Chapter 2612 The Emperor''s last words, the Chuangjun made a contribution
Chapter 2609: The Emperor''s last words, the Chuang Jun made a merit
He has the skill of "National Feud" and has a very serious loss of life span and his health is already very bad. If it weren''t for the famous doctor who prolonged his life, he would probably have died a few years ago.
But even if he was rescued, Ying Wen could only sit in a wheelchair and could not even walk for a long time, and he might even die at any time.
But Ying Wen persisted tenaciously for several years, enduring his sworn brother Sun Jian to death, but he still lived well.
Ying Wen is naturally not a person who is afraid of death, but he hopes to see the great cause of Qin to unify the world while he is alive, and this obsession gives him the motivation to persevere.
Ying Wen now earns one day of his life, and if he listens to Hua Tuo and honestly cultivates his body and mind, and does not care about the world, he may be able to live a few more years.
But he couldn''t stand the loneliness and insisted on interfering in the issue of the heir of the Qin Dynasty. As a result, he was exploited by Zhulong, who had ulterior motives. By chance, a case of "Cat Fighting Prince" was created.
In the midst of this turmoil, the Grand Tutor Jia Xu was demoted, the Marquis of Qi Tian, ??Sun Lingming resigned, and the Queen of the Western Palace Liu Mu took the initiative to resign...
People are attracted by these big figures, but they often ignore some small figures, such as Qin Rang''s death.
Qin Rang appeared to be just a close servant of the Supreme Emperor, but in fact he was Ying Wen''s fifth brother.
Qin Rang killed the newly born prince and beat Zixia to a vegetable. He had done a lot of evil things before, and he deserved it to be sentenced to death.
But in the eyes of the brother Ying Wen, if he hadn''t asked Qin Rang to do this, how could Qin Rang have waded into this muddy water?
Ying Wen felt that he had killed Qin Rang. He was extremely guilty of this youngest brother, but now he killed Qin Rang because of his reasons, so he naturally felt extremely guilty and regretful.
Ying Wen was able to survive until now, mainly because of obsession as support. However, under the blow of Qin Rang''s death, his heart was filled with guilt and regret. In addition, his health was not good, so he quickly couldn''t hold on and fell ill.
After Ying Hao learned about it, he naturally came to see a famous doctor in the doctor to see his father, but what Ying Wen got was heart disease and there was no cure.
Finally, after more than a month of persistence, Ying Wen, a hero of a generation, still could not withstand the inner torture and died in Luoyang.
As the Supreme Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Wen naturally had to hold a national funeral after his death.
According to the royal etiquette regulations, from the date of the emperor''s death, civil and military officials will need to mourn for 27 days. During these 27 days, the emperor cannot use a red pen to write memorials, and will use blue pens instead, and all departments and government offices must also use blue seals to write.
During the mourning period, all temples and temples must ring bells 30,000 times, and chanting scriptures and mourning activities are held every day.
In addition, civil and military officials and all people are not allowed to have fun within 100 days, slaughter is not allowed within 49 days, and people across the country are prohibited from marrying within one month.
Of course, there is another most important point, that is, the ban on military movements during the national mourning period.
This is also what Li Jing is most worried about. He is worried that the court will stop all wars on the front line due to the death of the Supreme Emperor.
After all, according to etiquette and law, during the national mourning period, troops are prohibited within 27 days.
After a month of fierce attacks, the Qin army suffered great losses, and the Shu army suffered great losses.
As the attacking side, the Qin army suffered 20,000 casualties, 8,000 were killed in battle, and 12,000 were seriously injured, consuming countless military supplies of various types.
As the defensive party, the Shu army also suffered 15,000 casualties, 6,000 soldiers were killed and 9,000 were seriously injured.
Under the continuous fierce attacks of the Qin army, the Shu army in Yangping Pass was extremely tired. Even without many other plans, Li Jing was sure to forcefully break the pass within one month.
The Qin army is in great condition now, but if we give up and suspend the offensive, the sacrifice and efforts of this month will be wasted, which would be a pity.
Li Jing naturally did not want to cease the war. Even if he stopped the army due to national funeral, he did not need to admit any responsibility, but he still did not want to stop the army.
