Chapter 744 Broken limbs
After listening to Li Qianzhe's story, Li Shicao realized that the people of Baxi County did not surrender at the last minute, but had planned it long ago and had begun to prepare for the personnel several years in advance. He couldn't help but sigh.
"Although the personnel here have been planned for many years, it is inevitable that something will happen if it is not decided one day. The general is far away in Mianyang and cannot be close to coordinate, so there is no time to inform Sima Li about this matter in time..."
Li Qianzhe smiled and explained a little. The fact is that Li Shicao's coming to take over the affairs of Baxi County is not the core of this plan. Even if Li Shicao does not come, it will not affect the subsequent events too much. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he did not tell him the details.
Li Shicao nodded to show his understanding after hearing this, and then smiled and said: "I am still a little confused when I suddenly learned about this. May I ask what the county affairs office should focus on next?" Li Qianzhe glanced at the Brazilian tyrants waiting to be summoned outside the hall, and then said to Li Shicao: "The people here have been won over by the general, and they dare not think of rebellion again. Sima Li can govern the affairs as usual and persuade the people to live in peace. He Ruokaifu will arrive with his troops the next day. At that time, two thousand elite soldiers can be sent to stay here to guard the city. I need to lead the tyrants and righteous people to join the He Ruokai and Li Qianzhe will go west together to help fight in Chengdu. "
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Seven points of the wealth in Shuzhong are concentrated in one city, and three points are scattered in the four fields. Now Chengdu is weak and difficult to deal with. If we can capture the city first, the treasury will be enough to reward the troops, and there will be no shortage of supplies for subsequent battles!"
General Li's plan for Shuzhong is not just to divide the Baxi County. Holding the Baxi County in hand is only a phased goal. The next step is to fully mobilize the manpower and material resources that have been mastered on the basis of the existing foundation to obtain greater results.
The great gap between the rich and the poor in Shuzhong is not only reflected in the powerful and wealthy families and the extremely poor people, but also in Chengdu and other cities. Although most of the wealth in Chengdu's treasury was taken east by Xiao Ji's army, the material reserves left behind are still the best among all cities.
Next, He Ruodong and Li Qianzhe will not stay in Langzhong, but will lead their troops to join the powerful families such as Baxi to participate in the siege of Chengdu.
Although they were not the main force, compared with the absolute invaders of Yuchi Jiong's troops, they had the powerful families of Baxi as guides, and could try to persuade the defenders of Chengdu to surrender, so as to enter the city and divide up the treasury of Chengdu.
Although Yuchi Jiong also had fellow villagers such as Yang Qianyun, these Di chieftains had very little infiltration into the personnel of Chengdu, and their efficiency would be very low when negotiating and communicating with the city.
After obtaining supplies in Chengdu, they could turn along the outer water to Badong County to cover the rear of Xiao Ji's army. If they could receive their military supplies and annex their troops, the gains of this battle would be very considerable.
Of course, these are all relatively ideal situations. There will inevitably be twists and turns in the specific implementation process, which may be beyond expectations or not as expected. In short, as long as you try your best, what effect you can achieve will be left to luck.
But when Li Qianzhe finished speaking, Li Shicao's expression became a little unnatural. He remembered Yuchi Jiong's order before the trip, so he told Li Qianzhe about this situation.
"Is this true?" Li Qianzhe frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the army has penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, it is necessary to gather all its strength to attack the enemy's vital points. It is not wise to divide the troops and horses to guard the branches!" He said this, and he soon understood why Yuchi Jiong gave such an order. The key is that the previous operations of these Brazilian tyrants made Yuchi Jiong wary, worried that they would have more personnel arrangements to interfere with the development of the war. If this had not happened, the surrender of Baxi County could be said to be a natural recruitment. But now that the Brazilian tyrants have taken the initiative to surrender, and have named and stated that they would only surrender to General Li's people, it makes it a bit sinister. At least from Yuchi Jiong's perspective, the Jingzhou General Administration Office concealed some key personnel intelligence from him with ulterior motives, so he would rather not have this help, but also control the subsequent development of the war in his own hands. If Li Qianzhe and others still want to forcibly participate in the Chengdu war, not to mention the problem of disobeying military orders, Yuchi Jiong can even directly arrest them on the charge of concealing important military secrets and forcibly merge their troops. At present, just ordering them to garrison in Langzhong is already a relatively restrained approach.
After a little hesitation, Li Qianzhe also felt that he still couldn't openly disobey military orders, after all, Yuchi Jiong was the commander of the army. Now that Shuzhong has not been completely settled, if the contradiction between them jumps to the surface and accelerates, it will be extremely unfavorable for the subsequent development of the war.
So he notified He Ruodun, who was behind, and led his troops to Langzhong for garrison and rest, and at the same time he picked up a pen to write a letter, preparing to explain the matter a little, at least not to let this matter become evidence for people to attack General Li after the war.
