Chapter 2187: Raiding for 3,000 miles


    Chapter 2184: Raiding three thousand miles


    When Li Tang first withdrew from Sizhou, the total number of Qin troops in Sizhou was 283,000.


    In addition to the troops that cannot be used for garrisoning at various levels, as many as 260,000 troops can be used.


    Subsequently, Han Xin''s 70,000 infantrymen and Zhao Yun''s 30,000 Hetao cavalry, a total of 100,000 troops went south to support Jingbei.


    Yue Fei of Jingbei originally had 160,000 new and old mixed army, but only 110,000 were left in the battle between Shu and Chu coalition.


    With Han Xin and Zhao Yun''s 100,000 troops, the total strength of the Qin army in Jingbei reached 210,000, and the 260,000 troops were against Shu and Chu.


    After missing Han Zhao''s 100,000 troops, Sizhou has only 160,000 troops left, of which 130,000 were led by Zhang Liao to the western front, confronting Li Shimin at Tongguan, and the remaining 30,000 were attacked by Li Jing in person.


    In the surprise attack on Wuguan, the Qin army lost 20,000 troops, so the total strength of the Western Front also dropped to 140,000.


    Sizhou has 140,000 and 210,000 in Jingbei, totaling 350,000 troops. This is the entire force of the Qin army in Sijing.


    After Li Tang suffered a great defeat in Sizhou, the regular army was reduced to 160,000, but with the miscellaneous army and new recruits, the total force was still nearly 300,000.


    It is obviously far from enough to seize the 800-mile land of Guanzhong from the Tang Dynasty, which has nearly 300,000 troops. It is obviously far from enough to rely solely on the 140,000 Qin troops on the western front.


    Li Jing''s army was just Qin Hao''s first move, and the real ace was still behind.


    "Now that Youzhou has been unified, the Qing Dynasty is even more involved in internal strife. Aguda and Dorgon attack each other. The situation in Youzhou has stabilized and will not be on the Qizhan end in the short term, so naturally there will be no need for so many troops to guard it." Qin Hao said.


    The Qin army''s troops are now extremely chaotic. The total strength of Sizhou and Jingbei prefectures, which are in a war, is as high as 350,000, but Youzhou, which has already had a truce, also has an army of 350,000.


    The Qin army was concentrated in the three prefectures of Si Jingyou, and the total strength of the four prefectures of Ji Qinghe was only 200,000. Obviously, these four prefectures were already very empty.


    If you follow this military configuration, something will definitely happen if this continues, so it has reached the point where you need to adjust.


    "It is enough to leave 150,000 defenders in Youzhou, as for the remaining 200,000 troops..."


    After a little thought, Qin Hao assigned to him: "Transfer 70,000 cavalry, pass through Bingzhou, go to Hetao, detour through Liangzhou, and attack Guanzhong from the rear.


    As for the Sui King Yang Guang of Liangzhou, he is busy dealing with Ma Chao now, and thinks he should not have the energy to support Li Shimin. ”


    "Lord, the leader of these 70,000 cavalry must be cautious, and those who are familiar with cavalry warriors must not be taken as the leader." Jia Xu said seriously. After all, these are 70,000 cavalry, which almost accounts for half of the total number of Qin cavalry, and must be treated with caution.


    "I already have the candidate in my heart, so I will leave it to Huo Qubing, and Wei Qing will be the deputy general."


    As he said that, Qin Hao smiled and said, "In the battle of Youbeiping, Wei and Huo cooperated very well, which is enough to take on this important task."


    These 70,000 cavalry in Youzhou are also the only army that can participate in the battle in Guanzhong.


    The rest of the troops were either unable to be easily mobilized or were too far from Guanzhong. Before they arrived at the battlefield, the Qin army''s food and supplies might have been exhausted. Youzhou is more than a thousand miles away from Guanzhong. If you walk on the Hetao line in Bingzhou to Liangzhou and enter Guanzhong, it will probably take more than 3,000 miles to reach it. Only the speed and mobility of the cavalry can reach the battlefield in time.


