Chapter 2954: Chu and Wei marriage, Xu Bei’s battle begins (final)
Chapter 2951: The marriage between Chu and Wei, the battle between Xu Bei begins (end)
Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang were not welcomed at first for Zhang Liang, the boss who came from the air. After all, there was no general who monopolized the power and was willing to have someone on his head to restrain himself.
However, the problem of the Ming scholars in Qingnan is too difficult. Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang cannot solve it, but if they want to solve it well, they may have to kill the blood.
Neither Zhuge Liang nor Su Dingfang were murderers, nor did he want to create too much killing outside the war, so he could only accept Zhang Liang and let him deal with this problem.
Although Zhang Liang has solved the problem in Qingnan, the more difficult problem has emerged, that is, will Zhang Liang intervene in military power?
Military power and regime are already within the governor''s authority, and it seems reasonable for Zhang Liang to intervene in military power, but if he really does this, what will happen to Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang? They are the head coach of Qingxu battlefield.
Although Zhang Liang had no foundation in Qingxu, as Governor Xu of Qingxu, if he insisted on interfering in military power, even if Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang were reluctant, they could only hand over some military power. Who made him the highest commander of the Qin Dynasty in Qingxu and Qingxu? However, it was impossible to completely seize military power, because Ying Hao did not directly grant Zhang Liang the commander of the two armies.
It’s okay for Zhuge Liang. Although he was the chief general of the army, he was also the governor of Jizhou. He was both a civil servant and a military general. He didn’t mind splitting out part of the military power. As long as Zhang Liang did not control his command at will, he would be fine.
But Su Dingfang was obviously reluctant to hand over the power, and even if he handed over it, he didn''t want to hand it over to Zhang Liang.
Su Dingfang had been saved by Liu Mu before following Ying Hao. Even though he did not participate in any party struggles, he was still marked by Liu Mu and belonged to a member of the Han Dynasty.
With Ying Hao pressing on it, although the two factions, Han and Ming factions, were not as incompatible as water and fire, they must have seen each other not smoothly.
Therefore, Su Dingfang, who belonged to the Han Dynasty, naturally was unwilling to hand over the military power to the leader of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Liang, thereby increasing the proportion of the military power of the Ming Dynasty in the Qin Dynasty.
Zhang Liang naturally understood what Su Dingfang was thinking. He also knew that if he intervened too much in military power, it would definitely cause Su Dingfang to strongly resist, but he had no intention of leading the Qingxu battlefield at all.
Although Zhang Liang is very smart and has unparalleled strategy, his commander''s attributes are not high, and he is only 84 (+6) points so far. If he is asked to command tens of thousands of people, commanding tens of thousands of people is the limit.
Zhang Liang has always been a strategist, not a commander, so he can give advice from the rear, but he is obviously far inferior to Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang when he really commands hundreds of thousands of troops to charge.
Even if these two people were willing to let Zhang Liang go to the battlefield and obey him and obey his command, Zhang Liang would probably refuse, because commanding the army was really not his strength.
Ying Hao also knew that Zhang Liang would not have conflicts with Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang because of his authority, so he was relieved and boldly appointed him as Governor Xu of Qing. After all, smart people like Zhang Liang are still very sensible in their work.
It is precisely because of this that the first thing Zhang Liang did after arriving in Qingnan was to take the initiative to show his favor on the grounds of convening Su Dingfang and others to discuss matters, and at the same time stated that he only captured the regime and entrusted Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang with full authority to command the battlefield.
Later, Zhang Liang also clearly opposed Fan Zhongyan, who was in the same camp as his own interests, and supported Su Dingfang and Zhuge Liang''s military dispatch, but did not want the two to concentrate on dealing with the frontline, rather than being distracted by him.
Needless to say, Zhuge Liang was also a smart person. Zhang Liang''s successive compromises and show-offs were all against him. If he still had a dilemma with him in this situation, it would be a bit too ungrateful.
Therefore, after the meeting, Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang discussed separately how many soldiers were left for Qingnan, Su Dingfang took the initiative to leave more troops and use this method to indirectly show goodwill to Zhang Liang.
