Chapter 2518 Destroy Tang (Part 1)
Chapter 2515: Destroy Tang (Part 1)
After a night of joy, Ying Hao fell asleep deeply.
Because he was too clear during this period, he was under great pressure. Now that all his worries have been gone, he can finally have a good sleep.
"Report...Report to Your Majesty, Hanzhong urgently reports."
The report outside the house woke Ying Hao and Dong Xiaowan who were sleeping.
Dong Xiaowan''s head was always confused before, but she didn''t react until then. She had retained her virginity for nearly 20 years and gave it to Ying Hao in a confused manner, and naturally she felt extremely shy.
Dong Xiaowan kicked Ying Hao off the bed with a kick, covered himself tightly with the quilt, making a shivering but happy moaning sound.
Ying Hao got up from the ground, took a blue shirt and put it on it, looked at Dong Xiaowan who was shining into a ball, and shook his head helplessly.
No one else has ever done anything except Dong Xiaowan.
"Xiaowan, I still have state affairs. I will come to you tomorrow night to reminisce about the past."
After putting on his clothes, Ying Hao pushed the door out and saw Yu Huatian kneeling outside the door.
"What is the emergency military situation in Hanzhong?" Ying Hao asked.
"Report to Your Majesty, Liu Yu sent troops overnight. Shi Jingtang, deputy general of Baishui Pass, surrendered without fighting. The Shu army attacked Hanzhong without spending one soldier. Now the troops have surrounded Nanzheng City. The Sui King Yang Guang also sent troops to the three counties of Qiang, preparing to get a share of the pie."
Hearing this, Ying Hao realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately attracted Wu Qi, Li Cunxiao, Sun Lingming, Bismarck, Ban Chao and other civil and military officials to come to the Central Palace and held a meeting overnight to discuss solutions.
In the middle of the night, they had to work overtime overnight, but not only did the ministers not feel any dissatisfied, but were still a little excited.
Although the Battle of Guanzhong ended with the complete victory of the Qin Dynasty, it ultimately only won half of Guanzhong''s county and some poor counties in Liangzhou, which could not satisfy the appetite of the civil and military officials in Yongzhou.
Taking advantage of the fact that so many troops still left Yongliang, if you don’t take the opportunity to take over the three counties of Longxi, you will be sorry for the money and food consumed by dispatching the army.
"Your Majesty, summon us overnight, but something happened in Hanzhong?" Sun Lingming asked hurriedly.
The battle in Huashan actually hit him very hard.
Sun Lingming always thought that even if he was not invincible in the world, he was second only to Li Cunxiao among the Qin army. However, he did not expect that this time, the Huashan Sword Contest, he did not even have the qualifications to participate in the war, and could only stay by Ying Hao to watch the battle. How could he accept this?
But there is nothing he can do if he doesn''t accept it. After all, he is still young and has reached his age and has the fastest cultivation speed. Next, only water-melting and hard bubbles can improve his cultivation.
If Li Cunxiao knew what Sun Lingming was thinking, he would definitely comfort this little brother. After all, although he, the world''s number one general, was only a supporting role, with only Taiyi, Yinglong and Zhulong.
"That''s right, the situation in Hanzhong has changed drastically. Liu Yu attracted the attention of the senior leaders of the Tang army in Hanchang, but secretly instigated Shi Jingtang, the commander of Baishui Pass.
The tens of thousands of Shu troops led by Zhang Ren took down Baishui Pass without any effort.
After receiving the news, Li Xiaogong had to retreat to Nanzheng to stand guard and wait for help in order to avoid being attacked by Liu Yu and Zhang Ren on both sides.
Now Liu Yu''s two armies have joined forces and surrounded Nanzheng City, attempting to capture the three counties in Hanzhong. ”
After saying that, Ying Hao was also surprised. Liu Yu''s methods were really powerful. If he didn''t take action, he would just hit Li Tang''s fatal point as soon as he took action.
Yizhou has many powerful passes such as Yangping Pass, Baishui Pass, Jianmen Pass (Jiange), Jiameng Pass, Jiangyou Pass, Fushui Pass, Qutang Pass and other powerful passes.
Among them, Yangping Pass is the northern gate of Yizhou, which guards the three counties of Hanzhong County and are still under the control of the Tang State.
There are three checkpoints between Guanghan County and Hanzhong County, namely: Baishui Pass, Jianmen Pass (Jiange), and Jiameng Pass;
Among these three passes, only Jianmen Pass belongs to Shu Kingdom, and Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass belong to Tang Kingdom.
The reason for this situation is that Liu Ji was the dominant Yizhou, and Liu Yu retreated one after another, leaving only Guanghan County and Guanghan vassal state, so he had to introduce the Li Tang forces to balance the situation in Yizhou.
