Vol 2 Chapter 2925: Increase troops on the Eastern Front, Bai Qi recovers from his injuries

Vol 2 Chapter 2925: Increase troops on the Eastern Front, Bai Qi recovers from his injuries

Chapter 2925: Increase troops on the Eastern Front, Bai Qi recovers from his injuries

Chapter 2925: Increase troops on the Eastern Front, Bai Qi recovers from his injuries

 Yuzhou, Yingchuan, Xuchang.

After looking at the system prompts, Ying Hao couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Qingzhou and Haizhou could be unified so easily. I thought a decisive battle would break out in Qingnan."

In the Central Plains War, although the Qin army's focus was first on the west and then on the east, it did not mean that Ying Hao did not pay attention to the eastern front.

To be honest, Zhu Di first severely damaged Zhou Yu's navy, then suppressed the dissatisfaction of the Qi faction, and finally gave up Qingnan and allowed the Ming and Song coalition forces to retreat. This performance was perfect, even better than Cao Cao's response. .

Compared with Zhu Di, who didn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a land, Cao Cao, who fought for every inch of territory, was still narrow-minded after all.

Cao Cao wanted to cover everything, but the result was that he couldn't get any good results. Therefore, Cao Cao's army on the western front was almost completely destroyed, and Cao Cao only led his cavalry to retreat to the eastern front.

So far, the Qin Army's thirty-three armies on the east front, including land and water, have lost 35,000 navy troops and 35,000 land troops. The three-month war has resulted in a total of 70,000 casualties.

Looking at the coalition forces, the 500,000 Ming and Song coalition forces on the defensive side were suppressed by the 330,000 Qin troops. After three months of fighting, Qingnan suffered 55,000 casualties in many battles. Zhou Yu attacked The Jianghuai coastal defense caused nearly 9,000 casualties to the coalition forces, and the East China Sea naval battle caused 57,000 casualties, with the total casualties reaching 130,000.

The 330,000 Qin army lost 70,000. This kind of loss is not small. However, when the Qin offensive and defensive coalition forces were defending, they defeated the 500,000 Ming and Song coalition forces sitting on the Qingnan defense line. They lost 130,000 soldiers, with total casualties. But it was a full 60,000 higher than the Qin army on the attacking side, and they also took the initiative to give up the three counties of Qingnan. This record can also be called a great victory.

The main credit for the Qin army in southern Qing Dynasty to achieve such results was Zhou Yu. If he had not sent troops to harass the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense line, thus containing nearly 200,000 Ming troops, the 250,000 Qin troops on the northern front alone would not have been able to do so. It may be possible to fight with 500,000 coalition troops.

 But even Zhou Yu made a big mistake in the naval battle. If he had not overestimated the land combat capabilities of the Great Qin Navy and misjudged it, the losses of the Great Qin Navy would never have been so great.

But Zhou Yu was lucky, he gave the order, but then he led the army to fight a naval battle, but the blame was thrown to Qi Jiguang. Of course, Qi Jiguang was not without any responsibility.

Zhou Yu also knew that most of the responsibility for this incident lay with him, and Qi Jiguang was just taking the blame for himself, so he took the initiative to take responsibility and interceded for Qi Jiguang.

Ying Hao considered that nearly half of the navy lost in the first battle, and a large number of generals were either seriously injured or died in the battle. Now is the time when the shortage of men is the most, so it is naturally impossible to punish Qi Jiguang severely, so he only gave him a symbolic fine of several months' military pay. .

The Qin army lost 70,000 troops on the frontal battlefield and failed to capture Qingnan. As a result, Zhu Di took the initiative to withdraw his troops because of Cao Cao's defeat. This allowed the Qin army to occupy the three counties of Qingnan without spending a single soldier.

Of course, it’s just occupation.

Like Haizhou, which is currently in turmoil, Qingnan, which was also occupied without a fight, also contains many hidden dangers, the biggest of which is that the local people do not obey the rule of Qin.

From the intelligence on the front line and the fact that Zhuge Liang left 35,000 defenders before leaving, it is not difficult to judge the resistance of the people of Qingnan to Da Qin's notice. Otherwise, how could it be possible to need so many troops to guard.

In response to this, Ying Hao asked with a puzzled face: "Why do the people of the three counties of Qingnan disobey the rule of my great Qin?"

