Wei Qing originally waited for the Shu army to run out of food, and then waited for more than ten days to come to a complete end with Zhou Yafu, and to eliminate the last large-scale resistance force in Shu. The resistance was completely destroyed.
But as more and more soldiers surrendered, Wei Qing became less and less anxious. Li Jing's reinforcements had already set off, and he now had plenty of time to continue spending time here.
After waiting for more than twenty days, I was ready to take down Jiange, one of the most dangerous levels in Yizhou.
Thinking about the first part of the barbarian army that broke out and surrendered, plus the subsequent batches of serious Shu troops who rushed out to surrender, the surrendered troops in Wei Qing's hands had even soared to more than 100,000. This is the real way to conquer the enemy without fighting. It can put the opponent into complete death without spending a single soldier.
If they were to fight head-on, how much would the Jin army have to pay to eliminate these more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but now they let these Shu troops surrender voluntarily without spending a single soldier!
This credit is greater than the frontal encirclement and killing of 100,000 soldiers and horses.
It's the same victory, but the gold content is also different. There is definitely a big difference between a victory in which one thousand enemies are killed and eight hundred losses to oneself, and a victory in which one thousand enemies are killed but no casualties are suffered. In the end, there is definitely a difference in rewards based on merit.
Otherwise, why is it said that Li Jing gave Wei Qing a piece of free work!
Moreover, after Yizhou is completely pacified, the Jin army will inevitably recruit a considerable part of the Shu army to form troops. With such a huge population, Yizhou is definitely an excellent source of soldiers and horses, which can effectively increase the strength of the Jin army in all aspects.
However, after integrating this part of the already well-trained Yizhou soldiers and horses, they will definitely save a considerable amount of their energy as the soldiers and horses of the Jin army to control Bashu in the future.
It is much easier to integrate and reorganize a soldier and horse that has already formed a combat capability than to retrain a soldier and horse.
In the past few days, seeing that the soldiers and horses in Shu who were willing to surrender had almost surrendered, Wei Qing was finally about to launch the final blow.
Wei Qing estimated that there should be about 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses in this pass. Although this number is large, it is obviously not comparable to the number of troops on their side.
Facing the exhausted and hungry army, he dispatched more than 100,000 elite Jin troops who had been recharging their strength. In Wei Qing's view, there was no suspense in this battle.
"Generals, obey the order!"
"The general is here." A group of generals stood up and responded in unison.
"Zhou Yafu was a talented man. It's a pity to die here. If there is a chance, I must capture Zhou Yafu alive." Wei Qing ordered with a serious face.
Zhou Yafu is indeed a talent, and Wei Qing also particularly admires this person. If it were a head-on battle, either Li Jing or Wei Qing would be confident enough to defeat him head-on.
But Zhou Yafu has always had a calm and steady fighting style. Coupled with the many dangers in Yizhou, after so many generals of the Jin army, including Li Jing, gathered together, there was nothing they could do to the opponent.
Of course, a large part of the reason why there was nothing that could be done against Zhou Yafu was because Wang Meng and Wu Qi played very well. Li Jing had already become a cheater, so there was no need to forcefully fight the opponent.
Li Jing was not only a general, but also a marshal. A commander should have a sufficient understanding of the overall situation, and there is no need to risk the lives of tens of thousands of Jin soldiers just to prove his ability.
Furthermore, as a famous general who is famous all over the world, Li Jing's ability no longer needs to be proven. Forcibly defeating Zhou Yafu at the risk of tens of thousands of soldiers' lives, or waiting until his teammates' strategic goals are achieved, so as to defeat the enemy without fighting, this was not even a multiple choice question for Li Jing.
As for Wei Qing's desire to capture Zhou Yafu alive, in addition to truly believing that he was a talent, there was also a more important reason, which was the value of Zhou Yafu's own existence.
Before and after this battle, although the Jin army captured many important generals of the Shu army, the real top general was only Chen Qingzhi.
The rest, such as Xu Shiji, are not in Bashu at all, while Dai Tuo, Chen Tang and others have died in the battle. As a foreign general, Yang Su has no influence on the Shu army like other generals. It's better than that.
In this battle, Wei Qing alone had so many prisoners of the Shu army. If you add in the prisoners of the Shu army from several other generals, this would be an extremely large number.
In the future, if we want to reorganize such a surrendered Shu army into a combat-effective force as soon as possible, we will need the assistance of some Shu army generals, especially those high-ranking generals who have great prestige among the Shu army. .
Chen Qingzhi's influence was mostly within the White Robe Army, and his influence on the entire Shu Army was relatively inferior to Zhou Yafu's. Therefore, the living Zhou Yafu is more valuable than the dead Zhou Yafu.
In addition, through Floating Water Fang and Wei Qing, the generals of the Barbarian Army, they learned that Zhou Yafu's attitude was wavering at the beginning, which created a good foundation for them to use Zhou Yafu for the Jin army.
As for the other generals except Zhou Yafu, Wei Qing didn't like anything, even if there was a god-level warrior Yu Yuan among them.
Although he didn't know much about the Shu prisoners who had surrendered one after another, combined with the information obtained from them and the information obtained from the surrendered barbarians, Wei Qing also probably knew that the remaining ones were some stubborn ones. They are all die-hard elements, and it would not be a pity to kill them.
The key is that there are smart people like Lu Polou and Lu Guang among them, just in case they are recruited and surrendered. But the opponent's ambition is not dead. If he chooses to surrender, he will be in trouble.
Even if the Jin army will guard against them, it cannot be guarded for several years. There will always be opportunities for relaxation. Smart people like Lu Polou and Lu Guang will really stay with you if they are patient. If the other party comes to take advantage of you, Wei Qing will be implicated to some extent.
Therefore, now that it has been determined that these people are die-hard elements, let's simply kill them!
At the same time, Yang Xuangan's troops on the other side of the Jiange also received Wei Qing's message and knew that the time for the final attack had arrived!
(End of chapter)
