Chapter 2426 It is easy to kneel down and stand up
Chapter 2416: It is easy to kneel down and stand up
In the first Guanzhong War, the Qin Dynasty dispatched more than 200,000 troops and divided the troops into five groups to attack the Tang Dynasty. However, although it failed to do its best due to various factors, it also achieved remarkable results.
In this battle, the Qin Dynasty captured Wuguan, Tongguan, Xiaoguan and Yuguan. These four fortresses that are easy to defend and difficult to attack have completely exposed Guanzhong under the iron hooves of the Qin Dynasty.
Without the barrier of the fortress of the pass, Guanzhong, which is flat, is like a beautiful woman taking off her clothes in the eyes of the Qin army, who will ravage her whenever she wants.
In addition, the Qin army occupied half of Guanzhong and destroyed 100,000 elite troops of the Tang army, greatly weakening the war potential of the Tang Kingdom, making the Tang Kingdom unable to recover to this day.
Of course, the most important point is to force Tang to cede land and pay compensation and pay tribute, and since then it has become a vassal state of the Qin Dynasty.
This is the most deadly thing. After all, confidence is also an extremely important point in the confrontation between countries.
Only with sufficient confidence can one have confidence and confidence to persevere, and the resistance will naturally be stronger.
But once you lack confidence and are not sure of winning, your resistance will become weaker and you may even be unable to resist.
The Tang army in the past was based on its own strength, and the other was that the status of both sides was equal, so they had the confidence to dare to attack the strong with the weak and challenge the overlords of the Qin army.
But now, the Tang State is not only a defeated general under the Qin Dynasty, but also a vassal state of the Qin Dynasty. The backbone has been broken, so how can it be confident?
In addition, over the past year and a half, the Qin Dynasty has also implemented a policy of differentiation and wining over the Tang Dynasty from all aspects, greatly disintegrating the resistance will within the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, if the Second Guanzhong War was launched, the Tang army''s resistance would definitely not be as strong as before.
This is the main reason why Ying Hao is confident of ending the Guanzhong war in one or two months.
"Teacher Jia, you are in charge of intelligence. Let''s talk about it. How powerful is the Tang army in Guanzhong now?" Ying Hao asked.
Jia Xu immediately stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, nearly half of the Tang army in Guanzhong are new recruits who have never seen blood before.
Over the past year, although Li Shimin has increased military spending and increased training time, achieving one Saturday training session, the overall effect is not obvious. ”
With the advent of the Warring States Period, in order to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, the princes also spent a lot of effort on soldiers training in order to increase their combat effectiveness. After all, training is the lowest cost method.
Before the troubled times began, the Han army trained three times a week and basically rested every other day.
But when the troubled times begin, the princes will not let the soldiers be so relaxed in order to survive and develop. That is to practice to death as long as they cannot practice.
The time for soldiers to train continues to increase, from three training sessions to four training sessions, and it will not stabilize until the five training sessions. If there are more soldiers, they will be exhausted and transitioning, which is not conducive to physical and mental health.
The Qin Dynasty currently has five training sessions every week, but Li Tang has improved to six training sessions every week, which shows how urgent Li Shimin wanted to improve the combat effectiveness of the military in order to deal with the threat of the Qin Dynasty.
As for the training method? Different countries are different, but without exception, soldiers are allowed to practice external skills to enhance their physical strength.
Why not let soldiers practice internal skills?
Of course, internal strength is highly dependent on resources in the early stage. If all soldiers practice internal strength, it would be really a bottomless pit.
Among the countries, even the richest Qin Dynasty could only barely bear it, let alone other countries.
In contrast, external skills are less dependent on resources in the early stage. If you really practice to the depth, you just need to improve your food and keep up with the nutrition. Don’t worry about losing yourself.
In the later stage of practicing internal skills, you will not rely much on external objects, and the more you rely on resources, the less you rely on, which mainly depends on your own understanding.
On the contrary, the more you practice external skills, the more you rely on resources.
Yue Yun, Huang Tianhua, Jintai, Jiao Moxiang, etc., the external masters of the God of War level, spend at least thousands of taels of silver every month on medicinal baths and medicinal food.
Of course, 99% of the soldiers must not reach this level. If they really have that qualification, they will definitely be promoted to general because of their military achievements, so naturally they don’t need to worry about resources.
As for the training techniques promoted by the army, it is naturally different from different countries. They are all simple and easy to learn external skills with low thresholds, so I won’t discuss them one by one.
Li Shimin increased military spending and increased training time, but the effect was not good. This is naturally not because the Tang Dynasty was not good at training troops, but because the backbone was broken by the Qin army.
The morale of the army has been lost, and it is naturally difficult to improve combat power by relying solely on training.
It is easy for the country to kneel down, but it is not that easy to stand up again.