You must know that when the Qin army occupied the four counties of Yanxi, the people of Yanzhou celebrated with joy and welcomed the Qin army into the city with joy. Why was the situation completely different when it was Qingnan's turn?

In terms of faith, most people in Qingxu do believe in the Mingjiao, but even the orthodox Mingjiao has been integrated into the Qin Dynasty. There is no reason for the Mingjiao believers in Qingnan to resist the rule of the Qin Dynasty.

In terms of policies, Da Qin not only had lower tax rates than Ming Dynasty, but also had various policies that were more friendly to the people at the bottom, but why did the people resist Da Qin's notification to Qingnan?

Seeing this, Jia Xu quickly stood up and explained: "Your Majesty, the Ming Kingdom is different from the Wei Kingdom.

The people of Wei State lived a very hard life, barely able to maintain food and clothing, and Cao Wei's policies were extremely harsh on the people at the bottom, so the people of Yanxi naturally wanted to be under our rule, Da Qin.

But the people of the Ming Dynasty were different. There was no exploitation by aristocratic families in the Ming Dynasty, and there were no excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. In addition, the Ming Dynasty had enough wealth to develop internal governance, so the people of the Ming Dynasty lived relatively prosperous lives. .

Once people's lives are better, they naturally don't want a war to break out. However, our army's conquest of the Central Plains turned the entire Qingnan into a battlefield. Among the 120,000 troops lost by the coalition forces, more than 50% belonged to the original Qi faction's soldiers and horses, and These soldiers are all natives of Qingnan.

The total population of the three counties of Qingnan is only more than 1.3 million, but more than 60,000 young men died at the hands of our army. This caused half of the families in one-third of Qingnan to lose their male sons, which is why they are so resistant to our army. rule. "

"I see."

Ying Hao looked astonished and thought: Cao Cao's subordinates are really powerful. They squeezed the people to such an extent without even breaking out a peasant uprising.

The people of Cao and Wei suffered the most among all the forces, so even if many people died in the war between Qin and Wei, as long as they came under the rule of Da Qin, it would be equivalent to bottoming out, a breakthrough between zero and one. , there will naturally be hope for the future.

On the other hand, the people of the Ming Dynasty were already living a good life. Even if Qin's policies were better, for them it would only be an upgrade from second to third. There was no substantial difference, and it naturally could not make up for the pain of losing a son or a husband.

Jia Xu proposed three ways to solve this problem:

 The first is to send additional troops to guard the area to prevent the people from causing unrest due to hatred.

 The second is to strengthen propaganda to dilute hatred, and dilute hatred through accumulated brainwashing propaganda and time. The third one is to put all the blame for the war on Zhu Di, propagating that if he hadn't used the mantis as a chariot, how could so many people have died, thereby transferring the people's hatred of Da Qin to Zhu Di.

Ying Hao naturally adopted Jia Xu's methods one by one, but the effect was not very good. Qingnan's problem was just like Haizhou in the northwest. It could not be solved in a short time and would take a long time to be completely digested.

"Now there are still 370,000 coalition troops in Xuzhou, and Zhou Yu's navy needs to be repaired. Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang's eastern front only have 180,000 troops in hand after leaving enough troops to garrison in the rear. The difference in strength between the two sides is a full 190,000. In terms of military strength, there is already some lack of progress.”

Ying Hao sighed. He ordered Su Dingfang and Zhuge Liang to march. The original intention was to fight a decisive battle in Qingnan, thereby weakening the total strength of the Song and Ming coalition forces. However, Zhu Di did not accept the move and directly conserved his strength by abandoning his troops to save his commander. .

After Zhu Ming abandoned the three counties of Qingnan, although the strategic space and war potential were reduced, he did not need to fight on a long-term basis and the battle line became more complete.

In addition, although Xuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend, as long as Langya County in the north is not lost, the 370,000 troops defending Xuzhou will be more than enough in terms of military strength, and their mobility will be greatly improved, so that in the future, Zhou Yu's navy will not be a threat Reduced to the lowest level.

"I thought that Cao Cao was the biggest obstacle to our army's expedition to the Central Plains, but I didn't expect that Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, would also make more concessions. No one can underestimate him." Ying Hao thought to himself.

"Your Majesty, the coalition forces in Xuzhou are more than 370,000." Guo Jia said.

 “Hmm? What’s going on?”

Ying Hao was startled and then asked: "Have the Demon Sect rebels in Yandong moved to Xuzhou?"

