At this time, Tuo Tuo finally realized that Li Jing had already had a plan in his mind. Li Jing fought with them to exchange lives for lives. Li Jing's troops numbered twenty Seventy thousand, and what about them? There are only more than 50,000 people in total.
The strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all. Li Jing can be qualified to afford it, but it does not mean that Shuzhong is also qualified to afford it. The Jin army can be unscrupulous, but Shuzhong definitely does not have this qualification.
At the beginning, they had a battle loss ratio of three to one, and Li Jing could trade three soldiers for the life of one soldier in their hands.
But now, Li Jing's side has a new force coming up, but the situation in Shuzhong is no longer good. This battle damage ratio will naturally change, no matter how small the change is, it is a change.
Moreover, this ratio of battle losses will continue to change as the number of soldiers on the Yangguan Army continues to decrease, and as the power that Dai Tuo can mobilize continues to decrease.
When Li Jing lost more than 20% of his troops, how many troops did Dai Tuo still have at that time? When Li Jing lost more than 40% of his troops, what strength did they have to compete with him?
He looked to the side in horror, trying to find a trace of confidence in the wise men of Fazheng and Shen Luoyan, but he saw that Fazheng's light and airy face was full of solemnity, like... When the rainstorm comes, there are dark clouds condensed with rain in the sky.
The situation on Shen Luoyan's side was definitely not good-looking. The smile he had always maintained had disappeared at this moment, and was replaced by a cold look.
Dai Tuo's expression changed slightly, and then he heard a thunderous roar coming from the gate, and the sound was earth-shattering and echoed through the clouds. Under the leadership of Li Siyuan, 30,000 energetic Jin troops pushed ladder trucks out of the enemy's formation like moving ants and headed straight for Guanxia.
They were like a long stream flying three thousand feet on top of a peak several thousand meters high. They were bumpy and windy but did not hesitate at all along the way.
The flying arrows fell on their heads, and their pace did not slow down. The spears were pierced on their shoulders, and another person pushed the ladder and continued to fly.
Whether it is Li Cunxu who fought before or Li Siyuan who fights now, they are all Li Xiang's clan generals, and each of them has a peerless commander.
As clan generals, under Li Jing's secret instructions, even the two of them worked so hard, let alone the generals who would go to war next.
Dai Tuo, Fazheng, and Shen Luoyan all knew that the further the time was pushed back before reinforcements arrived, the more unfavorable the situation on the battlefield would be for them.
"What a Li Jing! What a Governor of Sizhou! What a world-famous general!" Fazheng said with a solemn sigh.
When he actually started fighting against these world-famous generals, he really felt how difficult these people were.
It seems to be just an ordinary move, but who knows that there is no deeper meaning hidden behind it! If you can't detect it in time, you may not know how you died in the end!
The most frightening thing is that many times, even if you notice it in time, you may not have a way to break the situation. Most of these god-level commanders are different from god-level counselors. If they want to plot against their enemies, in most cases they use scheming instead of conspiracy!
However, in most cases, it is this kind of aboveboard conspiracy that makes you most helpless!
Although the life-for-life strategy resulted in heavy casualties, for Li Jing, no matter how heavy the casualties were, if he could capture Hanzhong before the reinforcements from Shu arrived, it would be worthwhile.
It seems to have cost several times more casualties, but if the strategic goal can be achieved, it will be a victory. The choice made by Li Jing seemed to be just a blind fight to the death, and did not show the brilliance of a god-level commander. However, only a true master would feel Li Jing's overall view from it.
Hanzhong has been the choke point from Guanzhong to Shuzhong since ancient times and is the gateway to Chengdu. In various periods of history, various political regimes entrenched here, including Shu Han, Cheng Han, Former Shu, and Later Shu, all occupied Hanzhong in their heyday.
If Hanzhong is defended, Chengdu will have no worries. For example, if the Shu Han cannot control Hanzhong, it will be a huge geological disaster.
Liu Bei had just entered Xichuan and was arguing with Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, not wanting to "return" the "borrowed" Jingzhou. Sun Quan planned to seize the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling in Jingzhou, but Liu Bei was not afraid of him and was ready to fight head-on.
But when Liu Bei got Zhang Lu to surrender to Cao Cao, he immediately surrendered to Sun Quan and gave up the three counties to Soochow. The reason why Liu Bei did this was simply that the Hanzhong portal was lost, which posed a huge threat to Xichuan. Liu Bei could not make enemies on both sides, so he had to bear the pain and cede three counties to Sun Quan to be honest. Then, Liu Bei concentrated all his efforts on dealing with Cao Cao and preventing Cao Cao from going south to Shu.
After Cao Cao captured Hanzhong, Liu Bei, who replaced Liu Zhang in ruling Xichuan, discovered that without Hanzhong, it would mean that the house he had worked so hard to build had no door.
From Liu Bei's perspective, Hanzhong is the first choice town to replace the Shuzhong region to bear the huge survival pressure.
Moreover, there are two roads from Hanzhong to Shu, the Micang Road leads to Bajun. What really prevents northern enemies from entering the Chengdu Plain and endangering Shu is the Golden Bull Road. The geographical feature of the most important Jianmen Pass on the Jinniu Road is that the southern slope is easy to attack, making the difficulty and risk of defending Hanzhong even lower.
Zhuge Liang was stationed in Hanzhong for a long time. Firstly, it was to attack Wei, and secondly, even if the attack on Wei failed, as long as he could hold Hanzhong, Shuhan would not have to worry about subjugation.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Wan and Fei Yi basically inherited Zhuge Liang's attitude towards Hanzhong: station in Hanzhong, advance to conquer Wei, and retreat to defend Shu. As an important minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, Jiang Wan was also stationed in Hanzhong for a long time.
In the late Shu Han Dynasty, Jiang Wei placed the strategic focus of the Northern Expedition on Longxi. However, when he heard that Wei Jun Zhong Hui's troops had entered Hanzhong, Jiang Wei had to abandon Tazhong and go to save Hanzhong. Jiang Wei knew that Hanzhong was lost, the gate of Chengdu was open, and everyone finished playing together.
For Li Jing now, by occupying Hanzhong, the retreat of the Jin army can protect the security of Guanzhong, and advancing can win Liu Che's old life.
As long as Hanzhong can be captured and the first step of his strategic plan is realized, then the sacrifices made in this process will be meaningful.
After all, in addition to Li Jing's current troops, the Jin army also has troops from Liangzhou Wei Qing who came out of Qishan Road, Wang Jian and Chang Yuchun's troops from Nanyang and into Shu, and Wu Qi and Qi Jiguang's troops from along the Yangtze River into Shu. horse.
Li Jing was the Commander-in-Chief of the Conquest of Shu. He could command all the troops, not just those of him and Feng Yi.
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