Liu Yu invited the Tang army to enter Yizhou, but Li Shimin was worried that Liu Yu would repent. At that time, the Tang army would be cut off from the food supply route of the Tang army, and then the Tang army entering Shu would be attacked from both sides.
In order to dispel Li Shimin''s concerns, Liu Yu could only give up Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass to ensure that the Tang army''s food supply was worry-free, so that Li Shimin would dare to go south with confidence.
Since then, Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass have been owned by the Tang Kingdom.
After the Tang army entered Yizhou, they joined forces with Liu Yu to fight against Liu Ji and also occupied many territories in northern Yizhou.
But as Li Shimin experienced a crushing defeat in Sizhou, he had to shrink his troops to defend Guanzhong, so he withdrew all the troops from Yizhou back to Guanzhong and exchanged money and grain with Liu Yu and Liu Ji.
Although Li Shimin voluntarily gave up his chassis in Yizhou, he only retained Jiameng Pass and Baishui Pass. Obviously, he was also afraid that the Yizhou forces would have the idea of ??Hanzhong.
However, as long as Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass are in hand, even if the entire Shu Kingdom invades, the Tang army can last for a year and a half in Hanzhong.
But with Li Tang''s continuous retreat and defeat in Guanzhong, Li Shimin made the same choice as Liu Yu and had to lead the Shu army into Hanzhong. The two families joined forces to fight against the Qin army.
Liu Yu also took out the same reason as Li Shimin at the time and asked Li Shimin for Jiameng Pass and Baishui Pass.
In order to get Liu Yu to send troops to rescue him, Li Shimin had to agree to Liu Yu, but he just deliberately returned to Jiameng Pass, and Baishui Pass said that he would not retreat no matter what.
Liu Yu was not greedy either. He sent troops after he wanted to return to Jiameng Pass, but he did not expect that the Qin army had completely occupied Guanzhong as soon as his front army arrived in Hanzhong.
Li Shimin died, Li Tang is now in turmoil, and Liu Yu did not think that Li Tang could still save Hanzhong, so he had the idea of ??seizing the three counties of Hanzhong and improving the defense line in the northern Yizhou.
But if we want to achieve this goal, there is a big obstacle, that is, Baishui Pass is still in the hands of Tang Jun.
There are only 50,000 Shu troops entering Hanzhong, and there are still 100,000 troops in the subsequent army. If Shu Tang breaks apart but cannot take down Baishui Pass, the Shu troops in Hanzhong will be really trapped to death.
Faced with such a situation, Liu Yu listened to Su Qin''s plan, led an army of 50,000 to stay on the front line of Hanchang, attracting the attention of Li Xiaogong and other Li Tang executives, and at the same time reducing the other party''s vigilance.
But in secret, Zhang Ren led an army of 50,000 out of Jiameng Pass, ready to attack Baishui Pass at any time. At the same time, he contacted Li Keyong, the commander of Baishui Pass, hoping to instigate him. Liu Yu''s countermeasures not only failed, but also aroused Li Xiaogong''s vigilance and he was more cautious about Liu Yu.
The plan to instigate Li Keyong failed, and Liu Yu turned his target to his deputy general, Shi Jingtang.
In order to instigate Shi Jingtang, Liu Yu paid a lot of money and promised to directly grant him the title of the marquis of the country.
Just when Liu Yu grabbed Shi Jingtang, the Qin spies were actually instigating Shi Jingtang.
No wonder Shi Jingtang refused to recruit Daqin and turned to Shu. After all, Daqin''s conditions for instigation were superior, and it was impossible for him to take the position of Marquis of the State to be given to Shi Jingtang.
Shi Jingtang suddenly turned against him and captured Li Keyong. Zhang Ren led 50,000 Shu troops into Hanzhong without spending one soldier, and the Shu army''s troops in Hanzhong also reached 100,000.
After Li Xiaogong learned about the fall of Baishui Pass, considering that the troops of the two sides were disparity in power, the Shu army continued to enter Hanzhong, so it was definitely impossible to fight hard, so he decisively led his army to retreat to Nanzheng County to defend the country, but he did not know that this move was exactly the same as Liu Yu''s intention.
Li Xiaogong had no choice but to command troops, but he had no intention of overall situation.
In this situation, how long can he stay in Nanzheng City? Therefore, the injury is destined to be unable to defend.
If Li Xiaogong is tough to the end and would rather fight hard for one soldier than live a life of life, then Liu Yu really has to consider withdrawing the army. After all, if he really fights with the Tang army, both sides will be injured, in the end, it will only be a good deal for the Qin Dynasty.
But Li Xiaogong did not fight to the end, but chose to defend himself and delay time, which was equivalent to handing over the initiative to Liu Yu, because the longer the delay was, the more beneficial it would be to the Shu army.
