Chapter 1647: Urgently expand the army by 100,000
Chapter 1647: Rapid expansion of the army by 100,000
Chapter 1645: Rapid expansion of the army by 100,000
Qin Hao has made so many transfers, but he has not transferred a single super general. The main reason is that the war in Hebei has reached the final moment to determine the outcome.
Other generals, even the God of War level Zhao Yun, will not have much impact on the Qin army after being transferred from the Hebei battlefield. However, once a super general is transferred, it will directly affect the Qin army's strategy for Hebei.
The main reason for the Southern Han's attack was to prevent the Qin army from occupying Hebei. If the war in Hebei could be ended, the Southern Han would naturally have nothing to worry about.
Therefore, Qin Hao would rather defend the difficult point at the base camp than slow down the progress of the Hebei war.
“It was too risky to use 150,000 troops from Si and Jing to fight against 230,000 troops from Tang and Shu. In order to be more secure..."
Qin Hao couldn't help but flash a hint of physical pain in his eyes, and then said in a deep voice: "Send an order to Qin Zheng, the governor of Jingzhou, and Han Fei of Sizhou, and the two states immediately expanded their troops, including 70,000 in Jingzhou and 30,000 in Sizhou, a total of ten Wan Dajun."
Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen were both stunned, and then they simultaneously opposed Qin Hao's decision.
“My lord, we are not at the end of our rope yet. Expanding the army at this time is just a waste of money and food.” Zhuge Liang advised.
“It’s just money and food, our army can’t afford it,” Qin Hao replied.
"But my lord, if we expand the army at this time, the troops we recruit are just new troops that have never seen blood, and their help to our army is really limited." Liu Bowen advised.
“Limited, it means it is still helpful. Since it is helpful, it must be implemented.” Qin Hao said.
"Lord, let alone one hundred thousand, even two hundred thousand, it may not be able to match the fifty thousand elites of Shu and Tang."
"Yes, once the New Army suffers too many casualties, the pensions alone will cause a heavy blow to our army's finances."
“My lord, after we capture Hebei, there will be a lot of money to spend. It is not cost-effective to waste all the money and food on pensions.”
The main reason why Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen opposed the expansion of the army was the pension system of the Qin army.
The military system of the Qin army is different from that of other princes. Not only does it receive military pay, but it also provides pensions, and the amount of pensions is not small.
This is also the main reason why all Qin generals want to minimize casualties when fighting, because once the casualties are too large, the battle cannot be regarded as won.
The New Army is also an army within the establishment. Once it dies in battle, it will also enjoy pensions. Moreover, the death rate of the New Army participating in the war is extremely high, so the Qin Army has never sent a new army to participate in the war.
However, there are always exceptions to everything. During the Battle of Hetao, Qin Hao's father Qin Wen was forced by Temujin, and he urgently expanded his army to fight against the invasion of Yuan and Meng. In the end, a total of 190,000 new soldiers were killed.
Just the pension of these 190,000 new soldiers can directly bankrupt the Qin and Jin armies.
At that time, if Qin Hao had not taken out the Tiangong treasure, the Qin army would have been in financial crisis for more than ten years and could not breathe.
With the huge supply of funds from Tiangong's treasure, Qin Jun's fiscal revenue and expenditure were still much larger than his income in the first year of his two-year training. It was not until the second year that the revenue-expenditure ratio gradually became balanced, until now the income exceeds his expenditure. healthy development.
The remaining funds in the Tiangong Treasures are now less than one-third, and the governance after the conquest of Hebei will also require a large investment of funds.
Therefore, if the Qin Army recruits new soldiers at this time, and once the casualties of the new soldiers are too large, the post-war pensions will become a huge financial burden for the Qin Army, and even slow down the development and unification of the Qin Army.
Of course Qin Hao knows this, but as a monarch, from his own perspective, he also has his own considerations. “What the two military advisors said, and I naturally know, the help of the newly recruited army is indeed not great, but it is still possible to participate in the defense of the city.
After the army expansion, Sizhou has 50,000 elite recruits and 30,000 recruits, and Jingzhou has 90,000 elite recruits and 70,000 recruits. It will definitely not be a problem to resist the Shu and Tang army of 300,000 for a month."
Seeing that Qin Hao refused to listen, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen were about to persuade him again, but they were interrupted by Qin Hao before they could say anything.
"Well, there is no need to say anything more, two military advisors. The king has made up his mind. The urgent expansion of the army by 100,000 in the two states of Si and Jing has been decided." Qin Hao said without any doubt.
When Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen saw this, a trace of helplessness flashed in their eyes. It could be solved at a smaller price, but their lord chose to spend money on it. He was really rich and willful.
Seeing that the two men no longer objected, Qin Hao was secretly relieved. In his opinion, the lives of soldiers were far more important than money, and veterans were even more important.
If Qin Hao was asked to choose between veterans and recruits, he would rather pay the recruits to die instead of the veterans.
It is cruel and ruthless, but this is the king.
"The key to this battle now is whether our army defeats the Northern Han Dynasty first, or whether the Southern Han Dynasty breaks through our army's defense first."
Qin Hao's eyes were full of fighting spirit and he said in a deep voice: "Two military advisors, I can't stay in Huguan anymore. I decided to go to Yecheng in person to boost morale so that Bai Qi can break through Yecheng as soon as possible. ”
The reason why Qin Hao didn't mention going to Julu and Daijun was because Li Jing was about to arrive in Julu, and Daijun involved a plan to join forces with Gongsun Xuanyuan.
Therefore, it makes no difference whether Qin Hao goes to Daijun or Julu. Only to Yecheng, Qin Hao's personal visit has the greatest impact.
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen looked at each other and said in unison: "Thank you for your hard work, my lord."
"What's the point of hard work? After staying in Huguan for these few months, everything is almost rusty."
The reason why Qin Hao stayed in Huguan was to use himself as bait to lure Han Xin over. He set up an ambush here in Huguan and captured or severely wounded him in one fell swoop, but he still underestimated Han Xin's caution.
As long as Qin Hao can be captured or killed alive, the Qin army will retreat without a fight, and the Northern Han Dynasty will win this war.
But faced with the great temptation of Qin Hao, the King of Qin, Han Xin was still able to remain calm and indifferent, which directly caused the ambush to abort.
In this way, Qin Hao took more than a thousand guards, as well as Sun Lingming and other generals, and rushed to the battlefield of Yecheng.
At the same time, Li Jing, who led the army to Julu, finally entered Jizhou as quickly as possible after rushing non-stop.
After receiving the news that Li Jing was coming to kill, Yuan Shao was immediately frightened. He had always thought that the person who was attacking Qingbei was Li Jing, but he never expected that Li Jing would hit him right under his nose.
It turns out that when Zhou Yu attacked the prefectures and counties of Qingbei, he always fought under the banner of Li Jing.
The reason why Zhou Yu did what he did was mainly because Li Jing had higher prestige in Qingzhou.
If Zhou Yu uses his own banner, it is obviously impossible to achieve this effect. After all, who in Qingzhou knows who Zhou Yu is?
When going to conquer Qingbei under the banner of Li Jing, most cities will basically be informed by propaganda. A small number of people will be frightened and surrender directly after seeing Li Jing's banner, which saves Zhou Yu the time to conquer the cities. ,
In addition, Zhou Yu acted under the banner of Li Jing and could also confuse Yuan Shao to cover Li Jing's advance.
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