[Ding dong, Li Jing killed Song Jiang, the king of Liang, and was rewarded with a permanent force of 1, a permanent politics of 1, and a permanent charm of 2. The current five dimensions are: Commander 103, Force 89 (1), Intelligence 98, Politics 88 (1), Charisma 92 (2
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"Regret, regret, regret."
These were the last three words Song Jiang said before he died. It is not difficult to see how regretful he was.
Looking at Song Jiang who was still staring at death, a trace of regret flashed in Li Jing's eyes.
Song Jiang could have avoided death. If he had led the Liangshan Army and surrendered to the Qin Army, given Qin Hao's kindness to the surrendered princes, it might not have been possible to be crowned king, but at least he could have gained the title of Duke.
It's a pity that Song Jiang was aroused by Wang Mang's ambitions. At the right time, he made an extremely wrong decision and ended up with a tragic death.
Seeing Yin Shiniang watching the battle, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Li Jing's face. Although he successfully killed Song Jiang, the process was much more difficult than expected, but he was obviously much stronger than Song Jiang.
Li Jing pretended to stretch his muscles and forcefully explained: "It has been a long time since I went into battle in person, so I am really quite rusty."
The actual meaning behind the words is: It’s not that Song Jiang is strong, nor that I am weak, but that I didn’t perform well.
Yin Shiniang covered her mouth with a smile, but did not try to expose Li Jing. She stepped forward decisively and cut off Song Jiang's head, put it on her own fire-pointed spear, and shouted: "Song Jiang is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed."
Li Jing was originally planning to do this, but when he saw that his wife had done it for him, he couldn't help but smiled and said: "Madam is right."
Seeing this, the morale of the soldiers rose greatly, and they also shouted: "Song Jiang is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed..."
When the officers and soldiers of the Liangshan Army saw Song Jiang, Gongsun Sheng was killed in battle, and Lu Zhishen was captured alive. Their morale suddenly fell to the bottom, and they could no longer resist.
That's what it means to be defeated like a mountain. Even if the Great Luo Immortal is here, I'm afraid he can't do anything.
Most of the Liangshan Army surrendered directly to the ground, and a small number chose to escape. However, surrounded by three sides of the Qin Army's water cavalry, the Liangshan Army had nowhere to escape.
In the end, of Song Jiang's 30,000 Liangshan main force, more than 8,000 died in battle and more than 21,000 surrendered. Only a few hundred of them escaped and disappeared.
If we add in the more than 2,000 Liangshan Shui troops who were previously captured and defeated, the number of Liangshan prisoners of war captured has reached 23,000, while the total casualties paid by the Qin army were less than 1,000.
Li Jing used 25,000 infantry and cavalry troops to fight against the 30,000 Liangshan main force and 3,000 Liangshan water troops. The three armies of Liangshan and cavalry fought in coordination. He only suffered a total casualty of nearly 1,000 and almost completely annihilated the three Liangshan troops.
With an army of 3,000, in the history of war, even if this is not a miracle, it is definitely a perfect victory.
After the war, Li Jing originally wanted to take advantage of the victory and capture Liangshanbo, which had only 7,000 defenders left. However, since he had already completely alerted the enemy, and the Qin Dynasty only had a total of 3,000 naval troops, it was really difficult to break through Liangshanbo in a short period of time.
Li Jing also knew that it was very difficult to break through Liangshan, but he still tried several methods, such as using Song Jiang's head to provoke the defenders in Liangshan, and giving the surrendered soldiers authority to disintegrate the interior of Liangshanbo, and ended up going
All failed.
Seeing that Wang Mang's army was about to arrive in Liang State, Li Jing had no extra time to make arrangements, so he had no choice but to escort all the prisoners and trophies, exit Liang State and return to Beihai for the time being.
Li Jing had just returned to Beihai when he received a surprising piece of news.
"What did you say? Say it again?" Li Jing asked extremely seriously.
"Zhu Tianpeng personally led an army of 70,000 people to the north and will soon cross the Yellow River."
"What?"
Ran Min and other generals couldn't help but get close to each other. After all, the Qi army and the Liangshan army were not the same concept. The overall quality of the Qi army was not lower than that of the Qin army.
