Chapter 1869: The War of Four Counties (Part 2)
Chapter 1869: War in Four Counties (Part 2)
Chapter 1867: War in Four Counties (Part 2)
The Han army had an army of 180,000 and faced the Qin army of more than 300,000. The pressure on troops was already huge.
Cheng did not realize that the 20,000-strong Peiping Army was completely wiped out, reducing the strength of the Han Army to 160,000, while the Qin Army only lost a dozen people.
With one situation declining and the other increasing, the Han army naturally became even worse.
So, after a brief period of anger and insults, when the officials of the Northern Han Dynasty calmed down, they couldn't help but feel confused.
Can the big man really continue to persevere? There is no hope at all at the moment.
Not only the officials of the Han Dynasty were confused about the future, but also the emperor Liu Che.
He refused to form an alliance with the Manchu Qing Dynasty and relied on his own strength to fight against the Qin army. This was not entirely motivated, but also carefully considered.
First of all, Liu Che could not accept the idea of joining forces with the Manchus from the bottom of his heart.
Secondly, Liu Che felt that Qin Hao was the same type of person as him and had the same hatred for foreign races. If Qin Hao was in his current situation, he would definitely make the same decision as him.
Finally, the nature of the internal fight between two Han people, him and Qin Hao, would completely change if foreign forces were involved.
The war between the two of them is not a personal grudge, but a moral battle. Even if there is real fire, they will still respect each other.
No matter who wins in the end, even if it is to win people's hearts, they will definitely treat the losing side well.
If Liu Che loses, the most he can do is die himself, and his family will definitely survive.
But if foreigners are brought in as reinforcements, the nature of this internal struggle will completely change.
At that time, not only will he be infamy for thousands of years, but even his family will be implicated by him. This is something Liu Che does not want to see.
To sum up the above three points, even if Liu Che knew that he would fail, he would rather die with dignity than join forces with the Manchus and end up ruined and infamy.
Liu Che thought that Qin Hao would be the same as him, at least in terms of his attitude towards the Manchus, but reality slapped him in the face.
Taking advantage of the Qing army's advance to Youbeiping, the Qin army made a sneak attack and captured Xu Wu, and then captured Tuyin City and annihilated the 20,000 Han army.
Liu Che never thought of using the 20,000 Han troops in You Beiping to fight the civil war. They were used to guard against the Manchus. Qin Hao could not have known this, but he still attacked the You Beiping army despite knowing this.
Liu Che didn't know what to say about this, he just felt a little disappointed in his heart. He felt that he had misjudged Qin Hao, and even felt like he had been betrayed.
Looking at Liu Che who had cold eyes and was silent for a long time, Huo Guang was silent for a long time and then said: "Your Majesty, the fall of the two cities of Beiping and You may not be a bad thing for our army."
"Why, my 20,000-strong army was wiped out, can it still be a good thing?" Liu Che said with a somewhat unhappy expression.
"Your Majesty, the two cities of Beiping and Right were occupied by the Qin army. The connection between our army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was completely cut off. From now on, we can concentrate our forces to deal with the Qin army, but the Qin army has to divide its troops to defend against the Manchu Qing army. ”
As he spoke, a glint flashed in Zhang Tang's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's put it this way, the 130,000 Qin troops in Youbeiping will definitely not leave Youbeiping until the threat of the Manchus is completely resolved.
Without these 130,000 Qin troops, the number of Qin troops our army has to face will also be reduced from 330,000 to 200,000, and the pressure on military strength will be even smaller. " "Yes, why did you forget this? "
Liu Che looked stunned. He only thought that he had lost 20,000 troops, but he ignored the threat of the Manchus. The Qin army's 130,000 troops in Youbeiping could not move. In general, the Han army faced On the contrary, the pressure has been reduced a lot.
Liu Che then seemed to have thought of something else, his face darkened and he said solemnly: "No, Qin Hao cannot possibly not know that once the two cities of Youbeiping and Youbeiping are conquered, he will have to face the threat of the Manchus.
Even so, Qin Hao still divided his troops to capture Youbeiping with 130,000 troops. What does this mean? "
“It shows that Qin Hao has been prepared to fight our army and the Qing Dynasty at the same time from the beginning.” Zhang Tang sighed lightly.
This is the background of the princes and overlords. Even if they withdraw 200,000 troops, they still have the confidence to fight one against two. The strength gap between the Northern Han and Qin armies is indeed too big.
Liu Che's expression became a little bad again. He felt that he was being slighted by Qin Hao, and he snorted with an unhappy expression: "Huh, Qin Hao actually thinks that I will join forces with Nurhaci. He is really treating it like a villain." The belly of a gentleman.
After the fall of Youbeiping, although our army's strength dropped to 160,000, the Qin army on the fifth route was restrained by the Qing army and unable to move. The Qin army had only 200,000 troops to deal with our army, but our army was The side that defends the city. "
At this point, Liu Che's eyes flashed and he said confidently: "I want to see how the 200,000 Qin army can defeat the 160,000 Han army before winter."
“Report...to report to Your Majesty the emergency military situation on behalf of the county.”
After Liu Che took it and took a look, his expression suddenly changed.
The Qin army divided into five armies to attack Youzhou. In order to protect the territory, Liu Che naturally had to increase his troops and station them in various places. Otherwise, once the counties gradually fell, Yanjing would become an isolated city and it would only be a matter of time before it was conquered.
The five armies of the Qin Army attacked the four counties of the Northern Han Dynasty respectively, and Liu Che also ordered four generals to guard the four counties respectively.
The leader of the first line of the Qin Army was Bai Qi, and they went straight to Zhuojun where Yanjing was located. Except for the general Wei Qing, no one in the Northern Han Dynasty could stop Bai Qi.
After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Che transferred Wei Qing, who was stationed in Dai County, back to Zhuo County to contain Bai Qi's troops, and appointed the anti-Japanese hero Xue Gang to guard Dai County and Huo Bing, who was in charge of the second Qin army.
As for the garrison of Shanggu and Yuyang counties, Liu Che thought about it for a long time and decided to appoint Li Guang as the chief general and lead Li Ling and other generals to guard Yuyang County.
As for Shanggu County, it was handed over to the Prime Minister Huo Guang, who led Zhao Chongguo, Su Jian and other generals to take charge.
Liu Che naturally did not want Huo Guang to go to the battlefield, but the generals of the Han army were withering now. Apart from Huo Guang, there was no general who could command a county.
Liu Che felt that this arrangement was foolproof, but he didn't want any gaps to appear so quickly, and it was Xue Gang who was least likely to have problems.
Xue Gang was already a famous general second only to Wei Qing in the Northern Han Dynasty. It only took him a month to sweep away the Japanese pirates along the coast, making him famous. That's why Liu Che put him in Dai County to fight against the largest number of the five Qin armies. Huo Bingjun of the second.
Huo Qubing and Wei Qing fought dozens of times in Dai County, but in the end they met their opponents and neither could do anything to the other.
However, as the Qin army invaded from five directions, Liu Che had to transfer Wei Qing and 60,000 of Daijun's 100,000 troops back to Zhuojun, which also greatly reduced Daijun's defense strength.
The last update is here...I've been having a bit of a cold recently, especially yesterday, which was the worst. Maybe it was because the air conditioner was blowing too much at home during the Dragon Boat Festival, so I didn't update yesterday.
Today, my throat doesn’t hurt anymore, but my nose keeps running. I’m not in good condition, so it affects my update. Please forgive me.
(End of this chapter)