Chapter 1165: Fallen Stars
This time, Yuwen Chengdu came to fight the three super generals Jiang Song, Ran Min, and Gao Chong with a certain death intention.
However, the difference in strength between the two sides was too big. Under the attack of Ran Min and Gao Chong, Yuwen Chengdu was knocked down by Jiang Song's weapon in less than five rounds. He was captured alive without even being able to commit suicide.
In this way, Yuwen Chengdu became the first super general to be captured alive so far, which was undoubtedly a great humiliation for the proud man.
The war came to an end soon.
Although the remaining three thousand Liang troops have become a mourning army, they have been without food for ten days.
The Liang army was hungry and exhausted, and had difficulty even wielding their weapons. How could they possibly resist the 60,000-strong Qin army who were recharging their strength?
The Qin army launched only one charge, and the Liang army was completely defeated. The three thousand Ai soldiers fell to their deaths without even causing more than double-digit casualties to the Qin army.
"Grand Governor, our army has a total of eight casualties, killing more than 900 Liang troops and taking more than 2,000 prisoners."
"Um."
After listening to the soldier's report, Bai Qi had neither joy nor sadness in his eyes. He just nodded lightly and asked, "Where is Yuwen Chengdu?"
"Has been captured alive by General Jiang Song."
At this time, Jiang Song returned with Yuwen Chengdu, who was tied into a rice dumpling, and said solemnly: "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and successfully captured Yuwen Chengdu."
"here you go."
After Bai Qi praised him like gold, he saw that Ran Min and Gao Chong were not there, so he immediately asked, "Where are Ran Min and Gao Chong?"
"They went to capture Yang Lin."
The greatest credit for capturing Yuwen Chengdu was naturally attributed to Jiang Song, and Ran Min and Gao Chong were not willing to admit defeat, so they rushed deep into the military camp together to compete for the credit of capturing Liang Army general Yang Lin alive.
Although there were only 3,000 Liang soldiers left in the end, the camp they established was still 50,000 strong. After Ran Min and Gao Chongbing searched in two directions for a while, Ran Min was the first to find Yang Lin's commander. account.
"Finally found."
Ran Min licked his lips, his eyes filled with joy, and then he opened the curtain, only to see Yang Lin sitting on the main seat with no expression on his face. There was no trace of panic or surprise on his face, as if he had expected it. The scene is the same today.
"The first person who walked in, I thought it would be Bai Qi, but I didn't expect it to be you Ran Min." Yang Lin said lightly.
Ran Min's eyes flashed with displeasure when he heard this, but he sneered: "To capture you, a defeated general, there is no need for the Governor to personally dispatch it."
Yang Lin stared at Ran Min for a few seconds, then shook his head and said, "What a pity, it wasn't Bai Qi who killed me."
Ran Min was stunned and immediately said in a deep voice: "Actually, you don't have to die."
Yang Lin didn't answer, just shook his head, and Ran Min said when he saw this: "It's not easy to die in front of me, Ran Min."
A hint of relief flashed in Yang Lin's eyes, and he said lightly: "It's too late."
When Ran Min heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He stepped forward in an instant and grabbed Yang Lin's mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue, but a large amount of blood still overflowed from his mouth.
"You actually took the poison in advance."
Ran Min's face suddenly became a little ugly. Yang Lin's role was obviously greater when he was alive. If he died, the value would plummet dozens of times.
"I told you, you don't have to die, so why bother?"
Ran Min sighed and let go of his hand, while Yang Lin said with great difficulty: "Help me tell Bai Qi a word, and I, Yang Lin, will be convinced."
"Don't worry, the words will definitely be brought to you."
"Thanks."
After saying this, Yang Lin completely lost his life.
It is really sad that a famous general of a generation was forced to commit suicide by taking poison.
In this way, when Yang Jian withdrew from Sizhou, the 40,000 Liang troops left by the Yewang and the 10,000 Liang troops who withdrew from Hedong, a total of 50,000 elite Liang troops, were completely wiped out.
In this battle, the Qin army, under the leadership of Bai Qi, only paid a very small price and achieved great results of annihilating 10,000 enemies and capturing 40,000 prisoners. They also killed the enemy general Yang Lin and captured the deputy general Yuwen alive. Chengdu.
