Chapter 2743: The new super god of the West, Spartacus
As mentioned earlier, Huangyuan City had few people and no resources. It was neither a big city nor a fortified city that was easy to defend. However, during the war, it was an important city with extremely important geographical location.
As long as the three coalition forces of the Sui, Tuqiang and Tuqiang families could defend Huangyuan City, Li Jing's reinforcements would not be able to reach Yiniu Mountain, and Meng Tian would naturally have nothing but the end of his entire army being annihilated.
Once Meng Tian's entire army is wiped out, Li Jing's 50,000 reinforcements will become a lone army and will face the risk of being defeated one by one by the coalition forces relying on their strength.
Therefore, the key to victory in the Battle of Bison Mountain does not actually lie in Bison Mountain, but in Huangyuan City.
But in such a critical place, Lun Qinling, who held an army of 28,000, took the initiative to abandon the city and fled without even guarding it for a day.
As for Qinling, he had experienced three disastrous defeats and was severely beaten by Li Jing, so he was completely ruined and gave up on himself?
Of course not.
Huangyuan Dao's three humiliating defeats had a huge impact on Lun Qinling, even to the point of collapse, but they did not cause him to give up on himself.
If you are defeated just a few times and are so beaten down that you can't hold your head up, then you are not worthy of being a famous general. After all, which famous general is not extremely strong at heart?
Regarding Qin Ling as the number one general in Tubo, he was also very mentally strong. The reason why he behaved so rudely before was mainly because of the continuous blows. In the end, he was tricked by Li Jing, so that his mentality completely collapsed. After he woke up, he corrected his attitude.
The reason why Qinling took the initiative to abandon Huangyuan City was actually because he knew that Huangyuan could no longer be defended.
The defeated Tibetan troops who escaped finally affected the defenders.
When Yang Ren was guarding Huangyuan City, he was able to withstand the fierce attack of 100,000 Tibetan troops with 20,000 Qin troops and persisted until Meng Tian came for reinforcements. This was because the Qin army was fearless and looked down upon the Tubo troops.
Now Qin Ling guards Huangyuan City. Although he has 28,000 men in his hands, the Qin army that came to attack was only half of the original Tubo army. However, after experiencing the tragic defeat at Huangyuan Road, the Tubo army was already afraid of Qin. The army is like a tiger.
The battle hasn't even started yet, and most of the people are already thinking about running away. If they really wait for the Qin army to approach the city, they may not even need the Qin army to attack. The frightened Tubo army may collapse on its own. , this is simply impossible to keep.
At this time, Lun Qinling's intestines were about to turn green. He shouldn't have allowed the 18,000 soldiers who had escaped to enter the city. He should have directly transferred them back to the rear. This would at least not affect the 10,000 soldiers guarding the city. military.
If the 10,000 defenders were not affected, Lun Qinling was confident that he could delay the attack for another two or three days with his defensive advantage. However, it was too late to say anything now. The 10,000 defenders had already been affected by the defeated army.
Lun Qinling knew that Huangyuan City could not be defended, so he abandoned the city and fled before the Qin army arrived, because once the Qin army besieged the city, he would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.
As for how serious the consequences of abandoning Huangyuan City would be?
Qin Ling naturally knows this, but a dead Taoist friend is not dead to a poor Taoist.
After all, Qin Ling was a general of Tubo, not a general of Sui. He could not have killed 28,000 Tubo men knowing that he would be defeated, so he could only feel sorry for Yang Xingmi.
Lun Qinling also knew how destructive his abandonment of Huangyuan City would be to Yang Xingmi of Bison Mountain, so before retreating, he notified Yang Xingmi in advance of his defeat at Huangyuan Road and his plans to abandon Huangyuan City. information.
When Yang Xingmi received the summons from Lun Qinling, he had already fought three battles with Meng Tian at Buffalo Mountain. Although he paid a heavy price, he still forced Meng Tian into a desperate situation.
Yang Xingmi could have completely annihilated Meng Tian's troops in the third battle, but Fu Cunshen's 20,000 reinforcements entered the battle in time, making his plan to annihilate Meng Tian once again go to waste.
Yang Xingmi was already extremely irritable when the war was going badly, but when he saw the summons from Lun Qinling, his whole face turned green. This must be too embarrassing.
When Shu Luping proposed a plan to send troops to Huangyuan and advance towards Daxing to force Li Jing to take a detour, Qinling took the initiative because he felt sorry for the casualties, but no one forced him.
Yang Xingmi was a little hesitant at first. After all, the location of Huangyuan City was too important, but when he thought about Lun Qinling's previous performance, he was stronger than himself in terms of strength and command, so he gave him this important task.
