Chapter 2518: Capture the Three Counties of Longxi
Chapter 2518: Capture three counties in Longxi
"Lei'er, what are your plans next?" Ji Chang asked.
After Lei Zhenzi thought for a while, he said: "I am going to return to the Qin camp, pretending to claim that I have convinced my father to buy time for the army to retreat."
Although Lei Zhenzi is a God of War general, the current situation in Longxi cannot be reversed by adding one more God of War.
Instead of recklessly rebelling directly, he should continue to work undercover to buy more time for his father Ji Chang.
But Ji Chang shook his head and said, "If you really go back, I'm afraid you'll never come back again."
Lei Zhenzi was a little puzzled, but Ji Chang explained: "Do you really think that Xuanyuan Ming completely trusts you as his envoy?"
"If you don't really trust me, why did Xuanyuan send me here instead of Fourth Brother?" Lei Zhenzi asked in confusion.
Ji Fa shook his head and said: "When Xuanyuan was the king of Liao, he was betrayed by Chen Baxian. After that, he was betrayed many times by the country, and he suffered a lot for this.
How can such a person trust someone who has no basis for trust?"
Previously, Ji Chang was blinded by hatred due to the loss of his son, so that many things could not be seen clearly. But now, after calming down completely, Ji Chang burst out with amazing wisdom.
Ji Fa also felt that what his father said was reasonable, so he added: "Brother Lei, the grudges between you and Da Qin are well known to everyone in the Yuqing family. Many of your senior brothers have also surrendered to Qin. Do you think they will have any problem with Xuanyuan?"
Concealed?"
After hearing what his father and brother said, Lei Zhenzi couldn't help but trembled, and immediately realized that Xuanyuan had probably seen through him a long time ago, and letting him out this time was just to use him to fish.
If he never comes back together, then Xuanyuan can take this opportunity to completely solve the hidden danger he left behind. Yuqing's surrendered generals will have nothing to say. After all, who asked him to surrender and rebel again.
If he goes back, it means that the fish has taken the bait, and a trap can be laid to lure out Ji Chang and his son behind them. From now on, his life may not be in danger, but he will definitely be imprisoned for life.
In short, no matter whether he goes back or not, Xuanyuan has corresponding preparations.
hiss……
Lei Zhenzi suddenly took a breath. He thought he was hiding well, but he didn't expect Xuanyuan to see through it so easily.
Sure enough, in front of famous generals like Xuanyuan, I was still too immature and couldn't play with them.
"Then what does the father think the child should do?" Lei Zhenzi asked.
Ji Chang analyzed: "Going back is throwing yourself into a trap, so I definitely can't go back. Let's stay and help my father.
As for abandoning Longxi and retreating to Qiang land, Xuanyuan may have already guessed it.
Let us, father and son, think carefully about how we can confuse Xuanyuan and withdraw from Longxi."
"Yeah." Lei Zhenzi nodded.
After sending Lei Zhenzi to rest, Ji Fa approached Ji Chang alone.
"Father, handsome father, Lei Di was here just now, and there are some things that I shouldn't say clearly." Ji Fa said sternly.
Ji Chang knew that his second son was very intelligent. After hearing this, he asked: "Is there something that I can't say face to face? Is there anything I can't say until Lei'er is gone?"
"Commander Father, both you and Lei Di are blinded by hatred. In fact, you should know very well that if you continue to oppose Da Qin, you will definitely die." Ji Fa said.
Unlike Ji Chang and Lei Zhenzi, although Ji Fa was also angry at the deaths of his brothers, he was not blinded by hatred.
He knew very well that going against Da Qin was a dead end. After all, even his masters had turned to Da Qin. How could the Ji family alone be worthy of being an enemy of Da Qin?
When Ji Chang heard this, he couldn't help but clenched his fists. His political attribute was 100 and his intelligence attribute was 96. How could he not understand that being an enemy of Da Qin was like using a mantis' arm to control a chariot.
But more than twenty of his sons were killed in battles with the Qin army. The hatred between him and Da Qin was destined to be resolved only by the fall of one side.
"Fa'er, since you know this, why do you come back and die with your father?" Ji Chang asked calmly.
