Chapter 1997: Li Jing attacks Wuguan

"Humph, Li Jing is a common man, he is bullying others too much."

In Tongguan, Li Shimin's roar came from the main hall.

Anger flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, he looked at the generals below and said coldly: "I thought that by stopping the increase in troops, we would be able to live in peace with Li Jing, but I didn't expect that this guy would be so arrogant.

Forget it, since he wants to attack Tongguan, then come, I want to see if he can shake Tongguan with his 160,000-strong army."

That was true, but in his heart, Li Shimin was actually expecting Li Jing to tackle the problem.

Tongguan is a magnificent pass built by Li Shimin by imitating Hangu Pass. No one knows Tongguan's defensive power better than him.

Since Tongguan was built, no large-scale war has broken out, so it is not very famous. However, just looking at its majestic city walls and precipitous geographical location, you know that this is definitely one of the top pass in the world.

If Hanguguan is the teacher, then Tongguan is the student, a student who is better than his master.

Let's put it this way, although Tongguan is built after Hangu Pass, it is not a complete copy, but has added innovations, and its defensive power is definitely higher than Hangu Pass.

With such a powerful pass in hand, sufficient defenders, and no shortage of supplies and food, Li Shimin would naturally not be afraid of the threat of Li Jing's 160,000-strong army.

He even hoped that Li Jing would take the initiative to attack so that he could use Tongguan to weaken the Qin army.

Of course, Li Shimin also knew that this alone could not weaken the Qin army too much. After all, Li Jing was not mediocre. It was impossible for him to use the flesh and blood of the Qin soldiers to defeat the city wall despite knowing that Tongguan was difficult to break.

The Qin army's strength of 10,000 to 20,000 is not bad.

"Lord, my subordinate has received a summons from a bad person."

Yuan Tiangang stood up and said in a deep voice: "Li Jing emptied the inventory of all counties in Sizhou and brought in more than a thousand catapults. He is obviously preparing to fight a protracted war with us."

"hiss……"

When the generals of the Tang army heard this, they immediately took a breath of cold air.

What is the concept of more than a thousand catapults? Just to control the catapults and carry the stone bombs requires tens of thousands of soldiers to control them.

Once the stone bullets are fired, hundreds of thousands of flying rocks will fall. According to the scene, it is tantamount to the end of the world.

You must know that during the Third Battle of Hulao Pass, the Kwantung Allied Forces attacked Hulao Pass, but the total number of catapults used was less than a thousand.

So far, only the attack and defense of Yecheng has seen the total number of catapults used reach a thousand, and this battle was launched by the Qin army.

Building large-scale engineering equipment such as catapults naturally consumes a lot of manpower and money.

I thought that the Qin army used a thousand catapults to attack Hebei, so Sizhou would not have many left, but I didn't expect that there were still a thousand catapults left in stock.

This also shows that Qin Hao's ambition to dominate the world is obvious. Otherwise, why build so many catapults?

"Li Jing used thousands of catapults to attack Tongguan. Obviously, our army's move to station in Tongguan made Li Jing feel threatened, so he was ready to take action."

A flash of worry flashed in Yuan Tiangang's eyes, and he said solemnly: "Lord, our army is in danger of Tongguan, but the Qin army's strength is twice that of our army, and there are more than a thousand catapults to help. Our army must not

There is no carelessness at all.

My subordinates suggested that we continue to send more troops to Tongguan and transport more equipment from Chang'an to ensure the safety of Tongguan."

Li Shimin nodded in agreement. In fact, he would have done this even if Yuan Tiangang had not told him. After all, his opponent this time was Li Jing, who had determined the outcome of the battle in Hebei, and was many times stronger than Zhang Liao.

Even Zhang Liao forced Li Shimin to give up fifty thousand elite infantry. Now facing Li Jing, who was more powerful than Zhang Liao, Li Shimin did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

After discussing with Li Kui, Yuan Tiangang, Sima Yi and others, Li Shimin decided to mobilize 5,000 troops from Chang'an, 3,000 troops from Wuguan, 12,000 troops from Liangzhou, and combined the 20,000 troops to Tongguan.

Qi's 100,000-strong army fought against the Qin army.

Liangzhou is now falling into internal strife. The Yang Guang family has singled out Ma Chao and Yan Xing's family, and has won many battles. They have the potential to unify Liangzhou again after Dong Zhuo.

Li Shimin naturally didn't want to see Yang Guang unify Liangzhou. After all, he also wanted to get Liangzhou. He originally wanted to concentrate the power of the whole country to destroy the Yang, Ma, and Han families after seizing Sizhou, and completely unify the land of Guanxi.

, but didn’t want to suffer a big defeat in Sizhou.

Now that the threat of the Qin army is ahead, Li Shimin has neither the energy to distract Liangzhou nor the strength to occupy Liangzhou. If he sends troops forcefully, it will only be an advantage to the Qin army.

There was civil strife in Liangzhou and a melee between the three families. The Tang State did not need to place so many defenders on the border. It could bring back the defenders on the front line without any worries.

Yaohan camp.

After receiving the news that the Tang army had increased its troops, Li Jing was overjoyed and quickly asked Jia Xu: "Li Shimin transferred three thousand defenders from Wuguan. How many defenders are left in Wuguan now?"

As the commander of Heibingtai, Jia Xu controlled the entire Qin army's intelligence network and had a very good understanding of the Tang army's troop distribution.

"There are 10,000 garrison troops in Wuguan all year round. Now 3,000 have been transferred, leaving 7,000 garrison troops left."

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Zhang Kui suddenly asked in surprise: "Wuguan is a battleground for military strategists, but Li Shimin only left 10,000 defenders?"

After Jia Xu and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled, Guo Jia explained: "The general has lived in Hebei for a long time and may not know much about Guanxi.

Even if there are only 10,000 defenders at such a majestic pass as Wuguan and Tongguan, it is enough to withstand an enemy force ten times our own for more than a month.

With this month as a buffer, even if the reinforcements from Guanzhong move slowly, it will be enough to reach Wuguan."

"I see."

Zhang Kui showed a look of surprise, and then asked: "Oh, that's not right. Why did Hangu Pass fall so quickly?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang He immediately thought something bad in his heart and quickly stepped forward to pull the outspoken Zhang Kui back, while Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others looked embarrassed.

The fall of Hangu Pass was purely due to Li Cunxiao's pride. If he had guarded the pass honestly, there wouldn't have been so many bad things in the future.

If Li Cunxiao hadn't been conceited and brave enough to go out and fight, but Li Yuanba and Yang Jian demolished the city gate, Hangu Pass would never have fallen so quickly.

Of course, although Li Cunxiao's fault was great, his merits were not small, and he could barely offset his merits and demerits.

After some discussion, Li Jing looked at Zhang Liao and ordered: "General Zhang Liao, this time you will lead an army of 130,000 people. Under the banner of my commander, we will attack Tongguan to attract the attention of the Tang army. I will personally lead an army of 30,000 people."

A surprise attack on Wuguan by surprise troops."

Zhang Liao suddenly looked surprised. He thought he was the one who attacked Wuguan unexpectedly, but he didn't expect that Li Jing was actually preparing to attack in person. This shows how seriously he takes this matter.

"No." Zhang Liao responded loudly.

Li Jing nodded and said in a deep voice: "This surprise attack on Wuguan is of vital importance. I have decided to personally lead 30,000 strange troops there.

Gao Chong, Zhang Kui, Arthur, Qin Ji, Qin Si, Di Qing, Tan Daoji, Wang Lanying... you will go with me."
Chapter completed!