Chapter 1590: Lu Junyi surrenders
[Ding dong, Li Jing killed Song Jiang, the king of Liang, and was rewarded with permanent force +1, politics +1, and charm +2. The current five dimensions: commander 103, force 89 (+1), intelligence 98, politics 88 (+1) , Charm 92 (+2);]
"Regret, regret, regret."
These were the last three words Song Jiang said before he died. It is not difficult to see how regretful he was.
Looking at Song Jiang who was still staring at death, a trace of regret flashed in Li Jing's eyes.
Song Jiang could have avoided death. If he had led the Liangshan Army and surrendered to the Qin Army, given Qin Hao's kindness to the surrendered princes, it might not be possible to be crowned king, but at least he would be able to gain the title of Duke.
It's a pity that Song Jiang was aroused by Wang Mang's ambition. At the right time, he made an extremely wrong decision and ended up with a tragic death.
Seeing Yin Shiniang watching the battle, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Li Jing's face. Although he successfully killed Song Jiang, the process was much more difficult than expected, but he was obviously much stronger than Song Jiang.
Li Jing pretended to stretch his muscles and explained forcefully: "I haven't been in battle in person for a long time, so I feel a lot rusty."
The actual meaning behind the words is: It’s not that Song Jiang is strong, nor that I am weak, but that I didn’t perform well.
Yin Shiniang covered her mouth with a smile, but did not try to expose Li Jing. She stepped forward decisively and cut off Song Jiang's head, put it on her own fire-pointed spear, and shouted: "Song Jiang is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed."
Li Jing was originally planning to do this, but when he saw that his wife had done it for him, he couldn't help but laughed and said: "Madam is right."
Seeing this, the morale of the soldiers rose greatly, and they also shouted: "Song Jiang is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed..."
When the officers and soldiers of the Liangshan Army saw that Song Jiang and Gongsun Sheng were killed in battle and Lu Zhishen was captured alive, their morale suddenly fell to the bottom and they could no longer resist.
That's what it means to be defeated like a mountain. Even if the Great Luo Immortal is here, I'm afraid he can't do anything.
Most of the Liangshan Army surrendered directly to the ground, and a small number chose to escape. However, surrounded by three sides of the Qin Army's water cavalry, the Liangshan Army had nowhere to escape.
In the end, more than 8,000 of Song Jiang's 30,000 Liangshan main force died in battle, more than 21,000 surrendered, and only a few hundred fled and disappeared.
If we add in the more than 2,000 Liangshan Shui troops captured by the previous prisoners, the number of Liangshan prisoners of war captured has reached 23,000, but the total casualties paid by the Qin army were less than 1,000.
Li Jing used 25,000 infantry and cavalry troops to fight against 30,000 Liangshan's main force and 3,000 Liangshan water troops. The three armies of infantry and cavalry fought in coordination and almost annihilated the three Liangshan troops with only nearly 1,000 total casualties. With an army of 3,000, even if this is not a miracle in the history of war, it is definitely a perfect victory.
After the war, Li Jing originally wanted to take advantage of the victory and capture Liangshanbo, which had only 7,000 defenders left. However, since he had already completely alerted the enemy, and Qin only had a total of 3,000 naval troops, it was really difficult to break through Liangshanbo in a short period of time.
Li Jing also knew that it was very difficult to break Liangshan, but he still tried several methods, such as using Song Jiang's head to provoke the defenders in Liangshan, and giving the surrendered soldiers authority to disintegrate the interior of Liangshanbo, but in the end he went All failed.
Seeing that Wang Mang's army was about to arrive in Liang State, Li Jing had no extra time to make arrangements. In desperation, he had to escort all the prisoners and trophies, withdraw from Liang State and return to Beihai for the time being.
Li Jing had just returned to Beihai when he received a surprising piece of news.
"What did you say? Say it again?" Li Jing asked extremely seriously.
"Zhu Tianpeng personally led an army of 70,000 people to the north. They will soon cross the Yellow River."
"What?"
Ran Min and other generals couldn't help but get close to each other. After all, the Qi Army and the Liangshan Army were not the same concept. The overall quality of the Qi Army was not lower than that of the Qin Army.
