Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 651 The battle of Chang'an is temporarily suspended
Chapter 652: The Battle of Chang'an is Paused
Li You and Bailijin left the palace in a daze, walking on Chang'an Avenue, they could still hear the shouts of killing coming from the city gates around them, and there was not a single commoner on the street anymore, everyone was killed The dark clouds of war hung over, shivering.

"Doctor Baili, do you have time to sit at the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Li You said to Bailijin as the two walked together.

Bailijin turned his head and glanced at Li You, and knew that Li You must be discussing with him because of what Ying Zhuang said just now, so he nodded and said, "Okay!"

The two came to Li You's mansion and sat facing each other in the garden of Li You's mansion.Li You asked his servants to serve him two cups of hot tea, and then he asked his servants to leave. In the huge garden, only Li You and Bailijin were left.

After taking a sip of tea, Li You said, "Doctor Baili, you heard what His Majesty said today very clearly. You are a veteran of my court. I really want to hear your opinion?"

Bailijin shook his head and said, "I don't even know. Now that I am a great Qin Dynasty, only the lonely city of Chang'an is left. Although there are still tens of thousands of elites, how can I get hundreds of thousands of Deng outside the city?" What about the army? Although the old man is very reluctant to see the Great Qin destroyed, but to be honest, the old man really doesn't have much confidence in Bai Qi this time."

Li You nodded, and said: "What Doctor Baili said is exactly what I thought in my heart. Although Bai Qi is one of the few famous generals in the world, as the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat with four hands. In Chang'an's mere Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is too difficult to compete with the hundreds of thousands of Deng Jun gathered by famous generals outside the city. It is not a pity for you and me to die, but we have promised in front of His Majesty that we will preserve Ying Qin's blood no matter what. His direct lineage is all in Chang'an City. If we fight to the end, once the city is broken, I am afraid it will be very tragic. The tragedy of the Xiang Kingdom in the past is still vivid in my mind. If we take ten thousand steps back, even if we can escort the prince out of the encirclement , but the sky is big and the earth is big, where is there a place for us Qin people?"

When the Qin Dynasty fell, the main force of the Kwantung Rebel Army was in the Central Plains. Even if Xianyang fell, the Longxi area was still under the control of the Qin Dynasty. The land of Liang rebuilt the Qin State, but now Longxi and Xiliang are under the control of Deng Jun. In the whole world, except for the lonely city of Chang'an, there is no piece of land that belongs to the Qin State. After leaving Chang'an, you can go to Where is it?
"Then according to Li Xiangzhi, we are going to open the city and surrender?" Bailijin asked tentatively. The word surrender has never belonged to the state of Qin. The main reason is that every time the people of Qin surrender, they will bring endless pain Pain, more than 200 years ago, Zhang Han led his troops to surrender to Xiang Yu, resulting in 20 Qin soldiers being killed, and Ying Ziying surrendering to Liu Bang, resulting in the slaughter of the Ying family by Xiang Yu, so the people of Qin dare not surrender, for fear of repeating what happened more than 200 years ago However, things have come to this point, and it seems that they have no other way to preserve Ying Qin's bloodline except surrender.

Li You shook his head and said: "This is just the last helpless choice. Your Majesty is still here. I have tens of thousands of elites in Daqin. Although it is difficult, it is not hopeless. Let's wait!"

Although Li You said that he had no hope for Bai Qi, he still hoped that God would take pity on Qin and give Qin a way out. If, if Bai Qi could really repel Deng Jun, then Qin would be able Here we go again.

Bailijin nodded and said, "Yes, then wait a little longer!"

At the same time, on the top of Chang'an City, Bai Qi personally led the army and once again repelled the attack of Deng Jun. He was sitting on the tower with a haggard face. Ten days, Bai Qi felt as if ten years had passed.

"Your Majesty!" Qin General Bai Chen came in to report to Bai Qi just after counting the casualties.

"What's the matter? How about our casualties today?" Bai Qi asked with bloodshot eyes.

Bai Chen replied: "Our army suffered more than 1000 casualties today, which is not too great, but now the city is in short supply of medicines, and many wounded soldiers cannot be treated at all. Without sufficient medicines, these wounded soldiers may have to wait to die. In addition, there is also a big problem with the food in the city, and according to estimates, there is enough food for the entire city's soldiers and civilians for about a month."

