Chapter 2526 Qin and Shu battle Yangping Pass


    Chapter 2523: Qin and Shu fight against Yangping Pass


    The four countries of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu were all allies, and the four countries also jointly sent troops to capture the entire Japanese.


    When King Zhao Kuangyin of Song learned that Jingbei was empty, the 100,000 troops of Chu went north to attack Qin, and Qin asked for help from Wei and Wu, he couldn''t stop laughing.


    After all, Daqin, which has always been arrogant and domineering, will lower his arrogant head and ask for help from his weak allies. Isn’t this a pleasure?


    But in the past, why did the Qin Dynasty only ask for help from Wei and Wu, but did not want to be both ally and the closer Song State to ask for help?


    The Wei State only borders Yingchuan County and Nanyang County of Qin State, while the territory of Yuzhou occupied by Song State borders both the Zhangling County of Nanyang.


    Therefore, if Qin asked Song for help, the Song army would definitely support it much faster than the Wei army.


    But the Qin State, which has always been smart, this time he went to Wei for help from the near and far, which naturally made the Song State think continuously.


    "As sure Daqin still cares about that matter."


    "Lu Yue is not from my Song Dynasty, and I have already expressed my apology. What else does the Qin Dynasty want?"


    "The Qin Dynasty also wants me to hand over the Song Dynasty to Master Shen."


    "If even the national guru handed over, then what''s the face of my Song Dynasty? Do you want the Qin Dynasty to be ashamed? "


    Due to the Lu Yue incident, there were cracks in the diplomatic relations between the Qin and Song dynasties.


    Qin Emperor Ying Hao sent Zhang Yi as an envoy to Shouchun to question the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty, why did he ignore the friendship between allies and send Lu Yue and Shen Gongbao to Guanzhong to join Daqin as enemies?


    In this regard, Zhao Kuangyin''s answer was that this was the personal choice of the two and had little to do with the State of Song.


    Then Zhang Yi proposed to ask the State of Song to hand over Shen Gongbao to the Qin Dynasty.


    Of course, Zhao Kuangyin would not be able to hand over his wife. After all, Shen Gongbao and Zhao Gongming are close friends. What would Zhao Gongming think if he handed over Shen Gongbao?


    What''s more, Shen Gongbao not only has outstanding abilities, but also makes friends all over the world.


    Zhao Kuangyin also wanted Shen Gongbao to help him win over the outer disciples of the Shangqing Sect or some evil masters in the world to serve the State of Song. How could he hand him over to Qin?


    The Qin Dynasty claimed to be orthodox and adhered to the right path, and could not accept those evil demons and heretics. Zhao Kuangyin''s Song State was not picky about people.


    No matter whether he is right or evil, as long as he can serve himself, even if he doesn’t have much loyalty, Zhao Kuangyin can still accept it.


    Zhao Kuangyin refused to hand over the person and tried hard to protect Shen Gongbao''s actions, which brought the diplomatic relations between Qin and Song dynasties to a freezing point, that is, the war in the west had not yet ended, and he would definitely attack Song when he was freed.


    Therefore, this time, Qin State went far and asked for help from Wei and Wu, but only did not ask for help from Song State. Many people in the Song State believed that it was the reason for the Lu Yue incident.


    But what about it? Guan Zhong chose to ask for help from Wei and Wu, but he calculated that the Wei and Wu would send troops, and the Song State would most likely refuse.


    Unlike Wei, Song State was not bored by Qin State in all aspects.


    Qin asked for someone from Song, but Zhao Kuangyin dared to refuse, but if Shen Gongbao was in Wei and Qin went to Wei to ask for someone, Cao Cao would definitely not dare to refuse, because Wei did not have the confidence to turn against Qin.


    If the State of Song has the confidence to refuse the Qin Dynasty, he will naturally dare not send troops to aid Qin. After all, the Qin Dynasty cannot do anything to the State of Song.


    But if both Wei and Wu sent troops to help Qin, and only Song did not send troops, Song would worry about gains and losses, worried that Qin was deliberately excluding Song, and even more worried that the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Wu had reached a conspiracy.


    If the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Wu reach a conspiracy and jointly divide the Song Kingdom after the Chu army is defeated, then the Song Kingdom will be in danger.


    Of course, this is just the worst case. Better ones, such as suppressing Song State in business, which will also greatly reduce the income of Song State caravans.


    The Song State, which was used to following the Qin Dynasty and gaining benefits, was obviously unwilling to live a stingy life like before.


    But everything they have now, not to mention that they come from the Great Qin, but at least half of it is from the Great Qin, and it is precisely because of this that they are worried about gains and losses.


    "Prime Minister, both Wei and Wu have sent troops to help Qin. Should our Song State also send troops?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.


    After pondering for a long time, Song Prime Minister Zhao Pu said, "Some of the sects are needed, there is no need to send more, so that Qin cannot use this reason to cause trouble for me, the Song Dynasty."


    "Um."


    Zhao Kuangyin nodded and immediately sent an envoy to Xiangyang to ask the governor Zhang Jiuling if he needed support.


