Vol 2 Chapter 2707: Li Muqian rode through the river pass, and Hu Luguang cleverly captured Yuzhong

Vol 2 Chapter 2707: Li Muqian rode through the river pass, and Hu Luguang cleverly captured Yuzhong

Chapter 2707 Li Muqian rode through Heguan, and Hu Luguang cleverly captured Yuzhong

Chapter 2703: Li Muqian rode through Heguan, and Hu Luguang cleverly captured Yuzhong

As for the fact that the 300,000-strong army of this Western Expedition was divided into four groups and marched simultaneously, the generals were not surprised at all.

The 300,000-strong army seems to be a lot, but Xiliang is vast and sparsely populated. If they attack all the way, the Qin army will not be able to take full advantage of its strength. Therefore, dividing the troops and fighting everywhere is the smartest way.

Three hundred thousand troops attacked the Sui Dynasty in four directions. In the eyes of the Yongliang generals, the positions of general, deputy general, vanguard, etc. in each line were regarded as military achievements, so they all actively asked Li Jing to fight with their eyes bright.

“The last general Hua Xiong is willing to be the vanguard.”

 “The last general Tu Xingsun is willing to do…”

 “The last general Wu Ji…”

 …

Seeing that the generals were so eager to fight, Li Jing could not help but secretly nod his head and said to himself: If the military morale is available, this battle will be won.

“You don’t have to fight anymore. I already have a suitable candidate in my mind as to who will lead the four armies of the Western Expedition this time.

 The Central Route Army was led by the governor himself, with a total of 150,000 troops, sent from Longxi and Hanyang.

On the Longxi road, Li Mu was the main general, Xu Rong was the deputy general, and Yan Xingxing was the vanguard, leading an army of 50,000 people. They made a surprise attack on Heguan and entered Jincheng County from the south. "

Hearing that Li Jing chose him as the general of the First Army, Li Mu suddenly showed a look of shock. After all, he was a subordinate, and he was not Li Jing's confidant. There were many people in the Yongliang Army who were more suitable than him.

 “The great governor, the last general…”

Li Mu subconsciously spoke, but was directly interrupted by Li Jing.

“On the Hanyang road, I am the commander-in-chief, with Hu Luguang and Yuwen Chengdu as deputy generals. Yuwen Chengdu is also the vanguard, with a total of 100,000 troops. They make a surprise attack on Yuzhong and attack Jincheng County from the east.

The armies of Longxi and Hanyang must strive to meet under the city of Daxing, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, within fifteen days.

  General Li Mu, are you confident that you can do it? "

Hearing Li Jing's words, Li Mu felt a rush of blood surge into his heart, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "No need for fifteen days, ten days is enough."

Li Jing's eyes couldn't help but light up: "General Li Mu, there is no such thing as joking in the army. Is this true?"

 “Seriously, the general is willing to issue a military order.”

"good."

Li Jing smiled with admiration. Among the generals of Yongliang, apart from Wu Qi, the governor of the same level, the one he was most optimistic about was actually Li Mu, the demoted general.

In the battle to destroy the Tang Dynasty, all the generals of the Li and Tang Dynasties, including Li Shimin, were defeated by the Qin army. Only Li Mu's defeat was not a crime of war.

 So, after Li Mu surrendered, Li Jing specially observed him for a long time and found that Li Mu was not only superior in military skills, but also talented in politics and martial arts, and also had excellent character.

 This is very rare.

 Li Mu's own martial arts and political talents are not very good, but after merging with the mythical character Li Mu, he directly made up for all his shortcomings and became a hexagonal commander like Li Jing and Wu Qi.

Li Jing himself is the commander-in-chief of the Hexagon, so he knows how difficult it is for a commander to be able to command an army, be good at strategy, and understand politics.

Even the general Bai Qi, who is invincible in the field of army formation, is equally inadequate in politics.

He will be able to come up with self-defeating political means to protect himself in a situation where his achievements are overwhelming, mainly because Jia Xu is behind his back.

