Vol 2 Chapter 2731: The Qin army's combat strength level, defrauding Yang Xiong to save Yang R
Chapter 2731 Qin Army's combat strength level, defrauding Yang Xiong to save Yang Ren
Chapter 2727: The Qin army’s combat strength level, defrauding Yang Xiong to save Yang Ren
In order to rescue Yang Ren in Huangyuan City, Meng Tian decided to take the risk and implement the strategy of suspecting soldiers, which naturally had a lot of risks.
If either Yang Xingmi or Yang Xiong finds out, the 25,000 Qin troops led by Meng Tian will face the 70,000 Sui troops head-on.
If all the Qin army were elites, then Meng Tian would naturally not be afraid. After all, it is recognized that the elites of the Qin army can be equal to ten.
But the problem is that only part of the 25,000 troops under Meng Tian, including the 80,000 troops on the south road, are regular main forces, rather than elites who were fought out by mountains of swords and seas of blood. Naturally, it is impossible to defeat nearly three times more than oneself in a head-on battle. Sui army.
At present, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Qin Army can be roughly divided into five levels, namely: garrison soldiers, regular recruits, regular veterans, regular main force and main elites.
The weakest ones are naturally the garrison soldiers left behind. In fact, they include county soldiers, county soldiers, catchers, reserve soldiers, retired soldiers, etc. Before being trained, they can only be used for public security and city defense, and cannot go to the battlefield for field battles.
The next four levels actually belong to the regular army, but the regular army is also divided into three, six, and nine levels. After all, Da Qin's regular army has a total of 1.55 million soldiers, and it is normal for the quality of soldiers to be uneven.
The weakest combat effectiveness among the 1.55 million Qin regular army was naturally the 750,000 new soldiers recruited in this large-scale army expansion, and this group of soldiers also accounted for the largest proportion in the Qin army.
Except for the new recruits in the regular army, the remaining three levels belong to the veterans in the regular army, and the total number of veterans is a full 800,000.
In Da Qin, even veterans who have been in the military for more than three years have not all seen blood. Even if they have seen blood, it does not mean they have killed someone. Therefore, veterans are divided into three, six and nine grades.
Those veterans who have been soldiers for more than one and a half but less than three years, but have never been on the battlefield, or who have been on the battlefield and seen blood, but have never killed anyone. With their rich military and training experience, their overall quality and combat effectiveness are better than those of the new recruits of Da Qin. , and the regular armies of various countries, but they are weaker than the elite main forces of various countries.
Among the 800,000 veterans of the Qin Dynasty, the total number of these veterans is approximately 200,000.
In addition, those veterans who have been in the army for more than three years and have killed at least one enemy army account for the largest proportion among the veterans of the Qin Dynasty. The total number is about 500,000, and they are the well-deserved main force of the Qin army. and pillars, and also the reserve source of troops for the main elite battalion.
As for the most powerful army in the Qin Dynasty, it is naturally the elite elite camps such as the Pojun Camp and the Falling Camp.
According to statistics, Daqin currently has: Pojun Camp, Falling Camp, Nine Dragon Guard, Iron Guard, Tiger Guard, Flying Tiger Army, Euphorbia Soldiers, Xianden Dead Soldiers, Flying Bear Army, Beiwei Army, Wolf Cavalry Army, White Horse Rebels There are eighteen elite elite battalions including Cong, Dragon Cavalry, Tenglong, Qin Wuzu, and Women's Army, with a total number of nearly 100,000 people.
It is quite remarkable for other countries to have one or two ace elite battalions, but Great Qin already has eighteen. It is precisely because of these elites that the Qin army has an invincible record of being undefeated in a hundred battles. .
Among the 1.55 million Qin regular army, there are 750,000 regular recruits, 200,000 regular veterans, 500,000 regular main forces, and 100,000 elite elite battalions.
The largest number of the regular armies of the Qin Dynasty is the new army, accounting for 48.3%, nearly half of the total. The addition of so many new armies will inevitably lead to a decline in the overall quality and combat effectiveness of the Qin army.
In fact, these new recruits of Da Qin are excellent in all aspects. After all, they were selected through many layers of selection and then trained by famous generals for more than a year. Coupled with the sophisticated equipment of the Qin army, even if they have never been on the battlefield, Even if he has never seen blood, his fighting power will not be weak.
But you must know that the real elites are never trained, but are killed in mountains of swords and seas of fire.
If elites could be trained through training alone, there would not be only 100,000 ace elites among Qin's 155 regular armies.
Although Da Qin's new army lacks experience, it has a good foundation after all. Coupled with its equipment advantages, as long as it goes to the battlefield and undergoes the hardships of life and death and war, it can be quickly improved and transformed into veterans.