The Qin army only had a total of 40,000 troops. If they faced off against the 70,000 Qi troops head-on, even if Li Jing personally commanded them, there would be a high chance of losing, not to mention Wang Mang's 40,000 troops.
Everyone, including Li Jing, thought that after the main force of Liangshan was eliminated, the pressure faced by the Qin army would be much better, but they did not expect that the situation would become more serious.
There are 70,000 Qi troops and 40,000 Northern Han troops. Including the remaining troops in Liangshan, the total is nearly 120,000 troops. It is still very difficult for the 40,000 Qin troops to defend Beihai.
"Master Taishou, haven't we captured 21,000 Liangshan's main troops? These people can make up for the lack of strength in our army." Tai Shici said.
Li Jing glanced at Tai Shici and sighed: "General Ziyi, even if these prisoners of war are organized into an army, how much combat power do you think will be left?"
"this……"
Taishi Ci was speechless upon hearing this.
The Liangshan Army's combat strength was not strong to begin with, and now it has been brutally beaten by the Qin Army. I am afraid that it is not even one-third of its original combat strength.
If we really let these surrendered troops go to the battlefield to deal with the Qi army, which is evenly matched with the Qin army, then it will be said that they have helped, and it will be good if they can not cause chaos to the Qin army.
"Master Taishou, if Lu Junyi and other Liangshan surrendered generals are used to lead the Liangshan surrendering army, the combat effectiveness of the Liangshan surrendering army should be improved." Ran Min said in a deep voice.
Shortly after the Battle of Yuncheng, Li Jing rescued Yan Qing from a dungeon in Qi State who had participated in the failed coup with Chao Gai but was secretly imprisoned by Lu Junyi.
After Yan Qing escaped from trouble, he did not blame Lu Junyi. After all, Lu Junyi's imprisonment was a kind of protection, otherwise he would have been killed by Song Jiang long ago.
Under Yan Qing's persuasion, Lu Junyi finally put aside the prejudice of being humiliated by Ran Min and willingly surrendered to the Qin army.
After Lu Junyi surrendered, he also helped persuade other generals to surrender. Finally, under Lu Junyi's lobbying, Hu Yanzhuo and Lu Zhishen also surrendered one after another.
Since then, there have been six generals from Liangshan in the Qin army: Chao Gai, Shi Jin, Lu Junyi, Hu Yanzhuo, Lu Zhishen and Yan Qing.
"Allowing General Liangshan to lead the Liangshan Army can indeed improve the combat effectiveness of the Army, but by how much? At most, it can only defeat 10,000 Qi troops." Qin Ming said.
All the generals nodded in agreement, while a trace of embarrassment flashed across the faces of Chao Gai and Shi Jin. They were both from Liangshan, and the Liangshan army's overall combat effectiveness was weak, so naturally their faces were disgraceful.
Just when most people thought Li Jing would refuse, Li Jing said: "But this is a help after all, and it will still have some effect at critical moments."
Li Jing originally did not want to use the surrender army. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Liangshan surrender army was really weak. If it was not handled well, it would be a hindrance.
If Li Jing just wanted to hold Beihai, he could naturally seek stability without surrendering troops, but the war situation in Hebei is now at a stalemate, and if he can break the deadlock in Qingzhou, he may very well be the first to pacify Hebei.
Li Jing was actually very envious of Bai Qi, who could command 500,000 elites and fight an unprecedented battle with Han Xin. But if he wanted to have this day, he would never be able to accumulate merits steadily.
This siege by Wang Mang, Zhu Tianpeng and other forces is actually an opportunity for Li Jing. If he can defeat all these princes, he can lead the Qin army in Beihai to join the battlefield in Hebei and become the last one to break the camel in Beihai.
If there is a straw, the leader of the next battle in the Central Plains will definitely be him.
After thinking this, Li Jing no longer hesitated and immediately ordered: "Where are Chao Gai, Shi Jin, and Lu Junyi?"
"The end will be here."
The three generals all stood up excitedly, especially Lu Junyi, after all, he had just surrendered.
"The three of you are responsible for commanding the Liangshan surrendering army. You must appease the surrendering army's mood and allow the surrendering army to regain its combat strength as soon as possible."