The casualties of the army are not the biggest problem, because Deng Jun's casualties are even greater than theirs, but the problem is that the Qin army is now trapped in Chang'an City, without any support, and can only rely on the food and medicine stored in the city, but The problem of food has always been a big problem for Qin. Although Qin has been paying attention to hoarding food for many years, although Chang'an City is large, the food stored is limited after all. All important towns were captured by Deng Jun, and Qin's food supply had already bottomed out.

There are tens of thousands of elites, tens of thousands of officials, and 10,000+ ordinary people in the city. With so many people, how can the food in Chang'an City alone be enough?It's okay for a short time, but now there are hundreds of thousands of Deng Jun outside Chang'an City. If there is enough food, it's okay. After all, Deng Jun has hundreds of thousands of troops fighting. For three years, without fighting, Deng Jun retreated by himself, but the problem is that there is only one month left of Qin's grain.

When Bai Qi heard the words, he immediately looked desperate. There was no food, no matter how capable he was, he couldn't continue to fight Deng Jun.

"The general knows, you go down first!" Bai Qi said helplessly.

"Here!" Bai Chen responded and left.

After Bai Chen left, Bai Qi began to recall the past, when he ambushed Zhou Shen, the No. The Han army finally set the tripod for Qin and returned to his homeland. He was himself, how high-spirited he was, and made him one of the top few famous generals in the world. Later, he captured Nanshangdang, Hanoi County, Henan County, even against the No. 1 general in the world, Zhao Xin, did not lose the wind. Relying on a big banner, he retreated 1 Zhao troops. He has a great reputation. Everyone is looking forward to the fact that the Qin army can be led by Bai Qi , sweeping the world again.

Where did the decline of Qin State start?Bai Qi knows very well that the prosperity of Qin State is due to him, and the decline of Qin State is also due to him. If he hadn't insisted on leading the army to attack Bashu back then, resulting in the death of 10,000+ Qin troops in Bashu, Qin State would not have survived. It was reduced to such a field, but Bai Qi asked himself that his original decision was not wrong. If Bashu had not been attacked, why would Qin be fighting with Deng Zhao?It's just that he made a bad move and lost miserably.

After the Battle of Jianshan, the Qin State seemed to have fallen into an endless loop, with repeated battles and repeated defeats. It lost Nanshangdang and Hanoi County successively, and also lost 20 elite soldiers. It was also from that time that Qin State Falling behind Deng Zhao in an all-round way, there is no chance of rising.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi walked out of the city tower, came to the top of the city, and looked east, as if he saw Mount Li, where the tomb of Qin Shihuang was located. The emperor seemed to show the hope of Qin's rise, but now it seems that it is just the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Daqin's 200 years of painstaking efforts have only resulted in such an ending?" Bai Qi closed his eyes and murmured.

After nightfall, Deng Jun's camp outside Chang'an City, in the large tent of the Chinese army, was brightly lit. Xue Rengui called all the generals to discuss matters. They fought for ten days in a row. The casualties of Deng Jun were also huge, although Xue Rengui wanted to take Chang'an as soon as possible. City, but you can't ignore the casualties, right?After all, the enemy of Deng State is not only Qin State, but also Zhao State. Although the damage in Chang'an City will not seriously hurt Deng State's vitality, it will inevitably hurt his muscles and bones. The time to attack Zhao is probably far away. Just as Xue Rengui was still hesitating whether to continue this offensive, Ming Jing hidden in the city of Chang'an finally sent an exciting news.

"Everyone, Chang'an Mingjing tried its best to send me a message yesterday that Emperor Qin is dying of illness and will die soon!" Xue Rengui said.

"Is this true?" Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the words. They didn't know how old Emperor Qin was, but he was definitely younger. If Emperor Qin died, the emperor who succeeded him would definitely be a child. , How can it support Qin?

"Then what is the general going to do?" Li Siye asked.

