Chapter 2255: Capture four levels and lock the middle level?

Chapter 2255 Capture four levels and lock the middle level?

Chapter 2251: Capture four passes and lock the middle one?

After Li Jing led his army to Chang'an, he did not immediately launch an siege. Instead, he first observed Chang'an's defenses and then made corresponding arrangements while waiting for the siege equipment from the rear to arrive at the front.

After all, Chang'an is the largest city in Kansai. It has high walls and thick walls, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It also has many defenders and sufficient food and grass. Without adequate preparations, even an army of 150,000 people will not be able to capture it.

There are currently nearly 100,000 defenders in Chang'an City. Although there are only 30,000 elite troops and the remaining 70,000 are county soldiers with weak combat power, they will undoubtedly exert greater combat power in the city defense battle, so the Qin army wants to It is by no means easy to capture Chang'an.

 "Great Governor, the last general Lu Bu apologizes. If the last general had not failed to hold Li Shimin back, causing his main force to retreat to Chang'an, how could there be a hundred thousand troops in the city."

"No, it is Huo's responsibility. General Fengxian only had 5,000 cavalry, but Huo had 30,000 cavalry, but he still let Li Shimin withdraw from Wuzhangyuan. Huo is guilty."

Lu Bu and Huo Qubing blamed each other, and both believed that Li Shimin was able to escape back to Chang'an as their own fault. If they could hold Li Shimin back, Chang'an City without 50,000 defenders would definitely not be as difficult to fight as it is now.

"Okay, now is not the time to hold people responsible. The top priority is to capture Chang'an City as soon as possible. There is still one month left before the founding ceremony, and we don't have much time left." Li Jing said with a serious face.

 The generals looked at each other with serious expressions.

The 150,000 troops need to capture Changan with 100,000 defenders within a month. This is not easy.

"Due to the negligence of the governor, Sima Yi fell into Sima Yi's plan of breaking out of his shell. Baling County, which had been surrendered to Qin, was recaptured by Sima Yi. The entire county magistrate was brutally exterminated."

Li Jing held a ruler in his hand, pointed at the cities on the sand table of Guanzhong's terrain, and said unhurriedly: "At present, except for Baling County, among the thirty-eight counties in Guanzhong, Shangxian, Shangluo, Qianxian, Duling, Fourteen counties including Suyi, Yaxian, Anling, and Chongquan have all returned to Qin.

In addition, the three passes of Wuguan, Xiaoguan and Yaoguan, as well as important places such as Fenglingdu and Wuzhangyuan, have also fallen into the hands of our great Qin.

As long as Chang'an can be captured, I believe that the cities in Guanzhong that are waiting will not need to send troops to attack, and the message can be decided. "

The capital is the heart of a country. Once the flames of war reach the capital, it will be a big earthquake for the entire country, which will definitely cause the foundation to be shaken and people's hearts to be shaken.

Although Luoyang is not the capital of the Qin State, it is the capital of the Han Dynasty established by Ying Hao. What happened after it was surrounded by the Tang army?

 The imperial party resolutely launched a coup, preparing to cooperate with the outside world to welcome the Tang army into Luoyang.

Qin Hai was obviously from the Qin family, but he betrayed his family and joined Li Tang.

 There were countless cases like this after the siege of Luoyang.

 This is the consequence of a country being besieged, so no country will put its country in danger.

Chang'an is the heart of the Tang State. Now 150,000 Qin soldiers surround Chang'an and directly point their swords at the heart of the Tang State. The impact is naturally huge.

Li Jing's move to encircle Chang'an made people in the Tang Dynasty extremely unstable. Many people were already preparing for a retreat, and seven counties surrendered directly.

Two counties in Youfufeng: Yulu and Wugong

Four counties in Zuofengling: Yunyang, Meixu, Suyi and Yaxian

Jingzhao Yinyi County: Changling

After the three armies of the Qin army joined forces, they only surrounded Chang'an, but seven cities were surrendered, and fourteen of the thirty-eight counties in Guanzhong were captured.

