Chapter 869: Yuwen Chengdu's Revenge
Chapter 869 Yuwen Chengdu’s Revenge
Chapter 867: Yuwen Chengdu’s Revenge
Yang Jian took Yang Su's letter asking for help seriously after receiving it, and immediately convened a military and political meeting to discuss it. Soon after, he sent 20,000 troops to support. By now, the number of troops in Yique Pass had reached 45,000.
However, the increase in military strength cannot relieve the crisis at Yique Pass, because what Yique Pass lacks is not soldiers, but strong generals who can stop it.
At present, among the Yique Pass, the only famous general who can be named is Yang Su, and he is still a Confucian general. As for Wang Fang, he is only a second-rate warrior.
After the Kwantung Allied Army's southeastern and southern armies joined forces, there were thirteen princes and countless generals under their command. How could Yang Su resist them?
Li Shimin saw the dilemma of Yiqueguan at a glance, and after receiving Yang Su's letter for help, he immediately held a military and political meeting to discuss who to send to support. As for this candidate...
The murderous intent in Yuwen Chengdu's eyes was almost solidified. He cupped his fists and said coldly: "General, I would like to go to support Yique Pass."
Seeing that Yuwen Chengdu was full of murderous intent, Li Shimin didn't know that he wanted to avenge his father. However, Yuwen Chengdu was obviously losing his mind at this time. If he was allowed to go, it would most likely lead to bad things, but if he was not allowed to take revenge, He will definitely hate himself.
It’s really difficult to handle! Li Shimin sighed in his heart.
Just when Li Shimin was in a dilemma, Yang Guang walked quickly to Li Shimin's ear and whispered: "Let General Chengdu go. I will go with him this time. Don't worry, he will never let him mess around. "
“That’s all it can do.”
Li Shimin sighed, the situation he faced was getting more and more difficult, and at this time there must not be any internal conflicts.
Just over a month after the Guangcheng and Xuanyuan passes were breached one after another, Dong Zhuo's verdict on Li Shimin's defeat was finally handed down.
After repeated discussions, the civil and military officials in Chang'an could not find a general who could replace Li Shimin in defeating Qin Hao, so they finally decided to allow Li Shimin to serve as the commander-in-chief of Sizhou Liang's army.
I have to say that Dong Zhuo hindered Li Shimin this time. If the verdict could have been issued earlier, Li Shimin might have been able to save Yu Wenhuaji. However, after the verdict was issued, Guangcheng Pass had already been breached by Bai Qi.
Before Li Shimin had time to react, Sun Jian then led the army to completely block the retreat from Xuanyuan Pass. At this time, Li Shimin was too late even if he wanted to save Yu Wenhua.
Soon after, Yu Wenhuaji was defeated and killed, and only one of the three southern passes in Sizhou was left, Yique Pass.
After getting the news, Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
The two great passes guarded by 40,000 troops could not even hold on for just one month, and the casualties caused to the coalition forces did not even reach one to two...
Li Shimin simply couldn’t believe this was true. How could Yang Jian’s judgment of people be so bad?
In fact, regarding the defense of the three southern passes of Sizhou, the candidates for the garrison were not appointed by Li Shimin. They were all Yang Jian's confidants and were personally appointed by Yang Jian.
Li Shimin actually wanted to replace him with his own people, but considering that he had just arrived, replacing Yang Jian's people so eagerly would definitely cause dissatisfaction within Yang Jian's army. Li Shimin did not understand the abilities of the three men, but he believed in Yang Jian's vision of people. In addition, the main force of the coalition forces had been at Hulao Pass, so the change of generals was temporarily delayed.
But the results of this order exceeded everyone's expectations. In just one month, the two levels were broken one after another.
Li Shimin cannot be blamed for the fall of the two passes this time. After all, the guards at the three passes were all Yang Jian's men.
Yang Jian is actually quite unfair. He has a good eye for judging people. Yu Wenhuaji and Han Qinhu can both serve as first-level defenders. However, the opponents they face this time are too strong and completely beyond their capabilities. , even if Li Shimin were to appoint the guard in person, the result would probably not change.
It's too late to say anything now. Two of the three passes have been lost. Yique Pass bears the same important task as Hulao Pass. Once Yique Pass is breached, the coalition forces will march straight into Luoyang City, so Yique Pass must not Any mistakes.
With this thought, Li Shimin no longer hesitated and immediately ordered: "Yang Guang, Yuwen Chengdu, Shi Wansui, Chai Shao, Yu Juluo, you and other five people are now ordered to go and help General Yang Su defend Yique Pass."
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The five generals responded in unison, and a hint of gratitude flashed in Yuwen Chengdu's eyes, and he immediately left with the four of them.
As soon as the five generals left, Du Ruhui stood up and said: "Lord, our army has consumed a lot of troops in defending the city for more than a month. If we continue to defend with the current strength, there may be gaps, so it is time to Requesting reinforcements from Luoyang."
The situation on Li Shimin's side is completely different from the three passes in the south. Li Shimin has always used 50,000 troops to fight against Qin Hao's 330,000 troops. Facing an enemy army six times more than his own, he has never asked Luoyang for help, and the only Once, Yang Guang falsely sent an order to mobilize 10,000 cavalry.
However, after more than a month of offensive and defensive battles, both the coalition forces and the Liang army have suffered a very heavy consumption of troops.
In addition to the all-out attack at the beginning, the coalition forces' subsequent attacks were organized and rational. While consuming the Liang Army's flying stones, they also chipped away at the Liang Army's strength bit by bit.
Gradually, the flying stones in Hulao Pass were finally not enough, and the coalition forces finally took out their own catapults, and used the collected flying stones to launch the most violent counterattack. As one went back and forth, the Liang Army's The casualties gradually increased.
After more than a month of offensive and defensive battles, the Liang army had suffered losses of more than 10,000 troops, and most of the remaining troops were extremely exhausted, while the coalition forces had suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and more than one-third of the troops were also extremely exhausted.
If this trend continues, the coalition forces may be able to forcibly break through Hulao in less than half a month. However, there are still sufficient reinforcements in Luoyang behind Hulao Pass. Li Shimin will definitely request reinforcements when necessary.
All the princes of the coalition forces also knew that this battle would definitely continue. It would be impossible to crack the hard bone of Hulao Pass without breaking a few teeth, so they were all prepared for a protracted battle and vomiting blood.
Of course, Li Shimin also knew that Hulao Pass was about to reach its limit, and now it was time to ask for help, so he nodded without thinking and said: "What the military advisor said is true. I will write a letter to ask for help right now."
There were less than 40,000 troops in Hulao Pass, and most of them were exhausted, so Li Shimin thought for a while and then wrote directly, asking Yang Jian to send him 30,000 new reinforcements.
At that time, the situation at Hulao Pass will also become 70,000 defenders against the 300,000 coalition forces. Li Shimin will be more confident in holding on.
(End of this chapter)