Chapter 1534 Sweeping Jizhou (Part 1)


    Chapter 1532: Sweeping Jizhou (Part 1)


    After Qin Hao transferred troops from the two states of Jing to the north, Bingzhou Hetao had a total of 450,000 troops. Even if 350,000 were transferred to Hebei at one time, there were still 100,000 troops left in the two parts of Bingzhou to guard it.


    If this were not enough to defend the two places before the outbreak of the Hetao Battle, a mere 100,000 army would naturally be insufficient to defend the two places, but the form of the northern border is completely different now.


    After the army left, Jizhou in the east became a battlefield, and Qin Hao''s jurisdiction in the south. All the only directions that could threaten Binghe were the north and the west.


    The only threat in the north is Yuan Meng, and Tuole''s son Kublai Khan is still hostage in Luoyang. Tuole''s son is absolutely impossible to go south unless he wants his son to die.


    In addition, Yuan Meng first suffered a crushing defeat in Hetao, and then fought with the Qing Dynasty for two years and suffered a loss. He could be said to have completely lost all his foundation. He has not recovered yet and has no power to go south to invade Bingzhou.


    Therefore, even if Tolei really ignored Kublai Khan''s life and death, he really gritted his teeth and sent troops to fight. With Yuan Meng''s national strength, he could not dispatch many troops and was unable to break the Zhenbei Pass and Yanmen Pass that were heavily guarded by heavy troops.


    Apart from the Yuan and Mongolian Army, the only threats faced by the Qin army in the northern border were the Liangzhou princes in the West, but they each fought each other, and the conflicts between them were too great, and the possibility of uniting and uniting to the outside world was extremely low.


    Therefore, in Qin Hao''s opinion, a 100,000 army was more than enough. If the number of Ming troops in Jizhou exceeded his expectations, he would have even been prepared to leave only 50,000 defenders.


    Regarding the task of guarding Bingzhou and Hetao, Qin Hao naturally handed over to Meng Tian, ??who once shined in the battle of Hetao. He is now a leader in the Jin Dynasty, and it is very suitable for him to guard the two places.


    Qin Hao is not ready to make the news of the Ming army''s surrender completely public. Although this matter cannot be concealed at all, as soon as the army passes Huguan, it will be discovered by the enemy''s spies immediately. However, Qin Hao still has to try his best to cover up until the army enters Jizhou.


    The 350,000 army cannot be left just by leaving. Even if the Huguan city gates are all open, the army will be able to pass through continuously, and it will take several days to go all over.


    The Ming general who was in charge of guarding Huguan was Long Qi''s younger brother Long Yang. He was also very satisfied with Qin Hao''s brother-in-law, so he had no resistance to surrendering to Qin.


    Long Qi had already said hello to Long Yang and asked him to hand over control of Huguan to the Qin army after the Qin army arrived.


    After all, after the war broke out, all the food and grass would have to be transported into Jizhou through this, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Huguan is the throat of the Qin army. How could they continue to let the newly surrendered troops take control?


    Long Yang''s political attributes are not low, so he naturally understands the key point, so he dare not neglect it at all.


    As soon as Zhang Liao led his army to arrive, Longyang let the city defense be released and the Qin army took over the mighty pass of Huguan, while he was preparing to lead the army to the western Hebei region with Zhang Liao.


    "There is such a big disturbance from our army this time, so we must not be able to hide it from the spies from both South Korea and Zhao. At this time, Yuan Shao and Han Xin must have known it, so we must rush to the border as soon as possible to interrupt the arrangements of South Korea and Zhao."


    Guo Jia looked calm and said slowly: "But Huguan is also crucial and must be in the hands of our army''s direct troops. Please ask General Zhang Liao to select the candidates for the guard as soon as possible."


    Zhang Liao nodded seriously and said, "The lord has decided to sit in Huguan personally, so the people who stayed behind have not stayed for too long. Just wait until the lord arrives."


