"Okay, isn't it just a Jie Qiang order?"
Seeing that all the generals under his command were filled with righteous indignation, as if they would not give up until he agreed, Li Jing said: "The Qiang people can be destroyed by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but how can we, Great Qin, not be able to destroy them? At worst, we can just destroy the Qiang people once more. .”
Wen Yan, the general, was stunned for a moment, then calmed down.
Yes, the Sui and Tang Dynasties could destroy the Qiang people together. Our Qin Dynasty is ten times stronger than the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so why can't we still destroy it?
Li Jing saw that everyone had calmed down, and he was secretly relieved. He could understand the anger in the hearts of the generals, but it was absolutely impossible to attack Daxing by force.
Daxing is the most fortified city in Liangzhou. It has a large number of defenders and abundant supplies. It would be too expensive to attack by force. It would not take three or four months and 30,000 to 40,000 people to die. It would be impossible to attack it. of.
In all of Da Qin's current tough battles, except for Jiangling City, which paid such a heavy price, there is no other city that has this honor.
It is precisely because of this that Li Jing first set up a trap to trap the dragon, and then decided to attack the heart, intending to break the city at the lowest cost.
According to Li Jing's plan, after Daxing has completely become an isolated city, if we cooperate with the attack strategy, it will be internally unstable for up to half a month. By then, Daxing will be able to be easily defeated under internal and external attacks.
As for whether Yang Guang could resolve this situation, to be honest, Li Jing was not worried at all. He was fully confident in his situation of trapping the dragon, but he did not expect that Yang Guang's death struggle was much more powerful than he expected, but in the end it was just drinking poison to quench his thirst. That’s all.
After thinking about this, Li Jing was not worried at all. Instead, he was looking forward to seeing if Yang Guang had any other tricks. Wouldn't it be boring if he was already at the end of his rope?
After shaking his head and dispelling the distracting thoughts, Li Jing continued: "Although the Qiang people were exterminated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was just a coincidence. The seven counties of Haizhou left too many hidden dangers, and conflicts between the Han and Qiang continued.
Now that Yang Guang is pulling the Qiang people to support him, we, Da Qin, will take advantage of this opportunity to clean up the Qiang people in Haizhou, completely eliminate the Qiang people, and leave a Haizhou without hidden dangers to future generations. , wouldn’t it be nice? "
"The Governor is right. I, the Qin Dynasty, will completely eliminate the Qiang and leave no hidden dangers to future generations."
As soon as Li Mu opened his mouth, all the generals agreed, and now the atmosphere changed from the angry curses just now to the passionate desire to exterminate the Qiang again.
"According to the information sent back from Xining, Tubo general Lun Qinling has led 100,000 Tubo troops to join Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong's Sui army.
The major Qiang forces in Haizhou have also recruited 60,000 to 70,000 new troops, and they are still growing rapidly. It is expected that there will be no less than 100,000 troops.
In other words, the total number of the Sui, Qiang, and Tubo coalition forces in Haizhou will probably reach twenty-seven. "
Although Li Jing said this, his face was indifferent, as if he didn't care about the 270,000 enemy troops at all.
But after the generals heard this, they were suddenly shocked. Apparently they didn't expect that the Sui Kingdom could still gather 270,000 coalition troops when it was about to die.
The Yongliang Qin army finally fought a prosperous battle, but due to Yang Guang's operations, it lost its absolute military advantage.
Li Mu saw the worries in the hearts of the generals and said confidently: "Although the three coalition forces of Sui, Qiang, and Tubo have many troops, they are just a ragtag group.
An army of 100,000 Qiang people are all new recruits, how much fighting strength can they have? The Tibetan army's combat strength was even weaker, with only 70,000 Sui troops capable of fighting.
In the final analysis, the greater the number of the three coalition forces, the better it will be for us.
Not to mention that the coalition army only has 270,000, even if it is 720,000, they are by no means a match for our Great Qin. They will only be merits in our merit book. "
Li Jing said with a rare smile: "General Li Mu is right. Although the three coalition forces have many troops, they are mostly weak in combat power. Our army's combat power is enough to defeat them. This time, let these barbarians see us." The Qin army is powerful."
Hearing what Li Mu and Li Jing said, all the generals present were relieved. Although 270,000 people were a large number, they could not scare them who often fought tough battles.
The current strength of the Qin army is divided into four parts: Li Jing and Li Mu led 115,000 troops to surround Daxing, Longyang Li Maozhen led 60,000 troops to attack Wuwei County, Meng Tian led 80,000 troops to guard Xining Heritage, and Long Qie led 40,000 troops. The army guards Xianmei City.