In the letter, he told Yuchi Jiong in detail about his relationship with these Brazilian tyrants, and explained that those Brazilian tyrants wanted to surrender to General Li because of their relationship with him, in order to obtain more protection, rather than the Jingzhou General Administration Office having already had this plot and could hide it.
Sometimes the explanation is not to tell the other party a definite and true answer, but to express an attitude, and Li Qianzhe's explanation is also reasonable. Even if Yuchi Jiong does not accept it, it is difficult to directly involve General Li.
In the final analysis, these Brazilians are still short-sighted, restless and too uncontrollable. Now that the troops are stationed at a standstill, we can take this opportunity to hammer it hard and make detailed arrangements.
Because of Yuchijiong's order, the military operations of the troops on the east route had to be temporarily brought to a standstill, but Yuchijiong had no time to worry too much about the situation in Brazil County.
Firstly, Brazil County is currently deviating from the main battlefield. Secondly, not long after his army entered Tongzhou, another Di tribe in Tongzhou rose up in rebellion. In a very short period of time, tens of thousands of people gathered, and the momentum was huge and serious. Interfering with the progress of the army, Yuchijiong ordered the commander-in-chief Shi Chiluo Xie to lead other troops to join Yang Qianyun, Yang Fachen and others to join the Di tribe to attack these rebels.
Affected by this, although the early advance went smoothly, it was not until late May that Yuchi Jun led the army to arrive outside Chengdu.
Today, the garrison in Chengdu is less than 10,000 people. Under the leadership of Xiao Ju, the governor of Yizhou and the king of Qin County appointed by Xiao Ji, they defended the city and defeated the enemy. Yuchi Jiang sent troops several times to invite battle below the city, but there was no response from the city.
He can only lead more than 10,000 troops, and some of them are staying behind to guard the way. These troops are not enough to directly attack the fortified Chengdu City, so he can only camp outside the city and build around Chengdu City. Make a long siege and besiege it.
The defenders in the city did not dare to fight. Although the war turned into a stalemate, it was difficult to respond to external reinforcements internally and externally. Shortly after Yuchijiong's army arrived in Chengdu, Qiao Yan's troops who had withdrawn from the eastern front also returned to Chengdu. Because the long siege was completed, Yuchi Jiong was able to calmly dispatch his general Yuan Zhen and other troops to meet the Shu reinforcements and drive them away in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu.
Qiao Yan's troops didn't have many troops. Seeing that a long siege had been formed under the Chengdu city, and the Wei army's cavalry was brave and capable. In addition, he heard that there was an accident in the village of Brazil, so he did not dare to fight. He bypassed the Chengdu plain and walked straight to the north. .
Just when Yuchi's troops arrived in Chengdu and laid siege to the city, the situation of the three-party war changed again.
Compared with Xiao Ji, who had basically put his strategy to death, although Liang Emperor Xiao Yi was also distressed by fighting on two fronts, he still had more choices, such as being shameless.
Due to the ferocious attacks of the Sichuan army, the Xiakou defense line was frequently in emergency. Although the Xiangzhou side, Wang Sengbian and other armies had surrounded Changsha City, they were still unable to attack it for a long time.
So Liang Emperor Xiao Yi finally changed his mind and ordered Wang Lin to be pardoned and sent to Xiangzhou to recruit the rebels.
Although Wang Lin was arrogant and cruel, he had a lot of military support. In addition, the rebels were almost exhausted under the siege of Wang Sengbian and other armies. Seeing Wang Lin enter the city to surrender, they all laid down their weapons and rejoined Wang Lin. Lin.
The farce ended. In the end, only Liang Emperor Xiao Yi was beaten so hard that his face hurt, but he couldn't care less about it now. Since the Xiangzhou rebellion was put down, he mobilized all the armies to rush to the gorge, including those who had just been killed by Wang Lin. The rebels who surrendered also went upstream to fight against the Shu army.
Although Xiao Ji looked down on the seven scribes, he had to admit that Jiangling's troops were very brave and powerful after being tempered by quelling Hou Jing's rebellion. They were previously trapped by civil strife and could not exert their full strength. Now that the civil strife has been resolved, all the armies will attack, and the army in Shu is immediately defeated and retreats, losing several cities in a row.
Since the surrounding areas were blocked by the Western Wei Dynasty, Xiao Ji's material mobilization before and after the war mobilization was not smooth enough. The gold and silver treasures carried by the army today are not as rich as in history, but similar rewards have been announced.
However, because his expedition to the east was contrary to public opinion, and he was afraid that the soldiers' fighting spirit would be reduced after receiving the reward, and coupled with his own stinginess, he still did not fulfill the reward.
Under the fierce attack of Jiangling's armies, coupled with the internal disunity, betrayal and surrender of the soldiers, the Shu army was defeated. Xiao Laoba also used his own life to add another achievement to Xiao Laoqi, a little expert in genocide.
As the battle at the gorge was decided, the pressure suddenly came to the shoulders of Yuchi Jiong outside Chengdu.