"The problem of Qingnan has not been completely resolved, and it is the rear of our army. The number of troops left is small, and I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress those ghosts and monsters.
Brother Kongming, in my opinion, we should each divide 15,000 troops and leave 30,000 defenders for Governor Zhang. Such troops are enough to ensure stability in the rear. ”
Zhuge Liang was also a little surprised when he heard Su Dingfang''s words. Obviously, he didn''t expect that Su Lie, who had always been willing to surrender, would surrender this time because of Zhang Liang, but the number of 30,000 made him dare not agree.
After these three months of fierce battle, although it caused considerable casualties to the Ming army, the Qin army itself suffered considerable losses, and the Song and Ming coalition forces still had more troops than the Qin army.
The total strength of the Qin army in the Qingxu battlefield was 330,000, Su Dingfang was 150,000, Zhuge Liang was 100,000, and Zhou Yu was 80,000;
Among them, Zhou Yu''s naval army, after experiencing guerrilla warfare and the East China Sea Navy, although the total number of annihilated and captured enemy troops reached 70,000, the casualties reached 35,000, and the casualties reached 40% of their own.
The casualties of the two armies of Su Dingfang and Zhuge Liang were much smaller, but after the three-month battle, although they also achieved nearly 50,000 enemies and captured the three counties of Qingnan, the total casualties reached 30,000.
Except for Zhou Yu''s naval army, the loss was too great, and the remaining troops were retracted to Qingdao Port for rest and rest, and at the same time, they were intimidated by the three countries of Song, Ming and Chu. They could not continue to fight in a short period of time, so the Qin army had 220,000 troops left on the land of Qingxu.
In contrast, although the total force of the Song and Ming coalition forces was 500,000 before the war, 130,000 had been lost. Although there were 370,000 troops left, except for the 35,000 naval forces that could not be fought, the coalition forces still had 335,000 land forces available.
The Song and Ming coalition forces still had 115,000 more than the Qin army. The gap in troops was not small, let alone the situation was still the Qin attacking and defending.
However, the war is not just the number of people. Morale, military morale, commander, generals, equipment, etc. will all become important factors that affect the outcome.
When the Song and Ming coalition forces fought the strongest, it was undoubtedly when the war started. At that time, the coalition forces could compete with the Qin army.
However, after three months of fierce battle and continuous consumption, the morale of the coalition army inevitably declined, and at the same time, the combat power also decreased significantly, and it was no longer possible to continue to fight the Qin army. Therefore, Zhuge Liang and Su Ding were eager to take the initiative under the disadvantaged forces.
Zhu Di also realized the weakness of the coalition''s combat power and in order to minimize the losses, he chose to give up Qingnan and exchange space for time. While trying to get a chance to breathe, he also got rid of the dilemma of being too long in the sea defense line that was not conducive to defense. In other words, Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang had to face 335,000 and even more coalition forces during this attack.
After all, the coalition forces are local warfare and can recruit young and strong troops to expand their troops at any time. Although the combat power of new recruits in the field is about nothing, they will still cause trouble in the battle to defend the city.
On the other hand, the Qin army can only dispatch an army of 220,000 at most. If too many troops are left in Qingnan, the pressure on the front line will naturally be greater.
Zhuge Liang originally wanted to leave only 15,000 defenders for Zhang Liang, but he and Su Dingfang each sent 7,500. After all, after the battlefield was transferred to Xubei, the three counties in Qingnan, which were no longer on the battlefield, would no longer have large-scale wars.
Even if a people''s uprising still broke out, it would only be a small uprising of dozens of people. The three counties in Qingnan each had 5,000 defenders. Although it was not more than enough, Zhang Liangzhi''s ability was definitely enough.
But Su Dingfang proposed to leave 30,000 defenders for Zhang Liang, which was twice as much as he expected. In this way, the rear was completely stable, but they could only lead an army of 190,000 to fight against the Song and Ming coalition forces of 330,000+, which was obviously not conducive to their quick battle.