Just imagine, if Chang'an is captured, how many of the remaining 24 counties will resist to the end?

It doesn't take much thinking to know that there are probably not many of them. After all, even Chang'an cannot be defended. What's the point of holding on if they are short of soldiers and food? "Grand Governor, there are still 100,000 troops in the city of Chang'an, and there is sufficient food and grass, which is enough to last for two years. The cost of attacking Chang'an is too high, and the general believes that Chang'an should not be attacked by force." Gongsun Xuanyuan added.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu and other generals all looked at Xuanyuan strangely. After all, they had just met at the foot of Chang'an City, and when the morale of the whole army was at its highest, you, Xuanyuan, said that you could not attack Chang'an? Isn't this pouring cold water on our own people?

When Huo Qubing saw this, he quickly stepped forward to pull Xuanyuan back. After all, Xuanyuan was now considered his subordinate, and Xuanyuan's words also represented him to a certain extent.

"oh?"

Li Jing looked at Xuanyuan and asked with a faint smile: "I wonder what General Xuanyuan has to say?"

Huo Qubing reluctantly let go and gave Xuanyuan a wish-for-blessing look, but Xuanyuan said sternly: "All the four major gates in Guanzhong, the north and south gates, have been opened by our army.

As long as the two major gates of the east and west are captured, the entire Guanzhong can be completely sealed off, allowing the Tang army to catch turtles in the urn.

Therefore, the general believed that instead of attacking Chang'an, it is better to take Tongguan and Dashan Pass first, completely blockade the entire Guanzhong Plain, and then slowly attack the Tang army in the pass. "

As soon as Xuanyuan said this, the whole hall fell into silence.

Although they don't think they can't capture Chang'an, the cost must be huge. After all, there are still 100,000 defenders in the city.

But Xuanyuan's proposal undoubtedly opened a new door for everyone. After all, if Tongguan and Sanguan were captured first, the entire Guanzhong Plain would be completely blocked, and the Tang army would be completely isolated and infinite.

At that time, the Qin army will be able to drag down the Tang army to death, and maybe even force the entire Tang army to surrender, thereby achieving the goal of catching turtles in the urn and subduing the enemy's troops without fighting. Wouldn't it be better?

Thinking of this, all the generals looked at Xuanyuan with admiration and said to themselves: He is indeed the number one general in Youzhou. He is indeed worthy of his reputation.

Xuanyuan continued: "The Hangu camp east of Tongguan still has 20,000 elite troops. Chang'an only needs 30,000 troops. Under attack from two sides, Tongguan will be captured.

 As for Dasanguan, it is a bit troublesome.

 If you want to seize Sanguan, you must first go to Chencang, and Li Siyuan has already entered Chencang. "

The reason why Xuanyuan was so eager to propose a plan to seize the four passes and blockade Guanzhong was because of Li Siyuan.

After the Battle of Wuzhangyuan, Li Shimin hurriedly asked Li Siyuan to withdraw to Huaili, the administrative center of Youfufeng, and take charge of the entire Youfufeng anti-Qin affairs.

Li Siyuan did indeed do this at the beginning, and honestly led his army to retreat to Huaili. It was this move that made Huo Qubing let him go.

From Huo Qubing's point of view, Huaili was a vast area with almost no danger to defend except for the city. Li Siyuan's retreat into Huaili was equivalent to finding a coffin for himself, so he ignored him and pursued Li Shimin with all his strength.

Li Siyuan also saw that Huaili was not a place to defend for a long time, but he was worried that Huo Qubing would separate his troops to pursue him, so he deliberately led his army to retreat to Huaili first to reduce Huo Qubing's attention to him. After Huo Qubing's army had pursued Chang'an, Li Siyuan They changed their route halfway and retreated to Chencang, and sent troops to take over the defense of Dashan Pass.

 (End of this chapter)