Chapter 2619: Li Han joins hands in Nanzheng offensive and defensive battle (middle)
Chapter 2616: Li Han joins hands in the offensive and defensive battle of Nanzheng (middle)
Li Jing asked Wang Jian and Han Xin to stay in the west city because he wanted to use himself as bait to lure the Shu army in Nanzheng City. After all, if Han Xin''s troops came, it would be even more impossible for the Shu Han defenders to leave the station.
The result was exactly the opposite of what Li Jing expected. Although the enemy was drawn out, they were all cannon fodder.
The bait tactic failed, so Wang Jian and Han Xin naturally had no need to stay in Xicheng. After receiving Li Jing''s order, they immediately rushed to the front line, but there was still some trouble to deal with, that is, to change camps from Wubao scattered in Hanzhong.
Previously, Li Jing thought that he could conquer Nanzheng in a short period of time, and then the counties and the Wubao and camps in Hanzhong would naturally not continue to resist stubbornly, but he did not expect that Shu Han would come up with such a sinister and vicious plan.
If you continue to keep these Wubao, you will inevitably leave some hidden dangers, so it is better to remove them as soon as possible.
Li Jing''s troops had less than 40,000 troops to fight against 80,000 or 90,000 Shu troops and more than 100,000 new soldiers, so they naturally had no energy to divide their troops, so this task could only be handed over to Han Xin and Wang Jian.
After Wang Jian and Han Xin met, the total force was nearly 50,000, Han Xin led an army of 30,000, and Wang Jian and Wenpin each led 10,000. The troops were divided into three groups and marched westward at the same time, and at the same time cleared the fortifications such as Wubao along the way.
Han Xin in the middle route encountered the most Wubao on the way, but most of them surrendered voluntarily. After all, there were too many invading Qin troops, and resisting stubbornly was just a dead end.
As for the Wubao, who was rebelling against the north and south, who had been reluctant to surrender, could only let Wang Jian and Wenpeng attack one by one. Anyway, these fortifications did not cause much harm to the Qin army, but it was just that the removal of one by one was delayed.
Han Xin easily cleared most of the Wubao in the middle road, and naturally handed over the others to Wang Jian and Wenpin. After arriving at the Nanzheng front line, he saw that there were still many people on the front line.
Some of these people were happy, hugging their relatives and crying and laughing, looking like they were reborn after the disaster.
But he looked sad and cried hysterically, as if his father and son had died.
What''s worse, they even insulted the Qin army and attacked the Qin army soldiers.
A Qin soldier was caught by an old woman. Although he was extremely angry and aggrieved, he still endured and did not fight back until several soldiers rushed up and dragged the old woman away and locked up.
Han Xin saw that the white-haired old woman was dragged away by two Qin soldiers, but she was still scolding Qin army hysterically. She couldn''t help but frown and asked, "What''s going on?"
"Why."
Li Jing, who came to greet him in person, sighed and said, "Her son was forcibly recruited by the Shu army and died in the battle with our army. She blamed her son for his death, thinking that our army killed her son."
"Hmph, it''s simply ridiculous."
Han Xin snorted coldly and said lightly: "Her son was summoned by the Shu army and died as cannon fodder by the Shu army. We can''t let our soldiers not resist, right?
Moreover, the people in the four counties of Anyang Xicheng now rely on our army to provide food to survive. Our army has saved lives to the people of these four counties. Even if we are not grateful, we should not resent our army. ”
Li Jing smiled bitterly when he heard this: "That''s right, but ordinary people do not have such awareness. They only know that their husbands and sons died at the hands of our army. This is enough to make them hate our army and ignore everything else."
Hearing Li Jing say this, Han Xin was speechless. The people at the bottom were indeed too easy to fool.
Li Jing looked at the people who hugged each other and cried bitterly after reuniting with his family. A hint of relief flashed in his heart. At least the hearts of these people were towards the Qin army.
18,000 young men were killed in the four counties of Xicheng, Anyang, but 16,000 were captured. After all these people were released, it would be equivalent to saving 16,000 families.
Those families whose relatives died will hate the Qin army, but these families who were captured and released by the Qin army will also be grateful to the Qin army and will be even more grateful to the Qin army.
These people can downplay the hatred and resistance of the Hanzhong people towards the Qin army.
