Chapter 401 Wuwei County with bones exposed in the wild
Although Jia Xu's plan is good, to complete such a large encirclement, the number of troops required will definitely not be too small!
So Xu Wei asked Li Rudao: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Xiliang? How many troops will we spend to complete this encirclement?"
Li Ru thought for a while and said: "Now every county in Xiliang has its own princes. Among them, the big ones like Ma Teng and Han Sui have more than 20,000 or even 30,000 horses, while the smaller ones like Niu Fu have only 10,000 or even a few thousand horses."
people!"
Xu Wei couldn't believe it and said: "Xiliang has a population of less than one million, but has an army of hundreds of thousands?"
Li Ru smiled bitterly and said: "Xiliang has experienced a hundred years of war. It can be said that all the people are soldiers. As long as they are adults, they can kill people with a knife. And if the Qiang people are often added to the mix, Xiliang will have a population of at least two to three million.
Half of Ma Teng and Han Sui's subordinates are Qiang people. If they really recruit the Qiang people, they can really create an army of 100,000! Now the Xiliang Han people and the Qiang people are already one among you.
, we are just banding together to grab other places to survive!"
But Jia Xu smiled and said: "If Ma Teng and the others really bring out an army of hundreds of thousands to fight us, it will be great news for us. They don't have enough food and grass to maintain such a huge army.
In less than a month, the Xiliang coalition forces will collapse!
Although we are divided into three groups, the number of troops in each group does not need to be too large. We can recruit them in Xiliang. As long as we have food, we are not afraid of not being able to recruit soldiers. I believe that those who want to fight for the government in Xiliang are definitely better than Ma.
Teng them to get more!"
Wang Lei thought for a while and said: "Since we can recruit soldiers in Xiliang, we must find ways to occupy strategically advantageous areas as much as possible. Wudu County is located between Longxi and Bashu. Its geographical location is extremely important. We can attack Shu in the south."
We can attack Guanzhong in the middle and east, and occupying Wudu County will be very beneficial to us in the next war. We can overlook Shuzhong and Guanzhong!"
Wang Lei thought that after they captured Xiliang, they would definitely help the victims of Xiliang. In this way, integrating them into the army or among the civilians would also be a kind of relief, and their army would not lack the strength to surround Ma Teng. Han Sui and these Xiliang people
Rebellious!
Wang Lei looked at the map and continued: "Especially now that Guanzhong is extremely fragile. Even Ma Teng and Han Sui can break into Guanzhong. It is even easier for us Dagan. We can tentatively attack Guanzhong.
Zhang Lu in Hanzhong can also make a tentative attack. If we can conquer Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and then attack Liu Bei in Shuzhong and Yuan Shao in the Central Plains, we will take the initiative!"
But Xu Wei immediately stopped him and said: "Yuan Shao knows the importance of Guanzhong. If we attack Guanzhong, Yuan Shao will definitely increase his troops from Luoyang. Although we can defeat Yuan Shao, the current situation in Daqian is not suitable for expanding the war!"
"As for whether to attack Hanzhong, it depends on the situation. If the situation allows, we will take the opportunity to occupy Hanzhong!" Compared with Yuan Shao, who is powerful, Zhang Lu only has Hanzhong. Taking Hanzhong is equivalent to destroying Zhang Lu's power, which is relatively unfavorable.
It will expand the scale of the war.
Of course, even the weakest Zhang Lu is very difficult to defeat! The main reason is that the terrain in Hanzhong is too dangerous. Historically, Cao Cao personally led an army of 100,000 to march westward to Hanzhong. When they arrived at Yangping Pass, Zhang Lu wanted to surrender to Cao Cao. But Zhang Lu's brother Zhang Wei did not listen.
, led tens of thousands of troops to defend Yangping Pass, and fought for more than a year without breaking through Yangping Pass. Later, it was because of Cao Cao's internal support that he invaded Hanzhong. The reason why Xu Wei included Hanzhong into the scope of the attack was to see if Zhang Lu would be like in history.
The same goes for surrendering without a fight. After all, Zhang Lu's Five Pecks of Rice Sect and the Taiping Sect still have a close friendship.
Xu Wei briefly explained the attack strategy and said: "Wang Lei, lead 40,000 cavalry to control Wuwei County! After controlling Wuwei County, recruit soldiers on the spot, and then divide the troops into two groups to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui. We must not let them
escape!"
Wang Lei said: "No!"
Then he said to Li Ru: "Take Niu Fu to help Wang Lei! And find a way to contact Dong Zhuo's old troops to see what conditions they are willing to surrender on. Watching them guard the border for the Han Dynasty for more than ten years, as long as
As long as the conditions are not excessive, I can agree to it!
Li Ru said happily: "My subordinates will definitely not disappoint the ruler! Now Li Jue and the others don't even have enough to eat. There is no other way out except to join the ruler!"
This is the best plan for Li Ru. He can also save Li Jue and others. He has long known that entering Xiliang is asking for death!
Now is a time of great strife. If you have the ability, fight for hegemony on your own. If you don't have the ability, find a good leader to join you. There is no way out by hiding in a cold and miserable place like Xiliang.
Xu Wei looked at them and said: "Let's try to pacify this half of Xiliang before it snows!"
Xu Wei had no choice but to give up in Dunhuang, Jiuquan and other places first, otherwise the army would have to travel more than 3,000 miles of food routes. With the current strength of Daqian, it would be difficult to maintain an army of tens of thousands of people for an expedition of thousands of miles!
Everyone shouted: "No!"
After the meeting, Wang Lei led an army of 40,000 towards Wuwei County!
On the 6th day of the march, the army arrived at Wuwei County. At this time, Wuwei County was in complete chaos.
Although Niu Fu's men drove Niu Fu away, killed Niu Fu's entire family, and seized Niu Fu's money!
But after they reveled for a while, they discovered that driving away Niu Fu could not solve their problem. There was no food in Wuwei County now, and they could not buy much food even though they had money.
They should be hungry anyway, and even because of the carnival these days, they wasted the little food in Wuwei County.
After losing Niu Fu's suppression, these people divided into several groups and fought with each other for food and money. In less than a month, only Niu Fu's 5,000 soldiers were killed out of the tens of thousands of people in Wuwei County.
The remaining people were either killed or fled Wuwei County.
By the time Wang Lei came over, the entire Wuwei County had become a hell on earth. The people who stayed here had to kill each other to survive. Bones were exposed everywhere, and there was no human habitation for thousands of miles.
Wang Lei saw this human tragedy and said angrily: "Kill all the leaders here and make their heads into a temple to scare the rebels and let them know what they can and cannot do. All the remaining soldiers will be punished with hard labor."
, they must serve for 10 years before they can be released!”
Then he went to Niu Fu and said: "You are the local snake here, try to find the remaining people in Wuwei County!"
Wuwei County is almost becoming a wasteland, so it is naturally difficult to recruit civilians here! According to their original plan, they also planned to recruit some militiamen to fight in Xiliang.
Niu Fu smiled and said: "Governor Wang, give me 100 shi of grain, and I will definitely recruit 10,000 for you in five days! If you give me a few hundred more cattle and sheep, I can also get you some Qiang people."