But what's the result? Regarding Qin Ling's 40,000-strong army, they were unable to defeat Li Jing's 3,000-man army, and they were defeated three times in a row. Now, even Huangyuan City has to be abandoned.
Once Huangyuan City is occupied by the Qin army, Li Jing's reinforcements will be able to reach Bison Mountain, and the coalition's plan to defeat them one by one will be completely aborted, and all previous efforts and sacrifices will be in vain.
Yang Xingmi could not accept this in any case, so he sent a letter to Lun Qinling overnight, asking him to hold on to Huangyuan City for three days, and reinforcements would surely arrive after three days.
Yang Xinmi's tone in the letter was extremely humble. In addition to the harm caused by Chen Ming's abandonment of Huangyuan, he also repeatedly begged Lu Qinling not to abandon Huangyuan City. But what he didn't know was that Lu Qinling had already killed him first and told him later. When he heard the letter, he had already fled the city.
After Lun Qinling saw Yang Xingmi's summons, he saw that Yang Xingmi's tone was so humble, and he was full of apologies. After all, what he did was indeed unreasonable, but Yang Xingmi asked him to persist in Huangyuan City for three days. This was completely a stand-in. Talking without back pain.
Yang Xingmi had not experienced the disastrous defeat at Huangyuan Road and did not know the true situation of the Tibetan army.
With the morale of the Tibetan army in Huangyuan City, they would not be able to hold on for even half a day, let alone three days.
Fortunately, Qinling fled with 28,000 Tibetan troops before the Qin army arrived. Otherwise, once the Qin army besieged the city, the entire army would really be annihilated.
It was impossible for Qinling to let the Tubo army make such a big sacrifice for the Sui Kingdom, so even if he knew that he had done something wrong in abandoning the defense of Huangyuan City, he could only say sorry to Yang Xingmi.
"I'm sorry, Governor Yang."
Although Lun Qinling said he was sorry, his movements were not slow at all. He directly replied to a letter telling Yang Xingmi that there was no need to send reinforcements because he had already led his troops to leave Huangyuan City, so it was better to prepare for the battle at Bison Mountain. Li Jing's preparation.
After Yang Xingmi saw Lun Qinling's reply, he angrily cursed Lun Qinling as a pig teammate, but it was of no avail because Huangyuan City had been abandoned by Lun Qinling.
The occupation of Huangyuan City by the Qin Army will undoubtedly have a fatal impact on the coalition forces, because Li Jing's reinforcements will arrive at Bison Mountain in the near future, and the total strength of the Qin Army will also surge to more than 80,000.
Yang Xingmi led the coalition army of 180,000, and defeated Meng Tian's mere 40,000 Qin army. It was already so strenuous.
If we were facing 80,000 Qin troops, and more than half of them were elites, it would be hard to say who would win and who would lose.
In fact, at this time, Yang Xingmi and Yelu Deguang no longer wanted to continue the fight, because the probability of winning was already very low.
But the problem now is that even if he doesn't fight, the Qin army will definitely continue to fight until they are completely defeated, and they have no way out at all.
The Tubo army has been reluctant to fight in the Haizhou battle. That is because they are guest troops. Even if they lose this battle, it will be nothing to the Tubo army. At worst, they will return to the plateau. After all, Haizhou is not their territory.
But for the Sui army and the Qiang army, if they lose this battle, they will only end up with the destruction of their country and the genocide. For the sake of their own country and race, they have to fight desperately.
Since there is no way out, we can only fight with all our strength.
The Sui State had already tried its best, otherwise it would not have issued an order to relieve the Qiang, and even took the initiative to help the Qiang people expand their army.
In the previous three battles with Mengtian, the coalition forces killed and injured more than 30,000 troops, 80% of which were Sui and Qiang troops, and the Tubo army only accounted for 20% of them. The casualties of the Sui and Qiang troops were mostly brave men. .
Therefore, despite the fact that the coalition forces still have nearly 150,000 troops in Buffalo Mountain, after three bloody battles with Meng Tian, the elites in the army suffered heavy casualties, so the overall combat effectiveness was naturally affected.
As for the 28,000 Tibetan troops who returned from Huangyuan, Qinling was not afraid of embarrassment. He directly told Yang Xingmi that the defeat at Huangyuan Road was so miserable that the morale of the army was completely lost and it was no longer useful.
Therefore, after Lun Qinling withdrew from Huangyuan City, he directly transferred this army to the rear for repairs, which not only avoided contact with the Tibetan army in Bison Mountain, but also contained part of the Qin army in Huangyuan City.
Regarding Qin Ling, this was also for the good of the coalition. If he deceived Yang Xingmi and said that the 28,000-strong army was useful, but actually collapsed after facing the Qin army, then he would be cheating his teammates to death, and at least this would avoid In order to hold back the enemy, it could also contain some of Li Jing's troops.
