Vol 2 Chapter 2732: The Empress of Liao Ying reported that the law was peaceful, and the Qiang army

Vol 2 Chapter 2732: The Empress of Liao Ying reported that the law was peaceful, and the Qiang army

Chapter 2732 The Queen of Liao Ying reported Luping, and the decisive battle of the Qiang army was about to begin.

Chapter 2728: Empress Liao Ying declares peace, the Qiang army is about to begin a decisive battle

The reason why Yang Ren was reluctant to give up Huangyuan City was that the Qin Army paid a huge price to defend the city, and the second was that it would break the Qin Army's absolute blockade of Daxing.

But now that Meng Tian has said everything is fine, and Li Jing is about to arrive with reinforcements, there is no need for Yang Ren to continue to defend Huangyuan, a small city that has no defensive value except its geographical location.

Before the war started, Yang Ren actually had some illusions. Maybe the Tibetan general was not good at attacking cities? Maybe he is particularly talented at defending the city? Or maybe...

 It turns out that fantasy is just fantasy.

 Lun Qinling was very good at attacking cities. Under his command, the 100,000 Tibetan army was driven like an arm without any chaos.

And he, Yang Ren, has no special talent in defending the city.

In addition to launching a night attack, Yang Ren also made a lot of preparations for defending the city. For example, if there was no heavy defense equipment, he would build a light catapult.

 If there are not enough defensive materials such as stone bullets, thunder stones, rolling logs, etc., then demolish the houses and remove the beams.

Yang Ren even collected the excrement of soldiers and civilians in the city and boiled it to make golden juice to use in defending the city.

In the past, Yang Ren hated gold juice the most. He wanted to vomit when he smelled the smell, but now he doesn't hate it anymore, because this thing is disgusting, but is it a weapon for defending the city? It can help him defend the city.

 However, these pre-war preparations played an extremely limited role in actual combat, and could not offset the shortcomings of Huangyuan City's low walls and imperfect defense facilities.

In addition, Yang Ren can also clearly feel the gap between himself and talented players like Lun Qinling in terms of city defense command.

If it weren't for Wu Ji's assistance, he alone would not be able to withstand the fierce and fast attack rhythm of Lun Qinling.

The number of people is absolutely disadvantaged, the defense of the city is not enough, and the commander's ability is not as good as others.

Yang Ren, who was at a disadvantage in all aspects, could only adopt the stupidest and most practical play method and use human life to make up for the gap.

It is precisely because of this that in just three days of the Huangyuan offensive and defensive battle, the Qin army suffered a total of 7,000 casualties, a reduction of nearly 30%.

If the number of troops is reduced to 50%, even the Qin army will have problems such as timidity, fear of war, and fear of war.

 So, Meng Tian came very timely. If he had come a day or two later, Yang Ren would definitely not have been able to make it by that time.

In the Huangyuan offensive and defensive battle, the Qin army suffered 7,000 casualties. In addition to the previous battles, the Qin army also suffered nearly 2,000 casualties.

By this point, the total casualties of Yang Ren's troops had reached 9,000. Although more than half of them were new troops, more than 4,000 veterans died on the battlefield. This was also the largest casualty since the Qin Dynasty conquered the Sui Dynasty.

As for the Tubo army, the casualties were naturally greater than those of the Qin army, with total casualties of about 12,000.

If a general with low general command were to take command, this number would definitely increase significantly. However, under the command of the wise commander of Lun Qinling, the strength advantage of the Tibetan army was maximized, reducing the Tibetan army's strength in the siege battle. casualties, and at the same time, it can also deal a blow to the Qin army.

After reading the battle damage report, Meng Tian couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Qin Ling was not easy to deal with. After all, if he was commanded by an incompetent man, even if he had an absolute advantage in strength, it would be impossible to fight the Qin army with such casualties. proportional.

“If we can’t kill Lun Qin Ling, even if we can completely drive Sui out of the country, there will still be no peace in the northwest.”

Meng Tian thought to himself, and at the same time made up his mind to get rid of the serious problem of Lun Qinling as soon as possible, even if he paid a certain price.

Yang Ren's 25,000-strong army lost 9,000, leaving only 16,000, while Meng Tian's reinforcements numbered 25,000. After the two sides joined forces, the total strength reached 41,000.

