Your judgnt is highly accurate. In fact, right now, Li Xin and Wang Ben were also looking at Chengdu City’s towering city walls and nearly perfect defensive asures when their first thought was that not only would the battle be difficult, but it also couldn’t afford any mistakes.
Li Xin was barely in his thirties—full of vigor. Given his temperant, faced with such a situation, he couldn’t help but frown deeply and said to the veteran Wang Ben beside him, "General Wang, what do you think? How should we fight this battle? The Tang Army, just like a shrinking turtle, hides in the city without coming out. And based on our intelligence, their numbers seem no less than ours. In my opinion, at least four hundred thousand n will be needed to take down Chengdu City!"
Wang Ben was also filled with grievances. Although Fu Su was wise, he still carried the bloodline of Emperor Qin Shihuang and Yingzheng in his bones; once impulsive, he could disregard everything.
As the leading general, Wang Ben had already done his howork before going into battle. He steadied himself, feigning calmness and said, "General Li, you must not strengthen others’ morale and diminish our own strength. Although Chengdu City is fortified like iron walls, it doesn’t an that Pingliang City behind it has the sa defenses."
Upon hearing this, Li Xin suddenly understood, gave Wang Ben a thumbs up, and praised, "Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Right now, General Wang Jian and The Great Han’s Ma Yuan are fiercely attacking Tianshui City, and Li Jing cannot spare the ti for support; and that Li Ji is in the north fighting fiercely with The Great Han, also unable to leave. As long as we capture Pingliang City behind them, Chengdu City will beco an isolated city. Then, we can capture them in one fell swoop!"
"Report!" At this mont, a Cavalry galloped to Wang Ben and Li Xin’s front, "Reporting to the Generals, scouts report back that Pingliang City’s garrison is about twenty thousand n."
"Good! In that case, General Li, I will have to trouble you to lead sixty thousand troops to sprint to Pingliang City at night and be sure to capture it in the shortest possible ti!"
"Don’t worry, General Wang, I will handle it properly!"
Li Xin took his orders and left, while Wang Ben watched the majestic Chengdu City from afar, a smile appearing on his face, "The Great Tang’s western granary will soon fall into the hands of Great Qin."
Since Li Xin departed overnight, the Tang side was unaware. It wasn’t until Li Xin’s army reached the outskirts of Pingliang City that Li Zhengfeng received the news.
"Damn it!" Cheng Chuliang slamd his desk into pieces, angrily shouting, "General, give thirty thousand Cavalry, and I will wipe out that kid Li Xin!"
Upon hearing this news, you sat in your chair, eyes slightly closed, reminiscing about Li Xin’s past.
Li Xin, a famous general of the Qin Kingdom during the late Warring States Period, greatly contributed to the annihilation of the Yan Kingdom. Later, he led two hundred thousand troops to attack the Chu Kingdom, initially marching victoriously but was later defeated by the Chu General Xiang Yan. After this, Li Xin disappeared from the historical records.
Furthermore, Li Xin was an ancestor of the Han Dynasty’s "Flying General" Li Guang.
Although the historical records ntion Li Xin only in passing, and many history books do not even record him, you had studied Li Xin for a short period.
The reason Li Xin was defeated by Xiang Yan was not entirely due to Xiang Yan’s exceptional abilities; it was related to General Changping’s rebellion in Ying Chen.
At that ti, General Changping captured Ying Chen, cutting off Li Xin’s Army’s retreat and trapping the Qin troops attacking Chu between enemies on both sides. This forced Li Xin’s Army to stop its attack on Chu and turn back to attack Ying Chen, resulting in being sandwiched by the Chu Army and suffering a great defeat. It could be said that if it weren’t for General Changping’s rebellion, Li Xin might not have been defeated.
You always believed this and greatly admired Li Xin. After all, while General Wang Jian demanded six hundred thousand troops to conquer Chu, Li Xin boldly claid that only two hundred thousand were needed.
Emperor Shihuang had unique insights into military affairs, and since he was willing to entrust two hundred thousand troops to Li Xin to conquer Chu, it showed that Emperor Shihuang highly valued this Li Xin.
Of course, the world you are in now is not the sa as the previous history, but you believe that historical figures are probably similar and might even be more formidable than described in history.
Inside the Commander’s Tent, the responses from the generals varied, but they unanimously requested to send troops to the rescue. Li Zhengfeng did not imdiately respond but looked towards you, who were ditatively closing your eyes. Since you had established your rit, your status in the army had risen day by day, and the Death Squad within the Tang Army had beco highly renowned.
Li Zhengfeng held you in high esteem. Seeing you silent, he thought you might already have a plan in mind, so he asked, "General Luo, what are your thoughts?"
As soon as Li Zhengfeng spoke, all eyes turned to you.
You then opened your eyes but did not speak directly. Instead, you walked to Li Zhengfeng’s side and whispered a few words into his ear, then a cruel smile appeared on your face, "Let and my Death Squad go, and I hope General Li agrees to a request."
"Speak."
"Cut off all logistics to Li Xin."
"Agreed!"
"Hey." You smiled, then stood up and left the commander’s tent.
Once you left, everyone looked at Li Zhengfeng with puzzled eyes.
Li Zhengfeng’s expression beca very solemn, and he imdiately gave an order, "Soone, send a fast horse to report, order General Zhang in Xizhou City to send troops to support the civilians of Pingliang City in five days."
A soldier took his orders and left, but Li Zhengfeng’s words made the generals even more perplexed.
"General, your words really sound mysterious."
"Yes, what kind of riddle are you and General Luo playing?"
"Please tell us quickly."
Li Zhengfeng sighed deeply and said, "Pingliang City is done for. General Luo’s intention is simple; he wants to use the entire Pingliang City as a graveyard for Li Xin’s army of sixty thousand."
"Ah!?"
As exclamations of surprise ca from inside the tent, you just stepping out revealed an inscrutable smile that ordinary people could not understand.
You murmured in a voice almost only you could hear, "For one general’s rit, ten thousand bones wither—this is the damned war. Damn it, if we fight, let’s fight viciously, make the Emperor feel pain and fear, and this war will naturally stop!"
After speaking, your figure flashed, and you vanished from the soldiers’ sight.
As you said, you only took the Death Squad, because only the Death Squad could reach Pingliang City within half a day.
When you arrived at Pingliang City, Li Xin hadn’t launched an attack. Instead, he had negotiation experts persuade the chief guardian of Pingliang City to surrender.
Li Xin was very aware that although Pingliang City was small, its defensive facilities were quite well-constructed. If he were to attack forcefully, the casualties could be substantial. Moreover, to bypass Chengdu City without alerting Li Zhengfeng, he had ordered his soldiers to move quickly without carrying siege equipnt.
Li Xin even harbored a thought that it would be best if he could draw out the defending army of Chengdu City. Then, his soldiers could fight on flat ground. When it ca to plain warfare, Li Xin was absolutely confident that he could annihilate Li Zhengfeng’s army of one hundred thousand.
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