Chapter 2808: All countries are shocked, chess players
Chapter 2805: All countries are shocking, chess players
How many troops did the Qin Dynasty have after its expansion?
This question has always troubled the countries, and although they have been inquired many times, they still have no definite answer.
First of all, the expansion of the Qin army this time did not announce the specific number of expansions to the public as before.
Secondly, there are many new recruit training camps after the expansion of the army, not only are they spread across the country, but they are also hidden in the deep mountains and forests, and it is too difficult to explore.
Finally, the Qin Dynasty strengthened the arrest of domestic detailed works, causing heavy losses to the practices of various countries.
Although countries do not know the specific military strength of the Qin Dynasty, they speculated that the Qin Dynasty had at least one million troops. After all, one million is an astronomical number, and they didn''t even dare to think about it before.
But this answer was completely overthrown after the Qin army divided into eight directions and dispatched 900,000 troops to attack the Central Plains.
After all, the Qin Dynasty must have retained enough garrison troops. If only the Central Plains were dispatched to dispatch 900,000 troops, the total national force would definitely exceed one million, or at least one. Two million would be required, otherwise the vast local area would not be able to be defended.
The number of 1.2 million is not a random guess by the countries, but a conclusion drawn through layers of analysis of the population, taxes, and grain production of Daqin.
Times have become different, and the expenses of supporting the army are much greater than before.
Although the princes were overlords and were rich and powerful, they also cost more. Especially those three major projects, which benefited the country and the people, were also a giant beast to swallow gold, which undoubtedly consumed a large amount of financial, material and manpower of the Qin Dynasty.
In addition to the three major projects, the Qin Dynasty also had other large internal expenditures, so the countries felt that it was the limit for the Qin Dynasty to support one million and two million troops, but they missed a point, that is, the maritime trade brought huge benefits to the Qin Dynasty.
It is precisely through maritime trade that the Qin Dynasty took into account its own internal affairs development, and at the same time it also expanded and nurtured its army unscrupulously, but the countries knew nothing about it.
It was not until the Sui State provoked the war in the Western Regions, and while the Qin Dynasty was conquering the Central Plains, it also sent troops to attack the Sui State that the countries realized that the Qin Dynasty was still hidden, but there were definitely not many hidden ones. At most, they could only be used to teach the Sui State a lesson. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be better to use it directly on the battlefield in the Central Plains?
But when we received information from Liangzhou and learned that the Qin Dynasty had sent troops on the surface, but in fact, it was three armies attacking at the same time, even though we still didn''t know the specific forces of the Qin Dynasty''s attack on the Sui Dynasty, all countries were still shocked by the Qin Dynasty''s operations.
After all, if the troops used by the Qin Dynasty to attack Sui were only 100,000, there was no need to divide the troops into three groups. The division of troops would give the Sui Kingdom a chance to defeat them one by one.
Therefore, since the Qin Dynasty divided its troops into three groups to attack the Sui Dynasty, the total force would definitely be more than 100,000, at least 200,000 troops, and even 300,000.
If the troops in the attack on Sui really had 300,000 troops, then the total troops in the Qin Dynasty would be at least 1.5 million.
One million and a half million, such an exaggerated number, just thinking about it will make people frightened, and even make people unable to resist.
After inferring the specific military strength of the Qin Dynasty, the senior officials of the countries realized that perhaps this was a trap from the beginning, a trap made up by the Qin Dynasty for the Sui Kingdom.
The Qin Dynasty first deliberately concealed its military strength and vigorously prevented the countries from knowing the specific military strength. Then, through layer by layer, the countries thought that the Qin''s military strength was used to conquer the Central Plains, so that the Sui Kingdom would let go of its guard and thus attack the Sui Kingdom was out of sight.
The facts were as planned by the Qin Dynasty, and the Sui Kingdom was indeed beaten up and was hit hard.
As soon as the countries around the world received the news, the Qin army had already arrived at Daxing City and cut off the connection between Daxing and the outside world. The Sui State was also in danger of national destruction ahead of Cao Wei.
