Chapter 458 The decision of the former Princess Di
They suddenly sent troops to get the upper hand, and then captured Zhenzhou in a sneak attack, laying a good foundation for entering Daliang City. It was also early to choose Dingzhou City, a small city, as the place for the decisive battle with Qian's army. It was designed. I originally thought that such a siege battle would be relatively simple. Once completed, the main force of Daqian would be defeated here, laying a good foundation for marching northward, capturing Daliang and becoming the new emperor of the world.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Qianwen was so decisive that he actually led the expedition himself, bringing with him the most elite Jin Jiawei and Yin Jiawei. They just relied on their bravery to block the Jin army from outside Dingzhou City.
The art of war failed again and again. Seeing that the offensive was blocked outside Dingzhou City and could not be attacked for a long time, the morale of the army began to weaken and morale was also greatly reduced. Liu Xiangxiang became anxious and came to the master Find a solution here.
"Don't be anxious." Although the former Princess Di is not very old, her childhood experience has made her extremely mature. Looking at Liu Xiangxiang who looked a little anxious, she actually comforted him. "The Art of War says, surround the enemy ten times. If you have five, attack it, if it is doubled, fight it, if you divide the enemy, if you are small, you can escape. Now we still have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, and Emperor Daqian does not have any reinforcements. His direct troops are not defeated by us. He is blocked, because the road is too far and we can't get there, or some vassal kings are stopping and watching from a distance. Without reinforcements, he can be killed even by us, so why are we anxious?"
The former Princess Di has been waiting for eighteen years, but it was just a short wait. How can she be anxious? What she has to do now is to continuously consume the military strength in Emperor Qianwen's hands. Once the time is right, she will launch an all-out attack. When the attack is launched, the matter will be decided.
However, the smile on Princess Di's face soon froze. When the two reports appeared and were delivered to her, her face no longer looked confident, but instead was filled with a grimace.
Shentu sent two battle reports to his family, one was about Dingzhou City. After three days of temporary training in the city, the 20,000 recruits sent by Daliang City have begun to go to the city to help Jin and Yinjia guards in the defense on a limited basis. city.
This method of experiencing war while exercising combat experience will cause a lot of sacrifices, but it is the best way to train the army. Once all these recruits have been trained in rotation, the ones who can survive will obviously be the veterans. It can be called a semi-elite army.
This further proves that the Daqian Kingdom still has great potential for war, and once it has enough troops and food, the difficulty of defeating it will increase several times.
If the first news is just a headache, and it makes people feel that the emperor is indeed the emperor, the so-called centipede is dead but not stiff, and the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, then the second news makes the former Princess Di sit down Unable to hold on any longer. The King of Western Shu sent someone to deliver the news. Li Xuantong, the commander-in-chief of Dianzhou, suddenly appeared in Shu with an army of 40,000 people. In order to protect his own territory, the King of Western Shu had to transfer his previous troops to stop Qing and Su. Most of the state's troops were transferred back, saying they were returning to defend Shu for security purposes.
In other words, the direct reaction to the decision of the King of Western Shu is that it may not be long before the soldiers from Qing and Suzhou can enter Shaanzhou and then go straight to Yuzhou, jeopardizing the retreat of the main force of the Jin army. .
"This old fox." Even the former Princess Di's expression changed this time, and she cursed with hatred.
In order to achieve the goal of attacking Jizhou with all his strength and capturing Daliang City, the King of Jin even gave the huge territory of Ezhou directly to the King of Xishu, only in exchange for 50 million taels of military supplies, in order to enable the other party to Blocking the reinforcements coming from the west. But now, just because Shu is threatened, this old guy has withdrawn, which is really infuriating.
"Master, if this happens, we will be attacked from both sides." Although Shentu Wei didn't know much about military affairs, he could see that the situation was already very unfavorable for him.
"It doesn't matter." Princess Di quickly calmed down, waved her hand and said, "It's just that the King of Western Shu lost some confidence when he saw that we had been attacking Dingzhou City for a long time and wanted to watch again. That's all. In this way, as long as we can capture Dingzhou City, we will regain its confidence. And once we defeat the emperor's army, the other reinforcements will also be frightened, and it is possible to retreat midway."
After all, a deadly battle in Dingzhou City is still unavoidable, which made Shen Tuwei and Liu Xiangxiang, who were standing below, smile bitterly after looking at each other. If Dingzhou City was so easy to attack, wouldn't they have been attacked long ago? Come down, will you still wait until now?
How could the former Princess Di not know this truth? After thinking about it, she asked: "How much money do we still have in our hands now?"
"Master, plus the 50 million taels given by the King of Western Shu, and the ones found from the King of Jin, there are still more than 100 million taels." Lu Kui stood up, the bodyguard who had been protecting the former Princess Di. , is the most trusted person, which can be seen from the fact that the financial power is in his hands.
"Okay, take out these silver coins and reward them with meritorious service. Tell them that those who kill a cadre of ordinary soldiers will get one tael of silver, those who kill the captain will get five taels, the captain will get ten taels, the centurion will get one hundred taels, and so on. By analogy, you can return to the camp to exchange for his head." Princess Di's face remained unchanged, but the voice she made was so terrifying. It seemed as if she gave an order casually, but she didn't know that doing so would cause How many people died and how many lives were lost.
