Chapter 1110: Before fighting against the outside world, one must first make peace with the inside
Chapter 1110 Before fighting against the outside world, you must first settle down at home
Chapter 1108: Before fighting against the outside world, you must first settle down at home
When Qin Wen captured Hetao and formed a coalition to merge the states, although Wang Kuang had the courage to join the coalition, it was because Qin Wen took the lead, so Wang Kuang dared to follow behind and wave the flag to cheer.
Now, 70,000 Yuan and Meng cavalry are roaring towards them. Regardless of whether the Southern Allied Forces are seeking help from Yuan and Meng, with the little force in the hands of Wang Kuang, the prefect of Shuofang, how can they dare to stop the 70,000 Yuan and Meng cavalry?
70,000 yuan of Mongolian iron cavalry came roaring to Shuofang. Not only did they not encounter any obstruction, the guard even obeyed Wang Kuang's order and sent them wine and meat to send Murong Ke and his army off.
The Jin army set up garrisons to defend against the Liang army in the west, but only set up sentries to guard the princes in the south.
The gap in strength between the two sides is too great. It would be a good idea for the Jin army not to attack the Bingnan princes. It is impossible for the Bingnan princes to take the initiative to attack the Jin army.
This was a matter of course, but now Murong Ke took advantage of it and sent 70,000 cavalry straight to Yinchuan County, which was empty of troops in the south of Hetao.
Three days ago, after Qin Hao's flying pigeon message reached Jinyang, it immediately attracted Qin Wen's great attention, and subsequently caused an uproar among the Jin army.
Of the 150,000 Jin troops, 120,000 are now concentrated at Yanmen Pass and Zhenbeiguan, but Yuan and Meng have colluded with Yang Jian, and 70,000 Yuan and Meng cavalry are about to use the road to invade Hetao from Liangzhou.
The Hetao is now in danger, but the Jin army still doesn't know the true purpose of the Yuan army.
Does Yuan and Meng want to take the Hetao to break through the Zhenbei Pass and let the Yuan and Meng cavalry from outside the pass come in?
Or should the cavalry march straight into Taiyuan and attack Jinyang, the capital of the Jin army?
The Jin army knew nothing about this, but after discussion, they still believed that it was more likely that the Yuan and Mongolian armies would go north to town Beiguan and join Temujin's army, so they quickly made preparations for war.
“My lord, before fighting against the outside world, you must first make peace at home.”
Xi Zhicai stood up and said with a serious face: "The top priority is to concentrate our superior forces and completely annihilate the 70,000 yuan Mongolian cavalry that is about to enter the Hetao.
Otherwise, once these 70,000 iron cavalry wreak havoc in Hetao, our army's many years of governance will be in vain. "
"Seventy thousand cavalry, and they are equipped with stirrups and horseshoes. If we want to completely annihilate them, we must at least dispatch twice as many troops as the enemy."
Qin Wen had long realized the seriousness of the problem. He looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Our army now only has a total of 150,000 troops, and there are 200,000 yuan of Mongolian cavalry outside Waiguan. Guan also had to be guarded.
In order to survive this crisis, I decided to mobilize all the people in the Hetao area to resist the invasion of Yuan and Mongolia.
In addition, one hundred thousand reserve troops were immediately recruited, and orders were sent to all cities and counties to guard the city gates, and no war was allowed. "
The Jin army sits on the land of five counties in the north and three counties in Hetao, a total of eight counties. After years of cultivation and vigorous development, it has a population of more than three million, but only has a standing army of 200,000.
In a place like Bingzhou, which has been at war with foreign tribes for many years, even if the ratio of soldiers to civilians reaches ten to one, it is not considered a militancy. Therefore, Qin Wen's recruitment of 100,000 reserve troops is completely within the tolerance.
In comparison, the four counties in Jingbei controlled by Qin Hao only had a total population of nearly three million, but they recruited an army of 240,000.
The ratio of soldiers and civilians under Qin Hao's command was not only close to ten to one, but it was also in the densely populated Central Plains area. It can be seen that compared with Qin Wen, Qin Hao was truly militaristic.
However, Qin Hao has no choice. Nanyang is the place of the Four Wars. If he does not recruit so many troops, he will not have the strength to expand.
Fazhi stood up at this time and said in a deep voice: "My lord, conscription and all the people are soldiers are strategies to destroy the enemy, but the top priority is to defend the enemy. If even the 70,000 Yuan Mongolian cavalry cannot stop it, let alone Annihilate this 70,000-strong army.”
“That’s right.”
Sima Fang took over the conversation and said in a deep voice: "Our army's ordnance reserves are extremely sufficient. Let alone recruiting 100,000 reserve troops, even 200,000 are not a problem, but we do not have so much time to prepare." The conscripted reserve soldiers are all veterans and ordinary people who have received military training. As long as they are distributed weapons and undergo simple training, they will quickly form an army. Although their combat power is not as good as that of the regular army, they can be used to defend cities or fight with subordinates. But it's more than enough.
“We must mobilize the army as soon as possible to block the Yuan and Meng armies in Yinchuan County, so that our army will have enough world to prepare for the next action.”
Xi Zhicai took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "My lord, Yanmen Pass and Zhenbei Pass are easy to defend but difficult to attack. The 20,000 defenders each can sustain for two months.
These two months must be enough for our army to make all preparations, and then wipe out all the intruders. "
“Even what the military advisor said.”
Qin Wen nodded and gave a serious order: "Instruct Yang Ye, the governor of Yinshan, to select another general to guard Zhenbeiguan, and then lead an army of 40,000 to sit in Yinchuan County.
He sent an order to Li Dingguo, the guard general of Yanmen Pass, to immediately detach an army of 40,000 troops and let Wang Meng, the governor of Hetao, lead it to go to Yinchuan to help out. "
“My lord, Lord Wang Meng is both civil and military, and he can command an army of 40,000 without any problem.
General Li Dingguo has been on the battlefield for a long time. He led an army of 20,000 to guard Yanmen Pass, and he was equally foolproof.
But if Governor Yang Ye leaves Zhenbeiguan, none of his generals will be able to take on the important task of guarding the pass. "Sima Fang said worriedly.
“Don’t worry, all of General Yang’s sons are talented generals. It won’t be a problem to choose one of them to defend the pass.”
A glint flashed in Qin Wen's eyes and he said with a smile: "We must give the young eagles a chance to soar in the sky. The world will belong to them in the future!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this. Their lord's appointment of generals has always been very bold. The young lord Qin Hao led the army to fight when he was only 14 years old. Li Dingguo was a Yellow Turban general but now he went to guard Yanmen Pass. Such an example was the only one among the Jin army. But it's still there.
"Jinyang is the hinterland of our army. If the Yuanmeng cavalry cannot completely solve the supply problem, it will definitely not be that easy to attack. Therefore, of the 30,000 defenders in Jinyang, only 10,000 are enough, and the remaining 20,000 troops..."
As he spoke, Qin Wen looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Xi Zhicai, and he said solemnly: "Strategic Advisor, you will take me to Yinchuan."
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"If I could still ride a horse and draw a bow, I would definitely lead the army myself in this battle and go to fight Yuan Meng, but..."
As he spoke, Qin Wen sighed lonely, and then said with a helpless smile: "The military advisor has come to run a trip for me."
“It is my duty to share the Lord’s worries.”
Xi Zhicai said seriously, but he couldn't help but feel sad about the twilight of his lord's hero. Qin Wen, who was once full of energy and traveled across the northern border, could no longer draw his bow.
(End of this chapter)