On the surface, the Qin Army's troops are extremely dispersed. It is not as good as the Sui Army's 270,000 troops concentrated in Haizhou alone. However, in fact, the Qin Army is very mobile and its location is important, which hinders the Sui Army. All vitality.
This forced Yang Guang to implement the order to relieve the Qiang to preserve the life of the Sui Kingdom.
In fact, at this point in the war against the Sui Dynasty, the focus of the war was no longer in Daxing, but was transferred to Haizhou.
Daxing is easy to defend but difficult to attack. A strong attack will cause too many casualties, and it is difficult to take it by force in a short period of time. However, Haizhou has gathered a combined force of 270,000 from the Sui, Qiang, and Tubo families.
At this time, whether Daqin could defeat Daxing was no longer so important. Instead, defeating the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces was the top priority of this battle.
As long as the 270,000 Sui, Qiang, and Tubo coalition forces can be defeated and the hope of Daxing City is completely cut off, Daxing, which is about to be completely reduced to an isolated city, will probably feel guilty without a fight.
Therefore, Li Jing still did not plan to attack Daxing by force, but planned to defeat the three coalition forces in Haizhou first, completely cutting off Yang Guang's last hope, and then eat the fat meat of Daxing without any blood.
The total strength of the three coalition forces in Haizhou is as high as 270,000. With Meng Tian's ability, he may be able to win this battle with only 80,000 troops, but the casualties will definitely be greater.
What's more, the Qin army did not have no spare strength and could not provide military support to Meng Tian.
The Qin army still has 110,000 troops under Daxing City, and they can definitely transfer some of them to support Meng Tian.
As for the 60,000 troops in Wuwei County, they certainly cannot be transferred before Wuwei is completely captured. After all, a complete capture is related to the plan of completely isolating Daxing.
"In the attack on Daxing, the main focus is to attack the heart first and attack the city second, so I am prepared to send part of my troops to support Mongolia..."
Before Li Jing finished speaking, a soldier reported urgently: "Report... to the Grand Governor, Hezhou 800 Miles is urgent. The Mosi Yelu tribe wants to return to the Qiang people because of the Qiang order, and the leader Yelu Shi Lu and Yelu Holu have openly rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty, and now they have led an army of 30,000 people straight to Liangzhou, and will soon arrive at Xianmei City."
"What?"
Li Jing couldn't help but was startled, then frowned slightly and said: "It seems that Yelv Shilu's 30,000 troops are Yang Guang's last trump card."
Li Jing was just wondering if Yang Guang had any other options, and if so, what would they be?
Li Jing thought a lot and even guessed that Yang Guang might recall Yang Shuang's army, but he did not expect that Yelu Shilu of Moxi would rebel against Yuan Meng.
But after thinking about it carefully, Li Jing discovered the problem and chuckled: "In order to support the Sui Kingdom, Kublai Khan really spent a lot of money this time."
In the previous battle out of the fortress, although Yuan Meng was severely damaged by the Qin Dynasty, they were not weak enough to allow the Moxi tribe to defect. However, Yelu Shilu was able to lead an army of 30,000 to defect. This must be because of Kublai Khan's deliberate connivance.
"In order to unify Yuan and Meng, Kublai Khan ignored the warnings of our great Qin many times. Even though I only taught him a lesson a year ago, he lost his memory so quickly."
Hearing what Li Jing said, Li Mu said with a serious face: "Kublai Khan should not have been allowed to return to his country in the first place. This person is no less of a threat than Temujin."
Li Mu had a very high opinion of Kublai Khan, but he was completely worthy of Kublai Khan. After all, he posed a greater threat to the Qin Dynasty than Cao Cao, Yang Guang and other Central Plains princes.
"By the way, Commander-in-Chief, the 30,000 Yuan Mongolian rebels led by Yelv Shilu are about to arrive at Xianmei City. At that time, General Long Qie will face both Gao Huan and Yelv Shilu at the same time.
General Long Qie has only 40,000 troops under his command, so the force is slightly weak, and Xianmei City is extremely critical. Should we prioritize sending more troops to Xianmei City?
Or postpone the attack on Wuwei County and transfer the army that attacked Wuwei back to Xianmei City? "
Li Mu opened his mouth to make suggestions, but after Li Jing thought about it, he didn't adopt any of them.
"The Wuwei strategy is very important and must not be stopped. Besides, Xianmei City is different from Xining City. There are only a few thousand people in Xianmei City. If there is no internal trouble, with General Long Qie's 40,000 troops and sufficient supplies, , it is enough to hold it for a year and a half, so there is no need for additional troops."
