MTL - Unparalleled Concubine-v2 Chapter 1045 Surrender!

   Chapter 1045 You surrender!

After   Chong Heng took over the Hanzhong Army, he had carefully studied the Southwest Army. In his opinion, the current strength of the Southwest Army, even if Tianlei was added, was not enough to go out to the east of Shu, and at least it needed to accumulate strength for several years.

   There are only one million households in the southwest. Even if the army is forced to recruit troops, it will not be enough to overthrow a unified dynasty. Therefore, it is not realistic to rebel in the southwest.

  Last year, the Yuwen Department in northern Xinjiang was the best opportunity for the Southwest. At that time, as long as the Southwest Army put down the figure of the Han family and joined forces with the Yuwen Department, under the attack of the north and the south, it was not impossible to destroy the Jin Dynasty.

It's just that the Southwest Army is not strong enough compared to the Yuwen Department. Even if it joins forces with the Yuwen Department to destroy the Great Jin Dynasty, I am afraid that it will not be able to get the world. It can only get half of the country like the Southern Jin Dynasty in the past, and it is separated from Yuwen Zhou by the river. confrontation.

  In Chong Heng's view, after this Jing'an Marquis missed this opportunity, most likely he won't make any big moves, but will hide in the southwest as a local emperor, quietly waiting for the next opportunity.

   However, Li Xin's behavior is always beyond everyone's expectations.

  Ankang is not very far from Xiangyang, even if the marching speed is not fast, after more than half a month, the 100,000 Southwest Army has already arrived at the city of Xiangyang.

  Yes, the Southwest Army did not come out in full force, only Mu Ying and Li Shuo led 50,000 people each to attack Xiangyang.

   On the city wall of Xiangyang, Pei Jin, Chong Heng and Xie Jing, each holding a telescopic mirror produced by a general in the capital, watched the Southwest Army several miles away.

Xie Jing put down the telescopic mirror, turned his head to look at the two generals standing beside him, and said: "Two, the scouts have sent more detailed information, this time the Southwest Army did not dispatch the whole army, only 100,000 people came. People, and my Xiangyang City now has about 150,000 troops, in my opinion, there is no need for us to defend the city, just go out of the city to meet the enemy."

"They are in Shu County, we are not familiar with the terrain, and there is Jianmen Pass blocking the road, the imperial court can't help them, but they took the initiative to walk out of the Jianmen Pass and collide with the imperial court, how can this military merit that is delivered to the door be rejected? "

  Xie Jing said solemnly: "After annihilating the 100,000 Southwest Army, the remaining Southwest Army will not be able to hold the Jianmen Pass. We can even wipe out the Southwest in one fell swoop and return to Beijing to receive the reward!"

   Zhongheng frowned slightly, but did not speak.

   Pei Jin glanced at Xie Jing, and said slowly: "General Xie has never fought against Li Changan, and he has never seen his power. He is too underestimated."

"He Li Changan has rarely lost in wars, big or small, for so many years. This man is extremely thoughtful and will never make such a mistake. Maybe he just wants to use relatively weak troops to lure us out of the city and fight him head-on. , when he bury some thunder in the ground, or set up an ambush, Xiangyang City will be destroyed in an instant."

   Pei Jin has suffered a great loss from Li Xin.

In the early years of Taikang, Pei Jin was the general of the forbidden army, and he was in charge of the two battalions of the forbidden army. It was also under the design of Li Xin and the emperor of Taikang who was driven from this position, especially after the eighth year of Taikang. At that time, Pei Jin was ordered by Emperor Taikang to go west and wanted to completely destroy the city of Hanzhou. The result was Tianlei's first official appearance. Pei Jin's army of hundreds of thousands of people was beaten and defeated. After returning to Beijing, he was directly furious. Emperor Taikang was demoted to a commoner!

   That time was also the battle of "Tianlei" to become famous.

   Pei Jin knew very well in his heart that when he suffered a big loss in the eighth year of Taikang, the Lord of Jing'an must be behind the scenes. Since then, he has been extremely jealous of Li Xin.

