Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2483 Li Mu attacks Ji, Ren Gui attacks Qing

There are 200,000 imperial guards and 100,000 Yongzhou troops, so it is impossible for all 300,000 soldiers to go to Jizhou.

However, if 120,000 of the 200,000 imperial guards were mobilized, and half of the Yongzhou Legion was mobilized, it would still be more than enough and would not affect the stability of Si and Yong at all.

Together with Lian Po's Hebei Legion, the combined force of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses was enough to sweep Jizhou.

Jizhou today is no longer the same as before.

After so many years of turmoil, its strength has been greatly reduced.

During the period of Yuan Shao, Jizhou was one of the richest states in the world. With Jizhou in hand and the hard power in hand, Yuan Shao was not afraid of even the wise and capable Qin Shihuang in the north and could confront him head-on.

Even relying on Jizhou, Yuan Shao has always been the main combatant of the anti-Jin alliance. In this regard, Yuan Shao can be said to be unique among all the princes in the world.

Yuan Shao had been present in every major war, at most it was just a matter of more or less. Apart from Yuan Shao, no one else in the world could do this.

At the peak of Yuan Shao's career, he was even able to arm 300,000 troops.

Of course, Yuan Shao did not really recruit so many soldiers and horses, otherwise it would be too wasteful and would not be beneficial to the development of Jizhou.

However, when Yuan Shao was at his most prosperous, he had nearly 250,000 soldiers under his command.

But things are different now. After three years of the epidemic, and then the civil strife of the Yuan family, and now that the second son of the Yuan family has defected to Jin, Jizhou now has at most about 100,000 troops.

Compared with the time when Yuan Shao was in power, it is naturally incomparable.

This is just the difference in military strength, not including the difference in various aspects caused by the national strength in the rear.

For example, in the Central Plains War, Zhao Kuangyin had more than 400,000 soldiers and horses, but because of the country's strength, the situation on the Central Plains battlefield got out of control in just a few months.

For a war, national strength is more important than military strength. Or to be more precise, military strength is only one of the manifestations of national strength.

Therefore, with more than 200,000 soldiers under Li Mu's command and advantages in all aspects, theoretically speaking, it was more than enough for him to conquer Jizhou.

In the past, Li Mu did lack some luck compared to other important generals of the empire.

And this time, he was chosen as the main general to lead the empire in conquering Jizhou. Obviously, this was an opportunity that Li Xiang had specially given to him, a relative of the Jin royal family.

Among the Jin royal family's relatives, Li Jing had already stood out as a powerful general. Given his high status, it would be almost impossible for him to lead troops again.

After all, there was no shortage of capable generals in the Jin Dynasty. If there were another choice, it would certainly be impossible to let one of them monopolize the prestige of the army.

After leaving out Li Jing, the next two are Li Mu and Li Cunsi.

Among the many clan members, Li Mu and Li Cunxu were definitely the representatives with outstanding military achievements. However, these two lacked the kind of decisive merit, the kind of merit with outstanding significance.

As for Li Siyuan, Li Keyong and others who came after him, Li Keyong is now too old to be able to travel. Li Siyuan and others are a little worse at war than Li Mu and Li Cunxu.

This time, it was Li Mu's chance. If Li Mu could mess up even in this situation where the dragon was riding on his face, then even if Li Xiang didn't kill him, he should retire early.

Similarly, Dajin has no shortage of talents, and there is no shortage of talents among the royal family of Dajin. There is no reason to insist on one person. For Li Xiang, there are not many people who can give him a chance. If he can't grasp it, there will naturally be no shortage of people to replace him.

As for the Yanqing battlefield, Xue Rengui's main army was even more numerous and powerful.

After all, among the three northern families today, Qinghan can be said to be the strongest.

Today, Qinghan not only controls the entire Qingzhou, but also half of Yanzhou. It is the undisputed number one among the three families in terms of territory and population.

As for Youzhou, facing the attacks from both Li Tang and Qing Dynasty, the four counties in the eastern part of Youzhou had fallen into the hands of Li Tang.

Although the essence of Youzhou is still in the hands of Qin Zheng, the loss of the power of the four counties is a heavy blow to You Qin.

In fact, if it weren't for the epidemic that year, Youzhou would have been completely destroyed by now.

Therefore, among the three northern families today, Qinghan is undoubtedly the number one in terms of national strength, military power, or legitimacy.

However, Xue Rengui's Northern Expedition Army was even more powerful.

It can be said that Xue Rengui's main force in the Northern Expedition mobilized all the troops in the Central Plains.

The most powerful military force in the Central Plains was of course Guo Ziyi's 100,000 troops in the Central Plains Camp. After that, the two states of Yan and Yu still had a grand commander-in-chief, and they were on the front line of the confrontation with the north, so the old system was still followed, with the grand commander-in-chief commanding 100,000 troops.

As for Xuzhou, since the grand commander-in-chief had been dismissed, Xuzhou was considered to be bordering Qingzhou, but Guo Ziyi's Central Plains camp was also nearby.

Therefore, Wang Ben, the Wuwei General of Xuzhou, had only a garrison corps of 40,000.

In other words, the entire Central Plains, combined, had a total of 340,000 soldiers and horses.

When the Jin army first conquered the Central Plains, the Central Plains had already been ravaged by war for several years. One can imagine the situation in the Central Plains at that time.

After that, there followed a three-year epidemic. Although the epidemic in the Central Plains was not as serious as that in the North, it is conceivable to what extent the epidemic had finally devastated the country after these three years!

Now, after five years of recovery, it has reached this level. It can be said that Wang Meng, Wu Qi and others have had it not easy in these years.

During the past five years of economic recovery and development, at least half of the ten policies were initiated by Central Plains.

Even though it was impossible to use all 340,000 soldiers and horses for the Northern Expedition, Xue Rengui could at least mobilize more than 250,000 or even nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses to participate in the war.

In addition, there are Han Shizhong's Yellow River Navy and Qi Jiguang's Yangtze River Navy. Excluding Qi Jiguang and the necessary garrison patrol troops on the Yangtze River, the navy can also mobilize nearly 100,000 troops.

Therefore, if all the troops that the Jin Dynasty had deployed to the northern battlefield were combined, their number would be at least 550,000, and there is a certain possibility that it would reach 600,000.

These 550,000 brave soldiers are the basis for Li Xiang to conquer the north.