Although the fighting strength of the rebel army formed by the Demon Sect is weak, it is better because of its large number and many masters. Although it does not pose a threat to the Qin army on the frontal battlefield, it will still be quite troublesome if it shrinks and defends.

However, after experiencing a short-term expansion in strength, the leaders of the major rebel armies in the Demon Sect also wanted to preserve their strength, so there were internal differences on whether to fully support Wei in the fight against Qin.

An Lushan, the nominal leader of the rebel army, has not been able to completely integrate the Demon Sect rebel army yet. He will not be able to pose a threat to the Qin army until the real integration is completed.

"The Demon Sect Rebels did not move to Xuzhou, but according to the information collected by Heibingtai, after the Battle of the East China Sea, the naval forces of the Ming and Song Dynasties suffered heavy losses. However, by purchasing the prisoners of war of the Soochow Navy from Liu Xiu, their naval strength was rapidly increasing. Recover." Guo Jiajin said.

"Not only that, Cao Wei is also buying prisoners from Liu Xiu, but they are all infantry. The prisoners of war captured by the Chu State of Soochow were almost taken over by the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties." Jia Xu also said.

Ying Hao couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, thinking: Zhu Di, Zhao Kuangyin, and Cao Cao are so desperate that they can even do such things as buying prisoners and confiscating them.

Using prisoners of war to serve as troops is at least better than training new recruits from scratch, but the morale will certainly not be too high. Facing a powerful army like the Qin Army, it can only be used to defend the city, and it is basically of little use in field battles.

"Wait a minute, after Cao Cao expanded his army to the extreme, he was already so poor that he was almost eating the dirt. Now he is even more exhausted. How can he still have money to buy prisoners from Liu Xiu?"

Ying Hao didn't believe that Liu Xiu would send prisoners to Cao Cao for free. After all, this guy didn't get up early for no profit. This time he finally smelled the business opportunity of human trafficking, and it was even more impossible to let it go.

“According to the information obtained by Heibingtai, Liu Xiu allowed Cao Cao to use materials to pay off the debt, and Cao Cao directly sold three thousand war horses, thus facilitating this transaction.”

"Haha, they are quite clever. They change their methods and tactics to restore their strength at all costs. However, if the coalition forces can use prisoners of war to serve as soldiers, our army can naturally do the same. The coalition forces' plan to wear down our army through attrition is doomed to fail. success."

After finishing speaking, Ying Hao suppressed the sneer on his lips and asked Guo Jia: "How is the reorganization of Li Cunxiao's 100,000 surrendered troops?"

From the time when Cao Ren surrendered and Ying Hao ordered Zhuge Liang to march, to when Zhu Di took the initiative to withdraw his troops and the Qin army occupied the three counties of Qingnan without a single soldier, only half a month had passed.

Ying Hao gave Li Cunxiao one month, and now half of it has passed. After the training of the 100,000 troops is completed, and there is no shortage of troops on the Western Front, he plans to send these 100,000 troops to support the Eastern Front.

 The lower limit of Zhu Di's troops on the eastern front is 370,000. With the purchased prisoners of war and the newly recruited soldiers, the upper limit will not be less than 430,000.

Before Zhou Yu's navy recovered, it would be good if Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang's 180,000 troops could maintain the previous battle loss ratio between us and the enemy. It was obviously impossible to crack this hard nut, so we increased the number of troops on the eastern front. There is no time to delay.

"Your Majesty, the reorganization work of the 100,000 Cao Wei surrendered troops has been going smoothly, but it is General Zhao Yun who is in charge. After Li Cunxiao became the governor of Yanzhou, he decentralized all military affairs, and he became the hands-off treasurer. Together with Jia Fu Study martial arts.”

As soon as Guo Jia said this, not only Ying Hao couldn't hold back, but even Jia Xu couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from twitching.

Although Jia Fu was seriously injured in the battle of Dongjun, he was lucky enough to obtain the complete "Blood Nerve" and "Shura Sutra" from Styx afterwards, which completely completed his future martial arts path.

Originally, with Jia Fu's serious injury, it would take at least half a year, or even a year, to recover, but after supplementing the exercises, his recovery ability has also greatly increased, and it only takes two or three months to recover from the injury. But now he has recovered to 60% to 70%.

As for why Jia Fu stayed in Chenliu to recuperate from his injuries, it was naturally because he followed Ying Hao's order and passed the "Blood Nerve" to Bai Qi.

 (End of this chapter)