Xue Rengui sighed and said: "Our army attacked Chang'an for ten days, and the casualties were quite heavy. The soldiers are very tired. If we continue to fight, I am afraid that the gains will not be worth the losses. We planned to postpone the offensive. It happened that Emperor Qin was critically ill. Once Emperor Qin If he dies, the morale of the Qin army will be low, and if we attack the city at that time, the chances of breaking the city will be much higher."

"But General, although Emperor Qin is said to be critically ill, no one knows when he will die. If he survives until winter, won't our army miss this opportunity?" Deng Han said with some disapproval.

Deng Jun's initial goal of 60 was to break through Chang'an City before winter. If the offensive is postponed, Deng Jun will be forced to stop attacking once it is delayed until winter. Most of Deng Jun's soldiers are from the south, and it is impossible to do so. To fight in the middle of winter, so once winter comes, Deng Jun can only wait for the spring of the next year before attacking the city.

"Your Highness, of course we won't wait so long. It's midsummer and it's not conducive to combat. I planned to take this opportunity to take a break. After all, the soldiers have hardly heard of the battle since the beginning of spring last year. They are very tired. Wait until autumn It would be more appropriate to attack the city in a fresh autumn." Xue Rengui said patiently, although Deng Han had repeatedly stated that he was only a general of the Yiwei, but Xue Rengui had to be polite, after all, Deng Han's identity was the current king of Jin.

Deng Han listened to Xue Rengui's explanation, although he still didn't quite agree with it. After all, midsummer is not midwinter, so why can't we fight?But in view of his status, he still didn't say much, after all, Xue Rengui was the main general.

Seeing that Deng Han no longer raised any objections, Xue Rengui said to the crowd again: "What do you think?"

Everyone thought about it for a while, and they all felt that it was no big deal. After all, the continuous battles during this period, not to mention the soldiers under their hands, even they were quite tired. It is of course good to have a chance to rest, so they said in unison : "It's all up to the general!"

The next day, Bai Qi discovered that Deng Jun was not attacking the city.Although I felt very strange in my heart, I didn't think too much about it. After all, now that the Qin army is trapped in Chang'an City, even if Deng Jun has some conspiracy and tricks, I can't do anything about it. During this period of practice, the pressure she was under was really too great.

Just as the war in Chang'an subsided temporarily, Jinyang City, thousands of miles away, also ushered in a victorious army. After three months, Li Rubing finally defeated the Hu army and returned to the dynasty. He won, but the Zhao army suffered a great loss. Li Rubing led an army of 30 to fight, and only [-] or [-] were able to return in the end, which made most of Zhao's people hang up white banners.

After Li Rubing returned to Jinyang, he went to the palace non-stop, because as soon as he returned to Jinyang, he discovered that the Battle of Guanzhong had ended like this. Only one city of Chang'an was left in Qin State. Li Rubing was very upset because of the sharp edge of the army, he actually took the initiative to withdraw from the Central Plains and stick to the front line of the Yellow River.

When Li Rubing entered the palace, Mrs. Song and all the important ministers of Zhao Guo were waiting for him.

"My minister, Li Rubing, kowtows to the Empress Dowager!" Li Rubing, wearing armor, bowed in salute.

Song Shi nodded and said, "General, please get up!"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Li Rubing stood up and thanked.

Song said with a smile: "The Great General defeated hundreds of thousands of barbarians in the battle of Northern Xinjiang, and made our country proud. The Ai family has discussed with all the ministers and decided to confer the Great General as Lord Wu'an."

Lord Wu An is not unique to Qin State. In Zhao State, besides Bai Qi of Qin State, Li Mu of Zhao State was also Wu An Lord, and Su Qin, who was the Prime Minister of the Six Kingdoms, was also named Wu An Lord.

"Empress Dowager, there is no rush to confer rewards. I have something unclear, please ask Empress Dowager to clarify!" Li Rubing said.

"I don't know why the general is puzzled?" Song said.

Li Rubing said: "Empress Dowager, Zhao Qin is an ally. Now that Deng Guo has beaten Qin to the point where there is only an isolated city left, why did I, Da Zhao, not send troops to rescue? Also, why did I abandon the land of the Central Plains? You know, back then In order to capture the Central Plains, I, Great Zhao, also lost countless soldiers."