"The child is not greedy for life and afraid of death, how can he sit back and watch his father fight alone." Ji Fa said firmly.
Hearing this, Ji Fa burst into tears and said, "Fa'er, do you have any plans?"
"Father, look."
With that said, Ji Fa took out a map from his arms, which was the printed version of the Map of All Nations painted by Ye Qingmei. The original was naturally kept for collection by the Qin Imperial Palace.
"Father, the world we live in is actually very big, China is just a small part of it, and there is a vast land to the west of the Western Region."
As he spoke, Ji Fa pointed to the boundary west of the Western Region and explained to him the major forces in Central Asia.
After the publication of "The Complete Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms", although it has spread throughout the Qin Dynasty, due to the short period of time it has been circulated, most people do not know the full picture of the world.
Jichang, who has always lived in Longxi, naturally does not know such advanced knowledge as Wan Guo Tu.
Ji Chang was shocked when he learned that there were dozens of forces such as Kushan, Persia, and Da Yuezhi in the west of the Western Region, and that some of these forces had a population of several million, while some had a population of nearly one million.
, I didn’t expect that China is so vast outside China.
"Father, there are five great empires, nine great kingdoms, and thirteen small countries to the west of the Western Region. They are not small in terms of population or land. The most important thing is that their level of civilization is still very low, and their military strength is weak."
As he spoke, Ji Fa's eyes flashed with fire, which was his burning ambition.
Since he couldn't convince his father and younger brother, and he was unwilling to surrender to Da Qin, the only way was to expand his power as much as possible, hoping to one day return to China to avenge Da Qin.
Ji Chang understood what Ji Fa meant. It was a vast land with tens of millions of people. The most important thing was that the civilization was low, the army was weak, and the Central Plains princes had not yet set their sights on this place.
If Ji Chang can occupy this place and become the Qin Shihuang of this area, he may not be able to return to China to avenge Ying Hao in the future.
Ji Chang knew that it was difficult to achieve this. Since people have hope, it is better than no hope at all.
"Fa'er, what do you mean, our father and son will first return to the Qiang land, attach themselves to Yang Guang, accumulate strength, and then look for opportunities to enter the Western Region and gradually conquer the far west?"
"Yes, Yang Guang made two western expeditions in two years. In addition to expanding his power, he must have used the Western Regions, and even the far west, as the Sui Kingdom's retreat.
Once the Qin and Sui Dynasties formally start a war and Liangzhou cannot be defended, the Sui army will definitely withdraw westward in a large scale."
As he said that, a strange color flashed in Ji Fa's eyes, and he smiled and said: "Yang Guang is not very good at fighting, but his vision is still good."
"That's right. The land in the far west is the Sui Kingdom's retreat, but it is the only way out for our father and son."
Ji Chang sighed softly, he had never considered this before, he only wanted to fight Bao Qin to the end, but this was a fatal road.
But now his second son, who is extremely intelligent, has proposed a way for him to survive. Between life and death, Ji Chang naturally knows how to choose.
"Fa'er, let's do what you say. Our father and son will first retreat to the Qiang land, and then rely on Yang Guang to continue our strength, and then seek opportunities to retreat to the Western Regions and conquer the far west. This is the only way for our father and son to survive.
." Ji Chang said.
Ji Fa nodded, and then said: "But before that, there are still two major problems to be solved.
The first is to find a way to confuse Xuanyuan so that our army can safely retreat into the Qiang land.
The second is how to show the dignity of our army under the attack of 60,000 Sui troops after retreating to Qiang land, so that Yang Guang will retreat and accept the surrender of my father and son."
Neither of the two problems raised by Ji Fa is easy to solve, but in the end it is much simpler than defending Longxi.
The next day, Ji Chang asked Lei Zhenzi to write a letter to Xuanyuan.
Lei Zhenzi wrote in the letter his father's decision to defend Longxi to the death. As a son, he could not bear to be an enemy of his father, nor could he bear to see his father die in battle, so he decided to fight to the end with his father.
At the same time, Ji Chang also deployed his troops and generals, pretending to defend to the end, in order to confuse and paralyze Xuanyuan.