If Qin Ling did not retreat, Meng Tian would definitely dare to use 40,000 Qin troops to fight 90,000 Tubo troops in a head-on battle, but unfortunately Qin Ling was not stupid either.

Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong both gave in. Qinling, an outsider to Tubo, would naturally not be stubborn enough to stay and fight with the Qin army. The price of victory or defeat was too high for Tubo.

Furthermore, under the misleading of Yang Xiong, Lun Qinling thought that Meng Tian had an army of 40,000 to 50,000 men, plus Yang Ren's Huangyuan garrison. If a war really started, Tibet would be defeated, so it was natural that they would not dare not withdraw their troops.

After Meng Tian rescued Yang Ren, he immediately abandoned Huangyuan City and the entire army withdrew to Xining City in a majestic manner. However, this move made Yang Xingmi and Lun Qinling incomprehensible.

The success or failure of Huangyuan City is related to the Qin army's plan to trap Daxing. How could Meng Tian give up on his own initiative?

In the Sui-Tu coalition tent, Yang Xingmi and Lun Qinling each represented their own country. After some discussions, the Sui side believed that there must be a trap in Meng Tian's abandonment of Huangyuan City.

 As for what trap it is? I don’t know, but it must be there anyway.

Seeing that neither Yang Xingmi nor Yang Xiong could explain it, but they thought there was something wrong here, they were a little speechless about Qinling.

He felt that the Sui army was frightened by the Qin army, and they were already a little frightened, but they didn't realize it yet.

Is the Qin army really that terrible? On Qinling, I think it is not that terrible.

Before they fought against the Qin army, Qin Ling was also in awe of the Qin army. After all, too many powerful armies had been defeated by the Qin army, but when they actually fought, that awe disappeared.

After a battle with Yang Ren, Lun Qinling found that the Qin army was indeed very strong, and its individual combat power was much greater than that of the Tubo army. After all, he defeated the Qin army with 100,000 and 25,000, with a strength advantage of four to one, but he only defeated the Qin army. One to one casualty ratio.

 As for the Qin army’s advantage in defending the city? From Lun Qinling's point of view, guarding a small defensive city like Huangyuan City was not much different from a direct field battle. Qin Ling feels that the Qin army is strong, but the Sui army is not weak either. Compared with the Sui army, the Qin army should be only slightly stronger, and the gap is not too big.

But Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong had 70,000 Sui troops in their hands, but they did not dare to fight with 50,000 Qin troops. This was simply incomprehensible to Lun Qinling. If he had 70,000 Sui army-level Tubo troops in hand, He must have started a war with the Qin army without saying anything.

But Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong backed down and allowed Meng Tian to rescue Yang Ren. This also made Lun Qinling have to suspect that the Sui army wanted to compete with the snipe and the clam to make a profit.

From Lun Qinling's point of view, he led the Plateau army to help the Sui State. He was the guest army and the Sui Army was the main force. However, the Sui Army did not dare to fight the Qin Army, but let the Tubo Army stand in front and fight the Qin Army, resulting in The Tibetan army suffered more than 12,000 casualties, so it was natural to wonder whether the Sui army was plotting against Tibet.

Seeing Lun Qinling's vigilant look, Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong knew that he must have misunderstood, and immediately reassured him again and again, even swearing to prove it.

"As for the general, I really didn't lie to you. Half of Yang Ren's troops you met are new troops, and the combat power between the main force of the Qin army and the new army is completely different." Yang Xiong said.

"Meng Tian's four or five armies must be the main force. Our army is not sure of winning, so we withdrew. There is absolutely no other intention." Yang Xingmi said.

For the words of the two, the words of Qin Ling did not believe it, but I still couldn't help asking: "The main force of the Qin Army is really so strong?"

“If a word is false, five thunders will strike from heaven.” Yang Xingmi said with a serious face.

After Lun Qinling pondered for a while, he said: "You know that the Qin army is so powerful, but you still invite me to send troops from Tibet, and you think you don't have good intentions?"

Just now, Er Yang himself said that the Qin army was stronger than the Sui army, and he also gave examples of the losses he suffered. He said that the Sui army had never won a battle with the same number of people, and the Sui army was stronger than the Tubo army.

