Chapter 982: Increase troops to prepare for war
Chapter 982: Increase troops and prepare for war
Chapter 980: Increase troops to prepare for war
Jia Mansion.
As soon as he got the news of Dong Zhuo's departure, Jia Xu got up from the bed, still looking a little sick.
At this moment, a graceful figure walked out of the dark corner of the room and said to Jia Xu respectfully: "My lord, I have something unclear."
"explain."
“General Jia Fu is still in Dong Zhuo’s army, and once our plan is launched, how will General Jia Fu escape?”
After Jia Xu glanced at Tian Yan meaningfully, he smiled lightly and said: "Don't worry, I have already written a secret letter to Fu'er, and explained in the letter how to get out of trouble. When Dong Zhuo led his army to Mianchi, Fu'er and him You will receive it.”
“My lord, I have no doubts about it, and I admire you.”
“Stop flattering me and tell me how you are doing with the things you have done.”
“Everything has been done and we are just waiting for your order.”
“Okay, everything is ready now, the only thing left is the timing.”
A glint flashed in Jia Xu's eyes, and he said solemnly: "The day Dong Zhuo arrives at Mianchi is when the Han Emperor returns eastward."
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Just when Jia Xu was plotting to bring the emperor back eastward, the news that Dong Zhuo led an army of 50,000 people to the east even more affected the nerves of the princes in the world.
Previously, Dong Zhuo's policy of sealing the king not only drove back the coalition forces of the princes, but also inspired the ambitions of the princes, breaking the fragile balance among the princes.
Although the only princes currently accepting canonization are Yan King Liu He, Qi Gong Huang Chao, and Yuehou Wang Lang, the territories of these three people have all fallen into war.
Although most of the princes did not accept it, the more reason was that they were waiting and watching. When more and more princes accepted the canonization, sooner or later the princes' policy of conferring the king would be accepted by the princes, and by then I am afraid that the whole world would be plunged into war.
Now that You, Qing, and Yangzhou have fallen into a melee, if Dong Zhuo leads his army to Sizhou, Sizhou will definitely ignite the war again, and this time Qin Hao can only rely on his own strength.
Luoyang.
After Qin Hao got the news that Dong Zhuo was coming east in person, he still did whatever he had to do, as if he didn't care about it at all, and this made Liu Bowen and other advisers extremely anxious.
"My lord, in less than half a month at most, Dong Zhuo will lead his army to Mianchi. By then, the strength of the Liang army will reach 140,000, which is already twice the number of our army."
Liu Bowen looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates believe that we should immediately increase our troops and go northward, otherwise our army may not be able to defend Luoyang."
In this battle against Dong, in addition to Qin Hao personally leading an army of 60,000 to join the alliance, Bai Qi also led an army of 60,000 to the north.
Just before joining forces with Sun Jian, Bai Qi transferred 50,000 troops back to the Beishan camp, and only led 10,000 troops north to join the battle.
Chin Hao has 60,000, Bai Qi has 10,000, and Qin Jian has 50,000.
In other words, the troops mobilized by the Qin and Jin armies alone reached an astonishing 120,000 troops, more than one-fifth of the total number of the Kwantung Allied Forces.
The battle against Dong was extremely brutal. The average casualties among the princes were more than 50%, and the smaller princes who sent fewer troops were even wiped out. Although Qin Hao is the leader of the alliance, with so many eyes staring at him, it is hard for him to use his power for personal gain.
Qin Hao did not deliberately maintain his own army, but both the Qin and Jin armies were elite divisions, so the casualty ratio was naturally lower than that of other princes, but it still reached nearly 40%.
Out of the 120,000 troops before the war, more than 70,000 were left after the war. Nearly 50,000 elite troops of the Qin and Jin armies died in the battle against Dong.
Now Qin Hao only has 70,000 troops and horses left in his hands. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to block the oncoming 140,000 Liang army, so Qin Hao also has plans to increase his troops.
At present, the Qin and Jin armies still have nearly 400,000 troops. The total strength is more than 100,000 Liang army. However, there are more princes to defend than Dong Zhuo, so Qin Hao cannot mobilize too many troops.
Bingzhou has already supported Qin Hao's 50,000-strong army, and the remaining 150,000 troops need to defend Yuanmeng. Therefore, Bingzhou's troops and horses must not be redeployed, and Qin Hao can only recruit troops from Jingbei.
Early before the war began, Qin Hao secretly expanded his army, bringing the number of troops in Jingbei to 240,000 in one fell swoop.
Although nearly half of the Qin army in northern Jing are new soldiers, they are now ready for use after nearly a year of training. Although their equipment is worse than that of the elite troops, they are still much better than other princes.
Excluding the 70,000 Qin troops who participated in the fight against Dong, there are still 170,000 troops in the four counties of Jingbei, namely: 50,000 in Nanyang, 60,000 in Xiangyang, 30,000 in Nanxiang, and 30,000 in Zhangling.
Although there are many 170,000 troops, except for Nanyang's 50,000 troops, 90% of the remaining three counties have never seen fresh recruits. It is more than enough to deal with Hou Hou's army, but it is a bit reluctant to fight against Liang's army.
As soon as he thought of this, Qin Hao immediately issued an order: "Send an order and order Qin Zheng, the prefect of Nanyang, to immediately mobilize 50,000 elite troops to go north.
In addition, an order was sent to Yue Fei, the governor of Xiangyang, to mobilize 10,000 troops to take over Nanyang's defense. "
Ten thousand troops are enough to guard Nanyang. After all, Nanyang is now located in the center of Qin Hao's sphere of influence. It is heavily guarded in the four directions of southeast and northwest. The armies of hostile princes cannot get close to Nanyang at all.
When Fang Xuanling saw that Qin Hao had only mobilized 50,000 troops, he immediately wrinkled and said: "My lord, if we mobilize 50,000 troops to go north, our army's strength will also reach 130,000. Although it is more than enough to defend Luoyang, we want to expel the entire Liang army." I’m afraid Sizhou will still be unable to do anything, right?”
“The land of Jingbei is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and without sufficient troops left, it will not be enough to frighten the princes on all sides.”
At this point, Qin Hao showed a mysterious smile and continued: "Besides, our army's 130,000 troops are all elites. Although the Liang army is larger in number than our army, its combat power is definitely not as good as ours." , these 130,000 troops are enough to completely occupy Sizhou."
Fang Xuanling thought it was not safe enough, and was about to persuade Qin Hao, but when he saw Liu Bowen giving him a look, he immediately realized that he should not say much, thinking that the Lord must have other plans.
Seeing that Fang Xuanling understood his intention, Qin Hao immediately nodded to him with a smile, and then continued: "Henan Yin has a total of twenty-one counties, and although our army now occupies Luoyang, the other twenty counties The land is still in the hands of Liang Jun..."
After conquering Luoyang, Qin Hao had a lot of troubles to deal with. In addition, all the princes were in Luoyang. Although Qin Hao wanted to dominate Sizhou, he couldn't express it too openly, so he delayed his preparations until now. The remaining twenty counties.
After Qin Hao glanced at the generals, he ordered in a deep voice: "Where are Bai Qi, Xue Li, Su Lie, and Zhao Yun?"
"The end will be here." Bai Qi and other four generals stood up together.
"I now order you and four other people, each with an army of 10,000, to attack all twenty counties within ten days."
“Nuo.” Bai Qi and the other four generals shouted in unison.
(End of this chapter)