"Now that Yang Lin is eliminated, our army in Sizhou will have only one enemy left, the coalition forces of the southern princes."
Qin Hao laughed loudly and said: "The coalition forces of the southern princes are weak and destined to be no match for our army. The unification of Sizhou is finally just around the corner."
From this moment on, Qin Hao had no opponent in Sizhou, so he was naturally happy and excited.
"My lord, before sending troops against Wang Mang, we should first consolidate the defense on the western front."
Bai Qi stood up and said in a deep voice: "Although Zhou Yu has not asked for help so far, it must be time for his troops to be exhausted."
Qin Hao's eyes lit up, and then he smiled and said: "What the Governor said is true. In this case, I will order Pei Yuanqing and Xu Chu to lead an army of five thousand to support the Hangu pass guard."
"Five thousand?"
Bai Qi was stunned, and then asked with some confusion: "My lord, are you sure? There are still 70,000 Liang troops outside Hangu Pass."
"Of course." Qin Hao smiled lightly.
Bai Qi saw that Qin Hao had no intention of explaining, so he was very sensible and didn't ask any more questions. It can be said that he showed his duty as a minister incisively and vividly.
Bai Qi didn't know about the alliance between Qin Hao and the Guanzhong forces, and Qin Hao would not take the initiative to tell Bai Qi that he and Li Shimin teamed up to plot Yang Jian's plan.
The reason why Qin Hao sent only five thousand troops to Hangu Pass was naturally to cooperate with Li Shimin in Chang'an and deliberately create an illusion that the Qin army was insufficient in strength, so as to make Yang Guang firm in his determination to attack Hangu Pass.
With Yang Lin's army completely wiped out, Yang Guang would definitely lead his army back to Chang'an if he couldn't even see the hope of breaking through.
Once Yang Guang's 70,000-strong army returns to Chang'an, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Li Shimin if such a huge force takes orders from Yang Jian, and it is not even possible to overthrow Yang Jian.
What Qin Hao needs is a Liang army that is constantly fighting among themselves, so whether he is willing or not, he must help Li Shimin hold off Yang Guang as much as possible, and only if Yang Guang sees hope of breaking through Hangu Pass, will he continue Lead the army until they attack Hangu Pass.
"The only remaining opponents are the coalition forces of the southern princes."
After Qin Hao looked around at the generals, he said in a deep voice: "After the coalition forces of the southern princes went south to Sizhou, they not only quickly expanded their army to 150,000, but also dispatched 130,000 troops at once to compete with our army for territory, and our army also The troops divided into two groups and went to fight.
In Hanoi, Wang Mang's 90,000-strong army faced Su Lie's 30,000-strong army;
In Hedong, Chen Qingzhi's 40,000 troops faced Xue Rengui's 20,000 troops.
Although the strength of the two armies of our army was much smaller than that of the enemy, they both achieved great results and defeated many of the enemy's main forces.
Su Lie defeated Wang Mang's 50,000-strong army in the Battle of Chaoge. Although the battle between Xue Rengui and Chen Qingzhi resulted in victory and defeat for each other, the overall casualties were far inferior to those of the enemy.
So far, the combined forces of the southern princes have lost more than 50,000 troops, while our army has only lost just over 10,000 troops.
After Wang Mang forcibly expanded his army again, although it recovered to 130,000, the combat power of the coalition was further weakened.
However, after our army completely solved Yang Lin's troubles and divided its troops to support Hangu Pass, we still had an additional 65,000 fresh troops. "
When Qin Hao said this, all the generals showed excitement. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the next war should be over soon.
"Now I will announce the next strategic arrangement..."
As soon as Qin Hao finished speaking, a soldier broke in, shouting as he ran: "Report... to inform my lord, there is a message from a flying pigeon in Hetao."
The soldier handed over the cloth with writing on it. After seeing it, Qin Hao's expression suddenly changed and he showed a look of disbelief.
All the generals were extremely surprised when they saw this. What kind of information could make the Lord show such an expression?
"Lord, what happened?" Bai Qi asked with a frown.
Qin Hao sighed and sat down, and then handed the cloth to Bai Qi. Bai Qi's eyes widened after seeing it.
I saw it read: Zhenbeiguan fell, and the governor Yang Ye died in battle.
