Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2188 rushing three thousand miles

Chapter 2184: Running for Three Thousand Miles

When Li Tangcai withdrew from Sizhou, the total strength of the Qin army in Sizhou was 28.

In addition to the unusable troops stationed at various checkpoints, there are as many as 26 troops that can be used.

Subsequently, Han Xin's [-] infantry, Zhao Yun's [-] Hetao cavalry, a total of [-] troops, went south to support Jingbei.

Jingbei Yuefei originally had a mixed army of 16 new and old, but only 11 were left in the battle of the Shu-Chu Allied Forces.

With the addition of Han Xin and Zhao Yun's 21 troops, the total strength of the Jingbei Qin Army reached 26, against the [-] troops of Shu and Chu.

Without Han Zhao's 16 troops, Sizhou had only 13 troops left, of which [-] were led by Zhang Liao to the western front, where they confronted Li Shimin at Tongguan, and the remaining [-] were sent by Li Jing to attack the military forces in person. close.

In the surprise attack on Wuguan, the Qin army lost 14 troops, so the total strength of the western front also dropped to [-].

Sizhou 14, Jingbei 21, a total of 35 troops, this is the entire strength of the Qin army in Sijing.

After Li Tang experienced the defeat of Sizhou, the regular army was reduced to 16, but with the addition of miscellaneous troops and recruits, the total force was still close to 30.

It is obviously not enough to rely on the 30 Qin army on the western front to take away the eight hundred miles of Guanzhong from the hands of the Tang State, which has nearly 14 troops.

Li Jing's army is just Qin Hao's first move, and the real trump card is yet to come.

"Now Youzhou has been unified, and the Qing Dynasty is in the midst of internal strife. Aguda and Dorgon are attacking each other. The situation in Youzhou has stabilized. It will not be at the Qizhan end in the short term. Naturally, there is no need for so many troops to guard it. .” Qin Hao said.

The current distribution of the Qin army's troops is extremely chaotic. The total strength of Sizhou and Jingbei, where the war is breaking out, is as high as 35, but Youzhou, which has ceased fighting, also has 35 troops.

A full 70 Qin troops were concentrated in the three prefectures of Si, Jing, and You, while the combined strength of the four prefectures of Bingji and Qinghe was only 20. Obviously, these four prefectures were already very empty.

If this kind of force allocation is followed, something will happen in the long run, so it has reached the point where adjustments must be made.

"Youzhou's 15 defenders are enough, as for the remaining 20 troops..."

After Qin Hao pondered for a while, he dispatched: "Move [-] cavalry, go through Bingzhou, go to Hetao, bypass Liangzhou, and attack Guanzhong from the rear.

As for Sui King Yang Guang of Liangzhou, he is busy cleaning up Ma Chao now, so he probably doesn't have the energy to support Li Shimin. "

"My lord, the selection of the leader of the [-] cavalry must be done carefully. Those who must be familiar with cavalry cannot be appointed." Jia Xu said seriously.

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

As he said that, Qin Hao showed a smile on his face, and said, "In the battle of You Beiping, Wei and Huo cooperated very tacitly, enough to take on this important task."

The [-] cavalry in Youzhou are currently the only army that can participate in the battle in Guanzhong.

The rest of the army could not be easily mobilized, or they were too far away from Guanzhong. Before they reached the battlefield, the Qin army might have run out of food and grass.

The branch line between Youzhou and Guanzhong is more than a thousand miles away. If you go around Bingzhou Hetao to Liangzhou and enter Guanzhong, you may have to march more than [-] miles to get there. Only the speed and mobility of cavalry can reach the battlefield in time.
The cavalry of the Qin army all rode two horses, and the daily marching speed could reach a hundred miles, and they needed to march continuously for a month, but with the blessing of Wei Huo's skills, the marching time could be shortened to half a month.

Thinking of this, Qin Hao couldn't help but look forward to half a month later. After all, Li Shimin must have never imagined that he would go all the way and send troops from Youzhou to raid Guanzhong, and by the time he realized it, it was already too late.

Li Jing's 14 army mainly attacked the frontal battlefield, and Huo Qubing and Wei Qing's [-] cavalry raided the rear, which was enough to make the unprepared Tang army drink a pot.

It has to be said that Qin Hao's scheming style is gradually approaching Jia Xu's, becoming more and more vicious.

Of the 20 troops in Youzhou, 13 cavalry were transferred directly by Qin Hao, and the remaining [-] troops had to be arranged. Of course, it must be too late to join the battle.

"General Tiger Guard Camp, Iron Guard Camp, Po Jun Camp... a total of [-] elite troops will be sent back to Sizhou. As for the other [-] troops, [-] will guard Jizhou, and [-] will guard Qingbei."

It would be too wasteful for the elite battalion to stay in Youzhou, and only by returning to Sizhou can they maximize their value.

Under Qin Hao's arrangement this time, Youzhou's military strength will drop to 15, Jizhou's will rise to 12, Qingbei's land and water armies will reach 35, and the total strength of the three states will also reach [-].

With this 35 army, it is enough to ensure that the three states are not lost, and to prevent powerful enemies from all over the world from coveting the three states. After all, the three states can support each other.

There are only [-] defenders left in Hetao and Bingzhou, which can be described as extremely empty. Unless there is an emergency expansion of the army, there is no way to mobilize troops to participate in the war, and they can only protect themselves.

Qin Hao obviously did not interrupt the military expansion. After all, he had already ordered an emergency military expansion, and now he couldn't afford the money and food for the military expansion.

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

Huo Qubing and Wei Qing's food and grass for the [-] cavalry must be borne by Binghe.

This year's harvest in Sizhou has been greatly reduced, and in addition to the need for disaster relief, the remaining food and grass may not be able to support the western front army for too long.

Therefore, if the Battle of Guanzhong wants to continue, it still needs to transport food from the river to meet the emergency.

Qin Hao used Hebin's grain and grass to conquer Hebei, and now he still needs Hebin's blood to attack Guanzhong, even if Hetao is the Qin Army's granary, it can't support such consumption.

It's not difficult for Qin Hao to imagine the scene of Hetao's granary being emptied after this battle, but it doesn't get in the way.

Eight granaries: Chuanshu, Jiangdong, Jingxiang, Jianghuai, Hetao, Shandong, Heluo, and Liaodong, Qin Hao's family accounted for four and a half.

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

The theory of the eight major granaries was judged by famous experts based on the amount of grain produced in each region, so there will naturally be changes and fluctuations. Now, the eight major granaries have become the nine major granaries, and there is one more Guanzhong.

Guanzhong in the late Han Dynasty had long been lonely, far less prosperous than in the pre-Qin period, but under Li Shimin's governance, Guanzhong ushered in great rule, gradually restored the glory of the evening, and produced more and more grain, gradually catching up with the other eight big cities. The granary was rated as the ninth largest grain and grass by famous experts.

Among the nine granaries, Li Shimin's family owns Guanzhong, and Hanzhong, which belongs to Sichuan and Shu, is equivalent to owning one and a half granaries, so they can easily support an army of 30.

(End of this chapter)