Li Jing walked to the soldier who had been caught and was slapped in excitement and puzzled eyes, and patted his shoulder, asking, "Are you frustrated?"
The soldier immediately stood at attention and shouted: "Don''t be frustrated, Sergeant Li Yuan, always keep in mind Your Majesty''s teachings and the military rules of the Qin Dynasty. Our Qin is the people-oriented and does not take every needle or thread from the people. No matter how the people insult, as long as you don''t take action first, you will never be allowed to attack the people."
"Well said it, it''s worthy of being my Li Jing''s soldier."
Li Jing smiled with relief.
The Hanzhong people not far away, after hearing the conversation between Li Jing and the soldiers, their families were still alive, naturally looked admirable.
As for those people whose relatives died, although some of them fell silent, more people still hated the Qin army.
Along the way, after Han Xin learned all the current information from Li Jing, he couldn''t help but sigh: "Brother Li, you kicked the steel plate this time. Even if Hanzhong can be defeated, your Yongliang Army may be bleeding heavily."
Li Jing''s face became even bitter when he heard this. Who said it was not? According to his original idea, the cost of seizing Hanzhong County was high, but it was still within the affordable range.
But Shu Han dragged all the light and strong Hanzhong into the battlefield. The iron plate in Hanzhong instantly evolved into steel plates, and the Qin army would also pay a greater price than before.
But who would have thought that Liu Yu was so cruel that the lives of more than 100,000 people in Hanzhong would be just like cannon fodder.
"Brother Han, Shu Han''s poisonous plan is not perfect, Nanzheng City is the only breakthrough."
Hearing Li Jing’s words, Han Xin nodded in agreement.
Shu Han could give up all cities, but he could not give up Nanzheng City. After all, giving up Nanzheng is equivalent to giving up Hanzhong, and the battle to conquer Nanzheng through Hanzhong will naturally end.
But now there are still 60,000 Shu troops in Nanzheng City and nearly 100,000 new recruits composed of light and brave soldiers. Outside the city, there are 30,000 Li Siyuan''s 30,000 troops eyeing them. Li Jing''s 50,000 Yongliang Army obviously cannot capture Nanzheng, and Han Xin''s full support must be required.
"I''d like to support Li in full to break through this city." Li Jing said with a pleading look, his posture was very low, but Han Xin fell silent after hearing this.
First of all, Han Xin belongs to the Jingzhou Military Region and is not an interest group with Li Jing.
In fact, for the Jingzhou Military Region, if Li Jing conquered Hanzhong, the Jingzhou Military Region would not only not be able to gain any benefits, but would also hand over the jurisdiction of Shangyong and Xicheng counties.
After all, if Shu is destroyed in the future, the Yongliang Army will definitely be dominated by the Yongliang Army, and the three counties in Hanzhong are close to Guanxi, which will definitely be under the jurisdiction of the Yongliang Army.
So, it is already very interesting that the Jingzhou Army can send troops to help this time. After all, it doesn’t matter if Li Jing loses, but if he wins, he will lose the tax territory of the two counties.
All the generals of Jingzhou, including Han Xin, thought that they had just made a soy sauce to give Li Jing a sound.
But now, judging from Li Jing''s posture, it is obvious that he wants the Jingzhou army to fight desperately and help the Yongliang army win this battle regardless of casualties.
From the perspective of the Jingzhou Army, this does seem to be a little too unkind.
As the deputy governor of Jingzhou, Han Xin''s position in the Jingzhou army was second only to that of the governor Xue Rengui, so he naturally had to consider the interests of the overall Jingzhou army.
Seeing Han Xin silent, Li Jing suddenly felt a sudden slap in his heart, thinking that Han Xin didn''t want to wade into this muddy water, but he didn''t blame Han Xin in his heart.
After all, this matter had nothing to do with the Jingzhou army, but he dragged the Jingzhou army in by himself, which was indeed a bit unkind.
Li Jing was angry before and Zhang Yi plotted against him, but now he also plotted against Han Xin. Han Xin didn''t blame him for being generous.
Li Jing regretted making a military order, but he was too full of words and couldn''t even get out of Taiwan now.
Now only Han Xin can help Li Jing overcome the difficulties, so Li Jing naturally cannot let go of this last savior.
