Chapter 405: Gathering 800,000 troops


    Chapter 404: Gathering 800,000 troops


    The reputation of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry is well known to everyone, and if these 200,000 Liangzhou troops join the battle, it can already change the overall situation.


    "Qin Wen had 230,000 troops in his hands, and Dong Zhuo''s 200,000 Liangzhou troops, a total of 430,000. As Xiang Yu led 200,000 elite troops south, the more than 400,000 troops in Sizhou were not enough."


    Zhang Jiao analyzed to himself, but this analysis found that the military strength was insufficient and the form was not optimistic.


    Zhang Jiao had an army of 500,000 in his hand, and he lost a lot of money to break through the outer city of Luoyang. Now there is an inner city that needs to continue attacking. After the battle is over, I don’t know if there are still 400,000.


    Since the Yellow Turban Recruitment, except for Xiang Yu''s battle in the Yellow River, other victories have basically been based on the advantage of numerical power.


    If you lose even the advantage of numerical numbers, you will be stronger than your Han army when facing equipment training, and the 400,000 Yellow Turban Army will definitely not be enough.


    "We can only transfer troops from other states."


    Zhang Liang said helplessly, there is no good way to let him be wise and confusing at this time.


    "Are you still dispatched troops?"


    A hint of embarrassment flashed across Zhang Jiao''s face and asked worriedly: "The states except Yanzhou are unstable. If the troops are drawn at this time, what if the remaining Han elements resist?"


    "This is simple, you can send the superb Qu coach to take charge of the place and ask them to recruit new recruits to suppress them on their own."


    "Can you rely on new recruits to suppress it?"


    Zhang Jiao did not believe in his subordinates'' abilities. The key Han generals were not weak, and before the recruits grew up, they would definitely be passively beaten.


    "It doesn''t matter if you can''t stop it. As long as we can persevere until our army breaks through Chang''an, it doesn''t matter even if the city is lost. Moreover, concentrating troops can weaken local forces to prevent the governor from growing ambitions to control the side." Zhang Liang said calmly.


    If the Yellow Turbans can still break through Chang''an, then this battle will basically be won. Even if there is sporadic resistance, it will not harm the overall situation. Of course, the premise is that Zhang Jiao can survive until that time.


    The Han Dynasty has already pulled the bowstrings and pointed them at the Yellow Turban. If the Yellow Turban does not give all its strength, how can it win the final victory?


    So in addition to continuing to increase troops, the second way to deal with the Yellow Turban is to turn off attack to defense. The longer you drag it, the more unfavorable it will be for the Yellow Turban.


    "That''s all. In terms of military allocation, do you have any opinions on third brother?" Zhang Jiao asked subconsciously.


    Unconsciously, Zhang Jiao has become increasingly dependent on Zhang Liang, and Zhang Liang completely replaced Guo Jia as the first Yellow Turban strategist.


    Faced with Zhang Jiao''s inquiry, Zhang Liang did not answer immediately this time. After pondering for a long time, he said:


    "The troops in Yuzhou should be used to deal with Zhu Yan, and the troops in Jizhou should be suppressed by Huangfu Song, so the troops in these two states should not move."


    "Only dispatch troops from the four prefectures of Qingyan and Xuyang?" Zhang Jiao asked.


    "That''s right, we can transfer 100,000 troops from the four prefectures of Qingyan, Xuyang, and each of them will be transferred. In this way, Sizhou will have 800,000 troops, which is enough to deal with the forty-three armies of the Han Dynasty."


    Although the Yellow Turbans had concentrated a million troops in Yanzhou before, it does not mean that the Yellow Turbans had no troops stationed in other states.


    There are still many garrisons in the six states occupied by the Yellow Turbans. After all, the remaining forces of the Han Dynasty and the aristocratic families are still very strong, and if they do not have enough troops, they cannot resist the counterattack.


