Chapter 1003: The four princes in the south attacked
Chapter 1001: The four princes of Bingnan attacked
"Report... I report to the lord, the big thing is wrong. Wang Shichong, the prefect of Shangdang, sent 20,000 troops south, and has now occupied the two counties of Henoi and the three counties of Hedong."
As soon as this news came out, the generals of the Qin army were collectively uproar and all started to curse.
"Wang Shichong is so brave. He dares to come and grab the ready-made one at this time. It''s shameless."
"That''s right, lord, please give the last general eight thousand soldiers, and the last general guarantees to defeat Wang Shichong''s troops."
"Lord, the last general only has seven thousand soldiers..."
"Then I''m five thousand..."
After the establishment of the Qin army, relying on its many advantages such as equipment, training, and generals, it has almost never suffered any major losses in frontal combat, and this has also developed the generals'' arrogant personality.
Senior generals like Li Cunxiao and Ran Min almost never take small princes like Wang Shichong seriously, and even some even call out to lead 3,000 troops to defeat Shangdang’s 20,000 troops.
All the generals shouted to punish Wang Shichong, which made Qin Hao so angry that he shouted, "Shut up."
The generals stopped making noise as soon as they heard this, while Qin Hao continued to scold, "Look, look, how are they all crazy? Three thousand soldiers dare to fight against 20,000 troops, which is like a joke... Do you think you are me?"
Under Qin Hao''s reprimand, all the generals realized that they were too proud and dared to say such crazy words as 3,000 against 20,000.
But Qin Hao''s words later made the veterans laugh. Pei Ju and others were a little confused when they saw this, while Liu Bowen and others shook their heads helplessly.
When the Yanmen Wang family rebelled, Qin Hao was forced to lead three thousand elite troops to quell the rebellion, and faced Wang Shichong''s 20,000 rebels in time.
That was Qin Hao''s first battle after joining the army, and it was extremely difficult to fight, but in the end it still showed the momentum of Yanmen. Qin Hao defeated 20,000 rebels head-on with three thousand elite troops and became famous in one battle.
Many people present also participated in the battle. After hearing Qin Hao said this, he couldn''t help but miss him. He saw that the former young master had become the lord of the present, and that young man with high spirits had really grown up.
After Qin Hao beat the generals on his own, he immediately asked the advisers: "Military advisor, Wang Shichong only has 35,000 troops, but this time he dared to transfer 20,000 troops south to grab territory. Is he crazy?"
Since capturing Hetao, the development of Bingbei has reached a higher level in a year, and the four counties in Bingnan have also been radiated by their development, and have greatly improved both in terms of economy, politics and population.
Nowadays, the four counties in Bingnan also have a population of nearly 1.23 million, and Shangdang is the richest county among the four counties in Bingnan. But even so, Wang Shichong can only raise 35,000 soldiers. No matter how many, it is not that Wang Shichong cannot afford to support it, but that Shangdang can no longer provide more troops.
Not all prefects can be like Qin Hao. One county has a population of more than two million, so they almost don’t worry about the source of troops. Of course, Nanyang has now been demolished into a county by Qin Hao.
Due to population restrictions, the four counties in Bingnan were destined to not be able to raise too many troops. Among the four princes in Bingnan, Wang Shichong had the largest number of troops, but he could only barely protect himself, and the excess troops were expanded to the outside world.
Shangdang is close to Taiyuan County. If Wang Shichong wants to expand to the outside world, he must dispatch enough troops, but in this way, the rear will become empty, allowing the Jin army in Taiyuan to take advantage of the opportunity.
Logically speaking, unless the Jin army is completely restrained, Wang Shichong will definitely not be able to send troops, but this time he took such a big risk to send troops, which forced Qin Hao to doubt whether there was any conspiracy.
After Liu Bowen pondered for a moment, he said, "This matter is indeed very strange. Wang Shichong must have a backup plan, otherwise he would never dare to seize food from the tiger''s mouth. I guess the other three princes in the south may have been persuaded by Wang Shichong to send troops together." Qin Hao showed a surprised look and sneered: "Zhang Yang, Wang Chao, and Wang Kuang also have the courage to compete with this marquis to compete with this marquis in Sizhou? This is unlikely!"
It’s not that Qin Hao looked down on these three local princes, but that these three people were obviously one prince, but they were extremely humble in front of Qin Wen and Qin Hao, which made Qin Hao not treat them as opponents.
Seeing this, Liu Bowen showed a serious look and said in a deep voice: "Lord, don''t underestimate anyone. After all, they are princes in the country. The rabbit is still biting people when it is anxious..."
Before Liu Bowen could finish his words, important military information came again.
"Reported... Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangjun, sent a 15,000 army southward and occupied the two counties of Hedong."
"Report... Zhang Chao, the prefect of Xihe, sent 15,000 troops south and occupied the three counties of Hanoi."
"Report... Wang Kuang, the prefect of Shuofang, sent an army of 10,000 to the south and occupied the two counties of Hanoi."
Qin Hao''s face also became a little unfavorable. He just said that the princes of the South did not dare to compete with him for Sizhou, but immediately got the news that the other party sent troops. This was simply a slap in the face.
"I came here well, I just took them all at once, so I can save myself from finding excuses to attack them in the future."
Qin Hao said angrily, and he was full of confidence in what he said.
The total force of the four princes in the south of the Yangtze River was only 60,000, while the total force of the Qin army in Sizhou was as high as 130,000, so even if the four princes in the south of the Yangtze River joined forces, Qin Hao would never feel that there was too much threat.
Qin Hao was about to give an order, but Liu Bowen once again spoke: "Lord, the situation is not clear yet. Whether the four princes of the South have joined forces, or have spontaneously come to grab territory, or have colluded with the Liang army, we don''t know anything about this, and it would be too sarcastic to start a war directly.
In my opinion, our army will not start a war for the time being. We will first seize the counties of Hedong and Hanoi. After we find out the ways, it will not be too late to start a war. ”
Qin Hao thought for a little while and felt it made sense, so he immediately said, "Just do what the military advisor said, and immediately ordered Xue Rengui not to conflict with the army of the princes of the south, and seize more territory as quickly as possible."
"No."
"Report to the lord, General Bai Qi was ordered to pursue the west, but after chasing Yewang City, Liang''s army was divided into two groups. Yuwen Chengdu and Li Yuanba led the troops to guard Yewang, while Yang Jian led most of the Liang army to retreat to Hangu Pass.
The Yewang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Liang army in the city is sufficiently strong. Bai Qi was blocked by the city and could not continue to pursue it. Therefore, he sent his subordinates to ask if he would force the Yewang City to attack? ”
After taking a deep breath, Qin Hao knew that Bai Qi might not be able to catch up, but he was still disappointed. He immediately said in a deep voice: "The walls in front of the Yewang City are high and thick, and the strong attack will inevitably lead to heavy casualties. He immediately ordered Bai Qi to suspend the pursuit, and the army immediately headed north to seize the counties of Hanoi."
"No."
(This chapter ends)