As the commander-in-chief of the Lishan tribe, Lishan Jun is actually the leader of a Ding-level martial clan, and his own cultivation level is no more than Wuzhen.

At this time, the master of Lishan County was kneeling in front of Jiang Yao in silence, not daring to raise his head.

Below him, there is a man kneeling, who is the lord of Jiuxi Manor at that time: Xiang Rang!

At that time, Xiang Rang was called Lord Xiang Rang and decided the life and death of all serfs within a thousand miles area.

Forty years ago, Jiang Yao was still a serf in his territory.

However, "Master Xiangrang" would never have thought that this high-ranking man who could control his life and death was the little serf in his manor back then.

If he knew it, he would be scared to death.

"Go down. From now on, Lishan County will be the land of the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Lishan, do you have any objections?" Qin Yu's voice sounded faintly.

As for Ming Wang Jiang Yao, he didn't even raise his eyelids and completely regarded the other party as nothing.

"Yes, yes! I obey my orders..." How dare Mr. Lishan say no?

Over the years, the reputation of Jiang Yao and the strength of the Ming army have spread all over the world. He, a mere Ding-level clan leader, is just an ant in the eyes of the Ming King.

If you accept your fate, there is still a way to survive. If you resist, you will immediately end up dead.

"Yeah." Qin Yu nodded coldly, "You guys go down."

In one sentence, Lishan County belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

When Li Shanjun and others retreated in sweat, Jiang Yao began his first military meeting after entering the Southern Territory.

Deputy Commander Qin Yu stood up first and said: "Lord, although our army claims to be 600,000, half of them are just recruits. They can defend the city but cannot fight in the field."

"Compared to Long Muhuang, our army's military strength is still at a huge disadvantage. From what I see, we should cross the Wei River first, occupy Dacha City, and echo Yue Anshi and Li Luoer."

"At present, although the religious sect is revolting in the southern region, it can only contain and disperse the Qing army. But in fact, our army should fight quickly, while the Qing army should fight later."

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

Now it seems that we need to cross the Fe River first, capture Dacha City, and control the strategic location in the northern part of the Southern Territory. We must first stabilize the rear and capture the eight states in the north of the Southern Territory.

Otherwise, the Ming army would have insufficient strength and an unstable rear. It would be difficult to take advantage of the Qing army, which had strong combat power and a numerical advantage.

According to the intelligence, the Qing army had a million troops already in the Southern Territory, not counting the 300,000 reinforcements that had not arrived in the Southern Territory.

The more than 600,000 troops Long Muhuang brought to fight were only mobile troops.

What's even more troublesome is that all the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have a cultivation level of level three or above!

"The Qing army is indeed powerful." Jiang Yao's expression became solemn, "They have hundreds of thousands of reinforcements that have been sent out. Our army must kill Long Muhuang's main force before the Qing reinforcements arrive!"

"Zi Zhou is right, our plan is indeed going to change."

The original plan was to use the anti-Qing rebels all over the place to consume the Qing army's combat power and make the Qing army sink deeper and deeper, and then the Ming army would look for an opportunity for a decisive battle.

The strategy adopted was to exhaust the Qing army, surround it, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop with the cooperation of the vast anti-Qing rebel forces.

But now it seems that the Qing army is too strong and determined to annex the Southern Territory. Reinforcements have been flowing into the Southern Territory continuously, so they are not afraid of delaying time.

On the contrary, the Ming army wanted to fight quickly.

"What my lord said is absolutely true." General Li Yang said, "It is because of what I am worried about. On the contrary, it is the Qing army that has superior strength but refuses to fight."

Xi Shan, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, also said: "My lord, Long Muhuang has always been cautious in using troops. Even if she has a superior force, she must be sure to take the lead."

"I guess that based on her temperament, she may delay the fight and use the Blocking Art. As long as she delays it for a month or two, our army will be passive."

Although the great uprising launched by the Divine Religion and the Jin Yiwei was massive, well-organized, and involved many powerful Divine Religion figures, how could it really be the opponent of the Qing army?

No matter how many righteous people there are in the poor family, there is no military formation and battlefield, and the final defeat is inevitable.

Although the Wulords and Qing troops who were instigated to rebel were regular armies capable of converging the battlefield, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.

Therefore, Xishan's Jinyiwei assessed that the anti-Qing uprising sweeping the southern region could only last for two months at most.

Within two months, hundreds of thousands of Qing reinforcements arrived in the southern region.

Then Jin Yiwei’s analysis conclusion is:

Within two months, if the Ming army could not gain a strategic advantage, they would have no choice but to abandon the Southern Region and retreat to the Western Region, watching helplessly as the Southern Region fell into the hands of the Qing army.

"Two months!" Jiang Yao said, "Within two months, no, it should be within one and a half months, our army must destroy Long Muhuang's main force!"

"Otherwise, our army will have no chance."

It is said that you know yourself and the enemy. Why is it difficult to fight? This requires calculation of the strength comparison between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This comparison was well known to the kings and ministers of the Ming Dynasty!

The Qing Dynasty had seventy-six states, accounting for 55% of the territory of the Witch Territory, and its population and resources were five or six times that of the Ming Dynasty!