These two wars are currently going on. Whether it is the Eastern Front or the Western Front, the new army of Qin is participating, and there are quite a lot of participants.
Of the 1.2 million armies that the Qin, Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui kingdoms went to war with, fully 550,000 of them were new troops, and the remaining 600,000 were veterans, leaving 15 veterans and 200,000 recruits to guard the homeland.
There were 150,000 new troops among the 30 armies on the Western Front that defeated the Sui Dynasty, accounting for half of the total force of the Sui Dynasty. From this, it can be seen that there must be new troops in the three armies that defeated the Sui Dynasty.
Among the 80,000 troops on Mengtian South Road, the ratio of recruits to veterans is about half, that is, 40,000 recruits and 40,000 veterans. However, they have to defend three places to resist the 170,000 Sui and Tu coalition forces, so the distribution of troops is naturally also Be smart about your budget.
Among the 25,000 armies led by Yang Ren and Fu Cunshen, each had 10,000 veterans, while the other 15,000 were new recruits.
As for the 30,000-strong army led by Meng Tian, there were 20,000 regular main troops and 10,000 regular recruits. After all, Xining City was the most important among the three cities and faced the greatest pressure. However, the Sui-Tu Allied Forces adopted the strategy of cutting expenses first and then cutting dry strategy.
If Meng Tian wants to rescue Yang Ren, he can only bring 25,000 troops at most and leave 5,000 new troops to guard Xining. After all, if there are more, Xining will be in danger.
But if this is the case, he will have to use 25,000 Qin troops to face the main force of 70,000 Sui troops.
Meng Tian was not a coward. If he had even an elite battalion, he would dare to fight the 70,000 Sui army head-on with an army of 25,000. However, he only had 20,000 main troops and another 5,000. They are all new recruits.
Although the main force of the Qin Dynasty was superior to the main force of the Sui army in combat power, even with the equipment advantage, it was impossible to offset the three times its own strength advantage.
At this thought, Meng Tian couldn't help but complain that Li Jinglai had done too much to force the weak branches, so that he was so passive now.
Why did the two armies in the middle go so smoothly? In addition to the largest number of people, there are also the Flying Bear Army and the Dragon Cavalry Army. Long Qie on the North Road also has the Tenglong Army. Only Meng Tian does not have an elite battalion.
This is also the main reason why Meng Tian has been waiting for Fu Cunxuan, because there is no ace elite battalion. Without Fu Cunxian's 20,000 reinforcements, the 20,000 main force alone cannot really defeat the 70,000 Sui army. .
But as Huangyuan City was in danger, Meng Tian had to send troops in advance. However, he could not defeat the 70,000 Sui troops standing in front of him, so he had no choice but to take the risk of using the suspicious tactics.
"Report...to the Deputy Governor, a large number of Qin troops appeared outside Xining City, holding a banner with the word "Fu"."
“What? How could Fu Cun Shen come so quickly?”
Yang Xiong stood up with a face of shock. According to his estimation, Fu Cunshen should have two days to arrive at the extraction team, but it turned out to be two days earlier. There are only two possibilities for this:
First, this Qin army is a suspicious force. Second, Fu Cunshen had already led his army before the Sui-Turkish coalition took action.
The first and second options are both possible in Yang Xiong's opinion, and the second option is even more likely. After all, the opponent he is facing now is Meng Tian.
When Meng Tian was the governor of Hetao, he defeated the three coalition forces of Yang, Ma and Han. His later governor of Liangzhou also suppressed the Sui State and succeeded repeatedly. Basically, all the major generals of the Sui State suffered losses at his hands.
It seems normal that such a tough and difficult Meng Tian could predict the movements of the Sui and Tu allied forces in advance.
Meng Tian's prestige in Liangzhou is still very high. It is precisely because the Qin army's general is Meng Tian that Yang Xiong is so hesitant. Otherwise, the strategy of suspecting soldiers will not succeed at all.
Meng Tian has already taken action, and the pressure has shifted to Yang Xiong. Should he withdraw his troops or continue to stare at Meng Tian?
If it is Fu Cunchen who comes, the 35,000 Sui troops in Yang Xiong's hands will definitely not be the opponent of the 40,000 to 50,000 Qin troops, and Yang Xingmi's headquarters is fifty miles away from him. Once the two sides start a war, if Yang Xingmi cannot be in time If he provides support, he may even run the risk of his entire army being annihilated.
Is it really Fu Cunshen who is here?
Yang Xiong still had some doubts in his heart, but the next actions of the Qin Army dispelled all his doubts.