    Zhang Jiuling was shocked when he learned about the purpose of the Song envoy. The Song State had seen him more than he had seen in the territory business, but it was the first time he had seen him actively coming to support the troops.


    Zhang Jiuling instinctively suspected the intention of the State of Song, and even suspected that the State of Song had secretly formed an alliance with the State of Chu, and was preparing to cooperate with the State of Chu to attack the Qin army''s rear on the grounds of support.


    But after entering Jingzhou, both the Wei army and the Song army were all supplied by the Qin army. In other words, their lifeblood was already in the hands of the Qin army.


    If you really dare to assassinate the Qin army, the Qin army only needs to cut off its food and grass. In a few days, the Song army will collapse without fighting due to the lack of food.


    The probability of rebellion is too low and the cost is too high, so the Song army should be unlikely to betray.


    Zhang Jiuling had difficulty making a decision, so he could only report it to Xue Rengui.


    Xue Rengui was also a little confused about this, and he didn''t understand why the State of Song wanted to take the initiative to send troops to help Qin, but Guan Zhong did analyze the reasons.


    Guan Zhong was almost certain that if he asked for help from Song, he would most likely be rejected by Zhao Kuangyin directly, but he never expected that bypassing Song, he would directly ask Wei and Wu to ask for help from Song.


    It was really a coincidence.


    Guan Zhong naturally refused to accept any thugs like Song State, and he calculated as much as he could. So he replied to Zhang Jiuling that he agreed to the Song army''s entry, but he could not enter the territory of Xiangyang and could only go to Zhangling.


    Guan Zhong had a solution to the Chu army entering the territory of Xiangyang. If the Song State came here at this time, it would be easy to alarm the enemy. If Deng Yu noticed it, it would be more than worth the loss.


    After receiving the Qin army''s reply, Zhao Kuangyin breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it was not excluded from the Song State, he ordered Yuan Chonghuan as the main general and Zhao Defang as the deputy general, leading 10,000 Runan troops to Zhangling County to assist in the battle.


    "Report to the king, General Zhao She is back."


    "who?"


    After hearing the report, Zhao Kuangyin was stunned and didn''t react. He asked, "Who is back?"


    "Zhao She is General Zhao She, and he escaped back alive."


    "Hurry, let''s find Zhao She to see me." Zhao Kuangyin said excitedly. Zhao She and Zhao Kuangyin were originally cousins, but were captured by Li Shimin while fighting against Dong. After being detained for several years, they had to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.


    After Zhao She surrendered, she was valued by Li Shimin and made a lot of contributions to Li Tang.


    Later, the Qin Dynasty occupied Guanzhong, Li Shimin died in battle, and although Zhao She escaped from Chang''an, she also lost her trace.


    Zhao Kuangyin thought that Zhao She was caught up by the Qin killer on the way to escape, but he did not expect that Zhao She would escape back alive.


    When Zhao She saw Zhao Kuangyin, her eyes suddenly turned red. She stepped forward and subconsciously prepared to hug her, but then realized that her identity was different. Zhao Kuangyin is now the king, and he could no longer be like before, so she bowed with tears in her hands and said, "Brother, Zhao She is back."


    Zhao Kuangyin grabbed Zhao She''s arms and looked at Zhao She up and down, happily saying, "It''s good to come back, it''s good to come back."


    After some inquiry, Zhao Kuangyin learned about Zhao She’s experience during this period.


    After Chang''an fell, Zhao She, Li Yuanba, Yuwen Tai, Ji Fa, Gao Siji, Gao Xingzhou, Xiao Sheng, Hou Junji and others will escape from Chang''an one after another, preparing to seek another opportunity to escape from Guanzhong.


    Unexpectedly, after the Qin Dynasty occupied Chang''an, it blocked the entire Guanzhong as quickly as possible. Several important roads out of the pass were guarded by the Grand Master. Zhao She and others could not get through at all. In desperation, they could only find a place to hide and recuperate.


    The Qin pursuit team searched Zhao She and others very closely, and they seemed to be searching the entire Guanzhong.


    Just when everyone was about to despair, people from the Taoist Taiqing Sect contacted them and told them that the Taoist Taiqing went down the mountain and was preparing to go to Huashan to deal with Qin Huang Ying Hao. At that time, the great masters in Guanzhong will definitely go to Huashan to protect their lords, and they can take this opportunity to escape from Guanzhong.


    With the support of the Taiqing Sect masters, Zhao She and others escaped from Guanzhong without any danger and captured Bu Jingyun, one of the seven swords.


    "What are you trying to capture Bu Jingyun?" Zhao Kuangyin asked in confusion.


    "Taoist people told Li Yuanba that Bu Jingyun''s left arm was not his own, but was replaced after it was broken. Li Yuanba also broke his left arm, so he wanted to change Bu Jingyun''s left arm to himself to get rid of his disability and restore his strength." Zhao She said.


    Zhao Kuangyin was shocked when he heard this. He never expected that there would be such an outrageous change of hands.