Seeing Pei Jin speak, the conservative Chong Heng was relieved, and he said, "I also agree with General Pei's words, Li Houye can't do such a stupid thing, he dares to attack Xiangyang, there must be something. Relying on, we can't act rashly, let alone go out of the city to meet the enemy without knowing anything about the enemy."

   "Xiangyang City is the heroic city of our Great Jin Dynasty. The ancestors of my family relied on this city to defend against the Northern Zhou Dynasty for decades. We have no reason to abandon the city and use it, but instead fight the enemy head-on."

   Having said this, Chong Heng said solemnly: "Let's keep it for a while, let's see what the Southwest Army has to rely on, and it's not too late to make a decision when we figure it out."

   "What can the Southwest Army have to rely on? It's nothing more than thunder."

  Xie Jing gritted his teeth and said: "General Pei has already created a battle formation to restrain Tianlei, we don't need to be afraid of this thing anymore, both of you were frightened by his Li Xin!"

Xie Jing and Chong Heng are both generals of the next generation of the Great Jin Dynasty, while Pei Jin is the senior among the seniors. If it weren't for the great defeat he fought in the eighth year of Taikang, he should be the southwest of the imperial court at this time. affairs, rather than negotiating with these two juniors here.

   The general frowned and glanced at Xie Jing, and said lukewarmly, "If Uncle Guo wants to fight, he will bring the Hanzhong Army to fight. My Ankang Army will not leave the city alone."

   After saying that, Pei Jin turned and left, unwilling to stand with Xie Jing.

  Chong Heng sighed slightly, turned his head to Xie Jing and said, "General, take a look at it first."

   In desperation, Xie Jing could only nod his head in agreement.

   The two of them continued to watch the movements of the Southwest Army with the telescopic mirror. They saw that these Southwest Army camped about ten miles outside the city of Xiangyang, and then began to cut down the surrounding trees to make catapults.

Heavy objects like catapults are difficult to carry remotely due to the transportation capacity of this era. Generally, materials are collected on the spot at the siege site. This is a compulsory course for all generals in this era. Every qualified general will be used to make them. The catapult of the siege.

  Xie Jing stood on the city wall and looked at the busy Southwest Army, and pouted in disdain.

   "No matter how many catapults they make, and there aren't too many stones nearby, even if there are, catapults can't threaten Xiangyang City. If they want to attack the city, they have to use human lives to fill it!"

   "I want to see how many lives they have in the Southwest Army!"

The lack of numbers is the key to the Southwest Army. Although the standing army of the imperial court plus the frontier army is only 500,000 or 600,000, it has a huge number of bases. As long as the imperial court gives an order, it is not a problem to create a million heroic divisions. In the entire southwest, there is no army of 300,000 people.

   If you can get it out, Southwest can't afford it.

In this way, the Southwest Army spent three days outside the city of Xiangyang, making catapults. By the third day, twenty catapults were almost finished. Li Xin, who was covered in armor, rode on a horse. Walking slowly towards Xiangyang City, he then looked at the three generals on the city wall with a telescopic mirror, only to find that all of them were old acquaintances.

   He stopped a stone's throw away from the city's head, then took off a simple amplified tin horn from the horse, and shouted loudly at the tower.

   "All the people on the city wall are acquaintances, some of them are my former members in the forbidden army. Li can't bear to let all of you go to waste, so you can surrender!"

  The people on the city wall vaguely heard Li Xin's voice, and everyone's expressions were different.

  Xie Jing with a sneer, said loudly to the city wall: "Could it be that Li Houye is out of luck? How can you say such a stupid thing? You 100,000 southwestern troops are dead, and you can't get on the city wall of Xiangyang City!"

   "It's better for Lord Li to kneel and surrender now. Your Majesty, for the sake of Princess Qinghe, might even give your family a way out!"

   Li Xin, who was sitting on the horse, shook his head helplessly, threw the tin horn aside, and waved his hand behind him.

   Then he turned the horse's head.

   Behind Mu Ying, seeing Li Xin's gesture, her face flushed, and she roared fiercely.

   "The catapult, hit me!"

   "Fight more accurately!"

   (end of this chapter)