Chapter 2705 Li Jing launched the four armies to attack Xiliang, a battle with great advantages and wealth


    Chapter 2702: Li Jing launched the four armies to attack Xiliang, a battle with great advantages and wealth


    Under Yang Su''s persuasion, Yang Guang only dispatched 40,000 troops to conquer the Western Regions out of caution. The remaining troops were naturally to guard against the Qin Dynasty, but he still did not think that the Qin Dynasty was conquering the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains and attacking the Sui Dynasty. After all, there was no need to fight on both sides with a steady and steady battle.


    Yang Guang would not have expected that the Qin Dynasty would really take risks. It had already decided to go to war with the four countries at the same time before the war started. Even the destruction of Sui was even before the destruction of Wei.


    The Sui Kingdom was weaker than the three Central Plains. Although Tubo on the plateau was an ally, it was difficult to go up the plateau and it was not easy to get down, and Tubo might not be willing to fight for the Sui Kingdom and the Qin Dynasty.


    Therefore, if the Sui State did not know the depth of the Great Qin, as long as Li Jing relaxed his vigilance against the Great Qin, he would launch a surprise attack and use his absolute military advantage to blitz the Sui State, Yang Guang would not have much power to fight back.


    If Li Jing''s plan is successful, it would be easier to destroy the Sui Dynasty than to destroy the Wei Dynasty.


    It is precisely because of this that Li Jing was so tolerant and even prepared to send troops again after the war in the Central Plains began, just to avoid alerting the enemy, so that Yang Guang could let go of his vigilance against the Qin Dynasty.


    But what Li Jing never expected was that Yang Guang would be so impatient. Less than two months after the war in the Central Plains began, he sent troops to attack the Western Regions.


    Li Jing was cautious at first and thought that Yang Guang was testing himself, but when the Sui army really entered the Western Regions, he realized that this was not very testing. After all, the army could not come back for a short time after going to the Western Regions, which was enough to show that Yang Guang was really attacking the Western Regions again.


    As soon as this news came out, the generals of the Yongliang Qin army were excited. After all, the Eighth Route Qin Dynasty in the Eastern Expedition were all making contributions, and only their Yongliang army was watching from behind, which made them envious. They also wanted to make achievements.


    Regarding the surging request from the main general below, Li Jing just said indifferently: "Don''t worry, wait a little longer."


    The enthusiastic generals poured a basin of cold water directly.


    "Grandmaster, you are too cautious. The Sui army has entered the Western Regions, what are you waiting for?" Tu Xingsun said impatiently.


    Because of his great contributions in the Battle of Hanzhong, Tu Xingsun was named brigade general and was considered a senior general in the Qin army, but his desire to make achievements is still very urgent.


    He didn''t want to compete with his fellow disciples, but some of the surrendered generals of Li Tang were on par with him, and there were even some people above him, such as Li Mu, who was full of bad water.


    Tu Xingsun was full of resentment towards Li Mu. At the beginning, Li Mu swore that he would introduce Changsun Wuji''s daughter to him as his wife. Tu Xingsun was tempted by beauty and was opposed to Daqin. Tu Xingsun was still excited for a long time.


    But later Tu Xingsun realized that Changsun Wuji had higher rank and status than Li Mu, whether before or after surrendering to Qin.


    What qualifications does Li Mu have to let Changsun Wuji, who is higher than him, marry his daughter to himself?


    This was nothing. With Tu Xingsun’s current status, he was not unable to marry a woman, but after being disturbed by Li Mu, he became a surrender like Li Mu Changsun Wuji.


    Although everyone is surrendered, there are also differences between surrendered generals.


    After the fall of Li Tang, Li Mu led his army to surrender under the persuasion of the Qin Dynasty. He not only retained his loyalty and righteousness, but also preserved his reputation. His position among the surrendered generals was undoubtedly the highest.


    Tu Xingsun was a surrendered general who surrendered because he was afraid of death after being defeated and was captured alive. He was undoubtedly at the bottom of the surrendered generals.


    This made Tu Xingsun feel a little unbalanced. After all, from his perspective, if it weren''t for Li Mu, he wouldn''t even be a surrender.


    Li Mu won all his fame and fortune, but he was cheated of him. How could Tu Xingsun let go?


    The reason why Tu Xingsun was desperate to make achievements was that he felt a sense of anger in his heart and did not want to be ridden by Li Mu, who was full of bad water.