The operation of Daqin shocked everyone in the world. After all, most people in the world thought that Daqin would: first occupy the Central Plains and then attack Liangzhou, but Daqin did the opposite and staged a story: attack the Central Plains openly and cross Liangzhou secretly.
As for why the Qin Dynasty did not first invest the troops to attack the Central Plains?
Many people are puzzled about this. After all, after the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains is destroyed, it is no shortage of effort to destroy the Sui Kingdom.
Even some wise men couldn''t figure out the key, but those top wise men finally analyzed the reasons why Daqin did this through "reverse reversal".
Fan Li stared at the map, thought for a long time and showed a sudden look, and said with a wry smile: "Lord, Li thought about why the Qin army destroyed the Sui Kingdom first, instead of sending these hundreds of thousands of troops to the Central Plains."
Cao Cao quickly said as soon as he heard this, "The military advisor comes quickly."
"Li analyzed that there are probably three reasons for Ying Hao''s arrangement:
First, the Qin Dynasty''s expedition to Central Plains was mainly attacked, and the role played by the 900,000 troops was not much different from that of one and two million. ”
Hearing Fan Li''s words, Cao Cao, Cao Ang, Cheng Yu and others reacted and then frowned.
Although he was unwilling to admit it, it is indeed an indisputable fact that the 900,000 Qin troops almost suppressed the millions of troops from the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains to fight.
In addition, the Qin army''s strategy speed is not slow. Even if it increases by 300,000 troops, it still needs to break through the major defense lines of the Central Plains one by one. It will not increase the speed of advancement, but will also increase the logistical pressure.
Therefore, if the Qin army could not take the Central Plains, then the one and two hundred thousand would naturally not be able to take the 900,000 army. If the 900,000 could be taken, there would naturally be no need to dispatch another 300,000 troops.
"What about the second point?" Cao Cao asked.
“Secondly, for the Qin Dynasty, there is an essential difference between east and west first and west first and east.
If the East first comes and then goes, once the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains cannot withstand it, the Western Sui Kingdom will definitely participate in the war in order to protect itself. Therefore, the Qin Dynasty must leave a certain amount of troops to guard against the Sui Kingdom. "But the other way around is the same? My three kingdoms in the Central Plains will not be able to watch the Sui Kingdom be destroyed. Cao Ang asked in confusion.
"On the surface, the same is true, but guarding against the forces used by the Sui Kingdom is not the same as guarding against the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains. Relatively speaking, it is better to maximize the interests of the Qin Dynasty."
"What about the third point?" Cao Cao asked impatiently.
"The third point is that we could not have imagined that the Qin Dynasty had hidden so many troops, and Yang Guang naturally could not have imagined that the Sui State was not prepared for the Qin army to be attacked by the Qin army was much smaller than that of any of the three countries in the Central Plains." Fan Li sighed lightly.
Although wise people will make mistakes, Fan Li could have guessed these things earlier, but the difference in information between the two sides was too big. Although Cao Cao knew the truth, Cao Wei knew nothing about the Qin Dynasty, so he could not even guess the information he should have guessed.
When Cao Cao''s face suddenly became extremely ugly when Li Jing was already at Daxing City and the situation of trapping the dragon against Daxing had already formed.
After all, the Sui Kingdom under the trapped dragon situation is likely to be destroyed by the Qin army led by Li Jing before the Wei Kingdom. At that time, the Qin army has no hostile forces on the Western Front, so more troops will be transferred to the Eastern Front.
Although Fan Li said before that for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, the difference between the Qin army of 900,000 and 1.2 million is not big, but it refers only to the soldiers at the bottom. If the generals and commanders of the Qin army on the western front arrive, it will obviously pose a great threat to the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
"This Yang Guang is too incompetent. It''s not half a month since the war started. The Sui State was beaten to the bottom of the capital by the Qin army and reinforcements were blocked. This is a big fuck."
Cao Hong couldn''t help but mocked him. He thought that if a country was destroyed by Qin first, his own Wei would definitely be the first, but according to this trend, the Sui Kingdom is likely to be destroyed in front of Wei Kingdom.
