Chapter 2443: Jiang Shang defeated Gongsun Xuanyuan in World War II
Chapter 2443: Jiang Shang defeated Gongsun Xuanyuan in World War II
"What? Gongsun Yan was defeated? He was almost captured alive?"
Wang Jian's face was full of shock. He knew Gongsun Yan. Although he was not a disciple of Guigu, he was a disciple of the Zongheng family. He was a Confucian general with both wisdom and courage, and a lot of clever tricks.
When the Hangu Pass gate was breached by the Tang army due to Li Cunxiao's carelessness, it was Gongsun Yan who decisively ordered the Hangu Pass to be burned down, thus preventing Hangu Pass from falling into the hands of Li Tang.
If the two gates in the eastern part of Guanzhong, Tongguan and Hangu Pass, were both in the hands of Li Tang, it would be twice as difficult for the Qin army to invade Guanzhong, and naturally there would be no first Guanzhong war.
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After that, Li Shimin led his army to attack Sizhou with great enthusiasm. He fought in Sizhou as if he were entering an uninhabited land, but he could not break through the Yewang City guarded by Gongsun Yan.
You know, at that time Li Shimin had 150,000 elite troops, while Gongsun Yan only had 15,000 defeated troops.
Li Shimin dominates the world and rarely has a weak opponent. He has more than ten times the strength of Gongsun Yan, but he still can't attack Yewang City? This is enough to prove Gongsun Yan's ability.
Gongsun Yan was already a famous general in Great Qin. After all, he could fight with Li Shimin, but now he lost to the unknown Wu Ji. This made Wang Jian not shocked.
"Anyone who can defeat General Gongsun must not be a mortal. Why is there no information about this person in the intelligence?" Wang Jian asked in confusion.
He knew all the information about the famous generals of Li and Tang who were a threat to the Qin Dynasty, but there was no one named Wu Ji among them.
Heibingtai has neglected his duty again. Such a powerful person does not have any information. He must read a book later. Wang Jian thought to himself.
Faced with Wang Jian's question, the generals below began to whisper, obviously none of them knew who Wu Ji was.
Xue Dingshan suddenly stood up and said: "Captain, the general knows a little bit about this Buji.
In fact, he was recorded in the intelligence, but it was not in the commander column, but in the general column.
However, his strength is mediocre, nothing more than first-rate, and he has not made any achievements in military use, so there are very few records about him in the intelligence."
Wang Jian looked stunned and said to himself: "This man is obviously very good at war, but he only shows off his martial arts to the outside world. This is pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He wants to make a splash. General Gongsun was not unjustly defeated."
Xue Dingshan and other generals expressed their agreement one after another. They all felt that Gongsun Yan was not unjustly defeated. After all, when meeting such an expert who is good at forbearing, anyone might be defeated if he is careless. After all, not everyone can be as successful as General Bai Qi.
Invincible.
After Wen Zhong heard what everyone said, he couldn't help showing a weird look and said: "I know this kid from Wuji is a disciple of Junior Brother Jiang and has average talents and qualifications, so he went down the mountain early and entered the Tang Dynasty as a general.
His ability is absolutely no match for General Gongsun Yan."
"Then why this time..."
Before Xue Dingshan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wang Jian.
"snort."
Wang Jian snorted coldly and said: "There is an expert behind this planning for him, and it is probably his master, Jiang Shang."
Wang Jian guessed correctly that the person behind the plan for Wuji was none other than Jiang Shang.
After Jiang Shang left Zhongnan Mountain, although he decided to help Li Mu, the troops in Li Mu's hands were still too small to be of any use. It happened that his apprentice Wu Ji still had 5,000 troops, so Jiang Shang
We went to Bukit first, preparing to pull Bukit's soldiers to help Li Mu.
After Jiang Shang arrived, he discovered that the reason why Wu Ji did not retreat was not because he did not want to retreat to Chang'an, but because he was being targeted by Gongsun Yan.
Gongsun Yan had a thousand cavalry under his command, while Wu Ji had only five thousand infantry.
