Chapter 2597 Yang Jian cheered up, Zhang Yi sent Yunnan
Chapter 2594: Yang Jian cheered up, Zhang Yi sent Yunnan
After the Qin army increased its military power and reached Yangping Pass, it was soon reported that the Sui State surrendered and admitted its conscience and refused to attend Liu Yu''s ascension ceremony.
However, not many people accused the Sui Kingdom. After all, in the face of the threat from the Qin Dynasty, even the Wei and Song Kingdoms surrendered, let alone the Sui Kingdom, which is at the bottom of the Jiao Kingdom.
After learning that the Sui Kingdom had surrendered, Chu and Ming Kingdom were naturally worried that the next one would be threatened was themselves. After all, the only forces that clearly accepted the invitation from Shu Kingdom were the only ones.
King Liu Xiu of Chu and King Zhu Di of Ming Dynasty held a response meeting overnight, but tacitly made the same decision. Even if he went directly to war with the Qin Dynasty, he would never accept the threat.
The three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Sui could compromise with the Qin Dynasty, but the Chu and Ming countries could not do the same.
The Wei, Song and Sui governments could not withstand the pressure and surrendered to the Qin Dynasty. First, the country''s strength was weak, and second, they were more or less tied to the Qin Dynasty to a certain extent.
For them, they just accept the invitation from Shu and have to risk going to war with the Qin Dynasty. The benefits and risks are completely inconsistent, and no rational person will do this.
But Chu and Ming are different. They are both mortal enemies of the Qin Dynasty. There is no room for easing and there is no binding of interests.
If Chu and Ming choose to give in on this issue, they will only expose their own weakness, thereby enhancing Qin''s arrogance and making them even more competing.
In addition, compared with the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, Sui, Chu and Ming countries have stronger national strength and naturally more confidence.
The Ming Dynasty fought against the Wei and Song alliance one by one against two, and was recognized as the strongest among the three Central Plains. It is backed by the Central Plains region, which can be said to have a single move to the whole body.
As for the State of Chu, most of its territory is located in Jiangnan, with sufficient strategic depth. It has repeatedly provoked the Qin Dynasty, but it still survives to this day.
Even if the war with the Qin Dynasty really starts, Chu and Ming countries have absolute confidence and will never be destroyed in the short term, so naturally they will not accept the threat from the Qin Dynasty.
In addition, if Liu Yu ascended the throne and became emperor this time, if no ally supported him, it would be a huge blow to the anti-Qin forces in the world.
If everyone has no hope of opposing Qin, then what if they can resist the Qin army and prevent the Qin Dynasty from unifying the world?
Therefore, even in order to inspire anti-Qin people in the world, Chu and Ming must stand with Shu.
Although Chu and Ming were not prepared to compromise, they were afraid that the conflict between the two sides would intensify and trigger a war, so they were prepared to deal with the war in advance.
But what Liu Xiu and Zhu Di did not expect was that they were all ready, but the Qin side did not react at all, as if they had directly ignored their two countries.
Liu Xiu and Zhu Di were relieved, but they felt extremely unhappy, but it was also a good thing that a conflict dissipated invisibly.
Afterwards, both Chu and Ming countries accelerated their pace of expansion, and at the same time, they sent envoys to Shu to participate in Liu Yu''s imperial ceremony.
Zhu Di ordered Zhu Yunwen as an envoy, while Liu Xiu sent Liu Qi as an envoy. Both of them were enough to represent the two countries of Chu and Ming.
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Yangping Pass.
After Ying Hao''s order was issued, Li Jing immediately dispatched troops and personally led a 100,000 troops from Guanzhong to march into Yangping Pass.
Yangping Pass is not far from Guanzhong, and it is only the next day before the day of sending troops. Ten thousand cavalry arrived at Guanxia, ??and the leader was Yang Jian.
At this time, Yang Jian no longer had the decadence and self-blame he had when he surrendered. It seemed that he had emerged from the blow of the Yang family''s destruction.
The reason why Yang Jian was able to get out of the shadow so quickly was actually due to Chang''e.
It’s not that Yang Jian didn’t know that the responsibility for the Yang family’s destruction was not on him. After all, he did not loyal to Li Tang at the beginning, but was persuaded by Yang Biao and Yang Xiu and his son, and decided to be loyal to Li Tang for the family.
What Yang Jian really hated was that he failed to see through Li Shimin''s true face earlier, so that he was still fighting **** battles for Li Tang on the front line, but his relatives in the rear were massacred, which completely made him a joke.
Yang Jian actually understands the truth, but he has a hurdle in his heart that he cannot go through it.
So, no matter how others persuaded him, even if Ying Hao and Yuqing Taoist took action, Yang Jian still didn''t listen to anything.