    After hearing Tu Xingsun''s words, Li Jing said nothing, but just looked at Tu Xingsun lightly, and then looked at Tu Xingsun with a smirk and retreated.


    "Although the Sui army has already begun to enter the Western Regions, the number of people is not large. As long as it has not yet fought with the Western Region forces, it can retreat at any time. Will the Western Regions coalition still dare to pester and fight and let the Sui army go? So wait a little longer." Li Jing said lightly.


    As soon as this was said, all the generals didn''t say anything. After all, if the Sui army really retreated, it would be too late for the Western Regions coalition to be happy. How could it be that the Sui army would not let it go?


    Moreover, the Sui army did not have much force for the Western Expedition. Leaving so many troops was obviously to guard against the Qin Dynasty.


    The key to the Yongliang Qin army''s attack on the Sui Dynasty was the number of troops the Sui army dispatched to fight the west, and whether it had put aside its guard against the Qin Dynasty.


    If the Sui army really let go of their guards, even if they only dispatched 10,000 to the west and left the remaining troops to the local area, they would still not be able to stop the Qin army''s offensive.


    But if the Sui army did not let go of its guard, even if half of the army was used for the Western Expedition, the remaining half of the army could also drag our Qin army into a war of attrition based on the terrain and cities.


    Therefore, no matter how eager the generals of the Qin Dynasty are to fight, they can only continue to endure before the time is ripe.


    Seven days later, emergency military information came from the Western Regions again. The three Yang, Li and Ji''s army invaded the Western Regions had completely entered the Western Regions and had officially fought with the Western Regions coalition forces.


    This is the time if the Qin army sends troops, even if Yang Guang ordered the Western Expedition army to retreat immediately, it was obviously too late, but Li Jing still did not order the troops to send troops because he could see that the Sui army was still vigilant.


    Until the news that Gao Changgong defeated the 30,000 troops in the Western Regions with two thousand Sui troops was returned, Li Jing could clearly feel the vigilance of the Sui army relaxed and fought more than half of the time, and the surveillance of Yongliang and the defense of various places was not as strict as before.


    Perhaps in their opinion, if the Qin army really fought, it would have come long ago when the army and the Western Regions coalition forces fought, but they would naturally not come until now.


    Many people even complained about Yang Su, thinking that Yang Su was too cautious. If he had not repeatedly persuaded him, the Sui Kingdom would not have sent only 40,000 troops to fight westward. If the troops were sent more, I am afraid that the profound meaning of this battle would be a greater victory.


    The Great Qin put too much pressure on the Sui State, so the Sui State has always been tense with a string on its upper and lower sides.


    The good news of the first victory in the Western Expedition made the Sui Kingdom relieved from top to bottom, paralyzing their nerves and greatly reducing their vigilance towards the Qin Dynasty. This was the opportunity that Li Jing was waiting for.


    Although the Sui State surrendered greatly, it was not unprepared for the Qin Dynasty, but this was enough. It was impossible for the Sui State to be unprepared for the Qin Dynasty.


    As long as the Sui State relaxed its vigilance against the Qin Dynasty, Li Jing would be sure to defeat it in one battle and completely expel the Sui State''s forces. The reason for expulsion rather than destruction is naturally because the Sui Kingdom had a large territory in the Western Regions, with a total of three counties.


    If Yang Guang didn''t want Xiliang and Haizhou and shrink his troops and retreated to the Western Regions, Li Jing would not be able to chase him to the Western Regions. After all, Xiliang and Haizhou are the top priority.


    Even if Li Jing leads his army to pursue the Western Regions, he must first defeat the two dangerous passes, Yangguan and Yumenguan. However, these two dangerous passes are already in a dangerous place, and after Yang Guang''s continuous reinforcement over the years, it is still very difficult to attack.


    Therefore, even if Li Jing''s plan was successful, it might not be difficult to occupy Xiliang and Haizhou, but it would be difficult to completely destroy the Sui Dynasty.


    However, if Xiliang and Haizhou are lost, the Sui Kingdom, which is the three counties in the Western Regions, remains. Although the country has not yet been destroyed, it is not much different from the country''s destruction.


    "Everyone, the time has come to destroy the Sui Dynasty. It''s our Yongliang Army''s turn to take action."


    Hearing Li Jing''s words, the generals of Yongliang were very excited.


    "Nanai, I finally got there. I''ve been unhappy with that boy Yang Guang. I will definitely cut off his head this time to pay tribute to Mr. Dong in the sky."