Li Jing still felt that Haizhou was more important, so he decided to give priority to the three coalition forces in Haizhou. Unexpectedly, unexpected news came one after another.
"Report...to the Grand Governor, Chang'an is in urgent need of eight hundred miles. While inspecting the Ulan tribe, Mao Dun was ambushed by unknown forces and died. The thousand guards accompanying him were also wiped out."
"What? Moton is dead?"
Hearing the news, not only Li Jing and Li Mu, but everyone present was shocked. After all, Mao Dun was a man who cherished his life, but he was ambushed in his own territory? This is obviously a trap specifically targeted at Mao Dun.
"Modun was probably the commander who made the best use of cavalry in Yuanmeng besides Temujin. However, he did not die on the battlefield, but died in the power struggle within Yuanmeng."
After Li Jing sighed, he asked: "Maodun's death must be related to Kublai Khan. What happened to Yuanmeng after his death?"
"After Maodun died, both Jun Chen and Yi Zhixie wanted to succeed him, and the two sides argued over this. Kublai Khan took this opportunity to send a large number of troops. Jun Chen and Yi Zhixie were forced to join forces, and civil war broke out again in Yuan and Mongolia. .”
After hearing this, Li Jing immediately understood why this news came from Chang'an. After all, although Mao Dun died, his power was still there, and he was still an ally with Da Qin. Kublai Khan once again took action against Da Qin's allies. Da Qin definitely wanted to express something.
Wu Qi wanted to tell him to hold off on sending more troops to Haizhou to wait for the DPRK's reaction to the matter.
On the issue of the unification of Yuan and Mongolia, Da Qin had always held opposing opinions, and even did not hesitate to directly send troops to intervene. This was the reason for the previous battle against the fortress.
Now that Maodun has fallen and the Yuan-Mongolia civil war has resumed, it is obvious that only the military ministers and Yi Zhixie cannot be Kublai Khan's opponent.
Kublai Khan's determination to unify Yuan and Meng was stronger than ever this time. If Qin wanted to prevent the unification of Yuan and Meng again, it might not be enough to rely on the garrison of Binghe and Mongolia, and the only place that could mobilize troops was Liangzhou. of the Western Front battlefield.
If Li Jing transferred fresh troops to Haizhou, and if the imperial court transferred troops from the western front to intervene in the internal fighting between Yuan and Mongolia, there would definitely be no troops to mobilize, and this would affect Qin's core strategy against Yuan and Mongolia.
That's why Wu Qi specially sent a message from Chang'an to remind Li Jing.
Li Jing naturally did not want to divide his troops. After all, with the arrival of 100,000 Tibetan troops and the launch of the Qiang Order, the Qin Army on the Western Front no longer had the advantage in terms of strength.
But it was related to Da Qin's core strategy against Yuan Meng. Even if Li Jing was unhappy, he could only endure it for a while.
Because of the news of Maodun's death, Li Jing deliberately waited for three days without sending reinforcements. After three days, Great Qin's response to the Yuan-Mongolia Civil War also came to an end.
As Li Jing expected, most officials, led by Prime Ministers Wang Meng and Xun Yu, believed that although Qin still had the power to intervene, it should reserve its power to deal with the future before completely occupying the Central Plains and expelling the Sui Kingdom from Liangzhou. Variables may arise, instead of using limited power on the grassland, so they are opposed to intervening in the internal fighting between Yuan and Meng.
After receiving the news, Li Jing no longer had any worries in his heart, and immediately decided to lead an army of 50,000 to Haizhou to support Meng Tian, leaving Hu Luguang to lead the remaining troops to continue the siege of Daxing.
"Grand Governor, after you leave with 50,000 people, what will happen if Yang Guang goes out to fight or breaks out of the siege?"
Hu Luguang asked with some worry. After all, without Li Jing and his 50,000 troops, the Qin army only had 65,000 troops left in Daxing. The advantage in military strength was not huge. It would be difficult to completely trap the Daxing defenders. And Yang Guang and Yang Su are both ruthless guys.
"Don't worry, Yang Guang doesn't dare to leave the city. If he dares to fight, our army doesn't need to avoid the battle. No matter how heavy the casualties are in a frontal battle, it will be much smaller than a forceful attack on Daxing.
As for breaking out, it would be even more impossible. Without Daxing City, he would only die faster. "
After hearing what Li Jing said, Hu Luguang put down all his worries, and Li Jing also led his army straight to Haizhou.
While Li Jing was waiting for news from the Qin Dynasty, Meng Tian had already started a battle with the Tubo army in Lun Qinling in Haizhou, and the fight was extremely fierce.