"Report...to the deputy governor, after Fu Cunshen's troops arrived in Xining, Meng Tian led his army out of the city. After the two armies joined forces, they came towards our army."
After hearing this, Yang Xiong no longer had any doubts or hesitations in his heart. After all, if it wasn't Fu Cunchen who came, with Meng Tian's meager military strength, it would be too late to hide, so how could he dare to fight with him? Therefore, it must be Fu Cunshen's arrival that gave Meng Tian enough confidence.
Now the Qin army has a total of 40,000 to 50,000 troops. With only 35,000 men and horses, it is definitely no match.
Therefore, Yang Xiong hardly hesitated and decisively ordered: "Send the order, the whole army retreats, and goes to join the governor. Do not give Qin a chance to defeat our army one by one."
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Thirty thousand Sui troops retreated in an orderly manner under the command of Yang Xiong, and this move made Meng Tian secretly relieved.
If Yang Xiong is stubborn and refuses to retreat, then he can only directly fight Yang Xiong with 25,000 Qin troops. After all, retreating will only expose the truth, and Yang Xiong will never let him escape back to Xining.
Once Meng Tian and Yang Xiong engage in a decisive battle, if they cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, by the time Yang Xingmi's reinforcements arrive, the Qin army may be completely wiped out.
Therefore, Yang Xiong took the initiative to retreat and make way for Meng Tian, which was the optimal solution.
Next, Meng Tian's 25,000 men, disguised as an army of 50,000, marched westward at full speed, as if they could not wait, but this dispelled Yang Xingmi's suspicion.
Yang Xingmi originally didn't believe that Meng Tian could predict their actions in advance, but Yang Xiong vowed that Meng Tian could do it, which made Yang Xingmi waver in his judgment, and then Meng Tian looked like he couldn't wait to fight him. .
If Meng Tian only had 20,000 or 30,000 troops, how could he possibly dare to fight against his 70,000-strong army? That's why I believe that Meng Tian predicted their actions.
Now there are only two choices before Yang Xingmi:
One is to directly fight Meng Tian, but with 70,000 Sui troops fighting 50,000 Qin troops, Yang Xingmi always felt that he had no advantage and might even lose.
The second is to suspend the encirclement and suppression of Yang Ren, join forces with Lun Qinling, and then fight Meng Tian to defeat the Qin army with absolute superiority in strength.
Yang Xingmi thought about it and still felt that option 2 had a better chance of winning, so instead of stopping him, he allowed Meng Tian to go to Huangyuan City.
When Meng Tian led his army to Huangyuan, the Tubo army, led by Lun Qinling, had already gone to join forces with Yang Xingmi. After all, if they did not leave, the Tubo army might not be able to withstand the internal and external attacks of 60,000 to 70,000 Qin troops. ah.
Looking at the damaged walls of Huangyuan City and the broken limbs scattered all over the city, Meng Tian didn’t need to think about how fierce the battle to defend the city was.
After all, Huangyuan City is just a small city. Apart from the city walls, there are almost no defensive facilities, so it is not easy to defend. It is only a matter of time before it falls.
However, Yang Ren relied on only one city wall to block the fierce attack of 100,000 Tibetan troops for three days, and naturally he paid a high price.
In just three days of defending the city, the Qin army suffered 7,000 casualties, while the Tubo army also suffered about 7,000 casualties.
Meng Tian's rescue was very timely. If it had been a day or two later, Huangyuan City might not be able to survive.
So, when Yang Ren saw Meng Tian, he was very excited. Meng Tian not only saved him, but also saved the lives of all the soldiers in the city.
But when he saw that there were only more than 20,000 reinforcements behind Meng Tian, Yang Ren was completely dumbfounded.
Meng Tian did not bother to explain to Yang Ren and decisively ordered: "Yang Ren obeys the order."
“The end will be here.”
“Abandon Huangyuan City immediately, and retreat to Xining with the governor.”
“What? Give up Huangyuan City?”
Yang Ren looked in disbelief and asked quickly: "But if we abandon Huangyuan, what will happen if the Sui and Tu allied forces enter Liangzhou and go to support Daxing City?"
“Don’t worry, Governor Li Jing has already led the reinforcements as quickly as possible. If the Sui and Tu allied forces enter Liangzhou from Huangyuan City to support Daxing, they will only run into Governor Li Jing head-on.”
Hearing this, Yang Ren felt relieved. After all, Li Jing had two elites, the Flying Bear Army and the Dragon Cavalry Army. If they really collided head-on, it was not certain who would hit whom.
Sorry, I haven't been in a good state lately. I wasn't thinking about typing, so I got stuck while writing this. It took me three days to write this chapter.
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