 Li Jing is much better than Bai Qi in politics, so he understands that as a famous general, it is not enough to just know how to fight. He must also understand politics in order to go further.

Li Jing and Li Mu are undoubtedly the same kind of people, and they all appreciate each other, so even if Li Mu is not his confidant, Li Jing still uses him.

Seeing Li Jing choose Li Mu as the commander-in-chief of the First Army, Tu Xingsun felt envious and jealous at the same time. After all, Li Mu has become the commander-in-chief of the First Army. After this battle, he will probably catch up with his senior brother Yang Jian and should fight against him. If so, I'm afraid I'll be the one who suffers.

 “Fortunately, I haven’t become an enemy of Li Mu yet.” Tu Xingsun secretly rejoiced in his heart.

"The North Route Army will be led by Long Qie, the deputy governor of Liangzhou, as the main general, Gongsun Yan as the deputy general, and Long Yang as the vanguard. They will lead a total of 70,000 troops. They will set out from Beidi County, detour through the desert, and cross thousands of miles to attack Xianmei at the westernmost end of Wuwei County. city ​​to cut off the connection between Wuwei County and Zhangye County, and then gradually conquer the seven cities in the west of Wuwei."

The ten cities in the eastern part of Wuwei County, which were flat and easy to attack and difficult to defend, had been ceded to Qin in the "Qin-Sui Luoyang Treaty", while the seven cities in the west were easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Yang Guang deliberately built a series of fortresses here, thinking It is necessary to let the Qin army encounter a **** blow again.

 But why does Li Jing need someone? How could Yang Guang get his wish?

Yang Guang built the eastern defense line of Wuwei to defend against the Qin army that was moving eastward, so he took a long way to attack Xianmei City in the far west of Wuwei.

Once the Northern Route Army captured Xianmei City, they would face counterattacks from Wuwei and Zhangye, so Li Jing sent the two war gods Long Qie and Long Yang there.

"As for the Southern Route Army, it is led by Meng Tian, ​​the governor of Liangzhou, as the chief general, Fu Cunshen as the deputy general, and Yang Ren as the vanguard. They lead a total of 80,000 troops. Troops were sent from Wudu County to quickly occupy key areas in the northern part of Haizhou to cut off the sea. "

If Li Jing's northern and southern armies succeed, the connection between the four Zhangye counties to the west of Wuwei, the seven Haizhou counties in the south, and the royal capital Daxing will be completely cut off.

 If that happens, Yang Guangke will really have no way to go from heaven to earth. He will either be cannibalized by Li Jing or die in battle. There is no third way to go.

I have to say that after Li Jing experienced the Battle of Hanzhong and was tricked by his own man Zhang Yi, he became more vicious in his tactics.

　　Silent as a virgin, as dynamic as thunder.

 If you don't take action, it's enough. If you do, you will be killed.

Before Li Jing started the war, he first used various methods to reduce Yang Guang's vigilance against him. Then four armies came out, each of which penetrated directly into the heart of the Sui army. He wanted to use fast to attack slow, use movement to control stillness, and carried it to the extreme. , it can be said that there is no flaw in the layout, and it gives Yang Guang almost no room to fight back.

It is conceivable that if Yang Guang made a wrong move in the face of Li Jing's series of attacks, he would definitely make a wrong move and lose everything in the end.

But without knowing the details of the Qin army or Li Jing's specific calculations, Yang Guangben would have been impossible to take all the steps correctly unless he had the ability to predict the future.

 So, as Li Jing said, it would be fine if he didn't take action. Once he did, he would not give Yang Guang a chance to live again.

Now in Li Jing's mind, the battle to conquer the West is basically certain to be won. The only challenge left is to end it before Wei's demise.

Troops were dispatched on the Western Front nearly two months later than on the Eastern Front, and their troop strength was only one-third of that on the Eastern Front.

If the Western Front can kill Yang Guang and occupy Xiliang and Haizhou before the Eastern Front destroys Wei, the faces of the armies on the Eastern Front will surely be very exciting if they find out. As soon as he thought about this, Li Jing couldn't help but feel a faint expectation in his heart.

