Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1977 Tang Jun retreats

Chapter 1975: Tang Jun Retreats

It's normal for Li Shimin to be cowardly. After all, the situation is reversed in an instant. If he continues to fight, it will be courting death.

Before Wuguan Tongguan and the two Tang armies merged and broke through Hangu Pass, a full 15 troops attacked Sizhou.

At that time, the Qin army had only 9 troops, of which 3 were recruits.

Therefore, at the beginning of the Sizhou War, the Tang Army had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.

But as the battle progressed and casualties intensified, the total strength of the Tang army had dropped to 13.

As for the Qin army, although its troop strength is also declining, and the decline is greater than that of the Tang army. The total troop strength has dropped to 6, and nearly one-third of its troop strength has been lost or injured. start.

Now the 20 Hebei Qin Army and the 3 Hetao Qin Army cavalry are about to arrive in Sizhou, plus the 6 Qin Army in Sizhou, which means that the total strength of the Qin Army in Sizhou will soon reach 29.

You know, Li Tang's total national strength plus the county soldiers and militias is barely 30. Except for the troops that cannot be easily mobilized to guard the various places and guard the princes, at most 15 troops can only be dispatched to attack the Quartet. .

The main force of the Qin army remained in Hebei, and with only partial divisions, nearly 30 troops were assembled, equivalent to the size of the entire Li Tang, which made Li Shimin envious and jealous.

In other words, the Tang army is about to face the 13 Qin army, which is more than twice its own, with an army of 29, and the opponent is still on the defensive, and its own side is the offensive side.

How can we fight this battle?

Under the ebb and flow, Li Tang must quickly eat up the 6 Qin army in Sizhou, and occupy the major cities in Heluo, so that he can continue to fight against the Qin army. It is Qin Jun's opponent.

However, the Sizhou Qin army was hiding in the city again, and it was absolutely impossible to give up the advantage and go out of the city to fight the Tang army. Want to eat it before the Qin army's reinforcements arrive?This is almost an impossible task.

The current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Tang army, but the biggest threat to the Tang army is not the 20 Hebei Qin army, but Zhao Yun's 3 Hetao cavalry.

The 3 Hetao iron cavalry led by Zhao Yun obviously came to cut off the Tang army's retreat, but the Tang army had no way to deal with it.

If you want to stop the 3 Hetao Qin cavalry who won the 10 Xiliang iron cavalry, you must dispatch [-] to [-] cavalry, but how can Li Tang have [-] to [-] cavalry?It is impossible to divide the troops here.

The Tang army is now roughly divided into three parts in Sizhou, with 3 troops led by Zhao She to surround Yiyang, 4 troops led by Li Keyong to besiege Yewang, and the last 6 troops led by Li Shimin to attack Luoyang.

The strength of the Tang army is already scattered enough. If they continue to divide the troops, it will only further weaken the combat power, so that the Qin army will find opportunities to defeat them one by one.

In general, Zhao Yun's 3 iron cavalry is like a sharp sword hanging over the head of Tang Jun.

Originally, even if the Tang army could not occupy Sizhou, they could retreat to Guanzhong and defend to the death at the risk of Tongguan. Even if the Qin army had twice the strength of the Tang army, they could only look at the pass and sigh, and there was nothing Tang could do.

But Zhao Yun's [-] Hetao cavalry broke this balance.

If you want to stop Zhao Yun's cavalry, you must divide your troops, and once you divide your troops, the situation will be even more dangerous.

If they don't stop them, they will be cut off by Zhao Yun's cavalry, and the 13 Tang troops in Sizhou will be unable to retreat even if they want to.

If we really get to that point, the 13 Tang army will probably follow in the footsteps of the Liangzhou coalition army, and be wiped out by the 29 Qin army.

It has to be said that this is a dilemma. No matter which one you choose, for Li Tang, the conquest of Sizhou is doomed to fail. The difference is only a matter of how many troops you lose.