    Hearing this, all the generals breathed a sigh of relief. After all, only by going to the front line can one make contributions, and no one wants to stay behind.


    Regarding the candidates who temporarily stayed to guard Huguan, Zhang Liao''s eyes first lingered on Huluguang and Zhang Han, but eventually fell on Zhao Yun.


    "Zilong, you will be guarding Huguan first. When the lord behind comes over, you will be leading the army to catch up."


    "No." Although Zhao Yun was a little reluctant, he took it with pleasure.


    Huluguang and Zhang Han looked at each other, and couldn''t help but feel relieved. They were unwilling to stay.


    Zhao Yun temporarily took over Huguan, Zhang Liao and Guo Jia led the army to enter Jizhou first, and 80,000 cavalry traveled through Huguan for a day.


    Another day later, Qin Hao''s **** generals, Xu Chu and Xiong Kuohai, led the Hu Guard and the Iron Guard respectively, and arrived at Huguan in one step before Qin Hao. After Zhao Yun handed over the city defense to the two, he immediately took thousands of elite cavalry under his command and whipped them to chase Zhang Liao''s army, and Zhang Liao was already in the same place with Long Qie.


    Zhang Liao briefly observed Xia Longqi''s cavalry, but found that the equipment of the Ming cavalry was exactly the same as that of the Qin army.


    The same armor, the same weapons, the same crossbows, and even the types of horses are the same.


    If Zhang Liao hadn''t known that he had been surrendering the army, he would have even thought that they were originally Qin troops.


    "Long, please see General Zhang Liao."


    Seeing Long Qi saluting himself, Zhang Liao quickly dismounted and helped him, saying, "General Long Qi doesn''t need to be too polite. You are a marquis. I, Zhang Liao, are just a viscount. How can I say that a marquis saluted to a viscount?"


    In addition to following the twenty-level title system of the Western Han Dynasty, under the influence of Qin Hao, there are six additional levels: Wang, Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan;


    There were five people who were granted marquis in the Qin army, and there were only eight people who were newly granted Ming ranks, but there were still many people with the three titles of Earl, Viscount and Baron.


    Zhang Liao is the title of viscount, while Xue Rengui, Li Cunxiao and Zhao Yun are the counts, and they are only one step away from being a marquis.


    "The etiquette cannot be abolished. Long''s title is higher than that of the general, but the general is the main general of this battle, so he naturally deserves Long''s tribute." Long said seriously.


    Seeing that Long''s words were not like a false statement, Zhang Liao also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.


    Although Zhang Liao was the main general in this battle, Long Jie was also one of the two deputy generals. If the deputy general disobeyed him and went against him everywhere, it would inevitably have a bad impact on the war.


    Zhang Liao had heard of it before. It was said that in the rumors that Long Gu is arrogant and is not a person who is easy to get along with.


    Zhang Liao was ready to be tolerant, but he didn''t expect that after seeing Long Qi himself, his performance was so humble and he was not as arrogant as rumored.


    Seeing that Long was so reasonable, Zhang Liao had a great sense of his senses. After the two armies merged, they immediately set off towards the border, and Zhao Yun also chased after him a day later.


    "General Zhang Liao, General Long Qi, Yuan Shao is in defense of the Ming Dynasty, um, it''s not right, it''s our army."


    A hint of embarrassment flashed across Guo Jia''s face and continued: "Sixteen strongholds and eight large villages have been set up on the border.


    As for Han Xin, although there are not as many defenses as Yuan Shao, there are nine strongholds and three camps.


    Our army has a large number of cavalry. If we concentrate on operations and destroy them one by one, it would be a bit too slow, and this would also give them a chance to react.


    Therefore, Guo thought that he could divide his troops and took advantage of the fact that Yuan Shao and Han Xin had not reacted, and destroyed all their arrangements on the border in one fell swoop. ”


    ?The second update is coming, and the guarantee for the shortage on Friday is made.


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    (This chapter ends)