Martial Arts: Breaking the thunder with a snap of a finger, do you think you are a doctor?

"Haha!"

Seeing Li Jing so confident, Cao Changqing was also very happy.

Cao Changqing also knew about Li Jing's character. Although he was still young, he was calm and steady.

Since Li Jing said so, it means that he is absolutely sure.

"I naturally believe in General Li's ability."

"But in this siege, we are not the main force. Someone will be more anxious than us."

Cao Changqing nodded and spoke slowly.

After listening to Cao Changqing's words, Guo Jia, who was following Li Jing, said:

"Does the Prime Minister want to use this to consume the strength of the Northern Liang Army?"

"Yes."

Cao Changqing nodded slightly and said:

"We have never been allies with Northern Liang!"

"The previous cooperation was only because we had a common enemy, the Liyang Royal Family."

"Now the Liyang Royal Family has no power to turn the tide. Once we capture Tai'an City, our relationship with Northern Liang will be enemies, not friends."

"Before I came, His Majesty had already ordered General Xiang Yu to secretly march to Xiameng Pass."

"When the time is right, lead the army north to cut off the retreat of the Northern Liang Army. We must not let Xu Xiao and these 200,000 Northern Liang troops return to Northern Liang!"

At the end of his speech, a hint of hatred also appeared in Cao Changqing's eyes.

Cao Changqing will never forget that it was Xu Xiao who led his troops to attack the capital of Chu State, causing the 337 women he loved the most to die.

Cao Changqing will never forget this hatred.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Beiliang is the base camp of Xu Xiao, and it has been managed like an iron barrel.

Once Xu Xiao leads his troops back to Beiliang, it will be very difficult for them to conquer Beiliang again.

"Now is indeed a great opportunity to take Beiliang in one fell swoop."

"But Xu Xiao is shrewd and has a wise man like Li Yishan to help him. I believe he will not let us sit back and reap the benefits so easily."

"And this person is very calculating. There must be a backhand behind him, and we must be on guard!"

Li Jing said with a serious face.

"Beimang!"

At this time, Guo Jia suddenly spoke and uttered two words.

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Cao Changqing's face immediately showed appreciation.

"Right!"

"Beimang is indeed very likely to be the way out that Xu Xiao left for himself."

"It is rumored that when Xu Xiao was young, he had a relationship with the Queen of Beimang."

Cao Changqing began to talk.

"But they would never guess what the real strength of our Chu State is." (cdfa)

"General Yue has now rushed to Beidi City. After dealing with Zhao Bing, the King of Yan, and taking Jiaozhou, he can go directly west and north to contain Beimang."

"When the time comes, it will not be so easy for Beimang to send troops to help Xu Xiao."

"ThenWith the cooperation of the man in Tai'an City, we must not let Xu Xiao escape this time!"

Speaking of this, Cao Changqing was a little excited.

Cao Changqing couldn't imagine it now. The Chu State had just been restored not long ago, but it already had such a strong strength now. It was not much worse than when the Chu State was strong.

In terms of civil officials and military generals, they were even better.

There were Cao Changqing, Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Xun Yu and others in the civil service, and Yue Fei, Li Jing, Han Xin and others in the military service. The Chu State at that time did not have such a luxurious lineup.

"So what we have to do now is to feint, build up momentum, preserve strength, and wait for the arrival of the real war."

Cao Changqing said.

"Prime Minister!"

"If the Northern Liang Army also delays time like us, how should we deal with it? ”

“This will give the Liyang court a chance to catch its breath.”

“Once reinforcements from other places arrive, it will be difficult to capture Tai'an City.” (To read the exciting novels, go to Fulu Novels!)

Li Jing spoke out his doubts.

“They won't!”

Cao Changqing shook his head with certainty and said:

“It has been half a year since Xu Xiao started his army.”

“After all, the three states of Beiliang are bitter and cold. Even if Xu Xiao has been preparing for many years, the food and grass of 300,000 soldiers must have been almost exhausted in the past six months.”

“Once the food and grass are exhausted, it will be really dangerous.”

“So Xu Xiao can't afford to delay.” ”

Speaking of which, the Chu State used the land of Shu to support an army of 600,000 to fight on two fronts, which was even more aggressive than Beiliang.

If it weren’t for the support of Yechen and Xueyue City, the Chu State would have been defeated long ago.

“I understand.”[]

Li Jing nodded in agreement.

Indeed!

They don’t have to worry about the food crisis, but Beiliang can’t hold on.

“You guys go ahead and do your work. I need to go to Tai’an City to see that person. ”

Cao Changqing stood up and said.

Li Jing and the others didn’t say much after hearing this. They also knew who Cao Changqing wanted to see when he entered Tai’an City at this time.

It was Gu Jiantang, the Minister of War of the Liyang Dynasty and the commander of the troops in Tai’an City.

During the previous battle at Kuimen Pass, Cao Changqing rushed to Kuimen Pass on Jiang Ni’s orders and tried to recruit Gu Jiantang.

Gu Jiantang’s loyalty to the Liyang Royal Family was limited. Naturally, he was unwilling to fight to the death for the Liyang Dynasty at this time.

After Cao Changqing revealed part of the true strength of the Chu State to Gu Jiantang and promised some benefits, Gu Jiantang weighed the pros and cons and decided to surrender to the Chu State.

It was precisely because of the secret cooperation of Gu Jiantang, the general guarding the pass, that Li Jing and the others were able to break through Kuimen Pass so easily.

Otherwise, with Kuimen Pass,With the defense of Kuimen Pass and the 400,000 troops led by Gu Jiantang stationed there, Li Jing and Xu Xiao would have to pay a heavy price if they wanted to break through Kuimen Pass, and it was even possible that they would not be able to break through.

Even so, both Chu and Beiliang suffered considerable losses.

One hundred thousand cavalrymen from Beiliang died in Kuimen Pass, and Chu also lost nearly one hundred thousand soldiers.

This number was also the result of a discussion between Cao Changqing and Gu Jiantang.

First of all, Gu Jiantang must not be defeated too badly.

Otherwise, Gu Jiantang would not be able to keep his life after returning to Tai'an City, let alone continue to command the army.

In addition, Beiliang must not suffer too much loss. If the loss is too great, Xu Xiao may retreat and withdraw to Beiliang in advance.

So in the end, at the cost of 200,000 losses on the Chu and Beiliang sides, they broke through Kuimen Pass and killed 350,000 troops of the Liyang Dynasty.

In this way, the Liyang court can have some explanation.

After all, the Beiliang King Xu Xiao is famous, and it is understandable that Gu Jiantang is not his opponent.

And the 50,000 remnants taken away by Gu Jiantang in the end are all Gu Jiantang's direct forces.

With the existence of these 50,000 troops, the Liyang royal family did not dare to easily attack Gu Jiantang, and the Liyang court now really had no one available.

In this way, although Gu Jiantang was defeated, it is likely that the Liyang royal family will still appoint him as the defense commander of Tai'an City.

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