''s cavalry combat power, it is easy to capture the three counties of Longxi.
After obtaining the three counties of Longxi, the Qin Dynasty surrounded the Han lunar general on three sides, and could send troops from the three directions of Youfufeng, Wudu and Nanyang, and the difficulty of capturing Hanzhong would be reduced to the lowest.
There is nothing more than that. Once Hanzhong is captured, will Yizhou be far away?
In addition, after taking over the three counties in Longxi, the Qin Dynasty had six counties in Liangzhou.
After the three years of cultivation, even if the food and grass of Sili were not used, and the grain storage of the six counties alone should be enough for the Qin Dynasty to complete the Western Expedition.
Therefore, for the Qin Dynasty, no matter which aspect, it is of great benefit to win the three counties in Longxi.
(This chapter ends)