Chapter 982: Increase troops to prepare for war
Chapter 980: Increase troops and prepare for war
Jia Mansion.
As soon as he got the news of Dong Zhuo''s departure, Jia Xu immediately got up from the bed, and there was no sign of being sick.
At this moment, a graceful figure walked out from the dark corner of the room and said to Jia Xu with a respectful look: "Sir, I have something unknown to me."
"explain."
"General Jia Fu is still in Dong Zhuo''s army, and once our plan is unfolded, how should General Jia Fu get out?"
After Jia Xu looked at Tian Yan meaningfully, he smiled faintly: "Don''t worry, I have already written a secret letter to Fu''er, and explained the way to get out of trouble in the letter. When Dong Zhuo led his army to Mianchi, Fu''er would receive it."
"My lord, I admire you."
"Stop flattering, how are you doing what you do?"
"We have done everything, just wait for the order of the adults."
"Okay, everything is ready now, it''s just the time."
A trace of light flashed in Jia Xu''s eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The day when Dong Zhuo arrived in Mianchi is the time when Emperor Han returned to the east."
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Just as Jia Xu was plotting to return to the east with the emperor, the news that Dong Zhuo led 50,000 troops from the east touched the nerves of the princes in the world.
Previously, Dong Zhuo''s signature of the king not only retreated to the coalition of princes, but also inspired the ambitions of the princes and broke the fragile balance between the princes.
Although only the princes who are currently enthroned are Liu He, Duke of Qi Huang Chao, and Duke of Yue Wang Lang, the territory of these three people has fallen into war.
Although most princes did not accept it, the more the reason was to wait and see. When more and more princes accepted the canonization, the title of kings would sooner or later be accepted by the princes, and then the whole world would probably be in war.
Now that the three states of You, Qing and Yang are in a melee, if Dong Zhuo leads his troops to Sizhou, the war will surely ignite again, and this time Qin Hao can only rely on his own strength.
Luoyang.
After Qin Hao received the news that Dong Zhuo had personally sent the news, he still did whatever he should do, as if he didn''t care about it at all, and this made Liu Bowen and other advisers very anxious.
"Lord, at most, Dong Zhuo will lead his troops to Mianchi in just half a month. By then, the Liang army''s strength will reach 140,000, which is twice that of our army."
Liu Bowen showed a solemn expression on his face and spoke in a deep voice: "My subordinates believe that they should increase their troops north immediately, otherwise our army will find it difficult to defend Luoyang."
In this battle against Dong, in addition to Qin Hao personally leading 60,000 troops to the alliance, Bai Qi also led 60,000 troops north.
But before meeting with Sun Jian, Bai Qi transferred 50,000 troops back to Beishan Camp and led only 10,000 troops north to participate in the war.
Qin Hao has 60,000, Bai Qi has 10,000, and Qin Jian has 50,000.
In other words, the forces dispatched by the Qin and Jin armies alone reached an astonishing 120,000 troops, exceeding one-fifth of the total number of the Kanto Alliance.
The battle against Dong was extremely tragic. The average casualties of the princes were more than 50%, and the small princes who sent fewer troops were even wiped out. Although Qin Hao is the leader of the coalition forces, he can''t use his power for personal gain if he has so many eyes fixed on him.
Qin Hao did not deliberately protect his army, but the Qin and Jin armies were elite troops, so the casualties ratio was naturally lower than that of the princes, but it still reached nearly 40%.
The 120,000 army before the war, more than 70,000 troops remained after the war, and nearly 50,000 elite troops of the Qin and Jin armies died in the battle against Dong.
Now Qin Hao has only 70,000 troops left in his hands. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to block the 140,000 Liang army, which is coming in a fierce manner, so Qin Hao also had the intention of increasing his troops.
Today, the Qin and Jin armies still have nearly 400,000 troops, with a total strength exceeding the Liang army by 100,000. However, there are more princes than Dong Zhuo who need to be prepared for, so Qin Hao cannot transfer too much troops.
Bingzhou has supported Qin Hao''s army of 50,000, and the remaining 150,000 troops need to be guarded against the Yuan and Meng, so the troops in Bingzhou must not be transferred, so Qin Hao can only mobilize troops from Jingbei.
Long before the war started, Qin Hao secretly expanded his army, causing Jingbei''s troops to reach 240,000 in one fell swoop.
Although nearly half of the Qin army in Jingbei are recruits, they are now ready to use after nearly a year of training. Although they are worse than elite troops in terms of equipment, they are still much better than other princes.
In addition to the 70,000 Qin troops involved in the fight against Dong, there are still 170,000 troops in the four counties in Jingbei, namely: 50,000 in Nanyang, 60,000 in Xiangyang, 30,000 in Nanxiang, and 30,000 in Zhangling.
Although there are many troops of 170,000, except for the 50,000 troops in Nanyang, 90,000 have never seen blood new recruits in the other three counties, and they are more than enough to deal with the princes, but it is a bit difficult to fight against the Liang army.
As soon as he thought of this, Qin Hao immediately ordered: "Transfer the order to order Qin Zheng, the prefect of Nanyang, to immediately transfer 50,000 elite troops to the north.
In addition, the order was ordered to order the prefect of Xiangyang Yue Fei to transfer 10,000 troops to accept Nanyang''s defense. ”
10,000 troops are enough to guard Nanyang. After all, Nanyang is now located in the center of Qin Hao''s sphere of influence, with heavy troops guarding in four directions, southeast, west and north, and the army of hostile princes cannot be close to Nanyang at all.
Seeing that Qin Hao had only transferred 50,000 troops, Fang Xuanling immediately wrinkled and said, "Lord, if we transfer 50,000 troops north, our army''s strength will reach 130,000. Although it is more than enough to defend Luoyang, if we want to expel the Liang army and occupy all of Sizhou, we may still be unable to meet the strength, right?"
"The land in Jingbei is full of enemies on all sides, and without leaving enough troops, it is not enough to intimidate the princes from all directions."
At this point, Qin Hao showed a mysterious smile and continued, "Besides, our army''s 130,000 troops are all elite. Although the number of Liang''s army is above our army, its combat power is definitely not as good as our army. These 130,000 troops are enough to occupy Sizhou."
Fang Xuanling thought it was not safe enough and was preparing to persuade Qin Hao, but when he saw Liu Bowen giving him a look, he immediately realized that he was not talking too much. He must have other plans for the lord.
Qin Hao saw that Fang Xuanling had realized his intention, and immediately nodded at him with a smile, and then continued: "The Yin of Henan has a total of twenty-one counties. Although our army now occupy Luoyang, the other twenty counties are still in the hands of the Liang army..."
After conquering Luoyang, Qin Hao had to deal with a lot of destruction. In addition, all the princes were in Luoyang. Although Qin Hao had the intention to dominate Sizhou, he was not too explicit, so he delayed until now that he was ready to take the other twenty counties.
After Qin Hao glanced at the generals, he ordered in a deep voice: "Where are Bai Qi, Xue Li, Su Li, and Zhao Yun?"
"The last general is here." Bai Qi and four generals stood up together.
"You are now ordered to lead a 10,000 army each. Be sure to conquer all these twenty counties within ten days."
"No." Bai Qi and the four generals shouted in unison.
(This chapter ends)