    Zhao She continued, "As soon as we fled into Wudu County, Shu betrayed the alliance with Tang State, and then Qin launched an attack on the three counties of Longxi, and Sui State also sent troops to attack the three counties of Qiang.


    Since most people''s injuries have not healed yet, they are unable to participate in the Longxi War. Only Ji Fa, who was less injured, returned to Longxi County.


    After my injuries were almost cured, the three counties in Longxi were obtained by the Qin army, and Li Tang had surrendered to Shu Han. After some discussion, we decided to go our separate ways.


    Li Yuanba was taken away by a master from the Taiqing Sect.


    Hou Junji and Xiao Sheng returned to Hanzhong and defected to Li Siyuan and Li Keyong respectively.


    Yuwen Tai and Ji Fa had a good personal relationship, and Gao Xingzhou was saved by Ji Fa, so both of them went to Qiang to join Ji Chang.


    As for my younger brother, he was neither willing to defect to Liu Yu nor to serve Li Siyuan and Li Keyong, so he brought General Gao Siji back to Song State and defected to you, brother. ”


    Gao Sijihui chose to surrender to the State of Song, which was naturally not just because Zhao She, but because Gao Huaide, who was related to him, currently holds an important position in the State of Song.


    When he heard that Zhao She was not back alone and even brought Gao Siji with him, Zhao Kuangyin''s eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he was even more ecstatic. After all, he had heard of Gao Siji''s name of bravery.


    "Brother She, I didn''t expect that you would give me such a big gift as soon as you came back." Zhao Kuangyin laughed.


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    On the other side, Ji Chang and Ji made Lei Zhen, father and son, and led their troops to retreat into the Qiang land, immediately recruited the Tang army in the Qiang land and recruited many Qiang people into the army. After the troops under his command surged to 30,000, but what followed was the attack of Yang Su''s 60,000 Su''s Sui army.


    Faced with the Sui army with a high morale of 60,000 and the Tang army with a low morale of 30,000, it is obviously difficult to win.


    There are four reasons why Ji Chang won this battle:


    1. The people of Qiang supported Li Tang even more.


    2. The troops left by Li Tang in the Qiang area were mainly cavalry, and the number of cavalry in the Zhou army was not small.


    3. Coupled with the timely arrival and help of Yuwen Tai and Gao Xingzhou, the generals of the Zhou army were even better.


    4. Yang Su violated a military taboo. He underestimated his Ji Chang and felt that the other party was a literati and was beaten so badly by Xuanyuan. His ability to command military forces should be extremely mediocre.


    It is precisely because of these four points that give Ji Chang the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.


    The battle between Qiang land ended with Ji Chang''s small victory over Yang Su, killing 10,000 Sui army, and losing nine thousand of them.


    After the war, Ji Chang negotiated with the Sui State with the momentum of great victory and expressed his willingness to surrender to the Sui State.


    Seeing that Ji Chang''s army was so capable and forced annexation to the other side, Yang Guang might have fought a loss. In order to occupy Qiang land at a small price, he accepted Ji Chang''s surrender and appointed Ji Chang as the prefect of Yizhou County.


    The Sui State had three counties in the Western Regions, namely: Tianshan County (Urumqi), Yizhou County (Hami), and Gaochang County (Turpan County);


    Yang Guang appointed Ji Chang as the governor of Yizhou County, but he did not really trust Ji Chang, but wanted to transfer his army from the Qiang territory to completely grasp the seven counties of the Qiang territory.


    In addition, the Western Regions are also the chassis of the Sui Kingdom. After Ji Chang arrived in the Western Regions, how to exploit Ji Chang is still his final decision.


    At the same time, Yang Guang can also take this opportunity to see if Ji Chang really surrenders. After all, agreeing to the agreement is not necessarily sincere, but if you refuse, you must have ambition.


    So Yang Guang''s move was a three-killing victory.


    But what Yang Guang didn''t know was that Ji Changba was not allowed to leave Qiang and enter the Western Regions, so he cooperated so much and took the initiative to give up the relatively wealthier Qiang counties.


    In this way, Yang Guang obtained the three counties of Qiang as he wished, and Ji Chang also entered the Western Regions as he wished, and both sides were very happy.


    After Yang Guangquan occupied the seven counties of Qiang, he saw that Qin and Shu were fighting at Yangping Pass, and then the three kingdoms of Chu, Wei and Wu participated, and their minds began to become active, hoping to find an opportunity to completely expel the Qin army from Liangzhou.


    So, Yang Guang secretly contacted Liu Yu, Shu Kingdom, and at the same time mobilized troops to the front line, but did not go to war with the Qin army, but only tested the depth of the Qin army in Liangzhou.


    This test really made Yang Guang test something. Although Li Jing left 30,000 troops to Yangping Pass, his troops in Liangzhou were still sufficient, and the main general was still Li Jing, who had never lost his defeat.


    Yang Guang was also very helpless in this regard and could only hope that the Qin army would be bleeding from Yangping Pass and then transfer the Liangzhou army to the front line of Hanzhong, so that the Sui State could benefit.


    (This chapter ends)