Chapter 604: Battle of Baoxiadao

On March 22, the fourth year of Tiantong, Baogu was one of the important passages connecting Shu Hanzhong to Guanzhong. Going forward is the Baoxie Road, which is also the best way to walk. From Hanzhong to Guanzhong, generally speaking, there are only three roads that are best to walk. One is the Chencang Road where Han Xin entered Shu, the second is the Baoxie Road, the third is the Qishan Road, and the fourth road, that is the Ziwu Road. However, the Ziwu Road is rugged and not suitable for large army to walk. Even if you enter alone, you will encounter life danger at any time. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, people only know the existence of this road, but no one dares to walk. At least, no army dares to walk this road.

Baoxie Road is the road chosen by Li Siye to enter Guanzhong. This is the best way to walk, which is much easier to walk than Chencang Road. After all, Baoxie Road is an important passage between Shu and Guanzhong since the pre-Qin period. It has long been very complete. Chencang Road was only repaired when King Liu Bang of Han left Shu. After so many years, Chencang Road has long been unsuitable for large army to walk.

Starting from Hanzhong and passing through the Baoxie Road, you can reach Mei County in Fufeng County directly. As long as you occupy Mei County, the Deng army can attack Zhucheng in the west, cut off Guanzhong and Xiliang, and advance to Chang'an in the east. Moreover, once you occupy Mei County, the Deng army's troops and food, grass and supplies can enter Guanzhong continuously.

However, it is not easy to get through the Baoxia Road. Although the Baoxia Road is the most perfect road to leave Shu, the ruggedness of the road still cannot accommodate 100,000 Deng troops to pass at the same time. What's more, Geng Yue, the general of the Qin army, personally led 30,000 elite troops to guard the intersection.

Speaking of which, since Geng Yue took over the task of defending Qinchuan, he led 50,000 elite troops to Qinchuan. At the same time, Geng Yue also knew the routes of Deng's army leaving Shu, so he divided 15,000 troops to garrison Sanguan, and 5,000 elite troops to garrison Ziwu Road. Sanguan is one of the four barriers in Guanzhong, which is very dangerous. Ten5,000 elite troops to garrison, which is enough to resist tens of thousands of Deng's troops. Ziwu Road is the most difficult and difficult road to succeed. Even if the Deng army wants to go, it is only a few thousand troops. It is more than enough to garrison with 5,000 elite troops, but this is the best way to go, so Geng Yue personally led 30,000 elite troops to guard the road and set up camp at the road entrance, with a strong attitude of being a man as a pass and a thousand men cannot drive.

Li Siye was also very clear that Geng Yue, who wanted to enter Guanzhong, could not get by, so he sent Li Jing to lead 50,000 Tianwuwei to attack Geng Yue's camp. However, Li Siye would not go all the way to the black. He also sent Wudangwei to attack Sanguan. The distance between Sanguan and Xiegu was not far. Li Siye did this to prevent the Qin army from Sanguan to support Xiegu.

Li Jing led a large army in the Baoxia Road. The Baoxia Road was narrow and not suitable for camping. Li Jing's Tianwu Guard had to rest in the open air.

Li Jing led the four generals Luo Yi, Yang Lin, Fu Youde, Li Siwen and military advisor Jia Xu to station the horse before the Qin army camp, with helplessness in his eyes. Since he arrived at Baoxie Road, Li Jing has sent troops to the Qin army camp to challenge several times, but Geng Yue is still unmoved and cannot defend himself.

"General, the Qin army will not defend the enemy. If you attack for a strong force, there will be great casualties. What should we do now?" Yang Lin asked Li Jing.

Although 50,000 elite troops entered the Baoxie Road, with the ruggedness of the Baoxie Road, it was impossible for the 50,000 troops to be fully deployed on the battlefield. The Qin army camp was right in front of us, and there was not enough troops to be able to be defeated at all.