Li Jing was about to persuade him, but before he could even say anything, Han Xin said, "All of them are soldiers of the Qin Dynasty. Han Xin and the entire Jingzhou army will definitely help Brother Li with all his strength."
Li Jing was stunned. Han Xin''s timely help really moved him, and he said sincerely: "Brother Han Gao Yi, Li Jing is very grateful."
When the generals in Jingzhou saw that Han Xin agreed to Li Jing, they were also a little anxious and exchanged eyes, wanting to persuade Han Xin to take back his fate.
Seeing that Han Xin ignored him, Zheng Lun stood up to prepare, but the word "Governor" was stopped by Han Xin''s eyes.
There are two reasons why Han Xin will do his best to help Li Jing:
First, in order to take Hanzhong, the Qin Dynasty has paid a huge price. The court and the emperor are both hoping to take Hanzhong soon. If the Jingzhou army loses its chain at this time, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction from His Majesty the Emperor.
Second, it is because of Li Jing.
You should know that even the General Bai Qi is only the governor of Jizhou, while Li Jing is also the governor of Yongliang Prefectures, which shows His Majesty’s trust and importance to Li Jing.
At present, Li Jing has made the contribution to destroying Tang. If Hanzhong can be captured in this battle, he is likely to be the commander who will destroy Sui and Shu in the future, so Li Jing can really threaten Bai Qi, the first military man.
Han Xin knew that Li Jing was a gentleman, and with his current status, if he hadn''t been forced to force him, he would definitely not have come to ask him for help. At this time, I will definitely be grateful to Li Jing.
Although Han Xin''s politics is not high, his intelligence is very high. The friendship between the second person in the Qin army is obviously very important to him.
Although Li Jing has the full support of Han Xin, he still has several problems to solve in order to overcome Nanzheng. The most serious one is the problem of food and grass.
The five counties including Anyang, Xicheng, and Chenggu, with nearly twenty people, must provide food for the Qin army before the autumn harvest, and it is obviously too much pressure to rely solely on the provision of Yongliang Prefectures.
After hearing what Li Jing said, Han Xin decisively stated that he could use Shangyong’s reserves to respond first. If it was not enough, he could also transport grain from Nanyang to reduce the logistical pressure in Yongliang Prefectures.
After solving the food and grass problem, what Li Jing had to consider next was naturally the only way to defeat Nanzheng.
In the battle of Yangping Pass, the Qin army of Yongliang consumed too much siege materials and damaged too much siege equipment. Even if the craftsmen work overtime to carry out the rush to complete the system, they cannot be filled in the short term.
Even if Li Jing emptyed Yongliang''s warehouse, he could only gather 400 catapults.
Seeing this, Han Xin waved his hand and directly said that he had brought 300 catapults. In addition, Shangyong still had 300 catapults. If it was not enough, he could transfer 500 from Jingzhou.
One thousand,500 catapults, specifically used to attack Nanzheng, are naturally enough.
Seeing Han Xin so generous, Li Jing couldn''t help but sigh that the Jingzhou army was rich and powerful.
Although the Jingzhou Army only has half of Jingzhou in the north, it was the founding place of the Qin army and it has been ruled by the Qin army for more than ten years. Even if the war continues, the development of the three aspects of industry, agriculture and commerce is stronger than that of the two states of Yong and Liang.
Just as Li Jing and Han Xin were preparing to defeat Nanzheng, the Shu army sent new soldiers composed of 20,000 young and strong soldiers in Chenggu County to launch a "suicide" attack on the Qin army again, and the Qin army made a passive counterattack.
After a great war, 8,000 cannon fodder in Shu were killed in battle and 12,000 were captured, exhausting 20,000 in Chenggu County, and only caused nearly 700 casualties to the Qin army.
However, after calculating, the Qin army also lost nearly 3,000 troops. In the continuous high-intensity battle, and under the crazy attacks of Shu Han, the Qin army in Yongliang began to feel a little tired, and their combat power and morale inevitably declined.
Li Jing knew that there was not much time left for him, and whether he could capture Nanzheng was entirely up to this next battle. Otherwise, he would have to fight attrition and wipe out the Shu army little by little, but in this way he would have only gained a broken Hanzhong that was difficult for the people to submit to.
(This chapter ends)