Only when he hurts himself and feels pain, he will feel better and less guilty.
Seeing that Yang Jian, the peerless war god, became increasingly thin due to guilt and self-blame, the prefect of Wuwei worked for a month, but he couldn''t continue because of serious illness. Even the famous doctors in the medical field could not cure it. Now even Ying Hao could not sit still.
Sun Lingming''s resignation and traveling westward made the Qin Dynasty lack a top combat power.
Although Yang Jian was able to replace Sun Lingming, he blamed himself for being destroyed by Li Tang. Since surrendering, he looked half-dead.
In order to cheer up Yang Jian, Ying Hao went to the door to enlighten him personally, and even found Taoist Yuqing, but it still had no use.
Ying Hao didn''t want Yang Jian to die of illness on the bed, so he sent Chang''e to take the initiative with the idea of ??trying it out. After all, Chang''e was the only person Yang Jian loved, and Yang Jian would be willing to listen to her words.
With Chang''e''s patient guidance, Yang Jian really walked out and his body recovered quickly, which was simply a medical miracle.
Seeing Yang Jian cheering up again, Ying Hao also breathed a sigh of relief.
In front, Sun Lingming traveled thousands of miles to save Zixia. Later, Yang Jian immediately became alive when he saw Chang''e.
In this regard, Ying Hao can only say that the power of love is really great.
Yang Jian has been cheered up, and the Qin Dynasty is expanding its army, causing some generals to face promotion. The three cavalry battalions in Yongzhou are missing one general, so Ying Hao asked Yang Jian to command the cavalry of the three battalions.
After the order to send troops to Yangping Pass was issued, Li Jing believed that if the reaction speed was fast enough, he might be able to catch the Yangping Pass defenders off guard. Even if he could not seize Yangping Pass, he could at least clear the Wu Fort built by the Shu army outside the pass.
Since the Qin army retreated last time, in order to strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass, Shu built three camps and more than twenty Wu forts on various important roads and dangerous places outside the pass.
There are at least thousands of defenders in these camps, and at most no more than three thousand people.
As for Wubao, there are at least hundreds of defenders, no more than three hundred men.
These camps and Wubao alone naturally pose no great threat to the Qin army, but if there are too many, it can also delay time and warning, and buy time for the defenders of Yangping Pass.
Li Jing ordered Yang Jian and Long to lead 10,000 cavalry each.
Longyou go to Longxi and leave Longshan;
Yang Jian went to Guanzhong and out of Sanguan. He marched one day and won the city and captured the village in one day. The Shu army had no time to prepare.
With Yang Jian''s personal participation in the war, the Shu army''s camps and Wubao were naturally not much different from those made of paper.
The Qin army only took one day to destroy a camp and seven Wubaos of the Shu army, kill more than a thousand Shu troops, capture two thousand prisoners, and lose less than two hundred of them;
Zhang Ren, the commander of Yangping Pass, did not expect that the Qin army had arrived at Yangping Pass in just one day, and the speed was too fast. Zhang Ren was observing the Qin army, and Yang Jian was naturally observing the Shu army.
Yang Jian thought he was coming so fast that Yang Pingguan should not be able to react well.
But after coming, they did not find that the Shu army was not panicked at all. Yangping Pass also arranged all defenses, as if they had been prepared long ago.
"Maybe the Shu army has never relaxed." Yang Jian sighed.
Looking at the solid Yangpingguan city walls and the towers covered with Hushu crossbows and the catapults, even Yang Jian couldn''t help feeling like he couldn''t start. After pondering for a long time, he spoke:
"Junior Brother Wuji, go and call to the battlefield to see if you can lead the Shu army to fight."
“Yes, senior brother.”
Wu Ji was not at all at the Tang army. He surrendered with Li Mu and others at the last moment, so he was demoted to the lieutenant after the war and was later transferred to a new recruit battalion in Yongzhou as deputy general.
However, after Yang Jian took over the command of the cavalry, he saw that Wu Ji was the worst among the disciples of Yuqing, so he wanted to help him. So he asked Li Jing to transfer Wu Ji to his command and serve as the captain of the cavalry general of the battalion.
After being transferred to Yang Jian''s command, although Bukit was still a captain, he was transferred from the new recruits to serve in an old cavalry battalion. Not to mention the army''s combat power, the cavalry had more opportunities to make contributions, so he was naturally promoted.
In addition to Wu Ji, Yang Jian also has two powerful generals, Kang Anyu and Kang Junli.
Meishan boss Kang Anyu and Yang Jian were sworn brothers. As the peak **** general, he was naturally valued after surrendering to Qin. He was appointed as General Bi by Ying Hao and took charge of a reserve recruit camp. The younger brother Kang Junli was implanted into his younger brother, and was his deputy general.