"Military advisor, is there any way to make Sui State last for a few more months?"
Cao Cao asked with a serious face. He also knew that the possibility of this was very low. After all, Daxing has become a trapped situation now. Unless the Qin army''s blockade of Daxing was broken, the possibility of success was also very low.
Fan Li frowned and pondered when he heard this, but finally shook his head and said, "Lord, Sui State is not my Great Wei, and Yang Guang is not your lord. For us, Yang Guang may not have the courage to fight to the death.
Besides, Daxing is too far away from Chenliu, and the messages we received are all five days ago. When the news is transmitted back, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold. ”
Hearing this, Cao Cao clenched his fists unwillingly.
Due to Xiahou Dun''s death, he now has a great hatred for the Qin Dynasty, so he naturally does not want to see the enemy forces of the Qin Dynasty disappear.
But the Qin Dynasty is so powerful. There are almost no flaws in terms of national strength and military strength, as well as in terms of personnel and strategy.
Such an opponent is really desperate.
When Cao Cao thought that the Sui Kingdom was about to perish, he was extremely anxious and decided to speed up the opportunity to launch the Demon Sect. After all, with the current situation in the Central Plains, only by attracting third-party forces to the end can he share the pressure for the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
After the meeting, Cao Cao met a man in black alone, and he was the only great master of Cao Wei, the pre-Qin sword saint, Cao Qiudao.
"Uncle, you go to Dongjun in person and tell Le Yi and Xun You that you can speed up the plan to launch the Demon Sect, and you can pay any cost if necessary." Cao Cao said with a gloomy face.
"No."
Cao Qiudao nodded, then jumped onto the roof, and soon disappeared from Cao Cao''s sight.
Cao Cao looked at Cao Qiudao''s leaving figure, his eyes became colder and colder. He naturally knew that this move was extremely risky. If it was noticed, the people of the Demon Sect would not be as ruling as the Hundred Schools, and each of the three old monsters of the Demon Sect could take his life.
But even so what?
As a prince, Cao Cao is protected by the Hundred Schools Agreement. The old monster of the Demon Sect will definitely have some concerns. Even if he really ignores the Hundred Schools Agreement and forces him to attack him, then the old monster of the Hundred Schools should have resisted it for him, right?
In short, although the plan to launch the Demon Sect is very risky, it also has great benefits, and it is worth Cao Cao''s blocking.
Cao Cao looked at the remnant flag that had not been raised with Fan Li, and said to himself, "No matter how extraordinary you become a saint, you have great skills, but as long as you still have concerns in your heart, you will eventually be bound by the world and be entangled by interests, and thus fall into this gangster world in the clouds, becoming a piece in this chess game, and being used by me, Cao Cao."
Although Cao Cao''s strength is not strong and his power is not strong, he is one of the chess players in this big chess called "Tianxia".
Although the three mysterious masters of the Demon Sect such as the Styx are strong, they are still one of the chess pieces on the chessboard, just like Taiqing Zhulong.
If the chess piece cannot break out of the chess game and turns into a chess player, no matter whether you want it or not, it can only become a chess piece in the chess player''s hands and be used by the chess player.
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One day later, another news from Liangzhou came back to the Central Plains and aroused the indignation of a large number of people in the Central Plains, that is: Yang Guang issued the order to understand the Qiang;
This news is naturally bad news for ordinary people. After all, the Han Dynasty was dragged down by the Qiang people. After more than a hundred years of war, the Qiang people have finally been suppressed. However, Yang Guang issued the order to understand the Qiang people, which is definitely a huge hidden danger for the future unified dynasty.
Therefore, a large number of knowledgeable people scolded Yang Guang in the street for being a son, having no limits, having an affair with foreign races, and being like a traitor...
But for the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, this is great good news. After all, if the Qiang people were liberated as soon as the Jie Qiang Order was released, the Sui Kingdom would be able to increase the 100,000 Qiang troops to aid in a short period of time, and naturally it would be able to persist for a longer time in the face of the Qin army.
(This chapter ends)