Chapter 2251: Capture the four levels, lock the level?
Chapter 2251: Capture four levels and lock the level?
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, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It also has many defenders and sufficient food and grass. Without sufficient preparations, even an army of 150,000 people will not be able to capture it.
At present, there are 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 can undoubtedly exert stronger combat power in the city defense battle, so the Qin army wants to
It is by no means easy to capture Chang'an.
"Grand Governor, General Lu Bu apologizes. If General Lu had not failed to hold Li Shimin back, causing his main force to retreat to Chang'an, how could there be an army of 100,000 in the city."
"No, it is Huo's responsibility. General Fengxian only had 5,000 cavalry, and 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.
All the generals looked at each other with serious expressions.
It is not an easy task for 150,000 troops to capture Chang'an with 100,000 defenders within a month.
"Due to the governor's negligence, he fell into Sima Yi's plan of escaping the golden cicada. Baling County, which had surrendered to the Qin Dynasty, was recaptured by Sima Yi. The county magistrate's entire family 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, Shang County, Shangluo, Qianxian, Duling,
Fourteen counties including Suyi, Yaxian, Anling, and Chongquan were all returned to Qin.
In addition, important places such as Wuguan, Xiaoguan and Yaoguan, Huanlingdu, Wuzhangyuan and other important places 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 and watching 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 the hearts of the people 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 and prepared to cooperate with the Tang army inside and outside to welcome the Tang army into Luoyang.
Qin Hai was obviously from the Qin family, but he betrayed his family and took refuge with Li Tang.
There were countless cases like this after the siege of Luoyang.
This is the consequence of a national capital being besieged, so no country will put its national capital in danger.
Chang'an was the heart of the Tang State. Now 150,000 Qin soldiers surrounded Chang'an and pointed their swords directly at the heart of the Tang State. The impact was 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
The four counties of Zuofengling: Yunyang, Meixu, Suyi, and Yaxian
Jingzhao Yinyi County: Changling
After the three armies of the Qin army joined forces, just by encircling Chang'an, 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?
You don't need to think about it to know that there are probably not many of them. After all, they can't even defend Chang'an. 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 strongest, you Xuanyuan said that you could not attack Chang'an? Isn't this pouring cold water on your own people?
Well.
Seeing this, Huo Qubing 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, the east and west, can be captured, the entire Guanzhong can be completely sealed off, allowing the Tang army to catch turtles in the urn.
Therefore, the general believes that instead of storming Chang'an, it is better to take Tongguan and Dashan Pass first, completely blockade the entire Guanzhong Plain, and then slowly suppress the Tang army in the pass."
As soon as Xuanyuan said these words, the whole hall fell into silence.
Although they did not think that Chang'an could not be captured, the price would certainly be huge. After all, there were 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 sealed off, and the Tang army would be completely isolated and boundless.
When the time comes, 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 a turtle in a urn and subduing the enemy's army 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 best general in Youzhou. He is indeed worthy of his reputation.
Xuanyuan continued: "The Hangu camp east of Tongguan still has 20,000 elite troops of ours. 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, to 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 the perspective of Huo Qubing, 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 chased to Chang'an, Li Siyuan
They changed their route halfway and retreated to Chencang, and sent troops to take over the defense of Dashan Pass.