Chapter 2246: Yang Jian and Gao Chongyuwen Chengdu
Chapter 2246: Yang Jian fights Gao Chong Yuwen Chengdu
Yáo Pass has been an important transportation pass from the Guanzhong Plain to the Nanyang Basin since ancient times. Together with Wuguan, it shouldered the important task of the two southern gates of Guanzhong.
In the pre-Qin period, the defensive power of Aoguan was even better than that of Wuguan. However, in the Han Dynasty, there was no threat to the southeast of Guanzhong and there was no need for two gates, so Aoguan was naturally abandoned.
Although today's Aoguan has been rebuilt by Li Shimin, the preparation time is too short after all, and the project is too hasty. Even with the advantage of geographical location, it is impossible to stop the wolf-like Qin army led by Li Jing.
Li Shimin also knew that the Qin army could not be stopped by relying only on the Aoguan Pass, so he sent more troops to the front line of the Aoguan Pass in Lantian, with a total of 50,000 troops guarding it to the death. Lantian and the Aoguan Pass were at each other's horns, trying to delay as much time as possible, at least
It will also take a month.
Unfortunately, Sima Yi failed to live up to his expectations after all, and he could no longer hold on after only half a month.
In fact, Sima Yi was able to resist Li Jing's hundreds of thousands of troops for half a month with the help of the Aoguan Walled City. This was quite difficult. After all, Li Shimin only lasted more than ten days in Shangluocheng, not even half a month.
During the half-month offensive and defensive battle at Yaoguan, both the Qin and Tang Dynasties paid a heavy price.
The Tang army was the main force at Lantian Pass and was in a state of defense. No matter how strong its comprehensive combat power was, the Qin army could not bring this advantage into play in the offensive battle. In the end, it paid a heavy price to break through the pass.
After the war, statistics showed that the total casualties of the Qin army reached 25,000, which was greater than the casualties in the attack on Shangluo.
Among the 25,000 dead and injured troops, the main Qin army only accounted for 10,000, while the number of prisoners of war that had been organized reached 15,000.
Although the casualties of the Qin army were heavy, the casualties of the Tang army were also not small.
After statistics, the Qin army killed a total of 10,000 Tang troops and captured 8,000. Sima Yi and Yang Jian led 5,000 remaining troops to retreat to Lantian.
After this battle, the main force of the Qin army dropped to 80,000, and the prisoner-of-war force also dropped to 10,000.
Subsequently, the newly captured 8,000 prisoners of war were once again assigned to the prisoner of war army by Li Jing, and the total strength of the prisoner of war army was restored to 18,000.
Most of the 30,000 Tang army prisoners of war who were initially reorganized died in the battle of Shangluoyao Pass in Shang County. Nearly half of the current prisoner of war army are newly captured Tang soldiers who have not been reorganized, so the morale of the army is severely turbulent.
Before the new round of reorganization is completed, if they are allowed to attack the city, it is likely to cause a mutiny, so they cannot be used as cannon fodder for the time being.
The biggest highlight of the Battle of Yaoguan was not the offensive and defensive duel between Li Jing and Sima Yi, but the pinnacle battle between Yang Jian and the highly favored Yuwen Chengdu.
In the previous battle of Shangluo, the three of them had already fought once, and Yang Jian was defeated.
This time, Yang Jian showed his great power and even relied on his own strength to draw with Yu Wen, a high-ranking official in Chengdu. This really shocked countless people's jaws.
You know, Yuwen Chengdu and Gao Chong, who have been famous for a long time, are both peerless generals in the top ten ranks of the generals list.
The rankings of the top fifteen in the latest updated general list are: 1 Li Cunxiao, 2 Yang Jian, 3 Xingtian, 4 Sun Lingming, 5 Jiang Song, 6 Jia Fu, 7 Lu Bu, 8 Gao Chong, 9 Yuwen Chengdu, 10 Niu Mowang, 11
The list of generals, which has always been unbeatable, has undergone extreme changes this time. After all, too many major events have happened during this period.
Li Yuanba lost his arm, Hou Yi and Zhang Kui died in battle, and finally a new face appeared on the general list.
Tantaiyu and Lu Wenlong, who made the list for the first time, were ranked fourteenth and fifteenth respectively by famous experts due to their outstanding performance in the Central Plains War. It's just that we don't know how long they can stay in their positions.
