Chapter 877
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"I know your intention to go to war!"
Li Jing nodded with a smile and responded to the gift from the sworn brothers, and then said with a smile: "Twenty thousand Hu people are ramming towards our hunting ground. Everyone thinks these Hu barbarians are vulnerable and want to ask for a fight alone, right?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
At this time, Li Wei, the leader of the Yingyang Special Forces Army, took a step forward and replied. He was strong and tall, two years younger than Li Jing, and was a descendant of Li Jing's clan. He was good at special operations and reconnaissance, especially ambush and raids, which were his specialties. He gave people the impression that he was a brave general who was full of tenacity but always burst at critical moments.
"These Hu people are already flesh to their mouths. No matter who takes action, they can swallow him."
A clear light flashed in Li Jing's black eyes, and he said slowly.
"The Eagle Yang Army is a special war between our Qin army, and it is the sharp edge on the battlefield. Good steel needs to be used on the blade. Similarly, the sharp edge of the war blade cannot be used randomly. You need to maintain the sharpest state at all times, rather than dealing with those native chickens and tiles."
Li Wei took a step back helplessly. The Yingyang Army was indeed highly valued by the King of Qin, but they rarely had the opportunity to fight head-on battles. Most of the time, they were responsible for various special operations.
Wang Chong looked at Li Wei with some smugness. He had decided to decide the level of the slut just now, and he decided to lead the guards' personal army to fight with three sixes. This kid actually came to rob him. If he turned around, he had to call him his uncle, and he would call him his uncle in the future. Anyway, he was the son of the King of Qin and he was the King of Qin's brother, so it was nothing wrong to ask him to call him his uncle.
"The King of Qin should hand over the task to our guards. As the most elite guards, they will take the horse to succeed and capture it. The 20,000 miscellaneous fish will be destroyed in one fell swoop." He patted his chest and said loudly. The guards' personal army is not an ordinary army. They are called the Supreme Three Army, together with the Golden Armor and the Silver Spear Estimate Army, and are called the Supreme Three Army. In the army, they are also called the Southern Ya Imperial Guards. Then, the three departments of the Emperor Xunyi Three Guards, the Secret Service, and the Attendant Office are called the Inner Three Army, and they are also called the Northern Ya Imperial Guards.
These six troops vary in number, but they can all be called the imperial guards of the King of Qin, which shows their elite and importance. The three outer armies guard the outer city and the suburbs of Yanjing, and the three inner armies guard the palace city, and the attendants guarded the guards and had clear duties.
Among them, the guards' personal army is the largest number. The Silver Spear Army has 10,000 infantry, and the Shengjie Army has 10,000 cavalry. Only the guards' personal army has three armies on the left, center and right, with a total of 15,000 troops. Moreover, they are usually stationed near the palace city. If Li Jing leads troops to fight, he will definitely follow him.
It is indeed a sure thing for a 15,000 elite guards to ambush the 20,000 Hu people.
Who knew, Li Jing sighed lightly and said, "The lineup of the guards' personal army is too strong. Once you take action, these Hu people will definitely be wiped out. No, no."
Wang Chong didn't raise it up in one breath, and suddenly coughed, his face flushed. He didn't expect that the King of Qin would actually reject his request for battle using the reason that their guards were too powerful. Is this appreciation or a slander?
Wang Chong and Li Wei's request for battle were rejected one after another, which made Qiu Shengong and Xuancheng smile on their faces. But just as they were about to speak, Li Jing had already shook his head at them: "Well, no, I don't plan to send you."
All the generals were stunned. They didn't plan to let Li Si'an, who was seducing the enemy, go to fight, and don't let them fight. What exactly does the King of Qin mean?
Li Jing glanced at the generals, but did not answer the question immediately. Instead, he tapped the table and said: "Liu Xun and his team won a great victory in Jincheng. The 50,000 troops of Yelu Sassar south have been wiped out. Although Li Siyuan was defeated this time, he also killed more than 30,000 mad soldiers and baits of Hu people. Calculate, how many more are there in 200,000 Hu people?"
The flower monk Xuancheng rushed to answer: "Twenty-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-hundred-h
"Yes, there are still 120,000 left. These 120,000 people are now in two places. One is the 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers who are about to fall into the trap, and the other is the 100,000 Hu people under Yunzhou City."
Gongsun Lan added on the side, "According to the worst news, Yelu Shilu under Yunzhou City encountered a stubborn obstacle by generals such as Song Jirong. They voluntarily gave up the outer city and retreated to Yunzhou City. They relied on the many equipment and supplies left by Marshal Zhang in the Western Expedition Camp in Yunzhou to successfully block their attack. And they also gave the Hu people a heavy counterattack. Until now, Yelu Shilu's 100,000 troops have less than 80,000."
