Chapter 1531 Five hundred thousand Qin Ming United Army


    Chapter 1529: Five hundred thousand Qin Ming''s Joint Army


    On the surface, the Ming army in Jizhou seemed to be in full bloom. As soon as the peace came out, it took away the three counties of Jizhou. It was not at a disadvantage to fight against Zhao and Han, but in fact, the life of Jizhou was not easy.


    Qin Hao naturally knew about this. Only after he really took charge of the Ming army, he realized how difficult it was to maintain Can Ming in such a situation with only Zhang Liang and Emperor Ming.


    On the surface, the Ming court occupied the three counties of Julu, Qinghe and Changshan in Jizhou, but in fact they only occupied a part of them. No county completely occupied the entire county. The county seat and the richest city were still under the control of Han Xin and Yuan Shao.


    Can Ming occupied the eleven counties of these three counties, with a total population of 650,000. In addition, the nearly 600,000 people hidden in Taihang, totaling nearly 1.3 million people, but it supports nearly 150,000 troops, and the military-civilian ratio even exceeded 10 to 1.


    You should know that the 150,000 army is not a small number, it is equivalent to one-quarter of the Qin army, but the resources Can Ming has less than one-forty of the Qin army.


    This shows that the military burden of the Ming army in Jizhou is definitely the heaviest of all forces.


    In addition, although Qin Hao provided Canming with high-yield grains early, the land that can be planted in the Taihang Mountains is limited after all.


    The Taihang Mountains are boundless and the Cannon Ming Dynasty has not been developed yet, but most of them are mountainous areas that cannot be cultivated. In fact, there is very little land for the Ming army to plant, so naturally there is not much grain planted.


    If it weren''t for Qin Hao''s high-yield grain planting, it would be impossible for Can Ming to raise both soldiers and people without going out to rob.


    Therefore, the Ming army''s food and grass burden was always very heavy. It was not until two years ago that the Ming army sent troops to Jizhou and captured the eighteen counties that the Ming army completely bid farewell to the food and grass crisis, but what came with it was the endless conquests of Zhao and Han.


    The Ming army, which had not yet left the Taihang Mountains, barely raised a 100,000 army due to food and grass restrictions. If they broke out of the Taihang Mountains, it would be very likely that the two countries of South Korea and Zhao would invade at the same time. It would naturally be impossible to deal with the 100,000 army alone.


    Therefore, after occupying the three counties and eighteen counties, the Ming army expanded its troops many times in order to defend the captured territory.


    Later, although the Ming army suffered considerable casualties during the resistance to South Korea and Zhao, the entire army remained at a scale of 150,000.


    Let’s put it this way, although the Ming army broke out of Taihang and obtained land, the pressure on food and grass was greatly reduced, the expansion of the army and war also accelerated the consumption of food and grass.


    Therefore, although the food and grass pressure of the Ming army is better than before leaving Taihang, it is just a little bit. It is okay to defend the existing territory. It has no strength to expand territory and cannot withstand the consumption of large-scale battles.


    The Ming army did not have enough food and grass, and Qin Hao had it. He ordered his residing for two years, in order to wait for the merger of Qin Ming, and sweep Hebei with hundreds of thousands of Qin Ming coalition forces with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves.


    Originally, if Qin Hao wanted to unify Hebei, he needed to first pry Jizhou and open a door, and then gain a firm foothold, and then he could completely let go of his hands.


    However, Huguan, as the gateway, is now in the hands of the Ming army, and the eighteen counties in western Hebei are completely controlled by the Ming army and can serve as the most solid bridgehead for the Qin army.


    Therefore, as long as the Qin army sent troops to Jizhou, there was no need to consider other issues at all. The only thing to consider was food and transportation.


    "I originally planned to use 400,000 troops to conquer Hebei, but now it seems that since the Ming army has 150,000 troops, then..."


    After a little thought, Qin Hao smiled and said, "It only takes 350,000 troops, plus 150,000 Ming troops, a total of 500,000 troops, which is more than enough to sweep Jizhou."


    Qin Hao also has his own considerations. Although the Qin army has a large army of 600,000, it is also full of enemies on all sides, and there are also many places that need to be defended.


    If Qin Hao was invading Hebei, if only a few princes attacked, 200,000 defenders could naturally deal with it, but if the princes from all directions sent troops to invade at the same time, 200,000 defenders would not be enough.


    In such a crisis, if an additional 50,000 troops are added to defend, the situation will be completely different. Hearing Qin Hao say this, Zhang Liang said, "There are no less food and grass needed by the 500,000 army."


    "I am prepared for this. I have ordered the Jinyang Cang, the Ningxia Cang, Yinchuan Cang and Yinshan Cang to transport the grain and grass king of Jinyang Cang. Now Jinyang Cang has stored 15 million stones of grain, which is enough to support the 500,000 army for two years of war."


    Hetao''s grain production accounts for three-quarters of the Qin army, so when it comes to the Battle of Hebei, Qin Hao did not need to transfer grain from other places at all. He just needs to transport the grain and grass from Hetao to Jinyang and then transport it from Jinyang to Jizhou.


    Hearing this, Zhang Liang couldn''t help but sigh.


    When the Yellow Turban advanced into Luoyang, it swept away most of the aristocratic families in the Central Plains, and brought countless infamous names to the point where they collected 20 million stones of food and grass.


    After Qin Hao revealed that he had high grain yields, he had only been more than three years. Hetao and Bingzhou alone could easily mobilize 15 million stones of grain and grass. This one and the other were like two eras.


    "In this case, there should be no problem with food and grass, but the king still needs to return to Jinyang as soon as possible and spread the news that all the 150,000 Ming troops will be returned. After all, even if it is blocked and concealed, the news from Taihang will not be concealed for long."


    "I understand."


    Qin Hao nodded and said, of course he knew about this, and there was not much time left to operate, so he had to return to Jinyang as soon as possible to make arrangements. Then, the two armies of Qin and Ming teamed up to launch a sudden attack, and seized the initiative in the next battle as much as possible.


    "Next, I will bring the princess, Guo Jia and others back to Jinyang. When I am not here, I will give it to you all here to Zhang Liang."


    "Good determination will not disappoint the king''s entrusted."


    On that day, Qin Hao brought Ren Hongchang, Guo Jia and Fuxi and others back to Jinyang under the **** of Dugu Qiubai, leaving only a few people including Qin Yijue, Aqing.


    Although Zhu Yuanzhang''s factory guards were crippled in one battle, they still left a few spies hidden in the Ming army, so Qin Yijue and A Qing stayed behind to completely remove them.


    On the way back, Qin Hao said to Emperor Ming: "Hong''er, what identity will you appear in the future? Is it Zhang Sheng? Or Dongfang Sheng? Or is it back to your real name, Ren Hongchang?"


    Emperor Ming said with a firm and powerful thought: "Although it is Zhang Sheng, Dongfang Sheng, or the Empress, it is all me, but I want to return to my original self, so I will use the name Ren Hongchang in the future."


    As soon as Ren Hongchang finished speaking, Qin Hao hadn''t even said anything, but Fuxi on the side said excitedly: "That''s great, sister, you finally figured it out. For brother, you should have restored your original name long ago."


    "Brother, when will you restore your original surname? You are the only male left in our Ren family." Ren Hongchang said with a smile.


    “Uh, this…”


    Fuxi couldn''t help but look distressed, but he quickly said, "When I have a child, I will definitely give his surname Ren."


    Qin Hao and Ren Hongchang looked at each other after hearing this and laughed at each other.


    (This chapter ends)