The Qin army only had a total of 40,000 troops. If it faced off against the 70,000 Qi army, even if Li Jing personally commanded it, there would be a high chance of losing, not to mention Wang Mang's 40,000 troops.
Everyone, including Li Jing, thought that after the main force of Liangshan was eliminated, the pressure faced by the Qin army would be much better, but they did not expect that the situation would become more severe.
There are 70,000 Qi troops and 40,000 Northern Han troops. Including the remaining troops in Liangshan, the total is nearly 120,000 troops. It is still difficult to defend Beihai with only 40,000 Qin troops.
"Master Taishou, didn't we capture 21,000 Liangshan's main troops? These people can make up for our army's lack of strength." Tai Shici said.
Li Jing glanced at Tai Shici and sighed: "General Ziyi, even if these prisoners of war are organized into an army, how much combat power do you think will be left?"
"this……"
Taishi Ci was speechless upon hearing this.
The Liangshan Army's combat power was not strong to begin with, and now it has been brutally beaten by the Qin Army. It is probably that it is not even one-third of its original combat power.
If these surrendered troops are really allowed to go to the battlefield to deal with the Qi army, which can be evenly matched with the Qin army, then it will be said that they have helped, and it will be good if they can not cause chaos to the Qin army.
"Master Taishou, if Lu Junyi and other Liangshan surrendered generals are used to lead the Liangshan surrendering army, the combat effectiveness of the Liangshan surrendering army should be improved." Ran Min said in a deep voice.
Shortly after the Battle of Yuncheng, Li Jing rescued Yan Qing from a dungeon in Qi State who had participated in the failed coup with Chao Gai but was secretly imprisoned by Lu Junyi.
After Yan Qing escaped from trouble, he did not blame Lu Junyi. After all, Lu Junyi's imprisonment was a kind of protection, otherwise he would have been killed by Song Jiang long ago.
Under Yan Qing's persuasion, Lu Junyi finally put aside the prejudice of being humiliated by Ran Min and willingly surrendered to the Qin army.
After Lu Junyi surrendered, he also helped persuade other generals to surrender. In the end, under Lu Junyi's lobbying, Hu Yanzhuo and Lu Zhishen also surrendered one after another.
Since then, there have been six Liangshan surrendered generals in the Qin army: Chao Gai, Shi Jin, Lu Junyi, Hu Yanzhuo, Lu Zhishen, and Yan Qing.
"Allowing General Liangshan to lead the Liangshan Army can indeed improve the combat effectiveness of the Army, but by how much? At most, it can only defeat 10,000 Qi troops." Qin Ming said.
All the generals nodded in agreement, while a hint of embarrassment flashed across the faces of Chao Gai and Shi Jin. They were both from Liangshan, and the Liangshan army's overall combat effectiveness was weak, so they naturally had a disgraceful face.
Just when most people thought that Li Jing would refuse, Li Jing said: "But this is a help after all, and it will still have some effect at critical moments."
Li Jing originally did not want to use the surrender army. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Liangshan surrender army was really weak. If it was not handled well, it would be a hindrance.
If Li Jing just wanted to hold Beihai, he could naturally seek stability without surrendering troops, but the war situation in Hebei is now at a stalemate, and if he can break the deadlock in Qingzhou, he may be the first to pacify Hebei.
Li Jing was actually very envious of Bai Qi, who could command 500,000 elites and fight Han Xin in an unprecedented battle. But if he wanted to have this day, he would never be able to accumulate merits steadily.
This siege by Wang Mang, Zhu Tianpeng and other forces is actually an opportunity for Li Jing. If he can defeat all these princes, he can lead the Beihai Qin army to join the Hebei battlefield and become the last one to break the camel's back in Beihai. If there is a straw, the leader of the next Central Plains battle will definitely be him.
After thinking this, Li Jing no longer hesitated and immediately ordered: "Where are Chao Gai, Shi Jin, and Lu Junyi?"
"The end will be here."
The three generals all stood up excitedly, especially Lu Junyi, after all, he had just surrendered.
"The three of you are responsible for commanding the Liangshan surrender army. You must appease the surrender army's mood and allow the surrender army to regain its combat strength as soon as possible."
"promise."