Coupled with the fact that the Qing leader Jiang Zhengyi had no bottom line in colluding with Haizhen, Xue Clan, and Youyu, the military strength was far superior to that of the Ming army.

A few years ago, when the number of soldiers was at its highest, the Qing army numbered tens of millions!

With such abundant capital, the Qing court eliminated the second-level troops and horses earlier than the Ming Dynasty, and now relies on the third-level troops and horses as the main force.

Although the second-level troops and horses were eliminated and the number of soldiers dropped significantly, the Qing army's combat effectiveness actually increased.

Today, the Qing army has four million third-level troops, but half of them are Haili, Youyu, and Blood Demons! The real Eight Banners Qing army only has about two million.

Not counting this, the Qing army still had 300,000 fourth-level soldiers and horses (Wuzhen). Of course, the real Qing army only accounted for half, and the other half were reinforcements from the Hailiu and other three tribes.

With such a powerful military force, it is no wonder that besides fighting against the Chu State, they can still draw out a large army to attack the southern region and fight two major battles at the same time.

On the other hand, the Ming army was much shabby.

The resources and population of the Ming Dynasty were only a fraction of that of the Qing Dynasty. It was the smallest country with the smallest territory and population among the countries.

Although the Ming Dynasty has undergone reforms and its strength has skyrocketed in recent years, it has only been five years since the Ming Dynasty unified the Western Regions!

In just five years of reform, the power of many places has not yet exploded, and it will take at least another five years.

Five years ago, the Ming Kingdom, which had not yet unified the Western Regions, was a small country that only occupied one state in the Western Regions!

What about the Qing Dynasty? It has occupied half of the Witch Territory for 20 to 30 years. It has long integrated the power of the large and small nobles in the Witch Territory and gained their support.

In Jiang Yao's eyes, the current gap in comprehensive strength between the Ming and Qing Dynasties is greater than the gap between Shu Han and Cao Wei!

Without Chu, Ming's southern expedition would have been more difficult than Wuhou's northern expedition.

So, what is the Ming army’s family background now?

This means that the Ming army has deployed almost all its main force in this southern expedition. It is called an army of 600,000 Wuzong, which sounds a bit scary. But the soldiers of the Ming army all know that this number is actually very low.

That's right, the Southern Expedition army is indeed 600,000 strong, and the soldiers are indeed above Wuzong (level 3), and there are 30,000 Wuzhen (level 4) troops among them.

But in fact, there are only 300,000 elite veterans, including Ghost Taoist's ghost army and Qin Que's monster army.

The remaining 300,000 are all new troops!

The average cultivation level of these new armies is not low, and the soldiers are all martial sects. Their fighting spirit and loyalty are very high. However, their training time is not enough, and their battlefield power is too poor.

It takes at least three years of training in the military formation field to be considered an elite.

This person can still barely go to the battlefield. He has at least been trained for several years and can be used as an auxiliary soldier.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were still hundreds of thousands of Wuzong's new troops undergoing intense training, but they had just been formed and could not even serve as auxiliary troops. They were completely rookies.

Letting them go to the battlefield means letting them die and give their lives to the Qing army.

As for the large number of eliminated second-level soldiers, they are now used as patrol patrols to maintain public order. There are also the aircraft carrier fleet and aircraft fleet in the Tianhuang River. Although they are large in scale, they cannot be used for the southern expedition.

After all, we only have so much wealth left.

Therefore, although the Southern Expedition Army has 600,000 troops, its actual combat strength is greatly reduced.

The mobile Qing army under Long Muhuang also numbered 600,000. According to intelligence, these 600,000 Qing troops were all elites who had been fighting against the Chu army for many years.

The two yellow flags, the two blue flags, and the bordered white flag all removed part of the main force, as well as a large number of sea turtle soldiers, blood demon soldiers, and ghost soldiers.

They are all veterans who are familiar with the battlefield, and there are no new troops.

Among them, there are 60,000 to 70,000 level 4 soldiers (Wuzhen) alone! There are as many as 5,000 to 6,000 level 5 soldiers (Martial God)!

The Ming army also numbered 600,000, with only 30,000 fourth-level soldiers and only 3,000 fifth-level soldiers.

The generals made repeated calculations, combined various factors on both sides, and concluded that although the ratio was 600,000 to 600,000, the actual combat strength of the Ming army was only 70% of the Qing army at most.

No more.

This has fully taken into account the higher morale and stronger fighting spirit of the Ming army.

Even with the most optimistic assessment, the actual combat power is only 70% of Long Muhuang's.

Moreover, this comparison is only comparing the 600,000 mobile Qing troops under Long Muhuang's command, not the entire Qing army in the Southern Region.

You know, there are as many as one million Qing troops in the entire southern region, not including the hundreds of thousands of warriors who surrendered to the Qing!

Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Qing army reinforcements that have already set off from the Qing Dynasty!

However, the Ming Dynasty has already used all its main forces, and it is difficult to get reinforcements.

With such a calculation, it will be clear how the battle is to be fought.

Can't drag.

The longer it delays, the greater the Qing army’s advantage!

Jiang Yao stood up, walked to the huge map of the Southern Territory, and pointed out the positions of the Ming army.

Northwest of the Southern Territory, Fanzhou and Lishan County.
To be continued...