Zhuge Liang was easily unwilling to take risks, even if the risk was small, so he naturally expressed his opposition, believing that there were too many 30,000 defenders and there was no need for this at all.
Seeing that Zhuge Liang opposed it, Su Dingfang did not insist on his own actions. Instead, after some consultation with him, he finally finalized the remaining troops to 20,000.
After Su Dingfang left, Zhuge Liang''s two wives Huang Rong and Huang Yueying walked into the tent with food boxes one after another.
Logically speaking, the military is not allowed to take care of family members, let alone female relatives, but Zhuge Liang''s situation is quite special.
Zhuge Liang''s two wives are both strange girls of the same generation. Both are extremely smart. Huang Rong is good at formations and Huang Yueying is good at mechanisms. They can both play an auxiliary role in marching and fighting.
In addition, Zhuge Liang was a weak scholar, while his two wives were both martial arts to protect his safety, so Ying Hao specially approved Huang Rong and Huang Yueying to take care of and protect his safety with the army.
Zhuge Liang actually didn''t want to take care of his family. He didn''t want to make it special, but considering that the two wives could indeed help him and Ying Hao also approved it specially, he could only accept it with a serious attitude.
After two hours of meeting, Zhuge Liang was already hungry. When he saw his wife coming to deliver food to him, he couldn''t help but swallow it.
Zhuge Liang''s food is also very simple, with only three dishes and one soup, but his wife Huang Rong has learned from the imperial chef Liu Angxing, so even the simplest home-cooked dishes are still the standard of a state banquet by Huang Rong.
Looking at her husband who was feasting, Huang Rong couldn''t help but sigh, "I thought Governor Su would have a conflict with Mr. Zhang Liang because of his factional position. I didn''t expect that he would take the initiative to increase troops to Mr. Zhang Liang."
Huang Yueying smiled and retorted: "Sister, don''t look at Governor Su with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he is not an honest person. He would propose to increase the defenders because he knew that his husband would not agree, so he deliberately proposed to make his husband object.
In this way, he showed good things to Mr. Zhang Liang, and his troops under his command would not be lost, which was a killing two birds with one stone. ”
Huang Rong is also an extremely intelligent woman. After hearing Huang Yueying''s words, she naturally understood the key point at once.
In short, Su Dingfang wanted to show kindness to Zhang Liang, but he didn''t want to give more soldiers, so he came up with such a open plot to let their husband Zhuge Liang be this evil man.
“Hiss…”
Huang Rong, who figured out the key, immediately took a breath of cold air. Obviously, she didn''t expect Su Lie to have such a cunning situation.
"Husband, are you just being used by Governor Su for free?"
Zhuge Liang naturally could not see what Huang Yueying could do with a woman. But he saw through it and didn’t say it out loud. Just be a villain, just be a villain. As long as it is beneficial to the overall situation, he doesn’t mind being a little bit used by Su Dingfang, and this can also make Su Dingfang owe others favors.
The fact that Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang had a disagreement due to the remaining troops quickly reached Zhang Liang''s ears, and he naturally saw through Su Dingfang''s tricks, but he did not resist Su Dingfang''s show of kindness.
Zhang Liang could actually understand Su Dingfang''s helplessness. After all, he was the same as Su Dingfang. He obviously did not want to be involved in the party struggle, but he had to take the lead due to his identity issues. He could only be careful not to offend anyone. It would be tears if he said too much.
Zhang Liang thought about the 20,000 defenders who promised to give him, but chose to refuse. It was not that he didn''t want it, but that Qingnan really couldn''t use so many soldiers, and it would be a waste if there were too many.
"You two don''t worry about fighting on the front line, and you only need to leave 10,000 defenders in the rear."
Seeing that Zhang Liang took the initiative to reduce the number of defenders, Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang were unwilling to do so.
There are three counties in Qingnan. Although there are more than 20,000 troops, they are not much richer. If the 10,000 defenders are spread out equally, they will be very weak.
Zhuge Liang and Su Dingfang obviously did not want to leave hidden dangers behind, but Zhang Liang insisted that only 10,000 defenders were enough, and they could not refuse the reasons given.
(This chapter ends)