Li Jing thought for a while and said, "Although the strong attack will be very casualties, if we don't have a strong attack, we may not be able to break through the Qin army's defense line in our lives. Luo Yi and Yang Lin obeyed the order!"

"The last one is here!" Yang Lin and Luo Yi responded.

"I'm going to order you to lead our troops to attack the Qin army camp at all costs." Li Jing gritted his teeth and said.

"General?" Luo Yi and Yang Lin were very puzzled. Li Jing has always loved soldiers like his sons and cherished the lives of soldiers the most. Don't he know the price of attacking the Qin army camp? Maybe they will have to get all 20,000 troops in.

"No need to say much, just do what I want!" Li Jing saw that Luo Yi and Yang Lin were confused, but at this time Li Jing had no intention of explaining to them, just letting them take the order to do it.

"Here!" Although Yang Lin and Luo Yi were puzzled, they had to take the order and leave.

"Kill!" Deng's army rushed forward and rushed straight to the Qin army camp. The Qin army was not showing any weakness, and the rain of arrows fell into the sky made Deng's army unable to get close, but instead lost hundreds of soldiers. Seeing this, Luo Yi and Yang Lin couldn't help but feel nervous. He had just launched an attack, and even the wall of the Qin army camp lost hundreds of people. How could he continue to fight? But given Li Jing's order, the two of them had to bite the bullet and go on.

In the Qin army camp and in the central tent, the Qin army general Yuan Bupo hurried in and said to Geng Yue, who was sitting in the main seat: "General, the Deng army has launched an attack."

"How many people have come? How is the battle situation now?" Geng Yue asked.

Yuan Bupo replied: "This time, the Deng army came to attack and about 20,000 people, but before we got close to our camp, hundreds of people were shot and killed by our army's arrow rain. However, the Deng army did not retreat, but continued to attack."

"Hmph! Moths flew into the fire, Li Jing did not take the lives of the Deng army soldiers seriously. Well, since he didn't know how to live or die, then we will fulfill his orders and pass on the orders. Everyone must not attack, and let the archers keep firing arrows. I want to see how many people in the Deng army can die." Geng Yue sneered.

In Geng Yue's view, Deng's army's attack was undoubtedly a moth to the fire, meaningless, and it could only increase casualties and could not shake his own side at all.

The Deng army's offensive continued, but in just a few charges, the Deng army lost more than 2,000 people, but it was a few points closer. However, it was still more than fifty steps away from the Qin army's camp. However, these fifty steps were like a natural barrier. No matter how the Deng army attacked, they still could not get close. Every time they advanced, they were repelled by the Qin army's rain of arrows.

Luo Yi, who was commanding the attack, felt very reluctant to see this and complained to Yang Lin beside him: "How can I fight this? The Qin army's rain of arrows seems endless. Although it is only a few dozen steps away from the Qin army camp, these dozens of steps are enough to keep all our 20,000 troops. The general has always been wise. How could he do such an unwise thing?"

Yang Lin shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but with the wisdom of the general, since he does this, he must have his profound meaning. We just need to execute it."

"To put it lightly, these soldiers were all trained by you and I. They just died under the rain of arrows of the Qin army. Don't you feel sorry for?" Luo Yi said.

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These soldiers were trained by the two of them one by one. In their hearts, they were as important as their own son. However, now they could only make such unnecessary sacrifices. Luo Yi felt very reluctant. Although the general was bound to die in front of the battlefield and he should not care about life and death when he joined the army, even if he died, he had to die worthwhile. However, as far as the current situation was concerned, even if all the 20,000 elite soldiers died here, they might not be able to break through the Qin army camp.

"I feel sorry for you, of course I feel sorry for you, but this is war." Yang Lin said helplessly. Of course he felt sorry for you, but what else can I do? The military order was issued by Li Jing himself. As generals, they can only choose to implement it. The military order is like a mountain.

At this time, Li Jing's personal guard commander Li Rui came to the two of them. When Luo Yi saw Li Rui coming, he hurriedly asked: "Li Rui, General, are you asking us to withdraw our troops?"