In fact, Xuanyuan had long seen that Lei Zhenzi was pretending to surrender, but due to the reputation of Tu Xingsun, Long Xuhu, Yang Ren and other Yuqing disciples, as well as Ji Dan, the fourth brother, they would not directly attack Lei Zhenzi, so
I just deliberately gave him a chance to test him.
The result was just as Xuanyuan expected, Lei Zhenzi did not come back, and he just solved a hidden danger.
As soon as Lei Zhenzi left, the Yuqing disciples who had vouched for him before and the fourth brother Ji Dan suddenly became in an embarrassing situation.
Xuanyuan did not blame them for this, but instead offered comfort, saying that this was Lei Zhenzi's personal behavior and had nothing to do with them, and he would not hold them responsible.
Of course, even though Xuanyuan said so, he still had to be careful. After all, he did it intentionally this time, but if another Lei Zhenzi appeared, it would be his responsibility.
Xuanyuan knew that Lei Zhenzi was pretending to surrender, so he naturally made all preparations to deal with it.
He originally thought that Lei Zhenzi would come back and lied about convincing Ji Chang to surrender, but then turned back when he surrendered. Unexpectedly, he made the stupidest choice and stopped coming, claiming that he would fight to the death with his father and brother.
in the end.
Now Xuanyuan was completely out of control, and the subsequent series of arrangements were also stuck. There was no way to continue. I wished I could personally teach Lei Zhenzi how to fake surrender.
However, this does not have much impact on Xuanyuan. The time to conquer Longxi will be delayed a little longer. Anyway, he is also planning to slow down the speed of the assault.
But what Xuanyuan didn't expect was that just as he was gathering his troops and preparing to march into Didao, Ji Chang voluntarily abandoned Didao City and fled to the Qiang region with an army of 5,000 infantry and cavalry.
Xuanyuan immediately realized that he had been fooled, and immediately led three thousand cavalry to pursue him. However, he could not catch up until he reached the Qiang land. Only then did he realize that he was pursuing the wrong road, and a troubling choice appeared.
Should we continue to pursue Ji Chang and his son?
Or should we withdraw our troops and occupy the entire territory of Longxi first?
"General, I think Longxi should be captured first." Yang Ren added.
"Oh? Please tell me carefully."
"Yes, I won't say this for two reasons.
First, Ji Chang has fled, and Longxi County is leaderless. As soon as our army arrives, it will surely surrender without a fight and occupy the entire territory of Longxi. It will not take long.
Second, the Sui State is attacking the three Qiang counties of the Tang State, so if Ji Chang goes to fight with the Sui army and both sides suffer, it would be a good idea for us, the Qin Dynasty, to reap the benefits." Yang Ren analyzed.
After some thought, Xuanyuan thought it was reasonable, so he withdrew his troops and went to occupy Longxi.
As Yang Ren expected, most people did not dare to surrender due to Ji Chang's pressure.
Now without the restraint of Jichang, the Tang army in Longxi no longer had the will to fight. Facing the Qin army coming in large numbers, the defenders of the cities did not dare to make any resistance and opened their cities one after another to surrender to the Qin army.
Xuanyuan's army marched all the way. Except for two counties that refused to surrender, they encountered little resistance and easily captured the entire territory of Longxi.
As for the two counties that refused to surrender, they barely lasted an hour in the face of Xuanyuan's strong attack before the Qin army forcibly broke through the city.
From the beginning of the war to the end of the war, Xuanyuan occupied eleven counties in Longxi in only fifteen days, which was extremely fast.
After Xuanyuan occupied Longxi, he did not send troops to the Qiang area because he had already received news that Ji Chang and his son, who had retreated to the Qiang area, had already fought with the Sui army after integrating the Tang army in the Qiang area.
Facing Yang Su's 60,000 Sui troops and only 20 to 30,000 Tang troops, Ji Chang and his son were at an absolute disadvantage, but they were not without the power to fight.
Xuanyuan's sending troops to Qiang at this time was likely to trigger a chain reaction, so he naturally gave up and decided to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
Shortly after Xuanyuan occupied the Longxi Army, Wu Qi took the lead and captured 7 counties in Wudu County. Later, Long Qi also captured 12 counties of the Hanyang Army.
From then on, the three counties of Longxi were completely owned by Da Qin.