Li Jing nodded, "Okay, another 200,000 was reduced. Before they knew it, the 200,000 Hu people were already half missing. Look, although most of the fewer were those who were charged, and the slightly stronger were still with Yelu Shilu, everyone should understand that the situation is becoming more and more beneficial to us, and it is becoming more and more harmful to the Hu people. Li Keyong was still unable to return north to participate in the war as scheduled in Hezhong. Even the two towns of Chengde and Weibo, Hebei, which they had high hopes, are now busy fighting within the internal battle because of the assassination of Jieshou, and they are busy with internal struggles and snatching the position of coach, and they don't care about the situation here at all."
A staff officer next to him took a pencil and quickly drew a clear and simple situation diagram on the wall as Li Jing said.
"Tell me what happened there now?" Zhang Zimian did not go back to Jincheng as Li Jing expected, causing Jincheng to almost fall. Li Jing did not have too much anger. He trusted Zhang Zimian, so he would not make a decision easily before obtaining detailed information. These days, he has been waiting for the information over there, and he also believes that Zhang Zimian will not disappoint him.
"When Marshal Zhang was guarding Jincheng, he did not return to the aid according to the military order. At that time, he retreated north on the surface, but in fact he used the night to return to the outside of Yanmen Pass again. He just sent a small army to take the banner and pretend to withdraw. After the great victory in Jincheng, Marshal Zhang led his 20,000 cavalry outside Yanmen Pass and southeast of Shuozhou City to raid the Yanmen Army that had run out of Yanmen Pass. The 20,000 Yanmen Army was wiped out, and 50,000 were returned to Qin with the military and civilians. Now, the two states of Yanmen Pass and Xin Dai are empty, and all the soldiers and horses are only 10,000. Now Marshal Zhang has taken advantage of the victory and goes south. It is just around the corner to take down Yanmen Town."
All the generals who heard this news were shocked. In fact, when Li Jing heard this news, he was also a little unbelievable. He originally thought that the expected goal of this battle was to repel the Hu people and then take down Datong Town, but he did not expect that Zhang Zimian violated the orders on the front line and indeed made a big surprise. He deserved to be the general who defeated Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao.
Because of this good news, Li Jing once again raised his expected goals for the battle. He was no longer satisfied with defeating the Hu people going south and seizing Datong Town. He wanted to take down all the Daibei areas north of Taiyuan and make his Shanxi province deserve it. At the same time, he also wanted to completely annihilate the Hu people who went south, and no Hu people allowed them to escape Yinshan.
"Liu Xun's Wansheng Army's 30,000 troops are heading north and advancing towards Yunzhou City step by step. It will take not long to recover the outer city. At the same time, there are 20,000 Li Siyuan's subordinates in Niupi Pass north of Yunzhou. Previously, the Hu people were heading straight to Yunzhou City, but seeing that Niupi Pass was difficult to get off, he passed by. But now, the entire Yunzhou City siege is progressing unfavorably, and the situation of the Hu people is beginning to be very bad. Their reinforcements will not arrive, and at the same time, they have lost half of their troops. Then, there are 50,000 troops in two north and south of the Yunzhou battlefield, and they are flanking."
Li Jing smiled and said, "If you were Yelu Shilu, what would you do?"
Wang Chong said in a deep voice: "Gather troops and attack Yunzhou with all our strength before our other reinforcements arrive. If we can conquer Yunzhou, then Niupi Pass will become an isolated army and naturally it is impossible to defend it. In this way, although they may not have gone south to meet with Yanmen Shatuo, they can still occupy Yunzhou. As long as their retreat is clear, they can conquer us in Yunzhou."
"This is a possibility. Of course, there is almost no possibility that it will really happen. Because Liu Xun and his team went north very quickly, they had no chance to attack Yunzhou with all their strength. At the same time, news of the loss of Yanmen Town will also come. At that time, Yelu Shilu, dared to stay in Yunzhou?" Li Jing said with a smile.
"Your Highness means that Yelu Dog Thief is going to escape?" Li Wei asked.
"According to the current situation, he will certainly have to escape. This is still the case when we have not shown our banner. If Yelu Shilu knew that we had an army of nearly 100,000 people here, and the army would still gather a unit of 100,000, he might have fled long ago." Li Jing was very happy about the huge advantage of the Qin army. Although the Qin army's mobilization of more than 200,000 troops was huge, the Qin army moved quickly this time, and released many smoke bombs. In addition, the Qin army strengthened its counter-espionage operations, the battlefield intelligence of the two sides was seriously asymmetric. This was one of the advantages of home battles, and intelligence often dominated the outcome of the war.
However, Li Jing's army could not be concealed for long. Over time, the Hu people would definitely find clues. What's more, as long as the news of the annihilation of the Yanmen Army came out, Yelu Shilu would definitely reconsider the entire situation. Without the joint operations of Yanmen, Cheng De and Wei Bo, how could he dare to continue fighting in Yunzhou, who had lost half of his troops?