    The Yellow Turbans are different from the Han army. The Yellow Turban soldiers do not need to pay military salaries, and the poor people in the world are basically believers of the Yellow Turbans, so it is not too easy for the Yellow Turbans to expand their troops. If Zhang Jiao is willing, it will not be difficult for the Yellow Turbans to recruit another million troops, but the burden of food for so many troops is too great that the Yellow Turbans cannot afford to support them.


    Currently, in addition to Jizhou, there are more than 100,000 garrisons in the Yellow Turban area. After all, without this number of garrisons, the stability of a state cannot be guaranteed. It is important to know that the remaining forces of the Han Dynasty are moving all the time.


    "We can mobilize troops after the implementation of the "Celestial Land Acre System", and we can take this opportunity to destroy a group of aristocratic families to supplement our army''s consumption."


    A trace of murderous aura flashed in Zhang Liang''s eyes, as if he was about to take the aristocratic family under his command.


    Since the war started, the Yellow Turban army has lost nearly 400,000 troops, and the materials have been consumed even more. With the Yellow Turban style, it is naturally going to defeat the local tyrants again.


    The Kanto family is really unlucky. They are powerful under the rule of the Han Dynasty, but when it comes to the Yellow Turban, they become pigs and sheep raised in captivity. As long as the Yellow Turban pocket is sagged, they will beat the local tyrants at any time, and there is basically no human rights to speak of.


    "Brother, it''s time to decide the candidate for the governor of the five states." Zhang Liang reminded.


    Zhang Jiao nodded and asked, "Tell me, see what you are most suitable for the governor of each state in your heart."


    Zhang Liang didn''t think about it and said, "Yangzhou belongs to our army''s Jiangbei region, which was jointly captured by Hong Xiuquan and Xiang Yu. Now Xiang Yu has been designated as the governor of Jingzhou, so the governor of Yangzhou should be handed over to Hong Xiuquan.


    Xuzhou is surrounded by the three prefectures of Qing, Yan and Yang, and the geographical environment is the safest, so it needs a governor who is good at governance. Fang La is very good at this.


    Yuzhou is a place of four battles, and it is necessary to have a governor who is both civil and military. Li Mi, a man with both civil and military use, should be able to defend Yuzhou well.


    Jizhou was attacked by Youbian and the two states, so he needed a governor who could fight tough battles. Dou Jiande was brave and benevolent and righteous. In addition, he was also from Jizhou, so he was the best candidate for the governor.


    As for Yanzhou, this place is our army''s grain depot, which is related to the life and death of a million troops, so it is better to refuse to leave the governor for the time being. ”


    Zhang Jiao nodded with satisfaction. Zhang Liang''s arrangement was almost perfect, but he still had some questions.


    "Why is Dou Jiande the most suitable governor of Jizhou, not Zhang Xianzhong? Zhang Xianzhong has been fighting in Jizhou and has made great contributions."


    Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Zhang Xianzhong always reveals a hint of sinisterness between his eyebrows, and he is cautious in his behavior. It can be seen that he is a good person at disguise, so I don''t like it."


    In this way, between the two of them, the other four governors of the Yellow Turban were also decided, but this also laid the root of the disaster for the split of the Yellow Turban.


    Li Zicheng and Chen Youliang were not selected, but the credit was also quite significant, so he was naturally very dissatisfied with this.


    If the Yellow Turbans keep winning, they will naturally not have any abnormal movements, but once the situation is reversed, they will not have any rebellion that is burdened.


    In the following days, while appeaseing the people of Luoyang, the Yellow Turban attacked the inner city of Luoyang, and was also preparing to implement the "Celestial Land Acre System".


    Five days later, the Yellow Turbans finally captured the inner city of Luoyang, but at the cost of tens of thousands of lives.


    Since then, the Battle of Luoyang has officially ended. The Yellow Turbans have killed nearly 100,000 soldiers in Luoyang, and the Han army has killed 30,000 troops, but the people of Luoyang have suffered more than 100,000 casualties.


    Luoyang, which once had a population of one million, now only has more than 700,000 people, and the prosperity of the past has also faded away due to the war.


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    (This chapter ends)