Then the Sui army asked Tibet, which was weaker than itself, to fight the Qin army, which was stronger than itself. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed that it was not well-intentioned and wanted to use someone as a backing when it was about to die.

Hearing what Lun Qinling said, Yang Xingmi wanted to slap himself. He had such a bad mouth and really couldn't speak.

Yang Xiong didn't know how to refute, and both parties fell into an awkward silence. But at this moment, a female voice came from outside the tent.

“It is precisely because Da Qin is strong that we and other weaklings can unite to avoid being annexed by Da Qin.”

I saw a graceful and well-proportioned woman, whose appearance was not alluring, but also extremely beautiful. She led several guards wearing traditional Qiang costumes into the tent under the guidance of the guards, and looked at the discussion. Qin Ling asked with a smile: "Does the Tubo General think so?"

Lun Qinling did not despise the other party just because she was a woman. After all, there have been too many heroines in the Central Plains, especially the famous empress. Even Ying Hao, Li Shimin and other heroes have overshadowed her glory, so she must not do it because of the other party. It’s a woman’s fault, who knows if the next empress will appear.

 “I wonder who this lady is?” Lun Qinling asked.

 “My body is as smooth as the law.”

After hearing this name, Lun Qinling immediately showed a look of surprise and secretly said: "It turns out to be her."

Except for the natives of the Northwest, I am afraid that few people know this name, because this name has not appeared for a long time.

Shuluping, also known as Yueliduo, was the official wife and counselor of Yelu Abaoji, the biological mother of Yelu Deguang and Yelu Bei, and provided great help to Abaoji in unifying the Qiang people.

 The Hundred Flowers List of Famous Artists and the Women's List compiled by Bai Xiaosheng both included Shu Luping's name, but they were all ranked very low.

Yelu Abaoji committed suicide and Shuluping disappeared after the Qiang people were wiped out. However, as the Qiang people regained power, she reappeared and assisted her son Yelu Deguang.

Shuluping naturally came on behalf of the Qiang forces. With the assistance of her and Yelusu, her son Yelu Deguang unified the dormant faction internally, wooed the Sinicization faction externally, joined forces with the Qiang traitor faction, and recalled the fleeing faction. It has become closer and closer and has become a powerful force in Haizhou.

The Qiang people planned to expand their army by 100,000, but now they have only completed 80,000. Although the other 20,000 have been recruited, they have not yet been trained and will not be able to go to the battlefield in the short term. However, Er Yang is urging them very urgently.

 So, Shuluping, on behalf of the Qiang forces, came to rule Eryang personally. He first sent 50,000 Qiang troops to participate in the battle, and would later send another 50,000 troops.

As a result, on the way, Shuluping received the news that Fu Cunshecai had arrived in Xining through the Qiang internal intelligence network, and thus judged Mengtian's suspicious plan in Eryang, thus missing a great opportunity to severely damage the Qin army.

Shu Luping originally told Er Yang in private that the war was over after all, and if he mentioned it in public, it would affect Er Yang's prestige in the army, but he did not expect that Lun Qinling would become suspicious of Er Yang because of this incident, and felt that the Sui army If you want the snipe and the clam to compete with each other, the fisherman will profit.

After seeing this scene, Shu Luping couldn't help but wonder, can such a loose alliance really defeat the Qin army when a crisis of trust arises so easily?

 But when he thought that if the Qin army could not be defeated, the Qiang people would not be able to recover, Shuluping decided to help the alliance.

As for what Shu Luping said, Lun Qinling naturally agrees, otherwise he would not be still here, but he still has a grudge against Eryang.

When they heard Shu Luping said that Fu Cunshen had just arrived in Xining and Meng Tian only had 20,000 to 30,000 men, Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong repeatedly asked Shu Luping where the news came from and whether it was unreliable.

After getting an extremely reliable answer from Shuluping, both Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong were completely unable to hold their nerves.

Their two famous generals, with an army of 70,000, were tricked by Meng Tian with a simple trick of suspecting soldiers, and all the grass and trees were soldiers. They also firmly believed that there were other traps. Their behavior was no different from that of a clown.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Xingmi felt ashamed and had the urge to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Yang Xiong gritted his teeth and praised Meng Tian: "Meng Tian, ​​Meng Tian, ​​I am worthy of you, worthy of you."

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 Shu Luping: “…”

 (End of this chapter)