Liu Yu smiled slightly and said seriously: "The Taoist regulations are very good. Before we send out troops, we must establish diplomatic relations and arrange domestic and foreign affairs. If we send out troops, we must first consider where to recruit troops, where to assemble, and where to gather troops."
Where to start? We will talk about food and grass later, but let’s talk about soldiers and horses first. There are more than 30,000 troops in Jiangbei now. In addition to leaving behind troops in various places, 20,000 to 25,000 troops and horses can be dispatched for the purpose of destroying the country.
, we need at least 80,000 troops. There are 20,000 permanent troops stationed here in Jingkou that can be dispatched. In addition to the 5,000 Jiangbei camp troops in Guangling, about 30,000 more troops need to be recruited."
Liu Yi said in a deep voice: "Yuzhou troops can dispatch about 10,000 troops, and Yanzhou can also support 5,000 troops, but if there are more, I'm afraid it will be difficult, and we here also have to defend the Later Qin and the Northern Wei Dynasty, and even defend the Southern Yan Dynasty.
Cross the front and send cavalry to attack from the flank."
He Wuji gritted his teeth: "We can also send 10,000 troops back to Jiangzhou for support, but we need to transfer troops from Xiangzhou for support. This requires changes in the entire defense line, so..."
Liu Yu waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "No, Wuji, Xile, thank you for your kindness, but the location you are in is an important town in the country, and there may be a war at any time, especially Jiangzhou, which has 30,000 troops to defend.
In the area of several thousand miles from the East China Sea to Lingnan, there are now only a thousand people scattered in various places. Wuji, the troops you can directly command are no more than the five thousand veterans of Yuzhang. In this case, you can defend
Just take good care of your own place, there is no need to send troops to the Northern Expedition."
Liu Daogui frowned: "But in this way, you can only recruit troops in Wudi and Jingkou. Not to mention whether the number of 30,000 is enough, even if you recruit 30,000, the combat effectiveness is far from the veterans of Beifu.
Will it really work?"
Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand: "You can set out with 50,000 to 60,000 troops. As for the remaining 30,000 troops, we can talk about it later. Eighty thousand people will destroy Nanyan, which does not mean that we need 80,000 at the beginning."
ah."
Xie Hun's expression changed and he said in a deep voice: "Liu Zhenjun, are you inconsistent? Set out with 50,000 people? It's still far short of the 80,000 you said. You didn't even have this amount of troops when you set out, then
How could there be one later?"
Meng Chang's voice sounded slowly from the side. This was the first time he spoke today: "Xie Pushe, maybe you don't know something. The Beifu Army has always been aggressive in fighting. They can fight more and more soldiers. As long as they win the battle,
, then the enemy prisoners can be collected, and the local people will come to join the army, but it is not necessarily necessary to recruit troops from the rear to supplement the front line."
Xie Hun opened his eyes wide: "Is this okay?"
Liu Yi smiled slightly: "It is indeed feasible. When we succeeded in establishing righteousness a few years ago, Huan Xuan fled back to Jingzhou. At that time, Wuji and I led troops to pursue us. When we set off, we had less than 10,000 troops. But two years later, we
When Huan Chu was eliminated and Jingzhou was pacified, he already had an army of 100,000 men. In addition to recruiting Huan Chu's surrender troops, loyal men from all over the country also came to join the army, and there were also reinforcements from the rear. Now we stay in Jiangzhou and Yuzhou.
, the armies of Jingzhou and Yanzhou are composed of these 100,000 troops and are divided into various places."
Xi Sengshi curled his lips: "But, this is based on the Western Expeditionary Army's continuous victory and strong morale under the command of Liu Yuzhou, but is it really possible to attack Nanyan? Even if Liu Zhenjun just did it
Analysis shows that Nanyan can dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops at any time. If 50,000 horses go to the plains to face hundreds of thousands of cavalry, can they really win?"
Liu Yu said calmly: "When Xi Le and the others went on an expedition to Jingzhou to eliminate Huan Chu, they faced more than three times the enemy force, but they also won. I just analyzed that Nan Yan's armor and cavalry were all equipped, but they only had two.
Thirty thousand cavalry, most of them are concentrated on the front line of Guanggu City. If our army advances quickly enough and passes through Daxian Mountain quickly, it will take about half a month to reach Linqu City. At this time, the enemy's armored cavalry may not have time to fully assemble.
, as long as we take the opportunity to defeat the local garrison first, or even capture Linqu, the enemy's morale will be lost, and we can collect food and troops locally.
Months later, the enemy army had made preparations early, and the army gathered at the front line of Linqu early. Whether it was harvesting food or seizing water sources, it would cause huge difficulties to our army. This is the so-called military speed!"
Liu Daogui laughed: "Brother said it very well. If Nan Yan has no time to assemble his own troops, then Hou Qin will be even slower if he wants to save him."
Liu Yu nodded: "Later Qin does not have the strength to rescue Nanyan now. Last time, in order to deal with Hu Xia, Hou Qin narrowed its defense line and even gave up the twelve counties of Nanyang. But even so, they did not deal with Hu Xia.
After several years of fighting, they are still at a disadvantage. They often attack with heavy troops, but they cannot capture the main force of Hu Xia. General Qi Nan is a famous general of the Later Qin Dynasty. He once led his troops to attack Hou Liang and made great military exploits, which shocked Longyou.
, was also captured and killed while fighting Hu Xia."
"Yao Xing couldn't take advantage of Hu Xia, so he actually had a wrong idea and sent his son Yao Bi to lead an army to sneak attack on Guzang City in Nanliang. Nanliang took the initiative to profess to the Qin Dynasty and offered hundreds of thousands of cattle to the Qin Dynasty.
Sheep and horses were exchanged for the city of Guzang. This kind of sneak attack on the subordinate country was unreasonable and unbenevolent. The name of Xiao Fujian, which Yao Xing had only established for more than ten years, was completely destroyed because of this.
In the summer, everyone raised troops to fight against Qin, and Yao Bi's army was defeated by Nanliang. If the leader of Nanliang, Bald Man, had not opened a net and let Yao Bi go back, I am afraid that tens of thousands of troops would have been lost. Now what will happen later?
The Qin Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles. Lingbei had almost no peace, and the big cities of Yinping and Ping were all in the hands of the Hu Xia. Yao Xing himself had to lead his troops to Lingbei to fight Helian Bobo. How could he have any spare power to rescue Nanyan?"
Liu Daogui curled his lips: "Although what the elder brother said is true, the rescue of Nanyan does not necessarily have to go through the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong. Later Qin is in Hedong, and there are many states and counties in the Central Plains with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. If you choose
It is feasible to send out 10,000 to 20,000 elite troops to rescue Nanyan from the Central Plains, or to send traitors like Sima Guofan and Sima Chuzhi as the vanguard to attack our Jingzhou and Yongzhou."
Liu Yu laughed, looked at Lu Zongzhi who was standing below, and said: "Lu Zongzhi, if the Later Qin Dynasty raises 20,000 troops to attack Yongzhou as the Taoist regulations say, can you stop it?"
Lu Zongzhi laughed: "Liu Zhenjun, since I guarded Yongzhou, what I have been thinking about every day is how to fight against the Later Qin Dynasty and regain the land of the Central Plains. Yixue lost the shame of Luoyang due to the civil war before. As long as the Later Qin Dynasty does not send out the Guanzhong army, it can rely on its own strength alone."
I, Lao Lu, will destroy as many of his soldiers and horses from the Central Plains as they come!"
This chapter has been completed!