Li Rubing's attitude seemed to be questioning the Song family, but the Song family could not blame Li Rubing, after all, Li Rubing had just won the battle in northern Xinjiang, and his prestige was at its peak.

"This..." Mrs. Song looked at Lin Qingfeng a little helplessly.

Seeing this, Lin Qingfeng bit the bullet and quickly explained: "The general doesn't know something. Ever since the general led his army northward to fight against the Hu people, the Deng army has stepped up its offensive against Qin. Emperor Deng ordered his son Jin Wang Deng Han to lead 15 Wan Dajun reinforced Guanzhong, which greatly increased the strength of Deng Jun who was besieging Guanzhong. At the same time, after several defeats in Qin State, the whole country had less than 20 troops. It is not that I, Da Zhao, do not want to rescue Qin State, but have the intention to rescue Qin State. Powerless, after the general went north, there are only 20 soldiers left in my Great Zhao. If I want to rescue Qin, I am afraid that these [-] people will have to be sent to Guanzhong. What about Da Zhao? And the reason why I gave up the Central Plains The same is true for the land, please forgive me, General!"

Li Rubing frowned immediately when he heard the words. He suddenly heard that the Qin State was about to fall, and he was impatient for a moment. I don't care about the life and death of Qin State, but I am worried that if there is no support from Qin State, when Deng State attacks in the future, Zhao State will not be able to stop it.

So he sighed and said, "It's my minister Menglang, I hope the Empress Dowager will forgive me!"

"It doesn't matter, the general is also concerned about Zhao. The Ai family understands that the general must be very tired when he returns from the expedition, and he must go back to the mansion to rest. If there is anything important, we will discuss it tomorrow morning." Song said magnanimously .

"Here! Your Excellency will leave!" Li Rubing agreed and left.

With the news of Zhao's tragic victory in the northern border, Ming Jing also immediately transmitted the news back to Wancheng.

After Deng Sheng got the news, he summoned a group of important ministers to discuss. Now that Chang'an City has not yet been taken, and the war in Zhao's northern border is over, Deng Sheng is afraid that Zhao Guoguo will send troops to the south to rescue Chang'an, which will cause another disturbance in the Guanzhong war. It can't change the overall situation, but I don't want to cause extra problems.

"Zhuqing, Mingjing sent back news from Hebei that Li Rubing had defeated the Hu army and led his army back to Jinyang." Deng Sheng said.

"So fast? Does Your Majesty know the casualties of Zhao Jun in this battle?" Cui Hao asked.

Deng Sheng said: "According to Ding Jing's secret report, Zhao Jun's victory this time can be described as miserable. He wiped out 10,000+ Hu people, but he also lost [-] to [-] elites."

Speaking of this, Deng Sheng couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart. Although he admired Zhao Guo's behavior, he had to say that Zhao Guo lost 10,000+ troops in the first battle, which was also good news for Deng Guo.

"That's really great!" Everyone was very happy when they heard that. Before the Battle of Northern Border, the Zhao Kingdom had only 50 troops. Now it has lost 10,000+ in the first battle, which can be said to be a serious injury.

"Zhao's loss of troops and loss of generals is certainly a good thing for my Great Deng, but now my main task is to break through Chang'an City and pacify Guanzhong. I am worried that after Zhao's foreign invasion is relieved, he will send his troops south to rescue Chang'an City." Deng Sheng said.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry!" Zhang Bin said: "The Zhao Kingdom has lost its soldiers and generals in this battle, and its strength has been greatly damaged. It is impossible for them to go south. On the contrary, what they are more worried about is how to recover before my great Deng goes north."

"Although that's the case, we have to guard against it!" Deng Sheng said. He also knew that the chances of Zhao Jun going south were not high, but some things were not afraid of [-], just in case. What if Zhao Guo lost his mind?
Cui Hao said: "If your majesty is worried, you can call General Xue Rengui on the front line to strengthen defense, and also call His Royal Highness King Wei of Xingyang and General Murongchui of Puyang to order them to reorganize the army and deal with the Zhao army going south at any time. Don't worry too much, the overall situation in Guanzhong has been decided, even if Zhao Jun really goes south, it will not help, my Great Deng will take Guanzhong is a foregone conclusion."

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "That's the only way!"

(End of this chapter)