Kang Anyu originally commanded the 10,000 troops, but after learning that Yang Jian had cheered up, he took the initiative to propose resignation to Li Jing, and would rather be demoted than serve under Yang Jian''s command.
Kang Anyu''s move seems loyal, but in fact it is also a smart move.
It was only after he took charge of the 10,000 army that he realized that managing the 10,000 Qin army was so troublesome.
The rules of the Qin army were completely different from those of the Tang army. In addition, Kang Anyu was all new recruits, and he was not good at training.
When a person''s position is beyond his ability, this is not a good thing.
Kang Anyu naturally understood this, so he decided to resign and become a captain under Yang Jian''s command so that he could also achieve better growth.
Since Kang Anyu has all come, Kang Junli, who has been implanted into his younger brother, naturally has to go, so he also joined Yang Jian with Kang Anyu.
Yang Jian naturally would not treat Kang Anyu and Kang Junli unfairly, so he appointed Kang Anyu as his deputy and commanded a special cavalry battalion, while Kang Junli led the first-level cavalry battalion like Wu Kit.
Although Yang Jian''s troops only have 10,000 cavalrymen, not only does Yang Jian, but also Kang Anyu, the peak god, and two top-notch generals, Wu Ji and Kang Junli, have their combat power naturally flowing far away and comparable to ordinary troops.
It is precisely because of this that we can defeat a camp and seven Wu Forts in one day.
"Listen to the Sichuan thief on the city tower, I am Wu Ji, the general under the command of the prefect of Wuwei, Yang Jian, who dares to die with me..."
Before Wuji could finish his speech, Zhang Ren on the city tower had already ordered an arrow to be shot.
For a moment, arrows fell like rain in front of Yangping Pass.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Bukit quickly raised his shield to help each other, and ran wildly at the same time, so he was not shot by an arrow.
Seeing that Zhang Ren was so cautious, Yang Jian knew that he was afraid that it would be difficult to incite him to fight, so he simply chose to withdraw his troops.
Yang Jian ordered Wu Ji to re-establish a 100,000-person camp at the Qin Village that was originally destroyed, and he led 3,000 iron weapons to capture the unbreakable camp and Wu Fort.
Two days later, Longji, who set out from Longxi, arrived at Yangping Pass after defeating the Shu army''s camp and returning home, and completed the meeting with Yang Jian, who had won the victory.
As for Li Jing''s main army, Yang Jian and Long were opening the way forward, so it was naturally not far from Yangping Pass.
Five days later, Li Jing''s main force arrived at Yangping Pass, but did not immediately launch an attack on the city. Even though the generals under his command asked for battle, he was still rejected one by one.
All the generals didn''t quite understand Li Jing''s intention, but based on their trust in Li Jing, they still chose to act obediently.
Li Jing had no intention of explaining it at all, after all, how should he explain it? Could it be that this battle is just a gesture and is a fight for people all over the world?
How could such words be said openly?
Li Jing actually hoped that the war would start this time, and he felt that this was a good opportunity to seize Hanzhong.
In addition, Li Jing also received some news. The court will make big moves in the future and will reform the military system.
The general level will be further divided into five levels: brigade general, major general, lieutenant general, general, and general.
Only, there will be only General Bai Qi at the general level.
The governors of various states such as Li Jing and Yue Fei, as well as Li Cunxiao, the world''s number one general, should be all superiors;
Among the many great governors of the Qin Dynasty, Li Jing''s contribution is one of the best, and his status is second only to Bai Qi, so naturally he wants to step closer to challenge Bai Qi''s position and compete for the second general of the Qin Dynasty.
There is a great opportunity in front of Li Jing at present.
This time Liu Yu was elected as emperor. Once the war in Qin and Shu really started, if Li Jing could conquer Hanzhong, the Qin generals could attack and retreat or defend, and would no longer be afraid of the threat from Shu.
After the expansion of the army is over, if Li Jing leads the Yongliang army to destroy the Sui Kingdom in one fell swoop, then the second general after Bai Qi will definitely be Li Jing''s.
Of course, the imagination is full, but the reality is skinny.
The choice between Qin and Shu this time is not in Li Jing''s hands, but in the Southern Barbarian King Chiyou. Only when he agrees to join forces with Qin to attack Shu Kingdom in the north and south can Li Jing send troops to attack Hanzhong.
Li Jing looked at the direction of Shuzhong and said to himself: "Mr. Zhang Yi, you must convince this Southern Barbarian King this time. It depends on you whether I, Li Jing, can catch up with Bai Qi."
As for Zhang Yi, who was longing for Li Jing, he had successfully entered the southwest Yunnan region, which is within the southern barbarian territory under the protection of the new seven swords.
(This chapter ends)