Kong Peng defeated Lu Bu at Fenglingdu, fought against Sun Lingming, and took the initiative to escape after 200 rounds. His record was really amazing. It was only because the update time for the general list has not come yet that he was not included in the list.
When the time is up, Kong Peng will replace Lu Bu and be directly parachuted to seventh place in the general list.
In addition to Kong Peng, Kong Xuan, who had just joined the Qin army, Liu Er of Yizhou, Wuzhi Qi, Wei Hu, Jiao Mochang and others were all strong candidates for the list.
Faced with the eager gaze of such a strong player, it is so easy for Tan Taiyu and Lu Wenlong to maintain their rankings, let alone progress.
Li Yuanba, who was originally ranked second, had his arm cut off by Li Cunxiao and his combat power would have dropped significantly. Yang Jian, who was third, was automatically promoted to second place.
As for Li Yuanba, he had a broken hand and didn't know if he would return to the battlefield, so he was directly removed from the list of famous players. After waiting for his recovery, his performance will be observed and the ranking will be re-ranked.
Lu Bu and Jia Fu suddenly overtook Gao Chong and Yuwen Chengdu because of their extremely eye-catching performances in the Youzhou battle.
As for other people's rankings, overall the change is not that big. It's just that you surpass me, I surpass you, and I will catch up next time.
Although Yang Jian was ranked in the ranking of generals, he obviously did not have the combat power and deterrence of the original second-ranked Li Yuanba.
In a one-on-one duel, it is not surprising that Yang Jian defeated either of them, but it would be outrageous to have one enemy and two draws. After all, the gap between the top ten in the military generals list is not that big.
No one knows that Yang Jian was able to draw with Yuwen Chengdu Gao Chong because he really risked his life to do so. Of course, it was also because Yuwen Chengdu was wounded by an arrow before the war. Unfortunately, even so, he still could not save the Pass.
The Qin army has too many powerful generals. Even if Yang Jian can block Gao Chong and Yuwen Chengdu, the Qin army still has Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu. Who will they rely on to stop them?
After Li Jing captured Yaoguan, he left the prisoner-of-war army to truce and reorganize in place, while he personally joined the 80,000-strong army, quickly marched into Guanzhong, and headed straight for Lantian.
Although Lantian is located at the end of Wuguan Road, it is already in the Guanzhong Plain after all. Moreover, Lantian is a city, not a pass, and is destined to be unable to block all the Qin army's advancing routes.
If the Qin army is willing, they can completely bypass Lantian, but if they do so, it will be difficult to transport food and grass from the rear. After all, the Lantian defenders cannot turn a blind eye to the Qin army's food transportation.
At the foot of Lantian City, Li Jing looked at Lantian City and fell into deep thought.
Lantian City was reinforced by Li Shimin, and its defense was stronger than that of Shangluoyao Pass. A storming would cause too many casualties, and it would also waste a lot of time. But if you go around it, you worry about the food route being cut off.
Li Jing's situation is different from that of Huo Qubing and Lu Bu. Li Jing's army is basically infantry, with only a small proportion of cavalry, while Huo Qubing and Lu Bu's troops are all cavalry.
Relying on the speed advantage of the cavalry, Huo Qubing and Lu Bu were able to ignore logistics and run rampant in the Guanzhong area. After all, the Tang army could not catch up with them.
But infantry cannot do this.
What if we are entangled by the Tang army and find it difficult to escape, so that we run out of military rations? If we cannot get replenishment and eventually run out of food, the consequences will be extremely serious.
"My lord only gave me two months, and now one month has passed. Although I have defeated Shang County, Shangluo, and Aoguan, and successfully entered Guanzhong, if I want to conquer Chang'an, one month may not be enough.
." Li Jing whispered to himself.
Chang'an is the largest city in Guanxi. It has high walls and thick walls. After extensive reinforcements by Li Tang, its defensive power is no less than that of Luoyang City.
Li Shimin's army of more than 100,000 people failed to break through Luoyang, which had only tens of thousands of defenders, so Li Jing was naturally not 100% sure of breaking through Chang'an.
"We can't waste any more time here in Lantian."
A flash of light flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he ordered: "Send the order, and the whole army will bypass Lantian and march directly to Chang'an."