This was the case in China in the late Qing Dynasty. The backbone was completely broken by the great powers and knelt in humiliation for more than a hundred years. Even if countless martyrs overcome all obstacles, they did not completely stand up until Ying Hao crossed the line.
The situation facing the Tang army is not much better than that of China in the late Qing Dynasty.
The strongest power in the world, Daqin, is blocked at his doorstep and can fight at any time, and the Tang Kingdom has no danger to defend.
Who can’t be desperate if this happens?
The Tang army in Guanzhong knew that they could not defeat Qin and could die at any time. It was already rare to have no rebellion, and it was also guaranteed to have high combat power, which was a bit too difficult.
Li Shimin thought that after he was a minister, he could save the morale of the army and restore the Tang army''s combat effectiveness, but he overestimated himself and underestimated Ying Hao.
Li Shimin can use strategies to save the morale of the army, but the premise is that Ying Hao does not interfere, but Ying Hao is not a fool, how could he have no reaction at all?
No matter what move Li Shimin uses, Ying Hao only uses one move, which is to divide and disintegrate, so that all Li Shimin''s efforts will be put into vain.
"According to the news sent back by the secret spies lurking into the Tang army on the Black Ice Platform, the Tang army in Guanzhong was generally disgusted by our army. The overall attitude of whether the Tang State could protect Guanzhong."
Although Jia Xu did not clearly state the strength of the Tang army''s combat power, the meaning in his words was already very obvious.
Now the Tang army in Guanzhong is more than weaker than a year and a half ago.
Not only the Tang army in Guanzhong, but also the Tang army in Hanzhong and Longxi have also declined significantly.
Who made Li Shimin draw too many elite troops to make up for the vacancies in Guanzhong? It is inevitable that the combat effectiveness will decline.
The combat power of the Tang army has decreased, but in contrast, the Qin army has not only not reduced through disarmament and attack on Japanese devils, but has not only not reduced, but has also been further improved.
As one goes up and the other goes down, how could the Tang army stop the Qin army?
"Okay, this time I must take down Guanzhong and unify the Sili." Ying Hao said confidently.
As for whether Shu and Chu and other countries would prevent the Qin from occupying Guanzhong due to fear, or even send troops directly to war?
After discussing with the strategists, Ying Hao thought it was unlikely.
The goal of the Qin Dynasty''s troops this time was only one and half of Guanzhong''s county, not the entire Guanxi.
The Qin Dynasty has occupied half of Guanzhong, and after taking over half of the county, including Chang''an, there will be no qualitative leap. Just because of one and half of the land, a full war with the Qin Dynasty went to a full-scale war?
This is obviously not a good deal.
Besides, even if the war really starts, there is no certainty of winning.
Therefore, after the Qin Dynasty fully occupied Guanzhong, it would stop as long as it was better. If it did not stimulate other countries too much, the war would not expand further.
"The matter of sending troops to Guanzhong this time is fully responsible for the Yongzhou Grand Governor Li Jing. I have only one requirement to occupy Guanzhong as quickly as possible." Ying Hao ordered in a deep voice.
“Abide by the order.”
Ying Hao''s will was soon passed to Guanzhong.
After receiving the imperial edict, Li Jing immediately secretly convened the civil and military officials of Guanzhong to hold a high-level meeting in Lantian to discuss how to start this battle.
In the Lantian Deliberation Hall, the Grand Governor of Yongzhou Li Jing sat in the main seat, and the civil and military officials below were clearly divided and stood on the left and right sides. The head of the military officer was the deputy governor Wang Jian, and the head of the civil officer was the governor of Yongzhou Wu Qi.
Behind Wang Jian are: Sima Cuo, General of Tongguan, General of Xiaoguan, General of Xiaoguan, General of Wuguan, and General of Yuguan, Fu Cunshen.
In addition to the generals of these four passes, there are also famous generals such as Gongsun Xuanyuan, Yuwen Chengdu, Jia Fu, Pei Yuanqing, Huang Tianhua, Qin Yong, Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan, Zhang Xiu and other famous generals.
Founding marquis like Gongsun Xuanyuan, Yuwen Chengdu, and Jia Fu are above Wang Jian, both official positions and titles, and should not be ranked behind Wang Jian.
But Wang Jian and the position of Deputy Governor of Yongzhou are second only to Wu Qi in the Yongzhou military. The Qin Dynasty has always been about position and qualifications, so everyone consciously stood behind Wang Jian, the deputy Governor of Yongzhou.
Unlike Wang Jian, Wu Qi, the governor of Yongzhou, is a veritable top leader among the civil officials in Yongzhou. At the same time, due to the special circumstances of Yongzhou, the boundaries between civil officials and military generals are also relatively blurred.