After hearing Ying Hao''s analysis, all the generals present also reacted. They originally hoped that Shu Tang would fight to the point of defeat. After the Qin Dynasty captured Longxi, they would also defeat the three counties of Hanzhong. But now it is a bit difficult to capture Hanzhong.
"Your Majesty, are we just watching Liu Yu seize Hanzhong?" Sun Lingming said with a look of reluctance.
"Of course not. No matter whether it succeeds or fails, it is important to try it."
After saying that, Ying Hao looked at Li Cunxiao and ordered: "Li Cunxiao, I ordered you to lead a 50,000 army out of Sanguan and attack Yangping Pass."
"No." Li Cunxiao responded.
"Where is Sun Lingming in Wu Qi?"
"The last one will be there."
"I ordered you two to lead the 20,000 troops of Chen Cang to attack Wudu County westward."
"No." The two of them said in unison.
“In addition, the commander of Zu Licheng Gongsun Xuanyuan led an army of 20,000 to attack Longxi County;
The Wu family city Longji led an army of 20,000 to attack Hanyang County.
Han Xin, Wancheng, led an army of 50,000 to attack Shangyong County. ”
"No."
With Ying Hao''s order, the 160,000 elite Qin troops began to advance in five directions.
Li Siyuan, the commander of Yangping Pass, was shocked when he learned that Li Cunxiao led a 50,000 army to attack. While defending the situation, he asked Li Xiaogong of Nanzheng for help.
Where can Li Xiaogong have reinforcements to send? It was only then that he realized how desperate the situation Li Tang was facing was.
After losing Guanzhong, the nine counties left in Li Tang, and eight counties were all in war.
The three counties in Qiang are facing attacks from 60,000 Sui troops.
The three counties in Longxi were invaded by a total of 60,000 Qin troops from three routes at the same time.
The three counties in Hanzhong were attacked from Shu and Qin on three sides, including 150,000 Shu troops and 100,000 Qin troops.
The Tang army now has a total strength of only 100,000, but it is facing the siege of 370,000 troops from Shu, Sui, Tang and Tang dynasties.
Such an unsolvable situation, let alone Li Xiaogong, even if Li Shimin is resurrected, it will not be solved.
Li Xiaogong didn''t know what to do. The only thing he could do was to defend Nanzheng City to the death. He could make the Tang Dynasty persist for one day, but he didn''t know that this was just drinking poison to quench thirst.
The Tang army stationed in various parts of Hanzhong were naturally disappointed when they saw that Li Xiaogong was just trapped in Nanzheng but could not come up with any solution and surrendered to Qin and Shu.
The county magistrates and magistrates of Mianyang, Baozhong and Anyang counties around Nanzheng surrendered without fighting and voluntarily surrendered to Liu Yu.
Although Chenggu, Dingyuan, Longting and Weiyang all hung up Qin flags and wanted to surrender to the Qin Dynasty.
But the Qin army in Yongzhou on the North Road was blocked outside Yangping Pass, while the Qin army in Jingzhou on the East Road was blocked in Shangyong, and neither Qin army in both ways could support it.
Except for Weiyang County, which belongs to Shangyong County, who was surrendered by Han Xin''s army after surrendering, the defenders of the other three counties miscalculated the situation and could only fight alone before the Qin army invaded Hanzhong.
Liu Yu learned that three counties in Hanzhong had hung up the Qin flag and attempted to surrender to Qin. Instead, he suspended the persecution of Nanzheng and ordered the three generals Kong Peng, Liu Er and Shi Jingtang to lead 10,000 troops to attack these three counties respectively.
The reason why Liu Yu did this was naturally to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, as a deterrent and prevent more military leaders from falling to the Qin army.
Liu Yu''s move quickly became effective. As the three counties were captured by Kong Peng and the three generals, the county magistrate and the magistrate were beheaded and displayed in public. The defenders in Hanzhong were silent and did not dare to surrender to Qin easily.
Although the Qin army was powerful, it was still outside Hanzhong and could not affect the inside of Hanzhong for the time being, but the sword of Shu Kingdom was hanging on their necks.
After seeing that the deterrence act played a role, Liu Yu listened to Su Qin''s advice and took soft measures to temporarily suspend the offensive against Xinzheng. At the same time, he negotiated with the defenders in the city, hoping to persuade the defenders in the city to surrender.
Liu Yu naturally did not place all his hopes on the surrender of Li Xiaogong. While negotiating, he also sent Zhang Song as an envoy to Yangpingguan to lobby Li Siyuan.
If Li Siyuan surrendered to Qin, Liu Yu would have to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army in Hanzhong. But now he is not ready for a decisive battle, so he must first stabilize Li Siyuan.
(This chapter ends)