"What a great idea. This will definitely boost the morale of the army and the city of Dingzhou can be defeated." Shentu couldn't help but shout out. What he was worried about was that the morale of the soldiers was low and they would be confused after being unable to attack for a long time. But now that he has a large amount of silver, Under the stimulation, the morale of the army must have been greatly improved. More importantly, the former Princess Di wanted to exchange the head of Qianjun. To do this, the only way to do this was to board the Dingzhou city tower and the two sides were at close range. It can only be obtained through battle, which is equivalent to forcing everyone to take risks and fight desperately.
"Okay, I need to trouble Sister Xiangxiang to pass on this order." The former Princess Di regained her original calm demeanor and looked at Princess Jin Liu Xiangxiang with a smile.
"Yes, Master." Liu Xiangxiang hurriedly agreed, bowed and bowed, then turned around and left.
Soon, the news of exchanging heads for silver taels spread throughout the army. Under the stimulus of money, the Jin army, whose morale had been declining, seemed to have changed. Everyone wanted to take the lead, and wanted to rush to Dingzhou City and fight with them. The army fought bloody battles.
Being in the army, eating food and getting paid is another way of survival.
It is also an iron law of nature that humans die for money and birds die for food.
When the temptation is big enough and the harvest is big enough, there is never a shortage of desperate people. Especially the former Princess Di who knows how to control people's hearts. She piled silver coins in front of the military camp to ensure that every soldier can see it. , the strong visual impact made many Jin soldiers' eyes turn red.
When the soldiers were willing to sacrifice their lives, the situation on the battlefield became more and more tense. Originally, the Jin army, which had only been attacking under the city, with both sides fighting each other with bows and arrows, changed their previous sluggish appearance and prepared a large number of ladders. After being used, people began to risk being shot by bows and arrows to climb the tower and engage in close combat with Qian's army.
The city tower of Dingzhou City is not high, otherwise the former Princess Di would not have chosen to fight here. Once the soldiers sacrificed their lives, it would not be difficult to climb the city tower. When more and more Jin troops came under the stimulation of Yinliang After rushing to the city tower, the number of dead troops on both sides increased.
In just one morning, the Qian army killed more than 1,000 people and injured more than 2,000 people. Among them, at least 500 people were seriously injured and could not fight on the battlefield in a short time.
More than 1,500 troops were lost in one morning. When this result was reported to Emperor Qianwen, his eyebrows came together and he couldn't help but say, "This is the Jin army going to desperate measures."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Li Xuantong, the commander-in-chief of Dianzhou, has sent a message to inform him that he has led troops into Shu. The King of Western Shu has withdrawn his external troops. It will not take long for reinforcements from our states to arrive. That By then we will have a certain advantage in strength, and we are not far from victory." Dai Mubai clasped his fists to encourage Emperor Qianwen.
"Li Xuantong acted according to his orders and performed well. I am very pleased." Emperor Qianwen nodded, but then his voice changed and said: "But after all, water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near. Under the crazy attack of the Jin army, even if we can The victory is also a tragic victory. At that time, few people will be tempted. If it attracts other lords to send troops, the situation will be very bad."
Emperor Qianwen didn't take the Jin army seriously in his heart. Even if the opponent's force was several times his own, it was coming with great force. With the city blocking it, the opponent wanted to capture Daliang City, and it would be impossible to threaten him. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the opponent to capture Daliang City. , when the old King of Jin was alive, he would not lead his troops and not attack them. After all, Li Tongguo was the one who knew the details of the Jin army best.
What Emperor Qianwen was worried about was never the Jin army, but the performance of other vassal kings after the Jin army took action. Just like this time, didn't the King of Xishu take action? Fortunately, the distance between the two sides was far away, so even if they took action, it would be difficult to threaten them. Self. But don't forget that there is still King Zhong in the northeast of Daliang City. He has 50,000 soldiers, all of whom are elite men.
Once King Zhong had his mind set on moving down from the north, Daliang City would be really in danger. If attacked from both sides, could Dagan still be able to stop it?
"I decree that the newly recruited soldiers in Daliang City do not need to support Dingzhou without the holy order. They only need to train well and defend Kyoto." A stern look flashed in the corner of Emperor Qianwen's eyes, and he finally said with determination. With.
"Your Majesty, if we don't have reinforcements, I'm afraid we will be in a hard battle next." Shi Hongyun, the general of the Silver Armored Guards, heard that the planned reinforcements were gone. His expression changed drastically and he said as if he was pale.
"It doesn't matter, didn't we say that 20,000 reinforcements are coming soon? They should be enough to defend Dingzhou City. Well, this is my will, just follow it." Emperor Qianwen waved his hand and used The emperor said with absolute authority. "Also, I will personally climb the tower to encourage the soldiers. Under no circumstances should the Jin army capture Dingzhou City, otherwise the army will be in danger."