Not counting county soldiers, policemen and other security forces, the total number of regular troops in the Qin Dynasty is 1.55 million, of which 900,000 are used for the eastward expedition and 300,000 are used for the westward expedition. The remaining troops left behind in the mainland are only 350,000. Ten thousand, but we must be on guard against the five kingdoms of Shu, Chu, Yuan, Jin and Qing.

Although except for Shuhan, the other four countries are unlikely to send troops to Da Qin at this time, they must still have the necessary defenses.

 The distribution of the strength of this 350,000 army is as follows: 60,000 in Jingbei, 80,000 in Hanzhong, 60,000 in Hezhou, 70,000 in Bingzhou, and 80,000 in Youzhou.

With this arrangement, even if the five kingdoms of Shu, Chu, Yuan, Jin, and Qing invaded at the same time, Da Qin could hold on for more than a year, but the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui would not be able to hold on for that long.

 In three months at most, one of the two countries, Wei and Sui, will be unable to hold on, but I don’t know whether it is Sui or Wei.

Following Li Jing's order, 300,000 Yongliang Qin troops rose up and moved into action. The troops were divided into four groups and marched simultaneously.

The north route has 70,000 points and the south route has 80,000 points. However, they are all blitzes, and blitzes are all about speed. But it is obviously not fast if so many soldiers and horses are sent together, so Meng Tian and Long Qie both chose to lead the elite. Take the first step.

Long Qie ordered Long Yang to lead the 5,000 vanguard cavalry to clear the way first, and he led 15,000 cavalry to follow closely, leaving deputy general Gongsun Yan to lead 50,000 infantry to follow.

As for Meng Tian's Southern Route Army, unlike the Northern Route Army, which had to cross thousands of miles of desert, there was no need to separate infantry and cavalry, so Meng Tian just asked Yang Ren, Tu Xingsun, and Li Jue to each lead 10,000 infantry and cavalry to the designated point. Then wait until the order is given to launch an attack at the same time.

The Northern Route Army needs to detour through the desert, while the South Route Army needs to sneak into Haizhou. They will not fight the Sui Army in a short time.

As for the Central Route Army, Longxi and Hanyang counties are both bordering Jincheng, so it must be the Central Route Army that fights the Sui Army first. How to hide their whereabouts and expose their traces as late as possible has become the top priority of this battle. Heavy.

Li Jing and Li Mu were both generals who made good use of Tibetan troops, and they were well prepared in advance. Therefore, they naturally would not let the Sui army discover their traces before showing their fangs.

Li Mu and Li Jing issued a military order to achieve great success and complete the rendezvous within ten days. However, if they want to achieve this, Heguan is a difficult problem that must be solved.

Li Mu has a full 50,000 troops in his hands. It is not difficult to capture the Heguan. But it is rare to capture the Heguan with hidden traces. Once the traces are exposed and the Sui army is on alert, this battle will be terrible. It's hard to fight.

Li Mu's 50,000-strong army left Longxi and took Didao. After passing through Wuhan, if they were still marching in large numbers, it would be difficult to hide from the Sui army's spies.

However, since Li Mu dared to issue military orders, he obviously would not be troubled by this problem.

As a member of the Li family in Longxi, Li Mu naturally knew the terrain around Longxi very well. He first used his understanding of the terrain to find out the location of the Sui army's hidden sentry, and then personally led a thousand fine cavalry to bypass the sentry and penetrate directly into the rear. He left through Heguan and hid in a ravine ten miles outside Heguan.

The location of this ravine is very hidden, but it is not too big. Hiding a thousand fine cavalry is the limit. No more can be hidden.

“Qin Shuang and Nie Feng, Heguan is a mountain city built on the mountain. The mountain road is steep and steep, making it difficult for a large army to pass through, but an expert can."

A flash of light flashed in Li Mu's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "You two led fifty Iron Eagle warriors over this mountain and set up an ambush behind Heguan on the only way to Jincheng. All the people coming from Heguan within two days will The Sui army will kill all the sentinels and soldiers."

