Chapter 867: Yuwen Chengdu's revenge

After receiving Yang Su's letter of request for help, Yang Jian attached great importance to it, and immediately convened a military and political meeting to discuss, and soon after sent 20,000 troops to support, so that the strength of Yique Pass also reached 45,000.

However, the increase in troops could not solve the crisis in Yique Pass, because what Yique Pass lacked was not soldiers, but fierce generals who could block one side.

At present, among the famous generals in Yique Pass, Yang Su is the only one who can be named, and he is still a Confucian general, as for Wang Fang, he is only a second-rate martial artist.

After the southeast and south armies of the Kwantung Coalition Army met, there were thirteen princes, and there were countless generals under their command, how could one Yang Su resist?

Li Shimin saw the predicament of Yique Pass at a glance, and after receiving Yang Su's letter for help, he also held a military and political meeting as soon as possible to discuss who to send to support, as for this candidate......

The killing intent in Yuwen Chengdu's eyes was almost condensed, and he clenched his fists and said coldly: "General, the last general asked to go to support Yique Pass." ”

Seeing that Yuwen Chengdu was full of murderous energy, Li Shimin didn't know that he wanted to avenge his father, but at this time, Yuwen Chengdu was obviously about to lose his mind, and it was very likely that something bad would happen if he really let him go, but if he didn't let him take revenge, he would definitely hate himself.

It's really hard to do! Li Shimin sighed in his heart.

Just when Li Shimin was in a dilemma, Yang Guang walked quickly to Li Shimin's ear and whispered: "Just let General Chengdu go, I will go with him this time, rest assured, I will definitely not let him mess around." ”

"That's all there is to it."

Li Shimin sighed and said that the situation he was facing was becoming more and more difficult, and there must not be a little contradiction within him at this time.

In the more than a month that Guangcheng and Xuanyuan were broken one after another, Dong Zhuo's verdict on Li Shimin's defeat finally came down.

After much deliberation, the civil and military officers of Chang'an could not find a general who could replace Li Shimin to defeat Qin Hao, so they finally decided to allow Li Shimin to make meritorious service and still let Li Shimin serve as the chief general of the Sizhou Liang Army.

I have to say that Dong Zhuo has dragged Li Shimin back this time, if this verdict can be brought down earlier, Li Shimin may be able to save Yu Wenhua, but after this verdict is issued, Guangcheng Pass has been broken by Bai Qi.

Li Shimin didn't have time to react, and then Sun Jian led the army to completely block the retreat of Xuanyuan Pass, and at this time, Li Shimin was too late even if he wanted to save Yu Wenhua.

Soon after, Yu Wenhua and the army were defeated and killed, and there was only one Yique Pass left in the southern three passes of Sizhou.

After getting the news, Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

The two Xiongguan guarded by the 40,000-strong army did not hold out even for a short month, and the casualties caused to the coalition army did not even reach one to two......

Li Shimin couldn't believe that this was true, how could Yang Jian's vision of people be so bad?

In fact, regarding the defense of the three passes in the south of Sizhou, the candidates for the guards were not sent by Li Shimin, they were all Yang Jian's henchmen, and they were personally assigned by Yang Jian.

Li Shimin actually wanted to replace himself with his own people, but considering that he had just arrived, such an eagerness to replace Yang Jian's people would definitely cause dissatisfaction within Yang Jianjun.

Li Shimin didn't know the abilities of the three of them, but he believed that Yang Jian's vision of people, coupled with the fact that the main force of the coalition had been in the Tiger Prison Pass before, so the change of generals was temporarily delayed.

However, the result of this order exceeded everyone's expectations, and in just one month, the two levels were broken one after another.

Li Shimin must not be blamed for the fall of the two passes this time, after all, the guards of the three passes are all Yang Jian's people.

Yang Jian is actually quite wronged, his vision of people is not bad, Yu Wenhua and Han Baohu can serve as a guard, but this time the opponent they face is too strong, completely beyond their ability, even if Li Shimin personally designates the guard, I am afraid the result will not change.

It's too late to say anything now, the three passes have already lost two passes, and Yique Pass bears the same heavy responsibility as the Tiger Prison Pass, and once Yique Pass is breached, the coalition army will drive straight to Luoyang City, so Yique Pass must not have any mistakes.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin no longer had any hesitation, and immediately ordered: "Yang Guang, Yuwen Chengdu, Shi Wansui, Chai Shao, and Yujuluo, now order you and the other five to go and help General Yang Su defend Yique Pass." ”

"No."

The five generals responded in unison, and Yuwen Chengdu's eyes flashed with a hint of gratitude, and then left with the four of them.

As soon as the five generals left, Du Ruhui stood up on the back foot and said: "Lord, our army has consumed a lot of troops in defending the city for more than a month, and I am afraid that there will be a gap if we continue to defend with the current strength, so it is time to ask Luoyang for reinforcements." ”

The situation on Li Shimin's side is completely different from that of the southern three passes, Li Shimin has always used 50,000 troops against Qin Hao's 330,000 army, but he has not asked Luoyang for help in the face of six times more than his own enemy army, and the only time is that Yang Guang has transferred 10,000 cavalry with a false order.

However, after more than a month of offensive and defensive battles, whether it is the coalition army or the Liang army, the consumption of troops is very large.

In addition to the all-out attack at the beginning, the subsequent attacks were organized and rational, consuming the Liang Army's flying stones while consuming the strength of the Liang Army.

Gradually, the flying stones in the Tiger Prison Pass were finally insufficient, and the coalition forces finally took out their catapults, and began to carry out the most violent counterattack with the collected flying stones, and the casualties of the Liang army gradually increased.

After more than a month of offensive and defensive battles, the Liang army had damaged more than 10,000 troops, and most of the remaining troops were extremely tired, while the coalition army had suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and more than one-third of the troops in the army were also extremely tired.

If this trend continues, the coalition forces may be able to forcibly break through the Tiger Prison in less than half a month, but there are still enough reinforcements in Luoyang, the rear of the Tiger Prison Pass, and Li Shimin will definitely ask for reinforcements if necessary.

The princes of the coalition also knew that this battle would definitely be fought, and it would be impossible to gnaw the hard bone of the tiger prison without breaking a few teeth, so they were all ready to fight a protracted battle and vomit blood.

Of course, Li Shimin also knew that the Tiger Prison Pass was about to reach its limit, and now it was time to ask for help, so he didn't want to nod directly and said: "What the military advisor said is very true, and the general will write a letter asking for help." ”

There were less than 40,000 troops in the Tiger Prison Pass, and most of them were exhausted, so Li Shimin directly took up the pen and wrote after a little contemplation, asking Yang Jian to send him 30,000 fresh reinforcements.

At that time, the situation on the side of Tiger Prison Pass will also become 70,000 defenders against 300,000 coalition troops, and Li Shimin's certainty of holding on will be greater under the long-term elimination of the other.