Although Buji was not very smart, he also knew that if he abandoned the military camp, once Buji caught up with him, his entire army would be annihilated, so he was dragged away and did not dare to retreat.
Seeing that Wu Ji neither dared to fight nor retreat, Gongsun Yan thought that Wu Ji might be able to persuade Wu Ji to surrender. If not, when Chang'an was captured, Wu Ji, who was trapped in Guanzhong, would have no other choice but to surrender, so
So he didn't attack Bukit.
What Gongsun Yan didn't expect was that his carelessness would give Jiang Shang an opportunity.
Gongsun Yan's guess was correct. Although Wuji was loyal to Li Shimin, if Chang'an was captured, no matter how reluctant he was, he would not be able to bring 5,000 soldiers to bury Li Tang, and he would most likely surrender in the end.
What Wu Ji didn't expect was that he was about to despair, but his master Jiang Shang came and gave him a plan to defeat the enemy.
Buji's troops were all infantry, and their morale was very low, so Gongsun Yan expected that Wuji would not dare to take the initiative to attack.
Jiang Shang guessed Gongsun Yan's thoughts, so he decided to do the opposite and took the initiative to send troops to sneak attack the Qin army, catching the Qin army by surprise.
Considering the Qin army's strong combat power and fast reaction speed, even if they were caught off guard, they might still be able to defeat Buji's troops.
Therefore, Jiang Shang devised a plan to go against the grain and go out to attack the enemy just to bait the bully. The real purpose was to lure Gongsun Yan to pursue him, while Jiang Shang personally set up an ambush and waited for Gongsun Yan to fall into the trap.
Wu Ji naturally obeyed the advice of his master Jiang Shang. He led an army of 2,000 that night, but took away the flag of the army of 5,000 and disguised it as an army of 5,000, creating the illusion that the entire Tang army was out.
The result was just as Jiang Shang expected. Gongsun Yan expected that Wuji would not dare to fight, so he was caught off guard. However, the Qin army's overall quality was too high and its speed was fast enough. It quickly stopped the counterattack and almost defeated Wuji.
Directly defeated.
If it weren't for the presence of the dragon-bearded tiger, Bukit might have really failed.
After Gongsun Yan defeated Wu Ji, he was angry. After all, he had never taken Wu Ji seriously from beginning to end, but he was tricked by Wu Ji, whom he looked down upon.
Seeing that the Tang army had left flags all over the place, Gongsun Yan thought that the whole Wuji army was out, so he decisively led an army of 3,000 in pursuit. Naturally, he was ambushed by Jiang Shang and nearly half of his soldiers were killed.
The casualties of the cavalry were not great, but the losses of the war horses were great, and they were obviously no longer useful.
Gongsun Yan was cautious because he realized it was a trap halfway in. If everyone went in, the whole army might really be annihilated.
This battle has sounded the alarm for Gongsun Yan. No matter who he faces, he must not be careless. Those inconspicuous little people will often make you capsize in the gutter.
Gongsun Yan's cavalry was crippled by Jiang Shang in the first battle. Without the cavalry, Wuji naturally had to replace him. Only then did Wuji's cavalry successfully escape.
"Junior Brother Jiang is really powerful. He has lived in seclusion for many years and has never led an army. As soon as he came out of the mountain, he defeated a famous general." Wen Zhong sighed lightly.
When Wang Jian heard this, he felt vaguely unhappy and retorted: "General Gongsun didn't know that Jiang Shang was in the Wuji Army, so he fell into Jiang Shang's scheme. If he knew, with General Gongsun's ability, he would definitely not have done it."
It's so easy to fall into the trap.
Now that the news about Jiang Shang has been informed by this governor to the generals of the army, all the generals will definitely be more vigilant and will definitely not easily fall into Jiang Shang's scheme."
As soon as Wang Jian finished speaking, soldiers came to report.
"Report...to the Commander-in-Chief, General Gongsun Xuanyuan led his cavalry to pursue Buji Suo's troops, but was defeated by Wu Ji Suo's troops."