Chapter 351: Cooperation between the 2 Armies
Chapter 351 Cooperation between the Two Armies
Yuwen Shu's surrender went smoothly. All his 80,000 troops laid down their weapons and handed over to Jin Wang Yang Guang. Yang Guang was delighted and immediately promoted Yuwen Shu to the position of Prince's Guardian and handed over the 80,000 troops to his eldest son Yang Zhao.
Yuwen Shu's defection made Yang Liang completely lose confidence. He urgently sent his military advisor Wang Yu as his plenipotentiary representative to negotiate with the court, intending to join forces with the court to fight against Prince of Jin Yang Guang.
Emperor Yang Yong heard that Xiao Xia had annexed Qin Wang Yang Jun's 60,000 troops, and Yuwen Shu led 80,000 troops to surrender to Jin Wang, making Jin Wang's army more than 400,000.
In addition, the Prince of Jin controlled Guangtong Warehouse, which meant that his biggest threat had appeared. It was not the always arrogant Yang Liang, but the always low-key Prince of Jin.
Yang Yong was really upset and paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. At this time, an eunuch reported in the hall, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yun has an urgent matter and wants to see Your Majesty!"
"Summon him to the throne!"
Soon, Yun Dingxing came hurriedly and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, Yang Liang has sent someone!"
"What did he send for?"
"Your Majesty, Yang Liang wants to negotiate with us, and the two families will join forces to deal with the King of Jin."
"Join forces?"
Yang Yong sneered, "After the alliance is over, you will fight with me for the throne, right?"
Yun Dingxing accepted the 12,000 taels of silver bribe from Yang Liang, and he wanted to do his best to speak for Yang Liang.
"Your Majesty, our biggest enemy right now is the King of Jin. We cannot destroy him with our own strength, but if we join forces with Yang Liang's army, we may be able to deal with the King of Jin. If we kill the King of Jin together, it will be much easier to deal with Yang Liang. After all, Yang Liang is a cruel person and not many people support him, so he is easier to deal with."
Yang Yong pondered for a moment and asked, "Didn't he put forward any conditions?"
"They have no conditions for joining forces to deal with King Jin, but they will come up with conditions for negotiations after King Jin is destroyed."
"Do the other prime ministers know?"
"I happened to meet Prime Minister Liu and told him about this. He agreed and thought Yang Liang was easy to deal with and that we could cooperate. The most urgent task is to defeat the army of King Jin."
Yang Yong nodded, "If there are no conditions, we can cooperate, but we need to discuss the details clearly. We need to discuss how to cooperate, the number of troops to be sent, the time, how to fight together, who will be in charge of the command, etc. In addition, I also need to know the combat capabilities of their army. I will arrange for Xue Shixiong to go and inspect the military camp. If they are just a mob, there is no need to cooperate."
"I understand. I will arrange it right away!"
Yuan Dingxing hurriedly took his leave.
He went back to his palace and found Wang Hong, and said to him: "The emperor agrees in principle that the two armies can cooperate, but he must first send someone to check on your army and understand the situation of your soldiers, and then sit down to discuss the details of the cooperation."
Wang Yu said with some concern: "Prime Minister Yun, we can't delay too long. I'm afraid that the King of Jin will soon launch an attack on us."
"Of course I know. I have already informed Xue Shixiong. You go back first. Xue Shixiong will visit your army this afternoon. If he approves of your army, we will discuss the details of the cooperation tomorrow. The two armies will jointly launch an offensive against the Jin King's army the day after tomorrow at the latest."
Wang Long nodded and asked, "Can you tell me how many troops there are in Chang'an?"
Yun Dingxing laughed, "No less than 200,000!"
Wang Long immediately said goodbye and hurried back to the camp, where Yang Liang was waiting for him!
"How about it?"
Yang Liang asked anxiously: "Did they agree?"
Before, Yang Liang was a little reluctant to agree, but now he realized that if he did not cooperate, his entire army would be destroyed, and he suddenly became anxious.
Wang Long nodded, "Basically agreed. Xue Shixiong will come to inspect our army later, and we will discuss the details of the cooperation tomorrow."
"Why do you want to inspect our army?" Yang Liang said with some dissatisfaction: "Won't this leak our secrets?"
Wang Long said helplessly: "There is no way. This is the emperor's request. It is the premise of cooperation. He is worried that we are a mob."
"That is to say, if we don't meet their demands, they won't cooperate with us, right?"
Wang Hu nodded, "That's what I meant. However, I also asked about the number of their troops. Yun Dingxing said it was no less than 200,000. I think it was just over 200,000. Excluding the troops that can't defend the palace and the city, the troops they can mobilize are only about 150,000 or 160,000."
Yang Liang sighed deeply, "That's it! Xue Shixiong is coming to inspect, you let Xiao Moke accompany him to inspect the West Camp, don't bother me."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will make arrangements!"
An hour later, Xue Shixiong arrived as promised with a team of soldiers and began to inspect the army and military supplies.
Cui Mingwei returned to his tent and immediately wrote a letter, saying to his confidant: "Go to the Jinwang camp immediately and give this letter to the prince. Tell my name and the prince will know."
The confidant took the letter and left in a hurry.
On the official road east of Baqiao, a group of young men were walking hurriedly when suddenly an army came and surrounded them.
The leading general was none other than Wang Junkuo. Following Xiao Xia's orders, he led 3,000 troops to intercept the enemy's grain convoy on the official road and cut off the enemy's supply of food and materials.
They didn't encounter any grain carts, but they unexpectedly found many deserters in groups of three or four, and they had captured more than a thousand people.
A group of men knelt down and explained: "We came to Guanzhong to find farm work, and now we are returning to Hedong!"
"Don't talk nonsense, I know you are deserters. You can go home, but you must register and be released home together. We will also give you food to prevent you from stealing and robbing on the road."
After Wang Junkuo finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Take them away!"
Dozens of deserters followed the Liangzhou army dejectedly. At this time, a scout came to report, "General, more than 200 deserters were found three miles ahead."
Wang Junkuo was in high spirits and shouted, "Brothers, follow me to intercept the new deserters!"
Wang Junkuo led 500 soldiers and rushed forward
At night, Xiao Xia came to the main camp tent. Many important figures were there. Yang Guang said to him, "Sanlang, there is the latest news. Yang Liang wants to join forces with the court to deal with us."
"Is the news reliable?" Xiao Xia asked.
Yang Zhao said on the side: "The news is reliable. Xue Shixiong went to Yang Liang's camp this afternoon to inspect the military situation. The details of the cooperation will be discussed tomorrow."
Xiao Xia asked with a smile: "Is Xue Shixiong satisfied?"
"I think they are satisfied! They will discuss the details of the cooperation tomorrow."
Xiao Xia shook his head, "It seems that Xue Shixiong's requirements are too low."
Yang Su asked in confusion, "Is there any news, Your Highness?"
Xiao Xia nodded, "I sent my men to lead the army to intercept the enemy's grain train. We didn't encounter the grain train, but we captured nearly 2,000 deserters, all of whom were deserters from the middle camp. Nearly 10% of the army's total number of deserters. Is Xue Shixiong satisfied with the morale of this army?"
Yang Su thought for a moment and said, "It's possible that he inspected the West Camp and not the East Camp."
Xiao Xia smiled and said, "There is another possibility. Xue Shixiong himself really wants to cooperate, so he tries to relax the standards."
Yang Guang said slowly: "The problem now is that I don't want them to cooperate. Tomorrow morning, I will start a war against Yang Liang. I want to hear your opinion!"
(End of this chapter)