Chapter 1845: Two hundred thousand troops assist Si Jing
The reason why Qin Hao turned off the system prompts was because there was a war going on all over the world, and there were nearly hundreds of system prompts every day, and most of them were useless prompts.
Qin Hao couldn't waste his precious time on checking some useless prompts, so he simply turned off the system prompts and checked them together when he had time.
After just three days, there were as many as a thousand system prompts. Qin Haojuan couldn't read them all within the time. He could only wait until the meeting was over and read them day by day.
Originally, Qin Hao was preparing to launch an attack on Youzhou, but the news that Hangu Pass had fallen and was burned by Gongsun Yan interrupted the strategic meeting to attack Youzhou.
As the west gate of Sizhou, the status of Hangu Pass is self-evident.
Now that Hangu Pass has been burned and the west gate of Sizhou is opened, the Tang army can invade Sizhou, and the entire Sizhou is in danger.
Sizhou is not only the center of the world, but also the base camp of the Qin army. All the generals’ families are in Luoyang, including Qin Hao, so Sizhou must be rescued no matter what.
Just when Qin Hao and the generals were discussing whether to send reinforcements to Sizhou, another letter from Luoyang came from Jia Xu asking for help.
It was said to be a letter asking for help, but Jia Xu's tone was not urgent, and he confidently explained part of his arrangements in Luoyang.
After reading Jia Xu's letter asking for help, Qin Hao knew that although the situation in Luoyang was chaotic, with Jia Xu here, the rogue gang was destined to be unable to make trouble.
For Sizhou now, the biggest threat is not resistance, but Li Shimin's 140,000 Tang troops.
Sizhou's local army alone could not drive away the Tang army, and Bingzhou, Hetao, and Jingbei were all at war and there were no troops to send. Therefore, reinforcements could only be sent from Jizhou to rescue Sizhou.
The total strength of the Qin army in Hebei is 620,000. Even if it is divided into hundreds of thousands to rescue Sizhou, it will not have a big impact on the subsequent Youzhou strategy. However, once Luoyang falls, it will have a big impact on the Qin army. .
There was little discussion and no one objected to rescuing Luoyang. Qin Hao made the decision on the spot to send troops to rescue Luoyang.
As for the number of troops to send and the candidates to lead the generals, Qin Hao thought for a while and finally set his sights on Li Jing, Zhang Liao and Han Xin.
"Where are Li Jing, Zhang Liao, and Han Xin?"
Li Jing, Zhang Liao, and Han Xin stood up at the same time, half-kneeling and clasping their fists in response: "The general will be here."
"This time to rescue Sizhou, Li Jing will be the main general, Zhang Liao and Han Xin will be the deputy generals." Qin Hao said in a deep voice.
In the next offensive against you, Bai Qi will definitely be the well-deserved leader. Instead of letting Li Jing serve as Bai Qi's deputy, it is better to let him have another army alone, so that Li Jing can accumulate enough credit and prestige to compete with Bai Qi in the army. To counterbalance.
Qin Hao also loves and has a headache for Bai Qi. This guy is too fierce in fighting. He can win every battle no matter who he faces. His prestige in the army is even close to that of Qin Hao.
If Qin Hao doesn't want to lose everything, he must cultivate one or more undefeated military gods to confront Bai Qi and weaken Bai Qi's prestige in the army, and Li Jing, Yue Fei, and Han Xin are all candidates.
"Li Jing, in addition to your 30,000 troops under your command this time, Zhang Liao's 70,000 troops, Han Xin's 40,000 troops, Zhang He's 30,000 troops, and Xiao Yan's 30,000 troops, a total of 200,000 troops, are all here. You dispatch, go south to Sizhou as soon as possible, fight against Li Tang, and rescue Luoyang."
When he heard that his lord had entrusted him with an army of 200,000 men, Li Jing was naturally overjoyed. Although half of them were surrendered troops from Han and Zhao, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as the main force of the Qin army, being able to command an army of 200,000 men was a rare achievement. Chance.
After he nearly defeated the coalition of princes, he took the risk to lead the army to support Jizhou, not just to seize the credit in the Hebei War and catch up with Bai Qi as soon as possible.
Li Jing took half of Su Dingfang's credit for destroying Zhao, but Bai Qi still took the lead in destroying Han, and he only played a supporting role.
Li Jing originally thought that it would take some time and accumulation of merit before he could lead the army alone, but he did not expect that his lord would promote him to the position of general in advance.
Li Jing suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, Lord. Li Jing will definitely go to pieces to repay the Lord for his trust."
Rather than serve as a foil for Bai Qi, Li Jing would rather lead an army alone to rescue Sizhou, which was exactly what he wanted.
Han Xin and Zhang Liao were also very happy, especially Han Xin. After all, he was a reduced general, and he was appointed deputy general of the first army not long after the surrender. This was definitely a sign of trust.
Recently, the Northern Han Dynasty has been spreading rumors in Jizhou, saying that Han Xin wanted the cavalry to rebel. Han Xin was also very worried about this, fearing that his lord would fall into Liu Che's alienation plan.
When he saw his lord choose him as Lieutenant General Li Jing, all the encouragement in Han Xin disappeared. The lord chose him again at this time, obviously to break the rumors and show his trust in him.
Seeing that the lord chose Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui and other generals looked disappointed. Of course, they were not willing to serve as a foil for Bai Qi, but the choice of the lord general was already decided and they had no other choice.
Yuwen Chengdu, Gao Chong and other fierce generals were not surprised by the choice of the general, but were surprised that the lord sent an army of 200,000 to aid Luo.
The Qin army in Sizhou had 70,000 to 80,000 troops, while Li Shimin only had an army of 140,000 men. To deal with the Tang army of 140,000 men, how could he need to dispatch 200,000 men?
Qin Hao saw everyone's doubts, smiled calmly and explained: "To deal with a mere Li Shimin, naturally we don't need 200,000 troops, but now the situation in Jingbei is critical.
Therefore, these twenty armies not only rescue Luoyang, but also support Jingbei. "
The generals suddenly realized that they had to support Jingbei. No wonder twenty troops were needed.
With the complete fall of Jiangxia and Liu Xiu's invasion of Nanjun, Yue Fei was dragged back to Nanxiang County by Li Shimin and was unable to go south to Xiangyang to take charge of the overall situation. As a result, the Qin army became more and more passive in the battle in Jingzhou, and it was indeed necessary to send reinforcements. .
After confirming that the Northern Han Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty were not in alliance, and the total strength of the Qin army in Hebei, even if they allocated 200,000 troops to support Si Jing, they would still be able to defeat the Northern Han Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty one by one with ease.
Therefore, Qin Hao decisively formed an army to aid Si Jing. The generals of the army were selected as follows:
Commander: Li Jing;
Lieutenants: Zhang Liao, Han Xin;
Generals: Jiang Song, Gao Chong, Yuwen Chengdu, Huang Tianhua, Huang Tianlu, Huang Tianxiang, Taishi Ci, Zhang He, Xiao Yan, Zhang Kui, Ju Yi, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Cao Jingzong, Xiao Baoyin, Hou Andu...
Following Qin Hao's order, Li Jing's 200,000-strong army began to operate like a war machine and immediately set off.
Jizhou and Sizhou are bordering each other, and the distance between Yecheng and Luoyang is less than a thousand miles. With the marching speed of the Qin army, it would take less than a month to reach Luoyang City.