Lun Qinling also promised Yang Xingmi that although the 28,000 returned troops could not participate in the battle, he would select 5,000 soldiers who were still capable of fighting, as well as Yang Youji and other generals, to rush to the Buffalo Battle to support the coalition forces.
From the standpoint of Qinling, being able to do this for the Sui Kingdom was already considered the most benevolent and righteous act.
If the defeat at Huangyuan Road had not been too disastrous and embarrassing, and the abandonment of Huangyuan City had indeed cheated his teammates, making Lun Qinling feel a little guilty, plus he also wanted to defeat Li Jing to wash away his shame, he would not have Will you fight to this extent?
Even if Qin Ling, a Tibetan, worked so hard, it would be a little unreasonable for the Qiang people, who are also the hosts, to hide it.
Yelu Deguang decisively expressed his stance to Yang Xingmi on behalf of the Hidden Sect and the Sinicization Sect. The Qiang troops of these two factions could participate in the decisive battle, and his statement also transferred the pressure to Yelu Lage and Yelu Diela of the Qiang Traitor Sect. .
The other two leaders of the Qiang traitor faction, Yelu Yindishi and Yelu Anduan, died at the hands of Meng Tian and Muzha respectively in previous battles with the Qin army.
After their deaths, the soldiers and horses under their command did not return to Yelu Deguang's command, but were absorbed by Yelu Lage and Yelu Dila.
Yelu Deguang could actually take advantage of the two men's deaths to forcibly recruit their troops, but he was afraid that his intention to seize military power would be too obvious and would irritate Yelu Lage and Yelu Dila.
If the two of them were forced to go to Da Qin directly, everything would be over.
Therefore, Yelu Deguang allowed Yelu Lage and Yelu Diela to take over the military power vacated by the deaths of Yelu Yindishi and Yelu Anduan.
Yelu Deguang's move was very correct. After the death of Yelu Yindishi and Yelu Anduan, Yelu Lage and Yelu Diela were originally a bit sad.
All four of their brothers were betrayed by Abaoji. Now two brothers have died in the battle, and they are competing for military power but cannot win against Yelu Deguang. Naturally, they are worried that Yelu Deguang will liquidate them after he takes back military power, so they are all ready to rebel. Qin's prepared.
However, they did not expect that Yelu Deguang did not forcefully withdraw his military power. Instead, he allowed the two of them to recruit the other two brothers' troops. Only then did the two brothers completely let down their guard against Yelu Deguang and believed that Yelu Deguang had really put aside his father's hatred. , naturally gave up the intention of rebelling and surrendering to Qin.
Looking at the eyes of everyone looking over, both Yelu Lage and Yelu Diela knew that it would be impossible not to take a stand now, or to fight tooth and nail, so they both decisively stated that their troops would also participate in the decisive battle that followed.
Seeing this, Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiongguan were secretly relieved. The three major Qiang factions had decided to support him, which meant that there would be 50,000 Qiang reinforcements.
The decisive battle at Bison Mountain in the near future will also pit 230,000 coalition troops against 890,000 Qin troops.
To be honest, even if the coalition still occupies an absolute advantage in strength, Yang Xingmi does not have much confidence.
Because among the 230,000 troops, there were nearly 28,000 Tibetan troops who had been completely frightened by the Qin army and could only be used to contain them, but could not directly participate in the battle.
As for the 200,000 troops that can participate in the war, most of the 50,000 Qiang reinforcements are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is not strong.
Although the coalition forces are large in strength, their composition is too complex, and they all have their own plans. People are divided and not united enough.
On the other hand, although the Qin army has a small number of troops, it is well-trained, equipped with the best equipment, has high morale, and is united. This cannot be compared with the coalition forces.
In addition, Yang Xingmi is not the best among famous generals, but he has to command an army of 200,000 people with such a mixed composition to face the 890,000 elite Qin troops commanded by Li Jing, who has never been defeated. How can this battle be done? It doesn't look like he can win.
But there was no way, Yang Xingmi had no way out, he had to fight this battle if he didn't want to, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.
Not only Yang Xingmi knew that the probability of winning this battle was low, Yelu Deguang also knew it, but because he had no way out, he could only go to the end with Yang Xingmi.
Yang Xingmi originally had no chance of winning this battle. After all, his opponent Li Jing was too strong, and the power of the Qin army's large-scale coordinated operations was not something he could defeat with a mob of twenty. However, because of a person outside the battlefield, The existence of , on the contrary, caused some twists and turns in this battle without any suspense.
And this person turned out to be the new super general of the West, Spartacus.
(End of chapter)