After all, this is equivalent to giving up the Shu army to restore its strength. If it cannot capture Yangping Pass this time, the difficulty will be even greater if it is attacked next time.
Li Jing didn''t want to make more fearless sacrifices at the Yangping level, but he didn''t think about this matter. Whether to fight or not depends on the decision of the court.
"Send the order and start the battle to climb the city immediately. You will not give up until Yangping is defeated." Li Jing ordered in a deep voice.
All the generals took the order with a serious look on their faces. Obviously, they knew what the death of the Supreme Emperor meant to them on the front line.
If the court decides not to fight, it should be one or two days before the imperial edict is issued, and these or two days will be their last time to attack the city.
If the Qin army cannot break through Yangping Pass within one or two days, then the Qin army will have to stop the troops for twenty-seven days.
All the generals present felt anxious, so in the following battle to climb the city, everyone was very hardworking.
But after all, there are still 40,000 defenders in Yangping Pass, and there are 45,000 troops in Hanzhong in the rear. They may be transferred to Yangping Pass to participate in the defense of the city at any time.
The Shu army had sufficient troops and enough materials. The guards were even more cautious and did not give Li Jing any chance. It was impossible for the Qin army to force the pass to break within two days.
However, the fierce offensive of the Qin army also put great pressure on the Shu army. Zhang Ren, Liu Er and Kong Peng did not dare to go down to the city to rest, for fear that they would give the Qin army a chance to break through the pass after leaving.
The uninterrupted attacks in the past two days caused the Qin army to suffer another 5,000 casualties, equivalent to the previous ten days of war damage, of which 2,000 were killed in battle and 3,000 seriously injured.
Due to the large number of injured soldiers, the battlefield hospitals in the rear could no longer accommodate them.
Li Jing could only order the injured soldiers who could be transferred to Chang''an for treatment, while those who could not be transferred would continue to stay in the battlefield hospital.
"The imperial edict has arrived, and the Grand Governor of Yongliang Li Jing received the edict."
Cao Zhengchun, the chief supervisor of the Inner Palace, held Ying Hao''s imperial edict. After arriving at the front line, he immediately entered Li Jing''s tent to read out the imperial edict, and this imperial edict would also determine whether the Qin army would fight. "My memory, Li Jing listens to the holy words."
The generals of Yongliang, led by Li Jing, knelt down to welcome the imperial edict, but were extremely nervous, worried that this was the imperial edict that would make them stop the war, but after hearing it, they cried in tears: "The Supreme Emperor is wise, Your Majesty is wise."
It turns out that before Ying Wen died, he also considered that his death might affect the situation on the front line, so he left a last word:
1. All funerals after death are kept simple and are not allowed to be held in large quantities.
2. Do not have any burial objects after burial.
3. The war on the front line will be as usual, and you must not stop the truce because of him.
4,…
Although Ying Wen caused a lot of trouble to Ying Hao, he was indeed doing it for the good of the country and his son, so he didn''t want to cause trouble to Daqin and his son after his death.
As soon as Ying Wen''s last words came out, the old ministers of the Qin Dynasty, especially the old ministers of the Jin Dynasty, cried and beat their feet and stamped their chests, all of whom were moved by the selflessness of the Supreme Emperor.
Ying Hao naturally had to obey Ying Wen''s last words. Everything was handled according to Ying Wen''s last words, and changed the national funeral on the 27th to 7 days, and the time for fun, slaughtering and marriage was also greatly reduced.
Originally, the Chinese officials in the court were preparing to stop the war in Yangpingguan. After all, it was a common practice to ban troops during the national mourning period.
Besides, Li Jing attacked Yangping Pass for a month, and nearly 20,000 troops were killed or killed, and he did not seem to be able to capture it.
Now that the quit is a stop to stop the loss in time, the group of Yongliang martial artists will not give up until they are hit by Yangping Pass and will not stop until they are bleeding.
But Ying Wen did not want his death to affect the frontline war, so naturally no one was talking about the truce.
Ying Hao didn''t want to waste such a good opportunity. Seeing that no one stood up to oppose it, he asked Cao Zhengchun to go to the front line to rest assured Li Jing and continue to be responsible for the attack on the Hanzhong war.