Although Wu Qi, the governor of the state, was a civil servant, he also had military affairs, so he and Li Jing were actually on equal terms.
It’s just that Li Jing has accumulated power for a long time and is also the commander appointed by His Majesty, so Wu Qi took the initiative to surrender to Li Jing.
The lineup behind Wu Qi was also luxurious, including: the military advisor, the sacrificial master Baili Xi, the deceased master Di Renjie, the chief clerk Wang Xizhi, the chief envoy Qin Guan, the right Fufeng prefect Liu Yong, the county magistrate Yang Ku, the left Feng Ling prefect Bismarck, and the county magistrate Ban Chao...
Among the civil officials, the lowest qualification is Ban Chao, the new top scholar in the academic field, and he is also the youngest among civil officials.
In addition, the military advisor Baili Xi was originally the prefect of Hedong, but because of his outstanding political achievements over the past year, Hedong was promoted by Ying Hao to the military advisor of Yongzhou, assisting the governor in managing military affairs.
The Qin Dynasty only has one and half of the territory in Yongzhou, but this place with a large sesame seeds gathered so many capable ministers and generals. The strong lineup is not inferior to those complete big states, and it is even better.
This shows how much Daqin attaches importance to Guanzhong, even the blind man can see Daqin''s ambitions for Guanzhong.
This is also the main reason why Li Shimin was so eager to promote the army, but unfortunately they were all destroyed by Ying Hao.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Jing said, "Everyone, Your Majesty has an order to order us to recover Guanzhong in advance."
As soon as this statement was made, the generals present immediately became furious, and Jia Fu was even more excited: "It''s great. I didn''t agree with the withdrawal of troops. Now I can finally take Guanzhong."
The reason why the Qin Dynasty had the advantage was naturally considered to have multiple considerations when it stopped the army and made peace with the Tang Dynasty.
But the generals in the army didn''t care about this. They only knew that they were about to capture Chang''an, but the court dragged them down and affected their achievements, so they naturally felt dissatisfied.
However, at the later founding ceremony, all the generals in Guanxi received a considerable title, which resolved this dissatisfaction. However, the complete occupation of Guanzhong was still the obsession in the hearts of the generals in Yongzhou.
The Qin Dynasty only has one and half of the county in Guanzhong, but it gathered so many capable ministers and generals, which caused many people to overlap their functions and decline in their power.
The Grand Commander was regarded as a commander, and the General was regarded as a commander.
The governor was used as the prefect, and the prefect was used as the county magistrate.
It''s okay in a short period of time, but if this continues for a long time, who can bear it?
Therefore, what the civil and military officials in Yongzhou most hope is to subdue Guanzhong so that they can truly return to their positions and enjoy the rights that should belong to them.
Not long ago, the civil and military officials in Yongzhou were preparing to write a letter collectively, asking the emperor to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, but Li Jing forced it to suppress it.
Li Jing was not stupid, so he naturally knew that the Qin Dynasty had only one and half of the land in Yongzhou, but it was crowded with senior officials from a large state, which was obviously abnormal.
Your Majesty must have the idea of ??sending troops in advance, but it has not been made public yet.
If these people are really allowed to make trouble, Your Majesty will definitely think that he is letting it go.
If you arouse Your Majesty''s dissatisfaction and hand over the responsibility of subduing Yongzhou to others, then Li Jing''s efforts over the past year have made a wedding dress for others.
Li Jing has not been idle this year. In addition to training troops, he also sent troops to the border every now and then, provoking the Tang army with great might, but he did not go to war with the Tang army.
Just like a dull knife cutting flesh, it bit by bit consumed the Tang army''s spirit and dismantled the Tang army''s will.
The morale of the Tang army in Guanzhong cannot be raised, mainly because of Li Jing.
In addition, Li Jing also made good use of divisive tricks and kept divisive of the generals of Li Tang, which made Tang soldiers panic. In the internal and external difficulties, only if they could improve their combat effectiveness.
The decision to start the war made everyone extremely excited and they talked for a long time before calming down.
At this moment, the governor Wu Qi stood up and said, "Even if the morale of the Tang army in Guanzhong is low and the combat power is weak, they still have 120,000 troops.
It would be a bit difficult to rely solely on our army''s troops in Yongzhou, so I wondered how many troops the imperial court would send to support it? ”
As soon as this statement was made, all the generals also reacted.
Yes, the Yongzhou army has only 70,000. We can''t let them use the 70,000 army to attack the 120,000 defenders of Li Tang, right? Even if you can win, you will suffer a lot of casualties.
Li Jing smiled indifferently and said, "This time the court will not only send 100,000 elite troops here, but also send generals such as Li Cunxiao, Sun Lingming, Jiang Song, and Gao Chong to participate in this war."
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(This chapter ends)