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"Xuanjian and Zhanri, without disturbing anyone, can you two go and capture a few Sui army sentries and interrogate them for the exit order?" Li Mu asked.

 “Easy.”

"Well, the key to preventing the news from leaking lies in Xuanjian and Zhanri, and the key to breaking through Heguan lies with you."

After Xuanjian and Zhanri took their orders and left, Yan Xing came over and said with a worried look on his face: "Brother Li, there are three thousand defenders in Heguan City, but we only brought one thousand troops. Don't think about it." Isn’t it too risky to seize Heguan if there is a sound?”

“Soldiers are more valuable than their numbers. As long as Mo Ya’s side goes well, a thousand fine cavalry will be enough.”

Seeing how confident Li Mu was, Yan Xing, who was not confident at first, was also infected by him.

Soon Xuanjian and Zhanri came back, captured eight secret sentries of the Sui army, and forced them to give the password.

Li Mu asked Xuanjian, Zhanri, and six other Iron Eagle warriors to change into the clothes of the Sui army and return to Heguan.

Because they had the correct password, the defenders in the city did not suspect anything. As soon as Mo Ya and others entered the city, they immediately killed people and seized the door.

Sima Xin, the general guarding Heguan, was the late Qin general who surrendered to Xiang Yu with Zhang Han and Dong Yi after the defeat in the Battle of Julu.

After Sima Xin learned that enemy troops were seizing the door, he immediately realized that something was wrong. He quickly led his troops to seize the door and even sent several people back to Daxing to report. However, those sent back were robbed by Qin Shuang and Nie Feng. killed.

Xuanjian and Zhanri, two master masters and six first-class swordsmen, still felt somewhat powerless when faced with the encirclement of nearly a thousand Sui troops equipped with all kinds of weapons.

They only lasted a stick of incense, and the other six were all killed in the battle. Only Xuanjian and Zhanri were left guarding the city gate, but they finally arrived at Li Mu's army.

 “A whole-army assault.”

Li Mu raised his spear high and took the lead. He was the first to rush into Heguan City, followed by nearly a thousand cavalry.

The charge of the cavalry was so fierce that the Sui troops who did not react at the gate of the city were directly knocked over and were trampled to death. Those who reacted fled in all directions, not daring to confront anyone head-on, which allowed Li Mu to easily rush into the city.

Sima Xin was shocked when he saw the Qin army entering the city. He and his deputy Cao Jiu quickly led their troops to stop the attack, hoping to repel the Qin army, but they ran into Li Mu head on.

[Ding dong, Li Mu’s skill ‘Gun God’ is activated, his force +4, his base force is 100 (104), and his current force has increased to 104. 】

Sima Xin knew Li Mu, so he dared to attack Li Mu, but he didn't expect that Li Mu was no longer what he used to be. The two sides exchanged only one move, and the sword in his hand was knocked away by Li Mu.

Seeing that the spear was about to stab him, Sima Xin was so frightened that he ran away with his head in his arms and shouted: "I surrender, don't kill me."

Li Mu's spear stopped at Sima Xin's throat and said with a faint smile: "Very good."

Sima Xin surrendered, and his deputy Cao Jiu was captured alive by Yan Xing, who was also persuaded to surrender by Sima Xin.

The defenders in the city were so frightened that they had been killed by the Qin army. In addition, the generals and deputy generals had surrendered, so they naturally surrendered obediently. However, there were also many people who were unwilling to surrender. They took advantage of the chaos and fled out of the city to prepare a report, but they were ambushed early. Qin Shuang and Nie Fengfeng were killed.

Li Mu easily captured Heguan without leaking any information. Then Huo Han's army marched at full speed and eliminated all the open and hidden sentries along the way.

Just when Li Mu was preparing to continue his march, he received news that Hu Luguang had taken advantage of Yuzhong City.

At this point, the two gates of Jincheng County have been opened to the Qin army, but Yang Guang in Daxing City, the capital of Sui Dynasty, still knows nothing about it.

 (End of this chapter)