After Cao Zhengchun read the imperial edict, the generals of Yongliang were collectively moved, but they felt more stressed.
The Supreme Emperor still remembered them before his death, and His Majesty the Emperor also trusted them very much. The entire Qin Dynasty gave them the greatest support. If they could not conquer Yangping Pass, then they would resign collectively.
Long Qi, Wu Qi, Wang Jian and others all looked at Li Jing above, after all, he was the backbone of the Yongliang Qin army.
Li Jing also felt the eyes of everyone. After calmly receiving the imperial edict from Cao Zhengchun, he said in a deep voice: "I''m sorry for my governor, and I''ll thank Your Majesty for your trust. Li Jing is willing to make a military order on behalf of the Yongliang army. He will break Yangping Pass within one month, otherwise I''ll beheaded and the Yongliang army will be demoted to three levels in a row."
Cao Zhengchun was stunned when he heard this, then pinched Lanhua and smiled, "Since the Grand Governor has this determination and confidence, then I will wait for your good news in Luoyang."
After Cao Zhengchun left, all the generals surrounded him and asked each other one by one. After all, Li Jing had just made a military order and even pulled all of them.
Now that they have already spoken, if they don’t do it in the end, they will be in trouble with Li Jing.
Li Jing was upset by the quarrels of everyone and said angrily: "Shut up to me."
For a moment, the scene was silent.
"If you can''t break Yangping Pass, our governor''s head will fall to the ground, and you will not be able to get through it. If you want to avoid being demoted to third levels in a row, you will conquer Yangping Pass for this governor."
Hearing Li Jing''s words, all the generals were helpless. If they didn''t want to be demoted, they had to fight to the death.
Li Jing issued a military order and also brought everyone to the Yongliang Army, which was not only cutting off his own retreat, but also cutting off the retreat of the people used by the Yongliang Army. After all, before reaching a desperate situation, there will always be people with fantasies.
In addition, Li Jing also discovered some other problems. Although the arrangement he made to break through Yangping Pass was useful, the Shu army was constantly correcting and adjusting. If Li Jing had no other backup plan, he might have been blocked by the Shu army, so he used military orders to force the collective Qin army.
With this military order, the Yongliang army now has no other way to go except to break through Yangping Pass.
The effect of the military order was immediate. The Qin army''s siege on the third day was 20% more violent than the previous two days, and the Shu army was almost breathless.
However, relying on the terrain and defensive advantages, the Shu army still stubbornly survived, and the Qin army''s offensives came one after another.
While Li Jing continued to fight against Yangping Pass, Tuxing Sun Zheng led his three thousand scouts to dig an underground tunnel somewhere in Shangyong.
Digging tunnels was one of the backup plans made by Li Jing as early as the beginning of the war, and this was also the first battle of the Yizi Army.
The reason why Li Jing asked Tu Xingsun to go to Shangyong to dig tunnels instead of digging outside Yangping Pass was mainly because Yangping Pass was mountainous and surrounded by mountains, and stones were everywhere under the ground, so it was too difficult to dig through.
In addition, in Yangping Pass, there are too many people in the Shu army and many capable people emerge. It is obviously not that easy to dig tunnels under their noses.
Moreover, the Shu army had long been preventing the Qin army from digging tunnels and arranged an improved ground measurement device from the Mohist family in Yangping Pass.
Once the Qin army digs the tunnel and reaches the gate, the machine will detect it immediately.
On the other hand, Shangyong is different. The number of troops and capable people are far inferior to that of Yangping Pass. Although the terrain is also difficult to dig, if you find a good route before digging, it will definitely be much faster than that of Yangping Pass.
As for the ground measurement device, although there are also those on Xicheng, the terrain of Xicheng is not as dangerous as Yangping Pass, so as long as you don’t dig it into the underground of Xicheng, it will not be detected.
In this way, Li Jing attracted the attention of the Shu army on the front line, while Tu Xingsun, with the three thousand scouts, started excavation at a node at the junction of Shangyong and Xicheng.
If it is a straight line distance, it only takes 20 kilometers to complete the construction. However, in order to avoid the exploration of the Shu army and not to alert the enemy, Tu Xingsun dug a fifty-mile tunnel, and then he dug through the Shu army''s defense line in the west city.
(This chapter ends)