Li Rui's appearance made Luo Yi think that Li Jing could not bear the casualties of the soldiers and asked them to withdraw their troops, but the facts disappointed Luo Yi and the others. Li Rui shook his head and said, "Suppose the two generals, the general's order will let the two generals continue to attack until sunset."

"What? We have to continue fighting until sunset? What kind of bullshit order is the general? How many troops can we have left until sunset?" Luo Yi said angrily. In his opinion, Li Jing's military orders were completely unreasonable.

"Luo Yi, be careful of your words!" Yang Lin saw that Luo Yi spoke without hesitation, and quickly stopped him.

Hearing Luo Yi's words, Li Rui's face turned dark and said calmly: "If General Luo is dissatisfied with the general's military order, he can go and tell the general himself that he will ask General Luo to execute the general's military order now!"

"Don't worry, General Li, we will strictly implement the general's military orders. Please tell the general that even if I, Yang Lin and Luo Yi, fight until one soldier, will last until sunset." Yang Lin said.

"Okay, since the two generals have received the military order, then the general will go back and report to the general first," said Li Rui, then turned his head and left.

Looking at Li Rui's departure back, Luo Yi spat and said, "What's the matter? If it weren't for the general's sake, I'll stab him to death!"

"Okay, you did make a little speechless just now. No matter how the general is not, it is not something we can comment on. Let's continue to attack!" Yang Lin said.

"You really plan to continue attacking? Can't you see that continuing to attack can only increase casualties. There is no point in it." Luo Yi said to Yang Lin.

Yang Lin said: "Of course I know, but this is the general's military order. The military order is like a mountain. Even if it is difficult, we will continue to fight. Besides, whether it is meaningful or not, the general has his own conclusion. You don't think about it. If the general does this really wrong, the general will have to stop it long ago. Since the general has not stopped it now, it means that the general must have his profound meaning."

The organization of Deng's army is very interesting. The military advisor of the First Guard seems to be a subordinate of the General of the First Guard, but they are not subordinate to each other. On the contrary, if the General of the First Guard makes an irrational decision, the military advisor can take over the authority and stop all actions. Since Jia Xu has not done this now, it means that Jia Xu supports Li Jing's approach.

"Okay, since that's the case, then continue fighting!" Luo Yi said helplessly.

On the other hand, after Li Rui returned to the camp, he told Li Jing all the words of Luo Yi, but Li Jing was not angry after hearing this. Instead, he smiled and said, "General Luo loves soldiers as much as his son. Now the soldiers are suffering so much, he can understand that he has resentment in his heart."

"But General, Luo Yi is just a subordinate of General. Such actions are completely offenders. If they are not severely punished, how can they convince the public in the future?" Li Rui was very surprised to see that Li Jing did not express anything and said quickly.

"Stop talking, General Luo Yi is a general in the army, how can you discuss it? Don't say these words today in the future, otherwise I will not spare you!" Hearing this, Li Jing shouted angrily and said.

"God General!" Li Rui said hurriedly when he saw Li Jing get angry.

"Okay, go out. I have something to discuss with the military advisor. Without the summons of my general, you may not enter the central army's tent without authorization." Li Jing said.

"Here!" Li Rui responded and then withdrew.

After Li Rui left, Li Jing smiled and said to Jia Xu: "This kid is ungrateful, but he makes the military advisor laugh."

"Haha, General Li Rui is the general's personal guard commander, so he naturally defends the general everywhere. Besides, General Luo Yi is indeed a little unspeakable." Jia Xu replied with a smile.

"I won't talk about this anymore, military advisor, do you think the plan tonight will be successful? I am unsure of this. No one has ever done this since ancient times." Li Jing asked.

Jia Xu said: "Of course it can be successful. The general also said that no one has done this since ancient times. How could Geng Yue expect that our army would suddenly launch an attack when he was cleaning up the bodies of soldiers who died in the army?"
Chapter completed!