"Our goal now is to wipe out the remaining 100,000 Hu people. Of course, the main thing is how to annihilate the 80,000 Hu people under Yunzhou City. If Yelu Shilu retreated now, it may be difficult for us to intercept and annihilate them. Once they retreated across Yinshan and the vast grasslands and Gobi deserts, it will be even more difficult for us to wipe out them." Li Jing pinched his chin and pointed to the sand table, "So, I plan to use these 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers to catch the big fish of Yelu Shilu."
"How to fish?" Qiu Shengong was confused on his face. If he annihilated these 20,000 Hu people, I am afraid that Yelu Shilu would escape faster.
Li Jing replied calmly: "Because Gu Hui led Yixun to attack the 20,000 Hu people who came to attack the three guards and the Secret Service, the attendant department and the second cavalry vanguard."
The three inner armies have one thousand Xunyi guards who come with the army this time, and the Secret Service and the Attendant Office each have one thousand. In addition, the Iron Cavalry Army, the Second Front Army, composed of Hu Cavalry, the Military Academy, the Township Soldiers, and the United Army, which is 10,000,000, which is only 15,000 in total.
"Your Highness, this is too risky. Let's fight for Your Highness. Anyway, we will win, and we will also belong to the King of Qin." Lao Hei advised.
After hearing this, Li Jing's face turned a little darker. He said this as if Li Jing was going to fight because jealousy was a merit and wanted to compete for me with his subordinates. It was really fucking. Li Jing was not such a person. He did not let the generals go to fight, but wanted to fight by himself, not for the sake of merit, but for fishing.
Li Jing sighed with his eyebrows raised.
His eyes swept over the generals. Fortunately, the only one who thought that was Qiu Shengong, the rough man. Perhaps Monk Hua had such an idea, but it was not revealed. However, the other generals all heard what Li Jing meant that the King of Qin wanted to catch big fish for bait himself.
"It's indeed a bit risky. Your Highness, why not take the opportunity to fight in the battle under the banner of King Qin!" Guan Junying, who had been closing his eyes and seemed to be asleep, suddenly opened his eyes and said sharply.
This old partner always supported him wholeheartedly. Li Jing nodded to him with appreciation, and then said, "You have to do enough when you do a show, not to mention that you also started your business immediately. In the early years, you were not a forward in the front line, not to mention, 15,000 elite soldiers are guarding you, what are you afraid of? If you don't let these Hu people take a closer look, I'm afraid it won't be easy to attract them to the trap."
"Think about it, when the Hulu pursued Li Siyuan all the way, Gu suddenly led 10,000 troops to kill the thief army, and then chased the Hu thief and went deep into the depths of the Great Wall. At this time, Yelu Shilu, who was hesitating at the city of Yunzhou, was hesitating whether to withdraw his troops immediately. If he heard that the king was leading a lonely army to his rear to chase a remnant Hu army, do you think he would think this is a good opportunity? If he could surround Gu, wouldn't he win without victory?"
"Your Highness, the Sa family has a doubt." Xuan Cheng asked.
"Please tell me." Li Jing said when he saw his serious appearance.
"Shajia believes that if His Highness leads 15,000 troops to ambush 20,000 tired Hu people from afar, he can wipe out them all in one battle, and he will not need to go deep outside the border to pursue the defeated army."
Li Jing glared at Monk Hua and was powerless to pay attention to him. He and Lao Hei were simply a pair of living treasures, with high qualifications and bravery, but unfortunately they lacked some strategy. If it weren't for the assistance of the marching Sima, the marching staff, the marching commander and other adjutants, he wouldn't dare let these two guys lead a army of troops.
"But this is too dangerous. If you are really surrounded, what should you do?" Eunuch Zhang Chengye said with concern, "The son of a thousand gold medal cannot sit in the hall, let alone the King of Qin, how can you do this kind of thing to lure thieves with your body as bait?"
"There is no danger. I am the only one who lures Yelu Shilu to come here in the Ming Dynasty, but you will follow nearby. Once Yelu Shilu takes the bait, you will immediately gather the net. Where will the danger come from?" Li Jing said confidently. There are always risks in fighting. Of course, there are risks when he is baiting, but the risk is very small, so small that he can be completely relieved.
If Li Jing's plan sent any general to be bait, they would not have any objection. But Li Jing had to be the bait himself, which made the generals constantly dissuaded him like a needle anvil.
Half an hour later, not only did he fail to convince the generals, but he was a little impatient by the increasing voices of the generals. Finally, he couldn't help but slapped the table: "Okay, there is nothing to say. Gu Yi has decided. You should obey Gu's command and order. This matter is agreed upon. Let's start discussing the specific combat plan now!"
Chapter completed!