After a night of deep thinking, Li Shimin still divided his troops to stop Zhao Yun. He could not accept the failure of this operation anyway.

According to the conclusion that the strong are strong, if Li Tang can't defeat Sizhou this time, it will be even more impossible when the Qin army digests Hebei.

At that time, the national power of the Qin and Tang Dynasties will be completely separated, and Li Tang will never have the opportunity to grow stronger. What should be considered is no longer foreign expansion, but how to not be destroyed under the offensive of the defeated Qin army.

Based on this consideration, Li Shimin decided to go all out and go all out, and die in Luoyang if he doesn't take down Luoyang.

When they learned that Li Shimin had decided to break the boat, Li Kui and other senior officials of Li Tang were all shocked. Li Tang is far from the end of the mountain, and no one can tell what will happen in the future. There is no need to fight Qianjun at this time.

The unanimous persuasion of Li Tang's senior management shook Li Shimin's determination, but it was Sima Yi who really made him give up.

After Sima Yi learned about it, he was shocked by Li Shimin's boldness and admired his courage.

The reluctance to retreat at this point is enough to show the courage and courage of this king. It is a pity that there are too many heroes in this era, and even a wise king like Li Shimin cannot dominate alone.

Sima Yi persuaded Li Shimin for two hours from multiple perspectives such as military affairs, politics, and the general situation of the world, before Li Shimin gave up his decision to divide the troops, and decided to give up all the results of the battle and temporarily return to Guanzhong.

In Sima Yi's opinion, this is the most sensible decision, but he has no idea what giving up now means to Li Shimin.

This means that in the confrontation with Qin Hao, Li Shimin lost completely, and in the future, he can only bow to Qin Hao and rely on Qin Hao's breath.

This is undoubtedly an extremely painful decision for Li Shimin, who has always wanted to defeat Qin Hao.

"Let's retreat. If the fight continues, it will only increase casualties. Before Qin's Hebei reinforcements arrive, we should return to Guanzhong as soon as possible."

After saying this, Li Shimin seemed to have been drained of energy, and he seemed to have aged a few years in an instant.

All the generals of the Tang army breathed a sigh of relief, and said in unison: "My lord is wise."

After all, if they withdraw their troops, they will not have to face the 20 Hebei Qin Army. They only have 20 troops in Luoyang, and they have no strong city to defend. They cannot be the opponent of the [-] Qin Army.

In this way, Li Shimin led an army of [-] to raid Luoyang, but when the Qin army fell into civil strife, he still failed to occupy Luoyang, and instead left [-] corpses.

Li Shimin led [-] Tang troops and retreated, and he did not retreat from Luoyang, but directly retreated from Sizhou after joining Zhao She and Li Keyong.

On the Luoyang side, after hearing the news of the Tang Army's retreat, the senior officials of the Qin Army exploded.

The radical faction headed by Qin Jian proposed to lead the army out of the city, delaying the retreat of the Tang army, and swallowed the [-] Tang army when the reinforcements arrived.

The conservative faction headed by Qin Ji and Sima Cuo believed that Luoyang's military strength was too weak, and they were not qualified to go out of the city to fight the Tang army, even if it was to delay the time.

Once the army is sent out of the city, Luoyang's troops will be even thinner, and the Tang army is likely to be attracted back by then.

There are still too few troops in Luoyang City, and the risk of sending troops to stop the Tang army is too great, so in the end the conservatives gained the upper hand.

Li Shimin, who was originally unwilling, was looking forward to the Qin army coming out of the city to pursue the Tang army. Seeing that Luoyang did not send troops to chase him, he was naturally disappointed and could only give up his last hope.

At the same time, a group of [-] elite cavalry, led by Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Xiao Yan and other generals, galloped towards Luoyang at the fastest speed after passing Mengjin Pass and Xiaopingjin.

　Guaranteed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)