Chapter 1110: We must first settle the home when fighting foreign countries
Chapter 1108: We must first settle the country when fighting foreign countries
When Qin Wen captured Hetao and formed the Bingzhou coalition, although Wang Kuang plucked up his courage to join the coalition, it was because Qin Wen took the lead, so Wang Kuang dared to follow behind and wave the flag to cheer.
Now 70,000 Yuanmeng’s iron cavalry are coming. Regardless of whether the Southern Alliance Army has any requests for Yuanmeng, just with the little force in the hands of Wang Kuang, the prefect of Shuofang, how could he have the courage to stop the 70,000 Meng’s iron cavalry!
The 70,000-yuan Meng Tie Cavalry came to Shuofang, not only without any obstacles, but even the guard general obeyed Wang Kuang''s orders and sent wine and meat to honorably send Murong Ke and his army away.
The Jin army set up garrisons in the Western Liang army to prepare for defense, but only set up posts for the princes in the south.
The strength gap between the two sides is too big, so it would be nice if the Jin army did not attack the southern princes, and the southern princes could not take the initiative to attack the Jin army.
This was a matter of course, but now Murong Ke took advantage of the loophole and 70,000 cavalry rushed straight to Yinchuan County, which had empty troops in the southern part of Hetao.
Three days ago, after Qin Hao''s flying pigeon letter was passed to Jinyang, it immediately attracted the attention of Qin Wen, and it also caused a stir in the Jin army.
150,000 Jin troops, now 120,000 are concentrated in Yanmen Pass and Zhenbei Pass, while Yuan Meng has colluded with Yang Jian, and the 70,000 Mongolian Iron Cavalry is about to use the passage to attack Hetao from Liangzhou.
Hetao is now in danger, but the Jin army still does not know the true purpose of the Yuan army.
Is Yuan Meng trying to go to Hetao to break through Zhenbei Pass and release the Yuan Meng Iron Cavalry outside the Pass to come in?
Or did the iron cavalry march straight into Taiyuan and attack Jinyang, the capital of the Jin army?
The Jin army did not know anything about this, but after discussion, it still believed that the Yuan and Mongolian army went north to Zhenbeiguan and was more likely to respond to Temujin''s army, so they quickly discussed and prepared for war.
"Lord, you must first settle the country when fighting against foreign countries."
Xi Zhicai stood up and said with a serious expression: "The top priority is to concentrate superior forces first, and the 70,000-yuan Mongolian Iron Cavalry that is about to enter Hetao will be completely annihilated.
Otherwise, if these 70,000 cavalry rage in Hetao, our army''s governance for so many years would be in vain. ”
"There are seventy thousand iron cavalry, and they are also iron cavalry equipped with stirrups and horseshoes. If you want to completely annihilate them, you must at least send out twice the enemy''s troops."
Qin Wen had long realized the seriousness of the problem. He showed a solemn expression on his face and said in a deep voice: "Our army now has only 150,000 in total, and there are 200,000 Mongolian Iron Cavalry outside the pass, and the two passes in the north also have to defend.
In order to overcome this crisis, this marquis decided that the entire people would fight against the invasion of the Yuanmeng in the land of Hetao.
In addition, 100,000 reserve troops were immediately recruited and ordered all cities and counties to guard the city gates closely and would never fight. ”
The Jin army occupied the five northern counties and three Hetao counties, with a total of eight counties. After years of cultivation and vigorous development, it has a population of more than three million, but only 200,000 permanent troops were recruited.
In places like Bingzhou, where wars with foreign races have been for many years, even if the ratio of soldiers and civilians reaches 10 to 1, it is not considered a military force, so Qin Wen was recruiting 100,000 reserve troops.
In comparison, Qin Hao owned the four counties in Jingbei, with a total population of only nearly three million, but he summoned 240,000 troops.
The military-civilian ratio under Qin Hao''s command is not only close to 10 to 1, but also in the densely populated Central Plains region. It can be seen that Qin Hao is truly a powerful military force compared to Qin Wen.
But Qin Hao had no choice. Nanyang was a place of four battles. If he didn''t recruit so many troops, he would not have much strength to expand outside.
Fazhi stood up at this time and said in a deep voice: "Lord, recruitment and the whole people are soldiers, which are strategies to annihilate the enemy, but the most urgent task is to defend against the enemy. If you can''t even stop the 70,000-yuan Iron Cavalry, let alone annihilate the 70,000 army."
“That’s right.”
Sima Fang took over the conversation and said in a deep voice: "Our army has extremely sufficient military reserves. Not to mention recruiting 100,000 reserve troops, even 200,000 is no problem, but we don''t have so much time to prepare." The reserve troops recruited by the Jin army are all veterans and strong men who have received military training. As long as weapons are distributed and simple training, they will quickly form an army. Although the combat power is not as good as that of the regular army, it is more than enough to defend the city or fight.
"We must first dispatch the army as soon as possible to block the Yuan and Mongolian army in Yinchuan County, so that our army can have enough world to prepare for the next action."
Xi Zhicai took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Yanmen Pass and Zhenbei Pass are easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is enough to stay 20,000 defenders each to support them for two months.
With these two months, it must be enough for our army to make all preparations and then eliminate the future invasions. ”
“What the military advisor said even.”
Qin Wen nodded and ordered seriously: "I ordered the commander of Yinshan Governor Yang Ye to select another general to guard Zhenbei Pass, and then lead a 40,000 army to take charge of Yinchuan County.
The commander of the Yanmen Pass Li Dingguo immediately divided the 40,000 troops and asked the Hetao Governor Wang Meng to lead the commander to Yinchuan to help. ”
"Lord, Wang Meng is both civil and military, and it is no problem to lead a 40,000 army.
General Li Dingguo has been through the battlefield for a long time, and he led a 20,000 army to guard Yanmen Pass, which is also foolproof.
But if Governor Yang Ye leaves Zhenbei Pass, no one of his generals will be able to take on the important task of guarding the pass. "Sima Fang said worriedly.
"Don''t worry, General Yang''s sons are all difficult generals, so choosing one person to stay and keep the checkpoint will not be a problem."
A glimmer flashed in Qin Wen''s eyes and he smiled and said, "We always want to give the eagles a chance to soar in the sky. The world will belong to them in the future!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this. The appointment of their lord, General Cai, has always been extremely bold. The young master Qin Hao led the army to fight at only 14 years old. Li Dingguo was a surrendered general of the Yellow Turban. Now he is guarding Yanmen Pass. This example is still there in the Jin army.
"Jinyang is the hinterland of our army. If the Yuanmeng Iron Cavalry cannot completely solve the supply problem, it will definitely not be that simple to attack. Therefore, it is enough to leave only 10,000 in Jinyang''s 30,000 defenders, and the remaining 20,000 troops..."
As he said that, Qin Wen looked around, and finally his eyes stopped on Xi Zhicai, and said in a deep voice: "Military advisor, let''s take me to Yinchuan."
"No."
"If I could still ride a horse and pull a bow, I would definitely lead the army in this battle and go to fight Yuan Meng, but..."
As he said that, Qin Wen sighed dejectedly, then smiled helplessly, "I''m here to help me."
“I should do my duty to share my worries for the Lord.”
Xi Zhicai said seriously, but he couldn''t help feeling sad about his lord''s heroic age. When did Qin Wen, who was so energetic in the northern border, could no longer even pull the bow.
(This chapter ends)