    The Qin cavalry all have one horse and two horses. The speed of the day can reach a hundred miles, and it also requires a continuous marching for one month. With the help of Wei Huo''s skill, the marching time can be shortened to half a month.


    As soon as he thought of this, Qin Hao couldn''t help but look forward to it for half a month. After all, Li Shimin would definitely not have thought that he would go far and go far and dispatch troops from Youzhou to raid Guanzhong. It was too late after he realized it.


    Li Jing''s 140,000 army was mainly attacking the front battlefield, and Huo Qubing and Wei Qing''s 70,000 cavalry raided the rear, which was enough to make the Tang army drink a pot.


    I have to say that Qin Hao’s style of using tricks is gradually moving closer to Jia Xu, becoming more and more vicious.


    The 200,000 army in Youzhou was directly transferred by Qin Hao to 70,000 cavalry, and the remaining 130,000 army must also be arranged. Of course, it is definitely not time to join the war.


    "The Huweiying, Tieweiying, Pojunying... a total of 50,000 elite troops were transferred back to Sizhou. As for the other 80,000 troops, 50,000 guarded Jizhou and 30,000 guarded Qingbei."


    It would be too wasteful to continue to stay in Youzhou. Only when you return to Sizhou can you maximize your value.


    Under this arrangement, the troops in Youzhou will be reduced to 150,000, Jizhou will be increased to 120,000, Qingbei''s water and land armies will be 80,000, and the total troops in the three states will also reach 350,000.


    These 350,000 troops are enough to ensure that the three states are not lost, and that the strong enemies from all directions dare not covetously towards the three states. After all, the three states can support each other.


    There are only 80,000 defenders left in Hetao, Bingzhou, which is extremely empty. Unless an emergency expansion is carried out, it is impossible to mobilize troops to participate in the war, and can only protect yourself.


    Qin Hao obviously did not interrupt the army expansion. After all, he had ordered an emergency army expansion, and now he could not afford the money and food for the army expansion.


    Although Bingzhou and Hetao cannot send troops to participate in the Guanzhong War, they can provide food and grass support to the Qin army participating in the war.


    The food and supplies of Huo Qubing and Wei Qing must be borne by Binghe.


    Sizhou''s harvest this year has dropped significantly, and with the need for disaster relief, the remaining food and grass may not be able to support the army on the Western Front for too long.


    Therefore, if the battle in Guanzhong is to continue, we still need to transport grain from the river to respond.


    Qin Hao used the food and grass from Hebei to fight against Hebei. Now, he still needs to bleed from the river and bleeding when attacking Guanzhong. Even if Hetao is the Qin army''s granary, it cannot withstand such consumption.


    Qin Hao can no longer imagine the scene where the Hetao granary was emptied after this battle, but it doesn''t matter.


    Eight major granaries: Sichuan, Shu, Jiangdong, Jingxiang, Jianghuai, Hetao, Shandong, Heluo, Liaodong, Qin Hao and his family account for four and a half.


    In the near future, the Qin army will no longer have to worry about food and grass.


    The theory of the eight major granaries was evaluated by famous experts based on the amount of grain produced in various places, so there will naturally be changes and fluctuations. Now the eight major granaries have become nine majors, with one more Guanzhong.


    Guanzhong was already lonely in the late Han Dynasty, and was far less prosperous than the pre-Qin period. However, under the rule of Li Shimin, Guanzhong ushered in great governance, gradually recovered its glory in the evening, and produced more and more grain, gradually catching up with the other eight granaries, which was rated as the ninth largest grain and grass by famous artists.


    Among the nine granaries, Li Shimin and his family owned Guanzhong. The Hanzhong, which belongs to Sichuan and Shu, is equivalent to having a half granary, so they can easily support an army of 300,000.


    (This chapter ends)