Chapter 2124 Pre-war Conference


    Chapter 2122: Pre-war meeting


    I have to say that Nurhaci still has the courage. The 10,000 Qing troops in the last six camps gave up if they said they were given up.


    Qin Hao has a big appetite, and this amount cannot arouse his interest at all, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. It’s useless to not eat anything delivered to him.


    The fate of the 10,000 Qing troops in the Sixth Battalion has been clearly arranged by Zhuge Liang, that is, to continue to be besieged until the food is exhausted and surrendered. If you refuse to surrender, then starve to death.


    Nowadays, the major roads in Yanshan are under the control of the Qin army, so it does not require much force to siege this ten thousand Qing army. It can be completely blocked at most 20,000 yuan, and it is the kind of person who has no way to enter the earth and has no way to enter.


    "Twenty thousand?"


    Qin Hao pondered for a while and said with a smile: "It''s not too many. It''s the best to be able to defeat others without fighting. Just do what Kong Ming said."


    The decisive battle with the Qing army is imminent. According to Qin Hao''s personality, he will never leave these ten thousand Qing troops behind.


    But if these 10,000 troops are no longer a threat and the 20,000 troops are divided by one side, it will naturally be better to defeat the enemy without fighting.


    "It is a blessing for our army to cherish soldiers," Zhuge Liang said with a smile.


    "When did you learn such flattery, Kong Ming?" Qin Hao quipped with a smile.


    "Liang is just telling the truth."


    "You."


    Qin Hao laughed silently, and after he turned serious, he said to the generals below: "In order to expel the Qing army from Youzhou, our army dispatched a total of 380,000 troops (including Xuanyuan''s 10,000 troops, Zhou Yu''s 30,000 naval troops, and 100,000 reorganized troops). Now we have finally completed the strategic deployment before the war.


    Xuanyuan led his army to raid Lu Longsai, cutting off Nurhaci''s retreat, and at the same time, he divided the 300,000 Qing troops into two parts, 200,000 on the right and 100,000 on the right and 100,000 on the west of Liao.


    The 350,000 main forces staying in the western part of Youbeiping successively captured the 44th Battalion of Yanshan and opened up the Yanshan Mountain Road, but they also paid a heavy price.


    After post-war statistics, in order to break the Yanshan Passage, our army suffered a total of 70,000 casualties (60,000 reorganized troops and 10,000 main troops), 50,000 were killed in battle and 20,000 were injured, of which 7,000 were disabled, and another 13,000 were allowed to return to the army after recovering from injuries.


    In addition, eight generals including Li Gan and Han Zeng were killed in battle, and more than 20 generals including Xue Rengui, Xue Dingshan, Jintai, Tian Yu were injured.


    Accumulated killing of 40,000 Qing troops, captured 10,000, and killed more than 20 generals and generals and other generals and schools;”


    At this point, Qin Hao''s face was full of sadness and said in a deep voice: "For the sake of just half of Youbeiping, our army has paid more casualties than taking down the entire Yan State."


    The civil and military officials below couldn''t help but remain silent when they heard this. That''s right, but the account was not settled in this way.


    Among the 70,000 troops that died, 60,000 were reorganized from the surrendered army. The main force of the Qin army only accounted for 10,000. Overall, the price paid by the Qin army was not high, but it was certain that it was more than taking over the entire Yan State.


    In addition, considering the complex situation in the imperial capital, even if the 200,000 Qing troops were finally wiped out, the Qin army could not continue to attack western Liaoning and expand the results of the war, so the Qin army finally got only two counties.


    Just for just two counties, nearly 400,000 troops were mobilized, and a huge amount of food, grass and supplies were consumed, and a war of nearly 700,000 people was fought. Is this really worth it?


    Qin Hao thought it was worth it, because after winning this battle, if it went well, the Qing Dynasty would definitely fall into civil strife.


    With the internal and external troubles of the Qing Dynasty, and with the Qin army provoked it, the next ten or even twenty years, I am afraid that I will not be able to move south to prevent China from completing the unification. So this battle is worth it, even if it takes twice as much casualties.


    “It’s time to end it all.”


    Qin Hao said firmly, then continued: "Our army has a total of 340,000 troops on the Western Front, with a loss of 70,000, and there are still 270,000 left.


    The 20,000 reorganized army, which is already exhausted, needs to be rested urgently, but it will not participate in the next decisive battle. In addition, 20,000 troops will be required to block the sixth battalion of the Qing army that was fighting stubbornly in Yanshan.


    Therefore, next, this king will personally lead a 240,000 army and fight to the death with Nurhaci''s Qing army. ”


    After saying that, Qin Hao looked at Liu Bowen and asked, "How many troops are there in Nurhaci left?"


    "You reported to the lord that before the counterattack, Nurhaci had an army of 200,000. After the war started, Huang Taiji sent 30,000 to attack Lu Long, and Tuoba Gui led 70,000 troops to seize Yanshan.


    Now Yanshan has been destroyed, the Qing army has lost 50,000 troops, and 10,000 others have been trapped by our army, which is equivalent to a 60,000 army missing.


    Huang Taiji''s fierce attack on Lu Long lasted for more than half a month, and now he may have lost more than half of it. When the decisive battle is over, Huang Taiji will definitely be transferred back by Nurhaci.


    Including Huang Taiji, the troops that Nurhaci can use should be between 120,000 and 130,000, of which 70,000 cavalry should be still there. ”


    Before the war started, 300,000 Qing troops were all cavalry, which was the real confidence of Nurhaci and Qin Hao to compete for the attack. However, Qin Hao had always avoided fighting and did not give him the opportunity to play the advantage of the cavalry. However, when Qin Hao went to fight Nurhaci, he turned off attack to defend, so that the 100,000 cavalry had never played much role.


    Now that the war has been fought for so long, the Qing army has only 70,000 cavalry left in Youbeiping with the lost cavalry and the cavalry divided in western Liaoning. This is also the only force that the Qing Dynasty could pose a threat to the Qin army.


    "Nurhaci has 70,000 cavalry, what is the total number of cavalry in our army?" Qin Hao asked at Huo Qubing.


    "The total number of cavalry in our army is 80,000. If we fight with the Qing army, we will definitely defeat it in one battle." Huo Qubing said confidently.


    Although the cavalry of the other 40,000 cavalry elites are still a certain gap between the cavalry of the Qing army''s Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, the Qin army''s equipment is several levels higher than that of the Qing army, which can completely shorten the gap in combat power in this part.


    "Okay, 240,000 vs. 120,000, our army''s strength is twice that of the Qing Dynasty. If we can''t win a big victory, I will have no shame to return to Luoyang.


    This is the order of the king. In addition to the 20,000 reorganized troops and the 20,000 troops blocking Yanshan, the remaining 240,000 troops must cross Yanshan within five days and fight a decisive battle with the Qing army. ”


    After Qin Hao finished speaking, Huo Qubing asked, "Lord, now the Qing army can transport grain from the sea, the food crisis has been resolved, and our army''s strength is twice that of the Qing army, and its equipment and morale are far better than that of the Qing army. What if Nurhaci retreats and dares not fight? Do you still have to continue to attack?"


    As soon as this statement was made, some generals frowned. After all, the Qing army still had 120,000 troops. If they continued to attack, the casualties would be too great and it would be more than worth the loss.


    “No.”


    Qin Hao smiled confidently: "Nurhaci is not a person who surrenders. He will definitely go out of the city to fight our army in a decisive battle, rather than passively defending his life."


    (This chapter ends)