    Hua Xiong said with an excited look, and expressed the voices of many generals from the Central Plains Liang Group.


    With Dong Zhuo''s death, although the Western Liang army was divided into the Tang and Sui franchises, Dong Zhuo''s influence was still very great. Generals such as Hua Xiong, Li Jue, and Xu Rong all returned the kindness of reporter Dong Zhuo, so they were easily attracted by Dong Xiaowan.


    Generals like Hua Xiong and Xu Rong still remember Dong Zhuo’s kindness, but Dong Zhuo died at the hands of Yang Jian, and Yang Guang was Yang Jian’s son, so they naturally had no good feelings for Yang Guang.


    If you have the chance, you naturally wouldn''t mind killing Yang Guang to avenge Dong Zhuo.


    Among the generals of the former Xiliang clan, only Li Jue still had a certain degree of political awareness. After hearing Hua Xiong''s words, his face changed immediately. He quickly interrupted Hua Xiong who was getting more and more popular and winked him.


    "Huaxiong, shut up."


    Seeing Li Jue''s expression, Hua Xiong realized that he had made a mistake and immediately smiled and apologized to Li Jing, and Li Jing did not blame him.


    The Western Han Dynasty inherited the pre-Qin period, and now Qin inherited the Eastern Han Dynasty. The things that Dong Zhuo did were too bad, so the Qin Dynasty naturally could not whitewash Dong Zhuo, but it would not be considered a disaster and a beast without even mentioning it.


    After all the generals were excitedly talking, they all looked at Li Jing with bright eyes.


    Long Qi asked, "Governor, please order quickly, how should you fight this battle?"


    "This Western Expedition will dispatch 300,000 troops and advance in four groups at the same time."


    As soon as Li Jing said this, all the generals present were shocked.


    The specific number of troops in the Qin Dynasty is the highest secret. Except for a very small number of senior management, even some generals do not know the specific number, let alone those lieutenant generals, major generals, and even brigade generals.


    It is precisely because of such strict confidentiality measures that we can conceal and mislead the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui, making them all think that the main force of the Qin Dynasty has been invested in the Central Plains battlefield and is no longer able to open another front.


    Among the Yongliang Army, except for the Grand Governor Li Jing and the Governor Wu Qi, the others did not know this secret.


    Unknowingly, the generals of Yongliang thought that this Western Expedition would only be able to dispatch 160,000 or 70,000 troops at most, but they did not expect that Li Jing would say 300,000 more people than expected, which really scared everyone.


    Tu Xingsun couldn''t help but murmured to himself: "Do I, Daqin, already have so many soldiers?"


    The Qin Dynasty had already dispatched 900,000 troops to the east of the Wei, Song and Ming dynasties, and now it would dispatch 300,000 more troops to the west, and the troops to be dispatched could reach 1.2 million.


    There must be still left-behind troops in Daqin. If it is added up...


    As soon as I thought about this, many generals, including Tu Xingsun, had numb scalps. This is too scary.


    Now they understand why Your Majesty is taking risks, and at the same time, he went to war with the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui. Because with absolute strength, there is not much risk at all.


    "I have never been fought such a wealthy battle since joining the Qin army." Long Qi said with a smile.


    You should know that the total national military force of the Sui State was only 250,000, of which 40,000 were still conquering the Western Regions, and the remaining troops in the country were only 210,000.


    As the Sui army was slacking off, the Qin army dispatched 300,000 troops to deal with 210,000 Sui army, not only gaining the lead, but also having an absolute advantage in military strength, which was greater than the advantage of attacking Wei on the eastern front.


    In fact, even if the Sui State does not slacken, Li Jing can still push the Sui State with his troops. However, considering that the Sui State has the ally Tubo, Li Jing is so tolerant. What he wants is just a killing one blow and not giving Tubo a chance to rescue the Sui State.


    "Stop talking about you, even this governor and Governor Li have never fought such a wealthy battle."


    Wu Qi sighed, after all, it will be tears if he says too much.


    When Wu Qi was conquering the Japanese, there were only 3,000 troops in his hands, but he had to fight in various places and fight against enemy troops several times or even dozens of times. Therefore, he was extremely cautious in every battle, because he had to win, and he could not have suffered too many casualties, otherwise he would not be able to continue fighting next.


    However, it was also officially because of those difficult years that Wu Qicai quickly stood out for his military achievements and became the fastest-promoted official in the Qin Dynasty.


    (This chapter ends)