Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2456 Wu Qi VS Li Mu + Jiang Shang

Chapter 2452: Wu Qi VS Li Mu+Jiang Shang

The [-] central army led by Li Jing has a large number of people, and since they come from Sizhou, the distance is the farthest, so the speed is naturally the slowest.

Li Jing's troops had just passed through the Hangu Pass when they received news that Li Shimin from Chang'an had sent troops to support Ba Ling.

Although there are only 5000 troops from Yang Jian this time, if they continue to increase, it will undoubtedly increase the difficulty for the Qin army to attack Baling.

So Li Jing wrote a letter in his hand, ordering the three armies on the West Road, who joined forces at Wuzhangyuan, to go straight to Chang'an.

With the three armies of the West Road staring outside Chang'an City, Tang Jun naturally did not dare to leave the city, because once he left the city, it would mean a field battle with the Qin Army.

Although there are more Tang troops in Chang'an City, if it is a field battle, even if the Tang army defeats the Qin army twice and their morale recovers, it is absolutely impossible for the Tang army to be the opponent of the three armies on the west road of the Qin army.

Li Jing transferred Wang Jian, Gongsun Xuanyuan, and Gongsun Yan, the three-way army to Chang'an, and directly blocked the gate of the Chang'an Tang army. Now the Baling Tang army will be in a situation of fighting alone again.

Although both Gongsun Xuanyuan and Gongsun Yan wanted to go to Ba Ling, find Jiang Shang to get back their position, and feel the shame of being defeated before the first blood, but they belonged to the West Route Army after all, while Baling was on the attack route of the East Route Army.

When Wuji's troops were still at the boundary of the West Road, Gongsun Xuanyuan could naturally lead a thousand cavalry, drive straight in, and go deep into the enemy's belly to pursue Wuji.

But now Wuji's troops have retreated into Baling, and are no longer within the attack range of the West Route Army.

If the West Route Army went to the East Route Army's chassis without consent to eliminate the opponents of the East Route Army, then in the eyes of the East Route Army's generals, it would be a bright grab for merit, which would obviously easily cause internal disharmony.

Although Xuanyuan and Gongsunyan both knew this, they were a little unwilling to let them give up. After all, they both suffered from Jiang Shang's hands. Wang Jian, who had no loss, naturally couldn't understand their feelings.

Now the Metropolitan Governor Li Jing directly ordered the West Route Army to go straight to Chang'an, which also cut off the last stubbornness of the two, and they could only go to Chang'an honestly.

Li Jing's guess was not bad at all. Apart from Yang Jian, Li Shimin was indeed planning to send another support army to Baling, but after receiving the news that Daqin West Road No. [-] was coming straight to Chang'an, he had no choice but to give up this idea.

After all, although the number of the Third Route Army on the West Route of Daqin is not large, only [-], its combat strength is stronger than that of the Third Route Army on the East Route except for Li Jing's headquarters.

There is no other reason. Daqin's cavalry troops in Yongzhou are basically concentrated on the West Road.

In order to complete the strategy of raiding Chencang and capturing Sanguan, Li Jing handed over all the cavalry in Yongzhou to Gongsun Xuanyuan.

After Gongsun Xuanyuan succeeded, he divided the cavalry under his command into three, and kept most of them under his own command, but divided into two cavalry, which were commanded by Wang Jian and Gongsun Yan. That's why the Third West Route Army has cavalry.

Li Jing transferred all the cavalry from Yongzhou to the western front, which also caused the three-way army on the eastern front. Wu Qi, Sima Cuo, and Fu Cunshen all had no cavalry under their command.

This is also the main reason why Wu Qi watched Li Mu go out of the city to meet Wu Ji's troops.

Li Mu led the cavalry just out of Ba Ling, and Wu Qi received the news, but he didn't have any cavalry under his command, and infantry couldn't catch up with the cavalry, so naturally there was no way to stop Li Mu.

In addition, Li Mu's response speed in this rescue operation was also very fast, from leaving the city to returning to the city, it took only half a day in total.

Before Wu Qi's men arrived at Baling, Li Mu had already fled back to the city.

It is precisely because the Eastern Third Route Army is all infantry that the marching speed and the progress of the attack are so slow.

Although the West Route Army lost two small battles, their attacking speed was much faster than that of the East Route Army. They had leveled all the Tang Army's cities on the Western Front and went straight to Chang'an.

On the other hand, the East Route Army, apart from the big trouble of Baling, there are still two cities that have not yet been resolved, and the overall results are not as good as the West Route Army, which has lost two battles.

"Oh, it's hard life without cavalry."

"Who says it's not? If we also have cavalry, we will definitely be able to fight to Chang'an ahead of the West Route Army."

"That's right, among the three armies on the western front, two of them lost to the Tang army. It's an embarrassment for our Qin army."

"You can't say that, it's just a small defeat, not a big loss."

"That's embarrassing. When did our Qin army lose twice to a Chinese army?"

"Shut up, Lord Inspector is here."

The arrival of Wu Qi interrupted the communication among the Qin generals.

Yang Hu stood up and said, "Lord Inspector, the number of cavalry from the Tang Army in Baling City will not be less than two thousand. Once they get out of the city, they will pose a great threat to our army."

Wu Qi smiled lightly and said, "I'm not worried about Li Mu going out of the city, but I'm afraid that he won't dare to go out and stick to it."

Even if Wu Qi's subordinates are all infantry, but with powerful weapons such as crossbows and mo knives, coupled with well-trained infantry under his command, all elites, even if they are infantry and cavalry, they are still sure of victory.

But if Li Mu insisted on defending, unless the main force arrived, the weak Qin army would really have to pay a lot of casualties if they wanted to forcibly break through the city.

"Governor Li Jing has already ordered that the cavalry troops in the rear, one step ahead of the Seventh Route Army, come to support the three armies on the eastern front, so it only takes two days at most before the three armies on the eastern front will have cavalry."

Wu Qixiao told everyone the good news, and all the generals were happy when they heard about it.

They feel that they are limited by the lack of cavalry, so they are restrained everywhere, and they cannot quickly flatten the Western Front like the three-way army on the Western Front.

Now with cavalry support, it is only a matter of time before the Eastern Front is fully advanced.

Wu Qi is not as optimistic as the generals. Even with the support of cavalry, it can only ensure that the Qin army is invincible in the plains and its mobility is greatly increased. It has little effect on siege.

To break Ba Ling, it is far from enough to rely on his army alone, it must be possible to join forces with the three armies on the eastern front.

"Where are Sima Cuo and Fu Cunjian's headquarters now?" Wu Qi asked.

"Reporting to the governor, there is still one city on the route of General Fu Cunshen. General Sima Cuo has already broken through all the cities on the route. In a few days, he will arrive at Baling, and join our army to attack Baling City." Zhang Zhang Embroidery report.

"So, among the three armies on the Eastern Front, the Inspector is the one who lags behind."

Wu Qi couldn't help laughing, after all, strictly speaking, Baling is the city that he must break through on this line.

In addition to Ba Ling, there is another city along the route of Wu Qi, that is, Quyou City not far northeast of Ba Ling, which is at an angle to Ba Ling.

Originally, Wu Qi planned to take Quyou first, after all, the county magistrate of Baling was ready to surrender, but Li Mu was the first to enter Baling, disrupting Wu Qi's plan.

　make up for yesterday

　　
　
(End of this chapter)